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Southside Art Center’s
The Daily Grind
April 2010
8583 Elder Creek Rd., Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95828
www.southsideartcenter.com
The Daily Grind — Lifestyle and News
Editor’s Comments By Jemel Williams fee. Everyone seemed to smile and were happy. This is a three star restau­
rant, and I recommend it to everyone. I then decided to visit the new Sierra Grill in Auburn on Highway 49. I had ham, eggs and potatoes. They were de­
licious. There is a juke box that plays Johnny Cash, George Jones and Conway Twitty. There is a bar here but it did not open till later. They serve Heineken, however, I drink O’douls. They have a pool table here too. The service and food was delicious, I rate this as a three star restaurant, and recommend it to my friends. Hi, it’s me again, “Ms. Editor”, Jemel Wil­
liams. This issue of The Daily Grind will be our springtime spectacular, and will feature a crafting article, a review of the new Southside Ensemble album “Reflections”, and many stories. We are also very happy to announce that artists from Southside Auburn have joined the writing staff of The Daily Grind. As al­
ways, feel free to submit suggestions or comments on any articles that are in the newsletter. Out and About By Gary Compani Personal Safety Tips By Debbie Bunyard Tip #1 Make sure you check the smoke This is my review of Sierra Grill #1 in Auburn. I had a steak and eggs dinner for $6.99. It was delicious. Marvelous service from the man who waited on me, and the waitress who wasn’t wear­
alarm in your house at least once per month and change the battery once every year. It is also a good thing to make a fire escape plan so that every­
one in your home knows where they can exit the home and meet in case of an emergency. Tip #2 When leaving the house, make sure all the doors are locked to prevent unwanted people from entering your home. If you are gone for more than a couple hours, be sure to keep a light on in your house to make it look like some­
one is home. ing her glasses that day. I love this place because I like to watch the television when I eat. I watched the news and Days of Our Lives soap opera while I ate lunch. I sat at the counter, and had cof­
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The Daily Grind — Lifestyle and News
Community Volunteers Meet The Artist By Jemel Williams and James Hamaker The Artwork of Dennis Austria Members of Southside Sacramento’s Community Volunteerism Department recently received an award from The American Red Cross. They were given a certificate of appreciation for all of the volunteers hard work. Participants have volunteered their time working with The American Red Cross for 20 years; cleaning and sanitiz­
ing mannequins for their CPR classes. Tri­Colored Salad Recipe 1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. 2. Toss cooled pasta with cheese, broccoli and Italian­style dressing to taste. Serve immedi­
ately. By Billy Roberts Ingredients you will need: 2 pounds uncooked tri‐color spiral pasta 10 ounces diced processed American cheese 1 large head broccoli, cut into florets 1 (16 ounce) bottle Italian‐style salad dressing 2
The Daily Grind — Cover Story
“Reflections” By Paul Boon and Jemel Williams We, the Southside Ensemble, will be releasing our newest album later this month. This new album will be our sixth album we have released. The album con­
tains songs we have written. The art work for the al­
bum was also created by us. The inspiration for the songs on the album came from things that we find in­
teresting, or have experienced. We hope to be releas­
ing more albums in the future, and produce music videos. This album was the last album featuring our fellow musician, Paul Swinton. We miss him very much. The song on the album that most that stands out is “Funk Animals”. The inspiration for this song came from thinking about wild animals stomping around in the wild, and from our love of funk music such as, Parliament and Bootsie Collins. We hope to be out performing various places in the community very soon. Expressing the Moment By Wally Phillips SSAC Auburn By Terssa Sawyer SSAC Auburn 3
The Daily Grind — Creative Corner
Crafting Lesson: Cell phone or iPod tote By Debbie Bunyard Time to make: 1­2 hours for the bag, a day or two for the strap. Tools you will need: Knifty Knitter Flower Loom, Knifty Knitter Spool Loom, Knifty Knitter Hook, a yarn needle and yarn of your choosing. Make the bag by using the flower loom. Begin by wrapping the yarn around the peg on the side of the loom and wrap the first 8 pegs going back and forth to make the flap of the bag. The flap should be 3”­4”, it is up to you. You will be using the bottom over top stitch style for this entire project. After making the flap, wrap all of the pegs of the loom and knit them off until you have 18 rows, then saw the bag off the loom and close the bottom of the bag. To make the strap for your bag, you will need the spool loom. To begin using the spool, loom drop the strand of yarn down the cen­
ter of the loom and wrap all of the pegs using the same bottom over top method as used when making the bag. Deep Thoughts Flower Loom Spool Loom Final Product By Charlie Sandkuhle By MC Johnson SSAC Sacramento The birds will sing, the bees will buzz We have nice sunny days and nice warm days The birds will sing I love you mister moon Spring is on it’s way We will have a nice sunny day and the frogs croak, and the crickets sing and nice warm days, the birds will sing the bees will buzz 4
The Daily Grind — Entertainment and Sports
The Sacramento Kings By Chris Hogan name of the show is 'The Penguins of Madagascar. This wildly popular com­
puter­animated TV series has been on TV since it first aired in March of 2009. What I love about the show are the characters and the actors who play them. Every episode I have watched so far has been so much fun for me, and I never get tired of watching. This show has recently been released on DVD which I purchased after it came out. I cannot believe how popular the show is right now. I just love it! I’m Chris Hogan, and the Sacramento Kings are my favorite sports team. They are playing tonight and they are going to win! Seems like my favorite players are always getting traded, like Mike “Thirty Nights With a Highland Husband” Bibby, and Kevin Martin. I really like Paul Westphal, the team’s coach. The Kings are the stars of basketball; Go Kings! My friend Susan Burton is a sea­
son ticket holder, She sits with friends on the 2nd level next to the bar. Susan’s favorite player is #13, Dante Green, She says, “he’s fast on the court ,that’s why I like him”. So as far as basketball goes, we are true Kings Fans. By Mary Thornsberry Thirty Nights With a Highland Husband is the story of a woman who is ask to ac­
company a man to Scotland in the year 1272. He asks that she marry him and he will return her home to her own time. There is just one little catch; in or­
der for the marriage to seem binding, she must spend thirty days with him. Present day, Caitlyn Coryell is a young woman about to get married. But when she catches her fiancé’ cheating on her, she is furious and considers calling off the wedding. Being the creep that he is , he tries to blame the whole thing on her, saying she has no sense of adven­
ture. So when a man wrapped in a green light appears in Caitlyn’s bedroom and “The Penguins of Madagascar”
By Joe Siciliano Hello, my name is Joe Siciliano and I have to tell you that I am obsessed with my all­time favorite TV show that I watch on TV when I'm at home. The 5
The Daily Grind — Entertainment and Sports
Nine out of ten places have a lake. Really, one lake, one big one should have been enough. Their names sound like presidents. Fillmore, Washington, Lincoln, Madison, Harrison. The towns have names that are harder to spell cor­
rectly, then they are to navigate. On their own the ocarina songs are puz­ tells her he needs her help Caitlyn, she thinks to herself, “I’ll show him I have no sense of adventure!” and agrees to his request. Scotland 1272. When Conner MacKier­
nan learns that his sister Mairi MacK­
iernan has been placed is an arranged marriage to a horrible man he will do anything to stop the wedding from hap­
pening. The only way to make that hap­
pen is for him to marry in order to be released from his service to the King. When Conner learns that by bringing Caitlyn to the past, he has put her life in danger Conner makes an oath to keep Caitlyn safe until he can return her home. Thirty Nights With a Highland Husband is the first of six books written by Melissa Mayhue, her stories are full of magic, myth, romance and humor. She is one of my favorite authors and I hope she writes many more books! “The Ocarina of Time” zling. Ever hear of four, four time? Stee­
ple chasing, just to get one horse, wasn't really worth it. The guy asks for double the horses worth. Fifty thousand gold, for a two hundred dollar animal, that’s nuts. The game play over all is solid. Its graphics are clean, and the story has substance. By James Hamaker The Ocarina of Time is one of the more puzzling games in the Legend of Zelda series. The temples have over fifty com­
binations, for their countless puzzles. Each one requiring the deepest amount of concentration. Link has to spend his quest time playing an ocarina to unlock parts of puzzles within the world itself. 6
The Daily Grind — Entertainment and Sports
“True Blood” When a string of murders happen in town, people are even more against Bill when they learn that all the victims are Fang bangers, people who like getting bit by vampires. But when a murder takes place while Bill is in town people begin to suspect it’s a local. This show contains some bad language, some mild love scenes and a little bit of gore. It also has action, romance and mystery and it will leave you on the edge of your seat begging for more! By Mary Thornsberry Created and produced by Alan Ball, True Blood is the story of what life would be like if vampires were to make themselves known or “come out of the coffin” as it’s known in the show. True Blood centers around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) a young woman with telepathic abilities who works as a waitress at a bar called Mer­
lotte’s. When Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) walks into the bar everyone is at a loss for words at the sight of Mer­
lotte’s first vampire. Everyone except Sookie is fascinated when she discovers she can’t hear Bill’s thoughts. There are few people in town who are not happy that Sookie is falling for a vampire, in­
cluding Tara (Rutina Wesley) Sookie’s best friend and fellow employee at Mer­
lotte’s, Sam (Sam Trammell) Sookie’s boss and owner of Merlott’s, is jealous that Sookie would choose a vampire over him. Sookie however finds out that Sam has a secret of his own. Sookie’s Brother Jason (Ryan Kwaten), the town troublemaker, is completely against the idea of his sister dating a vampire. Martina McBride By Joe Siciliano Hi, my name is Joe Siciliano and I am a huge country music fan. My favorite country music artist is Martina McBride. She has been a country singer since 1992, which was the year she re­
leased her first album titled ''The Time Has Come''. She released a new album called ''Shine'' in 2009. I went on a trip to Nashville a long time ago and saw her singing on stage, but I didn't get to meet her. I have all of her albums, except for her first one. I love her voice so much because it's just beautiful and she really knows how to hit a high note. That is why I am a big fan of her and her music. I never get tired of listening to her, and my foster dad is very proud that I love country music as much as he does. Yee haw! 7
The Daily Grind — Entertainment and Sports
“Avatar” By Mary Thornsberry Directed by James Cameron and star­
ring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney weaver, “Avatar” is the story of Jake Sully (Worthington), a paralyzed ex­marine. When his brother is killed Jake is asked to take his place in a scien­
tific project on a distant planet called Pandora inhabited by an alien race The Basketball Team By Anonymous Artist One of the Southside Art Center’s artists in Auburn is on the local basketball team competing in the 2010 Special Olympics. The Mustangs recently won all 4 games Monday, March 8th at a tournament in Auburn. Their next tour­
nament is in Rocklin on March 27­
28. This artist’s favorite part of the game is defense. She enjoys guarding people and making baskets. known as the Na’vi. Jake, with the help of Grace Augustine, (Weaver) must learn to inhabit the body of an Avatar (a Na’vi look­a­like with the mind of a hu­
man). During his adventure on Pan­
dora, Jake meets Neytirri (Saldana) who teaches him the ways of the Na’vi. When Jake learns that the very solders that he works for are planning war against the Na’vi, Jake, Neytirri and the Na’vi must fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora. This film is full of epic action, wild alien creatures and amazing special affects. I declare it a must see! 2310 Watt Ave. Unit 435, Sacramento, CA “A great place to buy
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