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Bird and Breakfast at the Effi e Yeaw Nature Center

Police Logs ..............................................2

Faces and Places .........................................5

Lance Armstrong history feature ..............11

Home Improvement Guide .......................12

Calendar ...............................................14 See page 5

Faces and Places:

Carmichael egg hunt and

pancake breakfast

Says goodbye to the Fred Flinstones of bowling alleys

Country Club Lanes

Helloandto modern bowling See page 8

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Police logThe news items below are col-lected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has often not been verified beyond the initial reports. All suspects are presumed innocent until prov-en guilty.

Reporting date: March 23(Domestic Violence): 400 block of Arcade Boulevard at 9 p.m.

Officers responded to the above residence regarding the call of a domestic violence in progress. The male suspect fled in a vehicle prior to of-ficers arriving on scene. The victim sustained a non-life threatening injury. A report was generated.

(Traffic Stop): West El Camino Avenue / Erin Drive at 11:16 p.m.

Officers were patrolling in the above area when they ob-served a vehicle being driven recklessly. Officers stopped the vehicle and contacted the driver and two passengers. Officers located a loaded firearm in the vehicle. The driver was arrested for mul-tiple charges.

Reporting date: March 25(POD Arrest: Stolen Vehi-cle): Grand Avenue at Dry Creek Road at 12:17 a.m.

Officers were patrolling in the above area when they re-ceived a POD (Police Ob-servation Device) alert of a

stolen vehicle in the area. Of-ficers quickly located the sus-pect vehicle and detained the driver who was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle.

Reporting date: March 28(Domestic Violence - Weap-on Involved): 1100 block of Alamos Avenue at 12:57 a.m.

Officers responded to a res-idence on reports of domes-tic violence where the male suspect had discharged a fire-arm during the incident. The victim was not injured. The suspect then left the home with the couple’s one-year-old daughter. Officers received a return call to the home a few hours later after the fe-male victim reported that the suspect had returned. The SWAT and Negotiations teams responded to the resi-dence. The suspect eventual-ly exited the home voluntarily and the child was located in-side unharmed. The suspect was arrested on domestic vi-olence charges and trans-ported to an area hospital for medical evaluation.

(Negligent Discharge): 3200 block of Rancho Silva Drive at 12:29 a.m.

Officers responded to a res-idence on reports of a known subject who had discharged a firearm into the air during an argument. Officers arrived on scene and located evidence of the crime. The suspect was

arrested for negligent dis-charge of a firearm.

Reporting date: March 29(Hit & Run: DUI): 1600 block of Arden Way at 1938 hours.

Officers responded to the call of a hit and run incident with the suspect still near-by. When officers arrived on scene, it was determined the suspect driver struck a parked vehicle and continued driv-ing. No injuries were report-ed. After further investiga-tion, the driver was booked into the Sacramento County main jail for suspicion of driv-ing under the influence.

Reporting date: March 30(Missing Person): 1000 block of Acacia Ave at 2139 hours.

Officers responded to the report of a missing person. The male adult left his as-sisted living residence and did not return. He is consid-ered at-risk due to a medical condition. Officers checked multiple locations for the missing person. A report was generated.

Reporting date: March 31(Robbery): 1900 block of Arden Way at 4:05 p.m.

The victim was in the area when she was approached by an unknown male sus-pect who reportedly needed

See Police log, page 10

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Carmichael Egg Hunt & Pancake BreakfastPhotos by MONICA [email protected]

Down the rabbit trail the youngest bunnies got their fill of candy filled eggs at the annual Carmichael Park general egg hunt and pan-cake breakfast on March 26. A limited number of special golden eggs were available for collection in each hunt area. The event also featured vendors, visits with the Eas-ter Bunny himself and more family fun! Sacramento Fine Arts Center was also on hand providing a hands-on arts and crafts activity for event goers. The Pancake Break-fast was hosted by the Car-michael Kiwanis Club.


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Not sure where all the ex-citement was coming from, but you could sense the an-ticipation in the air. May-be it was coming from the birders who had been there the week before for sight-ings or maybe it was from the birds themselves, know-ing that they would be on display for the weekend. The mornings’ excitement centered on guided bird watching at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. Collabo-ration between the Amer-ican River Natural Histo-ry Association (ARNHA) and the Sacramento Audu-bon Society brings this very popular event to life each year. It features a morning of birdwatching guided by some of Sacramento’s best birders. The guides lead groups on a 90 minute walk through the nature study

area followed by a delicious breakfast buffet provided by volunteer staff from the Nature Center.

Held this year on March 19th and 20th, the event is a fundraiser for the benefit of the Nature Center. A lot of effort goes into this annual event with 75 volunteers host-ing 130 guests over the week-end. For several weeks prior to the event, volunteer guides from Sacramento Audubon and Effie Yeaw scout the na-ture study area for nests, mi-grating species and sightings of local rarities.

Our walk started at 8:00 am in the cool quiet of the oak wooded meadows along the American River. Small groups of ten peo-ple were assigned to each birder, who then guided them along a half dozen different dirt trails that cut through the native grasses, plants and trees of the ri-parian habitat. Scanning

the tree tops, the guides look for birds and call out their types whenever they spot one. As we walked the trails, our guide encour-aged us to listen for bird songs, ask questions and smell the fresh aroma of the spring plants and wild-flowers. Our guide that morning, Richard Barbieri, was knowledgeable and friendly, with over 30 years of bird watching experi-ence and nearly as many years volunteering with the Audubon Society. Aid-ed by an app on his phone, Barbieri was quickly able to pull up a picture of each bird we were watching and play a recording of the bird’s song.

While on the trail, it re-ally started to get exciting. The deeper we walked into the woods, the more the treetops came alive

Bird and

Breakfast at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center

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with birds until we found ourselves surrounded by several different species, some squawking, some jabbering and chattering amongst themselves. The rapid staccato outburst of an acorn woodpeck-er frequently punctuated the air. We sighted a red tailed hawk, along with its unkempt nest. It is one of the largest hawks com-mon to this area. Next we saw, with the aid of a scope, Anna’s Humming-bird, sitting on a nest the size of a walnut. Starlings were quite abundant. The Ruby Crowned Kinglet is only here in the winter. Hutton’s Vireo, also ruby crowned, doesn’t show its red top until it decides to flash it. Cavity dwell-ers, like Tree Swallows, go south for the winter and come back in the spring. House wrens, also cavi-ty dwellers, make all kinds of chatter. Our guide was quite impressed with find-ing a Cooper’s Hawk, a bird as big as a cat, sitting on a branch way above us, staring down quite con-tentedly. Stationed out along the many trails, vol-unteers had set up scopes on tripods aimed at the nests of active birds. The nest of a Bush tit hangs from a tree branch and looks like a dirty sock, ex-cept it quivered with life of baby birds inside.

After the walk, our guide returned us to the Effie Yeaw event hall where we dined on a scrumptious buffet breakfast, excellent coffee and enjoyed the warm ca-maraderie of the volunteer

staff. The recipe for the breakfast casserole, a main feature of the buffet, has been handed down for 30 years with explicit instruc-tions not to change a thing. After breakfast, we bid on baskets full of bird watch-ing essentials, bird statutes, sculptures and feeders in a silent auction set up on the porch outside of the event hall. Raffle tickets were on sale for a chance to win a bird watching scope do-nated by Mendocino based Out of This World Optics.

Betty Cooper, the Devel-opment Director estimated that close to $8,000 would be raised by the weekend’s fundraiser. We asked Coo-per what she thought makes this event so popular. She said “it’s beautiful and all the birds are singing. With the help of the Audubon volun-teers and the scopes set up throughout the nature area, folks can get a really good look at the birds.” An avid birder herself, Cooper add-ed “ and I love it.”

Although the recent re-cipient of a one-time only $5,000 check from Sac-ramento County, the Na-ture Center is reliant sole-ly on donations, grants and fundraisers to remain open. The Bird and Breakfast event will be followed by ARNHA’s largest fundrais-er, a Gala and Art Auction. This year’s event is entitled “Art Where Wild Things Are” and is scheduled for Saturday, May 21st from 5 pm to 8 pm on the beautiful grounds of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. It benefits the Center and its environ-mental education programs for youth. To learn more, visit sacnaturecenter.com or call (916) 489-4918.

Bird watching:Continued from page 6


By MONICA [email protected]

Saying goodbye to the Fred Flintstones of bowling alleys, County Club Lanes president and general manager David Haness tells his staff: “Don’t call this an alley; it’s an entertain-ment center.”

Besides laser tag, two large arcade rooms, food and sports bar, today, when bowlers at Country Club Lanes roll the ball and knock down a pin, they can be virtually in an archery match with their friends, catapulting boulders at a wall, rac-ing cars or building robots over the course of five frames, instead of the traditional 10.

The days of hitting 10 pins for the sake of hit-ting 10 pins at the local center aren’t complete-ly gone from County Club, but with $250,000 invested into this virtual system, known as BES X, much interest amongst families, casual and even advanced bowlers have driven the changing customer base.

“ The score is not relevant in these games,” ex-plains Haness. “Other types of entertainment creep in when you roll a strike. It’s a fascinat-ing approach.

“When a 10 year old has an opportunity to play one of these games, he will run up to mom and dad and say, ‘Look at this monster I built’ or ‘I knocked down Johnny’s fort.’ How many kids say, ‘I just bowled a 70’? Not too many unless they’re skilled bowlers.”

In a race to complete the BES X overhaul before Thanksgiving of last year, Haness wanted renova-tions finished before El Nino hit, a time when fami-lies began looking for fun indoor activities.

Having taken eight years to develop, Qubi-caAMF’s new system creates a whole new way to participate in bowling, and proud of the fact Country Club Lanes is the first one in the Greater Sacramento to install BES X, Dave goes on describing his excitement for the technology: “It entails many different games of bowling oth-er than the traditional game of bowling that sea-soned bowlers can utilize as well as a whole set of games a casual bowler can enjoy. And there are four games that were developed for the youth to enjoy. They are probably the most novel.”

Slowly veering more away from bowling as a competitive sport, and more toward a fun, social experience in which the score is secondary, has

been Haness’s business model ever since he took a management role in 1977. And, to him, BES X really endears itself to that thought process.

For many competing bowling centers Haness thinks getting BES X will be cost prohibitive. “Only bowling centers that have had the vision that we’ve had to make bowling social and rec-reational would be the centers that would be serious about putting BES X in. Bowling cen-ters that think of bowling as a sport, as com-petitive, that get most of its money from league and tournaments would have less application for this. This makes bowling fun.”

Integrated into the bowling community on a statewide and national basis up until a few years ago, Haness for 20 years served on the board of directors for the Northern California Bowl-ing Proprietors Association. Because of that in-volvement, he attended a seminar that show-cased BES X. “It hit me immediately; I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

As bowling alleys across Sacramento have closed over the years, Haness believes that wid-

See Country Club Lanes, page 9

Says goodbye to the Fred Flinstones of bowling alleys

Country Club Lanes

Helloandto modern bowling

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ening the interest of the sport beyond league play has ensured his long-term success. “When I started here, we were the old traditional bowl-ing alley that Fred Flintstone liked to bowl in. It was all leagues. Starting at 7 p.m. we would have leagues until midnight.”

Haness saw the writing on the wall; teaching bowling as a competitive sport was going to cre-ate a difficult way to grow his business. In the 1980s, he led the effort to cut back on league play, leaving some lanes available every night for the general public.

So he stretched his wings and expanded his customer base conveniently ahead of the curve. “In the ‘90s, the fabric of American society start-ed to switch; people had much more variety of things to do. League play became less and less popular. A lot of centers suffered. As less people wanted to sign up for leagues, they became va-cant with lanes not being used,” he said.

Back 30 years ago, readers may recall bowling at such locations as: Alhambra Bowl, Sunset Lanes, South Bowl, Cordova Lanes, Birdcage Lanes, Al-pine Lanes, Cherokee Lanes and Crestview Lanes. Woodhaven Lanes (in Woodland) closed in the last 10 years, but has since reopened.

“Virtually every one of those bowling centers was a league play, sport playing business and there just weren’t enough league bowlers to go around to sus-tain their businesses; it was just sad.”

Haness started to run the facility as general manager in 1977 and in 1991 he became presi-dent of the company as well. “I have invested al-most my entire life in what I think as the better-ment of our business here.”

Growing up actually playing at Country Club Lanes, Haness loved to bowl casually there as a kid. He’d come with his dad and brother on Sun-days when discount rates applied. “I enjoyed it a lot, I joined a youth bowling league at Country Club Lanes. From that, our youth director then was the most famous Bob Blackley. He became a friend of mine. He made me a youth coach.”

Presently the bowling center features 48 lanes, Glo Bowl glow-in-the-dark bowling, a billiards room, a prize arcade, a video game room, a cocktail lounge and accommodations for children’s parties.

“Because we own them ourselves, we repair them ourselves. We keep the equipment func-tional and operational. Other bowling alleys still use a middle man that shares revenue and they could never get that immediate response. We have the people on staff. Customers appreciate that our arcade equipment runs at higher levels of efficiency than at other arcades,” he said.

With Haness as general manager and a tight-knit staff, the business will continue its success. So, take the kids out for a good time. Country Club Lanes is located at 2600 Watt Ave., 95812. For more information, call 483-5105.

Country Club Lanes:Continued from page 8

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to borrow a cell phone. The suspect fled in a vehicle with the victim’s phone. When the victim tried to stop the man, he displayed a firearm and fled in the vehicle. No injuries were reported. Of-ficers arrived on scene and checked the area for the sus-pect vehicle. A report was generated.

Reporting date: April 1(Robbery): 2200 block of Beaumont Street at 6:17 p.m.

The victim was confront-ed by two known suspects. A fight ensued and the suspects stole the victim’s property and assaulted the victim causing a non-life threatening injury. The suspects fled prior to offi-cers arriving on scene. The in-vestigation remains active.

Reporting date: April 3(Hit and Run): Rivera Drive and Branch Street at 2:49 a.m.

Officers responded to the area on reports of a hit and run collision involving an un-known vehicle and a pedes-trian. Upon arrival, officers determined that the woman sustained a non-life-threaten-ing injury. A hit and run re-port was generated.

(Criminal Threats): 100 block of Bell Avenue at 3:01 p.m.

Officers responded to the location regarding an argu-ment between adult family members. One family mem-ber had armed himself with a knife and threatened the victim. Officers located the armed individual as he was leaving the home and arrested him on threats charges. No persons were injured during the incident.

Reporting date: April 4(Domestic Violence): 2200 block of Beaumont Street at 12:46 a.m.

Officers responded to the location on reports of domes-tic violence. Upon arrival, offi-cers attempted contact but re-ceived no answer at the door. Officers entered the home and located multiple persons inside including the domestic violence victim who had sus-tained a non-life-threatening injury. Officers arrested the adult suspect, who was also on scene, and charged him with domestic violence and false imprisonment.

Reporting date: April 5(Suspicious Circumstances): 1200 block of Acacia Ave-nue at 2:34 p.m.

The victim was inside the above residence when an unknown male suspect entered the home armed with a firearm. The suspect quickly fled on foot. No in-juries were reported. Of-ficers arrived on scene and canvassed the area for evi-dence. The investigation remains active to determine the circumstances sur-rounding this incident.

Reporting date: April 8(Shooting): 3800 block of Cypress Street at 3:10 p.m.

Officers responded to a report that a subject had been shot. The victim was uncooperative with offi-cers in providing any infor-mation as to what had hap-pened. The investigation revealed that the shooting stemmed from an argument between two parties. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to his lower leg and was treated at a local hos-pital. The suspect fled the area in a vehicle. No arrests have been made at this time but the investigation re-mains active.

Reporting date: April 9(Intoxicated Subject & As-sault): 1600 block of West El Camino Avenue at 1:15 a.m.

Officers responded to a fight between patrons. One half was very cooperative and didn’t want any prosecu-tion. The other half, was ex-tremely intoxicated and un-cooperative. The intoxicated male was arrested for being drunk in public. Once de-tained, the subject reared his head back and struck the of-ficer in the face causing mi-nor injury to the officer. The subject also spit in the offi-cer’s face and assaulted a dep-uty at jail. The male was ad-ditionally booked for assault related charges.

Police log:Continued from page 2

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By LANCE [email protected]

In celebration of more than 40 years of historic preservation in Sacramen-to, the city’s Preservation Commission and the Sacra-mento Heritage Board are presenting several events and activities.

Among those events is a photographic exhibit ded-icated to the city’s historic preservation.

The exhibit will be pre-sented at New City Hall at 915 I St. from May through August, and at the Ella K. McClatchy Li-brary at 2112 22nd St. from November through December.

On May 21, a celebratory reception highlighting Sac-ramento’s historic preserva-tion efforts will be held at the historic Elks Building’s Rail Bridge Cellars at 921 11th St.

The two-hour event, which will recognize local preservationists, contribu-tors and sponsors, will begin at 6 p.m.

Due to limited space at the reception, early reservations are recommended.

In another special event in May, Sacramento City Council Member Steve Hansen will present a city resolution recogniz-ing Sacramento’s long-time dedication to histor-ic preservation.

Sacramento Heritage, Inc. and Preservation Sac-ramento have partnered to host a series of semi-monthly, casual social hours, which will be pre-sented at various locations. Venues and times will be announced on Sacramento Heritage’s Facebook page.

A special opportunity for Sacramento City Uni-fied School District stu-dents to creatively become involved in the recogni-tion of the city’s longtime architectural preservation efforts is currently offered through a drawing contest for prizes.

Details about the contest are available through the website www.sacramento-heritage.com.

To attract additional at-tention to the citywide cel-ebration of Sacramento’s architectural and historic preservation, banners will be displayed at 10 down-

town locations throughout the month of May.

Roberta Deering, the city’s preservation director, com-mented about the topic of local historic preservation.

“Sacramento has a great history,” she said. “The plac-es that reflect that histo-ry are recognized and cel-ebrated through efforts of the public to support histor-ic preservation.”

Sacramento, which has a history dating back to the mid-19th century, adopt-ed its first historic preser-vation ordinance in 1974. The city’s first histor-ic preservation board and Sacramento Heritage, Inc. were established during the following year.

The city’s current histor-ic preservation celebration coincides with the 50th an-niversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, which federally governs the preservation of cultural and historic resources in the United States.

Additional information about Sacramento’s historic preserva-tion celebration events and ac-tivities can be obtained at www.sacramentoheritage.com.

Photo by Lance ArmstrongAmong the more notable historic landmarks in Sacramento is the Elks Building, which was home to Sacramento Elks Lodge No. 6 from 1926 to 1977. The local Elks met in this downtown structure at 11th and J streets until moving into their current Pocket area home at Riverside Boulevard and Florin Road.

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The Fairytale Town Troupers present: Sleeping Beauty in SpaceApril 16-April 30: Saturdays & Sundays (April 16, 17, 24 and 30); showtimes at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.; run time is ap-proximately 30-40 minutes. Join the Fai-rytale Town Troupers as they present the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty re-imag-

Kaiser Permanente to offer eye screenings for free cataract surgeries April 16: Kaiser Permanente physicians and staff in Sacramento will offer screen-ings for area residents who may be eligible for free cataract surgeries that will be per-formed this spring.The screenings, by appointment only, will be on Saturday, April 16 at the Kaiser Per-manente Point West Medical Offices, 1650 Response Road. The surgeries are part of Mission Cataract USA, an annual program in which participating doctors provide the sight-restoring procedure to hundreds of people across the nation who have no health insurance and can’t afford the operation. This is Kaiser Permanente’s 21th year in the program. Kaiser Permanente physicians and staff will perform as many as 20 free cata-ract surgeries on eligible individuals in ear-ly May. Annual service is for Sacramento-area residents who are uninsured. Screening appointments can be made until the avail-able slots fill up. To sign up for the screen-ing, or to request more information, call: (916) 973-7159.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noonApril 20: Free music programs, offered at Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week enjoy music by Men of Worth with James Keigher and Donnie Macdonald; Irish.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Birding in Alaska to be topic at Audubon meetingApril 21: Planning a birding trip to Alaska? Ed Harper, an expert birder who has made many trips to the 49th state, will present a program on the more accessible hot spots and the birds and other creatures you’re likely to see there at the April 21 meeting of the Sacramento Audubon Society. In ad-dition to learning about the Spectacled Ei-der, Northern Wheatear, and Arctic War-bler, be prepared for Moose, Musk Ox, and Grizzly Bear! He’ll cover visits to Seward, Homer, and Denali National Park, a boat excursion to Kenai Fjords National Park, and trips to other good birding places. The public is invited to the 7 p.m. meeting at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Ancil Hoffman Park (For directions, see sacnaturecenter.com.) There will be no charge for the pro-gram, and no park entry fee.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Land Park Pacific Little League presents Movie on the MoundApril 22: Movie On The Mound has been rescheduled due to the weather to this date. The movie will be “You’re Killing Me Smalls!” Don’t have movie and dinner tick-ets, but now you wish to join on April 22? Contact our fundraising chairs to get your reservations and payment in for new date:

ined as an epic space adventure in an ac-tion-packed setting. Once upon a time, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a benevolent group of star fairies discover a very special child adrift in deep space and decide to raise her as one of their own. By the age of 16, Princess Deja has become a master of martial arts and mind control—and an expert with a “Star-Sword”. But she is plagued by mysterious dreams—dreams that link her to a handsome young astronaut on a faraway planet called Earth. The two star-crossed lovers are fi-

nally united, even as galactic turmoil en-sues. Dark invaders appear from a planet of evil to threaten cosmic peace. Princess Deja must face her destiny and vanquish the Dark Forces before she and her Prince can live happily ever after. Sleeping Beau-ty in Space is a fast-paced, family-friendly adventure featuring stirring music, com-edy, romance, and thrilling lightsaber du-els in the dark.Tickets are a $1 for members and $2 for nonmembers, in addition to paid park ad-mission. Tickets can be purchased at the Fairytale Town Box Office or at the en-trance to the Children’s Theater 15 min-utes prior to show time. All performances take place in Fairytale Town’s indoor Chil-dren’s Theater.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Crockett-Deane Ballet &Deane Dance Center present…“The Story of Sleeping Beauty”

Fri. April 15 at 8 a.m. (Act III only) Sat April 16 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Sun April 17 at 2 p.m.

The Center at 2300 Sierra Blvd.(916) 453-0226

DeaneDanceCenter.com

SAVE THE DATE!67th Sacramento High School Reunion

Class of 1949

Saturday, September 10, 201611 A.m. - 3 p.m.

Contacts: Joyce Cowan [email protected] and

Vera Malkovich [email protected]

To the members of the1966 class of

C.K. McClatchy High School

[email protected]:

McClatchy High school class of 1966

50 year REUNION is in October 2016.We are looking for you,

PLEASE contact us

CALL AND PLACE YOUR EVENT

TODAY! (916) 429-9901

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Diabetes academy educational seriesApril 22: Diabetes 101 is a series of three classes dealing with diabetes. The first class to be held on April 22 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. will be an overview of diabetes and its management. The second class to be held on May 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. will be on checking, managing and coping with your blood sugar and diabetes. The third class to be held on June 7 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. will be on meal planning and carb counting. Free of charge. Pre-registration required. Class will be held at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sutter Children’s Center Wellness Festival at Fairytale TownApril 23: Free Admission! Celebrate active and healthy living at the Sutter Children’s Center Wellness Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.! Enjoy free play, games, healthy fun and more. Sutter’s medical personnel will be on hand to answer questions and provide infor-mation on healthy child development. Plus, local health organizations will be offering activities, games and information on healthy lifestyles.Take part in fun games and activities throughout the day! Ride the smoothie bike and blend your own yummy fruit smooth-ie, and join us on the hour at the Mother Goose Stage for active fun, games and danc-ing. Plus enjoy performances of The Ad-ventures of Sir Enamel by Puppet Art The-ater Company in the Children’s Theater. In this special wellness-themed show, there is a battle going on inside Johnny’s mouth. King Sugar Bug and his Sugar Bug Army are at-tacking Johnny’s teeth. The only thing pro-tecting Johnny’s teeth is Sir Enamel! Will Sir Enamel be defeated by the Sugar Bug Army? Find out in The Adventures of Sir Enamel! Show times are at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Puppet show tickets are a $1 for members and $2 for nonmembers. Tickets are available 15 minutes prior to each show-time at the theater doors or at the box office.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

SacSings!Sacramento choral festivalApril 23-24: Nine hundred singers in 20 regional choruses will be assembling in Sac-ramento City College’s Performing Arts Center on April 23 and 24 to celebrate the third annual SacSings Sacramento choral festival. Seven of the 20 choruses will be participating in SacSings for the first time, and besides Sacramento-based groups, sing-

ers will be coming from Woodland, Grass Valley, Auburn, Placerville, and even Calav-eras County. New this year will be the ap-pearance of 3 college choirs. Participating choruses include some of the biggest names on the Sacramento choral scene, such as the Voices of California, the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Sacramento Master Singers. But one of the purposes of SacS-ings is to showcase the many choruses that are not so well known. For a full list of par-ticipating organizations, visit the www.Sac-Sings.org. This third year of SacSings rep-resents two important changes. First, the festival is taking place before the heart of the spring choral season, instead of after it. Now when someone hears a chorus that ap-peals to them, they will be able to attend its full concert in late April, May and June. Second, SacSings has been moved from Fol-som to the heart of Sacramento to give pro-spective audiences a shorter drive. Tickets will be available starting March 1. For de-tails, visit the SacSings! Website ( www.Sac-Sings.org/Tickets), Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/sacsings), and on Twit-ter @SacSings. General Event Website: http://sacsings.org Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center, 3835 Freeport Blvd. Saturday April 23 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and shows on Sun-day, April 24 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The Sacra-mento Valley Choral Coalition, a non-prof-it organization, empowers the joy of singing with sustaining resources for vocal arts or-ganizations. General seating tickets are $20 for premium seating tickets $25 (front rows)www.SacSings.org/Tickets or call 916-905-2467.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Understanding the real estate process and role of title/escrow companyApril 26: Learn what a Title/Escrow com-pany does, understand the importance of documents generated by them and what to do with the documents. Free of charge. Pre-registration required. Class will be held on Tuesday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to noon at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noonApril 27: Free music programs, offered at Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week enjoy music by The Vocal Art Ensemble; Tracia Barb-ieri, director.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free VA Home Buyers Workshop:April 28: From 6 to 7 p.m. at Dunni-gan Realtors, 4215 Freeport Blvd., Sacra-mento 95822, there will be a free work-shop for veterans, service members, and their spouses regarding the process of buy-

ing a home using the VA home loan pro-gram. Mortgage Loan Specialist, Jai Jett of Pacific National Lending will go over the eligibility requirements, process, and ben-efits of using the VA home loan program. Realtor Beth Sherman of Dunnigan Re-altors will go over the home buying pro-cess. Reference materials will be provided to take home and any questions attendees may have are welcomed. For more informa-tion, contact either Jai Jett at [email protected] or Beth Sherman at [email protected].

May Music at noonMay 4: Free music programs, offered at Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week enjoy music by Chanteuses Vocal Ensemble; Chris Alford, director.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

20th Annual Race for the Cure Susan G. Komen Sacramento ValleyMay 7: Komen Sacramento 2016 Race for the Cure is the enduring symbol of the fight against breast cancer. This year marks the 20th Annual Race for the Cure in the Sacramento region. Since the initial race, $19 million has been granted to de-serving local programs serving 19 coun-ties. This year’s theme, “There’s a Hero in All of Us”, celebrates our participants – survivors, teams, individuals and spon-sors – each who help Komen Sacramen-to move one step closer to ending breast cancer. Join us on May 7 at Cal Expo for the 20th Annual Race for the Cure. For more information or to register for the race, visit: komensacramento.org and click Events/Race for the Cure. The event will be held at Cal Expo Fairgrounds. 9 a.m. Race Start. Questions? Call 231-3148 or email [email protected]. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Friends of Library Book Warehouse Sale May 7: An ever-changing inventory of more than 100,000 “gently used” books, videos, and audio books will be offered for pric-es from 50 cents to $2 at the Saturday May 7 sale at the warehouse of the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library. The ware-house is at the rear of the Friends’ “Book Den” store at Suite E, 8250 Belvedere Ave., just south of 14th Ave. between Power Inn and Florin-Perkins roads. Plenty of park-ing is available, but visitors should be care-ful not to park between the “No Parking” signs on the south side of Belvedere. Sale hours on Saturday will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a preview and sale on Friday, May 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Friends mem-bers only (You can join at the door for $15). Income from the sale helps pay for pro-

grams, equipment, and materials local li-braries need but can’t afford. With more books constantly needed, the Friends will be glad to have yours, too. See a staff mem-ber on how to donate. The book store will also be open during the sale as well as week-ly on Thursdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items there are priced from $1 up. With Memori-al Day coming up, books on war will be dis-counted at the book store by 30 to 40 per-cent to members.For more information, call (916) 731-8493 or go to [email protected].––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Hansel and Gretel Puppet Show at Fairytale TownMay 7-8: Puppet Art Theater Compa-ny presents the classic tale Hansel & Gre-tel in the Children’s Theater with show-times at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. In this version, Gretel overhears her stepmoth-er convince her father to lead she and her brother into the forest and leave them there for good. Hansel’s plan to leave a trail of bread crumbs to find their way home fails miserably and he and Gre-tel are left in the forest to fend for them-selves. It is there that they discover a house made of Gingerbread. Little did they know the house belongs to a Wick-ed Old Witch. Will Hansel and Gretel es-cape the Witch and find their way home? Tickets are a $1 for members and $2 for nonmembers, in addition to paid park ad-mission. Tickets can be purchased at the Fairytale Town Box Office or at the en-

trance to the Children’s Theater 15 min-utes prior to show time. All performanc-es take place in Fairytale Town’s indoor Children’s Theater.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noonMay 11: Free music programs, offered at Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week enjoy music by the Sacramento Guitar Society.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think”: Stigma Free 2016: We’re All in This TogetherMay 14: The “Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think” project is hosting a Sacra-mento County mental health celebration, “Stigma Free 2016,” in recognition of Men-tal Health Month. All ages, from youth to seniors, are invited to attend this free event. The event will feature a resource fair, health screenings, live art demonstration, spoken word performances, prize drawings, selfie station and more. Stigma Free 2016: We’re All in This Together will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Clunie Communi-ty Center at McKinley Park, 601 Alham-bra Blvd.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noonMay 18: Free music programs, offered at Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week enjoy music by Cellist Susan Lamb Cook and Friends play more Brahms.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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