The Fair Oaks Voice

Page 2 June 24, 1996


Fair Oaks Theatre Festival
A Taste of Fair Oaks
New Fair Oaks Newspaper
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Fair Oaks Theatre Festival

Friday, Saturday and Sunday June 21 through July 28

Fair Oaks Theatre Festival presents "THE MIKADO" by Gilbert and Sullivan, adapted and directed by prominent local play wright and actor Robert Irvin. Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, 8:30 pm $8 general, $7 Seniors, $6 students, $5 children Plaza Park Amphitheatre, Fair Oaks & California Streets Old Fair Oaks Village 966-3683.

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A Taste of Fair Oaks

Friday June 28

"A Taste of Fair Oaks" is a Gala evening of fine wine, gourmet food and "hand crafted" ales and lagers. A juried art show will also be presented. Chefs from Fair Oaks and neighboring Sacramento restaurants will present their favorite creations or house specialties for tasting. Foothill wineries and regional micro breweries will be pouring samples for guests to taste. Music in Motion will provide the background music.

This very special evening will be held from 5:30 - 9:00 pm on Friday, June 28th, in the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse at 7997 California Avenue - Fair Oaks. There will be an advance donation of $16.00 for admission ($18 at the door), which includes a commemorative wine glass. Proceeds will benefit the Pacific Burn Institute in their effort to help Fair Oaks children who have been victims of fire. This year you may purchase two for one tickets to the Fair Oaks Theatre Festival's summer performance by just showing the box office your ticket to "A Taste of Fair Oaks". Open to the public. For more information, call the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce at 967-2903.



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New Fair Oaks Newspaper

by KC

On July 1, 1996, Fair Oaks will get its first issue of the Fair Oaks Guardian. This paper will be published by the Electric Pencil, owned and operated by Mike and Theresa McLaren. Mike, Theresa and their 12 year old daughter live in Fair Oaks.

Theresa recently wrote a letter to Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce members describing the McLaren's new venture.

"... We own the Electric Pencil, which specializes in publishing newsletters, self publishing projects and annual reports. We have owned and operated the Electric Pencil since August 28, 1993. We have dropped all other projects, and are now focused solely on publishing Fair Oaks Guardian.

I graduated as a sociologist from Colorado State University, but have never worked in the field for which I was trained. For the past fifteen years I have worked in the printing and publishing industry. With a background in business management, and a knack for keeping writers and artists in balance with the checkbook, I handle the advertising and the business end of the Electric Pencil -- and also write for Fair Oaks Guardian.

Mike graduated from Colorado State University in 1986, with a Masters in Writing and Teaching Writing, and a Bachelor's in Medieval Mythology and Printmaking. He taught writing at Colorado State University for awhile. His first real job, in 1976 was as a cub reported, layout man and paper boy for the Redmond Spokesman in Oregon. Mike went to college to be a newspaperman, for his own paper or to at least work for a newspaper, sitting behind the backstop at Candlestick writing for the sports section of the Examiner.

We have a wonderful twelve year old daughter (smarter that all of use in the office) who attends John Holst Elementary School. She owns a small pet sitting business.

Fair Oaks Guardian is an extension of Health Guardian, a newspaper dedicated to natural health. Publishing a Fair Oaks newspaper was an idea that all of us at the Electric Pencil discussed many times, but we never got around to putting it up for a vote. The urging from the community in the past few months caused us to take a more serious look at such a project. we live here, we'd like to see a community newspaper dedicated to the Fair Oaks community, and since we're a publishing company it makes sense that we produce the paper. ..."

I have only met Theresa briefly at the Chamber of Commerce meeting and have not yet had an opportunity to talk to her or Mike. But, I would like to wish them well on their new venture and offer them what assistance I can to help make their new paper successful. If the Fair Oaks Guardian is able to publish an eight page newsprint paper like the Health Guardian each month, the Guardian will be in July 1996 what I hope the print version of the Fair Oaks Voice is in a year or so.



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Publication Information

The Fair Oaks Voice

Operating out of an office at
Five-Star Solutions, Inc.
11140 Fair Oaks Blvd
Fair Oaks, CA 95628

Mailing address:
The Fair Oaks Voice
8139 Sunset Ave. Box 257
Fair Oaks, CA 95628

916-967-0239

email: fov@sna.com

World Wide Web http://www.sna.com/fov

Publisher: Ken Clement
Production: Ken Clement
Editor etc: Ken Clement



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