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VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 51 Serving Carmichael & Sacramento County since 1981 DECEMBER 18, 2020
SEE Greater Sac in INSIDE Farmers Market to Return Regional Stay DISTRICT 3 Home Order Sacramento County THANKS Public Information Office SUSAN PETERS SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA (MPG) - The State of California announced that the Greater Sacramento region has met the ICU availability criteria of 15 percent or less to trigger the State’s Regional Stay at Home Order. Once trig- gered, the Thursday, Dec. 10, order will remain in PAGE 4 effect for at least three weeks. In alignment with the DOES MEDICARE Regional Stay At Home Order, Sacramento County COVER ALZHEIMER residents are required to stay at home as much as FACILITY CARE? possible and minimize mixing with other house- holds in order to slow the surge in cases and hospi- Above: A popular community destination, Carmichael Park’s talizations to help prevent Sunday fruit and vegetable market is slated to reopen soon. Right: overwhelming regional The fruit and vegetable market is a great social hub for couples, ICU capacity. families and community figures such as Julie Hubbs. The following sectors PAGE 5 Story and photos to submit proposals for must close all operations by Susan Maxwell Skinner a long-term contract. until further notice: Living Smart's Amusements CALIFORNIA IS CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - Absent from administrators last parks; Bars, brewer- Carmichael Park for two weeks, the week explained ies, distilleries, and NO 1 IN ROUGH Sunday Farmers Market will be back in via Facebook that wineries; Cardrooms and business soon. The community’s cele- their relocation was satellite wagering; Family HIGHWAYS brated veggie source recently “vexited” prompted by the Entertainment Centers to Sunrise Mall, Citrus Heights. unavailability of a (e.g. arcades, batting This abrupt decampment blind- year-long agreement. cages, bowling alleys, and sided local supporters and Carmichael Park District adminis- kart racing); Hair salons Recreation and Park administrators. trator Mike Blondino and barbershops; Indoor Living Smart Markets organization noted that Living playgrounds; Live audi- began the weekend tradition as farm- Smart was welcome ence sports; Museums, to-fork pioneers in 2008; hundreds of to seek such a deal; zoos, and aquariums; vendors have since offered locally- the contract would Personal care services sourced produce and crafts every week. nevertheless not be (e.g. body piercing, body Since summer, CRPD and Living awarded until all RFQ waxing, estheticians, mas- sage therapy, nail salons, PAGE 5 Smart have coexisted month-to- applicants were considered – probably The market will continue with a month. The arrangement kept the by early 2021. temporary operator. Reopening and tattoo) outlet open while CRPD worked with “We love the farmers market and could be as soon as this Sunday – In alignment with the on a recently-posted Request For what it provides for the community and but certainly within weeks. Regional Stay At Home Qualifications process. This course vendors,” said Blondino. “We’re work- For information updates, visit Order, the following sec- allows other licensed market operators ing to bring it back as soon as possible.” www.carmichaelpark.com H tors are permitted for OUTDOOR operations only until further notice. These sectors must still maintain mitigation mea- sures (social distancing, face coverings, and san- Scan our QR Code for a Restaurants Challenge Shutdowns itization) and specific direct link to our online edition! modifications in parenthe- sis below: PRESORTED STD. US POSTAGE Drive-in movie theaters PAID (maximum 25% capacity PERMIT 350 or 100 people, whichever Carmichael, CA is fewer); Gyms and fit- ness centers; Places of Change Service Requested worship (maximum 25% capacity or 100 peo- ple, whichever is fewer); Recreational facilities (e.g. athletic fields, play- grounds, tennis courts, golf courses, skate parks, etc.; onsite sales or con- sumption of food or beverages is prohibited) In alignment with the Regional Stay At Home Order, the following sec- tors are permitted for INDOOR operations. These sectors must still Forum convenors and supporters faced a gathering of suffering merchants. maintain mitigation mea- sures (social distancing, Story and photos COVID shutdown orders. Many felt their businesses “Businesses need to stand face coverings, and san- by Susan Maxwell Food Industry veterans were targeted without good strong and we need to stand itization) and specific Skinner were among more than 60 reason. beside them,” said Fulton. modifications in parenthe- supporters who shivered in Arcade realtor Lillian “COVID closures should sis below: CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) the parking lot after their Fulton convened the rebel stop. Let’s let everyone All retail (maximum - Carmichael’s Milagro use of Milagro’s interior forum. Her activism was have a Christmas. America 20% capacity); Standalone Centre last weekend pro- was nixed for safety rea- inspired by a restaurant was founded on rebellion. Grocery Stores (maxi- vided a forum for restaurant, sons. Attendees’ overriding employee who was forced So let’s rebel.” mum 35% capacity; the salon and small business wish was to maintain safe to file for unemploy- Several restaurant sale of food or beverages owners proposing to defy protocols and doors open. ment for the second time. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3
www.CarmichaelTimes.com 2 • Carmichael Times DECEMBER 18, 2020 Yoga Spreads Unconditional Laughter
By Thomas J. Sullivan eyes and urges all not to worry if their laughter at the beginning SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - feels forced. In time, genuine Take a deep breath. Hold it, hold laughter will come, and soon it, hold it... and exhale with a all are laughing along with one giant, joyful belly laugh! You are another. about to experience the world- Laughter yoga teaches its par- wide health phenomenon known ticipants how to "laugh for no as Laughter Yoga! reason," without relying on jokes Linda Kalb Hamm, a certi- or humor or the critical mind. fied laughter yoga instructor, Its playful, child-like exercises offers an hour of exercises on allow the participant to chuckle Zoom on Tuesdays from 6 to long enough to reap the health, 7 p.m. designed to encourage emotional and social benefits of its participants to laugh for no spontaneous laughter. apparent reason. No mats or Kalb Hamm said not only poses are involved, and each ses- do many of us need to learn sion involves a variety of playful this new way to laugh, which laughter exercises, spontaneous emphasizes yogic breathing, giggle meditation, and guided acupressure clapping and hearty relaxation techniques. Laughter Yoga is gaining popularity from participants and endorsements from the medical community with annual belly-bursting guffaws, but we Laughter yoga offers one a events such as California Worldfest happening near the Sacramento area. Photo courtesy of Linda Kalb Hamm also need to practice this form helpful way to laugh away the of uninterrupted laughter for at worries and stresses of the day, of her former students to become Weil), media (Time Magazine, least 15 minutes to fully reap the literally an opportunity to “laugh certified laughter yoga instructors Wall Street Journal, Psychology benefits. their angst off”, she whimsically themselves. Today, CNN, BBC) and celeb- “The psychological rewards believes. Kalb Hamm had hosted in-per- rities (Oprah Winfrey, John can be a reduction of stress, anx- Kalb Hamm completed her son laughter yoga sessions in Fair Cleese, and Ellen DeGeneres). iety, tension and symptoms of undergraduate studies in soci- Oaks and the greater Sacramento Kalb Hamm begins each depression,” she said. “Laughter ology and psychology at U.C. area through the social media Tuesday laughter yoga Zoom gives us hope and optimism to Berkeley and went on to earn her app, “Meet Up” on the sec- session with a series of standard deal with difficult and negative Master’s Degree in Education. ond and fourth Monday of each warm-ups. She starts by hav- situations that may challenge us. Whether she is working with month from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. ing people clap rhythmically and When we laugh together, we see children, teens, adults, seniors at Meridian Veterinarian Care at chant, "Ho, ho, ha, ha, ha" sev- the best in ourselves and none of or Alzheimer’s memory care 9712 Fair Oaks Boulevard before eral times. She then tells her our differences really matter,” patients, as she did prior to the shifting her sessions to Zoom in Zoom participants to take a series she said. onset of the pandemic, Kalb mid-spring due to the pandemic Linda relishes in the spirit of of deep breaths, filling their Her free weekly Laughter laughing for no reason. Photo courtesy Hamm says she experiences that shelter in place orders. of Linda Kalb Hamm lungs fully with air and then each Yoga group is open to all who same contagious delight of child- “Laughter has two sources, releasing a hearty laugh. want to learn to laugh for no rea- hood as her new and continuing one from the body, one from the a little harder to let go of that How do you laugh when noth- son. Join allies and members of students discover the relaxation mind. Adults tend to laugh from mindfulness and laugh playfully. ing is funny? Just open your Sacramento LGBTQ Center to and joy of unconditional laughter the mind,” she said, and all of Dr. Mandan Kataria, a phy- mouth into a wide smile and see how the universal language where all are welcome to learn. us “have a child inside us who sician from Mumbai, India, is force the breath out. You may of laughter can help enhance She discovered laughter yoga is wanting to laugh and want- considered the founder of and feel silly at first, she said, but physical and mental well-being in 2012 as a participant in the ing to play.” Laughter yoga is chief proselytizer for laugh- when you're enjoying the expe- and add more joy and sparkle to University of San Francisco’s based on the concept of cultivat- ter yoga, a movement that since rience with a group of people your life. integrated medicine therapy ing one’s “childlike playfulness”, 1995 has spawned 5,000 laughter on Zoom or in person who are Visit Kalb Hamm’s Facebook program. Kalb Hamm quickly she explains. clubs - in which people meet reg- fully committed to laughing, the page at www.facebook. discovered that sessions of "We use judgments and eval- ularly just to laugh - worldwide. make-believe version often trans- com/LaughingMyAngstOff/ laughter yoga offered her great uations about what's funny and This interactive form of yoga for forms into the real thing. or her web page at therapeutic value in pain relief what isn't," she says. Children, all ages and abilities, has inspired Next come the individual LaughingMyAngstOff.com/ to for an injured shoulder. She soon who laugh much more frequently over 7,000 laughter clubs in over exercises. We soon look at the register for an upcoming Zoom sought to become a certified than adults, laugh from the body. 100 countries. As research on the individual Zoom participants session and receive the ID code laughter yoga instructor, later "They laugh all the time they're psychological and physiologi- who have joined us in the ses- and password to participate. conducting sessions in a variety playing.” cal benefits of laughter continues sion and greet one another with Upcoming sessions are Tuesday, of settings, for groups of all ages. Participants tend to be more to grow, laughter yoga is gain- a laugh. The presence of the web December 22 and 29, 2020 In all, she has taught thousands female, than male, she’s discov- ing prominent endorsements camera is soon forgotten. Kalb from 6 to 7 p.m. She can also be of students the basics of laugh- ered, as men due to cultural roles from the medical community Hamm encourages her partici- reached by email at lmaowith- ter yoga and has inspired many and responsibilities have to work (Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Andrew pants to look into other people's [email protected] H DECEMBER 18, 2020 Carmichael Times • 3 Restaurants Challenge Shutdowns Greater Sac in Regional Stay Home Order Continued from page 1 or to provide housing (without live audiences). Continued from page 1 for in-store consumption solutions for homeless); *Restaurants may owners spoke through tears. is prohibited); Child care; Libraries (maximum 25% operate for takeout and Representing the 70-year- Critical infrastructure; capacity); Medical and delivery only. Any dine-in old Spaghetti Factory chain, Hotels/lodging (for criti- dental care; Movie produc- (indoor or outdoor) is pro- Christine Dariotis said her cal infrastructure workers tion, professional sports hibited. H husband, owner George Dariotis, was fighting stage- four cancer and was now Shutdown Furthers Economic and Education Disparities more stressed than at any time during his life in hos- By Nghia Nguyen, on the brink of permanent closure. pitality. “We’ve had to let Office of Senator Jim Nielsen “The first shutdown put millions into go employees who’ve been unemployment. Hundreds of thousands of with us for 30 years,” she SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - Without data Californians are still waiting for their bene- explained. “For us, the emo- Governor Gavin Newsom ordered another fits, while Gavin Newsom's EDD sends cash tional pain is as hard as the Supervisor Sue Frost, attorney Keith Dunnigan (left) and Lillian shutdown picking winners and losers, cards to death row inmates. financial toll.” Fulton (back, right) addressed business owners at Carmichael’s and thereby, creating winners and losers. “Elected officials cannot abide by their Carmichael’s Bella Brew Milagro Centre. Unfortunately, it appears that the losers will rules, and now, they are imposing stricter Café owner Liz Mishler be children in public schools and the work- rules on everyday Californians? Not only lamented the expense of being taken away. I’m glad government will figure that ing class. Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama) are these officials breaking their own guide- staying in business. “We’ve they’re not able to see what out in a year,” he predicted, issued the following statement: lines, they are flaunting their wealth and spent so much on partition- we’re going through. “when they see our econ- “Shutting the down the state again privilege while millions of Californians are ing, and propane heaters “But I’m staying open,” omy stripped by a lack of will only hurt the citizens of California. on unemployment, waiting for unemploy- so people can eat outside,” Helmrich said to applause. tax revenue. Relief isn’t Nowhere in the nation has it been proven ment or lining up at food banks. she explained. “We’re con- “We’ll get through this.” coming fast enough for peo- that this is an effective method of combat- “Shutdowns disproportionately impact the stantly sanitizing. If there Salon veteran Michael ple needing help today.” The ting the coronavirus. The first closure drove working class and the working poor. High are COVID spikes, it’s not Kendrick spoke for hair- lawyer advised merchants the state into a recession. Storefronts are income earners are doing well, many are flour- because people eat inside, dressers and manicurists: “If to build relationships with boarded up. Many mom-and-pop shops are ishing from the comforts of their homes. H at 25 percent of restaurant Governor Gavin Newsom landlords. “Chances are capacity.” can still get a haircut and a they’re struggling, too,” he Restaurateur Michael paycheck, so should we,” said. “It’s a good time to talk Donoho worked 16-hour he declared. “Protocols that about minimizing rents and shifts to build up three we’re following work. We extending leases.” Waffle Experience restau- need to open our doors and Should authorities come rants. His company has laid save our as--s.” pounding on rebel business off 120 employees. He and Sacramento Board of doors, Dunnigan encour- company executives now Supervisors chair Sue Frost aged scrutiny of their legal Select Your work without salary and was cheered as she encour- procedures. “The Federal take unemployment checks. aged merchants to fight Government isn’t allowed to “My employees are terri- for survival. “Are we pro- summarily do things with- Caregiver® fied,” Donoho said. “There’s longing COVID spread out due process,” he said. •Meal Preparation no hope in sight for them. by locking it down?” she “You have the right to take • Light Housekeeping The State can’t keep shut- asked. Objections to pro- them to task. And one thing • Errands & Shopping ting us down with no plan of posing County fines on rebel the Governor Newsom must action. Restaurants are clean businesses have totaled learn is that he’s not allowed • Bathing Assistance by their very nature. Our more than 3000 e-mails and to make regulations that are • Dressing Assistance inside air is changed up to 85 phone calls, she said. arbitrary and capricious.” •Hygiene Assistance 20 times per hour. Sanitizing The supervisor announced *Anyone may attend a •Assistance with Mobility is bred into our culture. We a January 8-10 “Reopen 12:30 pm meeting support- are not the disease spread- California Now” confer- ing beleaguered businesses •Friendly Companionship ers. I refuse to close my ence. Assembling state at the Waffle Experience •Flexible Hourly Care restaurants; this might make policy makers at Rancho 13405 Folsom Boulevard •Respite Care for Families me a target, but I’m asking Murieta, the forum will be (Folsom) on December 23. •Medication Reminders you all to stand beside me.” live-streamed all across *Learn about activist Michael Helmrich recalled USA. “I’m calling it an Lillian Fulton’s campaign his Taiwanese immigrant event,” said Frost. But it’s to assist merchants at www. 916.971.9333 parents’ struggle to establish really more of a movement.” Saveourbusiness.net www.VisitingAngels.com/Sacramento their Mandarin Restaurant Gold River attorney Keith *Details of the January in the 1980s. “They broke Dunnigan praised small 8-10 Rancho Murieta event their backs,” he said. “Now businesses as California’s are posted at www.reopen- Each Visiting Angels agency is independently owned and operated. Lic. #344700003 everything they achieved is lifeblood. “Our State calnow.com H
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For 16 Years of Devoted Service to Sacramento County
District 3 Thanks Supervisor Susan Peters
Elected 2004. Re-elected 2008, 2012, 2016. Retiring 20 January 2021. Susan’s achievements during four terms in offi ce are her community legacy. Thanks also to Howard Schmidt, for his long service as Susan’s Chief of Staff . You are always Welcome in District 3! This appreciation sponsored by: The Carmichael Times; Susan Maxwell Skinner; Fulton Avenue Association; Supervisor Muriel and Ernie Johnson; Supervisors Sandy Smoley, Sue Frost and Rich Desmond; Peter Tateishi; Carmichael Rotary Club; Linda Beech Cutler; Gabriel Rasi DDS; Allan Davis; Kim Pacini-Hauch; Carmichael Chamber of Commerce; Carmichael Improvement District; Carmichael Parks Foundation; Carmichael Recreation and Park District DECEMBER 18, 2020 Carmichael Times • 5
California is No 1 in Rough Highways CARMICHAEL COMMUNITY UPDATE Money Geek calculations of mediocre in spending on existed when I took office. Public Safety roadway roughness, based highway maintenance The unique aspect to the The Sheriff’s Department on federal data. Anyone and improvements at PBID is property owners functions as our local who has driven exten- $13.95 per lane mile a and businesses raise funds police force for all of us sively in other states can year. That’s twice what through a self-imposed who live in the unincor- attest that highways else- Oklahoma, which has the assessment and they decide porated area. That’s why where are much more best highways, spends, so how to spend those funds I have always supported user-friendly and that cross- California clearly hasn’t on the type of improve- full funding for the depart- ing the state line back into been getting much bang ments they want. Over the ment because defunding California is literally a jar- for its gas tax bucks. By County years Fulton Avenue prop- the Sheriff’s Budget means ring experience. The big tax increase, Supervisor erty owners have renewed putting public safety at risk. By Dan Walters The only place American which also included a stiff Susan Peters the PBID and the improve- Our Sheriff’s Department CALMatters drivers can find rougher hike in auto registration ments funded include the has been very innovative roads is in the deep blue fees, raises an estimated Through the generosity distinctive arch at Auburn through the creation of the Much has been said District of Columbia. $5 billion a year and was of The Carmichael Times Boulevard plus the impres- Homeless Outreach Team, sive landscaped medians and written about the California is followed in billed as a way to catch this is my last column the Sexual Assault Felony written as your repre- and the undergrounded nation’s stark political the rankings by blue states up on decades of mainte- Enforcement (SAFE) sentative on the Board of utility lines. Based upon divisions and a state-by- Rhode Island, Hawaii, nance neglect. Team, and the Youth Supervisors for the com- their success I encouraged state map of November’s Wisconsin, Massachusetts, The money is going Services Division that munities of Arden Arcade other property owners to New York and New Jersey. out the door. Earlier involves deputies serving presidential election con- and Carmichael so please form PBIDs which resulted firms them. Among red states, the this year, the California as mentors to our youth. allow me to express my in the creation of the I supported having pro- The 50 states were evenly worst roads are found in No. Transportation Com- appreciation for the Carmichael Improvement cedures implemented to divided between President 11 Louisiana. At the other mission approved $17.4 privilege and honor of District. I also have address citizen complaints Donald Trump and his suc- end of the scale, very red billion in state and fed- serving you for16 years in been working with prop- via independent and objec- Oklahoma has the nation’s eral funds for nearly 900 cessful challenger, Joe elected office. erty and business owners tive review through an Biden, but the latter tri- smoothest roads, followed projects that will, the Neighborhoods First along Arden Way for a Inspector General – and in umphed by winning the by Idaho, Indiana and commission’s chairman, PBID covering the stretch I’ve always believed that this year’s budget funding more populous states. Alabama, all of whom went Paul Van Konynenburg between Ethan Way to our suburban neighbor- has been provided for body This week, another map for Trump. said, “make roads Watt Avenue. While there hoods should be recognized cameras for deputies. was published that bore an Why California has such and bridges safer for is interested, the process and that led me to work Preserving the Parkway uncanny resemblance to the crappy roads is one of those California drivers (and) is still a work in progress with our local Board of ones portraying the presi- nagging questions that defy will save drivers money – hopefully my successor The American River Realtors to establish a pro- dential outcome. Generated easy answers. by fixing the potholes that will be able to make it a Parkway is a unique natural gram installing names resource worth protecting. by Money Geek, a website Californians drive a can damage vehicles.” reality. of recognized neighbor- While in office, the devoted to personal finance lot, well over 300 billion The tax increase leg- hoods on our street signs. Improving Infrastructure number of park rangers issues, it displays the dif- miles a year, so one of the islation requires the Over time Arden Manor, I’m proud to have added has increased and most factors is that our high- California Department of ferences among states in Arden Park, Carmichael sidewalks along several recently a 55-member vol- the conditions of their high- ways get a lot of wear Transportation (Caltrans) Colony, Carmichael Creek, major roadways where unteer Bike Patrol now ways and in how much they and tear. to meet certain goals by Del Paso Manor, Sierra there were none so pedes- watches over the bike trails are spending on roadway However, lots of driving 2027, including that 98% Oaks, Sierra Oaks Vista trians, especially school and they are trained in first- maintenance. also consumes lots of fuel, of the pavement on the and many others have children, now have safe aid, CPR and basic bicycle Overlaying the political more than a billion gallons state highway system received that recognition places to walk (exam- repair. During the Fourth and roadway maps reveals a month, and generates lots be in good or fair condi- on the street signs in their ples include Hurley Way, of July in 2006 some of that in general, the bluer of gas tax money. A few tion and that at least an respected areas. I also was Edison Avenue, Watt you may recall the park- states – those that favored years ago, former Gov. Jerry additional 500 highway able to establish design Avenue, etc.). And I take way became a problem on Biden – also tend to have Brown and the Legislature bridges get fixed. guidelines for commer- satisfaction in the street the river due to massive the roughest roads while boosted fuel taxes sharply to Will Californians actu- cial as well as multi-family improvements made dur- alcohol consumption that motorists in pro-Trump the second-highest level of ally see better roads, or will development. Before that, ing my tenure including the led to fights, public nudity, red states generally have any state. At nearly 75 cents deterioration outpace even many developers – national beautification of Auburn profanity and tons of lit- smoother pavement beneath a gallon, including federal this big boost in spending? chains in particular – had Boulevard, Watt Avenue, ter. I supported an alcohol their tires. taxes, they are just behind We may know by 2027. one standard for subur- and Fair Oaks Boulevard ban between Hazel and Coincidence? Perhaps, those in Pennsylvania, Dan Walters has been ban locations and a more – plus soon Phase 1 of Watt avenues which is now but the data may also say which also has relatively a journalist for nearly stylish one for urban sites. the Arden Way Complete annually enforced Labor something about political bad roads. 60 years, spending all Now projects go through a Streets Project will com- Day as well as Memorial priorities. Despite the tax increase, but a few of those years Design Review Advisory mence.The Neighborhood Day, too, making the park- California, not surpris- however, Money Geek says working for California Committee. Traffic Management way more family friendly ingly, fares the worst in California is no better than newspapers. H Transparency Program operated by during those holidays. When I joined the Board the Department of Teamwork many residents complained Transportation has proved since 2005 to be a popular There’s too much to about transparency about cover in this limited space development projects. approach utilized by res- idents on a specific street involving the past 16 years Now all entitlement project but I want to acknowledge locations are posted with a to obtain speed bumps and other speed-reduction that much of what was sign (similar to a real estate accomplished has to be sign) bearing the county devices through a consen- Does Medicare Cover sus building process. attributed to the assistance seal with a notice direct- received from my able ing persons to a website Getting more streets paved has been challenging staff – Terri Conde-Ortiz Alzheimer Facility Care? that contains information who probably greeted you about the project including due to a road maintenance backlog amounting to $789 when you called, Vanessa Morning Toni: Senior living options can be difficult to the application, drawings, million – and now the State McCarthy-Olmstead who I read your navigate and for the Adult Child to help name of the assigned plan- of California is reporting to served as my deputy chief Medicare col- their parents. Options include independent ner, hearing body, etc. all local governments that of staff and served as a liai- umn regularly and living, assisted living and memory care Furthermore, with the revenue estimates from son to many of the area’s have never seen communities providing care for our seniors. advances in technol- the gas tax are down due business organizations and you address the Each caters to a different type of individual. ogy residents now can Howard Schmidt, my chief issue of paying Knowing when a loved one needs memory get email notices with to people driving less as a result of the COVID-19 of staff, who provided good for an Alzheimer care over assisted living and independent respect to meeting agen- counsel and kept me orga- Toni King facility care. I am living over memory care can be confusing. das of the Community outbreak which is causing less purchases of gasoline. nized from my first day concerned that I As the individual’s needs change, so do their Planning Advisory in office and continued may wipeout my 401K or savings if need needs from their living environment. Council, Planning Accordingly, our DOT had to delay some paving proj- to do so until the end. On arises due to a long-term care or Alzheimer’s Memory care communities are growing Commission and the Board January 4 Rich Desmond need arises for me or my wife. because dementia is growing due to various of Supervisors to name ects planned for during the summer because of reve- will take over as your new Currently, my 88-year-old mother has diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, a few. supervisor and I wish him been living in an Alzheimer’s facility for MS, and cardiovascular issues. These nue reductions. Hopefully, Encouraging Business the economy will improve the best. 3 years, costing me and my siblings over Assisted Living communities help resi- Participation $5,500 each month. Is there any help we can dents with issues such as dementia living to generate more funding Susan Peters repre- get for her financially? in a safe, homelike environment that caters The Fulton Avenue for transportation that can sented the Third District ~ Thanks, Russell from Little Rock, AR to their cognitive (a fancy word for mental) Association, a local PBID include complete streets on the Sacramento County needs. Memory care communities help with (property based improve- with sidewalks and bike Board of Supervisors from Russell: ment district), already lanes as well as paving. January 2005 to 2021. H No, Medicare does not cover Alzheimer, a range of needs including bathing, hygiene, Assisted Living or Nursing Home care or feeding, incontinence, laundry, cleaning, at home care. 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Traditional Long-Term Care: The younger showed that one in seven Americans over you are when you and your spouse pur- TAX DEDUCTIBLE the age of 70 have some form of demen- chase a long-term care policy, the lower tia and that the number rises to one in three the premiums will be. My advice is search Americans over the age of 85. for Long Term Care while younger and The need for Memory Care type com- in relatively good health. Make sure that munities is rising with the aging population the policy covers care at home and facil- growing and the family members wanting ity care. their loved ones to stay active. A long-term care or chronic illness con- b. 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STATEPOINT CROSSWORD • HAPPY HOLIDAYS CLUES Crossword Puzzle Solutions on Page 6
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Ex-Facebook exec suggests everyone who gets vaccinated to wear certain color mask, reminiscent of Nazi Germany's use of the Star of David | 11 Dec 2020 | Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya suggested in a tweet on Friday that everyone who gets vaccinated should “all wear a mask of a special design or color” in order to let other people around them know that they have been vaccinated. The idea did not sit well with many on social media, who quickly blasted the idea, comparing it to Nazi Germany’s use of the Star of David. “How about we just put a gold star on ones that aren’t,?” one user tweeted sarcastically. Other users didn’t see the point of having to continue to wear a mask when the vaccine is supposed to provide protection on its own. Facebook sued by FTC, 48 attorneys general alleging it operates an illegal monop- oly --Attorneys general included those for Guam and Washington, D.C., and every state except for Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and South Dakota | 09 Dec 2020 | A group of 48 U.S. attorneys general led by New York filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook on Wednesday, alleging the social media giant is violating antitrust law by buy- ing up competitors and depriving consumers of alternatives that would better protect their privacy. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a separate suit alleging similar anti- trust violations. At the heart of both lawsuits are claims that Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, as well as other smaller technology companies, were carried out in order to quash competition. 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