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Bonsai Sekiyukai to hold 40th annual show at the Sacramento Betsuin Buddhist Church Bonsai Sekiyukai’s 40th annual show will be held on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Sacramento Betsuin Buddhist Church, 2401 Riverside Blvd. About 60 to 70 trees, several viewing stones and supplies will be for sale. There will also be a raffle and demonstrations both days at 2 p.m.

There will be a wide variety of tree species, both deciduous and evergreen. Depending on the weather, some trees may be in bloom. The trees come from Mediterranean, tropical, and mountainous regions throughout the world, and are examples of the tremendous variety that can thrive in the Sacramento area, though many of them are very rare, and not to be found growing in any of the city’s many parks or yards. All of the trees are from our members’ personal collections.

The art of bonsai aims to achieve a very traditional aesthetic, and organizers hope to reflect that quality in their show. As such, the format and presentation have not changed much over the last 40 years, despite the fact that they are always gaining new members of all ages and backgrounds. But while the ways they style and present the trees remain traditional, the expertise and experience shared by senior members has allowed the club to apply advanced modern horticultural techniques to grow the healthiest trees possible.

Most of the trees that will be shown have been propagated and cultivated by multiple generations of Sekiyukai members, because they see themselves as artists rather than collectors.

Yuzo Maruyama is president of the club, the lecturer at monthly meetings, and will provide the demonstration at the show.

Yuzo has been practicing bonsai for over 50 years. In 2016, the Agricultural Society of Japan awarded him the Green and

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Yuzo Maruyama, president of Bonsai Sekiyukai, at the club’s 2016 show. He will be presenting again this year at the 40th annual event, to be held on April 1-2 at the Sacramento Buddhist Church, 2401 Riverside Blvd.

White award for achievements in Japanese agriculture and for promoting friendship between the people of Japan and California. This award was presented by the family of the Emperor at the Japanese Consul General’s residence in San Francisco.

Over his 40 years in California, Yuzo has introduced many new species of trees and shrubs, and has taught many valuable bonsai techniques that were previously inaccessible to our community.

There will be two demonstrations this year, one on each day. Yuzo will demonstrate techniques for assembling Ishitsuke, or rock plantings. These plantings feature a group of small trees, shrubs, and mosses arranged on top of carefully positioned rocks. They create the impression of the edge of a forest, perched atop a cliff, and are an excellent example of Sacramento’s distinctive approach to bonsai.

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Pocket medicine man carves art, taking inspiration from everywhere

By Debbie Eto

On a sunny Tuesday afternoon in the Pocket, woodcarver Chango Garlanger sat down for a very rare interview. Chango’s name comes from the name Shango, the African spirit of thunder who does good for people, who is helpful and protective. After a minute with Chango, you will see the name fits perfectly. His long dreadlocks, eyes filled with wonderment and his head cocked to the side, like he’s bowing to all, arrived in a Husqvarna shirt - paying ode to the chainsaw he carves with.

A deeply spiritual man, he was born in Philadelphia, but raised in Monticello (an hour north of New York City). At an early age, Chango found he had an affinity for art. He would draw caricatures of people and cars, like he saw in Mad Magazine and CarToons. As he got a little older he became fascinated with Italian Renaissance sculptors Michaelangelo and Donatello.

He would study the books he found at school.

Raised by his Mother, Chango would journey through the day with an artistic spirit and learn as much as he could from the world. He sees art everywhere. ”Everything you look at is art.

There’s the art of light, without it you couldn’t see, there’s shape and form everywhere. Fibonacci, I see many things in thirds.”

After high school, Chango joined the service, but kept up with his drawing. When he left the service he became a commercial truck driver and did caricatures on the weekends as a street artist. He was always working to perfect his craft. His connection to wood came next. “I’ve lived in mostly urban settings, but Monticello had lots of nature, it See Carving, page 9

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Elks Don Poliz annual crab feed sells out, more than 500 people reported eating crab Photos by Kelly Byam Special to the Pocket News

Five hundred people were reported to have bought tickets at the Elks Lodge, No. 6 all-you-can-eat crab feed on March 4. In a written statement, photographer Kelly Byam said: “It was completely sold out.

Over 500 people. We had to wait two years because the domoic acid levels in crab meant it wasn’t safe to have it last year. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and we heard rave reviews about the servers- the Sac State Women’s Rugby Team. They were tipped well and we’re so grateful,

they donated back half of their proceeds to our charitable fund!” In addition to the crab, the $55 ticket got customers shrimp, antipasto, pasta, green salad and garlic bread. A benefit for the lodge, the nonprofit is hoping to increase membership. “We don’t have as many members as we did in years past, but our expenses are the same (as you know, we have a huge) building to maintain. We are really hoping to increase membership, and continue growing... My goal is to make events fun,” says Byam. The lodge hosted a potato bar last Wednesday in honor of St. Patrick’s Day and The Ides of March.

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Mr. Universe Antiques owner talks about his life as a business owner, competitive bodybuilder

By Lance Armstrong Lance@valcomnews.com

One of the more unique sights along the streets of the Pocket and other parts of the city is a large pickup truck with the wording, Mr. Universe Antiques, and the image of a notable bodybuilder named Carl Ross.

Often seen behind the wheel of his truck, Ross, who resides in the Pocket, is a selfmade success story.

Long before he established his antique business, Ross enjoyed his youth, growing up near Candlestick Park and attending San Francisco Giants and San Francisco 49ers games.

Ross said that he is a truelife, competitive bodybuilder, who began weight lifting when he was a teenager. “(At the age of 17), I saw a gentleman on the street posing that was a bodybuilder and the guy looked incredible,” he said. “So, I went up to him and asked him, ‘What do you do to look like that?’ And he said he lifted weights. So, I went down to the store and bought me a set of weights.”

Pocket resident Carl Ross established his business, Mr. Universe Antiques, in 2011.

And as they say, “the rest is Six months after purchashistory.” Ross’s drive to obtain ing his own weights, Ross a very muscular physique, joined what he said was a rare eventually led him to become gym in San Francisco. a competitive bodybuilder. “ That was (during an era) before bodybuilding got popular, so there was only like three gyms at the time,” he said. “Back then, if you were at a gym, you were serious. At the gyms were basically all bodybuilders. These guys were all competitors.”

One day, in 1981, while he was at that gym, Ross saw a flier that advertised a bodybuilding contest, known as Mr. Golden West.

Ross said that he did not fair well in the competition.

“I went there and got my butt destroyed and realized that this thing is not easy,” he said. “Basically, that was it. I got last place and I just kept training, training, training, and eventually I started winning.”

After moving to Sacramento in the mid-1980s, Ross won his first bodybuilding competition: Mr. Woodland.

Among his other titles are Mr. Modesto, Mr. Northern California, Mr. Ameri-

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ca, Mr. Natural Universe. He won the latter title in 1997, after placing second in the same event during the previous year.

Ross noted that his title of Mr. Natural Universe is more prestigious than the Mr. Universe title, “because there are no drugs involved.”

And he added that this title was then the top bodybuilding championship in the world.

“That was the world championship, basically,” he said.

“If you won that, you were the best drug-free bodybuilder in the world.”

In preparation for that competition, Ross held to a strict diet for an entire year and had a body fat content of about 2 percent.

Ross added that he prides himself as a competitor who never took steroids. He has alternatively used creatine and multivitamins to enhance his workouts.

Also among Ross’s competitive success is the silver medal he captured in the professional division of the first edition of Mr. Natural Olympia in Greece in 1998.

And six years earlier, Ross had an undefeated record while winning about four competitions.

Ross stated that he is not yet retired from competitive bodybuilding.

“I’m still training currently about two and a half to three hours a day, including my cardio,” he said. “ The good thing about staying in shape is you can come back (to compete).”

In addition to bodybuilding, Ross spent 24 years working for different state departments, including the Department of Corrections.

During that time, he worked at Folsom State Prison as a business services officer.

After retiring from the state at the age of 50, Ross was eager to establish his own business: Mr. Universe Antiques.

He grew up around the antique business of his parents – James and Nellie Ross – in San Francisco during the 1970s and 1980s.

It was that experience that gave him a love of antiques, and a desire to establish his own business.

Ross describes Mr. Universe Antiques as similar to the History channel’s “American Pickers” series.

“That (show) describes exactly what I do,” he said. “I’m a picker. I’ll drive anywhere, if they’ve got enough stuff.”

Among the antique and vintage items that most interest Ross are advertising signs, tin toys (especially robots), watches, vintage costume jewelry, railroad items, bronze sculptures and police and fireman badges.

An advertisement for Mr. Universe Antiques notes: “We never close for buying.”

However, Ross noted that he has no employees.

“I’m a micro-business,” he said. “It’s just me. It’s rare that you get calls (at late hours), but when it happens, I’m ready to go.”

Ross likened his business to a hobby, which celebrates history.

“Basically, the business for me is kind of like my hobby,” he said. “I like antiques, because it’s part of history.

When you buy something old, you get to talk to the person where it came from. (People say), ‘It was my grandmother’s, it was my parent’s.’

So, it’s history.

Ross said that he experiences a lot of satisfaction in selling to people who express a great appreciation for antiques.

“I don’t do this for money,” he said. “I do that for (people) who come up and say, ‘I bought this from you and I’ve got it on my wall.’ That’s the thing for me.”

Ross admits that as a mobile salesman without a storefront, he does a lot more buying than selling.

And as a businessman who holds public sales only about six times per year, Ross will present a rare opportunity for the public to view a lot of his merchandise at the next Elks Lodge No. 6 parking lot sale.

The event will be held at 6446 Riverside Blvd. on May 21 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Student Baoyi (May) Tan Baoyi (May) Tan of the Pocket area participated in Monday’s Youth Quest event at the Capitol, where she was joined with 180 youth and 76 adult partners in demonstrating their commitment to a tobacco-free California, by learning about current tobacco control efforts, and building their advocacy skills by sharing. The focus of the youth training, press conference, and meetings with legislators was how tobacco impacts youth with an emphasis on flavored products and tobacco in the retail environment. Additionally, the event emphasized the power of youth to advocate for change.

May participates with Breathe Sacramento is two ways. The first is that she is a trained movie reviewer for “ Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down,” a program that collects data on the impact of smoking in the movies. This program is out of the University of California, San Francisco and data is used nationally. Some of it was included in the 50th Anniversary Surgeons Generals Report. May is also a member of the Youth Advisory Board, which works in conjunction with the Board of Directors at Breathe CA Sacramento Region. Independently, they do presentations around the coun-

Youth Engagement 101 Building YouthAdult Partnerships Why involve youth in your tobacco control work youth are constituents.

They have a vested interest in their community, even though they are not yet able to vote. Youth bring incredible energy to a cause! This energy has the power and potential to open doors. Focus youth energy to help achieve mutual goals.

Youth bring a unique perspective. Strengthen your efforts and spark new ideas with a youth perspective. Youth have unique access to and credibility with their schools, friends, parents and other potential allies who can build and broaden tobacco control efforts.

Why youth would participate community pride: Even if there are problems in their community, the youth who will participate are still proud of where they live and want to create positive change.

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ty and in particular to our elected officials and legislators. YAB authored several letters to the Governor last year when there were so many tobacco bills waiting approval. Specifically, May has met with the Governor’s staff on the importance of regulating e-cigarettes. She has been involved in community outreach, signature gathering on petitions among other things. May has a strong interest in political science and a passion for tobacco free living. Combined with the fact that Big Tobacco so blatantly targets youth and young adults in a tricky fashion, she is motivated to make change.

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Egg Hunt Extravaganza in the Pocket set for Saturday, April 15 Get your baskets ready: It’s time for the annual Eggstravaganza sponsored by Vice Mayor Rick Jennings!

The annual events will be held in Garcia Bend Park at 10am and Mesa Grande Park at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15.

The egg hunts are free fun for all ages. Children (toddlers to elementary school age) can participate in the egg hunt – collecting toy eggs full of candy surprises. And, hidden among the eggs will be four golden tickets redeemable for one of four gift baskets full of fun goodies.

There will be three sections of egg hunts so that egg seekers can search with their own age groups. Last year, we had over one hundred young egg seekers who found all the eggs in fewer than 10 minutes. So, have your baskets ready and don’t be late.

But, the Egg Hunt Extravaganza is so much more than just toy eggs and candy. There’s tons of fun in store for the whole family! Take family photos with the Easter Bunny. Get your face painted. Enjoy live performances by the Sacramento Philharmonic. Meet and hang out with the Vice Mayor and staff. These events are also a great time to meet your neighbors and for kids to make new friends that live near them.

Plus, the weather should be perfect for a mid-day picnic. So, bring your blankets, lounge chairs and lunch and make a day of it.

For more information about these and other events sponsored by Vice Mayor Rick Jennings, visit ww.cityofsacramento.org/Mayor-Council/Districts/District7 or call ravaganza808-7007.

Police Logs The news items below are collected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has often not been verified beyond the initial reports.

All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Thursday, March 2 (Robbery): 7000 block of Carnation Ave at 7:46 p.m.

Detectives observed a truck recklessly driving on Florin Road. The truck nearly collided with several vehicles and then went over the center median. Detectives broadcasted the vehicle info over the radio and attempted to follow it but lost it due to the reckless driving they were engaged in. An officer located the pickup parked awkwardly in front of a residence on the 7000 block of Carnation. Officers responded and secured a perimeter around the house.

Officers determined that the vehicle and occupants were involved in a theft at a nearby grocery store. Upon calling out the occupants of the

house, officers positively identified them as the subjects driving erratically. A probation search of the house yielded the stolen property taken from the store. Both suspects were booked into jail for reckless driving, outstanding warrants and robbery related charges.

Friday, March 3 (Brandishing): 3800 block of Florin Road at 3:45 p.m.

Officers responded to a report of a subject who brandished a knife. Officers arrived and contacted one of the parties involved. The subject had an outstanding warrant and was subsequently booked into jail.

Thursday, March 9 (Robbery): 4000 block of Florin Rd at 1:32 p.m.

Officers responded for a robbery report. Officers arrived and determined the suspect got in a fight with the store clerk while attempting to steal items from the busi-

ness. The suspect was arrested for robbery.

(Assault): 6400 block of Surfside Way at 5:34 p.m.

Officers responded to the residence for a possible assault report. Officers arrived and contacted the victim. Through investigation, it was determined the victim was involved in an altercation in the street with guests that were known to him. The victim did not have any injuries. The other party did not stay on scene.

Officers took a JFN report due to the large number of calls for service at this location and will be following up with the JFN unit.

Friday, March 10 (Two vehicle accident): Fruitridge Road / South Land Park Drive at 4:26 p.m.

Officers responded for a two vehicle accident involving a vehicle and fire truck.

No injuries were reported.

Officers completed a traffic accident report.

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was something I never forgot. Carving wood, logs is my connection with nature.

Trees were alive, the spirit was within. When I carve, I follow the grain, it connects with the spirit that was alive within it.�

Chango began carving in 2014. After taking a class at woodcraft, he carved a face on a 1�x1�x3� piece of Basswood. A big proponent of formal education, he believes: Learn to do it right, so you won’t develop bad habits. It was there, he met Mr. Jim Hanson, a positive influence and now good friend.

His next piece was a walking stick. After much prodding, he entered it in the Capitol Woodcarvers Association Annual Show and took home a first place ribbon.

Shocked, stunned and forever humble, Chango took this as a sign to move on – always learning. He carved more walking sticks before moving to larger pieces. “I was always fascinated by the stone carvings of Easter Island, so I decided to try carving a Moai Head.� It turned out so well, he carved more. People started seeing his work and he began doing commissions, bears, trees, eagles, the human figure.

The Crocker Art Museum asked him to carve a piece.

He did a large horse torso which is now in the courtyard at the Sam and Bonnie Pannell Community Center.

He is doing numerous demonstrations. On March 25, he’ll be in Woodland at Baileys Inc. carving two bears for raffles. “ The character of the wood is dictated by the form of the living, organic mass it took according to the environment. The different shapes dictate what I do.� A lifetime student of art, Chango has had his

fair share of happy mistakes. “As I was texturing a wing on an eagle, I got it too thin and the wing snapped off. I learned an important lesson, to let go of preconceived notions and let Art flow out of the soul.�

A well-spoken, intelligent but shy man, Chango has said the hardest thing he has had to overcome is “having the confidence to create what I’m envisioning.� He credits many people for inspiration, besides the masters, DaVinci, Michaelangelo, and Donatello, he acknowledges Jim Hanson, master carver Gino Sordi, Black Eagle (American Indian artist), Michael Mentler (draftsman), his high school art teacher, Mr. Bernstein, Professional chainsaw carver, Dennis Beach and Joe You, current President of the Capitol Woodcarvers Association as artists who have helped him become the Woodcarver he is.

When you first look at Chango, his piercing eyes are the first thing you notice, but around his neck is a talisman he carved. It’s carved on Palo Santo, which translates to “Holy Wood.� Palo Santo comes from a rare tree found on the coast of South America. It’s related to Frankincense, Myrrh and Copal. The smell is intoxicating. Palo Santo is traditionally used for relieving common colds, flu symptoms, stress, asthma, headaches, anxiety, depression, inflammation, emotional pain and as well as cleansing.

People from all over come to him and ask for the medicine (the carved Palo Santo Talisman.) He wears one around his neck constantly and uses the power of the wood every day.

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This year’s Doggy Dash in William Land Park to include on-site adoptions and adoptable “Puppy Parade”

By Michele Townsend

Sacramento SPCA is gearing up for their 24th Annual Doggy Dash and Bark in the Park Event that is to take place in William Land Park on Saturday, April 8. This event will go from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., and is a fundraiser to help with the costs of the many services the SSPCA offers to more than 7,000 animals per year!

Dawn Foster, of the SSPCA said, “We are expecting four to five thousand people this year, which will make it our biggest one yet! It’ll be great!”

The Doggy Dash walk itself, is Sacramento’s largest dog walk and pet festival that includes a 2.5 and 5K walk.

You can walk as an individual, or as a team! You can walk to celebrate, honor or mourn your pet. Or, bring your dog. You can walk him, or he can walk you…. And together you can raise money to help other animals, while enjoying the day. There will be individual and team contests, with prizes. You can register in advance, or the morning of the event. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the walk will leave at 10 a.m.

If walking is not your thing, but you love dogs… or just want to have a good time, the BARK IN THE PARK FESTIVAL will be going on.

All Doggy Dash Walkers will get free admission into the festival. A $5 donation is suggested for all others. The festival is going to be huge, packed full of fun! Lynn Madison of Davis, is a dog lover and advocate, a festival vendor, and a long time attendee of the event, said “I love the Doggy Dash! You get to pet lots of wonderful dogs, meet the people that love them and should you decide to run in the Doggy Dash,

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raise funds for the animals sheltered at the SSPCA. More than 80 sponsors and vendors will be present, some of which include Dutch Brothers coffee (in the morning, with muffins), a variety of food trucks, “The Watering Bowl” beer and cocktail garden (which will be serving Bloody Mary’s, Mimosas and beer from Fountain Head Brewery all at the price of $5), photos, and a variety of pet friendly products to sample and purchase.

If you think that’s all, you’re not even close. There is a full schedule of events planned that you can enter your dogs in, at $5 per entry. Just a few

of the contests include a smiling contest, a kissing contest, a dog tail wagging contest, best trick contest, and best agility contest. Oh yes, and don’t forget the “I’m so ugly, I’m cute” contest! But it’s not going to be all work and no relaxation. If you just want to kick back and watch, that’s fine too!

There will be a Police k-9 demonstration, and an “Adoptable Puppy Parade”, and even more!

For the first time, this year the shelter will be closed on the day of this event because there will have adoptable animals that can go home on the spot.

You might just find that perfect little

someone that you didn’t even know you needed! However, remember that even though they are all cute and need homes, there is a lot to take into consideration. Please be sure that you are a good fit. Kristi Maryman, SSPCS’s Special Events Coordinator said “Our adoption counselors, and staff will all be at the festival, and the adoption process will be handled just like you are at the shelter. You will be able to pay with cash, check or credit card. There is a questionnaire, and a meet and greet area for you to spend time with the dog See Doggie Dash, page 11

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that you are interested in to make sure are a good fit. They encourage that if you are adopting a second pet, that you bring your existing pet to also meet the newcomer to make sure that they will get along, and make the change easier for everyone. However, if your dog is not socialized, if they don’t like crowds, or get easily stressed by a lot of activity, or if you are unsure of how they will act in a public setting – Please be cautious.

There will also be an adoption trailer for animals that cannot comfortably be exposed to the festival environment.”

Those of us who are animal lovers, always want to do right by our furry family members, but sometimes life makes things challenging. The SSPCA not only rescues stray, unwanted or abused animals, they also offer low-cost vaccination clinics (costing approximately $500 per week just to vaccinate the pets of senior citizens).

Additionally, the SSPCA assists with spay or neuter services ($5,000 will spay or neuter 100 dogs, and about $4,000 per week covers what they pay out in the “We Pay to Spay” program), sponsorships for children to attend Camp Kindness ($100 cover 1 child), plus medical costs, behavior training, humane education programs and more. If you are thinking that with numbers like that, there’s nothing you can do…think again.

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If you want to help but can’t attend the Doggy Dash, you can still fundraise and be eligible for prizes! A $35 donation will provide one animal with a full belly and a warm, comfortable and safe place to sleep for a day. For more information on teams, fundraising information, how to become a sponsor, as well as registration fees (and what those fees include), and a complete schedule of events, go to ususpcadoggydash. org or contact Kristi Maryman at 504-2802 or kmaryman@sspca.org.

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Happy 113th birthday, Dr. Seuss

By Monica Stark

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One hundred and 13 years ago, Dr. Seuss was born and on Saturday, March 4, the Pocket Greenhaven Friends of the Library celebrated the famed children’s author with a special Seussical Story Hour. The readings were from award-winning stories. Also, there were cookies and games to celebrate Dr. Seuss. Celebrity readers include: former Councilmember Robbie Waters, Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Casanya Ursery, a representative in Vice-Mayor Rick Jennings office, Chief of Staff to County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy Susan McKee and Library Director Rivkah Sass. Free books, including copies of Seuss’s “What Pet Should I Get?” were also given to children.

Before the readings began, Seuss fans were asked what their favorite Dr. Seuss books are.

An aunt to a young boy, said, “My nephew over there, probably his favorite is ‘Go Dog, Go.’” With a little prompting, nearby child Jayden said, “I have that one!” Jayden shares Dr. Seuss books at his school.

Inside the library, Thing 1 and Thing 2 – represented by Kathy Donovan and Larry Aronsen were on hand to distribute the free books. Thing 1 said her favorite Dr. Seuss book is “Green Eggs and Ham.” “I just remember liking it as a kid, an idea that you think you don’t like something and you do.” She said while she’s never made green eggs and ham, for April Fool’s, she has put food coloring in various foods. “It’s hard to eat cereal with green milk. That’s always a surprise when you pour it out. And in the coffee, it looks yucky. Don’t ever put yellow food coloring in cottage cheese.”

Meanwhile, Thing 2 said he is a “‘Cat in the Hat’ kind of guy.”

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Life on Two Rivers

By Ellen Cochrane

Some of the great animal mysteries of the world will never be solved, such as how can my dog breathe under the blankets, or why are cats engineered to be heat seeking creatures. While this story may not reveal deep, dark secrets of nature, it will bring you closer to the fur, feathers and flora outside your window in our beautiful, riparian Sacramento neighborhoods.

There is so much drama in the yard.

Raccoons We got the call in Bodega Bay. “She’s okay, but she’s been attacked by raccoons.”

Two hours later an embarrassed dog with a shaved butt greeted me at the door. She had stitches and contusions and a permanent fear of the masked bandidos that own the night.

The insouciant punks had swum in our pool, picked the fruit and spied through the dog door, but attacking Buttercup was a bridge too far.

My first inclination after the assault was to capture the criminal and relocate it miles up the American River. Common sense prevailed. We live with hundreds of raccoons in this two-river city, and most of them live in our river neighborhoods. Relocation is not a solution. (Relocated wildlife usually ends up dying in unfamiliar territory.) Destroying the creature was out of the question.

My neighbors on NextDoor regaled me with stories about these hooligans: they’ve broken up raccoon brawls with

water hoses, chased them out of houses, the chimneys, garages and the undercarriage of a truck.

If I was going to live with them, I needed to get smart.

They certainly are, so I studied up.

In Germany they call them washing bears. In France— little washing rat. Our word raccoon comes from Algonquin— aroughcoune, meaning “he who scratches with his hand.”

I found out that these intelligent nocturnal mammals have extremely sensitive front paws that can manipulate latches, locks, bird feeders and door handles. They don’t really wash their food, but will roll and manipulate it on dry land and in water, using sense of touch to gather information.

With no opposable thumbs they can’t grab and lift but they use both hands together to explore and grasp. The paw uses a special set of “whiskers” called the vibrissae. These specialized hairs extend slightly beyond the front claws and transmit information much like the whiskers on cats.

They are a new world animal found almost everywhere in North America, including our attics, under porches and sheds. So avoiding human/raccoon conflict can be a challenge.

Raccoons are not a form of wild dog or cat; in fact their closest relatives are ringtails and coatis (a CentralSouth American animal).

One thing is certain—they are survivors. Transplanted to Asia and Europe as novelties and pets, escaped rac-

Photos by Ellen Cochrane

(above left) This raccoon beat a hasty retreat down 43rd Street after a dust up a labrador. (above right) War wounds after a backyard encounter.

coons now claim large territories on these continents.

Encroachment on territory forces raccoons to use the sewers as underground highways and human structures as homes. Large predators like black bear used to keep raccoons in check, but that’s not the case now. The raccoon’s number one predator is now man.

Early spring days are the time when momma raccoons will have litters. We will also see more raccoons out and about at night during the warmer months because while they don’t hibernate, they decrease activity in the winter in a type of dormancy called “daily torpor.”

In the wild their food is about 40 percent invertebrates, 33 percent plant foods, and 27 percent vertebrates.

That can translate to about 40 percent cat food, 33 percent fruit trees, and 27 percent garbage in the city.

After the dog was attacked I realized that my dilapidated backyard shed was home to a brood. We decided to tear it down. Picking up the fruit also helped, and we never leave out any kind of animal food. The pool remains a huge draw. I’ve come out in the morning to find the skimmer lid pried off, basket out and all the debris scattered.

I also hear them in the wee hours of summer mornings,

chirping merrily around the pool, and I’ve seen two in at a time paddling around.

Buttercup will not go out into the back yard after sunset without an escort. It’s just as well. She’s a 10-pound Chihuahua mix, not much of a fighter and no match for the raccoons.

She will sit on the couch and growl out the window, letting me know they are there.

Many great websites will help you deal with raccoons safely and humanly. We survived and live in a kind of truce. Although my neighbors probably wonder why I run into the back yard every night with the dog clapping and hooting, “you get outta here.”

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Confessions of a local psychic Healing Arts Festival presenter discusses life journey into the metaphysical world

By Monica Stark

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She was 23 years old. At the hospital for a minor surgery, Jeanne Borgen’s journey into a life as a psychic had just begun. It took four years after that fateful day before she was told she was special. Like a lifetime ago, Borgen has since used her gifts to help solve cases for undercover government and police departments and will be a featured presenter at this year’s Healing Arts Festival to be held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St., Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Joined with about 60 other exhibitors and workshop presenters, Borgen shared with this publication more details about how she became a psychic.

On that day at the hospital, the nurse and anesthesiologist administered sodium pentothal, a typical procedure. But Borgen flatlined and everyone panicked. “They weren’t expecting this to happen and I crossed over… and I didn’t want to come back,” she says today. “I had four children, very happily married but the feeling that you get when you cross over made me not want to return. The next thing I knew, there was a man standing there telling me I needed to go back and I was trying to get around him. I kept thinking he’s not going to stop me and the next thing I knew, I was back in the operating room looking down at my body and I heard my doctor saying, ‘Oh my God, her husband is going to kill me.’”

Then she woke up in recovery and the nightmare began. It was like something happened to her mind and body where she was actually hearing people talk when they weren’t talking.

She was picking up all their thoughts, but she didn’t know what was happening.

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a barbecue and a martini. I ended up being a recluse because I couldn’t be around people. I learned, when I went into a restaurant I had to have my back up against the wall because I could block what was in front of me but couldn’t from what was behind me.” She then went to see a Catholic exorcist because she was told she was possessed by the devil, but she was told by a bishop that he didn’t think that was her problem. When Borgen started crying, he said, “But if it makes you feel better, I’ll do it for you. So, I actually went through an official exorcism and after it was all over, nothing changed. The bishop was so nice. He said, ‘Go home, I really feel this is for a reason and God will come and show you the way.’

So, I waited one year for God to start showing me.”

It seems like everything happens by accident, but Borgen believes in fate. It took a while but it happened when she had a neighbor run up to her house pounding on the door saying her sister had a stroke. Borgen responded like a doctor, though she didn’t understand what she was saying: “She didn’t have a stroke, she has Bells Palsy and diabetes, and she’s really gained too much weight and she also broke her foot.” The woman asked Borgen if she could tape the talk; Borgen obliged and the tape was mailed to the doctor. The doctor called her and said she does have Bell’s Palsy and then asked she if she wanted to go to work with him. After all, he said the hardest thing in medicine is the diagno-

sis and Borgen had rattled that off in a couple of minutes what would have taken them many tests and time.

She then asked him, What is Bell’s Palsy? She’d never heard of it and she started going on a search thinking, “Gosh, I can do something!”

She then donated her mind to universities and research centers. She even worked with Russian psychics for three months and continued a huge search to learn to control what she had.

Suffice to say, she went from a medical diagnosis straight to police work where she can track anyone, she says. “My fastest time was when they found a person in 19 minutes from the time they put it on the air until the time they found the person. I also identified a boy that wanted to commit suicide and drank a bunch of turpentine. He ran away and went down into a canyon behind a grammar school. I notified the police where he was, because he would have died down there. They picked him up in 10 minutes and had him in emergency. You must react very quickly.”

When Borgen does a reading, she starts at your birth and highlights your life and different things that have happened. Then she goes into the next two years thoroughly, then highlights 10 years. Then, she reads five people in your life. This is what she will do at the Healing Arts Festival, by the way.

Asked if she was ever wrong with a prediction, Borgen said she can’t remember a time when she was totally wrong. “If I’m sure about it, I’ll predict it and if not I’ll hold back. I think really hard before I do predictions, combined with lots and lots of research so I don’t put something out to scare somebody. It also is about interpretation. I get visions and they always happen. I just don’t predict. I go into it thoroughly and look at it from all sides,” she said.

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“One instance was when I picked this gal out of the audience and I said, ‘I see a man and he approached you with red roses and he drives this car’ and telling her about all this while she’s looking at me bewildered and the girl next to her was shaking her head yes. So, I said, ‘Oh my.

I have the wrong gal,’ so you can make mistakes, but I caught on before I finished.

So, I don’t normally read people in a group but rather ask questions.”

Through Borgen’s search, she found that there is a real purpose in life and that things happen for a reason and a lot of people don’t realize that and have talents they haven’t ever tapped into.

Eventually they will, but will do more with a little shove and she says she can facilitate a big shove. “A woman once came to see me and I told her she was supposed to write children’s books. She told me that she didn’t even know how to spell and I told her you don’t have to spell; other people do that. She argued with me but told herself if I said she could write a book, she would write a book. She’s now publishing her third book. There are many, many cases where people have talents, but they just haven’t recognized it yet.”

Also, it’s important to know there is a lot in what you say, she continued.

For example, if you say ‘my head hurts’, you’re owning it and of course it hurts. “I had someone tell me all the time that she was so pissed about something and I asked her if she had bladder problems. She said, yes.

Can you help me with that?

I said yes, stop saying that.

I also worked with a man who had Crohn’s Disease.

I asked him if he ever said the word S**T__. He said he never says that word.

While he was writing his notes, he dropped them and said, “Oh crap.” And I said, “(There it is”)! The mind is very powerful. Whatever you put in your mind, is your reality. So, I try to keep it as positive as I can.”

Another presenter at the festival, Erin Burrell, a local gal who grew up by Watt Avenue and Fair Oaks BouValley Community Newspapers, Inc.

levard, worked 25 years for the state and retired. Burrell was then able to follow her passions: tarot readings and psychometry, the holding of objects. “I see what information may come through to me. It’s believed objects can hold energy.” She says sometimes when she holds an object she’ll get an image of something (clairvoyance) or she will hear words (clairaudience) that may re-

late to the person or a loved one close to them. “I also feel and know things when I hold an object. I’m still a work in progress and my abilities are still developing. I also do readings out of my home in Elk Grove.”

She’ll be presenting because she felt compelled to speak on grief. “It’s my personal story. I lost six loved ones within a 7-year period starting with my husband’s sui-

cide. It caused me to look at life differently and sent me on a search to find what I now believe in, that there is more beyond this physical life. I will share the tools that helped me get beyond my grief, that allowed me to once again live a happy and joyous life.”

Around since 1999, the Healing Arts Festival was bought by Prasanna Hankins, local healer yoga

teacher, and entrepreneur in the metaphysical and spiritual community. Purchased from a friend of hers, a psychic who began the practice of donating proceeds to a charity, Hankins bought the festival in the spirit of giving back to the community. An animal lover, fundraising for the SPCA was a no-brainer. Twenty five perSee Festival, page 21

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Matías Bombal’s Hollywood Kong: Skull Island

The MPAA has rated this PG-13 Warner Brothers retools the Eighth Wonder of the World for “Kong: Skull Island”. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts worked from a screenplay adaptation by three screenwriters based on a story by John Gatins. This re-imagines Kong in an entirely new way for new audiences. Elements of the story are similar to the classic Kong ideas of 1933; a man obsessed with finding the island in order to find large creatures there, Bill Randa, played by John Goodman.

There’s a voyage by ship to the fog and storm surrounded Skull Island, prehistoric creatures roaming the island, a giant spider and the physical size of Kong as he bats at aircraft, in this case, Vietnam War-era helicopters.

These aspects aside, the story and ideas in this movie are a new narrative, which melds aspects of “Apocalypse Now”, “The Lost World” (1925), “Gilligan’s Island”, “The African Queen” and more! Normally, this kind of a pastiche would sink any picture, but remarkably, this actually works well here. Set in the early 1970s, a helicopter investigative mission heads over the island. They are led by military man Preston Packard, played

by Samuel L. Jackson. Rather than being sent home from Vietnam, he wants to do one more mission.

The new Kong is bigger than life. The other familiar faces, not previously mentioned, seen on screen belong to actors Toby Kebbell, Jason Mitchell and Shea Whigham, who you may remember from “Boardwalk Empire”. Once the choppers are “forced” on the ground, they rely on an expert jungle finder who knows how to seek out the impossible in unusual terrain, James Conrad, played 20

I love the smell of King Kong in the morning. The new King Kong never leaves this island. Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

by Tom Hiddleston. Conrad leads the party including photographer Mason Weaver, played by Brie Larson, into dangerous ground. At every turn, a prehistoric monster or one laying in pockets just under the Earth’s crust surface and make quick meals of the dwindling cast.

John C. Reilly adds fun in his portrayal of a World War II era pilot lost and surviving on the island since the war, Hank Marlow. There is no doubt of Mr. Reilly’s greatness as an actor, yet I have never liked the parts he’s played.

Here, he adds a perfect mixture of art and whimsy in his performance, delivering an understated and brilliant portrayal. In fact, as hokey as this may all seem, the story is gripping and entertaining. Elements do seem familiar, but in a comfortable way and more than anything, this is great fun.

What is missing in this version is that most human element that underscored the earlier versions, the love between beauty and the beast.

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From the very first moments, the tone is set with brilliant photography and mood, building slowly and deliberately into a strange and morbid moments. Lockhart is sent to the Alpen retreat, situated in a foreboding yet beautiful castle, to bring back his man. The lush and seductive photography by Bojan Bazelli takes us to a setting of time suspended, where the world’s wealth have gone to take” the cure”. Director Gore Verbinski, who also wrote the story for the movie, captures the essence of the luxurious spa palaces of the beginning in the 19th Century, where doctors, convinced that for every malady there was a correct medicinal spring of water, would bathe or immerse patients into thermal waters for therapeutic value, augmented by diets, mud packs, exercises and more. The most famous of these resorts of that era were found in Germany’s Baden Baden.

Charlie Chaplin was among the first directors to feature such place in the movies, for comedy in his 1917 Mutual Comedy “The Cure”. Verbinski takes that ideal and darkens it with the decayed remains of such a place in modern times.

Once Lockhart arrives, he finds a world out of step with the rest of the globe, eerie and odd and is frustrated that he cannot communicate with, nor even visit the man he has come so far to see. He implores the director of the sanitarium, Henrich Volmer, played by Jason Isaacs, to let Penbroke out with little result.

Angered by lack of contact, he leaves to return to his own hotel in the nearby village.

Along the way, a deer leaps in front of the sanitarium’s Mercedes-Benz and it crashes down the steep hillside tumbling into an abyss, resulting in a broken leg for Lockhart.

Dane DeHaan’s cure for curiosity turns dark in A CURE FOR WELLNESS. Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

He awakes in the sanitarium and is nursed to health with a cast on one leg and begins to suspect that the treatments at this spa are not what they seem to be. In short order, he is diagnosed with a with an illness that would best be treated by the curative waters of the sanitarium. To keep from going mad and find out what is really going on, he consents to begin “the cure”.

English actor Jason Isaacs’ portrayal of Volmer, offers a cool collected nature, calming and off-putting at the same time. Imagine a stern Christopher Plummer from “Sound of Music”. He adds gravitas to his role of sanitarium director of mysterious origin.

Director Verbinski not only holds you in creepy suspense, but lavishes you with elements we have all seen before in classic suspense movies about castles, monsters and vampires, but makes it his own. It is what a classic Hammer Studio horror film of the 1960s would have been like with a big budget. You’ll think of “Frankenstein”, “Nosferatu”, and “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” as the hauntingly beautiful images unfold. All during this, Lockhart struggles to find a truth, anything to assure himself he’s not slowly losing his mind.

Lockhart sees an odd young woman, Hanna, played by Mia Goth, who seems totally out of step with everyone else there... the only young person

for miles. It peaks his interest. He goes searching for answers, but takes a wrong turn that leads him into discovering truths of the sanitarium.

Now, he’s discovering a situation not unlike the rock and roll song lyric: You may check in any time you like, but you may never leave.

I have been watching the development of actor Dane DeHaan, playing Lockhart, over the years, first catching my attention in 2013’s “Kill Your Darlings”, the very odd “Life after Beth” and as the Green Goblin in “The Amazing Spider Man 2”. He seems to be going in interesting directions and think he’ll be an actor to watch in future. This movie starts to become a bit ridiculous at the end and a bit long, almost going over the top, but I must say that I liked it quite a bit. Sometimes movies don’t have to be great to entertain and this certainly entertains. It examines if whether we are really well in our daily lives in the rat race, or perhaps should have other important goals. Not only that, but I am still thinking about it now, so many days after having seen it.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 18 POCKET LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY: Pocket Little League, established in 1968, today plays games at the Bill Conlin Complex, 7895 Freeport Blvd. The league has approximately 275 players in the league this year playing in our Junior (13-14 year olds), Major (12-11), AAA (10-9), AA (8-7), A (6) and TBall Divisions (5-4). Ceremonies will begin at 8 a.m.

The league hopes to have Vice Mayor Rick Jennings and possibly Mayor Steinberg throw the “First Pitch”.

“CHINESE COUPLETS” DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING AT POCKET LIBRARY– “Chinese Couplets” by Felicia Lowe is an epic tale spanning four generations of tenacious women that follows a candid and touching immigration story about the filmmaker’s family. The film showing will be followed by a Q & A with Felicia Lowe, an award-winning independent producer, director and writer. Her documentaries reveal the unique experiences of Chinese Americans while underscoring our common humanity. This program is part of Let’s Talk About: Immigration and Californians: Community Conversations about Immigration, a program of the California Center for the Book. Saturday, March 18, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

FREE ADOPTION DAY - SACRAMENTO SPCA - ALL DAY: Thanks to the BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelter, there will be free adoptions all day at the SSPCA, 6201 Florin Perkins Road. The BISSELL Pet Foundation is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to help reduce the number of animals in shelters and to support organizations dedicated to the humane care and treatment of animals. Founded in 2011

by Cathy Bissell, the BISSELL Pet Foundation is an extension of her long-standing love for animals and commitment to their welfare. With support from BISSELL Homecare, Inc., the Foundation aims to be a key leader in advocating for lost, abused, neglected and abandoned pets. For more information, including hours, call 383-7387.

SUNDAY, MARCH 19 ELKS LODGE PRESENTS SUNDAY SOCIAL IN THE LOUNGE: Enjoy corned beef and cabbage in the lounge. $12; 6446 Riverside Blvd.Social: 2:30 p.m.; dinner at 5 p.m. Raffle to follow.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25 READ TO A DOG AT POCKET LIBRARY– Looking for a way to boost school-age reading skills? Join us in the library’s Reading Tower area and practice reading out loud to Marvin, the Wonder Corgi, a registered therapy dog. Kids are invited to bring their own books or borrow one from the collection. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

OHANA DANCE GROUP AT POCKET LIBRARY– The Ohana Dance Group’s focus is on Hawaiian music and dance. This interactive program will include a demonstration of several dances; children and

families are invited to join in the dancing. Saturday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to noon at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

SCC 100th ANNIVERSARY GALA: The public is invited to the Sacramento City College’s Centennial Gala on March 25. To purchase tickets, go to www.bit.ly/saccitygala. Celebrate SCC’s 100th anniversary of providing academic excellence to the more than 500,000 students who have graced SCC’s hallways. Tickets are $100 per person, and tables are $1,500. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.

Funds will benefit students with financial and housing needs.

For additional information, please contact: Dan McCarty, Interim Director of College Advancement, at 558-2197, mccartw@scc.losrios.edu. The gala goes from 6 to 11 p.m. and will be held at the Grand Sheraton Hotel, 1230 J St. OLD CITY CEMETERY TOUR – SPRING BEAUTIES AWAKEN: Historic Rose Garden curator Anita Clevenger and Hamilton Square’s Perennial Garden’s manager Leslie Hurlburt welcome the public to see and smell spring flowers that have emerged from a brief winter slumber and are blooming brightly throughout the gardens. Visitors will have an opportunity to tour either or both gardens, spending time with volunteers who created and care for them. Both gardens are nestled among the cemetery’s monuments, re-creating the garden cemetery that was established in 1849. The Sacramento Historic City Cemetery is registered as a National Historic District. In spring, the combination of blooms and tombs are at their best. 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 gratefully accepted for rose garden operations. The tour starts at 10 a.m. For more information, call 448-0811.

SUNDAY, MARCH 26 ZOOZOO 5K & 10K: Can you run like a Zebra? Find out Sunday, March 26 at the 37th Annual ZooZoom benefiting the Sacramento Zoo. There are options for everyone from a 5K run/walk (3.1 miles) to a 10K run (6.2 miles). The 5K run/walk & 10K run will lead participants through beautiful Land Park and finish near the back entrance to the Zoo. Race registration includes admission to the Zoo after your run! Online registration is now open at www.sacramentozoozoom.com.

Entry fees, are, as follows: $30 for 5K/10K (with a shirt) after March 12-- $35 $25 for 5K/10K (no shirt) after March 12--$30 $15 Kid’s Fun Runs (ages 12 & under) Race schedule: 6:45 a.m. Registration/Packet Pick-up opens 8 a.m. 5K Run/Walk (3.1 miles) 9 a.m. 10K Run (6.2 miles) 11:15 a.m. Kid’s Fun Runs (220 yd, 440 yd, 1/2 mile, 1 mile)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 SACPD CLASS: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH 101: 6:30 7:30 p.m.

•The goal of this presentation is to inform participants of the importance of Neighborhood Watch and provide strategies on starting a Neighborhood Watch program within

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cent of the proceeds get donated to the SPCA. “For anyone who wants to donate more, we have a donation box available,” she said.

Details for Healing Arts Festival Back with the popular metaphysical, spiritual, and holistic expo, the Healing Arts Festival to be held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center will pack 60 exhibitors sharing their gifts for attendees’ enjoyment, well being, and personal growth. The two-day event to be held Saturday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m. to Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Pocket/Greenhaven? their community or reviving a flagging group.

•It is also about establishing a culture of “safety first” in all of the groups actions and to discuss the basic structure of the org., meeting logistics, contact list, officers, and how to safely be the “eyes and the ears” for the police.

•Additionally, we address all of the ways our police force can interface with the community and the social media that is available.

Location: Hall of Honor, Freeport Station, 5770 Freeport Blvd. The Hall of Honor is located to the left of the front doors. The parking lot is free to use since the building is closed for business.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1-SUNDAY APRIL 2 BONSAI SEKIYU ANNUAL SHOW: Bonsai Sekiyu Kai invites you to the 40th annual Bonsai show with a demonstration at 2 p.m. by Yuzo Maruyama, followed by a benefit raffle. The event will include trees and bonsai materials for sale and the food vendor Haole Pig BBQ. Admission and parking are free. For information, email BonsaiSekiyuKai@gmail.com. The entire event goes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento, 2401 Riverside Boulevard,

TUESDAY, APRIL 4 BOOK CLUB “THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT”: A remarkable book that will both guide and inspire, The Happiness of Pursuit reveals how anyone can bring meaning into their life by undertaking a quest. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Meet at Starbucks, Greenhaven Drive and Pocket Road.

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF SACRAMENTO SOUTH: Meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Aviators Restaurant, Executive Airport, 6151 Freeport Blvd. For more information, call Dee at 341-7852.

ONGOING SUNDAY BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE ELKS LODGE, NO. 6: From 8:30 to 11 a.m., enjoy eggs, omelets, corn beef hash, bacon or sausage. 6446 Riverside Blvd.

TEA DANCES AT THE ELKS LODGE, NO. 6: Every first Sunday of the month from 2 to 5 p.m., dance to the music of the 30s, 40s and 50s, played by a live 16member orchestra., $8., 6446 Riverside Blvd.

JOB COACH APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE AT POCKET LIBRARY– Make an appointment to meet one-on-one with a volunteer job coach and get help with online job searching, using library databases, interviewing tips, resume writing, and more. For questions or to schedule an appointment, please ask at the library service desk or call 916-264-2920 during open hours. Appointment times are available for most Wednesdays between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Robbie Waters PocketGreenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

TECH HELP APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE AT POCKET LIBRARY– Have a technology question or problem? Sign up for a one-on-one technology help session with our staff. We can help with basic computer, Internet or e-mail

5 p.m. will include presentations (both free and paid), and lots of shopping.

In addition to FREE workshops, audiences will also have an opportunity to attend paid events such as first ever mini-conferences from gifted psychic, Jeanne Borgen. During her presentation, she will share how her gifts help solve cases for undercover government and police departments. Meanwhile, local Hay House author, Carol Ritberger, will discuss health and healing. A list of all exhibitors, presentations can be found at healingartsfestival.com/ The Healing Arts Festival is a fun way to spend a day or weekend. There are lots of informative free talks and lots of small mostly local exhibitors sharing their products, information, and talents. It’s actually amazing the number of

questions, and/or get you started with library services like ebooks or e-magazines! Stop by the service desk or call 916264-2920 during open hours to make an appointment. Appointment times are available for most Wednesdays between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursdays between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and noon, at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

BABY/TODDLER STORYTIME AT POCKET LIBRARY– Babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 3 years) and their caretakers are invited to join us for songs and rhymes. Arrive extra early or stay later 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.

KNIT TOGETHER AT POCKET LIBRARY– Love to knit? Want to learn? Join us for expert advice, great conversation and more. All crafters are welcome, not just knitters! Every Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Robbie Waters PocketGreenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

BABY STORYTIME AT BELLE COOLEDGE LIBRARY –Nursery rhymes, fingerplays, simple stories, and songs designed to encourage a range of early literacy skills. For children up to about 18 months old. Each child must be accompanied by a participating adult. Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive.

TODDLER STORYTIME BELLE COOLEDGE LIBRARY– Toddlers ages one to three and their caregivers will enjoy fun songs, stories, and fingerplays. After the storytime, there will be a stay and play group. Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. at Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME AT BELLE COOLEDGE LIBRARY – Preschoolers ages three and older and their caregivers are invited for fun songs, stories, fingerplays and a play activity. Thursdays at 11 a.m. at Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento.

HOMEWORK ZONE AT BELLE COOLEDGE LIBRARY– Teen and adult volunteer homework coaches will be available to assist students in grades K-8 with homework assignments. Please note: Homework Zone ends on June 8, 2016. Space is available with coaches on a firstcome, first-served basis. Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento.

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gifted individuals in our area. It can be fun to be adventurous and try something new and the festival is family friendly. Saturday the SPCA Mobile Pet Adoption will be there with some animals looking for homes as well. Holistic health and wellness spans all beliefs so there is something for everyone.

A mobile pet adoption will be on site Saturday for those that fall in love at first sight and can’t wait to add a new pet to their family. Also, there there will be food service by Culinary Cruizer both Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as well as a snack bar.

Advanced tickets are $5 for the entire weekend or $7 at the door, free admission when you bring an item for the SPCA (per the SPCA donor checklist). www.valcomnews.com • March 17, 2017 • Pocket News

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Sacramento City College celebrates 100 years with lavish gala and surprise guests

By Monica Stark

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Celebrating 100 years of higher education, Sacramento City College’s centennial gala, which will be held on Saturday, March 25 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, promises to include the glitz and glamour of SCC talent with live music, a fancy dinner, a live auction, vaudeville acts, performance excerpts of City Theater’s the Music Man, Midsummer’s Night Dream, The Great Gatsby and a guest appearance by none other than a Belle Cooledge impersonator, played by psychology professor Gayle Pitman. To ready Pitman for the role, the college’s fashion department is making a gown for the gala.

Cooledge, the college’s founder and first administrator as well as the city’s first woman mayor once said: Whether students began their higher education here

or finished it here, Sacramento Junior College would provide memories and experiences those students would carry with them all their lives.

Surely, memories of the sort will be shared among past and current faculty and students at the gala.

At $100 per ticket, the centennial gala is the time to don your cocktail attire and expect to be captivated. No talking heads or lengthy speeches –performers will entertain you from the time you walk into the hotel until the time you leave. An exciting event, the fundraiser will pay homage to students and faculty past and present.

“This college deeply values students because that’s what we are all about. We’re going to showcase students from theater … and we will get to highlight all of our performing arts,” said interim college president Whitney Yamamura.

Photo montage courtesy of Sacramento City College

Shown here is a collection of historic photographs from over the years at Sacramento City College.

A fourth generation Sacramentan, Yamamura’s maternal grandparents came to seek fortune in the United States and became farmers in the area.“My mom and uncle and aunt graduated from Sac City… This was the place to go. Our family has been grateful for Sac City.”

New to the position of interim college president as of earlier this year, Yamamura said he felt

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honored and privileged, and “to be honest quite embarrassed” to be in the role after so many community members worked on the gala.“It takes a lot of effort to get off the ground.”

Asked if any famed or honored guests will attend the gala, Vice President of Student Services Michael Poindexter said, “We’ve been trying to get Jessica (Chastain, Golden Globe winner), but we haven’t been successful at this point...I’ll keep on my folks and keep inviting her to be there.”

A local girl, Chastain attended El Camino High School and Sacramento City College before attending Juilliard School in New York City.

Poindexter said there could be some famous baseball people in attendance as well as mayors of different surrounding cities.

“There should be some famous people there, but I guess, Jessica would be the main attraction.

I’ll keep on my folks and keep inviting her to be there.”

Besides acknowledging the 100-year history of the college, the gala will raise funds for students, including helping pay for books (books now cost about $500 each); feeding hungry students; finding housing for homeless students; and helping faculty be innovative and creative in the classroom. The fundraiser is expected to raise between $200,000 to $300,000 to go toward these efforts.

Organizers are still looking for other sponsors and funders who feel passionate about community college. As Poindexter reminds readers: “Community colleges are basically a large institution that students begin their career or start over again or come and learn additional things. So, it’s the largest educational institution out there and we’re touching the lives of so many people, so many groups of people. We need that kind of funding to do those special things to make sure students are being successful and so that faculty are being successful on the campus, too.”

The college continues its 100year celebration throughout the year with a car show on Saturday, April 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on campus, 3835 Freeport Blvd. Visitors are invited to check out the college’s collective history with a parade of cars.

From the heavyweights of yesterday to today’s green fuel-efficient vehicles, there will be 100 cars from 1916 to present day.

If you go: What: Sacramento City College Centennial Gala Where: Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1230 J St. When: Saturday, March 25 from 6 to 10 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m.

Tickets: Single tickets: $100; couples $200 Contact: 558-2198 On the web: www.scc.losrios. edu/sccat100/gala/ Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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region. All the gardens on the tour have more than 50 percent California native plants in the landscaping.

Tour participants will see a wide range of California native plants in home garden settings and will have the opportunity to learn what plants might work best in their own garden. The GGN tour offers the unique opportunity for garden visitors to talk to garden hosts and ask questions about the plants, the design, and the process of creating their California native gardens.

Each garden host will have free lists available of the plants growing in their own yard. In addition, the tour includes a range of gardens from well-established mature plantings to more recent native landscape conversions. The tour also features profes-

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