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This South American Life: Land Parkers’ discuss life in Chile

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Ice cream walk coming soonSee page 2

Our teens help makeArgonautSkate Park a reality

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Over the Fence: Greg Brown finds more businesses targeted by ADA lawyer Scott Peterson

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Local history feature:George L. Klumpp Chapel of Flowers under new ownership

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e-mail stories & photos to: [email protected] Vol. XXII • No. 13

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What’s more fun than eat-ing homemade ice cream on a hot summer day or night in Sacramento? Walking to get to where you can eat that ice cream and taste testing to see which place has your favorite flavor! Everyone, including the family dog, is invited to join in the Sacramento Walking Sticks annual Vic’s to Gun-ther’s Ice Cream Walk.

The Start Location for the walks is Vic’s Ice Cream, 3199 Riverside Blvd, Sacramen-to 95818-3754. The walks are scheduled for Wednes-day night, August 7th with registration between 6:00-7:00 p.m. If you can’t make the night walk, then come on Thursday morning, August 8th and register between 9:00-10:00 a.m. The routes are ex-actly the same; you can choose between a 5K (3.1 miles) loop or preferably go the distance on the 10K (6.2 miles) loop that takes in both ice cream parlors. (If you choose to do the 5K, you can drive the short distance to Gunther’s to com-plete your taste test.)

The walk route between the two locally owned ice creamer-ies in the Land Park and Cur-

tis Park neighborhoods is rated a 1A and is suitable for stroll-ers, wheelchairs, scooters and wagons. It’s a lovely shady stroll through upscale neighbor-hoods with classic 20’s and 30’s homes. The longer route takes in a walk thru Sacramento City College and Curtis Park. The cost of the walk is FREE (dona-tions are always welcome) and $3.00 if volkswalk credit is de-sired. There is a beautiful com-memorative embroidered patch that people can purchase for $3 that features Mr. Stick eating an ice cream cone. The beauty of volkswalking is that people go at their own speed and the events are always non-competi-tive. Families are encouraged to stop along the way to enjoy the neighborhood playgrounds.

This walk is part of the summer series called the Hot Walkin’ Nights. Every Wednesday night from June thru August the Sticks offer group walks all over the Sac-ramento region. It’s a way for people to turn off their TV’s,

get off their couch and see the sights of where they live.

The Sacramento Walking Sticks are the largest volkss-port club in the USA with close to 600 members; you do not have to be a member to walk with us. They conduct a membership meeting on the second Thursday of every month. Meetings are held at 7:00 pm at the SMUD Head-quarters Building in their Conference Center, 6201 S St, Sacramento 95817. Anyone wanting to walk a 3 mile route in the surrounding neighbor-hood before the meeting is en-couraged to meet at 5:00 pm at the Sticks, 1420 65th St, Sacramento 95819.

Annual Ice Cream Walk

For more information, contact current president, Heidi Foster at [email protected], 691-0937, Sacramento Walking Sticks, PO Box 277303, Sacramento CA 95827-7303

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Harvest Sacramento needs fruit trees and volunteers!

Warm spring temperatures are quickly steering our neighbor-hood backyard fruit trees to ripeness. Many people have cher-ry, apricot, plum, peach, nectarine and/or fig trees that are filled with fruit, often more fruit that any one person or family can eat. While fresh eating, canning, cakes, cobbler, crumbles and cook-ies can help much of this fruit get into our stomachs or pantries, some will likely fall to the ground. Soil Born Farms’ Harvest Sac-ramento can help out those with a “problem” of overabundance; they organize volunteers to glean fruit from backyard trees and donate the harvested fruit to local food assistance agencies like Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.

Harvest Sacramento has already picked and donated more than 45,000 pounds of fruit in 2013 with the help of over 500 volunteers.

Volunteers came together in large community harvests held on weekends and as small groups of neighbors that were trained by Harvest Sacramento. Over the last two years they have de-veloped neighborhood harvest teams in Land Park, South Land Park, Curtis Park, Tahoe Park and East Sacramento, which em-power neighborhood residents to harvest and distribute the fruit in the area where they live. “Our harvest groups have been a fan-tastic way for neighbors to meet each other and play and active role in contributing to their community. Fruit harvesting is a family friendly activity where everyone can find a way to partici-pate in a meaningful way and have fun doing it,” mentioned Ran-dy Stannard, Project Coordinator, at a recent harvest.

They are looking to expand and strengthen their neighbor-hood harvest groups in order to improve their capacity to re-alize the unique year-round harvesting opportunities that are available in Sacramento.

If you would like to offer fruit from your tree or volunteer, please contact Randy Stannard at [email protected] , (530) 204-8082 or visit the Harvest Sacramento webpage, www.harvestsacramento.org.


By GreG [email protected]

Everybody seemed to love TV personality Huell Hows-er. The folksy, playful host of California Gold was a Califor-nia icon. The jovial larger than life personality who visited Cal-ifornia landmarks, treasures and small towns passed away last January. In honor of Huell, Ale Industries has released “Golden State Of Mind”, a tribute label for a “great friend of California” according to Stephen Lopas of Ale Industries. Both Ste-phen and his business partner Morgan Cox thought of Huell Howser as a bit of a hero and when they heard of his pass-ing they felt compelled to do a tribute label. A case of “Gold-en State Of Mind” sold out in one day at Taylor’s Market in Land Park. The ale is as pop-ular as Huell! It was flying off the shelves according to Dave Hunter at Taylor’s Market. A customer brought the Huell Howser beer to Dave’s atten-tion and their distributor said they had a “limited supply”. Golden State Of Mind is also

available throughout Sacra-mento at Whole Foods, Nug-get markets, Bev-Mo as well as craft-centric liquor stores. I was able to get the last bot-tle at Taylor’s and it was, as Huell would say….Amazing!

***A local Hollywood Park neigh-

borhood hangout in Sacramento is changing hands. The Jointed Cue on Fruitridge Boulevard has been sold. When I dropped by The Cue, owner Dave Stonier was joking with some old timers and talking about how proud he was of the leg-endary pool hall his dad Ter-ry opened some 45 years ago. “I love the pool hall and I’m so proud of what my father and I have accomplished. But I have painfully decided it’s time to let it go.

Patrons were shocked when Dave made the emotional an-nouncement that the pool hall had been sold. He proud-ly showed me around the pool hall and talked about all his fond memories. The live-ly tournaments, the legendary pool players, and the camara-derie among friends.

According to Bob Jewett, a Jointed Cue regular who’s also a certified instructor, there were a lot of amazing players in those tournaments in the 70’s and early 80’s. Players like Ci-cero Murphy, Lou Butera, and Cole Dickson stand out. Ru-dolph “Minnesota Fats” Wan-derone was also there for some of the tournaments. At one tournament, a player named “Lassiter” was having trou-ble with his contact lenses and had to clean one. He couldn’t get it out. He had the refer-ee take something that looked like a golf tee, put the little cup onto the lens and pulled it out of his eye. I wonder if it made that suction cup noise?

Dave Stonier is particular-ly proud of the Tournament Room in the back of the Hall. It’s the jewel of the joint. The classic stadium seats are from the old Coronet Theater on Watt Avenue. It’s like stepping back in time. I bet there was a lot of cigar smoking and illicit

gambling back in the good old days of the Jointed Cue.

People were calling from all over the country when the news broke of the Jointed Cue being sold. A woman from North Carolina who used to work at the pool hall shared some memories with Dave and even cried a bit on the phone. Other folks calling saying, “What’s this I hear about the pool hall being sold?”

Dave says it was a tough de-cision but he’s “at peace with it.” He was approached months ago with the “if you ever want to sell” question.

About this time he had been jammed up by an ADA com-pliant lawyer, and had begun to let the small fires and problems that he used to stomp out with energy and vigor get to him. That’s when Dave decided to talk to Mike Murphy who had asked him if he was interest-ed in selling. Dave didn’t have to explain the history or legacy of The Jointed Cue and didn’t harp on the sanctity of family business values. Mike got it. “I truly believe that the legendary pool hall that my family built is in good hands”.

Dave Underwood, who’s been working at the Joint-ed Cue for 17 years, said he’s now referring to it as the “Re-jointed Cue”. Dave was man-ning the grill where they serve up delicious burgers and fries. He thinks the new owner-ship change may be good for the Jointed Cue. Let’s hope the new owner doesn’t change too much, especially the cool coun-ter.

When I asked Stonier what he’s going to do now he said “take some time off…maybe go to Lodi.”


***Last month I told you

Brick Oven Pizza was hav-ing its last family karaoke night in June. It also turns out the old school pizza joint in South Land Park has also served up its last pepperoni pizza. The own-ers, Gary and Amy Correl-lier, have decided to retire after 34 years of serving up delicious pizza to the Land Park locals. They even held a final aloha on their last day. Everyone was all decked out in Island outfits for the last hurrah. I have a feeling Don Ho would have approved.

vvThe Jointed Cue, Brick Oven Pizza, and Brownie’s Lounge have all been tar-geted by an ADA compli-ant attorney.

Dave Stonier at The Cue said it would have cost him over $30,000 to get the bathrooms upgraded. He mentioned it had a little something to do with him selling his beloved busi-ness. There were a few oth-

er ADA compliance signs in front of Brick Oven Pizza as well as Brownie’s Lounge. I spoke to Clair Brownie over the phone and he was out-raged. He used a few choice adult words when talk-ing about the attorney in-volved in the ADA lawsuits and doubts the man ever entered Brownie’s Lounge. “Nobody ever saw him.” He also wondered why old-er mom and pop business-es like Brownie’s are not “grandfathered in.” Brown-ie said, “I guess if you wan-

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na stay in business you got-ta play the game.” Let’s hope these ADA lawsuits don’t put all of our beloved mom and pop businesses out of business.


By LAnCe [email protected]

The Land Park area busi-ness, George L. Klumpp Chapel of Flowers, recently experienced a change in own-ership. The new owner of this historic funeral firm is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.

In discussing her decision to sell the business, which is locat-ed at 2691 Riverside Blvd., the firm’s previous owner, Marlene Oehler, said that she reviewed a variety of things, including her recent status as a 74-year-old widow with no succession plan for her business.

“No one in the family was interested (in becoming the business’s next proprietor), no one on the staff, and I was approached and I selected the firm that I wanted to con-tinue discussions with and it wound up being a win-win situation,” Marlene said. “I fo-cused primarily on the future of the staff. I wanted to make sure that they were not here today and gone tomorrow. It was a long process. We start-ed discussions last year at this time, and it was finally final-ized on June 10 this year.”

Among the five staff mem-bers who were retained was Jean Mogan, the firm’s admin-istrative assistant, who began

working for the company 37 years ago.

Marlene also noted that al-though the sale of the firm was completed, she will not be leav-ing the company altogether.

“I’m grateful for the oppor-tunity that the Diocese has afforded me to be their con-sultant in the public relations arena,” said Marlene, who grew up in Stockton. “I know I can serve them well, because of the exposure and the rela-tionships and friendships that (her late husband and a for-mer owner of the firm) Bob and I have built over time.”

Another important element in the transferring of owner-ship was Marlene’s insistence that the funeral firm would continue to provide families with the same personalized service it has grown to expect.

Robert Seelig, director of Catholic Funeral Services for the Diocese of Sacramento, spoke about the new acquisi-tion with high regard.

“We could not be happier,” Seelig said. “Over the last year and a half, we looked at sever-al different firms, and, while all of them were quite good, none of them offered the combination of experienced staff and quality reputation enjoyed by Klumpp’s.”

Seelig also explained that for the Diocese of Sacramen-

to, adding a funeral home to its services was part of its long-term plan to assist in “(making) the difficult pro-cess surrounding the death of a loved one less stressful on families.”

Although the firm was pur-chased by the local Diocese, the business will continue to be op-erated as an independent funeral home, providing services to both Catholics and non-Catholics.

The Diocese, as for now, has retained the name of the busi-ness – an operation that is rich with history.

George L. Klumpp (1889-1967) began establishing himself in the funeral business in 1908.

It was then that he became an assistant to undertaker and county coroner William F. Gormley at his place of business at 914 8th St.

By 1910, George L. Klumpp was working as an apprentice

embalmer for Gormley, and about four years later, he be-gan working as an apprentice embalmer for the funeral firm, Ryan & Cippa, which was then operated at 1214 K St. by funer-al directors Henry P. Ryan and Fred T. Cippa.

In 1918, George L. Klumpp, who obtained his embalmer’s li-cense on Jan. 1, 1916, left Ryan & Cippa to return to work for Gormley as an embalmer.

George L. Klumpp Chapel of Flowers under new ownership

Photo by Lance ArmstrongGeorge L. Klumpp Chapel of Flowers was recently purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.

See Klumpp, page 7


Gormley, who was both an undertaker and a sheriff during that time, was then operating his business at 720 H St.

In 1921, George L. Klumpp, who lived for many years at 920 U St., joined George E. Andrews to establish the An-drews & Klumpp funeral home at 1201 L St.

During the following year, the home became known as Klumpp & Cippa, as An-drews was replaced by Fred T. Cippa.

From 1923 to 1928, George L. Klumpp and Martin J. Gastman operated a funeral home at 2231 J St.

George L. Klumpp estab-lished his own funeral parlor at 830 O St. in 1929, and re-located the business to 808 O St. three years later. His original “Chapel of Flowers,” which was constructed with all union labor and included a Wicks pipe organ, opened at the latter address on Jan. 14, 1939.

After George L. Klumpp passed away at the age of 77 on Sept. 24, 1967, his widow, Jane A. Klumpp, replaced him as the business’s proprietor.

Many people mourned the loss of this longtime citizen, as he was much more than a longtime funeral firm owner and director.

When he was 17, George L. Klumpp moved from the city of Folsom, where he was born, to the capital city to attend At-kinson’s Sacramento Business College at 1303 J St.

He would eventually work as an embalmer with an am-bulance corps in France dur-ing World War I and serve on the Sacramento City Coun-cil from 1942 through 1949, as mayor of Sacramento from 1946 to 1947, part-owner of the Sacramento Solons base-ball team, president of the Sac-ramento Baseball Association, commander of the Lieuten-ant Lansdale Post No. 67 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, commander of the Veterans Affiliated Council, president of the California State Funeral

Directors and Embalmers and president of the Southside Im-provement Club.

Additionally, he was a mem-ber of the Sutter Club and the Del Paso Country Club, gen-eral chairman of the Sacra-mento County Democratic Central Committee, the own-er of racehorses and an avid horseracing fan.

George L. Klumpp Chapel of Flowers became a part of the Land Park community of Sacramento in 1972, when it was relocated to its present site, across the street from the historic Masonic Lawn Cemetery. The lease with the state on the O Street site was to end on Oct. 30, 1971, but the firm received a short-term extension.

During the same year, the business was purchased by the aforementioned Bob Oehler (1938-2008) and Arthur L. “Al” Bernard, Jr. (1917-1999).

Bob Oehler’s time with the company predated his owner-ship of the business, as he had served his apprenticeship un-der George L. Klumpp.

A building permit for the Riverside Boulevard structure was obtained on Feb. 15, 1972, and the official grand opening of the then-new building was held on July 22-23, 1972.

In 1989, Bob and Marlene Oehler purchased the business from Bernard.

Marlene served as the firm’s sole proprietor from the time of her husband’s death until the recent sale of the business.

Klumpp: Marlene Oehler served as sole proprieter since her husband’s passingContinued from page 6

Photo courtesyIn addition to owning a local fu-neral firm bearing his name, George L. Klumpp also served as the mayor of Sacramento from 1946 to 1947.

Photo courtesy Marlene OehlerStaff members, left to right, Buffie Radov-ich, Andrea Picot, Jonathan Biller, Jean Mo-gan and Alice Kimble, have retained their positions at George L. Klumpp Chapel of Flowers under the firm’s new ownership.


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By PeTer FerGUSon

Editor’s note: Best friends Peter Fer-guson and Matt Miller of Land Park have been living in South America since last year. What follows is a letter Pe-ter wrote to a few conservation groups and organizations down in the Patago-nia region (which is shared by Argen-tina Chile) and in the Bay Area. The letter describes their journey and their aspirations in making the world a bet-ter place. See the next issue of The Land Park News for a piece by Matt.

Good morning,

My name is Peter Ferguson and to-day is my 23rd birthday. While this birthday is generally another random day out of the year, it couldn’t come at a more meaningful time. I am spend-ing it in the small township of Lan-co, Chile with the Noriega’s, a fami-ly of characters whose intricacies you can’t write and whose hospitality can’t be matched. More importantly I’m spending it with my best friend, Matt Miller. My friendship with Matt goes back to the middle school days. But seeing as we were never enrolled in the same schools, much less colleges on the same coast, our journeys had sim-ply crossed until now. At the present, they have merged and joined in a way that no one could have foreseen when we were both the ripe age of 13.

A bit of context - as my graduation day loomed last May, classmates felt

the need to have an answer to the in-cessant question, ‘What are you doing next year?’ I, too, felt the pressure to have a response but mine was much more uncertain than any specific job.

That is to say, it was a destination. I wanted to go to South America for a while -- to live, to work, to play, but most of all to learn. Something I knew I could gain through an immer-sive experience. As luck would have it, my foot in the proverbial door to Latin America was a position teach-ing English in Chachapoyas, Peru for September.

So I graduated from school with some savings in the bank to return to my native California to save some more while living in my folks’ place. Towards the end of my summer swim coach job, Matt landed himself couch ridden in our hometown, Sacramen-to, when he was hit on his bike in the middle of a cross-country tour some-where outside of Missoula, Montana. Convincing Matt to join me South af-ter his own December graduation only took suggesting it. What remained of the summer was ample time to map out and scheme and dream. The pos-sibilities were seemingly endless. We were opening a blank book. Starting a chapter of our lives with the pen in our hands. Neither our folks nor our bosses, those that had groomed and socialized us for so long, had a hand on the wheel.

I took off for Peru and Matt went back to school, anxious as ever to get

abroad. In order to support weekend trips throughout the mountainous department, overflowing with natu-ral beauty and ruins, I taught English during the week. As I had hoped the pattern of an informal education de-veloped. Sure, I was learning Span-ish but through the relationships I formed I gained more insight than simply a language. Friends worked in NGOs and local and departmental government. Each had different ex-periences, which led to different opin-ions about land use - it’s protection, recuperation, potential for sustain-able cultivation and even ecotourism. I noted the distinct relationships be-tween the NGOs (national and inter-national), their conclusions and un-derstandings of land conservation, as well as their approaches to local com-munities, and the varying outcomes.

After the New Year, I moved to Co-chabamba, Bolivia to split time be-tween language classes, an after school program, and a community/ urban farming project. The informal ed-ucation continued as the nerdy so-ciology major in me deconstructed class struggle and ethnic tension be-tween campesinos and mestizos. The campesinos were coming from an in-digenous background, which the light-er skinned city folk labeled as ‘back-wards.’ I learned about the potential of urban farming as well as processes of fostering community through seed and food exchange. To complement both my time in Peru and Bolivia was this concept of the Andean Cosmovi-sion, which I had not been exposed to before. I did my best to deconstruct my own worldview to try to wrap my head around a different experience of

Life in South America after growing up in Land Park

See Chile, page 9

Photo courtesyMatt Miller on left, Peter Ferguson on right


reality and therefore a differ-ent relationship with nature.

And then, at the end of April, came Chile. After his own few months woofing in Ecuador and Peru, Matt joined me in Cochabamba as my 90 days in country began to run out. The highly an-ticipated reunion had finally come and we were each burst-ing with enthusiasm to have a friend, someone who knew the other’s story and where they’d been, to accompany them for the journey. We saw the Salar de Uyuni, which played tricks on our eyes, before crossing the border into the arid Ataca-man desert. When we reached Santiago, we made use of a friend’s apartment floor as a base to center ourselves, our thoughts, and our plan. We rather quickly came to the con-clusion that Santiago was not the Chile we wanted to expe-rience so we took off with our sights set on Parque Nacional el Morado to the southeast of the suffocating capital.

That park, amongst the high desert of the glacial val-ley, is where we found our rhythm, our peace, the part of Chile we came for.

After some further re-search, we realized how naïve we had been in thinking that we could trek any of the parks further south during the win-ter months without the proper equipment. Coinciding with that was a restlessness that couldn’t settle. An appetite to trek that was far from fulfilled. We decided to chase what was left of fall and on May 1, re-started our journey South. For the three weeks that fol-lowed, we bussed and hitch hiked and walked from park to park w/ our worldly posses-sions strapped to our back.

Signs of winter were every-where and inclement weath-er seemed to haunt us. We were rained on for two days in Parque Nacional Laguna de Laja - seeking refuge in a cavern, whose pool of water grew pushing us into the gale force winds and sheets of rain in a search for some cover to dry our soaked bodies. The basement of an abandoned house that we named ‘Old Blue’ because of her sky blue painted walls was our savior that second night. But that third morning was a sight. It

was a Christmas morning of sorts. The clouds had lift-ed and steam flowed into the wind off the trees, welcom-ing the sun. We embraced the good weather and found a trail, who’s trailhead we had fortuitously missed just days before, that led us over ridg-es and lava flows and volca-nic sands. What we found on the other side affirmed our thought that sometimes you have to hike through the crap, suffer a bit, to enjoy the view from the top. On the other side was a sheer rock face that scanned up to a glacier, hang-ing between some of the more unforgivable peaks we’ve laid eyes on. Fed by the gla-cier melt were eight separate waterfalls flowing down the awe-inspiring face. There was no way we could take it all in at once. That amount of nat-ural beauty in one panorama overwhelms the senses.

Flying high after those last few sunny days, Matt and I were unexpectedly deflated by a CONAF ranger at our next stop, Reservas Naciona-les Malalcahuello and Nalcas. The seasons were changing and we were risking hiking in snow. But just as I have yet to learn to duck my head when I pass through the low set doorframes of the Norie-ga house, I had yet to learn to heed the warnings of a ranger. We set out and had four days of weather that only beckons being outside. We ran the trails and rivers, mouths agape at the monkey-puzzle forests, birded and just breathed. But then, on the fifth morning, we awoke to the thumping of rain on our taught rain fly.

Despite the drumbeats, we were surprisingly slap hap-py and beyond stoked to start our fifth day. While we prepped some coffee and rib-sticking oats in the tent, we made wise cracks and packed our bags. I embraced getting wet in a way. Like the tru-ly foolish gringo that I am, I donned some shorts. We took off, leaving our site as we had found it, and within thir-ty minutes were sopping wet. Our extremities numbed, rendering our fingers useless. And that was all before the pass. Again, we pushed on af-ter warnings of snow and sleet from an eccentric Chilean,

who offered us a ride. I can only imagine the ad-jectives that came to mind when he saw us trudg-ing up the ser-vice road. Better yet, someone in shorts that hardly grazed his knees.

Before this trip, we committed to hike until we hit snow. We were not expecting for snow to hit us. We added some layers, all of which were soaked shortly thereaf-ter, and continued the creeping climb in elevation. We passed the tree line leaving us exposed in a brutal landscape of volca-nic sands.

I had puddles in my boots and pockets as we marched onward and upward. The wind increased to a speed that whips the snot right out of your nose and steals your words away, no matter the volume. As boots crunched over snow, US history lessons of the Donner Party flashed through my mind - half as a joke, half as a concern.

The rain cover on my back-pack had blown off with the wind and acted as a parachute only adding resistance as I acutely leaned into the gusts. Once the road beneath our feet began to decline we began a kind of motivational chatter to keep things moving. Snow turned to sleet, which turned to rain, and, hypothermic and delirious, we talked of end-ing day in a lodge somewhere with a fire and whiskeys wait-ing for us. Buildings came into view through the tor-rential conditions and then a few cars -- all of it fueling the delirium. But the hope-ful decent from the pass was met with disappointment as we found the buildings un-der construction or in dis-use. We caught a break when a friendly engineer exiting the construction site stopped for these two sorry looking fel-lows. He generously offered us a lift into town. Soaked to the bone, we shivered in his backseat and tried to recount what we had just overcome. He took us to a tiny, family-run hospedaje in the town at the foot of the park. We had

Photo courtesyPeter Ferguson on left, Matt Miller on right

Chile: Finding peace in natureContinued from page 8

the place to ourselves to dry out and warm up by the fire in the bunkroom. Matt and I were dumb struck. We were beyond grateful but in a state of utter disbelief from our morn-ing and how we had come to arrive in front of that fire.

We finished the three week run trekking through Parque

Nacional Huerquehue and a private reserve, El Cañi, both outside the town of Pucon. At Huerquehue, we hiked above the snow line into forests kissed by winter - trees and trails covered with a few inch-es of fresh snow. At El Cañi we similarly hiked to a fantas-

See Chile, page 13

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where kids need stuff to do, and they need the right stuff to do,” she explains. “And the more we can put in that park for not only my kids, but all the kids in the neighborhood to do, the better off we are.”

Next on board was Darrel Woo, second vice president for SCUSD Board of Edu-cation representing District 6, who believes the skate park will be a nice compliment to the workout stations that were put into Argonaut Park a few years ago.

Also on board is Sacramen-to City Councilman Jay Sche-nirer representing District 5. “I think anything that we can do to provide positive out-lets for young people and safe places for them to be when they’re not in school is a good thing,” Schenirer says of why he supports the project.

And the group received support the of FROM, which according to President Bar-bara Moore works to provide a healthy way of life for chil-dren and teens in the Freeport Manor, South Land Park and Pocket areas. “It’s a need and we have so many kids that like to skate,” she explains. “There’s not (a skate park) that close, so we decided let’s put a skate park over here – we have the space and it would be a great thing.”

Plan in ActionNow with support in place,

plans could start for the Ar-gonaut Park skate park.

According to Windheim, as another skate park is be-ing built at McClatchy Park in the Oak Park area, they asked Schenirer if they could be part of the design process for McClatchy so they could design both at the same time to save money, and he agreed.

On March 5, Windheim says a meeting was held at the Evelyn Moore Community Center to begin planning the design of both skate parks. The meeting was lead by Aar-on Spohn from Spohn Ranch Skate Parks in Los Angeles, who Windheim says will be designing both parks.

Dennis Day, landscape ar-chitect for the City of Sacra-

mento, says Spohn discussed with those at the meeting what was possible for the skate parks. “He led them – there were some adults there as well as high school students – on what they would like to see in their ideal skate park,” he ex-plains. “They got to design and move around templates of skate elements.”

Community skate-boarders, including Lafranco and Williams, attended the meeting to give their input on what they would like to see in the skate parks. “He pretty much gave us a piece of paper and a layout of other parks he’d did that were similar, and just said put the pieces where you want them and that’s what we did,” Williams says.

Hanzel says letting the neighborhood kids help de-sign the Argonaut Park skate park is huge. “You want to teach kids to be civically re-sponsible and civically in-volved, and the sooner you get them involved and have that be a positive experience, the more likely to have that con-tinued throughout their adult life,” she explains. “When you empower, you create positive people and positive people move things.”

Multi-Use DesignAlthough a design for the

McClatchy Park skate park has reportedly been finalized, the design for the Argonaut Park skate park is still in the works.

According to Woo, the con-cept for Argonaut Park is still conceptual, but they are look-ing at a design that would create a “low-level stage am-phitheater that the kids can skate around” with a pathway around the perimeter. This way, he says the skate park could serve multiple purpos-es as it could also be used as a stage area for New Tech. “It looks like a plan that will har-monize with the existing fa-cility without taking away the

other purposes of the facility,” he adds.

Hanzel says right now New Tech does not have a room where she can fit all of her 300 students at the same time. “ It would be great to have an out-door space where we could all gather and engage in the things that we now have to do twice,” she says.

And Windheim says they are considering some skate-board-specific elements for the park, such as a stair set with rail and “hubba bank,” a roll-er, “curved taco” and flat ledge. She says the Argonaut Park skate park will be roughly 5,000 square feet. “We will be smaller than McClatchy Park (skate park), but with many of the same great elements and a different layout,” she adds.

Finding FundsAlthough plans for the de-

sign are in motion, much is still needed to be done in terms of fund raising to build the skate park.

Windheim estimates the Ar-gonaut Park skate park will cost around $120,000 to complete.

According to J.P. Tindell, manager of park planning and development for the City of Sacramento Parks & Rec-reation Department, the City has set aside $20,000 of Park Impact Fees as “seed funding” for the Argonaut Park skate park

Windheim says they are now in fund raising mode for the rest of what they need.

By CorrIe PeLC [email protected]

Local youth Demetri-us Williams and Eustaquio Lafranco both love to skate-board.

Williams, who has been skating for five years, enjoys the freedom skateboarding gives him. “With this you’re not really required to do any-thing – you’re required to go out there and have fun, learn as much as you want or as lit-tle as you want,” he says.

And Lafranco, who has been skateboarding for the last 10 years, says the skate-board population in the area is steadily growing and al-though there is now a skate park at Reichmuth Park in South Land Park, it would be beneficial to have more skate parks as an interest in skate-boarding continues to grow.

Now with the help of the City of Sacramento, the Sac-

ramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), Free-port Renovation on the Move (FROM) and other commu-nity members are coming to-gether to give skateboarders like Lafranco and Williams another skate park at Argo-naut Park in Freeport Manor.

Getting SupportDuring their initial work on

trying to get a local skate park built, the teens were meeting at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, where they met Kathi Windheim, president of the Friends of the Pocket-Greenhaven Li-brary. She suggested Argo-naut Park as a possible loca-tion as it was adjacent to New Technology High School and she knew the school had a group of skateboarders.

Windheim contacted New Tech’s Principal Paula Han-zel, who supported the proj-ect. “We’re in a neighborhood

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“We’re trying to raise the rest of this money through grants, fundraisers, (and) different community support,” she adds.

In regards to fundraisers, they recently held a rummage sale in Belle Cooledge Park.

And they will be launching an online fundraiser where community members can vote for the best skateboard-ing trick videos on votdo.com. Windheim says from May 15-30 skateboarders can up-load their videos to the site. Then visitors to the site can vote for $1 per vote from June 1-30. The most votes in each category, Windheim says, will win skateboarding gear do-nated by Spohn and Spohn Ranch Skate Parks.

Something Positive Williams says he is going to

be “pretty proud” once the Ar-

gonaut Skate Park is built as he will know he had a hand in helping make it happen. He also feels the addition-al skate parks will help peo-ple improve and build a love for skateboarding. “It’s going to be bring a lot more people out there to try to skateboard because every time there is a park, there’s people that see the park and say I want to try and they get out there.”

Moore also believes the new skate park will get more kids interested in skateboarding. “I think it’s going to revital-ize the youth out there and make really something posi-tive to bring to them because they need some positive re-inforcement in the neighbor-hood,” she adds.

Lafranco believes the new skate parks may even bring new businesses to the area.

He says right now skate-boarders in the area have to travel to Elk Grove, Natomas, or downtown for skateboard-ing supplies. “With all these new skate parks emerging, ... it could bring in a new busi-ness opportunities for skate shops,” he says.

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Donations for the Argonaut Skate Park can be made out to “FROM” and mailed to Barbara Moore, 6013 McLaren Ave., Sacramento 95822.

Argonaut Park is located on Kitchner Road near Freeport Boulevard.

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tic vista point with snow rest-ing between the rocks. We had to admit to ourselves that it was time to rest. And while our souls weren’t ready for it, our bodies and bones wel-comed the reprieve.

Even though we are no lon-ger on the move, Matt and I haven’t ceased our schem-ing. Our restlessness also re-mains. Inertia doesn’t seem to be in the vocabulary. We are poised to get back out into the thick of solitude - un-der night skies full of an un-fathomable number of stars and surrounded by a desola-tion found in only the wildest places. The dreams continue with the passing of each day - most recently it’s the hope for a beater car that could carry/ house us in the spring as we continue south. The simple prospect of investing in a car rather than paying for intim-idating bus tickets speaks to this point in time in our lives. The conversation sheds light on this shared outlook - one that dreams bigger and chas-es uncertainty. An uncertain-ty from which we will most certainly be challenged but also will grow. And so to us, it’s more than an adventure. You could call it that. And many will. But it’s an invalu-able journey, chalk full of fol-lies and lessons and hope.

Now, we hope that this email does not fall on deaf ears or worse, get lost in spam. We hope that this email might find someone in the Southern

Cone willing to meet with two curious and happy-go-lucky 23 year olds. As goes for who-ever this may find in Sausali-to, learning about the kind of advocacy your group does and hearing about others practicing simple, sustainable living in dif-ferent parts if the world would be a treat. That same curiosity got us wondering about the ac-cessibility of the Parque Nacio-nal Corcovado. The film, 180 Degrees South, which featured the wild scenery of Corcova-do, was a source of inspiration for Matt and me. One of those dreams we’ve worked up is to see that coastline with our own eyes and run a few of the rivers that the park protects.

For now, we’ve hunkered down at the Noriega house-hold behind their liquor shop. Through a college ac-quaintance, Matt arranged somewhat of a work exchange while we wait for the seasons to shift in our favor. In re-ality, we’ve been taken in as sons with our bellies always content and the drink as free flowing as the conversation. The proximity of the store keeps abuelo’s remedies close at hand, taking a bit of wine or whiskey throughout the day to help warm his body and keep our glasses full. We look forward to hearing back from your end.

Cheers,Peter And Matt

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Parkside Community Church, UCC is excited to welcome its new pastor, Rev. Elizabeth Griswold, who is coming from Irvine United Congregational Church, UCC. Community involvement, youth programs and alternative worship were Rev. Griswold’s focus in Ir-vine, where she launched a children’s garden and com-posting program. Reflect-ing her social justice commit-ment, she helped her church toward becoming a Global Mission Church, and orga-nized service trips to Guate-mala and Mexico.

As an associate Pastor, Rev. Griswold was seeking to lead a congregation. As Rev. Gris-wold put it, “I was looking for a vibrant and growing, Open and Affirming, Just Peace congregation, with commit-

ment to progressive Christian values and theology. Parkside is a church where there is di-versity in beliefs and back-grounds, yet unity in striving to love our neighbors and our God with our whole hearts, souls and minds.”

Parkside’s congregation looks forward to continu-ing its leadership in the South Sacramento Food Closet, Sacramento’s Crop Walk and interfaith under-standing, and invites all to attend.

Parkside worships at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, at the cor-ner of 35th Ave. and South Land Park Drive.

For more about Elizabeth and Parkside Community Church, please visit their web-site at www.parksideucc.org

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Lemonade! Get your lemonade!Photos by Monica [email protected]

On a warm Thursday afternoon, neighborhood children set up a lemonade stand with such delicious lemonade for sale on Riverside Boulevard across from Crocker Riverside Elementa-ry School. It was a mere 25 cents for a small and 50 cents for a large, with or without ice. I hope to see them out again.


By SoL CoLLeCTIve

Editor’s note: One of Sacramen-to’s most accomplished muralists as part of the KIDS crew, KidsoLAr is responsible for work throughout the city including collaborative gal-lery shows and works with the KIDS crew all over Sacramento. Sol Col-lective’s youth writer Chloe Wil-liams caught up with KidsoLAr to talk about life, art, and Sol Collec-tive’s Tuesday night Co-Lab.

I met KidsoLAr, clad in a purple sweater and khaki shorts, neck-lace hanging down the middle of his chest I sat over a steaming chai latte just outside of Insight Coffee Roasters. KidsoLAr is soft spo-ken and refers to himself as anti-social. Today, he is clad in a purple sweater and khaki shorts, necklace hanging down middle of his chest. His look screams artist, though, most people are unassuming.

Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Something most people wouldn’t know or guess upon first meeting you.

KidsoLAr: I guess that I’m an art-ist, [laughs] nobody really guesses that.”

Q: Are you a Sacramento native?

KidsoLAr: no, I was born in Mexi-co, brought up in LA and I just land-ed in Sacramento in ‘96.

Q: In your life and career, how have you seen Sacramento change as far as art and culture goes?

KidsoLar: well, it’s definitely more supportive of the art. I mean, in 2000, there was very little support

for the local artists. It was really just an underground sort of thing.

Q: How often do you attend Tuesday night collabs at Sol Collective?

KidsoLAr: As much as I can, I mean, there are weeks that I miss, but that’s rare. I’m there nearly every week.

Q: How does it affect you as an artist; what’s different about working with the likeminded vs. working in solitude?

KidsoLAr: It’s inspiring, seeing like minded, creative people.you feed off the positive vibes, you know? It gets you past artist’s block. It’s weird because I’m usually anti social, but when I’m there, I’m feeding off all

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these people’s energy and it’s great. I feel like I’m a part of something.

Q: What generally inspires you?

KidsoLAr: My environ-ment. I observe everything that goes on around me. LA was a huge part of my art and the hard times I went through just motivated me to paint. The main theme of my art is human nature. Just the things we do and why we do them.

Q: Are there any things that particularly spark your interest and just make you need to do your thing?

KidsoLAr: when a day goes by that I don’t paint, I feel off. I just have to.

Q: I noticed that there’s a lot of geometric lines and patterns in your work. Is there any mean-ing behind that?

KidsoLAr: Symmetry. I re-ally enjoy math and science. I’ve looked at its role in past cultures and I think it’s a huge part of human nature. everything comes down to numbers.

Q: How would you define your style?

KidsoLAr: It’s basically just me. My work is just my thoughts and experiences.

Q: What is the biggest compli-ment somebody can give to you about your art?

KidsoLAr: Being able to un-derstand or just showing the slightest hint of knowing what I was doing, it just feels right.

Australian musical educa-tor and Simply Music found-er Neil Moore came to the United States 15 years ago. He picked Sacramento as his American base to introduce his piano method to North America. He now has piano teachers in 25 states.

Dane Andrus, who lives in Land Park, is a Simply Mu-sic teacher who was one of the first teachers Moore trained in the U.S. Andrus himself moved from the Bay Area 15 years ago to align himself with Moore, whose headquarters are on Howe Avenue.

Andrus returns now to Si-erra Two in Curtis Park to re-establish his classes for adults. Following a 2-week free work-shop, participants can sub-sequently sign up for weekly Simply Music piano classes at the Senior Center.

The Simply Music method is quite different then going home from a piano lesson to practice drills and scales. In-stead, beginning students are using both hands and play-ing quality pieces from their very first lessons - an accom-plishment normally achiev-able only after many, many months of traditional pia-no lessons. After 10 lessons, Simply Music piano students are already playing between 6-8 songs. These results, piano teachers and musical educa-tors agree represents a break-through in piano education. The music doesn’t sound sim-ple however since students are playing mature sounding pop, blues, classical, and chord ac-companiments from the very first lessons.

“I’ve now taught this meth-od in private schools, to home schoolers, at local piano stores, Hart Community Center and workshops sponsored by the Belle Cooledge Library for the last nine years. I’ve opened up my Tuesdays now to return to the Sierra 2 Center to teach classes again.”

Andrus will present the free introductory 2-week work-shop at Sierra 2 on July 16 and 23 for two Tuesdays at 12:30pm Advance registra-tion is required, space is limit-ed, and attendance is required for both weeks.

Changing tradition, Sim-ply Music students do not focus on reading music un-

til they are playing a broad repertoire of songs and piec-es. Like the more challeng-ing Suzuki method, the idea of students reading music be-fore they have learned to play, would be similar to expect-ing a child to learn spelling, grammar, and reading, before they have learned to talk. In reality, children natural-ly learn to speak a language long before learning how to read that language. Similarly, playing piano with the Sim-ply Music method success-fully prepares students for reading music later. “It real-ly just makes sense. People stick with it, and the results support it,” says Andrus.

New pianists develop con-fidence because they hear musical accomplishments right away. Practice at home sounds like...well, playing the piano”. That being said, Andrus says, “It’s not a mir-acle, it’s a method. I don’t have a magic wand. Students still have to practice”. “On the other hand, sadly, there is a long history of discour-aged would-be pianists who never enjoyed piano lessons, didn’t succeed, and walked away feeling they had failed. The key here is understand-ing that reading music, and playing the instrument itself, are two completely different skill sets. Traditional lessons have always had brand new students combining them to-gether. That’s a lot of multi-tasking, lots of balls to juggle.

No wonder most beginning students don’t enjoy the pro-cess of playing drills, scales, and the Mary Had a Little Lamb-type songs they are reduced to practicing. And most don’t stick with it.”

“People ask how it’s done, and free workshops always provides the best answers. This gives them the imme-diate experience of how mu-sical they could be with the lessons that will be offered.”

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By JIM CooMBS

In 1997 after our son had graduated from college, Marilyn and I decided we wanted to see the world. Since that time we have traveled in over 60 countries and in every continent but Antarctica.

We got our start when we took seven small-group trips to Europe with ex-McClatchy and Kennedy teach-er Byron Clemons. We branched out with kayaking in Papua New Guinea and scuba diving in Bonaire, St Lu-cia, and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

The last few years have seen us in China, Tibet, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and this spring, we took a 14-day safari to southern Af-rica (Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) and Cape Town, South Africa.

WHAT A TRIP!! We saw over 130 different types of birds and water-fowl and over 60 species of animals. The 14 days were like a National Geo-graphic video.

Our safari adventure, which included 15 people from all over the US, would take place in the Kalaha-ri Desert area. Water is crucial for survival of the an-imals and a number of rivers meander from the jun-gles of Angola through the grasslands, forests, and marshy areas of the Kalahari.

We met our group leader Taitus Munkuli, an en-thusiastic, organized, and friendly young man from Zimbabwe, at Victoria Falls and off we flew to Chobe National Park in Botswana. Along with a great vari-ety of animal watching, the area is known for its huge elephant population, over 120,000.

Up before 6:00 each day, morning safari drive from 7:00 until 12:30, back to camp for lunch, and two plus hours to rest in our luxurious camp tents, an afternoon talk about history, culture, and African lore, an early evening safari drive with a “sundowner” and 14 glori-ous sunsets, back for a great dinner, and an early bed-time under a sky full of stars. A very busy day.

In Botswana “the woman of traditional build” is preferred and people will often say, “You are looking good, you have gained weight.” When young peo-ple become interested in each other, the young man will send an older brother or uncle to visit the girl’s “aunty” to propose marriage.

The two families then get together and the bride’s dowry is agreed upon, usually about 12 cows. The cows are then divided up among the girl’s immediate relatives, brothers, aunts, and uncles.

Taitus’ brother had died from AIDS, so he is tak-ing care of the family, making certain the children had tuition for school, uniforms, and food when needed. When the two girls get married, he will get some cows for his generosity. Family is extremely impor-tant in Africa, and what Taitus is doing for his broth-er’s family is commonplace.

We had two great guides in Chobe, Matts and S. P., who created their own roads to spot animals. We saw hippo, giraffe, elephants, waterbucks, impala, red lechwe, cape buffalo, whistler ducks, ibis, and roller birds, our favorite. The Chobe and Zambezi rivers merge to create lush grasses, tasty trees, and lots of bugs and small aquatic animals to eat.

One night I asked S. P. if he was married yet. He said no, but intimated that he had found the girl he wanted to marry. When I asked him why he was not married, he said he didn’t have enough cows yet. Tra-

ditions are still being maintained but changing quickly as more people, particularly girls, are being educated.

Leaving Chobe with sadness early in the morning on the main two-lane highway to the airport, we saw a giraffe, a family of lions with two cubs, hyenas, wild dogs, and a warthog.

After flying from Chobe to the Okavango Delta, the largest fresh water inland delta in the world, we arrived before the flood season started but still had plenty of water. In the first five hours as we drove to camp, we spotted two young male lions happily sleeping in the shade. They were obviously full from the night’s hunt, looked at us with disdain about 20 feet away, and went back to sleep.

The one-lane roads were very sandy and difficult for our two guides Mr. T (he told us T stood for terrific) and Chaps to drive on. One of our safari activities used a “mokoro, “ a dug out canoe that is poled along by our guide and was a good way to see hippo, birds and frogs.

On our second night, hippos came to eat right out-side our tent. It sounded like 50 but was probably only about 6-8. The hippo serenade lasted all night and they were gone, back in the water when the sun came up. They need to be in the water during the day because they sunburn easily, and the water helps to take the weight off their joints.

On our last night we spent our “sundowner” drink-ing wine at a watering hole, watching the hippos be-gin to emerge from their daily bath. Words cannot paint the serenity, beauty, and nature’s perfection of this evening.

Off to Kafue National Park in Zambia where the Kafue and Lufupa rivers merge. To get there we drove, flew on a small plane, drove, crossed the Zam-bezi by boat, drove again, flew into a grass runway, and drove to our camp. A logistical nightmare for Taitus, but all of the drivers/pilots were there when needed, and we got to camp around 4:00 in time for our early evening “sundowner.”

I will always remember guides Robert and Maisol, camp manager Sophie, and her assistant Helen, who delighted us with information and tales of the Kaf-ue basin.

We discussed witchcraft which is still prevalent, polygamy which is beginning to die out as younger generations become more educated, and the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the African culture.

In many villages, the leaders would take as many as five wives, adding a new one every 5-8 years. Sometimes the youngest wife would be the age of the oldest son. Often a younger wife would become bored being with her husband only one week a month, and take a village lover. She would bring AIDS back to the marriage and all six would end up dying, leaving many orphans.

Today, the African custom of never using condoms, has changed and they are available everywhere. As early as elementary school, students learn about us-ing condoms for safe sex.

One of the true highlights of the trip came on one of our late afternoon drives. We spotted two cheetah

Ultimate Africa: This trip was like a National Geographic video

Photos by Jim Coombs and friendsOur readers travel, too! Pocket resident and retired C.K. McClatchy teacher Jim Coombs and wife Marilyn traveled to Africa where they learned a lot about the culture and wildlife.

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resting in three-foot tall savannah grass right next to the airport runway. For about 30 minutes we sur-rounded them and forced them to move, so we could get pictures as they were totally hidden in the tall grass. One cheetah made a call to its companion that sounded just like that of a house cat.

Later, while coming home in the dark, a huge hip-po as wide as the dirt road blocked our way about a quarter mile from camp. After slowly following him for about three minutes he gave us a dirty look and headed into the bush.

A minute later, we turned left toward camp and there was a leopard on the road heading right into our camp. Our driver called ahead warning the staff to get into the kitchen and lock up. The leopard then turned away from our camp and headed toward the staff camp.

We followed him for about five minutes as he saun-tered into the staff camp. Suddenly, a young hippo popped out of the river on the right, took one look at the leopard, and charged. The leopard wanted no part of the hippo and took off into the bush. A Na-tional Geographic moment!

Another highlight for me was catching a five-pound catfish in the Lufupa River one morning. It was probably the biggest fish I ever caught. The food here was exceptionally good with Santos the cook providing great omelets every lunch. Throughout the trip the food was outstanding and each tent was comfortable and spacious.

Our last afternoon, a mother warthog and her baby dropped in to say hello at our tent. Even though they were only three feet away, they were oblivious to us. My camera was at the lodge being charged, so no Kodak moment. Warthogs get down on their front knees to eat short grass and crawl short distanc-es that way while eating.

Another plane flight to Victoria Falls, crossing bor-ders from Zambia to Zimbabwe, and another flight to our last camp in Hwange National Park. Here we would meet new staff friends Sibs, Lawrence of Zim-babwe, and Elizabeth. We were definitely in the savan-nah grasslands with lots of zebras, cape buffalo, wilde-beest, giraffe, impala, kudu, baboons, and ostrich.

The impala was my favorite animal. You spot a heard of between 20 to 60 females and one male. He spends 24 hours a day herding the females together and keeping his harem safe. About 300 yards away awaits the bachelor herd of 20-30 males.

At night the bachelors surround the female herd forcing the male to race back and forth to drive the bachelors off as they try to mate with his harem. Af-ter about two weeks of this, the male becomes so psy-chologically and physically tired, he is driven off by one of the alpha-male bachelors who now assumes conrol of the herd for his two to three week stint.

The third part of the impala group is the lone male who has staked out some good grass area and silent-ly waits for some females to come along. Sibs told us that he will wait up to two weeks before giving up and becoming part of the bachelor herd.

Elephants are also a different group. We would see herds of 10-12 adult females and younger ones from babies up to five years old. There is one older matri-arch who leads the herd and can remember where to find grass and water from previous years when there was draught. The females are very protective when they have babies with them.

The males run in smaller groups and you find them fairly close to the females when it is mating season. One day we saw a group of elephants and one in par-ticular had a very swollen leg and could hardly walk.

We asked about what could be done, and our guide said “Nothing.” The elephant would die soon as part of nature’s plan and would become food for lions, hy-enas, and vultures. We saw lots of elephant and oth-er animal bones on our safari drives.

While in Hwange, we visited Ngamo Primary School with about 270 students, a third being or-phans as a result of AIDS. Many walk up to four miles a day one-way to get to school. The students were on holiday, but the blackboards were full of les-sons that included math, English, the native language, science, history, and morals/values from the Bible.

Students must pay $10 per semester with a month off between each semester. The teachers live in small huts right on campus, and I saw an ugly outhouse that said “teachers” about 50 yards from the nearest hut. The school did get a well last year to provide fresh drinking water for students and for their gar-den that provides fresh vegetables for lunches.

The head teacher, Moyo Mthenjwa, a local who re-turned to teach, said that on days that hot lunches are served, they have almost 100% attendance.

The highlight of the entire trip was our last night in Hwange when we went out for our “sundowner.” We drove to a spot where lions had killed a giraffe about three days earlier about 25 yards off the road in an open area.

Three female lions and their eight cubs were eat-ing and climbing on the giraffe as we watched intent-ly. The male slept nearby. The cubs played happi-ly, chasing each other, biting tails, and poking around

on the giraffe. One of the females had been injured, probably during the kill, and was limping.

Watching nature’s beauty on the final night, made me realize how truly amazing nature is. All of the plants, birds, and animals have their place in Africa’s perfection.

It is only when man comes along and almost exter-minates the rhino for its horn that supposedly has the effects of Viagra that nature is thrown out of bal-ance. I can truly see why Dr. Robert Livingstone and Sir Cecil Rhodes were so drawn to this incredible continent and all of its beauty.

For more information about this trip contact Jim Coombs: [email protected]

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Ninth Annual Sacramento Japa-nese Film FestivalJuly 12-14: This festival will screen seven movies from Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 14 at the Crest Theatre. Films include: Haru’s Journey, a movie about a grandfather and his teenage granddaughter who take to the road in a search for a new life; A Letter to Momo, Stu-dio Ghibli’s anime with a feisty young heroine and winner of the 2012 Asian Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Film; 13 Assassins, a samurai film which won 4 Japanese Oscars in 21011; and Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful, a documentary on Keiko Fuku-da, the only woman awarded the black belt in Judo. Filmmaker Yuriko Romer will be at the Crest to present her film. Single ticket prices: $10; All Fetival Pass $35. Crest Theatre Box Office, 1013 K St.: 916-5189, Tickets.com: 1-800 - 225 - 2277.http://www.sacjapanesefilmfestival.net/. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 17 Open HouseJuly 13: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 1311 Bell Ave. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more informa-tion, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Very Special Arts Day at Fairytale TownJuly 13: From 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., perfor-mances, visual art shows, and art “fun-shops” will be featured at this annual event presented by I Can Do That! Very Special Arts Day brings together children of all abilities to interact through, create and en-joy the arts. Enjoy a performance by ACT ON!, a children’s theater camp project of I Can Do That!, and view visual arts cre-ations by I Can Do That! students. Stop by the art “funshops” to make flying saucers, rhumba shakers, pipe cleaner jewelry, spi-ral mobiles and more. This program is free with paid park admission. Weekend ad-mission is $5 for adults and children ages 2 and older and free for children ages 1 and under. For more information, visit www.fairytaletown.org or call (916) 808-7462. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr., 95822––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Delta Day and Sacramento Nights at Old Sugar MillJuly 13: Old Sugar Mill is partnering with the downtowngrid association to bring Sec-ond Saturday to the Old Sugar Mill. Or-ganizers are looking forward to hosting Installation Receptions, Hands on Demon-strations, and Artist in the Round Curation. From noon to 5 p.m., there will be artists fea-turing multiple medias of art. Old Sugar Mill is located at 35265 Willow Ave., Clarksburg.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Whip up a Cookbook! July 13 – 11am –Collect, organize and put it all together during this 6-part se-ries. Workshop #3 will focus on the es-sence of good writing and learning how to write headnotes. For more information vis-it www.saclibrary.org or call 264-2920. Belle Cooledge Library is located at 5600 South Land Park Dr. Good for adults.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

‘Wreck it Ralph’ at Lewis ParkJuly 13: The Didion/Lewis Park Recre-ational Center Committee (DLPRCC) will be showing “Wreck It Ralph” from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Lewis Park, Didion Gym amphi-theatre with free refreshments and prizes for all attendees. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music in Carmichael ParkJuly 13: Departure – Journey Tribute Band, songs by Journey from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Carmichael Park Band Shell 5750 Grant Ave. 485-5322. www.carmichaelpark.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music in Carmichael ParkJuly 14: Z.O.O.M. (Zydeco On Our Mind), Mardi Gras jazz from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Carmichael Park Band Shell 5750 Grant Ave. 485-5322. www.carmichaelpark.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Family Sundays at Central Li-brary GalleriaJuly 14: Family Sundays at Central are free monthly entertainments programs geared for the whole family. The July event features Hawaiian music and dance with the Ohana Dance group. Learn about Hawaiian culture through traditional and modern hula along with stories of the Hawaiian people. The band Kua’aina brings ‘Island’ flavor to the program with fresh harmonies and lively in-strumentation. The event starts at 2 p.m.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, CarmichaelJuly 16: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors wel-come, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets

at noon, Jackson Catering and Events, 1120 Fulton Ave. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6 p.m., Palm Street Pub & Grill, 6416 Fair Oaks Blvd. www.rotary.org. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Soroptimist International of Sacramento North meetingJuly 16: An organization for the betterment of women and children meets at the atria El Camino Gardens at 2426 Garfield, Carmi-chael. Call Sheila at 624-4643.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac RotaryJuly 17: Meets at noon, Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Food trucks at Carmichael ParkJuly 17: From 5 to 9 p.m., enjoy food from various food trucks at Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Adult Workshop: Adventures in Play at Fairytale TownJuly 17: Play is the cornerstone of child de-velopment. Fairytale Town’s executive di-rector Kathy Fleming spent three months abroad exploring how play is researched, perceived, organized and delivered in Eng-land and Europe. In this workshop, adults will learn why play is essential to children, how children play in other countries and what is happening to the state of play for today’s children. This workshop is open to parents, teachers, caregivers and those adults who are still children at heart. From 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., this workshop is free, but advance registration is required. To register, please email [email protected]. For more information, visit www.fairytaletown.org or call (916) 808-7462. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr., 95822––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/GreenhavenJuly 18: Guest speakers address local, region-al and international topics. Visitors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Aviators Restau-rant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fifth annual 38th Street Blood DriveJuly 18: There will be tables on the front lawn, and two bloodmobiles parked on the street from 3 to 7 p.m. There will be yum-my sausages on the grill, as usual. To sched-ule an appointment online, go to www.blood-source.org/drives and enter location code M597 or call 451-5507 or email [email protected] . Anyone 17 years old or older can donate. Those who are 16 can do-nate with parental permission. Please bring a photo id and drink plenty of fluids before-hand. If you have any questions about eligi-bility, please call 800-995-4420 and ask for “Nurse of the Day”. Pat and Alice continue to do this in memory of Alice’s terrific mom, who lived years longer as a result of numer-ous blood transfusions. 1141 38th Street––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar AnonymousJuly 19: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Teens and Tweens Create Mexi-can CuisineJuly 19: – 3:00pm – Teens and Tweens Create Mexican Cuisine! A monthly food class with the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op (ages 9-18). For more information visit www.saclibrary.org or call 264-2920. Belle Cooledge Library is located at 5600 South Land Park Dr.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Whip up a Cookbook!July 20: – 11am –Collect, organize and put it all together in this 6-part series. Work-shop #4 focuses on interior cookbook de-sign. Bring ideas for how you would like your cookbook to look. For more informa-tion visit www.saclibrary.org or call 264-2920. Belle Cooledge Library is located at 5600 South Land Park Dr. Good for adults.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 1 Open HouseJuly 20: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 624 Q St. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more informa-tion, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Children’s Play Day at Fairytale TownJuly 20: From 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., celebrate the importance of childhood play with a fun-filled day for the whole family. This program features games, hands-on activities, arts and crafts and more. Plus, enjoy a performance of “Jack and the Meanstalk” by the Fairytale Town Troupers on the outdoor Mother Goose Stage. Children’s Play Day and the theater shows are free with paid park admis-sion. Weekend admission is $5 for adults and children ages 2 and older and free for children ages 1 and under. For more infor-mation, visit www.fairytaletown.org or call (916) 808-7462. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr., 95822––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Fairytale Town Troupers pres-ent: ‘Jack and the Meanstalk’July 20, 21: The Fairytale Town Troup-ers close their season with a clever retell-ing of the classic children’s tale “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Show times at noon and 2 p.m. Brave Jackson sets out on a dangerous quest to reclaim his lost family treasure and save the sleepy countryside from the dark sorcery in the sky. Armed with only his courage and a magical singing sword, Jackson climbs up and up, into the mysterious kingdom of the clouds, for an unexpected journey into ad-

venture. Performances will take place on the outdoor Mother Goose Stage and are free with paid park admission. Weekend admis-sion is $5 for adults and children ages 2 and older and free for children ages 1 and under. For more information, visit www.fairytale-town.org or call 808-7462. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr., 95822––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music in Carmichael ParkJuly 21: On Air, Power Horns, Motown Gold, classic rock and 90s swing, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Carmichael Park Band Shell 5750 Grant Ave. 485-5322. www.carmi-chaelpark.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, CarmichaelJuly 23: Guest speakers address local, re-gional and international topics. Visitors wel-come, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets at noon, Jackson Catering and Events, 1120 Fulton Ave. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6 p.m., Palm Street Pub & Grill, 6416 Fair Oaks Blvd. www.rotary.org. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Nat Brown, Vocalist/Saxophon-ist, to perform at Casa Garden RestaurantJuly 23: Grammy nominated “Nat Brown, Vocalist/Saxophonist” at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. seatings at the Casa Garden Restaurant, 2760 Sutterville Road, Sacramento. Entree choices: Turkey Enchiladas with Spring Mix Salad or Grilled Chicken with Nectarine Sal-ad; dessert Chocolate Torte with Raspber-ry Coulis -- $22 per person, includes tax and gratuity. First-come, first-served group res-ervations by one person, one check. Reserva-tions a must -- call (916) 452-2809. Proceeds benefit the Sacramento Children’s Home.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

East Sac RotaryJuly 24: Meets at noon, Evan’s Kitchen, 855 57th St. Sacramento. www.eastsacrotary.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Juggling and Magic with Owen Baker Flynn.July 24: Starting at 3 p.m., there will be Jug-gling and Magic with Owen Baker Fly-nn. Enjoy an afternoon with bay area en-tertainer Owen Baker Flynn as he attempts feats of juggling and balancing, magic, and, if the mood strikes him, maybe some rock & roll accordion. For more information vis-it www.saclibrary.org or call 264-2920. Belle Cooledge Library is located at 5600 South Land Park Dr. Good for families.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club of Pocket/GreenhavenJuly 25: Guest speakers address local, region-al and international topics. Visitors welcome. 7:30 a.m., every Thursday. Aviators Restau-rant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. (916) 684-6854. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Movie in the Park – Belle CooledgeJuly 26: Starting at 8:30 p.m., there will be a Movie in the Park. Grab a blanket, some pil-lows and join us for a free movie night. For more information visit www.saclibrary.org or call 264-2920. Belle Cooledge Library is located at 5600 South Land Park Dr. Good for families.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bi-Polar AnonymousJuly 26: Free 12-step program/support group, for people who have Bi-Polar and those who love them. Meets every Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. 4300 Auburn Blvd., Room 106. (916) 889-5786.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Fairytale Town Troupers pres-ent: ‘Jack and the Meanstalk’July 27 & 28: Show times at noon and 2 p.m. The Fairytale Town Troupers close their sea-son with a clever retelling of the classic chil-dren’s tale “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Brave Jackson sets out on a dangerous quest to re-claim his lost family treasure and save the sleepy countryside from the dark sorcery in the sky. Armed with only his courage and a magical singing sword, Jackson climbs up and up, into the mysterious kingdom of the clouds, for an unexpected journey into adven-ture. Performances will take place on the out-door Mother Goose Stage and are free with paid park admission. Weekend admission is $5 for adults and children ages 2 and old-er and free for children ages 1 and under. For more information, visit www.fairytaletown.org or call (916) 808-7462. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr., 95822––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fire Station 12 Open HouseJuly 27: The Sacramento Fire Department will be hosting Fire Station Open House from 2 to 4 p.m., located at 4500 24th St. You are invited to bring your family and friends to visit with firefighters, take a tour of the fire station, and more! For more in-formation, call 808-1011.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Tahoe Park Starlight Movie Se-ries, showing ‘The Lion King’July 27: Councilmember Kevin McCarty in con-junction with the Tahoe Park Neighborhood As-sociation are proud to present the Tahoe Park Starlight Movie Series. For the second film of the summer, they will be showing “The Lion King” at dusk (or about 8 p.m.) in Tahoe Park. This event is free. Bring blankets and snacks and come out to meet neighbors at this family friendly event. 5959 11th Ave, Sacramento––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Music in Carmichael ParkJuly 28: Carmichael Kiwanis Band, dance band, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Carmichael Park Band Shell 5750 Grant Ave. 485-5322. www.carmichaelpark.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Family Campout at Fairytale TownJuly 27, 5:30 p.m. through Sunday, Jul. 28, 7 a.m.: Spend the night at Humpty Dump-ty’s house. This exciting overnight adven-ture includes a theater performance, arts and crafts activities, a scavenger hunt, bedtime sto-

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Rotary Clubs of Arden-Arcade, CarmichaelJuly 30: Guest speakers address local, region-al and international topics. Visitors welcome, every Tuesday. Arden-Arcade meets at noon, Jackson Catering and Events, 1120 Fulton Ave. (916) 925-2787. Carmichael meets at 6 p.m., Palm Street Pub & Grill, 6416 Fair Oaks Blvd. www.rotary.org.


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