Community 1st Bank Welcomes Lapkass as New Senior Vice President/Senior Relationship Manager

Ulrike Lapkass

Community 1st Bank has named Ulrike Lapkass, who has more than 25 years' experience in the banking industry, as a new Senior Vice President/Senior Relationship manager for the bank.

An Auburn resident, Lapkass joins the Community 1^st team to bolster the bank's commercial lending services. She will work with business owners and investors throughout Northern California, primarily focusing on their financing needs.

“Our economy has made some positive strides in the past year, so this is a great time for any business owner to be looking for financing,” Lapkass said. “I am excited to join the dynamic team at Community 1^st Bank.”

Lapkass began her banking career with Wells Fargo, where she was a Premier Client Manager for many years. She was also a Vice President/Business Client Manager and Business Development Officer for six years with Bank of America in Auburn and Grass Valley, and held a similar position with California Bank & Trust in Roseville from 2005 to 2010. Lapkass spend the last three years in a relationship manager position with JPMorgan Chase Bank in Sacramento. 

"Ulrike Lapkass brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Community 1st Bank," said Robert Haydon, President& CEO of Community 1st Bank. "She is very skilled at helping companies and individuals with the financing, deposit, and cash management needs."

Lapkass has a passion for animals and serves as a volunteer for Scooters Pals, which is a local animal rescue organization.

A native of Heidelberg, Germany, Lapkass has resided in the Lake of the Pines area for many years. She is married to Paul Lapkass and has three children, Matthew, Kevin and Logan.

For more information on Community 1^st Bank, visit www.community1bank.com or call its Auburn branch at 530-863-4800 or its Roseville location at 916-724-2424.

Haggin Oaks Golf Expo on April 26-28

Haggin Oaks driving range

This is one cool golf expo. This year it offers a chance to meet one of the stars of “Caddyshack” and also listen to some live country music.

The 38^th annual Haggin Oaks Golf Expo is a free event April 26-28 (Friday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) that includes more than 165 manufacturers and offers PGA Tour van fitting opportunities. Haggin Oaks will also feature the Major Championship Pavilion, ESPN 1320 Game Improvement Stage, plus an appearance by National Long Drive Champion Ryan Winther and the SGC Putting Championship.

America’s Largest Demo Day is a chance to test the hottest equipment and accessories; experience the latest launch monitors and Tour Tech vans; trade in old clubs; and shop in the 15,000 square foot Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop. Nowhere else in the country will there be a larger collection of golf vendors available to the general public.

Meet A Star Of The Movie Caddyshack

For golfers, the holy grail of golf movies is none other than the 1980 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney. It stared Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O’Keefe and Bill Murray - as well as great star Cindy Morgan who played Lacey Underall.

The Golf Expo is bringing Morgan in for an exclusive Q&A session as well as an opportunity to get autographs and photos taken with.

Morgan made film history with TRON, the first computer-generated film where she played two characters: Lora, a computer programmer in the "real" world, and Yori, her alter-ego in the film's computer generated flights of imagination. Cindy Morgan's television credits to date include "Falconcrest,” “Matlock,” "The Larry Sanders Show," "Amazing Stories" and "Bring 'Em Back Alive.” She's now finishing her first book, a story about how a nice Catholic girl became Lacey Underall in Caddyshack.

Haggin Oaks Golf Expo Nashville Country Concert Series

Many of Nashville’s brightest singers and songwriters will be providing free concerts at the Haggin Oaks Golf Expo this year.

CMA and ACM award nominees Julie Roberts and Jimmy Wayne headline five different artist appearances over the three days. Roberts is best known from her two Gold albums on Mercury Records and hit “Break Down Here” while Wayne has had a dozen singles in his country music career including the #1 smash, “Do You Believe Me Now.”

In addition, we’ll have actress/singer/songwriter Emily West whose 2012 EP I Hate You, I Love You was a critical darling, the incredible vocals of Warner-Chappel Nashville’s Summerlin Road, and Renegade Radio Nashville’s very own Lindsay Lawler, who headlined the famed Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge for two years!

Learn the Secrets of LDA National Long Drive Champion Ryan Winther

Learn from the longest hitter in the world - National Long Drive Champion and Sacramento native Ryan Winther.

During the 2012 ReMax World Long Drive Championships, Ryan set the new finals record with a drive of 469 yards, including the next 4 longest drives ever recorded at the World Championships.

Ryan’s life altering moment came in the quarterfinals where he hit his 6th ball in the grid after hitting the first 5 balls out of play, dramatically propelling him into the semifinals. Winther went on to capture his first ReMax World Long Drive Championship in 2012.

The Game Truck Featuring EA Sports’ Tiger Woods 2013 Video Game

This year’s Golf Expo will have the ultimate golf gaming experience as well. The mobile gaming theater is equipped with HDTVs and sixteen gaming stations to play the newest EA Sports golf game on the market today.

Expert Game Coaches will be on hand to manage and teach how to use this unique experience.

The Major Championship Pavilion

Few golfers get an opportunity to step onto one of golf’s hallowed courses to watch one of golf’s biggest championships - including the British Open, US Open, PGA Championship or Ryder Cup.

Haggin Oaks is doing it’s best to bring a little taste of those events home to Sacramento. In its second year, the Major Championship Pavilion will have logo goods from some of those events on hand including headwear, polo shirts and other memorabilia.

We’re even working on an opportunity to take a photo with one of the great trophies from one of these illustrious events.

The Major Championship Menu and BBQ

Doing all that shopping inside the Major Championship Pavilion is sure to make one hungry. And if you’re going to dress like a tour pro, you might as well eat like one.

The catering team has created a special Major Championship Menu just for this weekend to give you a genuine taste of those special events. Take a bite of our straight-from-Augusta famed Pimento Cheese or Egg-Salad Sandwiches. They’ll be wrapped in green wax paper, just like they are each April along those beautiful azaleas.

And if Burgers are more your thing, take advantage of our special Olympic-sized burger similar to what was served at last year’s US Open. It’s a slice of specially seasoned hamburger meat served lengthwise in a hot dog bun.

MacKenzie Shop Club Garage Sale & Value Center

One of the best-kept secrets of the Haggin Oaks Golf Expo is up by the MacKenzie Pro Shop. Those in the know realize that the Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop puts out tens of thousands of dollars of nearly new golf products at values up to 80% off their original retail. Now it’s your secret to keep!

ESPN 1320 Golf-To- Go Haggin Oaks Game Improvement Stage

The Haggin Oaks Golf Expo is continuing their great new initiative in 2013 called The ESPN 1320 Golf-To-Go Game Improvement Stage!

A huge stage on wheels will create a mini-amphitheater right on the range where every hour on the hour, free educational opportunities will be presented on topics such as golf ball fitting, putting clinics, golf shaft education, golf fitness instruction, guest instructors and more!

SGC Putting Championship

After a wildly successful 2011 event, the 50+ year old Sacramento Golf Council Putting Championship (formerly won by multi-time PGA Tour winner Bill Glasson) will be held over the weekend of Golf Expo again.

There will be three different divisions, including Mens, Womens and Juniors - and each of the overall winners will receive a very special prize.

100 Beers From Around The World

For the very first time at Haggin Oaks, we’re bringing together an unprecedented collection of longnecks for you to try.

The beer specialist team has been working all spring long to bring an array of 100 different beers that we’ll have on sale during the Expo. Choose from international classic lagers to more obscure local ales- and everything in between.

Guests can sip their favorite beer pulled right from our ice-cold coolers right on the driving range.

PGA Tour Van Fitting Opportunities!

The Haggin Oaks Golf Expo is also home to Vendor Tour Fitting Vans normally only reserved by PGA Tour events.

These mobile fitting vans on wheels come complete with the latest in fitting equipment technology and many build clubs for the consumer right there on the spot. With vendors like Nike, Titleist, Cobra, Cleveland, Mizuno, UST, TaylorMade, Callaway and Ping already committed, this is just one more reason that makes this event unique.

This is by appointment only, so make your call today to 916.808.2531.

Make Your Own Sale

It’s hard to resist the incredible offers being held all weekend long when nearly every single item in our 2.5 million dollar inventory is on promotion!

The more you spend that weekend, the more you get back. With the exception of just a vendor or two, any time you spend over $100 that weekend, you’ll receive vouchers back that can be spent on anything on our golf facility beginning in May - even on sale and already-discounted merchandise. The discounts get deeper the more you spend! See the shop for details.

Titleist Golf Ball Fitting Van

The Titleist Mobile Golf Ball Fitting Van is headed to the Golf Expo for all three days and will be fitting over 1700 customers that weekend.

This is a great opportunity for you to meet with a Titleist Golf Ball Fitting expert, learn more about Titleist's green-to-tee methodology and begin the fitting process. This will be done by appointment, so call 916.808.2531 to sign up today or come straight to the booth the first part of each day to sign up for this exciting opportunity.

Trade-In Trade-Up Month

In conjunction with The PGA of America’s national “Free Fitting & Trade Up Month”, the Haggin Oaks Golf Expo also offers free club fitting and equipment trade-in opportunities.

Several PGA Tour manufacturer-fitting vans are on hand- making available more than 200 pre-scheduled fittings on these technological marvels and manufacturing plants on wheels. Golfers can even cash in their “retired” golf gear. Haggin Oaks has trade-in specialists on hand, offering maximum dollar for thousands of clubs, staff bags, pull carts and old training aids. Gift certificates are issued on the spot for use in the Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop.

“So few places take them now, and there’s not much that we won’t take in,” says Ken Morton Jr. “Everybody has used equipment in their garages; they can clean it out and buy some new stuff utilizing their old stuff.”

Oakley Rolling “O” Eyewear Lab

Get educated across the globe. Listen up and learn the stories and facts behind Oakley’s groundbreaking technology.

Experience a self-contained 40-foot motor coach with front row seats at major sporting venues. Discover the truth about today’s eyewear marketplace of ideas at the Oakley HDO® Demo Tour. Not all sunglasses are created equal —they’re taking science to the streets to show you why.

NIKEiD Custom “While You Wait” Golf Balls

NIKEiD is bringing FREE Personalization with the Purchase of ANY 2 Dozen Nike Golf Balls. Have your golf balls personalized while you wait at the Golf Expo this year.

The entire process only takes about 10-15 minutes from start to finish - and it is incredibly interesting to watch. Tired of only a few color options for your personalized golf balls? The NIKEiD golf ball imprinter has an endless assortment of color options and you can choose from numerous fonts as well. What are you waiting for? The new Nike 20XI golf balls arrived and are in stock too!

For a list of participating vendors, a schedule of the education seminars and a vendor map, visit www.hagginoaksgolfexpo.com.

Managed by Morton Golf, the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex is located between Interstate 80 and Business 80 in Sacramento, 3645 Fulton Ave. The driving range has 100 stalls under lights and can be reached at 916-481-GOLF or www.hagginoaksgolfexpo.com for additional information.

Distracted driving: Multi-tasking behind wheel a dangerous practice

By Marcella Gonsalves

I think by now just about every Sacramento area resident has heard at least one radio ad discouraging them from texting while driving.

Bravo to the public health community and partners for recognizing and swiftly addressing this major concern in our very car-dependent state.

However, while there is a persistent no-text message, it seems like we have absolved talking on the phone (AKA distracted driving).

Drexel University’s psychology department recently did a study that suggests texting while driving is a psychological distraction with measurable effects, even under the simplest (simulated) road conditions.

As the Executive MPH program at Drexel University Sacramento, I would like to bring a public health perspective on this issue regarding cell phone calling and other sorts of distractions while driving.

There are laws that permit talking with your hands-free device and highway signs that say “phone in one hand, ticket in the other.” I interpret this message as: “Talk as much as you want while you’re driving, but just don’t have a phone in your hand.”

I think our state laws and most folks are grossly ignoring that talking on a cell phone and any distraction whatsoever hinders our ability to navigate our 1,500-pound hunks of metal down the highway. Not to mention, multi-tasking in the car adds more stress to our already demanding lives.

If we want to protect ourselves while we are on the move, we need to simplify.

Perhaps we need to make our calls while parked at our office desks or in front of a cup of our favorite tea, not while we are flying down the freeway. After all, we can’t truly have an eloquent and thoughtful conversation when we’re trying to ignore the mullet-clad truck driver in the next lane, count out exact change for the tollbooth, and navigate through road construction.

How about we eat our meals with our families and friends at kitchen tables, not while we inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. We just can’t truly enjoy the way that food nourishes our body and people nourish our souls while we’re buckled in and inhaling tiny particle matters (PM2.5).

We need to recognize the fact that multi-tasking actually makes us more stressed, less productive, and more prone to injury. We should abolish the idea that constant multi-tasking is the best medicine for an overloaded plate.

Marcella Gonsalves

Marcella Gonsalves is the Director of the Sacramento Executive Masters in Public Health Program at Drexel University Sacramento.







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Free Medication Take-back Day

Keeping our kids and water drug-free

FREE Anonymous drop-off of unused and expired medication

Saturday April 27, 2013

10 am - 2 pm

Acceptable medications:

• prescription
• non-prescription (over the counter)
• controlled substances
• veterinary medications

Unacceptable:

• no sharps or lancets
• no medical waste
• no illicit drugs
• no aerosols or hydrogen peroxide

Empty pills from bottle into plastic bag & seal. Keep liquids in original bottle.

10 Western Placer County locations:

1. Oakmont High School, 1710 Cirby Way, Roseville
2. Roseville High School, 1 Tiger Way, Roseville
3. Woodcreek High School, 2551 Woodcreek Oaks Blvd., Roseville
4. Antelope High School, 7801 Titan Way, Roseville
5. Sierra College, dirt lot South/East corner of El Don & Rocklin Road, Rocklin
6. Whitney High School, 701 Wildcat Blvd., Rocklin
7. Auburn City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn
8. Del Oro High School, 3301 Taylor Road, Loomis
9. Granite Bay High School, 1 Grizzly Way, Granite Bay
10. Lincoln Police Department, 770 7th Street, Lincoln

2 Tahoe Area Location

1. Gateway Shopping Center (parking lot in front of Safeway) 10879 Donner Pass Road, Truckee
2. North Tahoe Fire Protection District, Fire Station #5, 222 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City

For more information, contact 530-889-7238

Protect

... our environment. Medications disposed of down the toilet or in the trash end up in our water supplies 

and damage our environment. 

 ... our teens from an epidemic of Rx abuse. 7 of the 10 most commonly abused drugs by teenagers are 

prescription medications. Teens get dangerous drugs

... our young children from a leading cause of accidental poisoning.

… our seniors from misuse and mistakes.

… your home. Addicts are looking in as many medicine cabinets as possible—maybe even yours

In Western Placer County, medication take back day is a collaborative effort of Auburn, Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville and Placer County law enforcement, water quality, and public health entities as well as local schools, the Coalition for Placer Youth, the Placer Youth Commission and the DEA.

CoalitionforPlacerYouth.org

LiveSewerSmart.com

In Tahoe-Area, medication take back day is A collaborative effort of TT-FWDD (Tahoe Truckee Future without Drug Dependence), Placer County Sheriff, Placer and Nevada County Health and Human Services, Tahoe Forest HospitalDistrict, Truckee Police Department, Safeway Stores, water quality, waste management, Town of Truckee, and the DEA.

No Drugs Down The Drain

Pinwheels for Prevention

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention month and last week hundreds of metallic blue and silver pinwheels were planted at the KidsFirst 15th Annual Luncheon "A Blue Tie Affair" held at the Sunset Center in Rocklin on April 4, 2013. The blue and silver pinwheel is a nationally recognized symbol of support for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Honorees at the event included: Leslie DeDora, Executive Director A Touch of Understanding, Diana Ruslin, Mayor of Rocklin, Dave Horsey, Superintendent Placer Union High School, Beverly Gable, Youth Services Therapist, Roseville Police Department, and Fiona Tuttle, Child Interviewer, Placer County Multi-Disciplinary Center.  

KidsFirst invites the community to display pinwheels around town, plant a pinwheel garden or display in their office. KidsFirst wishes to thank Blue Line Gallery for creating over 200 pinwheels for staging decorations and for our volunteers at Grainger and National University who pounded pinwheels in the rain for our event.

Special thank you to KidsFirst’s event sponsors: Blue Ribbon Partners: Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital & Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Wells Fargo, and PG&E. Champion Sponsors: Hewlett-Packard, River City Bank, and Placer County Office of Education (PCOE). Leader Sponsors: Thunder Valley Casino & Resort, PRIDE Industries, Emulex, Placer Vineyards, Westpark Associates, Westfield Galleria, Mother Lode Foundation, Folsom Lake Bank and the Sacramento Kings Foundation. Friend Sponsors: Rotary Club of Roseville Foundation, Gurnee & Daniels LLP, Warner & Pank, LLC, All-Cal Insurance Agency, Damsel in Defense, State Farm - Scott Yuill Agency, Recology, Community 1st Bank, GFBB Benefits, JMC Homes, Placer County Deputy Sheriffs’ Assoc., TOTLCOM, Maki Heating & A/C, Inc. Roseville Automall, Silvers HR, Denio’s and Placer County Sheriffs’ Department.

KidsFirst is a private, non-profit organization established in 1989 dedicated to the prevention and healing of child abuse. KidsFirst provides an array of programs and victim services that prevent and treat abuse including child and family counseling, parent education, youth groups, after-school programs, information and referrals to low/no-cost resources throughout the Sierra-Sacramento region. KidsFirst family resource centers are located in Roseville, Auburn and Citrus Heights.