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First Issue of August, 2011
Buried Rock Slows
Work on Pipeline Project
Auburn – Rock removal work is
continuing along Pacific Avenue,
near Sacramento Street, in Auburn
where a Placer County Water
Agency project to replace a failing section of the Boardman Canal
continues.
“A large, extremely hard, monolithic rock formation is hampering
our progress,” said PCWA Deputy
Director of Technical Services
Brent Smith. “The rock removal
has been slow but progress is being
made. We have taken additional
steps to minimize the amount of
rock to be removed by realigning
the 54-inch pipeline and making
adjustments to other utilities.”
Smith said rock removal is expected to continue for another
three to four weeks. “After that,
the pipeline installation can proceed and we are expecting final
completion of the project by early
October,” he said.
The new pipeline, at depths of
up to 17 feet, is part of a project
to relocate a section of PCWA’s
Boardman Canal that runs through
an old pipe beneath the adjacent
Pacific Heights Apartment complex. The Boardman Canal is a
key PCWA conveyance facil-
ity, carrying water to and through
wide areas of central and western
Placer County.
The old pipe was installed many
years ago by a developer who
wanted to make full use of the
property. It does not lie directly
beneath any of the apartment
buildings but runs through the
complex and is failing and inaccessible for maintenance purposes,
Smith said.
Road closures with posted detours are being used Mondays
through Fridays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Area roads are open during nonworking hours.
The pipeline work began last
year and resumed this spring
as drier conditions appeared.
PCWA’s contractor on the project
is Marques Pipeline, Inc.
Questions about the work
should be directed to the PCWA
Customer Services Center at (530)
823-4850, weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. After-hours emergency calls
should be directed to the same
number where an answering service is on duty.
The water agency is posting
weekly project updates on its website at www.pcwa.net.
WJU Announces New Professor
During her recovery time in the hospital, Amanda Barnes gets a welcome visit from her 5-year-old niece Alexia.
By Reene Abbott
Auburn – Old Town Auburn’s
historic Firehouse #2 has been renovated and is being considered for
inclusion in the National Register
of Historic Places. August 5th was
the date of the meeting of the State
Historical Resources Commission
to determine the nomination of
this oft-photographed building,
but the important date to remember is August 15th. The re-dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony
scheduled for that date has been
expanded to include a street party,
dance, barbecue and fundraiser for
Amanda Barnes, the young Auburn
woman paralyzed by a hit-and-run
driver July 12th in Emeryville,
California.
The free festivities in Old Town
Auburn will begin at 7pm, and
the 49er Lions Club is manning
the barbecue, providing hamburgers and hotdogs with all the trimmings, and have generously agreed
to give back a portion of their
proceeds to the fundraiser. The
Sugar Plump Fairies and Linda
Robinson of Sun River Clothing
will host the fundraiser along with
Jackie Weston of Auburn Printers
& Integrated Marketing, who has
gathered generous donations for a
raffle and silent auction from the
community.
The extraordinary spirit and determination of Placer High graduate Amanda Barnes has been an
inspiration to those caring for her
at Highland General Hospital in
Oakland. She was quoted in an
interview, saying, “I have a ton of
cards and flowers. I’m glad they’re
in my hospital room and not on my
grave. I definitely feel blessed.”
The Barnes family and Auburn
Mayor Dr. Bill Kirby have established the Amanda Barnes Reward
Fund at Community 1st Bank, for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the driver causing the accident. When the initial
goal of $5,000 is reached, any additional donations will be used to
aid Barnes’ recovery. There has
also been a second “fund” set up
with all proceeds from this event
going directly to Amanda.
For further information about
this important event, call organizer and President of the Old
Town Business Association, Linda
Robinson at 888-1585 or Jackie
Weston at 885-9674, or check
www.oldtownauburnca.com.
Explorers Win July Competition
Placer County – Placer County
Sheriff’s Explorers came home as
big winners from a recent regional
competition in Manteca. Explorers
are young adults who are exploring law enforcement careers by
working with deputies. Explorers
are a non-Scouting subsidiary of
the Boy Scouts of America.
From July 15 to 17, seven
Placer County Explorers competed against other law enforcement
Explorers in a variety of scenarios,
such as burglaries, hostage negotiations and high-risk traffic stops,
to name a few. The young men and
women are expected to perform
just as deputies would and are
scored as such.
Deputy advisors have been
working very hard over the past
few months to prepare the seven
Explorers for this competition,
putting in a tremendous amount of
their own time and effort. Explorers
received first-place medals in vehicle search, traffic stop and burglary-in-progress. They received
second-place in the high-risk vehicle stop scenario and a third-place
trophy for building search and ac-
tive-shooter scenarios.
The scenarios were described
as very difficult and complex that
required a lot of knowledge from
the Explorers. One Placer County
Explorer even found a meth pipe
in some bushes next to one of the
cars in the vehicle stop scenario.
The pipe took the hosting agency
by surprise as it was not part of the
scenario.
The Explorers, pictured above
left to right are: Kyle Glau, Kevin
Ballment, Tanner Foster, Daylin
Pancan, Chase Adams, Andrew
Cromwell and Kyle Johnson.
Deputies who served as advisors
are: Richard Gray, leader; Toby
Williams, Steve Lawicka, Sasha
Glenwinkel, Ken Skogen and
Jessica Morrill.
Rocklin – William Jessup
University has recently announced JoLynn Britt, Ph.D, will
become a full-time professor in
the University’s Liberal Studies
and Credentialing Department.
Dr. Britt is a longtime educator
and researcher, entering the profession in 1995. She started her
career as a sixth-grade language
arts and reading teacher to most
recently teaching quantitative research methods to doctoral students and serving on dissertation
committees.
Dr. Britt is already well known
on the Rocklin campus, serving
as an adjunct professor and Lead
Supervisor for Language Arts
since 2008.
She is a “popular adjunct professor, serving on a variety of
university committees,” said Tim
Gillespie, Director of Liberal
Studies and Credentialing for
William Jessup. “In her new position, Dr. Britt will have an even
greater opportunity to significantly impact WJU students and
enrich the programs.”
Dr. Britt has also been an adjunct professor and lecturer since
2008 at the College of Education
at California State University,
Sacramento.
She completed her B.A. in
Elementary Education from Bethel
College in Mishawaka, Ind., and
received her Master’s degree in
Teacher Education from Eastern
Oregon University in La Grande,
Ore. She earned her Doctorate
degree in Education and Human
Resource Studies with a specialization in Educational Leadership
at Colorado State University in
Fort Collins, Colo.
Britt has authored more than
10 research papers, most recently Needs of Adult Learners
and Issues of the Athletic
Department, both for publication
in Community College Leadership
and Administration: A Case Study
Approach to Applying Theory to
Practice.
William Jessup’s Liberal Studies
and Credentialing Department’s
mission is to prepare undergraduate and post-baccalaureate professionals through character development to teach in classrooms
worldwide.
Dr. Jo Lynn Britt.
A b o u t Wi l l i a m J e s s u p
University: Founded in 1939 by
William Jessup, the University
moved to Rocklin, California, in
August 2004. WJU is the first and
only WASC-accredited private,
four-year university to have its
main campus located in the greater
Sacramento area, offering degrees
in many different disciplines, including Business Administration,
Family & Children’s Ministry,
English, History, Intercultural
Studies, Liberal Studies (Teacher
Education), Music, Pastoral
Ministry, Psychology, Public
Policy and Youth Ministry.
Anticipated majors include fields
in the humanities and science.
WJU also offers a School of
Professional Studies (SPS) at its
campuses in Rocklin and San Jose.
Program concentrations in Rocklin
include Business Administration,
Counseling Psychology and
a Post-Baccalaureate Teacher
Credential Program. In San
Jose, concentrations are offered
in Business Administration,
Counseling Psychology, and
Christian Leadership. For more
information, please visit www.jessup.edu or call (916) 577-2200.
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First Issue of August, 2011
Natural Therapeutic Healing at the Batti Ranch
By Julie Parker
Placer County – In the healing stillness of the Batti Ranch, in
a round, covered corral, a horse
patiently watches Rachel who is
standing nearby. On the sidelines,
two seated women quietly interact with her as she works through
some issues. Their voices are the
only sounds that infringe upon the
ranch’s peaceful serenity. The horse
paws the ground, and one of the two
therapists jokes, “It’s getting frustrated with you.” Rachel laughs.
The ranch’s natural healing environment provides an ideal background for Warrior’s Soul, Inc.’s
counseling and therapeutic services.
Rachel is one of their clients.
Two of her children are under
the age of five, and because of her
own troubled childhood, she was
concerned. “I wanted to be the
best mom that they needed. I knew
I couldn’t do that on my own. I
needed outside help; better tools. I
had gone to therapy before, but the
therapist was from a completely different place than I was. We couldn’t
connect. When I saw the brochure
for Warrior’s Soul, Inc. it was like
a bolt of lightning that struck. I’ve
always had a connection with animals, but especially horses.
I’ve been coming here almost
two months. I can breathe. I’m remembering things more than I used
to be able to from when I grew up.
When you come to the ranch, it’s
a giant hug. The land itself, since
it bowls, holds you up. The horses
are here to tell you the truth and the
people are here to point out your
strengths and help you make your
weaknesses into strengths. If you
come here with true intent, you’re
going to walk away with more than
you intended.”
The people are Dawn Batti,
Equine Specialist and Mell
LaValley, LMFT, who met at Center
for Attachment, Therapy, Training
and Education (CATTE), of which
Batti is co-founder.
“The workshop was my introduction into how horses heal and the
power of the horse,” says LaValley.
“Dawn has always been very
poised, very quiet about it. That really struck me, and the response of
her horses to me when I was sick
was mind boggling. They knew
and were nurturing to me. I brought
my horse out here to live and she’s
still here. Dawn started teaching me
natural horsemanship. About four
years ago, I started bringing my
clients out here. Dawn and I work
really well together. One reason is
that Dawn was an adoptive and foster parent. My specialty is working
with adopted children.”
They also offer therapeutic riding for special needs children, and
created a military program for veterans and their families. It addresses
trauma, P.T.S.D., resilience, skillful
At Warrior’s Soul, Rachel’s therapy involves interacting with a horse.
decision making and other common
combat issues.
Caitlyn’s husband is serving in
Afghanistan with the Air Force.
Without her husband’s presence,
coping with her children had
become somewhat challenging, especially with her 13-year-old son’s
anger management issues. She had
seen a brochure about Warrior Soul,
Inc., and the base’s chaplain suggested it as well.
“At the time, our two oldest children were seeing some family counselors in Yuba City and I just wasn’t
seeing any results. I was afraid that
my kids were going to be afraid of
the horses, because they’ve never
been exposed to horses before.
Dawn and Mel had matched up a
horse with each of my kids, and the
horse’s personality was exactly like
the kid that it had been paired up
with. It was so amazing to see how
the kids responded to the horse.
They got a picture of themselves
through an animal’s eyes. It seemed
like they had an instant connection.
It was harder for my oldest son the
first session, because he was paired
up with a horse that was like him –
very stubborn. During the course of
trying to make him understand what
he needed to do to get the horse
to do what he wanted, questions
were being posed – what does the
horse’s attitude remind you of – and
it clicked in his brain instantly this
is how I am with my mom. He realized he needed to respect the horse,
and then the horse was going to
respect him. The horse cooperated
with him and did what he wanted. It
was a very cool thing to see. I would
not have believed it had I not been
standing there watching the whole
thing. I told Dawn, ‘In just a few
short weeks, you guys have made so
much progress with seeing my son’s
true colors and what he is like as a
true person, both good and bad.’
For me, personally, it’s a very
soothing thing to just stand there
and be next to the horse and groom
it. I know the horse takes me as I
am. They’re not going to belittle me
like my children. They’re not condescending. They like you regardless,
no matter what you feel inside.”
It’s one less thing her husband
has to worry about as well. “He
feels helpless, because he knows
how our oldest son can be with me.
‘I don’t know how I can help you. I
don’t know what I can do. I’m so far
away.’ I told him about the therapy
and how it has helped me and our
son. Sometimes, we can actually
talk through the anger now instead
of just screaming at each other. My
husband was very, very happy to
hear that.
It has been such a wonderful experience. I have actually referred
them out to several of our friends
who are looking for the same kind
of services.”
Batti and LaValley would like to
offer scholarships for children and
families who are unable to pay for
their services, and build an off-site
office and classroom for workshops.
On October 8, 2011, they will host
a fun fundraiser to accomplish
these goals, which include obstacle
courses for horseback riders and
non-riders, and horseshoe tosses.
In the meantime, donations of
riding helmets, boots and hats for
children who don’t own them would
be appreciated, and volunteers are
always welcome.
Warrior’s Soul, Inc. is a nonprofit, Tricare provider, located at
7801 Lakeview Lane, Lincoln, For
info, call (916) 645-2344 or visit their
website at www.warriorssoul.org.
Stomping on the Grass Roots With ACA 6
By Assemblyman
Dan Logue
This year marks the 100th anniversary of California’s process of
initiative, referendum and recall.
Whenever the Legislature or the
Governor are unresponsive and ignore the needs of the people, the
people can change their laws directly at the ballot box through initiatives and referenda. Landmark
changes to state law – including
historic measures like “Three
Strikes” that put career criminals
behind bars, and Proposition 13
that made it harder for politicians
to raise your taxes – would have
never been enacted without the
initiative process.
With Democrats now having
unified control over all statewide
offices and the Legislature, there
is effectively only one check left
on their power – the voice of the
people through California’s citizen
initiative process.
But if liberal politicians in
Sacramento get their way, our right
to rein in our government through
the initiative process could be
severely limited. This year, they
are pushing an Orwellian measure that is nothing more than a
power grab to silence your voices.
Under the provisions of Assembly
Constitutional Amendment 6,
any citizens’ initiative that would
spend more than $5 million would
be prohibited from going before
the voters, unless it included an
offsetting revenue source, such as
a tax or fee increase.
ACA 6 would undermine the
initiative process by giving the
Legislative Analyst (an unelected
bureaucrat confirmed by legislators)
the power to determine whether or
not a proposed measure “pays for
itself.” In addition, the Legislative
Analyst can make this decision up
to 15 days after the initiative measure is found to have qualified for
the ballot. This brings up the chilling possibility that the supporters of
a particular initiative could spend
much effort and money successfully
qualifying it for the ballot, only to
be told that it will not be placed on
that ballot because of one person’s
arbitrary – and perhaps politically
motivated – decision.
Not surprisingly, all constitutional amendments, ballot measures
and bond measures placed on the
ballot by the Legislature will be exempt from the “pay-as-you-go” requirements of ACA 6. Imagine: the
very politicians who have brought
California state government to the
brink of bankruptcy now want to rewrite the state constitution to allow
them to continue their free-spending ways, while restricting the right
of the people to stop them.
If Sacramento politicians genuinely seek fiscal accountability, the
first thing they would do is to apply ACA 6 to themselves. But the
hypocrisy of those who support
ACA 6 becomes clear when you
learn that of all state costs attributable to initiatives approved by the
voters from 1988-2009, 83% of
those costs came from measures
authored and passed by legislators! It’s not the people who are
the problem, it’s the politicians.
Make no mistake: the purpose of
ACA 6 is not to “reform” the initiative process, or to rein in spending,
but to increase the Legislature’s
power at the people’s expense. The
very reason the initiative process
came into being in California was
to break the stranglehold that special interests had over legislators
at the turn of the century. To break
this stranglehold, reformers successfully added the citizen’s initiative, referendum and the recall to
promote greater public oversight.
Thankfully, grassroots volunteers throughout the state recently
rose up and demanded that the
Legislature reject ACA 6 after
learning about its ramifications.
Due to their efforts, the Assembly
did not pass ACA 6 earlier this
month, although it or a similar
measure could come back for a
vote again in the future.
Regardless of whether you
agree or disagree with any particular ballot initiative, we should be
able to agree that the people’s right
to direct democracy should not be
infringed. If you do not like a particular measure, you can always
vote “no.” But the Legislature
should never tell the people that
their voice should not be heard.
In a state as great as ours, the
people – not the Legislature, not
the Governor, not activist judges
– are the ultimate authority over
our government. This is how it
should be and I will continue to
do everything I can to preserve our
citizen’s right to hold government
accountable.
Assemblyman Dan Logue,
R-Linda, is the Vice Chair of
the Assembly Elections and
Redistricting Committee and represents the 3rd Assembly District
in the California Legislature.
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First Issue of August, 2011
Dollars and Sense
by James J. Scherer, MBA, CPA
Don’t Flinch
My high school friend, Gordon,
was ever the prankster. His favorite was to creep up from behind,
tap me on the shoulder, and thrust
his closed fist at my face. Stopping
just short of my nose he would
yell “Scherer flinched”! I probably
did (I probably ducked, too), but
I would never admit it to him, not
even upon pain of death! This story
came to mind as I thought about the
current investment climate.
The dictionary defines flinch –
to draw back or shrink under pain;
to wince. I won the flinch game by
standing still, not moving, remaining
cool. If you didn’t flinch you won the
game. I, also, won a best friend.
It is important to remember that
the stock market has, in times past,
been a friend. Money has been
made, goals have been obtained,
and dreams have been lived. But
now it wants us to wince in pain and
flinch. So what should we do?
• Get objective advice with more
than one person. If you use several people for advice you should
get confirmation of the direction
already in your heart.
• Redefine your goals and objectives. Review your risk tolerances,
time horizons, and income and
liquidity requirements. Take a careful look at tax considerations in
light of the market downturn.
• Rework your investment strategy. Some enhancements to your
portfolio may well position you
for the stock market recovery, and
reward you accordingly.
• Manage and monitor your investments. Work with your financial
advisors on a regular basis. It is
okay to question and question again
the investment decisions.
• Oh, and most importantly “don’t
flinch”
This article is not intended to
provide specific investment or tax
advice for any individual. If you
have specific questions consult
your financial advisor, tax advisor,
or give me a call.
James J. Scherer, a
registered principal of Scherer Wealth
Management, Inc., is, also, a financial advisor with, and securities
offered through LPL Financial,
Member
FINRA/SIPC
(CA
Insurance License 0C20370. He
can be reached at ( 916) 797-1188
or email at [email protected]. his web page is www.
schererwealth.com.
Search and Rescue Fundraiser
Placer County – The Placer
County Sheriff Office’s Search and
Rescue teams are beginning their
annual telemarketing fundraising
drive throughout the county.
This year, Search and Rescue
is hoping to purchase equipment
for countywide searches, as well
as mobile communications equipment for the Lake Tahoe area.
Search and Rescue volunteers donate thousands of hours each year
to locate lost hikers, skiers and
anyone else who may need assistance in Placer County’s thousands
of acres of wilderness.
Telephone solicitors will be
calling Placer County residents to
ask for donations. Anyone wishing
to make a donation will be sent a
pre-addressed envelope. Callers
will not ask for credit card information. Donations should only be
sent to the following addresses:
P.O. Box 4150, Auburn, 95604 or
P.O. Box 1710, Tahoe City, 96145
For further information, contact
Search and Rescue Community
Services Officer Katrina Kane at
(530) 889-7846.
Wine Spectator Magazine Recognizes Friar Tuck’s
Friar Tuck’s Restaurant & Bar in
Nevada City has been recognized
by Wine Spectator magazine with a
2011 Award of Excellence.
The selection is announced in the
August 31 issue of Wine Spectator
as part of its 30th annual international awards program.
“We are very honored,” said
Friar Tuck’s founder and owner
Greg Cook. “This is a prestigious
award in the restaurant industry. It
puts us up there with the big boys;
some of the greatest restaurants all
over the world.”
Friar Tuck’s was singled out for
its extensive California wine selections and moderate pricing.
Cook, who opened Friar Tuck’s in
1973, continues to operate the popular downtown restaurant with his
wife, Rona. Friar Tuck’s seats 185,
The Newcastle Area Business Association
High School Scholarship Winners 2011
offers two wine cellars with more
than 300 wine selections and attracts
a clientele from across the region.
“We work hard on our wine selections and we’re proud to be part
of the wine community in Nevada
County,” Cook said.
Friar Tuck’s is located at 111
North Pine Street in historic downtown Nevada City. Call (530) 2659093 or see friartucks.com.
The Newcastle Area Business Association awarded its 2011 $1,000 scholarships for scholastic excellence
to four high schoolgraduates, all from Del Oro High School: (L to R) Sawyer Sewell, Emily Schoof, Stephanie
Yanez, and Joel Shaffer. The scholarships are funded by proceeds from the Mountain Mandarin Festival, held
annually in November at the Gold Country Fairgrounds.
Fishing Guide to Speak at Rooster
Tails Fishing Club Breakfast
Auburn – John Enos, owner of
Big John’s Fishing Guide Service,
(www.fishwithbigjohn.com), will
be the guest speaker at the Rooster
Tails Fishing Club breakfast on
August 19, 2011 at the Auburn
Elks Lodge, 195 Pine St., Auburn.
The doors at the Elk Club open
at 7:00 am, a $12 fantastic, wideselection buffet breakfast is served
from 8:00 am to 9:00 am and the
presentation begins at 9:00 am
sharp.
John, a 30 year veteran of fishing local rivers, will give a presentation on fishing for Steelhead
and Salmon, tackle, methods, and
locations to score fish. As a guide,
his clients say that he is a patient
and wonderful teacher and he en-
joys sharing the natural surroundings with his clients, telling them
about the environment, wildlife
and history of the rivers. John is
licensed, bonded, insured, coast
guard licensed, CPR and safety
trained and receives great satisfaction when someone “hooks” into a
big fish.
You may want to come early to
the August 19th breakfast to talk
with John one-on-one. He said he
is planning on being at the Lodge
a little after 7 am, when the doors
open.
The 28 year old, 135-member
Rooster Tails Fishing Club of
Northern California, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that meets the
third Friday of each month to
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educate, entertain, and enhance a
fishing experience. Unlike many
bass and fly fishing clubs that concentrate on very specific types of
fishing, the Rooster Tails Fishing
Club provides a balanced mix of
fishing techniques presented by
fishing experts targeting a variety
of fish species on multiple types of
waters. Further information can be
found at www.roostertailsfishingclub.org.
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Placer Sentinel Page 4
First Issue of August, 2011
from a Tax Pro
with Loyce Smallwood
Dean Alexander Sr.
2011: The Tax Man Cometh
Perhaps the picture of the Tax
Man is not as dramatic as that of
the Roman soldiers flipping carts
of peddlers in the market to collect
their taxes on the spot. But the Tax
Man still commands a healthy cosmic fear.
The arena is a mix of annual tax
filings, audits, back taxes, tax liens,
bank levies and wage garnishments.
The pleadings for settlements ranging from an offer in compromise,
begging for currently not collectible
status and installment agreements
are still knocking on the gates of
the tax collectors. Perhaps they will
give those under their mercy some
respite.
For now the decks are cleared just
for the droves of the tax filers. Some
anticipate the years with fear they
will owe money to the IRS, money
they may not have. Some actually
can’t wait for the Tax Man to open
the gates to rush in and ask for their
earned income credit that could be
in the thousands. That credit is to
some the only romantic rendezvous
with money; a yearly ritual of breaking all the rules, for a hedonistic
moment of spending and be happy.
Now on a more serious note, how
can we prepare for this reluctantly
anticipated moment of filing our
income tax? Obviously the issues
may be as many as there are taxpayers. I want to just touch on some general ideas. To bring some semblance
of organization to our thoughts, let
us just discuss both the individual
and small business taxpayers.
Taxpayers with w-2’s only do not
have much to worry about. Just to
make sure to attach the w-2 to their
tax returns. Taxpayers who have
homes have other issues to contend
with:
look for. As soon as the bank sends
you the annual statement you will
have both numbers, unless you do
not escrow. In this case you will
have the tax total from the taxing
authority. Make sure to include all
the taxes such as the school district,
the county, or any other taxes. Some
people don’t know that and include
only one type of taxes when they
receive just one statement. Wait
for all the statements. If you own a
piece of land include the property
taxes for the land as well.
Medical Expenses:
Dean has 30 years experience as
a CPA and tax consultant and he is
currently on two radio shows. He is
the managing director of National
Financial Advisors (NFA Tax Help),
a national firm headquartered in
Houston. He is also a Chartered
Financial Consultant and Chartered
Life Underwriter. He consults exclusively on tax matters particularly tax
audits and tax collections at both
the federal and the state levels. NFA
Tax Help - (877) 758-8537 - www.
resolvemytaxes.com
The word here is “not do” rather
than “do” for most taxpayers. Do not
bother to gather medical expenses
unless they are above 7.5 % of
adjusted gross income. So, if your
adjusted gross income (and this is
a very important number because
many calculations depend on it; it is
the last line on the first page of the
tax form 1040) is one hundred thousand dollars and you have medical
expenses totaling six thousand dollars, don’t bother, because you would
not benefit from these expenses.
Property Taxes and Interest
Expenses:
This is a straightforward item to
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Auburn – A sprinkling of
Sentinel Service Stars to attentive Mike Z, owner of Courthouse
Coffee, OT Auburn, for his prompt
service on a busy Saturday where
business from the Farmers Market
kept the joint jumping. Good to
make the friend connection with
our fav letter carrier Kevin Mix,
award-winning State Fair ceramist
whose latest creations including
the double Tiki mask (seen pictured) are to be found adorning the
walls and blending splendidly with
the blaze of Hawaiian shirts in Al’s
Place on Sacramento Street in OT
Auburn. Good to hear about the art
along with colorful tales and information about famous stagecoach
bandit Rattlesnake Dick whom
Mix seems to be well informed.
And a tip of the Sentinel hat to
newly appointed ACTV Manager
Paula Johnston who sends out a
cry for volunteers to help out at
the community station broadcasting from Placer High. And speaking of CONNECTIONS, our
lively authors group continues to
grow and glow where we regulars including Ron Montana, Edna
Sparkes, Suzanne Blaney and artist B.K. England welcome authors
in and out of town to join in with
our Monday morning grouping at
LaBou where mirth abounds. We
particularly enjoyed connecting
with local docent/storyteller Chery
Anderson who has launched an
Open Microphone event Tuesday
evenings in Tsuda’s Park in OT
Auburn where last week I enjoyed
readings from authors Sparkes/
Blaney and James Van Eaton
along with some stories from the
lively Anderson who can be found
in period costume two Saturdays
a month leading the OT Auburn
tour. And for those of you who like
to go back to in history, docents
are needed at the Bernhard; Gold
Country and Auburn Courthouse
Al at Al's Place
Museums. And speaking of costumes, our fav costumer/volunteer
Joyce Silva reminds us to come
and enjoy and volunteer for the
performance of Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
production started August 5th
at the DT Auburn State Theater
which I hear can always use
more volunteers. And last but not
least, belated birthday wishes to
Gene aka Squeaky, long-time OT
Auburn character.
Letter to the Editor
Don’t Sign Those Petitions? Why Not!
By Dianne Foster
Radio ads are being broadcast all
over the state warning voters “not to
sign petitions because it exposes the
signer to Identify Theft.” Wrong!
The sponsor calls itself “Californians
Against Identity Theft,” having
no legitimate website that can be
found.
What a coincidence! Currently
a petition is circulating, if passed
by voters, prevents the unions
(for nearly 4 decades now) from
involuntarily removing a portion
of the workers paycheck and using
it for politics—calling it dues.
Example, the state teachers union
(CTA) takes nearly $800 a year from
teacher paychecks, and nearly half
of that goes for politics. Over 90%
is donated to the Democrat party.
Therefore, Democrat candidates are
always well funded (on the backs of
hard working people) and have been
the majority Party in California for
four decades. And we know where
that got us - a sinking economy.
Masking themselves behind
a phony prop, three points can
be made. The union leaders are
extremely dishonest, desperate, and
they cannot argue on the merits of
why they should be allowed to use
(without permission) a portion of
their member’s hard earned money
to fund the liberal agenda.
All indications point to SEIU
funding this phony advertisement,
pretending to be something they are
not, in an effort to scare people from
signing petitions. Don’t be fooled
by their dishonesty. The information
required on initiatives is no more
than what can be found in a phone
book.
If you want to sign the petition,
contact your local Tea Party.
Governor Brown Announces Appointment of Stymeist
Sacramento
–
Governor
Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced
on August 2nd, the following appointment.
Louise Stymeist, 55, of
Granite Bay, has been appointed
to the California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing. Stymeist
has served as a coordinator in career technical preparation for the
Sacramento City Unified School
District since 2002 after serving
as a school to work coordinator
in the district from 2000 to 2002
and a resource teacher from 1996
to 1998. Stymeist was a regional
occupational program teacher
at Hiram Johnson High School
in the Sacramento City Unified
School District from 1998 to
2000. This position requires
Senate confirmation and there
is no compensation. Stymeist is
registered decline-to-state.
Senior Peer Counseling Available
Senior Peer Counseling volunteers provide free in-home
counseling to residents of Placer
County aged 55 and above who
are experiencing depression,
grief, anxiety, family conflict,
loss of independence, loneliness
and substance abuse. The counseling is provided by trained volunteers who have been screened
and professionally trained.
Senior Peer Counselors will listen, support, and gently coach
you to reach your own solution.
To make a referral to Senior
Peer Counseling, contact:
Tom Drake
Senior Peer Counseling
Coordinator, Placer County
Health & Human Services
(530) 886-3413
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First Issue of August, 2011
Penryn Book Sale Fundraiser
Penryn – A book sale fundraiser
will be held for Grass Valley’s
Scooter’s Pals www.scooterspals.
org on August 27 and 28, 8amnoon. Thousands of items will be
sold including 10,000+ books,
CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, and audio books. The sale will be held
at 2166 Swetzer Rd., Penryn.
Donations of books, CDs, DVDs,
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CLUES
ACROSS
1. Trig. function
6. Tide’s backward flow
9. *”The ____ of Dracula,”
Marvel Comics
13. Greek bazaar
14. Romanian money
15. Old photograph color
16. 4 x 4 race
17. Stock regulator
18. Twisted, as in clothes
19. *_______ suit
21. *Famous abductee
23. Id’s partner
24. *Sonny & Cher, e.g.
25. Rubber substitute
28. Insurance type
30. A winged babe
35. Type of rich soil
37. *Sitcom “____ Times”
39. Jagged
40. Republic of Ireland
41. White heron
43. Adjoin
44. “_____ came the
spider...”
46. Wet nurse
47. Assigned spot
48. Modest or shy
50. Grad
52. *Rocky actor
53. Give off
55. Often precedes name of
month or year
57. Besmear
60. *Popular transmitter
64. He traveled with Clark
65. Electric swimmer
67. Lack of muscular
tension
68. Martin or Carell, e.g.
69. Park ___ in NYC
70. Hollow rock
71. Instead of truth?
72. Feline sound
73. Mistake
DOWN
1. Jung or Linnaeus, e.g.
2. S-shaped molding
3. More than one solo
4. Remove from existence
5. Iroquoian language
6. Besides
7. Spelling contest
8. Medicinal herb
9. Territory, abbr.
10. Musical piece
11. Money maker
12. Paper or plastic?
15. Swaddle
20. Red in France
22. European union
24. Submissive one
25. Declare, as in court
26. Bridal veil fabric
27. Ricochet
29. *Popular party garb
31. Geological time periods
32. Spa covers
33. “Business as _____”
34. *A first lady
36. Carte du jour
38. “No big ____”
42. Famously opposable
45. *Musical film hit
49. Flightless bird
51. Desert trick
54. Girder with “I” cross
section
56. One who dates
57. 2nd letter of Greek
alphabet
58. Pitcher
59. Dumpy establishment
60. Ball of yarn
61. Don’t let it hit you on your
way out
62. ____-European language
63. ____ and terminer
64. Psychedelic drug
66. The day before
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First Issue of August, 2011
Keep Your Shirt On;
God Will Speak
“Keeping the Faith”
By Ronnie McBrayer
Last week my son asked me a profound theological question: “Why did
God make stinging bugs?” Stumped,
I told him to talk directly to God
about it. Pausing for just a moment
to consider my inadequate answer,
he countered, “You know I can’t talk
to God; I’m not even dead yet!”
In my son’s literal but complex
eight-year-old mind, prayer does not
qualify as “talking to God.” Thus,
his many and variegated questions
about the mysteries of the universe,
the meaning of life, and the purpose
of wasps and biting flies, will have
to wait.
Truth be told, my son’s conclusion about “talking to God,” and
more pertinent, God talking to us, is
the conclusion most of us have. God
doesn’t really talk to people, does
he? And those mystical types who
routinely say things like, “God spoke
to me” or “I heard God say,” are we
to take them seriously, or should they
be scheduled for a mental health examination?
I remember a bizarre story from
two decades ago about a Texas pastor
who crashed his car while attempting
to elude police. It was a bizarre story,
first, because all twenty of the pastor’s parishioners were with him in
his vehicle – fifteen adults and five
children – in a single Pontiac.
Second, and stranger by the details, the congregants were all naked.
It seems the devil had cursed their
clothing, God had told them, so the
voodooed garments were cast off per
divine instruction. And finally, the
police were chasing the naked and
mobile congregation because they
had attempted to forcibly procure a
parked RV, an RV that God said now
belonged to them.
God gets blamed for a whole lot of
the kookiness in this world, and stories like this one make me appreciate
my son’s conclusion. If this is how
God speaks, I’ll be happy to wait till
I’m dead for such divine instruction.
And let’s be honest; sometimes the
stories are more tragic than comical.
Some of history’s greatest atrocities
have been committed because someone “heard God speak” to them.
Absurdity aside, I still believe God
speaks. Now, I don’t believe God’s
instructions ever include harming
others, stealing their property, or
committing violence. Such voices
are patently inconsistent with the
way and person of Christ. And no,
I don’t think God’s voice arrives in
our inboxes as an unalterable blueprint for life. Further, it’s not likely
that many of us will find God standing at the foot of our bed some early
morning with a heavenly telegram in
his hand.
Besides, if God did speak that
clearly (and maybe he does), most
of us would miss it anyway (maybe
we have), for it seems God prefers
communicating through quiet and
stillness rather than through the pyrotechnics of signs, wonders, and naked-RV-stealing-hijinks. “God didn’t
speak through the whirlwind, the
earthquake, or the fire,” the prophet
of old tells us. Instead, God spoke
“in a still, small voice.”
It’s summed up by Dan Rather’s
magnificent interview of Mother
Teresa more than twenty years ago.
Paraphrasing, he famously asked
her, “What do you say to God when
you pray?” She offered him a simple
answer, “I don’t say anything. I just
listen.” Rather then asked the obvious follow-up question: “Well, what
does God say?” Mother Teresa gave
Rather that crooked little smile of
hers, and said, “God doesn’t say anything either. He just listens.”
Does such a wordless “conversation” sound as bizarre as a Pontiac
filled with naked Pentecostals?
Hardly. In a relationship of love and
trust, being together is enough, and
more is understood in the silence
than when using all the words in the
world.
A great deal of religion, I fear,
is built upon the desire for divine
fireworks, megaphoned and crystal
clear answers, God showing himself
in flamboyant and undeniable style.
Yet, God only requires the quiet and
silent heart to quietly and silently
speak. In other words, keep your
shirt on. Getting quiet will do more
to sharpen one’s perception of God
than all the religious gymnastics in
the world.
Ronnie McBrayer is a syndicated
columnist, speaker, and author. His
books include “Leaving Religion,
Following Jesus” and “The Jesus
Tribe.” Visit his website at www.ronniemcbrayer.net.
Ronnie McBrayer is a syndicated
columnist, speaker, and author. His
books include “Leaving Religion,
Following Jesus” and “The Jesus
Tribe.” Visit his website at www.ronniemcbrayer.net.
Lessons We Learn
By Marlys Norris,
Christian Author
During his retirement years,
grandpa sold Life Insurance and
on his desk in the sunroom was
a little gadget that intrigued my
young mind. This gadget had three
small sitting monkeys; one with its
hands over its eyes, another with
hands over its ears and another with
hands over its mouth. Grandpa and
Grandmother planted good “seeds”
of God’s love into my life. One day
I asked grandmother what the monkeys meant and she exclaimed “See
no evil, hear no evil, and speak no
evil. You should never look at evil
things, nor listen to evil, nor say evil
words.” Then, she said, “To become
the person we expect you to be, you
need to remember this and let those
thoughts guide your life in the years
to come”.
Grandmother’s words have stayed
with me and from time to time those
words ring in my ears. Those years
I had no idea the extent or power
evil can have on someone’s life and
I truly did not know how to discern
or acknowledge it. My grandparents
were prayer warriors for our family.
However, today I am grateful for those
words of warning, and my grandparents prayers that have sustained me
and kept me to be who I am today.
Yes, in application of the monkey’s teaching -- I have learned to
close my eyes, hold my hands in
prayer (folded or uplifted) and pray
the words the Holy Spirit of God
has taught me to pray honoring the
Savior of my soul, Jesus Christ..
Possibly you can remember some
teaching you received from your
grandparents and/or parents that
have stayed with you and brought
meaning and purpose to your life.
Give honor to those lessons you
have learned and keep them as a
legacy to future generations as well.
Share them with your family, don’t
just let them die!
Marlys Johnsen Norris, Author
Marlys5934@sbc global.net
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Mr. Uncle Sam, Don’t
Touch My Apple Fritter
By Rev. James L. Snyder
I usually live life on an even keel. I
once had an odd keel, but fortunately,
I had the good sense to throw it back
into the water from whence it came.
I take pride in maintaining a certain
sense of balance in my life. But, there
are those times when all balance is
thrown out the window.
Just this past week when I was
enjoying an unusually wonderful sense of balance in my life, the
Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage
changed my whole demeanor.
We were watching the news on
television. When I say “we,” I am not
insinuating in any regard that I was
paying any attention whatsoever to
what was happening on the television
screen. I usually have a book in hand
I am perusing while I am allegedly
watching TV.
Out of nowhere, I heard her
exclaim, “They just wouldn’t do
that.”
I continued in my book and paid
no attention to her.
“What in the world is wrong with
those people?” I heard her say.
By now, my curiosity had gotten
the best of me and I laid my book
down and said, “What has got you all
riled up tonight?”
“Didn’t you hear what they just
said?”
“I’m sorry; I was looking at my
book.”
“Well,” she said in a very disgusted manner, “the government is
thinking about taxing junk food. Can
you imagine anything more ludicrous
than that?”
I always like to, at least try to think
of the positive side of things. With
the way our beloved politicians have
been going these days, it is very hard
to find the positive side. Although I
am not in favor of taxes, I know that
as a citizen I need to pay my fair
share. I have no problem with that.
I’m not, however, in favor of tacking
on some new taxes. What’s wrong
with the old ones?
Then my wife said something
that turned my thinking all the way
around.
“You do know what junk food is,
don’t you?”
That was a crazy thing to say. Of
course, I knew what junk food was.
I stay away from that food category
and pride myself in eating healthy
food every day. No junk food for me,
thank you.
I shrugged it off at the time and
replied to my wife, “Oh well, the
government has to do whatever it has
to do in times like these.”
“You do know that Apple Fritters
are considered junk food by our government? And when they start taxing
junk food they will be taxing your
Apple Fritters.”
“They don’t.”
“They wouldn’t.”
“They better not!”
At this point, my even keel was
experiencing some very turbulent
tendencies. I try to be a good citizen
but there comes a time when a person
has to put his foot down. I had come
to the point where as that old philosopher who said, “That’s all I can
stands, I can’t stands no more!”
What I want to say to good old Mr.
Uncle Sam is simply; do not touch
my Apple Fritters. Some things in
life are sacred and for somebody to
fool with them will only rile the anger
of those religious people devoted to
Apple Fritter Veneration. Believe
me; you do not want the Apple Fritter
Gang to get riled.
The Creed of these Apple Fritter
followers is simply, an Apple
Fritter a day keeps the blues away.
Nothing cheers the day like starting
it with a freshly baked Apple Fritter.
Regardless of the problems I have
to face during the day, if I start with
an Apple Fritter the day seems to go
much better.
Now, Mr. Uncle Sam, let me
explain some of the facts of life to
you.
First, “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is one of the most
famous phrases in the United States
Declaration of Independence and
considered by some as part of one of
the most well crafted, influential sentences in the history of the English
language. These three aspects are
listed among the “unalienable rights”
or sovereign rights of man. Everybody
knows that the phrase “the pursuit of
happiness,” is a reference to Apple
Fritters. No more pure form of happiness exists then enjoying a freshly
baked Apple Fritter.
And another thing, why blame
the lowly Apple Fritter on the debt
problem? I have been associated with
Apple Fritters most of my life and I
have never known an Apple Fritter to
spend money it does not have.
I have given this a lot of thought.
Apple Fritters are not responsible
for the debt problem in our country
but rather politicians are responsible.
My thought is simply this. Instead of
considering Apple Fritters as “junk
food,” why not consider politicians
as “junk politicians” and tax them.
That would make much more sense.
Out in the real world everybody
operates along these lines; if you create a debt, you have an obligation to
pay that debt and not shove it off on
somebody else. The only ones who
do this are all those “Junk Politicians”
who have no sense of how much a
dollar is really worth let alone where
it comes from.
I still stand by the words of Jesus.
“And he [Jesus] said unto them,
Render therefore unto Caesar the
things which be Caesar’s, and unto
God the things which be God’s”
(Luke 20:25 KJV).
Mr. Uncle Sam, touch my Apple
Fritter at your own peril.
The Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship,
1471 Pine Road, Ocala, FL 34472.
He lives with his wife, Martha, in
Silver Springs Shores. Call him at
352-687-4240 or e-mail [email protected]. The church web site is
www.whatafellowship.com.
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(916) 663-2463 (MPG 04-20-11)
ATTENTION!
Health and Wellness Success
Coaches Needed. Able to work from
Home.Will train. 888-279-7875, call
24 hrs (MPG)
Auction
ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION in
240 California newspapers for one
low cost of $550. Your 25 word classified ad reaches over 6 million+
Californians. Free brochure call
Maria Rodrigues (916) 288-6010.
(Cal-SCAN)
02-16-11)
Computers
Call-A-Geek Mobile Service.
Software, Spyware, Hardware
Repair. Microsoft Certified.
879-3514. (MPG 07-13-11)
---------------------------------------------Computer Care Complete PC Care
and Maintenance Installs, upgrades,
virus removal, wireless. Affordable
prices – Same-Day Service.
Call Todd 916-529-5954 (MPG)
Construction
KMS Construction Residential
& Light Commercial Construction.
kmsconstruction.net or call
916-813-3732.
(MPG
02-16-11)
---------------------------------------------Accelerated Construction – New
Construction or Repair. Handyman Clean-up. Residential and
Commercial. Lic # 675212.
Call 916-419-9996 (MPG 06-30)
---------------------------------------------Affordable Local Repairs–All
Construction Phases. Lic # 655184.
Ph 869-0164. Ask for John. (MPG)
---------------------------------------------All Types of Construction kitchen & bath remodels, new
construction, roofing, decks,
fencing, dual pane replacement
windows. Free estimates Lic#
830054 (916) 335-1325 (MPG)
---------------------------------------------TRI US CONSTRUCTION
Build new homes, additions
and remodeling. Over 30 years
experience, bonded and insured. Phone number 530330-0185 Lic. # 476884 (MPG)
Counseling
Affordable sliding scale counseling. Licensed staff. Cash
only. Children, couples, families.
(530) 888-7958 (MPG 06-01-11)
---------------------------------------------Real solutions to your
problems and issues www.
lifeadvisorforeveryone.com
Dave (916) 821-5768 (MPG)
Day Care
Peña Family Daycare–Small in
home family care. Clean and Safe
environment. Nutritional snacks
and meals provided. Preschool
like setting. (916) 972-1540 www.
penafamilydaycare.com (MPG)
----------------------------------------------Infant Openings Now First
week free Lic # SAC53133
FCCH 916-489-5824 (MPG)
Drywall
Auto Donation
DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK
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---------------------------------------------CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top
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Years,Makes,Models.FreeTowing!
We’re Local! 7 Days/Week. Call
Toll Free: 1-888-416-2330 (NANI)
---------------------------------------------DONATE YOUR CAR…To
The Cancer Fund of America.
Help Those Suffering With
Cancer Today. Free Towing
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---------------------------------------------DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK
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Call 1-800-252-0615. (Cal-SCAN)
---------------------------------------------DONATE VEHICLE: RECEIVE
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Animal Welfare Foundation. Support
No Kill Shelters, Help Homeless
Pets. Free Towing, Tax Deductible,
Non-Runners Accepted. 1-866912-GIVE (Cal-SCAN)
Business
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(MPG)
www.setfree.com
Repair, remodel from simple
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A real pro. 40+ years experience. All work guaranteed 3
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305736. 916-726-1144 (MPG)
Elder Care
PROVIDING PERSONAL CARE
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Electrical Services
RETIRED MASTER ELECTRICIAN
Expert troubleshooter, 30 years
experience. Old panel repairs/
upgrades. Lic.# 877532 Call
916–595-3052 (MPG 10-27)
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24 Hour, 7 Days. 916213-7575
(MPGM)
Electronics
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Construction
Since 1986 Quality, Trustworthy,
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Lic. #494306 916-966-1103
(MPG 09-15)
---------------------------------------------Roy’s Great Fences Quality
work at affordable prices. New or
repairs. How’s your gate? License
# 749821. (916) 833-2666 (MPG)
---------------------------------------------Affordable Fencing Redwood
specialist.
Dedicated
on
time service. Lifetime steel
post. Senior discount. Lic.
742683 916-773-1350 (MPG)
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decks, Retaining Walls 100%
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prices Free estimates 4831883 License 606100 (MPG)
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For Rent
Business
Services
ADVERTISE a display BUSINESS CARD sized ad in 140
California newspapers for one
low cost of $1,550. Your display
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Californians. Free brochure call
Maria Rodrigues (916) 288-6010
(Cal-SCAN)
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JOBS in 240 California newspapers
for one low cost of $550. Your 25
word classified ad reaches over 6
million+ Californians. Free brochure
call Maria (916) 288-6010. (Cal-SCAN)
HOT SUMMER SAVINGS!!!
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The biggest summer savings deal
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$750 - $830/Month. 2 bedroom
Townhouse $950/Month. *Pool
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Sq.Ft. Great location for small
business office - No retail. El
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---------------------------------------------55+ Community Now Renting
1bd Micro/frig/stove/patios. $575
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Foster Care
Foster Care in Your Home:
Highest Rates! E-mail [email protected] (MPG 12-01)
Furniture
Desk and Chair suitable for
computer. $50, in good shape.
Call 530-885-3287 (MPG 06-29-11)
----------------------------------------------Almost new 36” beveled glass
iron table & chairs, Shabby-chic
armoire, desks, Vintage table
& chairs. Close-out-Liquidation
6210 Fair Oaks Blvd Wed
– Sun 10-5
(MPG 06-22-11)
Garage Sales
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Gardeners
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Gutter
Cleaning,
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967-7543 or see www.
SmithsLandscape.com
(MPG)
Handyman
Handyman, JR Handyman
Service Randy 916-880-6742
Joel Carter 916-637-3825 (MPG)
----------------------------------------------Household Helper. You Name It!
Hauling, Gutters, Tree Trim, Spot
Carpet Clean 613-8359 (MPG)
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----------------------------------------------A-1 Home Maintenance & Repair
*Handy Man* California state
certified electrician Plumbing repair. Fence repair. Free quotesno job too small. Please leave
message. 916-961-8059 (MPG)
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Floors, Fans, Fixtures, Plumbing,
Electric, Licensed 501-7843 (MPG)
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Plumbing–Remodels, Repipes,
Water, Sewer, Gas Lines,
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918844 (916) 607-6749 (MPG)
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Heating & Air
AC Repair Low Prices 487-4609
(MPG)
Help Animals
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donations–10-4pm (MPG)
Help Wanted
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OrderProcessorWork.com (NANI)
---------------------------------------------** ABLE TO TRAVEL ** Hiring
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(NANI)
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$4,286/MONTH
Part/Full-Time
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UnclaimedMoneyProcessors.com (NANI)
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MyDataEntryJob.com
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in Need of Live-In Caregiver
with experience in an ARF facility, good DMV record, and hardworking. Please call Orlando or
Hermie at 916-487-4482. (MPG)
---------------------------------------------ATTN: COMPUTER WORK.
Work from anywhere 24/7. Up to
$1,500 Part Time to $7,500/mo.
Full Time. Training provided. www.
WorkServices4.com
(Cal-SCAN)
---------------------------------------------DRIVERS – CHECK THIS OUT!
New Pay Increase! 34-40 cpm.
Excellent Benefits. Need CDL- A
& 3 months recent OTR. 877-2588782. www.MeltonTruck.com (MPG)
---------------------------------------------Caring Compassionate Seniors
WANTED! SENIORS HELPING
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has immediate PT openings for
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will have life experience, an interest in making a difference in
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comfortable working with senior
citizens. Flexible schedules…we’ll
work around your schedule! Valid
driver’s license and use of auto
is required.Call us today for more
information.(916) 372 9640 (MPG)
---------------------------------------------Urgent F/PT Sale Reps needed Latest telecommunications
products. $$$ Commission,
Bonuses, Residuals Training
available call 916 612-6621 (MPG)
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For
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Information:
(916) 383-9785 ext. 15 (MPG)
-----------------------------------------------Wanted: 29 Serious People to
Work From Home using a computer. Up to $1,500-$5,000 PT/
FT www.REBVision.com (MPG)
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w w w.happyandhealthy family.com 888-211-4268 (MPG)
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www.JoinCRST.com
(Cal-SCAN)
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www.DriveKnight.com
(Cal-SCAN)
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www.MeltonTruck.com (Cal-SCAN)
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Geriatric Home Care Specialists
is currently seeking CNAs, HHAs
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in Placer, Sacramento, and El
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elderly. We offer hourly, overnight,
and live-in shifts. Please call 916630-8588 for more information. (MPG)
Help Wanted Sales
OVER 18? A can’t miss limited opportunity to travel with a successful business group. Paid training.
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1-877-646-5050.
(Cal-SCAN)
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Southern CA 661-670-9974. (Cal-SCAN)
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by a Millionaire? Proven
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Home Health Care
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helper. 20 years experience.
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Jenny at 530-889-1737(MPG 08-25)
Housecleaners
Bright Housecleaning
- Quality - Discounts (916) 308-0157 (MPG 06-22-11)
---------------------------------------------HouseCleaners
Do You Love Being Part of
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If You Answered YES!
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our Sacramento area team.
Please call Sylvia at (916) 9556089, or e-mail your resume to:
sachousecleaners@hotmail.
com. All applicants must be
willing to undergo background
checks and drug testing. (MPG 08-15)
House Painting
PAINTING, sheet rock, texturing, book cases, fence repair,
gutter cleaning. Roger (916) 9694936 or (916) 410-5545 (MPG)
Household Help
DeAna’s HOUSEKEEPING Immaculate, Fast, Honest, Dependable.
I care about what I do. Call me,
916-549-4915
(MPG)
Land for Sale/
Out of State
20 ACRE LAND FORECLOSURES
$0 Down, Take Over $99/mo.
Was $16,900 Now $12,900! Near
Growing El Paso Texas. Beautiful
Views, Owner Financing, Money
Back Guarantee. Free Color
Brochure1-800-843-7537 (NANI)
---------------------------------------------DEEP DISCOUNT - Log Cabin on
8+ acres, $99,900. Owner must
sell, beautiful whole log cabin on
8+ acres at Windsor Valley Ranch.
Additional acreage available at cool
7,000 feet elevation outside Show
Low, AZ. Financing and ADWR
available. Call AZLR (866) 5715687. (Cal-SCAN)
---------------------------------------------Notice: LENDER ORDERED SALE.
Nevada’s 3rd largest lake 1.5 hours
south of Lake Tahoe. 8 Lake View
parcels - all $19,900. 2 Lake Fronts
- both $89,800. Lender ordered short
sale. Buy at less than bank owed.
Buy at less than 50% of replacement
cost. Special financing as low as
2.75% Fixed. Final liquidation. Only
10 parcels. Call (888) 705-3808, or
visit NVLR.com. (Cal-SCAN)
---------------------------------------------20 Acre Ranch FORECLOSURES!
Near Booming El Paso, TX. Was
$16,900 Now $12,900. $0 Down,
take over payments, $99/mo.
Beautiful views, owner financing.
FREE map/pictures 800-755-8953
(SWAN)
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&
Makeovers!
Main-tenance starting at $60/
mo. Dependable family business. Lic. # 887351. 916-3382001. sacyards.com (MPG 09-08)
---------------------------------------------Lawn and Garden Service
Bi-weekly or monthly Call for
FREE estimates 965-8224 (MPG)
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your lawn 4 times per month for a
fee. Call Bob 916-456-5281 (MPG)
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916-524-7477
(MPG)
---------------------------------------------Full Yard Maintenance, one time
clean-ups & tree trimming.
See our website: www.terrabellagarden.com or ctc Randy for info
at 454-3430 or 802-9897. (MPG)
---------------------------------------------Lawn Service – I can mow and
edge your lawn. Reasonably
priced. Call for a free estimate at 916-934-9944 (MPG)
Legal Services
Need Attorney? Have legal situation? Looking for extra money?
Call Eicka Mitchell 916-617-8069
(MPG 07-20-11)
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- Civil & Family Law - Lisa Sharp
@ 916-342-6714 (MPG 06-15-11)
Massage
Massage therapy by CMT. Louise
is a licensed therapist for many
years; the cabin is clean, bright and
quite; call Louisa 916 729-0103.
Open 10 to 8 by appointment.
(MPG 04-20-11)
Medical Supplies
/ Equipment
Wheelchairs, walkers, incontinence,
bath safety, lift chairs, canes, stethoscopes, compression gar-ments,
diabetic care. Excellent service
& quality at low prices from AMD
MEDICAL SUPPLY. 916-4852500. (MPG 03-30-11)
Miscellaneous
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
BENEFITS. You WIN or Pay Us
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Your FREE Book & Consultation.
888-630-1757
(MB 08-10-11)
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cash4diabeticsupplies.com (NANI)
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Call Special Kids Fund 7 days/
week 1-866-448-3865 (NANI)
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Computer available. Financial Aid
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Please call for a Free Catalog.
Chris Krcmar 916-483-1671 (MPG)
Miscellaneous
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First Issue of August, 2011
The Pessimism of Barack Obama
Commentary by
Robert Morrison
Family Research Council
The distinguished scholar and
author Fouad Ajami has graced the
pages of The Wall Street Journal recently with a most important column
titled, “Barack Obama the Pessimist.”
Mr. Ajami notes that President
Obama effectively denied American
Exceptionalism from the earliest days
of his administration. He told reporters in Strasbourg in April, 2009, that
“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits
believe in British exceptionalism and
the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.” It was an interesting formulation, Mr. Ajami notes, pointing
to President Obama’s “break with the
history of America’s faith in liberty
in distant lands.” Ajami shows how
President Obama abandoned the
Iranian pro-democracy forces when
they rose up against the Mullahs who
rule the world’s leading sponsor of
terrorism.
Fouad Ajami contrasted Obama’s
pessimism with Ronald Reagan’s essentially optimistic nature. “His faith
in America [was] boundless ... [and
in Eastern Europe] the captive nations were never in doubt; American
power was on the side of liberty.”
We can find the roots of Obama’s
pessimism even earlier in his administration than the Strasbourg Denial.
We can look to the third day of his
tenure, January 23, 2009. That day,
he issued a lethal Executive Order
rescinding the Reagan-era Mexico
City Policy. As ABC News’ Jake
Tapper noted then, Obama’s order
was intended to “elate pro-abortion
groups.” It certainly did. The prospect of sluicing billions of U.S. tax
dollars to abortion traffickers like
International Planned Parenthood
Federation surely sent a thrill down
the legs of these advocates.
What must the people in the Third
World have thought of this action?
In Africa, as Kenya’s Dr. Margaret
Ogola has eloquently stated, too
many villages lack clean water with
which to wash down abortifacients
and pills like RU-486, that kill the
child in the womb. Many of these
native peoples are not as sophisticated as their pro-choice American
“helpers” are. They still welcome
children. They still think of human
life as a blessing.
So did Ronald Reagan. His Mexico
City Doctrine was more than simply
a cutoff of funds to those who push
or do abortions around the world.
The Reagan Mexico City Doctrine
spoke to the dreams of millions that
children should be “welcomed in
life and protected in law.” Reagan
viewed human creativity and energy
as the fount of development, liberty
and hope. That’s what gave him his
essentially optimistic world view.
Liberal journalists had a hard time
figuring out Reagan. They agreed with
Clark Clifford’s memorable put-down.
The Democratic Party’s Wise Man,
Clifford met Reagan in the White
House and ran back to the Georgetown
cocktail party circuit, labeling him “an
amiable dunce.” When a journalist
asked Reagan why so many Americans
loved him, he answered succinctly:
“They know I love them.”
When Reagan sought to protect those who live in what John F.
Kennedy memorably called “the huts
and villages of half the world,” they,
too, sensed his love and his optimism. In his Farewell Address to the
American people, Reagan pointed to
an incident in the South China Sea.
There, a crowded, leaking boat
filled with Vietnamese refugees was
rescued by sailors from the USS
Midway. One of the boat people
called out to the young sailors in
the launch as it approached their
vessel: “Hey, American sailor. Hey,
Freedom Man.”
In standing with those captive peoples across the world who
yearned to breathe free, in proclaiming his Mexico City Doctrine that
told them they and their children
were valued by America, Ronald
Reagan was an optimist. He was that
Freedom Man.
Barack Obama braved scorching liberal critics when he called
Reagan’s presidency “transformational.” He said Reagan had changed
America in ways that Bill Clinton’s
two terms did not.
But when he won the White House,
when he had the power to transform, Barack Obama tragically revoked Reagan’s Mexico City Policy.
President Obama, on his third day in
office, embraced and imbursed the
global Culture of Death. He followed
in Bill Clinton’s footsteps.
We may call this portentous move
President Obama’s own Gran Rifuto
– his great refusal to say yes to life,
to say yes to new hope.
No wonder America is going
broke. And no wonder the hopes for
change Barack Obama so admirably
evoked are broken.
Robert Morrison is senior fellow for policy studies at the Family
Research Council. He earned his B.A.
and M.A. degrees in government and
foreign affairs from the University of
Virginia. He has worked as a high
school and college history and political science teacher, and served at the
U.S. Department of Education with
Gary Bauer under Secretary William
Bennett. Robert led the historical
research for Bill Bennett’s book,
“America: the Last Best Hope.”
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Bernanke and the Potemkin Economy
Commentary by
Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson
On July 11, The Center for Vision
& Values posted my article decrying the insulting name-calling
directed toward Federal Reserve
Board Chairman Ben Bernanke. The
very next day, Bernanke made me
question my forbearance by telling
Congress that a third round of “quantitative easing” or “QE3” could be a
near-term option.
Now it’s my turn to call Bernanke
a name, but I’ll use a clinical label,
not a crude one. He is an inflationist, although he may prefer the label
“anti-deflationist.” He so fears a deflationary spiral that he will create
however many dollars he believes
necessary to avert deflation.
Bernanke’s repeated attempts to
patch over the nation’s economic
weakness, rottenness, and dead
wood with newly created dollars remind me of the “Potemkin village”
ruse. The Soviet communists duped
foreign visitors into thinking that
communism was a viable and prosperous system by steering them to
sham factories, stores, villages, etc.
that appeared productive, bustling,
and attractive. In reality, Potemkin
villages were like movie sets, built
to disguise the widespread poverty
and backwardness that characterized
life in the “workers’ paradise.”
Official statistics insist that the
Great Recession ended two years
ago. Yet unemployment is creeping
up, record numbers of workers are
remaining unemployed for record
lengths of time, income is down for
small proprietors, and millions of
people feel as though the recession
never ended.
It is proverbial that statistics lie.
One such statistic is the gross do-
mestic product. GDP has risen modestly the last two years, supposedly
indicating growth rather than recession. Here is the flaw in GDP: By
definition, GDP=C+I+G. In other
words, GDP equals the sum of consumer spending, private investment,
and government spending. (There is
also a problematical addendum of
net exports, reflecting the mystical
mercantilist notion that a country
is richer if foreigners obtain more
goods and services than domestic residents do, but let’s omit that
here.)
In the last few years, GDP has
increased by approximately one
third of a trillion dollars, while the
government component has risen
by closer to a full trillion dollars.
That means that the private sector
(consumption and investment) has
shrunk. Government has cannibalized private sector spending and
jobs. GDP creates a Potemkin-like
superficial appearance of economic
growth, but the private sector, the
heart of the economy, is suffocating.
The private sector share of GDP has
contracted to its 1998 level.
Another Potemkin-like aspect of
our economy involves the chasm between the economic fortunes of Wall
Street and Washington on the one
side, and Main Street on the other.
Chairman Bernanke’s QE1 and QE2
policies helped to propel a huge advance in the stock market over the
last two years. The political and
financial elite have been prospering, but, relatively speaking, aside
from potentially unrealized gains in
his 401K, that Fed-generated glitter
may not have helped Joe Six-pack.
Here is what we need to understand: Bernanke and Co. have immense powers, but they don’t have
the right power. They can control
short-term interest rates; virtually
dictate the policies and practices of
American financial institutions; artificially boost asset prices by purchasing whatever quantity of them
they choose; bail out politically
connected enterprises; and do many
other things by virtue of their power
to create dollars without limit. Yet,
the one thing that Bernanke and the
Fed cannot do is generate prosperity and thereby raise standards of
living. They can benefit some at the
expense of others by deciding which
assets to purchase and where to deploy new dollars—that is, they can
redistribute wealth, but they can’t
create it.
Question: Are there any grownups
who really believe that our country
can get richer by printing more money? If so, why not just mail everybody a check for $20 million? Even
better, why not give every household
its own little printing press so that
whenever someone gets laid off or
isn’t generating enough income, he
can create the wealth he needs by
printing it?
There is really only one way out
of Ben Bernanke’s Potemkin-like
economy. It isn’t to replace Bernanke
with a supposedly “better” central
banker. Rather, we need to abolish
the central bank and foreswear the
fiat money that enables the Fed to
create the cruel façade of Potemkinlike illusions on the rest of us.
Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson is an
adjunct faculty member, economist,
and fellow for economic and social
policy with The Center for Vision &
Values at Grove City College. See
www.VisionAndValues.org or www.
VisionAndValuesEvents.com.
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First Issue of August, 2011
Dave Says
POPPOFF!
with Mary Jane Popp
DITCHING
MR WRONG !!!
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“secured” debt and “unsecured”
debt.
Unsecured debt means that someone loaned you money, but they don’t
have a lien on anything. Credit cards
and student loans are good examples
of unsecured debt, because there’s
nothing they can directly repossess
if the borrower doesn’t pay. Now, if
you don’t pay, they can sue you and
get a lien against something after
they sue you. Lots of times this is
done against your income by garnishing your wages.
Examples of secured debt would
be a car loan or even a home mortgage. A home mortgage is secured
by the home, meaning they take a
lien against the home. If you don’t
pay, they can foreclose and take the
house. It works the same way with a
car loan. If you don’t make your payments, they can come get the car.
Remember this, too. Unsecured
debt typically will be the last debt
you pay if you’re in financial trouble.
In other words, you’d make your
car payment before paying on your
student loan, and you’d make your
house payment before paying on a
credit card.
In a worst case scenario, like bankruptcy, unsecured debt is wiped off.
The creditor gets nothing. But a car
loan or house payment either gets
made, or you give up your car or
home. It’s easy to see how a lender
making a secured loan is in a much
better position than one making an
unsecured loan, isn’t it?
- Dave
Do Car Titles Go to Teenagers?
money, and he’ll buy a car next year.
When he buys it, should the title be
put in our names or his?
- Laura
Dear Laura,
When my kids hit that age, I put
the titles in my name. The insurance
will be much less expensive if you do
this. Plus, you don’t want a 16-yearold under the illusion that they’re in
control of their lives.
As their parents, you should love
them more than that, because they’re
just not ready to be in full control.
You want them to be in control of
some parts of their lives, so that when
they leave they have a clue about life
and don’t boomerang on you.
But at that age, you should be guiding them, and you don’t need an ownership document to a car confusing
them about who’s in charge. I turned
the ownership over to my kids when
they turned 18. In each case, I knew I
could trust them, and they were ready
for that level of control.
So, once they’re ready—and you
know they’re ready—if it’s going to
be their car, all the accompanying
responsibility should be theirs, too!
- Dave
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First Issue of August, 2011
Arts, Entertainment and
Other Fun Things to do!
August Auburn Art Walk Reading Boosters Welcome!
Auburn – The streets of Old
Town and Downtown Auburn
come alive with an extraordinary
line-up of art, music & storytelling for the Auburn Art Walk from
6 to 9pm on Thursday, August 11.
Thirty venues in Old Town and
Downtown Auburn will host artist
receptions, interspersed with live
music in five outdoor locations.
Highlights of the August Art
Walk include a special display
of historical photos and quilts by
the Foothill Quilters Guild at the
Bernhard Museum, accompanied
by live music by Vining Cottage
on the museum porch. The free
shuttle will include the museum in
its route.
Featured artists at Auburn Old
Town Gallery are Reif Erickson,
Pastel & Acrylic; Keith Smith,
Painting on Silk; and Merridee
Smith, Felting.
Auburn City Hall Gallery features Sonja Hamilton’s watercolors of National Parks. Sonja
will demonstrate her watercolor
techniques and give the painting
away in a drawing at the end of the
evening.
The Arts Building Gallery hosts
an opening reception for the photography exhibit “Keith Sutter, the
First Twenty Years” in the main
gallery and “Views of Nature”
by Rudy Browne in the side gallery. At ARTspace downstairs in
The Arts Building, the students of
Linda Green show their work.
Other student shows include students of Traci Owens next door at
Studio Eight02. Across the street,
Southside Art Center will feature
student work and live music by
Southside Ensemble.
New to the Art Walk are Beth
Winfield of Davis and Paul Dessau
of Colfax, showing their work at
Latitudes along with Frank Ordaz.
Other new Art Walk artists include Liz Honeycutt of Cool,
Watercolor, and Charlene Messner
of Newcastle, Watercolor, both
at The Chocolate Shoppe, and
Chris Krohn of Loomis, showing Woodturning at Gimme Cake
Too. Sierra Moon Goldsmiths features Tonia Colleen of Roseville,
showing Ink & Watercolor, while
Tango Frozen Yogurt will feature
Mixed Media by Wanda Miller of
Newcastle. Kerry Therese Salon
will host new artist Sandi Padilla,
Watercolor.
New venue Placer County Air
Pollution Control District will
show Pastels by Victoria Kuklo,
also new to the Art Walk, and
Wood Relief Sculpture by Tom
Haskin. This is also the location
for live music by Lucid Hearts.
Other live music provided by the
Auburn Arts Commission includes
Local Motives at Herschel Young
Park in Old Town Auburn and
bluegrass by Farm Fresh at Central
Square. Old Library Art Studio
hosts the Foothill Storytelling
Guild on the patio, as well as an
exhibit by two new Art Walk
Artists, Grace Bourke of Auburn,
Photography, and Lisa Bone of
Shingle Springs, Ceramics, along
with Anna Rollin of Roseville,
Watercolor.
For a complete list of art and
musical venues, pick up a free map
at PlacerArts, 808 Lincoln Way, or
at any of the venues, which are
marked by red “Auburn Art Walk”
signs. You may preview the August
map after August at PlacerArts.org/
artwalk. A free shuttle connects all
the venues every 20 minutes.
PlacerArts is the Arts Council of
Placer County, a non-profit, public
benefit, and the designated statelocal partner of the California Arts
Council for the County of Placer.
Source: Karen Killebrew,
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Placer County Genealogy Society Meeting
Auburn – The Placer County
Genealogy Society (PCGS) will
hold its regular monthly meeting
on Thursday, August 25, 2011, at
7 pm in the Beecher Room of the
Auburn Library at 350 Nevada
Street. This month’s speaker is Phil
Sexton. Phil will talk about Google
Earth. Visitors are welcome.
Phil Sexton is currently a State
Park Interpreter III for the Capital
District of California State Parks
in Sacramento, where he works
on interpretive planning and training of docents and paid staff, as
well as exhibit and event development. Prior to this, he was the
Forest Interpretive Specialist for
Tahoe National Forest east of
Sacramento. His other professional experience includes working in recreation, fire manage-
ment and law enforcement on the
Tahoe, Inyo, and Sequoia National
Forests and as a Physical Science
Technician with the National Park
Service at Redwood NP.
For more information on the
Society, its Study Group, Family
TreeMaker User Group and regular
meeting activity, see the Society’s
Web page at www.pcgs.pcgenes.com
or call toll free at (866) 894-2076.
Auburn - Have a passion for
promoting the importance of
reading? Want to support the improvement of reading skills for
the adults in your community?
For more than 25 years, Placer
Adult Literacy Service (PALS),
a program of the Placer County
Library, has offered free reading
help for adults throughout Placer
County. Literacy Support Council
volunteers provide vital assistance
to the PALS program. Learn how
you, too, can become a Literacy
Support Council Reading Booster.
Join the next monthly meeting
of the Literacy Support Council
of Placer County at the Auburn
Library, 350 Nevada Street,
Auburn, at 10:00 AM on Friday,
August 12. For more information,
contact PALS at 530-886-4530 or
[email protected].
To Kill A Mockingbird
Auburn – The Auburn Placer
Performing Arts Center announces
its Third Thursday Film Series selection for August 18th and 21st,
2011 at the State Theater - the 1962
film To Kill A Mockingbird.
Gregory Peck plays Atticus
Finch, a lawyer in the Depressionera South, who defends a black man
against an undeserved rape charge,
and his kids against prejudice.
Although Gregory Peck’s inspirational performance turned out to be
a perfect highlight to his long career,
Rock Hudson was actually the studio’s first choice for the role. James
Stewart was also offered the part, but
told the producers he believed the
script was “too liberal”, and feared
the film would be controversial.
Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer
Prize winning book of 1960, and directed by Robert Mulligan, the film
won 3 Academy Awards, (including
Best Actor and Best Screenplay)
and 3 Golden Globes (including
Best Actor and Best Motion Picture
Score).
Showtimes for the film are as follows: Thursday August 18th – 7PM;
Sunday August 21st – 2PM matinee.
Box office opens one hour before
showtime. Admission is $8 and tickets can also be purchased online at:
www.LiveFromAuburn.com.
Come early and enjoy a specially
prepared dinner in the Marquee
Room off the State Theater lobby
beginning at 5:30PM on Thursday.
Our featured restaurant for the Third
Thursday Film Series is Marybelle’s
in Old Town Auburn. Meal cost is
$8; beverages may be purchased
separately at the State Theater beverage bar.
For a full schedule of upcoming films at the State, go to: www.
LiveFromAuburn.com.
Kidzkount Celebrating Ten Years by
Holding its Ninth-Year Golf Tournament
From Jo Ann Wojcik
Placer County – KidZKount
is celebrating ten-years as part of
Placer Community Action Council,
Inc., a 501(3)C non profit corporation. KidZKount has administered
the Head Start, Early Head Start,
State Preschool, Child Care Food
Program and the Americorp Head
Start Child & Family Development
Project for Placer and Nevada
Counties.
In celebration of these ten-years
of service they are holding its ninthyear golf tournament on October
3, 2011, at the Auburn County
Club. There are several opportunities in which the community can
participate in the celebration: 1) a
cash donation; 2) participating in
the tournament and 3) donation for
the opportunity drawings.
This is a very worthy organization that seeks to enrich the lives of
children, who are our next world
leaders, by giving them a head
start in their education endeavors
while encouraging the participation of the families in all activities
provided for the children. Having
children start out with a secure
feeling of education and participating as a team member builds
confidence, leadership skills, independent thinking and self esteem.
Just think how wonderful it is to
become a part of such an important
event, not only for the children,
but for yourself. Being a part of
the community, participating in a
very worthy cause gives you satisfaction and a feeling of belonging.
For additional information
please call (530) 886-4100 one of
the helpful staff will be happy to
assist you.
Sierra Gold Chorus and Heavenly Quartet
Sing at Nevada County Fair
You won’t want to miss the
Sierra Gold Chorus and Heavenly
Quartet as they share the stage
at the Nevada County Fair. The
Sierra Gold Chorus, a Chapter of
the award winning Sweet Adelines
International, under the direction
of Barb Tincher, will perform at
the Pine Tree Stage at 11:00 am,
and again at Noon, on Saturday,
August 13, as part of the entertainment for the Nevada County
Fair in Grass Valley. The featured Heavenly Quartet recently
placed 3rd in the Regional Quartet
Competition plus countless other
awards. Allison Reason, Elizabeth
Dyer, Courtney Anderson and Lisa
Shortridge are all busy college students, and they enjoy singing four
part a cappella harmony in barbershop style. They plan to attend the
Rising Star Competition for Young
Women in Harmony in Houston,
TX in October. Come and wish
them well!
Sierra Gold Chorus rehearses
every Monday at 7:00 pm at the
Burback Hall, 11577 E Ave.,
Auburn, CA. Women of all ages
are invited to come and sing with
the chorus. For more information call Carolie, at (530) 4780130, Barbara, at (530) 885-4202,
Bev at (916) 663-2105, or
www.sierragoldchorus.org.
Kiwanis Car Show Postponed
Auburn - The September 24Th
Car Show at Auburn Grocery
Outlet for the Kiwanis Family
House is being postponed until next year. John and Nancy
Stevens at Grocery Outlet are
concerned with the condition of
the parking lot. It is disappointing for everyone involved, how-
ever, do not want to risk damage to any of the cars. Refund
checks for the registration fee
will be mailed shortly. Auburn
Kiwanis and Grocery Outlet will
be rescheduling this event once
the parking lot is repaired. The
Kiwanis Family House, is similar to Ronald McDonald House
helping families with a place to
stay while dealing with critically
ill children staying at UC Davis
and Shriners Hospital. It is all
based on economic need. Do not
forget Kiwanis Family House,
www.kiwanisfamilyhouse.org,
can always use your help and
support year round .
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Placer Sentinel Page 11
First Issue of August, 2011
PCWA Meeting Update
Auburn – Directors of the Placer
County Water Agency on Thursday
(Aug. 4) approved a long-term
agreement with the U.S. Bureau
of Land Management and the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation related to
PCWA’s Middle Fork American
River Project.
PCWA Director of Strategic
Affairs Einar Maisch said the
three-party agreement serves to
fully compensate the two federal
agencies in connection with their
costs for management of certain
recreational lands, facilities and
activities along and downstream
of PCWA’s hydroelectric project.
The contributed funds agreement, approved by the board,
calls for annual payments of
$226,538 to the Bureau of Land
Management, $161,896 to the
Bureau of Reclamation and begins
in October 2013.
Brett Storey, Placer County
staff representative to the Middle
Fork Project Finance Authority,
attended the meeting and voiced
support for the agreement. PCWA
and the county are jointly financing the relicensing effort through
the Finance Authority.
Maisch said the agreement,
which was approved by the two
federal agencies, protects the
Middle Fork Project against future
financial obligations downstream
of the Project.
In other business, PCWA directors:
• were introduced to Jay
L’Estrange, the agency’s new
Director of Power Generation
Services. In welcoming remarks,
General Manager David A.
Breninger cited L’Estrange’s 22
years of experience in hydroelectric energy management, including service with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation and Eugene
(Oregon) Water and Electric
Board. L’Estrange and his wife,
Jessica, are residing in Auburn.
• recognized six college stu-
dents who are completing summer
internships with the water agency.
The students have gained work experience in PCWA’s Engineering,
Customer Services and Financial
Services departments.
• heard a presentation from
Director of Financial Services
Joseph Parker on the agency’s
recent website upgrade and expansion. Parker said the agency
enlisted the services of a website
designer but completed most of
the update on an in-house basis.
The new website may be seen at
www.pcwa.net.
The next regular meeting of the
PCWA Board of Directors will be
held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug.
18, at the PCWA Business Center,
144 Ferguson Road, in Auburn.
Information on PCWA board
meetings may be obtained through
the Clerk to the Board at (530)
823-4850 or (800) 464-0030.
PCWA information is also posted
at www.pcwa.net.
Governor and First Lady Honor Staff Sgt. James M. Christen
Sacramento – On behalf of all
Californians, Governor Brown and
First Lady Anne Gust Brown honor
Staff Sgt. James M. Christen who
bravely gave his life in service to
our state and nation. The Governor
and First Lady extend their deepest condolences to his family and
friends at this difficult time.
In memorial, Governor Brown
ordered that flags be flown at halfstaff over the State Capitol for the
day. Staff Sgt. Christen’s family
will receive a letter of condolence
from the Governor.
Staff Sgt. James M. Christen,
29, of Loomis, CA, died July 19
in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of
wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division, Schofield Barracks, HI.
Christen was supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom.
Growing your Winter Garden
Earle in his vegetable garden. Photo by Karri Weiler
Auburn – Auburn Recreation
District and Eisley’s Nursery are
so pleased to announce new programs. On August 14 the first
“Growing your Winter Garden”
class will be offered. The class
will be taught by Earle Eisley, a
long time resident and local nurseryman in Auburn. Earl’s parents,
Henry and Lila started the nursery
in 1933 near its current location on
Nevada Street. When Earle and his
family took over the business in
1979, gradually they brought each
of Earle’s four children in to work
in the nursery. Today, they all still
work together along with five of
Earle’s grandchildren.
The timing of the class “Growing
your Winter Garden”, couldn’t be
better as August is the time to select your vegetables and get started.
A garden started in August will be
ready to harvest for Thanksgiving
dinner. Earle will talk about ground
preparation, selection of winter
vegetables, as well as best practices for the highest yield. Class on
the 14th will be held from 2 to 4pm
at Eisley’s Nursery on Nevada
Street in Auburn.
In October and November
Earle’s daughter Earlene Eisley
Freeman, will be offering classes
entitled “Houseplants for Health”.
It’s time to clear the air! This
class includes a tour of the indoor
greenhouse at Eisley’s Nursery.
Learn about lighting and care for
your plant as you cultivate your indoor garden that will offer natural
air filtration.
For registration and information
on these exciting new programs
log on to www.auburnrec.com or
call (530) 885-8461 ext 115.
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by Gerry Scholl
That Fighting Spirit
Whenever a fight breaks out
during some sporting event I’m
watching on TV and my better half
catches a glimpse of the action she
reacts with disdain and disgust.
“Oh, grow up!” is typically the
first remark, followed by a few more
derisive comments aimed at the
ridiculously immature behavior of
the combatants.
I have a hard time responding
with any reasonable excuses or
explanations.
“These games are so highly
competitive,” I might say. “Emotions
run so high, it’s easy to lose
control.”
There was no excuse for the brawl
that followed the plunking of Shane
Victorino by Ramon Ramirez in the
Giants-Phillies game last week. It
didn’t appear as though the two players
were going to fight. The trigger was
when the Phillies’ Placido Polanco
charged into the picture and Giants’
catcher Eli Whiteside turned and
tackled him; then the benches cleared
and things spiraled out of hand.
I’m mildly embarrassed to admit I
felt the whole thing was undeniably
exciting, and I feel a tad guilty that I
hope the fracas will inspire the Giants
to rally out of their current funk.
The old “It’s part of the game”
idea, however, has never done it
for me. All the sports I’ve played or
have been involved in for decades
have never included fighting as part
of the game. One would think that
especially at the professional level
the competitors should be able to
control their emotions and behavior
in a professional manner — but, no!
— all too often such is not the case.
Major League Baseball people
argue that their livelihoods are on
the line. If a player gets thrown at
retaliation is in order, and expected.
It’s said that Cardinals manager Tony
LaRussa’s philosophy is, “You hit
one of mine, I’ll hit two of yours.”
Great.
Perhaps MLB should consider
adopting some new rules regarding
fighting, along the lines of those in
the NBA and NHL. Of course hockey
will probably never exclude fighting
as part of its game, but it does apply
major penalties and suspensions
that may affect a team and repeat
offenders are dealt with more
severely. The NHL requires players
not involved in a fight to retreat to
their bench or clear the area. The
NBA institutes an automatic onegame suspension and fine for anyone
leaving the bench to join a fight.
Maybe baseball needs a thirdman-in rule. If a pitcher and hitter
are going to go at it, let them do it
without interference. I suspect Nolan
Ryan would be in favor of that rule
and Robin Ventura would not (look
that video up on your computer).
I remember in high school when
a couple of the boys would want a
piece of each other the gym teachers
would escort them off to put on
boxing gloves and head gear. They
let them punch it out for a short
time and that was that. The method
ran a short course and pretty much
put an end to those issues, because
who really wants any part of getting
punched in the face?
It might be a thought to use those
tactics at the pro level.
Maybe Victorino and Ramirez
should’ve put on the gloves in the
clubhouse after the game. Or maybe
Ramirez would like a shot at radio
talk show host Tony Bruno, after
Bruno’s unfortunate “illegal alien”
comment last week. It might be a
kick to see Tiger Woods and his excaddie Steve Williams go a couple of
rounds.
This thing could work in so many
ways. How about LaRussa vs.
Dusty Baker; Joe Montana vs. Steve
Young; Al Davis vs. Mike Shanahan,
Tom Cable or Marcus Allen; Juan
Marichal vs. John Roseboro — I’ve
got a million of ‘em.
Hey, I just remembered something.
There was one fight I was a part of
in a high school basketball game. I
played at a small Catholic school and
we were on the road against a team
of the same ilk. It was in a cracker
box gym before a tiny gathering
and just one referee showed up. It
was quickly clear that this guy was
somebody’s uncle.
We were getting butchered with
no foul calls, while they went to the
foul line every time we breathed on
them. We lined up for yet another
free throw for them and one of their
guys was in the wrong spot along the
lane. One of our guys nudged their
guy out of the way — and it was
on — a couple of punches; some
pushing and shoving; one guy got
tossed into some folding chairs and
took a couple of hits; and it was
broken up.
“Game Cancelled. Ref Missing,” it
read in the local paper the next day.
The ironic thing about all that was
— it was the Saints versus the Saints!
It’ll never stop…
Pot Growers Busted in Placer County
Placer County Sheriff’s deputies
arrested two suspects Thursday
after an investigation led to an illegal marijuana cultivation operation in Colfax this week. During
the course of the investigation, two
separate residences were searched
and more than 200 marijuana
plants were seized in an indoor,
hydroponic-grow setup.
Monday, August 1, patrol deputies responded to a rental home on
Pinecroft Road near the City of
Colfax to investigate a marijuana
cultivation operation. They discovered 124 marijuana plants in
various stages of growth inside and
outside the residence. Information
obtained at the first house led
them to a second house on Catskill
Drive, about six miles away.
A search warrant was issued
for the second residence. Patrol
deputies and detectives from the
Yulian Huang
Joel Jauregui
Placer County Sheriff’s Special
Operations Unit served the search
warrant at the Catskill Drive
house. An elaborate indoor marijuana grow was located in this
rental house and deputies seized
an additional 83 mature marijuana
plants.
Information obtained at both
houses led to the arrest of Joel
Jauregui, 27, and Yulian Huang,
25, both of Colfax. Both were
found and arrested in Colfax on
August 4 for the illegal cultivation
of marijuana and possession of
marijuana with the intent to sell.
They were booked into the Placer
County Jail in Auburn. Bail for the
pair was set at $10,000.
Ko va r ’ s C o r n e r
on Real Estate Q&A
When circumstances like the ongoing recession put our home, and
our most precious moments in
jeopardy, knowledge is often your
best weapon in defense. Knowing
where to go for the answers is half
the battle.
Auburn – The Auburn 49er
Lions Club is planning another of
its semi-annual giant Flea Market
events. Buyers and sellers alike
have enjoyed participating in the
past two events. The up-coming
Giant Flea Market will be held on
October 1st, from 7 am to 2 pm,
on the upper ball field of the Gold
Country Fairgrounds.
Venders may rent a space, about
15’x30’, for $35.00. Also, there
are spaces, 20’x40’, available for
$50.00. Space choices are on a first-
paid basis. Vender set-up begins at 5
am. Plans are in the works to make
set-up easy. For space reservations,
call Andy at (530) 273-6847.
The 49er Lions Club will be on
hand to take care of any hunger
pangs. The aroma of cooking pancakes may entice visitors to take
a moment and eat a hot breakfast.
For lunch, the BBQ will be full of
hot dogs and hamburgers.
For those who are feeling lucky,
sign up for free prize drawings at
the 49er Lions information booth.
There will also be a DJ playing music and free balloons for the kids.
“Practice makes perfect”. The
49er Lions Club expects the Giant
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Venders can gain from cleaning
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If you have questions, call Andy
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Gold Country Broadband Consortium Requests Public Input
Auburn – You are invited to attend a meeting of the Gold Country
Broadband Consortium that is
dedicated to extending broadband
Internet service to every home and
business in the counties of Sierra,
Nevada, Placer, El Dorado and
Alpine as soon as possible and
maximizing the breadth of beneficial services available via those
connections. The Sierra Economic
Development Corporation (SED
Corp) is planning to kick off a
three-year program supported by
the CPUC’s California Advanced
Services Fund (CASF) to reach
communities, neighborhoods and
businesses throughout the region
to help make the business cases
needed to bring broadband service
to those currently without and better service to those who are inadequately served, and to maximize
adoption of those services as soon
as they are available.
The first meeting of the
Consortium will be at the Auburn
City Hall at 1:30 PM, Thursday,
August 11; it is anticipated needing
only about one-and-one-half hours
of your time. The meeting will be
all about getting your feedback on
the business plan for the project
that the application represents.
If you have any questions about
the meeting or the mission of the
Consortium, please feel free to call
Brent Smith at (530) 823-4703.
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Placer Sentinel Page 12
First Issue of August, 2011
A Cool Quarry Hike, Tre Pazzi Pleasures, and Mt. Vernon Wines
ing.” Capps adds while prepping
the restaurant’s wine bar. “This additional seating will definitly add to
our Italian ambiance.”
Capps glances at his photographs
of various Italian scenes displayed
on Tre Pazzi’s walls, then gives a
quick grin at seeing two passers-by
peer at the restaurant’s menu: after
all, everyone who visits Tre Pazzi
has an opportunity to get a little
crazy about Italian food.
A little before a half-mile along,
By Peter Stafford
Northern California Triple Plays a narrower, more shaded side trail
A COOL HIKE
TO THE QUARRY
From Auburn, it is only a few
minute’s drive to the Highway 49
bridge over the Middle Fork of the
American River. After crossing this
bridge, go about a ¼ mile and take
the first dirt turn-off to the left to
park at the Quarry Road Trail access. The trail—named the Quarry
Road Trail on the Auburn State
Recreation Area (ARD) map but
called merely the Quarry Trail at
the trailhead Gate 151—follows a
broad gravel road along the south
bank of the Middle Fork, reaching
the foot of the Cool Quarry some
1.5-2.0 miles in.
The trail follows the course
of the Mountain Quarries railroad built between 1910 and 1912
by the Pacific Portland Cement
Company to haul stone from the
quarry. Limestone has been mined
from this area—known as the Cave
Valley deposit—since the 1880s.
Some of the stone was used by
the Spreckles Sugar Company for
refining; other stone was used for
construction. The railroad was torn
up in 1942 as part of the war effort during World War II. Although
on the right climbs a short distance
then parallels the Quarry Trail upstream. Not far in it traverses a
wash-out, then widens and over
the next ½-mile climbs to about
200’ above the river surface, giving views downstream to Highway
49 and opposite to the Confluence
Trail running along the south-facing
slopes of the Middle Fork canyon.
The side trail meets another dirt
road that ascends in broad, wooded
switchbacks the western periphery
of the quarry. At this point one can
either keep to the left and descend
to the floor of the quarry, or turn
right to ascend to its upper levels.
A brief descent leads to a sidepath entering the floor of the quarry. A scattering of small rocks dot
the generally flat quarry floor—
the site of periodic Placer County
Emergency Services rescue drills.
Near vertical dark gray limestone
rock faces rise up to 300’ from
the quarry floor, the escarpments
stained black by runoff and brown
by moss, lichen, and other plant
life. From several small, tumbled
boulders at the northeastern end of
the valley floor shaded by a broken
canopy of interior live oak peek
upstream views of the Middle Fork
The Cool Quarry, mined for its limestone since the 1880’s.
the older part of the quarry nearest
the Middle Fork is in the Auburn
State Recreation Area, the upper,
southerly portion of the quarry
is presently operated by Teichert
Aggregates, a division of Teichert,
Incorporated. Teichart takes its
name from its founder, German immigrant Adolph Teichert.
The Quarry Road Trail is broad
and level, following the upstream
canyon contours on south side of
the Middle Fork some 20-30’ above
the river level. The hillsides above
the trail are thickly wooded with
various foothill oak, gray pine, and
in the more sheltered, north-facing
slopes, ponderosa. Nearer the river
Queen Anne’s Lace grows in its
white concentric blooms. Small
chert, shale, quartz, and occasional
limestone outcroppings jut into the
river along the first half-mile.
as well as of the smaller but still
prominent limestone outcroppings
on the opposite bank of the Middle
Fork. A thick steel grillwork is set
within this nest of boulders, closing off one of the three entrances to
Hawver Cave.
The quarry floor climbs towards
the southern end of the quarry,
becoming quite steep as it butts
against the foot of the limestone
cliffs. One narrow, steep slope at the
southwestern corner of the quarry
floor climbs a lightly wooded slope
to reach the mid-level of the quarry.
Turning about at the southern end
of the quarry floor to look north to
the Foresthill Divide reveals a freestanding 100’ limestone crag which,
when first seen upon entering the
quarry floor, appears to be part of
the surrounding cliffs.
All Roads Lead
to An Epic Journey at
Tre Pazzi, “The Thee Crazies”, co-owner Gary Capps.
Returning to the dirt road near
the quarry floor’s entrance, then
ascending its switchbacks to
climb another 250-300’ in elevation brings one to a mid-level terrace overlooking the lower portion of the Mountain Quarry site
with views of the Middle Fork and
Mammoth Bar area beyond. From
the mid-level terrace the dirt road
ascends several more switchbacks.
At the eastern end of one switchback a short spur footpath leads
onto a high terrace at roughly 1200’
elevation—some 600’ above the
level of the Middle Fork. Stay well
back from the precipitous edges—
the cliffs plunge for hundreds of
feet—and do not try to access the
portions of the quarry above and to
the south which are private property of Teichert Corporation.
Return by descending the switchbacks past the quarry floor, being
sure to turn to the right to inspect
some abandoned stone structures
from the Portland Cement plant.
Through an archway in one of these
structures is the 20’-wide Gate A to
the Hawver Cave. The cool flow
of air from the cave is a blissful
respite from summer heat. During
years of good rainfall, water courses along the bottom of the cave,
draining into a pipe and having its
outfall at the river-facing edge of
the dirt road.
One more brief descent meets
the Quarry Road Trail junction at
a broad, flat expanse. A few shaded
picnic tables are scattered in the
expanse, as are a pair of pit toilets.
At the upstream edge of this area,
signs warn of a trail washout ahead.
The return to the Highway 49 trailhead is an easy level hike of about
1.5 miles along the Quarry Road
Trail. At one or two spots along the
river-facing edge of the trail stand
the remains of concrete retaining
walls that had once supported the
Mountain Quarries Railroad.
TRE PAZZI PLEASURES
Not every restaurant names itself
after the notorious Tuscan Pazzi
family of 15th Century Italian
bankers who became complicit in a
plot to murder Lorenzo D’ Medici.
Complicit in founding this
Auburn bistro featuring traditional
Italian cuisine and wine are Gary
Capps and Jim Bril. “Jim and I
had been friends a few years,”
Capps explains, “and at first we
joked about opening a restaurant
together, then when Pasquale T’s
and Luigi’s stopped doing business we decided it was time to
open Tre Pazzi.”
Tre Pazzi means “three crazies”
in Italian. “Well,” laughs Capps,
“Jim and I are two of the crazies—
the third is our restaurant staff! I
choose the name and Jim [Bril]
liked it and with the poor economy
it seemed appropriate!”
Bril has been a restauranteur
for over 25 years, first with Fiore
D’ Italia in San Francisco, and
now with Monkey Cat in Auburn.
Capps, born in San Francisco,
lived in Marin County until the
mid-1980s when he moved to the
Auburn area and started a realty
brokerage. A frequent traveler to
Italy, Capps about two years ago
went into partnership with Bril to
open and operate Tre Pazzi.
“Each time I travel to Italy I focus on recipes we can use in Tre
Pazzi,” Capps continues. “That’s
something that makes us unique—
our menu is totally Italian, as are
our wines and beers, and our style
of pizza. We focus on using fresh,
local produce whenever we can.
Also we strive to be affordable and
give good value to our customers.”
Capps describes trips to Calabria
(the toe of the Italian boot),
Umbria (near Tuscany), Sicily, and
other areas of Italy. “In northern
Italy you tend to see more cream
and butter. In southern Italy, olive
oil, the more ‘piccante’ dishes,
the breads tend to be saltier with
a nice dark crust. Our pizzas are
Neapolitan [from Naples] in style
with thin crusts and simple ingredients.” Some Tre Pazzi entrees are
rustic Sicilian/Calabrian inspired,
while the seafood reflects influences of Italy’s coastal waters and
inland lakes.
A similar ethos governs the selection of Italian wines. “I taste
each one for suitability with our
menu before deciding whether to
put it on our wine menu, and I keep
in mind a reasonable price limit,”
Capps says. “As for wine and food
pairings, Jim and I have our personal vino blanco and vino rosso
[white and red wine] favorites, but
we prefer customers to experiment
and find their own favorites.”
Bril and Capps closely supervise
the menu and cooking, plating, and
serving techniques of their staff.
Every six-to-eight weeks the menu
is revised and specials are offered
two to three nights each week to
take advantage of unusual ingredients or to cater to emerging customer preferences. For large parties,
family-style dining is available .
“We are currently working with
the City of Auburn in hopes we
will be able to offer outdoor seat-
STIMULATE
Your Mind
DEVELOP
A WINEMAKING SUMMIT
AT MT. VERNON WINERY
A 1950’s milk house, once housing Silly Sally’s Saddle Shop, became by 2002 the tasting room of
Placer County largest winery. This
tale is told most fittingly over a
glass of wine and where else but
Mt. Vernon Winery to enjoy that
glass of wine?
In 1980 Jim and Lynda Taylor,
then living in Fremont, California,
bought a 32-acre ranch with 42
head of beef cattle just east of
Auburn. Within a few years the
cattle were sold off and the main
house built and between 50-70 trees
planted to beautify the property.
“We were looking for a place to
raise our family,” Jim Taylor says,
sitting at a shaded table on the back
patio of the tasting room. “It wasn’t
until 1996 when our son Ryan was
in high school that we had the idea
of planting a vineyard.”
Lynda Taylor liked the look and
feel of a vineyard and when a fam-
“What makes us different from
other Placer County wineries is that
our wines are generally more fruit
forward in taste. We pick by the
flavor of the grape rather than its
sugar content [brix—pronounced
‘bricks’],” Ryan explains. “We look
for a balanced grape that is nice and
jammy. Also, we barrel age longer
than many other Placer County
wineries. That way our wines are
ready to drink—they don’t need to
be cellared for 6-12 months after
purchase.”
The winery uses French and
American Oak barrels, and its wine
cave holds over 500 barrels. The
wine cave is also where Mt. Vernon
holds its wine dinners, prepared
by Chef David Hill of Rocklin’s
Chef ’s Table restaurant. When
winemaker Ryan taught the enology course at the Natomas Cordon
Bleu Culinary Institute, Chef Hill
was one of the fellow instructors.
Mt. Vernon Winery is also distinguished in being granted a license
from renown Hungarian-born surgeon, Dr. Balazs I. (“Ernie”) Bodai,
to affix the Breast Cancer Research
(BCR) Stamp to two of its wines
(presently the 2009 Chardonnay
Sonoma County and 2005 Monarch
Mine Syrah). Out of all sales proceeds from these two wines, 12.5%
goes to fund a cure for breast cancer. (Due to Dr. Bodai’s campaign
recently expanding internationally,
the stamp will become known as
“global journey.”)
Mt. Vernon Winery used to be home to a milk house in the 1950’s.
ily friend expressed interest in buying whatever Zinfandel grapes they
could grow, the Taylor’s planted
seven acres of Zinfandel, Syrah,
and Barbera. While waiting for
their vines to mature, the Taylors
bought grapes from other growers and offered their first varietals:
a 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon and a
2000 Chardonnay.
Ryan Taylor, now Mt. Vernon’s
winemaker, relates that his interest
in viticulture began with the planting of those first vines in 1996.
By 2000 the vineyard had become
a full-time business for Jim and
Lynda Taylor, and they made plans
to convert the former milk house
into a tasting room, which opened
on the 4th of July 2002—the first
full-time wine tasting room in
Placer County (Thursday through
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
Mt. Vernon Winery now produces over 17 different wines,
including two whites, over thirteen reds, and two dessert wines.
Planned releases for the coming
year are a new Cabernet, a reserve
Chardonnay, a Cooper Vineyards
Barbera, an Estate Barbera, and a
Sangiovese.
“We consider all of our wines
to be our favorites,” Jim Taylor
emphasizes. “But I suppose looking back at what we’ve done since
1999, probably our Barbera tends
to be a signature wine among winetasters.” The most popular of Mt.
Vernon’s wines in recent years has
been its Girly Man red blend, its
current 2006 release 50% Petite
Sirah and 50% Syrah.
Jim Taylor laughs, “I woke in
the middle of the night with the
idea for that name. I told my wife
and son and they both said it was
a dumb idea. But Ryan blended a
great wine and it won a gold medal
right off the bat!” In several prestigious competitions, Ryan has
won a double gold, best of region,
and best of show for various Mt.
Vernon wines.
“Right now the cool spring and
late start of warm weather is our
biggest challenge,” Ryan states.
“Like all northern California vineyards, we need it to stay warm and
dry well into October.” Jim and
Ryan Taylor gaze at one of their
vine-covered slopes, confident Mt.
Vernon will continue to produce
wines at the peak of perfection.
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