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Dog Faces and Places: Lynn Robie Dog Park now open

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Lance Armstorng history feature ................4

School News ...........................................8

Faces and Places .......................................14

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Rick Jennings column ...............................22

BSA Troop 259 to recognize four new Eagle Scouts

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For our safety: Volunteers checked neighbors’ smoke detector batteriesSee page 14

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Tucked behind the soc-cer fields at Reichmuth Park belies a woodland area with an entry that is easy to miss, but if found, welcomes wan-derers to a pristine and ex-tensive nature area where some people in the past have hung swings from trees and have arranged fallen logs

into rows of benches. Dur-ing a typical winter, the area floods, hence all the bushes and trees.

It’s a hidden, local treasure that has most recently been exploited as ground zero for five out of the 11 locations where authorities have re-ported finding decapitated animals. Front Street Ani-mal Shelter Director Gina Knepp, a Hollywood Park resident, has been on the

case since the first animals were found, beginning last year with a 120-pound cow’s head at Reichmuth and an-other one last December at Garcia Bend Park.

In The Sacramento Bee and during television news interviews, Knepp has men-tioned that the mutilations have resembled religious practices. In speaking with this publication, she said the best example of this was along the Sacramento Riv-er around the 5800 block of Riverside Boulevard where there were several beheaded chickens, five $1 bills splat-tered in blood, and a paper plate with strange oils on it. (There was) an offering of food, like a cornmeal cake. Google ‘Santeria.’ It is reli-gion. (The mutilations) have the appearance of some type of religion, possibly from Afro-Caribbean practices like Santeria, or Macumba, which has a similar practice in Brazil. You will see that activity in the Haitian com-munity and Sacramento is one of the most diverse cit-ies (in the country).”

Taking heed on that lead to “Google ‘Santeria,’” a 2009

More details revealed surrounding the mystery of the decapitated animals

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British Broadcast Company cultural report on Santeria, can be found online which discusses the Afro-Caribbe-an religion and animal sac-rifices as one of its primary practices. “Animal sacrifice is central to Santeria. The animal is sacrificed as food, rather than for any obscure mystical purpose. Followers of an Orisha (a manifesta-tion of a god or gods) will offer them food and sacri-fice animals to them in or-der to build and maintain a

personal relationship with the spirit. The process not only brings the worshipper closer to their Orisha, but makes them more aware of the presence of the Orisha within them.

“ This is a mutual process; the food is essential for the Orishas, who will die with-out being fed, and in re-turn the Orishas are able to help the worshippers. Ori-shas are also nourished by other forms of worship and praise. Sacrifices are per-formed for life events such as birth, marriage, and death. They are also used

for healing. Without sacri-fice the religion would die out, as sacrifice is essential for initiation into the faith community and the ‘ordina-tion’ of priests.

“ The animals are killed by cutting the carotid arteries with a single knife stroke in a similar way to other reli-gious methods of slaughter.

“Animals are cooked and eaten following all Sante-ria rituals (except healing and death rites, where the sickness is believed to pass into the dead animal). Eat-ing the sacrificed animal is considered a sharing with

the Orisha, who only con-sumes the animal’s blood, while the worshippers eat the meat.

“Sacrificial animals in-clude chickens (the most common), pigeons, doves, ducks, guinea pigs, goats, sheep, and turtles.

“ The USA Supreme Court has stated that it is constitutional for Santeria worshippers to kill animals for such a ritual sacrifice.”

In the interview with this publication, Knepp reiterat-ed that constitutional right, stating: “Animal sacrifice is not illegal,” but, she added,

“a protracted act suffering during a sacrifice is illegal.”

To determine the level of suffering, however, inten-sive necropsies would be re-quired, but she hopes the perpetrator will be found. “We need someone to turn somebody in.” Complicat-ing the findings is when an-imals, like the rabbit which was found at 20th and X streets, have been dead for awhile, Knepp said.

As with the mutilations cases in Sacramento, offi-cials aren’t certain if the an-

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Having a California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial placed at the southern end of Capitol Park is something that a group of local people have been striving to have become a reality for several years. And it appears that the group’s dedicated efforts are finally about to pay off.

On Monday morning, March 9, Steve Kanelos arrived at the park and installed a sign, which reads: “Proposed site: California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial.”

Steve’s father, Gus, had suggested the idea of such a memorial many years prior to the for-mation of a committee for the project.

After being asked to describe his feelings re-garding having that sign placed at the park, Steve said, “Well, it’s been a long time com-ing, and we’ve been waiting a long time for this (moment). It’s a great accomplishment and we feel that it’s just the beginning of what’s next to come here.”

The group working to have the monument set in place at Capitol Park prefers the name

American Portuguese, as opposed to Portu-guese American, because they are dedicated to the notion that they are “Americans first and Portuguese second.”

In commenting about that point, Eddie Ma-ria III, the chairman of the committee, said, “We never lose sight of the fact, of course, that we are Americans first that have a strong, rich (appreciation) of our Portuguese heritage.”

And part of that heritage is the service of “American Portuguese,” who served in the United States military.

During an interview with this publication fol-lowing the installation of the sign, Maria said, “(Portuguese) came here from Portugal and without being required to do so, signed up and said, ‘I want to fight for this country. I’m from Portugal, but I’m an American citizen and I want to fight for the freedoms of America. And even if I’m not being asked to do so, I’m going to step up and fight for this country.’”

Maria, whose Portuguese grandparents came to America through Hawaii in the 1910s, also

California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial close to becoming a reality

See Memorial, page 5

Photo courtesy of CAPVM CommitteeThis rendition shows how the future memorial is expected to appear at its intended location in Capitol Park.


shared details about the proj-ect to have the memorial placed at the park.

“It all started at an Ameri-can Portuguese Club meeting some years ago,” said Maria, who grew up in the Pock-et and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1987. And Gus Kanelos (who had a very Greek Amer-ican upbringing and is also part Portuguese and part Ital-ian) came in as a past presi-dent of the APC. He attend-ed the meetings regularly, and at the meeting that I attend-ed – one of my first meetings, actually – (Gus) talked to the group about the opportuni-ty to honor American Por-tuguese that served for this country (from) California.

“There was quite a bit of ex-citement about the opportuni-ty. It was something that I’m sure a lot of the people with-in the organization had not considered before. We knew about these monuments (on the grounds of ) the state Cap-itol, but they always looked to be so expansive, in such that we never thought that a little group like the American Por-tuguese Club could do some-thing like that. We saw hun-dreds of thousands of dollars into these incredible look-ing monuments, and thought, ‘What could we really accom-plish?’ But we set forth to see.”

The group met with people who had previously worked on monument projects to obtain a better understanding of what it would take for the group to meet its goal of honoring “American Portuguese” mili-tary veterans from California through a special monument.

The first official meeting of the committee was held at Balshor Florist at 2661 Riverside Blvd. in May 2011, and later meetings were held at the Cabrillo Club at 4605 Karbet Way.

Maria acknowledged the on-going efforts of the committee, saying, “I believe that the only reason we’re here today put-ting the temporary sign to let people know the future of this monument is because of the hard work and the passion and the dedication that the eight-member committee had to making this happen.”

Additionally, Maria praised the APC, noting that it “took (the monument project) by the horns and ran with it.”

APC presidents during that time have been Wes Silva, Phil Soto and Jack Cornelius.

In speaking about one of the obstacles of the lengthy process of reaching the pres-ent status of the monument project, Maria said, “Maybe 18 months or so ago, I didn’t even know if we would be able to put a temporary sign in this spot. There were a lot of con-cerns from different depart-ments of the state Capitol. They just didn’t want this to be a situation where you had a bunch of monuments all over the place. And they termed it as looking like a graveyard.”

The group had originally planned for a much larger me-morial, which was described in the Sept. 15, 2011 edition of this paper, as follows: “The arched-topped center piece of the green granite memorial, which will include American and Portuguese national flags and insignias of military ser-vice branches and the POW-MIA insignia, will stand 96 inches tall by 24 inches wide by 10 inches thick, and will be accompanied by two outside wing pieces, which will each measure 86 inches tall by 24 inches wide by 10 inches thick.

The base of the monument, which will be created by the Ruhkala Monument Co. of Sacramento, will be 10 inch-es tall by 96 inches wide by 16 inches deep.”

That large monument plan was eventually abandoned, and a compromise was agreed upon.

The committee mentioned that the project now calls for a granite memorial bench,

which is anticipated to be in-stalled as early as this sum-mer, but no later than the end of this year.

The cost of the project is estimated at $80,000, a sum that includes an $8,500 state inspection fee. Thus far, about $43,000 of those needed funds has been raised.

In front of the bench, which will be about 7 feet long, will be four pavers, with the names of sponsors, donors and hon-ored veterans.

Maria spoke about the bench, saying, “Over time, we got some responses back from the Department of Gener-al Services (and) the Califor-nia Department of Veterans Affairs. And their point of view was that we needed to do something a little different than we initially anticipated. We needed to create some-thing that could be useful in the park, and that’s where the bench idea came into play.”

A very significant day in the process of having the memori-al placed in the park was Sept. 28, 2012, when the bill for the memorial was signed. The bill’s author was Assemblywom-an Kristin Olsen, of Modesto. There were also about 10 co-authors of the bill.

In speaking about Olsen, Ma-ria said, “Without her support, we would not be here. There is no doubt about it. She’s been part of (the monument efforts) every step of the way.”

Maria also commended various members of the De-partment of General Servic-es, and J.P. Tremblay, dep-uty secretary of the state Department of Veterans Af-

fairs, who he described as “a huge supporter and some-body that we’ve counted on from the very beginning.”

But Maria’s highest praise was given to committee mem-ber Loretta (Petit) Kanelos, who was heavily supported in her efforts by her husband, Gus, who is also a member of the committee.

“It is amazing the amount of time that (Loretta) has put into (this project). She has never wavered in her desire to make this a reali-ty. Her mindset has always been, ‘This will happen.’

“I can’t say enough of how much gratitude the American Portuguese community of Cal-ifornia should have for Loretta Kanelos. And, of course, with her husband, Gus, as well, she is really the reason that all of this came about. They came up with an idea, they plugged people into place to make sure that idea came to fruition. And every step of the way, they’ve been there supporting us, not only from an emotional stand-point, but from just a work ethic that I’ve never seen be-fore. It’s just amazing, and I’m very proud to have been able to work with them. I can as-

sure you that we would not be here today without their ef-forts. And Loretta really is the backbone. There’s no doubt about it. But it has been a group effort.”

Loretta, who was present with her husband at Maria’s interview with this paper and at the sign installation, re-sponded to Maria’s comment, saying, “No matter what I’ve done, I couldn’t have done it if (Maria) would not have led (the committee).”

Maria said that having the California American Por-tuguese Veterans Memori-al placed at Capitol Park sets a precedent for future cultural veteran memorials at the park.

“(The state commented), ‘You’re really the guinea pigs in all of this, because you’re the first of a kind when it comes to a group coming together from an ethnic perspective or a nationality perspective, and placing something in (Capi-tol Park) as this bench,’” Ma-ria said. “To have a bench here and to have the American Por-tuguese be honored in that way, it is the first of its kind and it will be the template for groups that want to do some-thing similar in the future.”

Memorial:Continued from page 4


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Court of Honor to be held on March 22

Boy Scout Troop 259 is pleased to announce that a Court of Honor will be held on March 22 to recognize its newest Eagle Scouts. Sacra-mento scouts Cameron Van-soest, Abraham Fong, Zach-ary Kazee and Matthew Signorotti have achieved the highest rank awarded in scouting this past year. The award requires years of active participation in troop activi-ties, pursuing study in a wide variety of interests by earn-ing merit badges, and many hours of community ser-vice including the planning and completion of an Eagle project. Fewer than six out of 100 scouts in the nation are awarded the Eagle Scout rank per year, and Troop 259 is proud to honor four of its members who have risen to the challenge.

The young men of Troop 259 chose projects that bene-fited the Nimbus Fish Hatch-ery, Matsuyama Elementa-ry, Oak Park Sol Community Garden, and First Tee of Sac-ramento at William Land Park. They are grateful to their friends and fellow scouts for the many years of sup-port and encouragement Elks

Lodge No. 6 is the charter or-ganization which sponsors Troop 259. Their involve-ment with the troop is instru-mental in hosting our meet-ings, providing community service opportunities, and act-ing as a mentor in our com-munity. The public is invited to attend the Court of Hon-or. It will be held at 3 p.m. at the Elks Lodge No. 6, locat-ed at 6446 Riverside Blvd. at Florin Road.

Q: WHat DoES tHE Honor MEan to YoU? abraham Fong: Honor is something that is a privi-lege to have and to hold. An example of this would be working with others to im-prove the community.

Zachary kazee: I know that I am an Eagle Scout for the rest of my life, and it will tell something to oth-ers about my work ethic and character.

Matthew Signorotti: To me, the Eagle Scout rank means hard work, dedi-cation to Scouting, and leadership skills. Scouting guides its boys to go above and beyond what they be-lieve they can do. Ev-ery boy who likes to learn

new skills and meet new challenges should take up Scouting.

cameron Vansoest: Earn-ing the rank of Eagle Scout is not easy to attain. It re-quires a lot of time and ded-ication, but it is also educa-tional and very rewarding. Becoming and Eagle Scout has bettered me for the fu-ture and it will always be an advantage and asset in my life. It has taught me sur-vival and life skills I can use in everyday life. The trail to Eagle has been an experi-ence I will never regret.

Q: tELL ME aBoUt a SPEciFic ProJEct tHat YoU WorkED on... DEScriBE WHat it WaS LikE to Do FroM Start to FiniSH. WHat DiD YoU LEarn?abraham Fong: I installed a set of trophy shelves at my old school, Matsuyama El-ementary School, sounds simple right? Wrong. From start until finish, there were many meetings with school

administrators, measure-ments to be taken, consid-eration of materials that would last the longest. Ad-ditionally, I worked against constant school closures due to an overhaul of its communications systems and reroofing. I was worried that the shelves would be torn down during the ren-ovating process. In spite of these hardships, it was ex-tremely satisfying to place the trophies on the shelves. I learned that great pa-

tience is needed to accom-plish anything, and that we should not take even the simplest things for granted.

Zachary kazee: By do-ing my Eagle project, I learned leadership and or-

BSA Troop 259 to recognize four new Eagle Scouts

Photo courtesyShown here from left to right are Cameron Vansoest, Abraham Fong, Matthew Signorotti and Zachary Kazee. These Boy Scouts from Troop 259 will be recognized as Eagle Scouts on March 22 at the Elks No. 6, located at 6446 Riverside Blvd.

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March 2nd and 3rd at John F. Kennedy high school were quite busy, emotional, and fearful. Every other year JFK holds an event called “Every Fifteen Min-utes” and is held by a few students for their senior project. EFM is a two-day event where, the Chaplain police, fire stations, Sacramento mortuary, and UC Davis Medical Center along with Sacramento State medical students get involved in the reenactment of the drunk driving crash scene, with the participation of JFK students. The whole experience is meant to feel real for both the victims and audience (student body), everything in fact looked painfully real, espe-cially the crash scene. Throughout the rest of the day a student is pulled out of class every fifteen minutes as though they were a victim of a drunk driving acci-dent; the following day a funeral is held for the stu-dents who were the victims, and this was the most emotional part of the program. This presentation is usually for just the junior and seniors, but I was lucky enough to experience it both my freshman and junior year. From my point of view EFM was a scary and in-credibly emotional experience, especially since I was close with some of the victims.

Although it is very heartbreaking, EFM is a program that I believe every high school student should experi-ence. EFM is supposed to teach the youth the reality and consequences of drunk driving. I spoke to one of the victims, Marissa Yamauchi who played a part of the crash scene. Her role was, a student in the car of non-drinkers who ended up brain-dead. From the crash scene, she laid on top of the hood of the car through the windshield, and was rushed in a real ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center. When asking her about her experience, she said that it was difficult to stay still in play the role for over two hours. Even in the hospital she had to act as though she was unconscious, which was quite difficult for her. She had to remain in char-acter even when her parents came in to visit her, which was probably one of the most heartbreaking things to see. I asked her what she gained from this experience

and she said, “I learned to make smarter decisions, and that drunk driving can affect people in so many ways and everyone needs to learn that.”

I also asked her how it felt to play the role she did, and she responded, “Honestly, I was so scared, it felt so real.” She continued, “I couldn’t imagine this hap-pening to someone, and sadly it does.” She conclud-ed saying that she was glad to play this role, it made her understand the real impact of drunk driving.

The following day at the “funeral” was emotion-al for everyone, it was set up to look so real. There were speakers from the Sacramento Police De-partment, Sacramento Mortuary, a few of the vic-tims and parents, and a family of a fellow student who graduated from JFK and died in a drunk driv-ing accident. The emotions I felt were so real, see-

ing one of my friends read her letter out loud to her parents; it was as though she were really gone so I can only imagine how everyone else felt.

I spoke to a few students after the funeral and I asked them what they learned from this whole en-tire experience. They responded with, “We learn the true happiness and consequences of something like drunk driving, we want others to understand this as well and hopefully it will get across to all schools in the nation.” Seeing that they look like they have cried through the entire funeral, means that the goals were met for this program. Overall it was sup-posed to feel emotionally real, and hopefully to help the youth learn the real impact of drunk driving. As someone who has experienced this twice now, I think every teenager should experience it as well.

“Every Fifteen Minutes” at John F. Kennedy High School

Photo by Lauren AkaboriJohn F. Kennedy student Marissa Yamauchi played a part of the crash scene at the Every 15 Minutes event held on campus. Here she shown on top of the hood of the car. She was rushed in a real ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center.


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My project consisted of building redwood bench-es and raised bed gardens at the Oak Park Sol Commu-nity Garden. The work in-cluded clearing the site of weeds and rubbish and lev-eling the ground. The raised beds were built to be handi-cap accessible for those who want to participate in gar-dening but are physical-ly unable to work at ground level. It was a long process, delayed by school, weath-er, and changes in manage-ment at the site. It took me an entire year to finish, but it is great to drive by and see what I built being used by the community.

Matthew Signorotti: Dur-ing my Eagle Scout proj-ect, I led a team of 24 vol-unteers across 3 work days to rebuild a wooden stage, restore wooden bleachers, paint 20 golf stalls and their safety rails, and install new signs for The First Tee of Greater Sacramento. I chose The First Tee as the benefi-ciary for my project because it had taught me to play golf starting at around age 5. The First Tee teaches Nine Core Values very similar to the values of the Scout Law. My project required about $625 of fundraising. From my project, I learned how to lead many people to com-plete complex tasks, how to make critical decisions wise-ly, and how to raise large amounts of funds.

cameron Vansoest: My specific project was to make Visitor Center signs for the Nimbus Fish Hatchery. I started my project in No-vember 2013. I had to set everything up from the ini-tial meeting with the bene-ficiary, getting sponsors and donations from organiza-tions and soliciting volun-teers to help with the proj-ect. The project had to be approved by both the ben-eficiary and the Boy Scouts

of America. The project was finished in May 2014. I learned a lot from this proj-ect, like how to work with wood, paint, using a rout-er and it also made my communication skills bet-ter. Five signs in all were made, two large ones and 3 small ones. So next time you are at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery, look for the “Visi-tor Center” signs, two in the parking lot and three others pointing the way.

Q: WHat HaVE BEEn YoUr FaVoritE MEMoriES ScoUtinG?abraham Fong: My fa-vorite memory in scouting when I went to my second scout outing. We went to the Train museum in Portola. We got to sleep there over-night in a real WWII train boxcar!! Also, I finished my first merit badge, the Rail-roading merit badge. I even got to conduct a train and feel the power of 10000 HP on the fingertips!!

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with my troop like the Ta-hoe Rim and Yosemite. But one of the most memorable trips I’ve taken was to Pt. Reyes where we hiked in, set up camp, broke camp, and hiked out in 8 hours. It was a whole weekend of camp-ing in a half day because high winds flattened our tents and broke the poles. We ended up hiking out in the full moonlight and had a great time even though our plans were derailed.

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Vic’s IGA, the supermar-ket with the zig zag roofline that anchors the South Hills Shopping Center, has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and closed its doors.

Vic’s Market, which was orig-inally a Jumbo Market designed by architect Sooky Lee back in 1968, has seen better days.

When I went by the tat-tered old market, the parking lot was empty, the trash cans were overfilled with garbage, and the two trees in the big blue pots were dead.

The big red and worn Vic’s sign had some dam-

age that was being held to-gether with duct tape. The “Under New Management” banner was still up, too. It was a sad scene.

Potential shoppers were trick-ling by asking, “Is Vic’s closed?”

Folks stopping by told me things like, “I knew something was up when the shelves were nearly empty.”

Another patron said, “the store used to be ful-ly stocked. You go in there now, and you don’t know what you’re gonna get.”

Meat shouldn’t be green and lettuce shouldn’t be brown.

Sometimes that is what customers would get. A lot of

the items were past the “best if sold by” date.

Vic’s ICK. Vendors were stopping by

the shuttered market, too. Donald Miller, who boasted he had 51 years in the grocery

business, said, “I saw it com-ing. Bottom line. They didn’t know how to run a grocery store.”

Miller, who works for Acos-ta Sales and Marketing add-ed, “If the right person comes along, they could make a go of this store.”

Shoppers were trickling into the vast parking lot and peeking in the door that had the “Hometown Pride” stick-

er on it when they found out about the store closure.

One patron asked, “Is it closed for good?”

Another person added, “I’m not surprised.”

Vic’s customers thought something was up and would ask the owner, who’s first name is Kumar, “What’s going on?” Kumar would tell people they

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were “remodeling and waiting for new equipment to come in.”

Bob Montenegro was peeking in the store window when he said, “I’ve been coming here for years, all the old employees are gone.” He added, “the last couple of months I stopped coming here because they had no bread or milk”.

The closing of the Vic’s also effects the two businesses that were sub leasing space from the owner; Beijing Wok and Good Eats Southern BBQ. An employee at the Beijing Wok was busy packing up bags of rice, peas and carrots and didn’t want to talk about the store closing. They were in a hur-ry moving their products out before the creditors came.

Eric McFadden, the owner of Good Eats Southern Bar-B-B-Q said, “On Monday, the doors were locked and foamed; I couldn’t get into my own business.”

Eric said, “I knew something was going on.” The owner had told him and everybody else they were plan-ning a remodel of the store and that was the reason for the half-empty shelves.

Eric added, “He lied to everybody right to their faces.”

While I spoke to Eric, his busi-ness partner Dawn Sirstad was run-ning out to rent a U-Haul truck. They were in a hurry to move out all their restaurant equipment be-fore the doors were locked and foamed again.

McFadden was annoyed at the sit-uation but was already making calls to move Good Eats BBQ to a near-by location.

Good Eats BBQ, which gets rave reviews on Yelp for their old fash-ioned comfort food, may move into the empty Brick Oven Pizza build-ing located on the right side of the shopping center.

His goal is to open very soon and have “The Big Mama Grill,” BBQ-ing ribs outside the joint. He is current-ly in negotiations with the proper-ty management company which also manages Vic’s and the entire right side of the shopping center.

Good Eats would give some life to that side of the shopping center which recently lost Erawan Thai Res-taurant. Erawan moved over to Free-port Boulevard.

Vic’s Market closing leaves a big hole in the historic South Hills shopping center. Hopefully, a high-er quality market can move in while keeping the original architecture of the building intact.

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Vic’s IGA Market in the South Hills Shopping Center in South Land Park has permanently closed.

The 40,000-square-foot market, which operated at 5820 South Land Park Drive, had opened its doors to the public in 1996. And those doors were closed for the final time on Sunday, March 1 in preparation of the busi-ness’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.

During an interview with this pub-lication on Sunday, March 8, bank-ruptcy attorney Pete Macaluso said that Vic’s would be filing for bank-ruptcy during the following day.

And in addressing the topic of the closure of the store, which is owned by A.L. Groups, Inc., Macaluso, a long-time local resident who graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1976, said, “They can’t go back (to op-erating the store). Look at the compe-tition and the environment. Smart and Final (at 7205 Freeport Blvd.) was the last straw. (That store) opened a cou-ple months ago within four miles (of Vic’s). You have the two Bel Airs and Nugget [Market, which] have histor-ically been players in the game. You have down on South Land Park Drive, (by) the zoo, there’s that kind of up-scale market, (Sprouts). Then you have Grocery Outlet (at 6419 Riverside Blvd.). So, this guy just cannot com-pete given the lease he has. This com-plex went through a series of (Amer-icans with Disabilities Act) lawsuits four or five years ago, which caused a couple other of the people in the area to go bankrupt, as in Brick Oven Piz-za. And coming out of that (situation), the leases haven’t been made any bet-ter for the tenants. And because of that (point), he just cannot keep losing money every month.

“Unfortunately given the econom-ic competition and environment, and given the bad lease that he has, there’s no opportunity to renegotiate and reorganize. He’s just got to take his losses and go on and do a new job. He’s going to go on and find an employee job somewhere.

“It’s unfortunate. He didn’t want to do the bankruptcy. Sometimes you just can’t help. But given his age, at this point in time, people have to look at how old they are. Are they going to make their retirement or are they going to spend 10 more years paying off their bills and have no re-tirement? Sometimes bankruptcy is the only smart economic decision.”

Macaluso also mentioned that pri-or to the closure of the South Land Park Vic’s, the store’s employees were paid in full and all taxes were paid.

And he added, “(Good Eats), the barbecue place inside the store, (is) moving around the corner, (and

Beijing Wok), the Chinese restau-rant (which also operated inside the store), has two other locations.”

Vic’s was only the second busi-ness to operate at this South Land Park location.

The other business was also a gro-cery store – Jumbo Market.

Jumbo MarketsThat South Land Park building

opened in 1968 as the new location of Store No. 4 of the Jumbo Market chain, which eventually included 11 stores from Jackson to Dixon.

The first Jumbo Market was opened at 2355 Florin Road in 1961.

And heading the market at that time was Ben Mar, president; and Harry T. Wong, vice president.

Ben was not new to the grocery busi-ness, as he became the manager of State Fair Market at 3222 Stockton Blvd., near the old State Fair grounds, in 1951.

A 1954 advertisement for that market includes a photograph of Ben and the words: “Ben is just a little guy who runs a big market and does a very good job of it. Shop in the State Fair Market and see for yourself.”

After a decade of managing State Fair Market, Ben witnessed the opening of the first Jumbo Market, which had its large business sign placed at the Florin Road site in September 1961. The sign, which cost about $1,600, was created by the Ad-Art Sign Co. of Sacramento.

A second Jumbo Market opened at 7870 Florin Road in about 1964, and Jumbo Market Store No. 3 at 2711 El Camino Ave. made its debut about two years later.

Also involved in the early opera-tions of Jumbo Market was Joe Mar, manager; Raymond Mar, clerk; and Thomas Mar, buyer.

The featured South Land Park Drive building was built to house Jumbo Market No. 4 in 1968.

The project’s architect was Sooky Lee and the contractor was John F. Otto, Inc.

A building inspector’s card, dated May 14, 1968, recognizes the con-struction cost of the two-story gro-cery store building as $419,000.

The building passed its final in-spection on December 3, 1968.

In 1989, five of the last seven Jum-bo Markets were sold, and with the 1996 sale of the business’s South Land Park Drive store, there were no more Jumbo Markets in operation.

As for the original Jumbo Market location at 2355 Florin Road, it was replaced by The Food Depot on Nov. 28, 1994. The store site is presently home to Mi Rancho supermarket.

Vic’s iGa MarketsThe final Jumbo Market store on South

Land Park Drive was purchased by Vic and

LaReece DeStefani and operated as a Vic’s IGA Market. The couple already owned a Vic’s IGA Market at 1330 Fulton Ave.

IGA, which stands for Indepen-dent Grocers Alliance, is self described as an organization “founded in 1926, bringing together independent grocers across the United States to ensure that the trusted, family-owned local gro-cery store remained strong in the face of growing chain competition.” In ad-dition to its American presence, IGA is also represented in more than 30 coun-tries, commonwealths and territories.

The first Vic’s IGA Market opened at Florin and Power Inn roads in 1983, and the Fulton Avenue store opened at the former site of an Alpha Beta store two years later. The latter named Vic’s store remained open until 2007, when it was purchased by Jagtar Kandola, owner of the Zinfandel Grille restau-rant, at 2384 Fair Oaks Blvd.

Another Vic’s store made its debut at 9249 Folsom Blvd. in 1986.

At their height, Vic’s IGA Mar-kets were located at seven sites from south Sacramento to Folsom.

Vic, whose parents were immigrants from Italy, sold his last grocery store in the Village Shopping Center at 9580 Oak Ave. Parkway, Suite 4 in Folsom in 2010, but continued to work at that store for another year, at which time he finally retired at the age of 82.

That departure from the Folsom store concluded Vic’s 64 years of working in the grocery business.

Vic, who was raised on a farm near Stockton, began working in the produce side of a grocery establishment in Mante-ca following World War II, and he worked his way to the vice president role of gro-cery stores in Fairfield and Stockton.

Associated with the Vic’s on South Land Park Drive was the Vic’s Mar-ket Bakery, and a Chinese takeout, which was a carry over from the Jum-bo Market at the same location.

And well known at the bakery was baker Charlie Wong’s coffee toffee crunch cake, which was topped with coffee-flavored whipped cream.

The DeStefani era of Vic’s IGA Mar-ket on South Land Park Drive ended in October 2007, when the store was sold to Jay Saini, who was making his first venture in the grocery vending world.

With the 2007 sale of that store, Vic then-owned only one store – the afore-mentioned Vic’s IGA Market in Folsom. That location of Vic’s was replaced by Boom Supermarket, which operated at that site from April to December 2014.

The closure of the South Land Park Vic’s store, which began oper-ating under new ownership in 2013, will obviously leave a void in the South Hills Shopping Center.

Macaluso said that there is presently no plan for what business would fill the vacancy at the old supermarket site.

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and bring them back to the branch for each child when they are finished. Registration is required for the 10 slots. Children should be between the age of 7-12. The fun starts at 2 p.m. Ella K. McClatchy Library is located at 2112 22nd St.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Woodland bird watching at Deer CreekMarch 21: The beauty of Spring-time can be both seen and heard through the many bird species that call Deer Creek Hills home. Join Sacramento Valley Con-servancy’s Volunteer Docents for Wood-land Bird watching from 7 to 11 a.m. A 4 ½ mile walk overland on non-trail surfac-es to key birding locations can be expect-ed. Frequent stops to observe the busy ac-tivity of foragers and soaring bird species is a part of this guided outing. White-breast-ed Nut Hatch will be busy as it gleans the limbs and trunks of the trees for insects under the Blue Oak canopy. Wood Peckers, Loggerhead Shrike and Red-tailed Hawk’s nest can be spotted on this outing. Hushed tones, walking and stopping are the best ways to bird watch in the Oak Woodland. Wear “quiet” warm, muted earth-tone col-ors, sturdy boots for uneven surfaces. Cot-ton or wool fabrics are considered “quiet” and work great! Birding scopes, binoculars and/or cameras, are highly recommend-ed for any birding outing. What: Blue Oak Woodland BirdingWhere: Deer Creek Hills Preserve; Who: All ages; Cost: $10. Register online: www.sacra-mentovalleyconservancy.org/calendar.asp––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Deer Creek guided equestrian rideMarch 21: The Sacramento Valley Con-servancy’s featured monthly outing at Deer Creek Hills is the Native American History Hike scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join Deer Creek Hill’s historian docent, David Scharlach on a 4-mile hike through the tra-ditional land of the Nisenan Indians. Learn how Native Americans lived, their beliefs, customs, successes and tragic demise. Da-vid Scharlach, will speak in greater depth to the Native Americans that thrived at Deer Creek Hills since the last ice age, and the coming of the Europeans and Ameri-cans that brought their rapid decline and decimated their ancient culture. The hike is good for all ages and the cost is $10.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Walk4WaterMarch 22: Join Faith Presbyterian Church for their second annual Walk4Water at 10:30 a.m. Registration begins at 10 a.m. The walks begins at Faith Church, 625 Florin Road for a two-mile round-trip walk to Cabana Club South private swimming pool, 6615 Glo-ria Dr. Walkers will experience what it is like for most people in developing nations around the globe to fetch water every day. They will carry an empty water container one mile and fill it up at the pool and return to the church and empty their load into the courtyard foun-tain. Bring a container of any size. Cost is $25 for adults and $10 for children accom-panied by an adult. All donations benefit the Faith Church sponsored World Vision Aba-ya Ethiopia Area Development Program clean water projects. The goal is $10,000 and Faith Church will match $5,000 which will provide one clean water source for a village in remote Abaya, Ethiopia. This will also be a time to learn about water awareness and the hardships most people globally are chal-lenged with each day in acquiring safe, clean water. In light of our current drought and water shortage in California, this will bring a greater appreciation for every drop of wa-ter we use. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Lion Dance Demonstrations by Eastern Ways Martial ArtsMarch 22: See demonstrations of kung fu, tai chi and lion dancing by Eastern Ways Martial Arts, starting at 12:30 p.m. at the central branch of the Sacramento Public Li-brary, 828 I St.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free ukulele workshop at Ohana Dance March 24: Ohana Dance Group is invit-ing youth of all ages to attend a free ‘Ukulele workshop at 6235 Belleau Wood Lane Suite 1B in South Land Park, led by Saichi Kawa-hara of San Francisco. Call 808-782-2583 to sign up. Class starts at 2 p.m.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Family training at ACC (veteran and non-veteran welcome)March 24: The presentation will address pub-lic benefit resources and how to access them, pre-planning for the future, the VA Aid and attendance Pension program, and will provide a question and answer session. Free of charge; class will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. at ACC Senior Services,7334 Park City Dr. Pre-reg-istration is required. For detail, call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noon free concert at Westminster Presbyterian ChurchMarch 25: Bring your lunch and enjoy fine music. This week there will be music featur-ing classical Guitarist Gordon Rowland and Friends. Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 1300 N St.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Nutrition workshop troops for fitnessMarch 25: Do you think you should be eat-ing healthier, but do not know where to be-gin? Find out what foods are great for you and where to begin? Find out what foods are great for you and have the highest nutri-tional value. Good nutrition complements exercise. Make the most of your journey to a healthy body. Free of charge; class will be held from 1:00-2;00pm on March 25, 2015 at ACC Senior Services,7334 Park City Dr. Pre-registration is required. For detail, call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Join the Food Literacy Center and Sacramento Public Library for “Terra Firma.”March 25: Celebrate Women’s History Month and women’s roles in the food movement this March at a free community screening of “Ter-ra Firma.” Doors open 5 p.m. at the Central branch of the library inside the Tsakopoulos Li-brary Galleria, 828 I St. This event is free, but requires RSVP. Event is subject to capacity and availability. The film follows three female veter-ans as they transition back into civilian life, find-ing solace in farming, which also gives them a new way to serve their country by growing food for their communities. The event is part of the Food Literacy Center’s Sacramento Food Film Festival, which runs March 18 to 29 at a variety of locations around Sacramento. This pioneer-ing nonprofit has partnered with Sacramen-to Public Library, Farm to Fork, U.C. Davis, The World Food Center, and the Sacramen-to Food System Collaborative to celebrate fe-male veterans and farmers with a night of cama-raderie and discussion. The event will feature: 5 p.m.: Reception featuring appetizers made by female chefs with beverages provided by fe-male brewers, wine-makers and coffee roasters. 6:15 p.m.: Film screening. 7:45 p.m.: Panel dis-cussion with Sonia Kendrick, one of the stars of the film, and others.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

ACC to present tips for choosing cell phone serviceMarch 26: If you are thinking abut buying a cell phone or changing your cell phone ser-vice provider, this class is for you! Join us for a FREE workshop to learn what questions to ask when choosing a service, what you should know before you sign a contract, and how to cut your cell phone costs. Bring a re-cent phone bill and we’ll review it for FREE! We might be able to save you money. Free of charge; class will be held from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at ACC Senior Services,7334 Park City Dr. Pre-registration is required. For de-tail, call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Romance of Ruins Presented by Ed Sherman, CSUS Renaissance SocietyMarch 30: A survey of those ruins that still inspire students of Western Civilization: po-ets, artists, philosophers, historians, etc. Ful-ly illustrated with art and archaeological arti-facts. Call 441-1015 or email [email protected] to reserve your space today! The presentation goes from 1 to 3 p.m. at Eskaton Monroe Lodge, 3225 Freeport Blvd.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Fall Prevention Workshop & Refresher Balance Training Class with The Fall Prevention LadyMarch 30: From 10 a.m. to noon, class will concentrate on proper form, good pos-ture, flexibility or range of motion training, strength training, and progressively chal-lenging balance techniques. All program concepts are evidence-based. This is a great refresher for those who have taken classes with Kelly however ANYONE who is con-cerned about falls is welcome to attend. This class is appropriate for older adults who have experienced falls and have trouble with balance. Although some segments of the class are done while seated, participants will practice walking and stopping variations. Wear comfortable clothes and tennis shoes. Pre-registration is preferred to identify spe-cial needs or medical conditions. It is up to instructor discretion to require physician ap-proval prior to participation in exercise class. Kelly Ward, M.S., Therapeutic Aging, Cer-tified FallProof Balance and Mobility In-structor. Class will be held at Parkside Com-munity Church, 5700 South Land Park Dr. Preregistration and info: 821-5715. Fee $10.

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LuAnn Higgs and the B’nai Israel Choir

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Robert Bloch & Catherine Huesner, violins / Gay Currier, viola / Rejean Anderson & Louise Saunders, celli

ing Vocal Art Ensemble; Tracia Barbieri, di-rector. Upcoming concert information and “printed” programs can be accessed from www.musicatnoon.org. Westminster Pres-byterian Church is located at 1300 N St.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

4th Annual Bertha Henschel Easter Egg Huntapril 4: Starting at 10 a.m., this is a low key, neighborhood hunt put on by mamas in this group- last year we had some awe-some businesses step up and help us cov-er the minimal expenses- if anyone wants to help sponsor or help on the committee let me know! Its is super easy and super fun!! Event features include: coffee, egg hunts for 3 and under and 4 and up, Firefly Art ta-ble, Early Engineers Lego table, Easter Bun-ny and face painting provided by Fancy Feet, (hopefully) Music Matt, and byo mimo-sa table. Nut free filled eggs donated by the sweet mamas that attend the hunt.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fairytale Town to hold a ‘Spring Eggstravaganza”april 4 and 5: From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, this fun-filled family weekend features egg hunts, prizes, spring-themed hands-on activities and visits with Peter Cottontail. Daily egg hunts are held promptly at noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Hunt ar-eas are separated by age group: 0-3 years, 4-6 years, and 7-12 years. Magical Moonshine Theatre will perform “Tales of Br’er Rabbit” in the Children’s Theater at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Theater tickets are $2 for non-members and $1 for members. Spring Egg-stravaganza is free with paid park admis-sion. Weekend admission is $5.50 for adults and children ages 2 and older. Children ages 1 and under are free. For more information, visit fairytaletown.org or call 808-7462. Sponsored by Extra Self Storage. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Theater Performance: “Tales of Br’er Rabbit”april 4 and 5: Magical Moonshine Theatre brings the traditional African American tales of Br’er Rabbit to life with humor, large ta-ble-top puppets, a live banjo and singing dur-ing three afternoon shows, 12:30, 1:30 and at 2:30 p.m.! Br’er Rabbit may be small, but he has his wits. That doesn’t keep him out of trouble, but does tend to get him out of it, once he gets into it. When he comes up against the likes of Br’er Fox and Br’er Bear, it turns out they are no match for the clever rabbit. Tickets are $2 for nonmembers in ad-dition to park admission, and $1 for mem-bers. For more information, visit fairytale-town.org or call 808-7462. Sponsored by ScholarShare College Savings Plan. Fairytale Town is located at 3901 Land Park Dr.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Lunch and wine social at Casa Garden Restaurantapril 7: Lunch and “Wine Social” with red and white wine sips offered by Kar-mere Vineyards and Winery from Plymouth paired with Casa hors d’oeuvres at 11:30 a.m. (one seating only), Casa Garden Res-taurant, 2760 Sutterville Road. Entree choic-es: Three-Cheese Garden Lasagne or Tor-tellini and Spinach Salad; dessert: Almond Cake Framboise -- $24 per person, includes tax and gratuity. Reservations a must, open seating -- call 452-2809. Proceeds benefit the Sacramento Children’s Home.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noon free concert at Westminster Presbyterian Churchapril 8: Bring your lunch and enjoy fine music. This week there will be music fea-turing Camellia City Flute Choir; Marty

Melicharek, director. Upcoming concert in-formation and “printed” programs can be ac-cessed from www.musicatnoon.org. West-minster Presbyterian Church is located at 1300 N St.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Root Cellar Genealogical Society membership meetingapril 9: From 7 to 8:30 p.m., the Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave., will present a program, presented by Melin-da Herzog Landrith, titled “Cemeteries in the Mother Lode.” There will be a pre-meet-ing from 6:15 to 7 p.m.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Deadline for scholarships for Sacramento Youth Symphonyapril 10: Attention all oboe, bassoon, string bass, and brass players! The award-winning Sacramento Youth Symphony is now offer-ing several merit-based scholarships to new SYS members who audition on select in-struments and are placed in the Premier Or-chestra or the Symphonic Winds Ensem-ble. Deadline to apply for a scholarship is April 10. Visit us online at www.sacramen-toyouthsymphony.org or call Robert at 731-5777 for details.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sutterville Elementary School rummage saleapril 11: Sutterville Elementary School is in need of your help. They are looking for gen-tly used items to sell at their annual rummage sale. You can drop off items at the school on Friday, April 10 from 2 to 8 p.m. Sutterville Elementary is located at 4967 Monterey Way. The rummage sale is set for Saturday, April 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will go to-wards the school’s music program.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

MEGA Family Expoapril 11: Don’t miss out on the largest free mega family event of the year from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 6446 Riverside Blvd. The event will include a bounce house, face painting, games, vendors, free prizes, talent show, shopping, resource, entertain-ment and food. There will appearances from Disney characters and super heroes. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

E-Waste Fundraising Event for JFK Class of 2016 and 2017april 11: An e-waste fundraising event for the John F. Kennedy High School Class of 2016 and 2017 will be held at the high school, 6715 Gloria Dr. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Guided Sunset Equestrian Ride (must provide your own horse)april 11: The Sacramento Valley Conser-vancy invites you to saddle up for a sunset guided Equestrian ride at Deer Creek Hills from 4 to 8 p.m. Riders and horses alike, will explore the preserves 4400+ acres of open space in the late afternoon light. Views of the sun setting from eastern Sacramen-to County foothills will be enjoyed by those attending. This is suitable for only inter-mediate and advanced riders and not sug-gested for novice riders. All public outings are Docent led, traveling this working cat-tle ranch. Approximate ride time, two and a half hours. Ride through open country over a variety of terrain, including water cross-ings, climbing and descending hills. Horses should be accustom to riding in groups and in open fields. Most groups are from ten to twenty people in size, and travel at a walk. Deep shadows and rich colors will embrace those traveling the Blue Oak Woodland hills. The sun is scheduled to set at 7:39pm and arriving back to truck and trailer will be in complete darkness - don’t forget to pack a headlamp or flashlight! Take in the evening’s stillness to Sacramento’s largest open space preserve is a very unique experience attend. The outing is good for ages 16 years old and older. Cost for the ride is $20. Register on-line: www.sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/calendar.asp––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free SAT class at the Central Libraryapril 11: Practice for the SAT with a real SAT test under real test conditions – just as if you were taking the actual SAT. Kaplan Test Prep will administer the practice test. The SAT practice test is open to all high school students. Reg-istration is required to attend., 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 828 I St. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Our neighborhood’s close proximity to open space and our rivers provide unique civic assets that we all treasure. Ac-cess to our rivers is a funda-mental aspect of our communi-ty’s quality of life. City Councils through the years have voted to ensure public access to the Sacramento River Parkway through the adoption and sup-port of the Sacramento River Parkway Master Plan. I am ful-ly in support of the goals and objectives of the SRPMP.

As your representative, finishing the parkway trail is a top priority. The poli-cies of the Council’s adopted SRPMP will govern our col-lective efforts. An important component in the SRPMP is the recognition of the needs of the overall community in bal-ance with our neighbors that reside along and in close prox-imity to the levees. The focus on balance within this discus-sion is not only required by policy adopted by the City Council, but it is also a foun-dational approach that I take when viewing public policy.

Within the SRPMP there are two primary policies that underscore that balance:

Policy 5: Public Access to the Parkway shall be limit-ed to daylight hours (dawn to dusk).

Policy 8: Access points and associated improve-ments shall be designed to minimize impact upon ad-jacent land uses.

In addition, California Government Code Section 66478.4(b)(4) states that in making the determination of what is reasonable access, the local agency shall con-sider the following:

The likelihood of trespass on private property and reason-able means of avoiding these trespasses.

During our collective efforts to complete the Parkway, the policy of balanced public access and neighborhood safety will guide us. The potential impacts to our neighbors need to be ad-dressed as we protect the pub-lic’s right to access our rivers and the Parkway. During my dis-cussions with neighbors in our community, it has become clear to me that our neighbors value public access and understand the need for public safety.

Understanding the need for balance was key for me in working through the issues with the fences that are on Chicory Bend and Rivershore Court. The residents of those two streets installed fencing that after installation the Sac-ramento Valley Flood Protec-tion Board required that the fences be moved out of the flood protection easements.

There were three primary issues that needed to be ad-dressed.

First was to make sure that any fences do not interfere with flood safety. The fences once relocated will not inter-fere. This has been confirmed with the CVFPB.

The second is that the fences would not lim-it public access. The park-way hours are from dawn to dusk. The gates are required to be open during that time. If they are not, the city re-tains the right to remove the locks and/or the gates ensuring public access.

The third is that there is no tax money used in the relocation of the fences. The residents will pay for the relocation or the fences will be removed.

To be clear, these fences do not obstruct travel along the parkway trail, nor do they ob-struct access to the SVP dur-ing normal operating hours. There may be some confusion with other fences that do in-deed block access to the park-way during normal operat-

Help the Rails-for-Trails Conservancy celebrate multi-use trails by joining the Sier-ra Club for a hike on the Sac-ramento River Parkway from Garcia Bend Park to the Conlin Youth Sports Com-plex. Please note the request for an RSVP:

Day Hike (1A). Sacra-mento River Parkway (Sac-ramento Group): This is a moderate-to-easy, round-trip 5-6 mile walk along the Sac-ramento River Parkway from Garcia Bend Park to the Bill Conlin Youth Sports Com-plex near the water tower.

March 28 is “Opening Day for Trails” established by the Rails-to-Trails Con-servancy to celebrate multi-use trails. In addition to en-joying the beautiful natural scenery, come learn about lo-cal efforts being made by the Sacramento River Parkway Coalition to obtain comple-tion of the Sacramento Riv-er Parkway. Bring snacks, two liters of water, and the other usual essentials. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at Gar-cia Bend Park (next to the restrooms) on Pocket Road in the Greenhaven/Pocket area. Call 216-0923 and in-form the leader, Stan Jones, if you plan to attend. Learn more about opening day for “trails”: http://www.railsto-trails.org/opening-day.

Rails to Trails to hold easy 5-6 mile walk starting at Garcia Bend on March 28

Council member names finishing the parkway trail a top priority, discusses fence removal

ing hours. Those fences are further North on the unim-proved portion of the park-way trail.

During the research on what could be done, it was discovered that there were backyard/side yard fences that were installed beyond the property owner’s lot. This is not an uncommon occurrence. There are hun-dreds of situations like this throughout the city The city of Sacramento has a process to address the encroach-ment of backyard/side yard fences on city property. The current situation of having the backyard/side yard fenc-es installed on city property will be addressed.

Lastly, we need to move for-ward on finishing the Park-way in the Pocket/Green-haven neighborhood. There are currently 71 properties that do not have the public easements necessary to fin-ish the trail. Moving forward will take a collective commit-ment on behalf of our com-munity. I am committed to having this discussion with our entire neighborhood with a goal to provide public access balanced with the ad-dressing the safety and pri-vacy impacts on our neigh-bors living along the levee.

Only as a committed com-munity and a city will we fin-ish the Parkway Master Plan. I feel it is extremely impor-tant that we engage the entire community in this impor-tant discussion. I am com-mitted to a collective process of community participation and engagement.

Photo by Stephen CrowleyShown here are two walkers enjoying the bike trail on the Sacramento River near Garcia Bend Park.

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imals were beheaded before or after they were killed. The cuts appear to have been made with a saw and do not appear to be precise and, the fact some bodies of an-imals are found without the heads leads one to question the application of religious practice here, as the BBC re-port and other sources indi-cate eating the animals and leaving the blood for their supreme being is the tradi-tional approach.

The question still remains, why were remains left in bags in public view?

On Feb. 27 at 19th and V streets, two baby goats were found. “They were young enough to fit in a Raley’s brown paper bag. They were both decapitated and the heads were left behind. It’s clear that none of the killings are occurring at the locations where we find the animals,” Knepp said.

Every once in a while, Knepp said discarded farm

Timeline of animal remain findingsJan. 8: Decapitated goat – Reichmuth ParkJan. 28: Several bags of decapitated chickens – Reichmuth ParkFeb. 1: Decapitated tortoise – Reichmuth ParkFeb. 17: Decapitated lamb – Reichmuth ParkFeb. 21: Several bags of decapitated chickens – Reichmuth ParkFeb. 25: Two adult and four offspring decapitated goats – Sulley and Claire Ave/North Sacramento (may not be re-lated)Feb. 27: Decapitated baby goats – 19th and V streets March 2: Decapitated chickens, bloody money, cornmeal cake – bike trail 5804 Riverside Blvd.March 2: Decapitated chickens – 1925 U St./midtownMarch 3: Decapitated rabbit, chickens, tea lightsMarch 4: Decapitated chickens-19th and W streets (near the YMCA)

(Courtesy of Gina Knepp, City of Sacramento Animal Care Services Director)

animals are found, but to her knowledge, officials have not seen this practice to this ex-tent ever in Sacramento. “I’ve been checking with staff (who have been here longer) and they have never seen quite so many. In my travels, in work-ing this case, I’ve learned

about a high amount in Flor-ida. In Miami, they have to pick up sacrifices every day. I’m so glad we are not there.”

Anyone with information about the cases is asked to call the City of Sacramen-to Animal Care Services at 808-8333.

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