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    P L U S L O C A L :

    PERFORMANCES

    HISTORY

    ANSEL ADAMS

    CUIS INE

    COSBY Q&A

    MORE!

    S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4

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    SEPTEMBER 2014Volume 1 Number 11030 High Street, Auburn www.auburnjournal.comGeneral Info: (530) 885-5656 or (800) 927-7355

    CEO:Jeremy Burke (530) 852-0200,[email protected] Manager:Jim Easterly, (530) 852-0224,

    [email protected]:Dennis Noone, (530) 852-0231,[email protected] Editor: Paul Cambra, (530) 852-0230,[email protected] supervisor: Susan Morin,[email protected]

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    In This Issue...ON THECOVER

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    Roseville

    Got some news? [email protected] 2014. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may

    be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Thepublisher shall not be responsible for any liabilities arising from thepublication of copy provided by any advertiser for the South PlacerEntertainer. Further, it shall not be liable for any act of omission onthe part of the advertiser pertaining totheir published advertisement in theSouth Placer Entertainer. A publicationof the Auburn Journal.

    Bloom Coffee Makes International Moves .................. 4Ansel Adams Rocklin Work ................................ 7

    New Chef Ramps Up The Station ..............11Local Director Getting Noticed .............13Roseville Rail Yard Explosion Revisited .. 18SuperHuey Comes to Roseville ...........

    21Rocklins Huff Spring .........................23Rosevilles Third Track Rail Proposal .......26

    Q&A with Bill Cosby .............................28

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    Bloom Coffeemakes international movesaround eco-friendly

    South Placer

    Its a

    Wednesdaymorning and

    there is some-thing exceptional

    brewing in Rose-ville: Bloom Coffee

    and Tea.

    The strong smell of espres-so fl oats through the air

    and the pig-squeal sounds ofsteamed milk echo in metallic tins.

    From slow, intricate pour-oveers tooutside-the-box paintings on its colorful

    walls, Bloom is making changes in the artof the bean and two men are behind this

    commotion.

    Luke Nolan and David McAlexander sit in their caf as thelate morning crowd drifts in and refl ect on the long journey of

    By Danny Bolettieri

    the coffee bean, its fast evolution and their vision forthe Roseville coffee house.

    One thing theyre addressing is the farm to fork trendof presenting fresh and organic food. And that appliesnot only to coffee beans, but almost everything hittingtheir cups and plates at local eateries.

    This trend is spreading as unique coffee fl avors becomemore widely available, are produced with increasedspeed and efficiency, and fl ourish in specific Ethiopianblends. Not only that, but there are now differencesin the types of coffee farms. Some farmers use peopleto transport beans from the ground, while other oper-ations utilize giant machines to chop trees into bits inorder to sell beans in bulk.

    The baristas at Bloom already known for taking theirtime preparing handcrafted brews have decidedwhat side of the bean magic they want to be on whenit comes to farming.

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    BloomC o f f e eand Teaowners areon the hunt fornew coffee farmsin Central Ameri-ca ones producingthe best beans through thefriendliest connections to the en-

    vironment. In a world where produc-tion of the coffee bean is changing to morehands-on farms working ethically as opposedto delegating to hundreds of workers belowthem Noland and McAlexander are intent onworking with people they can be proud to be as-sociated with.

    Bloom just did something really exciting, McAl-exander said between sips of his espresso. We

    spoke with our roaster, Verve, out of Santa Cruz,and we set up a fund to purchase an entire farmin El Salvador. What it really comes down to iswhere is the great coffee? We can journey toGuatemala. We can go to Costa Rica. We cango to El Salvador, and we can find these verysmall farms and figure out what we need to do tomake this possible.

    The number of loyal customers hanging out at

    Bloom has encouraged staff to think outside of thebox. On Friday nights the Roseville caf is packedwith young people focusing on coffee while enjoy-ing live music and nonstop conversation.

    Its a demographic of all ages, Nolan observes,and anyone who is into artistic culture fits right inhere. When people have a good cup of coffee ina creative atmosphere, it awakens a great senseand gives off good vibes.

    Both McAlexander and Nolan agree that the kindof customers desiring topnotch quality in theircups will also want to support their new farmingdirection.

    As the world changes so will we, but for the bet-ter, Nolan says. And sustainability is the keyword to our future.

    When people have a good cup of coffee in a

    creative atmosphere, it awakens a great senseand gives off good vibes. Luke Nolan

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    ANSEL ADAMSL E G A C Y: A L O O K B A C K A T

    W O R K I N ROCKL IN

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    ocklin in 1962 looked like an all-American

    railroad city, and one of the most famousphotographers in the history of California cap-tured that moment through the power of his lens.

    In a Time magazine article dated March28, 1960, the writer discusses Sunset

    International Petroleum Corporations ambitious plans to growfaster using a quirky loophole in the U.S. tax system that allowed oil

    companies to write off intangible costs to profits in this case, leavingSunset with over $3.5 million in accrued write-offs. To prevent losing thosesavings, which had to be used within 5 years, the companies set its sightson real estate developments around California, including several thou-sand acres of land in Rocklin that were originally part of the Joel ParkerWhitney estate. The corporations intention was creating Sunset City, agleaming new metropolis of 100,000 residents.

    According to GaryDay of the RocklinHistorical society,it was during thistime in 1962 thatSunset Citys assis-tant Vice President,Dale Stringfellow,hired famed natural-ist photographer An-

    FA M E D P H O T O G R A P H E R S S H O T S O F T H E C I T YBy Matthew Whitley,for the South Placer Entertainer

    EchoinSpringValleysel Adams to shoot publicity materials for potential buyers.Today, there are 22 known Adams prints from this Rocklin

    photo session held in the archives of the Crocker Art Mu-seum in Sacramento. There are also potentially six morephotographs that have not been identified because its as-sumed Sunset City executives kept a few for themselves.

    Ansel Adams, Photographer for Hire

    For many Adams is considered one of Americas preemi-nent photographers. His famed Yosemite shots can be seenin waiting rooms and doctors office lobbies across thenation. His images of the American West remain iconic.

    According to Randy Snook, author, photographer and aprofessor of photography at Sierra College, engaging incommercial work was Adamss bread and butter for thebetter part of 40 years. Adams, who was born in SanFrancisco in 1902, was an artist, pianist, naturalist andenvironmentalist before the term environmentalism was

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    ever coined. A philosophical disciple of writer RalphWaldo Emerson, Adams believed in living a modestlife that was guided by social responsibility. Revealingthe beauty of the natural world was his lifelong goal.Adams embraced a realistic approach to photographythat included sharp focus, heightened contrast, precisedarkroom craftsmanship and using the zone system, aphotographic exposure technique he created for preciseexposure of a negative.

    In the late 1920s Adams began ac-cepting commercial assignments forcompanies such as PG&E, AT&T andFortune magazine. The work kepthis studio busy through the Great De-pression and into the 1970s. Duringhis career, he mentored other legend-ary photographers, including EdwardWeston and Imogene Cunningham, aswell as built the San Fransico Art Insti-tutes photography department. Adamswas among the first artist to have a pho-tography show at the DeYoung Museum

    in San Francisco.The 22 Rocklin prints

    Adams Rocklin photographs were firstdistributed around the Sacramento areain a promotional booklet called Echo inSpring Valley. The new development wasunderway. However, by the late 1960sSunset International Petroleum had mergedwith Sunasco Inc. and was in debt to the

    tune of $20 million. Sunasco was eventu-ally bought by Manhattan CommonwealthUnited Corporation, who in turn sold off alldevelopment holdings, including the SunsetCity properties. Over the next three decadesthe land became part of Rocklin with sec-tions like Twelve Bridges and Stanford Ranchannexed at different points.

    In May of 1963, Adams donated his set of

    Rocklin prints to his friend, Frank Kent, Directorof the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.

    Please consider this set more as a unit than as a selection of individ-ual prints, Adams wrote at the time. Some I am very happy about asindividual pictures; others are good but have as their prime function anda kind of support to the series as a whole.

    While nicely crafted, many would find the images different fromthe classic Ansel Adams photographs the public has come tolove. Diana Daniels of the Crocker Art Museum allowed the Placer

    Herald to use four of these images for this article.For Snook, the fact that the Rocklin snapshots amounted to a com-mercial job for Adams rather than personal work is significant.

    One of the things that people need to understand about Ansel Ad-ams was that he was a commercial photographer, Snook point-

    ed out. The primaryway he made moneywas not selling beau-tiful prints of his work

    he did everythingfrom shooting wed-dings early on hephotographed prod-uct catalogues: Hedid great photos forFortune magazine.So he got well knownand he was an amaz-ing business person.

    Adamss Rocklin pho-tos may not be icon-ic landscapes but asa time capsule theycapture the regionbefore development.The legacy of his timein the city amounts toleaving todays resi-

    dents a small recordof an era when therewas far more openspace.

    Snook believes all ofAdamss work still res-onates for one clearreason.

    Its because theyshow us the naturalworld the way we wish it was, the professor said. Its an ideal-ized look, its as if we were looking at the world before we startedto destroy it and in a way his work transports us back to a moreromantic period in our country ... They are dramatic: They make ascene that was already dramatic seem more so than it really it. Soit elevates the natural world into something even more awesome.

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    South PlacerChef Nouzari,preparing oneof the Stationsnew lunchtime

    specials, since the

    kitchen expandedits services in Jan-

    uary - branching itreach beyond thetitle of night club. Art Deco touches and boxcare

    traditions collide for an interesting

    environment at The Station.

    NEW

    CHEF RAM P S U P THESTATIONS

    DINING , AM B IANCEos ta lg i a

    has a wayof holding its

    bearers back. Itis often said thatclinging to onespast can limit pro-

    ductivity in the present. In the case of chef Raj Nou-zari and his Roseville restaurant, such immersion inwhat is already passed, coupled with a healthy bitof passion, makes for quite a bit of success.

    The Station Nouzaris venue which has func-tioned in what he believes to be a limited capacityas nightclub for months, is in the midst of expand-ing its services.

    We opened our kitchen in January, said Nou-zari, a soft-spoken chef with nearly three decadesof experience as a restaurateur and an affinity forItalian cuisine. Ive owned and operated, man-aged restaurants before. I like Italian food. (Here)

    we do Italian and Mediterranean, I think theres abigger market for the Italian but the Mediterraneandoes well too.

    Nouzari has relished in the opportunity to providea range of cuisine to the Stations new clientele,mostly from patrons between the ages of 30 and60, a group Nouzari and other Station staff de-scribe as underserved.

    (Weve) had the building for it and we were notmaximally utilizing the restaurant, said investorLen Travis. We (now) offer more than just fingerfood to go with your entertainment (a) qualitydinning experience.

    Now offering American food, Italian, a tapasmenu and healthy alternatives to each, the venuestill offers live entertainment each night and privaterooms for wedding receptions and private partiesto keep its entertainment value intact.

    Nouzari, his wife, investors and 12 employees,are all working to dispel the idea that the Station issimply a nightlife attraction, as it has been knownto function as such in the past.

    Weve been known as a nightclub, were havinga hard time bringing people here (earlier), thatswhat our focus is right now, getting a better (crowd)earlier in the day, lunch, happy hour and early din-ner, said Nouzari. We are trying to reach out tomore than just Roseville, actually. We want to hitthat market that doesnt know were here. Were(getting) people from Sacramento too.

    Nouzaris new focus looks to be the catalyst for theestablishments transformation one that must moreor less, take place from the kitchen.

    The kitchen operation he had here before is noth-ing like what we have now and we want to let

    people in Roseville know what they can find here,said Travis. The last kitchen operator we had herewas basically just tacos, burritos and fried foods.

    The six-room, 1940s-style venue is housed in en-hanced railroad cars, an ode to the time period itsoperators seek to emulate.

    These are actual railroad cars. They were orig-inally part of the Victoria station restaurant chain

    that went out of business in the mid 80s and theywere moved to this site and reconfigured here,said Travis. We wanted to bring back the heri-tage of rail travel, when rail travel was the formof conveyance thats why we have our artworkand posters from that era Marlyn Monroe, JohnWayne, James Dean, when they traveled it wasby train.

    The Stations modified image and operations areits points, but chef Nouzaris mission and passion

    are to alter the Roseville patrons dining experienceand relationship with eateries.

    Personal attention is what sets us apart, said Tra-vis. The preponderance of restaurants in Rosevilleare chains, or corporate-owned. (Nouzari) takesthe time to prepare every meal, some have partic-ular requests and that cant always be met whenyoure in the large corporate structures.

    Jorden P. Hales, Press-Tribune Staff

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    IActress Beth Feigner portrays

    Julie Andrews while leadinglady Lisa Ferris stars as CarolBurnett in the forthcoming film,

    Pipe Dreams: The UnlikelySuccess of Carol Burnett.The movie is being helmed bylocal director Chris King.

    L O C A L D I R E C T O R C A P T U R I N G S T A R S , H E R O E S

    Chris Kingsets his sights on

    Carol Burnett, wounded veterans

    Thats Rocklints a still, quiet Saturday after-noon inside the Commu-

    nity Center Theatre:While the cast of

    Wicked has justleft for the next

    stop on its Ameri-can tour, the stage

    is now aglow withactress Lisa Ferris,

    the woman whowill help Chris

    King a directorwell known for the

    years he lived inRocklin bring

    the life of comedi-enne Carol Burnett

    to the screen.

    King watches his lead-ing lady, all dressed in

    white, mimic Burnetts ex-act actions that are playing

    in black-and-white on aniPad off-stage.

    And cut! the filmmakeryells.

    King knows tackling the bi-ography of a living legend is

    a lot of work and taking on a

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    Director Chris King works on the set of Pipe Dreams.

    second production at the same sum-mer may be insanity. But thats what

    King plans to do; though for PlacerCountys busiest filmmaker each day is

    just another cut in the creative world.

    King operates Watermark Films Produc-tions with his wife, co-writer and co-pro-

    ducer, Heather King. Together the coupleswork has been seen in more than 80 film

    festivals and in 90 countries.

    This summer Chris King directed both PipeDream, his bio-pic about Carol Burnetts early

    years and a project called Birthday, about awounded Iraq war veteran returning home.

    Birthday is loosely based on the storyof serviceman Kyle Carpenter, who

    jumped on an explosive to savehis friend.

    The Placer Heraldcaught up with King

    this week to discuss hiscurrent endeavors.

    PH: How did you first getinvolved in the film produc-tion business?

    CK: In my final semester my senioryear at Cal State Long Beach, I did

    an internship with the game show Wheel of Fortune. Not exactlythe kind of internship a film student is looking for, but it was thereand I took it Within a few months I got on as a production as-sistant, then into assisting in production, then to actually writing thecommercials and puzzles for the show itself. During that 5-year run I

    made a lot of film friends on the studio lot, which led to us shooting.PH: Were there specific films that made you say this is what I

    want to do?

    I have always credited two films as the ones that made me want tostudy film and make films: Ordinary People and The Deer Hunt-

    er. Clearly these are arguably two of the most powerful some might say depressing films ever made, but Iwas forever changed by having watched them Theuse of imagery and the level of performances in the

    acting were so far beyond anything Id ever seenbefore.

    PH: Are you a fan of the indie film movement ordo you prefer the commercial Hollywood films?

    CK: If choosing between the two while stand-ing in line at a theater, Im definitely going withthe indie film. Studio-made big budget filmsare, on the whole, the worst films in the mar-

    ketplace because they are so formulaic anddumbed-down, as to oftentimes be unbear-able to watchand its been that way fortwenty years now My wife and I love theindie film systemno one gets to butch-er our vision. The indie film movement,while not a fl awless fi lm system by anymeans, at least attempts to respect the

    audiences intelligence through well-crafted charac-ter-driven stories. For me its simply a matter of preferring

    substance over fl ash.PH: Youre currently in production on a film about theTV legend and comedy icon, Carol Burnett. Why Carol?

    CK: My family and I, like millions of other Carol Burnettfans, absolutely adored The Carol Burnett Show of the1970s Carol was simply fearless on stage and couldplay so many different characters. It was awesome tosee a woman take such command of a show, and heramazing supporting cast certainly helped. I started think-

    ing about (the question) who Carol was before she be-came famous? Where did she come from? Was she aspoon-fed richie who rose to the top through nepotism orwas she a nobody from Nowheresville, USA who madeit on her own? After some basic research, I discoveredshe was the later. That inspired me to know even moreabout her.

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    PH: What is the story behind this film? Who wrote the script?

    CK: My wife and I have a system thats worked nicely for usfor years: I do the research and the writing, and she butcherswhat Ive written with her red pen. Seriously, she is an abso-

    lutely amazing editor of the material I write. She crystalizesmy thoughts, ideas and dialogue into more coherent and view-er-friendly ways.

    PH: How did you land your leading lady to portray Carol?

    CK: We normally cast our films with local actors, but clearly thecomplexity of casting for someone as multi-talented and specificas Carol Burnett required a national call ... After auditioninga ton of talented young ladies in L.A., Lisa Ferris walked intothe room and just blew us

    away. Lisa not only sound-ed like Carol when shespoke, she could absolute-ly rattle the rafters with herbooming and amazinglycontrolled singing voice.We were fl oored.

    PH: Do you plan on invit-ing Carol Burnett to the

    screening?

    CK: Carol is, according toher agents, her personalassistant, and her businesspartner, aware of our filmproject Her people havetold us that Carol simplyprefers not to be involvedwith it. While this is a little

    disappointing, it doesnt sur-prise us in the least; you imagine how many people hit her upfor things each year for this or that. Carol has always been animmensely private person, and we respect that. Werenot looking for her kudos or blessing, we just wantto honor her legacy with a poignant, dignified andwell-intentioned short film about her.

    PH: Youre shooting another film about a woundedwarrior. Can you tell us about that project?

    CK: Birthday is about a severely wounded (triple am-putee) Marine and his wife as they come home for thefirst time following months of surgeries and rehab. I wasinspired to do this story about two-and-a-half years ago,when I saw one of those angry viral emails that occa-sionally circulate The message behind this one (abouttaking better care of our troops) came with a photo of a

    severely wounded Marine, his eye missing and hisface terribly scared. It was one of the most sympa-thetic photos of a human being Id ever seen. It justspoke to me on so many levels, and I couldnt get itout of my head for months (Kyle Carpenters) storyof jumping on a grenade and saving his friends lifeand, yet surviving the blast and dealing with his hor-rific injuries, inspired me to do a film on our severelywounded vets in general. (I wanted to show) what theygo through at the hospitals, during rehabilitation, andonce they finally get home Kyle just received theMedal of Honor last week at the White House.

    PH: Are you drawn more to real life stories over fic-tional? Is it related to

    your years in TV newsjournalism?

    CK: I find true stories moreinteresting, yes, but thatsnot to say that I dont enjoyall story types and genres. Ilove em all. Although I amcurrently doing two storieswith (ultimately) feel-good end-

    ings, I must admit that I amfirst and foremost drawn to truecrime stories I am fascinat-ed with how and why humanbeings can harm other humanbeings; because I dont get it--on any level I will be forevertormented, and yet fascinated, bythese contradictions with the hu-man experience.

    PH: When you make a film about a real person, what do youlearn about them that surprises you the most?

    CK: I think Carol Burnetts insecurities surprised me the most,and its probably one of the elements in her life that attract-ed me to her story. When someone becomes that legend-ary a figure in television history, when theyve accomplishedas much as she has accomplished, you cant help but re-fl exively assume that they were pulled together and super

    confident from an early age Such was not the case withCarol. She was terribly self-conscious about her appearance;and her mothers occasionally hurtful remarks regarding herlooks certainly didnt help her to overcome that. Her gigantic

    obstacle of feeling like an ugly duckling interested me greatly,as did her remedy to this problem by discovering the joyin making people laugh.

    L O C A L D I R E C T O R C A P T U R I N G S T A R S , H E R O E S C O N T I N U E D

    Chris King lived in Rocklin for years and remains one of Placer Countysmost successful film directors.

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    Roseville rail yardR E V I S I T E D

    It was the morning of April 28, 1973,when Phoebe Astill was violentlyawakened from her sleep, having beenthrown literally out of bed by a terribleconcussion that rocked her house.At first I thought it was a plane that had

    crashed, the livelong Roseville resident re-

    membered. I thought it may have been one ofthe planes headed for McClellan, but it turned outthat wasnt it.

    In fact, that explosion would be the first of many thatwould wreak havoc on the Southern Pacific Rail Yard

    and adjoining areas for the next 32 hours, and leave aterrifying mark on their memories that would last a lifetime.

    By Jaime Rubio,Press Tribune correspondent

    It was a hot wheel that caused it, explained Locomotive Engineer

    David Epling, whos familiar with the historic catastrophy. As the trainmade its way down the pass the wheel overheated, building friction.

    The wheel overheating led to sparks and initially set the oak fl oorsof the railcar on fire. Once one those first fl ames started, they led tothe additional cars catching ablaze. That is when the 7,000 MK-81bombs that the Naval Ammunition train was transporting en route tothe port in Concord, and headed for Vietnam, became dangerouslyhot and started the chain reaction explosions.

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    Heart of Rock & RollTheSUP E R H UE Y C O V E R B A N D

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    veryone knows at least one song by Huey Lewis andthe News, whether theyre conscious of it or not. Withsuch hits as The Heart of Rock and Roll, Its Hip tobe Square, and I Want A New Drug fl ying acrossthe radio since the 1980s and the 2013 releaseSoulsville, Huey Lewis and the News are firmlyingrained in the musical psyche of the U.S. Thisexpansive career has infl uenced count less mu-sicians, most notably of which is a gentlemannamed Roy Merlino.

    Merlino is the front man of SuperHuey,a Huey Lewis tribute band that has beenaround since mid-2012. Rocking his Ray-

    Bans, red blazer, and a attitude full of soul, Merlino andcompany have taken their act all over the place, playingin California, Nevada, Washington and even Vancou-ver. However, the biggest show they have played sofar was actually right here in California. According toMerlino, We played the main town square in Red-wood City [near San Mateo], and there were abouta good 4,000 people there, and the people abso-lutely loved it.

    Despite SuperHueys success, Merlinos infl uencesearly on werent all centered on Huey Lewis.

    I started playing the trumpet at age 5, andplayed a lot of jazz stuff early on, he recalled.

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    From there, Merlino delved into the 1980s hair bands as timewent on, like Van Halen, Def Leppard, and then Huey Lewis. Hispassion for music grew and - fast forward to today Merlino isdefinitely doing what he enjoys.

    When asked why he chose to focus on Huey specifically, Merlinolaid it out: We (SuperHuey) arent doing it for the money.We are doing it because we love Huey. That music istimeless...We can do a 2-to-3 hour show, and playall Huey Lewis songs, which speaks volumes for hismusics variety.

    Backed up by Stefon DuBose, Mel Canillo,Chris Canillo, Chris McCandless, Eric Dahm,and Joe Berry, Merlinos group putstheir money where their mouth isat every show. They havebeen awarded theregional Sammieaward for BestTribute Bandby the Sacra-mento Newsand Review.Even Huey

    Lewis himselfhas heard oftheir reputation.

    Huey heard aboutus and invited usbackstage at the Sono-ma County Fair, Merlinoremarked. And we met the wholeband. He spent 30 minutes talking to us

    and taking pictures with us...he is a classact.

    In addition to Huey Lewis hearing aboutthem, SuperHuey has also garnered theattention of Johnny Colla, the rhythmguitarist/saxophone player/back-upvocalist for Huey Lewis and the News.

    ITS HIP TO BE SQUAREMerl ino remem- bers when he ran into Collaat a show in Napa at Silos. Merlino was sing-ing Trouble In Paradise, which is actually hisf a v o r i t e song, and Colla suddenly walked onstage.

    I looked over and almost said Get offthe stage! Merlino remembered. He

    wound up singing with us on that song. It wasso cool.

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    continuing further still towards the back-side of the elementary school playground

    youll see it sitting as it has for thousandsof years. First youll spot the clusters of Tule

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    ping of rock: Here in this quiet spot, lies over1,500 years worth of history, quietly gurgling outof the ground.

    Huffs spring is a natural spr ing thats been used in Rock-lin dating back to its very earliest residents, the Nisenan,

    who were one of Northern Californias indigenous popula-tions. It was later used by European fur trappers, Gold Rush

    miners and quarrymen. Until the middle of the20th century it was where bottles of the water were delivered alongside milk.

    The Huff Spring is a great education stop for families. It measures around 4 by4, with water coming out at an average of 120 gallons a minute. The fl owwaivers during any 24-hour period. It has been suggested that this is due to thelarge oak trees consumption deep within the ground. The water coming out ismineral rich, over 12 trace minerals, high in carbon dioxide and very alkali

    too much so for farming. The water has near zero oxygen, suggesting itcomes from deep within the earth, escaping through a fissure in the graniterock beds that line the area. The spring fl ows to Antelope Creek and ontoSecret Ravine, Miners Ravine and eventually the Sacramento River.

    The Nisenan used the Huff Spring as a source of water, bathing and wash-ing the toxins from the acorns collected nearby then ground into fl our in thebedrock mortars. It was part of a daily existence that saw the tribe hunt-

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    ing and fish-

    ing along theA m e r i c a n ,Yuba andBear Riverwa t e r s h edsfor thousandsof years. TheRocklin areawas rich withacorns, seeds,

    nuts, berries,fish and huntingas the Nisenanmoved be-tween moun-tains, the foot-hills and thevalley fl ooraccording to

    season. Whilethere were fewpermanent set-tlements, the area around Huffsspring, the midden, suggests usage of over 1,500

    years, with charcoal and mortar findings; many of whichare on display at the Rocklin History Museum. For theNisenan, the spring was considered sacred, treasuredfor its medicinal power.

    In the 1800s as European settlers made their way into theregion, first with the Spanish missionaries, then the fur trap-pers, the native population was exposed to many diseases.According to historian Gary Day, in 1833 a plague wipedout 75-percent of the Nisenan population. The Gold Rush of1849 and the hoards of people it would bring with it wouldeventually destroy their culture.

    ]The land containing the spring was purchased by JamesBolton in 1852 from the fi rst recorded owner James Cof fee.Bolton purchased 160 acres with plans of the town design inmind. In 1887, William Huff purchased 128 acres of the landfor a dairy farm, including the spring. Huff sold the spring water,marketing its medicinal properties, including treatment for rheu-matism. It would then pass through, A.O. Wickman, a Rocklinquarryman, Wickmans daughter, Florence and her husband, Ray

    Johnson, who would later own the dairy farm that remained in op-eration through the 1950s. Eventually the land would be bought up

    by the City of Rocklin for use

    as a park af-ter Johnsonsdairy farmoperationss t o p p e dde l i v e r i ngmilk around1960.

    Gene John-son, son ofRay and Flor-ence John-son, recountshow his moth-er donatedthe 3 acresto the city tobe added tothe Johnson

    Sp r i n g v i ewPark to remainopen in perpe-tuity. A restoredHuff House

    still stands and Gene Johnsonresides there with his wife. The Huff Mineral Springwater is no longer bottled and sold just as people with rheumatismdont take dips in the crisp surface anymore. Huff Springs just mean-ders its way down to the ocean as it has done for thousands of years

    a quiet reminder of Rocklins history.

    Gene John, son ofRay and FlorenceJohnson, watchedas his familyboth owned and

    operated a dairyfarm which theHuff spring sat on.The family laterdonated the 3acres to the Cityfor preservation.

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    intoaflourusedforcreatingcakesoramush,likeoatmeal.Thesitedatesbackover1,500years.

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    Local commuters may have a new resource at theirdisposal in coming years: Amtraks Capitol Cor-ridor is proceeding with the Third Track project,a plan to expand its services between Rosevilleand Sacramento.The project is in its early stages; with environmental

    impact studies scheduled to be completed in the fallof 2015. Parties involved are currently working to

    gather necessary funds for the projects railways to beextended as soon as studies are in.

    According to Jim Allison, manager of planning for theCapitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, total cost of theplan is estimated at $200 million dollars, coming primarily

    by way of state funds. Allison told the Press Tribune about 10percent of this budget has already been secured through bonds

    and grants.

    While a demand for more trips between Sacramento and Roseville was

    identified in the 1990s, the financing involved has madeit a difficult problem to address, and it may continue to ex-tend the timeline as the project draws closer.

    This has been in the plan since the Capitol Corridor JointPowers Association was formed, said Allison. Therehas been limited state funding to complete these projects.Through the recession capitol funding has dwindled quite abit. We didnt have the funding to do (environmental impact

    studies) process.

    With no plans or realistic means to extend SacramentosRegional Transit light rail lines to Placer County, the ThirdTrack project is believed to be the best option for providingadditional mediums to the areas commuters.

    The last time (the Regional Transit) looked at (extensions)

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    was back in the year 2000, and we participated in the study, saidCelia McAdam, Executive Director at Placer County Transportation Plan-ning Agency. At the time, capitol costs where about 400 millionprob-ably double that now, just to get to the county lineand you could reallyonly get to Rocklin before the elevation gets too steep for light rail.

    Due to state regulations, financial assistance would be more accessible

    to parties involved with the Third Track project than Regional Transit.

    Its an inner-city rail service, McAdam explained. And because ofthat the cost for operating it is covered by the statewith light rail, halfthe operating services have to be covered by local services.

    Capitol Corridor will continue gathering state bonds, including somefunding that will come by way of cap- and-trade grants,while moving forward with the studies. Materials and la-bor will be addressed as bonds and grants are secured.

    We dont have the funding for all the $200 million atthis timeI dont know exactly when we could breakground, said Allison. This is typical of capitol-centricprojectssecuring funds as you move along.

    The commenting period on the project has ended,however Capitol Corridor will still seek to addressconcerns brought to its attention during the public in-put.

    The (concerns) we know about is looking at parkingin the Roseville area, and traffic, Allison said. Onthe Sac side there are folks that want us to consideran intermediate station along the way, and that isnot something really in Capitol Corridors purveyto do because, we dont own property in the city.

    Thats people wanting things that arent partand parcel with the project, Allison continued.It doesnt preclude them, but we cant necessarily build astation too. We are going to be responding to those com-ments.

    With Union Pacific looking to relieve congestion in thePlacer County area, parties involved believe the opportu-nities for mutual benefit will be sufficient incentive for theproject to be seen through to comple-tion.

    They need to break that bottleneck,McAdam said. Freight is where they

    make their moneyadding a thirdtrack gives them an opportunity to addto that capacity. There would be 10round trips a day, other times of dayUnion could use that (track) for freight.

    With Union Pacific looking torelieve congest ion in the PlacerCounty area, parties involved

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    Comedy

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    How does one prepare to speak with a legend like Cosby?

    At age 77, Cosby technically Dr. William Cosby PhD is a graduate of Temple University with honorary degrees from

    more than 16 different universities. Hes also the star of 20 classiccomedy albums, 15 music albums and the author of books that

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    sion roles in I Spy, Fat Albert and the seminal Cosby Showand you have a groundbreaking personality whose awardsand accomplishments are matched only by his humanitari-an work.

    Cosby has also been controversial over the years, particu-larly for his famous pound cake speech, in which he railed

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    y y gwhether there is something in the soul some-thing in the spirit of a child which, whateverthe environment that child is in, they gravitate to.Some (kids) are given that, and its in the mind.

    PH: Are audiences different around the country

    when you are doing stand up?Cosby: Yes, but they still laugh, because what I amdealing with is the human spirit of people living inand around the world with each other. That in itselfcauses people to laugh; and laughter is so healthy there is something about the release of all thoseglands, especially the liver. Your liver loves to laugh.

    PH: You tell stories in your comedy albums abouta guy named Fat Albert, and you had a cartooncalled Fat Albert. Was he a real person?

    Cosby: Charlie Janerett. Its not a happy story, butCharlie may have been diagnosed with depression oreven bi-polar; and we are not in a world where pre-scription drugs are perfect. So when you read the smallprint for certain prescription drugs for depression orbi-polar, they say may witness or cause anger, anxiety,and suicide. Says may. Charlie, one day, was shot anddied by the hands of a policeman. Charlie was 6 feet, 5

    inches, and by that time he was maybe 200-pluspounds; and if he didnt take his medication itcould cause his brain to make him a person whowouldnt answer to someone who said, Get onthe ground. I dont know story. I dedicated(Fat Albert) to this fellow to Charlie. When wewere growing up he was just a wonderful guy.

    PH: This morning before we spoke, newswas coming out about the violence in

    Ferguson, Missouri, and I feel Id be remissif I didnt ask about how you see theevents on the 50th anniversary ofthe Voting Rights Act.

    Cosby: The only thing I wantyou to know is the following:In the days of Martin LutherKing and Lowrie, Aber-nathy, Andy Young and

    (other Civil Rights lead-ers), before you went onthe march to demonstratethe people were put in aplace to hear through theloud speaker, We appre-ciate your being here, but

    iatory thing. Because media will begin to focus on the fact that you hada knife.. You may not even cut anybody, but they will focus on that. So,we ask you to not to be in this march (if you have a weapon). Becausewe are focused on winning, we are focused on the lawyers that wehave winning with the information and investigation. Our job is to drawattention to the unfairness.

    As you can see (in Furguson) some things have happened, and its get-ting in the way of what the old way was (of demonstrating).

    PH: You have given some famous lectures about problems with edu-cation in America. Do you think there is a breakdown?

    Cosby: Heres the problem: Education, there is a definition for what itis you have superintendents of schools, understand. Then youve gotprincipals and youve got teachers You give me a dollar for everyschool that doesnt have a wonderful principal but the school is doing

    beautiful. No, it doesnt exist. So, its the principal who puts the de-mands, the principal that is clear, and cares, and makes teachers feelwonderful about going into the classroom; those same children misbe-having, running you ragged those same children will adjust Theschools that allow (bad behavior) are the ones that are broken. Teachersdo not become teachers because they found careers where they aregoing to make a lot of money and retire early. These people start outsaying, If I can save one person, and then they get into this systemof corrupt principals or veteran teachers who started out with the same

    philosophy but were broken by bad (administration) a lot of themget fired within three-and-a-half years. And then they start with newones, and it goes on that way, over and over.

    PH: In1983 you did a comedy special that included a rou-tine about how your dad, who had been so thrifty before,spoiling his grandchild. Have the roles changed now that

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    Cosby: First of all, (my grandkids) are not like me (at that age)and I am really not like my grandfather. They are so busy with

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    spoiling? I think I give them the equivalent of a quarter in1942. I gave my grandson $5 because he got

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