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Pocket resident shares life stories

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September 19, 2013

Faces and Places:St. Anthony’s

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Darrell’s Notes ............................................5

Local history feature ................................6

School News .........................................18

Notes from the Eagle’s Nest ..................... 19

Calendar .................................................... 24

Pocket’s Grocery Outlet gearing up for grand opening

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Vol. XXII • No. 18

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District tears down CKM baseball batting cage, memorial plaque for Pocket’s Jang family to remain in tact

By Monica [email protected]

C.K. McClatchy athletes and coaches who came to the fields for routine practice on Wednesday, Aug. 21 were shocked and upset to find Sac-ramento City Unified School District staff tearing down a large batting cage they helped build. It was a quick three-hour destruction compared to the lengthy two months it took volunteers to put it up.

“I was irritated because we – the district – are already short on money anyway,” said pitcher Noah Tait, a junior classman. “Last year, we final-ly got it up and it’s sad it had to come down, especially be-cause the baseball program was kind of building.”

District spokesperson Gabe Ross cites safety and ADA compliance issues and said they are working with the school on a plan to proper-ly replace the equipment as soon as possible.

But, “seeing is believing” to as-sistant coach Steve Correa. “I don’t think it should have come down in the first place anyway.”

The structure that was built at McClatchy is not ADA compliant nor was the proj-ect approved by the Division of the State Architect, which is required of structures of this size, Ross said. “Should a child be injured by any structure not certified by the state, our board members are held per-sonally liable. That’s why we had to take it down,” he said.

He said the equipment is not being destroyed. “Stan-dard practice is to salvage materials and possibly make them available to the school for future projects,” Ross said.

Teammates said the batting cage was an instrumental tool in helping them become Met-ro League Champions. They said they could get up to six people in there, hitting balls at any given time. They are concerned about how com-petitive they might be with-out it, so they plan on getting

See Baseball, page 13


fordable Care Act, and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, which was designed to make improvements to coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries.

Another aspect of Medicare that changed is that preventa-tive care measures, enacted over the last few years, are continu-ing. Preventative care keeps us healthy, so it’s important to get tests and services that will find any underlying conditions ear-ly, keep a condition from com-ing back, or from occurring at all. These standardized servic-es are zero copayment, and paid for by either Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage Plan for you. Just ask your Primary Care provider to help you get the examinations and tests that are appropriate for you. Below is a comprehensive list of the ser-vices provided to Medicare Ben-eficiaries at no copayment when performed as preventive care:·Abdominal Aortic Aneu-

rysm Screening ·Alcohol Misuse Screenings

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Training ·Glaucoma Tests ·HIV Screening ·Mammogram (breast cancer

screenings) ·Medical Nutrition Therapy

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For more answers, contact your insurance professional.

Medicare Open Enroll-ment is nearly upon us. Each year, our Senior population is faced with the task of figuring out and understanding what is going on with their health insurance, Medicare. This can be confusing and frustrating. Also, with The Affordable Care Act under way, there are seniors also wondering just how Covered California will affect them.

The part of The Afford-able Care Act coming this year mandating health in-surance for everyone af-fects people under 65. The changes specific to seniors on Medicare are a continu-ance of the gradual improve-

ments required by the Af-fordable Care Act.

As a local agent here in your neighborhood, I help people learn about Medicare and how it will affect them. The more information you have about your benefit options, the better your decisions will be during this upcoming 2014 Medicare Open Enrollment.

As you may know, Open En-rollment is October 15th to December 7th for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. At that time, seniors can make changes for the upcoming year.

The Medicare changes for 2014 are as follows: 1. Watch for your Annual Notice of Change letter, that you will receive shortly. That letter makes you aware of any change, whether it is minor or major, to your Medicare Ad-vantage or Medicare Prescrip-tion Drug plan.

2. The Prescription Drug Plan deductible does not always ap-ply to all drug plans out in the market. Many plans did not have one. However, a few did and for 2013 the deductible was $325.00. For 2014 the de-ductible is reduced to $310.00.

3. The initial benefit is also go-ing to $2850.00 for 2014, up from $2750 for this year. Cat-astrophic coverage copayments are decreasing a little too.

4. The “Donut Hole” dol-lar amount is decreasing. It will go from $4700.00 to $4550.00. That means a shorter period of time in the Donut Hole, and less money out of your pocket.

These changes are all part of the enactment of the Af-

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By Darrell Fong

Flood control Update

As many of you read in the Sacramento Bee earlier this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has de-termined that the Sacra-mento Area Flood Control (SAFCA) is going to need to conduct repairs to our le-vees. The areas identified needing work include many areas in the Pocket and Lit-tle Pocket. The work be-ing required does not mean that the levees are less safe than before. This is being required due to changes in standards by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

At the July 18, 2013 SAF-CA meeting, we were provid-ed a status update on the Sac-ramento and American River Levee Systems.

In the aftermath of Hurri-cane Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has devel-oped much more stringent le-vee standards and since then has said two things:

1.) The 100-year storm event

certification for the lower Sacramento and American River levees will expire on August 31, 2013 and

2.) In order for the Corps to re-certify the levees, they would have to meet more stringent standards. As a result, SAFCA is ex-

ploring the option of certify-ing the levees under FEMA standards. SAFCA has al-

ready initiated an effort to review and collect more data regarding the levees in or-der to develop a plan for upgrading any deficient le-vee sections and undertake certification efforts under FEMA standards. It is im-portant to recognize that the levees themselves have not changed since the last time the U.S. Army Corps performed work in 2007.

As we receive further prog-ress updates from SAFCA, we will send out to everyone.

neighborhood Watch training

We all deserve to live in a safe and peaceful neighbor-hood and in fact, it is our right! If you think that you deserve better than you are getting, it is your obligation to stand up and demand it.

Neighborhood Watch of-fers residents a respectful, safe, organized, and sup-ported strategy for reclaim-ing their neighborhood. We all must stand up to those who trample on our rights by learning how to respond properly. Learn why part-nering with our police and city agencies to act as a uni-fied force, “the eyes and the ears of the police,” can help you reclaim your neighbor-hood from those who do not deserve to be your neighbor.

If you are interested in learning how you can do this, please contact Barbara Falcon to find out about Neighbor-hood Watch training at [email protected].

There will be no trainings in November and December.

Tuesday, September 17 6:30pm Reporting: Code En-forcement/Crime5770 Free-port Blvd Wednesday October 16 6:30pm NW Technology, 5770 Freeport Blvd

Because our meetings are after hours, parking is avail-able in the main lot.

Sacramento river Parkway clean Up

September 21st marks the 29th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day, California’s largest volun-teer event which brings folks together at sites around the State to celebrate and share their appreciation of Califor-nia’s fabulous coast and water-ways. Last year, over 65,000 volunteers removed almost 770,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from Califor-nia’s beaches, lakes, and wa-terways, covering more than 2,400 miles of coastline and inland shorelines throughout the State. In the Delta Coun-ties alone, almost 10,000 vol-unteers collected more than 128,000 pounds of trash and recyclables.

Help celebrate this day by volunteering in your own back yard! The Sacramento River Parkway has been cho-sen as one of the five sites slated for clean-up. Join your friends and neighbors for the “Let’s Make Trash Extinct!” call to action.

For more information and to register please call 916-375-4800 or visit www.delta.ca.gov/cleanup.htm. This event is sponsored by The Delta Pro-tection Commission, the City of Sacramento, and Councilmem-ber Darrell Fong

Start Smart September 2013

Do you remember that life changing day when you re-

ceived your driver’s license? It opened up a whole new world for you. Suddenly, the possibility of new des-tinations and experienc-es with friends were within grasp. Times have changed, but that feeling hasn’t. Ev-eryday new drivers are filled with excitement by that lit-tle rectangular card.

But a new driver lacks the experience that is some-times needed on the road. Situations can appear in a second, sometimes too fast for a new driver to re-spond to. Teen drivers are found at fault in 66% of all fatal collisions that they are involved in, although they only represent 4% of the state’s licensed driv-ers, and the leading cause of death for Americans 15 to 20 years old is motor ve-hicle collisions. But, there are ways to avoid danger-ous situations, and one of those ways is free to you. So if you have a teenage son or daughter who’s ready to drive, even if you’re not ready for that big step, rest assured, because the Start Smart program is back.

The Sacramento Police Department’s Start Smart

program is a FREE driv-er safety education program periodically for new and fu-ture licensed teenage drivers between the age of 15 - 19 and their parents/guardians. For more information and to register, visit the Sacramento Police Department’s website at www.sacpd.org and check out the Community Events page. But hurry, these class-es fill up fast!

Thursday, September 26: 6 to 8:30 p.m., Hall of Hon-or, 5770 Freeport Blvd

grocery outlet grand opening

As a Pocket resident, you’ve no doubt noticed that the building that housed the former Nugget Market on Riverside Boulevard has been vacant for nearly a de-cade. After three years and close to two million dol-lars spent, Grocery Outlet is now pleased to host its grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 21. Please support this local business by stop-ping by for a free hot meal, and a chance to meet the employees, and an opportu-nity to talk to other mem-bers of the community. 6419 Riverside Blvd.

Darrell’s Notes


By lance [email protected]

Note: This is part one of a two-part series related to Pocket area resident Bart Lagomarsino and his family. The second part of this series will feature a history of the former Sacramento busi-ness, F. Lagomarsino & Sons.

Pocket area resident Bart-ley A. “Bart” Lagomarsino has the notoriety of having com-pleted a successful career in education, as well as being a man with a very notable sur-name in terms of Sacramen-to history.

In regard to the latter point, Bart, 81, spoke about being a member of the same Lago-marsino family associated with the seed growers and dealers F. Lagomarsino & Sons.

“My grandfather (Bar-tolomeo Lagomarsino) and (Felice Lagomarsino) were brothers,” Bart said. “(Felice), who was the principal in get-ting the seed company start-ed, had a very good career in that field. He was an adopt-ed son of the family. One of the kind of confirming things about that is he married (his sister, Louisa) Lagomarsino. They wouldn’t have married

and started a family (if they were blood-related).”

The Lagomarsino family’s history in the Sacramento area began in the 1870s.

When Bartolomeo, Felice and Louisa immigrated to America from near Genoa, It-aly, they were accompanied by their father, Andrea; moth-er, Rosa; brother, Angelo; and sister, Caterina.

Bart said that Bartolomeo was a farmer in the Sacra-mento area, and that at least one of the places he farmed was where the SMUD utility yard at 6301 S St., just north of Highway 50, is presently located.

As for his own life, Bart grew up at 1701 H St. with his parents, Andy and Lillian, and his brother, Jerry, who is eight years his junior. Andy worked for the Sacramen-to Fire Department as a clerk and later as a supervisor.

The 17th and H streets residence was also the child-hood home of Bart’s mother. John W. Donahue, Lillian’s father and a Southern Pacific Company employee, had the house built for his family in about 1903.

Both Bart and Jerry attend-ed St. Joseph’s Elementary School at the southwest cor-

ner of 9th and F streets. Jerry later attended Sacred Heart (elementary) School at 835 39th St.

And continuing their edu-cation, Bart graduated from Christian Brothers High School in 1949 and Jerry, who resides in Carmichael, graduat-ed from Bishop Robert J. Arm-strong High School in 1958.

While Bart attended Chris-tian Brothers High, which was then located at 2535 21st St., the school’s principal was Brother Bertram Coleman.

Bart spoke highly of Cole-man, saying, “The beloved principal during my time there was Brother Bertram, af-ter whom one of the buildings (at the school’s present site at 4315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) is named. I think there are years and years and hun-dreds of graduates of Chris-tian Brothers who, when they think back on Brother Ber-tram, all feel they had a spe-cial relationship with him. It’s quite remarkable. He was a guy who people loved.”

During his junior and se-nior years at Christian Broth-ers High, Bart played on the school’s varsity football team.

He noted that these were transitional years for the sport in the area of protection for players, as those playing in the game wore either leather or plastic helmets.

In speaking about the plas-tic helmets, Bart said, “In terms of protection, they weren’t very impressive. I wore a plastic (helmet). Our quar-terback, (Bill Mulderrig, who later became a Sacramento Police Department captain) wore a leather helmet.”

Bart said that although he was no great athlete, he en-joyed playing sports.

“I liked to play sports,” Bart said. “I’d hang around too long after school down at St. Jo-seph’s Elementary playing bas-ketball outside on the courts. We had a little competition amongst some of the parochial schools in basketball.”

While further reminisc-ing about his high school

years, Bart said that his best friends at the school were Pat Melarkey, Jack Wirts, Joe Crane, George Silvers and Bob Lehtola.

And in describing the insti-tution itself, Bart said, “It was a small school (with) only 250 kids or so. In our senior class, there were between 50 or 60 (students), and it var-ied from time to time. You knew everyone in the class, so there were friendships for the whole class.”

And last, but certainly not least, Bart’s achievements in high school included being elected to serve as the student body president and becoming the school’s salutatorian.

Following his graduation from Christian Brothers High, Bart attended Sacra-mento Junior College (today’s Sacramento City College), where he would also eventual-ly take on the role of student body president and be named the school’s most outstanding male student in 1951.

Bart also recalled taking at least one poetry class at Sac-ramento State College (today’s Sacramento State University) when that school was located on the junior college campus.

After spending two years at SJC, Bart left Sacramento to attend the University of San Francisco. He graduated from that institution with a bache-lor’s degree in English, and he also minored in philosophy.

In 1953, Bart returned to the capital city to attend Sacramen-to State, where he later earned a master’s degree in education and a teaching credential.

Bart said that his career in education began at Chris-tian Brothers High, as the school hired him as a part-

time English teacher. He performed this job for about a year while he was attending Sacramento State.

The next stop in Bart’s ca-reer was at Sacramento High, where he worked as an Eng-lish teacher.

Bart said that the best thing he ever did in his life was mar-ry Barbara Wassum at Holy Spirit Church at 3159 Land Park Drive on June 20, 1953.

The couple, who celebrat-ed their 60th anniversary this year, has four sons, Richard, Ken, Mark and Bob, and six grandchildren.

In January 1955, Bart was drafted into the U.S. Army and he served two years in the Counter Intelligence Corp.

After completing his basic training at Fort Ord on Mon-terey Bay, Bart spent time at the agency’s training center in Baltimore.

For the next two years with the Army, Bart mainly worked in Oakland conducting secu-rity checks for people apply-ing for all levels of security clearances.

After returning from the Army, Bart once again worked as an English teacher at Sac-ramento High. And during that time, he was also an advi-sor of student activities.

Through the Fulbright Ex-change Program, in 1964 and 1965, Bart lived with his family in Sweden, where he taught English as a for-eign language, American lit-erature and European histo-ry. He also lectured about the United States in various lo-cations in Sweden.

From 1966 to 1968, Bart worked through the Sacra-

Pocket area resident shares memories about his life, family, career in education

Photo by Lance ArmstrongPocket area resident Bart Lagomarsino enjoyed a successful and lengthy career in the field of education.

See Lagomarsino, page 7


mento City Unified School District as a coordinator for the Neighborhood Youth Corp., a federal youth em-ployment program.

During that time, Bart also served as president of the Sacramento City Teach-ers Association.

His next career move was becoming the vice principal at Burbank High School in 1968.

It was also around that time that Bart served as the Cali-fornia Teachers Association’s statewide chairman for the state school finance committee.

Bart left Burbank High in 1973 to become the principal of Encina High.

And while holding the latter position, Bart was in charge of the negotiating team for the San Juan Unified School District.

From 1976 to 1984, Bart experienced a different role in his career, as he served as the assistant superintendent of high schools in the San Juan Unified School District.

Bart also established him-self as a leader in the Elk Grove Unified School Dis-trict, as he served as that district’s assistant superin-tendent of secondary edu-cation from April 1984 to July 1985, associate super-intendent from July 1985 to July 1987 and deputy super-intendent from July 1987 to April 1988.

These upper level dis-trict positions, as well as Bart’s overall experience in the education field, led to his hiring as the depu-ty director of the Depart-ment of Defense Depen-dent Schools education program, which consist-

ed of about 130,000 stu-dents attending schools in 22 countries around the world.

Through this position, Bart visited many of theses coun-tries, including Panama, Ger-many, Belgium, Holland, Ita-ly, Spain, Japan, South Korea and Bahrain.

During his time working for that program from April 1988 to October 1995, Bart resided in Washington, D.C., since the main offices for these schools were located in Alex-andria, Va.

Bart basically ended his ca-reer in the mid-1990s, after spending about a year and a half in San Francisco as a vis-iting scholar with Far West Lab, an educational services agency, which became known as WestEd.

Bart, who returned to Sac-ramento in 1997, extended his career in education fol-

lowing his time in San Fran-cisco, as he worked for a short time for the Sacramento County Office of Education. In reviewing his career in ed-ucation, Bart said, “I spent about 10 years as a teacher with sometimes other lateral duties at the same time. I al-ways valued having that many years teaching in the class-room, because it helped me to do a better job as an ad-ministrator. I enjoyed work-ing with teachers who were trying to improve themselves

all the time and do a better job. As I look back over my experience in education, that’s the part that I value the most: working with teachers to im-prove teaching.”

Today, Bart is enjoying his retirement years through spending time with his fam-ily, singing in the St. Antho-ny Parish choir, participating as a member in a Great Books book club and working as a member of the Sacramento Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Photo courtesy of Lagomarsino family(above left) Bart Lagomarsino is shown in this 1960s photograph. (above center) Bart and Barbara Lagomarsino spend a moment with their sons, Richard (on child’s pedal tractor) and Ken on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1957. (above right) Bart Lagomarsino, left, is shown with his mother, Lillian, and his brother, Jerry, in this early 1940s photograph.

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The store is stocked; the employees have been trained; and a big party to celebrate the grand opening of Grocery Outlet is set for Saturday, Sept. 21. Costumed “Frugal Friends” (the store’s mascots) will be there too. The party starts at 7 a.m.

After about 10 years since Nugget left 6419 Riverside Boulevard, the Grocery Out-let will breathe new life into the shopping center with Pocket residents Richard and Christie Wierzbicki at the helm.

Veterans in the grocery field – both worked for Raley’s/

Bel Air locally and as far away as Las Vegas – the two have more recently helped others open eight Grocery Outlets as the current location start-ed renovations, which by the way, have included more than $2 million dollars worth of work. The place is large and immaculate.

Celebrating more than 30 years of marriage, the two are so happy to have the store be family owned and operat-ed. They’ve had to work sep-arately in the past at different stores, sometimes even for the same company.

But now the two of them will be celebrating their 32nd anniversary living out a dream – working together as a fam-ily, running a family-owned

business with employees also from the neighborhood. Working there includes Wier-zbicki’s sons Brandon (who’s the manager), Derrick, Tyler (tech and marketing guy) and

daughter Anna (who will join them when she returns from the military in November).

The training of the staff has gone so well, Christie said, noting that they all show a

sense of teamwork. (Coinci-dentally, on many of the re-sumes they received, playing sports was an activity they all

Grocery Outlet to celebrate with grand opening on Saturday

See Grocery Outlet, page 9

Richard and Christie Wierzbicki.


share). In fact, the Wierzbick-is celebrated their employ-ees on Wednesday, Sept. 18 with a ribbon cutting and cel-ebration with various neigh-borhood watch captains and neighborhood association members in the community who have been invited to par-ticipate.

Touring the inside of the 23,000-square-foot building on Friday, Sept. 13, Richard showed such excitement over the values shoppers would soon experience. With his little price-gun in hand, he would ask, “how much do you think” such and such item costs? Then he would scan it. It was like a Price-is-Right game at his store that day, with all guesses over the actual prices.

Richard explained a lit-tle bit about how pric-es are kept down. For in-stance if a grocery store runs an ad and they under-sell, the manufacturer then approaches Grocery Out-let and offers the product for less. Or a manufacturer might have an item that has outdated packaging. Also, some of the names of brand named products might not look recognizable to us on the West Coast but would on the East Coast. Basically, the owners of the store do a lot of shopping around be-fore their customers.

And so, some items like a particular bottle of wine might be a really good deal one week, but another they

might not carry it because the manufacturer might not be able to offer it to Gro-cery Outlet.

The good deals have even brought tears to people’s eyes. Christie said when she was helping open up other Grocery Outlets, one wom-an told her she can now af-ford to buy her groceries as her eyes welled up.

That sense of being able to afford groceries has touched home, in a way, Christie said, as she has been thanked for opening up a “discount store” in the Pocket.

A few accolades from the Facebook page (names have been removed for pri-vacy): “Open, open. Can-not wait for this place to open up,” one person piped in. Another said she hated having to go across town. “So awesome to have y’all in the neighborhood. Welcome to The Pocket!” And another who said she “ loved the idea of finally having a bargain store in the neighborhood.”

Grocery Outlet has been around since 1946. Today, it is a third generation family run business, recognized as the nation’s largest grocery retailer. All the stores are in-dependently owned and op-erated by people who live in and support the local com-munity.

Grocery Outlet is en-couraging everyone to come out on Saturday September 21, 2013 any-time between 7am - 4pm and enjoy the festivities.

If you go: What: Grand opening of Grocery OutletWhen: Saturday, Sept. 21 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.Who: Hosted by new owners Richard and Christie Wierz-bicki More details: Grocery Outlet is celebrating the opening of its 200th store. Free coffee and treats, free eco-frugal reusable bags for the first 500 custom-ers, fun games with prize give-aways and activities for the whole family to enjoy, as well as entry for a chance to win a VIZIO 42-inch HDTV, a pair of Electra Cruiser bikes, a Weber Gas Grill or free gro-ceries for a year! Also, from 11am to 2pm, $1hot dog and drink sales will benefit Ken-nedy High School.

Here’s the schedule: •7 a.m.: Free coffee and treats •7 a.m.: First 500 customers in line receive a free eco-fru-gal, reusable grocery bag •10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Free Spin and Win on the Wheel of Bargains •11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Free face painting •11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: $1 hot dog and drink sale; all pro-ceeds benefit Kennedy High School •11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Free Play Magic Cart - Winner every 30 minutes •11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Free pro-duce demos and surprises •Enter for a chance to win one of these amazing grand prizes*: VIZIO 42-inch HDTV, His and hers Electra Cruiser Bikes (purchased locally from Green-

haven Bike Shop in the Pock-et), Weber Gas Grill plus $100 in fresh meat from Grocery Outlet (grill purchased locally from Ace Hardware in Sacra-mento Pocket), FREE Grocer-ies for one year! $50 per month for one year – Value of $600, *See store for details

WHERE: Sacramento Pock-et Grocery Outlet, 6419 Riv-erside Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95831. Store hours: 7am - 9pm every day

For more information, please contact the store at (916) 391-2725.

* Enter for a chance to win one of these grand prizes from September 21, 2013 through October 25, 2013. ONE entry form per per-son per day. Drawing for the winners of all prizes will be held at noon on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 at the Sacra-mento Pocket Grocery Out-let. No purchase necessary. Winner need not be pres-ent to win but must claim prize within 3 days of no-tification or another winner will be chosen. No cash value and no substitutions. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

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a petition going to deliver to the district.

“How can you expect to compete with these schools in the suburbs that have money and good facilities and then we just have a field to prac-tice on,” catcher Ryan Tar-nasky said.

Without the large batting cage, they have just a smaller cage that’s used for warm-ups between the pitcher and the catcher, Correa said.

During practice time the fields at CKM are quite busy with children of all ages with the McClatchy Junior Foot-ball League, for instance. “This whole area is packed. So space is limited,” Correa said.

Every year, the students have put new nets up on the batting cage, so balls couldn’t get out. “Balls have never got-ten hit out of there. It’s as safe as it gets,” they said.

, Head Varsity Baseball Coach, wrote a message to supporters of the team stat-ing the Athletic Director, Rob Feickert phoned him that morning about the demoli-tion. “I ran over to the school and spoke with the mainte-nance workers and tried to stop them from tearing down the poles until I could speak with their supervisors and the principal. I was told only the fencing would be removed for now, but before I could finish this email the poles and cables were cut down and the net-ting has been removed. Unbe-lievable!! The communication

up to this point was zero,” de Necochea wrote.

Ross tells a different story. He said the school has been aware that the structure had to come down since May. “So my understanding is that it wasn’t a surprise to the prin-cipal, AD or baseball coach. The maintenance team may not have communicated the specific schedule of taking it down this week, which was an oversight. As you can imag-ine, their schedule is very flu-id with the number of projects on their plate over the sum-mer. Nevertheless, it was not a surprise to the school em-ployees that the structure had to come down,” Ross said.

Correa said he wonders why after so long did it take for the district to decide that. “We’ve had no problems with safety,” he said.

Right next to the batting cage sits a plaque that reads: “In memory of Raymond Jang, Grandfather of 2012 All Metro Player and Gradu-ate Alex Jang. Go Lions!”

Ross said the plaque will remain in place and was not damaged.

Correa said the Jang fami-ly donated about $10,000 for the materials of the batting cage. Alex Jang is now study-ing at Occidental College.

He was an excellent player at CKM, Correa said.

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Scott Stevenson is the product of Cal-ifornia--born in San Diego; grew up in Sacramento. He wanted to share with the Pocket News a little bit about him-self:

I love sarcasm, sushi and being with people.

I felt my call to ministry the summer of 2002, right before my senior year of high school at Rocklin High School.

After graduating from Oklahoma Wesleyan University in 2007, I married a woman (Ashley) I’d been in love with since junior year of high school and we started our life together.

Our first ministry position brought us to Dallas, Texas as a Student Ministry Pastor. Following three years of minis-try in Texas, we took another Student Ministry opportunity on the East Coast

in Durham, North Carolina where we served for over three years.

In April 2011, we stepped into a new season of life as we welcomed our first baby girl (Tennley) into our lives.

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During two weeks of July between July 9th and the 22nd; the JFK Chinese Class ranging from Lev-el 1 to AP 4 Chinese was accompanied by JFK Chi-nese Teacher, Linda Hatamiya and JFK counselor Steve Frazier on a journey throughout China to ex-pand their knowledge of the Chinese Culture. The JFK Chinese Class journeyed through many major cities along the

Eastern Coast of China, a total of nine cities, in-cluding Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. With the support of various community leaders and Chi-nese Class parents, the main portion of the housing and dining fees was accounted for. One of the stu-dents, Ming Yan, even received a generous full schol-arship from the JFK ROTC teacher, Mr. Mundorff. The trip made by the Chinese Class to various parts of China was an

enjoyable, educational, and life-changing event.Zang Yang, a current junior who attended

this journey said, “I never have such a wonder-ful experience on a trip before. My trip to Chi-na, which lasted only 2 weeks, really opened my door into other cultures and experiences to Chi-na’s society and life.” Her friend Mai, who also went on the trip, said, “We had such a smooth

trip due to all of the expenses being covered by hosts in China and the tour guides. We ate at the best restaurants and slept at the best ho-tels. While in China, we all got to see cultur-al and historical parts of China such as the For-bidden Kingdom and the Great Wall of China.” Calvin, a junior who went on the trip explained

his experience at night saying, “At nighttime, ev-ery building was lit up and had pictures and fireworks. China is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary countries I have ever seen.” For any student, this Youth Ambassador trip to China was an eye opening experience that opened up horizons to Chinese culture.

Kennedy’s Mandarin Youth Ambassador Trip to China Summer 2013


By Bill kirk

On Sunday, June 23, 2013 two new Eagle Scouts, Dylan Chris-topher Jon Kirk and Mark Alex-ander Thompson, were honored at an Eagle Court of Honor cere-mony at Elks Lodge #6 on River-side Boulevard. They were joined by the family, friends and fellow Scouts of Troop 259 in Green-haven to celebrate the achievement of Boy Scouting’s highest rank—the rank of Eagle Scout. The Mas-ter of Ceremonies at the event was Scoutmaster Ike Krieg. Pastor Jeff Chapman of Faith Presbyte-rian Church delivered the Invoca-tion and Benediction.

Both Kirk and Thompson joined Cub Scouts in September 2001 and came up through the ranks, earn-ing the Arrow of Light Award be-fore crossing over into Troop 259 in March of 2006. Those 11 years in Scouting culminated in earning the Eagle Scout rank in the fall of 2012. As Krieg noted in his open-ing remarks, “In Boy Scouting, each boy blazes his own trail, expressed in the form of the Scouting skills he learns, the leadership positions he takes on and the Merit Badges he earns along the way.”

To earn his Eagle, every Scout must meet several intermediate rank advancement requirements, earn 21 Merit Badges and live by the Scout Oath and Law. In ad-dition, an Eagle Scout Candidate must complete an Eagle Scout Service Project. Its purpose is to give the Scout an opportuni-ty to learn and demonstrate proj-

ect management and leadership while making a contribution to the community.

Like the Eagles who preceded them, Thompson and Kirk each identified a need, overcame challenges and com-pleted a beneficial project that clear-ly left its mark. Kirk’s project was a landscaping and paver patio proj-ect at the Sisters’ Animal Sanctuary in Elk Grove to support the organi-zation’s goal of feline care and adop-tions. Thompson designed a salm-on life-cycle diorama at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery to educate visitors about protecting the salmon’s aquatic home and preserving the species for the future.

As the Troop’s two newest Ea-gle Scouts, Kirk and Thompson are in rare company nationally. “Since Boy Scouting was started in the U.S. in 1910, only about 2.2 percent of all Scouts have earned the Eagle Scout rank,” Krieg not-ed. According to the Boy Scouts of America website, out of all reg-istered Boy Scouts in 2012, the number of Scouts earning the Ea-gle Scout rank was 57,976.

Closer to home, the number of Eagle Scouts awarded by Troop 259 is now 163 since the Troop was originally chartered on August 25, 1966. Speaking on behalf of Elks Lodge #6, Past Exalted Rul-er Ron Brusato offered his person-al congratulations. “If anyone won-ders about our youth and the future of our community and our coun-try, they need look no further than Troop 259 and the Boy Scouting program to be assured we will be in good hands,” Brusato said.

The highlight of the Court of Honor was the presentation of a special resolution from the Coun-ty Board of Supervisors to each Ea-gle Scout. The presentations were made by Mamie Yee, Chief of Staff to Supervisor Jimmie Yee. “ The resolutions acknowledge the out-standing accomplishments of these young men during their 11 years in the Scouting program,” said Yee.

In their personal remarks, both Scouts talked about the valuable foundation Scouting provides. Kirk noted that his journey to Ea-gle taught him to “stick with it and never give up on your goals.” He also recalled experiencing the beau-ty of nature through Scouting,

“such as awesome high-elevation backpacking trip in Yosemite Na-tional Park.” For his part Thomp-son commented on the core values he learned through Scouting. And speaking specifically to the young-er Scouts he reminded them of the importance of learning. “Remem-ber to keep learning everything you can in Scouts and in school, about science, math, history and all the rest,” he said.

In the fall, Kirk will begin classes in music and art at Cosumnes River College and Thompson will be at-tending Hofstra University in New York. Congratulations to both of these fine young men on their ex-ceptional achievement.

Notes From The Eagles Nest

Two Troop 259 Eagle Scouts add their names to the Eagles Nest

Photos courtesy(top left) Mark Thompson and Dylan Kirk (photo by Alan Barrett)

(above & left) Shown here: Dylan Kirk’s project was a landscaping and paver patio project at the Sisters’ Animal Sanctuary in Elk Grove to support the organization’s goal of feline care and adoptions.

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St. Anthony’s FestivalPhotos by StePHen [email protected]

Once every year, St. Anthony Parish puts on a Fall Festival for the Greenhaven/Pocket community. This year’s event hap-pened on Saturday, Sept. 7. This extreme-ly popular festival has something for ev-eryone: games for all ages, international food, and entertainment!

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Friends of the Belle Cooledge Library have put to together a trip to Britain as a fundraiser to help bet-ter fill the gaps left by the funding cuts and library budget problems. There will be a special presenta-tion to discuss the tour on Nov. 2 at the Belle Cooledge Library Community Room starting at 2 p.m.

Known as the “ The Gar-dens of London: 8 Days 9 Meals”, the tour will be highlighted by the annu-al Chelsea Flower Show. Also, people will be able to explore Hampton Court Palace with its fab-ulous gardens and famous maze, spend a morning at Kew Gardens, one of the world’s most important horticultural collections and delight in an exclusive farewell event at the RHS showcase gardens at Wis-ley.

The money they raise through this tour and sell-ing donated books at our bookstore inside the li-brary is used to fund the many programs we of-fer for families, babies, teens, seniors and every age in between. They also fund magazine subscrip-tions and the Lucky Day collection. Over the years, they have been able to do so much good for branch and patrons, and they are eager to continue doing so.

The presentation on No-vember 2nd at 2 pm at the library Community Room, will be headed by Jay Fe-han of Collette Vacations, the tour operator for the tour. Collette is a fami-ly owned business, in the travel business for more than 90 years. They have partnered with the Roy-al Horticultural Society for this tour, which gives travelers so many opportu-nities not available to the general public.

The itinerary points out some of the special events, in-cluding dinner with the Royal Horticultural Society in their famous garden.

The Belle Cooledge Library is located at 5600 South Land Park Drive.

Below is the tour itinerary The gardens of london, featuring the chelsea Flower ShowDay 1: Saturday, May 17, 2014 Overnight Flight

Join Collette Vacations and the Royal Horticultural Soci-ety on a journey to discover the horticultural heritage of Britain, complete with mem-bers-only day access to the Chelsea Flower Show!

Day 2: Sunday, May 18, 2014 london, england - tour Begins

Your horticultural adven-ture begins in London, the cosmopolitan and historic capital of Britain. This eve-ning, enjoy a welcome din-ner with your fellow travelers and representatives from the RHS.

Day 3: Monday, May 19, 2014 london

This morning, see the quint-essential sights of London with a local guide. View Buck-ingham Palace, the Tower of London, Big Ben, the Hous-es of Parliament, Westmin-ster Abbey, and the changing of the guard (if held)*. The remainder of the day is free for you to explore at your lei-sure. You may choose to at-tend a briefing this afternoon to assist in planning your per-fect day at the Chelsea Flower Show. Experts will be on hand with maps and information to ensure your day at Chelsea is unforgettable! Tonight may be the night you elect to enjoy Diner’s Choice**…choose the perfect spot from a “menu” of London’s great restaurants or save this culinary adventure for later in your journey.

Day 4: tuesday, May 20, 2014 chelsea Flower Show

Get out your cameras! To-day is the opening of the fa-mous Chelsea Flower Show and you are invited to this prestigious event. Enjoy full access on this members-only day. You will be amazed at the sheer number and variety of gardens and plants on dis-play.

Day 5: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Hampton court

Enjoy a leisurely morning before joining us to discov-

er the wonders of majestic Hampton Court Palace. Chat with Henry VIII and other royals from the Tudor fami-ly at this living museum. Lis-ten as they captivate you with their stories as you explore one of Britain’s most impor-tant historic buildings. Mar-vel at the Tudor Kitchens and Great Hall. Lose yourself in the world-famous yew tree maze which consists of over half a mile of winding paths. Stroll in the riverside formal gardens and be transported through five hundred years of royal history during this in-credible visit.

Day 6: Thursday, May 22, 2014 kew gardens

Begin your day with a vis-it to the Royal Botanic Gar-dens at Kew. This 300-acre site houses one of the world’s great collections and is fea-tured as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Kew Ex-plorer is included for you to discover the many wonders that the gardens exemplify. Explore the iconic Victorian Palm House or tour Kew Pal-ace, former home of George III. Next, enjoy an afternoon at leisure in London.

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Step into the formal world of the British Monarchy when you visit the stately and expansive Windsor Castle this morning. This working Royal residence dates back to the 1070s when William the Conqueror built the orig-inal wooden structure, since replaced by grand stone ed-ifices. This afternoon, travel to Wisley, a stunning 60-acre estate. As the flagship garden of the Royal Horticultur-al Society, Wisley houses an astounding array of common and exotic flora. Enjoy an ex-clusive RHS gala dinner at this world-renowned gar-den. Start with cocktails in the Glasshouse before shar-ing memories of your spec-tacular tour experience over dinner in the restaurant.

Day 8: Saturday, May 24, 2014 london - tour ends

Return home with memories and photos to last a lifetime.

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The Commemorative Air Force is forming a new squad-ron in the Sacramento area . The CAF is a historical muse-um but not the kind with dusty displays, the kind where the ex-hibits fly.

In 1957, a small group of ex-ser-vice pilots pooled their money to purchase a P-51 Mustang, begin-ning what is now called the Com-memorative Air Force (CAF). With the addition of a pair of F8F Bearcats, the CAF became the founders of the Warbird Move-ment, an effort to preserve and honor our military history with the rallying cry to “Keep ‘Em Fly-ing!” Now, more than 55 years lat-er, the CAF is the premier Warbird organization, operating 159 vin-tage aircraft in Honor of American Military Aviation. A non-profit ed-ucational association, the CAF has more than 10,000 members and its fleet of historic aircraft is distribut-ed to 73 units located in 28 states for care and operation.

Today the CAF fleet has sev-eral rare aircraft including some, which are the last flying of their type. The World’s only flying B-29 Superfortress, the only flying SB2C Helldiver a Japanese Zero are just a few of the unique air-craft that the CAF fly.

The initial meeting for the Sac-ramento Squadron will be held at Executive Airport, Terminal Building Meeting Room on Satur-day, Oct, 19, 2013 at 11 a.m. The meeting will be conducted by CAF Col Bob Stenevik, Vice President of Safety, Maintenance and Oper-ations from CAF Headquarters in Midland, Texas.

The new squadron will be as-signed a 1946, fully restored L-19A Navion. The Navion is a low alti-tude advance spotter that flew for the US Air Force in the late 40’s and early 50’s.

Anyone interested in history or airplanes is invited to attend. Peo-ple interested in mechanics or pi-loting the aircraft are also encour-

aged to come. Space is limited in the meeting room, if you plan to at-tend, please contact: CAF Col Bill Condray at 916-962-1491.

If you wish to learn more about the Commemorative Air Force, please go to the website: www.commerativeairforce.org

New CAF Squadron forming in Sacramento


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Holy Spirit Parish & Saint Vincent de Paul Society

Fundraiser-Shred EventSaturday, October 5, 2013

9 a.m. - 12 noon in the Church Parking Lot3159 Land Park Drive

$10.00 donation per file boxProceeds go directly toward food, clothing, furniture, emergency housing and utility as-

sistance to individuals/families in need.

Questions? Please call 922-9521 or church at 443-5442 (on-site shredding by Iron Mountain Shredding Co.)

John F. Kennedy High – Class of 1983 - 30 Year Reunion

Hotel accommodations available at: The Westin Sacramento 1-916-443-8400

Online payment at http://jfkennedyclassof83reunion.eventbrite.comSend checks payable to JFK Class 1983 to:JFK H.S. 30th Reunion Committee5098 Foothills Blvd. Suite 3 #484Roseville, CA 95747

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Saturday, October 12, 2013 –– 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar @ the Westin on the River

4800 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95822

carving stationheavy appetizers

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Mission OaksHOLIDAY CRAFT FAIRE

Mission Oaks Community Center4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael

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Saturday, November 29 a.m. to 3 p.m. FREE

BIG YARD SALE!!8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Curtis Park2445 Donner Way

Saturday, September 21

Antiques – JewelryMineral Specimens and Misc.

Send your event announcement for con-sideration to: [email protected] at least two weeks prior to publication.

September Bi-Polar AnonymousSept. 20: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and

those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-MidtownSept. 20: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fri-days at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on

fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical week-ly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th Street Sacramento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com, Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, volun-teers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Michael Denman Scholarship Golf TournamentSept. 20: AMR crews from the Sacramento and surrounding areas are organizing a Golf Tournament in honor of their lost Paramed-ic Michael S Denman. Michael was an ex-tremely generous soul who worked hard to not only be an excellent patient care pro-vider but a community leader who made a real difference. This tournament benefits the MSD Foundation Scholarship which pro-vides EMT and Paramedic education to serve our community. The tee off time is 1 p.m. at Lincoln Hills, 1005 Sun City Lane. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Best of Grateful CraneSept. 21: Buddhist Church of Sacramen-to, Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church and Asian Community Center pres-ents a Grateful Crane Ensemble Production of the Best of Grateful Crane. Two perfor-mances – 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento Kaikan, 2401 River-side Blvd., Sacramento. General admission tickets are $20, bentos available advance pur-chase for $10. Information, tickets and/or bento lunch boxes, contact Hiroshi F. Kashi-wagi, 769-1125, or [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 18 Open HouseSept. 21: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 746 N. Mar-ket Blvd. You are invited to bring your fami-ly and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more information, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Tahoe Park clean up daySept. 21: Clean up day from 8 to 11 a.m. East side of the park on 61st Street between 8th and 11 Avenues. Tasks include weeding, pruning, raking, and some rehabilitation of the horse-shoe pit. Two different Boys Scouts in pursuit of their Eagle Scout Badges will be on hand. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sunburst Projects Perennial SaleSept. 21-23: Fall perennial sale. Cash and check accepted. Benefits Sunburst Projects. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 3072 24th St. Curtis Park. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Northern California Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) meetingSept. 22: “The Northern California Chap-ter of the Germans from Russia Heritage So-ciety (GRHS) will meet Sunday, 9/22/13 at 1:30 p.m. in St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1701 L Street, in Sacramento. This month’s program will consist of a video by Pauline Litfin of the Lodi Chapter of AHSGR. Ms. Litfin describes her life in Ukraine and the challenges she faced when she traveled to Germanyand the United States. The GRHS is a non-profit, non-denominational, and non-political organization whose purpose

is to bring people together that have histor-ic and genealogical interest about Germans from Russia and to preserve their unique and rich heritage. For more information about the club and its meeting dates, contact Don Schell at 428-6495 [email protected]. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, CarmichaelSept. 24: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visitors welcome, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets at noon, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in the Pavilions on Fair Oaks Blvd. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6:30 p.m., Ancil Hoffman Golf Club. www.rotary.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac RotarySept. 25: Meets at 6 p.m., Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/GreenhavenSept. 26: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visi-tors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Aviators Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-MidtownSept. 26: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fri-days at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical week-ly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875


Location: Sacramento Asian Sports Foundation (SASF)

9040 High Tech Court Elk Grove, CA 95758

Directions to SASF Facility

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Off of Laguna Blvd. between I-5 and Franklin Blvd. -From I-5 take Laguna off ramp east and turn left on High Tech Court. -From 99 take Laguna/Bond off ramp west, stay on Laguna until you pass Franklin and then turn right at High Tech Court.

Saturday, September 219:00AM–3:30PM

Saturday, September 219:00AM–3:30PM

E X C U R S I O N SA travel program featuring one day trips for Active Adults

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APPLE HILL - Thurs., Oct. 17 - Lunch included $60 ppNAPA WINE TRAIN - Sat., Nov. 2, Lunch included $200 pp

BARGAIN HUNTERS TRIP TO SAN JOSE FLEA - Sat., Nov. 16 - $50 ppHOLIDAY SHOPPING IN UNION SQUARE - Sat., Dec. 7 - $50 pp

SUNDAY BRUNCH AT THE CLIFF HOUSE with Gary HollowaySun., Feb. 16, 2014 - Brunch included $115 pp

50th Street Sacramento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com, Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, volun-teers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of South Sacramento meetingSept. 26: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar AnonymousSept. 27: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free Two-Day Literacy Festival at Fairytale TownSept. 28-29: All aboard for reading! Fairytale Town presents the 13th annual ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival on September 28 and 29. Sherri Duskey Rinker, the New York Times bestselling author of “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site” and “Steam Train, Dream Train,” will headline the two-day Festival. Ad-mission to the Festival and Fairytale Town is free to the public thanks to the event’s spon-sor, ScholarShare College Savings Plan. Free. Adults must be accompanied by children. Fai-rytale Town, 3901 Land Park Drive, Sacramen-to, CA 95822, 808-7462, [email protected], www.fairytaletown.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Tahoe Park Starlight Movie SeriesSept. 28: The last showing of the Starlight Movies Series for 2013. Seating begins at 5:45 p.m. and the movie (TBD) begins at dusk, ap-proximately 7 p.m. This event is always free. 61st Street between 8th and 11th avenues. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 60 Open HouseSept. 28: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., 3301 Julliard Dr. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more information, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

4th Annual World Rabies Day EventSept. 28: The Sacramento Valley Veterinary Medical Association is coordinating its 4th Annual World Rabies Day Event. In the “Three for Free” campaign, there will be of-fering free microchips and free rabies vac-

cines to dogs and cats, as well as a free one-year license to all first time, altered pets. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sacramento Community Concert Association performanceSept. 29: SCCA presents 7-String guitar-ist Matthew Grasso and The Vocal Art En-semble at 3 p.m. at Westminster Presbyte-rian, 1300 N St. Matthew Grasso is one of the most innovative guitarists of his genera-tion. He has taken the art of the extended 7-string guitar to new heights. The Vocal Art Ensemble, Tracia Barbieri, Conductor, brings together experienced musicians pursuing ar-tistic expression through finesse of the hu-man voice. Appeal ing to both the discern-ing musician and the casual music lover, VAE performances celebrate the elegant beauty of Renaissance motets, tonal color of modern works, and exotic flavor of music from oth-er cultures. Regular subscription: $90, Group discount (8 or more people): $75, Students subscription: $45, Single Ticket: $25. For more information, contact Sacramento Com-munity Concert Association www.sccacon-certs.org; [email protected]; 400-4634. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free golf lessons offered at Bing Maloney Golf ComplexSept. 29: Are you interested in starting to play golf, but not sure where to begin? Bing Malo-ney is offering Free Family Clinics for 2013. These clinics are family oriented for any lev-el of golfer. Each clinic will be held on Sundays from 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Bing Maloney Golf Course: 6801 Freeport Blvd. in Sacramento. Call 808-2283 for more information.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Community outreach fairSept. 29: From 1:30 to 4 p.m., the goal of this event is to bring information to our community not only about the servic-es that our Lodge has to offer but the ser-vices that are available from local organiza-tions, businesses, and healthcare providers. There will be free hearing and vision test-ing, free blood pressure checks. In addition, media and local elected officials will be in-vited and scheduled tours of our facility will be offered along with refreshments. Inter-ested in participating in this event? Con-tact Jane Gallagher, Chairman (916) 422-8351 or (916) 607-8347. SPONSORS: GOLD: $100; SILVER: $ 75; BRONZE: $50. [email protected] To reserve a table, please complete the registration form be-low and mail or email to: Sacramento Elks Lodge #6, 6446 Riverside Blvd., Sacramen-to, CA 95831––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

St. Joseph Craft Fair and Chili Cook OffSept. 29: From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Clarks-burg is the St Joseph Craft Fair and Chili Cook Off. Nat Brown will be the Musical Guest. Cook off begins at 8 a.m. with tast-ing from 11 to 1. Price is $5. There will also be a craft fair from 8 to 3. For the cook off, call Lou at 424-2624 or for the fair, call Joan at 392-9946. 32890 South River Rd., Clarksburg.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Evening with Gerlene and PamelaSept. 29: Two local musicians, organist and pianist Gerlene Kwan and contralto Pame-la Knox will perform a piano and vocal fund raising concert at 7 p.m. at the Centenni-al United Methodist Church. Gerlene will present a varied program of classical, gospel, contemporary, light jazz, and ragtime mu-sic. They will be sharing their talents to raise funds to maintain Centennial UMC build-ings. Advanced tickets are $15, $20 at the door; students are free. For more informa-tion, call 452-4477. 5401 Freeport Blvd.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

OctOber

Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, Carmichaeloct. 1: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors wel-come, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets at noon, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in the Pa-vilions on Fair Oaks Blvd. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6:30 p.m., Ancil Hoff-man Golf Club. www.rotary.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Soroptimist International of Sacramento North meetingoct. 1: An organization for the betterment of women and children meets at the atria El Camino Gardens at 2426 Garfield, Carmi-chael. Call Sheila at 624-4643.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac Rotaryoct. 2: Meets at noon, Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of South Sacramento meetingoct. 3: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818. Guest speaker this week will be Councilmember Steve Hansen.

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St. Francis High School presents ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ oct 3-12: St. Francis High School is per-forming, Once Upon a Mattress, set in Lego-land and will be hysterically funny. This show is great for family outings, birthday parties, and dates with grandchildren. They have two sets of sister/brother actors from Jesuit and St. Francis High School. Tickets are available at www.ticketguys.com/stfrancis <http://www.ticketguys.com/stfrancis> or at the door. Matinees and evening shows are appropriate for ages over 4. No strollers or children in laps during performances. Bring your birthday par-ties, scout groups, family outings, and grand-parents. Ticket prices are $5.00-$15.00.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/Greenhavenoct. 3: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Avia-tors Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

12th Annual Celebration of Independence Gala that benefits Women’s Empowermentoct. 3: The event, which raises funds for the organization and honors the group’s 1,064 graduates, will take place from 5:30-9 p.m.

on Oct. 3 at the Red Lion Hotel Wood-lake, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento. The gala benefits a local nonprofit helping wom-en who are homeless find homes and jobs so they can support their families. Residents also can sponsor a graduate of the program to attend the event. Guests will mingle with graduates from the program and enjoy a for-mal dinner, live and silent auctions, live mu-sic and presentations from the graduates. Tickets are $100. For tickets or sponsorship opportunities, call (916) 669-2307 or visit www.womens-empowerment.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar Anonymousoct. 4: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-Midtownoct. 4: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fri-days at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical week-ly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875

50th Street Sacramento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com <http://www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com> , Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, volun-teers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Carmichael Emblem Club #355 is holding its Annual Craft Sale oct. 4: Carmichael Emblem Club #355 is holding its Annual Craft Sale at the Carmi-chael Elks building, located at Cypess and Hackberry, Carmichael. Doors will open at 9:00 M and sales will continue through 4:00 PM. Chairman Dorothy Taylor has spac-es open; contact e-mail address is [email protected]. Crafts of all types are welcome to both members and outside vendors. This is the Carmichael Emblems biggest Fundraiser so bring your family and friends to the “Best Bargains in Town”.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Carmichael Emblem Club #355 annual Craft Saleoct. 4: Carmichael Emblem Club #355 is holding its’ annual Craft Sale at the Carmi-chael Elks Building, located at Cypress and Hackberry, Carmichael. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and sales will continue through 4 p.m. There are some open spaces, contact [email protected]. Crafts of all types are welcome, to both members and outside vendors. This is our biggest Fund-raiser, so bring your family and friends to the “BEST BARGAINS IN TOWN.” Thank you for your assistance in making the public aware of this fundraiser. My contact number is: Norma Pippig 863-6068.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 8 Open Houseoct. 5: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 5990 H St. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more informa-tion, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Old City Cemetery Tour: Misbehaving Politiciansoct. 5: Starting at 10 a.m., The Old City Cemetery Committee’s tour focuses on the shenanigans that were taking place with lo-cal and statewide politicians, Sacramen-to Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway, Sacramento. Even before California was a state, its officials were busy fleecing the elec-torate. Pork barrel legislators, fraudulent election workers, dueling senators and land-grabbing governors are just a few of the nice folks you’ll meet. Tours are free; however, donations are appreciated and benefit ceme-tery preservation. For more information, call 916-448-0811 or 916-264-7839.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Girl Scout Carnivaloct. 5: Carnival games, food court, vendors, face painting, balloon animals, booths. Out-side vendors will be selling products like Cookie Lee, Jamberry Nails, Thirty-One gifts, homemade jams, teas, pottery, jewel-ry, tote bags, girl accessories, and more. This event is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your family and friends. William Land Park, next to Fairytale Town across from the Sacramento Zoo. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

A Place Called Sacramento film festivaloct. 6: Local film festival held annually at the Crest Theatre. Starts at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.accesssacramento.org, 456-8600. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, Carmichaeloct. 8: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors welcome, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets at noon, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in the Pavilions on Fair Oaks Blvd. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6:30 p.m., Ancil Hoffman Golf Club. www.rotary.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Soroptimist International of Sacramento North meetingoct. 8: An organization for the betterment of women and children meets at the atria El Camino Gardens at 2426 Garfield, Carmi-chael. Call Sheila at 624-4643.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac Rotaryoct. 9: Meets at noon, Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/Greenhavenoct. 10: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Avia-tors Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


Start Writing Family Stories by Marian Kileoct. 10: Writing short stories can bring your ancestors to life at the Root Cellar Sacramen-to Genealogical Society meeting. Pre-meet-ing roundtable tips/tricks start at 6:15p.m. Free, visitors welcome. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Main meeting - Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Avenue, Carmichael––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of South Sacramento meetingoct. 10: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Mission Oaks Computer Club meetingoct. 10: From 1 to 3 p.m. at Mis-sion Oaks Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael. The club will be celebrating its 25th anniversary with member presenta-tions and a finger-food potluck. First-time vis-itors are welcome to bring a finger-food item as well. A problem solving clinic, led by Adam Lacey of Applications, Etc, will follow the meeting. For additional information call (916) 366-1687 or visit our website at www.mis-sionoakscomputerclub.org. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar Anonymousoct. 11: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-Midtownoct. 11: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fridays at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical weekly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th Street Sacra-mento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownki-wanis.com , Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, volunteers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

CAL Middle to hold second annual multicultural fairoct. 12: California Middle School PTSA and planning committee is hosting a sec-ond annual multi-cultural fair at the school site to celebrate the cultural diver-sity of the school population and Sacra-mento region. The multicultural fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature a variety of food trucks, arts, en-tertainment, dance, music, crafts and ar-tisans from various cultures from around the world. There will be “theme” baskets and a fun raffle with prizes. CAL Mid-dle School is located at 1600 Vallejo Way and is the “Pride of the Land Park Com-munity.” The special event is a fundraiser for CAL Middle School’s art, music and field trip programs. Kids will visit various booths represented by different countries for educational information with their in-ternational passports. For additional in-formation, contact, Katherine Akin at 612-5993 or [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Nichiren Buddhist Church Japanese food saleoct. 12: The Nichiren Buddhist Church is having a food bazaar 11 to 3 p.m., 5191 24th St. (2 blocks north of Fruitridge.) Food items: Barasushi, Bento Box, Spam Musubi, Teriyaki Beef Sandwich, Teriyaki Chicken, Udon Noodles. Please order ahead by oct. 5. Call 456-8371 or visit the church to order. Make checks payable to Nichiren Buddhist Church. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

AAUW meeting set to feature mental health discussionoct. 12: From 1 to 2:30 p.m., the Cit-rus Heights/American River branch of AAUW (American Association of Uni-versity Women) will host a panel discus-sion of mental health programs and is-sues in Sacramento County. The meeting takes place at the Sylvan Oaks Library located at 6700 Auburn Blvd in Cit-rus Heights. Representatives from Sen. Darrell Steinberg’s office, the Sacramen-to County Dept. of Health and Human Services and the Calif. Institute of Men-tal Health will discuss recent legislation,

bullying in Sacramento area schools and steps families can take to get help with mental health issues. This meeting is a public service open to the public and cof-fee, tea and baked goods will be served. Contact Mary Toutonghi for more infor-mation at [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Recycling & Solid Waste Division host Free Composting Seminaroct. 12: Backyard composting allows you to recycle your yard clippings and fruit and vegetable scraps into a valuable soil amend-ment right in your own yard. Attendees are eligible for a drawing for a free compost bin. At the seminar you will learn how compost-ing works, what materials you should and should not compost, getting the right bal-ance of food, air and moisture, maintaining your compost pile, Vermicomposting (com-posting with worms), and more. Seminar goes from 8 to 10 a.m. and will be held at Southside Community Garden, 5th and W Street (Downtown)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

JFK Class of 1983 Reunionoct. 12: Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar at the Westin on the River, 4800 Riverside Blvd. 6 to 10 p.m. $55 per person – regis-ter before Sept. 15, $75 after. There will be a carving station, heavy appetizers, a photographer and no host bar. Online pay-ment at http://jfkennedyclassof83reunion.eventbrite.com or send checks payable to JFK Class 1983 to JFK HS 30th Reunion Committee 5098 Foothills Blvd. Suite 3 #484. Roseville, CA 95747. Deadline for check payment is Sept. 30. Space is lim-ited. Make sure to purchase your tickets soon. No refunds. Hotel accommodations are available at The Westin Sacramento, 443-8400. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 4 Open Houseoct. 12: The Sacramento Fire Depart-ment will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 3145 Granada Way. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with fire-fighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more information, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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