Week In Review, Aug. 13-19

Saturday:

On a mild-weather day on Aug. 13, a variety of kid-friendly games, exhibits, shows and summer-time food drew people to the third annual , sponsored by Omni Youth Programs at .

Monday:

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Also, Patch is excited to announce a new series for our readers in Carmichael and nationwide:

Tuesday:

(R-Gold River) will make two next week, with a luncheon and a town hall meeting.

Wednesday:

A an application to run for , the announced. Jeff Wagner, who is also known as "Jeff Da Plumber," joins of SMUD to compete for the title of honorary mayor.  Wagner is the owner of Wagner Plumbing and has been a member of the Carmichael Chamber for two years.

Also, a held Thursday in Roseville benefitted an organization started by a that collects textbooks for students in the African country of Liberia.

And though he was born with special needs, 29-year-old Del Campo alumnus never let his condition stop him from getting what he really wanted: a gold medal at the Special Olympics.

Thursday:

Sacramento Kings fans got a glimpse behind the scenes of the team during Basketball 101 on Wednesday evening at the Carmichael-Arden .

Also, we spoke with , 55, a computer network engineer who has lived in Carmichael since August 2008, about the famine in his native Somalia.

And a student has been named a finalist for a Northern California scholarship program for student-athletes. Senior of El Dorado Hills is in the running for the 2011 Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Program.

Friday:

Looking for a quick lunch or some fresh fruit? Stay away from local , including some located in Carmichael, county officials say.

Also, in our weekly , a Carmichael woman is scheduled to be arraigned in Sacramento Superior Court next week on charges of shoplifting and second-degree burglary, online court data shows. Whether she shows up for her scheduled Aug. 22 arraignment remains uncertain. Online court data shows Mercado failed to show up for arraignment hearings two previous times this year.