“We Love To Sing!” That’s the tagline and the underlying motivation of the Sacramento Women’s Chorus. This diverse group of enthusiastic women is gearing up for their spring concert, “Sing Out, Sisters!” which will be presented this Saturday, May 12—just in time for Mothers’ Day. At a recent rehearsal, the thirty women on the risers were relaxed and focused as artistic director Robin Richie ran through the concert selections, offering an occasional comment, correction, or joke. Various members of the chorus stepped forward for a solo, or to take up a drum or violin to add depth to Jane Stave-Viemeister’s piano accompaniment. One lighthearted comedy number dissolved into laughter.

Beginning on Saturday, May 12, and continuing on the second Saturday each month, Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park (SHP) with support from Friends of Sutter’s Fort (FOSF) is proud to present a fun and interactive new program titled “Scouts at the Fort.”   Designed to help Girl Scouts earn their “Playing the Past” skill building badges, docents and staff at Sutter’s Fort will help students re-create and experience daily life in the mid-1800s.   Initially developed by a dedicated 10-year old docent at Sutter’s Fort SHP who is also an active Girl Scout, the specially designed program lasts from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and includes hands-on crafts and activities such as toy making, daily chores

The Girl Scouts of the USA America are far more than a unique cookie delivery service, and on Monday, the organization celebrates 100 years of providing girls with confidence and character and molding them into leaders. “In the Girl Scouts of the USA, you find out what you’re made of,” said Communications Specialist Melanie Glover. “You find out what you’re capable of and get a lot of opportunities you wouldn’t have in everyday life.” Whether those opportunities include camping trips or community service, Glover said the organization remains timely, focusing on building skills in science, technology, engineering and math so that girls have the confidence and capability to become leaders

Fifty-eight local Girl Scouts will receive their Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouts, during the annual Recognitions of Excellence Ceremony this Sunday. Girl Scouts who earn this award have demonstrated leadership skills, career planning and community involvement. To earn the Gold Award, girls are challenged with the task of choosing a community issue and addressing the root cause with a sustainable solution. Girls choose issues they are passionate about and spend a year or more planning and executing their projects. Nationally, only 5.4 percent of girls eligible to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award actually receive it, so this is a huge accomplishment for these local gir

                             From the time I was very young, I found myself drawn to cemeteries.  It is not a creepy or morbid infatuation that lures me, but the palpable sense of history they provide. Where some see death in graveyards, I see a connection to lives past.               I've also always been enamored by the railroad.  As a child, I spent countless hours playing with the model train sets in the attic of my grandfather’s house in Portsmouth, Ohio.                From my station in the attic, I could look out the window, down the hill and see the headstones of Greenlawn Cemetery.               The Old City Cemetery offered a "History of the Railroad" tour on Saturday morni

One of the over 600 volunteers removes two cases of Thin Mints from one of the 36 semi-trailers that were each filled with 77,000 cases.   177 boxes of assorted Girl Scout cookies fill a van that will be delivering cookies to Troop #660 Brownies. 1,000 Girl Scout Troops picked up their pre-sold cookies.   Each case holds 12 boxes, a total of 924,000 boxes filled with cookies, were distributed to over 1,500 vehicles in one day.   Helen Whitelaw, Director of Sales and manager of today's cookie distribution rides in a golf cart with Bob Carlson, owner of Carlson Logistics, supplied the 36 semi-trailers filled with the case of cookies.   Over $3 million worth of cookies were picked