Local Brewery Awarded First Place Gold Ribbon at State Fair American River Brewing Company’S Coloma Brown Wins American Ale Category
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Records Shattered During 2015 California State Fair Page 5 Is Your Yard Grapevine Wildlife-Friendly? Page 2 VOLUMEI 4747 •• ISSUEISSUEndependent 31 25 DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROUDLYPROUDLY SERVING SERVING RANCHO RANCHO CORDOVA CORDOVA & & SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO COUNTY COUNTY PUTS MORE BAD GUYS AWAY Reliving the Summer of Love June July 19,31, 2015 Page 6 CHP Offers DEAD PERIOD IN Free “Start PLACE FOR FALL Smart” Classes RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - The leading cause of death for LANCER TEAMS Americans 15-20 years old is motor vehicle collisions. In an effort to reduce motor vehi cle collisions in California, California Highway Patrol (CHP) East Sacramento Area - Office will offer free Start Smart classes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all other drivers. The CHP’s Start Smart pro- gram is a driver safety education class that targets new and future Page 14 licensed teenage drivers between the age of 15-19 and their parents/guardians. ATHLON SPORTS The Start Smart class covers collision avoidance techniques, INSIDE BASEBALL driver responsibility, collision trends, distracted driving laws, alcohol-related driving laws, “Summer of Love” will bring the best of the 60s to Village Green Park on August 7th as part of the Friday Night Concert series. Photo courtesy of Summer of Love and the provisional license pro- cess. The program also offers an RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - opportunity for new drivers and believe, but it has been nearly a half century parents/guardians to ask CHP since the Flower Children descended upon Officers clarifying questions. The San Francisco for what became knownIt’s hard as to classes run for approximately the Summer of Love. two hours. Rancho Cordova concertgoers can relive “Summer of Love” is a Sacramento- area band that brings back the 60s through The Start Smart classes will the music of that social phenomenon as be held at CHP East Sacramento, the Cordova Community Council’s Friday their music and dress, celebrating a time of conflict and coming of age, of wild and 11336 Trade Center Drive, Night Concerts kick off on August 7th, fea- Rancho Cordova, CA 95742. Page 15 turing the band “Summer of Love.” wonderful music ranging from the Beach Boys of California to the British Invasion converged in the Haight-Ashbury neigh- Classes will be offered from that brought us the Beatles and go-go boots. borhood and became a melting pot of new 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the fol- social ideas that reverberated through the lowing Tuesdays: August 25th, As a historical phenomenon, the Summer of Love of 1967 centered around San following decades. Despite disagreements September 22nd, and November Francisco when as many as 100,000 people over the impacts of the Summer of Love, it 17th. Local Brewery Awarded First Placeis Goldwidely acknowledged Ribbon that the music atthat StateSpace isFair limited, so parents/ emerged from the 60s is legendary. Relive guardians interested in signing American River Brewing Company’s Coloma Brownthe legends onWins August 7th. American Aleup Categoryfor the class will need to reg- Friday Night Concerts will continue ister by calling (916) 464-1450. It is encouraged that parents/ guardians attend the class with their teen driver. Continued on page 14 Place Gold Ribbon awarded to Funding for CHP’s Start Coloma Brown at the State Fair, Smart program is provided by the first awarded in 2013. American River Brewing noted. “That makes us the pro Continued on page 5 RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) Company founder and brewmas ter David Mathis was overjoyed ducer of the third best beer in all - American River Brewing of California. I’d say that’s not Company, located at 11151 by the results. “This is a great too shabby.” - Trade Center Drive #104 in win not only for our brew - Rancho Cordova, was awarded ery and for the city of Rancho Within less than a decade, the Cordova, but for the Sacramento craft beer scene has exploded in First Place Gold in the American the Sacramento region, accord Ale category for Coloma region as well,” he said. “It val - idates our position as a hotbed ing to Mathis. “In 2009 there Brown at this year’s California were only about 10 craft brew Craft Beer Competition at the for great craft brewing.” eries in the area,” he stated. - California State Fair. There were In addition to the first place - “Now there are at least 40 and 120 entries for American Ale in ribbon, Coloma Brown was fur ther distinguished with a third the quality is very high. When - this year’s brewery battle, mak you factor all that in, it makes ing it the most hotly contested place award within the Best of Show category. This place Coloma Brown’s victory even category in the entire compe - more impressive.” tition. This is the second First - ment recognizes the best beers entered into the competition. Mathis founded American River Brewing Company in - “With over 1,000 beers entered - this year, I’m extremely proud 2011 in Rancho Cordova, of a bronze medal,” Mathis with the first beers going out The Perfect to market on January 13th, Combination! A C.L.U.B. for 2012. Mathis has more than Alzheimer’s Patients Rough LossesPLUS: for 20 years in the commercial Page 2 Cordova Baseball Page 11 Start Yours Today! Grapevine Independent delivers your local community news every week. Continued on page 2 VOLUME 46 • ISSUE 15 Pr OU dLy S Laura Lewis Chosen ErVI ng rAnCHO CO as New SMUD rd OVA & S AC rAME Get The Sunday Sacramento Bee! nt O General Counsel COU nty It’s River Cats Season! April 11, 2014 IRS Warns of New Email Phishing Scheme BOTH NEWSPAPERS WA SHINGTON, Internal RevenueD Service.C. (MPG) warned - The consumers today to be on the lookout for a new email phish ing scam. The emails appear to be from the IRS Taxpayer Advocate - Page 2 Service and include a bogus case 50 Foster Youth number. The fake emails may include Attend United Way’s the following message: “Your FOR ONLY reported 2013 income is flagged Day at the Capitol for review due to a document processing error. Your case has been forwarded to the Taxpayer Advocate Service for resolution assistance. To avoid delays pro cessing your 2013 filing contact the Taxpayer Advocate Service - for resolution assistance.” Recipients are directed to click on links that supposedly provide information about the “advo $ cate” assigned to their case or that let them “review reported - income.” 00 web pages thatThe solicit links personallead to 18 Page 4 information. FOR 6 MONTHS! Taxpayers who get these mes sages should not respond to the Cub Scout Pack email or click on the links. Instead,- they should forward the scam See inside for details 281 Receives Creek emails to the IRS at phishing@irs. As part of the Oakland Athletics farm system, the River Cats will continue to develop “home grown” talent that contributes to future success at the Week Proclamation big league level. Last season, a total of 26 River Cats were called up by the A’s to contribute at the Major League level. Many of these players had a gov. For more information, visit significant role in the Athletics winning the 2013 American League West Division title. the IRS’s Report Phishing web page: SAC http://www.irs.gov/uac/ RAMENTO Report-Phishing. REGION, - It’s time to catch the feelCA (MPG) The Taxpayer Advocate Service 15 years. ing! The 2014 baseball season Photo courtesy of the Sacramento River Cats. is a legitimate IRS organization is underway and your home - This season, the River Cats embracing the eat-local food that helps taxpayers resolve fed grown Sacramento River Cats will strive to highlight many eral tax issues that have not been are primed to make a run at their of the great people and places movement, “Farm to Fork,” by - serving food from local bakeries, the River Cats will continue to resolved through the normal IRS 12th division championship in in the Sacramento area, as well channels. The IRS, including TAS, as celebrate the region’s strong donut shops, and other restau develop “home grown” talent rants in the area. that contributes to future success does not initiate contact with tax agricultural background by - payers by email, texting or any In addition, as part of the at the big league level. Last sea - Oakland Athletics farm system, son, a total of 26 River Cats were social media. called up by the A’s to contribute- For more on scams to guard Page 4 Anderson Picks Up 900th Careeragainst see theWin “Dirty Dozen” list Continued on page 11 on IRS.gov. By Mike Bush Source: IRS M.R.O. H RANCHO CORDOVA, five runs came in the fourth, fifth and seventh Schoolbaseball coach CAGuy (MPG)Anderson - has Cordova High innings. “finally got it over with” regarding reaching Anderson’s milestone win came in front of a milestone in his historic coaching career on many family and friends, and some former Coloma Brown wins gold ribbon at the California State Fair. Photo courtesy of the diamond. Lancer players who attended the game. The Lancer skipper, in his 42nd season, picked up the coveted 900th varsity career “The Lancer skipper, in his 42nd win in a Capital Athletic League contest at season, picked up the coveted Antelope on April 4. That is where Cordova American River Brewing Company 900th varsity career win on April 4. posted a 10-2 win over the Titans.