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Sacramento State is offering a unique travel and study event for all students, faculty, staff and the public this summer with “Puentes 2014” (www.cce.csus.edu/travel/mexico), a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico.

Coordinated by the College of Con-tinuing Education and Professor Peter Baird, the program features 14 days of cultural and language study, including a family homestay, June 20-July 5. Up to

25 participants will be fully immersed in the Spanish and indigenous languages, culture, education, art and social move-ments of the area.

“Puentes 2014 builds bridges of com-munication and understanding between people in the U.S. and Mexico,” Baird says. “Participants journey to the heart of Mexico to study, discover indigenous cul-tures and enjoy the warmth and friend-ship of a family homestay.”

Participatory workshops will be of-fered on Oaxacan art, dance and cook-ing along with field trips to Monte Alban and the Valley of Oaxaca. The trip in-cludes 3 units of academic credit.

A free information session will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, in Napa Hall.

Oaxaca is a safe destination with many connections to California’s people, insti-tutions and economy, according to Baird, so it dovetails nicely with Sacramento

State’s 2013-14 One World Initiative – a campus-wide exploration of “migration.”

Baird is serving as director and trip leader, and Nadeen Ruiz, from Sacra-mento State’s Serna Center, is the cur-riculum and program adviser. “We have learned from our work in international education that people benefit from trav-el that teaches us about our interconnect-edness and our shared past, present and future,” Baird says.

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Annual Effie Yeaw Bird and Breakfast event set for March 22 and 23

The American River Natural History Association (ARNHA) and Sacramento Audubon are teaming up to offer a special weekend of morning birding trips coupled with wonderful breakfast fare on Sat-urday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23.

This event, held at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael, starts with Bird Walks guided by some of the best local birders. In advance of the walks, these guides will scout the Nature Study Area so they will be able to point out nests and local rarities. After the walk, event go-ers will join fellow birders for wonderful food, good coffee and other fun to help raise money for the Ef-fie Yeaw Nature Center. No extensive birding expe-rience is necessary. This event caters to all levels.

On Saturday, March 22, the bird walk will be ap-proximately 90 minutes long, followed by the tradi-tional casserole breakfast buffet provided by some of the best cooks among ARNHA Board members and Nature Center volunteers. Participants can also bid in a silent auction for attractive baskets and ex-periences.

On Sunday, event goers can choose to join either a family bird walk, a 1-hour walk (children 6 or over welcome), or a longer, approximately 90-min-

ute, adult bird walk open to those ages 12 and old-er. The Sunday event features an excellent pancake breakfast prepared by the Carmichael Kiwanis. On Sunday, there will also be a nature-themed craft ac-tivity for children.

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General admission is $40 per person age 12 to adult.

Photo courtesy Children are on the lookout for birds at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. The center will be hosting a “Bird and Breakfast” event next month.


San Juan schools to consolidate; school district looks for superintendent permanent replacement

Student athletes taking games to the next level

Senior student athletes from throughout San Juan Unified high schools were recognized for their hard work on Na-tional Signing Day last week as they signed letters of intent to continue their education and excel in sports. Here’s a list of standout student ath-letes who participated:

Bella Vista Hannah Martell:soccer, Oregon State Jorgie Smith: soccer, University of Louisi-ana Austin Stevenson: water polo, Long Beach State Brayden Gomez:baseball, Abilene Christian University (signed in fall) Sara Hibbs:

volleyball, San Jose State Uni-versity (signed in fall)

Del Campo Julian McElroy:football, University of Minnesota at Crookston

El Camino Dakota Armour:soccer, Saint Mary’s Josh Jordan: water polo, UC Santa Barbara Angelina Proshak: diving, UC Davis

Rio Americano Paul Geyer: soccer, Sacramento State Eric Gylling: soccer, Harvard Emily Hansen: soccer, Cal Poly SLO Elizabeth Hutchison: soccer, UC Irvine Morgan McClure: swimming, Boise State Ivy Reich: soccer, Chico State

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The San Juan Unified Board of Education has launched an internal search for the next Superintendent of Schools. Applications will be accept-ed from internal candidates through Feb. 25.

All members of the com-munity are invited to partic-ipate by completing the Su-perintendent Search Input form. Please complete the on-line form by March 3, and your responses will be shared directly with members of the Board of Education prior to the review of any applications or interviews.

For more details, visit www.sanjuan.edu/superintendent. If you have questions about the superintendent search process or require addition-al information please contact the Community Relations of-fice at (916) 979-8281.

Timelines proposed for possible school consolidation

Board members returned to the topic of school consolida-tion Tuesday, Feb. 4 as a po-tential solution to continued underenrollment at certain schools. Underenrollment impacts schools by limiting the educational programs of-fered to students and by put-ting a strain on the District’s finances.

The Board held two lengthy workshops in 2013 to address the issue, and on Tuesday staff presented a proposed time-line for their consideration. Board members did not dis-cuss a specific list of proposed school closures but rather a potential process that would solicit community and school input.

Under the proposed time-line, underenrolled schools would be identified early this year, followed by the forma-tion of school teams to ex-plore potential solutions for

increasing enrollment at their sites.

Kent Kern, the District’s in-terim superintendent, offered examples of sites that in re-cent years have turned around the trend of declining enroll-ment, such as Thomas Kelly Elementary, which has been able to market its Interna-tional Baccalaureate Prima-ry Years Program, and Thom-as Edison Language Institute, which has refocused as a dual-immersion school.

Under the proposed time-line, no schools would be closed until fall 2016 at the earliest.

Also included in Tues-day’s discussion was a sep-arate timeline for gathering and considering proposed solutions for Sylvan Mid-dle School in Citrus Heights, which Kern said has been un-derenrolled and in disrepair for years.

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Local resident’s early love of art led to long careerBy LANCE [email protected]

Editor’s Note: This is part one in a series about local people connected to the early days of television.

While meeting with this publica-tion last week to share details about an art show that he would be taking part in with two other artists, Car-michael area resident Bob Miller ex-plained that his involvement in art extends beyond the strokes of brush-es on canvas.

Bob, 83, noted that his background in art even included working for tele-vision stations during the 1950s.

In speaking about his longtime in-terest in art, Bob said, “My first mem-ory was drawing cartoons from color-ing books, doing pictures of Disney characters and so on. I was always one of the best (at drawing) in class.”

Long before becoming a television pioneer, Bob was raised in the town of Hughson, about 10 miles east of Modesto by his parents, Pierce and Mae Miller, who he mentioned were much older than himself.

“My father was born in 1886 and my mother was born in 1896,” Bob said. “My mother, I think, was in her late 30s when I was born and my fa-ther was in his 40s. They were both Pennsylvania Dutch, German, and as a matter of fact, the first language for both my mother and father was Ger-man.”

Bob, who was the fourth of five chil-dren in his family, said that his father grew up as an orphan, came West when he was in his 20s and for a short time homesteaded in Arizona.

In about 1912, Pierce moved to the Vermont-Slauson district of Los An-geles and opened a dairy and deliv-ered milk.

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Photos by Lance ArmstrongBob Miller is shown at his art show in Land Park last Saturday, Feb. 8.

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Bob described the events that led to his parents’ marriage and the ear-ly part of their life together, as he said, “My father had apparently worked as a farmhand for my mother’s father and he had remembered my mother and went back to Pennsylvania and asked permission to marry her from her father. My mother just barely knew him, and they were married and he brought her to California. Instead of going back to Los Angeles, they set-tled in (Hughson).”

Despite dropping out of school when he was about 10 years old, Pierce proved to be very successful working in a variety of jobs during his life. His jobs in Hughson included working in a livery stable and operating a notable peach farm of about 40 acres.

The Millers eventually moved to the town of Empire – about five miles east of Modesto – where Bob attend-ed Empire Grammar School (the pre-decessor to today’s Empire Elementa-ry School) through the eighth grade.

In 1944, Bob began attending Modesto High School, where he was active in the art club, was student body president in 1947 and graduat-ed a year later.

During that time, Bob, who was influenced by two art teachers, Ida Gross and Jean Ariey, was the sports cartoonist for the school newspaper.

In commenting about that experi-ence, Bob said, “(Working as a sports cartoonist as a career) was sort of what I wanted to do. Well, that sort of thing sort of fell by the wayside.”

In 1948, Bob began attending San Jose State College (today’s San Jose State University), where he majored in commercial art, minored in histo-ry and was editor of the school’s mag-azine, Lyke.

During his sophomore year at San Jose State, Bob married his high school sweetheart, Anita Richardson.

While still attending that institu-tion, Bob obtained part-time work as a sign painter.

And with his college days finally be-hind him, Bob was hired to work full time as a silkscreener for a Sunnyvale, Calif. firm called R and A Signs.

His employment with that com-pany lasted about three months, at which time Bob moved to Sacramen-to with his family, which then includ-ed his wife and two children.

With that move, Anita was able to live closer to her parents, Raymond and Ardis Richardson, who then re-sided in Carmichael, near the inter-section of Fair Oaks Boulevard and Marconi Avenue.

Bob’s first employment in the capi-tal city was at The Dosch Co. at 200 V St., where he worked on silkscreen jobs and other projects.

In describing his uninviting work-ing environment at that company, Bob said, “My silkscreen shop was an old chicken coop and it had tar pa-per on the roof. During the summer, it was like 120 (degrees) and during the winter, it was like 50 (degrees). There was no air conditioning, no heating, no anything like that. So, I cut sten-cils and old man (F. Elwood) Dosch would give me like five X-Acto blades a week and a wet stone to sharpen (the blades). It was just ridiculous.”

Although Bob is many years re-moved from that job, he spoke about various irritations of that workplace as if they occurred the previous day.

Among those irritations were his daily interactions with the busi-ness’s guard dogs, which were tied

to a post about 10 feet from where he worked.

“One of my major jobs was there were dogs, Dobermans, that (Dosch) used at night and turned loose in the yard as guard dogs,” Bob said. “The dogs were chained to a post and it was my job to clean up their (droppings) and to feed them. Well, they hated me. All day, they would sit there and growl at me while I was cutting my stencils.”

Bob was undoubtedly thrilled to fi-nally change jobs about a year later.

In recalling the moment that led to his new employment, Bob said, “I was home one night (in 1954) and we flipped on the television and Channel 36 in Stockton had just gone on the air. It was KTVU, and I looked at their artwork. Their artwork was absolutely

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miserable, so I threw my portfolio in my Studebaker and I drove down to Stockton. I was interviewed by a guy named Dave Hume, and Dick Block. Dave ultimately became the news di-rector at Channel 3 (in Sacramen-to). In any event, I was interviewed by them. They really liked my portfolio, but it also meant that I was to be a floor man on television shows. Every-thing was live in those days. Dave said, ‘You know, I really like his (art) work, but I think he’s too short to reach the mic booms.’ And here I am, I’m going to be a floor man, I had to reach the mic booms. So, we went down in the studio, and I got down on my tippy toes and I managed to operate the mic boom and he said, ‘Okay, that’s okay.’ So, they hired me.”

Bob Miller’s art work was on display at a Second Saturday art show in Land Park.

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By Monica [email protected]

After facilitating music-making experiences with young children ranging in age between 5 months old to 5 years old, it became evident to Carmichael musician Paul Morehouse that they have a unique relationship with music – that it is a form of basic artistic communication and ex-pression.

For new parents, Morehouse says: “Don’t run off taking your child to music lessons. Who do you recommend? You! Don’t take your child off to someone he doesn’t know.”

Likened to a basic lifestyle practice as eating, Morehouse describes music making as an innate behavior.

Young children, he argues are not burdened by self criticism. “As long as they are enjoying it, it is fun. Who puts the pictures on the refriger-ator? It’s not the kids. They don’t put the stuff on the fridge, the kids move onto the next thing. They don’t care, but by 8- or 9-years-old, they become socially conscious,” he said.

In the mid 2000s, Morehouse worked with the California Arts Council as an artist in residence. Upon recalling those days when the arts received more governmental funding, he said, “I felt very blessed. It was an incredible experience to go into schools and not teach an existing curricu-lum, but to create my own. There were week-ly sessions to do with the kids. What I exper-imented was rhythm, drums maracas, I found this with k-5 grade. That showed me how much they get into it. They are really astute.”

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“Kids are attracted to sound. They are hav-ing fun with everything. Because I had a struc-tured program, there’s always the practical con-sideration. I wasn’t going to bring a half dozen guitars to 2 year olds, instead, I would start jam-ming. With children 18 months old, the social dynamic is too cute. On the rug, you just put the instruments and start playing. It’s like a drum circle,” he said.

Locally, Morehouse has performed at the Jew-ish Food Festival in Carmichael and the Banana Festival in Land Park. Over the past several years, he has made presentations at various con-ferences for the following organizations: Cali-fornia Association for the Education of Young Children, National Association for the Educa-tion of Young Children, South Central Training

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Photos by Monica StarkCarmichael based music teacher Paul Morehouse led a children’s jam session at last year’s Jewish food fair held at Congregation Beth Shalom on Sunday, Sept. 22. Morehouse believes music is an innate trait in children.

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and Research Consortium and the California Council on Teacher Education. Morehouse has also self-published an interdisciplinary music/language development program for early childhood education entitled: “Dog, Cat, Mouse, Rat! Making Music!”

Even for those who might say they can’t keep a beat, there is hope, even for those who may not have had expe-riences to nurture their musical talents, Morehouse says. “ There are capacities that stay latent. They’re not always expressed. It’s a continuum. I’m not the greatest musician, yet I became a professional musician.”

In the 1990s, Morehouse said he began to look at mu-sic and childhood education textbooks and was aston-ished by what he came across. “I found an American col-lege textbook on early childhood development and there was an index entry for murder, but not music. I thought that was extreme.”

While times have changed and books on the subject do include sections on music, still the way it’s reflected, Morehouse has argued, is seen as external to the child rather than as a source of music.

“ This gets into serious philosophical discussion. Our interest in the arts has to do with aesthetic experience and beauty. Beauty is in the eye or ear of the beholder,” he said.

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Instruments used at the children’s jam session led by Carmichael based music teacher, Paul Morehouse.

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THE SPYGLASSBy J. J. Millus

One of the great stories out of World War II, older read-ers might recall, is about Gen-eral George S. Patton (“Old Blood and Guts”) ordering the Third Army Head Chap-lin, Msgr. James H. O’Neill, to come up with a prayer for good weather. This would fa-cilitate the Allied Air Forces bombing the enemy and thus enable Patton’s troops to re-lieve the encircled 101st Air-borne Division trapped in the Belgian town of Bastogne in December of 1944.

The prayer was quickly com-posed and delivered to Pat-ton, who then ordered 250,000 copies printed up and distrib-uted to his men, along with a Christmas greeting. The Gen-eral, more commonly known for his pistols and profanity rath-er than his piety, got his prayer answered within days--and the rest was history. Clear flying weather enabled the American Third Army to free the town and carry on to victory over the retreating Germans.

Now if Patton could pre-vail against the storm clouds

of Mother Nature with an entreaty to the Almighty, we don’t see why Califor-nians can’t defeat the cur-rent drought by the expedi-ent of prayer. This instead of having to read dire re-ports and predictions al-most daily about shrink-ing lake and reservoir levels, minimal snowpacks in the mountains, and the start of water rationing for the Cen-tral Valley. As a service to readers, we are here repro-ducing the prayer in hopes of garnering some precious rain from the heavens, so we don’t have to worry about green spray paint on with-ered lawns to deal with the scarcity of vital H2O, among other challenges. People of faith should have no prob-lem with this historic, clas-sic non-denominational re-quest from the heavens in our time of need and per-il. Enough Sacramento sun-shine already! Even Atlan-ta is getting snow and rain these days. Why not us?

Although it is the opposite of a prayer for rain, it can be easily re-jiggled if one cares

enough about the current cri-sis to give it a try.

Patton’s Prayer: “Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to con-tend. Grant us fair weather for battle. Graciously hear-ken to us as soldiers who call to Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wicked-ness of our enemies, and es-tablish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen.”

Although The Spyglass is primarily a gossip column, given the fact that many, in-cluding this writer, are now or recently have been dealing with the flu, insurance cover-age and other health issues, along with the daily bom-bardment of bad news vis-a-vis peace in the world, we thought we would throw in for consideration the famous Prayer of Agreement from the Book of Matthew (MAT 18:19-20) while on the sub-ject of prayer. Bless your hearts, as Southerners are wont to say:

“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree

about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”

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We were a bit taken aback the other day to spy on pick-eters and signs along Fair Oaks Boulevard in front of the newly opened Fresh Market grocery. They are protesting the hiring of non-union workers at the store. It seemed as though many hon-ored the peaceful protest and continued on their way past. We hope that all disagree-ments will be settled soon so that we might enjoy this fine and welcome addition to Ar-den-Arcade.

Further east, the new Charles Schwab headquarters seems to be coming along nicely.

Disappeared is the old Coldstone ice cream shop, with a Papa Murphy’s piz-za parlor replacing it. Of course, the big news is the Going-Out-Of-Business signs on Loehmann’s De-partment Store. Loehm-ann’s has been around since 1920, starting in our home borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. The story there is quite in-teresting. Mrs. Loehm-ann’s husband was a profes-sional flute player who came down with an unusual afflic-tion. He developed a para-lyzed upper lip which nat-urally prevented him from playing. Young Mrs. Loehm-ann, undaunted, would take cash, secreted in her under-garments, across the river to Manhattan and buy manu-facturer’s closeouts on the

cheap. These she would sell in a shop on the then-fancy Bedford Avenue in Brook-lyn. We remember the or-nate storefront location well as a child driving by in the fifties. Outside was wrought iron handiwork in black and gold; inside were palatial fur-niture, oriental carpets and wall-hangings. Over the years, with the advantage of its experience and its name-recognition, Loehmann’s ex-panded nationally along with its discount prices on name-brand merchandise. Sad to see it go, no doubt another victim of crass online shop-ping. It won’t be the last.

Question is, what will be the new name for our be-loved plaza? Your guess is as good as ours....

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The long-anticipated Super Bowl ended in a surprising defeat for Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, de-molishing the spreads. The Las Vegas bookies are still bawling as we go to press.

Good movies we watched recently included “Jarhead,” about the Marines in Desert Storm (the first Gulf War), “Seabiscuit,” about a legend-ary horse from Great Depre-sion times, and many epi-sodes of Downton Abbey, on which, we confess, we got hooked. Netflix is a terrific service, which we don’t mind plugging. The Shabby Shack in Midtown on J Street has a plentiful assortment of CDs and DVDs at two dollars a pop. Wonderful for retirees and others on a tight budget.

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A Smart Start to Mutual FundsFeb. 18: Learn fundamental information about mutual funds; 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Pre-registration required. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento, 916-393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Self-Acupressure (Reflexology)Feb. 19: Learn the simple meridian points to help you stay healthy. 1:30-3 p.m., $15 or $20 at the door. Pre-registration re-quired. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento, 393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sacramento Community Concert Association performanceFeb. 22: Celebrating Black History Month, SCCA presents Tenor Darron Flagg & Soprano Candace Johnson and The UC Berkeley Gospel Chorus at 7:30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian, 1300 N St. Singer-actor Darron Flagg is recognized as a standout professional bel-canto tenor, lauded for his heart-felt performances. A few of Mr. Flagg’s engagements include the Lincoln Center, theaters in Eastern Europe, Walt Disney Hall, as well as the San Fran-cisco and Sacramento Opera companies. Candace Johnson is a dynamic vocal art-ist who has experience in musical theater, television commercials, poplar songwrit-ing, and piano performance. Among her many accomplishments, she held the title of Ms. Black Tennessee, and she was a fi-nalist in the National Leontyne Price Com-petition. The UC Berkeley Gospel Chorus started in the 1970s as an informal student activity. Since 2007, director D. Mark Wil-son has taken the Gospel Chorus in new directions, building a repertoire, which in-cludes traditional and contemporary gospel music, spirituals, and classically influenced gospel anthems. Regular subscription: $90, Group discount (8 or more people): $75, Students subscription: $45, Single Tick-

et: $25. For more information, contact Sac-ramento Community Concert Association www.sccaconcerts.org; [email protected]; 400-4634. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

2014 Polar Plunge: Polar Plunge so a Special Olympics athlete can competeFeb. 15: Swim at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center to benefit Special Olym-pic Northern California & Nevada! This is the first plunge in Sacramento. Know that while the water may be cold, you’re Plung-ing so that 19,000 Special Olympics athletes in your community may compete. 1901 Ha-zel Avenue in Gold River! Every Plunger is required to raise a minimum of $125, which sponsors one Special Olympics athlete for a sports season. You will be fundraising to sup-port Special Olympics Northern California & Nevada. Visit http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1080725# for more information. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sacramento International of Sacramento, Inc. annual crab fiestaFeb. 15: All you can eat crab, silent auction, dessert bar auction, live auction; Saint Mary’s Giovanni Hall, 58th and M streets. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Cost is $50 per ticket and funds are used for services to support vulnerable women and children. 2013-14 funds support Tubman House, a program of Waking the Village. The pro-gram provides 18 months transitional hous-ing and other life skills training and support for local women and children. Call 709-6748, or visit the Crab Fiesta website at www.crabfiestasac.org to purchase tickets. Visit us at www.soroptimistsacramento.org .––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Camellia Chapter, Embroiderers’ Guild of America at their meeting Feb. 18: Starting at 7 p.m., SMUD Build-ing, 6201 S Street for a hands-on program on Assisi needlework. Guests welcome. Free. 223-2751.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Casa Garden ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ lunch and Red Hat fashion showFeb. 26: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” lunch and Red Hat fashion show at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. seatings at the Casa Gar-

den Restaurant, 2760 Sutterville Road, Sac-ramento. Entree choices: Chicken Stuffed with Spinach and Smoked Gouda or Black Bean Tostada Salad with Grilled Chicken Breast; dessert: Chocolate Torte with Rasp-berry Coulis -- $22 per person, includes tax and gratuity. First-come, first-served group reservations by one person, one check. Res-ervations a must -- call (916) 452-2809. Proceeds benefit the Sacramento Children’s Home.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Microbiology in Sickness and in HealthFeb. 27: Learn how to keep healthy from an infectious disease, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., free; held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento, 393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Just Say No! – Senior ScamsFeb. 27: Learn the various types of senior scams in our community and how to pre-vent it, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Pre-registration required. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento, 393-9026.

March

Lunch and “Wine Social” at Casa GardenMarch 4: There will be a lunch and “Wine Social” at Casa Garden with red and white wine sips offered by BellaGrace Vineyards of Sutter Creek paired with delicious Casa hors d’eouvres at 11:30 a.m. [one seating only], Casa Garden Restaurant, 2760 Sut-terville Road, Sacramento. Entree choices: Three-Cheese Garden Lasagne or Chick-en Caesar Salad; dessert: Latte Mocha Torte -- $22 per person, includes tax and gratu-ity. Reservations a must, open seating -- call 916-452-2809. Proceeds benefit the Sacra-mento Children’s Home.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

How to Take Care of Your Body, Mind, and SpiritMarch 6: 3-5 p.m., $15 or $17 at the door. Pre-registration required. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento, 393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Advance Health Care DirectiveMarch 6: Also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive or advance deci-

sion. 6-7 p.m. Free. Pre-registration request-ed. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento, 393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Focus on Fixed IncomeMarch 10: Learn the basics of bonds, the advantages of laddering and how fixed in-come may be part of your investment strate-gy from 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Pre-registration required. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramento,393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Pesticides and Integrated Pest ManagementMarch 11: Learn how to identify and con-trol pests and diseases with the least toxic and pest-specific methods, 11 a.m. to noon. Free. Pre-registration required. Held at ACC SSC, 7375 Park City Dr, Sacramen-to, 393-9026.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


Working with adults with disabilities: Sacramento sculptor teaches at the Short Center North

Photos and words by MONICA STARK

Editor’s note: This is the third part and final part in a series about a prominent sculptor from the Pocket area whose work inspires and teaches students locally at the Short Center North and internation-ally in a small Bolivian town called Huayculi.

As was mentioned in the previous articles in this series about Sacramento sculptor Miguel Paz, the artist hails from La Paz, Bolivia and has taken multiple trips back to his home coun-try to share his expertise with fellow artists in an effort to cre-ate an international artists’ collective on the most basic level of community building and sharing of ideas and resources. With a teaching background from Columbia University’s Teachers College and experience working with the Sacramento Arts Commission, he teaches at the Short Center North in the Arden-Arcade area where he he has enjoyed watching talent flourish from his students with disabilities and over the years.

“I’ve been there for three years because the work there is just so great,” Paz told the Arden-Carmichael News. “It was formed in 1975 during a time when society’s common response to those with developmental disabilities was one of disregard, but Mary Short, wife of California Senator Alan Short, started a program that was the first of its kind in the nation,” Paz said.

According to the organization’s website, the Alan Short Center (ASC) utilizes visual and performing arts as a tool for teaching people with developmental disabilities. Developmen-tal Disabilities Service Organization has since grown to op-erate eight day programs located at three different sites, in-cluding one in the Arden-Arcade area and another which has recently moved from Land Park to 5051 47th Street.

Here is a collection of photographs taken from a recent visit to Paz’s sculpting class at the Short Center North, which is lo-cated at 2331 St Marks Way.

Shown above, students at the Short Center North shake a rain stick to urge the heavens to bring down more rain. This group activity was held before students went to their appropriate classes for the day.

Sculptor Miguel Paz and his students at the Short Center North worked on ceramic Valentine’s boxes.


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