since 1991 The Land Park News May 10, 2012 Community News in Your Hands www.valcomnews.com Local teens win at Access Sacramento event Sunflower Farmers Market to open May 16 See page 25 See page 26 COMMUNITY CALENDAR, PAGE 24 • KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR, PAGE 6 • FACES AND PLACES, PAGE 27 Inside This Edition Jesuit’s head coach to join CB faculty See page 2 Sacramento life Land Park resident reflects on Going solar See page 27 nearly 10 decades in Sacramento See page 6 The Land Park News Dan Carmazzi appointed to athletic WWW.VALCOMNEWS.COM leadership at Christian Brothers High School E-mail stories & photos to: [email protected] Vol. XXI • No. 9 Special to Land Park News The Land Park News is published on the second and fourth Thursdays 2709 Riverside Blvd. of the month and delivered by mail and home delivery in the area Sacramento, bounded by Broadway to the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Florin CA 95818 This summer, Dan Carmazzi will join the Road on the south and Freeport Boulevard/21st Street on the east. t: (916) 429-9901 faculty at Christian Brothers High School as f: (916) 429-9906 co-athletic director, faculty member and assis- Publisher ...................................................................... George Macko General Manager ........................................................ Kathleen Egan tant football coach. Editor ................................................................................. Susan Laird Cover photo by: He has extensive experience in the Art Director......................................................................John Ochoa Courtesy coaching arena. For more than three de- Junior Designer .......................................................... Serene Lusano cades, Carmazzi was a member of the Advertising Executives Other photos Social Studies and Physical Education Linda Pohl, Patty Colmer, Melissa Andrews, Jen Henry Courtesy Distribution/Subscriptions ...................................... George Macko Stephen Crowley departments at Jesuit High School, as well as that high school’s head football coach. “Dan has dedicated most of his profes- sional life to Jesuit, and we are grateful for his service to our Jesuit High School com- munity and his efforts with our student- athletes,” said Jesuit High School principal Brianna Latko. A 1971 graduate of Christian Brothers High School, Carmazzi started his coach- ing career at his alma mater before going to Jesuit as an assistant football coach in Photo courtesy, Jesuit High School 1977. He assumed the duties of head foot- CB ALUMNUS DAN CARMAZZI will return to Christian Broth- ers High School this summer, as co-athletic director, faculty See Coach, page 3 member and assistant football coach. South Land Park 1236 58th Avenue 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths with lovely yard and pool. Over 2000 Sf, granite kitchen. 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Leaving a legacy: St. Francis’ first president to retire after 11 years of service By CORRIE PELC Land Park News writer [email protected] O’Neill said. “We see things the school, whether it be the same way and she’s been technology, safety or the outstanding to work for.” green movement,” explained After 11 years of service, St. Shannon Terwedo, past St. Francis High School’s first- Making improvements Francis High School Board ever president, Marion Bish- As part of her role as member whose daughter op, will retire on May 31, president, Bishop played graduated from the school leaving behind a legacy that an integral role in the im- in 2007. includes a capital campaign, provements made to the St. Past Board member Hel- technology, campus ministry, Francis campus over the en Pierson – whose two and a growth spurt in student years. For instance, when daughters graduated from population. she first arrived in 2001, St.