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Hello Dolly. Dealer Brian Smith previews vintage merchandize for Carmichael’s annual antique market, scheduled for May 18 in Carmichael Oaks shopping center.
Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner By Susan Maxwell Skinner
Posted: 5/1/2013
CARMICHAEL, CA – (MPG) Carmichael’s reputation for antique bargains will be boosted on May 18 by a fair with nearly 70 vendors. The parking-lot market at Carmichael Oaks Shopping Center is a seven-year tradition that lures out of town and out of state buyers.
Carmichael and Fair Oaks may be off the beaten track as shopping destinations. But the quirky business of trading old stuff is enhancing local economies. Over a dozen antique stores operate within these neighboring towns. Minutes apart, their proximity enables “antique crawls” – taking treasure hunters from store to store in the space of a day.
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Laura Noble, Cameron Purcell, Helena Bond, helping others together.
Photo by Julie Parker By Julie Parker
Posted: 5/1/2013
CARMICHAEL, CA – (MPG) “My aunt, Linda Hunt, was my true inspiration,” says Laura Noble, CEO of Kids Helping Kids. “She had cancer, and even towards the end of her time, she was changing people’s lives. She built community gardens in Seaside, Oregon, to help people live healthier, longer lives. I can’t believe how much I take for granted. I don’t want to do that anymore.”
The discovery of a homeless student in her own school reinforced her aspiration, and stimulated altruism in her fellow classmates.
Helena Bond, Director of Communications and Advancement, recalls, “She was in my first period mock trial class. I had no idea whatsoever that she was homeless. You could not tell at all. This poor girl doesn’t have parents, and has to wake herself up every morning on a park bench to go to school.”
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Carmichael Park District chief Jack Harrison surveys the future Sutter Jenson Community Park. Supporters of the project include Anne Berner (left), Sandy Helland, Kathy Hellersen, Sharon Doughty and Priscilla Lots.
Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner By Susan Maxwell Skinner
Posted: 5/8/2013
CARMICHAEL, CA – (MPG) Four recently approved projects are checks on the bucket list for Carmichael Recreation and Park District Administrator Jack Harrison. After seven years, Harrison (70) retires this month.
In his tenure, Harrison oversaw development of Patriots, O’Donnell and Jan Parks. His parting victory is achieving the okay for other pressing community needs:
- Trails linking Sutter and Jensen Parks.
- Improvements to dog facilities in Carmichael Park.
- New park landscaping at the Grant Ave and Fair Oaks Blvd corner.
- A junior soccer area in place of Carmichael’s demolished swimming pool.
Included in the new district budget is a meandering path linking Jensen Gardens (Fair Oaks Blvd) to park land at Sutter Ave. The walkway, a footbridge, improved street access and parking has a $100,000 price tag. In the tradition of recent park developments, half of the cost – in cash or services – will be contributed by neighbors and project supporters. Their fundraising has so far realized $43,000.
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Greg Scott; “What really set me on the journey was listening to Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer.”
Photo by Julie Parker By Julie Parker
Posted: 5/8/2013
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA- (MPG) Twenty-one years clean and sober, Greg Scott, Founder/CEO of Juveniles at Risk (JAR), tells kids, “If I can do it, so can you.”
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Scott spent a few of his early years in Washington, D.C., where his father was involved in riots after Martin Luther King’s assassination. “He came home with three pin-striped suits. It was my first experience of feeling ashamed of my father. It was looting because he was angry, but he still stole. As a child, I never felt right about that.”
The family relocated to Oakland when he was ten. “I had my first experience with white people, not knowing how to integrate and process it. When I had my first joint at age 13, I thought, ‘This is the solution to life.’”
In high school, he snorted cocaine, smoked weed, and took acid. “But, my grades were good, and I played sports.”
He spent two years at Alameda Junior College in the era of social civil unrest. “How’s an African-American make it in our society? A lot hasn’t changed – it’s about money.
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Harald Hoven, Director of Rudolph Steiner College's Biodynamic Gardening Program.
Photos by Bruce Duncan Rudolph Steiner’s Raphael Garden
By Wendla McGovern-Duncan
Posted: 5/8/2013
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA- (MPG) Vehicles rush by Rudolf Steiner College on Fair Oaks Boulevard everyday, bypassing one of the most vibrant and serene gardens in our area, the Raphael Biodynamic Garden. “We want to be part of the community, so the public is welcomed here – just for the joy of being here,” says Harald Hoven, the garden's director. “We are an valuable community resource, but so few people know about us.”
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Natasha Ebert trains with her solid bred paint horse Toby, as she prepares for the Pinto World Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She will compete in nine classes while there.
Photo by Julie Parker By Julie Parker
Posted: 5/8/2013
Citrus Heights, CA – (MPG) The 2013 Pinto World Championships are set for June 10-22, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I’ve never been to any show that large - ever,” says petite, 19-year-old Natasha Ebert.
Ebert and Toby, a solid bred paint horse (father is a pinto paint) will be there all twelve days, showing in nine classes, from English to Western. “Normally, people look at the solid bred horses as the underdogs, because realistically we aren’t eligible to make as much money as the two-color paint horses. If he was to have a mark underneath his belly that was 3” white, he’d be a paint horse.”
Ebert has worked hard to get to this point. She joined 4-H when she was six, participated at age nine with a pony, and worked up to 14 with Toby.
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DOVIA Award Ceremony winners: Judges had a difficult task choosing winners from many worthy contestants.
Photo by Julie Parker By Julie Parker
Posted: 4/17/2013
SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - The DOVIA Awards Ceremony honoring outstanding volunteers was held on April 11, 2013 at the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. The judges had the unenviable difficult task of selecting only two from a diverse list of valuable people.
Ultimately, the honors were awarded to Deanna Quintanilla (Sacramento Foster Grandparent Program) as Volunteer Coordi-nator of the Year, and Mitchell Lee (Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services) as Youth Volunteer of the Year, who also received a $500 scholarship.
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Brandishing trophies, students and adult runners pose on the finishing line at Rio Americano High. The runners were among division winners in a race to benefit local schools.
Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner By Susan Maxwell Skinner
Posted: 4/24/2013
SACRAMENTO REGION, CA – (MPG) From tots in strollers to tweens, teens, moms and grandpas, San Juan School District supporters laced up and hit the trail last weekend.
Over 800 athletes completed five and ten kilometer races to raise funds that will be distributed between local schools and the San Juan Education Foundation.
Three years old, the Race for the STARS run fosters Science, Technology, Arts and Reading for Students; through an independent community foundation. Race entry fees support grants for teachers and classrooms. Individual schools also benefit to the tune of $5 for student registration and $10 for adults.
The race course followed the American River levee and streets in the Rio Americano neighborhood. At the finish line, athletes enjoyed a carnival with music, a rock-climbing wall, crafts and snacks. Event sponsors included Western Health Advantage, Mercy San Juan Medical Center and the Sacramento Sheriff’s Dept.
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2013 Camellia Cup Champions, Rob Koch, George Koch, Scott Frederickson.
Photo courtesy of John Poimiroo “Victory is very, very satisfying.”
Posted: 4/24/2013
SACRAMENTO REGION, CA – (MPG) Age and experience overcame youth and enthusiasm at the Camellia Cup on Folsom Lake on Apr. 20, as 87-year-old George Koch of Carmichael won the 47th running of the regatta, sailing his J22, Poco A Poco.
Koch was the oldest skipper in the race, which also listed among its 43 captains seven-year-old Katie Deutsch of El Dorado Hills who sailed Four Sirens, a Santana 20.
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Bonnie Antonini’s on-line cooking show assists those who desire a vegetarian lifestyle but may find letting go of meat somewhat of a challenge.
Photo by Julie Parker By Julie Parker
Posted: 4/10/2013
CARMICHAEL, CA – (MPG) Carmichael resident Bonnie Antonini is the star, director, film crew, and editor of her on-line cooking show, “Vegetarian Cooking for Carnivores.” “I do a million takes, moving the camera many times.”
The show assists those who desire a vegetarian lifestyle – be it for humanitarian or health reasons – but may find letting go of meat somewhat of a challenge.
“When I grew up in Los Angeles,” recalls Antonini, “we had meat three times a day. My dad’s Armenian, and my mother is Irish. So, we had bacon in the morning, turkey or bologna at lunch, roast or hamburgers for dinner. It was meat constantly. I decided, for humanitarian reasons, to not participate in it any longer.”
She fell off the wagon a few times. “I first tried it in my teens. All I knew was salads, and rice and beans, which gets old really fast. Then, I’d revert back, and try again. Once I found imitation products, it was so much easier.”
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Program participants Randy and Elayne Anderson were rewarded with a $3000 makeover for their Carmichael garden.
Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner By Julie Parker
Posted: 4/10/2013
CARMICHAEL, CA – (MPG) As garden parties go, it was low on lemonade; high on labor.
Ending a community program to promote sustainable landscaping, 15 volunteers last fall bent their backs to apply theory to a real yard. Areas of Randy and Elayne Anderson’s Carmichael yard were overgrown and water wasting. Three days of prepping and a Saturday team effort saw it transformed with Mediterranean-style plantings, a designer river bed and efficient irrigation.“It was great to see so many people pitching together to get this done,” said semi-retired teacher Elayne. “Hands-on experience consolidates what you learn.”
The Andersons’ good fortune was also a harvest for 58 gardening-loving Carmichael families. Their Blue Thumb Neighbors program included free workshops taught by landscape, irrigation and botanical experts. “Blue Thumb” denotes a commitment to water conservation and river protection. The course was one of a series sponsored by the Regional Water Authority and water providers (Carmichael Water District in this case) – in association with neighborhood groups. In previous summers, Natomas, Roseville and Rosemont got the Blue Thumb treatment. Carmichael broke the record for household participation. “It’s about community pride,” considers program coordinator Christine Kohn. “We love our gardens. But we know we can’t continue to waste water; that we must protect what goes into our river and creeks.”
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