Land Park News - February 23, 2017

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Broadway Avid Reader at Tower to move down the street to old CarQuest Autoparts, Dimple to expand into Avid See page 10

News ...................................................2–3 Arts .........................................................7 Police Logs ...............................................8 Home Improvement Guide .....................18 What’s Happening .................................20

A new look planned for Bel-Air shopping center on Florin Road See page 3

City Theatre at SCC to present The Great Gatsby See page 7

Land Park News W W W. VA L C O M N E W S . C O M E-mail stories & photos to: editor@valcomnews.com The Land Park News is published on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month in the area bounded by Broadway to the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Florin Road on the south and Freeport Boulevard/21st Street on the east.

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Now here’s a first world problem. You’re breakin’ a sweat, burning some calories running up and down the hills of William Land Park when, uh oh, you got to use the bathroom. And you’re left with the ageold question: Do you hold it till you get home? Or, do you suck it up, use the facilities, plug your nose and try not to touch anything but the toilet paper (if there is any, that’s clean)?

Let’s face it, park bathrooms, generally speaking, are gross... not to mention the needles left in the dirt that neighbors have found and complained about.

While fleeting thoughts of “Man, I wish they’d just burn this place down and start over” may cross your mind, someone actually did burn one of the bathrooms down in William Land Park over on the Freeport Boulevard side in an area called College Green early last summer.

While I’m not advocating arson by any means, there’s a bit of good news to come out of all this: A new bathroom.

In fact, at the January meeting of the Land Park

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Shown here is the rendering of the “dream bathroom” that Land Park Community Association members thought was going to replace the burned one in William Land Park.

Community Association, president Steve Winlock thanked Rick Stevenson, a stalwart of volunteerism when it comes to park maintenance for his work on the bathrooms.

Recognized for his efforts getting Measure U money allocated to pay for replacing the burned down bathroom, Stevenson said he and LPCA member Art Taylor did an “outhouse tour” where they went around checking out some of the best

bathrooms in town and they found one used in many city parks that features three separate unisex bathrooms, including one big enough for wheelchairs. But, that bathroom came with around a $300,000 price tag. So, the city has decided to do a “custom rebuild” of the “crispy bathroom” to save money.

Stevenson said he will ask for plans for the new design. “ I hope they have a beer dispenser.”

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A new look planned for the Bel Air shopping center on Florin Road

By MONICA STARk

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It’s been called an eye-sore by many South Land Park and Pocket area residents. The Bel Air shopping center on Florin Road at Freeport Boulevard boasts mid-century design, but the place needs work. If all goes according to the plans by developers Mike Maffia and Todd Oliver of Preserve West Capital, construction for renovations will start this summer and if luck’s on their side (ie: good weather, no problems with permits, etc.), it will be completed by the end of this calendar year. While the date’s not set yet, they expect the plans to reach the planning commission soon and they’re expected not to need city council approval.

The pair, who hail from the Bay Area, visited with neighbors at the shopping center’s Round Table Pizza on Monday, Feb. 13 and laid out that timeline and discussed what some of the features will entail.

The renovated Bel Air will maintain the scale and the architectural features, including the existing columns, heights and lines. Stone veneer will be replaced with plaster. On the new buildings, the same scale as the original buildings will be used, but with a more modern and sophisticated palette. There will be slight architectural differences between each business, so each suite feels like an individual unit, rather than a “ubiquitous storefront,” which Maffia called a flaw seen in other developments, where this “gives a personal identity to each tenant.”

The plans for the shopping center include upgrading the facade; no buildings would be torn down. No current tenants would be displaced.

Plans also include shrinking the parking lot by putting in a drive-thru restaurant. Landscaping will be enhanced with the planting of trees throughout the parking lot. If you build it (or in this case renovate and build it), the tenants will come. That’s what everybody’s banking on.

Maffia said they have received a lot of interest in the shopping center tenant-wise, but it’s premature to get in contract with any of them at this point.

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Bel Air at night

Of course that raises the question: What would you like to see in the shopping center?

“I hope it’s not a check-cashing place or another nail salon, something different that the community likes,” said Teresa Kalninis, who’s lived in the neighborhood since before the store existed, when the area was farmland. “I’ve seen it grow and I am excited about (development) because this Bel Air is very outdated looking. This will be a nice change for the neighborhood.” She would much rather see places like a coffee shop. Noting that Bel Air sells Peet’s Coffee, Teresa said it would be nice to have someplace to go and sit and have coffee and meet with a neighbor. “A sitdown restaurant would be nice. Another one besides Rosalinda’s, which is all right, but it’s one type of food and it would be nice if there’s something different.” Praising the design, she said she

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loves the mid-century. “It goes with the Eichler homes in (South) Land Park. I think that would be really nice.”

To Maffia, this project is “meaningful because we think we could improve the neighborhood.

We feel like the retail is not aligned with the maturity of the residential community. It’s lagged behind and we want to bring it current to meet the demand and the quality of the neighborhood.

People in the neighborhood will be proud to go shopping here. Right now, I don’t think people are proud to go shopping here. It will be a much more enjoyable - a renovated grocery store with new eateries.”

The pair have worked on a number of Raley’s/Bel Air projects, however in an interview after the meeting they declined to comment on which ones.

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While many people celebrate their birthday by taking the day off work and enjoying a celebratory cake, one daring member of the Sacramento community will celebrate his 36th birthday riding a stationary bike in the YMCA lobby for12 hours as part of a community-wide effort to raise funds for the YMCA’s Y-Assist scholarship program. Tahoe Park resident Isaac Gonzalez, a passionate Sacramento Central YMCA Advisory Board Member, hopes to raise $7,500 today, after raising more than $5,000 during his birthday bike-a-thon at the Y in 2016.

Y-Assist provides scholarships to children, adults and seniors in communities throughout the region who would not otherwise be able to participate in the YMCA’s many beneficial programs.

Today, Thursday, Feb. 23, Isaac will attempt to raise $7,500 during a 12-hour Bike-A-Thon at the Sacramento Central YMCA. The funds raised during his effort will specifically support the YMCA’s partnership with St. John’s Program for Real Change. Each summer, the YMCA provides 30 children in need with free access to Tahoe Park YMCA’s Day Camp at no cost.

“I’m so glad to be part of the YMCA and their effort to raise money for this amazing cause once again,” says Gonzalez. “The kids who reap the benefits of this program are at-risk and need our help, and anything we can do to give them an enjoyable and educational experience at the Tahoe Park Community Center is well received and appreciated by many.”

Additionally, various Sacramento Central YMCA leadership, staff and volunteers will bike alongside Gonzalez in support and to raise additional funds for the Y-Assist scholarship program, as well as to add some friendly competition and fun to the challenge. Footage will live stream from the YMCA of Superior California’s Facebook and Twitter accounts (@ YMCASuperiorCal) throughout the day while donations will be tracked in real-time on a thermometer in the lobby, and on Isaac’s donation page.

YMCA members, staff, volunteers and Y-Assist recipients will cheer all of the participants on, while various other activities will take place in the lobby throughout the day. Learn more at ymcasuperiorcal.org/SacEvents. Donations in support of Gonzalez and his goal can be made online at www.ymcaisaac.com

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A Sacramento Children’s Home Celebrates 150th Anniversary with Business Luncheon at Golden 1 Center The Sacramento Children’s Home kicked off its 150th anniversary year with a Business Luncheon at the Golden 1 Center on Wednesday, February 1. Nearly 500 elected officials, business executives, and community leaders came together to celebrate the Sacramento Children Home’s longstanding commitment to strengthening children and families. As the oldest non-profit organization in Sacramento, the Children’s Home has provided valuable social service and mental health programs that respond to ever-changing community needs for 150 years.

The keynote speakers were Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Miles Cooley, a partner at Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP in Los Angeles and former Sacramento Children’s Home resident.

Miles lived at the Sacramento Children’s Home as a teenager and spoke about how the Home is and has been a sanctuary and refuge for kids over its 150 year history. He shared how his time in the residential program at the Children’s

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SCH CEO Roy Alexander, Jennifer Granger, Chris Granger, President of the Sacramento Kings and Steve Marmaduke, SCH Board President

Home was the beginning of an upward trajectory in his life and encouraged attendees to ensure that the Children’s Home has the support it needs to continue its important work for generations to come.

Scott Moak, Vice President of Community Impact of the Sacramento Kings Foundation, was the Master of Ceremonies and the event included recognition of the philanthropic com-

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mitment of the Golden 1 Credit Union and Chris and Jennifer Granger and the Sacramento Kings Foundation. The Children’s Home also honored the legacy of Sacramento companies that have been in business for more than 100 Years (The McClatchy Company; Wells Fargo; Pacific Coast Building Products and Gladding McBean).

The Sacramento Children’s Home was found-

ed in 1867 and today it is the most comprehensive child and family service organization in Sacramento County serving more than 6,900 children and 4,600 families each year through a broad spectrum of residential, community-based, mental health and educational programs. Throughout its 150 year history, the Sacramento Children’s Home has been at the forefront of trauma-informed

care and developing new ways to improve the outcomes of children and families. Through eight programs at six sites in the county, the Sacramento Children’s Home offers prevention, early intervention and treatment programs that are critical to strengthening families and stopping the generational cycle of child abuse and neglect. For more information visit www.kidshome.org

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City Theatre to present Jazz-era classic F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby City Theatre continues the season celebrating Sacramento City College’s centennial with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy, this classic of decadence, idealism and excess, creates a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. Experience for the first-time or revisit Jay, Daisy, Nick and all the others from Fitzgerald’s heralded book alive on stage. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will open on Friday, Feb. 24 and play through Sunday, March 19. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays, with an added Saturday matinee on March 18 at 2:00 p.m.

Performances will be held in the Auditorium of the Performing Arts Center on campus at Sacramento City College, at 3835 Freeport Blvd.

Ticket prices for Friday and Saturday evenings are $18 General Admission, and $13 for students with IDs, Seniors, SARTA members, Veteran/Military and Persons with Disabilities. Ticket prices for matinees are $15 General Admission, and $10 for students with IDs, Seniors, SARTA members, Veteran/ Military and Persons with Disabilities. Group rates are available. All details and tickets are available online at citytheatre.net.

THE STORY Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger.

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in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, and in Simon Levy’s adaptation, approved by the Fitzgerald Estate.

Award in Drama, completes his Fitzgerald Trilogy, which includes Tender is the Night (Winner of the PEN Literary Award in Drama) and The Last Tycoon (winner of numerous awards and nominated for the prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award for Original Play). Levy was authorized and granted exclusive rights to adapt The Great Gatsby by the Fitzgerald Estate. He’s currently writing a film, The Wedding Dress, for Daniel Wilson Prods., and creating the book for a new musical. His stage adaptation of Eliot Weinberger’s celebrated article, What I Heard About Iraq, has been produced worldwide, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (where it won the Fringe First Award); the Adelaide Fringe Festival (where it won the Fringe Award); was produced by BBC Radio; and received a 30-city UK tour culminating in London. He was recently honored with the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Milton Katselas Lifetime Achievement Award in Directing. He is the author of other plays, short stories and poems and his directing and producing credits, along with his awards, are numerous.

THE AUTHOR Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself.

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Fitzgerald is considered a member of the “Lost Generation” of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and his most famous, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age. First published in 1925, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, the novel experienced a revival during World War II, and became a part of high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. Today, The THE PRODUCTION Great Gatsby is widely conF. Scott Fitzgerald’s The sidered to be a literary clas- Great Gatsby will be directsic and a contender for the title “Great American Novel.” Besides Levy’s authorized stage adaptation there have been seven film versions, three ballets, one opera and even two video games based on the novel.

THE PLAYWRIGHT/ ADAPTER Simon Levy is the Producing Director for the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles where he’s been a resident playwright, director, and producer since 1993. His stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby, a Finalist for the PEN Literary

ed by Lori Ann DelappeMarch 18 at 2 p.m., $15Grondin. The cast will fea$10 tickets. ture Alexander Quinonez as Tickets are available online Jay Gatsby, Kevin Frodahl at citytheatre.net or at the as Nick Carraway, and Shelbox office an hour before

by Larsen as Daisy Buchancurtain an. Additional cast mem- Who: Adapted for the bers include Matt Matson as stage by Simon Levy and Tom Buchanan, Hope Raydirected by Lori Ann mond as Jordan Baker, DanDelappe-Grondin. The iel Conover as George Wilcast includes: Mary Elizson and Linnea Nordquist abeth Alexander, Danas Myrtle Wilson. Other iel Conover, Kailey Diggs, cast members include Mary Natalie Evans, Kevin FroElizabeth Alexander, Kailey dahl, Shelby Larson, Matt Diggs, Natalie Evans, Kate Matson, Kate Murphy, Murphy, Betty Nash, Holly Betty Nash, Holly NicoNicola, Dennis Alicia Rivela, Linnea Nordquist, Alra, Jon Ruiz, Arslan Saeed, exander Quinonez, Hope Christopher Sharpe, DaRaymond, Dennis Redvid Valdez and Kayla Wilpath, Alicia Rivera, Jon lett. The production team Ruiz, Arslan Saeed, Chriswill include Shawn Weintopher Sharpe, David Valsheink (scenic and lighting dez, and Kayla Willett. designs), Rebecca Redmond Scenic and lighting design (costume design), and Josh is done by Shawn WeinAnderson (production stage sheink, costumes by Remanager). becca Redmond. The production stage manager is Josh Anderson.

If you go: What: City Theatre presents: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Where: Performing Arts Center/Auditorium, Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd.

When: Friday, Feb. 24 to Sunday, March 19 Performance Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., $18-$13 tickets Sundays at 2 p.m., $15-$10.

There will be an additional performance on Saturday,

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Police Log The information provided allows for a timely snapshot of significant events in our community. The crimes reported here are preliminary investigations, taken in the field by patrol officers, and may or may not be assigned to a detective for further investigation.

The information provided may be found after further investigation to be incorrect or false. Certain details of these incidents have been removed due to potential follow up investigation into the incident and/or for privacy rights.

through a POD at the above location. Officers located the vehicle occupied in a nearby parking lot. The driver was detained without incident.

The owner was contacted and did not want prosecution as the driver was not the named suspect. The vehicle was recovered and returned to the owner.

Thursday, Feb. 2 (Bait Bike Arrest): 21st Street / 2nd Avenue at 12:34 a.m.

Officers were alerted to Wednesday, Feb. 1 a Bait Bike activation in the (Forgery): 4400 block of Del area. The bike was tracked to Rio Road at 11:50 a.m.

Broadway where officers loThe suspect entered a phar- cated the suspect with the bait macy with an altered prescrip- bike. The subject was booked tion and tried to obtain med- for Grand Theft, Possession ication. Officers arrived and of Stolen Property and Violadetained a female for possessing tion of Probation. and trying to pass a forged prescription. It was later discov- (Burglary & Resisting Arrest): ered that she attempted to do 2200 block of Fruitridge Road this at another location. The at 3:19 p.m. female was booked into jail for Complainant called in to having a forged prescription. report that a man was possibly experiencing a mental cri(Vehicle Accident): Broadway sis and had entered his in/ 19th Street at 10:04 a.m. laws house while they were at An officer observed a mi- his house next door. When nor accident. The driver was officers arrived, they found detained because he showed that the suspect was still insigns of being impaired. He side and he could be heard was ultimately booked on moving and breaking things.

DUI related charges.

Officers responded to the rear of the residence and could see (POD Activation): Franklin the subject turning over tables Boulevard / Fruitridge Road and appeared to be blocking at 2:52 p.m. the door. They made eye conOfficers were alerted to a tact with the subject but he stolen vehicle that had passed refused to cooperate.

Officers gained entry through the front door and had to push through another blockage. They made verbal contact with the suspect inside the residence but he refused verbal commands and kept reaching for items while standing in the kitchen area.

After several minutes, the suspect went to the back door and was apprehended by an awaiting officer. The suspect continued to resist and fight with officers and a Taser was deployed to try and help detain the violent suspect. The Taser was ineffective and the suspect began fighting again.

Several other officers arrived and tried to deploy a Taser and baton but both levels of force were ineffective. The suspect broke free from officers and ran outside. Officers chased the suspect and apprehended him in the street.

The subject was transported to a local area hospital for evaluation and continued to fight in the ambulance once he was transported for pre-booking clearance. The suspect was booked for burglary and resisting arrest. One of the involved officers received a minor during the incident and was treated at a local area hospital.

Saturday, Feb. 4 (Welfare Check): Franklin Boulevard / Fruitridge Road at 2:17 hours.

Officers were patrolling the area when they observed an elderly woman walking in the street. After contacting the woman, they determined that she did not speak English. A Hmong speaking officer con-

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tacted the woman and determined that the woman was disoriented. Officers were unable to obtain identifying information from the woman or determined where she lived. Using social media, the woman’s photograph and circumstances were circulated to the community which resulted in her being identified by family members within the following hour.

Officers made contact with the woman’s family members and facilitated their reunion.

that occurred. Upon arrival, officers determined that a group of suspects entered the business and shoplifted several items of merchandise. When confronted by employees, the suspects did not comply with their requests and a physical fight ensued. The suspects were able to flee the business with the stolen property and leave the area in a described vehicle. The suspect vehicle was seen by a POD at Mack Rd / Valley Hi Dr and multiple officers responded to the area to assist in the search.

Monday, Feb. 6 Officers spotted the suspect ve(Despondent Subject): 3000 hicle in the area and detained block of Freeport Boulevard at two women found inside. Both 1:45 p.m. women were later arrested on Officers were dispatched robbery charges. to the area after a call was received from a despondent sub- Monday, Feb. 13 ject who expressed a desire to (Robbery): 1400 block of hurt himself and potentially Broadway at 8:38 p.m. be confrontational with poTwo suspects entered lice. Officers made telephone the business and jumped contact with the man and uti- the counter to the pharmalized crisis intervention tech- cy. They took several bottles niques to de-escalate the sit- of prescription medication. uation. The man was pacified The suspects fled the store in and turned himself in to the an unknown direction. No custody of officers without threats of weapons occurred incident. He was transported and no weapons were seen. to a treatment facility for further evaluation.

(Robbery): 3300 block of West Curtis Drive at 9:33 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Two separate victims were (Burglary): 1900 block of walking on either side of the Broadway at 2:17 a.m. park when they were conOfficers responded to a fronted by two subjects. Both ringing alarm at the busi- were armed with handguns. ness. It was discovered that They took a jacket from one the suspect(s) gained entry of the victims. They left the and stole several items before area in a vehicle in an unfleeing. A report was gener- known direction. A report ated and the investigation re- was generated and the invesmains active. No arrests have tigation remains active. been made.

(Robbery): Broadway / Muir Friday, Feb. 10 Way at 11:06 p.m.

(Traffic stop): Freeport BouleThe victim was meeting vard/Claudia Drive at 4:57 with a female that he met at p.m. work. When he arrived to An officer stopped a vehicle meet her, he was confrontfor expired registration. The ed by three subjects wearing driver immediately began hit- hoodies. Two of the subjects ting his steering wheel, yelling had guns. The suspects asat officers, and getting in and saulted the victim and took out of the vehicle. The offi- personal items from him. A cer requested additional units report was generated and the to assist as the subject was ex- investigation remains active. tremely uncooperative. Officers were able to calm the Tuesday, Feb. 14 subject enough to safely take (Suspicious subject): 5600 block him into custody. The subject of Gilgunn Way at 6:18 hours. was cited and released for reOfficers responded for a resisting arrest and being an un- port of a subject trespassing licensed driver. on the roof. Officers arrived and detained the suspect who Sunday, Feb. 12 appeared to be under the in(Robbery Arrest): 1900 block fluence. The suspect was arof Fruitridge Rd at 10:05 p.m. rested for drunk in public and Officers were dispatched to taken to jail as he would not a business regarding a robbery provide his name.

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Finding home Local Buddhist groups come together under one roof

By Monica Stark

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They say home is where the heart is. As cliche as that sounds, the saying rings true for the groups that can now call the Sacramento Dharma Center home. With a mission “to create a sanctuary for meditation and Buddha’s teachings, welcoming everyone who seeks to end suffering and live in harmony,” the nonprofit organization’s board of directors envision the new location at 3111 Wissemann Drive as “an inclusive and accessible community resource available to all people who wish to encounter Buddha’s teachings, enjoy the benefits of meditation practice, practice with a Sangha, and participate in a Buddhist tradition.”

On Sunday, Jan. 29, the nonprofit held its grand opening, in which the entire community was invited including honored teachers, neighbors and supporters and others who helped realize the Center’s vision.

Once the location of two credit unions, the renovated Buddhist haven for Western practitioners, the Sacramento Dharma Center, boasts space for six small offices, a library, kitchen, meditation room, break room, four bathrooms, a small meeting room, two vaults and 1.7 acres of yard space where ideas for gardens, walking paths, a labyrinth and a memorial garden (for those who have passed away) may soon be a reality.

Looking outside the windows of the meditation room on a recent rainy Monday afternoon, Julia Mullen, SDC vice president, said, “I imagine all of that.”

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sensus for anything to materialize at the SDC, so when it came to the big picture of possibly finding a space to house the three local groups or Sanghas – the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, Sacramento Insight Meditation and Valley Streams Zen Sangha – Zen practice leader and ordained priest Jim Hare eight years ago asked the three groups what they thought about having a permanent home that would house all the groups. No more moving around; they could offer more programs and support each other.

Julia and Linda Dekker, office manager and board member, spoke with the Arden-Carmichael News regarding the big changes at the Center.

For the first year, Jim simply met with people and asked about their interest in it, and then in April of 2010, a steering committee was formed, which laid the groundwork of what the Dharma Center would be. Out of that spawned the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Dharma Center. For six years, the organization fundraised, looked at properties, and, as Julia adds, “(We) figured out how we’re going to live together because even though we’re all Buddhist practitioners, there (are) differences and so how do we take our differences and make them our strengths.

It is a challenge and hopefully it will be an ongoing challenge because the three groups they want to maintain their personalities, their cultures.”

From humble beginnings, groups have met at various yoga studios, have leased space in Land Park at the Congregation B’nai Israel, the Buddhist Church of Sacramento and other locations near downtown.

Specifically, the Sacramento Buddhist Medita-

tion Group started 26 years ago in a living room of people who were interested in Buddhism as a means of practice with dealing with everything that was going on when the United States was invading Iraq. “SBMG was in response to all that turmoil. And trying to find some serenity and peacefulness around it,” Julia said.

“Well, SBMG moved several times. The last place we were at was Congregation B’nai Israel on Riverside. We rented the big social hall to us. They were a wonderful host.”

SBMG hosts teachers from all different traditions to come and talk each week, so for first timers or the more curious, that group is a good place to start to learn about local traditions.

A number of the visiting teachers hail from the Bay Area and are shocked at the energy inside the walls of the SDC. “(They) enjoy being here,” Linda said.

While many of the members hail from downtown

and its nearest neighborhoods, real estate agent Kari Bryski convinced the Sanghas to look outside of the area. “We thought we wanted to be in Curtis Park, Land Park, East Sac, midtown, close to where everybody had been before and she said you would not get what you want. You can’t afford what you want.

What you want does not exist in that part of the city with this kind of property. As soon as we opened up, we found this place a month later,” Linda said.

Because the Dharma Center Board of Directors consists of representatives of each of those organizations, Julia went back to the groups and asked whether they could go looking further out from the central city. “ The boards had to discuss this because one of the things they thought was we’re going to lose membership if we go too far out from the central city. Once the Sanghas gave us permission to go looking further this appeared,” Julia said.

Convenient to the Watt/ Manlove stop on the Gold Line of the light rail and between 10-15 minutes from downtown (without traffic), the Wassermann location seems to work out, as membership continues

to grow. “We had to take down the walls of the little office (inside the meditation room) because the Sunday group needed the space,” Julia said. Additionally having the groups under one roof can help leaders direct newcomers to a group that may be a good fit. As Julia explains, “Now that we are all under one place, if we think someone is dipping their toes in the water and they say, ‘Oh, Zen doesn’t speak to me,’ they can come Thursday night and go to Sacramento Insight Meditation.”

On Inauguration Day, the Sacramento Dharma Center hosted a meditation titled, “For the Benefit of All Beings”. A nonpartisan Buddhist-inspired morning of meditation and prayer, the event, held Jan. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon called for people to sit together to “support community, to support those outside community, to be in touch with the here and now and to water the seeds of interconnection.” People were welcome to sit for a few minutes, an hour or the entire time but were able to be part of a collective effort for peace. The center looks forward to an Interdependence Fourth of July Celebration at their new location.

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Broadway Avid Reader at Tower to move down the street to old CarQuest Autoparts, Dimple to expand into Avid

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has no windows. It’s like a bunker. There’s no way of knowing it’s a bookstore.

A literary Renaissance (The auto parts) place: you is underway on Broadway. can’t miss it.”

Come March 1, Avid Reader Making use of the large will be open for business in glass windows of the auto its new location, the old Car- parts shop will allow Avid quest Auto Parts shop, lo- Reader to display books for cated at 1945 Broadway, just all passersby to see. “The four blocks and across the whole side of Broadway will street from its current spot be kids books,” Forbes said near Tower Theatre. And, with excitement, adding with a hopeful date of May that come Christmastime, 1, Dimple hopes to stock “(they’ll) do all sorts of fun the current Avid Reader lo- stuff on the Broadway side.” cation with used books and For years, they’ve placed a vinyl, a welcome addition to 12-foot Christmas tree in the current record store. the store, but Forbes said no On Feb. 27, Avid Reader one ever saw it unless they will begin moving and will went inside. Besides the big re-open on March 1. Own- windows, Avid’s new locaer Stan Forbes said the new tion will include a permalocation will work better for nent space for events. the bookstore. “We’re mostFor Dimple, the acquisily just going to make use tion will enable the store to of the glass. The old auto expand. “We were interestparts place has 1,300 square ed of course because we’re feet. It’s all windows and next door,” Dimple Records there’s a 15-space parking co-owner Dilyn Radakovlot. (The current location) itz. said on Tuesday. “And, editor@valcomnews.com

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Avid’s New Home: On March 1, the old CarQuest Auto Parts store (shown here), will become the new location for Avid Reader.

I think this makes sense for us just because the Broadway store is so cramped that we have pushed so much product... This will give (the store) a little bit more room.”

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This year, the Davis location of Avid Reader celebrates 30 years and the Sacramento location celebrates 10 years in Land Park. The previous 13 years before coming to the neighborhood, Sacramento’s Avid Reader was located downtown.

While about half of bookstores have failed over recent years, Forbes explains the longevity of Avid Reader, as follows: “This is puffery, but everybody knows who the Avid Reader is. We have real Sacramento penetration,” he said, listing events like Authors on the Move, library fundraisers and the store’s two to three author readings a week. “We run around the countryside doing events. We have a lot of coverage that way; people know who we are.”

As no moving sales are planned, Forbes said the store had to stop ordering books for about a month to prepare for the move, making inventory a little low right now, which is “actually a good thing.”

“We have an opportunity to go through the inventory and see what we have and don’t have and what we don’t want. We will rejuvenate the inventory again,” Forbes said. Avid will continue to emphasize the children’s section, making that the heart of the store.

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Local Women’s Center Receives Gifts from UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealthcare employees donated Valentine’s Day-themed gifts to families at a nonprofit social services organization in Sacramento Monday.

The gifts, in the form of 150 toy bags for kids and a cash donation to help fund free public bus passes, were delivered Feb. 13 to families and officials of the Wellspring Women’s Center, a drop-in facility that provides food and social services.

In addition to toys, the colorful packages – known as Grins 2 Go bags – contained various games and fun activities for children ages four to 12. The donation for the bus passes was presented to Sister Sheila Nova, Wellspring’s executive director.

It was all provided courtesy of local employees of UnitedHealthcare, its mascot Dr. Health E. Hound, and the company’s nonprofit charity, UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation.

“This was a thoughtful effort by a special company, and we feel very blessed,” said Sister Nova during the morning delivery. “It fills our hearts with joy to know that the women and children we serve have been shown some extra love.”

Wellspring, located on 4th Avenue in the city’s Oak Park area, is a daytime venue that provides services in a safe and enriching environment. The facility is known for its tradition of providing hospitality with dignity for its clients.

Kevin Kandalaft, a UnitedHealthcare executive in California who was on hand for the event, said local community agencies like Wellspring need support from the Sacramento-area business community. “ We are grateful for the opportunity to provide these gifts to families at Wellspring Women’s Center, which is an important resource in

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City Kitchen Sacramento reinvents food delivery

By Gavin Loveless

(Editor’s Note: The article’s author is a student at the MET High School and wrote this piece about his mother’s business, City Kitchen Sacramento.)

Have you ever wanted to share a good meal with your family but either you have been too busy, or don’t have the resources? How about all of the above?

Ever thought to yourself, “I wish food could just fall out of the sky?”

Well, now it does! Sort of.

Introducing City Kitchen Sacramento.

Local chef, Rebecca Lujan Loveless, has just made your dream of an easy family meal on busy weeknights, a reality.

City Kitchen’s mission is to feed all families and professionals healthy, quality food, without the hassle. As the head chef and owner, my Mom releases her weekly menu on Sundays, on her website and social media accounts for Monday through Thursday. You can order from that menu for as many nights as you want, and City Kitchen will prepare, cook, and deliver your meal right to your doorstep between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

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My Mom first started her journey with City Kitchen not here in West Sacramento. The company was first launched in Orlando, Florida. For years, many of her friends have asked her to cook for their events, weddings, parties, you name it. So, around the summer of 2015, she got to work on making her passion into a business. In August of 2015, City Kitchen Orlando was born. With her friends and family connections around the city, she got the word out and was very busy because of it.

“Business was great right out of the gate,” she said, “I love my job, which is serving people amazing food.”

Last year, her family made the bold decision to move cross-country to West Sacramento. When asked how this decision came about my Mom said, “My family was ready for a change and I knew my business would flourish the way it did in Orlando, which is the farm-to-fork capital of the country.” With her family on her side, she got busy and launched City Kitchen Sacramento.

As a mother of three busy kids, my Mom understands the pressures of keeping up with schedules while trying to plan delicious and

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nutritious meals to keep everyone going. Most people don’t have the time, skill or energy to do all the shopping, prepping, cooking and clean up. Just figuring out weeknight meals can send a busy family

into high-stress territory. She started City Kitchen with the hope that this wouldn’t have to be the case anymore. “I know that the strugSee City Kitchen, page 15

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gle on weeknights is real.

There’s always a practice or a rehearsal or something that someone has to be at and it can be hectic. And this is coming from personal experience. Those crazy nights are what City Kitchen is for.”

I asked her where her passion for cooking comes from and it was from her family growing up. She grew up on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Food on Maui has culinary influences from places all over the world. “I was always in the kitchen with my dad or mom,” she said. “ They introduced me to foods I thought I would never like, but I ended up liking them and still do to this day.” With her family influences and the culture she was exposed to, she grew up loving food more everyday. She also learned a lot by watching the Food Network with me when I was about 3 or 4. She would say, “Gavin, let’s go watch auntie Rachel Ray’ or one of the other chefs.”

This was also a major factor in what really sparked her love for cooking.

Her family. She loved them and wanted to give them the best, healthiest,

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most creative meals out there. Once she did this, she wanted to share her art with the world. And that’s what she did.

“One of the things I am very passionate about, other than cooking, would be knowing where my food comes from,” said Lujan Loveless. “I do a lot of research on the farms I do business with to make sure I, and all my customers, are getting the best possible food we can get.”

This was an unexpected positive for the business when it was moved to our city. “I didn’t know much about the farmland here but I was pleasantly surprised when I found out how great it is.” One of City Kitchen’s goals is to feed its customers healthy farm-to-fork meals that are organic whenever possible and use products that have been ethically raised and produced. With the great help from our local farms, her healthy ingredients were more accessible than ever. “In Florida, the closest farms were at least a six-hour car ride away, so moving here to Sacramento helped me a lot, with the closest farms a manageable 30 minutes away.”

When constructing her menu for the week she doesn’t have a normal ritual that she follows other than “asking my family

what they would want for dinner this week.”

The menu changes every week and normally a meal won’t repeat within the month. “Diversity in the food I cook is something I am proud to bring to the table,” she says.

I asked my mom what makes her different than some delivery services that already exist and she said, “love.”

“I know it might sound like a cliche, but I actually put love into the food that I cook, and you can taste the difference.” When being interviewed, my Mom was very passionate about her clientele. She explained that as a wife and mother of three, she wants everyone to experience her food the way her family does. If this shows anything, it would be that she doesn’t skimp out when it comes to her food.

My Mom has been overjoyed to start fresh here in West Sacramento. With new clientele and new resources the possibilities are endless. You can learn more about her and City Kitchen online at citykitchensacramento.com, or by gazing at their drool-worthy photos and videos on Instagram [@citykitchensacramento], Facebook [CityKitchenSacramento] and Twitter [@ citykithcensac].

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Sacramento Button Club to hold Button Bazaar

By Laura I. Winn

Think about your clothes.

Picture your jackets, jeans and sweaters. Can you visualize the buttons on each item? Do the details jump out at you, or are the buttons just there to serve their fastening purpose?

Function over fashion is typical of today’s buttons, but vintage and antique buttons tell a different story.

From buttons crafted out of black glass or white pearl to buttons hand carved of wood or hand painted with intricate pictures, these accessories are considered miniature works of art by their dealers and collectors. On March 4, the collectors in the Sacramento Button Club invite the public to see the difference for themselves at Button Bazaar, a free event featuring a diverse selection of buttons for sale from 18 Western dealers inside the La Sierra Community Center.

The Sacramento Button Club, a 52-year-old nonprofit organization, has hosted the Button Bazaar every oth-

er year for the last 10 years.

For first-timers, the sheer amount and variety of buttons at the bazaar can be overwhelming.

“People walk in the door and stand there like a deer in the headlights,” explained Faye Wolfe, a 20-year veteran of the club, and one of the event’s organizers. “They just cant imagine there are that many different kinds of buttons.”

Although the vintage, antique, handmade and military buttons are the draw for many collectors and can cost hundreds of dollars per button, dealers will have an assortment of budget-friendly buttons ideal for sewing and crafting. For hobby projects, scout the tote box collections, which offer deals such as five buttons for $1 or $1 each.

Because most crafters and seamsters are accustomed to what’s available at stores like Jo-Ann’s and Michaels, Wolfe said as newcomers browse the collections, they often exclaim, “I’ve never seen a button like that!”

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Finding that one unique button that speaks to the shopper is a thrill for general hobbyists and serious collectors alike. “The most challenging part of this hobby is

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the hunt,” explained Sacramento Button Club member Sue Rhoades. “Collectible buttons are still very attainable, but you need connections to find them.”

The Button Bazaar will not only connect shoppers with dealers, but it will also connect collectors with appraisers and give the community a chance to learn about the history and importance of buttons. If you’ve inherited your grandmother’s prized picture buttons or your grandfather’s military service buttons, the Sacramento Button Club encourages you to bring them in for free a appraisal and assessment.

Although the Sacramento Button Club is currently “rebuilding” and boasts just 16 members who meet at UC Davis on the second Saturday of the month, button collecting is still a popular hobby nationwide. In California, there are a dozen official clubs under the umbrella of the California State Button Society. For many members, it’s a hobby that has been passed down through the generations.

Wolfe remembers her mother’s own unofficial button club in the 1950s.

Wolfe’s mother and six friends would write to European manufactures to request buttons for bracelet

making. At a penny a button, it was an affordable way to create jewelry to color-coordinate with every outfit.

Now Wolfe collects buttons to display in frames as artwork on her walls. Her favorites are 18th century pearl buttons, as well as wood buttons by acclaimed Bay Area artist Jon Sauer. Sauer, whose artisan wood works are on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, will be one of the featured dealers at the bazaar.

Buttons dating to the 1700s will also be for sale.

“When it comes to art and fine craftsmanship, these collector buttons are comparable to fine glassware, jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, enameling, woodworking and paintings,” explained Rhoades.

“They’re absolutely beautiful works of art,” added Wolfe.

If you go: What: Button Bazaar When: Saturday, March 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road in Carmichael Cost: Parking and admission is free; a $2 donation is suggested.

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Sacramento Public Library waiving overdue book fines through March 15, Fine Forgiveness started on Valentine’s Day As a valentine to the community, Sacramento Public Library is waiving overdue book and material fines now until Wednesday, March 15 as part of its new Fine Forgiveness promotion.

“We want to reconnect with long-lost patrons,” explains Rivkah K. Sass, director of Sacramento Public Library.

“We understand that time can get away from you or a book can be misplaced, but we don’t want the cost associated with that to prevent you from what can be discovered at the library.”

Patrons with overdue or lost items in any condition may return items to any of Sacramento Public Library’s 28 locations. Any fines associated with the items will be waived. Those who have returned items, but have active fines on their accounts related to overdue items can contact or come to the Library to have the fines waived.

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What’s THURSDAY, FEB. 23 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES AND SERVICE: Learn about domestic violence, including who the victims are, what the signs are, and what is the cycle of violence. Learn where the resources available for victims of domestic violence. Pre-registration required and free of charge. Class will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2017 from 10:0011:00am at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more information, call (916) 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org

SATURDAY, FEB. 25 THE MISSING KENNEDY WITH AUTHOR ELIZABETH KOEHLER-PENTAKOFF @ POCKET LIBRARY: Rosemary Kennedy was the least known child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. Author Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff tells the story of Rosemary from a personal perspective and recalls the many memorable times spent with the missing Kennedy. It is an insightful, poignant memoir and shares a history of both tragedy and inspiration.

Books will be available for sale and author signing at the program. This is a Go Read event.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE INEVITABLE: A 25 minute presentation on why everyone should pre-plan funeral arrangements. Eliminate the stress and relieve your family’s burden, know all available choices, learn what you need to know to ensure all detail is covered and save money. Free lunch provided. Pre-registration required and free of charge. Class will be held on Wednesday March 1, 2017 from 11:30-12:30pm at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more information, call (916) 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 KOREAN SEAWEED RICE ROLL AND STIR FRIED RICE CAKES WITH BEEF AND VEGETABLES Join ACC to learn how to make two popular Korean dishes packed with balanced nutrients, made with a variety of colorful ingredients. This class will provide a hands-on experience as you make your own roll for yourself to enjoy. Pre-payment of $15 and Pre-registration required. Class will be held on Thursday March 2, 2017 from 11:301:00pm at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more information, call (916) 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org

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FAIRYTALE TOWN PRESENTS: BOOKS BEFORE BEDTIME CELEBRATING DR. SEUSS: “ Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” And there was no one quite like Dr. Seuss! Fairytale Town will celebrate Theodore Seuss Geisel’s 113th birthday with Seuss-themed hands-on activities around the park. From 6 to 8 p.m., come dressed in your pajamas and enjoy fun literacy based activities, readings from your favorite children’s books, bilingual story time, poetry, arts and crafts and more!

And “If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.” Books Before Bedtime is free with paid park admission. Weekday admission is $4.75 for adults and children ages 2 and older.

Members and children ages 1 and under are free.

Receive 50 percent off one admission with a donation of one new or gently used children’s book for donation to Reading Partners, a Sacramento nonprofit literacy organization.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 CABRILLO CIVIC CLUB #5 ANNUAL CRAB FEED: Appetizers, antipasti, salad, pasta, cracked crab, bread and butter, wine, coffee/tea. Dessert and silent auction is available. Cost is $45 per person.

The Cabrillo Civic Club No. 5 is located at 4605 Karbet Way, Sacramento. A no-host bar will be available at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Advance ticket sales only. No tickets will be sold at the door. For reservations, call Marilyn Kochis at 4215769 or Deanna Gesdahl at 760-7474, or email deannag@darkwolfe.com FAIRYTALE TOWN PRESENTS: SHADOW PUPPET SHOW: THE GINGERBREAD BABY: Sean’s Shadows presents The Gingerbread Baby, a classic European folktale retold through light and shadow. The Gingerbread Baby is a funny tale about an old woman that bakes a sweet gingerbread cookie for her husband and the chase that follows as the gingerbread cookie runs away. The cookie outruns a cow, pig, cat and dog before being outwitted by a sly fox. The show begins with a special musical presentation. There will be three showings: 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Tickets are a $1 for members and $2 for nonmembers, in addition to paid park admission. Tickets can be purchased at the Fairytale Town Box Office or at the entrance to the Children’s Theater 15 minutes prior to show time. All performances take place in Fairytale Town’s indoor Children’s Theater. Run time: 40 minutes including the musical presentation.

TUESDAY, MARCH 7 WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE IS HURTING OR CONTROLLING YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE: Are you being hurt by someone? Or is someone you know being hurt or controlled by someone? Come to this workshop to learn steps you can take to change the picture. Pre-registration required and free of charge. Class will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more information, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 SACRAMENTO HISTORIC CITY CEMETERY AND EAST MEMORIAL PARK: ACC will offer a field trip to the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery and East Lawn Memorial Park. The City Cemetery is the oldest existing cemetery in Sacramento and is designed to resemble a Victorian garden. East Lawn Memorial Park also holds a wealth of California history. Pre-payment of $10 and pre-registration required. Trip will be from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more information, call (916) 3939026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.

ONGOING FREE TAX PREPARATION: There are two easy ways to file your taxes: In Person with an IRS-certified volunteer income tax preparer if your household income was $54,000 or less in 2016, or Online at MyFreeTaxes.com if your household income was $64,000 or less in 2016. For scheduling or additional information, visit YourLocalUnitedWay.org/VITASites or call 2-1-1 or 916-498-1000. Appointments now available.

YOGA CLASSES AT PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH: Svaroopa ©/Restorative Yoga classes are a journey into yourself. Beginning by walking through the door, settling in a relaxation pose, guided through self awareness, breathing and poses. The poses are propped to meet your deepest muscular tension. As the support of props, specific alignments and the weight of your body gently reach into these deep tender areas, your spinal muscles release and let go. Side affects of this deep release are Bliss, resolving stress and fear, and a deep appreciation of yourself. Physical effects that have been reported are pain relief, improved respiratory, circulatory, immune, neurological systems and more. Walking out of the class you feel a greater sense of wellbeing. This is a body, mind and spirit filled experience. Thursdays 9:15-11:15am beginning and 7:15-9:00pm advanced.

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Sacramento History For Kids What: The Old City Cemetery Committee presents a tour of Sacramento’s history developed just for kids When: Saturday, March 4, 2017 – 10:00 a.m.

Where: Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway, Sacramento Who says history has to be boring?

Come hear tales of floods, fires, revolts, and even a story that almost ended in death by duck! The kicker is that all of these stories are true and taken from the residents of the Old City Cemetery.

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The cemetery is located at 1000 Broadway, Sacramento. There is ample free street parking on surrounding streets, with limited parking within the cemetery. Tours are free; however, donations are appreciated and benefit cemetery preservation. For more information, call 916-448-0811.

The mission of the OCCC is to join hands with the community to restore, beautify, preserve, and protect the Historic City Cemetery, while maintaining access by descendants of the deceased, and to provide educational services to all visitors to the Historic City Cemetery of Sacramento.

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THE FORUM: HEALING PATHWAYS PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES: Every Thursday from 5:45 to 7 p.m., the community is welcome to the Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St., to participate “CONVERSATIONS ON THE EDGE!” The forum provides a framework for investigating human nature.

FORUM IS NOT THERAPY, it is a ritualized form of communication designed to enhance transparency, growth, and community. A Way of Group Communication and Being in Community through a Culture of Non-Violence. Tamara Intentional Community and Forum Founders Sabine Lichtenfels and Dr. Dieter Duhm define one aspect of community as living truthfully with each other and this is the cornerstone of our peace work. Another aspect of having a culture of non-violence is ending the war between genders, by letting go of fear in the humanistic love we share with and for one another, despite our gender differences and the complexities brought to our gender identity. These definitions embody what it means to be in Forum, including transparency with our felt experience and what is alive in us, psychologically and emotionally. Participants connect through their own self awareness and through a willingness to share it with the group. They may wish to do this non-verbally, with active or passive facilitation, through a poem, dance, or whatever moves you! The Forum will be held in the Garden Room. Donations are encouraged to cover the cost of room rental.

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7th Annual Gardens Gone Native Garden Tour Are you thinking about replacing your lawn or landscaping with drought tolerant plants? Do you want to draw beneficial insects and birds to your yard by adding interesting habitat? Do you need inspiration for your garden? Consider using beautiful and diverse California native plants!

Whether you are just now contemplating a change in your landscaping, or you already have some California native plants and want additional ideas, mark your calendar for April 8, 2017 for the 7th annual Gardens Gone Native (GGN) tour. The annual GGN tour is free to registrants, and is organized by the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. The tour includes over 20 California native plant gardens in the greater Sacramento region. All the gardens on the tour have more than 50% California native plants in the landscaping.

Registration for this inspirational tour opens March 10. Registration information can be found at SacValleyCNPS.org/Events/GardenTour. After registering online, registrants will receive garden descriptions and maps. For additional information, please visit: SacValleyCNPS. org/Events/GardenTour.

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SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF SACRAMENTO SOUTH MEETING: The club welcomes women and girls to the club’s lunch meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. at the Aviators Restaurant, at Executive Airport, 6151 Freeport Blvd.

WEDNESDAY COFFEE AND CONVERSATION GATHERING: Every Wednesday morning from 7 to 11 am., join neighbors at Caffe Latte, 7600 Greenhaven Drive, for conversation and fun. Find the group back near the piano.

TEA DANCE: Every first Sunday of the month from 2 to 5 p.m, dance to the music of the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, played by a live 16-member orchestra. A touch of class is yours for $8 at the Elks Lodge, No. 6, located at 6446 Riverside Blvd. That includes tea/coffee, crumpets, scones, cucumber sandwiches, and other delicacies to grace your afternoon experience. Enjoy quaint conversation and dance music. It’s a romantic chance to recapture the magic of the past and fall in love all over again. For tickets, contact the Lodge at 422-6666.

ACC PRESENTS ‘BODY WISDOM BREATH AND MOVEMENT’: Perform easy to follow seated and standing exercises for health and well-being. Most movements are based on eastern techniques for relaxing and re-energizing the body. Use simple Qigong postures to stimulate vitalizing “Chi”. Discover the joy of self-massage and acupressure. Slow down with guided imagery and meditative breath-work. Improving your health and be simple and fun. Pre-registration and Prepayment of $20 @ $5 per class required. $7 Drop-in rate per class. Class will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at ACC Senior Services, 1180 Corporate Way. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.

ACC PRESENTS YOGA-NEW: This yoga class introduces the lyengar method of hatha yoga. Basic standing, sitting, forward extension, introductory inversion, and restorative postures will be taught. This class will build upon prior class and will use props to assist the students. You will need a yoga mat and possibly blocks, belts and blankets.

Pre-payment is $6 per class or $8 drop-in rate. Pre-registration required. Class is now held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. for more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330. www.accsv.org

FAIRYTALE TOWN PRESENTS: BOOKS BEFORE BEDTIME CELEBRATING DR. SEUSS: “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” And there was no one quite like Dr. Seuss! Fairytale Town will celebrate Theodore Seuss Geisel’s 113th birthday with Seussthemed hands-on activities around the park. From 6 to 8 p.m., come dressed in your pajamas and enjoy fun literacy based activities, readings from your favorite children’s books, bilingual story time, poetry, arts and crafts and more! And “If

BABY/TODDLER STORYTIME -- Babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 3 years) and their caretakers are invited to join us for songs and rhymes. Arrive early or stay late for extra social time with other children and parents.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

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COMMUNITY DAY AT THE SACRAMENTO ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND: All ages are in-

you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.” Books Before Bedtime is free with paid park admission. Weekday admission is $4.75 for adults and children ages 2 and older. Members and children ages 1 and under are free.

Receive 50 percent off one admission with a donation of one new or gently used children’s book for donation to Reading Partners, a Sacramento non-profit literacy organization.

vited for a day of play at the Sacramento Adventure Playground! Children get to create their own play structures and spaces by re-purposing everyday items such as cardboard boxes, plus household wares, natural elements and unexpected items. The Playground is a fun and safe environment where children can use their imagination and creativity to direct their own play! Community Days also feature special activities and craft projects. Families are requested to wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get messy. The event will take place rain or shine. Admission to the Sacramento Adventure Playground is free. Featured activities include: Box forts, mud play and slide, sand play, bike riding (bring your bike and helmet!), craft projects, bubbles, painting. While the Sacramento Adventure Playground’s regular operating hours are

designed for ages 7-15, the Playground opens up for children of all ages to come and play on Community Days. Advance registration is not required. Community Days are held on the second Saturday of the month (except December and January) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3301 37th Ave.

NATURE EXPLORERS AT THE SACRAMENTO ZOO: The Sacramento Zoo and the Sacramento Library in an open play environment, the last Saturday of the month anytime between 10 am to 2 pm. Near the playground, there will be storytime, playing, and exploring the wonders of the natural world with a new topic each month. For more information, call 808-5888; 3930 West Land Park Drive.

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Sacramento publisher, resident launches new statewide LGBT publication

By Bonnie Osborne

Fred Palmer has been a tireless advocate for equal rights for LGBT people and for other marginalized communities for decades. He is one of a handful of local business owners who founded the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce some 15 years ago. He has served on the boards of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center; WEAVE, which supports victims of domestic violence; and Wells Fargo’s community advisory board. He created Sacramento’s monthly Drag Queen Bingo charity fundraising events, raising more than $100,000 for local nonprofit organizations before handing over the reins to the Rainbow Chamber in 2015. And in 2013, when federal courts overturned California’s antiequality ballot measure Proposition 8, he launched the Sacramento LGBT Wedding Expo, a vendor fair that both celebrated the right of LGBT people to marry and offered local businesses an opportunity to benefit from the ensuing “gay wedding boom.”

Last but not least, Palmer is creator and publisher of Outword Magazine, a bi-weekly print publication featuring news and information targeted to the region’s LGBT readers now in its 22nd year.

Then the election of 2016 happened. Like millions of other Americans, Palmer suddenly feared that the progressive values and civil rights advances he had worked so long and hard for would be threatened. After many sleepless nights, he arrived at a course of action that would allow him

to harness his talents and experience to make a difference and help counter the epidemic of falsehoods and “fake news” that continues to plague the U.S. political landscape: He would start a new magazine. “I thought, ‘I have to do something. What can I do?’” Palmer recalls of his epiphany. “And I realized that what I know how to do is publish an LGBT magazine.”

Debuting January 4, 2017, the online publication Outword California expanded Sacramento-based Outword Magazine’s reach statewide. Its editorial focus will be to inform LGBT Californians, and those interested in visiting the Golden State, about the attractions, activities, events, natural beauty and people that make it such a special place—and to provide a forum where LGBT people can find accurate news and information about the issues impacting their lives. It also will provide an advertising platform for companies seeking access to the purchasing power of the LGBT market, estimated at $917 billion nationally.

“As a publisher and a gay business owner, I have always encouraged the LGBT community not to boycott those companies that oppose equality, but to support and patronize those companies that support our community,” Palmer said. “Harnessing the power of our LGBT dollars is one of the most important things we can do to promote equality. Fortune 500 corporations recognize the economic clout of our community—and they have been among our staunchest allies in adopting same-sex partner benefits,

protesting discriminatory laws, and including LGBT companies in their supplier diversity programs.”

As is true of Outword Magazine locally, Outword California will support LGBT and other non-profit organizations throughout the state with sponsored promotions and ads, Palmer said. One of its initial alliances has been with the Golden Gate Business Association, San Francisco’s LGBT chamber of commerce.

Election aside, the timing also was right for a new LGBT publication.

“We have lost so many of our LGBT publications in recent years,” Palmer said, citing the closure of Los Angeles’s venerable Frontiers Magazine as a recent example. “Our LGBT media is under the same pressures as other print media—advertising revenue has dwindled, and more readers are consuming news online rather than going to the newsstand. For the LGBT community, it means the loss of credible sources that are dedicated to providing the information and resources we need and care about. I hope that Outword California will help to fill that gap.”

With a goal to showcase some of the state’s less-traveled attractions, the cover story for the first issue of Outword California was about Autocamp’s Airstream trailer park “hotel” located in bucolic Guerneville on the Russian River. The town is already well known as an LGBTfriendly getaway for Northern Californians and as the site of several annual men’s and women’s festivals.

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Outword California’s premier issue also featured articles on same-sex weddings, on the prospects for samesex marriage under a Trump administration, on the wave of celebrities who came out in 2016, and on the tragic losses of actresses Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.

The February edition of the online magazine will feature a profile of PBS station KVIE-TV’s Rob Stewart of the station’s popular “Rob on the Road” show, which is in the process of taking its “California explorer” theme statewide as well.

Palmer, who resides in the Greenhaven-Pocket neighborhood with spouse Peter Milinazzo, has lived in Sacramento since graduating from San Francisco State University with a degree in organizational communications. He began his career in corporate communications, as vice president of marketing for ICG Communications and as a regional marketer for MCI Communications. As publisher and CEO of Outword Media Marketing Events he has provided fundraising and sponsorship services for numerous Sacramento organizations and events, including the Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Sacramento Pride, PFLAG, Davis Pride, NorCal AIDS Cycle and WEAVE. In 2007 he was named Sacramento News & Review’s Best Local Political Activist.

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A no-experience required, imbibing optional sewing party, Sewical Sacramento has hit local bars and neighbors’ homes with sewing machines and friends who like to “sewcialize.”

Held in chic urban locations or privately hosted parties, Sewical Sacramento allows participants (aka “sewcialites”) to meet new people (aka “sewcialize”) in their community and complete a groovy project within two to four hours. Sewcialites can relax and enjoy beverages of their choice during the event.

Once an event for friends, family, and a few close neighbors, Sewical Sacramento parties started catching on and ladies wanted to host parties for their best friends, so the group’s brainchild Melissa Barton began offering a free registration to the hostesses in appreciation for opening their home to their guests and Sewical Sacramento soon received rave review on Nextdoor.com, which then, in turn prompted an invitation from local breweries, like SacTown Brewery to host the group. Now, other establishment maker-spaces have asked her to hold “sewcials” at their venues.

Sewing is Melissa Barton’s self-proclaimed superpower and she’s known for making an entire dress or skirt only hours before an event.

Melissa’s sewing days harken back to when she was just 5 years old. “It was a very small, real working machine, with a needle, fly wheel, and foot pedal. But my dedication to the craft began at 10 years old. My mom taught me how to sew an apron,” she recalls. “We purchased the materials and I got my first tutorial in fabric selection.

I spent the entire weekend cutting the pattern, pinning, ironing, creating and lots of laughter. My mom might dispute that last bit though.

Looking back, the overall experience was ambitious for a first project, but she obviously had confidence in my abilities and saw my potential – I’m proud of her.”

Since becoming a mom, Melissa has been active in the community. Having lived in Sacramento for almost 16 years, she has fostered close relationships with some of the nicest people on the planet. A-stay-athome, work-at-home mom, Melissa quickly discovered that it takes a village. And part of Sewical Sacramento is her giving back to the community. “The men and women in our communities are so thoughtful and resourceful and have helped

me in more ways that I can express. I can’t think of a better place to invest my appreciation and love of community than Sacramento,” she says.

Melissa sources her sewing materials from her sister venture, Say You Do, which makes accessories and gifts for brides and her bridesmaids. She tries to purchase supplies semi-annually so that the freight is as eco-friendly as possible given supply needs. “Sewcial Sacramento and Say You Do is co-branded, meaning we have a cohesive style between the brands making it easier to manage two businesses while juggling the messy mommy business of what is in my child’s diaper or what did the cat catch this time,” she says.

Sewical Sacramento currently uses strait stitch sewing machines with new machines joining the team every few weeks. “Participants need

to know what it’s like to work on a quality machine and feel great about their experience.

There should be no other way to sew,” she says. Because once in a while a machine has a bad day, Melissa has a back-up machine on standby or you can bring your own working machine.

Melissa’s dreams for Sewical Sacramento never end.

“It’s a wonder that I sleep enough to dream them at all.

It’s been so energizing and exciting to share my knowledge and skill with so many enthusiastic people,” she says.

In the very near future, there will be a calendar of upcoming public Sewcials, making it easier for participants to check her availability or book their girls night out at Sewical Sacramento.

She would love a dedicated studio in the mid-town community, with multiple sewing machines, amazing lighting, and patterns that don’t have sizes on them be-

cause when you make it, it’s whatever size you say it is.

She dreams of a childcare room so mommies who need a day-break can sewcialize and have a place for their babes to have fun too.

Melissa wants to hold virtual events for friends everywhere who maybe feel “unsewcial” or just want to wear pajama pants and drink wine.

She promises silly narration with the ability to pause and replay lessons on demand. “I am also working on a sewing guide for beginners – a fabulous book of techniques that I have cataloged in my head for the past 15 years.”

Sewical Sacramento’s calendar has many exciting private and public events coming up. All of them are unique and special, but some of the most mentionable booked events is a private teenager co-ed birthday Sewcial, a 34 participant birthday summer extravaganza, a live televised event.

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sale $97

838885

sale $998 REG 1398

931539

$

682182

3 PC entertainment wall

REG $398

coffee table

sale $756 REG $1226

sale $128 REG $178

480761

sale $67

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5 PC counter-height dining set

leaning shelf

REG $258

703610

587791

end table

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4 15

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Reclinin

1,400

$

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sale $138 REG 198 $

storage bench

sale $398

REG $498

REG $676

sale $3397

618746

sale $346

REG $4797

for BOTH sofa & loveseat!!

All product limited to stock on hand!

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839483

sale 396 926252

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cheval mirror

$

end table 272625

10 ’ fur 0 s ite nitur m e

REG $656

upholstered bed 037677

sale $367 REG 527 $

accent cabinet

458052

12125 Folsom Blvd.

Mon – Fri 10am – 8pm Rancho Cordova Sat 10am – 6pm Sun 11am – 6pm 916-351-0227 www.naturwood.com

*Sale prices are not available in conjunction with any other offer or discount. All sizes are approximate.

Colors may vary from what is shown in ad. All product limited to stock on hand.

Sale Ends 2/26/17.