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The Wake-Up Call: Waltzing, eReaders

Helpful information to start your day in Elk Grove, in five minutes or less.

It's going to be a hot one today—95 degrees, they say. How to cool off? Sit under a tree and watch the dancers whirl and dip. Distract yourself with thoughts of free books—or dreams of living in a cool, dark cave.

In the Patch:

Let the waltzing begin. The has finally arrived. Grab a blanket and head on down to with thousands of others to catch opening night of the free dance spectacular, performed on Strauss Island.

Check out an eReader, win fifty bucks. The would like your opinion on their stock of Kindles and other digital reading devices. Sign up for their and receive free refreshments, plus a chance at a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card. Register today by clicking here or calling 916-264-2920.

Outside the Patch:

Custom catacomb. A couple profiled in The New York Times bought a series of caves and ruins in Turkey and turned them into a house.

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Christine Brainerd May 21, 2013 at 04:29 pm
Thanks for the suggestion. The City is currently studying a new interchange off 99 and Whitelock,Read More and the project is in our General Plan. We’re also updating the Elk Grove Blvd. onramp—currently one of the most outdated on 99 in the region. Work will begin this summer.
JJ Johnson May 21, 2013 at 04:15 pm
An overpass and off/on ramps will be built at Whitelock Parkway after the mall is built, whichRead More should take place after the soccer stadium is built, which should take place after the city secures a professional soccer team. Elk Grove better make sure the professional soccer team is a women's team, or else LaWanna Montgomery will be mad.
Elk Grove Laguna Forums May 20, 2013 at 06:14 pm
Why not down to Grantline and then head back north along the freeway? Plus Kammerer will eventuallyRead More be widened all the way to I-5 and commuters can use that too. Take Grantline to Kammerer to Bruceville.
Cody Kitaura (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Thanks for asking, and for those quick responses, folks. I just posted a brief article on it here:Read More http://elkgrove.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/shots-fired-between-cars-on-bruceville-road-saturday
Marty May 20, 2013 at 11:50 am
Perhaps this will explain..............Read More http://www.elkgroveonline.com/forums/topic/107176/several-cops-and-yellow-taped-ar
vicki green May 20, 2013 at 11:36 am
I was wondering the same thing! nothing on news or in the paper. What happened