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President’s Perspective – December 2011

2011 SAR President Doug Covill

Five goals – some specific, some far-reaching – have guided the leaders and staff of SAR this year as we all work to serve you, our Members. As you read through this brief review, you will see that we have accomplished a lot this year.

  1. Improve Communications
  2. Develop a Green Program
  3. Establish a 501 (c) 3 Foundation
  4. Increase Diversity in Participation and in the Leadership
  5. Continue Focusing on SAR as a Progressive, Evolving Organization

SAR’s new charitable foundation will be fully up and running in 2012. Kathy Fox led the task force and Charlene Singley now chairs the Foundation board. Kathy continues to serve as vice-chair.

SAR continues to be recognized for its charitable contributions. Allison Couchman and Jenifer Miller led the Community Outreach Committee. With fewer dollars to distribute, committee members shifted their efforts to developing relationships with the charities SAR Members support. Watch this newsletter every month to learn about the charities and how you can volunteer.

The CanTree Committee under Ilah Turner and Bobby Campbell put on the Crab Fest and Sip & Support and has just finished building two Can Trees. Twenty nine years and going strong! Thanks to their efforts, SAR has given more than $2 million to the Salvation Army.

Led by Sandi Burden-Bradley and Ted Williams, the Equal Opportunity Committee organized a highly successful Multi Chamber Mixer, with the numerous ethnic chambers of commerce in the Sacramento area. They also worked on strengthening our relationship with the Asian Real Estate Association of American, Realtists and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

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Thoughts on Turning 75

Barbara HarschSome things change in life and some do not. I have been thinking of the changes I have seen in my life time.

When I was a little girl, I rode trolleys up and down J Street. When you called and the phone was busy, you called again. The answering machine was the mother at the other end of the line, who took a message. A long distance call was cause for alarm since one never called long distance unless it was an emergency. At school, if you got into trouble, you got into more trouble at home. All children had books and paper and pencils. There were lockers so kids did not have to lug all of the day’s books around with them and there were no back packs. I was forbidden to go into the park next to my Junior High School at lunch because kids were smoking there… cigarettes. Milk was delivered to the door and moms met in the street to gossip at the vegetable man’s truck.

Sacramento ended in East Sacramento on J Street at 57th. H Street went over the H Street bridge to become Fair Oaks Boulevard. The shopping mall was Town and Country, but it took too much gas to get there so we seldom went. In summer, we swam at Clunie Pool at McKinley Park unless it was closed for a polio scare. The library was a constant source of entertainment for me. We listened to the radio shows. We went to the State Fair at the old fairgrounds. We went to dances at Governor’s Hall. We took public transportation and did not worry about child abduction.

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A Real Estate Agent is not necessarily a REALTOR®

An article in the Sacramento Bee on Sept. 3 (“Natomas district accuses Realtor in a land purchase”) used the term “Realtor” incorrectly. The following letter was sent to the Bee:

The article … refers to him as a Realtor, which he is not. He is a licensed real estate agent, which is not the same thing. The difference is important.

Only real estate professionals who belong to their local Association of REALTORS® may be called REALTORS®. All REALTORS® adhere to the strict Code of Ethics of the National Association of REALTORS®, which is based on professionalism and protection of the public.

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