Roger Crawford
This week we met a man who's found happiness against the odds. He started life with severe birth defects, but his courage and persistence helped him become an amazing athlete. Now, our Mike Sanford says he's finding new success by inspiring others.

For more information on Roger Crawford visit: www.rogercrawford.com

Getting Organized
Misplace your glasses? Can't find your checkbook? Host Bette Vasquez teams up with Anna Tonkin, a licensed professional organizer, on a consultation with one of Anna's clients to learn how to conquer that clutter! Then, Anna joins us in the studio to reveal even more secrets to living a more organized, stress and clutter free life.

Tonkin has traveled from Sacramento to San Francisco to Maui organizing offices, homes, closets you name it, and she has "found a home for it." In this segment, Tonkin teaches viewers why the benefits of being organized are tremendous. It can help bring peace and balance to a home or office ultimately reducing chaos and stress.

For more information contact Anna Tonkin at (916) 765-0553 or visit www.annatonkin.com.

Room Designer
When Joy Schumann retired from her desk job a couple of years ago, she wasn't quite sure what to do next. But then she discovered that she could actually make a living out of a self-confessed bad habit that showed up every time she visited her friends' homes. "… I would sit there until things were presented to me, and I was re-arranging the room in my head. So as a result, I've been doing that." Joy took her bad habit, or skill, to New York, where she trained with an organization called the interior refiners network. Now, as a professional re-designer she helps other people transform, refresh, and re-arrange every room in their house; often without having to spend a penny on new stuff.

Joy charges between $100 and $150 per room, but she says her prices are flexible. She mentions that she appreciates the work done by interior decorators and designers, but it's quite different. Most of them encourage their clients to buy new, while Joy's focus is on re-using what they have. Hence the name, home RE-designer!

For more information contact
Redesign With Joy
Joy Schumann
(916) 786-2116
E-Mail: Schumann@lanset.com

Prime Time Boxing
Are you ready to shed some pounds and get back into shape? Well why not tune in and join us as we try out a fitness program that is guaranteed to get you in tip-top shape.

Prime Time Boxing Club & Fitness in Sacramento gave Pam Turse a run for her money when she tried to step into the ring with Cary Williams-Nunez, female competitor and boxing coach at Prime Time. Although they didn't spar, Cary gave Pam an inside peek at what goes on during one of the boxing camps.

Jumping rope, hitting the heavy bags, and learning the proper way to punch is only the beginning when it comes to this calorie-burning course. Lora Pierce, a 51-year-old breast cancer survivor decided to take the course when her cancer went into remission. Now, she's in the best shape of her life and proudly boasts that good exercise, like boxing, is helping to keep her
cancer free.

Owned by Cary and her husband Angelo, Prime Time is also a fitness center for young kids ages 12 to 17; helping to get them off the streets and into shape with after school programs.

Prime Time Boxing Club & Fitness
1931 Del Paso Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 927-2697
www.primetimeboxing.com

Season eight of "Central Valley Chronicles" is underwritten in part by Classic Living.