Less Stress This Thanksgiving Seven Easy Steps to Your Best Turkey Yet Page 4 Five Local Organizations Receive Grants from the Community Enhancement Fund Grapevine Page 3 VOLUMEI 4747 ndependent •• ISSUE ISSUE 47 25 AGUILAR NAMED PROUDLYPROUDLY SERVING SERVING RANCHO RANCHO CORDOVA CORDOVA & SACRAMENTO & SACRAMENTO COUNTY COUNTY SVC’S MVP The State of City November 20, 2015 June 19, 2015 Annual Retrospective Guides Future Perspective By Annika Darling Syrian Refugees RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - 2003, after more than 20 years of advo- cacy, Rancho Cordova officially On became July 1st, a May Come Page 12 “city”: the 478th in the state of California. With every passing year the city of Rancho to Sacramento Cordova blossoms a little more. LANCER A huge part of the reason the commu- nity chose to incorporate, was they wanted for Assistance GRIDDERS EARN to maintain a high quality of life for its SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) residents and improve the city’s identity— - After TheHayride.com broke the AWARDS making it possible for positive growth, to exclusive story on 10,000 Syrian ref forge ahead, and to continue to make Rancho ugees possibly resettling in Baton Cordova an amazing place to live. Rouge, Lafayette, and Metairie, it has - The city’s success and thriving nature has now come to light that refugees are never been more apparent than in this year’s already coming into the New Orleans annual State of the City address at Rancho area. Four Sacramento area organi Cordova City Hall, where Mayor Robert zations are designated to assist these McGarvey delivered a speech of resounding refugees, primarily males between the - approbation. ages of 18 to 30 years old. To begin the ceremony the Color Guard Catholic Charities will receive fed marched the aisle, setting the tone and pre eral grants from U.S. Department of paring the room for the annual address. State/Bureau of Population, Refugees - Following the Color Guard the room was and Migration to assist refugees. filled with angelic voices, resonating from - There are nearly 180 cities in the the students of Cordova High School Choir. United States that are eligible to Page 12 The choir graced attendees with many accept the 10,000 Syrian refugees. beautiful numbers, proving the talent of The full list of those cities can be Cordova’s youth. found on TheHayride.com. ALL UNDER The event’s host, the Cordova Community Council, has been pivotal in organizing THE SAME a number of inspiring and festive events Four Sacramento throughout the year. “area organizations UMBRELLA This they repre are designated sented well with a- slide-show reflect- to assist these ing the variety of refugees, primarily events that took males between EN place throughout the the ages of 18 D OF THE city in 2015…thus far. to 30 years old. BENCH The compilation of the slide-show The four local organizations” desig exhibited the city’s nated with assisting these refugees are BY GERRY SCHOLL diverse culture Opening Doors, Inc on Howe Avenue, - through a variety International Rescue Committee on Page 14 of artistic events; Hurley Way, Sacramento Food Bank highlighting organi and Family Services on Rio Linda zations such as the- Boulevard and World Relief on Historical Society, the River City Concert Auburn Boulevard, all in Sacramento. Band, and Civic Light Orchestra. The 10,000 Syrian refugees are The Kids Day in the Park was also first flown to the United States, Mayor Bob McGarvey (top photo) at the 10th according to the French news wire Annual Veterans Day Ceremony. Cordova High Continued on page 4 School Choir (above left) graced attendees Agence France-Presse. Hayride with many beautiful numbers, proving the reports that the United States State talent of Cordova’s youth. After the mayor’s address everyone moved to the lobby for pie; Department (meaning American tax in true Rancho Cordova warm, welcoming fashion every single person got a piece of the payers), is paying the International Quiet Hero Awarded Keyspie. to The pie the was provided City by Bel Air of Gold Organization for Migration (IOM) for - River. the airfare. By Shelly Blanchard Photos by Rick Sloan Once the refugees arrive in the United States they could be dis RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - persed across the 180 cities, including has chatted it up with Jimmy Sacramento, where they are aided - Fallon on Late Night and told He within the first 30 to 90 days in set his story to Lester Holt on the tling and finding employment in the NBC Nightly News, but this area. week international hero Anthony - After approximately 90 days, ref Sadler stood quietly with his ugees are no longer eligible for the parents at Rancho Cordova State Department-funded support that - City Hall to be honored by his they were receiving through migrant Rancho Cordova neighbors. and refugee services. They are then Sadler and his parents Maria able to join support programs through and Anthony, 15-year residents the Department of Health and Human of the Cordova Meadows neigh- Services. borhood, were all awarded keys The State Department does not to the city Monday in honor of state how much the screening process Sadler’s now famous actions for the 10,000 Syrian refugees will with two friends to thwart a ter cost American taxpayers. The screen rorist attack on a moving train in ing process is also unclear. France earlier this year. - The Rancho Cordova City Council presented Anthony Sadler and his parents —Anthony and Maria—with a The State Department spent $1.1 - Sadler and his parents led the proclamation and Keys to the City. The recognition honors Anthony’s bravery and the family for being part of billion resettling people from around Pledge of Allegiance, which cus- the Rancho Cordova community. (Pictured left to right: City Manager Cyrus Abhar, Council Member Donald Terry, Vice Mayor David Sander, Anthony Sadler, Mayor Robert McGarvey, Anthony Sadler Sr., Maria Sadler, the world in the country last year. tomarily opens each Rancho Council Member Dan Skoglund, and Council Member Linda Budge) Photo courtesy City of Rancho Cordova That’s about $16,000 per person. Cordova City Council meeting. Lakers game, which Sadler did Find out more at http://thehayride. Monday’s event was decid com. edly low-key, compared with the previous evening, or swirling around in the finals of Dancing Since its founding in December sitting courtside at a Los Angeles - 2009, The Hayride has been with the Stars, as one of his Louisiana’s premier conservative cohorts did later that night. Triple Play! 1. Guaranteed Delivery of the Grapevine Independent political commentary site. They are www.RanchoCordovaIndependent.comA C.L.U.B. for Alzheimer’s 2. 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