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Boy Scout Troop to celebrate 50th anniversary on July 16 at Garcia Bend

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In memory of Pocket author Laurie Hoirup

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Fourth of July photo spread ...................15

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Home Improvement Guide .......................18

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By Monica [email protected]

Each year at the Spirit of the Pocket 4th of July Parade, judges tally up votes for the highly contested trophies for various categories.

Judged by the honorable Melissa Andrews, Patrick O’Kane, Shauna Pompei, Rita Man-ingo, and Linda Powell, various criteria such as enthusiasm, group size, effort, and presen-tation were tallied on a scale from one to five with the following results: Grand Prize: Sac Firefighters’ Pipes and Drums

“Wow Factor”: Iya Taekwondo

Most Patriotic: Sacramento Youth Band

community Spirit: Jointly awarded to Sac Valley Porsche Club, Just for Corvettes, Pock-et Hot Rods

The event could not have been possible without organizers Valley Community News-papers’ ad representative Linda Pohl, River-side Wesleyan Pastor Mike Higley and Kathy Garcia who did everything from creating the parade’s lineup, finding cars for dignitaries and organizing volunteers.

Additionally, VCN’s Matias Bombal was the master of ceremonies extraordinaire and pho-tographer Stephen Crowley captured beautiful photos which you can see more of on page 15.

Dignitaries included Insurance Commis-sioner Dave Jones, Assemblymember Jim Cooper, County Supervisor Patrick Kenne-dy, Vice Mayor Rick Jennings, planning and design commissioner Doug Covill, park com-missioner Shane Singh, and SMUD board of director Genevieve Shiroma.

“What a nice guy and come to find out my best friend is very good friend of his,” said Cooper’s driver, George Wellner, a longtime Pocket resident, of the politician who rode in his 30 Model A Ford. Wellner’s wife Connie drove Kennedy in a Citroen.

“That was a fun day,” George Wellner said.

The Wellners have participated in the pa-rade for many years. “(I) love watching the people. They were so friendly, the way they dress the little kids up and the babies no more than 5 months old, they have them dressed up. We will do it again next year.”

This year’s grand marshal, Kathi Windheim, had the following to say regarding her overall experience of the parade: “It was sensational-ly amazing and our library teens were so ener-gized. They almost ran the entire route – they tossed out over 300 mini beach balls and 70 pounds of candy! Sacramento Public Library Director Rivkah Sass who was riding with me had a blast! Pocket just has one of the best or-ganized parades anywhere.”

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Life is what you make it and you can be happy, successful and produc-tive even with a significant disability. That’s the message surrounding Pock-et author Laurie Hoirup award-win-ning “I Can Dance: My Life with a Disability” memoir, which was pub-lished in 2012.

Laurie lived her life increasing the awareness of and living successful-ly with a significant disability un-til a freak accident occurred on the Fourth of July as the Sacramento Bee reported she fell into the Sacramento River in her wheelchair after watch-ing the riverfront Fourth of July fire-works show.

The Bee article quoted husband, Ja-cob Hoirup, who said the accident oc-curred as he and several other people were getting off a pontoon at the Sac-ramento Marina after watching the fireworks on the boat.

According to the article, Laurie Hoirup was on a ramp between the boat and dock when the boat shifted and caused the ramp to fall into the water. That brought Hoirup and some of the other passengers down with it,

he said. Jacob Hoirup estimated that he and his wife were roughly 15 feet underwater. Though he tried to save her, her wheelchair was too heavy and he had to go back to the surface to breathe. When he returned underwa-ter, he said he couldn’t find his wife. Minutes later, he and family members, as well as bystanders, were able to lo-cate her body, according to the article.

A few years ago, Laurie contacted the Pocket News for an interview to promote her book. What follows are excerpts from that interview.

Living with a disability since the age of 2, and having used a wheelchair since the age of 5, Laurie has required full personal care, which included dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding and most other things. How-

ever, she has had a very successful life, in spite of her limitations.

She proudly said, “I am mar-ried, I have two adult children – a son and a daughter, who are both married and have blessed me with three wonderful grandsons and an-other grandchild on the way (hop-

In memory of Pocket author Laurie Hoirup whose life tragically ended in the Sacramento River on July 4

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Photos courtesy(left) Laurie Hoirup. (right) Laurie Hoirup and her family.


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The greatest attraction of our community is our parks. I have believed this as long as I have lived in this com-munity and I always will. And, as such, I have always viewed the protection and cultivation of our parks as a top priority as your City Council representative. So, it gives me great pleasure to bring to you an update on the work that has been done in Seymour Park.

The drought and years of reduced maintenance due to budget cuts before I took of-fice created a perfect breed-ing space for gophers in Sey-mour Park. As a result, last year marked one of largest in gopher population in the his-tory of the area. And, the go-phers’ infestation left the park wrought with uneven ground, dirt patches and damaged trees and plants. By the end of the summer, Seymour Park was no longer the crowning jewel of our community that it once was.

Given, my passion for our parks, I couldn’t stand by and watch one of our com-munity’s best amenities go to waste. So, I reached out to the City of Sacramento’s De-partment of Parks and Rec-reation, the Sacramento City Unified School District and our local community groups

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Fr o m y o u r Co u n C i l m e m b e rto develop a plan of attack to get our park back from the gophers. And, over the winter months we fought aggressive-ly to restore the natural beau-ty of Seymour Park.

Following the Integrated Pest Management Philoso-phy (IPMP), we identified and monitored the pest issue and then implemented a spe-cific treatment method that is the most practical, efficient and cost effective option to get the longest lasting results. In this case, the best course of action was combination of ground treatment and closing gopher holes and tunnels.

First, City contractor, Hunters Pest Control, ag-gressively treated the park grounds to deter and lim-it the growth of the gopher population. Then, with the help of volunteers from Pock-et Little League, Pocket Area Congregations Together and the community, gopher holes and tunnels were knocked down and leveled out. Once the ground was leveled, res-toration efforts could begin. Meanwhile, neighboring resi-dents were informed of these efforts and encouraged to si-multaneously treat their own property through trapping, flooding, weed elimination, and exclusion. (For more tips on residential gopher con-trol, visit UC Davis’ IPM website at www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7433.html.)

The restoration of the park began with seeding the grass and, thanks to a wet win-ter, the grass has been able to grow back rather quick-ly. Next, the Department of Parks and Recreation plant-

ed over twenty new trees, in-stalled bark and new plants around the bridges and up-graded the sprinkler system to more efficiently and effec-tively encourage new growth.

Now, we are starting to see the results of all of these ef-forts: The gopher popula-tion has been reduced by 30 to 50 percent throughout the Seymour Park area and there has been a marked decrease in their activity in the area. The dry, brown spots of last sum-mer are being replaced with soft, lush grass. The new trees and plants have taken root and have really brought the area back to life.

Nevertheless, we under-stand that the battle is not over. It took years for Sey-mour Park to get to the state that it was in last summer and it will take more than just a season to get the park back to its full glory. We have just completed Phase 1 of a 3-phase restoration: First, we reduced the gopher popula-tion. Next we will continue to reduce the population. The City contractor will continue to treat the park every Friday or more often as needed. The School District will contin-ue their treatments through the end of the month. In the third phase, park maintenance staff will continue to monitor the growth of the grass, plants and trees.

I am so grateful to every-one that has devoted their time, efforts and resourc-es to helping to restore Sey-mour Park. This is yet one more example of how won-derful things happen when we work together for good of our community.


By Lance [email protected]

The California State Fair will once again return to Cal Expo with a variety of new additions and old-time favor-ites. The event will run from July 8-24.

Among the new features of the fair this year will be new midway rides, new competitions and food, and new live entertainment, including performanc-es by musical artists that will make their California State Fair debuts.

Best of californiaSabrina Rodriguez, media direc-

tor for the fair, commented about the fair’s efforts to celebrate the state’s best offerings.

“There’s nothing wrong with corn dogs and cotton candy and we love that, as well,” she said. “But really the Cali-fornia State Fair is about highlighting the best of California. The best beer, the best wine, the best cheese, the best olive oil, the best crafts, the best pho-tography, really the best, because there’s so much talent and so much flavor and so many wonderful things that happen all throughout the state.”

Best of winners will include winners of the fair’s commercial wine compe-titions that will be showcased in the wine garden. Winning wines will be poured for fair guests.

Some of the state’s best olive oils and cheese will be presented in the California Building.

The fair’s racetrack grandstand will be the site of the Best of California Brew Fest on July 16 at 3 p.m. Ad-mission is $35/advance and $40/day of show.

Midway of funOne of the fair’s most popular at-

tractions, the midway, will offer three new rides.

One of those rides, the Quasar, fea-tures two-person passenger cars that run at a fast pace and create a unique undulating sensation.

Another ride, the Inversion, carries passengers side to side, up and down and even turns upside down. The ride can reach a height of nearly 80 feet.

The latter ride, 1001 Nachts, fea-tures a free falling feeling as its passen-gers are lifted in the air and brought to the ground.

Also new this year is the Sky Ride, a $1.1 million permanent addition that features a bird’s eye view of the fairgrounds.

edible offeringsAmong the food that will be intro-

duced at this year’s fair will be avail-able through Cardinali’s, a vendor known for its deep fried watermelon and deep fried pineapple.

As for new menu items, Cardina-li’s will offer a chicken bowl, a veg-gie bowl and bananas foster, a dessert featuring a deep fried banana over ice cream with other ingredients.

The menu of another vendor, Sweet Cheeks, will include deep fried Twix, deep fried Twizzler Twinkie, and pea-nut butter and jelly cheesecake.

Other featured food items from other vendors will be bacon wrapped corn on the cob and a veggie burger.

Grinders will be the destination spot for meat lovers who are interest-ed in the three-pork offering of sweet pork, bacon and ham.

Gourmet hot dogs will be available from fair vendor, Eddie’s Hot Doggin.

Rose’s Mexican Food will serve fresh fish burritos, Hot Dog on a Stick will offer veggie dogs on a stick, and Egg Roll on a Stick will have Toothless Dragon Wings, which are non-spicy chicken wings.

Fair guests will also be able to purchase a variety of Mediterranean and East In-dian food.

And for those who are interested in trying many different food items, but in smaller portions the “$2 Taste of the Fair” will present fair guests with such an opportunity.

On Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., each vendor will offer $2 samples of some of their food items.

new entertainmentAmong the new entertainment at

this year’s fair will be a high dive show, in which divers will dive off an 80-foot platform and perform twists and turns before reaching the water. Live shows begin July 12.

Cal Expo will also be the site of the California State Fair Cornhole Cham-pionship on July 12. More than 50 two-person teams will compete for that title.

Bonney Field will be the site of two professional rugby matches during the fair.

And for children, the fair will offer an interactive entertainment experi-ence aimed at teaching kids about ag-riculture in a fun manner.

concert seriesThe fair’s concert series, which will

be presented on the Golden 1 Stage will include Tony! Toni! Toné! on July 8, Chaka Khan on July 11, Tower of Power on July 13, Dwight Yoakam on July 17, Styx on July 18 and The Pointer Sisters on July 20.

All seating is free, except for re-served seating closest to the stage.

The fair will also present a variety of other live music performances on oth-er stages.

animal attractionsAs usual, the fair will also feature a va-

riety of animal attractions, including the Sale of Champions on July 10, 10 days of horse racing, the Animal Education Center, an animal petting zoo, and opportunities to see some of the state’s best livestock in the Tractor Supply Company Big Barn.

native plantsNew to the fair this year will be the

completely renovated California na-tive plant area, which features more than 100 species of native plants that collectively create a shaded oasis.transportation exhibit

Among the unique new exhibits at this year’s fair will be an interactive transportation exhibit, which explores California’s transportation of the past, present and beyond.

Photography competitionThis year, the fair will feature a new

competition category: photography. The competition will highlight more than 2,200 entries.

come one, come allRodriguez extended an invitation

for local residents and others to attend this year’s edition of the State Fair.

“We invite everyone of all ages to come out and enjoy and sample the best of Cal-ifornia during the 17 best days of sum-mer at the California State Fair,” she said.

For ticket information and other details about the 2016 State Fair, visit the website www.castatefair.org.

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Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. Ikenobo is the oldest school of Ikebana and is con-sidered the “origin of Ikebana.” The rules of Ike-bana were established by enjoying nature and by careful observation of how plants grow. Today, the seasonal beauty of flowers is appreciated through both traditional and contemporary styles.

Ikenobo Ikebana classes are offered at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive, in the Greenhaven/Pocket area. In each class, stu-dents learn the essential principles and tech-niques of Ikebana and create their own unique arrangements with guidance from the instruc-tor, Chieko Hirai-Brim.

Brim has practiced this art since her early high school days in Japan. What began as a first-year art requirement when she was sixteen, quickly turned into a passion. After fulfilling her art re-quirement at school, she continued on with Ike-bana well into adulthood. Brim earned her li-cense twenty years ago before coming to the United States from Tokyo, Japan. When she moved to the U.S. in 1996, one of her main goals was to teach the Ikenobo style of Ikebana.

Ikenobo has three basic styles: Rikka, Sho-ka, and Freestyle. Brim’s classes are focused around Freestyle. With Freestyle, students can express their feelings and emotions without having to follow a strict set of guidelines.

Brim hopes her students feel at ease, stress-free and relaxed while taking her classes. She strives to create an enjoyable environment in which students can lose themselves in their flow-er arrangements, and provides insight on differ-ent techniques that aid students in reaching their full potential. It is Brim’s hope that after taking her class, students are able to express themselves through the intricate art form that is Ikebana.

On Mondays, classes are scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and are $30 per class, if

paid monthly in advance, or $35 per class, if paid week-to-week in advance. Flowers are provided and students learn to create two dif-ferent arrangements in each class. Starting in July, classes will also be offered on Tuesdays, from 10 to 10:45 a.m., for $20 per class, if paid monthly in advance, or $25 per class, if paid week-to-week in advance. In this class, students will work on one individual arrange-ment in each class. To register for classes, call 393-9026, ext. 330. For more information, visit www.accsv.org.

ing for a granddaughter). I have been a director of a nonprofit agency provid-ing services to individuals with disabilities and I have also been the Chief Dep-uty Director for the State Council on Developmen-tal Disabilities, appointed by (former) Gov. (Arnold) Schwarzenegger. I am pres-ently retired and writing. I am very pleased to say that my first book ‘I Can Dance: My Life with a Disability’ won first place in my first writing competition.”

Laurie had belonged to a group called the Northern California Publishers and Authors and held the trea-surer position. Each year the organization hosts an annu-al writing competition for its members, which is approxi-mately 90 members. Laurie entered her book into the nonfiction, general catego-ry, where she won first place. Excited and proud over her big win, she proudly said of the honor, “My first book, my first fighting competi-tion, my first place!”

Over the course of 257 pages (with a size 14 font for ADA compliance), Lau-rie’s book is strictly not a “how to” book. In fact, she chose the title because she shares several stories of

dancing throughout the book and she knows that most people can’t imag-ine someone in a wheel-chair dancing, but, as she said, “I Can Dance,” adding that her publisher strongly encouraged the subtitle so that people would know it was a memoir.

Laurie grew up in a small town in northern Illinois where coping with the cold weather was amongst some of her biggest challenges, a fete which ultimately led to her family to move to Arizo-na, where landing a job be-came her biggest challenge at the time.

Speaking on how she grew into her own skin and learned to succeed on her own merit, Laurie attrib-uted much of that to her family. “My mother raised me to stand up for myself, take risks, have determi-nation and believe in my-self. I see her as being one of the biggest factors in my accomplishments and success. My education, family and friends were huge factors.”

Laurie was the Program Manager and then Direc-tor of Community Access Center in Riverside, Califor-nia for approximately three years before being appoint-ed by Gov. Arnold Schwar-zenegger as deputy director for two years, after which time she was promoted to Chief Deputy Director for another three years and she retired in 2011.

Laurie expanded servic-es provided by her organi-zation, in addition to writ-ing grants and receiving additional money to provide those services. Her greatest success there included work-ing with the city and creat-ing a Mayors Commission on Disability in addition to his previous five commis-sions. It became chartered and permanent.

Speaking about her time away from her former occu-pations, just a few years ago Laurie said: “I am very much enjoying retirement… I am still active with several com-mittees, while at the same time pursuing my writing.”

Divorced from her first husband, Laurie made a life with second husband JR who helped raise Chad and Jillian, the children from her first marriage.

ACC holds Monday Ikenobo Ikebana classes

Photo courtesy Chieko, an Ikenobo Ikebana specialist, offers classes to the public at ACC.

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Boy Scout Troop 259 will celebrate its 50th anniversa-ry in the Greenhaven-Pocket area with a community event at Garcia Bend Park at 7654 Pocket Road on Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The gathering will feature opportunities to share sto-ries, view memorabilia, so-cialize with current and for-mer Scouts and scouters, attend a special ceremony, play games and enjoy a $5 per person picnic lunch with a hamburger, chips, a drink and watermelon.

Bob Fong, who moved with his family from downtown Sacramento to the Pocket area in 1964, said that before the establishment of Troop 259, he founded Cub Scout Pack 259 with his wife, Mary.

“We started the Cub Scout (pack) over at Bear Flag (El-ementary) School (which was located at 6620 Gloria Drive), because Cub Scout Pack 255 was filled up,” he said. “They wouldn’t take any more kids, so we start-ed the cub pack over there in 1964. Then our three boys (Dennis, Robin “Rob” and Michael “Mickey”), at that particular time, they gradu-ated out of the cub pack. We tried to get them in the Scout troop, but the Scout troop was filled up. So, we had to start a new Scout Troop 259 over at Bear Flag school.

Bob and Mary’s aforemen-tioned sons, as well as their youngest son, Douglas, who is now known as Kevin, would all become Eagle Scouts. The Eagle Scout award is the high-est rank that can be achieved in the Boy Scouts program.

The troop’s first Eagle Scout, Jim Leigh, earned that award in 1969, after transfer-ring as a Life Scout from a different troop.

During the following year, Dennis Fong became the first boy to fulfill all of his Eagle Scout requirements in Troop 259.

Bob and Mary also have two grandsons – Ryan and Anthony Fong – that became Eagles, and a great-grandson, who is on the path to obtain-ing the same rank.

Bob’s family history in scouting dates back to about 1934, when his brother, Yen,

became a Scout. He eventu-ally achieved the rank of Star Scout.

Bob followed in his broth-ers’ footsteps, as he became a Scout in about 1942, and stayed in the program long enough to become a First Class Scout.

At the time of the forma-tion of Troop 259, Bob was not new to establishing Scout Troops, he explained.

“I go way back to about 1954, (when) I started Troop 96,” he said. “That was in the downtown area. That was af-ter I got out of the Navy.”

At that time, the Fongs were residing at 803 S St., near Southside Park.

With the establishment of Troop 259, the now-late Bob Galway became that troop’s first scoutmaster.

Since the troop’s early days under the direction of Gal-way, 174 members of the troop earned the rank of Ea-gle Scouts. Three more of the troop’s Scouts are expected to achieve that rank this year.

Also among those Eagle Scouts is Bob Galway’s son, Jeff.

One of the aforementioned Eagles, Rob Fong, who is not to be confused with the former Sac-ramento City Council member by the same name, reminisced about his time with Troop 259. “My best early memories are packing our gear and canoe-ing several days on the Russian River,” he said. “Last year, a few of us were showcased in the Pocket News when we sum-mited Mount Whitney. How-ever, it seems the time most memorable, with a smile, is when it poured rain, snowed or the strong winds blew our tents apart. After 50 years, it comes down to the close lifetime friendships that we still have today that’s most treasured.”

The troop’s second scout-master, Bob Kimball, also commented about the 50th anniversary of the troop.

“A 50th anniversary for any Scout troop is something that’s worthwhile,” he said. “Not too many troops make it to 50 years, just like any busi-ness or anything like that. So, it’s a memorable (experience) that I’ve been a part of for a number of years.”

Kimball, a former state health department employ-ee who moved to the Pocket area from Berkeley in 1969,

served as the troops’ scout-master from 1970 to 1993.

His interest in scouting be-gan during his youth when he spent a short time as a Scout in his hometown in Idaho.

“I grew up in the years just before the war and dur-ing the war when there just weren’t that many adults around to take over,” he said. “So, I was a Scout for a while, but never went past a First Class Scout.”

Eventually, Kimball had three sons, Robert, Davis and Douglas, who all became Ea-gle Scouts.

Kimball, who is now 87 and continues to reside in the Pocket area with his wife, Mary, shared his views about the scouting program.

“It’s a chance for boys sometimes, I think, to get away from their parents and take some responsibility that isn’t always given to them,” he said. “They have the opportu-nity to explore activities they probably would never ex-plore otherwise or never even think about.

“Boys need to get togeth-er with other boys with some adult guidance. And they need to get away from even their families. I’m not saying their families aren’t important, but they need to be able to ex-press themselves in different ways. That’s what scouting is all about.”

Ike Krieg, who became the troop’s scoutmaster in 2014, also praised the scouting program.

“I think it’s one of the best programs that our country can offer young men,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity for dads to mentor their sons and it gives a Scout an opportuni-

ty to learn some very impor-tant values.”

Krieg, who became a Life Scout during his youth, add-ed that the troop has received special recognition in the scouting program.

“One thing our troop has been exceeding at for a num-ber of years is we have con-sistently earned the Journey to Excellence award,” he said. “It’s an award that the troop receives for offering outstand-ing Boy Scout programs. We received the gold level honor for offering such a rich pro-gram for our troop.”

Krieg, who was scoutmas-ter for about 30 Scouts at a time during his two-year pe-riod as scoutmaster, said that one of his favorite trips was taking several Scouts on a 50-mile backpacking trip from Echo Lake to Donner Lake.

Several of Krieg’s Scouts became Eagle Scouts, includ-ing his son, Joseph, Billy Her-nandez, Robert Shirley and Dillon Thomas.

And Krieg emphasized that it was important for him to rec-ognize Alice Fong, the troop’s committee chair, who he de-scribes as one of the most dy-namic people he ever met.

Troop 259 is currently led by Scoutmaster John Pitch-er and is chartered by Elks Lodge #6.

Krieg expressed his ap-preciation for the longevity of the troop.

“I’m really excited that the troop has continued to main-tain a program for young boys via the Boy Scouts and I’m glad to be a part of the ongoing 50 years of scout-masters making great pro-grams available to boys in our Pocket area.”

Troop 259 and their friends welcome the public to join them in a celebration of this longtime Pocket area organization.

For more information about the troop, visit the website, troop259.org.

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Eagle Scouts Anthony Fong, Matthew Puliz, Travis Murata, Kory Worl, Miguel Francisco and Andrew Toy pose for this picture at Elks Lodge No. 6 on Dec. 27, 2008.


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To budding baseball stars, play-ing summer league ball during col-lege is critical for those who want the big leagues after them. And now in its maiden year, the Sac-ramento Stealth – a summer col-legiate woodbat baseball team un-der the leadership of owner, Leon Lee, a former Minor League Base-ball and Japanese baseball stand-out; general manager Matt Lund-gren and head coach Larry Wolfe – has captured the attention of lo-cal and offshore ballplayers. Rang-ing in age from 18 to 25, some of these young men will play in the big leagues. This is serious ball.

As the team establishes itself, its home turf – Renfree Field, a field where dreams came true for minor leaguers of the ‘60s – is now becom-ing a field of dreams for the next gen-eration of college ballplayers.

A historic field that was used in 1960s through the nineties, Renfree got so rundown with weeds and van-dalism after a fire. But in more re-cent months, some big names in the economic playing field got togeth-er with an investor to bring get the Great West League to include the Sacramento Stealth after plans for a revamped Renfree got the green light. Other teams in the league in-clude: the Lodi Crushers, the Marys-ville Gold Sox, the Chico Heat, the Medford Rogues, and the Portland Pickles.

Unfortunate delays due to stalled talks about renovating the field for future use by amateur and high school teams prevented Renfree to be ready for the Stealth’s first year, so the league decided to make it a travel-ing team for 2016. Plans are to make the field ready for play in 2017 with its groundbreaking sometime around

Aug. 1. Design-wise, the field will be a cross between Raley and Bonney fields, explained Lundgren in an in-terview with this publication.

The project calls for renovating the stadium with a new entryway, grass, lights and a seating capacity for 3,500 people.

“You don’t have to be fan of major league players. It will be family friend-ly affordable fun,” Lundgren said.

“It provides everyone an opportu-nity to go to a game and not spend an arm and a leg. We will have a bunch of different packages … the best seats won’t be more than $10 to $12 and the cheaper seats be-tween $5 and $7. So, you can take

the whole family out and spend less than 35 bucks. We will have hot dog deals just like any minor league team will have,” Lundgren.

Lundgren, who has held meetings in the past at the Limelight Bar & Cafe (1014 Alhambra Blvd.), also during the interview touched on the history of the field, detailing what the league entails and about the future of Ren-free Field. “Historically in Sacramen-to, Renfree carries a lot of weight. All the big games were played there. It was one of the first fields in Sacramento to have lights. High schools would fill it. Dusty Baker, Greg Vaughn, Leon Lee, Larry Boa and even the manager, Larry Wolf. All these guys, and Jerry

Manuel, they are all behind it to get it back to where it needs to be and then some.” Drawing from several different funding sources, Lee is the acting bro-ker for the deals, Lundgren added.

After the fire, the property continued to deteriorate and it was condemned by the city. But people kept on playing there and it hasn’t been too long ago since it has been shut down. “It makes it that much more special. It’s been out of commission for awhile … and to the people of Sacramento: they are excited to get it back,” Lundgren said.

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For the past several years, there’s been an attempt to brush the dust off of the Bard by changing the who, when and where of his plays. Local productions have replaced noblemen with gangsters, Verona with trailer parks, and gentle-men and gentlewomen with zombies.

This year, the Sacramento Shake-speare Festival has transported the cast of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Amer-ica’s East Coast (circa 1916), where the male leads croon continuously in their new identities as members of an Ivy League glee club.

“LLL,” which opened July 1, plays in repertory with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through July 31. SSF’s produc-tion of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has been similarly rewritten and is set in mythical Atlantis.

Sacramento City College instructor Luther Hanson, the director of the SSF, wasn’t always a fan of such rewrites.

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“Most evidence suggests that Shake-speare wrote these plays for entertain-ment and accessibility, and I feel con-fident that he would appreciate our attempts to update them and bring them to life.”

Hanson said his ideas for this summer’s staging of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” were fueled by his continuing efforts to infuse his SSF productions with more music.

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The multitalented Hanson wrote the show’s original compositions, appropri-ating their lyrics from songs found in several Shakespearean plays.

“I tried to imitate the musical style of 1916,” he said. “Barbershop was very popular at the time, so we have tried to recreate that feel in the quartets.”

Along with the additional rehears-als mandated by the inclusion of the musical numbers, there is always a need for SSF actors to “brush up” their Shakespeare, which makes each season something of an iambic pen-tameter summer camp.

“We do get a wide variety of actors, from veterans who have been acting for decades, to students who have never been in a play,” acknowledged Hanson. “As an educational institution, we are very proud of that mix, and it seems to be a really good learning experience for all. There is always a good amount of teaching that goes on in terms of verse and language, and we build that into our rehearsal period.”

“I am most proud of helping to foster a healthy and hard-working company that has enormous commitment to the work, to the community, and to making Shakespeare enjoyable and accessible.”

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DIABETES ACADEMY EDUCATION-AL SERIES: Diabetes 101 is a series of classes on managing diabetes. Th is class to be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. will be deal-ing 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. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

SATURDAY, JULY 16TROOP 259 OF ELKS LODGE NO. 6 - OPEN HOUSE AND 50TH ANNIVER-SARY AT GARCIA BEND: Come join Troop 259 (of Elks Lodge #6) as they cel-ebrate their 50th anniversary in scouting. ALL are welcome from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A chance to learn about scouting as well as reconnect with past and present scouters. RSVP and post to FB: http://www.evite.com/event/01BA7FOJVYMDZ.

JAZZ IN JULY IN THE PARK CON-CERT SERIES PRESENTS: From 6 to 8 p.m., smooth guitarist Doug Martin at Sey-mour Park, 845 Florin Road. Bring a blanket and enjoy smooth jazz with your neighbors.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

TUESDAY, JULY 19HEALTH AND SAFETY AT HOME: AN INTRODUCTION TO REBUILD-ING TOGETHER SACRAMENTO: Rebuilding Together Sacramento trans-forms the lives of home owners by improv-ing the health and safety of their homes while revitalizing the community through their Home Energy Conservation program. Th e HEC program helps you to lower util-ity bills with basic retrofi ts like weather stripping water heater pipe insulation, and low-fl ow shower-head installation. Partic-ipation in this program is free for low-in-come homeowners in Sacramento County. Free of charge. Pre-registration is required. Class will be held from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20SCAMS AND SCHEMES: A presenta-tion of the various common scams that are being perpetrated by criminals throughout Sacramento and ways that you can protect yourself from identity theft, phone scams, internet scams and other scams perpetrat-ed on the elderly. Free of charge. Pre-regis-tration is required. Class will start at noon

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THURSDAY, JULY 21CODING FOR KIDS - REGISTRA-TION REQUIRED (SCHOOL AGE (6-12)) AT THE ROBBIE WATERS POCKET-GREENHAVEN LIBRARY: Coding for Kids / Google CS First: Sto-rytelling. In this series of 8 weekly work-shops (Th ursdays at 2pm-3:30pm, June 23 through August 11), students aged 9-14 will learn block-based coding using Scratch. No previous computer science ex-perience is necessary. Over the course of 8 weeks, kids will design their own sto-ries, create and share their own anima-tions and learn how technology is used in the fi lm and media industry. Space is limit-ed and registration is required. Ideally, par-ticipants will be able to attend all 8 ses-sions (Th ursdays at 2pm-3:30pm, June 23 through August 11). To register for the se-ries, please go to http://www.saclibrary.org/home/events/?eventId=182460. 7335, Gloria Drive.

UNDERSTANDING HOSPICE: ACC will be discussing:1) the diff erent types of hospice care; 2) how hospice meet the needs of terminally ill people and their families; 3) the physical, emotional and spiritual aspect: and 4) the ability to advocate for others and to make ones own end-of-life decision. Free of charge. Pre-registration is required. Class will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at ACC Senior Ser-vices, 7334 Park City Drive. For more de-tails, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

FRIDAY, JULY 22PREPARING FOR JOINT REPLACE-MENT SURGERY: Planning on having a total hip or knee replacement surgery, but wondering what to expect? Come learn ev-erything you’ll need to know to prepare yourself, your home and your loved ones for the upcoming surgery and recovery pe-riod.Free of charge. Pre-registration is re-quired. Class will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

SATURDAY, JULY 23WILD THINGS: LIVE ANIMAL SHOW AT THE ROBBIE WATERS POCKET-GREENHAVEN LIBRARY (FAMILY/ALL AGES): What do you call a lemur with a banana in each ear? A: What-ever you want … it can’t hear you! Learn some real facts about animals from around

the world at this entertaining and educational presentation from Wild Th ings. We cannot guarantee any particular animal will be there, but they always bring a variety of amazing creatures and it is always a great show. Th is program is part of the Sacramento Public Li-brary’s “Read for the Win!” Summer Reading Challenge for ages 0-100+. Th e program is free, fun, and good for your brain! 7335, Glo-ria Drive. Fun starts at 2 p.m.

STRATEGIES IN EDUCATION PRE-SENTED BY SCRIPTORIUM SATUR-DAY AT POCKET-GREENHAVEN LI-BRARY: From 6 to 7 p.m., this event will off er parents learning and teaching strate-gies that can help their children in school. Several educators will speak to this topic and the broader scope of public education. You don’t want to miss this important event and the Q&A session that will follow. Pock-et-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

THURSDAY, JULY 28CODING FOR KIDS - REGISTRA-TION REQUIRED (SCHOOL AGE (6-12)) AT THE ROBBIE WATERS POCKET-GREENHAVEN LIBRARY, 7335, GLORIA DRIVE, SACRAMEN-TO: Coding for Kids / Google CS First: Storytelling. In this series of 8 weekly work-shops (Th ursdays at 2pm-3:30pm, June 23 through August 11), students aged 9-14 will learn block-based coding using Scratch. No previous computer science experience is necessary. Over the course of 8 weeks, kids will design their own stories, create and share their own animations and learn how technology is used in the fi lm and me-dia industry. Space is limited and registra-tion is required. Ideally, participants will be able to attend all 8 sessions (Th ursdays at 2pm-3:30pm, June 23 through August 11). To register for the series, please go to http://www.saclibrary.org/home/events/?eventId=182460.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

SATURDAY, JULY 30SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 11 OPEN HOUSE: Th is would be a great opportunity to see the Firehouse and meet the personnel who keep Th e Pocket safe! Come by between 2 to 4 p.m. 785 Florin Road.

JAZZ IN JULY IN THE PARK CON-CERT SERIES PRESENTS: From 6 to 8 p.m., the Vivian Lee Quartet at Marri-ott Park, 1235 Grand River Drive. Bring a blanket and enjoy smooth jazz with your neighbors.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

TUESDAY, AUG. 2NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN SOUTH LAND PARK: Join neighbors, business-es, nonprofi ts, and the South Land Park Neighborhood Association at this great community event. Th ere will be face paint-ing, sidewalk chalk art, bounce house, mu-sic, and food & beverages! Meet the po-lice offi cers and fi re personnel that protect our neighborhood. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Al-ice Birney Waldorf-Inspired K-8 School, 6251 13th St.Confirmed participants include: iYa Taik-wondo, California Family Fitness, Sacra-mento Police Department, Sac Metro Fire Dept (Engine 13 will arrive at 5:30 pm!), Ohana Dance Group (get ready to hula!), Barrio Coffee & Bakery, Scott’s Sea-food, Belle Cooledge Library, Young Ac-tors Stage, Sons of Italy, Alpine Mortgage Planning, 7-Eleven, City of Sacramen-to “Del Rio Trail” team, New Technol-ogy High School, Alice Birney Waldorf EK-8 students, Pony Express Elementa-ry School and Valley Community News-papers. There will be visits by Council Member Jay Schenirer, Supervisor Pat-rick Kennedy, and Assembly Member Jim Cooper, plus more nonprofits and busi-nesses adding on each week!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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The Sacramento Art Deco Society has reached a new milestone, as the more than 100-mamber group is cele-brating its 25th anniversary.

These current members are continuing this 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization’s ef-forts to raise awareness and appreciation of art deco and its era.

The Webster’s New World Dictionary defines art deco as “a decorative style of the late 1920s and 1930s derived from cubism, based generally on geometric forms, and ap-plied to furnishings, textiles, graphic arts, etc.”

The group itself regularly meets in an art deco build-ing: the 1926 mausoleum at East Lawn Memorial Park.

Those meetings, which are held in the building’s chapel, feature lectures focusing on a wide range of topics, includ-ing architecture, art, design, fashion, film, literature, mu-sic and vintage automobiles.

On June 23, the organiza-tion will present a lecture on art deco in Shanghai by Ran-dy Juster. Shanghai has one of the world’s largest collec-tions of art deco buildings.

The organization also gath-ers together for movie nights to watch films of the era, and participates in quarterly din-ners, “Cocktails in Notable Places,” and the annual Gats-by Picnic in the Bay Area.

Members of the group of-ten discuss art deco era top-ics pertaining to education, entertainment, history and preservation.

Among the longtime mem-bers of the group is Doreen Sinclair, who is also a past president and current board member of the society.

During an interview with this publication last week, Sinclair gave her own descrip-tion of the organization.

“It’s a society that was formed to appreciate and preserve art deco items, and they range from architecture to clothing to appliances, au-tomobiles, trains, all of these things that have the mark of art deco on them,” she said.

Sinclair also discussed the members’ love for the art deco era and style.

“We think it was a fabu-lous era,” she said. “It was so different from anything else that had come along. When you think of the Em-pire State Building and the Chrysler Building, you’re seeing art deco.”

As for original art deco architecture in the capi-tal city, Sinclair expressed disappointment.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot (of this type of ar-chitecture) in Sacramen-to,” she said. “But we do ex-pose our members to others in other parts of the country, in other parts of the world. And fortunately, during the Depression when (Presi-dent Franklin D.) Roosevelt established all of these dif-ferent things to give people employment, it was the art deco era. Throughout the country, a lot of the archi-tecture, which you see built in that time, was art deco. Train stations like the Grand Central, lots of libraries.” And in reverting back to Sacramento’s art deco histo-ry, Sinclair recognized local, existing art deco buildings as the Tower Theatre at 2508 Land Park Drive, the Colo-nial Theatre at 3522 Stock-ton Blvd., the Crest Theatre

Photo by Lance Armstrong The Tower Theatre is one of Sacramento’s historic art deco structures.

Sacramento Art Deco Society celebrates 25th anniversary

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Sinclair also comment-ed about the use of art deco style in the world of transportation.

“All (automobiles) that were built in that era had the mark of art deco on them,” she said. “ There were an enormous amount of (automobile) hood or-naments, for example, that have that look. And a lot of the trains – the engines – had that look.”

Furthermore, Sinclair men-tioned the use of art deco de-signs on kitchen appliances, light fixtures, jewelry and ci-gar and cigarette stands.

Sinclair provided a brief history lesson about art deco.

“In 1925, Paris had this exhibition and they didn’t want anything regurgitat-ed from the past,” she said. “They wanted new, and they invited people from coun-tries all over the world. They didn’t invite Germany, but I think you can understand why. America didn’t go with any products, but they came back with ideas. The Em-pire State Building and the Chrysler Building and all these other buildings took off from that.”

Sinclair also said that the art deco era in the Unit-ed States lasted from about 1925 to about 1944.

Because of the group’s in-terest in preserving certain national and internation-al art deco architecture and other art deco structures, society members have writ-ten letters in favor of such preservation.

As one might imagine, many members of the soci-ety are collectors of authen-tic art deco items.

Sinclair, who also belongs to the Laurel and Hardy ap-preciation society, Sons of the Desert, said that she is one such member.

“I particularly collect the fashions,” she said. “ The 1920s was a com-plete change from what it had been before. Skirts were loose, women cut their long hair, which had always been the crowning beauty of a woman and wore these cloche hats. Cloche is the French word for bells, so they were bell-shaped hats. And if they wore that, ev-eryone knew that they cut their hair, because their long hair wouldn’t have fit under that hat.

“They wanted to look more like boys. They flat-tened their chests, their dresses hung down to the waste and they were shorter. And they didn’t wear all the

corsets and things that their mothers had worn. And it was a freedom for women. They started to go to speak-easies, where they danced. They started to smoke, wear lipstick and makeup.”

In addition to collecting clothing and apparel from that era, Sinclair also wears them for certain occasions. And she participates in fash-ion shows for charities.

With its present 25th an-niversary, the Sacramento Art Deco Society continues as one of California’s three art deco societies. The other organizations are located in Oakland and Los Angeles.

Sinclair expressed appre-ciation for the original Sac-ramento society members, including Brian Lindy and Richard Unger, for estab-lishing the organization.

And she added that with the dedication of the soci-ety’s current members, the group seems motivated to build upon its history for many more years.

“We hope it keeps going for another 25 (years) at least,” she said.

The Sacramento Art Deco Society will celebrate their 25th anniversary at their hol-iday gala this December.

For more information about this organization, visit the website, www.sacartdeco.org, or call the message line at (916) 863-9667.

Photo by Lance ArmstrongThe East Lawn mausoleum in east Sacramento is one of the capital city’s notable buildings with art deco features.

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Every morning, real estate agent Michael Canton hits up 300 houses, and in the evening he does it again. But it’s not his business he’s promoting – it’s community and giv-ing back. You may have seen the fliers around. Canton’s trying urging homeowners in these two neighborhoods to come together and hold community yard sales.

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Swiss army ManThe MPAA has rated this R

A24 releases “Swiss Amy Man” another venture in to the unexpected for which the studio is famous. Fresh from their recent release of the imaginative “ The Lob-ster”, here is another ven-ture into the absurd. Ab-surd in the sense of unreal and strange, not in a dis-missive sense. “Swiss Army Man” stars Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe in what may only be said are fantas-tic performances in an un-real setting, getting more ludicrous and impossible as the story advances.

In the opening sequence we see trash floating on the water with desperate writ-ings of “Save Me” all over each object floating past, leading one to think this is from a man in a mod-ern shipwreck, lost on some shore, fading away from ex-posure and lack of fresh wa-ter and food. Throughout you are questioning what is real or what, may just possi-bly be, a dream in the mind of a dog. Well, not really a dog, but I’m still on the kick of just how absurd this movie is.

Why? Because Radcliffe plays a corpse, “Manny”, which washes up on the shore. He’s dead the entire time. Paul Dano’s character, Hank, is at the point of sui-cide on this shoreline when Manny beaches. Hank rush-

es up to him hoping that he has some glimmer of a sign of life.

What Hank does have is a remarkable case of post-mortem flatulence. From this point forward, we see just why the movie is ti-tled “Swiss Army Man”. Hank uses Manny’s corpse, which he takes everywhere, the way a man might use a Swiss army knife. His flat-ulence is used to light fires, his teeth to shave, and his arms to cut wood. More-over, Hank’s loneliness and seclusion are alleviat-ed by Manny’s presence, and a friendship develops. Friendship? Beginning in the way one might have a friendship with a ted-dy bear, gradually Manny’s corpse becomes animated, and conversations between the two begin. Then a rela-tionship forms.

You begin to dismiss the fact that Manny’s dead, al-though he looks dead throughout the picture. The increasing strangeness of this movie as the story advances, which was beautifully photo-graphed by Larkin Seiple, be-comes fascinating to watch. Is this some crazed mad-ness? I am unable to reveal how the picture ends, for you might just be that adventur-ous type of moviegoer that would find this type of offer-ing of interest. I am at a loss to fully describe it and odd it is. I did like it quite a bit and found the performanc-es outstanding, yet there are crude elements which leave the tang of flatulence. This movie is a real gas and not for everyone.

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