Jon Voight 26 Years of Service Bill Durston Joni Hilton Visits McCain Air Force Chief Alliance for Why They Don’t Headquarters Master Sgt. Retired Americans Call Dogs Kimberly L. Endorses Dr. “Woman’s Best Lintz has retired Bill Durston for Friend” Congress Page 5 Page 3 Page 13 Page 15 Volume 3 Issue 19 Serving Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Orangevale & Gold River First Edition for October 2008 Operation Branding Iron Annual Canine Costume Event Comes to Sunrise Mall Four October Events Feature Canine Costume Contest, Haunted Houses And Children’s Halloween Party Halloween is going to the dogs again…as Sunrise MarketPlace and Sunrise Festival 1 Shopping Center co-host one of the District’s most entertaining events—DOG-O-WEEN. The eighth annual event will be held October 11 from 10am to noon in the Sunrise Festival 1 parking lot near Old Navy. (corner of Greenback and Sunrise) DOG-O-WEEN features dogs from small, medium and large categories vying for “Barking Lot” rights and Division and Best of Show prizes. The $5 entry fee/donation will benefit Placer SPCA, which will also be on site with mobile adoption services. Registration will begin at 9am, with the competition beginning at 10am. The contest is open to the first 100 dogs in costume. Each A missing catalytic converter... don’t let this be you! registered canine will receive a “doggy bag” with coupons and additional The Citrus Heights Police Department hear an abnormally loud exhaust noise etching and noticeable paint will items. announces a Free service to Truck upon starting their vehicle. The cost of help recycling scrap yards and law Best of Show prize includes a and SUV owners residing, working, or replacing the catalytic converter can enforcement officers identify the victim Petsmart gift card, cash and trophy. range from several hundreds of dollars of the theft and return the property to Division and place winners will be the Also coming soon Times: Monday – Thurs 5PM visiting in the City of Citrus Heights to Sunrise Marketplace: to 8PM Friday & Saturday 5PM to to over one thousand dollars. the owner. recipient of gift cards. Trucks and Sport Utility Vehicles Catalytic converters do not This service will be offered on 8:45PM Sunday 2PM to 6PM www. Owners are requested to bring RMS Curseliner Haunted House (SUVs) continue to be prime targets have serial numbers or identifiable Saturday, October 11, 2008, between the sunrisemallonline.com their dogs on a leash, have up to date @ Marketplace at Birdcage, near Target for thieves looking to steal catalytic markings making it very difficult for hours of 9am and 2pm, and appointments October 4-October 31- World of Fear Monsters at the Mall @ Sunrise converters. The catalytic converter law enforcement officers to return the are recommended. Persons who choose shots for their pets and muzzle dogs if Mall Annual Halloween party (October appropriate. presents RMS Curseliner Haunted is part of the exhaust system located property to the owner when suspects to receive Freeetching on a drop-in House at Marketplace at Birdcage. Kids 31) for costumed kids 5:30-7:30. Trick underneath the vehicle and is designed are arrested with these stolen vehicle basis may experience delays, as they Entrants have been dressed in a room. Live music October 31. or Treats at selected merchants from to reduce the toxicity of emissions from parts in their possession. will be assisted on a first come first variety of creative costumes over the Marketplace at Birdcage Shopping 5:30-6:30; games, prizes and activities an internal combustion engine. Thieves To help combat these thefts, the serve basis. years, from commandoes, soldiers, Center. Hours of operation and discounts 5:30-7:30. Mix 96 Prize Wheel in front steal the catalytic converters because Citrus Heights Police Department and The etching service will be conducted cowboys and ballerinas to athletes, at frightplanet.com of Macy’s. Free parking, admission, they contain small amounts of precious brides and grooms, bumble bees and Atmosfear Haunted House @ candy and prizes. the Sunrise Market Place are hosting at the Les Schwab Tire Center located For more info/questions: General metals including platinum – which is “Operation Branding Iron.” The event at 8001 Greenback Lane (at the corner fairies. Last year’s Best of Show was Sunrise Mall October 10-November 1- benefitting March of Dimes. $13 Public: 916-726-6767. For details visit worth up to $1,290 an ounce; palladium is being sponsored by Les Schwab Tire of Greenback Lane and Arcadia, across “Scuba Dog”, complete with air tank, www.sunrisemarketplace.com – which is worth up to $370 an ounce; Center, Lowes Stores, Aba Daba Rents, from the Sunrise Mall). mask, snorkel, life jacket and cool admission. Dates: 10/10, 11, 12, 15, 16, and rhodium – which can trade for up and Kragen Auto Parts. If you would like to make an swim trunks. 17, 18, 19, 22 thru 31 and Nov 1 to $6,000 an ounce on the market. This is a Freeservice to etch the appointment or if you have any Vehicles including 1990’s models vehicle’s license plate number onto questions regarding this Freeservice, of Toyota Trucks and SUVs have been the vehicle’s catalytic converter. please contact the Citrus Heights specifically targeted due to their higher Additionally, the converter will be Police Department at (916) 727- AR College Passes stock ground clearance levels. Owners marked with a brightly colored heat 5524 or Detective Mike Alway often only realize their catalytic resistant paint. In the event the catalytic at (916) 727-5829 and mention converter has been stolen when they converter is ever stolen, the identifiable “Operation Branding Iron.” Endorsement of Prop 8 Chamber of Commerce Business Expo at Sunrise Mall The Citrus Heights Regional thousands of potential customers of your time on the two busiest Chamber of Commerce is in the community. The average shopping days of the week as your pleased to announce our 20th attendance at Sunrise Mall is market comes to you. You may Annual Business Expo will be 30,000 per weekend. You work sell at this show. Please contact held at Sunrise Mall on October hard to find your customers. Renee Larscheid, Membership 11 & 12, 2008. The Business Most of them don’t seek you out Director, at (916) 722-4545 or Expo provides the perfect – you have to find them. The [email protected], as soon opportunity for you to showcase Business Expo gives you the as possible to reserve a booth. your products and services to opportunity to make the best use Rancho Cordova Police Department PRESORTED STD. US POSTAGE Deploys New Automated License PAID 37,500 Student College in split in their support or opposition his “NO” vote. PERMIT 32 Plate Recognition System Rancho Cordova, CA CA’s State Capital PASSES to the Proposition 8 resolution. A student-publicized, anti- Sergeant Tim Curran, Stolen, or as a Wanted Vehicle. Resolution Endorsing Prop 8, Chanting, yelling, clapping and marriage rally against Prop 8 Sacramento County Sheriff’s If a match occurs it immediately Chaos Ensues calls for order by the President, was held prior to the meeting Department/ Rancho Cordova alerts the officer, displays a color were commonplace as students and students were allowed to Police Department photograph of the vehicle, and from Victor Choban, ARC PR from either side expressed their bring signs reading “No on The Rancho Cordova Police a close-up photograph of the Disruptive students escorted views to the Council, some 8” inside the meeting as well. Department (RCPD) has license plate. out of Hearing as standing-room shouting “NO on 8” into the Other students held signs recently deployed a patrol car On the first day of deployment only meeting draws massive mic. After an hour and a half of reading “marriage still = 1 man equipped with an automated over 4,000 license plates were outcry and support from student comment, the Council +1 woman” and “Yes on Prop license plate recognition system read. Of those, two vehicles were students/faculty voted to pass the resolution with 8.” At least two campus police (ALPR). The ALPR cameras stopped that had license plates 8 in favor, 3 opposed and just over the 2/3rd majority vote officers were called in to attempt are integrated with the patrol reported as lost or stolen, and 3 abstaining, was the final required, drawing applause from to the keep the peace; several car’s onboard computer-aided- one vehicle was recovered that vote today that lead to the students. students were requested to leave dispatching (CAD) computer and had been carjacked. controversial American River Student Representative Jorge the building and were escorted automatically take photographs The media is invited to ride- College Student Council Riley spoke in favor of passing the outside by the administration. of every license plate within along with an officer to see this endorsement of Proposition Resolution, stating that he would A full-length video of the their view. The system then valuable new law enforcement 8, California’s “Marriage vote to uphold the majority’s Council meeting will be will, while Council member Tim compares them with license plate tool in action. Those interested Protection Act.” posted by an independent Richey expressed his disgust student news source tonight: numbers in a statewide database. may contact RCPD Sergeant The September 30th meeting with the Council’s support for http://americanrivernews. This database contains license Pete James to schedule drew a crowd of nearly 200 Prop 8 by emphatically stating blogspot.com/ plate numbers reported as Lost, an appointment. students who were about evenly Page 2 The Messenger Editorial First Edition for October 2008 The Shame of the Chiefs "We don't have a plan to defeat the insurgency." When Bush set about In his classic book on the getting one -- the surge -- he had to Vietnam War, "Dereliction of do an end run around the chiefs.