Country Club Lions Club of North Highlands presented the Army & Air Force Exchange Service a plaque for being so generous to allow the Lions Club use of the McClellan Base Exchange as a location for recycle containers to collect used eye glasses and hearing aids. They are sent to Folsom Prison to be refurbished.

Over 1 Billion pairs of glasses have been collected and processed through The Folsom Project at Folsom Prison where they are cleaned, reconditioned, re-prescriptioned, categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution by Lions Clubs throughout the world. The Base Exchange recycle bin alone collected over 320,000 pairs of those glasses.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions Clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the web site at www.lionsclubs.org.

Country Club Lions Club meets every Monday at Noon. Only on the first Monday of the month they meet in the evening at 6:00pm for those that cannot come to the Noon meeting. For more information visit their web site at www.e-clubhouse.prg/sites/countryclubca.

Victory Life Bible Church (VLBC) is honored to present Rev. Jesse Duplantis from Destrehan, LA.  Service will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Victory Life Bible Church located at 5697 Hillsdale Blvd. in the North Highlands area of Sacramento.  Rev. Duplantis is a well renowned and dynamic evangelist who has traveled throughout the world preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  He is one of the most unique and beloved ministers of our generation who has been sharing strong biblical preaching and hilarious life lessons for more than thirty years in thousands of churches and convention centers.

He is the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries (JDM), www.jdm.org which has International Headquarters in America and offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. He can be seen on major U.S. networks such as ABC, NBC, CBS, TBN, Daystar, and World Harvest Television. His program is also broadcast throughout Australia, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the United Kingdom, Israel, and the Middle East.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity degree from Oral Roberts University in 1999.  He is a bestselling author and his books have been translated into many languages, including Braille.  His inspirational writings impact millions of lives all over the world.

You are welcome to join us Thursday evening, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. at our church location. For further information, please call our church office at 916-331-8306 or you may contact Pastor Gbenga Talabi at (916) 613-8626.

The annual Knights of Columbus

crab feed at St Lawrence Church 

will be Saturday, Jan 28th in the

church hall at 4325 Don Julio Blvd,

North Highlands. Menu features clam

chowder, salad, pasta & crab.

All for only $35 per person.

Doors open & no-host social at 5:30,

Dinner at 6:00 - 8:30.  

For info & tickets call

Vince 916-961-8912,  

Steve 916-338-3816

or Monte 916-991-7721

The Mission Oaks Computer Club will meet on Thursday, 

January 12, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Mission Oaks 

Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, CA.

The meeting topic will be "SeniorNet Computer Classes"

presented by Joe D'Alexander of SeniorNet.

A problem-solving clinic, led by Adam Lacey of Applications,

Etc, will follow the meeting.  First-time visitors are welcome.

For additional information call (916) 366-1687 or visit our    

website at www.missionoakscomputerclub.org. 

January 11, 2011 – Janice Sellers will speak about how to use newspapers in your genealogical research at the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society meeting. Visitors welcome. 7pm-8:30pm. Citrus Heights Community Clubhouse, 6921 Sylvan Road, Citrus Heights. Contact Sandi Benward 916-412-3511 or www.rootcellar.org.

If you have a passion for cars and would like to obtain a job working on hybrid and electric vehicles then the Alternative and Vehicles Training program could be the opportunity for you!

Program Eligibility:    Be 18 years of age or older  Be unemployed due to termination or lay-off from your previous employer, underemployed or low-income  Attend the required two-day (four or five hours total) at Sacramento Works and American River College    The training program will be offered at American River College and include courses in:    Intro to Hybrid and Electric Vehicles  Biodiesel Technology  Automotive Electric Systems  Alternative Fuels Advanced Technology Vehicles    The program will begin in February 2012 and enrollment orientations will be held on the following dates:    January 11 – January 26, 2012  January 25 – January 26, 2012  February 8 – February 9, 2012    Call (916) 563-5147 for more information and orientation reservations.

Center High School has been busy the first half of the school year and now the parents, students, and faculty are ready to make 2012 the best year yet! The Boosters have many fundraisers and events planned and are seeking local community members and businesses to get involved and help us to SOS…     North Sacramento community how can you help the Cougar Boosters and Support Our Students (SOS)? It’s easy! Drop off your unwanted E-waste at Center High on Saturday January 14 from 9 am- 1 pm! Rain or shine, we will be in the school parking lot unloading your vehicle of all items. We accept in working or non-working condition: TVs, computers/hard drives/laptops, printers, cameras, small appliances, stereos, DVDs, wire/cable, cell phones, etc. This is a great opportunity for you to clean out your closets and garages to make room for all of the new Christmas gifts your family has received.

We also have tickets on sale now for the annual BOOSTER CRAB FEED scheduled on February 25 from 6pm until midnight at the VFW Hall in Antelope. This fundraiser will include all you can eat crab and spaghetti, no host bar, raffle prizes, as well as, a silent auction, and this year we will be entertained by a live band! Tickets are on sale for $40, with “will call” available, however, no tickets will be sold at the door. Reserved seating is also available. Please contact Booster Vice President Rick Davis at (916)-804-5656 for info or to purchase tickets. This should be a great event and an excellent way to meet other parents and community members of the Antelope/North Sac area.

As basketball league play gets under way in January, we will continue our “Make Change” fundraiser honoring Brandon Baker and the Brandon Baker Memorial Scholarship fund. All donations will go directly into this fund and be given back to graduating senior scholar athletes who can apply as a candidate for this scholarship in the spring. Donations will be accepted at all basketball home games at the snack bar, as well as at the Cougar Booster table.

If you are interested in volunteering at any of these upcoming fundraisers, or would like to attend a Booster meeting, please come to our next meeting scheduled January 11 from 7-8pm in the Teacher’s Lounge at CHS. Memberships are on sale for $20 (single) and $30 (double). Birthday Marquee messages are also available for $10. Please contact us at (916)-338-7563 or centerboosters@gmail.com for further details

Sacramento, CA – Each year, the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) recognizes school districts that exceed international standards in the way that they prepare and present their budget. When staff in the Twin Rivers Unified School District Budget Services Department chose once again to use the ASBO guidelines in the development of the 2011-2012 budget and submit it for the prestigious Meritorious Budget Award of Excellence, they weren’t guaranteed a win.

“Each year requires an independent review of the application,” explained Associate Superintendent Rob Ball. “I am extremely proud that we received this award for the second year in a row. It is an indicator of the extremely dedicated, highly qualified staff that we have working in the Twin Rivers Budget Services Department.”     The Meritorious Budget Awards Program promotes and recognizes excellence in school budget presentation and enhances the school business officials' skills in developing, analyzing and presenting a school system budget. The program reviews a district budget from a variety of perspectives. The budget is judged on whether the district:  •  Provides clear budget presentation guidelines  •  Defines state-of-the-art budget practices  •  Encourages both short- and long-range budget goals  •  Promotes sound fiscal management practices  •  Promotes effective use of educational resources  •  Facilitates professional growth and development for budget staff  •  Helps build solid development, analytical and presentation budget skills     During the first four years as a newly unified district, Twin Rivers alone has endured more than $135 million in State education funding cuts.

Twin Rivers competed with school entities (including school districts, educational service units, colleges, and universities) throughout the world for the honor. Last year, only three other K-12 districts in California received this internationally recognized award.

Twin Rivers Unified School District serves approximately 27,000 preschool through adult education students in northern Sacramento County. (www.twinriversusd.org)