Kids Connection Tales of Two Towns Engages Elderly Valley History at October 23rd Students and Older Adults and November 7th Talks Benefit From Award Winning Intergenerational Program Page 11 Page 8 Volume 35 • Issue 42 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 AEGIS’ ANNUAL October 16, 2015 CASINO NIGHT Mighty Menagerie at Nature Fest Brown Signs Creatures Great and Smelly are Effie Yeaw Stars Legislation Story and photos by Susan Maxwell Skinner Expanding CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - Raptors, marsupials, mammals, and rep Alternative tiles paraded for visitors at the- Effie Yeaw Nature Center’s recent Nature Fest. Custody The event temporarily boosted American River Parkway animals Program with 1,100 wannabe naturalists. Page 15 Up-close wildlife encounters were SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) the main attraction. “It’s fantastic - Monday morning, Governor to see raptors up close,” enthused Brown supported family reuni- a bird watcher. “You see a golden fication by signing SB 219, FUNDRAISER FOR eagle’s talons and realize how she regarding the Alternative can catch a wolf.” Custody Program, into law. HUBBS’ HONORARY A coyote pup called Cody was Authored by Senator Carol another crowd pleaser. Resident of Liu (D-La Cañada, Flintridge), MAYOR CAMPAIGN Wild Things Inc., an animal ref the bill expands access to the uge near Newcastle, the rescued- Alternative Custody Program baby provoked much oohing and (ACP), which currently allows aahing but proved a feisty handful eligible incarcerated people to for handler Gabe Kerschner. finish their sentences outside of All animals that help educate prisons in order to care for their are deemed unreleasable because families. of injuries or imprintation on Californians United for a humans. “I love showing you this Responsible Budget (CURB), coyote but I’d rather see him run a statewide coalition of over 70 - organizations working to reduce ning free in the wild,” Kerschner A wink and a smile. Junior naturalist Nadine Ozeir (10, at right) told the pup’s admirers. California is enraptured by raptor Pickwick. The one-eyed owl was among the number of people in prison Raptor Center (UC Davis) and educators at the recent Effie Yeaw Nature Fest. Handler Brenton and the number of prisons and Pierce (above) admires a golden eagle called Sullivan. jails in the state, co-sponsored the Page 15 the Nature Center provided other ambassadors. Natural History Association legislation, with member orga Learn about the Effie - “This event is central to our President Liz Williamson, nization Justice Now, a legal Yeaw Nature Center at www. mission.” said American River “bringing nature to people and advocacy organization that works people to nature.” sacnaturecenter.com. H with people in women’s prisons, ATHLON SPORTS leading the charge. “I’m a personal testament that INSIDE COLLEGE the Alternative Custody Program “Captain America” on the Mend is effective in reuniting people FOOTBALL Story and photo with their families and commu by Susan Maxwell Skinner in fair condition. More support came from fel- nities,” said Marianna Gray, a- low train hero Alex Skarlatos. The Dancing with former ACP participant. “With the With a little help from his friend, and surgery the Stars competitor flew from LA to his buddy’s help of my son, Senator Liu, and at UC Davis Medical Center, Carmichael hero bedside. dozens of advocates, I was able to Spencer Stone is recovering from life-threatening “He still has his sense of humor, so that keeps participate in this program. There injuries. One of three Sacramentans who pre- me optimistic,” Skarlatos shared. “He’ll recover; it were many difficulties and dis might just take him a minute.” - Decorated hero Spencer Stone vented a train massacre in France, Stone (23) was appointments I faced in my own is making steady progress stabbed in an October 8th Sacramento street fight. Stone is dubbed “Captain America,” at Travis Air journey towards receiving this after a mid-town Sacramento After surgery for a collapsed lung, the airman has Force Base. Police are investigating the incident in program, so I know this bill is a knife attack. been buoyed by his Carmichael family and is rated which the he was knifed; apparently while defend- step in the right direction.” ing a young woman. H Continued on page 2 Page 17 Golf Tournament to Benefit Fire Victims 100% of Proceeds go to Victims Who Lost Homes, Saddle Creek Owner Castle & Cooke to Match Scan our QR Code for a direct link to our online edition! All Donations CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - Saddle Creek Resort, the Castle & Cooke golf community in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Calaveras County, will host a golf tournament fundraiser Sunday, October 25th to help victims of the Butte Fire. Four-person teams are invited to compete in a PAID scramble format that will begin at noon (shotgun PERMIT 350 US POSTAGE Carmichael, CA start). The entry fee of $50 per person covers golf/ PRESORTED STD. cart fees and dinner. A raffle and a silent auction Change Service Requested will also be held. One hundred percent of all tournament proceeds will benefit victims who lost their homes. To fur ther the impact, Saddle Creek owner Castle &- One hundred percent of all tournament proceeds will benefit victims who lost their homes. To further the impact, Saddle Creek Cooke will match all donations. Golfers who wish owner Castle & Cooke will match all donations. Golfers who wish to participate in the tournament should call (209) 785-3700 to to participate in the tournament should call (209) register. 785-3700 to register. The Butte Fire destroyed 475 homes in Calaveras and Amador counties and burned more than 71,000 1. Guaranteed Delivery of the Carmichael Times acres. 2. Guaranteed Delivery of The Sunday Sacramento Bee “We’re a tight-knit community and acutely Triple Play! aware that many of our friends and neighbors are 3. And One Free Car Wash from QUICK QUACK Car Wash suffering,” said Rick Morgan, General Manager of Tennis Player ($699 value) Saddle Creek Resort. “Losing a home and every- Read & Feed Program from Arden Hills Digs In As Librarians Wins National “Little Mo” Get a great deal on this 6 month subscription for only: Go Agrarian Title in Texas thing you own is a devastating life event and this Page 9 Page 4 tournament is just one example of how we’re pool- ing our resources to help those affected by the Volume 34 • Issue 45 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 November 6, 2013 tragedy.” What Is The Veterans Memorial 00 World’s Fastest Commemoration Animal? STARS Shine at Planned at Earl J. The Calaveras County Association of Realtors Koobs Nature Area CARMICHAEL, C A. ( MPG) - A memorial service will be held in $ San Juan Fundraiserthe Earl J. Koobs Nature Area (CCAR) has also been instrumental to the response located in Carmichael, between San Juan Central (previously Garfield Elementary) and the La Sierra Community Center on 5325 Engle Road. Gates to the area will be open from 10:00 25 effort, organizing a streamlined system to help dis- a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Color Page 2 Guard Ceremony will be at 11:00 a.m. The Color Guard will be by See inside for details local Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Venture Crew. The Earl J. Koobs Nature placed evacuees find rental properties. It is offering Bera Gets Area started with a teacher’s off-hand suggestion in 1971 Back to His and local high school students’ perservance in purchasing 4-1/2 Doctor Roots acres in Carmichael as a nature and environmental studies area. Even then-Governor Reagan and President Nixon donated to Continued on page 4 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 - Page 9 belief of America’s losses, the nature area’s symbol became a memorial to 14 students from La Broadcaster Beth Ruyak (left) welcomed VIPs at a San Juan Education Foundation gala. Receiving alumni awards Sierra High School who died for were Justice Gordon Liu, Lt. General John Goodman, Fox News correspondent Laura Ingle and Nobel Prize our country. This, the first known 7 Healthy Tips winner David Wineland. Vietnam Memorial in California, was made in metal shop by stu - For Air Travelers Words and pictures by Laura Ingle attended El Camino (Bella Vista); Assemblyman dents remembering their own 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.