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Venerable Master Hsing Yuns One Stroke calligraphy exhibition at Sac State

A calligraphy exhibit will be held at the Sacramento State University Li-brary Art Gallery from Friday, July 1 to Friday, July 29 with work by the Venera-ble Master Hsing Yun. Titled, the One-Stroke Calligraphy Exhibition, the art-work showcases the virtue of Chinese cultural and education.

Its a form of art and also a lifetime culti-vation of a propagator, the Venerable Mas-ter Hsing Yun said. Im 90 years old, was born and lived in Yangzhou for 12 years, in Nanjing for another; traveled around the world, caring the happiness and peaceful-ness for everyone in five continents. I wish people can see the word and read my mind. My writing is for giving joy and making af-

finity to others...Look beyond my words and see my heart.

All of the contents of the calligraphy are en-couragements to be noble, philosophy in dai-ly lives, transmit the words of wisdom to form good affinity. Every art piece is blended with the Yuns dedication and cultivation.

You can see the art at the opening cere-mony on Friday, July 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 to 6 p.m. until Friday, July 29. The Sacramento State Library is located at 6000 J St. For more in-formation, call 278-6898. The event is orga-nized by Sacramentan Fo Guang Shan from the Bodhi Temple. This will be a rare treat for those interested in Chinese art, calligra-phy and philosophy.

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Our customers did a fantastic job conserving water during the drought emergency, and reduced water use by nearly 30 percent from June 2015 to February 2016, said Greg Bundesen, SSWD Water Conservation Supervisor. Were now asking them to continue their outstanding ef-forts by limiting landscape watering during the summer when water use is at its highest.

The District is asking customers who have addresses that end in an even number (0,2,4,6,8) to water on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and those with addresses that end in an odd number (1,3,5,7,9) to run their sprinklers on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Watering is only allowed before noon or after 8 p.m. through the end of September.

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On Saturday, July 16 a spe-cial dedication in memory of early childhood educator Bev Bos will be held at American River College at 10 a.m. where colleagues have raised mon-ey to place a reading bench on campus. So into reading to children, the reading bench seemed like an appropriate me-morial. Inscribed on the bench are the following words Bos is known forIf it hasnt been in the hand, the body and the heart, it cant be in the brain.

When we wanted to do something in her honor, we approached them and had the plaque embedded, stated Sac Valley Association for the Edu-cation of Young Children board member Paul Morehouse.

Known for her advocacy for play-based learning, at age 81 Bos died Feb. 4 unexpectedly in her sleep at home in Roseville.

The dedication of the bench to Bos is a collaborative effort between Sacramento Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (Pat Alex-ander, President) and Ameri-can River College.

California Association for the Education of Young Chil-dren is the state affiliate of Na-tional Association for the Edu-cation of Young Children whose

offices are in Washington, D.C. NAEYC is the largest and most prominent professional orga-nization overseeing early child-hood education in the country and the Sac Valley chapter is one of the largest in the state.

What follows are remem-brances from those who knew Bev Bos:

Gregory Uba is a preschool teacher at Oak Park Preschool in Sacramento and is on the Board of Sacramento Valley Association for the Education of Young Children.

Others knew Bev Bos far better than I. I was simply a preschool teacher, early in my career, perhaps nearly 30 years ago when I attended a presen-tation of hers in Southern Cal-ifornia. I left that experience knowing that this was the work that I wanted to do. Her pre-sentation was remarkable in that she had the ability to fill us all with an appreciation for the sense of wonder that children feel during the act of playful

learning. She sang songs, told stories, blew bubbles sure. But more than anything she reconnected our adult hearts with the joy of childhood.

She is very possibly... I say is because even though she has passed, her influence lives on... She is very possibly the most important early educator in the history of this country.

Not because she was a the-orist, although in a very real sense she was... Not because she created a new approach to learning. Not because she started any political move-ment (she did)... But because she was singularly commit-

ted to defending the right of children to their childhood, an authentic childhood full of risk, and dirt, and joy, and noise, and energy... And of course wonder.

Most of us make compromis-es. We try to make the children happy of course... But we also seek to appease parents, Direc-tors, K-12 teachers, funders, policy makers, the department of education, licensing per-sonnel. But Bev Bos only had one stakeholder in mind the young children. And for them, she also supported the growth and development of parents and teachers but this support was ever on the terms of the children and Bev. And for the children she pushed (dare I say burst) the envelope.

When I last saw her, she was giving a tour of her program in Roseville to two bus loads of teachers. She knew me a bit (or perhaps knew of me... Or perhaps knew me not at all but sensed in me a shared sense of wonder). She tapped me and called me over and invited me to follow her as she crawled into a small, almost hidden space where children explored magnetism. The old preschool teacher in his mid-50s crawling behind the octogenarian icon.

That will forever be Bev Bos to me. The teacher that never relinquished her appreciation for childhood, who would never forsake or subordinate the needs, the right, of children to own a moment of their childhood.

Tom Rotelli- a parent at-Roseville Community Pre-school-Bev Boss preschool--gave this memorial eulogy at the service Feb. 14, 2016.

My Friends, let me apolo-gize at the start. There will be a little hyperbole here.things I believe and need to say and if I cannot say them to you, then to whom can I?

Ten days ago, Friends, a Hero passed into Legend. Our great-est Hero, my hero, and yours. A world-renowned champion, who for more than 50 years de-fended play, children, and child-hood itself. For more than three generations, her songs and sto-ries echoed through our lives and families. And like the Leg-ends of Old, her songs and sto-ries will be sung, and told, and retold, and revised, and inter-preted, and misinterpreted, and adapted, and modernized, and preserved, and above all remem-bered. Long, long after we in this room are dust, the songs she wrote and the ones she taught us will be sung at campfires, on road trips, in brewpubs, and in homes. Mothers will cud-dle their sleepy babies and sing, There was music in my moth-ers house - there was music all around. And fathers, since they cant remember all the words to My Mothers House, will sing softly to their babes, No, You cant be a Pirate, A Pirate, A Pi-rate, with all of your parts The Gardener has moved on, and the garden remains.

On February 4, 2016, Bev died. By her standards, it was an unimportant day, because on that day she did not arrive at the school an hour before the first child, she did not sweep what she had swept so often, she did not say, I was waiting for you, she was not hugged by a child,

In memory of Bev Bos, renown early childhood educator

Here is the plaque that will be placed on the bench at American River College in memory of early educator Bev Bos.

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Sacramentos K-ZAP, is back. Dennis Newhall, one of the fac-es of the new K-ZAP, is right-ly proud, albeit in a Dick Cavett-ish kind of way. It has been a wild year for Sacramentos K-ZAP. Lots of people hoping, lots of peo-ple doubting, lots of people rock-ing. And, here we are, a year old. Along with Diane Michaels, Tom Cale and John Saltnes, the station rolled away the stone last sum-mer and rose like the yowling gild-ed catbird it is after 24 years dor-mant, and is now a wailing rock and blues baby with a man beard-- a labor of love, listener supported community radio station on a mod-ern mission of music mash-up.

On July 4, station announcers will be rocking thousands in person at Carmichaels La Sierra Communi-ty Center, 5325 Engle Road. Food, music and free fun with folks, fami-lies and friends beginning at 7 p.m., with the fireworks show beginning at 9:30 p.m. (More information on this event: Carmichael Parks and Recreation: 485-5322)

Establishing a radio station/stream in the spirit of a Sacramen-to legend was a 3+ year labor of love for the group, along with a number of volunteers. We came up with the idea and brought it to reality sim-ply because we believe Sacramento, and the world, deserve better than what is currently out there. Favor-ite artists making fresh music and fresh artists making new favorites is the station hook describing the unique programming mix. At 100 watts, the station covers metropol-

itan Sacramento. Beyond that, lis-teners tune in worldwide via the k-zap.org Internet stream that keeps the music going on mobile devices and computers.

Its pretty cool how John Mellen-camps Rain on the Scarecrow can segue into new roots phenom Stur-gill Simpsons Brace for Impact to a Zombies classic(Shes Not There) to Dead Weathers (Alison Mosshart/ Jack Whites new super-group) raging punk-blues I Feel Love. It works! says Newhall.

The feisty station has been created in the spirit of the original station, birthed in 1968, carefully curating the best new music from established rock acts, as well as plenty of new releases from up-an-coming young performers, and then deep cata-log tracks across 50 Years of Rock, Blues & More. Says Newhall, We forge ahead without forgetting the music that is the foundation of the station. Its a fun kind of balancing act to play good tunes from the past five decades, while keeping an ear out for relevant young bands.

Robert Williams, Bob The Godfather Galli, Zachariah, Tom Cale, Dave Gregory, Scott Elliott, Jon Russell (who hosts the brand new Friday 5 p.m. Rush Hour Blues) and Newhall returned to their KZAP roots. Pro radio hosts from former competitor sta-tions are on board too: Scott For-rington, Kevin Kelley, Matt Pacini, John Norman and Faith Wolfram.

With the award-winning journal-ist Ace Young just now back in Sac-ramento to helm station news after decades in LA and other Western climes, the story arc of the revived station is complete.

We are community oriented, Ne-whall says. As a way to make sure theres always a supply of kids on the

horizon making the most of their musical ambitions, we are working with our non-profit broadcast li-censee to expand a program that of-fers budding rockers in-school mu-sic lessons. Process Theatre, Inc . and Sacramentos Leonardo da Vin-ci Middle School teach kids to play, form bands and actually set up gigs for the public to enjoy. Sacramen-tos K-ZAP operates as a non-profit affiliated with Process Theater Inc., a Sacramento-based media-educa-tion organization and operates on underwriting, sponsorships and do-nations and the K-ZAP store with designer tee shirts and ballcaps.

Also in the spirit of community need, the station organized a heart-felt listening party gathering at the Starlite Lounge in Midtown only 48 hours after David Bowie sud-denly passed away in January. And, partnering with Dimple Records, the station has also revived the in store concert with young emerging touring bands, including Denvers The Yawpers, and also local rock/pop favorites, Bellygunner for Re-cord Store Day in April.

A daily concert calendar includes local and regional shows at Har-lows, The Crest Theatre, The Har-ris Center, The 24th St. Theatre and in venues in Davis, Folsom, Rocklin, Orangevale, Carmichael, Roseville, Grass Valley/Nevada City and the Bay Area.

As the station with the legend-ary Cat logo reaches our first an-niversary, we continue to evolve by emphasizing more new music and more songs from the 1990s and 2Ks, when KZAP was dark. Rock has had a history of reinventing and renewing itself every decade or so, and that, says Newhall gives us a half century of innovative and interesting music to pick from.

Sacramentos K-ZAP celebrates one year anniversary on July 4

Annual fourth of July fireworks show Celebrate Independence Day in Carmichael

Dont miss the annual Fourth of July fireworks spectacular at La Si-erra Community Center. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, shade umbrel-las, friends and family to watch the show. Come for food, music and fun. Activities include arts and crafts pro-vided by the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, inflatables, face painting, bal-loon artist and more. Parking is free and food and beverage are available for purchase. Make it a whole day of fun by participating int he addition-al activities. Special thanks to Fourth of July Fireworks Show sponsor Mis-sion Oaks Recreation and Park Dis-trict. For more information, visit car-micahelpark.com or call 485-5322.

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The African Childrens Choir melts the hearts of au-diences with their charm-ing smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances.

The program features well-loved childrens songs, tra-ditional spirituals and Gos-pel favorites. Concerts are free and open to all. A free-will offering is taken at the performance to support Af-rican Childrens Choir pro-grams, such as education, care and relief and development programs.

Music for Life (The parent organization for The African Childrens Choir) works in

seven African countries such as, Uganda, Kenya, Rwan-da, Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. MFL has educated over 52,000 chil-dren and impacted the lives of over 100,000 people through its relief and development programs during its history. MFL purpose is to help cre-ate new leadership for tomor-rows Africa, by focusing on education.

The African Childrens Choir has had the privilege to perform before presidents, heads of state and most re-cently the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, for her di-amond jubilee. The Choir has

If you go: What: African Childrens Choir performance When: Sunday, July 10 at 9 a.m. and again at 10:45 a.m.Where: Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave. CarmichaelFor more information: 344-2382; www.africanchildren-schoir.com

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she did not hand out paint nor melted cray-ons nor glue nor dye nor vinegar nor bak-ing soda, she did not shoo away a bunch of parents for clumping and not watching the kids, she did not try to push a swinging child all the way around, she did not bury a dead walking stick nor a fish, she did not argue with the state as to why a preschool should not have an open body of water in its entryway nor why a roaring fire in the sand yard was unusual, she did not read a book, she did not laugh at Teacher Sally so bundled in Surveyors Tape that she could not walk, she did not look at a child covered head-to-toe in shaving cream and say, Let me get you more, she did not ask Michael Leeman to sing 47 verses of On The Day I Went to Sea, she did not pinch a parent for

saying Good Job! Her auto-harp was still. She did not say, I love you.

February 4, 2016, however, became per-haps the most important day in all of our lives. For on that day, we inherited some-thing something wonderful some-thing awesome something scary. On that day, WE became Bevs legacy. The burden that Bev had always carried for us suddenly passed to us. We became the gar-deners. Our love demands that we rise to become the champions that Bev showed us how to be. We must stick up for child-hood. We must challenge the norms. We must never rush a child.( As her great friend Docia Zavitkovsky said,

Pulling the tail off a tadpole will not make it a frog! ) We must discard the word readiness: and ask not if the child is ready for kindergarten, but is the child done with preschool. We must not praise

art. We must never do for a child what she can do for herself.

Outside of this hall, there is a wheelbar-row filled with RCP sand. Please take some on your way out - sprinkle it where you live - and remember. If you move, come back and get more and sprinkle it anew.

If I could talk to Bev one last time, I wouldnt say thank you, or I love you - she knew all that. I would say, I will nev-er forget what you taught me: we are here for the children. Period. And I can hear what she would say: What can I get you? Do you have everything you need? My answer, You have given me all you have and all you are, how could I ask for more? I have more than enough . and then I might throw in a Good Job! if only to feel her pinch me one last time. The garden remains, and we are the gardeners. THIS is how our story starts .

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also had the honor of singing alongside artists such as Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Michael W. Smith, and other inspirational performers!

Promotional support of this community concert is greatly appreciated.

The African Childrens Choir is a nonprofit human-itarian and relief organization dedicated to helping Africas most vulnerable children to-day so they can help Africa tomorrow.

No tickets, donations welcome.


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With the barrage of news on the ra-dio, television, podcasts, and papers, parents are bound to be burdened or rather challenged with the difficult task of discussing the gruesome Or-lando events with their children. How do we explain unspeakable events to elementary or preschool children? What do we say to our middle grad-ers or high school students about a mass shooting? A terrorist act? Or any despicable act of horror? I began to ponder these questions after my neighbors five year old was mulling around (he is a frequent flier at our house) wanting my husband and I to play soccer with him. He caught us in the middle of a conversation about the latest details of the Pulse night-club killings (we hadnt heard him come in the yard) and asked what are you talking about? My husband and I froze. Simultaneously we distracted him with tossing the ball around the back yard and diverted the conversa-tion to dribbling techniques.

It left me with a cold sensation somewhere between guilt and pro-found sadness. Do we yank away our childrens innocence or do we deli-cately explain what happened and if so, to what extent do we disclose the details? What age or when is it ap-propriate to tell children about deep seated hatred and prejudices? I bat-ted these questions back and forth: tell them early on so they hear it from a loving parent or let them enjoy the magic of childhood as long as they canafter all their imaginations are precious and once damaged can be difficult to restore. If children have not personally seen or experienced violencewhy not protect them from it as long as possible? Indulge their make-believe. Yet one day, their awareness will shift and the veil of innocence will be lifted. Then what?

If we dont want to perpetuate vio-lence, hatred, discrimination and all the ugliness that goes with it we have to teach our children that love is the ultimate defender against the worlds injustices. It is the beacon of hope they can take solace in and when cultivated, will provide self-confidence and strength. I can al-ready hear the groans and sighs this women is naveridiculous. But look at Malala Yousafzai, the then sixteen year old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She lived by the law of spiri-tual lovewhich allowed her to not be victimized from her harrowing ex-perience. If our children understand that yes, there are bad people that do

bad things in the world but are raised with loveand taught to respond with love, there is a better chance of them surviving unscathedat least spiritually. To teach a child to turn their back on hatred is powerfulit creates a ripple that can have an equal or stronger effect on society and communities. To teach a child that hatred begets hatred and that propagating it always backfiresfu-els the fires. .

A persons definition of love de-pends on their spiritual background, culture, religion, experiences, age, and other miscellaneous persuasions. But there are universal truths that over centuries have defined love; tol-erance, forgiveness, selfless-ness. The famous philosopher and writ-er, Fyodor Dostoyevsky once wrote; What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. The French novelist and playwright, Honore de Balzac (whose writings influenced other famous writers) ex-pressed; The more one judges, the less one loves. Renowned scriptures and faith inspired writings speak of love as a guiding light illuminat-ing the soul giving life purpose and a path to personal peace. (Obvious-ly zealots distort these definitions of love to accommodate their delu-sionsbut they are the minority and we need to keep it that way).

Getting back to the 5 year old and what we tell our children; lets face it most kids (and adults) want to be-

lieve good triumphs over evil that virtues such as honesty and truth al-ways win. Look at fairy tales; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cin-derella, or The Emperors New Clothes, the moral of these stories is just that. If the sundry of cultural proverbs and stories were boiled to a reduction, the remains would be that goodness, honor, love always win in the end. Including these fundamen-tal truths into a difficult discussion about terrifying acts, we give chil-dren a way to process. If we teach that behaviors are bad, not a sec-tor of people, than perhaps we can thwart the corrosive effects of tragic occurrences such as the shooting of innocent people.

My daughters are now grown adultsbut there were news events I had to negotiate through, devas-tating news that jarred their sense of security; caused confusion. Throughout history parents have had to be frank with their children about unsafe unfair acts of injus-tice; imagine the African American child growing up with racial preju-dice or the immigrant child who ex-perienced discrimination, the gay child who lived with bullying or the Jewish child who had to be sent away often into the arms of strang-ers with no guarantee of ever seeing their parents again. Misfortunes are unpredictable. But if we teach our children lovestrong self-love that builds confidence, not arrogance,

What do we tell our children when tragedy strikes

that snuffs out hatred, love that sees through barriers, we are giving them hope. And we all could use a hefty dose of hope that allows us to put one foot in front of the other to trample fear and ignorance.

We can also teach our children to pray, or meditate, or have a mo-ment of sending positive energy to those in need show them a sense of connection to fellow human be-ings. We can teach them to take ac-tion; to raise money for victims, to speak out when someone is made fun of in their classroom and to come to us when they are scared. Keep communication as open as the channels of water sloshing be-tween two piers. We must be ac-countable as adults for our actions around our children as Mahatma Gandhi said, Be the change you want to see in the world. Most of us wish there was a magic wand of loving fairy dust that would magi-cally change the hearts and motives of those who want to destroy but there is not. The magic lies in the positive power of linking our love and our light until we overcome pettiness and exclusion. Not in a Pollyanna way, but in a belief deep-ly rooted that love can make a dif-ference no matter what faith you subscribe to.

The little 5 year old next door is ut-terly blind to color, religion, ageI hope fundamentally he can stay that way forever.

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Now, Project Rebound is expanding to Sacramen-to State and six other California State University (CSU) campuses. Funding comes from a one-year, $500,000 Renewing Communities grant provided by the Opportunity Institute. Sac State will receive approximately $71,000.

Its incredibly diffi cult to get from prison to college, and if previously incarcerated people get themselves successfully admitted to the university, they really want their degree and are ready for college, says Mary Ma-guire, chair of the Division of Criminal Justice and di-rector of Sac States Project Rebound program.

Maguire anticipates that Sacramento State will accept 15 to 20 formerly incarcerated students into Project Rebound each semester.

Research shows that attending college drastical-ly reduces the likelihood that an individual will re-turn to prison. In 2010, the most recent year for which data are available, only 3 percent of Project Rebound students returned to prison, and most of the returns were for parole violations.

Ninety-fi ve percent of inmates will be released back to their communities, Maguire says. Education is the way to stop the revolving door. Education makes the com-munity safer, because its an avenue to meaningful work, which gives people a purpose and something to lose.

San Francisco State reports that over the past 10 years, 140 Project Rebound students have graduat-ed, a 95 percent completion rate that exceeds that of its traditional students.

Conditions of parole require that former inmates remain in their county of conviction, so bringing Project Rebound to the CSU campuses in Bakers-fi eld, Fresno, Fullerton, Pomona, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Sacramento will make the program accessible to 70 percent of Californians monitored by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Project Rebound provides students with mentor-ing, fi nancial assistance, and other services. And if a prospective student isnt immediately qualifi ed to attend the CSU, Project Rebound will help with other options, including community college.

In addition to the Opportunity Institute, Project Rebound is supported by the California Endowment, the California Wellness Foundation, the Roy & Pa-tricia Disney Family Foundation, the ECMC Foun-dation, the Ford Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foun-dation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Rosenberg Foundation.

Project Rebound for ex-offenders comes to Sac State

Mary Maguire, chair of the Division of Criminal Justice and director of Sac States Project Rebound program.


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One new STEAM cam-pus, 29 more next-genera-tion classrooms, five fencing projects and LED lighting upgrades at 26 campuses will highlight a busy con-struction summer season in San Juan Unified.

District-wide school im-provements this summer continue an $87 million spending plan funded by Measure J and Measure N in the construction or plan-ning stages.

We have a very aggres-sive schedule to improve our schools and meet needs outlined in our Facilities Master Plan, Director of Facilities, Construction and Modernization Brett Mitchell said. This sum-mer is going to be extreme-ly busy for our department, but we are extremely excit-ed to improve schools for students and teachers.

Key projects that are now underway include:Future Sylvan Middle School (SteaM - Science, technology, engineering, arts, Math)

Sylvan The districts larg-est project is the future Syl-van Middle School site, which is a renovation of old classrooms combined with the construction of new buildings. The former Citrus Heights Elementary campus is being converted into next-generation classrooms, a li-brary, science building, mu-sic room and a STEAM (science, technology, engi-neering, arts and math) lab. The school will also im-

plement a STEAM curric-ulum. The Sylvan project will be complete and ready for the start of the 2016-17 school year in August. Learn more at www.sanjuan.edu/futuresylvan.

rio americano performance and academic center

The 350Rio interior -seat music auditorium and class-room project is expected to break ground in mid-June, with construction scheduled to last one full year. The the-ater will feature a floor-lev-el stage designed for band performances and a lob-by. The Measure N signa-ture project will compliment Rios renowned band pro-gram and support other ac-ademics such as the Civitas political science program. Learn more at www.sanjuan.edu/hsprojects.

Bella vista science wingAnother Measure N sig-

nature project, Bella Vistas science wing will feature 11 next-generation classrooms and labs, plus a 5,000-square-foot fl ex space. Th e project is a renovation of two cur-rent shop buildings. Th e fl ex-space is being created by plac-ing a roof between the shops, forming a fully conditioned room for student collabo-ration or large group meet-ings.Th e project is scheduled to break ground in June and will be complete for the start of the 2017-18 school year. Learn more at www.sanjuan.edu/hsprojects. BV

el camino Fundamental High performing arts center

Th e third Measure N sig-nature project is still in the

planning stages, but is ex-pected to include a 500-plus seat theater complete with a stage, lobby, catwalk and all the acoustical fea-tures needed for a state-of-the-art performing arts cen-ter. Construction is not expected to begin until 2017. Learn more at www.sanjuan.edu/hsprojects.

class-size reductionSan Juan Unified is

building next-generation classrooms at Greer (4), Mariemont (3), Cowan (4) and Del Dayo (3) elemen-tary schools along with the Thomas Edison Language Institute (4) to help accom-modate a smaller student-to-teacher ratio at those sites. These classrooms will all feature flexible fur-niture, flat-screen moni-tors and multiple writing surfaces for teachers.

FencingThe district is dedicating

a portion of bond funding to upgrade safety, includ-ing wrought-iron fencing projects at El Camino Fun-damental High, La Vis-ta, Starr King K-8 and the Ralph Richardson Cen-ter. These projects are de-signed to keep campuses safe, but they also add an aesthetically pleasing look to the perimeter of the school sites.

LeD lighting retro tSan Juan Unified is con-

tinuing its efforts to upgrade lighting in all schools to LED bulbs. Last year, the district completed a retrofit at all high schools. This year, the project will reach the dis-

Busy summer construction schedule underway in San Juan Uni ed

tricts middle schools and 11 elementary sites. Com-bined, the LED retrofit will net the district $500,000 a year in energy savings, and a total of $700,000 in SMUD rebates.

otherSan Juan Unified is also

busy this summer with dis-

trict-wide wireless tech-nology upgrades, two kitchen remodels, fire and emergency safety alarm upgrades and many other smaller-scale projects.

Updates on all projects can be found at www.sanjuan.edu/constructionnews.

Source: sanjuan.edu


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Computer classes open houseJune 28: Are you thinking of taking a com-puter class? Come for open house and visit the lab and try the computers. Our friendly computer instructors will be available to an-swer your questions about upcoming classes, questions on your computer and any specific problems or issues you are having. Free re-freshments. Free of charge. Pre-registration suggested. Open house will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.

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Diabetes Academy educational seriesJuly 15: Diabetes 101 is a series of classes on managing diabetes. This class to be held on July 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. will be dealing with medicines: what they are, when they should be used and how they work. Free of charge. Pre-registration suggested. Class will be held at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org. Cemetery Tour Sacramento History For KidsJuly 16: Who says history has to be boring? The Old City Cemetery Committee pres-ents a tour of Sacramentos history developed just for kids, starting at 10 a.m. at the Sacra-mento Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broad-way. Come hear tales of floods, fires, revolts, and even a story that almost ended in death by duck! The kicker is that all of these sto-ries are true and taken from the residents of the Old City Cemetery. Come see why truth is stranger than fiction. This tour is designed for kids in fourth grade and up. There is am-ple free street parking on surrounding streets, with limited parking within the cemetery. Tours are free; however, donations are appre-ciated and benefit cemetery preservation. For more information, call 448-0811.

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Matias Bombals HollywoodFinding DoryThe MPAA has rated this PG

Finding Dory is the latest from Pixar Animation Studios, released through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is a sequel to their popular com-puter animation of Finding Nemo released in 2003. Dory is voiced again by Ellen De-Generes. She is a friendly but forgetful fish that is separated from her parents early in the story, and she cant remember how to get back to them.

This sets into motion her adventures of swimming across the ocean, assisted by her friends Nemo and his fa-ther, Marlin, voiced by actor Albert Brooks. Brooks por-trayal is one of the movies most enjoyable aspects. Once Dory has traveled far across the sea, she loses Marlin and Nemo, and cannot remem-ber where to find them. Lured by the actual voice of Sigour-ney Weaver, she finds herself outside a famous aquarium, which triggers a memory for her, a clue to find where his parents might be.

She manages to get into the aquarium with the help of

other fish friends. In the quest to find her parents, she ends up in an area for quarantined fish. It is there that she meets Hank, the octopus voiced by Ed ONeil of Married with Children fame. Hank has lost a tentacle, so Dory referrers to him as a Septipus. They be-gin to formulate a plan to find her fish folk.

Remarkably most of the fish are tolerant of her memo-ry loss, although some are in-different. Many are inspired by her stick-to-itiveness, and rally with What would Dory do?; a motivation phrase. Andrew Stanton is the direc-tor of this movie, and the cast features the additional voices of Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Bill Hader and Willem Dafoe.

Largely entertaining, but not a great movie, the end goes a little over the top. I felt slightly uncomfortable that Dorys memory loss was the subject of humor in this movie, for memory loss is not funny in real life. How-ever, Dorys positive attitude dispels any negativity that might be related to her dis-

ability. I found this fun for kids. Albert Brooks is won-derful. Solid, but not up to the high bar set by Pixar in the past. If not to make money in franchise terms, Id wonder why it was made.

Maggies PlanThe MPPA has rated this R

Sony Pictures Classics gives us delightful Greta Gerwig as Maggie, a pretty young lady with definite ideas in mind. She wants to have a baby on her own, via a semen donor, Guy (Travis Fimmel), an artesian (read hipster) pickle maker. That goes awry when she falls for a married man, an author and teacher named John played by Ethan Hawke. He is a specialist in an obscure field of study at Columbia, as is his Teutonic wife, Georgette played by Ju-lianne Moore.

John is self-centered, ob-sessed with his great manu-script. He leaves his wife and children to live with Maggie. This causes concern for Mag-gies best friends, a constant-ly quarreling couple played by Maya Rudolf and Bill Had-

er. At first, Maggie is happy with this arrangement, even though it was not according to her initial plan.

As time progresses, she becomes dissatisfied with Johns self-focus and ap-proaches Georgette to take him back. From here noth-ing seems to go as Maggie planned. A sense of inde-pendent control is impor-tant to her, but at every turn, she must compromise.

Greta Gerwig is one of the most joyful screen arrivals in recent memory. She has a frankness and honesty in her performances that is most at-tractive. She is natural, in no way artificial and this gives her a most radiant whole-some beauty. She is fun to watch here, as a smart young lady with great plans for her independence.

Ethan Hawke has turned in some great performances of recent, notably as Chet Bak-er and here he is very much like a New York intellectual character that youd find in a Woody Allen movie. Indeed this entire movie, directed by Ms. Rebecca Miller, has the air of a Woody Allen scenar-io, absent his charming use of nostalgia. It is also differ-

ent than an Allen picture in that it so interestingly tells the story from the female point of view. Like Woodys Allens great use of music for his movies, Miller has a great soundtrack of musical selec-tions throughout and it en-riches the story marvelously.

Julianne Moores perfor-mance is unlike any oth-er youve seen. She seems to do no wrong and here she clearly has fun with the role of Georgette, whose accent sounds like Madeline Kahn impersonating Marlene Di-etrich in Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles. Also in the picture, youll see one of my favorite actors, Wallace Shawn, sad-ly only used in one scene. He may be most famous for The Princess Bride where is line, Inconceivable! was heard throughout that film. I saw him first as half of the conver-sation in 1981s My Dinner with Andre and just love his character work.

This is a very New York movie with excellent perfor-mances from capable actors, al-though the story becomes con-voluted and bogs down a bit. It is saved by lovely Ms. Gerwig, who I hope to see much more of on screen in future.

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