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Vol. XXII • No. 17

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Readers respond

To the Editor:Friends of the Sacramento River Parkway

is devoted to the completion of a multi-use trail on the levee through the Pocket and Lit-tle Pocket neighborhoods – a plan approved by the city council nearly forty years ago.

The parkway will improve recreational op-portunities and provide a badly needed trans-portation alternative. Additionally, the park-way will connect Sacramento to the coming Great California Delta Trail – a multi-use trail and bike lanes to the 500 miles of the San Francisco Bay Trail.

But the completion of the parkway will also bring needed improvements to a levee that

serves primarily to protect us from flooding. So, we were disturbed to read in the August 15 Pocket News that Dave Williams, a levee maintenance supervisor, opposes completion of the parkway.

“As far as I know, my department is not for it because of maintenance issues,” he announc-es. “And that’s our stand on it.” We are sin-cerely grateful for the work that Mr. Williams and his coworkers do, but we hope he is mis-taken when he said that his employer oppos-es the parkway.

Nine private fences and gates stand in the way of the parkway’s completion – and few-er than 70 homes behind those fences increase risks for tens of thousands. In the 95831 zip code alone – Greenhaven/Pocket – the pop-ulation exceeds 40,000, but fewer than 50 homes sit behind levee fences here.

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Mr. Williams apparently does not know that his employer – the Department of Water Re-sources – objected bitterly to encroachment permits for levee fences in the late 60s and ear-ly 70s. Fences had already caused serious ero-sion when they caught debris and directed the river’s flow against the levee.

DWR also objected that private fences and gates had increased the cost of routine main-tenance because of the time needed to get through each locked gate.

In 2005, the chief engineer of the Recla-mation Board – the body that considered en-croachment permit applications then – raised the safety objection when residents wanted an-other fence. And in 2011, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative raised similar ob-jections and announced the Corps’ opposition to new cross-levee fences.

But that begs the question, if new fences and gates are bad, aren’t existing fences a problem? Yes, they are. In 1998, to address the debris-loading problem, a new state law required that fences be “removable in segments” and that permittees remove the fences as the river rises. Property owners sued. Rather than fight the lawsuit, DWR caved and paid to build five re-movable fences.

But, since then, DWR has been asleep at the switch in requiring permittees to remove fenc-

es as the river rises. As the Corps’ representa-tive said in 2011, “[W]e talk about removable fences, but human nature is they’re not going to remove it. By the time they figure out the water is coming up, they’re trying to do other things.” In fact, levee damage is evident today under at least two “removable” fences.

Good luck finding the permittee to re-move the fence anyway. Of the named per-mittees, we learned last year that at least three permittees were deceased, at least two had sold their property, one was in the name of a neighbor who doesn’t “own” the fence, and one was held by a neighborhood

See Letter, page 16

Photos by James Houpt


By Shane [email protected]

Sacramento writer and

longtime Pocket resident R.E. Graswich has written his first book, a definitive history of the Sacramen-to Kings, “Vagrant Kings: David Stern, Kevin John-son and the NBA’s Orphan Team.”

Graswich, who covered the Kings during much of his three decades as a re-porter and columnist for the Sacramento Bee, worked on the arena proj-ect as Special Assistant to Mayor Kevin Johnson. The

attempted purchase of the Kings by Seattle moguls Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer convinced Gras-wich to write “Vagrant Kings.”

“It was back in January, and I had just left the May-or’s Office and was working on a few consulting projects,” Graswich said. “When news broke that the Kings were being sold to Seattle, my wife said, ‘You’d better write that book. You’ve been talk-ing about it forever. Now the Kings might be leaving.’“

Graswich cautions that Mayor Johnson is not the hero of “Vagrant Kings.” The hero is NBA Commissioner David Stern.

“The only reason the Kings are in Sacramento is Com-missioner Stern,” Graswich said. “Kevin was a factor, but Stern called every shot. We owe him big time.”

Despite his knowledge of the Kings, Graswich began to dig back into the team’s histo-ry. He tracked the Kings back to Rochester, N.Y., where they began life in the 1930s as a barnstorming team creat-ed by a businessman and bas-ketball fanatic named Lester Harrison.

“They were the Roches-ter Seagram’s, the Rochester Ebers, the Rochester Pros, and finally the Rochester Royals,” Graswich said. “Mr. Harrison kept changing the names to encourage more sponsorship dollars. Then and now, it’s all about selling sponsorships. Some things never change.”

One interesting fact uncov-ered by Graswich was that

the Royals, who were among the original NBA teams when the league began in 1949, played in a former chil-dren’s prison drill hall, where juvenile offenders were beat-en and forced to work.

“ That’s the saddest part of the story,” Graswich said. “ The children’s prison drill hall is where the franchise had its greatest success -- it’s only NBA champion-ship, in 1951.”

The team moved to Cin-cinnati, where a secretive owner took control. His name was Lou Jacobs. He ran one of the largest sports concession businesses in the nation, Sportservice. Even-tually, the Jacobs organiza-tion was convicted in fed-eral court of working with mobsters to control Las Ve-gas casinos and hotels. The conviction forced the Jacobs family to move the team to Kansas City and sell it.

The book notes that no team in American sports history has moved as often as the Kings, thus the title, “Vagrant Kings.”

“ They were always rel-atively cheap and porta-ble,” Graswich said. “ That’s why they were sold and moved so often. Typical-ly, the people who bought the Kings didn’t care much about basketball. They al-ways had other angles.”

In Sacramento, the oth-er angle was real estate, Graswich says. “Vagrant Kings” explores how Gregg Lukenbill and Joe Benvenu-ti bought the Kings in 1983 to obtain real estate entitle-ments for thousands of acres in North Natomas, in ex-change for bringing the team and building the arena.

“Essentially, the city council made a deal with Gregg and Joe,” Graswich said. “ The council grant-ed entitlements, and the Kings built their own are-na. Two, in fact.”

Money was always a prob-lem for the team in Sacramen-to, Graswich reports. Luken-bill and Benvenuti ran out of funds while trying to build a baseball stadium next to the current Sleep Train Arena. The next owner, Jim Thom-as, needed a $73 million loan from the city to keep oper-ating. The third owners, the Maloof family, saw fortunes

Vagrant Kings?

See Kings, page 15


By Shane [email protected]

Utility Blues: Like a lot of res-idents in Pock-et-Greenhaven, Chris Kleckner keeps an eye on her utility bills from the city of Sacramento. Unlike many folks, Chris has a long memory. Back in 2003, her utility bill averaged $73 per month. By 2008, it was running about $103. Today, that bill averages $144. Same Chris. Same house. Same city. Twice the bill.

Chris began to think about the raw deal she’s getting from the city. Her regular street yard clipping “claw” service is gone. Ever optimistic, Chris figured the city must be doing some-thing wonderful with all the extra money. To find out, she called her elected official at City Hall. That was four weeks ago. She’s still waiting for the return call -- so at least we know City Hall didn’t buy more phones with the windfall. Local offi-cials “don’t seem to be connect-ed with people who live here,” Chris says. And she’s still won-dering why her utility bill dou-bled in 10 years. ...

Sweet heat Beat: Wingstop, a local favorite for hot wings in the Lake Crest Center, has rolled out a new flavor, Mango Habanero. Manager Andrew Chao describes the new taste as, “Sweet meets heat and it is a fla-vor that follows you. I have re-ceived a lot of positive feedback past few days.” Past flavors have been used on a trial basis, Chao says. Flavor decisions are made by corporate honchos, but local wing champ Chao hopes Man-go Habanero sticks around.

Customer feedback counts at Wingstop (unlike certain City Halls), so if you like the place where “sweet meets heat,” let Andrew know. ...

international eats: St. An-thony’s Church on Florin Road will hold its annual Parish Fair on Saturday, Sept. 7, from noon to 9 p.m. A favorite of this col-umn, the Parish Fair will fea-ture exotic food from interna-tional destinations to highlight the cultural diversity of our community. If you’ve never at-tended the Parish Fair, the event comes highly recommended. Volunteer Jim Henderson says, “The St. Anthony Parish Fes-tival is a great Pocket commu-nity event, with something for everyone, young, old and in-be-tween. I especially like the food booths, which make it possible to take a culinary trip around the world without leaving the parking lot!” ...

Cell-less: Brendle Wells, the librarian at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library -- “The Robbie” for those in the know -- may be the last per-son in Sacramento who does not own a cell phone. This was brought to our attention when Wells became the subject of a story on www.saclib.org. Bren-dle chooses not to be connected, and seems perfect fine with the decision. In the library’s profile, she says, “This astonishes some people … It really, really does! Their jaws drop, their eyes get wide.” Wells insists, “I do not miss a thing and I save a lot of money.” She doesn’t even miss the sales pitches from hustlers who are more efficient than the NSA at finding everybody’s cell number. ...

happy Birthday: Under the terrific leadership of President

Kathi Windheim, over 100 chil-dren and many happy parents helped to celebrate our neighbor-hood’s literary lending library gem – The Robbie’s third anniversa-ry on August 24. Ice cream treats were enjoyed by all. Much sugar but no dental emergencies. ...

Lawman Waters: The Sac-ramento Bee has been doing a series of stories about Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s attempted assassination of President Ger-ald Ford in Sacramento in Sep-tember 1975. A federal judge released President Ford’s vid-eotaped trial testimony. One of the law enforcement person-nel working the case was then Sacramento Police Lieutenant Robbie Waters, who ran the homicide division – way before having our local library named after him. Waters participat-ed in Fromme’s interrogation. Recalls Robbie, “Watching her in the interrogation room, she pretended to pick butter-flies off the walls and pet them as she knew we were watch-ing through a two-way mirror.” Waters went on to be elected as our Sheriff and City Coun-cilmember. He will participate in a forum about the Fromme case at the Federal Courthouse on September 24th. We are fortunate that such a respect-ed law enforcement leader lives right here in the Pocket. ...

Kings history: Our neigh-bor and author R.E. Graswich is finishing up a book about the history of the Sacramen-to Kings. Did you know they got their start in Rochester, N.Y., as one of the NBA’s orig-inal teams? Called the Royals, the team has had a very colorful, sometimes checkered history. Says Graswich, “The book is a basketball book with almost no basketball. There were only two seasons worth exploring deep-ly: 2002, when the Kings were robbed against the Lakers, and

1951, when they won their only championship. The book is all about people, intrigue, politics and money.” An e-edition of the book is expected in September, with print edition to follow. ...

Little Kicks: The Green-haven Soccer Club hosted its annual in-house tournament called “Just for Kicks” on Au-gust 17th. Some of the club’s youngest players (ages of six to nine) participated to prepare for the upcoming season. Under 8 Boys “Tigers” coach Jamey Nye sounded like a World Cup aspi-

rant when describing the Tigers in action: “We still need more touches on the ball. Some of our lineups will be more similar to a first-year team than a second-year team, but I definitely think they’re ready to play.” We are thankful for the many great vol-unteers and community leaders that have helped the upcoming soccer season possible. Let the kicking begin! It’s fortunate that community volunteers can keep such sports programs afloat de-spite declining City support for sports fields & other services.

In the Pocket

Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library celebrated its 3rd anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 24. Librarian Kathi Windheim reported on Nextdoor.com that more than 100 happy children showed up to enjoy prizes and ice cream. She also gives a BIG THANKS to the 15 remarkable teens who showed up at 8am to set up and work until 1pm! Special thanks to Kathi W. for putting the event together! Local dignitaries included former Sheriff & councilmember Robbie Waters, Assemblyman Dr. Pan & Dickenson, former SCUSD Trustee Rick Jennings, Elk Grove councilmember Jim Cooper, former Sac Bee columnist & author R.E. Graswich & Library Authority Director Rivka Sass.


By LanCe [email protected]

Editor’s Note: This is part 18 in a series about the history of the Sacramento River.

The Sacramento Riv-er and its tributaries have played such a significant role in Sacramento’s history that it is often referred to as the “river city.”

This 18th and final article of this series reviews the his-toric relationship between the city and its river, and will pose the question, What might we expect next?

The same waterways that have delivered life and a strong economy to the region have also brought destruction and even death.

Sacramento’s past and pres-ent are united by the vagran-cies of the river like the ebb and flow of tide at the I Street Bridge.

While the river has deliv-ered wealth and abundance, it has also carried away human accomplishments as if they were no more than the sedi-ments in its current.

Since the city was founded, the economy and human en-deavors have been based upon

attempts to mollify the season-al anger of the river’s waters.

The location of Sacramento was based upon its proximity to the river and the ease with which large sailing and steam vessels could be beached upon its soft sands without the need for docks or piers.

A much more sensible town site, known as Sutterville, on the high ground of today’s William Land Park area was abandoned in favor of the current waterfront in present day Old Sacramento.

Sutterville would have re-quired the digging of a ca-nal to anchor, load and un-load ships, and there was no time to excavate such an over-whelming project.

Sacramento was spawned of the Gold Rush, and “rush” was preeminent in how the city grew.

Whether it was by the need to rapidly beach ships or by the simple naming of the city’s streets using the alpha-bet and numbers, Sacramen-to’s beginnings were urged on by the need to rush.

After inundations in its first few years, the city rushed to put up levees that proved in-adequate.

Following the failure of the early levees, the leaders of what was becoming known as the “indomitable city” de-cided to take a more compre-hensive and all encompass-

ing approach to controlling the waters of the Sacramento that annually threatened the prosperity of the city’s res-

idents and businesses. This approach led to a new para-digm in flood control.

The city combined the en-hancement of levees with the previously unheard of idea of raising the entire city above the potential floodwaters.

The great flood of 1861-62, which inundated nearly the entire city and was described by some observers as being a lake that was 300 miles long and 40 miles wide, was the impetus to adopt a never be-fore attempted engineering endeavor.

A decision was made to raise the parts of the city nearest to the waterfront and most sub-ject to periodic flooding.

The raising, or lowering, of the city was accomplished in one of two ways.

Some businesses abandoned their first floors to the sedi-ments of the river, while those

Sacramento River has long history of flood control efforts

This map shows the coordinated regional flood control system with weirs and bypasses.

See Sacramento River, page 7


who could afford it, took the unprecedented action of us-ing jacks to raise their build-ings as much as 12 feet above their original foundation.This massive undertaking included more than just abandoning first floors or raising build-ings. City services, which in-volved water delivery and the sewer system, had to be mod-ified to accommodate the new elevation.

It was a time of unequaled cooperation between govern-ment and citizens.

The project was undertak-en without any clearly defined conditions for what would be the responsibility of the city and what would be the respon-sibility of the property owners.

But despite many setbacks and conflicts, by 1873, the grading, raising and recon-struction of Sacramento was completed.

The lives of the citizenry and businesses had been dis-rupted for a decade, but the city has not since experienced an inundation like the great flood of 1861-62.

The question still re-mains, however, have we done enough?

Just as the city was born of the Gold Rush, it was almost destroyed by the Gold Rush.

The search for that elu-sive metal and its promised wealth became more and more invasive and degrading to the land.

After the easily found gold was picked up and removed, large water canons known as “monitors” were brought in to the gold country to obliterate entire hillsides.

Chemicals such as arsenic and mercury were used to separate the gold from the

tailings, and then this de-bris, loaded with sediment and a high percentage of toxic minerals, was washed into the river.

This action had the dual ef-fect of poisoning the water-ways, including the Sacra-mento, and filling the river channel with sediment, creat-ing sandbars where none had previously existed.

This debris filling the river channel not only hampered navigation, but it enhanced the chance of flooding by re-ducing the available space for water in the river channel.

Even though the devasta-tion was obvious to everyone, farmers and city folk alike were not able to end it; the mining industry and the min-ing lobby were just too pow-erful, and for several years, the monitors continued to wreak havoc on the hills.

Finally, it was the river itself that saved Sacramento.

The federal government was not able to stop the use of the water cannons, but it was able to stop the dumping of sediment in the navigable Sacramento River and all of its tributaries.

And while the destruc-tion of the river by mining was obverted, it became ob-vious to the newly created flood control agencies that a comprehensive plan of weirs, bypasses, levees and a coor-dinated system of dams was necessary to provide long-term flood protection.

But in the late 19th centu-ry, these alterations were still a dream on paper.

Halting the dumping of mining debris freed the riv-er of the unknown, uncharted and unwanted sandbars.

The Sacramento River once again became a passage for commerce and recreation.

And while it would no longer host the hordes of romantic sailing ships and steamers that once raced between the capital city and San Francisco, Sacramen-to was again an important port for large ships.

The most notable of the famous steamboats that once plied the river were the Delta King and the Delta Queen. These paddle wheelers presented more than simple transportation, as they were a palatial set-ting with exquisite state-rooms and gourmet dining.

From 1927 until 1940, these vessels were the un-abashed royalty of the river.

But like many relics, their time passed and they were replaced by a culture dom-inated by bridges and auto-mobiles.

Even though the Sacra-mento area has been peri-odically threatened, and at times flooded, such as the 1904 flood in the River-side-Pocket area, this area has been mostly protected.

The paper dream of the coordinated flood control

system has become a reali-ty. The Flood Control Act of 1917 created a regional agency to encourage the co-ordination of the efforts of federal, state and local gov-ernments.

Weirs are opened to allow the Sutter and Yolo bypass-es to harmlessly flood farm-lands whenever a threat to the city seems eminent.

Large dams on the Sacra-mento and its tributaries con-trol the release of water into the channel to keep it below the level of the levees.

Skilled crews of engineers, landscapers and mainte-nance personnel keep a vig-ilant watch on the condition of the levees and meticulous-ly maintain the coordinated flood control system that pro-tects the city and region.

Politicians and prognos-ticators frequently debate whether we have 100, 200 or 500-year flood control.

But those figures are al-most nebulous, because the tides could get higher and the waters in the river sys-tem could rise in any par-ticular year.

For instance, 500-year flood control does not mean there would be a devastating flood

every 500 years; there could be devastating floods in back-to-back years, but then not an-other flood for 1,000 years. In this case, this simply means, the city averages a devastating flood every 500 years.

Figures for flood control protection are based on a statistical average rather than actual events.

There is competition on how the river and levees are used.

Some people see them as recreational opportunities for boating, hiking and bik-ing, while others see them as corridors of commerce and walls of protection from in-undations.

That is the contentious debate that will guide flood control policies through the 21st century and will deter-mine if sufficient flood pro-tection has been provided for the city.

Sacramento’s best pro-tection from a devastating flood is diligence, mainte-nance and cooperation.

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Donations needed to offset costs of replacing playground structures at Caroline Wenzel and John Sloat schools Sacramento City Unified School District’s nonprofit founda-tion is kicking off a fundraising cam-paign to cover the costs of replacing two playground structures damaged by arson fires earlier this summer.

Towards the end of last month, Sac-ramento Fire Department in conjunc-tion with the Sacramento Police De-partment arrested a suspect in the crimes. Although SCUSD is moving swiftly to replace the structures, both schools opened Sept. 3 without play-ground structures.

Sacramento Unified Education Foundation, SCUSD’s official non-profit fundraising organization, is seeking donations to help offset the district’s costs associated with play-ground structure fires at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School and John Sloat Elementary School. Both struc-tures were badly damaged and re-moved for safety reasons.

The district’s insurance deductible is $25,000 for each incident. Without donations, that $50,000 will come out of the general fund budget, further hampering the district’s work to re-bound from recessionary budget cuts. Community members can donate to the Sacramento Unified Education Foundation by visiting the organiza-tion’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/SCUSDfoundation.

The group received a total of $4,000 in donations and pledges on the first day of school:

$1,000 from City Councilman Steve Cohn on behalf of Rebuild McKinley – the group that raised money to fund construction of a new playground at McKinley Park fol-lowing an arson fire there on July 28, 2012; $1,000 from SCUSD Board of Education Vice President Dar-rel Woo; $1,000 from City Council-woman Bonnie Pannell; and, $1,000 from Caroline Wenzel’s PTA.

“ The loss of these structures with the first day of school just around

the corner is heartbreaking to all of us,” said SCUSD Superintendent Jonathan Raymond. “Our team is doing everything they can to fix this crisis but we need help from the community.”

On July 31, a neighbor of John Sloat Elementary School report-ed to Sacramento Fire Depart-ment that the playground structure was on fire. The extent of damage caused by the blaze required remov-

al of the entire structure. Fire of-ficials later confirmed that the fire was deliberately set.

The following night, on Au-gust 1, the playground structure at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School in the Pocket neighbor-hood was set ablaze. Although the damage was not as extensive as that of the John Sloat incident, the structure was torn down for safety reasons.

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Pocket Merryhill preschool holds ribbon cutting for new campus

Staff at the new Merryhill in the Pocket enjoyed the rib-bon cutting ceremony for the new campus on Park City Drive on Wednesday, Sept. 4. The building is larger and modern and allows Merryhill to accommodate more local families, said Stacey Roth, executive director of Merryhi-ll School in Pocket.

Earlier this year, Merryhill acquired the Phoenix School, which enabled the school to grow from a stu-dent body of 134 to 205. The school serves ages 6 weeks to pre-kindergarten. Because the new campus is larg-

Photos by Monica Stark

See Merryhill, page 11

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er, they’re able to care for more students and have ex-panded the license for in-fants and toddlers.

In addition, they have added an After School pro-gram providing services for older students at local pub-lic schools. Merryhill School has been in the Sacramento area since 1949 and operates 13 preschools and five ele-mentary schools in the area. The acquisition took place in June and the schools merged on August 12.

“We always respected Phoenix Preschool and had a vision to create a larger unified community of learn-ing in Pocket. We accom-plished that with the acqui-sition and look forward to serving more Pocket fam-ilies,” said Stacey Roth, ex-ecutive director of Merryhill School in Pocket.

“We are very proud of our new school. The classrooms are larger and filled with brand new equipment and toys to facilitate early learn-ing and play. It’s a warm and happy environment with bright light, fresh paint and will soon feature a new play-ground,” she said.

“We’ve so enjoyed the process of welcoming for-mer Phoenix families and staff into our community of learning. We combined schools on August 12 and all our families have welcomed the transition. The acquisi-tion resulted in very positive changes and we’re looking forward to the year ahead,” Roth continued.

The school is located at 7335 Park City Drive. For more in-formation call or visit www.pocket.merryhillschool.com

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The 21st Annual Cook Re-alty Charity Golf Tourna-ment will take place on Fri-day, Sept. 20th at William Land Park Golf Course with an all charity dinner and prize raffle to follow. Hundreds of attendees take part each year.

Since it’s inception in 1992 the Cook Realty Charity Golf Tournament has raised well over $300,000 for local charities. An important char-acteristic of this unique event is that over 90% of the earn-ings are turned over to sever-al local non profits , schools and churches.

Cook Realty Broker Trey Bonetti says the event is suc-cessful in raising needed funds for many local nonprof-its and valuable community assets. “We’ve recognized now in our 21st year how impor-tant these funds are and how

many groups have come to rely on our help”, said Bonet-ti. “We are extremely proud of the accomplishments of our agents and the part they play raising money for charity in a challenging economy.”

Both Bonetti and Golf Di-rector Ed Daniels know it doesn’t happen without the help and hard work of literal-ly hundreds of vendors, mer-chants and service companies from both within and outside the local real estate industry. “Each year we’ve ask folks to donate time, money or goods and services and they’ve re-sponded overwhelmingly,” says Daniels.

Jocelyn Yap, event treasur-er echoes Daniels sentiments, “We are grateful beyond words to the many partici-pants both large and small that make our event so signif-

icant to so many people,” says Yap. Ms.Yap is serving in her 9th and final year as treasur-er, taking duties over from the late Charles Covey.

Covey’s efforts began the fundraiser in 1992. Each year an award is given in his hon-or to a community member who has exhibited selfless work and sacrifice on behalf of those less fortunate.

Each of Cook Realty’s agents have a hand in secur-ing ample gifts and prizes for the event dinner that evening. It is estimated the raffle alone helps to bring in as much as half of the money raised. “We have been so fortunate to be surrounded by so many fine business people in our com-munity,” says Realtor Mee-na Chan Lee. “Each year they are thrilled with the result of their own participation. Their

return on investment exceeds expectations,” said Chan Lee.

Cook Realty wants to thank past major sponsors that in-clude Steve Larson of Farmer’s Insurance, Bouey Termite and Construction , Lori Wilson of Property I.D. and Ken Perry of State Farm Insurance.

Play, donate or just come eat and enjoy the fun. Secure your spot at this year ’s Cook Real-ty Charity Golf Tourna-ment , Dinner & Raffle. Contact Ed Daniels at 916-451-6702 for tick-ets and details .

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wiped out by questionable business decisions and the reces-sion of 2008.

“The Kings have always been under capitalized,” Graswich said. “The only owner who had unlimited funds was Louie Ja-cobs in Cincinnati. And he didn’t believe in spending money on the team. All he cared about was selling peanuts.”

Graswich has hopes for the new owners, led by Silicon Val-ley entrepreneur Vivek Ranadive.

“The new owners aren’t from Sacramento, but they believe in Sacramento,” Graswich said. “They are our best shot at finally getting a new arena built downtown and putting Sacramento back on its feet. We need cranes in the sky downtown, new jobs and new investments.”

Graswich rushed “Vagrant Kings” out as an e-book this month because the topic was ripe for discussion. It’s available at Amazon Kindle and iBooks for $9.18. A hard-copy edition will be available soon, Graswich said.

I’m proud of the book. I’m proud of our community,” he add-ed. “This is a great story about a team and its town. For the first time, ‘Vagrant Kings’ pulls the pieces together for the commu-nity to read and enjoy.”

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association that likely has no appreciable assets.

Why are assets important? Because permittees have in-demnified the state – that is, they have agreed to de-fend and reimburse the state if their fences and gates cause damage. Deceased permit-tees don’t remove fences and they aren’t going to reimburse the state.

So, what about the four fences that aren’t removable? In one case, we don’t need to wait for the river to deposit debris against the fence. For two years or more, large de-bris piles have been heaped against the fence and Mr. Williams’ employer has done nothing about it.

In another case, concer-tina razor wire – the stuff that tops prison fences – ex-tends from a fence to the riv-er to discourage anyone from skirting the fence. This con-certina wire will put Mr. Williams and his coworkers at risk if they need to clear debris or remove this fence during high water.

What’s worse, this fence is at the upriver end of a Sac-ramento city park – but the park is pretty much closed to anyone but boaters and adjacent residents anyway. The park’s closure presum-ably protects the privacy of the residents who have gates into this “public” park, even though taxpayers shelled out $1.1 million to settle a five-year lawsuit over own-ership of the property.

Right now, the levee doesn’t meet Corps’ stan-dards for adequate access to the levee. The parkway will solve that. The Central Val-ley Flood Protection Plan calls for all-weather roads on levees. The parkway will solve that with a paved trail constructed without flood funds.

Mr. Williams notes, “When you get 10,000 other pairs of eyes (observing the le-vee’s condition), it’s definite-ly to everybody’s advantage.” DWR recently proposed that neighborhood-watch-type organizations patrol levees for safety issues. You don’t get that when neighbors can keep their neighbors off the levee. The parkway will solve that, too.

Private fences and gates serve the interests of a few while exposing the rest of us to greater risk. Mr. Wil-liams’ employer seems to be

complicit by failing to en-force the law and the condi-tions of encroachment per-mits. We need DWR to look out for those of us who are at risk from flooding in the Pocket, Little Pock-et, and adjoining neighbor-hoods. Maintaining the sta-tus quo will not serve those interests.

Jim HouptCarolyn BakerAlbert BalangitSuzanne BlanchettePatrice CoxDon DuPageHeather FargoIvy GlasgowDan GorfainTom HigginsRoger JohnsonKeith JonesAnne RudinRay Schwartz

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About 1,200 kids from ages of 4 to 18 have signed up for this season’s Greenhaven Soccer rec-reational and competitive pro-grams. As a coach for the Under 10 Competitive team, Green-haven Soccer President Shane Singh (who is also the Pocket News gossip columnist) said as a coach, he is looking for his “boys to have FUN, develop their soccer skills and teamwork abilities.”

Under 8 boys coaches Page Hicks (head) and Brett Tillett (assistant) stepped up at the last minute. Instead of disbanding the team, Page & Brett are coaching. All players are required to play at least 50 percent of each match with the idea being they will enjoy a game a lot more playing in a loss than sitting in a win.

The league also has a new referee coordinator for 2013, Dave Sim-mons. Dave is excited about using his vast experience and resourc-es as a long time referee assignor in the area to help mentor/develop our Greenhaven officials. Putting the schedule would take up a lot of space for the paper as there are more than 100 teams and about 100 games (home & away each Saturday), but you can visit the fol-lowing sites for more on that.

*www.sysl.com (Greenhaven U8 to U19)*http://greenhavensoccer.com/coaches/u6-coaches/ (Under 6)*http://www.norcalpremier.com/clubs/schedule/42461284.html (Greenhaven’s competitive schedule via the Sacramento Soc-cer Alliance)

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This parent education class is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Adult Education Division, and therefore it is the adult who is actually the enrolled student. The enrolled parent (or grand-parent, or other caregiver) participates with the child in class each week, and also attends one evening meeting per month.

The guiding principle of this class is that children learn through play. The class’s age-appropriate activities build a foundation for future school success by supporting small- and large-motor de-velopment, socialization, problem-solv-

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For enrollment information, please email the class teacher, [email protected], or call the McClaskey Adult Education office at 916-277-6625. A $50 deposit will reserve a spot in the class. This program also offers toddler classes at other school sites, and a variety of classes for three- and four-year olds (you will find the list at www.scusd.edu: click on Par-ents at the left, then Adult Education, then Parent Participation).

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Rotary Club of South Sacramento Sept. 5: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar AnonymousSept. 6: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-MidtownSept. 6: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fridays at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical weekly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th Street Sacra-mento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownki-

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Fire Station 19 Open HouseSept. 7: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 1700 Challenge Way. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more information, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Movie Night in Hollywood ParkSept. 7: Bring a blanket and visit with neighbors at Hollywood Park for the show-ing of “Brave” at 8 p.m.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free golf lessons offered at Bing Maloney Golf ComplexSept. 8: Are you interested in starting to play golf, but not sure where to be-gin? Bing Maloney is offering Free Family Clinics for 2013. These clinics are family oriented for any level of golfer. Each clin-ic will be held on Sundays from 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Bing Maloney Golf Course: 6801 Freeport Blvd. in Sacramento. Call 808-2283 for more information.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Art and mind symposiumSept. 9-10: The symposium will explain how to use art and creativity to connect the heart and mind of individuals living with dementia. Call 792-3281 or email Tiffa-ny Paige at [email protected]. Monday, Sept 9th, 8:30am-4:30pm and Tuesday, Sept 10th, 8:30am-12:30pm; Sier-ra Health Foundation 1321 Garden High-way Sacramento, CA 95833––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

‘Honoring our Heroes’ Golf TournamentSept. 10: The Women’s Council of Realtors Sacramento Chapter will host its 11th Annu-al Golf Tournament “Honoring our Heroes” at 7a.m. Teal Bend Golf Course, a portion of the proceeds will benefit “The Soldiers Proj-ect” a non profit free psychological service for service men and women and their fami-lies. Cost is $99 & includes lunch and prizes. Register at www.wcrcasac.org or donate a raf-fle prize. Contact Sue Kuhn, 202-9998.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Presentation a the Belle Cooledge LibrarySept. 10: Presentation on Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns by author Lawrence Tom, a Pocket resident for almost 50 years. He will share the history and ac-complishments of the Chinese in Locke and the Sacramento River Delta. The presenta-tion starts at 6 p.m. Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were a vital force in reclaiming land and made significant con-tributions to California agriculture, from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, set-tlers created Chinese communities between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was bult by the Chinese and was inhabited almost exclu-sively by the Chinese during the first half of the 1900s. The town of Locke represents the last remaining legacy of the Chinese pi-oneers who settled in the delta. 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, CarmichaelSept. 10: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors wel-come, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets at noon, Jackson Catering and Events, 1120 Fulton Ave. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6:30 p.m., Ancil Hoffman Golf Club. www.rotary.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Soroptimist International of Sacramento North meetingSept. 10: An organization for the better-ment of women and children meets at the atria El Camino Gardens at 2426 Garfield, Carmichael. Call Sheila at 624-4643.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sacramento Geranium Club meetingSept. 10: Debbie Arrington, writer for the Sacramento Bee Home & Garden section will share her experiences interviewing gardeners and visiting their gardens over the years. Also the club is celebrating its 65th anniversary. The event goes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and its free of charge. For more information, call 808-8800. Shepard Garden and Arts Center is lo-cated at 3330 McKinley Blvd. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac RotarySept. 11: Meets at noon, Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/GreenhavenSept. 12: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors

welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Avia-tors Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Mission Oaks Computer Club meetingSept. 12: Meeting will go from 1 to 3 p.m. at Mission Oaks Community Cen-ter, 4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, CA.A problem-solving clinic, led by Adam Lacey of Applications, Etc, will follow the meeting. First-time visitors are welcome. For additional information call (916) 366-1687 or visit our website at www.missionoakscomputerclub.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Genealogy Gold at the ArchivesSept. 12: Learn how county archives are a goldmine for locating ancestors at the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealog-ical Society meeting. Pre-meeting tips and tricks roundtable starts at 6:30pm. Free, visitors welcome. 7 to 8:30 p.m. - Christ Community Church, 5025 Man-zanita Avenue, Carmichael––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

X-Factor vocal finalist Jerry Lopes presents “Fly Me to the Moon” at Casa GardenSept. 12: X-Factor vocal finalist Jerry Lopes presents “Fly Me to the Moon” at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. seatings at the Casa Gar-den Restaurant, 2760 Sutterville Road, Sac-ramento. Entree choices: Chicken Cor-don Bleu with Spring Mix Salad or Turkey Cobb Salad; dessert Harvest Cake -- $22 per person, includes tax and gratuity. First-come, first-served group reservations by one person, one check. Reservations a must -- call (916) 452-2809. Proceeds benefit the Sacramento Children’s Home.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of South Sacramento meetingSept. 12: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Training for Reading Tutors Literacy Little LeagueSept. 12: This is the 17th year of a suc-cessful tutoring program that lets you get to know a third grade student in need of help with reading comprehension. Tu-tors work together in the Resource Room with a credentialed teacher present and all

materials provided, for about an hour, one day per week. Substitutes are also needed. Tutoring will be at Edison School, now the Edison Language Institute, at 2950 Hurley Way near Morse and Arden and will start in late September. Come for coffee and cake, meet our veteran volun-teers and take home your training pack-et. Training starts at 2:30 p.m. and will be held at St. Marks United Method-ist Church, 2391 St. Marks Way, upstairs in the Fireside Room. Contact Dorothy Marshall, retired psychologist, San Juan Unified School District, at 488-2578. Email [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fall show from Crafty Treasures at Candy Cane LaneSept. 12: 3-8, Sept. 13: 9-8 and Sept. 14: 9-4: Candy Cane Lane: at St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, 9165 Peet’s Dr. Elk Grove, 95758. Handmade only bou-tique style craft show. Unique gifts and hol-iday decorations. SALE ROOM. Ladies of the Church will have Greek food & pastries for sale. Free admission. Centralized check-out for our customers convenience. More info. www.craftytreasures.com.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar AnonymousSept. 13: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-MidtownSept. 13: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fri-days at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical week-ly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th Street Sacramento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com, Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, volun-teers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 57 Open HouseSept. 14: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 7927 East Park-way. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more in-formation, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Location: Sacramento Asian Sports Foundation (SASF)

9040 High Tech Court Elk Grove, CA 95758

Directions to SASF Facility

v Accepting All Major Credit Cards! v Featuring Asian Arts and Crafts v FREE Admission v New vendors and yummy foods v Gift Items, dolls, framed art, jewelry and much more! v FREE raffle to win great prizes from our vendors!

JAN KEN PO GAKKO ARTS and CRAFTS FAIR!

Visit our NEW website at www.jankenpogakko.com for more information about Jan Ken Po Gakko!

Off of Laguna Blvd. between I-5 and Franklin Blvd. -From I-5 take Laguna off ramp east and turn left on High Tech Court. -From 99 take Laguna/Bond off ramp west, stay on Laguna until you pass Franklin and then turn right at High Tech Court.

Saturday, September 219:00AM–3:30PM

Saturday, September 219:00AM–3:30PM

FREEHealthy AgingWorkshop &Health Fair

► Find out how healthcare reform affects you.► Bring your over-the-counter and prescription medicines, vitamins and supplements for a review with healthcare professionals.► Enter a free drawing.

♦ Health Screenings♦ Free Resources♦ Healthy Food Demo

Friday, September 27, 201310:00AM-1:00PM

ACC Greenhaven Terrace1180 Corporate Way, Sacramento, CA 95831

Light refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP to (916) 395-0210 or [email protected]

♦ Medication Consultations♦ Medication Logs♦ Immunizations

www.scriptyourfuture.org

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24th annual Polish FestivalSept. 14: Don’t miss the 24th Annual Pol-ish Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2013. The festival will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at the Polish American Club grounds, located at 327 Main Street in Roseville. Fill up on home-made Polish foods – over 5,000 piero-gies (potato-cheese filled dumplings); 1,000 golabki (cabbage rolls); 700 lbs. of Polish Kielbasa (sausage), and hundreds of servings of potato pancakes, bigos and Polish pastries (paczki and kruschiki, to name a few). Enjoy the music of the Dave Chelini Trio and Chet Chwalik on the accordion; watch the beauti-ful Lowiczanie Dancers perform; dance the Polka; shop at our Polish marketplace. Ad-mission is free. Food prices vary. For more information and directions, go to www.pol-ish-club.org or call (916) 782-7171 or e-mail us at [email protected]. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Recycling & Solid Waste Division host Free Composting SeminarSept. 14: Backyard composting allows you to recycle your yard clippings and fruit and veg-etable scraps into a valuable soil amendment right in your own yard. Attendees are eligi-ble for a drawing for a free compost bin. At the seminar you will learn how composting works, what materials you should and should not compost, getting the right balance of food, air and moisture, maintaining your compost pile, Vermicomposting (composting with worms), and more. Seminar goes from 8 to 10 a.m. and will be held at Sparrow Community Garden, 3219 Sparrow Dr. (North Natomas)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Blood drive at NorthminsterSept. 15: From 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., there will be a blood drive with Blood Source at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3235 Pope Ave. This annual event is sponsored by the Northminster Board of Deacons, and for any questions on eligibili-ty please visit bloodsource.org or call (866) 822-5663. For more information call (916) 487-5192 or visit northminsteronline.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

All Saints Episcopal Church ConcertSept. 16: First concert of their 2012-2013 season, “Good Vibes: A Musical Mystery Tour” featuring YOU, the audience, in an in-teractive recital. Come see how the instru-ments work, ask questions, take photos. Sunday, 4 p.m., 2076 Sutterville Rd. Child-care provided, $10 donation suggested. Overflow parking available across Sutterville Rd. at City College. Reception to follow.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Embroiderers’ Guild of America meetingSept. 16: Join the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at their monthly meeting to hear Lois Kershner’s lecture on designing a threadscape. Meeting at 7 p.m. at SMUD, 6201 S Street, Sacramento. Guests wel-come. Free. 916-223-2751.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Soroptimist International of Sacramento North meetingSept. 17: An organization for the better-ment of women and children meets at the atria El Camino Gardens at 2426 Garfield, Carmichael. Call Sheila at 624-4643.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


LGBT Chamber ‘Gay-Sino’ Raises Funds for Youth Sept. 17: From 6 to 9 p.m., the Sacramen-to Rainbow Chamber of Commerce presents Gay-Sino Royale, a roaring 20s-themedfund-raiser supporting scholarships for LGBT or supportive youth, a new internship program, and programs and services for at-risk youth. Dress in your best Roaring-20s attire! Casi-no-style games, prizes including a Vegas trip, theater tickets, spa package, wine tastings and more; live entertainment; and presentation of the Rainbow Chamber Foundation’s schol-arship recipients. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and treats included; cash bar. Location: Vizcaya, 2019 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95818, $75 per ticket. Purchase online at <http://rainbowchamber.com/> . Most of the funds goes to the foundation scholarship fund. The Chamber gives four to six $1,000 scholar-ships per year and will be announcing four recipients at the event. In addition we provide funding for youth services at the LGBT cen-ter and contribute to other nonprofit orga-nizations throughout the year. Past recipient organizations have included Gender Health Center, GSA Alliance youth lobby day, Trev-

or Project, and Rainbow Village, which is de-veloping housing for LGBT elders.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac RotarySept. 18: Meets at noon, Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Genealogical Association of Sacramento meetingSept. 18: Starting at 12:30 p.m., at the Belle Cooledge LIbrary at 5600 Land Park Drive Sacramento, this meeting will be a shar-ing session called “What I did this summer”. We will share our many genealogical finds for the summer. The meeting is open to the public. Questions call 916-383-1221 or check our website gensac.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/GreenhavenSept. 19: Guest speakers address local, region-al and international topics. Visitors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Aviators Restau-rant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Rotary Club of South Sacramento meetingSept. 19: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar AnonymousSept. 20: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-MidtownSept. 20: Visitors Welcome, weekly break-fast meeting on first, second and third Fridays at 7:00 AM and Dinner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical weekly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th Street Sacra-mento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownki-wanis.com, Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, volunteers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Got luau?By JUSTin JOW

As a Boy Scout in Troop 259, I made up the serving crew for the Elk’s Hawaiian Luau Dinner on August 9, 2013. This is my second year helping at the luau. The food looked really good, especially the chicken katsu. The dessert didn’t look bad either. I heard people comment that they wish they could have seconds. The band played Hawaiian music throughout dinner and supplied music for dancing the rest of the evening.

The serving crew for Elk’s Hawaiian Luau Dinner on August 9, 2013 - Boy Scouts Troop 259, Girl Scouts from several troops, siblings, and others.

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Michael Denman Scholarship Golf TournamentSept. 20: AMR crews from the Sacra-mento and surrounding areas are organiz-ing a Golf Tournament in honor of their lost Paramedic Michael S Denman. Mi-chael was an extremely generous soul who worked hard to not only be an excel-lent patient care provider but a communi-ty leader who made a real difference. This tournament benefits the MSD Founda-tion Scholarship which provides EMT and Paramedic education to serve our community. The tee off time is 1 p.m. at Lincoln Hills, 1005 Sun City Lane. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Best of Grateful CraneSept. 21: Buddhist Church of Sacramen-to, Sacramento Japanese United Method-ist Church and Asian Community Center presents a Grateful Crane Ensemble Pro-duction of the Best of Grateful Crane. Two performances – 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento Kaikan, 2401 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento. Gener-al admission tickets are $20, bentos avail-able advance purchase for $10. Informa-tion, tickets and/or bento lunch boxes, contact Hiroshi F. Kashiwagi, 769-1125, or [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 18 Open HouseSept. 21: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 746 N. Mar-ket Blvd. You are invited to bring your fami-ly and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more information, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


East Sac RotarySept. 25: Meets at 6 p.m., Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/GreenhavenSept. 26: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visi-tors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Aviators Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-MidtownSept. 26: Visitors Welcome, week-ly breakfast meeting on first, second and third Fridays at 7:00 AM and Din-ner meeting on fourth Thursday at 6:00 PM. Topical weekly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Ki-wanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th Street Sacramento, CA 95817. www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com, Meeting/Membership info: 916-761-0984, vol-unteers always welcome!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of South Sacramento meetingSept. 26: Guest speakers address local, regional and international topics. Visitors welcome. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Iron Steaks Restaurant, 2422 13th St, Sacramento, CA 95818.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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