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KINGS OPENING NIGHTWhat happens when you go to a

Sacramento Kings Basketball game? You get to watch super athletes put their bodies on the line for points. They are bumping and nudging the opponent, just to get enough space to shoot a basket.

I was standing on the basketball court looking up at these tall guys warming up for the game. I’m glad I wasn’t playing the game.

It’s interesting the court actually looks smaller in person than on

television. The energy is unbelievable. Excitement is everywhere. Attending a live game is fun.

We saw the Kings come from behind with more than a 10 point deficit in the opening minutes of the game to a victory

in overtime. Waa…Hoo!As an added bonus there’s

entertainment galore. You’ll never get bored watching the action all around. You might even bump into a few well known people. Gs

More photos in Photo Center of ONE Community eNewspaper.

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Successful Thinkers Group, L-R Robert Hicken, Steven Stalick, Tim Redman, Jim Bellacera, Larry

Elliott, Robert Velarde

Steven Stalick and Geoff Petrie, Kings General Manager

Steven Stalick, Rudy Ruettiger, of the movie RUDY, & Gary Stalick, Publisher attending Kings Opening Night.

Gary Stalick and Slamson Successful Thinkers Group, L-R Robert Hicken, Steven Stalick, Rudy Ruettiger, Larry Elliot, Jim

Bellacera, Robert Velarde, Tim Redman

Sacramento Kings action

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Boxing Champ; and Kevin Johnson, Sacramento Mayor

Del Rodgers, Sports Director, KCRA3; Steven Stalick

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ONEVolume 8, Issue 11

November 2009

– Community Newspaper – November 2009

Kay Burton is a longtime columnist and supporter of the SSPCA and other rescue groups. To share your family

pet story with our readers, email: [email protected]

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Minutes from Gold River~ Feels Worlds Away!

Special Events in November

New Tasting Room Hours Thursday – Sunday 11-5PM Complimentary Wine Tasting

Public Events: November 7th – Amuse Bouche – Enjoy tastes from the kitchen of Chef Beth Sogaard Catering from Noon-4PM in our tasting room. Free

November 21st- Amuse Bouche- Enjoy tastes from the kitchen of Chef John Sanders from Noon-4PM in our tasting room. Free.

November 21st- Fall Fest! Enjoy art and jewelry in the tent. 12-4PM Free!

Contact the winery for tickets & details. 530-295-1833 or www.davidgirardvineyards.com

The Happy Breed Spirit, is a member of the “happy breed,” the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen. The PBGV’s are French rabbit hounds that are still used for hunting today in their homeland. Spirit, a five year, thirty-two pound female is a very happyPBGV owned by Pam & Doug La Vallee of El Dorado County. She is an AKC Champion and Canine Good Citizen as well as a therapy dog. Noted for riding her skate board, and asking for belly rubs, but she can also do parlor tricks like roll over, spin and high 5. The PBGV’s, one of the many varieties of the French hounds, is of ancient origin. The breed can be traced to the sixteenth century and to the Griffon Vendeen, it’s larger, more powerful ancestor. The name in French means much about the breed: Petit-small;

Basset-low to the ground; Griffon-rough or wire coated; and Vendeen- the area of France which they originated.

Spirit has recently been invited to audition for a movie called “Doggie Boogie, Get your Grr On” in Oakland.

Their web site is www.pbgvpal.com

Spirit on a skate board

Spirit and her skate board

Thank You for Displaying

We’re thanking all retail stores for displaying the coming Booklet/CD written by Gary Stalick. The first retail store giving approval is the UPS Store in Gold River.

If you own, or are in charge of a retail store and would be interested in displaying Gary’s coming Booklet/CD you can email [email protected] or call (916) 224-6624.

If you qualify your store will be mentioned under a special Thank You section in the Gold River Community Newspaper and ONE Community eNewspaper. The launch is coming soon.

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Pet Tails: Kay Burton

Food Column: MOM

Real Estate Q & A Column: Gary Stalick

Home Based Entrerpreneurs Column:La Ronda Bowen

Events Photographer: Tia Gemmell

Columnist: NORCALREIA, David Granzella

Teen Column: Morgan Lambert

Teen Thougths: Jackie Barr

Typsetting: Steve Atkins

Green Energy Columnist: Geof Lambert

Hot Flash Columnist: Cindy Sample

Legal Ease: Michael L. Hanks

Wannapreneur: Brett Owens

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Dealing with Legal Problems One of the reasons people hire an attorney is to obtain peace of mind, knowing that their particular problem is being handled by a professional with only the client’s best interests in mind. So once you hire an attorney and turn your legal problem over to him, let him do his job, listen to his advice and tone down the worrying: If you are doing all you can to solve a problem, there is no reason to bedevil yourself with it. That’s just hand wringing. Trust your attorney. It is interesting to note that in most polls, the public’s opinion of the legal profession is low, except for most people’s own attorney. Him or her they like. It’s something to do with problem solving and peace of mind.

Legal Ease by Michael L. Hanks

Jim Bellacera

I heard it said “whatever does not kill you makes you stronger.”First of all you need to think outside your box and decide you don’t want to stay where you are, releasing yourself from the trap of mediocrity. Secondly, identify then overcome any personal fears or insecurities that are holding you back. Work on building up your confidence by expanding your social skills, (eye contact and firm hand shake to timely follow ups with prospects or clients). Making even these slight changes will change your results. Most of us know that first impressions are important, so make sure you are putting your best foot forward. When you take the effort to make a good impression, that in and of itself will give you confidence and naturally causes you to feel better about yourself.“Entrepreneurs are usually more comfortable taking risks than most. Improve your risk-taking ability by

improving your performance” Most people adjust to the hardship of a less than a fulfilling life rather than facing the changes necessary to become successful. If you form good habits and continue them daily, you will wake up a different person, eager and ready to take on the world. Growing up I was a very shy person. I didn’t change until I was in my late 20’s when I got married. My wife was the life of the party, miss social butterfly. She had the “any excuse for a party” attitude. I always dreaded being around others for fear of having to have conversations with people I didn’t know. I didn’t think I had anything to offer to a conversation. I had a pretty low self image back then. I was insecure because my formal education stopped at high school. It bothered me when talking with someone with a higher education, “smarter than me”. I cannot begin to tell you how getting out of my

comfort zone allowed me to realize my lack of education was not going to be my downfall. It was my willingness to stretch myself and grow through uncomfortable situations that made me realize I had something to offer others. You have to want something bad enough. Trapped in the Comfort Zone of Life

So many people are trapped like I was, in their own comfort zone; victims of their own insecurities and false realities afraid to go beyond familiar territory. These boundaries are stopping you from realizing what’s out there for you. I’ll say it again, don’t be

afraid to dream big dreams if you’re willing to work hard enough to make those dreams come true.

Jim Bellacera, entrepreneur, visionary, leader. Founder of several companies, author of “Within the Millionaire Mind” & “How to Make Millions from Your Home” and featured on hundreds of audio recordings selling nearly a million copies. He shared the public speaking stage with Zig Ziglar, Rudy Ruettiger, Charlie Tremendous Jones, Tony Alessandra, Paul Zane Pilsner, Denis Waitley, Col. Oliver North, & Jack Canfield and a host of others. To contact email [email protected]

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Within the Mind of a Millionaire By Jim Ballacera

Leaving your Comfort ZoneBy: Jim Bellacera

There are Many Reasons to Advertise!

Successful businesses understand the overall value of advertising. They know that there are about fifty (50) reasons to advertise; reasons other than an immediate sale of the actual product or service in any individual advertisement. Of the 50-or-so reasons to advertise, here is an effective TOP TEN list, featuring ten of the most important functions of an ad or ad campaign.

To generate NEW leads.1. To PRE-QUALIFY new (or existing) customers, which translates 2. to more—and faster sales?To regularly COMMUNICATE with existing customers; 3. strengthening the loyalty bond.To defend against COMPETITORS, who are definitely vying for 4. some of the same customers.To increase MARKET SHARE. (You never have enough loyal 5. customers!).To maintain and further grow AWARENESS in the market (a.k.a. 6. Image building!).To POSITION your products and services in the market to 7. qualified and interested customers!To facilitate positive WORD OF MOUTH in the market (more 8. image building!).To enhance employee pride, loyalty and ultimately MORALE!9. To LOWER the unit COST of selling (i.e., more sales means 10. lowered costs and more profit!).

BONUS REASON! The simplest reason to advertise is TO SOLVE PROBLEMS! All businesses have problems: Not enough customers, wrong type of customers, not enough sales, not enough profit, too many customers on certain days, or not enough customers on many days. Advertising can help solve these and many other business problems. You can email this newspaper for a price list and a Big Discount opportunity. [email protected]

SUCCESS! In Your Small Or Home Based Business

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Do you have a question or want more tips? Just e-mail me at: [email protected] This column is for you.

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writer, speaker, and management

consultant with over 20 years experience. She has served at the executive level in both

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Fix the Cash Flow Leaks

By: La Ronda Bowen

Slow the flow of money out of your business by fixing these leaks:1. Reduce waste. Each time you throw away a used ink cartridge, printer paper that is blank on one side, paper clips, clamps and rubber bands that have fallen on the floor or been abandoned on a desk, or a refillable pen, you are throwing away money. Instead, trade your used ink cartridges for credit on future ink purchases (I get $3.00 each). Print or copy on both sides of the paper to reduce paper and mailing costs. When someone sends you a document printed on only one side, you can use the back to print drafts of your work or cut the pages in half for use as free scratch paper. And reusing paper or binder clips that often end up in the trash is like putting change back into your cash box. Multiply these small actions by the number of ink cartridges, reams of paper, and boxes of clips you buy per year and see how much money you have been throwing away. 2. Reduce electricity and water bills. Replace your incandescent lighting with the newer Compact Florescent Lighting (CFL). The Sacramento Municipal Utility District estimates that one CFL will save about $30.00 per year in electricity costs compared to one incandescent bulb. You already protect your electronics during the day with a surge protector but if you unplug them during the overnight hours they will use zero energy, costing zero money. Caulk or weather-strip around drafty doors and windows and if you can, install solar shades or screens. Finally, fix leaky faucets; install low-flush toilets, and water indoor plants deeply but not more than weekly.

Whether you work from home or have a triple net lease, fix these money drains and keep more cash in your business.

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Technology & Internet

Carbon Footprint Mug

If you’re concerned about CO2 emissions and countries’ carbon footprint, then this mug might suit you. As the mug fills with a hot beverage it displays the carbon footprints of the various countries on the world map. So you can feel guilty whilst indulging in a coffee?

MIT’s AIDA Robot Is Going To Be The Ultimate Backseat DriverActually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard—but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate.

iRobot Roomba 560 Robotic VacuumWith all of the features of the Roomba 530 included, the Roomba 560 also adds the self charging homebase so your Roomba is always fully charged, additionally, the Roomba 560 has built in scheduling capability, so you can schedule cleaning any time day or night for true automated vacuuming.

OK, What 7 Things Can The Gerber Shard Multitool Do?The makers of the Gerber Shard claim that their airplane-safe keychain tool can perform seven handy tasks. But for the life of me, I can only see three or four. Help me out here, commenters.

Mug For Music Lovers

These mugs might be a small bit tacky, but I still love the concept:

Where’s the Water Going?

Statement from Assemblymember Alyson Huber on the Outcome of her Bill to Ban a Canal without a Legislative Vote as Part of the Water Package Passed by the Legislature:

“I am disheartened by the choice made by many of my colleagues tonight to leave the path clear for the construction of a canal. My bill, AB 13 7x, which would have prohibited the construction of a peripheral canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta without a full fiscal analysis and a vote of the state legislature, was held hostage. Leadership killed the bill in order to keep the package of water proposals they negotiated behind closed doors, with SoCal water interests, from being broken apart.”

“I fought to move it to the floor so it could be debated but, despite the support of many from both sides of the aisle, my bill was held. I introduced amendments to alter the main water policy bill to include the terms for building a canal but again, they were killed before a vote was even taken.”

“I will continue to fight for legislative oversight and fiscal analysis for a canal through other avenues.”


TiroGage replaces pencil gage

Investment Real Estate Group

David Granzella is a sophisticated real estate

investor that continues to share his education and

experience. David can be reached at 916.791.8322

www.NORCALREIA.com

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Six Proven Steps to Become a Real Estate Multi-Millionaire… in the Next 24 Months

NORCALREIA presents Bruce Norris; Third Thursday November 19th 2009.

The Norris Group has purchased 30 lender owned properties. On these 30 properties, the lenders were owed $10,141,900. We snatched them for $2,921.717. The lenders took a 71% hit! What’s going on here?

We are witnessing the greatest transference of wealth, IN HISTORY! The Norris Group has purchased over 30 lender-owned properties over the last year. On these 30 properties, the lenders were owed $10,141,900. We snatched them for $2,921,717. The lenders took a 71% hit! What’s going on here? I’m in the trenches everyday as an investor. I know things you couldn’t possibly know. I know first-hand that lenders have thrown in the towel. They are running away from properties, giving huge discounts, and have radically changed their approach to investor offers in just the past 60 days. How do I know this? ....Because The Norris Group continued to make offers even when we “knew” they wouldn’t be accepted. To our delight, the lender starting accepting the ridiculous offers too! The days of begging for discounts are over! The fantastic thing about buying properties so far below market is that they cash flow. That same group of properties that would produce $450,000 of profit will create a multi-millionaire for anyone who decides to hold them. Actually, thirty isn’t even necessary; ten properties will get you there very nicely! In other words…

…”You Are Only Ten Cash Flow Properties Away From Becoming A Future Multi-Millionaire!” Hasn’t it become abundantly clear to you that now is the time to form your game plan and set yourself up for one of the greatest opportunities in your lifetime to become truly rich? In an important investor’s meeting scheduled for November 19th with the Northern California Real Estate Investors Association, I’ll give some specific examples of deals we’ve purchased and the negotiation that went on between us and the broker representing the lender. I’ll update which auctions are producing results (and which ones to avoid). Most importantly, I’ll discuss these precise steps you need to take right now to become a multi-millionaire for the rest of your life: While others pack up their bags and avoid real estate investing until the market “settles,” The Norris Group is actively purchasing properties and purposefully positioning themselves to get in the way of wholesale inventory.

For more detailed information visit our website www.NORCALREIA.com, David Granzella(916) 791-8322.

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Youth Toastmasters Leadership Group Completes Their Course

Throughout this semester a group of youth toastmasters have been working on all aspects of their speaking skills to help prepare them for the adult world. The Youth Leadership Group was sponsored by the Carmichael Toastmasters Group #2213. Mrs. Jennifer Harris, a member of the Carmichael Toastmasters Group, served as the Youth Leadership Program Coordinator. This program teaches communication, leadership and public speaking skills for the adult world. It is important to have leadership skills and be able to communicate and organize thoughts quickly in a conversation as well as being able to give a polished speech. Each of the students had the opportunity to work on all of these skills making them more confident and effective communicators.

In addition to speaking skills, the group has elected several student officers which gave them a chance to take on different leadership roles. The offices held include President, Vice President, Secretary and Sergeant of Arms. Two different sets of officers have served. They have also completed other tasks to teach leadership such as conducting a section of the meeting. All of the students have greatly improved their speaking and leadership skills throughout this course. Their celebration banquet will be at First Baptist Church of West Sacramento on November 6.

Carmichael Toastmaster Youth Leadership Group Meeting

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Kings Opener at Arco Arena

Photo Center 2 – November 2009


Neillo Concourse (cont from page 10)

Community Newspaper – November 2009

Marketing Tip

Keep Your Customers Coming Back for More

I use to do something that kept my clients coming back for more business. It is a basic fundamental of business. I now found a better way to keep my clientele doing business with me.

Small businesses always want to grow their business but get confused on how to grow. There’s an understanding it takes marketing and sales to get a new client. But how do you keep that client. Many business owners think that because they gave great service that the client will be coming back to do more business over and over again. Or a business owner may have sold a product at a low price to a customer and expecting that customer to come back and buy more products. Come to find out in both cases, that customer may be going to a similar business (your competitor), because they forgot about your business.Why is that?

You didn’t keep in touch with that customer. To retain and grow business we must keep in touch with our customers. It’s much more expensive to try to constantly get a new customer, than to take care of the customers you’ve already attracted.

Businesses and sales people are infatuated about adding new customers. They don’t know how to keep in contact with clients that will show their love with purchases if treated correctly.

I built a business one time where I didn’t keep in touch with my clients. I lost a lot of my clients. Then I built other businesses and learned how I could keep in touch with my clients and keep them coming back for more business.No it wasn’t email that kept them coming back.

It was snail mail. I use to mail newsletters quarterly. Then I mailed post cards monthly. I was always selling when I sent a newsletter or post card.

Then I found a way to keep in touch using my data base of clientele and becoming more human in the thoughts of my clients. Wow what a difference. I feel good, my client feels good, and I get more repeat business, because I show I care about my clients. And I really do care. I found a low cost way of mailing a personal card to all my clientele with only a couple of minutes of time. It’s lower in cost than any other system I’ve every tried or found. By sending cards monthly the way I do, you’ll see people/customers respond gratefully with repeat business. If you’re interested in what I do with these mailings, you can email me at [email protected]. Or you can call me and I can share the information with you.

By Gary Stalick Sharing some [email protected]

Successful Thinkers By Darren Bocksnick

Darren Bocknick

Unleashing the “Pioneering Spirit” Withinby: Darren Bocksnick

The pioneering spirit of fearless men and women has attributed more to the advancement of society than perhaps, any other factor. This adventurous streak innate within is what led to the eventual discovery of America, the exploration of space and the development of major breakthroughs in technology. Though innovation and invention have simplified modern society and ushered in the age of convenience, this pioneering spirit was nonetheless, instrumental in helping define our modern culture. Yet, despite these advances, with conveniences come unforeseen circumstances that are born from the very substance we esteem as the crowning achievement of our time; technological discovery. If left unabated, convenience becomes common place, societal advancements become routine and technological discovery suddenly loses its sense of wonder. When this occurs, all that is left are the mundane activities defining individuals’ lives that slowly erode away our creativity and deprive us of our dreams. Only when there is a sense of “challenge” in continually conquering new heights and of expanding our horizons can we keep industry a buzz with activity; teeming with creativity and quality on every level. Thus, it’s time for the pioneering spirit that once abounded in society to be unleashed once again! Enter, Successful Thinkers (www.successfulthinkers.com); the epitome of the pioneering spirit in the form of a synergistic network of entrepreneurs, business owners and success-minded individuals whose sole purpose is to improve society through empowering the community! Successful Thinkers creates an environment conducive for the pioneering spirit to flourish. Members who join up find themselves ideally situated and surrounded by business opportunities, educational tools and a “family” of like-minded individuals concerned for each others’ success! The true key behind economic recovery and restoration of is to re-discover the pioneering spirit innate within us all! Successful Thinkers helps individuals to unleash their latent potential but more importantly, empowers them to use it so they too can reach their intended Successtination! What worlds of opportunity await your discovery and what untapped potential lies within reach- to those willing to unleash the pioneering spirit within?

Business Time By Amparo Diaz Aztiazarain

Amparo Diaz Aztiazarain

Business and YOUHow do you start your own business? Is

that idea and beginning holding you back from realizing your dream? Over the next several issues, I’ll be outlining the steps that have worked for me. This month, we will talk about identifying opportunities. You should begin by “walking the aisles” I have a friend in the food business and that is how he begins his food ideas, by walking the aisles of the Safeway supermarket and identifying new food products/opportunities. I begin to identify my next business opportunity by using the same method of “walking the aisles,” in the industry that I am considering; however, in my case, the “aisles” often begin with the internet. You’ll be noticing trends in products and more importantly, you’ll be noticing “gaps” these are gaps in the needs of consumers that haven’t been filled yet. These “gaps” can be tracked and they should reveal to you what you can develop and provide to the marketplace. The next step is to do a competitive research on similar products. You can learn a great deal by studying your competition, but don’t kid yourself into believing that your competitors are all “bad” rather the opposite is true here. You can learn the size of the market, their distribution and the packaging of their product and come to understand the profile of your potential customer. Finally, you must decide what piece of this you can do better; if the answer is “none” do something else.

Amparo Diaz is Vice-President of Marketing & Operations for

Renderline Productions, a division of Paradigm Lighting, a full services production company for TV Lighting,

Concert Touring and Corporate Events production services,

since 2005. Contact: [email protected]

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Cindy Sample, Local Author

Hot Flash By Cindy Sample

Cindy Sample is a published author and former CEO. Her goal is to help people embrace the humor in their lives. Email

Cindy at [email protected]

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LEGALLY BLONDE – THE

GOLDEN YEARS There’s nothing like an intrepid heroine and a happy ending to make my spirits soar. I recently saw the movie turned musical, LEGALLY BLONDE at the Community Center. Elle Woods, a blonde bubblehead is addicted to shopping, particularly if the item comes in pink, with a matching outfit for her pint sized pup. When Elle’s boyfriend leaves for law school and replaces her with an ultra serious female law student, she follows him, determined to get him back. With an unflappable zest for life and positive attitude, Elle proves that you can accomplish anything and still keep your sense of humor. As a natural blonde (at least during my toddler years) I know that a positive attitude has nothing to do with hair color. Or age. As we go through life, some people become soured by their experiences. Negativity surrounds them. Others embrace life, choosing to find joy, or at least the humor in their day. In years past, I frequently sweated the small stuff of life. But after traveling with my daughter, she taught me that the mishaps we encountered were shared adventures and memories to be cherished.. When the front grille of your rental car falls off in the middle of the Irish countryside, it’s somewhat unnerving. But my daughter calmly scotch-taped it to the bumper and photographed it for posterity. It still makes me chuckle when I recall the roar of laughter from the mechanic who applauded our homemade auto repair. Suffering from a bout of food poisoning when traveling is one of those episodes I’d rather forget, but I will always treasure a photo of my girl friend and I arriving at the San Antonio airport, attired in spanking new straw cowboy hats and red leather boots, a bottle of Gatorade in one hand, Pepto-Bismol in the other. And even food poisoning can have a silver lining. We each lost three pounds. So when it seems like life is handing you lemons, take a moment to reflect. How can I turn these lemons into lemonade? Or better yet, a lemon drop martini. Remember that sharing a chuckle with your friends is good for the soul.

And just like food poisoning, laughter can turn an ordinary day into a memorable one.

Children’s Museum Breaks Ground

in Rancho Cordova Groundbreaking Event for the Sacramento Children’s Museum was held on October 21st. Rancho Cordova Mayer Dan Skoglund welcomed all attendees. Also on the program were California State Assembly Member Alyson Huber, who was a member of the Sacramento Junior League that backed SCM from the beginning, and Rancho Cordova City Council Member David Sander, who initiated the concept of a children’s museum in Rancho Cordova. Several hundred officials, dignitaries, adults, and children attended the event. The new Museum, which will be located next to the Rancho Cordova City Hall, is scheduled to completed and opened next spring/summer. The first of its kind of attraction in the Sacramento region, the Museum will feature exhibit areas that will encourage children’s imaginations and prompt them to test, tinker, laugh, and wonder. SCM has partnered with the City of Rancho Cordova to develop the Museum.

Crowds gather at future Children’s Museum

Children’s Museum groundbreaking, kids check out new mascotMayor Skoglund welcomes the crowd to the Children’s Museum groundbreaking

Groundbreaking David Sander flanked by Huber , Mayor Skoglund, Dr from Kaiser and Roebblen


What’s Cook’n With Mom

Avocado Pie Did you know that California grows 95% of the world’s avocados, and that Californians are the world’s largest consumers of avocados? Avocados have a following in the cultures worldwide, but Californians put them into everything from Ice cream to sushi. One of the most unusual and absolutely delightful dishes made with avocados is the Avocado Pie. Look into the family recipe books of most native Californians, and you will probably find an avocado pie recipe. There are many versions in making the pie, and they all taste wonderful! Leo Porter of Fort Klamath shared this wonderful pie recipe with me. Leo grew up on an avocado farm in California. This is his version of the recipe for avocado pie that was created by his aunt in the 1970’s, and is now one of his signature dishes.

Avocado Pie Recipe1 (9-inch) prepared Graham Cracker Pie Crust* 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 3 medium-size very ripe Hass avocados, mashed** 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup sour cream

* Check out my Graham Cracker Pie Crust Recipe. ** If an avocado is ripe, it will yield to a gentle pressure. Refrigerate graham cracker crust until well chilled. See how to make Graham Cracker Pie Crust. In a small bowl, combine lime juice, lemon juice, and unflavored gelatin; let stand 4 to 5 minutes or until softened. In a large bowl or the food processor, combine gelatin mixture, mashed avocados, and sweetened condensed milk. Pour mixture into prepared graham cracker pie crust. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until the filling is firm. In a small bowl, whip heavy cream and sour cream together until stiff peaks form. Serve pie topped with prepared whipped cream mixture. Makes 8 servings.

Fried Oyster Po-Boy Crostini with Buttermilk RemouladeWe will be making: Fried Oyster Po Boy Crostini with Buttermilk Celeriac Remoulade and Pico de Gallo Ingredients: 1 cup Buttermilk 1 Egg White 4 Oysters 1/2 cup Panko 1/4 cup Cornmeal Creole Seasoning

Step 1: Combine the egg white and buttermilk. Shuck and soak the oysters in the buttermilk for an hour. Step 2: Soaking the oysters: Step 3: Mix the remaining ingredients to form a breading. Dredge the oysters. Fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Place on paper towels to drain. Step 4: Pico de Gallo: Ingredients: 1 vine-ripened Tomato (diced) 1/4 Green Pepper (diced) 1/2 small Red Onion (finely diced) 1 clove Garlic (minced) 2 sprigs Cilantro (minced) 2 dashes Sriracha juice from 1/2 Lime 1 tsp Olive Oil to taste Salt/Pepper Step 5: Combine all ingredients. Step 6: Buttermilk-Celeriac Remoulade: Ingredients: 1/4 cup Buttermilk 1/3 head Celeriac (peeled, diced) 2 tsp Capers 1 Lemon 2 sprigs Tarragon 3 Cornichons (rough chop) 2 tbsp Creole Mustard 1/2 Shallot (rough chop) 1 clove Garlic (rough chop) 2 Egg Yolk 1/3 cup Olive Oil to taste Salt/Pepper Boil the celeriac in salted water until soft.

Step 7: Puree in blender with the buttermilk, shallot, and garlic and let cool. Add the cornichons, yolks, tarragon, mustard, and capers. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil until it becomes the consistency of an aioli. Season and finish with a squeeze of the lemon. Step 8: The Crostinis: Ingredients: 1 Sourdough Baguette 1-2 leaves Curly Endive 3 Fried Oysters Pico de Gallo Buttermilk-Celeriac Remoulade Slice the baguette on the bias into 1/4 inch slices. Drizzle with a bit of olive oil and toast a 350F oven for 10 minutes, or until toasted and spread on a bit of the remoulade. Step 9: Layer some endive, then an oyster, and top with some pico de gallo. Drizzle a bit more of the remoulade over the top.

Spicy Sweet Garlic ShrimpIngredients 1-2 lbs uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined 6 tbs plus 2-3 tsp cornstarch 2-3 tsp water 1/2 cup corn oil 4 large garlic cloves 3 tbs sugar 1 tsp cayenne pepper (more if you like heat) 1 tsp salt 3/4 cup tomato sauce 2 tsp unseasoned rice vinegar 2 tsp dry cooking Sherry 1 cup thinly sliced green onions

Step 1: Peeling a garlic clove is simple: pound the heck out of it with the flat blade of your knife. The husk falls right off, simple as can be. Chop your garlic...As you can see, this recipe uses lots of fresh garlic. You can set it aside for now. Step 2: Chop your green onion and set it aside also. This will be used for garnish. A very tasty garnish. Step 3: Get all your ingredients together. I like to have everything in little plastic cups because you need to put these ingredients together in your pan in very quick succession. Have the 6 tbs of corn starch in a bowl as pictured. Make a slurry out of the 3 tsp corn starch/3 tsp water. This will be used at the end to thicken the sauce. Also, thaw, peel and devein your shrimp under running water, and set them on a

paper towel. They should be moist as pictured. You’ll see why. You can use 1 lb of shrimp to feed 2 people, or 2 lbs to feed four, the recipe will not suffer either way. I am using 1 lb here. Step 4: Get your rice going. Most rice says to use 1 cup to every 1 3/4 cup of water. Bring it to a boil on high, then immediately set on your stove’s lowest setting and let it cook for 15 minutes. Step 5: Get a huge pan and put the corn oil in it. Heat the pan on medium high until frying temperature (~300F). Have tongs at the ready. Coat your shrimp on both sides with corn starch. Step 6: Place the coated shrimp in the hot corn oil to fry. Step 7: Shrimp will fry VERY fast, turn your shrimp after only a couple of minutes at most. Step 8: Your shrimp is done when it is all curled up and has no opacity. Do not overcook your shrimp or it will be rubbery. We are going to have this shrimp cooking a little bit more later, so even if its slightly undercooked here, it’s not a problem. Step 9: Remove shrimp from oil and drain on a fresh paper towel. Step 10: Pour off corn oil until all you have left is 2 tbs or so. Step 11: Add the garlic, cayenne, sugar and salt. Stir it up. Step 12: Let this fry up for a few minutes until your garlic starts going a bit amber. Step 13: Add the tomato sauce, vinegar and sherry. Stir it up. Step 14: When this has heated through (mere minutes in all of these steps, really) add your corn starch slurry and stir to thicken. Step 15: Stirred: Step 16: Add your shrimp and stir to coat. Step 17: Coated: Step 18: Plate over rice, garnish with green onion. DELICIOUS!

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Prelude to the ArtsEach year the Arts and Business Council of Sacramento celebrates the companies, organizations and individuals who have made a meaningful contribution to support our region’s arts and cultural assets. The Prelude luncheon draws

350-400 business and community leaders as well as arts professionals from the world of theatre, dance, music, literature, history and arts education......plus a few political guests as part of the mix. It is nearly impossible not

to meet some interesting people! The 2009 event featured donated original art displays and performances by Maripat Donovan from Late Nite Catechism, the Sacramento Ballet, The Sacramento Youth Symphony, Steve and Ann Roach

and a music video “A Curbside Ending” directed by “Sketch” and Ruby Sketchly.

Arts / Business Partnership award winners:Lial Jones, Executive Director, Crocker Art Museum

Councilmember Rob Fong, City of SacramentoVice Mayor Lauren Hammond, City of Sacramento

Jeff VonKaenel, Publisher, News & ReviewMike O’Brien, Co-Publisher, Sacramento Magazine

Michelle Alexander, Executive Director, ABCSCarol Van Bruggen, Foord Van Bruggen Ebersole Pajak,

ABCS Board President

Angela Dixon, Director of Career Services, IADT (International Academy of Design & Technology)

Yvonne Wilson, Wilson Group, ABCS Board EmeritusBonnie Bane, Director, Celebration Arts

Jason HartmannThu Nguyen LyleRandy Cobb Lyle

Adam Gottlieb, Information Officer at California Energy Commission with his wife, Rebecca

Jane Einhorn, Runyon Saltzman & Einhorn, ABCS Board Member

Frank WashingtonLauren Hammond, Sacramento City Council Member

Arts Management Excellence Award WinnerSuzette Riddle

Niello Concours at SerranoOctober 3, 2009

Festa d’Italia-Celebrating the Italian Marques

The 6th Annual Niello Concours at Serrano was held on October 4, 2009 against the backdrop of the beautiful Serrano Visitors Center. With the Italian themed Festa d’Italia bringing a little bit of Italy to the Sierra foothills, attendees enjoyed not only a fabulous array of motorcars but the music, food, wine and spirit of a country far away. With over 200 automobiles on display, you really could find your dream car. From the 1912 Buick Model 43 to the 2010 Ferrari California Spider, a vast array of vehicles, some never before seen in the area, were eye-candy as well as a living history lesson for those in attendance. The Niello Concours at Serrano has become the go-to event on the Concours calendar because of its beautiful location as well as being known to have such fabulous and historic cars on display. The addition of a live fashion show and complimentary Cigar & Cognac lounge at the event, draw a vast demographic vs. the auto enthusiast only crowd. But for the avid auto enthusiast… motorcars that they might have only seen in a magazine such as the 2010 Porsche Panamera, never before shown in Northern California or the Ferrari Enzo with a $1.2 million dollar price tag, the event did not disappoint. With entries from all over California, as well as Nevada, there really was something for everyone.

If you have never attended this event, ask someone who has, you will learn this is the place to be on the first Sunday in October every year.

Joey and Gayle Hensler Brian and Michele Moore, Event Organizers, business in Gold River

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“The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your

philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in.”

Dr. Stephen Covey: Personal development author, speaker, consultant

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s

plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

—Jim Rohn: Author and motivational speaker

Cyndee Reed of Granite Bay is excited to represent Sacramento and the surrounding communities as the recently crowned Mrs. Sacramento.

She is married, almost 30 years to her husband Ronnie Reed. They have one daughter, Jessica.

Cyndee is proud of her heritage. She is 6th Generation Californian.

A direct descendent from a ‘49er Gold Rush Pioneer Family, registered with the California Historical Society of Pioneers. She has lived in the Sacramento area all of her life, received her education at local schools.

She is the Director of Religious Education at St Joseph Marello Catholic Parish, managing The ROCK, grades 1-5. She is the Treasurer of the Ladies Social

Outreach Ministry. She is a member of River City Corvette Club.

Encouraged to enter the pageant by her daughter Jessica, the family has a history of beauty queens. Her mother, Diane, was Miss Vallejo 1954 and her daughter Jessica was Miss Sacramento 2005-2006.

Cyndee is responsible to meet a mandatory requirement of 25 public appearances as Mrs. Sacramento. Appearances include Parades,

Fund Raisers, Hostess and Mistress of Ceremonies, Chamber of Commerce ribbon cuttings, and special Children’s events. At the end of her reign, awards and various prizes will be presented. She will keep her crown and rhinestone banner. Scoring for this title included four categories: Individual

Interview with Judges, Sportswear, Formalwear and Impromptu Question/Answer. To schedule an appearance at your event, contact her at [email protected].

Mrs. Sacramento

Cyndee Reed, Mrs. Sacramento

“One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come

true in our experience.”

— Richard Bach: Inspirational author


We’ve all been brought up with the idea that every spring we should clean our homes from end to end and freshen up for our health. This might have come from the idea that in spring, things are fresh and new and cleaning the home will renew your feelings about yourself.

1. Improve Your Health Without Diets Or Pills

Pollens, mold, and mildew spores are dumped into the air at incred-ible intensity. Pollutants from car exhaust, burning fields, and cigarette smoke were also dumped into the stagnant air. All this gunk drifted into your home and when you closed the house up, where do you suppose it’s been ever since? It got trapped in your home. Thanks to today’s air tight, energy efficient homes, your family and guests have been breathing that recycled air-garbage. 2. Your Home Is Your Personal Breeding Ground For Invisible Crit-ters And Varmints In addition to the air-garbage from outside, you have uncontrolled vermin inside. Too tiny to see, dust mites live in your carpet, upholstery, bedding and drapes by the millions. By now their dead bodies and dung are in your house by the billions. They live off your dead skin as do billions of bacteria in your home, including those that cause staph and strep infections. Ever wonder why so many people get strep as soon as it cools off outside? Now you know. Plus, fleas brought into your house last summer don’t die off like they do outside when it freezes. Bacteria and germs have been breeding in the warm fibers of your carpet.

3. Does Your Bedroom Smell Like A Gerbil? Here’s Why…

Besides being Harmful to our health, all the germs, bacteria and crit-ters that live off dead skin from us and our pets, stink. They eat skin and along with other excretions, put out tainted methane gas which smells bad. 4. Heavy Soil From Outside Sifts Deep Into Your Carpet Never To Be Seen Again Until the winter rains have washed the sand soil from the roads and sidewalks, heavy soils from outside are tracked onto your carpet, wiggle down deeper than your vacuum can reach and stay there, grinding your carpet down into worthless fibers. You’ll find them in your vacuum bag.

Choosing a company can be treacherous. I’ll tell you up front that my service is not for everybody, but here are some reasons to choose me: If all you want is a cheap, brush-the-dirt-off-the-sur-face cleaning, lots of companies can help you. Choose us when you want deep, thorough cleaning. We’ll give you the fluffiest, freshest, healthiest, longest lasting, clean carpets possible . . .

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5. Finally – Someone Who Can Remove Those Ugly Black Lines By The Walls, or Crevice of Steps I’ve had new clients call us to evaluate some embarrassing black lines where the carpet meets the wall and at the edges of steps and jagged lines under curtains. They told me no carpet cleaner could get them out and in some cases they had tried up to five different firms. But the black remained. I inspected these lines and found the cause to be an air filtration problem. With extra effort and knowledge on our part, the ugly black lines can be removed. I told the client this and they were apprehensive. I also told them if it didn’t come clean as I described, they would not have to pay us. How’s that for confidence? Yes, we cleaned the ugly black lines. Yes, our clients were happy. 6. Do-It-Yourself Folks Get What They Paid For… …Nothing The problems I have described here can’t be fixed very

well with any home remedy. Sure you can dust and do the basic cleaning just fine. But drapes, fine rugs and upholstery often cannot be safely cleaned except by a professional. Let’s face it. If those puny little cleaning systems could even come close to the effectiveness of a trained professional using a $55,000.00 steam cleaning system, no one would pay the money for them. But There’s Still One Thing You Should Know . . .

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