The Access Sacramento Board of Directors selected three new members to join the 15-member volunteer board after applications were collected during the last several months.

The board's nominations committee reviewed the applications and upon its recommendation, three Sacramento residents were named: Ester Gordillo, Roberto Sarabia, and Simone Vianna.

The appointees join the board on one-year terms of office.  Six of the 12 board members are elected by the Access Sacramento membership annually each June in rotating years.  The final three seats on the board are appointed only.

Ester Gordillo is an international trade specialist working with the Northern California-Sacramento Regional Center for International Trade Development as part of the Los Rios Community College District.  She has also worked with the Northern California District Export Council and the Sister Cities Council of Sacramento.

Roberto Sarabia is a retired educator who developed model teaching programs for the Department of Corrections at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.  Sarabia is a bi-lingual video producer who also substitute teaches in Folsom.

Simone Vianna is a fashion designer who also works in public relations and marketing.  She is an Access Sacramento radio producer for "The Voice" and has contributed to Sacramento Fashion Week and volunteered for Alternatives Pregnancy Center.

Board Chair JoAnn Fuller expressed the board's delight in welcoming the new board member at the regular board meeting last Thursday, and encouraged the members to immediately take seats and begin their participation.

The new members will receive an orientation session to board work soon by Executive Director Gary Martin.  The new appointees' term of office is through June, 2014.

Are you in the mood for a really cool band you can sing along to? If so, Whiskey & Stitches is for you. This band has 6 very talented members and they will not let you down. James Wilson rocks the mandolin while Steve MooreWeathers jams on the accordion along with traditional rock instruments including drums played by Jay Raney and guitar and vocals by Mike McCarrick and Pete Barker and Doug Vincent on the bass. Their music is a mix of punk and Irish mixed together.

For more information about Whiskey & Stitches log on to www.WhiskeyandStitches.com

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Rio Linda Marcel Brown in the endzone after one of four TD carries.

Four second-half touchdowns by Rio Linda's Marcel Brown pushed the Knights to a 40-13 victory over the Christian Brothers Falcons Friday night in Access Sacramento's Game of the Week.

Access Sacramento's Will James and Jim Dimino narrate video highlights. See the video here: Game of the Week.

Rio Linda pounded up the field, rushing for 338 yards on 57 carries overall, but it was six-foot senior fullback Brown who picked up nearly half that total earning 166 yards on 23 carries himself.

Brown had four second-half TD's on runs of three, nine, 24 and 37 yards to earn the points.

Rio Linda's defense though held tough all game though, picking up three interceptions and forcing short punts to provide Knights' quarterback Stephen Andrews great field position all game.

In five out of six scoring drives, the Knights took less than two-minutes to pick up the TD.

Most of Christian Brothers offense came in the passing game, as Coach Greg Petrissans' Falcons all-game hurry-up offense meant they worked to have only four-seconds between plays.

Junior 6-3 195-pound quarterback Chris Guillen then had his work cut out, completing 16 of 30 passes for 101 yards.  Eight of the passes were completed to Sean Olson for 43 yards.

Christian Brothers Quarterback Stephen Andrews completed 57% of his passes picking up 173 yards.

By Will James

Access Sacramento

Home Town Sports Game of the Week

The Falcons, along with theRio Linda Knights and Casa Roble Rams, are the three teams picked as pre-season co-favorites to dethrone Del Campo, which has dominated the CVC for the past decade, winning the league title three of the past four years, and six of the past ten.

More details on this game can be found at our news blog site AccessLocal.tv

This forecast is based on the perceived strength of these three challengers, and the massive rebuilding project facing Cougars' coach, Mike Dimino, who entered the season with the daunting task of replacing 19 starters lost to graduation.

George Petrissans' rapid-fire Falcons are sparked by the dual pass/run threat of Junior QB Chris Guillen, while RB Mason Stahley and big-play receivers Hayden Jones and Brandon Thompson continue to highlight the offense. LB's Logan Snyderand Jon Wagstaff, and DB Ryan Graggs anchor the defense.

Mike Dimino's Cougars rely on running backs Austin Brown and Javone Jackson to fuel the offense. LB Sam Webster and DB Roberto Pardo are Del Campo's leading tacklers who solidify the defense.

Access Sacramento's Game of the Week can be seen Friday's at 7pm on Comcast/SureWest Cable Ch. 17, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.  The game is live streamed on the web from AccessSacramento.org

Push Watch TV 17.

The festival videos feature some of the best youth videos this year from across America.

Access Sacramento broadcast the original festival event LIVE from The Crest Theater on Oct. 4th in eight hours of original programming on Channel 17.

Part One of the festival replays Sunday and features eight short films ranging in length from four-minutes to 15-minutes each.  The films come from as far away as Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada and as close as San Francisco.

An article describing these exceptional films is scheduled for release in this Thursday's Sacramento News & Review.

Following the films, hear Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith of Kovno Productions discuss Career options for young people in the movie Industry.

The remaining parts of the festival will air on Access Sacramento beginning next month. 

Audio expert David Losko

Audio experts David Losko and Greg Agalsoff will talk about how to get great sound in pre-through-post production.  We'll look at post-production sound effects and music and how to record on-location audio. Dave will review how to fix audio problems in post, show us a few plugins that enhance audio, and we'll look at true audio levels compared to what your meters show.  

Cinematographer Tim Walton

Photoshop Tricks in Your Video Production with Tim Walton, "Bringing Photos Alive".  Have you ever seen a 2-dimensional photograph in a program in which it looks like the camera is moving freely through the photo?  Believe it or not, the effect is relatively easy to master. Tim will show how to use this surprisingly simple 3d trick and present other tips to bring 2d photos and illustrations alive. 

"Fall Classes Scheduled"  

Our newest schedule is out and classes have been added. If you are already a member of Access Sacramento and your membership is up to date you can call and sign up over the phone using your credit card. If you are interested in becoming a member of Access Sacramento and would like to take the classes you must come and sign up in person for your membership. Orientation happens once or twice each month and is a good place to start. It is mandatory to attend one and it is free. You do not need to be a member to attend Orientation. You must be a member of Access Sacramento in order to take the other classes.

Upcoming Classes:

Orientation 

Tomorrow, October 23rd at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, November 12th at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, December 18th at 6 p.m.

TV Studio Operation/Production  

Saturday, December 7th at 9 a.m.

Basics of Digital Camera and Editing 

Wednesday, November 13th at 6 p.m.

*sign up is first come, first served. Classes fill up quickly and reservations are made only with payment. 

Call the Access Sacramento office M-F between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to sign up over the phone or drop by our offices located at 4623 T Street in Sacramento, 95819. We are located inside of the Coloma Community Center.