Presto! Holiday Sacramento Appliance Magic in Carmichael Store Owners Page 3 “Walk the Talk” Page 16 Volume 35 • Issue 49 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 December 4, 2015 MI:ROGUE NATION RELEASED ON DVD Santas Needed Sheriff Jones Women’s Empowerment’s Annual Holiday Stocking Drive to Work for to Bring Smiles to Formerly Homeless Women and Children Our Safety in Congress SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - “Sheriff Scott Jones will Page7 work in Congress to help keep us all safe;” that’s what Carl Burton, president of Republicans of River City (RRC) said as he announced CARMICHAEL that once again RRC has endorsed Sheriff Scott Jones COMMUNITY for election. On Nov. 17th, 2009 RRC UPDATE was the first organization in Sacramento County to endorse Scott for elected office. Scott Jones was Captain in the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department at that time. And history was repeated this Nov. 17th, 2015 when RRC endorsed Sheriff Scott Jones for election to Congress. Burton said, “Illegal immi- gration impacts all of us and Page 4 RRC members feel we need a Sheriff in Congress who recognizes this and after the Women's Empowerment graduate Abigail and her children receive holiday stockings from the community last year. Photo courtesy Women’s Empowerment tragic killings that occurred in Sacramento and Placer SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Items are needed by Dec. 8th County last year by an ille THE MAN Local residents can bring smiles “Coming together as a commu- - and can be dropped off at 1590 graduates found homes and 88 gal alien who was twice to formerly homeless women nity to bring joy to these families North A Street, Sacramento. percent found jobs or enrolled in deported we know Sheriff and children this holiday sea- is a fantastic way to show them ABOUT TOWN For more information contact school or training. The program Jones will take our concerns son by contributing to Women’s they are an important part of our Kate Towson at kate@wom- combines self-esteem courses, to Washington and do some Empowerment’s annual Holiday community.” - ens-empowerment.org or (916) job training, health classes, and thing about it.” Stocking Drive. The group is Recently featured on NBC’s 669-2307. support services to help home- And, Burton said, we were seeking 250 stockings and spe TODAY Show, Women’s - “There’s nothing like see- less women across diverse ages, encouraged when Scott said, cific fillers for local infants and Empowerment offers the most END OF THE ing the joy of children and races and cultures. Women’s “We need to secure our bor toddlers, children, teens, and comprehensive job-readiness - women once homeless now Empowerment is funded solely ders for very real reasons as adult women. For the list of program in the Sacramento area receiving their very own holi through private donations from we saw in Paris last Friday.” items needed, visit www.wom - designed specifically for women BENCH - day stockings filled with fun and the community. To donate, visit And Jones went on to say, ens-empowerment.org. Those who are homeless and their chil necessary items to keep them - www.womens-empowerment. “You have to deal with the interested also can donate $30 to dren. The 2014 Organization of warm and healthy this winter,” org. folks who are here-most of BY GERRY SCHOLL have a volunteer elf fill a stock- the Year has graduated 1,271 said Lisa Culp, executive direc- Source: Women’s whom are very hard-working ing or donate Target gift cards. homeless women and their 2,700 Empowerment Page 13 tor, Women’s Empowerment. children. Last year, 89 percent of H and contribute greatly to this community…” Burton said, “For over 12 years our RRC mem- Ringing Bells Joyously for a Children’s Charity bers each month have welcomed new America citizens at Sacramento’s nat- uralization ceremony because Republicans recognize the invaluable contribution that immigrants make to our nation every single day. Our ancestors brought the same Scan our QR Code for a direct link to our online edition! core values that our nation holds so dear: family, liberty, and, yes, hard work. “Having watched Sheriff Jones on the front lines work- ing to keep all of us safe, we know he will bring his strong work ethic to Congress to PAID help keep us all safe in the PERMIT 350 US POSTAGE Carmichael, CA PRESORTED STD. future,” Burton said. Source: Republicans of River Change Service Requested City H The Ring Joyous Bells! concert is a holiday tradition for music lovers of all ages. Photo courtesy Northminster Presbyterian Church CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - The holiday season provides an opportunity to help others on Dec. concert benefits the Sacramento Children’s Home, a nonprofit agency dedicated to caring Joyous Bells!, will feature traditional and 20th at 4 p.m. with an afternoon of traditional Latin carols. In addition to handbell music, Bel We holiday music as celebrated by Bel Tempo, for our community’s most vulnerable children and families. Tempo will be joined by a soloist on English a community handbell choir sponsored by horn and a variety of percussion instruments. Northminster Presbyterian Church. This year’s The concert is a holiday tradition for music Support lovers of all ages. The concert, titled Ring Audience members will have a chance to try their skills with hand chimes and join in carol sing-a-longs. 1. Guaranteed Delivery of the Carmichael Times Our Northminster is located at 3235 Pope Avenue. 2. Guaranteed Delivery of The Sunday Sacramento Bee The afternoon of music is free. A freewill offer Triple Play! 3. And One Free Car Wash - from QUICK QUACK Car Wash ($699 value) ing will be taken at the end of the concert with Tennis Player Read & Feed Program from Arden Hills Military Wins National Digs In As Librarians “Little Mo” Get a great deal on this 6 month subscription for only: Go Agrarian Title in Texas all donations going to benefit the Sacramento Page 9 Page 4 Children’s Home. For more information, call Volume 34 • Issue 45 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 November 6, 2013 00 (916) 487-5192 or visit northminsteronline.org. What Is The Veterans Memorial World’s Fastest Commemoration STARS Shine at Planned at Earl J. Animal? Koobs Nature Area CARMICHAEL, C A. ( MPG) - A $ memorial service will be held in Source: Northminster Presbyterian San Juan Fundraiserthe Earl J. Koobs Nature Area located in Carmichael, between San Juan Central (previously Garfield Elementary) and the La Sierra Community Center on 25 5325 Engle Road. Gates to the area will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Color Church Guard Ceremony will be at 11:00 See inside for details Page 2 a.m. The Color Guard will be by local Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Venture Crew. H The Earl J. Koobs Nature Bera Gets Area started with a teacher’s off-hand suggestion in 1971 and local high school students’ Back to His perservance in purchasing 4-1/2 acres in Carmichael as a nature Doctor Roots and environmental studies area. Even then-Governor Reagan and President Nixon donated to 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 - belief of America’s losses, the Page 9 nature area’s symbol became a memorial to 14 students from La Sierra High School who died for Broadcaster Beth Ruyak (left) welcomed VIPs at a San Juan Education Foundation gala. Receiving alumni awards our country. This, the first known were Justice Gordon Liu, Lt. General John Goodman, Fox News correspondent Laura Ingle and Nobel Prize winner David Wineland. Vietnam Memorial in California, 7 Healthy Tips was made in metal shop by stu - Words and pictures by Laura Ingle attended El Camino (Bella Vista); Assemblyman dents remembering their own For Air Travelers 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. The sev- to two Rio Americano gradu - tion. Nail-biting bidding brought featuring B.T. Collins, a disabled enth annual Evening with the ates. “The honorees are the link bids to $2,500. A breakfast Vietnam vet who went on to S.T.A.R.S (Science, Technology, between contemporary students with Sacramento Mayor Kevin serve as Governor Brown’s chief Arts and Reading for Students) and where their dreams can take Johnson realized $900.