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Venerable Master Hsing Yuns One Stroke calligraphy exhibition at
Sac State
A calligraphy exhibit will be held at the Sacramento State
University Li-brary Art Gallery from Friday, July 1 to Friday, July
29 with work by the Venera-ble Master Hsing Yun. Titled, the
One-Stroke Calligraphy Exhibition, the art-work showcases the
virtue of Chinese cultural and education.
Its a form of art and also a lifetime culti-vation of a
propagator, the Venerable Mas-ter Hsing Yun said. Im 90 years old,
was born and lived in Yangzhou for 12 years, in Nanjing for
another; traveled around the world, caring the happiness and
peaceful-ness for everyone in five continents. I wish people can
see the word and read my mind. My writing is for giving joy and
making af-
finity to others...Look beyond my words and see my heart.
All of the contents of the calligraphy are en-couragements to be
noble, philosophy in dai-ly lives, transmit the words of wisdom to
form good affinity. Every art piece is blended with the Yuns
dedication and cultivation.
You can see the art at the opening cere-mony on Friday, July 1
from 1 to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 to 6 p.m.
until Friday, July 29. The Sacramento State Library is located at
6000 J St. For more in-formation, call 278-6898. The event is
orga-nized by Sacramentan Fo Guang Shan from the Bodhi Temple. This
will be a rare treat for those interested in Chinese art,
calligra-phy and philosophy.
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On Saturday, July 16 a spe-cial dedication in memory of early
childhood educator Bev Bos will be held at American River College
at 10 a.m. where colleagues have raised mon-ey to place a reading
bench on campus. So into reading to children, the reading bench
seemed like an appropriate me-morial. Inscribed on the bench are
the following words Bos is known forIf it hasnt been in the hand,
the body and the heart, it cant be in the brain.
When we wanted to do something in her honor, we approached them
and had the plaque embedded, stated Sac Valley Association for the
Edu-cation of Young Children board member Paul Morehouse.
Known for her advocacy for play-based learning, at age 81 Bos
died Feb. 4 unexpectedly in her sleep at home in Roseville.
The dedication of the bench to Bos is a collaborative effort
between Sacramento Valley Association for the Education of Young
Children (Pat Alex-ander, President) and Ameri-can River
College.
California Association for the Education of Young Chil-dren is
the state affiliate of Na-tional Association for the Edu-cation of
Young Children whose
offices are in Washington, D.C. NAEYC is the largest and most
prominent professional orga-nization overseeing early child-hood
education in the country and the Sac Valley chapter is one of the
largest in the state.
What follows are remem-brances from those who knew Bev Bos:
Gregory Uba is a preschool teacher at Oak Park Preschool in
Sacramento and is on the Board of Sacramento Valley Association for
the Education of Young Children.
Others knew Bev Bos far better than I. I was simply a preschool
teacher, early in my career, perhaps nearly 30 years ago when I
attended a presen-tation of hers in Southern Cal-ifornia. I left
that experience knowing that this was the work that I wanted to do.
Her pre-sentation was remarkable in that she had the ability to
fill us all with an appreciation for the sense of wonder that
children feel during the act of playful
learning. She sang songs, told stories, blew bubbles sure. But
more than anything she reconnected our adult hearts with the joy of
childhood.
She is very possibly... I say is because even though she has
passed, her influence lives on... She is very possibly the most
important early educator in the history of this country.
Not because she was a the-orist, although in a very real sense
she was... Not because she created a new approach to learning. Not
because she started any political move-ment (she did)... But
because she was singularly commit-
ted to defending the right of children to their childhood, an
authentic childhood full of risk, and dirt, and joy, and noise, and
energy... And of course wonder.
Most of us make compromis-es. We try to make the children happy
of course... But we also seek to appease parents, Direc-tors, K-12
teachers, funders, policy makers, the department of education,
licensing per-sonnel. But Bev Bos only had one stakeholder in mind
the young children. And for them, she also supported the growth and
development of parents and teachers but this support was ever on
the terms of the children and Bev. And for the children she pushed
(dare I say burst) the envelope.
When I last saw her, she was giving a tour of her program in
Roseville to two bus loads of teachers. She knew me a bit (or
perhaps knew of me... Or perhaps knew me not at all but sensed in
me a shared sense of wonder). She tapped me and called me over and
invited me to follow her as she crawled into a small, almost hidden
space where children explored magnetism. The old preschool teacher
in his mid-50s crawling behind the octogenarian icon.
That will forever be Bev Bos to me. The teacher that never
relinquished her appreciation for childhood, who would never
forsake or subordinate the needs, the right, of children to own a
moment of their childhood.
Tom Rotelli- a parent at-Roseville Community Pre-school-Bev Boss
preschool--gave this memorial eulogy at the service Feb. 14,
2016.
My Friends, let me apolo-gize at the start. There will be a
little hyperbole here.things I believe and need to say and if I
cannot say them to you, then to whom can I?
Ten days ago, Friends, a Hero passed into Legend. Our great-est
Hero, my hero, and yours. A world-renowned champion, who for more
than 50 years de-fended play, children, and child-hood itself. For
more than three generations, her songs and sto-ries echoed through
our lives and families. And like the Leg-ends of Old, her songs and
sto-ries will be sung, and told, and retold, and revised, and
inter-preted, and misinterpreted, and adapted, and modernized, and
preserved, and above all remem-bered. Long, long after we in this
room are dust, the songs she wrote and the ones she taught us will
be sung at campfires, on road trips, in brewpubs, and in homes.
Mothers will cud-dle their sleepy babies and sing, There was music
in my moth-ers house - there was music all around. And fathers,
since they cant remember all the words to My Mothers House, will
sing softly to their babes, No, You cant be a Pirate, A Pirate, A
Pi-rate, with all of your parts The Gardener has moved on, and the
garden remains.
On February 4, 2016, Bev died. By her standards, it was an
unimportant day, because on that day she did not arrive at the
school an hour before the first child, she did not sweep what she
had swept so often, she did not say, I was waiting for you, she was
not hugged by a child,
In memory of Bev Bos, renown early childhood educator
Here is the plaque that will be placed on the bench at American
River College in memory of early educator Bev Bos.
See Bev, page 7
Bev Bos
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An intrepid gang of Sacramen-to rock radio professionals are
alive and thriving, soon to celebrate a one year anniversary on
July 4 with a 5,000-person birthday bash in Car-michael Park.
Sacramentos K-ZAP, is back. Dennis Newhall, one of the fac-es of
the new K-ZAP, is right-ly proud, albeit in a Dick Cavett-ish kind
of way. It has been a wild year for Sacramentos K-ZAP. Lots of
people hoping, lots of peo-ple doubting, lots of people rock-ing.
And, here we are, a year old. Along with Diane Michaels, Tom Cale
and John Saltnes, the station rolled away the stone last sum-mer
and rose like the yowling gild-ed catbird it is after 24 years
dor-mant, and is now a wailing rock and blues baby with a man
beard-- a labor of love, listener supported community radio station
on a mod-ern mission of music mash-up.
On July 4, station announcers will be rocking thousands in
person at Carmichaels La Sierra Communi-ty Center, 5325 Engle Road.
Food, music and free fun with folks, fami-lies and friends
beginning at 7 p.m., with the fireworks show beginning at 9:30 p.m.
(More information on this event: Carmichael Parks and Recreation:
485-5322)
Establishing a radio station/stream in the spirit of a
Sacramen-to legend was a 3+ year labor of love for the group, along
with a number of volunteers. We came up with the idea and brought
it to reality sim-ply because we believe Sacramento, and the world,
deserve better than what is currently out there. Favor-ite artists
making fresh music and fresh artists making new favorites is the
station hook describing the unique programming mix. At 100 watts,
the station covers metropol-
itan Sacramento. Beyond that, lis-teners tune in worldwide via
the k-zap.org Internet stream that keeps the music going on mobile
devices and computers.
Its pretty cool how John Mellen-camps Rain on the Scarecrow can
segue into new roots phenom Stur-gill Simpsons Brace for Impact to
a Zombies classic(Shes Not There) to Dead Weathers (Alison
Mosshart/ Jack Whites new super-group) raging punk-blues I Feel
Love. It works! says Newhall.
The feisty station has been created in the spirit of the
original station, birthed in 1968, carefully curating the best new
music from established rock acts, as well as plenty of new releases
from up-an-coming young performers, and then deep cata-log tracks
across 50 Years of Rock, Blues & More. Says Newhall, We forge
ahead without forgetting the music that is the foundation of the
station. Its a fun kind of balancing act to play good tunes from
the past five decades, while keeping an ear out for relevant young
bands.
Robert Williams, Bob The Godfather Galli, Zachariah, Tom Cale,
Dave Gregory, Scott Elliott, Jon Russell (who hosts the brand new
Friday 5 p.m. Rush Hour Blues) and Newhall returned to their KZAP
roots. Pro radio hosts from former competitor sta-tions are on
board too: Scott For-rington, Kevin Kelley, Matt Pacini, John
Norman and Faith Wolfram.
With the award-winning journal-ist Ace Young just now back in
Sac-ramento to helm station news after decades in LA and other
Western climes, the story arc of the revived station is
complete.
We are community oriented, Ne-whall says. As a way to make sure
theres always a supply of kids on the
horizon making the most of their musical ambitions, we are
working with our non-profit broadcast li-censee to expand a program
that of-fers budding rockers in-school mu-sic lessons. Process
Theatre, Inc . and Sacramentos Leonardo da Vin-ci Middle School
teach kids to play, form bands and actually set up gigs for the
public to enjoy. Sacramen-tos K-ZAP operates as a non-profit
affiliated with Process Theater Inc., a Sacramento-based
media-educa-tion organization and operates on underwriting,
sponsorships and do-nations and the K-ZAP store with designer tee
shirts and ballcaps.
Also in the spirit of community need, the station organized a
heart-felt listening party gathering at the Starlite Lounge in
Midtown only 48 hours after David Bowie sud-denly passed away in
January. And, partnering with Dimple Records, the station has also
revived the in store concert with young emerging touring bands,
including Denvers The Yawpers, and also local rock/pop favorites,
Bellygunner for Re-cord Store Day in April.
A daily concert calendar includes local and regional shows at
Har-lows, The Crest Theatre, The Har-ris Center, The 24th St.
Theatre and in venues in Davis, Folsom, Rocklin, Orangevale,
Carmichael, Roseville, Grass Valley/Nevada City and the Bay
Area.
As the station with the legend-ary Cat logo reaches our first
an-niversary, we continue to evolve by emphasizing more new music
and more songs from the 1990s and 2Ks, when KZAP was dark. Rock has
had a history of reinventing and renewing itself every decade or
so, and that, says Newhall gives us a half century of innovative
and interesting music to pick from.
Sacramentos K-ZAP celebrates one year anniversary on July 4
Annual fourth of July fireworks show Celebrate Independence Day
in Carmichael
Dont miss the annual Fourth of July fireworks spectacular at La
Si-erra Community Center. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, shade
umbrel-las, friends and family to watch the show. Come for food,
music and fun. Activities include arts and crafts pro-vided by the
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, inflatables, face painting, bal-loon
artist and more. Parking is free and food and beverage are
available for purchase. Make it a whole day of fun by participating
int he addition-al activities. Special thanks to Fourth of July
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When: Monday, July 4 at 7 p.m., fire-works begin at about 9:30
p.m.
cost: Free, food and beverage avail-able for purchase
Where: La Sierra Community Cen-ter, 5325 Engle Road,
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Phone: 483-7826 ext, 25
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The African Childrens Choir melts the hearts of au-diences with
their charm-ing smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs
and dances.
The program features well-loved childrens songs, tra-ditional
spirituals and Gos-pel favorites. Concerts are free and open to
all. A free-will offering is taken at the performance to support
Af-rican Childrens Choir pro-grams, such as education, care and
relief and development programs.
Music for Life (The parent organization for The African
Childrens Choir) works in
seven African countries such as, Uganda, Kenya, Rwan-da, Sudan,
Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. MFL has educated over 52,000
chil-dren and impacted the lives of over 100,000 people through its
relief and development programs during its history. MFL purpose is
to help cre-ate new leadership for tomor-rows Africa, by focusing
on education.
The African Childrens Choir has had the privilege to perform
before presidents, heads of state and most re-cently the Queen of
England, Queen Elizabeth II, for her di-amond jubilee. The Choir
has
If you go: What: African Childrens Choir performance When:
Sunday, July 10 at 9 a.m. and again at 10:45 a.m.Where: Christ
Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave. CarmichaelFor more
information: 344-2382; www.africanchildren-schoir.com
Photo by Shutter Sweet Photography
African Childrens Choir Carmichael performance
she did not hand out paint nor melted cray-ons nor glue nor dye
nor vinegar nor bak-ing soda, she did not shoo away a bunch of
parents for clumping and not watching the kids, she did not try to
push a swinging child all the way around, she did not bury a dead
walking stick nor a fish, she did not argue with the state as to
why a preschool should not have an open body of water in its
entryway nor why a roaring fire in the sand yard was unusual, she
did not read a book, she did not laugh at Teacher Sally so bundled
in Surveyors Tape that she could not walk, she did not look at a
child covered head-to-toe in shaving cream and say, Let me get you
more, she did not ask Michael Leeman to sing 47 verses of On The
Day I Went to Sea, she did not pinch a parent for
saying Good Job! Her auto-harp was still. She did not say, I
love you.
February 4, 2016, however, became per-haps the most important
day in all of our lives. For on that day, we inherited some-thing
something wonderful some-thing awesome something scary. On that
day, WE became Bevs legacy. The burden that Bev had always carried
for us suddenly passed to us. We became the gar-deners. Our love
demands that we rise to become the champions that Bev showed us how
to be. We must stick up for child-hood. We must challenge the
norms. We must never rush a child.( As her great friend Docia
Zavitkovsky said,
Pulling the tail off a tadpole will not make it a frog! ) We
must discard the word readiness: and ask not if the child is ready
for kindergarten, but is the child done with preschool. We must not
praise
art. We must never do for a child what she can do for
herself.
Outside of this hall, there is a wheelbar-row filled with RCP
sand. Please take some on your way out - sprinkle it where you live
- and remember. If you move, come back and get more and sprinkle it
anew.
If I could talk to Bev one last time, I wouldnt say thank you,
or I love you - she knew all that. I would say, I will nev-er
forget what you taught me: we are here for the children. Period.
And I can hear what she would say: What can I get you? Do you have
everything you need? My answer, You have given me all you have and
all you are, how could I ask for more? I have more than enough .
and then I might throw in a Good Job! if only to feel her pinch me
one last time. The garden remains, and we are the gardeners. THIS
is how our story starts .
Bev:Continued from page 4
also had the honor of singing alongside artists such as Paul
McCartney, Annie Lennox, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Michael W.
Smith, and other inspirational performers!
Promotional support of this community concert is greatly
appreciated.
The African Childrens Choir is a nonprofit human-itarian and
relief organization dedicated to helping Africas most vulnerable
children to-day so they can help Africa tomorrow.
No tickets, donations welcome.
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With the barrage of news on the ra-dio, television, podcasts,
and papers, parents are bound to be burdened or rather challenged
with the difficult task of discussing the gruesome Or-lando events
with their children. How do we explain unspeakable events to
elementary or preschool children? What do we say to our middle
grad-ers or high school students about a mass shooting? A terrorist
act? Or any despicable act of horror? I began to ponder these
questions after my neighbors five year old was mulling around (he
is a frequent flier at our house) wanting my husband and I to play
soccer with him. He caught us in the middle of a conversation about
the latest details of the Pulse night-club killings (we hadnt heard
him come in the yard) and asked what are you talking about? My
husband and I froze. Simultaneously we distracted him with tossing
the ball around the back yard and diverted the conversa-tion to
dribbling techniques.
It left me with a cold sensation somewhere between guilt and
pro-found sadness. Do we yank away our childrens innocence or do we
deli-cately explain what happened and if so, to what extent do we
disclose the details? What age or when is it ap-propriate to tell
children about deep seated hatred and prejudices? I bat-ted these
questions back and forth: tell them early on so they hear it from a
loving parent or let them enjoy the magic of childhood as long as
they canafter all their imaginations are precious and once damaged
can be difficult to restore. If children have not personally seen
or experienced violencewhy not protect them from it as long as
possible? Indulge their make-believe. Yet one day, their awareness
will shift and the veil of innocence will be lifted. Then what?
If we dont want to perpetuate vio-lence, hatred, discrimination
and all the ugliness that goes with it we have to teach our
children that love is the ultimate defender against the worlds
injustices. It is the beacon of hope they can take solace in and
when cultivated, will provide self-confidence and strength. I can
al-ready hear the groans and sighs this women is naveridiculous.
But look at Malala Yousafzai, the then sixteen year old Pakistani
girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban and went on to win the
Nobel Peace Prize. She lived by the law of spiri-tual lovewhich
allowed her to not be victimized from her harrowing ex-perience. If
our children understand that yes, there are bad people that do
bad things in the world but are raised with loveand taught to
respond with love, there is a better chance of them surviving
unscathedat least spiritually. To teach a child to turn their back
on hatred is powerfulit creates a ripple that can have an equal or
stronger effect on society and communities. To teach a child that
hatred begets hatred and that propagating it always backfiresfu-els
the fires. .
A persons definition of love de-pends on their spiritual
background, culture, religion, experiences, age, and other
miscellaneous persuasions. But there are universal truths that over
centuries have defined love; tol-erance, forgiveness,
selfless-ness. The famous philosopher and writ-er, Fyodor
Dostoyevsky once wrote; What is hell? I maintain that it is the
suffering of being unable to love. The French novelist and
playwright, Honore de Balzac (whose writings influenced other
famous writers) ex-pressed; The more one judges, the less one
loves. Renowned scriptures and faith inspired writings speak of
love as a guiding light illuminat-ing the soul giving life purpose
and a path to personal peace. (Obvious-ly zealots distort these
definitions of love to accommodate their delu-sionsbut they are the
minority and we need to keep it that way).
Getting back to the 5 year old and what we tell our children;
lets face it most kids (and adults) want to be-
lieve good triumphs over evil that virtues such as honesty and
truth al-ways win. Look at fairy tales; Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, Cin-derella, or The Emperors New Clothes, the moral of
these stories is just that. If the sundry of cultural proverbs and
stories were boiled to a reduction, the remains would be that
goodness, honor, love always win in the end. Including these
fundamen-tal truths into a difficult discussion about terrifying
acts, we give chil-dren a way to process. If we teach that
behaviors are bad, not a sec-tor of people, than perhaps we can
thwart the corrosive effects of tragic occurrences such as the
shooting of innocent people.
My daughters are now grown adultsbut there were news events I
had to negotiate through, devas-tating news that jarred their sense
of security; caused confusion. Throughout history parents have had
to be frank with their children about unsafe unfair acts of
injus-tice; imagine the African American child growing up with
racial preju-dice or the immigrant child who ex-perienced
discrimination, the gay child who lived with bullying or the Jewish
child who had to be sent away often into the arms of strang-ers
with no guarantee of ever seeing their parents again. Misfortunes
are unpredictable. But if we teach our children lovestrong
self-love that builds confidence, not arrogance,
What do we tell our children when tragedy strikes
that snuffs out hatred, love that sees through barriers, we are
giving them hope. And we all could use a hefty dose of hope that
allows us to put one foot in front of the other to trample fear and
ignorance.
We can also teach our children to pray, or meditate, or have a
mo-ment of sending positive energy to those in need show them a
sense of connection to fellow human be-ings. We can teach them to
take ac-tion; to raise money for victims, to speak out when someone
is made fun of in their classroom and to come to us when they are
scared. Keep communication as open as the channels of water
sloshing be-tween two piers. We must be ac-countable as adults for
our actions around our children as Mahatma Gandhi said, Be the
change you want to see in the world. Most of us wish there was a
magic wand of loving fairy dust that would magi-cally change the
hearts and motives of those who want to destroy but there is not.
The magic lies in the positive power of linking our love and our
light until we overcome pettiness and exclusion. Not in a Pollyanna
way, but in a belief deep-ly rooted that love can make a
dif-ference no matter what faith you subscribe to.
The little 5 year old next door is ut-terly blind to color,
religion, ageI hope fundamentally he can stay that way forever.
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In 1967, a former Soledad Prison inmate who served fi ve years
for armed robbery launched Proj-ect Rebound at San Francisco State,
where he was a professor of sociology.
Th e program was revolutionary at the time and, nearly 50 years
later, it continues to help current-ly and formerly incarcerated
Californians earn their degrees at S.F. State.
Now, Project Rebound is expanding to Sacramen-to State and six
other California State University (CSU) campuses. Funding comes
from a one-year, $500,000 Renewing Communities grant provided by
the Opportunity Institute. Sac State will receive approximately
$71,000.
Its incredibly diffi cult to get from prison to college, and if
previously incarcerated people get themselves successfully admitted
to the university, they really want their degree and are ready for
college, says Mary Ma-guire, chair of the Division of Criminal
Justice and di-rector of Sac States Project Rebound program.
Maguire anticipates that Sacramento State will accept 15 to 20
formerly incarcerated students into Project Rebound each
semester.
Research shows that attending college drastical-ly reduces the
likelihood that an individual will re-turn to prison. In 2010, the
most recent year for which data are available, only 3 percent of
Project Rebound students returned to prison, and most of the
returns were for parole violations.
Ninety-fi ve percent of inmates will be released back to their
communities, Maguire says. Education is the way to stop the
revolving door. Education makes the com-munity safer, because its
an avenue to meaningful work, which gives people a purpose and
something to lose.
San Francisco State reports that over the past 10 years, 140
Project Rebound students have graduat-ed, a 95 percent completion
rate that exceeds that of its traditional students.
Conditions of parole require that former inmates remain in their
county of conviction, so bringing Project Rebound to the CSU
campuses in Bakers-fi eld, Fresno, Fullerton, Pomona, San
Bernardino, San Diego, and Sacramento will make the program
accessible to 70 percent of Californians monitored by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Project Rebound provides students with mentor-ing, fi nancial
assistance, and other services. And if a prospective student isnt
immediately qualifi ed to attend the CSU, Project Rebound will help
with other options, including community college.
In addition to the Opportunity Institute, Project Rebound is
supported by the California Endowment, the California Wellness
Foundation, the Roy & Pa-tricia Disney Family Foundation, the
ECMC Foun-dation, the Ford Foundation, the Heising-Simons
Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foun-dation, the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation, and the Rosenberg Foundation.
Project Rebound for ex-offenders comes to Sac State
Mary Maguire, chair of the Division of Criminal Justice and
director of Sac States Project Rebound program.
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One new STEAM cam-pus, 29 more next-genera-tion classrooms, five
fencing projects and LED lighting upgrades at 26 campuses will
highlight a busy con-struction summer season in San Juan
Unified.
District-wide school im-provements this summer continue an $87
million spending plan funded by Measure J and Measure N in the
construction or plan-ning stages.
We have a very aggres-sive schedule to improve our schools and
meet needs outlined in our Facilities Master Plan, Director of
Facilities, Construction and Modernization Brett Mitchell said.
This sum-mer is going to be extreme-ly busy for our department, but
we are extremely excit-ed to improve schools for students and
teachers.
Key projects that are now underway include:Future Sylvan Middle
School (SteaM - Science, technology, engineering, arts, Math)
Sylvan The districts larg-est project is the future Syl-van
Middle School site, which is a renovation of old classrooms
combined with the construction of new buildings. The former Citrus
Heights Elementary campus is being converted into next-generation
classrooms, a li-brary, science building, mu-sic room and a STEAM
(science, technology, engi-neering, arts and math) lab. The school
will also im-
plement a STEAM curric-ulum. The Sylvan project will be complete
and ready for the start of the 2016-17 school year in August. Learn
more at www.sanjuan.edu/futuresylvan.
rio americano performance and academic center
The 350Rio interior -seat music auditorium and class-room
project is expected to break ground in mid-June, with construction
scheduled to last one full year. The the-ater will feature a
floor-lev-el stage designed for band performances and a lob-by. The
Measure N signa-ture project will compliment Rios renowned band
pro-gram and support other ac-ademics such as the Civitas political
science program. Learn more at www.sanjuan.edu/hsprojects.
Bella vista science wingAnother Measure N sig-
nature project, Bella Vistas science wing will feature 11
next-generation classrooms and labs, plus a 5,000-square-foot fl ex
space. Th e project is a renovation of two cur-rent shop buildings.
Th e fl ex-space is being created by plac-ing a roof between the
shops, forming a fully conditioned room for student collabo-ration
or large group meet-ings.Th e project is scheduled to break ground
in June and will be complete for the start of the 2017-18 school
year. Learn more at www.sanjuan.edu/hsprojects. BV
el camino Fundamental High performing arts center
Th e third Measure N sig-nature project is still in the
planning stages, but is ex-pected to include a 500-plus seat
theater complete with a stage, lobby, catwalk and all the
acoustical fea-tures needed for a state-of-the-art performing arts
cen-ter. Construction is not expected to begin until 2017. Learn
more at www.sanjuan.edu/hsprojects.
class-size reductionSan Juan Unified is
building next-generation classrooms at Greer (4), Mariemont (3),
Cowan (4) and Del Dayo (3) elemen-tary schools along with the
Thomas Edison Language Institute (4) to help accom-modate a smaller
student-to-teacher ratio at those sites. These classrooms will all
feature flexible fur-niture, flat-screen moni-tors and multiple
writing surfaces for teachers.
FencingThe district is dedicating
a portion of bond funding to upgrade safety, includ-ing
wrought-iron fencing projects at El Camino Fun-damental High, La
Vis-ta, Starr King K-8 and the Ralph Richardson Cen-ter. These
projects are de-signed to keep campuses safe, but they also add an
aesthetically pleasing look to the perimeter of the school
sites.
LeD lighting retro tSan Juan Unified is con-
tinuing its efforts to upgrade lighting in all schools to LED
bulbs. Last year, the district completed a retrofit at all high
schools. This year, the project will reach the dis-
Busy summer construction schedule underway in San Juan Uni
ed
tricts middle schools and 11 elementary sites. Com-bined, the
LED retrofit will net the district $500,000 a year in energy
savings, and a total of $700,000 in SMUD rebates.
otherSan Juan Unified is also
busy this summer with dis-
trict-wide wireless tech-nology upgrades, two kitchen remodels,
fire and emergency safety alarm upgrades and many other
smaller-scale projects.
Updates on all projects can be found at
www.sanjuan.edu/constructionnews.
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SAVE THE DATE!67th Sacramento High School Reunion
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Casa Garden Restaurant Wild West Bar-B-QueSaturday - July 165:00
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JuneRolled flank steakJune 23: Learn how to make a delicious
rolled flank steak stuffed with a savory fill-ing. The flank steak
will be served with veg-etables, a salad , an apple dip appetizer
with flour tortilla chip and an apple pie cookie made with pie
crust and apples. Pre-regis-tration and pre-payment of $12 required
by June 16. Limit 9 students. Class will be held from noon to 1
p.m. at ACC Senior Servic-es, 7334 Park City Drive. For more
details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.
Planning ahead for the inevitableJune 24: A 25-minute
presentation on why everyone should pre-plan funeral arrange-ments.
Eliminate stress and relieve your fam-ily of the burden, know all
available choic-es, get what you want, ensure every detail is
covered, and save money! Free of charge. Pre-registration required.
Class will be held from 11 to noon at ACC Senior Services, 7334
Park City Drive. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330,
www.accsv.org
Pollination SensationJune 26: The Sacramento Valley chapter of
the California Native Plant Society pres-ents a tour of Californias
pollinator super-stars starting at 10 a.m. at the Sacramen-to
Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway. Summertime is peak
pollinator season as
hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects
are out in full force gath-ering pollen and nectar for their nests.
Cali-fornia native plants in particular provide an excellent,
high-nutrient source of food for not just the European honeybees
but for our native birds and pollinators. Join our tour in the
California Native Plant Demonstra-tion Garden and learn how to
garden for pollinators with our resilient, drought-tol-erant summer
blooming natives that con-tinue to bring beauty into the garden
even during the hottest months of the year. The cemetery is located
at 1000 Broadway, Sac-ramento. There is free street parking on
sur-rounding streets, with limited parking with-in the cemetery.
There is construction going on across the street from the cemetery,
so add a few minutes to your travel time to find parking. The group
will meet at the infor-mation kiosk at the front entry and take a
short walk to the garden. For the heat, wear a good sun hat. Ice
water provided. Tours are free; however, your tax-deductible
dona-tions are appreciated and benefit operations of the native
garden.
Computer classes open houseJune 28: Are you thinking of taking a
com-puter class? Come for open house and visit the lab and try the
computers. Our friendly computer instructors will be available to
an-swer your questions about upcoming classes, questions on your
computer and any specific problems or issues you are having. Free
re-freshments. Free of charge. Pre-registration suggested. Open
house will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon at ACC Senior Services,
7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330,
www.accsv.org.
Personal and home security for seniorsJune 29: Seniors are our
most vulnerable group of neighbors. This training will discuss
simple things to do that can make them less of a target and scams
that are currently direct-ed toward the elderly. Free of charge.
Pre-regis-
tration required. Class will be held Wednesday from noon to 2
p.m. at ACC Senior Servic-es, 7334 Park City Drive. For more
details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.
Music at noonJune 29: Free music programs, offered at
Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week
enjoy music by concert pianist Thomas Hansen.
JulyThe truth about hearing lossJuly 1: Gradual hearing loss
affects 1 out of 3 people over the age of 65. Even a mild hearing
loss can damage our lives. Untreat-ed hearing loss hurts our
relationships, our health and our sense of well-being. People with
untreated hearing loss are two times as likely to have memory
issues and 4 times as likely to have heart problems. Free of
charge. Pre-registration required. Class will be held from 10 to 11
a.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more
details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.
Library Friends to Hold Bag Sale aT Book Warehouse July 9: For
$6, get all the gently used books, videos, records,
books-on-cassettes and sheet music you can stuff in a grocery bag
at the Saturday July 9 warehouse clear-ance sale of the Friends of
the Sacramento Public Library. The warehouse is at Suite E, 8250
Belvedere Ave., just south of 14th Av-enue between Power Inn and
Florin-Perkins roads. Plenty of parking is available, but be
careful not to park between the No Park-ing signs on the south side
of Belvedere. Sale hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will
be a preview for Friends mem-bers only on Friday July 8 from 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m. (You can join at the door for $15). Many childrens books,
excluding picture books, will be included in the bag sale. Some
bags will be available at the ware-house, but shoppers are
encouraged to bring
their own paper-handled bags. Income from the sale helps pay for
pro-grams, equipment, and materials local li-braries need but cant
afford. The book store will be open during the warehouse sale as
well as weekly on Thurs-days from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. and Fridays and
Saturdays from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Most items there are priced from
$2 up, but there is also a large dollar-a-book section of fiction.
For more information, call 731-8493 or go to
[email protected].
Prevent annoying salesJuly 13: Are you constantly bothered by
calls from salespeople? Join us for a FREE work-shop to learn abut
the National Do Not Call Registry and the rules that may reduce the
number of sales calls you receive. Find out how to register and how
to file a complaint. Learn why you may still get calls, what calls
are not covered by the Registry and find out about robocalls..
Anyone who bring their cell or landline phone bill for review will
receive a free gift. Free of charge. Pre-registration suggested.
Class will be held on Wednesday from 2:30 to 3 p.m. at ACC Senior
Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext
330, www.accsv.org.
Diabetes Academy educational seriesJuly 15: Diabetes 101 is a
series of classes on managing diabetes. This class to be held on
July 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. will be dealing with medicines: what
they are, when they should be used and how they work. Free of
charge. Pre-registration suggested. Class will be held at ACC
Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call
393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org. Cemetery Tour Sacramento History
For KidsJuly 16: Who says history has to be boring? The Old City
Cemetery Committee pres-ents a tour of Sacramentos history
developed just for kids, starting at 10 a.m. at the Sacra-mento
Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broad-way. 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 sto-ries are true and taken
from the residents of the Old City Cemetery. Come see why truth is
stranger than fiction. This tour is designed for kids in fourth
grade and up. There is am-ple free street parking on surrounding
streets, with limited parking within the cemetery. Tours are free;
however, donations are appre-ciated and benefit cemetery
preservation. For more information, call 448-0811.
Land Park SactoMoFo DinnerJuly 17: From 4 to 8 p.m., join
Sacto-MoFo for Food Truck Mania in Land Park, at the corner of
Freeport and Sut-terville, courtesy of the Land Park Com-munity
Association! You will find lots of gourmet food trucks, great
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Matias Bombals HollywoodFinding DoryThe MPAA has rated this
PG
Finding Dory is the latest from Pixar Animation Studios,
released through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is a
sequel to their popular com-puter animation of Finding Nemo
released in 2003. Dory is voiced again by Ellen De-Generes. She is
a friendly but forgetful fish that is separated from her parents
early in the story, and she cant remember how to get back to
them.
This sets into motion her adventures of swimming across the
ocean, assisted by her friends Nemo and his fa-ther, Marlin, voiced
by actor Albert Brooks. Brooks por-trayal is one of the movies most
enjoyable aspects. Once Dory has traveled far across the sea, she
loses Marlin and Nemo, and cannot remem-ber where to find them.
Lured by the actual voice of Sigour-ney Weaver, she finds herself
outside a famous aquarium, which triggers a memory for her, a clue
to find where his parents might be.
She manages to get into the aquarium with the help of
other fish friends. In the quest to find her parents, she ends
up in an area for quarantined fish. It is there that she meets
Hank, the octopus voiced by Ed ONeil of Married with Children fame.
Hank has lost a tentacle, so Dory referrers to him as a Septipus.
They be-gin to formulate a plan to find her fish folk.
Remarkably most of the fish are tolerant of her memo-ry loss,
although some are in-different. Many are inspired by her
stick-to-itiveness, and rally with What would Dory do?; a
motivation phrase. Andrew Stanton is the direc-tor of this movie,
and the cast features the additional voices of Ty Burrell, Diane
Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Bill Hader and Willem Dafoe.
Largely entertaining, but not a great movie, the end goes a
little over the top. I felt slightly uncomfortable that Dorys
memory loss was the subject of humor in this movie, for memory loss
is not funny in real life. How-ever, Dorys positive attitude
dispels any negativity that might be related to her dis-
ability. I found this fun for kids. Albert Brooks is won-derful.
Solid, but not up to the high bar set by Pixar in the past. If not
to make money in franchise terms, Id wonder why it was made.
Maggies PlanThe MPPA has rated this R
Sony Pictures Classics gives us delightful Greta Gerwig as
Maggie, a pretty young lady with definite ideas in mind. She wants
to have a baby on her own, via a semen donor, Guy (Travis Fimmel),
an artesian (read hipster) pickle maker. That goes awry when she
falls for a married man, an author and teacher named John played by
Ethan Hawke. He is a specialist in an obscure field of study at
Columbia, as is his Teutonic wife, Georgette played by Ju-lianne
Moore.
John is self-centered, ob-sessed with his great manu-script. He
leaves his wife and children to live with Maggie. This causes
concern for Mag-gies best friends, a constant-ly quarreling couple
played by Maya Rudolf and Bill Had-
er. At first, Maggie is happy with this arrangement, even though
it was not according to her initial plan.
As time progresses, she becomes dissatisfied with Johns
self-focus and ap-proaches Georgette to take him back. From here
noth-ing seems to go as Maggie planned. A sense of inde-pendent
control is impor-tant to her, but at every turn, she must
compromise.
Greta Gerwig is one of the most joyful screen arrivals in recent
memory. She has a frankness and honesty in her performances that is
most at-tractive. She is natural, in no way artificial and this
gives her a most radiant whole-some beauty. She is fun to watch
here, as a smart young lady with great plans for her
independence.
Ethan Hawke has turned in some great performances of recent,
notably as Chet Bak-er and here he is very much like a New York
intellectual character that youd find in a Woody Allen movie.
Indeed this entire movie, directed by Ms. Rebecca Miller, has the
air of a Woody Allen scenar-io, absent his charming use of
nostalgia. It is also differ-
ent than an Allen picture in that it so interestingly tells the
story from the female point of view. Like Woodys Allens great use
of music for his movies, Miller has a great soundtrack of musical
selec-tions throughout and it en-riches the story marvelously.
Julianne Moores perfor-mance is unlike any oth-er youve seen.
She seems to do no wrong and here she clearly has fun with the role
of Georgette, whose accent sounds like Madeline Kahn impersonating
Marlene Di-etrich in Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles. Also in the
picture, youll see one of my favorite actors, Wallace Shawn, sad-ly
only used in one scene. He may be most famous for The Princess
Bride where is line, Inconceivable! was heard throughout that film.
I saw him first as half of the conver-sation in 1981s My Dinner
with Andre and just love his character work.
This is a very New York movie with excellent perfor-mances from
capable actors, al-though the story becomes con-voluted and bogs
down a bit. It is saved by lovely Ms. Gerwig, who I hope to see
much more of on screen in future.
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Thank you for your great efforts to conserve waterduring the
drought, which helped us reduce wateruse by OVER 32%.
HELP US REACH A 10%SAVINGS THIS SUMMER
RECOMMENDED WATERING DAYS
Even Numbered Addresses (0, 2, 4, 6, 8):Wednesday, Friday and
Sunday
Odd Numbered Addresses (1, 3, 5, 7, 9):Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday
Required watering hours: Before noon or after 8 p.m.
* Registered weather-based irrigation controllers and drip
irrigation systems are not subject to watering days
restrictions
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Rebates are available for:
WaterSense-labeled weather-based sprinkler controllers
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Please continue to use water wisely byfollowing this summer
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