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Sacramento radio station K-ZAP 93.3 FM celebrated its one-year anniversary with a birthday bash on July 4 at Carmichael’s La Si-erra Community Center.

The free, evening event featured music and food, and was concluded with a fireworks show.

Many longtime local radio listeners recall Sac-ramento’s original KZAP, which could be heard at 98.5 on the FM dial from 1968 to 1992.

Dennis Newhall explained his decision to establish K-ZAP 93.3 FM with several other people with radio experience on July 4, 2015 at 9:33 a.m.

“We felt that the community was missing a station in the spirit of the old KZAP, which was to play whatever rock music was good and fit,” he said. “And that doesn’t mean every cut ever recorded, but whatever we thought was good from the beginning – well, from 1965. It’s kind of hard to fit Jerry Lee Lewis in with

Led Zeppelin. But from the 1960s to the cur-rent day, and that ended when KZAP went off the air in 1992.”

Newhall, whose career in radio includes working as a disc jockey at the current K-ZAP and the original KZAP, said that with the de-parture of KZAP in Sacramento, all that was played locally in terms of hard rock was clas-sic rock, which ends in the 1980s and does not include new music.

“So, we’re thinking, ‘Ok, Tom Petty comes out with a great album, nobody plays it,’” he said. “Somebody new like X Ambassadors or Mumford & Sons or The Avett Brothers or Alabama Shakes, they come out with new al-bums and they’re new on the scene. They’re selling out shows and everybody’s all excited about it, nobody plays it.”

The roots of the 2015 establishment of K-ZAP date back to 2012 when several origi-

Photo courtesy of Dennis NewhallLeft to right, K-ZAP 93.3 FM air staff members, Scott Forrington, Ace Young, Dennis Newhall, Zack Boles and Kevin Kelley are

shown at a July 4th event in Carmichael. The station advertises itself as presenting “50 years of rock, blues and more.”

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nal KZAP announcers par-ticipated in a show on Davis radio station, KDVS, called KZAP on KDVS. For 48 hours, the station was turned over to former KZAP DJs.

“That (show) got us inter-ested, because that was ex-actly the same time when the (Federal Communications Commission) announced that they were going to grant low-powered FM licenses,” he said. “So, that’s what got the ball rolling for us to see if we could do this (on a regular basis). And obviously we can, because we’re still doing it.”

In being a low-powered sta-tion, K-ZAP can generally only be heard in the down-town Sacramento area, Ne-whall explained.

“We wish our signal was stronger and we’re working on some way to get to more peo-ple with our broadcast signal,” he said. “These are called low-powered stations. We’ve got 100 watts out there, where-as a lot of the stations people listen to are 50,000 (watts). The difference (was) the cost of putting us on the air was a few thousand dollars, (and) the cost of buying a 50,000-watt radio station in the Sac-ramento area is over $10 mil-lion. So, you can understand why we don’t have one of those yet.”

But fortunately for people who are interested in listen-ing to K-ZAP outside of the downtown area, the station is also available through the internet through the website k-zap.org.

K-ZAP also has iPhone and Android applications and many of the station’s listeners have discovered ways to listen to the station through their car stereos and home stereos.

Newhall mentioned that he and former KZAP DJ Tom Cale were the people who were primarily behind launching K-ZAP. The hy-phen in these call letters is necessary, because a station in Chico now uses the KZAP call letters.

In addition to Cale, Ne-whall also mentioned two other people who helped es-tablish K-ZAP.

“There’s Diane Michaels, who works with us on the music side,” he said. “Diane worked with us at KSFM, worked a brief time at

KZAP. But she’s been in ra-dio continuously, which we hadn’t. So, we lean on her for filling in some of the gaps in the 1980s and 1990s when we weren’t in radio.

“And then there’s John Saltnes, and John worked at (Stockton radio station) KUOP when he was in col-lege. He worked at KSFM and some other stations in town. He’s been in and out of the broadcasting busi-ness. And John is more busi-ness minded. He’s just one of the people that’s helping make it work.”

Altogether, only one out of the 15 people who were with K-ZAP at the begin-ning are no longer working for the station.

And Newhall referred to that fact as “amazing,” consid-ering that the station is a non-profit operation and “nobody gets paid.”

Although built in the spir-it of the old KZAP, K-ZAP, Newhall noted, does have its own identity.

“I have an interest in not making this sound like we think we are exactly what KZAP was, because KZAP was so many differ-ent things,” he said. “It was something different in 1968 when it went on the air and you could play pretty much whatever you wanted – and, of course, wasn’t making any money – to the 1980s when it still had a broad playlist, but it had paid attention a little bit more to formats to focus to promotion, and so it was making money.”

Newhall expressed his ap-preciation for the opportuni-ty to become more acquainted with the community through the 4th of July event.

“The Carmichael (Recre-ation and Park District) peo-

ple were generous enough to let us come out and pretty much sponsor it, so we talk-ed about it for a couple of months that it was a great place to come and gather with your family and watch free fireworks,” he said. “The nice thing is this is not the first year this event has hap-pened, so the crowd out there this year was bigger than ever. We hope to take a little bit of credit for that, but the fact is it was going to be out there anyway.

“So, that gave us a chance to go out there and talk to some people that may not have heard of us, to say hello to people that have heard of us and our fans, and just have fun with everybody. And that’s exactly what happened.”

A commemorative T-shirt featuring the classic KZAP Cheshire Cat wearing an Un-cle Sam hat were sold to new and old fans of the station at the event.

Newhall commented about the significance of cel-ebrating K-ZAP’s one-year anniversary.

“It’s kind of arbitrary, but still (it is) 12 months at doing something like this,” he said. “A lot of people, I’m sure, fig-ured we would go belly up in a month. But to be going on for a year and actually be doing some things that are making us grow. You know, any start-up, whether it’s a nonprof-it or otherwise, the first year is usually pretty critical. After a year, you can look back and say, ‘Well, you know it’s still going. It sounds good.’”

Newhall also recogniz-es that experience plays a large role in the success of the station.

“We pulled it off, because we have broadcasting expe-rience,” he said. “And I real-

ly think that’s why. We sort of knew some of things you had to do and some of the pit-falls you were going to find, where a lot of community organizations with all their good intentions, their exper-tise is not in broadcasting and it’s not that easy. It’s not that easy and it’s not just fun and games and if you think it’s go-ing to be, you’ll be surprised when you find out about the regulations, the restrictions, the costs, the engineering in-volved, etc. etc.”

Newhall said that K-ZAP appreciates the feedback it has received from its listeners.

“It’s been very gratifying to get the feedback online and in person from people who listen to it, from people who thank us for doing what we’re doing, from people who say,

‘I just found out about you’ or ‘I’ve been listening all the time’ or ‘I figured out a way to listen to you in my car,’” he said. “It’s just really gratifying to know that we did do some-thing that members of the community wanted.

“I don’t kid myself to think that every 20-year-old is lis-tening to K-ZAP like they were in 1969. We’re proba-bly not a station for the 20-year-olds, but we play a lot of new music. But we’re not playing The Weekend, we’re not playing Rihanna, we’re playing Amy Helm and we’re playing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, things like that. So, we’re not for every-body, but it seems like we’re for somebody and there are quite a few of those some-bodies out there.”

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There was a time when the primary entertainment medi-um for every family was radio. It was a cheap way to bring the world into America’s liv-ing rooms.

Radio has evolved over the years, from news, live music, dramas, and comedy shows of the 1940s to the 1950s when deejays began spinning out the tempo of the young. Deejays still exist, but pundits voicing their political opinions are a large segment of the broad-cast spectrum these days.

The evolution contin-ues. Radio listenership has shrunk considerably in just the past few years. With so many alternative enter-tainment and information sources and delivery systems available today, commer-cial radio has been relegat-ed to a much less promi-nent place. Much of what is dispensed by conventional radio has been largely sup-plemented by podcasts and iTunes that can be played on-demand on personal de-

vices. Instant gratification for an impatient generation not willing to wait for a fa-vorite song to come up in a radio station’s rotation.

The result is a radio vacuum that leaves an entire generation of listeners nowhere to go with their varied tastes rooted in an earlier era that offered more choices to their liking.

That’s where KUBU-FM comes in. “We are an alterna-tive,” said KUBU-FM Pro-gram Director Shane Car-penter. “We do radio like they did back in the 1920s, when it was a kind of ‘free form’ be-fore the development of the networks.” Further, the pub-lic creates the programs heard on KUBU.

Not only is KUBU sent out over the airwaves, it can also be heard in real time on cable TV channels 17 and 18’s bul-letin board and via the Inter-net on the Access Sacramen-to website.

The station is broadcast by way of a low power transmit-ter at 96.5 on the FM dial. The signal covers a ten-mile circle that includes the Arden-Ar-cade area to the north; Florin

Road to the south; Watt Ave-nue to the east, and West Sac-ramento to the west.

Carpenter, who has been with Access Sacramento since the public access facility start-ed in 1986, says there needed to be a place where the pub-

lic could create shows to ex-press their opinions, promote a hobby, present their partic-ular music genre, start a gar-dening program, or anything else they could think up. The station is wide open to ideas and invites citizens of Sac-ramento County and city to come up with programs of their own.

One such program pro-ducer is Alexander Vasquez. His talk show can be heard Wednesday nights from ten to midnight.

“Hate radio you love,” said Vasquez, who leans to the right politically and invites anyone to challenge him. “I am an equally opportunity hater,” he said with a laugh.

One program block might feature acid rock. Another—like the show put on by An-drea Payton-Hassanen—brings listeners music from all over the world. “My show is all digital,” Payton-Has-sanen said. “My son digitiz-es my music.” She brings the music to the T Street facility and the result is a treat for lis-teners who cannot find any-thing like it anywhere else.

Good luck if you are a pol-ka, big band, jazz, or Dix-ieland fan. Mainstream ra-dio will not take you to those places. If what is of-fered in the talk radio spec-trum is not what the listener is looking for, Access Sacra-mento invites the public the opportunity to fill the void,

both as a listener and as a presenter.

If you have a music col-lection of personal favorites and want to create a show of your own, you are invited to put one together for that seg-ment of the public that has gone un-served. Innovation is encouraged. If you have a unique idea for a show, bring it on.

“Some even record their shows at home and bring the recording to the studio,” Car-penter said.

Programs are not aimed at the broader audience. Since it is non-commercial, huge numbers of listeners are not as important as they are to a commercial radio station that must deliver to its ad-vertisers the largest number of consumers with money to spend.

Who is eligible to become a radio star? “Anybody who shows up,” Shane Carpen-ter said. Anyone who wants to start a radio show of their own can start the process by checking out www.Access-Sacramento.org or by stop-ping by the studio at 4623 T Street, Suite A. Annual mem-bership in Access Sacramento is required. A period of train-ing on the equipment gets the new show producer on their way and on the air.

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Many food industry busi-nesses get their start with food trucks and pop ups, but Chando actually recent-ly purchased a food truck, an old Krush Burger truck, to accompany their brick and mortar locations.

That said, he’s bring-ing his truck to the Off the Grid festival. Honored to be a part of the event, Chan-do said as a businessman he’s very careful with who he partners with. “So when they reached out to us it was pretty straight forward that it would be a great partner-ship ... They pioneered the food truck movement in the Bay Area. I appreciate work that they’ve done in the food truck movement. By associ-ating ourselves with them, it’s a great partnership. We’re excited to be a part of it. Chando’s Tacos will add val-ue to the relationship. We’re growing really fast.”

That said the more ex-posure of Chando’s Tacos means the more opportuni-ty to get their food into oth-er people’s hands.”We are jazzed to be working with Off the Grid. They have a great reputation in the Bay

Area. They put on fantastic events. When they reached out to us, we were excited and honored to be a part-ner with them. We’re ready to rock and roll. “

Chando said a deli used to be in place where the big fa-cility currently is.

Besides being used for Off the Grid, the old Krush Burger truck will be used for other catering events, a big part of his business. Actu-ally having started the busi-ness catering in people’s backyards, catering is near and dear to his heart.

The nickname “Chando” stemmed from peers who couldn’t pronounce his legal name “Lisendro.” Growing up in Olivehurst, then Tijua-na, Chando’s father opened a tortilla factory. Then life happened and he fell in love and moved to Northern Cal-ifornia in 2000.

Speaking on the growth of his company he says it’s def-initely been fast when com-pared to other companies. “We’ve had tremendous sup-port from community, fans, customers and we couldn’t do it without love and sup-port. It’s been a lot of work for family and myself. We risked a lot and fortunately it’s been paying off and it’s rewarding. We’ve been able to generate a ton of jobs. One thing that baffles me is that several families are sup-ported by an idea I had in my backyard. That’s what motivates me to continue.”

The entire business real-ly is a tribute to his father who passed away in 2007. At the time, Chando had been working for Apple,

but took time off work. “It was a major blow. I was his right hand man,” he said. They had a great relation-ship but the passing gave Chando a different per-spective of life. “You were born into this world and you don’t know how long you have to be here to leave a mark. Looking back at my father’s legacy, I asked my-self, ‘Did he pass away hap-py?’ I just wanted to do something that I had more control of, not leave leave it up to my boss. I wanted to be able to control my desti-ny. I loved Apple. It taught me a lot, but I kinda like what I am doing right now a little bit more.”

Before he even started ca-tering he did potlucks and of course his food would be the first to disappear. “I’ve toyed around with different reci-pes. I have a lot of years of investment,” he said. “Tijua-na is probably the best place for Mexican street food. In terms of tacos, carne asada, there’s nothing like Tijuana, but when I came to Olive-hurtst, didn’t do things with passion. I don’t know if they are burnt out. I never once was satisfied.”

Later up here in Northern California, he bought a mo-torcycle, developed an idea and began his catering. But, after about nearly five years of driving around delivering food by motorcycle, he said he realized something impor-tant. “The people I was going after not the ones I wanted to make tacos for. After 4 and a half years of catering, I came up with an identity. I knew who Chandos was. I found

the Arden Way location and I was able to open that. Then I bought the food truck ... the rest is history.”

Giving credit where credit is due, Chando said his big-gest assets are his employees and his customers. “With-out any of them, I wouldn’t go anywhere.”

Speaking for his goals in the future, Chando said he hopes to build an infrastruc-ture that can support scal-ability and growth. When the 10,000-foot West Sac-ramento facility opens up fresh tortillas will be made and food prep will be done on a huge scale. “We will have more control of our product and will support all the stores. By Febru-ary 2017, Chando expects to have West Sacramen-to and two other locations. “once we have the facility and the foundation laid out then stuff ’s about to get real. Now it’s about really see-ing how far we can take this business. We want to be able

to have a lot of people en-joy Chandos tacos around Sacramento and eventually get into the Bay Area, Da-vis, Vacaville. Right now our mind is set on Sacramen-to and neighboring cities: Folsom, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights.

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“For many people, the drought gave them an oppor-tunity to rethink the way they view and use their landscape and to consider whether it’s time for a change,” said RWA Water Efficiency Program Manager Amy Talbot. “This campaign is all about telling their story—they changes they made, why they did it and the benefits that go way beyond saving water—and encourag-ing others to do the same.”

Richard spent months re-moving all of the grass in his yard and drew upon the talents of his wife Rona and grand-children, Tyler and Timothy,

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to help him with some of the other work. Rona pitched in by helping with the rebate applica-tion, and his grandsons assisted him by wheel barrowing in the nine truckloads worth of mulch that a local tree trimmer pro-vided. They also helped tamp down and level the soil for the new paths Richard created us-ing decomposed granite.

“I knew that I needed to make a difference to help con-serve water for my grandsons and for future generations,” Richard said. “Water is a pre-cious resource, and we all need to do our best to use it wisely, and not waste it.”

Richard also raised some ar-eas up to give a more pictur-

esque look, and compared the process to sculpting, as he sought out different shapes and colors to feature. It’s estimated that Richard will save 121, 730 gallons of water per year with his new, beautiful yard.

“We’ve seen many of our customers go above and be-yond in their efforts to use wa-ter more efficiently, and Rich-ard was one of the best,” said Greg Bundesen, Sacramen-to Suburban Water District’s

Conservation Supervisor who nominated Richard to be part of the campaign. “Richard re-ally set a high bar for actions people can take to reduce their outdoor water use.”

You can see Richard’s bill-board yourself through the month of July at the cor-ner of Fair Oaks Boulevard and Garfield Avenue in Car-michael. Learn more tips for using water wisely at BeWa-terSmart.info or sswd.org.

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Locals and travelers alike are enjoying the State FairPhotos by STEPhEN CROwLEy

Shown here are photos from the California State Fair at Cal Expo. From new rides to new exhibits, the state fair has something for everyone.

GOTTA CATCh ThEM ALL: Tuesdays are Kids Free Days at the California State Fair, and there are a lot of them on the Fairgrounds. Many kids and adults can be seen with phones in hand, because the California State Fair happens to have quite a few Pokemon Go locations. Coming to the Fair could be a unique way to cover the Pokemon Go craze.

EAT FOR ONLy $2: One of our new attractions - $2 Taste of the Fair starts on Wednesday. From 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. food vendors will sell a snack-sized item for $2. TV and radio can have some of those snack-sized items available for their morning broadcasts. We expect this to be a popular way to eat at the Fair. Also happens on Thursdays.

CELEBRATiNG 100-PLUS yEARS iN AG: You know it’s a pretty exclusive club when you have to be at least 100 years old to join. On Wednesday, July 13 a special breakfast and awards presentation will honor members of the Califor-nia Agricultural Heritage Club (CAHC). The club is a presti-gious group of families and businesses who are descendants of pioneer ranches, farms, and agribusiness of early California. The minimum age to be accepted into the club is 100, and one business is 175 years old. There are some great stories there.

RAiSE A GLASS: The Best of California Brewfest hap-pens on Saturday, July 16 from 2 – 6 p.m. The winners from our Commercial Beer competition will be sampling their winning brews. This ticketed event is a lot of fun and has the potential for really great interviews.

CORNdOG EATiNG COMPETiTiON: Experience the true essence of any Fair. The Corndog Eating Contest spon-sored by Milo’s Corndogs and Pizza will have a preliminary completion on Friday at 5 p.m. The final competition hap-pens on Saturday, July 16 at 5 p.m. on the SMUD Promenade Stage. There is also $2,500 in prize money up for grabs.

For more than 160 years, the California State Fair has show-cased the best of the Golden State. Cal Expo was dedicated as a place to celebrate California’s achievements, industries, agricul-ture, diversity of its people, traditions and trends that shape the State’s future. The 2016 California State Fair continues until July 24. Tickets available at CAStateFair.org/tickets.

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Th e Fourth of July Celebration in Carmichael is a fam-ily friendly celebration, and brings about a sense of com-munity and nostalgia for residents and visitors. Th ere were no problems or incidents to report.

Organized by the Carmichael Recreation and Park District, about 6,000 people attended the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Show at La Sierra Community Cen-ter. Adding to the festivities were infl atable slides, games, a large slip and slide, a balloon artist, six food trucks and music to enjoy. Th e fun began at 7 p.m. and by 9:30 p.m., the 25-minute fi rework show kicked off . Besides the fi re-works show, there was also a pancake breakfast put on by the Carmichael Kiwanis Club at Carmichael Park that morning. Th e Kiwanis Club reported that it was the high-est attended Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast to date, with lines out the doors at times. Th e Elks Club held their 58th annual Parade down Fair Oaks Boulevard and sever-al hundred people lined up down Fair Oaks Boulevard to watch the community fl oats and equestrian entries, clas-sic cars and more. Carmichael Recreation & Park Dis-trict won fi rst prize this year for fl oat entries at the parade. “We are really excited to have our eff orts recognized,” said Sharlene Lal-Hernandez, Recreation Supervisor for the Carmichael Recreation & Park District.

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Now through July 16SAC FINE ARTS PRESENTS NATIONAL JU-RIED FIBER ARTS OPEN SHOW NOW THROUGH JULY 16: Focus On Fiber will show ex-ceptional uses for a common material! The exhibit will showcase artwork using all types of fiber techniques. Basketry, beading, crochet, dyeing fabric, felting, hook-ing, knitting, knotting, lace making, painting or print-ing on fabric, quilting, spinning, sewing, stitching, thread, tapestry, yarn, costuming, and any artwork re-lated to these. No crafts, kits or production work will be shown. Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Inc., 5330B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, CA 95608. 971-3713. Sac Fine Arts is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday and Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

LET’S MAKE A PUPPET! (FOR THE YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART): Create your own Mup-pet-style puppet. Thursdays July 14-Aug. 4 at Swanston Community Center, 2350 Northrop Ave., all ages. Fees $125 per person; family rate $250 for one parent and one child. $25 material fee per person, due to the in-structor. Children 7 and under are advised to take this class with an adult.

THE ALTERNATIVE ARTS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS THE SACRAMENTO PREMIERE OF ERIC SIMONSON’S LOMBARDI: During the 1965 NFL season, LOOK Magazine re-porter Michael McCormick profiles legendary Green Bay Packers’ coach Vince Lombardi to find out what makes him win. Lombardi warmly welcomes Michael in the hopes of improving his image and enlight-ens him on maintaining team-winning spirit. From his base at the Lombardi home, Michael ventures out to gain insight from players Dave Robinson and Jim Taylor who refuse to speak to him, wary of giving up information. Lombardi warns him to stay away from Taylor and introduces him to Paul Hornung to learn about how the Packers work.This poignant play offers up insights into leadership, the struggles of co-habitation with a titan and the humor that exists in the most intense of circumstances. Runs July 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 at the Chautauqua Playhouse, 5325 Engle Road. Tickets Available at www.taacproduc-tions.com/lombardiNot available through Chautauqua Ticketing).

Saturday, July 16CONCERTS IN CARMICHAEL PARK: Lat-in Touch. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., join the Carmichael Recreation and Park District at the Daniel Bishop Me-morial Pavilion at Carmichael Park for Latin band, Lat-in Touch. 5750 Grant Ave.

CARMICHAEL LIBRARY PRESENTS GAME ON: Get your game on with Mario Kart Wii at the Car-michael Library at 2 p.m., 5605 Marconi Ave., Carmi-chael. This is a summer reading program.

ARCADE LIBRARY PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF TIMOTHY JAMES (FAMILY/ALL AGES): Magic and comedy featuring audience participation. The program is suitable for kids and families. Timothy also offers a teen program that features sleight-of-hand and mind-reading. Fun starts at 2 p.m. at Arcade Li-brary, 2443 Marconi Ave.

July 20CARMICHAEL LIBRARY PRESENTS UN-CLE JER’S TRAVELING BEE SHOW SUM-MER READING, (SCHOOL AGE (6-12)): Does your child enjoy learning about the natural world? Uncle Jer brings live bees, honeycombs and of course, honey! Kids of all ages will learn about bee history, safety, pollination, honey production,

honey harvesting, physical aspects of bees and the health benefits of honey. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Fun starts at 2 p.m. 5605 Marconi Ave., Carmichael.

ARCADE LIBRARY PRESENTS BIKE REPAIR HELP (ADULT): Drop in at the Dero Fixit Station in front of the library for expert help with how to fix a flat, check your bolts and adjust your bike to ride smoothly. Tools and advice will be provided; bring your own bike and materials. The event starts at 6 p.m. at Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave.

July 21ARCADE LIBRARY PRESENTS THREE BILLY GOATS & TORTOISE & HARE WITH PUP-PET ART THEATER (FAMILY/ALL AGES): This production begins with the classic race of the Tortoise and the Hare. Hare, super speedy; Tor-toise, slow and steady. Who will win? The conclu-sion of the race takes place on the ‘ Troll Bridge’

waking up the grumpy old Troll. Three Billy Goats must find a way to outwit the Troll and get across the bridge so they can enjoy the field of green grass. The production starts at 4 p.m. at Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave.

July 22ARCADE LIBRARY PRESENTS CHOCOLATE GAMES FOR TEENS (TEEN): Test your chocolate chops at this event for ages 12-19 at 4 p.m. at Arcade Li-brary, 2443 Marconi Ave.

MOVIES IN THE PARK: Disney’s Inside Out: Come to Carmichael Park (5750 Grant Ave.) for a FREE screening of Disney’s Inside Out. The Church on Cypress will provide free popcorn and shaved ice. Bring your blanket, lawn chair, flash-lights, family and friends! Movies begin at sunset and movie titles are subject to change.

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July 23ARCADE LIBRARY PRESENTS HULA HOOP DEMO WITH ALLISON MILLER (TEEN): Join professional hoop dancer and trainer Allison Miller for an hour of learning how to hula-hoop your best! Fun starts at 2 p.m. at Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave.

CONCERTS IN CARMICHAEL PARK:. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., join the Carmichael Recreation and Park Dis-trict at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion at Carmichael Park for Todd Morgan & the Emblems, a band that plays a mix of jazz, blues, and rock ‘n’ roll. 5750 Grant Ave.

July 27DANCING EVERY WEDNESDAY AT MISSION OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER: Theme this week is “fiesta”. Fun happens from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mission Oaks Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael; 972-0336. Cost is $7 per person.

CARMICHAEL LIBRARY PRESENTS POT-TERED PLANTS SUMMER READING (SCHOOL AGE (6-12)): Carmichael Library cele-brates Beatrix Potter and her love of plants and art by combining them! Come to the library and decorate a plant container and celebrate your green thumb. Chil-dren under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Pro-gram starts at 2 p.m. at Carmichael Library, 5605 Mar-coni Ave., Carmichael.

ARCADE LIBRARY PRESENTS ANIMALS OF THE WORLD WITH WILD THINGS (FAMILY/ALL AGES): Wild Things provides live wildlife edu-cational programs, with wild animals from around the world at 4 p.m. at Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave.

July 29 MOVIES IN THE PARK: Zooptopia: Come to Mis-sion North Park (3344 Mission North Ave.) for a FREE screening of Disney’s Zootopia. The Church on Cypress will provide free popcorn and shaved ice. Bring your blanket, lawn chair, flashlights, family and friends! Mov-ies begin at sunset and movie titles are subject to change.

BABY BOOMER DANCE PARTY: Dancing to clas-sic tunes that spin the ages, 7 to 9 p.m. Cost: $5 online or $6 at the door. All to live music by the 59er Band. Mission Oaks Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive. For more information, call 972-0336.

Ongoing CHILDREN’S SUMMER ART CLASSES AT SAC FINE ARTS: Now through July 29: Le1arn basic tech-niques in Fine Arts & Sculpting: Drawing, painting, col-lage, pastels, printmaking and sculpting. Grades 1-6 Fine Arts classes: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-day, Friday, 9:30–11:30 am.Two groups: Grades 1 – 3 & Grades 4 – 6. Tuition $ 52 for the first week. $ 65 each remaining week. A different class each week - no repeats! Sacramento Fine Arts Cen-ter, Inc., 5330B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael. 971-3713. Sac Fine Arts is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday and Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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SAC FINE ARTS PRESENTS NATIONAL JURIED FIBER ARTS OPEN SHOW: Focus On Fiber will show exceptional uses for a com-mon material! The exhibit will showcase artwork using all types of fiber techniques. Basketry, beading, crochet, dyeing fabric, felting, hooking, knitting, knotting, lace making, painting or print-ing on fabric, quilting, spinning, sewing, stitch-ing, thread, tapestry, yarn, costuming, and any artwork related to these. No crafts, kits or pro-duction work will be shown. Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Inc., 5330B Gibbons Drive, Car-michael, CA 95608. 971-3713. Sac Fine Arts is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sat-urday and Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Show ends on Saturday.

LET’S MAKE A PUPPET! (FOR THE YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART): Create your own Muppet-style puppet. Thursdays July 14-Aug. 4 at Swanston Community Center, 2350 Northrop Ave., all ages. Fees $125 per person; family rate $250 for one parent and one child. $25 material fee per person, due to the instructor. Children 7 and under are ad-vised to take this class with an adult.

CONCERTS IN THE PARK PRESENTS LATIN TOUCH: Bring your family, blankets and lawn chairs and join us for FREE music all summer long at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion at Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave. Food and beverage will be avail-able for purchase, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Latin Touch was founded in 2007, and consists of a versatile and tal-

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State fair attendees of a certain age can recall when the event was com-mitted almost entirely to live animal and equipment exhibits, contests to determine whose grandma made the best pickles and preserves, and a mid-way with rides that thrilled.

Times have changed and it takes a lot more to thrill the modern fair-goer. Attracting today’s prospective urban attendees who make little con-nection between the food they eat and where it comes from is a challenge.

“The state fair had to stay with the times,” said Sabrina Rodriguez, Cali-fornia State Fair media director.

If fairs had not changed, today’s state agricultural exposition could probably be held on a high school football field for all the more people who would show up. That despite California’s rep-utation as “America’s Grocery Basket.” Today’s fair is an event designed to ap-peal to the widest range of people, yet still retain its agricultural roots.

There are kid-friendly rides at one end of the fair-goer spectrum and the big barn with modern farming equip-ment at the other end. Equipment on display will allow one person to do the work on a thousand acres that it took

a dozen men to perform on a small family farm a half-century ago.

To ensure that the urban teenag-er will have reasons to attend, modern musical acts are included in the experi-ence. The rock band Styx will serve the pulse-pounding needs of the younger generation. County singer Dwight Yo-akam and singer Chaka Khan are also on the schedule. For the slightly old-er crowd: The Pointer Sisters and Cre-dence Clearwater Revisited.

The midway will still be there with its carnival games, but many of the rides are geared more to today’s adrenalin junk-ie. “Quasar,” is described as “a fast-paced thrill ride.” Two passengers are secured in each car and spun around. Anoth-er is “Inversion,” which, just as its name suggests, swings 360-degrees on a giant boom, putting passengers upside-down. Neither ride is recommended immedi-ately after eating hot dogs, cotton candy and/or super-sized soft drinks.

The monorail that was installed in 1967 to give the fair-goer a birds-eye view around the complex is still there, although there have been many struc-tural and cosmetic upgrades in the years since.

The 2016 California State Fairgoer will find displays of wine, cheese, beer

and olive oil where simpler, less sophisti-cated products once dwelt. Cheese, craft beer and olive oil are fairly new, but Cal-ifornia wine displays and judging date back to the very first state fair in 1854.

An interactive transportation ex-hibit called “California on the Move” will showcase the role of transporta-tion in California from the past to the present to the future.

While today’s fairs everywhere are be-coming less like those of the past, Sabri-na Rodriguez says state fair-goers “can still experience the nostalgia of the fair.” There are canning and baking competi-tions just like the “good old days.”

Future Farmers of America and 4H members will bring their pig,

sheep, goat and cow projects to the fair. And grandma’s pickles and pre-serves still have a place. It’s just that the whole show is wrapped up in a different package.

Just as in the past, the fair is aimed at being a fun experience for all. It’s just a different kind of fun from that of those simpler times. It is an event tailor-made for the 21st Century, with a nod to those who still recall the early 20th.

The California State Fair will be held until July 24 at Cal Expo. Tickets are available at www.CAStateFair.org/tick-ets. Prices are $8 for children and $10 for adults.

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At 10 a.m. last Friday, the Cal Expo’s gates officially opened for the 163rd Cal-ifornia State Fair. Guests were excited to see what the Fair has in store this year. Included in the excitement on a local level are the var-ious awards local artists and photographers have acquired.

Entering into the Fine Arts competition were Ar-den-Carmichael entrants: Alison Toon, Emily Swin-sick, John Arambel, Kari Breese, Lance Copeland, Michelle Andres, Sean Roy-al, Sue A. Foster, and Betsy Jones.

Copeland’s oil painting, “ The Tea Party”, received the Award of Excellence at the fair. “ The Tea Par-ty” is an exploration regard-ing “the duality of precious time shared with others and the eternal mysteries in-volved with love, loss, em-

pathy and ultimately ac-ceptance. I hope to express a personal mythology and share these ideas using the skills and techniques of the masters I admire,” accord-ing to the statement

Foster’s sculpture “Yoga Go Round” was designed for a sculpture show at Oakwilde Sculpture Park where the theme, she said, was “ full circle.” Foster ex-plained that in each of the 12 sections is a yoga po-sition. “I was trying to re-member different moves at the same time I was ex-perimenting with repous-sé tooled metal aluminum. Then added textural de-signs around these figures. These figures hide within the total design which I like. The idea of full circle made me think of mounting it on a turntable....so each figure could be viewed. I took it to a classroom and let kids ex-plore the touch, texture and movement. People at the fair don’t realize it turns.”

While no artist state-ment was provided, Roy-al’s mixed media sculpture “Daydreaming” received the Award of Merit.

Swinsick’s mixed me-dia piece “Geist” has a re-petitive white leopard pat-tern that disappears along the bottom edge, creat-ing a ghostly appearance among the rich and deep jewel tones of the rest of the work. In a statement to the newspaper, she ex-plained the work she does is “strongly defined by the materials used and the pro-cess of making. The goal is to manipulate the media as far is it will be pushed by building up pattern and texture using found and re-purposed items. Break-ing down the lines between hand-made and manufac-tured using techniques that aren’t always recog-nized in ‘fine art’, the piece hints at duality in the aes-thetic sense as well as the contextual.”

Toon’s black and white photograph “Father In A Crowd Of Teen Fans” won the Award of Merit. The photo is part of a series, “A Face in the Crowd” which she describes as “within a mass of human beings, whether at a music festival, a sporting event, or on the street, one person stands out. In this photo, it’s the fa-ther who has braved a huge

crowd of screaming teenage fans, as they wait for their heroes to appear.”

Though not a resident of the Arden-Carmichael area, David Peterson of Flo-rin, many Carmichael folks know from his work at Sac-ramento Fine Arts. The de-scription of Peterson’s piece at the fair, “Empire The-

The State Fair is open and Arden-Carmichael artists rack up awards

Photo by Monica StarkDavid Peterson of Sacramento Fine Arts at the State Fair.

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ater” reads, as follows: “I seem to be a painter of plac-es. Whether it is a landscape or an urban scene, I paint places from life, and places I have visited and connected to. The Empire Theater is on the Miracle Mile in Stock-ton across the street from the home of the Stockton Art League. This one is part of a series, many done as demos for the League’s members. This one was painted quickly from sketches from life without the use of a photograph. I claim no architectural accuracy but I think I captured the feel of the place. I hope the image makes you smile!”

The first year for the photography competition gar-nered a few Arden-Carmichael entrants, which Sabrina Rodriguez, marketing director for the fair provided the Arden-Carmichael News, as follows: Claire Russell, Da-vid Puketza, Db Lyman, Gene Mckinnon, Kendra Dantes, Mike Wilcox, Russell Berridge, Sophie Steubing, Tues-day Rubsam, Marika Rice, Marina Jauregui, Noelly Gal-lardo, Kristen Tauzer, Linden Tarr, Emilia White, Emma Basco, Noah Wavrin, Reesa Eliza Artz, and Tony Tsai.

Photo by Monica StarkCarmichael resident Alison Toon’s black and white photograph “Father In A Crowd Of Teen Fans” won the Award of Merit. The photo is part of a series, “A Face in the Crowd.”

Image courtesy Carmichael resident Sue Foster’s piece, “Yoga Go Round”

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