From teaching a little girl to fly to awarding scholarships to youth with aviation dreams, the Airshow is honored to give back to its community

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Tashina Clarridge & Jefferson Hamer, July 3, Sacramento

Fiddler Tashina Clarridge and guitarist Jefferson Hamer will play a concert at the home of Paul and Candy Anderson, 2548 8th Ave, Sacramento, on July 3 at 800 PM (doors open at 730 PM).

Tashina Clarridge is a Grand National Fiddle Champion and tours with several bands.  She enjoys a lively pursuit of bluegrass, Appalachian old-time, Irish fiddling, and the fusion of such styles, sometimes labeled “new acoustic” music.

Jefferson Hamer has a surprisingly fresh voice in today’s world of introspective singer-songwriters.  His musicality reflects a breadth of influences, and his own songs echo the distilled melodies and lyricism of British, Irish, and American traditional music.

Refreshments will be served, and the donation of $15 all goes to the musicians.

Reserve your seat with Paul and Candy Anderson via phone, 916-455-6312, or Email, paulncandy@comcast.net.

Read the newsletter at the CBA website: http://www.cbaontheweb.org

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After almost two weeks of traveling throughout Northern California, the Special Olympics Flame of Hope is nearing its final destination to UC Davis on Friday for the start of the 15th Special Olympics Summer Games. The torch has been carried by more than 500 law enforcement personnel in 21 counties and at 7:30 pm, athletes and officers will light the cauldron at Aggie Stadium to officially begin the largest Special Olympics event in Northern California.

Some 700 Special Olympic athletes all over Northern California will converge on the UC Davis Campus June 25-27 to participate in a remarkable competition and celebration of physical achievement at the 2010 Summer Games. Each athlete has trained long and hard for the opportunity to compete in championship-level play.

The Opening Ceremonies and the Summer Games are free and open to the public. The Summer Games is the largest Special Olympics sporting competition in Northern California showcasing four sports offered during the spring season – aquatics, bocce, tennis and track & field.

Schedule of Events: Media is invited to all events
ON FRIDAY, JUNE 25:
• Final Leg of Torch Run – begins at 5:30am at Beals Point. See schedule here:
http:// bit.ly/torchroute
• Law Enforcement Torch Run Press Conference and presentations by law enforcement officials at the State Capitol 10:30 am Friday, June 25.
• Special Olympics Athlete Tweet-up at the Habit Burger, 500 1st Street, Davis at 4:30 pm. Follow @KarissaSwims
• Opening Ceremonies at 7:30 pm at Aggie Stadium, UC Davis

ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JUNE 26-27:
• Summer Games Competition-UC Davis

Opening Ceremonies to Feature Parade of Athletes and VOENA
Opening Ceremonies begins with the traditional parade of athletes led into Aggie Stadium by the UC Davis Aggie band. Athletes and their coaches will be welcomed into Aggie Stadium by the “Wall of Honor” consisting of Law Enforcement personnel from all over Northern California who have raised funds and awareness for Special Olympics throughout the year.

A special highlight his year will be the performance of the multi-cultural youth singing group, VOENA (Voices of Eve ‘N Angels) at the Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games at UC Davis, Aggie Stadium at 7:30 pm, Friday, June 25. Founded in 1994, VOENA has performed for Presidents Clinton and Bush in Washington D.C. through multiple invitations to the White House as well as Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in Rome.

Supporting Resources
2010 Summer Games Event Schedule: http://bit.ly/2010eventschedule
2010 Summer Games Media Kit: http://bit.ly/2010gamespresskit
2010 Summer Games Video: http://bit.ly/aLWG1G
Past Summer Games Photos: http://www.sonc.org/getinfo/info_news_imagelibrary.html
Torch Run Routes: http://bit.ly/torchroute
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/specialolympics
Athlete Twitter Report: http://www.twitter.com/KarissaSwims
About Special Olympics Northern California
Special Olympics Northern California is a free year-round sports training and competition program for children and adults with developmental disabilities. About 14,000 athletes compete in over 170 competitions throughout the region in 12 sports. Find out how you can be a fan and visit http://www.ReachforTheGold.org

Our Sponsors
The 2010 Northern California Special Olympics Summer Games is co- sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and AT&T. Community sponsors include Jenkins Insurance Group, Coca Cola, General Mills, Kiwanis, Pacific Color Graphics, Panda Express and UC Davis. Our media sponsors include iLoop Mobile, K-LOVE Radio, Liberation Media and The Davis Enterprise. Annual sponsors are: Chevron, Safeway, Nella Oil, WalMart, Adobe and the Law Enforcement Torch Run.

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Highlighting the public safety benefits of the state’s mutual aid system to protecting Californians from emergencies, officials from the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) and Colusa County Sheriff’s Department participated in the transfer of a Cal EMA Mobile Interoperability Gateway Unit (MIGU) at Cal EMA headquarters in Mather, CA. This MIGU is a tool that will serve to provide communications capabilities between multiple responding agencies in the event of a major incident.

“In an emergency, communication is critical – especially between first responders,” said Cal EMA Secretary Matthew Bettenhausen. “These units are a great asset in emergency management because they allow for information to be shared quickly and accurately between multiple agencies, which enable emergency responders to better protect public health and safety during times of crisis.”

Developed by Cal EMA and funded through Federal Homeland Security Grants, the MIGU’s are a key element in California’s emergency tool kit. Each unit is equipped with a variety of communication technologies that bridge the gap between disparate radio systems, allowing communication to flow easily between first responders from different agencies.

Colusa’s MIGU is one of six units deployed throughout California’s Mutual Aid Regions. MIGUs are also located at Cal EMA Headquarters in Mather, CA; Cal EMA’s Southern Region Office in Los Alamitos, as well as sheriff’s offices in San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino and San Mateo counties. Deployable 24/7 upon request through Cal EMA’s resource management system, the strategic positioning statewide allows for a MIGU to be rapidly dispatched and available to scenes of emergency.”

Each unit was funded by both US Department of Homeland Security’s Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program (approximately $234,000/unit) and Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP) grants (approximately $41,700/unit) and include communications features such as Operational Area Satellite Information System (OASIS) Satellite Transportable Earth Station, Internet capability, video teleconferencing, audio gateway switch for patching radio equipment, high frequency and V/UHF radios, and more.

The MIGUs can be utilized to provide communication capabilities at any number of locations such as natural disasters/environmental events, mutual aid situations, planned events such as demonstrations and protests, search and rescue, and other multi-jurisdictional events.

For more information, please visit Cal EMA’s website at www.calema.ca.gov.

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The American Visions Art Gallery in Old Town Folsom is featuring old masters in what they call a “wonder-filled and whimsical art class.”  Parents are encouraged to bring their child and their friends to the gallery to enjoy the enriching experience that lets them create art modeled after masters such as Van Gogh, Matisse, and Georgia O’Keefe.

In The Matisse Project, each child makes a collage from colorful cut-outs on black and white cardstock, just as Matisse did in his later years. This project is June 24,  just before the Thursday Night Market, between 4:30 and 6:30 pm

For The Van Gogh Project, each child composes their own version of “Starry Night” using watercolor with crayon resist and salt texture for the stars and moon., Tuesday July 20, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

In The O’Keefe Project: each child will paint a watercolor iris with a masked border to frame it. This is on Aug. 19 (Just before Thursday Night Market) at 4:30 to 6:30pm

Children ages 6 and up are welcome.  Cost per child: $4 including materials

Dana Childs, from Flight Arts and Educational Adventures, will teach each session.

Call (916) 351-1623 to Reserve a Space

or email info@avartgallery.com

American Visions Gallery

718 Sutter St., Folsom’s Historic District

Folsom, California 95630

www.avartgallery.com

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As the Obama administration fumes over General Stanley McChrystal’s comments in the upcoming Rolling Stone article “Runaway General,” the pro-troop group organization expressed shock that the President of the United States can be disinterested and uninformed on the war against Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan.

“The General should have quit and alerted the American people to these shocking facts,” said the group’s Director of Communications, Danny Gonzalez, “but more importantly, this reveals the truth of the frustration and desperation of our military leaders in the face of President Obama’s ambivalence to winning the war in Afghanistan.

“In a time when America is at war, when the greatest threat to American security is Islamic terrorism, it is appalling and inexcusable that the Obama administration is preoccupied, uninformed, and disinterested in winning the war in Afghanistan.

“This episode should serve as a huge wake up call to the American public that President Obama needs to focus on Afghanistan.  We owe it to our troops to support them.  The unwillingness of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder and others in the Administration to call our fight against Islamic terrorist the war that it is, now makes sense.

The President is not providing leadership.

“The focus of attention seems to be that General Stanley McChrystal should not have been so forthcoming in the Rolling Stone article.  But that is ignoring the seriousness of the charges he has leveled against the White House and Obama Administration.  We urge President Obama to start acting like a Commander- in-Chief and keep America safe by recommitting to win the war in Afghanistan by giving the military the support they need,” Gonzalez concluded.

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Sacramento resident Bo Bradley has entered Oprah’s nationwide MY OWN television show contest and has been promoting her video in full force in order to secure her own talk show on Oprah’s new television network in 2011.

Bo’s goal is to launch a “Balance” show based on Achieving the Balance Dream and will teaches simple and practical lessons to many Americans who are exhausted from the daily pressures of trying to balance work, family and personal time. Oprah’s nationwide contest will fly the finalists down to LA this July for an on air televised contest where one of the finalists of the online contest will receive their coveted talk show on the highly anticipated new network.

Bo’s goal is to receive 2 million votes by July 3rd with the contest deadline on July 3rd this year. Sacramento residents can vote for Bo by visiting http://bit.ly/bS83bw, and are encouraged to vote several times daily.

See the full story at Sacramento Businesswoman Competes for Her Own Show on Oprah’s New Network

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According to Nielsen’s NPM Fast National ratings, Univision, the US Spanish-language media company, had an average audience of 4.0 million Viewers watching its exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa on the Opening Day.

The opening game, between Mexico and South Africa, attracted 5.4 million viewers, 3.2 million of which were Adults 18-49.

Audiences were almost double the numbers watching the first day of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Univision beat English-language network ESPN by a significant margin.

Univision vs. ESPN
Mexico vs. South Africa & Uruguay vs. France
Combined Average Audience

Demos UNIVISION ESPN
UNI %
Advantage
Persons 2+ 3,997,520 2,660,318 +50%
Adults 18-49 2,310,118 1,643,898 +41%
Adults 18-34 1,374,065 936,714 +47%
Persons 12-34 1,716,861 1,164,764 +47%

Source: The Nielsen Company NPM, 6/11/10 Fast Nationals, Live+SD

Additional Local Highlights

Univision’s 2010 FIFA World Cup opening game between Mexico and South Africa on Friday was the #1 program of the day, regardless of language, in the following markets:

Versus the first day of coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup , Friday’s opening day coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Univision out-delivered in the following markets, regardless of language:

Univision’s coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening game between Mexico and South Africa far out-delivered ESPN’s coverage of the same game:

Univision’s coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup game between Uruguay and France far out-delivered ESPN’s coverage of the same game:

Source: The Nielsen Company, NSI ratings (6/11/10), live game across time zones, highest rated game based on 01/01/2010-06/10/2010 soccer game program averages and time period average for 6/11/10 games. Live+SD data.

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