Local Songwriter Great Nosh at is Finalist for National Video Award Beth Shalom Page 5 Page 18 Volume 35 • Issue 41 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 October 9, 2015 LOCAL MAN TO COMPETE AT MMA Sacramento WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP Beloved Deputy to be Honored Employment Trends Rise SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Hiring in the Sacramento region has exploded. Seventy-six per- cent, or just over three quarters of all companies surveyed in direct contacts by phone report, have opened doors for applicants, raising the demand a full six per- centage points over this same time last year. Just twenty-four percent (24%) of top regional Page 4 employers surveyed between August 17th and September 17th say they are not hiring in in the ANIMAL RESEARCH upcoming months. When asked about motivation AT THE HEART OF for hiring in October, November, MEDICAL PROGRESS and December, Pacific Staffing learned more than half—54%— of Sacramento regional hiring related to workforce growth or expansion of payrolls. However, a larger number—61%—say part of their hiring is required for replacements or attrition among existing employees. Pacific Staffing also discov- ered a shortage of qualified applicants and growing worry about retention in keeping Page 4 those already on the payrolls. Going back to 1992 when the Slain North Area Deputy Danny P. Oliver (inset) will join Wall of Honor heroes in Patriots Park on November 7th. The ceremony also recalls other local men who fell in service to community or nation. Employment Trends Survey began among top Sacramento Story and photos regional employers, an unprec- ATHLON SPORTS by Susan Maxwell Skinner the male suspect fired on two Placer County edented number of companies officers. One investigator, Michael Davis, died report difficulty in finding peo- INSIDE COLLEGE FAIR OAKS, CA (MPG) - from his wounds. ple with skills to do the work. A new name will soon When asked what challenges join those inscribed on the Wall of Honor at At the time of his death, 15-year Sheriff’s Department veteran Oliver worked with they face in hiring, 26% of FOOTBALL Patriots Park. November 7th remembrances Problem-Oriented Policing in the North Area Sacramento regional companies will induct Sheriff’s Deputy Danny P. Oliver Division. “We hold Danny Oliver in a place polled report concerns about to the ranks of treasured local heroes. of honor and distinction in the department and finding qualified applicants. Oliver died during a 2014 criminal incident in the community,” said Sacramento Sheriff Anyone may attend the November 7th that spread from Arcade to Placer County. Skills Demand Scott Jones. “He will never be forgotten.” ceremonies. Remembrances begin with a flag- The 47-year-old father of two was slain as he raising at 10 a.m. A strong represenatation of Shortages of skills include and another officer investigated activity in an Situated near the Carmichael and Fair construction trades, route and Oaks border, Patriots Park is dedicated to law enforcement agencies is expected at this Arden Way motel parking lot. The shooter and delivery drivers, RNs with Carmichael and Fair Oaks heroes. Their Wall year’s event. Police and armed service veterans a female companion then fled to Auburn. En obstetrics experience, sales and of Honor bears plaques naming local leg are welcome. route, they carjacked two vehicles, shooting - accounting, or finance back ends who gave their lives in service since the Patriots Park is located at 6825 Palm - and injuring one car owner. Near Interstate 80, Avenue, near Dewey and Madison Avenues. grounds. Skills also in-demand Carmichael Park District began. H include customer service, ware- house, shipping, manufacturing, product assembly, and general Page 17 office experience. Special Report: Danger in the Dark: Women’s Degrees in Hiring When asked, “If you were a student, what specific degree, major, or course of study would Safety and Self-Defense Alert be most beneficial to get- ting a job after graduation?” Sacramento employers over- SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - As days get darker earlier in the whelmingly said a business changing seasons, criminals get bolder. Dark mornings and ear administration degree is your lier nights invite trouble for those unaware of their surroundings.- best choice. Many also sug- Scan our QR Code for a Criminals seek the dark and target the unaware. With the time gested that the degree should direct link to our online edition! change comes greater danger. 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Gates to the area will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Color Guard Ceremony will be at 11:00 See inside for details Page 2 a.m. The Color Guard will be by Source: Rick Reed Public local Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Venture Crew. The Earl J. Koobs Nature Bera Gets Area started with a teacher’s off-hand suggestion in 1971 and local high school students’ Relations Back to His perservance in purchasing 4-1/2 H acres in Carmichael as a nature Doctor Roots and environmental studies area. Even then-Governor Reagan and President Nixon donated to the students’ cause. A California ecology grant helped pay the bal- ance. The area was later named for Mr. Koobs, now called “Ranger Jack”, the biology teacher who planted the idea. The Vietnam Memorial is especially intriguing. In 1973, while many were still in dis - belief of America’s losses, the Page 9 nature area’s symbol became a memorial to 14 students from La Sierra High School who died for Broadcaster Beth Ruyak (left) welcomed VIPs at a San Juan Education Foundation gala. Receiving alumni awards our country. This, the first known were Justice Gordon Liu, Lt. General John Goodman, Fox News correspondent Laura Ingle and Nobel Prize winner David Wineland. Vietnam Memorial in California, 7 Healthy Tips was made in metal shop by stu - Words and pictures by Laura Ingle attended El Camino (Bella Vista); Assemblyman dents remembering their own For Air Travelers Susan Maxwell Skinner High. Lt General John Goodman Roger Niello (Encino); Olympic classmates. (also a former NFL star) spent swimmer Debbie Meyer (Rio In 1988, the nature area was Q: What do a Nobel Prize win- his athletic teens at Encina. All Americano) and baseball legend almost sold for lack of use and ner, a California Supreme Court grown up and diversely distin - Dusty Baker (Del Campo). interest, but a community group, judge, a decorated Marine and guished, the four were honored A 2011 winner, Timothy B. “Save Our Soil” rallied. They a network broadcaster have in at Arden Hills Country Club. Schmit (Encino) rose to fame established it as an educational common? Over 300 supporters applauded with rock super-band The trust and preserved it future A: The VIPs all graduated from the returning alumni. Celebrity Eagles. Schmit donated a gui - generations. San Juan School District high host at the seventh annual tar – autographed by Eagles Don On Nov 10, 1988, there was a schools. At a recent Carmichael event was television and radio Henley, Glenn Fry and Joe Walsh special re-dedication of the La gala, they jointly entered the star Beth Ruyak, herself mom and himself – for the 2013 auc - Sierra High School Memorial District’s Hall of Fame.