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Dear editor, Since 1983, I have been a resident of Land Park and previous resident of Upper Land Park. I sincerely thank you for the opportunity to provide my input regarding the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Marina Vista-Alder Grove as it weighs heavily on me and the residents of ULP and LP. I believe history repeats itself. As per wikipedia.com, Oak Park, Sacramento: “ The early 1900s saw Oak Park as a culturally thriving and economically vibrant, destination neighborhood due in part to its strong sense of community and its ties with and proximity to the historic site of the California State Fairgrounds. The 1960s Interstate freeway expansion program subdivided many historic Sacramento neighborhoods like Oak Park creating isolated areas of poverty or relative prosperity. Oak Park’s sense of community started to decline in the early 1960s as a result of the freeway expansion, declining property values and families moving out to the suburb communities now made easily accessible by the freeway expansion programs. During the 1980-90s, further deterioration of the living standards were exacerbated by frequent occurrences of petty theft, street crime, drug activities and gang violence.” With HUD and SHRA current plans, I believe that ULP and LP are ripe for this same evolution. Also noted is the 2011 Choice Neighborhood Initiative Planning Area, Alder Grove and Marina Vista in which SHRA plans to replace the existing 751 units of public housing with 1,200-1,500 units. The doubling of the residents of the public housing project is an over concentration in one area. The result is squeezing more high-density, affordable and marketrate housing to cover costs and maintain
profits. Recent research supports the integration of smaller percentages of public housing residences into communities that offer jobs, public transportation, shopping, schools, childcare, youth services, medical, etc. This equitable distribution produces the best results. There are other locations in and around for HUD and SHRA to continue to place their projects that have the noted amenities. Sacramento aspires to develop the waterfront area of Old Sacramento and extend this expansion south of Old Sacramento. This area is a part of the Choice Neighborhood Initiative Planning Area. The Riverfront/Waterfront Area expansion, south, mirrors similar development such as the Riverwalk of San Antonio. One would have to be blind to think a trendy, tourist development that mirrors the Riverwalk adjacent to public housing will be a desirable mix. Sacramento has its fair share of available urban infill or new construction sites that could support the requirements of public housing development projects. Locations available that could benefit from this could include Curtis Park Village, McKinley Village, the Sacramento railyard, Meaddowview and Natomas. SHRA has offered services and other benefits that have yet to come to fruition (over 60 years) to the residents of Alder Grove/ Marina Vista. In conclusion, it is my request and the request and hopes of residents of ULP and LP that HUD, SHRA, politicians and developers select additional locations in Sacramento to place their public housing projects instead of saturating one specific area or location. art taylor LP/ULP resident since 1983 CKM, SCC graduate
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Local turtle experts gear up for 35th annual Turtlerama By Monica Stark
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If you’ve ever wanted to join the mile high club, Saturday’s your chance with Zappo the Wacko at this year’s 35th annual local turtle festival, Turtlerama. To be held for the second time – in front of Incredible Pets – Turtlerama’s featured tortoise, Zappo the Wacko has been named appropriately. He came into the Turtle Lady, Pocket resident Felice Rood’s house (she’s a turtle rescue) with the name Tortellini. “But there are a lot of tortoises with the name of Tortellini and he didn’t take long to bite me, and chasing me and biting the couple that brought him. He’s relentless; I have prisons for him. He’s not safe.” And Felice was desperate to get another name. Tortellini was crazy. She looked at the box he came in. Low and behold, it was a Zappo shoe box. “(The name) Zappo the Wacko just hit me.” Zappo is no bigger than 8 inches, but he’s power-packed and Felice said she’s never seen anything like this. Besides meeting Zappo the Wacko, you can look at Just Jim the Jerk, get adoption information, and you can talk turtle with experts like Felice or other club members of the Sacramento Turtle and Tortoise Club. There will also be a large African Sulcata there named Benjamin and many other species represented. People do enjoy seeing the turtles and tortoises going about their business, eating, etc. and hopefully they learn a lot, Felice says, adding that care sheets on all the species will be passed around. Felice founded the Sacramento Turtle and Tortoise Club in April of 1981 and at present we have approximately 950 members. The dues are only $2 a year because it is important to her for everyone who wishes, to receive the newsletter and have a sense of belonging to a club devoted to turtles and tortoises. Of course, donations are always welcome, but not a necessity. To join the club, send a letter to Felice at S.T.T.C. (Sacramento Turtle and Tortoise Club), 25 Starlit Circle, Sacramento, CA 95831. The club has four well-attended meetings a year and the annual Turtlerama each August where members are encouraged to set up their turtles and
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Schools Not Prisons event held at Sacramento City College On Saturday, Aug. 6, the statewide 2016 Schools Not Prisons concert tour kicked off at Sacramento City College as youth leaders joined national and local performing artists to call for an end to overspending on prisons and investing more in education, health, and support for young people. In Sacramento, the tour was supported East Bay Asian Youth Center, Sol Collective, Sacramento City College, Sacramento City Unified School District Youth Development Support Services, Sacramento Area Congregations Together (SAC-ACT), Building Healthy Communities South Sacramento, and Self Awareness and Recovery. The event featured Ty Dolla $ign, John Forte, Buyepongo, Mystic with DJ Orijanus, Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, The Specialist, and local performing artists. The free all-ages event included an art installation featuring works by Sacramento youth, photo booths, food, and more. The tour continues for future dates and times visit www.schoolsnotprisons.vote
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Freeport Boulevard improvement project news By Stephanie Duncan
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(Editor’s Note: This was originally published in the Land Park Community Association’s August newsletter, which can be found on landpark.org. It has been reprinted with permission.) You may be wondering what has been going on along the north end of Freeport Boulevard; there’s merging arrows where you’ve never seen them before, a huge bike lane on the west side of the street, and the curbs are being torn up and redone. You may also be wondering if this is how it’s going to be from now on. Have no fear! Much of what you see now is temporary. Adam Randolph, Senior Engineer for the City’s Public Works Department, gave a presentation at the July 20 Land Park Community Association meeting to inform members and residents of what has been happening with the Freeport Boulevard
Improvement Project, also known as the “Freeport Road Diet”. The project spans Freeport Boulevard from 4th Avenue to Sutterville Road (the portion on the south side of Sacramento City College) and is designed to add bike lanes, reduce traffic speeds, and improve pedestrian crossings. So far, the project has reduced lanes from two to one in each direction with a left turn lane in the middle. This lane reduction will be part of the permanent plan, but the current road striping will be moved six feet to the west to accommodate future bike lanes on both sides of the street. In addition, there will be parking along the east side of Freeport Boulevard, where parking already existed prior to the project. Safety measures that will be installed include pedestrian-activated crosswalks, radar speed limit signs, and green bike lanes. Pedestrian-activated crosswalks are those in which a pedestrian can push a button to activate flash-
ing lights on pedestrian crossing signs that are located on either end of the crosswalk. The flashing lights are designed to alert drivers that someone is either crossing or wanting to cross a roadway. The goal is for drivers to stop when the lights are flashing and allow pedestrians to safely cross. The pedestrian-activated crosswalks will be located at 11th Avenue (Plaza Cervantes), 7th Avenue (one block south of McClatchy High School), and 5th Avenue. Rader speed limit signs will tell drivers how fast they are going compared to the posted speed limit. If drivers are traveling faster than the posted speed limit, their speed will flash on the radar speed limit sign, telling them to slow down. Green bike lanes will be on certain portions of the project, such as near 4th Avenue where Freeport Boulevard curves into 21st Street. The green bike lanes are designed to alert drivers that a bike lane is present at points where vehicles may be trying to merge onto the roadway.
The removal of curbs along the project is to change the rolled curbs to vertical curbs along the west side of Freeport Boulevard. Vertical curbs have a narrower gutter pan, which provides more room for bike lanes and prevents cyclists from having to ride in the gutter. The east side curbs will remain the same. There will also be two new bus pullouts, which allow buses to pull over and be out of traffic and bike lanes when picking up or dropping off passengers. One such bus pullout installation can be seen at McClatchy High School. How long is this project going to take? All road construction, resealing, and restriping should be completed by Friday, Aug. 12, before McClatchy High School and Sacramento City College begin the fall semester. After Friday, crews will continue to work on curb ramps and driveways until Sept. 16. Have questions or concerns? Email publicsafety@landpark.org.
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National Night Out in South Land Park was a big success By Monica Stark Photos courtesy of South Land Park Neighborhood Association
Up to 500 area residents, vendors, community groups, schools, students, businesses, safety professionals and elected officials attended the South Land Park Neighborhood Association’s National Night Out event at Alice Birney school (6251 13th St.) on Tuesday, Aug. 2, marking this year’s event as having the largest turnout to date. The free hotdogs, cookies and prawns were a big hit. Within the first 45 minutes, SLPNA gave away 150 free hot dogss and Barrio Cafe (the soon-to-be-open coffee shop in the South Hills Shopping Center, 1188 35th Ave.) went through more than 100 chocolate chip cookies in an hour. Scott’s Seafood distributed hundreds of prawn appetizers. Meanwhile, North Border taco truck did a brisk business and performances by iYa Taekwondo and the O’Hana dance group were big hits, as was the bounce house! A special vendor fair exposed neighbors to 30 businesses and nonprofits they didn’t know in the area like Greenhaven Bike Shop (354 Florin Road), Detail Maniac (6320 Belleau Wood Lane), and New Technology High School (1300 Dickson Street). Dignitaries included Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg, Assemblyman Jim Cooper and Councilman Jay Schenirer. From gift certificates to River Cats tickets, six gifts were awarded in a prize drawing. Steinberg spoke with the Land Park News briefly about the night’s events, stating he said he was “having a ball,” and enjoying the moment while getting prepared for his mayorship. “ This is a wonderful city. It’s a city of neighborhoods. I’ve been telling people it’s a really important night, but in Sacramento National Night Out is a lot of nights because community gets built year round. I want to reinforce that. I want to make sure that we’re backing up the neighborhoods by investing in parks and recreation and the other things that make for good quality of life in our neighborhood.” One of the attendees Donna Spencer, a resident of the neighborhood for 40 years, said this year’s event was the first National Night Out she’s been to. Donna came to South Land Park when much of the neighborhood started getting developed. With a lot big enough to build a four-bedroom house near today’s Reichmuth Park, she established herself and raised a family. Years ago, her children attended Alice Birney long before it turned into a Waldorf-inspired school. Stating how much she enjoyed the school years ago, she added that she has enjoyed watching the campus change over the years. A fixture in her neighborhood, Donna has always walked the streets with a dog, so she knows almost all her neighbors. “But my cats don’t walk with me and I don’t have the dog anymore. So, my neighbors say, ‘Where’s your dog?’” Bringing longtime neighbors like Donna and young families together, this year’s South Land Park Neighborhood Association’s National Night Out was a whole lot of fun. (Editor’s Note: Tabling at the event also were pre-adolescent girls who are starting an anti-bullying group, which is featured on page 11 of this issue.)
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70th annual Japanese Cultural and Food Bazaar to be held August 13-14 By LANCE ARMSTRONG Lance@valcomnews.com
A capital city tradition returns on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14, as the Buddhist Church of Sacramento will present its 70th annual Japanese Cultural and Food Bazaar. The bazaar, which offers free admission and free parking, will be held both days at 2401 Riverside Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. As an event that offers something for everyone, the bazaar will feature traditional Japanese cuisine, a crafts fair, imported gifts, games and prizes. With an estimated, combined attendance between 25,000 and 35,000 people for the two days of the bazaar, the event will provide a variety of food dishes and other edibles for a large number of people. Seventy-five hundred pounds of chicken will be used to prepare the event’s always popular teriyaki chicken. Additionally, two pallets of charcoal will be delivered to the site for cooking this dish, which draws long, but fairly fast-moving lines each year. Also arriving will be 4,000 pounds of beef that will be used to prepare teriyaki beef sticks and teriyaki beef sandwiches. Another well-represented food item will be noodles – 500 pounds to be used for somen cold noodle and udon hot noodle dishes. And 1,500 pounds of short-grain rice will be used for traditional Japanese cuisine. Five hundred pounds of shrimp will be used for tempura and sushi. Notable statistics for the bazaar also include the use of 100 gallons of soy sauce for authentic Japanese marinades, broths, etc., 1,600 pounds of sugar, 100 pounds of salt, 12,000 pounds of ice and 15,000 canned and bottled beverages, including soda, water, beer, sake, tea, coffee and fruit drinks. The bazaar will feature other popular menu items, including: Tempura (shrimp and vegetables coated in light batter and deep fried in vegetable oil), nigirizushi (raw Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.
or cooked fish served on top of a small mound of flavored short-grain rice), korokke (a deep-fried potato dish made with potatoes, wheat flour, eggs and Japanese breadcrumbs), and makizushi (a sushi roll filled with ingredients such as carrots, egg and cucumber). For those who are seeking to satisfy their sweet tooth, snow cones, an pan sweet rolls, cookies, pies, cakes, American cupcakes and mochi, a popular rice cake snack will also be available. The bazaar also features a continuous schedule of cultural entertainment such as Japanese folk dancers and musicians, exhibits, demonstrations and children’s games. Among the cultural entertainment will be Koyasan Spirit of Children Taiko with children of all ages (Saturday, 11 a.m.), a koto concert featuring Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto playing koto or Japanese harp music (Saturday, 2 p.m.), Na Aikane Ukulele Group with hula dancing and ukulele tunes (Sunday, 11 a.m.), and Sacramento Taiko Dan, an internationally-traveled drum group (Sunday, 3 p.m.). Cultural displays will include ikebana Japanese flower arranging, Japanese calligraphy and handmade Japanese dolls. Working together to operate the event will be more than 750 volunteers, many of whom are members of the church. In being that the church is celebrating a notable anniversary, as it was 70 years ago that the first edition of the bazaar was held, it is timely to review some of the event’s history. The celebration had a modest beginning in 1947, as it originally served the purpose of uniting local, postwar Japanese. World War II had changed the lives of many Japanese Americans and immigrants who were residing in Sacramento and other places on the West Coast. Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. The presidential approval of this order, which occurred several months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Har-
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Members of Sakura Minyo Do Ko Kai (Japanese Folk Song and Dance Society) perform at the 63rd annual Sacramento Buddhist Church Cultural and Food Bazaar.
bor and the United States’ entry into the war, allowed for the assembly, evacuation and relocation of more than 100,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry residing on the West Coast. Following the war, various Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants returned to the Sacramento area. The Japanese bazaar began as a festive, social event for the Sacramento Japanese residents celebrating food and friendship. Held each year, the two-day event has grown throughout the years, as it continues to welcome both old and new guests. By expanding from more than a food and social event to include Japanese exhibits, flower arranging and entertainment, the event gained a more widespread interest. Among the early people involved in the operation of the event were Akio Imai, Tosh Matsuura, Eugene Okada, Don Ishii, Fujin Kai, Rye Keikoan, Mollu Kimura, James Matsufuji, Eddie Nakano, Conrad Sasaki and Tom Takata. A 1965 schedule of events for the bazaar includes references to food dishes such as chicken teriyaki and udon, ikebana and calligraphy dem-
onstrations and entertainment by a Japanese American surf band. Another band that performed at the event during the 1960s was Soul Union, an all-Asian, six-piece rock combo, with a Mexican American vocalist. Members of the band who entertained guests of the 1969 bazaar included Richard Yamadera, the group’s leader, and drummer Lloyd Ouye. The 30th annual bazaar was held on Aug. 14-15, 1976 and included koto performances by Masakazu Yamamoto and her students, paper folding demonstrations by Etsuko Wakayama, flower arranging by Molly Tofu Kimura, food items such as teriyaki chicken, sushi, tempura and pastries, and merchandise, including bonsai, silk-screened T-shirts and crafts. An article in the Aug. 13, 1990 edition of The Sacramento Bee recognizes the magnitude of the food that was prepared for that year’s guests of the bazaar. The article notes that an estimated 25,000 people attended that year’s event, which was serviced by 750 volunteers. It is also mentioned in the article that festival guests See Bazaar, page 15 www.valcomnews.com • August 11, 2016 • Land Park News
Plan update for proposed Raley’s Market and Center By Stephanie Duncan
Land Park Community Association
(Editor’s Note: This was originally published in the Land Park Community Association’s August newsletter, which can be found on landpark.org. It has been reprinted with permission.) Since the Planning & Design Commission meeting on June 2, the Raley’s design team has been working to address concerns and integrate ideas from the Commission and the community into their design for a future Raley’s store on Freeport Boulevard. The LPCA has also sought input, comments and concerns from residents online through NextDoor and Facebook. The following article is an update regarding the Raley’s design and will hopefully answer questions that have been submitted. The proposed Raley’s shopping center would be located on the 9.867-acre former Capital Nursery site at 4700 Freeport Blvd. The Raley’s store would be 55,000 square feet, which is slightly smaller than the current store at 4850 Freeport Boulevard. The site would include the addition of five to six other, single-story buildings, some of which are proposed to be located close to Freeport Boulevard. The additional buildings would house various restaurants and shops. None of the businesses would be open 24 hours and there are no gas station, mixed-use housing or underground parking proposed. The plans also include a renovation of the East West Bank building at the corner of Freeport and Wentworth. The Bank of America building, which is not owned by Raley’s, is not included in the proposed plans but would remain. The updated design includes reusing the existing Raley’s sign on Freeport Boulevard, which was requested by some members of the Commission and residents. There was also some concern about the rear of buildings facing Free-
port Boulevard. Changes that the Raley’s design team has made include having all building sides include glazing, windows or other design elements to soften and break up the mass of the rear building wall. Shaded areas are an important element of the design. Approximately 230 mature shade trees will be planted on the site for shade in the parking areas and in the areas around the buildings where outdoor seating will be available for restaurant and other patrons. All traffic flow patterns are the City’s responsibility. This includes whether traffic will be allowed to make left turns into or out of the proposed shopping center onto Freeport Boulevard. To aid bicycle and foot traffic, there will be multiple bicycle and pedestrian entrances into and out of the site. Plus bicycle parking will be provided throughout the shopping center. 457 vehicle parking stalls, 11 bicycle lockers, and 57 bicycle-parking stalls are proposed. Residents behind the former Capital Nursery have been concerned about the potential noise levels and building height. In response to these concerns, the loading dock has been moved from the rear of the Raley’s store to the south side of the site, closer to Wentworth. The loading dock will also be recessed and the delivery times will be limited. Since the Raley’s store is currently designed to be located on the west side of the property and reach a height of 25 feet, the Raley’s design team added elements to help lower the noise level and improve the view of the building for nearby residents. The rear of the Raley’s store would be covered with foliage, which is designed to provide a softer and greener landscape and help reduce noise levels. A 40-foot-wide fire lane would be located behind the Raley’s store and would be closed to all but fire vehicles. A 10- to 12- foot wall would be built behind, along the joint property line and be landscaped with trees growing to a height of 17 feet.
The rear/west portion of the former Capital Nursery site is currently zoned residential and includes two abandoned homes on Wentworth Avenue. The plan includes demolishing the two homes and rezoning them to C-2 (Commercial) and developed as part of this center. This would be consistent with the zoning along Freeport Boulevard. No buildings would be built behind homes on the north side of the site and both the north and south sides of the site would be lined with trees. Many have questioned what would happen to the current Raley’s building when Raley’s moves? The current building is comprised of three smaller buildings, none of which are owned by Raley’s. However, Raley’s is working with the building’s owner to find a future tenant or tenants for the site. Yet, a future tenant cannot be finalized unless the plans for the proposed Raley’s are approved. The completion of all necessary documents, the construction of a proposed Raley’s shopping center, and all other requirements throughout the process is estimated to take three to four years. If the proposed Raley’s design is approved, finding a future tenant for the current Raley’s site that would fit within the community will be of utmost importance. A representative from the Raley’s team is currently scheduled to attend the Land Park Community Association Board Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Eskaton (3225 Freeport Boulevard) to answer community questions. All members as well as residents are welcome and encouraged to attend. The current design plans can be found online on the City’s website at https://www.cityofsacramento.org/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/ Major Projects. Please let us know what do you think about the proposed Raley’s plan. Email your thoughts, questions, and concerns to mailto:landuse@landpark.org.
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Barrio Cafe hopes to have soft opening next week Sergio Barrios and Melissa Allen are doing the final touches on Barrio Cafe, a coffee shop that’s been in the works in the South Hills Shopping Center since the end of last year. “Everything is going well just taking a bit longer than we anticipated. The bakery/ coffee side is close to being finished. We hope to have a soft opening next week, but no promises just yet,” they wrote in a statement to the Land Park News. We will be following their progress as the excitement for renovations at the historic shopping center continue. The Greenhaven residents, Sergio and Melissa, are duplicating their successful downtown coffee shop, Fluid Espresso, inside the old Brick Oven Pizza (1188 35th Ave.).
For those familiar with Fluid Espresso, expect a similar menu with the exception that they will add a light fare on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. So, expect tapas, wine and beer, as well as some entertainment. With about 38 different drinks, the couple enjoys coming up with different drink varieties on the spot. And, as their love for coffee is unwavering, so is their love for bread, which they bake themselves. Sergio’s father, Santiago, was a baker in Mexico and later had a shop in the old Nut Tree in Vacaville. Afterward, his family ran Greenhaven Bakery in the current Manley’s Donuts on Florin Road and Riverside Boulevard.
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Former radio DJ reminisces about his days at KZAP, more By LANCE ARMSTRONG Lance@valcomnews.com
Editor’s Note: This is part two in a series about the history of radio station KZAP 98.5 FM. Among the original disc jockeys of the now defunct, legendary Sacramento radio station, KZAP 98.5 FM was Jeff Hughson. Hughson, who worked at the station from 1968 to 1971, was born in the capital city and grew up in east Sacramento and River Park during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the oldest of the three children of Carl and Gerri Hughson. In remembering his childhood, Jeff said, “It was a golden time in America, post World War II prosperity, nice neighborhoods, nice cars, nice houses, never wanted for much.” And when it came to providing nice cars for his family, Jeff said that his father had a particular advantage. “My dad was a car dealer, so (the family car) changed every year,” he said.“The one we had the longest was a 1956 (Chevrolet) Nomad station wagon.” After obtaining his license at the age of 16, Jeff, at separate times, acquired several quality, used automobiles from his father. One of those vehicles was a Ford van that he would fill up with his friends and take road trips to San Francisco and Big Sur. While attending Sacramento High School, Jeff worked for a couple years at Ikon Enterprises recording studios at 4232 H St. Jim recalled some of his duties at that business, which was owned by his cousin, Jim Barkley.
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“I pushed the brooms a little bit, I did studio set up for sessions, and then when records would come in, I would do the stocking,” he said. “I would pull them off the truck and put them in groups by band (names) in the stock room, so that when the bands came to pick up their 45s, they were all neatly stacked.” Jim also learned about the music business from his cousin, who he would sit with in the control room during sessions.
Jim said that it was also during his teenage years when he acquired his passion for radio. “When I was 13 years old, I was calling all the KROY disc jockeys, Jack Hammer, Hal Hopkins, Johnny Hyde, you know all those guys, going, ‘Hey, I want to be a DJ, give me some advice,’” he said. “And there wasn’t a lot of advice. I mean, See KZAP, page 17
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Local girls start anti-bullying support group, garner recognition from dignitaries at South Land Park’s National Night Out By Monica Stark
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At the South Land Park National Night Out event on Tuesday, Aug. 2, two impressionable youth – Arianna King, 11, and Emme Engel, 13 – signed people up for their newly formed anti-bullying group which will meet at Belle Cooledge Library. Arianna said she wanted to commit suicide a number of times because of all the bullying and that she’s had peers text her cell phone saying that she shouldn’t be alive. Not only taking care of themselves, but acting as mentors to others facing those similar issues, their story and progress with the group and when it will meet will be discussed in later stories. Sometime in September is what they know for now. At the NNO event, Sacramento mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg, a strong advocate for mental health issues, gave his support to the girls and said for them to contact him with the details of the September event so he can possibly come and support it. A seventh grader at a Pocket area school, Arianna said pretty much in each grade “there’s a bully who thinks there is someone better than everyone else. “It’s heartbreaking to see a little kid trying to commit suicide at like the age of 7. We always go to our principal. He kind of helps us a lot … he doesn’t want to see anyone get hurt.” She said people would start poking her arms and stomach.“ They always called
me names and it was really sad because it was really hard for my childhood. It was hard not knowing a lot of things and why they were doing it... I tried to commit suicide a lot of times. At the time I was thinking of a lot of ways like hanging myself because it was really hard for me. And a lot of kids said, ‘you don’t deserve to keep your life, so you should take your life now. “They would text: ‘go kill yourself, you don’t deserve to live.’” Her strength coming out of that dark place inside herself and now helping people truly is commendable. Regarding the meetings, Arianna hopes kids “learn something. After they go to a couple of meetings, I hope they feel better and don’t want to do anything. I don’t want to see anyone, like an 8 year old, commit suicide. Lots of parents would go crazy and won’t know what to do with themselves if they lost their child.” Debunking stereotypes of the typical suicidal youth, Emme said those who are in danger always seem like the ones who don’t look the part. “It’s always someone that looks perfect.” Emme said when she first had the idea for the group, she didn’t know how to get it off the ground, but decided summer was going to be the time and September is a great opportunity. She hopes members of the group “just feel better about themselves – that they realize that they are not alone and that they are happy.”
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Local girls Donna King and Emme Engel are starting an anti-bullying group which will meet at Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive. Dates and times are to be determined. They are shown at last week’s South Land Park Neighborhood Association’s National Night Out event at the Waldorf-Inspired eK-8 Alice Birney Elementary School.
Emme recently got accepted to the Sacramento County Youth Commission Board where her stated goal is to give all youth a great experience as kids and teens. Asked if they had a good response at their NNO table, Emme said, “It was an OK response. I think kids don’t want to look into it. If they don’t personally have an issue they can address with this, they won’t come over to us because they don’t want any controversy. They don’t want anything that can go wrong.”
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Two international pro rugby players get lavish Land Park treatment By Monica Stark
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International pro rugby players Alex Hodgkinson and Josh Pinn both arrived to Sacramento on Monday, May 16 to meet fellow teammates of the Sacramento Express, a professional American rugby union team that plays in the newly formed PRO Rugby competition. Placed in what players jokingly call a crack house on Power Inn Road, the situation was to say the least “not very ideal”. Some slept on couches. And staying there, they didn’t have much connection to some of Sacramento’s best offerings – that was until a happenstance encounter with a South Land Park mover and shaker. “We roughed it out, spent the whole day away from the house as much as possible. At 6:30 a.m., we’d get up to go to training and go home at 9 in evening. It wasn’t an enjoyable place to be,” Alex said. The boys must have taken two or three Ubers a day, bopping around one spot to another until one day a turning point came: “We were outside Chipotle (on Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville Road). We were looking for a Starbuck’s,” Josh said. Who did they ask for directions, but good ol’ Leslie Serra, a part-time real estate agent and overall giving individual who, the boys got the impression, seems to know everyone around town and because of her position said she might have a few places for rent shortly. After an away game in San Diego, the boys were about to bite the bullet and pay her rent even if it meant they’d give up the good deal of free boarding at the crack house. So they phoned Leslie and fortunately for the boys, her rentals weren’t available yet.
She offered rooms in her own home, which was meant to be a temporary-- as in a few days temporary-- arrangement. “I remember the day we arrived at her house we entered through the flowers. I was thinking bloody hell,” Alex said. “It was like we died and gone to heaven,” Josh added. Of course, the two helped out with chores and some of the cooking and their contagious energy was a win-win. “It felt like we met the heart of Land Park. We were taken to all these events,” Alex said. A rugby player with American and British citizenship, Alex attended Syracuse University for four years and the hospitality at Leslie’s house was another reminder of the generosity of American culture. “There’s no other country in the world we’ve been to where they welcome you in this way. It’s something we thrive on ... We met (Leslie’s) friends and family who said, ‘Please use our pool.’ We’ve been to about 10 pools in South Land Park.” To wit, Josh interjected: “That’s probably because we walk up in our Speedos.” Alex said one of the places they go to regularly is Meet & Eat on Freeport Boulevard -- a restaurant perfect for their big appetites. Also a favorite is Jamie’s Bar on Broadway and Low Brau in midtown. “We cruise around and try to mix it up, though Meet & Eat is a favorite,” Josh said. On days off, they’ve traveled to the Bay Area and Santa Cruz. They also have wanted to hit up the Napa Valley. Using rugby as “an excuse to be here,” Alex and Josh hope to return to Sacramento next year to play. With a total of 12 games a season, talk is there will be an additional 10 teams
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ly profitable venture for the league with potential television rights as a start. “We got it going in America; America as nation, has the most amazing athletes in the world ... We have to try to get college football stars and try to convert them. They need to play at a young age,” Alex said. “And stick with it, so when they get to age by 20-22, they will be pretty much unstoppable,” Josh added. The goal for both of them is to play rugby in the United States next year as well. While it will take two to three years for Josh to obtain citizenship, he’s hoping to get it by the next World Cup in 2019. “Sport in America is like a menu at a restaurant,” Alex says. “And, the bigger the menu, the better the market.” The Sacramento Express record for the year was 3-12, with the last game on Saturday, July 30.
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“went through 15,000 pounds of chicken, 450 pounds of shrimp, 1,300 pounds of beef, one ton of rice, 500 pounds of noodles and 100 gallons of soy sauce.� According to the article, volunteers making the teriyaki chicken “cooked 150 (birds) at a time on three gigantic barbecue pits.� Another article, which was published in the Aug. 6, 1998 edition of The Bee, notes that the bazaar was then drawing “some 60,000 visitors each year.� During the 2009 edition of the bazaar, Sacramento resident Bill Hatano reminisced about some of the earliest years of the event. While pointing toward a distance site during an interview with the Land Park News, the then-78-year-old Hatano said, “They had barbecue pits right over there.� And continuing, he said, “They used to put up blocks and put screens over [the pits] and that’s how they’d cook their chickens. “(The bazaar) was just so small back then. It was mostly (attended by) Japanese, but now it’s a lot different. I was probably in my late 20s when I started coming out here (volunteering for the event) cooking chickens at first and then I was in the hot dog and
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The MPAA has rated this PG-13 Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society” is released by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate and marks the first time that the master director has photographed a movie in digital format, a transition from using actual motion picture film negative that he has entrusted to the capable hands of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who has lit this movie with the inner radiance of a painting by Maxfield Parrish. In the golden light of an idealized past, with comedy, we are told the story of young Bobby, who at loose ends in New York, needs a job. His mother calls on her brother, an actor’s agent in Hollywood, to give him a job at the coast. After arriving in tinseltown, at that time, at the peak of movie studio greatness, Bobby waits a long time to meet his uncle Phil Stern. Uncle Phil has little time for him or anyone else. Steve Carell plays Phil Stern, whose character’s name may have been a tip of the hat from Woody Allen to the NBC sports announcer of that era Bill Stern. Bobby is played by Jesse Eisneberg. Phil is just too busy to give Bobby the time of day, so he asks
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his secretary Vonnie to show him the town. After seeing a few sights they stop in for a bite in a little Mexican restaurant off the beaten bath, and Bobby confesses he’s interested in her. Vonnie is played by captivating Kristen Stewart who I don’t think has ever looked more alluring than in this movie. During their lunch and to the strains of Harry Warren and Al Dubin’s “I Only Have Eyes for You” played by Ben Selvin’s orchestra, she informs Bobby she has a married boyfriend, who will prove to be quite problematic for Bobby when he finds out who he really is. Bobby gets involved in the nightclub business through a racketeer relative and returns to New York to forget Vonnie, or at least try. There he becomes enchanted by Veronica, played by Blake Lively. The entire soundtrack is joyfully filled with the exquisite musical taste of Woody Allen. There are many Rogers and Hart selections, among others, including a few in classic recordings such as Benny Goodman’s 1939 recording of “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” featuring a vocal by Louise Tobin. Ms. Tobin, former wife of both Harry James and Peanuts
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Hucko is still living in the Dallas area! Good for her. Newly recorded delights by Vince Giordano, whose Nighthawks in New York lead the vintage music preservation scene there today, include a version of “Manhattan” that is so creamy and delicious, it will linger in your mind for many pleasant days. SONY Classics has released a sound track album featuring fifteen selections and it is excellent, you’ll want to add it to your collection. There is a scene with Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin’s 1934 song “June in January” adding just the right support to finish the total effect of the moment. It occurs as Bobby gets to know Veronica one late evening in a jazz club in New York. The use of music by the director one of the most subtle and delightful aspects of Allen’s creativity in this and many other of his other movies. Often you will hear an instrumental, played under the dialog. If you know the tune and recall whilst watching the unheard lyric in the soundtrack, you will find exactly how Allen works magic with music in the movies. Invariably that unheard lyric directly ties in with the action on the screen, an added bonus that connects at that level for those who appreciate the music of the great American songbook.
Ms. Lively is radiant as Veronica, just the way a glamorous star should appear on the screen. This is a special movie. Parker Posey livens up the production as a curly haired blonde in her singular manner and the picture also stars Corey Stoll, Jeannie Berlin and Ken Stott. The era is beautifully and lovingly recreated from costumes to set dressing. Even though Mr. Allen has embarked on a new movie already, one never really knows if it may be the last and I savored every moment. As an artist who has given us at least one new movie every single year since 1982 and going back to 1965 almost every year, one must admire his output. I find him clever, brilliant and nostalgic, all values I highly admire and which are all there on the screen for you to see in this movie. Allen narrates the picture in his own voice and I was saddened slightly to hear his voice wane with age; a once crisp and sharp voice with rapid fire zingers is now slow and deliberate and filled with a wistfulness that permeates the picture. Seeing a Woody Allen movie is like a first date; filled with great hope and possibility, an occasional moment of awkwardness, a sparkle of champagne, and the full knowledge that it must end soon. I urge you to see this one, it is beautiful.
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‘Do it.’ And that’s the best advice for anyone with any kind of passion.” In 1967, Jeff ’s dream of working as a disc jockey became a reality through a local DJ named Curly Cobb, who was a friend of his father. Jeff recalled that experience, saying, “Curly said, ‘Hey, we have an opening at the station, KXRQ (98.5 FM), and if you’re interested you can come down and talk to me. So, I went down and talked to him.” Jeff, who was then 17 and a junior at in high school, was hired as the DJ for an allnight jazz show and a Sunday morning blues show. As a young DJ, Jeff idolized John Skorakis, who was both a state worker and a DJ at KXRQ. Jeff recalled Skorakis as a man who dressed in suits with skinny ties and was “always sharp, very hip and cool.” “I just thought he was about the greatest thing ever,” Jeff said. “I was a big fan.” Jeff added that it was also Skorakis who informed him that KXRQ would cease existence “(Skorakis) said, ‘Well, we’ve got two more weeks to work and then they’re selling the station,’” he recalled. After some inquiry about the future station, which would become KZAP, Jeff spoke to Ed FitzGerald, the first general manager of that station. During his interview with FitzGerald at his parents’ house, Jeff showed FitzGerald his large record collection, which he obtained through spending most of his spare money at Thrifty Drug Store at 55712 Folsom Blvd. and Tower Records at 1518 Broadway. Jeff recalled FitzGerald’s reaction to his record collection. “He went into my bedroom and he about fell over, because the bedroom was floor to ceiling, wall to wall albums,” he said. “It was during the time period when they were liquidating mono records and you could get them for 50 cents (each). My favorite price was always five for $1.38. “Anyhow, he looked around and there were like musical categories, alphabetical by artists and chronological by year of release. You know, first, second, third, fourth. He looked at that and goes, ‘You could Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.
be our music director.’ I said, ‘That would be great, I’d love to.’ So, he hired me.” Jeff added that FitzGerald had hoped that he could use his records at KZAP. “He thought, ‘Hmm, maybe he’ll let us use his records,’” he said. “And I was comfortable letting him think that, because I wanted the job. But there was no way on God’s green Earth I was going to let my pristine record collection get beat up by a bunch of DJs. I’d been a DJ. I’d seen records at radio station libraries.” Jeff recalled that only a month after his graduation from high school in June 1968, he attended preliminary meetings for the station at FitzGerald’s home in Rancho Cordova. “We met in (FitzGerald’s) living room – me and Charlie Weiss and (program director) Paul Merriam and maybe Cary Nosler and a few other characters (who were hired to work at KZAP),” he said. FitzGerald, Jeff said, played an essential role in KZAP’s existence on the 13th floor of the Elks Building, where KRXQ had previously operated. “Ed, and this is part of building rock ‘n’ roll in America, you know, he had to kind of sweet talk the Elks to let him come into the building,” he said. “He joined the Elks, he went to their meetings.” And in describing the soonto-be-on-the-air station, FitzGerald presented the Elks with a very limited description of KZAP, which would originally operate with a freeform format. Jeff described free-form as follows: “Free-form radio is really simple. The disc jockey, the announcer who’s on the air, has the freedom to do anything he wants. Anything, play any kind of music, poets, interviews, children’s stories, actualities. One of my favorite records on KZAP was the tribes of New Guinea, which (produced) tribal chants. You know, and you would segue way into Santana and stuff.” Jeff added that the greatest number of songs originally played on KZAP were songs by new rock bands. “Percentage wise, probably the biggest style of music was the new rock bands, because it all came together,” he said. “You know, demographics, political revolution, baby boomers, and all these new
bands are coming out and they could get no air play anywhere else. They weren’t getting played on top 40. They’re San Francisco bands, Steve Miller, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane.” The debut of KZAP occurred nearly 48 years ago. After KZAP employees worked to redesign the studio, the station officially signed on the air at 6 a.m. on Nov. 8, 1968. Jeff explained that KZAP played an important role in a unique time in history. “We were in the eye of the hurricane,” he said. “All of our peers, be it musicians, artists, activists, teachers, whatever, we were changing the world. “It was the same kind of social and cultural, political revolution that hit Berlin in the 1920s and Paris in the (postwar) 1940s and New York in the 1950s and San Francisco in the 1960s. You know, we changed the world. And I could point to a string of successes. Did we stop war? No, it turns out the war machine is just too big and too well funded to stop. You know, endless war for endless profit. “We were doing our part in the revolution to change the world. And I would argue that we succeeded on many fronts. Ecology, politically in terms of political choice in America, whole foods, back to the land, back to the Earth movement. PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) and all those kind of things I would allege all grew out of the radio I did and others like me did in the late 1960s and the early 1970s.” After about two and a half years of working at KZAP, Jeff
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Jeff Hughson is shown at a concert he produced at William Land Park in 1969.
continued his radio work as a DJ at the Sacramento FM radio stations, KNDE, KSFM and KXOA-FM. He left the latter station in about 1974. He eventually held a variety of jobs, including producing concerts, fairs, festivals, rodeos and other events, working as the entertainment director at the Contra Costa County Fair, and operating a mail order business, selling records and music memorabilia. Jeff currently provides publicity work for the multiEmmy-winning singer-songwriter Bob Cheevers, and is the executive producer of a documentary film, called “Free-form, Baby!: The FM Radio Revolution.” The film, which is directed by Mark Herzig, is scheduled to be released in early 2017.
Jeff commented about why he decided to end his career in radio. “I gave it up because all my radio experience after that meant nothing compared to doing KZAP,” he said. “KZAP was beyond special. It was a unique experience and you had to be in the right place at the right time with the right knowledge, and we changed the face of radio. Now it’s gotten worse than the top 40 that we replaced. “But you know what? These other jobs that I had I did it because I was a DJ and they issued checks every two weeks. But KZAP, I did it because I loved doing it. And KZAP wrote checks, too. They were just a lot smaller than the other checks.”
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What’s THURSDAY, AUG. 11 THE SACRAMENTO WALKING STICKS PRESENT THE ANNUAL ICE CREAM WALK!: What’s more fun than eating homemade ice cream on a hot summer night or day in Sacramento? Walking to get to where you can eat that ice cream and taste testing to see which place has your favorite flavor! Everyone’s invited to join in the Sacramento Walking Sticks annual Vic’s to Gunther’s Ice Cream Walk, including the family dog. Choose a 5K or 10K. Start at Vic’s Ice Cream, 3199 Riverside Blvd. Walk starts between 9 and 10 a.m. and ends by 1 p.m. Sacramento’s warm summers are the perfect opportunities to eat ice cream at its two locally owned ice creameries in the Land Park and Curtis Park neighborhoods: Vic’s and Gunther’s. The walk between the two is a lovely shady stroll through upscale neighborhoods with classic ‘20s and ‘30s homes. Join the Sacramento Walking Sticks for this annual fun event and bring the family! Restrooms are along the route, pets are welcome with leash and cleanup. There is outside seating at creameries for those with pets. Water is available at Vic’s and Gunther’s and Vic’s has sandwiches, soups and classic soda fountain drinks. Wheelchairs and strollers are fine; however, wheelchairs may find some of the curbs difficult. This walk is rated 1A – flat & easy and very tasty! Check our website for updates prior to the walk at www.SacramentoWalkingSticks.org.
FRIDAY, AUG. 12 AND SATURDAY, AUG. 13 MODERNO ITALIANO FESTIVAL 2016 AT HOT ITALIAN: Moderno Italiano Festival returns with a new time of year in honor of Ferragosto, the mid-summer holiday! Celebrate modern Italian design, film, and food along with sponsors FIAT USA, Birra Peroni, Baci Perugina, San Pellegrino fruit beverages! Pull up a chair or lay down a blanket and join for free movie screenings 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, at Fremont Park On Friday at 8 p.m. “Palio” (2015) will be showing <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIE5UyZYsxg>. On Saturday also at 8 p.m., “A Five Star Life” (2014) will be screened. <https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7Pd_3FeLjsk>.
SATURDAY, AUG. 13 SUMMER STORYTIME AT CAMELLIA WALDORF SCHOOL: For children (ages 4 to 6) and their adults. Experience the magic of our play-based kindergarten: Enjoy a puppet show, craft activity, and snack. Play indoors and out. Meet the teachers and get your
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SATURDAY, AUG. 13 AND SUNDAY, AUG. 14 70TH ANNUAL JAPANESE FOOD & CULTURE BAZAAR / FESTIVAL: From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento, 2401 Riverside Blvd., enjoy various cultural dance and music performances and crafts as well as tasting some of the best Japanese food around.
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DIABETES ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL SERIES: Diabetes 101 is a series of classes on managing diabetes. This class to be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. will be about lifestyle modifications, motivation, stages of change and setting smart goals Free of charge. Pre-registration is required Class will be held at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.
FOOD TRUCK MANIA AT WILLIAM LAND PARK: From 4 to 8 p.m., join your neighbors for Food Truck Mania in William Land Park, at the corner of Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville Road, courtesy of the Land Park Community Association. You will find lots of gourmet food trucks, great music, and kid-friendly entertainment.
SUMMER SEAFOOD SALAD: Summer is a perfect time to enjoy a simple and refreshing salad of frisee, spinach, orange and grapefruit segments, and avocado. Topped with pan-fried shrimp and scallops, the salad will be served with a homemade Asian vinaigrette. Your meal will include a roll and a mixed berry parfait for dessert. Pre-payment of $15 and pre-registration is required. Class will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org. MEDITATION, CHINESE, HINDU & TIBETAN: Meditation has been used for thousands of years by traditional schools of medicine to balance and promote mind, body & health. Learn how to use Hindu Insight, Taoist Healing, and Tibetan Nine Point meditations to reduce blood pressure, support heart & immune system health, and even balance brain chemistry. Pre-payment of $15 and pre-registration is required. Drop-in rate at $20. Class will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.
SATURDAY, AUG. 20 ONE-DAY KIMEKOMI DOLL MAKING WORKSHOP: Students in this one day class will select their own model of doll and be taught individually. Additional material fees vary depending on choice of dolls. Student should bring a small pointed scissors and a hand towel for their workstation. Nominal fee for lunch or bring your own. Pre-payment of $55 (doll kit not included) and pre-registration is required. Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Meals on Wheels, 7375 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org or Masanori Wasano at 530-350-8083.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: Washington Elementary, 520 18th St., is proud to welcome the public to its Grand Opening Celebration from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Take a tour of the school, engage in STEAM activities through a mini maker faire, and welcome Washington Elementary back to the neighborhood. From 5:45 to 6:15 p.m. attendees will hear from local officials, members of the school board, the architect behind the new school design, and our principal. Then, take tours, eat food and engage in STEAM activities with staff, parents, local businesses and our next generation of youth leaders.
FRIDAY, AUG. 26 RECEPTION FOR “ONE HUNDRED YEARS, ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS” EXHIBIT AT SCC : The Sacramento City College Art Department is pleased to present, as part of the campus-wide Centennial Celebration, an exhibition featuring the works from 100 living artists who have attended Sacramento City College’s Art Department from Aug. 22 to Sept. 30. There will be a reception on Friday, Aug. 26 from 5 to 9 p.m. with performance art. The exhibit’s artists represent the diversity and accomplishment of City College over the last seven decades. From nationally and internationally recognized artists, such as Gregory Kondos (who graduated from Sacramento Junior College in 1943), Mel Ramos, Fred Dalkey, Julia Couzens, Jerald Silva, and Annie-Murphy-Robinson, to the newest generation of artists, who are creating the texture of today’s Sacramento, this exhibition is a showcase for the talent and strength which has defined Sacramento City College. A catalog will accompany the exhibition, as well as a series of artist talks that will occur throughout the Centennial year. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m and See Events, page 21
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SATURDAY, AUG. 27 THE RACE FOR THE ARTS 2016 is right around the corner! Now is the time to register and get your team excited for an entertaining day that will raise funds for art programs throughout our community. It’s a 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run (B-tagged available) & Arts Festival in William Land Park. For more information visit www.raceforthearts.com.
THE SACRAMENTO WALKING STICKS PRESENT THE ANNUAL ICE CREAM WALK!: What’s more fun than eating homemade ice cream on a hot summer night or day in Sacramento? Walking to get to where you can eat that ice cream and taste testing to see which place has your favorite flavor! Everyone’s invited to join in the Sacramento Walking Sticks annual Vic’s to Gunther’s Ice Cream Walk, including the family dog. On Thursday, Aug. 11, choose a 5K or 10K. Start at Vic’s Ice Cream, 3199 Riverside Blvd. Walk starts between 9 and 10 a.m. and ends by 1 p.m. Sacramento’s warm summers are the perfect opportunities to eat ice cream at its two locally owned ice creameries in the Land Park and Curtis Park neighborhoods: Vic’s and Gunther’s. The walk between the two is a lovely shady stroll through upscale neighborhoods with classic ‘20s and ‘30s homes. Join the Sacramento Walking Sticks for this annual fun event and bring the family! Restrooms are along the route, pets are welcome with leash and cleanup. There is outside seating at creameries for those with pets. Water is available at Vic’s and Gunther’s and Vic’s has sandwiches, soups and classic soda fountain drinks. Wheelchairs and strollers are fine; however, wheelchairs may find some of the curbs difficult. This walk is rated 1A – flat & easy and very tasty! Check our website for updates prior to the walk at www.SacramentoWalkingSticks.org.
MOVIE NIGHT IN WILLIAM LAND PARK: From 7 to 9 p.m., councilmember Steve Hansen’s office and the Land Park Community Association are co-sponsoring a movie night at the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre in William Land Park at sundown. The movie will be “Zootopia”. Bring a picnic, blankets, and/ or chairs, and enjoy a family-friendly flick. Free drinks and snacks will be provided. The amphitheater is located at 15th Avenue and Land Park Drive. For more information, call 808-7004.
SUNDAY, AUG. 28 CURTIS FEST ARTISAN FESTIVAL IN THE PARK: Curtis Fest was established in 2007 to give local artists a venue to exhibit and sell their work. The event often draws up to 50 fine artists, photographers and crafters. This free event also has musicians, food trucks, a petting zoo and the Happily Ever After Fairy for the kids. The festival ends with the final day of Music in the Park, which is held at the north end of Curtis Park. This annual event is the perfect time to relax with your family, friends and neighbors. With a blanket and picnic basket you can enjoy the music in a wonderful outdoor venue. Curtis Fest and Music in the Park is held at William Curtis Park, 3349 West Curtis Drive. SF MIME TROUPE COMES TO SOUTHSIDE PARK: It deals with the education system - and it’s a musical! The SF Mime Troupe is California born and bred and this is the 57th season for the Tony Awardwinning Theatre Company, which will have two free local performances, one on Saturday, Aug. 27 at Community Park in Davis, 1405 F St. with music at 6:30 p.m., followed by the show at 7 p.m. And the event at Southside Park, 2115 6th St., starts at 4:30 p.m. with music followed by the show at 5 p.m.
FIRE SPECTACULAR: On Saturday, Aug. 13 from 6 to 10 p.m., catch fire dancers from Obsidian Butterfly at the “hottest” event in Land Park, 3901 South Land Park Drive, across from the Zoo and Fairytale Town at the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre. General admission: Adults, $15; children and teenagers (age 8 and younger: free; age 18 and under, $10; family rate: $35 for two adults and two children.)
70TH ANNUAL JAPANESE FOOD & CULTURE BAZAAR / FESTIVAL: Enjoy various cultural dance and music performances and crafts as well as tasting some of the best Japanese food around from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both Saturday, Aug. 13 and Sunday, Aug. 14, at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento, 2401 Riverside Blvd.
MONDAY, AUG. 29 DAD’S KITCHEN FUN RUN /FUNDRAISER; FLIP CANCER THE BIRD: Join your neighbors for a fun run and fundraiser at Dad’s Kitchen Land Park. After a fun 3-mile course through Land Park, rehydrate with some of the best craft beers in town! Run starts at 6:30 p.m. from Dad’s parking lot; 2968 Freeport Boulevard. One hundred percent of proceeds benefit the Sacramento Community Cancer Coalition and community mem-
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SF Mime Troupe comes to Southside Park and Davis It deals with the education system - and it’s a musical! The SF Mime Troupe is California born and bred and this is the 57th season for the Tony Award-winning Theatre Company, which will have two free local performances, one in Davis on Saturday, Aug. 27 and the other in Sacramento at Southside Park on Sunday, Aug. 28. Education. It’s like the weather: everyone has an opinion but nobody does anything about it. That’s how Lavinia Jones feels about her son Thomas’ new school, Eleanor Roosevelt High. Decades of funding cuts have resulted in old textbooks, crumbling classrooms, and underpaid teachers, making Roosevelt exactly the sort of public school that has failed students time and time again. Isn’t it time for something… efficient? And efficient is exactly what Fredersen Babbit, from Learning Academy for Virtual Achievement (LAVA Corp.), promises to bring to the district. New technology,remote learning,computer-generated teachers –LAVA promises to put the “virtual” in achievement! But with kids learning from home, do we need all these empty schools? And with privatization on the line, a Wall Street heavy hitter on one side and a feisty octogenarian teacher Ethel Orocuru on the other, suddenly the next School Board election is more about a hidden agenda than the open curriculum. Are schools the last chance for democracy, or is education the next frontier for profit? Can we trust a politician’s public/private plan to replace an out-ofdate system, or is there something even more sinister than privatization going on behind the doors of LAVA? And wait -
when did the hall monitors start wearing brown shirts and arm bands? When it comes to the real plan for the future of education – and of our democracy - are we all about to get... Schooled?
Character Breakdown: Lavinia Jones: Black mother is very protective of her son, Thomas - given the violence against black boys - but also because of the prejudice in the school system in regards to punishment and grading. Lavinia assumes everyone is racist, and believes she has to be proactive to give him the best possible chance in a system tilted against him. Wants her son to be an entrepreneur. Thomas Jones: Black student is an average kid who deals of being a professional YouTube gamer. He wants to live in an online world - which he sees as post racial. Doesn’t go to protests, doesn’t get what the big deal is, and is always embarrassed when his mother stands up to defend/save him. Michiko Chamlis: Asian/Latino student is average kid - works hard, but sucks at math. Assumes Blacks are ignorant. Secretly very interested in politics, very activist - but parents don’t know/wouldn’t approve. Student Body President, and much to the chagrin of her parents - basketball jock. Edith Orocuru: Old Teacher has been around forever, and knows everything - except computers. Still uses personal See Mime, page 23
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(standing l-r) Velina Brown (Lavina Jones), Keiko Shimosato Carreiro (Edith Orocuru), (sitting l-r) Rotimi Agbabiaka (Thomas Jones), Lisa Hori-Garcia (Michiko) in Schooled.
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(l-r) Velina Brown (Lavina Jones), (sitting l-r) Rotimi Agbabiaka (Thomas Jones) in Schooled.
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ture. Vows to “Make American Music and lyrics by Ira Schools Great Again.” Also a Marlowe. Continued from page 22 real estate developer. Directed by: Michael Gene mimeograph machine (loves the Sullivan. smell). Product of the Great So- Arthur Quisdedo: Very pop- Music director: Daniel Savio. ciety, values Liberal and Classi- ular and personable outgoing Musicians include: William cal education, but hasn’t shift- school board president. Has Durkee, Dominic Moisant, and ed headset to multiculturalism. overseen the increased pub- Daniel Savio. Still a bit racist, sexist. lic/private partnership in the Schooled features veteran SF school district. Mime Troupe collective memMr. Fredersen Babbit: Young, bers: Velina Brown (Lavinia passionless, interested in new Estelle: A cheerleader for the Jones, Estelle), Rotimi Agbaeconomy, new tech, new new- Eleanor Roosevelt Honey Bad- biaka (Thomas Jones, Arthur ness. Believes the future will be- gers. A student who will cheer Quisdedo), Keiko Shimosalong to the most efficient. Lib- with any crowd - regardless of to-Carreiro (Ethel Orocuru), ertarian product of economic what they are cheering for… Lisa Hori-Garcia (Michiko school who sees history as a bar Chimlis, Fredersen. Babbit). to progress, and traditional ed- Tatianna: Mr. Babbit’s Rusucation as a non-productive ex- sian secretary, and lover. On the web: ample of a too humanistic apTrailer: https://youtu. proach to cold reality. CEO of Credits: be/rp1SKMgqiKo Learning Academy for Virtu- Schooled is written by Mi- SF Mime Troupe: www.sfmt. al Achievement. Sees himself chael Gene Sullivan and Eug- org as one of the shapers of the fu- enie Chan. Facebook: www.facebook. com/sfmimetroupe Kevin Oto Broker
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