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North Country News
VOL. 8 NO. 2
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February 2015
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Rio Linda / Elverta Community Water District will be
holding a
Inside This Issue......
for the L Street Reservoir and
Pump Station
Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony
Friday, February
13, 2015
Senior Brown Bag Notice - page 2
Community Meetings - page 2
Lions Beef Stew - page 3
10:30 a.m.
located at 730 L Street, Rio
Linda, CA 95673
Bits & Pieces - page 3
February Word Puzzle - page 4
Library News - page 4
Business Listings - page 5
Quotes & Words of Wisdom pg 6
Let's Dig In - page 6
Church Listings - pages 7
Abandoned Wells - page 8
Yummy Yums - page 9
January Puzzle Answers - page 10
Friends of Dry Creek - page 11
Master Gardener clinic - page 13
Rio Linda Class '65 Reunion - pg 14
Emergency Drought Barriers - pg 15
Dare Real Estate - page 16
In 2007 a compliance order was issued to the Rio
Linda/Elverta Community Water District by the
California Department of Public Health. The compliance order was issued due to findings of inadequate
water source capacity and low system pressure violations.
The District received a loan from the State Revolving
Fund program in the amount of a $7.5 million
dollars funded by the State Water Resources Control
Board (formally California Department of Public
Health – CDPH) and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). These funds were used to resolve the
Districts issues by completion of the following projects:
In 2012 the District constructed well 15 and 1 mile of
distribution pipeline to our existing distribution
system with these funds. The new well produces
2,800 gallons per minute of drinking water and was
a significant part of complying with the compliance
order.
The District had minimal storage facilities so additional storage was needed. The completion of this
reservoir and pump station is the last piece to correct
the District’s compliance order and lift a building
moratorium, which has been in effect since November of 2007.
The project took 10 months to complete at a cost of
approximately $3 million dollars. The project was
designed by Affinity Engineering and constructed
by JJM Engineering Constructors, Inc.
The completion of these projects with funding from
the State Revolving Fund program enabled the
District to ensure safe and reliable water and added
fire protection for our customers.
Please see Editors comments on page 15
Rio Linda Elverta
Country Faire
Planning
Committee Meeting
Monday
February 16, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Calvary Lutheran Church
Corner of 5th & L Street in Rio Linda
RLE Country Faire is granted tax deductible
tax exempt status
By Charlea Moore
On October 22, 2014, the RLE
Country Faire was incorporated as
a non-profit public benefit corporation.
The Country Faire applied for
tax exempt and tax deductible status as a 501(c)(3) corporation and
received their Determination letter
from the IRS granting that status ef-
fective October 22, 2014.
The RLE Country Faire Planning Committee has been meeting
every month except December to
plan the upcoming 2015 Country
Faire - Saturday Sept. 12, 2015.
Please join us with your ideas
and support.
Everyone is welcome!
Page 2 North Country News February 2015
Senior Brown Bag
Hosted by
Seniors For Seniors
Foundation
P O Box 328 Elverta CA 95626
Brown Bag distribution continues: February 10th. Mark your
calendar. Location: Elverta Fire
Station on the corner of Elverta
Road and Elwyn Avenue, catercorner from the Elverta Post Office.
Bags will be available after 10:00
am until 12:noon. New recipients
may register between 11:00 am and
12:noon the same day.
In addition to bagging the commodities from Sacramento Food
Bank and items purchased directly
from local stores and bakeries, the
volunteers man the sign-in and registration tables, carry out bags then
clean up and put everything away.
One bag per house hold is handed out to registered and qualifying
seniors 60+ years of age as well as
to disabled members of our community.
Social and Fraternal Organizations
RIO LINDA/ELVERTA LIONS CLUB
Rio Linda/Elverta Community Center
810 Oak Lane, Rio Linda
Meetings - Second, third & fourth Thursdays
Dinner 6:00pm / Meeting 7:00 pm
916-991-6223
RIO LINDA MASONIC LODGE
AMERICAN LEGION POST #521
Front & M Street, Rio Linda
6700 8th Street, Rio Linda
Meetings - Third Mondays
Meetings Second Tuesdays - 7:30pm
Dinner 6:00pm - Meeting 7:30pm
916-991-9921
916-992-1891 or 916-991-7715
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING
ELKHORN MOOSE LODGE #2060 &
VFW POST 4647
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE LODGE
3300 U Street, North Highlands
6003 Rio Linda Blvd, Rio Linda
Meetings - First & third Thursdays-7:00pm
Meetings - First & third Tuesdays - 7:30 pm
Hall Rental - 916-332-5960
916-992-1273
Community & Elected Board Meetings
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Sundays 6 pm. • Tuesdays 7 pm
Wednesdays 7:30pm. • Fridays 7 pm.
Calvary Lutheran Church Parish Hall
• 5th & L Street • Rio Linda •
916-992-1409 • or Call 24/7 hotline AA 454-1100
ROUND TABLE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
(A.A.) Group
Monday Night 8-9 p.m. St. Andrews Episcopal Church
7850 Watt Avenue Antelope CA
916.454.1100
RIO LINDA ELVERTA
RECREATION & PARKS DISTRICT
3rd Wednesday of each month
6:30 p.m. Depot Visitors Center
6730 Front St. • Rio Linda • 991-5929
DRY CREEK PARKWAY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1st Wednesday every other month
Next meeting is February 4, 2015
Please call for location/time
Sac. Co. Parks - Liz Bellas - 916-875-5925
RLE VISIONS TASK FORCE
2nd Monday each month
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Mike Huiras 916-320-9520
Community Room Fire Station 111
6609 Rio Linda Blvd. Rio Linda
TWIN RIVERS SCHOOL
DISTRICT BOARD
COMMUNITY AWARENESS
SAFETY ALLIANCE - CASA
1st Wednesday every other month.
5:30 p.m. Depot Visitor Center,
6730 Front St. • Rio Linda.
RIO LINDA/ELVERTA
COMMUNITY PLANNING
ADVISORY COUNCIL - CPAC
4th Wednesday of each month
7:00 p.m. Depot/Visitors Center
6730 Front Street • Rio Linda
RIO LINDA/ELVERTA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
2nd Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Depot/Visitors Center
6730 Front Street • Rio Linda • 916-991-9344
SACRAMENTO FIRE DISTRICT
1st & 3rd. Wed. of each month.
6:00 p.m. - 916-566-4000
2101 Hurley Way • Sacramento
ELVERTA SCHOOL DISTRICT
2nd Monday of each month.
5:30 p.m. • 916-991-2244
7900 Eloise Ave. • Elverta
OVERCOMERS OUTREACH
Christian based 12 Step Every Thursday • 7:00 p.m.
Capitol Free Will Baptist in the Fellowship Hall
6201 Watt Ave. North Highlands • 916-432-0980
TRI COMMUNITIES
LUNCH BUNCH
1st & 3rd Tuesday each month • 916-566-1786
5107 Dudley Blvd. Building 250 Bay “B”
McClellan • McClellan Park
www.twinriversusd.org
1st Thursday each month 11:30 a.m.
Pancake Palace Watt Ave.
North Highlands • Gary Monk591-2207
FRIENDS OF THE
RIO LINDA PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS
1st Wednesday - Quarterly • 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Next meeting March 4th
631 L Street • Rio Linda • Phone: 916-264-2920
RIO LINDA/ELVERTA COMMUNITY
WATER DISTRICT BOARD
3rd Monday of each month
6:30p.m. Depot/Visitors Center
6730 Front Street • Rio Linda • 991-1000
RIO LINDA GRANGE # 403
1315 G Street Rio Linda
1st Thursday each month at 7 p.m.
Linda MacCracken 916-716-2354
Free 12 Step Recovery Program
Mondays at 7:00pm St. John’s Episcopal Church,
2351 Pleasant Grove Blvd. in Roseville
Meeting info call 916-759-5765 or 916-761-3009
CELEBRATE RECOVERY
LifePointe Church of the Nazarene
7200 Rio Lnda Blvd. • Rio Linda • CA
Scott Johnson: 916-991-4624
Tuesdays 7 pm Free Child Care: infant - 12yrs.
RIO LINDA/ELVERTA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
Board meeting • 2nd Wed. each month • 7 pm
6852 Dry Creek Rd • Rio Linda • 991-3910
Info Bits!!!
Information for “Info
Bits!!!” was obtained from
books read, evening news
reports, channel 6 - American Heartland and PBS
News hour, National Geographic and various other
publications and polls. They
are printed as food for
thought…Viv
Food Closet
The Rio Linda & Elverta Ministerial
Association Food Closet serves zip codes
95673 & 95626 only.
The Food Closet is located at the Rio Linda
United Methodist Church, 6800 6th St. at the
corner of 6th and M St. in Rio Linda, across
from the Rio Linda Elementary School.
The Food Closet is open on Thursdays from
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
You must provide proof of address and identification for everyone in your household
that is requesting food.
Donations are needed including canned and
dry goods that can be made into nutritional
meals.
Please join the
Rio Linda/Elverta Historical Society
for their monthly Social
Sunday Feb. 15, 2015
Place: Calvary Lutheran Church
Corner of 5th & L Street in Rio Linda
Time: 2:00 P.M.
RIO LINDA ELVERTA QUILT TRAIL PROJECT
PRESENTED BY
ANNA MARIE TOMLINSON & DEBBIE CROWE
The public is invited • Everyone is welcome
Donations are gratefully accepted
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North Country News February 2015 Page 3
BITS & PIECES
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Now here is something that just
takes the cake and goes to show how
our state and federal representatives
waste our tax dollars. Ms. Feinstein
is pushing a bill to require all toy
guns to be made of bright colored
materials so the police will know
it is a toy! Right off the bat I said
how stupid. Ms. Feinstein proves
over and over that many do not gain
wisdom with age. It is well time
past for her to retire. At the time, I
remarked that some criminals will
just paint their real gun yellow or
green causing a law enforcement
officer to hesitate and get him self
killed or some bystander killed.
Well, well, well. Just this past
week, TV news showed how real
guns are being customized in neon
colors with parts purchased on the
internet. Those guns looked just
like toys. There were even toy guns
modified into real guns, one in particular was turned into a shot-gun.
The comment from officers being
interviewed said, “now all officers
would just have to assume any gun,
no matter the color, is real and a
danger.” Take that Feinstein!
Now here is something that
would really benefit Californians.
Designate money to fund an investigative department that would verify
all those that have checked the box
stating “I am a citizen” on the voter
registration forms. At present, there
has never been money allotted to
actually weed out those not legally
eligible to vote and the Registrar of
Voters says, “that is not my job!”
Another endeavor for Feinstein
might be to carry a bill that states:
Unless funds are available and designated for that specific bill it could
not be adopted. In other words,
“show us the money” before passing a bill that costs us money or
does not have policing/enforcing
funds available prior to passing.
Just my thoughts.
Delivering the January issue of
NCN around Pleasant Grove, Elverta, Rio Linda, North Highlands,
McClellan, Natomas and N. Sacramento this last month gave me a
good feeling even though the wind
tried to blow me away. There were
very few blooming things to see
but there were lots of structural improvements all around.
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Newly painted and new fences
were springing up just everywhere.
More yards were picked up and
neater. New roofs, room additions
and various remodel projects were
evident. Houses with newly painted trim and even some cute mail
box creations were to be seen. EvContinued to page 12
Hello all,
Our youth theater classes will begin
once again starting Tuesday, February 2. Our times will be:
Ages 5-11 6PM-7PM
Ages 12-17 7PM-8PM
We are working on curriculum for
this program and expect it to produce another great recital toward
the end of the semester. Please make
sure to come and sign up!
Thank you, Danny Stipe
VP Communication, RLEC Theater
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February Word Puzzle
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feeble feel fiber fewer fishy fink fellowman fermentation
fiduciary filibuster fisticuffs fluorescence
feather fickle finger
ferocious figurative foolishness
felon finch florist feminine fisherman fetlock
finale fearlessness
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Find the listed words in the diagram above. They run in all directions, forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Answer in next month's issue.
Rio Linda Library Activities & Programs
for January 2015
Rio Linda Library, 631 L Street, Rio Linda
Sunday & Monday: Closed. Open: Tuesday 12 p.m.- 8 p.m.;
Wednesday & Thursday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.;
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
BOOK SALE @ Friends of the Rio Linda Library BOOK STORE
Second Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Find special books at terrific prices at our Friends of the Library Book
Store, located at 440 Elkhorn Blvd., #7, (in the Food Source shopping
center). Tell your friends and family about the big book sale every month.
The book sales are fundraisers for the Library!!!
Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Tues. 6:00 p.m.
Knit and Crochet Circle
Enjoy a bit of conversation and companionship at the Rio Linda Library
Crochet and Knitting Circle! All
ages and skill levels are welcome.
This is not an instructional class but
some assistance will be available.
Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, Thur. 10:30
a.m. Preschool Storytime
Talk sing read and play with us!
Grownups are welcome to accompany litte ones most Thursday
mornings for a fun storytime with
books songs letters and numbers.
No need to register. Sponsored by
the Friends of Rio Linda Library.
Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, Sat. 10:00 a.m.
Technology Help
Now offering one-on-one walk-in
service most Saturdays for patrons
who need basic computer help
such as creating e-mail accounts
using the internet or downloading
ebooks for e-Readers. Also basic
help offered for smart phones and
tablets. All sessions are first come
first served and last 30 minutes.
Feb. 20, Fri. 4:30 p.m. Minecraft
Play Minecraft an open world adventure/building game. You will
gather materials to build the best
creation you can imagine. Someone will win a prize! This program
is sponsored by the Friends of Rio
Linda Library.
AUTHORS ~ WANNABE AUTHORS ~ PUBLISHERS
Do you write &/or Publish? Do you want to?
FREE
Sat 14 Feb 2015 10:30am--12:30pm
North Highlands/Antelope
LIBRARY FRIENDS BOOK SALE
LOST RESTAURANTS AND THEIR RECIPES
Just in time! The Friends of the North Highlands/Antelope Library will
be having a Fabulous February book sale on Friday and Saturday, February
6 and 7. Come check out the wide selection of books and find something
for you and/or someone special. We will have several tables set up with
many different genres, puzzles, DVDs and much more. Most books are
priced between $ .50 and $2.00. The sale will be open for Friends of the
Library one hour prior to opening for the general public. Hours for the sale
are: Friday, February 6, Friends preview at noon, with the public sale from
1 to 6. On Saturday, February 7, the sale starts at 10 and ends at 3:00.
The February adult program is Lost Restaurants and Their Recipes on
February 14th at 2:00 p.m. in the Community Room. From saloons and
tamale vendors to greasy spoons and neon-lit drive-ins, Sacramento natives Maryellen and Keith Burns trace the trends of California’s capital
city through 150 years of dining out. From their book “Lost Restaurants
of Sacramento and Their Recipes” discover a century of Hangtown Fry
served at the Saddle Rock, crispy wonton dunked in red sauce at the Hong
Kong Café, pineapple spare ribs with Mai Tais at Maleville’s Coral Reef
and burgers and sundaes devoured at Stan’s Drive-in. Books will be available for purchase.
If you would like to donate books or other items for the book sales,
please drop them off at the circulation desk any time the library is open.
The books also go in our rounds for continuous book sales. Remember!,
the money earned from these sales go back in to the library in support of
programs, activities, library needs, and the “Lucky Day” collection.
The North Highlands/Antelope Library is located at 4235 Antelope
Road, Antelope, CA (near the corner of Walerga and Antelope). For more
information email us at: nhantelope.friends@gmail.com or call 916-2642700. You are also welcome to check out our bi-monthly newsletter at
http://nhantelopefriends.blogspot.com/.
Northern California Publishers & Authors (NCPA) Meeting
Emeritus at Citrus Gardens (Senior Citizen Residence)
7418 Stock Ranch Road (near Greenback & Sylvan) Citrus Heights, CA
Husband and wife team, Ken & Dahlynn McKowen, CEO and
publisher of Publishing Syndicate LLC, share their experiences in:
Travel Writing 101
(Covers a discussion on writing about
destinations in works of literary fiction)
Through a visual PowerPoint presentation, the McKowens give
an overview on travel writing, something they’ve done for a combined 60 years.
Topics also include tips on making the most of your travel time,
equipment suggestions and how to effectively “show” a travel destination with words using strong visual descriptions.
Dahlynn McKowen : Before publishing, Dahlynn spent 25 years
as a freelance travel writer, author, ghostwriter and copyeditor.
In 2012, the McKowen’s launched the Not Your Mother’s Book
(NYMB) anthology. Ken McKowen: writing career has spanned
more than three decades, and he’s an award-winning author and
speaker.
From 1999 to 2009, Ken & Dahlynn were coauthored Chicken
Soup for the Soul Books, including Chicken Soup for the Fisherman’s Soul and Celebrating Brothers and Sisters. Dahlynn has
been referred to by Chicken Soup for the Soul founders as one of
their most trusted coauthors.
For more information on NCPA: www.norcalpa.org
Or contact: normathornton@yahoo.com
ACHY JOINTS…DRY SKIN TOO!!!
North Country News February 2015 Page 5
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PAPA’S
PIZZERIA & GRILL
420 Elkhorn Blvd. Rio Linda
Lew’s Club
6734 Rio Linda Blvd. Rio Linda
Vanessa’s Place
Hair Salon
KEY
SHOP
825 M Street, Rio Linda
641 M Street, Rio Linda
Creekside Diner
Let's Talk Phone
916-992-0518
825 M Street, Rio Linda
Corner of Pleasant Grove Rd. & Baseline
Archway Market
Archway Check Cashing
416 M Street, Rio Linda
Water Rite Products
Plumbing & Irrigation Supplies
Stop & Shop
7835 Rio Linda Blvd. Elverta
Villa Fat Chinese
Cuisine
440 Elkhorn Blvd. Suite 5
916-991-1228
Elverta
Food & Liquor
8008 Dutch Haven
916-991-9279
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Rio Java
River Valley Feed
& Pet Supply
Jimmy’s Donuts
Elkhorn
Bait & Tackle
Rio Linda Library Elverta Sudzy Paws
631 L Street Rio Linda
428 “M” Street, Rio Linda
6748 Front St. Rio Linda
440 Elkhorn Blvd. #1 Rio Linda
6745 20th St. Rio Linda
Rio Linda Liquor
Rio Linda Hardware
& Building Supply
6007 Dry Creek Rd. Rio Linda
430 Elkhorn Blvd. Rio Linda
Elverta Market
& Deli
Corner of Rio Linda & Elkhorn Blvd.,
Rio Linda
4807 Rio Linda Blvd. 916-925-3629
Elverta Feed Pet
6549 16th Street Rio Linda
& Tack, Inc.
Food Source
7831 Rio Linda Blvd. Elverta
7 Eleven
Food Store
Pleasant Grove Cafe
Riego Market & Deli
916-648-2580
4125 Winters St., Sacramento
7145 Watt Ave. Unit B North Highlands
Phone: 916-339-9190
Vic Cell: 916-600-6665
www.vicautopaint.com
950 Oak Lane, Rio Linda
Corner of Pleasant Grove Rd. & Howsley
Rd., Pleasant Grove
COLLEGE OAK
TOWING
Vic Auto
Paint & Supply
7805 Rio Linda Blvd. Elverta
916-991-3811
Coffee Break Cafe
717 Del Paso Rd. Sacramento
Corner of Main Ave. & Northgate Blvd.
916-641-5808
Hair Gone Wild
4381 Gateway Park Blvd. Ste. 550
Natomas 916-419-4100
748 M Street, Rio Linda 798-4748
Amy’s Cafe
750 M Street, Rio Linda 992-0378
Tummy’s Sub Shop
741 M St. Rio Linda 991-5507
Goodwill
Industries
8031 Watt Ave. Elverta
Elverta Crossing Shopping Center
Jenny Craig
3661 North Freeway Blvd. #110
Sacramento - Natomas area
Rio Food & Liquor
Corner of R.L. Blvd. & Elkhorn
Property Sisters
7811 Rio Linda Blvd.
916-548-2535
Pick up your North Country News at any of these businesses _ _ _
TRY "BLUE EMU..."
Page 6 North Country News February 2015
Quotes &
Words of Wisdom!
"Farming looks mighty easy
when your plow is a pencil and
you're a thousand miles from the
corn field."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
In Memory of
“I pay the School Master, but ‘tis
the school boys that educate my
son.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you hit a pony over the nose
“Where there is no vision the at the outset of your acquainpeople perish.”
tance, he may not love you but he
L. B. Johnson
will take a deep interest in your
movements ever afterwards.”
“The power to tax involves the Rudyard Kipling
power to destroy.”
John Marshall
“The freshmen bring a little
knowledge in and the seniors
“There are two ways to conquer take none out, so it accumulates
and enslave a nation….One is by through the years.”
sword….The other is by debt.”
A. Lawrence Lowell, President
John Quincy Adams, 6th Presi- of Harvard
dent
“There is nothing wrong with
“The point to remember is that America that Americans can’t
what the government gives it fix.”
must first take away.”
Ronald Reagan
John S. Coleman
“If you think about what you
“My optimism comes not just ought to do for other people,
from my strong faith in God, but your character will take care of
from my strong and enduring itself.”
faith in man.”
Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan
“I was born modest; not all over,
“Creatures whose main spring but in spots.”
is curiosity will enjoy the accu- Mark Twain
mulating of fact, far more than
the pausing at times to reflect on “This land of ours cannot be a
those facts.”
good place for any of us to live
Clarence Day
in unless it is a good place for all
of us to live in.”
Richard M. Nixon
FREE COMMUNITY MEALS
2nd, 3rd and Last Saturday of Each Month
Henry Dewey Penick
Sunrise April 7, 1925 - Sunset January 31, 2015
Dewey was born in Subiaco, Arkansas, 89 years ago to Joseph Penick and
Edith Spicer. Dewey was a resident of Rio Linda since the mid 1940’s.
Many of his family members continue to reside in Rio Linda and Elverta. He is preceded in death by his infant daughter Patricia Penick, adult
daughter Kathryn John and his wife Shirley Penick. He is survived by
his daughter Sharon Lindle Meadows, sons Samuel Penick, (Daylinda)
and David Penick. He was a Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Great,
Great Grandfather as well as Uncle to many nieces and nephews. He will
be missed by his family, friends and the many who bought his sweet red
onions. For him his last day was a perfect day. He tilled the soil in his
garden, getting ready for planting his tomatoes and those sweet red onions.
Then he sat in the chair he kept in his garden and as the warm sun was
shining on his face, he went to sleep. Services are pending.
LET’S
DIG IN !!!
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5:00 - 7:00 pm
2nd and Last Saturday’s
held at
Calvary Lutheran Church
515 L Street
Rio Linda
in Social Hall
2nd Saturday: Hosted by Life Pointe Church of the Nazarene
Last Saturday: Hosted by Calvary Lutheran Church
3rd Saturday
held at
Rio Linda Community United Methodist Church
6818 6th Street
Rio Linda
3rd Saturday: Hosted by 1st Southern Baptist Church, New Covenant Fellowship
and Rio Linda Community United Methodist Church
Everyone Welcome
While looking out my second
story window one Saturday last
month, I observed a tanish-yellow
older truck with a lawn mower in
back come to a slow stop near
my corner. A tall person got out
and looked in the back then got
back into the truck. He then got
out again and took a sack from
the back, tipped it up and poured
something out. I watched for
awhile as he/she watched what
had been dumped.
After a bit I put on my boots
and proceeded out to check on
what was going on. When I
rounded the corner and was spotted the truck left. I proceeded on
to my fence line, expecting to see
puppies or kittens. To my surprise there stood two big chickens. I am sure this person thought
those chickens would hop over the
fence and join my group of chickens. Well those two chickens knew
right off you do not join uninvited.
A LITTLE DAB WILL DO!!! ,,, VIV
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North Country News February 2015 Page 7
ATTEND YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP AND FEED YOUR SOUL
CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
5th & L Streets, Rio Linda (916) 991-2135
Pastor: Kirsten Moore
Sunday Adult Ed: 9:00 am
Sunday Worship: 10:30 am
Child Care Provided during Worship
with Bible Stories and Crafts
Free Community Meals: 2nd & Last Saturday
Each Month: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
All Are Welcome!
nd
(2 Saturday hosted by Life Pointe)
Elverta
United Methodist Church
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors”
916-991-1451
7861 Elmont Avenue • Elverta
Worship Service 9:00am.
Pastor Jeff Holder
New Life Center
2037 Elkhorn Boulevard • Rio Linda
Ph. 916-991-3001
Sunday School 9:45am.
Sunday Service l0:45am.
Sunday Evening 6:00pm
Wednesday 7:00pm.
Pastor James A. Duncan
The Church Home of
Old Time Religion
6550 Dry Creek Road • Rio Linda
Ph. 916-991-6766 - Bob Royer, Pastor
Sunday School 10:00am
Sunday Evangelistic 6:00pm.
Wed. Bible Study 7:30pm.
Fri.. Youth Service 7:30pm
FULL GOSPEL
LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP
18th St. & Elkhorn Blvd.. • Rio Linda
Phone 991-9774 Pastor Lyle Monday
Sunday Worship
Morning 10:00 a.m.
Evening 6:00 p.m.
Children’s Classes 10 a.m.
LIBERTY MINISTRIES
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
4840 Marysville Blvd.. • Rio Linda
Pastor Shannon Fannin
Liberty Ministries extends an
Invitation to come and join us
for Celebration Worship each
Sunday 9am or 11am
Call for info on Child Care, Pre-School,
Youth Extreme & Food Closet.
916-922-6442
Victory Tabernacle
Pastor Timothy Hinkle
Sunday:
10 am Sunday School children & adults
11 am Church Service
Friday: Youth Group 7 pm ages 13-18
3910 Marysville Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838
916.320.0249 or 916.550.1563
FIRST SOUTHERN
BAPTIST CHURCH
6420 Rio Linda Blvd. • Rio Linda
Corner of Elkhorn & Rio Linda Blvd.
Pastor Steve Gleghorn
Sunday School 9:30am
Morning Worship 11:00am
Evening Worship 6:00pm
Wed. Prayer Service & Youth 7:00pm
Trinity Apostolic
Faith Church
NORTH METRO
CHURCH OF CHRIST
7842 Elmont Avenue
Elverta, CA 95626
991-7895
Pastor Steve Mixer
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Evening Evangelistic Service 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 p.m.
4191 Norwood Ave. Sac. 95838
Phone (916) 923-1147
Jason Darden, Minister
Sunday
Bible Classes 10:00am
Worship 11:00am
Worship 6:00pm
Wednesday • Bible Classes • 7:00pm
Rio Linda Seventh-day
Adventist Church
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
7535 - 10th St. & U • Rio Linda
991-4091
9:15am Saturday
Sabbath School for Adults & Children
11:00am Worship Service
ELVERTA FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH (SBC)
112 West Delano Street • Elverta
Pastors Ted Hooker & Randall Gillespie
Church Ph:. 991-5545
Sunday
Adult Bible Study: 9:45am
Teen Bible Study: 9:30am
Worship with Band : 11:00am
KidSpace Children’s Service: 11:00am
Gospel Service:6:00pm
Wed.: Worship & Bible Study 7:00pm
Friday: TeenLIVE! Youth 7:00pm
LifePointe
Church of the Nazarene
Connect-Grow-Serve
Corner Q St. & Rio Linda Blvd. R. L.
Phone 991-4624
Pastor Dennis Druckhammer
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Family Night 6:30 p.m.
Rio Linda Community
United Methodist Church
6th & M Streets • Rio Linda
991-1638
Pastor Debbie Dillon
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship Service 11:00am
New Covenant
Fellowship Church
6851 2nd Street, Rio Linda, CA 95673
House Church
Sunday Bible Studies: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Service: 11:00 a.m.
Pastor Michael Revell
church.ncf@gmail.com
Int’l. Full Gospel Christian Alliance
FAMILY
GOSPEL CENTER
Rio Linda Four Square Church
1281 Q Street • Rio Linda • 348-3637
Pastor John Frank
Church and Sunday School 10:00am
Wed. Bible Study 7:00pm
3644 Bolivar Ave.
North Highlands, CA.
(LCMS) Tel:332-4001
http://www.ZionLutheranNH.org
Sunday Schedule
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:30 AM Kingdom Quest for kids
9:30 AM Adult & Teen Bible Study
10:45 AM Praise Service with Band
Kid’s Church (during 10:45 service)
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
6608 16th St. • Rio Linda • Ph. 991-5870
Pastor William Hilton
Sunday School 10:00am
Morning worship 11:00am
Evening Worship 6:00pm
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00pm
St. Clare
Catholic Church
1950 Junction Blvd. • Roseville, CA
Rev. Liam MacCarthy, Pastor
Rev. Paul Ricks, Parochial Vicar
(916) 772-4717
Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9 a.m. • 11 a.m. • 5 p.m.
Sacramento Bible Fellowship
(Anabaptist or Mennonite)
10 am Sunday Service
7 pm Wednesday
Meetings held at the
Rio Linda Grange •1315 G St. • Rio Linda
916-991-2553 or 916-616-0087
Rio Linda Pentecostal Church of God
“Home of Christian Family Worship”
736 “O” Street • Rio Linda
(916) 606-6928
Pastor Rick Willock
• Sunday Services •
10am - Christian Ed.
11:00am - Morning Worship
6:00pm - Evening Worship
House Of Faith
Apostolic Church Spanish/English
"Come a feel the love of God and
fall in love with God"
902 Oak Lane Rio Linda 95673
Pastor Ricardo Moya
(916) 212-2053
Sunday worship 4:30
Tuesday prayer 6:30
Thursday Bible study 6:30
Monthly Youth activities
RIO LINDA
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(American Baptist)
10th & O Streets • Rio Linda
Sunday School 9:15am
Sunday Worship 10:30am
Page 8 North Country News February 2015
Could You Have an Abandoned
Well on Your Property?
LET’S
DIG IN !!!
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Continued from page 6
Abandoned Wells – Pose Danger to Ground Water Quality
While most never think about it – improperly sealed or abandoned
wells pose significant risks to our groundwater quality and are a very real
safety hazard for children, adults and small animals.
With these concerns in mind, Sacramento County’s Environmental
Management Department (EMD) is continuing its survey program to identify hundreds of these wells to help ensure that they are properly secured
or destroyed.
“We find wells on vacant lots, farmland and backyards in suburbs,”
said Val Siebal, Director of EMD. “People don’t realize that the runoff water that goes into these wells carries pollutants that flow directly into our
groundwater. It’s important that we find them and properly seal them.”
Environmental Management has identified approximately 600 potentially unsecured abandoned wells in the south area of the County alone.
These wells can be found on any type of property, even residential homes.
Often the wells are forgotten and lost in the tangle of weeds or brush,
where an opening as small as 8 inches can entrap small children and animals such as dogs.
Your help is needed to find all abandoned wells to ensure they are secure and safe.
Why it Matters: How Abandoned Wells Impact Groundwater
Sacramento County relies on groundwater to supply approximately
half of its water needs. Due to deterioration or lack of maintenance, many
abandoned wells are a source of runoff water carrying bacteria, sediment,
fertilizer, pesticides and other pollutants that flow directly down into our
groundwater. Many contaminants are not visible from just looking at the
water and consumers may not know their drinking water is unsafe. It is
essential for groundwater quality that steps are taken now to help ensure
there is a safe water supply for County residents, businesses and farms.
Safety Hazard of Abandoned Wells
Children, animals and even adults can fall into abandoned wells causing injury or death. Open pit wells and large-diameter drilled wells are particularly hazardous and often are hundreds of feet deep. It is easy to miss a
well opening and a small child or animal may become trapped inside.
How to Make Abandoned Wells Safe
Merely capping an abandoned well or filling it with concrete is not
enough to prevent it from becoming a problem. Plugging materials must
be strong, durable and free of contaminants. Effective well-plugging requires experience and knowledge of well construction materials and methods. EMD can assist by safeguarding that the proper materials are used and
the contractor is trained and knowledgeable.
“Our objective is to get the wells into compliance; either make them
active again, deactivate them if they will be used again, or properly destroy them,” Siebal added. “Within the next three years, working with
property owners, we want to identify all the abandoned wells and target
the most dangerous as high priorities for closure. We’re sending postcards
to property owners now and will make follow up appointments with the
owners.”
If you know of an abandoned well, or need assistance locating them
on your property, leave a message on the abandoned well hotline: 916875-8532 or email
EMD-abndwells@
saccounty.net. You
may also email for
more information,
or call, 916-8758400.
If people, government planners for
sure, observed the various animals,
wild or domestic, they might learn
a thing or two. You don’t just mix
varieties, different age groups, colors and you don’t over crowd the
pen. All will lead to some real
fights and unhealthy living environments. These two chickens may in
time join up with those already in
residence but the pecking order will
be strictly enforced, I am sure. PS, I
threw some grain over the fence just
to make sure they had dinner. Later
in the week I spotted those girls in
the church yard, probably getting a
spiritual uplift - for sure a worm or
two.
Please note dumping any critters
is really a cruel thing to do to your
pets. Just because we are a little
bit country out here does not mean
your dumped animals will be able
to find food and water to drink.
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Lots of pruning and tree trimming going on here while the rain
holds off. I am sure when it comes
we will all be crying uncle. If you
bother to stay in one place long
enough you become familiar with
the rhythm of the weather and plan
accordingly. This is where lots of
old sayings have come along such
as “make hay while the sun shines.”
Now is the time to prune, check
drains, nail down loose roof sheets,
check for leaks, store things higher
and clear out trash that needs to go
to the dump or be recycled. Do the
things that need doing when the
time is right.
_____
A few years ago I had a big fig
crop. Lots of birds sat around in one
of my trees, after having a big lunch
on these figs. Later on in the year,
many little fig trees started sprouting all around that big tree. At the
time I gave several of those trees
away but the area just kept getting
fuller and fuller with little trees.
Well, now I am working on removing these small trees, some are 1.5”
in diameter. Guess I should have
cut those tree sprouts out when they
were only around 1/8” in diameter,
but I just hate to kill any plant.
Now Black Berry vines are another story and I am still working
on clearing them out, as well. Take
it from me, never, never let berry
vines get started or they will take
your place.
_____
Was out and about today and
picked up a couple lime trees, another lemon tree and some bedding
plants. The lemon is a “Eureka”
and the limes are “Bearss.” I have
never grown limes but have noted
several recipes call for lime juice
and it does adds a nice bit of zing to
the dish. You can find these citrus
trees at Wal Mart for $14.00 each.
They are in a tube, the new version
of the bare root stock. Just remember when planting bare root anything to dig the hole large enough
to spread all the roots out, no bent
ones and make sure the plant is
standing straight. The plant should
not be setting below the dirt line on
the trunk then mud it in.
Mudding it in is filling the hole
with water and gradually adding the
soil. This way will eliminate air
pockets making sure there is good
soil contact with all the roots. As
you fill the hole allow the excess
water to run off and do not water
again until the soil is dry about an
inch down. You can stake the tree,
one on each side but allow some
movement and remove the stakes as
soon as possible. Do not make the
ties to tight as it will choke the plant.
If the plant is top heavy pinch off a
few twigs. This will give the roots
a chance to grow without putting a
strain on them trying to support a
large top.
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Well you all know by now how
I stress using your leaves as mulch
around your plants and things, old
straw or hay works just as well to
keep the weeds down and hold the
moisture in. I still believe we will
be getting the rain needed for our
use.
This last week, Forrest Tree Service spent three days working on
several of my large trees, cutting,
trimming and chipping. I now have
4 ½ truck loads of wood chips, two
large piles, to spread around which
will give me plenty of exercise
and lots of mulch for the yard. If I
Continued to page 13
North Country News February 2015 Page 9
VIV'S YUMMY YUMS!!!
This recipe is for an energy snack. We all know the good things found in
nuts, oats and honey. How about flaxseed? Well here is a bit of information: Flaxseed contains 2600 mg of Omega 3 oils per
serving (2 Tablespoons). Flaxseed is a good source of
fiber, gluten free, has no sugar, no salt and no cholesterol
plus contains protein, calcium and iron.
This is a No Bake Snack, you can make it with
your grandchildren. Makes forty-five bite
size pieces for around 52 calories each.
Ingredients:
1/3 cup Honey - any brand
1/2 cup ground Flaxseed - you can buy a box milled
flax seed.
1/2 cup Hazel Nut spread
1 cup Oatmeal - I use the minute oats.
1/2 cup sliced Almonds
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Coconut flakes
In a large bowl mix all the dry ingredients, Almonds, Flaxseed and Oatmeal. Set aside the coconut flakes for later. Now add the Honey, Hazel
Nut spread and Vanilla. Mix well and form into bite sized balls. I used
my melon ball scoop to make the small balls.
Pour the coconut flakes into a pie pan. Now roll the shaped balls in the
coconut flakes, coating well. Place into a flat pan and chill until firm.
Now if you like Peanut Butter and Chocolate chips you may substitute
Peanut Butter for the Hazel Nut spread and mini Chocolate chips for the
sliced Almonds. The calorie count is within one calorie. Just remember
to keep the balls of mixture the same bite size and count.
Did you Know???
Back in 1969 four very important historical things happened in just 72
hours.
1.
2.
3.
4.
New & Fashionable Cuts and Perms
Hair Color • Weaves • Ear Piercing
Facial Waxing • Tanning • Nail Tech
916-991-2441
Watson Storage
Richard M. Nixon was sworn in as our 37th president.
Just two days later Lyndon B. Johnson our 36th president died.
The supreme Court made their ruling on Roe vs. Wade.
A peace agreement was negotiated with North Vietnam.
Riddles
Questions
1. When did the Roman Catholic Church begin allowing girls
to be alter servers?
2. What was California’s driest recorded January?
3. What person was elected president on his third try?
4. Since 1900 how often has Iowa not voted for the winning
president?
5. How many Head Coaches has the 49’ers football team had?
6. How many spare the air days have we had so far this year?
Answers on page 10
(916-992-6022)
Storage Units, Rv’s & Boats
5 X 10 - $45.00
5 X 14 - $55.00 - 1 Room
8628 Pleasant Grove Rd.
Open 8:30 am - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Sundays & Mondays
10 X 10 - $65.00 - 2 Rooms
10 X 12 - $75.00 - 3 Rooms
10 X 14 - $85.00 - 4 Rooms
12 X 14 - $95.00 - 5 Rooms
14 X 24 - $140.00 - 6 Rooms+
Drop in and visit with the
Elder Craftsman
any Wednesday between
10:00am & 2:00pm
at the Depot in Rio Linda.
Everyone is Welcome
991-2810
Page 10 North Country News February 2015
Do You See Our Creator???
By Viv
Have you ever really looked at
your hand? Have you ever thought
what a gift your hand really is and
how it is such a wonderful engineering accomplishment, as well.
Do you ever think how you would
do the things you are able to do if
you were missing a finger or your
thumb?
I had a neighbor, years ago, who
lost both his thumbs. Mr. Bowman
was an old cowboy from Montana. He has been gone for many
years now but always seemed to
have such a wise way of looking at
things. For a time he worked in a
mill with all those big saws, going
all the time. Through an accident
he lost one of his thumbs. Things
went okay for awhile then another
accident took is other thumb. Well,
his old doctor, way back in the early
fifties, tried a daring operation. This
doctor cut off one of Bowman’s big
toes and sewed it on where his right
thumb had been. It healed and was
quite functional. Mr. Bowman said
it was better than nothing but never
as good as the original. Without our
thumbs it would be very difficult to
pick up things or grip tools such as
a hammer, wrenches, those knitting
needles, catch a football, throw that
strike or handle surgical tools.
Man has tried for years to duplicate the actions of a real hand and
they are making great strides but I
believe no matter how things improve and the many discoveries are
made God’s creation will never be
duplicated.
Now look at your fingers, ever
wonder why they are different
lengths? I have no answer why but
for me my middle fingers give my
hands more strength. Those fingers
are much stronger than any of the
others. You know the male and female hands are different, not just
in strength and size but in style as
well. These differences are consistent between the sexes. In the male
the forefinger is shorter than the ring
finger. In the female the forefinger
and ring finger is the same length.
Sometimes, due to arthritis and age
it is hard to see these differences.
Ever wonder why your fingers are
different lengths?
Did you know there are more
than 20 bones in your hand? Ever
stop and think, you don’t have to tell
your hand to pick up something or
move a certain way, it just does it.
Our fingers are so important that we
have finger nails to protect the ends
of our fingers. Just stop and think
about how many things you do with
your hands each and every day, for
many years, yet those hands seem
to continue to last, never wearing
out. Sure we get aches but on the
whole your hands continue to serve
you well.
All hands are not created equal,
some are gentle enough to caress a
baby’s cheek, others strong enough
to land a killing blow, others to paint
the Mona Lisa or make delicate surgical repairs. There are all kinds of
hands just like people. Maybe you
should say thanks once in a while.
January Puzzle Answer
MONTHLY
MEETING OF
MILITARY
RETIREES/
SPOUSES
Info Bits!!!
Channel 13 predicted 1.25
Billion “Chicken Wings”
will be eaten on Super
Bowl Sunday. Four wings
for every American.
DID YOU KNOW???
Our next monthly
meeting is scheduled for 10 Feb 2015. Meeting place
is the North Highlands Park and
Recreation District, 6040 Watt Ave,
North Highlands and the start time
is 1030 hrs. Our speaker for this
event is John Locher, Sr Ombudsman for DMV. This should be a very
informative discussion on DMV issues. Come on out and enjoy a cup
of coffee and some delicious cookies. Questions can be referred to our
volunteer staff at 640-8446, Mon
thru Thurs, 0900 to 1500 hrs.
Lubbock Texas produces more
cotton than any other state. It produces 9 billion pounds of cotton
yarn per year. The cotton fiber is
one inch long and is the longest
single cell. Cotton bales weigh 500
pounds. Denim was first made in Chief Moses
France.
Feeding cotton seed meal to
cows increases the butterfat content
of their milk and is a good source of
Riddle Answers
protein for the cows.
It takes one ton of cotton seed
1. Cannon law was changed
to produce 320 lbs of oil. There is a
March 28, 1983
ton of seeds in 900 pounds of meal.
2. January 2015
In the years from 1920 to 1930
3. Ronald Reagan
the boll weevil destroyed a big
4. Only twice
percentage of the US cotton crop.
5. 19
Now farmers handle the problem
6. Only 4, no burn days so
by crop rotation and are able to use
far in 2015.
less sprays. Prior to harvesting the
cotton the crop is sprayed to dry the
leaves of the plant and expose the
cotton bolls.
Open Garden at the Horticulture Center
Event:
See proper methods for pruning ornamental grasses and shrubs. Watch
Master Gardeners finish winter–pruning fruit trees and grape vines. Learn
the basics of planting late winter and
early spring vegetables.
Observe on-going compost and worm
composting demonstrations.
Located outside – rain or shine
Day and Date: Saturday, February 21, 2015
January Twenty-six words beginning with the letter “T”
Tabby
Tail Tailor Than Thatch Timber Trade Tsar Thumb Teakettle Taxidermy Terrestrial Timorous Tomahawk Trampoline Thermodynamics
Tease Tepee Toast Toy Tabernacle Tablespoon
Theatrical Theocracy
Twitter Tweed
Time:
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628
South of Madison, in Fair Oaks Park, next to the Library
Cost:
Free
For More Info:UC Cooperative Extension,
(916) 875-6913 or go to:
ucanr.edu/sacmg or facebook.com/sacmg
Friends of Dry Creek
Parkway
North Country News February 2015 Page 11
Friends of Dry Creek Parkway
Photo of the Month
By Charlea Moore
The Friends of Dry Creek Parkway had a very
productive clean up day on Sunday January 18,
2015.
There only a few of us but we were a 'committed' few. That means we
are all 'certifiable' for heading out into the creek on a chilly Sunday morning in January to pick up trash and debris.
Aside from a great deal of flood debris that had washed downstream,
we had a bonus of finding my shovel that was lost last fall. It was on the
sand bar right about were we left it, buried in the sand and dead weeds.
Shirley Breckenridge found it and triumphantly dug it out. There were
quite a few golf balls including several without any damage. We found
two target (?) arrows with metal tips; lots of general trash, bottles, cups,
and plastic bags.
Many people are under
the impression that plastic bags are in fact biodegradable because when
exposed to the sun over a
period of time they disintegrate. While it is true that
we can no longer see these
plastic bags with the naked
eye, they in fact never truly disintegrate but remain
in the environment, in the
molecular form of plastic
for eons. Insects, nematodes, earthworms and microscopic organisms that
depend on organic material for their diet, feed on the
molecules of plastic but
it provides no nutrition.
So just as there is a 'dead
zone' in many areas of the
seas and oceans caused by plastic, the same is true in the soil. While you
may think that we don't need
earthworms or nematodes,
you would be mistaken. No
one knows how the loss of
microscopic organisms will
affect the planet.
Consider the widespread
use of herbicides to eradicate
entire species of weeds from
farmers' fields. Now we
know that this also caused
the near eradication of the
Monarch butterfly. There
are so few left because their
food source disappeared in
a matter of a few short decades, too fast for the butterflies to adapt and evolve new
food sources.
Scientists know a great
deal about how many of the
natural systems on the planet
earth work but not even the most knowledgeable can predict the impact of
molecular plastic on the planet.
There is no area of the earth including the Arctic and Antarctic that
is free of plastic in it's basic molecular form. Just like gold it will never
change into anything else.
This is something to consider when the big money tries to persuade
voters to reject the proposed ban on all plastic bags in California. Even
banning those bags today will not remove the tons and tons of plastic already in the environment. Just something to think about.
In the meantime, we all need to care for what is left and try to not make
it any worse.
If all those folks who toss their trash over the bank into the creek would
just take it home instead, it would really help the Dry Creek Parkway become a place for everyone to enjoy.
Lets make that a goal for 2015 - use the trash barrels instead of the
creek.
Friends of the Dry Creek Parkway
A native
western
painted
turtle basks
in the in the
Dry Creek
Parkway with
a parasitic
leech
attached.
(See the
knob close to
the back of
the turtle.)
The inset is
a close-up of
the leech.
The
photos
were taken
by Randy
Aeschliman
in
December
of 2014.
TiTLE:
cOmpOSTInG and VeRmIculTuRe
EVENT:
Introduction to making garden gold, and
raising worms to make it even better!
DAY and DATE:
February 19, 2015
TIME:
10 a.m. to Noon
LOCATION:
West Sacramento Community Center,
1075 West Capitol Ave.,
West Sacramento, CA 95691
COST:
Free
FOR MORE INFO:
UC Cooperative Extension, (530) 6668143
TITLE:
chOOSInG The RIGhT IRRIGaTIOn
SySTem FOR WaTeR SaVInG and
GROWInG SucceSS In yOuR GaRden
EVENT:
IRRIGATION CLASS
DAY and DATE:
Saturday, February 21, 2015
TIME:
9am to 10am
LOCATION:
Grace Garden
Davis United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall 1620 Anderson
Davis CA 95616
COST:
FREE
FOR MORE INFO:
UC Cooperative Extension, (530)
666-8143
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BITS & PIECES
  
Continued from page 3
ery little bit helps to lift the spirit
of those living in or just passing by
our communities. Way to go!!!
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useful years that person may have
left to live. If the number does not
come out a plus for the government you will not receive that new
hip or have that by-pass surgery.
In the U.S. where most still
have private medical coverage,
needed surgery is scheduled right
away. These sneaky ways socialism is being put into place will
only bring everyone lower. Socialism does nothing to encourage excellence. Without excellence our
country will sink to a much lower
level in all ways.
The best way for our country
to improve the economic climate
would be for the government to
adopt the “flat tax” on earned income and eliminate all deductions.
Then cut the investment tax to
encourage business development
and eliminate inheritance tax all
together.
It takes rich people to create
jobs. When have you ever seen
a poor person create jobs? Never! Do the math, everyone would
benefit and the government would
have all the money it needed to do
the jobs government was intended
to do such as protect our country
inside and out, build, replace or repair the infrastructure and handle a
few health problems. Government
meddles in too many things and
with a bit less money those responsible might prioritize a bit more. I
know, it is just too simple.
The gray foggy days remind
me of one January back in the
nineties and another time in the
sixties. Both times the fog was so
thick you could barely see one or
two marks of the white line. The
fog never lifted, was solid all day
long, no sun for three weeks.
Back in the sixties I was driving school bus for Grant Union
School District. My route was
around Rio Linda and out along
the East Levee. Several times I
made stops at a row of mail boxes
thinking it was a line of students.
I just had to creep along at 10 or
so miles per hour, especially out
on the levee where there was just a
few inches between the bus and the
edge of the levee or the on coming
beet trucks. Those were the days.
There are some pluses when it
is foggy. The fog is full of moisture and all the evergreen trees are
loving every bit of the mist. Foggy
days causes many to be a bit more
introspective and gives others license to spend time reading or doing in door projects. Foggy days
  
are quiet days, giving pause before
Stop
by
Elkhorn Bait, out on
the rebirth of spring. Enjoy this
downtime, this slow-down time, 20th Street south of Elkhorn Blvd.
They have everything you need to
time to rebuild and plan.
catch that big one! When you do,
  
be sure to take a picture and email
Since we have no art gallery it to NCN at ncnews328@aol.com,
out this way all those who like pic- with all the particulars. I am sure
tures should stop by The Rio Java you have already seen several picCoffee House Two at 440 Elkhorn tures of those big catches in NCN.
Blvd in the Food Source Shopping Keep those pictures coming!
Center.
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Every month or maybe more
I have been hearing about the
often local artists hang their works
new
craze…..green lips….ugh.
on the walls and yes they are for
sale. Stop by for a cuppa and view Anyway it seems even the Presithe latest renditions. The pictures dent is spending time with those
that have started this new fad. My
cover the full range of tastes.
thought, if they didn’t paint their
  
lips green no one would even give
I was reading a book the other them the time of day. Now how
day written in 1988 “The Veiled can painting your lips green make
One” by Ruth Rendell and set in them worth the time of the PresiEngland. I came to a passage that dent? This is so beneath the posimade a statement about their Na- tion, especially when we have so
tional Health Service or a socialis- many more important problems
tic medical coverage like the USA that need his time.
is headed toward with Obama  
care. The character in the story
What
is going on at the Food
needed a hip replacement but had
been placed on a three year wait- Source Shopping center and around
ing list, not unlike Canada’s health the Community Center/Depot Park
coverage today. The person was area? Seems the sheriff’s officers
lamenting about what shape he are spending much more time corwould be in by the time his name ralling the druggies & homeless
finally would come up. You know, lately. Don’t get me wrong, I think
in Canada after you reach a cer- this is good. The vagrancy and
tain age an operation such as hip panhandling laws should be enreplacement or by-pass surgery forced much more.
is analyzed, money vs number of
Some shopping centers such as
Wal Mart and Food Maxx have security that patrols their parking lots
and I feel much safer at these locations. It is about time for a security
patrol at these two local locations.
I know of several people who considers both the Community Center/
Depot Park area and Food Source
parking areas unsafe and they
avoid both. It would not hurt for
some of the smaller locations such
as Rio Linda Food & Liquor, Archway Market and the Seven/Eleven
to clear out some of those hanging
around their doors as well.
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Here is a question for the Sacramento City Council, Sacramento
County Supervisors and our State
Representatives. If there is such a
water problem, as we continually
hear every night on the evening
news, how can they justify issuing
more and more building permits
for more and more houses to be
built? Where is the water coming
from to supply these thousands and
thousands of new people? Will
each existing home be required to
cut that much more? If we cut usage by 20% every year pretty soon
you may have to make the choice,
flush the toilet vs. taking a bath or
take baths like I have read they did
in the old days. Using the same
water, the cleanest one goes first
till you worked through the family
with the dirtiest one last.
We have all been told to cut water use by 20%. Southern California is the least conservative in the
state yet the Governor is continuing to send them more and more of
our water south while cutting the
farmers. The farmers have invested years growing their orchards
and producing food at reasonable
prices and yet they are paying the
penalty more than any other business. Less farm production means
higher food prices and the loss of
lots of jobs.
As usual, what government
does best is tax and regulate, never
making sense or being accountable
for their stupid decisions.
Why Brown and his fast train
is allowed to move forward is beyond belief. When or if this fast
train is completed, it will destroy
more farms and never pay its way.
Brown was stupid the first time
around and is more stupid now and
yes, I remember. This water issue
needs to be fixed the only way it
can be fixed with more reservoirs,
to save the water when it comes
and not more regulations.
Desalination plants need to be
built all up and down the California coast, actually all up and down
both US coast lines. Everyone
knows the oceans are rising so why
not make use of the extra water.
Excess water in the east could be
piped, along the railroad lines, to
the west. This would create new
businesses and products such as
selling the sea salt as a by-product
and storing the extra water or recharging the aquifers in the Midwestern states.
There should be a state wide
building moratorium on all homes
and apartments until there is proof
that enough water is available to
support more people. A five to
seven year average would need to
be considered to obtain the right
figures, gallons of water vs. people. I am sure it will take several
more reservoirs to accomplish the
goal of really supplying water for
this state.
Where oh where has the common sense gone? Healthy living
space and clean water is finite.
Any given area can only support
just so many people. Over populating an area just causes everyone
to sink in the crap created by government. Any small farmer/gardener knows over crowding causes
disease, crime, filth and contributes
to family break downs. Maybe all
our local, state and federal representatives should spend some time
in the barn yard, especially the
chicken pen!!!
  
Well, with all this foggy
weather I have made a big dent in
my book supply and will have to
make another trip to the “Friends
of The Library” Book Store real
soon. The book store is located on
Elkhorn Blvd. at the Food Source
shopping center.
I have been reading several
books written in the late eighties
to mid nineties. Technology has
changed so much in the last twenty
plus years I find it interesting how
crimes and legal mysteries were
solved back then. Many times I
am so into the story that I find myself thinking “use your cell phone”
or “Google for background information you dumbo.”
I cannot stress enough the power it gives students when they learn
to read and comprehend what they
read. My 4th grade school teacher,
Willie Culp-Thompson, always
said, “you do not have to know all
the answers, just know where you
can find them.” That is why reading is so important. Obtaining information and getting answers are
so easy when you read. Read any
good books lately?
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Well, it is time to go for now…
There is so much more that could
be said…but at the moment I have
plenty of good books to read or I
can always go haul some more
wood chips!
Some people may doubt what
I say or write but they will always
believe what I do. I will always do
my best, stand to be counted, keep
the faith and try to let God do the
rest… Viv
North Country News February 2015 Page 13
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
(Editors note: The loan for
these projects was obtained by the
Board elected in 2008 and known
as the “Golden Girls,” Mary Harris, Vivien Spicer Johnson, Cathy
Hood, Belinda Paine and Joyce
Hafner who was replaced by Stephanie Suela. A confirmation letter
from the California Department of
Public Health was received November 2010.
I, Vivien Spicer Johnson, said
as early as 2007 and was reported
in NCN numerous times that all the
water district needed was one large
capacity well, a large water storage
tank and larger transmission lines.
This was confirmed by CDPH engineer, Carl L. in 2007, as well.
These projects could have been
completed much sooner but due to
additional board members, elected
in 2010 & 2012 and their preoccupation with increasing employee
benefits, refusing to settle lawsuits,
hiring an expensive engineering
firm, Affinity, to do jobs the GM
should have been doing and the
needed activity required with increasing water rates the ratepayers
took second place.
It is sad when boards abdicate
their responsibilities and forget
just who they work for. It remains
to be seen just how long it will be
before the new board, additional
members elected 2014, decide to
raise the water rates once again.)
LET’S
DIG IN !!!
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Continued from page 8
working for awhile. So far I have
hauled 17 loads and guess I better
stock up on “Blue Emu” cream.
Check out the coupon in this issue.
You cannot beat it for aches and
pains.
No matter if you have only one
tree or several trees, Forrest Tree
Service is the one to call at 916332-8733 or 916-721-3611.
_____
Heavy pruning should be about
finished now. With the days warming up buds may come early and
any pruning after budding begins
will weaken your plants and such.
Scatter some clover seed
around so when it blooms it will
feed the Honey Bees. Without the
Honey Bees our diet would be very
limited indeed.
It is still not too late to plant
those bulbs that you might find on
sale now. They may not bloom as
early as those planted last fall but
the next blooming season with hit
with all the others.
haul five wheel barrows per day I
should be finished with the pile on
my front driveway in twenty-eight
days, if I work every day! But you
know how that goes.
Forrest's crews do a real good
job trimming and shaping the trees,
actually repairing some of the damage the SMUD crews have done
over the years. The crew chips
Rio Linda Elverta Food Closet at the
all the trimmings and hauls them
away or dumps them for you to use
Methodist Church at 6th and M Street,
around your yard. Just let them
every Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon
know you want them and have a
The Rio Linda Elverta Food Closet needs to constantly recieve dona- place they can get their truck into
tions in order to meet the needs of our communities. Please think about in order to dump the load. I had
the Food Closet each week when you go shopping. One or two items
lots of obstacles, chicken pens and
will make a difference if we all do it.
such that they had to work around
so the clean up was quite a job, but
HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR
Here is a list of food item's needed every week at the food
they
did
good.
CHICKEN
TODAY???
……..
closet. Clip this and take it with you to the store.
I figure it will take at least 260 Viv
wheel
barrow loads to move both
1. Peanut Butter
piles. Hauling 5 per day I will be
2. Jelly or Jam
3. 5lb bags of flour
4. 1lb boxes of sugar
5. Cans of chili, raviolis, spaghetti with meat balls
6. Tuna
Open Garden at the Horticulture Center
7. Cans of beans, refried, baked, pork and beans, plain beans
8. Bags of dry beans
Event:
Bring your questions. Master
9. Cans of soup
10. Oatmeal - we get ours at 99 cent store
Gardeners will provide tips on
11. Cereal - we get ours at the 99 cent store
how to select water efficient
12. Mayonnaise
plants and grow warm-season
13. Spaghetti noodles
14. Noodles, elbow, shells egg,
vegetables. Learn how to man15. Cans of vegetables, corn , green beans, mixed vegage pests in the orchard and
etables,
vineyard.
16. 1lb bags of rice or if you wanted to get a 25 or 50 lb bag
we can break it down to 1lb bags
Observe on-going compost and
17. Cans of fruit
worm composting demonstra18. tomato sauce or canned tomatoes
tions.
19. spaghetti sauce.
20. Macaroni and cheese
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Plans are underway to
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Class of 1965.
Come and reminisce about those fun years as
Rio Linda Knights and share your memories.
Catch up with old friends and find out
what they are doing now.
The reunion will be held on
Saturday, July 25, 2015
at River Oaks Golf Course, Nicolaus, CA
from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
It’s a comfortable setting about 30 minutes
north of Rio Linda.
We need your help to locate other classmates,
so if you have addresses, phone numbers or e-mails for
any of our class members,
please share them with us.
For more information contact:
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or see Loren at Rio Linda Hardware – (916) 991-1756).
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The average age of vehicles on the road today is
11.7 years, which is an all time high.
Between 2003 and 2005 wine consumption jumped
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Emergency Drought Barriers applicatiion by Dept. of Water Resources
Public Notice by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
Sacramento District
Comments Period: January 29,
2015 – February 28, 2015
SUBJECT: The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento
District, (Corps) is evaluating a
permit application to construct the
Emergency Drought Barriers project, which would result in permanent impacts to approximately 0.75
acres (20 linear feet) and temporary impacts to approximately 3.14
acres (583 linear feet) of waters of
the United States in Sutter Slough,
Steamboat Slough, and False River.
Temporary fill would be installed
starting May and removed November. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments.
AUTHORITY: This application is being evaluated under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors
Act of 1899 for structures or work
in or affecting navigable waters of
the United States, Section 14 of the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (as
codified in 33 USC 408 commonly
referred to as Section 408) for the
alteration or occupation or use of
a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
civil works project and Section 404
of the Clean Water Act for the discharge of dredged or fill material in
waters of the United States.
APPLICANT: California Department of Water Resources, Attn:
Paul Marshall, 1416 9th Street,
Room 215-37, Sacramento, California 95814-5511
LOCATION: The proposed
project consists of three separate
locations, Sutter Slough, Steamboat
Slough, and False River.
The proposed Sutter Slough site
is located approximately 1.25 miles
downstream from the confluence of
Sutter Slough and the Sacramento
River at the northwest end of Sutter Island. The site is approximately
1 mile southwest of the community
of Courtland and 7 miles northwest
of Walnut Grove, on the border between Yolo and Sacramento Counties.
The proposed Steamboat Slough
site is located approximately 0.95
mile downstream from the confluence of Steamboat Slough and the
Sacramento River, between Sutter
and Grand Islands. The site is approximately 2.1 miles south-southeast of the Sutter Slough site and
5.25 miles northwest of Walnut
Grove, in Sacramento County.
The proposed False River site is
located approximately 0.4 mile east
of the confluence of False River and
the San Joaquin River, between Jersey and Bradford Islands. The site is
approximately 4.75 miles northeast
of Oakley, in Contra Costa County.
The applicant has proposed
the use of three potential material
stockpile locations. All stockpile
locations are existing Department
of Water Resources (DWR) storage
facilities at the Port of Stockton, Rio
Vista, and the community of Hood.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The applicant is proposing to construct three temporary salinity/
drought barriers in response to the
current and forecasted drought conditions in the State of California.
The temporary barriers would be
rock (rip-rap) structures installed
within Sutter Slough, Steamboat
Slough, and False River. All structures would be trapezoid-shaped
barriers with a wide base tapering
to a 12-foot-wide crest installed
perpendicular to the channel. The
Sutter and Steamboat Slough barriers would serve two important
drought management purposes: redirect freshwater flows into the central Delta; and create a hydrologic
barrier to repel high-salinity water.
The False River barrier would be a
physical barrier to reduce the intrusion of high-salinity water into the
central and south Delta.
For more information, diagrams
and maps please visit the State of
California Emergency Drought Barriers website at http://water.ca.gov/
waterconditions/emergencybarriers.cfm
PURPOSE AND NEED: Based
on the available information, the
overall project purpose is to prevent
the intrusion of saltwater into the
Delta. The applicant believes there
is a need to reduce the water supply
risk for delta and upstream users.
The applicant has stated that water
quality conditions in the Delta are
declining due to the severe drought
conditions and have already approached human health criteria at
many locations in the South Delta
and as far south as the State Water
Project and Central Valley Project
intakes. These and projected conditions put several communities and
local water purveyors at risk. Increased salinity levels and reduced
levels of cold water in upstream
reservoirs also have an adverse effect on sensitive aquatic resources
in the Delta and waterways below
the reservoirs.
Construction of the barriers
would allow the retention of additional water available for upstream
community needs and cool water to
protect natural resource values later
in the year. Additional water would
be retained in upstream reservoirs
for later use, as less water would
need to be released for water quality earlier in the year.
Models and projections prepared by the applicant show that
there may be insufficient water in
natural runoff or stored in reservoirs
that can be released to keep salinity
intrusion out of the Delta without
exhausting stored water before the
end of the year. Given current reservoir storage and expected runoff,
projections indicate that low river
inflows will allow salinity intrusion
to the extent that interior portions of
the Delta will exceed water quality
objectives by May. Once salinity
intrudes into the Delta, moving it
back toward San Francisco Bay is
difficult; thus, high salinity could
persist for an extended period if
high winter and spring freshwater
flows are not available to move it
back downstream.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
The Corps is currently processing this permit application under
normal procedures. If the conditions change, the permit application
may be elevated to emergency procedures as defined in regulations.
Environmental Setting. The
Project is located within the legal
Delta, which includes 700 miles of
channels and approximately 8,000
acres of tidal marsh. The Delta includes approximately 57 islands,
many of which support farmland
and/or residential housing.
Alternatives. At this time, the
applicant has not provided information concerning project alternatives. Additional information concerning project alternatives may be
available from the applicant or their
agent. Information on other alternatives is currently being developed
and will be considered during the
review process for this permit application. All reasonable project alternatives, in particular those which
may be less damaging to the aquatic
environment, will be considered.
Mitigation. The Corps requires
that applicants consider and use all
reasonable and practical measures
to avoid and minimize impacts to
aquatic resources. If the applicant is
unable to avoid or minimize all impacts, the Corps may require compensatory mitigation. The applicant
has proposed to restore all temporary impacts to pre-project conditions and is currently developing
compensatory mitigation options
for 0.75 acre of permanent impacts.
ENDANGERED SPECIES:
The proposed activity may affect
Federally-listed endangered or
threatened species or their critical habitat. The Corps will initiate
consultation with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National
Marine Fisheries Service, pursuant
to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, as appropriate.
ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT: The proposed project may adversely affect Essential Fish Habitat.
The Corps will initiate consultation
with the National Marine Fisheries
Service, pursuant to MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, as appropriate.
The above determinations are
based on information provided by
the applicant and our preliminary
review.
EVALUATION FACTORS:
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of
the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the described
activity on the public interest. That
decision will reflect the national
concern for both protection and
utilization of important resources.
The benefit, which reasonably may
be expected to accrue from the described activity, must be balanced
against its reasonably foreseeable
detriments. All factors which may
be relevant to the described activity will be considered, including the
cumulative effects thereof; among
those are conservation, economics,
aesthetics, general environmental
concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and wildlife values, flood
hazards, floodplain values, land use,
navigation, shoreline erosion and
accretion, recreation, water supply
and conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber
production, mineral needs, consideration of property ownership and,
in general, the needs and welfare of
the people. The activity's impact on
the public interest will include application of the Section 404(b)(1)
guidelines promulgated by the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (40 CFR Part 230).
The Corps is soliciting comments from the public, Federal,
State, and local agencies and officials, Indian tribes, and other interested parties in order to consider
and evaluate the impacts of this
proposed activity. Any comments
received will be considered by the
Corps to determine whether to issue, modify, condition, or deny a
permit for this proposal. To make
this decision, comments are used to
assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental effects,
and other public interest factors
listed above. Comments are used in
the preparation of an Environmental
Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act.
Comments are also used to determine the need for a public hearing
and to determine the overall public
interest of the proposed activity.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS:
Written comments, referencing
Public Notice SPK-2014-00187
must be submitted to the office listed below on or before February 28,
2015.
William Guthrie, Project Manager, US Army Corps of Engineers,
Sacramento District,1325 J Street,
Room 1350,Sacramento, California
95814-2922
Email: william.h.guthrie@usace.
army.mil
The Corps is particularly interested in receiving comments related
to the proposal's probable impacts
on the affected aquatic environment
and the secondary and cumulative
effects. Anyone may request, in writing, that a public hearing be held to
consider this application. Requests
shall specifically state, with particularity, the reason(s) for holding a
public hearing. If the Corps determines that the information received
in response to this notice is inadequate for thorough evaluation, a
public hearing may be warranted. If
a public hearing is warranted, interested parties will be notified of the
time, date, and location. Please note
that all comment letters received
are subject to release to the public
through the Freedom of Information Act. If you have questions or
need additional information please
contact the applicant or the Corps'
project manager William Guthrie,
916-557-5269, william.h.guthrie@
usace.army.mil.
RLECWD
BOARD MEETING
February 16th
6:30 p.m.
Depot Visitors Center • 6730 Front St.
916-991-1000
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