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Enjoying Life Does the ‘Bathroom Bill’ After Loss Protect Privacy Rights? Asks the AMAC Page 3 Page 5 Volume 36 • Issue 15 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 April 8, 2016 BELGIAN AWFUL: EUROPEAN TERRORIST Summertime ATTACKS REDEFINED NUCLEAR SECURITY Many Blessings Upgrades to Story by Susan Maxwell Skinner Keep Up on CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - 2016 looks to be an eventful year for businesswoman Conserving Jennifer Knighten. The honor of Young CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - Professional of the Year (to be awarded Summer will be on us in no time at all, Page 5 Friday, April 8th, by Carmichael Chamber of Commerce) was recently and spring is a great time to get preempted by an even more delectable your landscape ready for the prize. Ten-pound baby Jerry James was hot days ahead. Sacramento born March 23rd. Suburban Water District HIGH-SPEED: “Of all the hard work and accomplish- (SSWD) has put together some ments of my career,” summarized the handy tips and advice to help GOV. BROWN’S new mom, “nothing compares with hav- you have a beautiful and water- ing a child. He’s healthy and perfect. For efficient yard. LATEST GREEN? my husband Nathan and me, our baby is • Walk Your Yard the cherry on top of our lives.” One of the first steps is to Roseville-born and Rocklin-educated walk the zones of your sprin- Knighten (34) has worked for State kler system. Turn them on one Farm Insurance for 15 years. In 2012, zone at a time and check each she founded her own Carmichael sprinkler to make sure it is not agency. That it is one of the fastest- clogged, leaking, or damaged. growing State Farm agencies in the Also make sure the sprinklers area belies personal hurdles its owner are watering your plants and overcame. Three years ago, she was not your driveway, the side- diagnosed with Myxoid Liposarcoma, walk, or causing runoff. Mark a rare form of cancer. After two years any problem sprinklers you find of treatment she got a green light and is with a small flag so you’ll know Page 13 now considered a cancer survivor. which ones require repairs or The episode was a second big test for adjustments. the Knighten partnership. During their • Upgrade Your Equipment courtship a serious vehicle accident You can improve your sprin- BE SURE TO required months of therapy for Jennifer. kler system’s efficiency by 25 As she recovered from head injuries to 30 percent by swapping out CHECK OUT OUR success in her own business seemed old sprinklers with water-effi- against the odds. “I had to learn to speak cient ones. Newer rotary pop-up CARTOONS! again,” she recalled. “Nathan never left sprinklers deliver water in a my side. He made me believe I’d never thicker stream than mist spray- be alone and that we’d succeed together. ers ensuring that more water He’s the most selfless and supportive reaches plants. Drip irriga- man I’ve ever known.” tion systems are even more Life, she feels, teaches people to be efficient because they deliver willing to do whatever it takes. “Once water directly to a plant’s roots, my cancer was considered gone, we reducing water loss to evapora- Continued on page 13 tion, runoff, and wind. Another important piece Jennifer Knighten’s award as Carmichael of equipment to add is a Chamber of Commerce Young Professional WaterSense labeled weather- of the Year was preceded (barely) by based irrigation controller. another prize: son Jerry James Knighten. Photo courtesy Jennifer Knighten These controllers act like a thermostat for your sprinkler system and use local weather Page 11 and landscape conditions to precisely tailor watering sched- Rey Azteca: A Recipe for Success ules. Replacing a standard clock timer with a WaterSense labeled controller can save an average Carmichael’s Aztec Empire Opens Casa Número Dos home almost 9,000 gallons of Story and photos water a year. by Susan Maxwell Skinner SSWD has rebates available for its customers for irriga- CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - “Never give tion upgrades and WaterSense up on your dream,” advised Ismael labeled weather-based irrigation Pantoja. “If you’re not afraid of hard controllers. work, you’ll make it happen.” •Use the Soak and Cycle Scan our QR Code for a His own story is proof. The Method direct link to our online edition! Mexican-born restaurateur takes four Soak and cycle is a process vacation days a year: Christmas, of running your sprinklers in Easter, July 4th, and Thanksgiving. shorter increments spaced out Every remaining day, for the past 11 over a period of time to allow years, he has opened and closed his for better absorption of the Rey Azteca taqueria on Fair Oaks water by the soil. For example, Boulevard. He manages; he cooks; he if you’re running your sprin- PAID waits table. The one-time builder also klers for six minutes, break the PERMIT 350 PERMIT US POSTAGE Carmichael, CA handles in-house carpentry, plumbing, watering cycle into two incre- PRESORTED STD. PRESORTED and electrical glitches. “There is more ments of three minutes, spaced Change Service Requested to a restaurant than serving food,” he an hour apart. This allows the confirmed. water to permeate through Pantoja recently extended the soil and get to where it’s Carmichael’s Aztec Empire with casa needed. Ismael Pantoja (center) shares número dos. If he anticipated a “soft” the success of two Carmichael Running your sprinklers for opening for the new venture at Fair restaurants with staff and sons one long period is like trying to Oaks Boulevard and Palm Drive, such Johnathon (left) and Moises. eat breakfast, lunch and dinner plans were immediately whacked like manager, Jorge Gonzalez, and all at the same time. Give your birthday piñatas. On opening day, I worked together in restaurants irrigation cycle some space and eager eaters mobbed the Rey Azteca for 15 years,” said Pantoja. “He you’ll see less waste. Breakfast and Juice Bar. Day two, its put in 20-hour days to get my kitchen ran out of food. Day three, the • Layer on Compost and kitchen staff trained.” Veteran Mulch boss closed shop, restocked the pan- server Leticia Gamez groomed try and finished training for 20 new Adding a layer of com- wait staff for action, while post and mulch around your staffers. smoothie bar genius Benny The entrepreneur gives thanks that plants and trees will make them Chavez got all juices running. healthier and stronger. Compost breakfast and lunch hours now run “Customers have always smooth as blended margaritas. “My Carmichael Chamber of Commerce members recently help adds much-needed nutrients to Continued on page 5 celebrate the grand opening of Ismael Pantoja’s Rey Azteca Breakfast and Juice Bar. Continued on page 13 www.CarmichaelTimes.com 2 • Carmichael Times April 8, 2016 Forum Seeks to Improve Carmichael Enjoying Life After Loss SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - One person in every couple that stays mar- Business and Safety ried will lose their spouse to death and according to the Holmes and Raye Stress CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - The City of Carmichael Scale, being widowed is 100 on a scale will be holding its annual Community Business of 0 to 100. No other loss is that devas- Forum on Wednesday, April 13th, from 8:30 tating, and until it happens to you, one to 10 a.m., at the Community Clubhouse at cannot imagine the life changing impact. Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Avenue. That’s where WPAC (Widowed Persons From the Chamber’s website, inviting Association of California) comes in. the community to engage, they remind that In the thirty years that WPAC, Carmichael has long been “known for good liv- which started in Sacramento, has been ing, active commerce, and strong community. in existence, thousands of widows and “In its midst,” the narrative continues, “Fair widowers have gone through their Oaks Boulevard, once a quiet country road as six-week Grief Recovery Workshops. late as the 1950s, increasingly became a heav- With this free, non-denominational ily-trafficked through way for daily commuters program, they found that they could as our greater Sacramento region experienced laugh and enjoy life again. growth and prosperity. To build upon the The leaders of the WPAC program founding spirit and all investments made in are not professionals, but many pro- Carmichael, an initiative is taking shape to fessionals refer people to them because increase the vibrancy and prosperity of our they know how valuable going through community while devoting attention to reduce their bereavement program and relat- the concerns that impact the quality of our daily ing to others who have gone through lives.” the same trauma can be. All the trained The Chamber urges the community to sup- facilitators and speakers in these work- port and join in the effort to “define and form a shops and are widowed. Only someone Property and Business Improvement District,” who is also widowed could understand often referred to as a “P-Bid,” to focus atten- and empathize with the pain that the participants have. In the thirty years that WPAC, which started in Sacramento, has been in existence, thousands of widows and widowers have tion and efforts toward enhancing the greater gone through their six-week Grief Recovery Workshops. What they almost always get instead, said the coordinator of the Fair Oaks boulevard corridor at the heart of the Beginning with the first week program, is: “Thank You,” or, “WPAC saved my life, or my sanity.” community. of a workshop, the subject is: term, because when someone is wid- friends with over the past five weeks is There will be short, informative talks on “Understanding Grief.” In this session, to fight off illness.