$232 Million to Improve Studio Paint-Out California Water Management Page 4 in Carmichael Page 3 Volume 36 • Issue 05 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 Janaury 29, 2016 JAMES BOND RETURNS TO DVD Senate Labor IN “SPECTRE” Run Salmon Run Says “No” to Recent Rains Aid Seasonal Migration Flex-Work Week for CA Employees Special release from the office of State Senator Tom Berryhill SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Senator Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Page 8 Harte) announces the defeat of Senate Bill 368, the California Workplace Flexibility Act. SB 368 would have given employees and employers the ability to adopt a mutually agree- able alternative workweek schedule. THE GREAT The Senate Labor and Industrial Relations defeated the bill on a party line vote despite testimony from mul HUMILIATION - tiple employers and Human Resource experts that the current system does not give employees and employ- ers the flexibility to devise flex- ible work schedules. “This Near Gold River, Fish and Wildlife Department workers count salmon carcasses to determine numbers for the 2015-16 run. small change Story and photo in the law Page 10 exposed above water. Using fins, tails, and by Susan Maxwell Skinner in hatchery ponds, these sac-fry will be big would make entire bodies for projection, they struggled enough to begin their river-to-sea migration things so Senator Tom Berryhill across riffles and exposed gravel bars. SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - as smoults after spring. Because of the 2015 much eas- (R-Twain Harte) Recent “Their problems in getting here were rain was good news for late-running drought and dangerously warm waters, many ier for folks,” not insurmountable,” concluded Nimbus salmon and early steelhead trout in the of last season’s youngsters made their journey said Berryhill. “SB 368 would have Fish Hatchery Manager Gary Novak. American River. to Bay Area waters in trucks. The success of given employees more time with their IS THAT ALL “They still made it. When they leave the As final chinook spawners of the 2015 this emergency operation cannot be measured families and a better balance between ocean, they stop feeding; their organs and season reached breeding grounds, they until adult survivors swim upstream in two or work and family life. Families are left immune systems break down. Their only YOU’VE GOT? completed lives—and epic journeys—that more years. While returning veterans reflect juggling time between two working purpose is to get upstream and produce included thousands of miles of river and the success of previous breeding seasons, said parents, school schedules, and fam- eggs and sperm.” ocean migration. Novak, ocean temperatures and food supplies ily obligations. More flexibility just Some mated and spawned in shallow Hell-bent on reproduction, adult salmon in the Pacific are other variables. makes sense.” gravel beds. Soon after, their carcasses left Pacific waters in fall and made the Under federal law, in California’s drifted downstream to provide winter food Operated by the California Department END OF THE weeks-long upstream swim to revisit of Fish and Wildlife, the Nimbus hatch bordering states, and in nearly every for fish, birds, and parkway mammals. - hatching places. Their piscine leaps were ery is now processing the annual steelhead other state except California, it is sim Those fish that climbed hatchery ladders - seen from Sacramento, Carmichael, trout run. This operation continues until late ple for employers and employees to were relieved of eggs and milt and artifi- BENCH Rancho Cordova, Fair Oaks, and Gold February. Rainbow hued, spotted, and sport adopt ‘alternative workweeks” such cially spawned. Their flesh was shipped to - River outlooks. Nimbus Dam and man- ive, these fish may spawn several times in as 4-10’s, or 3/12’s. Working a four- Washington State for processing and sup- made ladders to the fish hatchery near their lifecycle. day workweek can provide for up to 50 BY GERRY SCHOLL plying to non-profit users. Hazel Avenue presented final obstacles. In “They face the same challenges as the “To us, 2015 seemed like an adequate mitigation for dam construction, millions salmon in getting upstream,” said Gary Page 12 season,” reported Gary Novak. “We pro- of juveniles are bred and released from the Novak. “But they make it. Their urge to cessed 9,000 salmon, compared to 8,000 Hamstringing hatchery every year. breed is stronger than most obstacles that last year.” “an employer from During a drought that reduced river lev- get in their way.” Artificial spawning began at Nimbus in els, chinook weighing up to 30 pounds Learn about the Nimbus Fish Hatchery November. After forty days, the fertilized accommodating risked parts of the journey with bodies at www.wildlife.ca.gov/fishing/hatcheries/ chinook eggs started hatching. Nourished nimbus. an employee’s H scheduling needs Carmichael Resident Reinvents Children’s Theater puts California employers at a CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - disadvantage in Carmichael resident actor, show to life in front of the kids’ Scan our QR Code for a comparison to direct link to our online edition! director, writer Bobby Grainger eyes, giving their imagination has written and directed “Jesus a deeper sense of immersion, neighboring is for the Birds,” a children’s where they can talk to the char- play set to show at the WM J acters in the show after it’s states. Geery Theater in Sacramento, over. ” Calif., starting Saturday, March Grainger’s play is based 5th, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. extremely loosely on a bible extra days off each year for the average This production will run at the verse, Matthew 6:26: “Look full-time employee. In California, how PAID - same times and location every ever, the system is complicated, and PERMIT 350 at the birds of the air; they do US POSTAGE Carmichael, CA PRESORTED STD. Saturday through March 26th. not sow or reap or store away requires employers to jump through Kidlaff Productions’ theatri multiple hoops designed to stymie any Change Service Requested - in barns, and yet your heav- cal telling of “Jesus is for the flexibility. Ultimately this process dis enly Father feeds them. Are - Birds” is created for all ages you not much more valuable courages any possibility of choosing to make children and adults schedule options such as flextime, part- than they?” Simon, an aver- laugh.This budget-priced pro- age good dad is struggling time, job sharing, telecommuting, and duction comes at a perfect time This original play is written, directed, and stars local thespian Bobby Grainger who resides in Carmichael, Calif. Photo courtesy Bobby Grainger with certain aspects his faith. compressed workweeks. for children of all ages. Current So, he makes a deal with his “Job retention is just as impor- economic conditions can make wife Lilly to miss church on a tant as job creation,” said Berryhill. also teaches a valuable les- once an hour has passed the it difficult for families to find Sunday in exchange of doing “Hamstringing an employer from son. Families at times, sit their experience fades away. A play high-quality entertainment that any one chore of her choos accommodating an employee’s sched- children in front of the TV, but brings the characters of the - ing. Lilly reluctantly agrees uling needs puts California employers and asks Simon to clean the at a disadvantage in comparison to 1. Guaranteed Delivery of the Carmichael Times big blue window. He does so neighboring states. Rejecting this 2. 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HR professionals believe San Juan Fundraiserthe Earl J. Koobs Nature Area family with the action directed 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 the best way to recruit good talent 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. The Earl J. Koobs Nature Continued on page 2 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 Continued on page 4 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.