Carmichael Family Farewells PLUS: Mucho to a Patriot Page 2 Tacos at Jimboys Page 3 Volume 34 • Issue 3 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 “R.D.” Williams was Carmichael Birdman SummerPlace L January 16, 2014 iving Breaks Ground Gas Prices Drop SACRAMENTO - REGION, C Average retail gasolineA prices (MPG) in Sacramento have fallen 3.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.49, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 720 gas outlets in Sacramento. This compares with the national aver age that has fallen 0.4 cents per - gallon in the last week to $3.29/g, Page 16 according to gasoline price web site GasBuddy.com. - Including the change in gas Willy Wonka prices in Sacramento during the past week, prices yesterday were Is Coming To 1 cent per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are Carmichael! 5.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 6.8 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 3.4 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago. “As expected, the deep freeze during the last week impacted more than just the air temper ature, but also kept a grip on - gasoline prices,” said GasBuddy. SummerPlace Living Carmichael will be a 120 unit, 138 bed facility that will help fill some of the massive need for new assisted living facilities in the com Senior Petroleum Analyst U.S. Photo courtesy Heatherton Public Relations Patrick DeHaan. “We saw very little change in the national aver CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - age during the last seven days, Capital Partners of Roseville - FCM and it’s likely that the winter blues and its joint venture partner on SummerPlace Living, a new continue to lead to an overall dull Page 3 PDC Capital Group of Costa Assisted Living and Memory by FCM Partners over the next next few weeks at gasoline pumps Mesa, both of California broke Care facility in Carmichael. five years and eventually 75 across much of the country. Due to ground at the end of November The new community is just and Lincoln. Carmichael’s the first of a series of 25 loca nationwide. A total of four facil- the slow demand that January and River Cats SummerPlace Living is expected tions planned across California ities are planned for the Capital February typically see, it’d really - Region including Carmichael, to begin pre-leasing in late take a monumental ice breaker Now Hiring For Citrus Heights, West Sacramento spring. to crack the grip that holds the SummerPlace Living is an national average in place. I forsee 2014 Season Hiring Pace and Economic Expectationsprices Rising remaining relatively quiet Continued on Page 15 Pacific Staffing Special Report this week,” DeHaan said. Source: GasBuddy H SACRAMENTO quarters of Sacramento’sREGION, CA top (M PG)employers - are optimistic about the economy in Three the New Year and those expectations will keep them busy hiring through Quarter 1. When asked directly seventy-six percent (76%) Page 5 of human resource contacts were optimis tic about economic growth and job markets in the Sacramento region for 2014. - Polled directly by telephone, that opti- mism is reflected in hiring activity as sixty percent (60%) of top companies say they are planning to hire in January, February and March. This is a slightly more rapid pace of hiring than last year’s first quarter when fifty-seven percent (57%) were hiring with thirty-six percent (36%) motivated to hire for growth, or workforce expansion in Scan our QR Code for a 2013. direct link to our online edition! Quarter 1 of 2014 finds forty-two percent (42%) hiring for growth, with thirty-eight percent (38%) hiring for attrition, or replacements among existing workers in the first three months. These are significant improvements in the market from regional employment PAID and economic conditions just four years US POSTAGE PERMIT 350 ago. As Pacific Staffing discovered then, Carmichael, CA also say they expect their companies to PRESORTED STD. the first three months of 2009 sent the grow in 2014. market crashing with hiring freezes, work- Change Service Requested While the majority of HR contacts were are beginning to share concerns about force reductions, furloughs and shortened positive about Q1 2014, thirteen percent retention of essential skills, the need for workweeks, massive layoffs and compa- (13%) remain pessimistic the economy specific technical backgrounds and some nies going out of business as the national Of the top 100 Sacramento Regional would improve in the New Year. Two entry-level positions. Drivers who can recession hit the area. That’s history as sev- Companies, 35% are Service, 36% are companies are expecting to reduce their pass DMV, drug and other background enty-four percent (74%) of those surveyed Manufacturers, 18% are Construction and workforce numbers due to seasonal change checks are in demand among distributors, 11% are Retail. in the first three months of the year. bottling plants, construction supply and How does this Quarter compare to As the economy improves employers materials firms. Customer service, sales, last Quarter, or last year? Find out for manufacturing, warehouse and shipping yourself. lead hiring demand. For more information, employment The Perfect blogs & market surveys go to www.pacif- Combination! icstaffing.com. Tennis Player Start Yours Today! Read & Feed Program from Arden Hills H Wins National Digs In As Librarians “Little Mo” Go Agrarian Title in Texas Carmichael Times delivers your Page 9 Page 4 local community news every week. Volume 34 • Issue 45 Serving Carmichael and Sacramento County since 1981 November 6, 2013 Get The Sunday Sacramento Bee! BOTH What Is The Veterans Memorial World’s Fastest Commemoration Animal? STARS Shine at Planned at Earl J. NEWSPAPERS Koobs Nature Area CARMICHAEL, CA . (M PG) - A memorial service will be held in San Juan Fundraiser the Earl J. Koobs Nature Area located in Carmichael, between San Juan Central (previously Garfield Elementary) and the FOR La Sierra Community Center on 5325 Engle Road. Gates to the ONLY area will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Color Guard Ceremony will be at 11:00 Page 2 a.m. The Color Guard will be by local Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts $39 and Venture Crew. PER The Earl J. Koobs Nature Bera Gets Area started with a teacher’s Y off-hand suggestion in 1971 EAR Back to His and local high school students’ ! perservance in purchasing 4-1/2 Doctor Roots acres in Carmichael as a nature See inside for details 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- Page 9 belief of America’s losses, the nature area’s symbol became a memorial to 14 students from La Broadcaster Beth Ruyak (left) welcomed VIPs at a San Juan Education Foundation gala. Receiving alumni awards Sierra High School who died for were Justice Gordon Liu, Lt. General John Goodman, Fox News correspondent Laura Ingle and Nobel Prize our country. This, the first known 7 Healthy Tips winner David Wineland. Vietnam Memorial in California, was made in metal shop by stu - For Air Travelers Words and pictures by Laura Ingle attended El Camino (Bella Vista); Assemblyman dents remembering their own 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. of staff. According to Linda E. Page 4 event supports grants endowed them,” said Ruyak. “In these At the same event, foundation Jones, chairperson of the Nature by the San Juan Education great achievers, you can still see volunteer Paul Ioannidis received Area Committee, “Just mention- Foundation. the high school kid; they talk a Silver Star Award for organiz- ing his name in this community Nobel recipient David about football touch-downs and ing the foundation’s annual Race brings forth welling of respect.