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City New Year’s Eve 

Party Downtown 

The 20th Annual “First Night 

Fullerton” New Year’s Eve party takes 

place in downtown Fullerton on 

Friday, Dec. 31, beginning at 7pm and 

ending at midnight with a 10-minute 

fireworks finale. Admission is free. 

“First Night” events will include a 

variety of band performances, magic 

show, entertainers, and art exhibits 

plus food and novelty vendors. Skating 

on a synthetic ice rink, and children’s 

rides and activities cost $2-$7. 

See page 14 for a schedule of events 

Recount to Stop 

The OC Registrar of Voters began a 

recount of votes in the 4-year Fullerton 

City Council race on Dec. 13. Of the 

34,636 ballots cast, 2,200 ballots were 

recounted. After no errors were discovered 

in the first 9 precincts checked, 

Mr. Chaffee was satisfied that the outcome 

was correct and asked that the 

recount be discontinued. The Chaffee 

Campaign requested the recount in the 

very close contest where only 90 votes 

separated candidates Doug Chaffee 

and Pat McKinley. Cost for the 

recount is borne by the requester. 

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HAPPY CELEBRATIONS! 

The selection of mayor has always 

brought out the worst in the council. Last 

year the council decided to change its evil 

ways and agreed on a rotation for selecting 

the mayor. Using that method, Dick Jones 

was elected mayor unanimously this year. It 

did not occur to last year’s council that they 

might need a similar system for the mayor 

protem. It only makes sense that the second 

person in line would fill the protem 

position. But count on the council 

majority not to make sense. 

Selecting the mayor protem is one of 

the least significant things that a council 

does. It is purely an honorary position, 

except that the protem presides 

on the rare instances when the mayor 

is absent (according to the City Clerk, if 

the mayor stepped down the policy set for 

the mayor rotation would kick in). Still, at the 

December 7th meeting, the council once 

again descended into pettiness. Rather than 

selecting the next councilmember in line, 

Sharon Quirk-Silva, to be protem, members 

Jones, McKinley and Bankhead voted for 

outgoing mayor Bankhead. 

Last December Jones explained that he 

voted for Bankhead to be mayor out of turn 

because we needed experience in a time of 

crisis. Perhaps because that experience 

seemed to have gained us little, no such 

explanation was offered this time. Don 

Bankhead, stating that he had always kept 

quiet before, gave an expanded version of 

the rambling explanation he offered last 

year. He said: the council had a rotation system 

for years (see box at right from last 

December’s Observer 

that demonstrates that 

this is simply not so); 

recently (in 2006) he 

was denied the position 

of mayor when 

he thought he should 

have been selected, 

therefore it is payback 

time (once again). 

Last year he voted against Pam Keller to 

be mayor in favor of selecting himself for a 

second consecutive time. This year he voted 

against Sharon Quirk-Silva to be protem in 

favor of himself. He has not voted for a 

female mayor in over a decade. Indeed, he 

has voted for himself more than seven times 

and for female mayors only 3 times. 

Continued on page 11 

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The Shoe House: Fullerton Development Director Al Zelinka, shown in photo above, is in front of the Haines Shoe House, in his 

hometown of Hellam, Pennsylvania where he visited a couple of weeks ago. “This is a real house that has been used over the past several decades 

as an ice cream shop and tourist destination during the non-winter months. It is a place that I visited a lot as a child with my family and 

friends.” See page 10 for more on the Haines Shoe House. 

Council Behaving Badly 

...having 

just pulled off 

a backroom coup, 

he stated that 

he disliked 

such deals... 

Supremacists Face OC Smackdown 

by Jeanne Hoffa 

Being a white supremacist just got 

tougher in Orange County. 

Officers from six county, state and federal 

agencies worked undercover to arrest 34 

white-supremacist gang leaders and members 

after setting up a series of stings, 

Orange County District Attorney Tony 

Rackauckas said in a press conference 

Thursday. 

During an investigation that took almost 

two years, officers infiltrated gangs by 

cozying up to high ranking members with 

names like "Dopey", "Doc", “Turtle” and 

“Half Pint”, said federal agent John A. 

Torres of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives (ATF). They 

bought methamphetamine and guns from 

the suspects, including sawed-off shot guns, 

357 Magnums and AK-47s. Then they 

arrested them. 

Rackauckas calls it the largest takedown 

of supremacist prison and street gang members 

in Orange County’s history. 

The endeavor—dubbed “Operation 

Stormfront”—was named after the white 

supremacist website “Stormfront” that 

Continued on page 11 

The Myth of 

Smooth Rotation 

Mayor Don Bankhead stated that 

there has been a smooth rotation for 

selecting mayor. A look at the record 

over the last decade does not reveal any 

such smooth or fair rotation. 

1999/2000: Dick Jones 

2000/01: Dick Jones 

2001/02: Don Bankhead 


2003/04: Mike Clesceri 

2004/05: Shawn Nelson 

2005/06: Leland Wilson 

2006/07: Shawn Nelson 

2007/08: Sharon Quirk 



The column above was originally printed in the 

December 2009 issue of the Fullerton Observer 

after Mr. Bankhead, Jones and Nelson refused 

to allow Councilmember Pam Keller her fair 

chance to serve as mayor. Bankhead continues 

to tout the myth that the rotation has been fair. 

Don’t Ask 

Don’t Tell Ends 

On Dec. 18th the US Senate voted 65 

to 31 to repeal the 17-year-old discriminatory 

policy known as Don’t Ask, Don’t 

Tell which kept gay and lesbian troops 

from serving openly in the military. The 

House version of the repeal was passed 

with a 250 to 175 vote on Dec. 15. The 

bill now goes to the president to be 

signed. President Obama, said “this repeal 

is a crucial step for civil rights and it 

strengthens our military and national 

security.” 

According to the legislation there will 

be a 60-day waiting period after the president 

and top military advisors certify that 

lifting the ban won’t hurt the troops’ 

fighting ability. According to a recent 

Pentagon study, two-thirds of those currently 

serving in the military think lifting 

the ban will have no negative effects.

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Group Identity Ain’t All Bad 

Jonathan Dobrer argued that we need 

to see people as individuals rather than as 

members of groups (“Fearing for My 

Muslim Family & Friends” Observer, Mid- 

Nov 2010). 

Like Dobrer, I see people as individuals 

in interpersonal relationships, as did the 

Good Samaritan when he met a non- 

Samaritan in need. But we (the body 

politic) have always recognized 

the importance, advantages, 

and necessity of group identity 

in many matters. Among 

them, and this list is not 

exhaustive, are affirmative 

action, the drawing of district 

boundaries to insure (or deny) 

fair and equitable representation 

of political interests, 

LGBT legal status, seniority in 

layoffs and rehiring (where 

residues of past discrimination 

persist), disabled vets, the 

homeless (many of them vets), the unemployed, 

and preferences in personal association. 

On this last point, wide agreement 

with my thesis is reflected in the voluntary 

self-segregation (and involuntary real 

estate redlining) of racial and ethnic communities. 

Dobrer’s ideal is the theme of the Coca 

Cola TV ad of yore in which a multi-eth- 

They need the 

help of all of us, 

legitimately so, 

because 

their problem 

belongs 

irrevocably 

to us all. 

What to do With Household 

Hazardous Waste 

Where can you dump old paint, thinner, and other 

such materials? 

I went to City Hall and nobody knew where. What 

now? Can you help me? 

Izzy Ramirez Fullerton 

ED: I am glad you brought that subject up. The 

information is available on the city website at 

www.cityoffullerton.com but it is a bit hard to find. 

Go to www.cityoffullerton.com and pull down the 

list under “Residents” and then “Utilities” and then 

“Trash Service.” Below is some of what is listed there. 

Hazardous waste such as paints, fertilizers, herbicides, 

pesticides, hobby & pool supplies, antifreeze, 

used oil and other items can’t be put into residential 

trash cans but can be disposed of by taking the items 

to the County of Orange Household Hazardous 

Waste Collection Center at 1071 N. Blue Gum Ave., 

in Anaheim. You can call them at (714) 834-6752. 

The center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 

9am to 3pm except on holidays or when it rains. The 

service is free of charge. 

Other items which can’t be disposed of in residential 

trash cans include batteries, computers, electronics, 

microwaves, TVs, keyboards, and other e-waste. 

You can call 714-238-2444 for more information on 

how to dispose of those materials in MG Disposal’s 

free e-waste collection program. 

If you have bulky items like couches, mattresses, 

refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, etc that need pickup 

call MG at (866) 238-2444 to schedule an 

appointment. Be prepared to list the items. This service 

is also free. 

Find out more about the above programs by going 

to www.mgdisposal.net 

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nic, multi-racial, multi-national crowd, 

assembled on a “Sound of Music” type 

mountain meadow, harmonizes beautifully 

about peace, love and brotherhood. 

What the ad failed to address was the contrast 

in homes, material wealth and communities 

to which those singers returned 

after the filming (for which they were 

paid) ended. 

The issue of group identity is 

not simple and can lead to 

seeming contradictions and 

inconsistencies. Recently an 

LAPD officer stated candidly 

to a federal oversight commission 

that he can’t do his job 

properly without some degree 

of racial profiling. It is widely 

documented that many LAPD 

officers carry this “need” to 

illegal extremes. 

Nonetheless, after random 

drive-by shootings and gangand 

drug-related violence in black and 

Hispanic communities, many responsible 

members of those communities called for 

a greater law-enforcement presence. Are 

these concerned citizens expressing selfhatred 

or some uncontrollable urge 

toward self-annihilation? Obviously not. 

But the facts of life in large American 

urban centers face these good people with 

a dilemma that they are powerless to 

resolve by themselves. They need the help 

of all of us, legitimately so, because their 

problem belongs irrevocably to us all. 

A politically correct pretense that 

America has or can soon achieve a social 

climate wherein each of us is measured 

solely by the content of his/her character, 

as MLK, Jr., called for, offers little hope of 

solace to the beleaguered members of violence-ridden 

communities. 

The proper balance between gauging 

people by group identity and by individual 

merit is a complex, context-dependent 

problem, and indeed perhaps the foremost 

problem that has faced humanity 

since self-awareness and the ability to reason 

evolved and posed Barbara Tuchman’s 

choice between reason and folly. So far 

mankind has inclined toward lethal forms 

of folly, and, given the historical reality of 

9/11, Dobrer’s understandable and 

humanitarian concern for his Muslim 

friends is one bizarre outcome of our journey 

along this twisted historical path. 

Regardless, Jonathan, I respect, and, in 

my daily life, I practice your call for 

measuring and responding to the ethical 

caliber of the individual person before me. 

Write on. 

Manuel N. Bass Fullerton 

Manny Bass is a professor emeritus and 

retired Chevron geologist, and a Fullerton 

Observer volunteer. 

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MID DECEMBER 2010 COMMUNITY OPINIONS 

Yes, I still like Obama. I like him 

personally. I like his intelligence, but 

most of all I like him for what most 

people on the left dislike. His modus 

operandi is compromise. He never 

gets the perfect result. He never vanquishes 

his foes. As the quintessential 

man in the middle - black and white, 

African and American, Chicago 

inner city community organizer and 

Harvard Law and 

Chicago constitutional 

law professor - he is 

unique. 

He has spent his 

young life building 

bridges. He clearly 

believes that under the 

political bluster and 

posturing, there is a 

reasonable middle way. 

Perhaps it is not winwin 

but at least it is not 

lose-lose. No, he didn't get the health 

care reform I wanted. But he got 

something, and that is more than any 

other president since Truman began 

this quest. 

No, he didn't tame the banks and 

Wall Street, but he did pull us back 

from the brink of disaster. And please 

notice that the much-maligned 

"socialist" takeover of a dying 

General Motors was, in the end, a 

capitalist coup. He bailed them out, 

saved them and then sold the stock at 

a great profit. 

Now he is being excoriated by my 

fellow liberals for compromising on 

the extension of the Bush tax cuts. 

They are not happy about it. I am 

not happy about it. Obama agreed, 

and said that he is not happy about it 

either. We all agree on its imperfections. 

Out of My Mind 

by Jon Dobrer © 2010 JonDobrer@mac.com 

The New York Times Off Limits 

Our American Air Force has just 

strafed itself in the foot. Better make 

that both feet. In a fit of futile pique, 

they have put the New York Times off 

limits. Like some kind of wicked city 

filled with bordellos, they have forbidden 

access to the Times. This is 

supposed either to protect our delicate 

Air Force folks from being con- 

taminated by news--available 

to the rest of the 

world, or, alternatively yet 

equally futile, to punish 

the Times for printing 

news about the 

WikiLeaks. 

We all have known for 

years that China would 

show us the future. We just didn't 

think that its authoritarian denial of 

human rights and self-defeating 

interference with freedom of communications 

would become our 

model--and so soon. No one, and I 

mean no one, would have predicted 

that we would try to block access to 

information and shut people off 

from the Internet--particularly when 

the news has already been disseminated. 

This is what the geniuses in our Air 

Force are trying to do. They are 

blocking access from Air Force computers 

yes, to the New York Times, 

but also to the Guardian of London, 

We look like 

China, 

afraid to own 

embarrassing 

truths. 

On Still Liking Obama 

He clearly 

believes that 

under the 

political bluster 

and posturing, 

there is a 

reasonable 

middle way. 

LeMonde in France, El Paise of Spain 

and Der Spiegel of Germany! This is 

supposed to do what--plug the 

Wikileak post facto? It makes us look 

stupid and afraid. It shows off our 

worst instincts. It solves no problems, 

retrieves no information, cures 

no embarrassments, but it does create 

a whole slew of new problems. 

We look like China, 

afraid to own embarrassing 

truths. We stand with 

feet planted firmly in 

quicksand, and we injure 

no enemy--only our own 

values and dignity. If we 

are going to learn from 

China, maybe we should 

learn the Maoist principle of fighting 

no battles that we cannot win. For 

this barn door, the story is over and 

the cows have escaped. 

We leave our Air Force personnel 

in the truly bizarre position of being 

denied access to our major newspaper--along 

with the most prestigious 

papers of our allies, but they can still 

get Al Jezera-and doubtlessly plenty 

of porn! In what moral, political or 

practical universe does this make any 

sense? 

ED NOTE: strafe [stre?f str??f] vb (tr) 

Slang to punish harshly; n (Military) an 

act or instance of strafing. 

He did not get enough in 

exchange, we harp. Well, we did not 

get enough to make us happy. We 

did not get enough for a political victory. 

But if we ask the more than 2 

million Americans whose unemployment 

was going to end at New Year's 

if a 13-month extension was significant, 

I'll wager that there are a lot of 

real human beings living at the edge 

who feel that Obama 

did something for them. 

Maybe we'll punish him 

for helping the poor and 

unemployed, but we 

shouldn't. 

As the Tea Party folks 

who were elected to 

Congress will learn and 

as soon-to-be Speaker of 

the House John Boehner 

is going to have to teach: 

Politics is the art of the 

possible achieved by compromise. 

We can, right and left, hate it, but it 

is like hating gravity and mortality. It 

is a fact of life. 

Does liking him mean that I like 

all of his policies? Of course not. I 

think he is tragically wrong to double 

down on Afghanistan. I think he is 

wrong to believe that Israel and the 

Palestinians are at the core of Middle 

Eastern conflict, and if only that 

were solved everything else would fall 

into place. Yes, peace would be nice, 

but it wouldn't rid the region of its 

ethnic, tribal, nationalistic and religious 

enmities. 

On balance, would I vote for him 

again? In a heartbeat. He is not the 

Messiah. He is a politician. And to 

paraphrase his remark about Hillary 

during the campaign: He is likable 

enough - for me. 

Jonathan Dobrer has been contributing to the Fullerton Observer for twelve 

years. You can find more of his thoughts at www.insidesocal.com/friendlyfire 

Currently, the train station and areas around 

the OCTA bus station have a real Fullerton 

ambiance, not an unfamiliar and urban one. 

We already have empty residences downtown 

(the Trans Center plan is to add 1,560 multifamily 

high-rise residences). 

There are other areas of Fullerton (older 

neighborhoods, streets, parking needs) “south 

of the tracks,” that are screaming to be redeveloped! 

I have been a resident of Fullerton for 

55 years -members of my family almost as 

long. I have been educated at Fullerton 

schools, Fullerton College and CSUF. I currently 

live in southwest Fullerton - where classic 

car businesses and trophy shops sit in crumbling 

buildings. 

Our city leaders ought to demonstrate 

integrity and provide leadership for all homeowners 

and small businesses and tackle real 

problems that exist in our town. Stop playing 

games with Fullerton residents to make money 

to line the pockets of a few Orange County 

builders. 

We do not have to become a generic big city 

like Brea and Anaheim. Twenty years ago 

Anaheim completely leveled their downtown 

and tore apart the soul of their community. 

Today, it is only a place for Anaheim Stadium 

and Disneyland. Many of the massive buildings 

are expensive and vacant - “Disney 

Downtown” thrives while the rest of their city 

falls into decline. Don’t do this to Fullerton. 

College students and visitors demanding 

more from our downtown “hotspots,” would 

be better served if our city aided Amtrak or 

Metrolink in offering a fast train to Las Vegas 

from the Fullerton train station. Las Vegas has 

many new expensive developments and vacant 

high-rise buildings and all the nightlife any 

Southern Californian could desire. Better to do 

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The Leff Family in Maui 

“We brought the Fullerton Observer with us 

on our family vacation to Maui, Hawaii this 

Thanksgiving. Above: Connie and Angelina 

At Right: Doug and Ozzy 

Empty Residences Downtown 

& the Transportation Center Development 

CORRECTION 

A story on page 9 of the Early 

December issue “The Lopez 

Award,” incorrectly stated the 

title of Max Carter. Mr. Carter 

is the CEO of Orange County 

Conservation Corps, not the 

executive director as was stated. 

Another error in the same article 

mislabeled the Department 

of Conservation which is now 

called CalRecycle. Sorry for the 

errors. 

that than to allow the ugly, overdeveloped 

Fullerton Transportation Center plan. 

This project is “outsider” non-sense and 

unnecessary - it is an improper use of taxpayer 

and federal redevelopment funds. 

Stop trying to build a “new and different 

Fullerton” that looks like all the other faceless 

developments in Southern California. Spend 

the money from the taxpayers of Fullerton in 

the neighborhoods that honestly need redevelopment. 

Stop this hideous, pricey scam of a 

“city remodeling” project. 

K.Kargo Fullerton 

Seriously Uninformed 

Voters 

I wonder how many of those 27,559 voters 

who approved City Council term limits in the 

November 2nd election also voted for Don 

Bankhead, the presumed reason for the measure 

in the first place? BJ Fullerton 

Sports Balls Sought for 

Fullerton Union High 

School Toy Drive 

The Fullerton Union High School Aquatics 

teams are asking for donations of sports balls 

as part of the school’s PTSA’s toy drive to benefit 

Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Services 

(FIES.) The boys and girls water polo teams 

have pledged to collect 100+ sports balls by 

mid-December for FIES. The team is asking 

anyone who would like to contribute to 

please bring their donations of new sports 

balls to the FUHS pool deck any school day 

from 1:30 to 5 p.m. 

If you can help out please contact Carol van 

Ahlers at vannauss@gmail.com 

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CITY COUNCIL NOTES w/Kevin Frink 

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each month at 5pm (closed session) and 6:30pm (public session). 

Contact council at 714-738-6311 or council@ci.fullerton.ca.us. 

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303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton 92832. 

Dec. 7 

The Fullerton City Council 

met on Tuesday, December 7th, 

2010. The agenda heavily 

reflected last month’s General 

Election. Items of regular business 

included the declaration of 

the election results, the oath of 

office for our newest and re-elected 

councilpersons as well as the 

mayor and mayor protem selection 

(see frontpage article “Council 

Behaving Badly” for details). 

Fullerton also recognized several 

folks for their years of dedication 

and service to our community. 

The first order of business was 

to declare the council election 

results from the November 2, 

2010 Municipal Election. 

Council voted 4-0 to declare the 

results and other such matters for 

the Special Municipal Election, 

bringing Bruce Whitaker to the 

council dais. Results of the 

General Municipal election were 

certified also, bringing Patrick 

McKinley aboard, along with 

Mayor Bankhead. Mr. 

Bankhead and Mr. McKinley will 

serve four year terms, while Mr. 

Whitaker will serve a short term 

of two years. Additionally, 

Fullerton Municpal Code was 

changed to establish term limits 

for council members. 

Following the declaration of 

election results, the Oath of 

Office was administered to 

Councilpersons Bankhead, 

McKinley and Whitaker. 

Once the council was officially 

established, members voted on 

who would serve as our city’s 

mayor and mayor pro-tem. 

When the dust settled, Doctor 

Jones sat in the mayor seat and 

Mr. Bankhead in the pro-tem 

post. Jones’ position was a 

unanimous vote, while the protem 

seat was sought by Don 

Bankhead (yes; Bankhead, Jones, 

and McKinley) and Sharon 

Quirk-Silva (yes; Whitaker and 

Quirk-Silva). 

Sharon Quirk-Silva voiced her 

disappointment in losing the 

mayor protem appointment. She 

said that the change in policy was 

made to give each councilmember 

selected by the public a 

chance to serve. She asked City 

Attorney Jones if according to the 

new policy the mayor protem 

position is binding as to succession 

to the mayor position. 

Attorney Jones said it was not. 

“I am disappointed and hoped 

we would have moved together 

along a path of fairness. 

However, we have many more 

pressing problems with the struggling 

economy; people out of 

work and losing their homes, etc. 

I would have liked the title of 

mayor protem but it will not prevent 

me from being involved 

with the community. I ask for 

civility and that we all serve 

Fullerton as a whole with integrity. 

Bankhead said he agreed we 

should serve with integrity ... 

“but the lady would not support 

me” (when he thought he should 

have been selected as mayor in 

2006 but the council voted to 

appoint Quirk). “I’m just tired of 

those who feel they’ve been mistreated, 

it worked the way it 

worked.” 

Upon her exit, Mayor Protem 

Keller was recognized for her 

service by several members of the 

city. Among the well wishers 

were State Assemblyman Chris 

Norby; OC Supervisor Shawn 

Nelson; and the Office of 

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez 

(See Keller’s words at right). 

Also recognized during the 

council session for their years of 

service to Fullertonians were long 

time employees Chris Meyer 

(City Manager) and Bob Savage 

(Director of Maintenance 

Services) who are both retiring, 

and current County of Orange 

Supervisor, Shawn Nelson. 

Dec. 21 Agenda Forecast 

• Closed session on existing litigation 

with Hansen • 30-minute 

Parking on Williamson from 

Euclid to Woods •Request to 

accept Specific Plan •Public 

Hearings: Police Tows; St. Jude 

Specific Plan Amendment 

•Outdoor Dining and Public 

Right of Way Encroachments 

•M2 Traffic Signal Coordination 

•OCTA Brookhurst Signal 

Coordination •Contract Awards: 

Puente St. Bike Path; Water 

Main Replacement; Tennis 

Center Pavilion; Ambulance 

•Contract Amendment for FAST 

•Revised records retention schedule 

•Annual Reports•Purchase 

Police Vehicles •Accept Donation 

Jan 4, 2011 Agenda Forecast 

• Public Hearing: Fullerton 

Transportation Center Cost 

Recovery Fee •Ford Park Cell 

Towers •Ordinance: Temporary 

appointment in case of vacant 

council seat. 

Pam Keller Says Goodbye 

With A Wish for Common Decency 

Tonight is the night where I am expected to 

thank all of my supporters, list all of my accomplishments 

and then pass the baton on to a new 

city council member. As I look out into the audience, 

I am reminded of the night four years ago 

when I was sworn in to this office. I see so many 

friendly faces! I see my family, friends and colleagues. 

I see people who I have argued with about 

subjects too numerous to mention. I see city staff 

who work hard to make Fullerton 

better and better every year—even 

under dire circumstances. When I 

look out over the audience, I see 

Fullerton! 

Back in May, when I announced 

that I would not be seeking a second 

term in office, I had an opportunity 

to speak about what I was proud of 

accomplishing during my term. But 

I feel there is something much more 

important to discuss tonight. As I 

have been reflecting with my children 

over the past few weeks, I have 

asked them, “What is it like having a 

mother on the city council?” The ultimate vote 

from a kid’s perspective was 50/50—sometimes it’s 

good and sometimes it’s bad! What may surprise 

you is the details…sure, they missed me when I 

was away at meetings, but they enjoyed some of 

the events they participated in. The quote that 

caught my attention came from my 14-year-old 

son. When asked to list the top things he did not 

like about having his mom on the city council he 

said (and I quote) “The hate, the rumors and the 

lies”! We all try to protect our children from the 

adult business in our world. But there are some 

things that cannot be shoved into a drawer and 

stuffed away. Some things find their way out. Like 

a lethal chlorine gas silently poisoning our air until 

we can no longer breathe. Our founding fathers 

did not create this country on hate, rumors and 

lies, they created it out of love and hope for a better 

future for their children. 

Yesterday I was at an all-day gang prevention 

workshop. Father Boyle, founder of Homeboy 

Industries in LA, has the biggest gang prevention 

program in the entire US. He was our key-note 

speaker. As he was speaking I was thinking that 

what he had to say applied to all of us—not just 

gang members and people who were committing 

crimes and making bad choices. But to people who 

were choosing to try to solve problems, make 

things happen and create change as well. Some of 

us do that in a creative, respectful, collaborative 

manner but unfortunately there are others who do 

so by creating havoc, causing strife and breaking 

others down so as to get what they want without 

compromising. I began to wonder what has happened 

to our political discourse? 

What happened to those great conversations 

where we can disagree— 

sometimes to the very extremes— 

but shake hands in the end and walk 

away feeling respected? 

Father Boyle reminded us that all 

change comes from within. It must 

be preceded by a vision and then it 

takes hard work together to make 

the vision a reality. He shared with us 

that after all these years of working 

with the toughest, baddest, meanest 

gang members that everything boils 

I am hopeful that 

Fullertonians 

will work to 

rebuild the kinship 

that has slowly 

been eroded 

by nasty elections, 

rude videos and 

anonymous 

blog comments. 

At Left: 

A sign thanks 

Mayor Protem Pam 

Keller for her four 

year service on the 

City Council. She 

announced earlier this 

year that she would 

not be seeking re-election 

and would be 

stepping down to 

spend more time with 

her husband and their 

three young sons. 

down to kinship. The lack of kinship in their lives 

led them to search it out in unhealthy places. No 

kinship? No peace! No kinship? No justice! 

I am hopeful that our citizens will someday be 

fed up enough to realize that fighting amongst 

ourselves, breaking down and disparaging others 

and using perceived power to step upon the heads 

of others so they can be on the top is not the way 

to build a healthy, strong and safe community. I 

am hopeful that they will say, 

“Enough is enough” and really begin 

to listen to one another and their 

ideas; really begin to converse rather 

than talk over one another and truly 

begin to work together in a respectful 

manner. I am hopeful that 

Fullertonians will work to rebuild 

the kinship that has slowly been 

eroded by nasty elections, rude 

videos and anonymous blog comments. 

You all know that I used to teach 

kindergarten and I am sure you are 

equally familiar with the best selling 

book by Robert Folghum, All I Really Need To 

Know I Learned In Kindergarten. The lessons in 

that book apply to us all and I am going to take the 

time to remind you what he wrote (I will paraphrase 

a bit): 

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how 

to live and what to do and how to be I learned in 

kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the 

graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile 

at Sunday School. These are the things I 

learned: 

•Share everything. •Play fair. •Don't hit people. 

•Put things back where you found them. •Clean 

up your own mess. •Don't take things that aren't 

yours. •Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. 

•Wash your hands before you eat. •Flush. •Warm 

cookies and cold milk are good for you. •Live a 

balanced life - learn some and think some and 

draw and paint and sing and dance and play and 

work every day some. •Take a nap every afternoon. 

•When you go out into the world, watch out for 

traffic, hold hands, and stick together. •Be aware of 

wonder. 

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. 

The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. 

Ecology and politics and equality and sane 

living. 

Take any of those items and extrapolate it into 

sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family 

life or your work or your government or your 

world and it holds true and clear and firm. 

And it is still true, no matter how old you are - 

when you go out into the world, it is best to hold 

hands and stick together. 

Thank you to all of you that held my hand and 

stuck with me through these past four years. I 

appreciate your support more than you will ever 

realize. I think we all need each other more now 

than ever before. I will close with a quote that was 

a gift to me when I ran for election four years ago, 

“You can judge a person’s character 

by the company they keep” 

I am proud to keep the company of 

Fullertonians just like you. Let’s stick together, 

support our new city council and continue to 

build up rather than break down this wonderful 

city that we all know and love. Thank you!


Volunteer Instructs Students in Hawaiian 

Kempo Karate for Self Confidence 

Fullerton resident Kumu Haku 

Bradford Namahoe, a Martial Arts 

Instructor, is volunteering his time to conduct 

once-a-week free karate lessons to 24 

young people. 

He and his staff teach Martial Arts as a 

complete discipline which in addition to 

developing self-defense skills, encourages 

the formation of high personal standards 

and respect for fellow men and women. 

“Through our practice we strive to produce 

individuals who are positive, respected, 

and contributing members of society,” 

says Mr. Namahoe. Kids have fun and 

learn to be safe and healthy. 

Lessons are split between two age 

groups; kids ages 6 to 10 and youth ages 

11 to 15. The lessons take place on 

New FSD Boardmember Janny Meyer 

New Fullerton School District 

Boardmember Janny Meyer was sworn 

in at the board meeting along with new 

member Chris Thompson and returning 

boardmember Bev Berryman. 

At the ceremony in support of Mrs. 

Meyer was her husband Chris Meyer, 

LOCAL NEWS 

Wednesdays from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at 

the Richman Community Center, 320 W. 

Elm Ave., Fullerton 92832. Call 

Rosemary Castro Bryant at 714-738- 

3146 if you are interested in participating. 

Mr. Namahoe has been an expert in 

Martial Arts for over 40 years. He holds 

black belts in several different disciplines 

including a 7th degree black belt in the 

KGS Hawaiian Shaolin Kempo System 

and is Guro Master in the Filipino Blade 

and Stick Fighting System. He has taught 

men/women self defense workshops and 

seminars including for the LA Sheriffs 

Dept. 

For more information on Mr. Namahoe 

and the Hawaiian Kempo Karate program 

go to www.hawwianmfs.com. 

retiring Fullerton City Manager, and her 

son Brandon, a Fullerton Police officer 

(pictured above). Also attending the 

session were Fullerton Police Chief 

Michael Sellers, Janny’s parents (former 

Fullerton Mayor Buck Catlin and former 

FSD teacher Bobbie Catlin), and 

numerous friends and fellow teachers. 

Thank You! to our renewing 

subscribers and to our new subscribers! 


Above: Mr. Namahoe (at center) 

and his staff address students 

at the beginning of a free 

Martial Arts class held at 

Richman Community Center.

Page 6 OBSERVER MID DECEMBER 2010 

Residential Holiday 

Trash Collection 

There will be no delay in the residential 

trash collection this holiday season. 

Residents can recycle their holiday trees 

by cutting them up and placing them in 

their yard waste containers and/or by 

placing them on the ground next to their 

containers. Trees left outside of the containers 

will be collected by one of MG 

Disposal's special trucks during the two 

week period following Christmas Day. 

Holiday trees taller than six feet must be 

cut in half. Once the trees are collected, 

they are taken to the CVT Material 

Recovery Facility where they are mulched 

and turned into compost. For free bulky 

item collection call (714) 238-2444 or 

visit www.mgdisposal.net. 

For household hazardous waste such as 

paints, pesticides, herbicides, electronics, 

used oil etc. call 714-834-6752 or go to 

1071 N. Blue Gum Ave., Anaheim. 

Changes at City Hall 

•City Manager Retires: City Manager 

Chris Meyer retires this month and Joe 

Felz has been appointed “Acting” City 

Manager, a position which is expected to 

become permanent. 

•Redevelopment Director Resigns: 

Fullerton Redevelopment Director Rob 

Zur Schmiede has accepted the position 

of Deputy Executive Director of 

Redevelopment and Director of 

Development for the City of Long Beach. 

Acting City Manager Joe Felz, will act as 

interim director of redevelopment until a 

permanent replacement is found. 

•City Clerk Retires: City Clerk Bev 

White is retiring this month. A proposal 

to appoint Assistant to the City Manager 

Robert Ferrier to take over that position 

until a permanent clerk is appointed, is on 

the Dec. 21 Council agenda. The 

appointment of a new City Clerk is 

expected to be made by the end of January 

2011. 

•Director of Maintenance Retires: 

Director of Maintenance Bob Savage is 

also retiring. No replacement has yet been 

announced. 

•Friday Furloghs at City Hall End: 

Beginning Friday, Jan. 14, Fullerton city 

government facilities will return to its 

schedule of being open on alternate 

Fridays. The every Friday closures were 

implemented in May by the Fullerton 

City Council in response to contracts 

with the miscellaneous employee bargaining 

units and included a 5% pay cut 

retroactive to the beginning of the 2009 

payroll year. City executive managers’ 

salaries were also cut by 5% in July 2009, 

and the confidential employee salaries 

were cut by 5% in Nov. 2009. The pay 

cuts will remain in place for all employees. 

The every other Friday schedule will 

not go into effect at the library which will 

continue to be closed on all Fridays. The 

Main Library’s operating hours are 10am- 

8pm Mon.- Thurs., 10am-5pm on Sat., 

and 1-5pm on Sun. Hunt Branch hours 

are 10am-6pm Tues., and noon to 8pm 

Thurs. 

The Fox Theatre Rehab Begins 

The Fox Theatre renovation project 

began its next phase in restoration 

with the demolition of a partition 

wall in one of the Firestone buildings 

Tuesday, December 7. Leland 

Wilson, current president of the 

Fullerton Historic Theatre 

Foundation, handed over a "golden 

sledge hammer" to Mayor Pro-Tem 

Pam Keller, who took the first swing 

at an interior wall to mark the official 

beginning of the newest effort to renovate 

the historic theatre. 

Embracing the hopes of the 

Fullerton community in seeing the 

project get underway, Keller said, 

“This moment is about taking a 

building that we love and returning it 

to a place of culture and entertainment 

for future generations.” 

Also present were major donors 

and original FHTF boardmembers 

Pearl Odle and her son Dwight 

The Orange County Transportation 

Authority (OCTA) is seeking public feedback 

through Jan. 10 on a conservation 

plan that will examine habitat and identify 

measures to protect that habitat and 

species in Orange County. 

The purpose of the state and federal 

environmental review process is to: 

At Left: 

Mayor Protem 

Pam Keller 

takes a sledge 

hammer to 

the wall, 

during a 

ceremony 

marking the 

beginning 

of the Fox 

restoration. 

Below: 

A group 

gathers to 

mark the 

official 

beginning of 

renovations. 

PHOTOS BY 

JERE GREENE 

Richard Odle, a long time theater 

scenic and costume designer in 

Southern California. Mrs. Odle was 

introduced and asked to take a swing 

at the wall before the ceremonies 

were over. 

Phase 1 of the project, the renovation 

of two buildings adjacent to the 

Fox Theatre, is expected to take 

approximately 9 months. Once that 

is complete, retail stores and restaurants 

can move in, providing revenue 

that will be used to help fund Phase 

2, the renovation of the theater 

which was originally built as a movie 

palace in the 1920s. Ultimately, the 

"Fox Block," complete with a new 

parking structure capable of handling 

over 400 vehicles, will be the centerpiece 

of a revitalized downtown 

Fullerton. 

Also on hand for the ceremony 

were Councilmember Sharon Quirk- 

•Outline program and biological goals 

within the M2 freeway program, which 

includes 13 freeway projects •Describe 

proposed actions and alternatives •Study 

and evaluate potential environmental 

impacts resulting from the conservation 

plan implementation •Identify potentially 

impacted species and mitigation for sig- 

Silva, and members of the Fullerton Historic 

Theatre Foundation, Fullerton Heritage, 

Chamber of Commerce, volunteers, donors, 

and LM Construction Management, the general 

contractor who will oversee the work being 

done. 

The Fox has been dormant since 1987, and was 

once at risk of being demolished before funds were 

raised to save it. In earlier years, Fullerton Heritage, 

the local preservation organization, had mounted a 

"Save the Fox" campaign that garnered over 15,000 

signatures and led to the city investing $50,000 in 

an attempt to market the theater to investors. 

After a deal with an investor fell through and renovation 

of the theater looked doomed, the 

Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation, founded by 

Chuck Estes and Jane Reifer, took over the effort. 

Reacting to an article in a 2002 Observer, Estes, 

who died in 2006, wrote a letter to the paper that 

was the catalyst for local people to establish the 

foundation to save the Fox. Reifer, responding to 

his call, and knowledgeable in preservation issues, 

became chief strategist in the process that led to the 

raising of $3.5 million in only 11 months. 

FHTF, a private non-profit organization held 

public meetings and raised thousands of dollars in 

donations from Fullertonians, including major 

donations from the Odles, a local filmmaker Corey 

Reeder, and from TV producer and FUHS graduate 

Bob Weider. A last-minute anonymous gift of 

one million dollars made it possible to acquire the 

theater before the purchase deadline expired. 

Tom Tice, president of the FHTF board in 2008, 

and Tom Dalton, president of Fullerton Heritage 

worked together to obtain a California Cultural & 

Historic Endowment Grant. Tice also worked to 

broker a $6.5 million seismic loan from the City to 

fix up the shops and tea room so the Fox could earn 

revenue from the rentals. 

After his death in 2006, a memorial was held at 

the Fox in honor of Chuck Estes and his contributions 

towards saving the Fox. A lifelong Fullerton 

resident, Estes composed music for stage productions 

at South Coast Repertory Theater, the Grove 

Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove, the Court 

Theatre in West Hollywood and others. He held a 

masters in music from CSUF. His wife Nancy, a 

noted vocalist, and their children, and his sister 

Mimi were also involved in the effort to save the 

Fox from the beginning and still live in town. 

The Observer’s Judith Kaluzny, and Kyle Moore 

of FHTF contributed to this article. 

Firefighters Toy Drive 

Fullerton firefighters are participating in 

the annual “Spark of Love” Toy Drive for disadvantaged 

children. Donations of new, 

unwrapped toys and sports equipment may 

be dropped off at all six Fullerton fire stations 

through 5pm Dec. 24. Drop off toys at: 

Main Station, 312 E. Commonwealth; 

Station 2, 1732 W. Valencia Dr.; Station 3, 

700 S. Acacia; Station 4, 3251 N. Harbor; 

Station 5, 2555 Yorba Linda Blvd.; Station 6, 

2691 Rosecrans Ave. Call Fullerton Fire 

Dept. at (714) 738-6500 for more info. 

OCTA Seeks Public Feedback on Measure M2 Conservation Plan 

nificant impacts •Follow state and federal 

environmental laws. 

An environmental impact report will 

be prepared for the conservation plan. All 

comments received during the public 

comment period will be incorporated in 

the environmental documents. 

For more info go to www.octa.net/eoc.


Wayne, Cathy and big brother Nathan 

Wish Evan and Erin 

A Happy 4th Birthday! 

Tessalon Liquid Cough Capsules Pose 

Risk for Children under 10-years-old 

The U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration is warning that 

accidental ingestion of Tessalon 

(benzonatate) by children younger 

than 10 years can result in serious 

side effects or death. 

Tessalon, approved by the FDA 

to treat symptomatic relief of 

cough in patients older than 10, 

may attract younger children 

because of the drug’s candy-like 

appearance – a round, liquid-filled 

gelatin capsule. The safety and 

effectiveness of benzonatate in 

children younger than 10 years has 

not been established. 

“Benzonatate should be kept in 

a child-resistant container and 

stored out of reach of children," 

said Carol Holquist, R.Ph., director 

of FDA’s Division of 

Medication Error Prevention and 

Analysis. “The FDA encourages 

health care professionals to talk 

with their patients and those caring 

for children about the risk of 

accidental ingestion or overdose.” 

A review of the FDA’s Adverse 

Event Reporting System database 

from 1982 through May 2010 

identified seven cases of accidental 

ingestion associated with benzonatate 

in children younger than 

10. Five of the cases resulted in 

death in children ages 2 years and 

younger. Overdose with benzonatate 

in children younger than 

2 years has been reported following 

accidental ingestion of only 

one or two benzonatate capsules. 

Common adverse events reported 

in the overdose cases included 

cardiac arrest, coma, and convulsion. 

Signs and symptoms of overdose 

can occur within 15-20 minutes 

of ingestion. Some of the 

deaths reported in children have 

been within hours of the accidental 

ingestion. 

Consumers and health care professionals 

are encouraged to report 

adverse side effects or medication 

errors from the use of benzonatate 

to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse 

Event Reporting program at 

www.fda.gov/MedWatch or by 

calling 800-332-1088. 

For more info see www.fda.gov. 

LOCAL NEWS 

Congratulations to Corrie Allen 

on her retirement from the 

Fullerton Fire Department 

after 22 years of service. 

CITY SHORTS 

•Independence Park Small Pool: An 

$87,965 construction contract to replaster, 

replace tile and handrails, and retrofit the drain 

system to comply with current health and legal 

requrements was awarded to JM Pool & Spa. 

The work will begin in January. 

•$100,000 in Water Savings: The city is 

achieving a 27% reduction in water usage for 

2010 compared to the average use in calendar 

years 2004-2006 saving $100,000 in water supply 

costs at city-operated sites. 

•Water Plan: City staff is working on the 

2010 Urban Water Management Plan which 

describes and evaluates the sources of water supply, 

efficient use, and service reliability for the 

next 25 years. The plan, which will be presented 

to council in the spring of 2011, is required 

by the Dept. of Water Resources for suppliers 

serving over 3,000 customers per year. 

•Water Rate Study: City staff is working on 

a water rate study, to be completed in the spring 

of 2011, which will propose an increase in rates 

sufficient to meet the short- and long-term revenue 

requirements. Meetings and workshops 

will be held with the Energy & Resource 

Management Committee, the public and council 

to solicit comments and recommendations. 

•14 Employees Leave City: Fourteen 

employees are leaving the city this month. Some 

of the vacancies will remain unfilled, some will 

be filled through “acting” assignments as 

departments consider staffing options, and others 

will be filled through the city’s regular 

recruitment process. 

•Main Library Adult Section Moves to 

Hunt: Library staff is expecting to move 

150,000 items from the main and mezzanine 

levels of the Main Library to the basement by 

Dec. 23. During phase 3 of the library renovation 

from January to June items will be available 

by request or by placing an online hold. Adult 

and Teen services will be shifted to the Hunt 

Branch. The Children and Passport Services will 

remain open at the Main Library. 

•Lemon Park Renovation: After 

years of planning a tentative construction 

start date for improvements 

to the Maple Community 

Center and Lemon Park has been set 

for Sept. 2011. 


RAISING OUR KIDS 

by Tom Chiaromonte, Ph.D. 

tchiaromonte@fullcoll.edu 

The Case Against 

Spanking 

When I lecture on the topic of corporal punishment 

with students or discuss it with parents 

I understand that I am venturing into an area 

that many have strong feelings and opinions 

about. I have had many students tell me that 

children today have become so brazen as to sue 

their own parents if they dare to hit them and 

one father even came forward after my talk at an 

infant center to insist that he had every right to 

give his young daughter a swat on the bottom if 

she needed one. 

I understand that these emotions are probably 

formed early on and are most likely the result of 

how the individual was raised. Fortunately, I 

know that when discussing potentially sensitive 

subjects, like spanking children, I need to listen 

intently, be respectful of differing opinion, but 

also share a view that can have positive and successful 

results. 

Effective guidance is supposed to function as 

a tool to assist a child in the understanding that 

the home, school, and community have rules 

that are meant to be followed and boundaries 

that are not meant to be crossed. And while I 

think most would agree with this premise, it's 

the choice of tool that comes into question. 

Many who utilize corporal punishment as a 

form of guidance may insist on its efficiency in 

teaching right from wrong, and it certainly 

might act as a deterrent, however one of the real 

issues in my perspective is how the parent is perceived 

in this process. With corporal punishment 

pain is the method to correct behavior 

and of course the parent delivers the pain. This 

adds a possible layer to the parent's personality, 

one that is quite willing to potentially hurt their 

child to enact a change in behavior or attitude. 

Spanking also has the capacity to erode the all 

important feelings of trust that a child has for 

his or her parent. These are two concepts that 

should be of concern to all parents. 

So what is a parent to do when their child is 

in need of guidance and discipline? For one, a 

parent needs to be in touch with their child's 

development, their child's understanding of the 

situation at hand and knowledge of what consequences 

work best in curbing the behavior (i.e. 

loss of privilege or items, added chores, being 

removed from the situation, etc.). 

Children play a part in this as well. When 

they're given the chance to participate and 

explain their actions it gives rise to their critically 

thinking about their own behavior, a cognitive 

benefit that can help them formulate better 

choices for their misdeeds and lead to real 

remorse, not just the obligatory "I'm sorry.” 

This time period also gives the parent a chance 

to cool off before handing down a judgment. 

There is a plethora of information concerning 

the effects of corporal punishment on children 

as well as effective alternatives for parents who 

are ready to make a positive change in how they 

raise their children. For more information be 

sure to visit The Center for Effective Discipline 

at www.stophitting.com and Project No Spank 

at www.nospank.net. 

Dr. Tom Chiaromonte is head of 

Child Development & Educational Studies 

at Fullerton College.

Page 8 FULLERTON OBSERVER HEALTH 


ROSE PARADE PARTICIPANTS FROM FULLERTON 

Anthony Garcia 

Anthony Garcia (pictured at right), a 

Fullerton Union High School student, is 

one of ten Kaiser Permanente patients 

who have been selected to ride on the 

healthcare provider’s Rose Parade float on 

New Year’s Day. Anthony and the others 

were chosen to ride due to their heroic 

and inspiring fight against significant diseases. 

As a defensive end on his high school 

football team, Anthony is familiar with 

facing and tackling powerful forces. He 

had to face a more formidable opponent 

in late 2009, when, after experiencing 

headaches and fatigue, he was diagnosed 

with a cancer of the white blood cells -the 

cells in the body that normally fight 

infections -- known as acute lymphoblastic 

leukemia (ALL). After undergoing 

grueling treatment, during which he lost 

Dave Hollon 

As a result of adult onset Type 1 diabetes, 

Dave Hollon’s kidneys failed in 

2001. He began dialysis and was listed for 

a transplant. “The support of my wife, 

Sonya, and children Leslie and Michael 

(who were eight and four at the time) kept 

me moving along,” recalled 50-year old 

Dave. “By my second year on dialysis, life 

was, in a word, agony. I could not be the 

husband and provider my wife deserved 

and could not keep up with my kids. 

How do you tell your little son that you 

can’t go bike riding?” 

Dave’s overall health was failing fast, 

and he was not looking forward to several 

more years on the transplant list. His 

brother, Mike, could not stand to see 

Dave and his family suffer. In April 

2004, Mike donated a kidney to save his 

brother’s life. “He had the love and support 

of his wife, my sister-in-law Sharon,” 

Dave said. “He would have not made that 

life-saving decision without her support 

and counsel. 

“After that transplant, I could enjoy life 

again. In fact, my son asked my surgeon, 

before I could, when I could resume bike 

riding. Also, Mike and his family moved 

from Virginia to Fullerton and we are now 

able to enjoy life together.” 

his hair, he achieved remission in January 

of 2010. Still, lasting side effects and 

complications have led to multiple noncancer 

re-admissions requiring days or 

weeks of hospitalization. Because of this, 

Anthony, 15, is currently being home 

schooled, but he’s looking forward to 

returning to his Fullerton High School 

this January. 

Though Dave’s life was renewed and he 

was enjoying life and work again, he still 

suffered from diabetes. A few months 

after his kidney transplant, his blood 

sugar levels became very erratic and he 

ended up back in the hospital, and was 

then listed for a pancreas transplant. 

While Dave was dealing with managing 

his health, 16-year old Lacey Rodia of 

Murrieta, California, became aware of 

organ donation while preparing for her 

driver’s license. She let her wishes be 

known to her parents and joined the 

Donate Life California Organ & Tissue 

YWCA Honored with $90,000 Komen Grant 

On December 3, 2010 the YWCA was 

honored by the Orange County Affiliate of 

the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grant 

Program, in a ceremony at the Bowers 

Museum in Santa Ana. The YWCA 

received a recognition plaque along with a 

$90,000 grant for its Early Breast Cancer 

Screening and Education Program. 

The YWCA outreach program helps 

women 40-64 years and older with screenings 

located throughout the community. 

Our multicultural staff reaches out to the 

Vietnamese, Korean, Spanish and English 

populations providing breast health education 

and referral services to over 7,000 

women and schedules over 5,000 women 

for annual mammograms. 

This program helps low-income or uninsured 

women with early breast cancer 

detection. Workshops provide life saving 

self breast exam awareness and education. 

Clinics are held in churches, temples, and 

local community centers. 

For information on these and other programs 

call the YWCA at (714) 871-4488. 

He misses his friends and wants to 

rejoin the debate team, a favorite activity 

for the aspiring public interest attorney. 

He’s also active with the Leukemia & 

Lymphoma Society and plans to continue 

raising funds through charity walks and 

the sale of anti-cancer bracelets. 

The entertaining float presents an 

image of a momma cat and family practicing 

healthy eating and active living in a 

Victorian-inspired garden. Working and 

playing alongside these giant feline figures 

are young patients, all courageous fighters 

against life-threatening diseases. Entitled 

“Purrfectly Healthy,” the float aims to 

inspire people to make the lifestyle 

changes that can lead to better total 

health, a central theme of Kaiser’s ongoing 

“Thrive” message. 

On Jan. 1st, turn on your TV and look 

for Anthony Garcia on Kaiser 

Permanente’s Rose Parade float! 

At Left: 

Dave 

Hollon 

with mom 

Adriane 

and sister 

Laura 

decorate a 

memorial 

floragraph 

of a donor 

being 

honored 

in the 

float. 

Donor Registry. A few months later, in 

February 2006, Lacey was involved in a 

fatal auto accident. Lacey touched four 

lives as an organ donor, including Dave’s. 

He now has a pancreas that produces 

insulin. His diabetes is no longer active. 

Dave and his extended family first met 

the Rodias in December 2006, and 

together they placed Family Circle roses 

on the 2007 Donate Life Rose Parade 

float. For more infor on organ donation: 

www.onelegacy.org or www.donatelifecalifornia.org. 

For more information on the 

float: www.donatelifefloat.org 

AT LEFT: BACK ROW: YWCA staff members 

Susana Torres, and Vi Nguyen; YWCA 

board member Don Thurmond; YWCA 

President Nancy Schultz; YWCA staff member 

Nancy Hoan Le; Eileen Frere from ABC 

News; YWCA Executive Director Diane 

Masseth-Jones; YWCA physician Dr. Chi 

Phan; YWCA board members Rosamaria 

Gomez-Amaro, and Mona Wehner; Rose 

Ruiz, YWCA Staff. FRONT ROW: CSULB 

interns Kenneth Nguyen and Viet Nguyen; 

and Martha Detor, YWCA Board Member. 

Doctors Debra and Dallas Stout 

Danielle Nava 

Takes Over Direction 

of Violence 

Prevention Coalition 

The Violence Prevention Coalition 

of Orange County (VPCOC) 

announced that after 8 years of dedicated 

service, Drs. Dallas and Debra 

Stout will be stepping down as Co- 

Chairs of the Board of Directors at the 

end of the year. 

Danielle Nava, 

MAOL, currently 

the Director of 

programs for the 

California 

Conference for 

Equality and 

Justice will serve as 

Chair of the 

VPCOC in 2011. 

In 2007, Danielle 

was one of three 

Danielle Nava 

Californians awarded the prestigious 

American Marshall Memorial 

Fellowship; a unique opportunity for 

emerging leaders representing diverse 

sectors from the United States and 

Europe to engage with policymakers 

and counterparts across the Atlantic 

on political and public policy issues. 

In 2009, she was named 

Distinguished Alumna of the year by 

Cypress College. Danielle holds a BA 

in Sociology from CSUF, and a MA in 

Organizational Leadership from 

Chapman. 

The VPCOC, established in 1996, 

is a county-wide affiliation of businesses, 

community organizations, 

public and private agencies, and individuals 

seeking to promote violence 

prevention through a public health 

model. The mission and goals of the 

VPCOC are to promote the health 

and wellness of our community by 

reducing violence, changing community 

norms by establishing non-violence 

as a desired behavior. 

To find out more about the group 

go to www.vpcoc.org.


SPORTS 

photos by Bryan Crowe 

bryancrowephoto.com 

From Warrior to Duck 

Rob Beard to kick for Oregon 

in BCS Championship 

The typical college kicker is a man on an island. He 

can be found alone on the side lines kicking into a net. 

He is typically of a slighter build and warms up with his 

holder away from the team. When called upon to perform 

all eyes are on him... alone. 

Former Troy Warrior and current Oregon Duck kicker 

Rob Beard is hardly that. At 6 feet, 220 pounds Beard 

has the legs of a running back and can tackle like a linebacker. 

Credited with 6+ tackles this season, his special 

teams coach Tom Osborne has to constantly urge him 

to hang back on kick offs. 

“His problem was he’d want to get down there and hit 

guys every time,” Osborne said, adding: “He’s not a 

kicking geek. He’s a football player that happens to 

kick.” 

Rob walked on at Oregon following his injury 

plagued senior season at Troy. That final Prep year he 

played alongside current UCLA Bruin Derrick 

Coleman and should have ended deep in the 07-08 CIF 

playoffs, but that was not the case. Cross town rival 

Fullerton waited 5 months to report a small infraction 

Above: #93 Rob Beard 

kicks a 34 yard field goal 

in a win over the 

USC Trojans. 

Below: Beard watches one 

of his 63 extra points 

during the 2010 season. 

At Right: Beard making 

his 2nd tackle of the game 

prevents UCS Trojan #13 

Robert Woods from scoring 

a touchdown. 

Austin Babb 

We would like to thank all of the 

people who prayed, hugged and 

supported us during this process of 

healing Austin Babb. 

There are not enough words to 

describe the caring and warmth 

shown all of us during this time. 

Austin is doing really good. He 

is back in school full time except 

for PE and getting back into 

homework and studying. 

According to him his greatest 

distress right now, except for not 

being able to play sports, is how 

slowly his hair is growing back. 

We are so blessed to have him 

healed. 

SPORTS 

Thank You, 

Carl & Ginny Bab, Laura 

Lendennie 

Alyssa Lendennie, Easton Babb, 

and 

Mike Babb 

committed the previous school year 

knowing the CIF would have no choice 

but to penalize Troy with removal from 

post season play. Many seniors ended 

their careers on that very sour note. 

2008 turned into a red shirt 

season for Beard as he recovered 

from knee surgery. In 

2009 as the Ducks kickoff specialist 

he averaged 63 yards per 

kickoff with 10 touchbacks. 

His second season as an 

active player would prove to be 

challenging as well as rewarding. 

2010 would begin with a 

late night altercation on 

January 24th that left him hospitalized 

with serious facial 

injuries. “I think about that 

probably every day,” Beard 

said. “I was once in a spot where people 

were kind of questioning my actions. ... I 

don’t want people to question me anymore. 

That’s why I always practice perfectly 

and get better every day.” Just 8 

months later on September 4th he found 

himself at practice, hearing the cheers of 

his teammates as it was announced he had 

received a scholarship and was no longer 

the "Walk On" from Fullerton. 

Along with his kickoff duties he is also a 

very busy place kicker. Averaging 6.6 extra 

points per game he leads the nation but 


only has 9 field goals due to Oregon's 

habit of scoring touchdowns nearly every 

time they pass mid field. Beard kicked a 

pivotal 34 yarder against USC at the 

Colosseum with both his parents in atten- 

dance. “My parents don’t get 

to see many games ... so that 

was exciting,” he said. 

His folks Leslie and Jay 

were tireless volunteers during 

Rob's early years in athletics, 

most notable as board 

members for the Fullerton 

Rangers Youth Soccer Club. 

Leslie created and published 

the Troy Football programs 

for several years until Rob's 

brother Doug finished his 

football career at Troy. 

Few players get the opportunity 

to play for a national championship. 

Rob Beard gets his at 5:30pm on 

Monday January 10th when first timers 

Oregon and Auburn face off in Glendale 

Arizona. The Ducks have run over most 

opponents this year and field goals have 

not been a major part of their offense. 

Following a month off and facing the 

tough SEC defense of the Tigers, Beard’s 

toe could come into play. My guess is.... if 

the game is on the line and Rob gets the 

call...... he will coolly and calmly split the 

uprights. 

Few players 

get the 

opportunity 

to play for 

a national 

championship. 

Rob Beard gets 

his at 5:30pm 

on Monday 

January 10th

Page 10 FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS 


Find Out What’s Happening 

Countywide at VoiceofOC.org 

The Voice of OC, a non-profit investigative 

news agency, launched its website 

www.voiceofoc.org in early 2010 to provide 

in-depth coverage of the most important 

stories in Orange County. 

The reporting team includes Tracy 

Wood, who also serves as an advisor for the 

Fullerton Observer. Tracy was one of the few 

women assigned as a combat correspondent 

during the Vietnam War for UPI. She also 

worked as an investigative reporter for the 

LA Times for 17 years and later became the 

OC Register’s Investigations Editor. She has 

won numerous awards and was named LA 

Print Journalist of the Year in 2001 by the 

professional journalism association Sigma 

Delta Chi. She and eight other reporters 

co-authored “War Torn, Stories of War 

from the Women Reporters who Covered 

Vietnam” (2002 Random House). 

The other editors and reporters on the 

team, including Norberto Santana Jr., 

David Washburn, Adam Elmahrek and 

Terry Francke each have equally impressive 

backgrounds. 

The groups list of boardmembers 

includes former Senators Joe Dunn and 

Marta Escutia, UCI Law School Dean 

Erwin Chemerinsky, journalist turned UCI 

law school professor Henry Weinstein, 

journalist Daniel Weintraub, and attorneys 

In just one sign of ongoing Southwest 

drought conditions, Lake Mead was down 

to 39 percent capacity in Sept. 2010. 

From California to New Mexico, the 

Southwest is in the midst of a drought that 

just won't quit while experiencing the 

warmest decades in more than a thousand 

years, the latest issue of the Proceedings of 

the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 

reports. 

Whether it's caused by greenhouse 

gases or nature, it's still 

climate change, said Glen 

MacDonald, a UCLA professor 

specializing in drought research 

and the guest editor of PNAS's 

new drought issue. From 

research on devastating historical 

droughts to climate models 

from top scientists predicting 

only a drier, warmer future, the 

articles spell trouble for the 

region, he said. 

“It doesn't matter what side of 

the debate you're on,” MacDonald said. 

“We're facing a chronic water shortage. 

These things can happen. They've happened 

in the past. We're in the midst of a 

prolonged drought and we have to plan for 

it.” 

The combination of an unusually long 

drought — 2001–09 so far — that also 

affects even the region's distant water supplies 

converges like the perfect storm to 

make this the “perfect drought,” 

MacDonald said. Many cities have already 

enacted water restrictions, he writes in his 

introductory article, but it's not enough. 

While the water shortage continues, growing 

populations mean demand is still 

increasing. 

With roughly 80 percent of water use 

going to agriculture, and 50 to 70 percent 

of urban water use going toward landscaping, 

those are the obvious places to conserve, 

MacDonald said. 

“We're not talking about cutting back on 

drinking or bathing,” he said. “I'm all for a 

pretty landscape, but if we look at where 

our major urban water savings can be, it's 

in landscaping.” 

Stephen M. Garcia, Jess Araujo, Thomas V. 

Girardi, and James J. Brosnahan. 

The site is well worth bookmarking for 

anyone interested in a reliable look at what’s 

happening within the county. You can also 

sign up for the news update to come directly 

to your inbox. Some of the current topics 

on the site include: 

•You Don’t Need a Blue Card to Speak 

Your Mind at Public Meetings 

•OCTA Tweaks Its Public Comment 

Policy 

•Superior Court Judge Denies Request to 

Halt Fairgrounds Sale 

•No More Valet Parking in Artists Village 

•County Computer Contractor Gets 

$254,000 Bonus 

•Supervisors Approve DA’s “Spit and 

Acquit” Program 

•Appeals Court Blocks Pulido-Involved 

State Property Sale 

•Moorlach’s Controversial Ex-Chief of 

Staff is Back as Consultant 

•More Bad Budget Medicine for County 

•CalAware Wants Officials to Check 

Blackberries at the Door 

•Irvine to Reform Email Records Policy 

•OC is Still the Wild West for Lobbyists 

•KOCE on Fire Authority Layoffs 

•More Bad Budget Medicine for County 

•Preparing for Disaster in the OC 

The Southwest's ‘perfect drought’ 

means it's time to plan 

Likewise, farms will have to find ways to 

cut back. Improved irrigation practices and 

breakthroughs will help, and genetically 

modified low-water crops might be another 

solution, he said. 

“We still can't attribute this 100 percent 

to greenhouse gases,” he said. “We need to 

do more studies before we can emphatically 

say it's outside the range of natural vari- 

ability ... What we're seeing 

in the Southwest is 

consistent with greenhouse-gas 

climate change, 

but being cautious scientists, 

we can't say that yet. 

We also can't confidently 

say it's not.” 

Whatever's causing it, 

climate models suggest it's 

only going in one direction: 

warmer and drier. 

“I suspect some people 

will use the medieval 

drought to say we don't 

really have to worry about greenhouse gas, 

but we don't have evidence to show that, 

either,” MacDonald continued. “We have 

to deal with these arid conditions whether 

greenhouse gases caused it or not. We have 

increasing demand and decreasing supply. 

It seems wise to me to start planning now.” 

Whatever's 

causing it, 

climate models 

suggest it's 

only going 

in one 

direction: 

warmer 

and drier. 

The above is an excerpt of an article by 

Allison Hewitt. Read the entire December 

13, 2010 news release at 

www.newsroom.ucla.edu 

Haines Shoe House 

Continued from frontpage 

Haines Shoe House was built in 

1948 by Mahlon Haines. It is located 

on Shoe House Road between the 

Lincoln Highway (state route 462) 

and U.S. Route 30. The Shoe House 

is easily visible from Route 30. The 

building was modeled after a hightopped 

work shoe. It is a wood frame 

structure covered with wire lath and 

coated with cement stucco. It is 48 

feet long, 17 feet wide at the widest 

part and 25 feet high. The interior 

consists of five different levels and 

contains three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 

a kitchen and a living room. 

Originally the Shoe House was 

used as a guesthouse. Haines invited 

elderly couples to spend the weekend. 

He also let honeymooners stay there. 

Mahlon Haines, known as the Shoe 

Wizard, was one of York County's 

most colorful citizens. From his first 

consignment of $127 worth of shoes, 

he built a shoe sales empire in central 

Pennsylvania and northern Maryland 

that included more than 40 stores. 

Throughout his life he was an 

enthusiastic supporter of Boy Scouts, 

staging safaris that brought thousands 

of scouts to his Hellam 

Township "Wizard Ranch". 

Go to www.hellamtownship.com 

for more info. 

Tax Move Deadline Looms 

The Internal Revenue Service 

reminded taxpayers on Dec. 14, 2010 

that they have about two weeks left to 

make their final financial moves for the 

2010 tax year. Taxpayers may find tax 

planning done now may well save time, 

and money, later. Several key points to 

consider: 

•Charitable Contributions 

– Make 2010 deductible 

charitable contributions no 

later than Dec. 31. If the taxpayer’s 

goal is a legitimate tax 

deduction, give to a qualified 

public charity and keep a 

paper trail. Clothing and 

household items must generally 

be in good used condition 

or better to be 

deductible. Donations 

charged to a credit card by 

Dec. 31 are deductible for 

2010 even if the bill is paid 

in 2011. Taxpayers must be 

itemizing deductions on a 

Schedule A in order to benefit. 

•Winterize Now, Save on Taxes Later 

– The Energy Tax Credit provisions 

from the 2009 Recovery Act are set to 

expire at year’s end. Two credits provide 

tax incentives for individuals to invest 

in energy-efficient products. Up to 

$1,500 can be claimed in 2010 for 

qualified home improvements such as 

adding insulation, energy efficient 

exterior windows and energy-efficient 

heating and air conditioning systems. 

Taxpayers 

may convert 

other IRAs 

to a Roth IRA 

in 2010 

regardless 

of their income. 

Those who 

convert 

before Dec. 31, 

get two choices 

to pay the 

taxes due... 

Also, taxpayers can take a tax credit equal 

to 30 percent of the cost for qualified residential 

alternative energy equipment, 

such as solar water heaters, geothermal 

heat pumps and wind turbines. 

•Sell the Losers – Check investments 

and consider a portfolio adjustment. Up 

to $3,000 can be deducted in 

capital losses each year. 

•Retirement Account 

Contributions– The maximum 

2010 IRA contribution 

is $5,000 ($6,000 if age 50 or 

over). Eligible taxpayers can 

also take a tax deduction for 

making an IRA contribution. 

The Retirement Savings 

Contribution Credit or 

“Saver’s Credit” is also available 

to taxpayers who contribute 

to a retirement plan 

and whose income is generally 

less than $55,500. This underthe-radar 

tax credit may be 

worth up to $2,000 for eligible 

taxpayers. 

•Required Minimum Distributions –. 

Taxpayers 70.5 or older must take 2010 

required minimum distributions from 

IRAs before Jan. 1, 2011. This requirement 

was suspended in 2009 but for 2010 

they must be taken. 

•Consider a Roth IRA Conversion – 

Taxpayers may convert other IRAs to a 

Roth IRA in 2010 regardless of their 

income. Those who convert before Dec. 

31, get two choices to pay the taxes due 

from the conversion: Pay in entirety when 

filing their tax year 2010 return next year, 

or divide income from the conversion 

between 2011 and 2012. 

•Gift Giving – Taxpayers can give a gift 

worth as much as $13,000 in cash or 

property in 2010 to another person without 

having to file a gift tax return. Gifts to 

individuals are not deductible. 

•Save Receipts and Paperwork 

–Accurate recordkeeping is a must and 

also provides a good reminder. 

For more year-end tax information and 

to access all IRS forms and publications, 

visit the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov


Council Behaving Badly 


Although he is a master at 

backroom deals, and having just 

pulled off a backroom coup, he 

stated that he disliked such 

deals. Having just voted against 

a logical rotation, he said that he 

favored such a system (but 

apparently not until he has satisfied 

his appetite for revenge). 

It now appears that may take 

some time. Will he go along 

with the agreed-upon succession 

procedure for mayor next time, 

or was that to work only for his 

buddies? As we have seen elsewhere, 

the rules are to be inviolate 

when it benefits the 

Bankheads of the world, but 

when they do not they can be 

ignored. Don has had no hesitancy 

in voting for himself in 

violation of the rotation system 

and indeed has been mayor far 

more often than his years on the 

council would justify. At his age 

one would expect more gracious 

behavior. His diatribe was a dose 

of cold water after Pam Keller’s 

inspirational goodbye (see page 

4) and Sharon Quirk’s measured 

acceptance of her disappointment 

and betrayal (see Council 

Notes page 4). 

This meeting was not a good 

start for Pat McKinley. He was 

elected to the council by a margin 

of only 90 votes and only 

with the endorsement of Sharon 

Quirk-Silva (and Molly 

McClanahan and Jan Flory). 

And even with the tens of thousands 

of dollars of outside 

money being spent on his 

behalf, he would not have been 

elected without Councilmember 

Selecting the 

mayor protem 

is one of the least 

significant things 

that a council does... 

the City Clerk 

says that 

in the instance that 

a mayor resigns, 

council should 

follow the 

succession policy. 

Quirk-Silva’s support (her 

endorsement is worth at least 

several hundred votes). She 

believed that he had committed 

himself to support her for mayor 

pro tem. It should have been an 

easy vote. 

McKinley is largely an 

unknown political quantity to 

most voters and this vote would 

have demonstrated that he was 

an person of independence and 

integrity, and not just another 

party hack. It is often said that 

all you have in politics is your 

word. He gave away so much for 

so little. McKinley may yet be a 

commendable council member, 

but he has a big hole to dig himself 

out of. 

To his credit, Bruce Whitaker 

voted for Sharon, stating that 

logic suggested her selection and 

that was most likely what the 

previous council intended. Of 

course, there is probably no love 

lost between Whitaker and 

Bankhead, since Bruce was part 

of the group that successfully 

recalled Don in 1994. 

LOCAL NEWS 

Big changes are in store for Cal State 

Fullerton’s K-12 special education program, 

with the support of a multiyear, 

$1.5 million U.S. Department of 

Education grant. The university has 

received first-year funding of $295,723 

for the “Preparation and Retention of 

Collaborative, Effective and Successful 

Specialists” project led by Kristin Stang, 

associate professor of special education. 

The five-year project will overhaul 

coursework and classroom training experiences 

for the education specialist credential 

program in mild/moderate disabilities 

to align with new state standards. 


Supremacists Face OC Smackdown 


posts, among other things, “The latest David 

Duke video.” Authorities compiled three cases 

against 14 defendants on state charges ranging 

from drug trafficking to extortion and murder. 

In cases where officers couldn’t bag suspects on 

the usual list of serious crimes, they went for the 

fine-print jugular, and nailed suspects with sentencing 

enhancement provisions in state and federal 

laws that turn a number of misdemeanors 

into terrorism and hate-crimes, a spokesperson 

from the D.A.’s office said. 

Ruthie “Mama Bear” Marshall, a 41-year-old 

whose co-defendant husband has a swastika tattooed 

across his belly (and is already in jail for 

robbery), got angry at one of her cohorts and hit 

him over the head with a cast on her arm. The 

OCDA charged her with “assault for the benefit of 

a white supremacist prison and criminal street 

gang”, Rackauckas said. Authorities called her 

husband, Wayne “Bullet” Marshall, a “shot caller” 

in Orange County racist gangs. ATF officers displayed 

a blown up photo of Marshall’s tattoos at 

the press conference, next to a cache of 27 guns 

and a bullet-proof vest sold to 

undercover agents during the 

operation. 

Officers pooled their collected 

information and meted out 

charges based on whose jurisdiction 

would net the harshest sen- 

tences, Rackauckas said. Of the arrested, 14 face 

state charges and 16 face federal charges from different 

agencies. Agents worked together from 

ATF, the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Orange 

County District Attorney’s Office, the Orange 

County Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Attorney’s 

Office, and the Secret Service. 

Authorities arrested another 20 suspects 

described as gang members or associates for parole 

and probation violations, nonviolent felonies and 

one attempted murder, the D.A.’s office said. 

Orange County has more white supremacist 

gangs than any region in the nation and Southern 

California has the largest concentration in the 

country, said Kevin O’Grady of the Anti- 

Defamation League at the conference. Of those 

10 or so gangs, authorities captured members 

from Public Enemy Number One (PEN1), the 

Nazi Low Riders, the La Mirada Punks, the O.C. 

Skins, the West Coast Costa Mesa Skins and the 

Aryan Brotherhood. 

“The results of this task force effort include significant 

seizures of contraband and arrests of toplevel 

gang members,” said OC Sheriff Sandra 

Hutchens. “The investigators stopped serious violent 

acts against potential victims. This joint effort 

has significantly impacted major hate groups in 

Orange County. With our enforcement partners, 

we will continue to identify, investigate and dismantle 

any violent gang in Orange County.” 

$1.5 Million Grant to CSUF 

Candidate Shawn Nelson spent 

$516,610 on his successful campaign to 

win the 4th District OC Supervisor seat, 

according to his Form 460 filing. The 

required filing lists contributions and 

expenditures made by a candidate’s campaign 

but does not include independent 

committee expenditures on behalf of the 

candidate. 

Nelson’s total included a $183,000 loan 

to himself. Many of the contributions to 

the campaign were made by businesses 

already doing business with the county or 

perhaps contemplating doing business 

with the county. Free office rent to the 

At Left: 

ATF 

shows off 

AK-47s, 

.357 

Magnums, 

a Lugar 

and other 

items 

taken 

from the 

groups. 

PHOTO 

JEANNE 

HOFFA 

New courses include six weeks of fieldwork 

for all teacher candidates, in order to 

practice collaboration and consultation in 

a general education classroom. The students 

are mentored by both a general education 

and special education teacher at 

school sites. This semester, students were 

placed at more than 19 school sites across 

the county. 

Plans call for a tutoring center to open 

in fall 2011 to support teacher candidates 

in their understanding of content required 

for the credential program, state credential 

exams and qualifications to teach 

mathematics and science. 

Over Half Million Spent on Winning Campaign 

campaign was provided by Tony Bushala 

of Bushala Bros. Largest contributors 

included: ($3,400): Allergan USA, Inc; 

Elfend & Assoc Public Relations; Law 

Offices of Carmen Morinello; Southern 

CA Investors, Inc; The Irvine Company; 

($2,700): Apartment Assoc. of OC ; 

($2,200): Goldenwest Diamond Corp; 

($1,700): Poseidon Resources (water privatization 

corp); Assoc. of OC Deputy 

District Attorneys ; Platinum Bail Bonds; 

Vintage Marina Partners ; Hewlett- 

Packard; OC Automobile Dealers Assn; 

Swinerton Builders; ($1,500): Group 

Delta Consultants, Inc; UPSPAC.


BREA ART GALLERY CALL FOR ARTISTS 

MADE IN CALIFORNIA JURIED ART EXHIBIT 

The 2011 Made in California 

entries are due Friday, January 21, 

2011. The annual exhibit will be 

on display at the Brea Art Gallery, 

1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, CA 

92821, March 26 thru May 6, 

2011. Sinéad Finnerty-Pyne, curator 

at the Armory Center for the 

Arts is the juror. 

Monetary awards range from 

$100 to $500, plus purchase 

awards. All artists residing in 

California are eligible. Entries 

•HIBBLETON & PÄS GALLERIES 

www.2PAS.org www.hibbleton.com 

223 W. Santa Fe Ave., Fullerton (near Highland) 

Next to the Violet Hour Gallery 

Hibbleton Gallery presents a 

photography and assemblage 

exhibit by Edward Colver. With an 

artful eye for composition legendary 

punk photographer Edward 

Colver eloquently documented the 

birth of the Los Angeles punk 

movement - bands like Dead 

Kennedys, The Germs, and Bad 

Religion. 

He captured an energy, talent 

and rebellion that has yet to be 

seen again. His personal emergence 

•MUCKENTHALER 

CULTURAL CENTER 

1201 W. Malvern, Fullerton 

714-738-6595 www.themuck.org 

JOSÉ LOZANO: 

EL QUE PINTA-thru DEC. 31 

This special exhibit features a retrospective 

of work by José Lozano. Born 

in LA, Lozano was raised in Jaurez, 

Mexico, and Southern California. His 

colorful paintings, prints, and drawings 

reference popular culture of both 

countries of his childhood, as well as 

observations of neighborhoods past 

and present. His distinctive linear style 

is derived in part from comic strips and 

other traditionally “low” art forms. 

José Lozano earned his MFA from 

California State University, Fullerton. 

He has received grants from the J. Paul 

Getty Foundation and the California 

Arts Council. He was recently selected 

to design the artwork for the LA Metro 

La Brea station. His work has been 

exhibited at the UCLA Armand 

must be original and recent. No 

crafts or functional art. Entry fee of 

$15 for each entry submitted. One 

jpeg image per two-dimensional 

work; up to three for three-dimential 

work submitted on a single 

disc. 

Call the gallery from noon to 

5pm Wed thru Sunday at 714- 

990-7730. Application information 

may be downloaded online by 

going to www.breagallery.com 

PÄS presents “NINETENTHS: PERSPECTIVES ON PETRO- 

LEUM” WITH WORK BY COLE, CORONADO, LITTLER, PRINCE, 

SOLLOM, AND ZDAN held over thru Dec. 31 

& SEAN JACKSON “LIGHT” Opens Friday, Dec. 31 

Hibbleton presents “THE EYE OF THE LA PUNK SCENE” 

Photography & Assemblage by Edward Colver 

in the scene helped him create 

some of the most long standing 

iconic images in punk music. Join 

us for a look through his lens and 

into this captivating mise-en-scéne 

that grasped a generation and ravaged 

the norms of the time. 

Also on display will be some of 

Colver’s gripping assemblage 

works, making social and political 

statements all their own. Check 

his work out at www.edwardcolver.com 

Girl Goes Walking, 2007, 

Serigraph, 28” x 20” José Lozano 

Hammer Museum, Museum of 

Contemporary Art, San Diego, 

Orange County Museum of 

Art and the Patricia Correia 

Gallery, Santa Monica and 

other venues. - thru Dec 31 

•COMING UP FEB. 3, 2011: Brush Strokes 2011: Traditional & 

Contemporary Calligraphy with Seals features major trends in Asian 

calligraphy brushwork by masters of the art Tae Sun Hwang, Sung Yong 

Tark, and Dr. Young Hoon Kim, plus examples of seal carving. Jongkuk 

Lee’s first American exhibit of Hanji, a traditional Korean paper sculpture. 

Living in the mountains for over fifteen years, Mr. Lee grows his 

own mulberry trees out of which he makes paper for his extraordinary 

two and three dimensional painted sculptures. -thru March 27 

Downtown Fullerton Art Walk 

Friday, January 7, 2011 

Over 30 art venues within walking distance of each other 

will participate in the Friday, Jan. 7 downtown art walk from 

6pm to 10pm. A map at each venue allows a guided tour for a 

fun night of art, music and treats. Just come downtown to get 

started. www.fullertonartwalk.com 

ART & MUSEUMS 

•GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER 

125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana 92701 

714-567-7233 www. grandcentralartcenter.com 

CSUF Artist in Residence 

JOE SORREN: INTERRUPTION 

-thru Jan 2 

CSUF Artist in Residence Joe Sorren is a 

young, Arizona-based illustrator turned painter. 

Visit Sorren’s website at www. joesorren.com for a 

look at his work. -thru Jan. 2, 2011 

•JOSÉ VERA FINE ART & ANTIQUES 

www.joseveragallery.com (323) 258-5050 

2012 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles 90041 

THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF RICARDO BARRERA 

OPENING RECEPTION 6-9PM SAT., JAN 8 

in conjunction with the NELA Art Walk 

Ricardo Barrera was born in 1953 in Mexico City. He is 

the son of Mexican Muralist Armando Campero. He began 

painting seriously at the age of 14. 

Barrera traveled to Mexico 

City to work on the "March of 

Humanity" mural of David 

Alfaro Siqueiros when he was 

15. At 18, he traveled to 

Europe and visited Salvador 

Dali and Henry Moore at their 

respective homes. During this 

trip he began shooting with his 

first camera, a Minolta 35mm. 

He returned to Mexico three 

years later to study for a year 

with muralist Jorge Gonzalez 

Camarena. He spent his 

evenings in classes at the 

Academy of San Carlos. 

In 1979, he began experimenting with computers. This 

led to working in computer graphics for several game companies 

in Los Angeles. He then became obsessed with programming, 

and moved between programming, computer 

art, and, his first love, painting. 

In 2005, he took a class at Los Angeles Valley College in 

Photography. He became hooked, taking every available 

class. He was forced to expand his studies to Santa Monica 

College, where an epiphany occurred - the camera was a 

brush that painted with light. 

Exhibit is up from January 4th thru January 31, 2011 

NELA Art Walk: 24 galleries in Northeast Los Angeles 

open on the Second Saturday of every month from 5pm to 

10pm. www.NELAart.org 

•FULLERTON MUSEUM CENTER (714) 738-6545 

301 N. Pomona (corner of Wilshire) Downtown Fullerton 

HUNGRY PLANET: WHAT THE WORLD EATS 

-thru January 16, 2011 

Hungry Planet: What the 

World Eats, a National 

Endowment for the Arts-sponsored 

exhibit, provides a 

thought-provoking analysis of 

worldwide food consumption 

based on the photo essay of 

Peter Menzel and Faith 

D’Alusio. The pair traveled to 

more than two dozen countries 

and photographed and interviewed 

over 30 families over a 

three year period to create the 

work. 

The exhibit documents 12 

families from 12 countries, 

showing how cultural traditions, 

globalization, tourism 

and agribusiness can impact 

the connection between diet, 

geography, economics and culture. 

“Americans are eating themselves 

to death: we spend more 

on health care than any other 

country in the world ($7,000 

per person), yet we are some of 

the unhealthiest on the planet. 

What can we learn from comparing 

ourselves to the rest of 

the world? How can we use 

this information to be healthier 

and live longer? If you 

examine these photos of families 

around the world with a 

week’s worth of food, maybe 

you can figure it out for yourself.” 

According to statistics in the 

book, the US diet, compared 

to that of 23 other countries, 

came out on top for sugar content, 

consumption of meat, 

caloric intake, obesity, and 

number of diabetics. 

The show is up thru Jan. 16. 

$4/adults; $3/students & seniors; 

$1/children 6-12; free/ 

under 5 and members. Hours 

are: Tues, Wed., Fri., Sat., & 

Sun. noon to 4pm; Thurs., 

noon to 8pm. 

√MID DECEMBER 2010 

"My favorite tool is light, 

because it has the power to completely 

alter the appearance of the 

subject in a believable manner. My 

inspiration is the human form. It 

is the most evocative of subjects 

and is universally accessible to the 

viewer, whatever their background. 

I try to fuse the classical precepts 

of Painting and Sculpture with a 

modern eye. For me, the composition 

is paramount. When I am 

working, I lose myself in the 

process and I am drawn to the 

composition of what I see when I 

am working. The artists who are 

most influential to my compositional 

sense are Jackson Pollack 

and Pablo Picasso. The Mexican 

Muralists were an early influence. 

It might be noted that Pollack 

studied with Siqueiros, and Picasso 

was a close friend of Diego Rivera. 

I am satisfied with my work 

when it elicits a reaction in the 

viewer, giving him or her a point of 

view that they had not anticipated. 

When I can bring the viewer along 

with me, I am delighted. 

I was surprised when I overlaid 

golden triangles and Fibonacci spirals 

onto my best work, and found 

them to be embedded in my best 

pieces. 

I have had a number of instructors 

who all taught me much, but 

it was Thomas Mossman who 

pushed me to follow my own 

direction in Photography that was 

steeped in Painting and 

Sculpture." 

- Ricardo 

Funk Fetish 

Art by John Koller 

Museum Foyer Gallery 

“Material, symbol, and sensation 

are primary elements that 

drive my work. The consideration 

of material and how it 

relates to the image is of 

extreme interest to me. Art 

movements such as Finish 

Fetish, Funk, and Modernism 

are referenced, while still 

embracing a visual language 

that is personal and unique in 

itself.”

MID DECEMBER 2010 THEATER 

Secret Garden at Chance 

Musicals can be hard to interpret in a 

new way, especially established musicals 

like The Secret Garden. Chance Theater 

has managed to give a more Gothic, 

dreamlike air to this well-loved classic of 

the page and the stage, which heightens 

the emotion and energy of the production. 

The play lends itself to the Gothic, providing 

a dreary Northern English setting, 

a voice heard crying in the night, 

a young girl’s haunted dreams and the 

ghost of a beloved wife. This production, 

directed by Casey Long and KC 

Wilkerson, plays up that aspect of it as 

well as spends more time in the 

abstract, as young Mary’s memories 

and nightmares shift in and out of her 

daily life. The joint efforts of 

Wilkerson, who also designed the sets 

and lighting, Costume Designer Erika 

C. Miller and Hair and Makeup 

Designer Julie Wilkins help create this 

supernatural emphasis. 

Wilkerson uses the elaborate sets as 

more than just a fancy backdrop. 

Projected patterns and pictures create 

the difference between the rooms in 

the manor, the various outdoor locations 

and the changing of seasons in 

the garden. Even more than a way to 

indicate setting, however, the projections 

work with the other elements of 

the scene to create a sense of intensity 

and a break from reality. For instance, 

the almost glowing wallpaper pattern 

in Mary’s room creates her eerie dream 

world. 

The chorus of “Dreamers,” the memories 

or ghosts of Mary’s parents and others 

she knew from her childhood in India, 

have wild hair, pale faces and dramatic eye 

make-up, which is startling compared to 

their fairly traditional, elegant, though 

dark, costumes. They can seem like anything 

from mild-mannered spirits when 

they hold out props for various characters 

to the demons of a child’s trauma-induced 

nightmares. The dreamers become less 

violent and terrifying in the second act, 

when Mary discovers the garden. They 

pose with twigs as Mary explores, seeming 

tame, and they even work with Mary in 

her chant to make Collin well. The spirits 

become more benevolent as Mary’s 

spirit blooms. 

Mary’s mother, Rose Lennox, (Rachel 

McLaughlan) cuts a striking contrast to 

her angelic sister, Lily, (Laura M. 

Hathaway). Her flattering, low-cut black 

party dress, as well as McLaughlin’s sharp, 

fierce movements clearly shows the difference 

between Rose and Lily. Hathaway 

sings like an angel on top of looking like 

one in her modest dress of pure white lace. 

Paul Kehler (Archibald Craven) and 

REVIEWED by Jennifer Matas 

Jason James (Neville Craven) are an even 

stronger contrasting set of siblings, 

though the characters are not as distinct as 

Rose and Lily. Kehler’s round voice suits 

the grief-broken Archibald, while James’s 

crisp one brings an edge to the frustrated 

doctor. 

Despite the increased Gothic mood, 

this production stays true to the beautiful 

story of the formation of a family and the 

music that has made the musical version a 

classic. 

PHOTO BY DOUG CATILLER, TRUE IMAGE STUDIO 

Mary (Sarah Pierce) wonders if the secret garden 

can be the place where she can be herself 

CHANCE THEATER 

5552 E. La Palma Ave, 

Anaheim Hills 

Tickets: (714) 777-3033 

www.chancetheater.com 

•SECRET GARDEN: THE MUSI- 

CAL plays thru Dec. 26. A tune-filled, 

Tony Award-winning adaptation of the 

classic novel, suitable for all ages. Plays 

Thurs, Fri. & Sat. at 8pm; Matinees Sat. 

at 3pm & Sun. at 2pm. $30-$40 

•THE EIGHT REINDEER MONO- 

LOGUES plays thru Dec. 21. An outrageous 

adult look at life as one of Santa’s 

reindeer after a controversy breaks out at 

the North Pole. Accusations, rumors and 

all-out attacks are flying fast and furious 

around Santa’s toy shop this holiday season. 

Go behind the tinsel and hear the 

truth about Santa, straight from the eight 

reindeer who know him best. Tues. & 

Wed. at 8pm; Fri. & Sat at 11pm. $22- 

$35. 

•AUDITIONS for upcoming productions: 

Feb. 21 & 22 The Boy in the 

Bathroom; May 9 & 10 Jerry Springer, the 

Opera; Aug. 1 & 2 Up; Oct. 3 & 4 Anne 

of Green Gables. Check website for details. 

HUNGER ARTISTS THEATER 

699-A S. State College Blvd., 

Fullerton 

Tickets: (714) 680-6803 

or online at www.hungerartists.net 

•THE CANTOR’S TALE by Fengar 

Gael, directed by Jill Johnson opens 

January 7, 2011 and runs through Jan. 

30. Showtimes are Fri. & Sat. at 8pm 

and Sun. at 7pm. 

•AUDITIONS for The Great 

American Trailer Park Musical by 

David Nehls & Betsy Kelso, directed 

by Nicole Dominguez, with musical 

direction by Carmen Cortez 

Dominguez will take place on Jan 7th 

at Madyln Clark Studios, 10852 

Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood; and 

from 10am to 3pm on Jan. 9; and on 

Jan 10 from 6pm to 10pm at Hunger 

Artists. Rehearsals start Feb. 21st for 

the performances running March 25th 

to April 24th. Check website for 

details. 

MAVERICK THEATER 

110 E. Walnut, Fullerton 

Tickets: 714-526-7070 

mavericktheater.com 

•SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS 

THE MARTIANS plays thru Dec. 

26, Fri. and Sat. at 8pm, with matinees 

on Sat. at 4pm and Sun. at 3pm. 

Adapted to stage by Brian Newell and 

Nick McGee and directed by Brian 

Newell. Santa Claus kidnapped by 

Martians! Will the children on Earth 

have no toys on Christmas day? 

Only Hollywood could cook up 

such an absurd story and only the 

Maverick Theater would want to 

adapt it to the stage. This holiday season 

join Santa on a madcap adventure 

in outer space! 

The show is performed with a light 

hearted “Saturday Night Live” style 

that is suitable for children and even 

cranky adults. 


Financial Problems Plague 

Fullerton Civic Light Opera 

FCLO Music Theatre (formerly Civic 

Light Opera) has announced a possible 

suspension of its 2011 season due to 

funding problems. 

If the suspension becomes necessary, 

Season Ticket holders will have the 

option of using their prepaid tickets to 

attend productions at Cal State Fullerton 

Performing Arts Center, La Mirada 

Center for the Performing Arts, Musical 

Theatre West at CSU Long Beach, or 

Downey Civic Light Opera. 

FCLO is entering its 40th season in 

Fullerton. The theatre company is a 

501(c)3 non-profit. In addition to producing 

musical theatre at the Plummer 

Auditorium, the group rents out sets and 

costumes from its Commonwealth headquarters. 

The company became aware of its 

funding problem around September 

15th when season ticket renewals 

dropped by 20% (representing 

$120,000) below last year. 

At the same time rental revenue 

dropped by $164,000, when school 

funding was drastically cut by the state. 

And, by October, it became apparent 

that other rental department revenue 

was also adversely affected. 

The company says that each show 

costs about $400,000 to produce ($1.4 

million per year) including $180,000 per 

year to rent the Plummer Auditorium. 

Several years ago FCLO went before 

the Fullerton City Council seeking a 

subsidy but was turned down. The company 

argued that it contributes significantly 

to the economy by promoting 

restaurants and merchants in Fullerton 

and surrounding areas; provides an outreach 

program which makes complimentary 

tickets to its shows available to those 

in need; brings professional actors to the 

Fullerton School District for assembly 

performances for students; and provides 

a stage where youth studying to be the 

actors, dancers, choreographers, directors 

and technicians of tomorrow, can 

train alongside working professionals. 

Although FCLO may be canceling the 

2011 season at the Plummer if major 

funding falls through, it is planning to 

present a summer series of dinner theatre, 

etc., in the Skyroom outdoor venue 

at its headquarters located at 218 W. 

Commonwealth in Fullerton. And, the 

costume and set rental departments will 

continue. 

The decision to cancel the February 

show “Drowsy Chaperon” will be made 

in January when final decisions by corporate 

and private donors are made. 

Updates on the situation may be 

found at www.fclo.com and www.facebook.com/fclomusictheatre 

or by calling 

the FCLO headquarters at 714-526- 

0228. 

STAGES THEATER 

400 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton 

Tickets: 714-525-4484 

www.stagesoc.org 

•THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS 

ISCARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis, 

directed by Kevin Slay, opens Jan. 7, 2011. 

Set in a time-bending, seriocomically 

imagined world between Heaven and 

Hell, this is a philosophical meditation on 

the conflict between divine mercy and 

human free will that takes a close look at 

the eternal damnation of the Bible’s most 

notorious sinner. 

•AUDITIONS for Twelfth Night and 

Julius Caesar 10am January 8. Go to the 

website for details.

Page 14 FULLERTON OBSERVER EVENTS 

HITS & 

MISSES 

by Joyce Mason © 2010 

UNSTOPPABLE: A Hit and a Miss 

Set in Pennsylvania, “Unstoppable’ is a fictional 

movie about a runaway train, but it is close enough to 

an actual incident that happened in 2001—when an 

unmanned train left an Ohio rail yard and began a 66mile 

journey—to deserve its claim to have been 

“inspired by a real-life incident.” Written by Mark 

Bomback and directed by Tony Scott, “Unstoppable” 

has suspense, thrilling stunts, and some character 

development, but there are times when 98 minutes 

seem too long to spend with Engine 777 and its 39 

cars. 

Slovenly in appearance and careless in work habits, 

Dewey (Ethan Suplee), the engineer of 777, jumps off 

his train momentarily to adjust a switch but does not 

properly set the brakes. The train lurches forward, 

gaining speed so quickly that Dewey is not able to 

jump back on. He has also neglected to connect the air 

hose between the lead locomotive and the rest of the 

half-mile-long- train, making Engine 777 even more of 

a lethal projectile. 

When Dewey notifies yardmaster Connie Hooper 

(Rosario Dawson) that a runaway train is headed into 

opposing traffic on the main line, she orders a speeder 

to catch and stop it. Connie is also aware that a carload 

of schoolchildren on a field trip is on that main 

line. The two men on the speeder catch up with the 

runaway, now going 70 miles per hour, but they are 

unable to jump on board. The cool-headed Connie 

succeeds in diverting the train with the schoolchildren 

onto another track just before it would have crashed 

with the speeding missile. 

Several miles away, in another train yard, Will 

Colson (Chris Pine), who has just completed a fourmonth 

training program, reports to work as second in 

command to engineer Frank Barnes (Denzel 

Washington). Barnes is not pleased to have an inexperienced 

trainman on board. We later learn that at 55 

years old Barnes is being forced into early retirement, a 

move that will cut his benefits in half. So he resents 

training a younger, less competent man. 

Colson begins his job with some serious marital 

problems that we learn about as we watch his wife, 

who doesn’t answer his phone calls and refuses him visitation 

rights to their young son. “Unstoppable” is not 

a movie just about a careening train, but it also explores 

the relationship that develops between Barnes and 

Colson, each at difficult crossroads in his life. Having 

lost his wife to cancer, Barnes tries to keep up his 

fatherly relationship with two barely grown-up daughters, 

both working as waitresses in a Hooter’s 

Restaurant. 

Connie has notified her supervisor, Oscar Galvin 

(Kevin Dunn), that the unmanned train is still out of 

control and he, along with company executives, orders 

several unsuccessful interventions. Now they order a 

third strategy: using derailers, which are metal pieces 

that rise from the rails. By now Barnes and Colson are 

aware of the problem, as is the rest of the world. 

Television stations all over Pennsylvania have sent 

crews in helicopters to photograph the speeding train. 

With his 28 years of railroad experience, Barnes 

knows that the derailers will not be strong enough to 

stop Engine 777. He devises a plan of his own to back 

into the speeding train, couple with it, and gradually 

slow it to a speed where someone can jump into the 

engine cab and apply the brakes. The plan is very risky. 

Tony Scott, having previously directed “The Taking 

of Pelham 123,” manages the mayhem involved with 

speeding trains, hovering helicopters, and frantic railway 

workers. He uses stunt performers as little as possible, 

requiring both Washington and Pine to run on 

top of moving freight cars, creating verisimilitude 

whenever possible. He also draws convincing performances 

from his actors. From Washington, we have 

come to expect perfectly modulated acting, but Pine is 

just as impressive as the neophyte assistant. 

A Hit & A Miss: You Might Like It. 

Two Misses: Forget About It. 

Two Hits: Don’t Miss It! 

TUES., DEC. 21 

•6:30pm: City Council Meeting 

at Fullerton City Hall, 303 W. 

Commonwealth, Fullerton. Public 

Hearings include: Fullerton Trans 

Center Cost Recovery Fee; and St. 

Jude Specific Plan Amendment. 

Other items include: Amend Public 

Nuisances Ordinance; Outdoor 

Dining & Public Right of Way 

Encroachments; RDA 09/10 

Annual Report; Preservation of 

Low/Moderate Income housing; 

Ford Park Cell Towers; 30-minute 

Parking on Williamson from Euclid 

to Woods; Puente Street Bike Path; 

Tennis Center Renovations; 

Ordinance allowing temporary 

appointments in the event of a 

vacant council seat; OCTA 

Brookhurst Signal Coordination; 

Measure M2 Traffic Signal 

Coordination; Water Main 

Replacement contract award; 

Revenue/Fee Recap; Presentation 

by OCTA on progress of SR 57 

widening; Closed session on existing 

litigation (Hansen). Check city 

website at www.cityoffullerton.com 

for additions and back up materials. 

Jan. 4 meeting cancelled. 

FRI., DEC. 31 

•7pm to midnight: First Night 

Fullerton free admission. Live music, performances, 

entertainers, art exhibits, synthetic 

ice rink, children’s rides & activities 

($2-$7 each), food vendors all within walking 

distance of each other in Downtown 

Fullerton. 

TUES., JAN 4 

•6:30pm: City Council Meeting at 

Fullerton City Hall, 303 W. 

Commonwealth, Fullerton. Public 

Hearing: Fullerton Transportation Center 

Cost Recovery Fee •Ford Park Cell Towers 

•Ordinance: Temporary appointment in 

case of vacant council seat. 

THURS., JAN. 6 

•7:30pm: Redevelopment is the topic of 

Councilmember Sharon Quirk-Silva’s 

“Conversations with your City” program 

held at the Fullerton Museum Center, 301 

N. Pomona (on Wilshire). Acting Fullerton 

City Manager Joe Felz (who is also taking 

on the position of Interim Director of 

Redevelopment as current director Rob 

Zur Schmiede resigned to take a similar 

position in Long Beach) will be the guest 

speaker. Felz will give an update on current 

and future redevelopment and other city 

projects and answer questions. Free. Call 

714-738-6311 for more information. 

SUN., JAN. 9 

•3:30pm: Fullerton Friends of Music 

Free Concert presents the Bravura Trio. 

The LA based musicians (Gary Gray, clarinet; 

Judith Farmer, bassoon; and Robert 

Thies, piano) have performed with such 

ensembles as the LA Chamber Orchestra, 

Pacific Serenades, the New Hollywood 

String Quartet, and the Austrian Radio 

Symphony Orchestra. Their program in 

Fullerton will feature rarely-heard works by 

composers including Beethoven, 

Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, and 

Charles Harold Bernstein. Sunny Hills 

High School Performing Arts Center, 1801 

Warburton Way. Call (714) 525-5836 or 

go to www.fullertonfriendsofmusic.com 

for more info. 

TUES., JAN. 11 

•7pm-8:30pm: Author Gayle K. 

Brunelle “Murder in the Metro: Laetitia 

Toureaux & the Cagoule in 1930s 

France” CSUF history professor Gayle 

Brunelle, who with Annette Finley- 

Croswhite, wrote “Murder in 

the Metro,” will speak about 

the research behind their 

controversial book which 

focuses on the Cagoule, a 

French terrorist group of the 

1930s. The authors encountered 

heavy resistance from French archives 

and the French government due to the 

connections many members of the Cagoule 

had then and now with prominent members 

of the government. Fullerton Public 

Library Osborne Auditorium, 353 W. 

Commonwealth. (714)773-6326 Free. 


FIRST NIGHT 

PERFORMANCES 

DOWNTOWN 

FULLERTON 

Friday December 31, 

7pm to Midnight 

Admission is Free 

• “HELP” Beatles Tribute 

Band: Formed in 2005 to 

replicate the music and vocals 

of the legendary Beatles, 

HELP includes bandmembers 

Dave Reynolds, Ted Felicetti, 

Dave Keefer, and Rick Root. 

• “Los Fabulocos”: 

Featuring Kid Ramos on guitar, 

bajo sexto, and vocals, 

James Barrios on bass and 

vocals, Jesus Cuevas on accordian 

and vocals, and Mike 

Molina on drums on the Main 

Stage from 7 to midnight. 

• “Bubba & the Big Bad 

Blues”: plays on the Wilshire 

Stage through 11:30pm. 

• “Spare Change”: plays 

rock from the 80s & 90s and 

current hits at 8pm, 9:30pm, 

and 11pm at the Wilshire Ave. 

Community Church. 

• “Magician Joel Ward”: A 

member of the illustrious 

Magic Castle roster of performers, 

Ward began his career 

as a 15 year old when he placed 

first in the International 

Brotherhood of Magicians’ 

annual competition for teen 

magicians. That same year he 

was selected to appear with 

master magician Lance Burton 

in the “Young Magicians 

Showcase” TV show. He has 

performed nationwide ever 

since. Shows will be held at the 

First Christian Church, 109 E. 

Wilshire at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 

and 10:30pm. 

• Karaoke Stage: The traditional 

Karaoke stage will be set 

up on Harbor between 

Wilshire and Amerige 

Avenues. There will be two 

microphones available to anyone 

who would like to sing. 

• Kids Activities: Various 

kids rides and activities from 

7pm to 11:30pm will be available 

for fees of $2 to $7 including 

synthetic ice rink, mini 

train rides, a variety of bounce 

houses, bungee run, velcro 

wall, robo surf, obstacle 

course, gladiator joust and carnival 

games. Tickets are available 

at the Harbor/Amerige 

and the Wilshire/Pomona ticket 

booths. 

• Roaming Entertainment: 

Various entertainers include a 

juggling stilt walker, Chaz the 

Unicyclist, and Abbit the 

Average. 

• Dinner & Treats: Various 

food vendors will be located 

along Wilshire and Harbor 

with dinner, treats, and 

refreshments available for purchase. 

• Vendors: Face painters, 

balloon artists and novelty 

booths will be located along 

north Harbor. 

• Fireworks: A fireworks 

show choreographed to music 

takes place at midnight.

MID DECEMBER 2010 EVENTS 

Membership is booming at the Osher 

Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at 

Cal State Fullerton. Currently strong 

membership in this learning in retirement 

organization has increased almost 

25% since 2008 – from 869 to 1,084. 

The growth has happened in spite of 

the economic downturn because OLLI 

provides the keys to a successful retirement, 

says Dave Musante, president of 

OLLI. 

“Research points to three factors 

which lead to a successful retirement – 

intellectual challenge, socialization, and 

physical exercise. All of these opportunities 

are available at OLLI and are very 

affordable,” Musante explains. 

OLLI now offers more than 90 courses 

and activities each semester, up from 

70 two years ago. A free Spring Semester 

Preview of OLLI classes and activities is 

scheduled for January 15 at 10 a.m. on 

the Cal State Fullerton campus in the 

Ruby Gerontology Center. 

One of the new programs is 

Transitions in Retirement Essentials, a free 

Saturday morning series of workshops 

that are open to the public. Musante 

says this series has been a strong contributor 

to increased enrollments because 

people approaching retirement can get 

“a taste” of what OLLI is all about, while 

learning how to ease into retirement and 

meeting others who are also adjusting to 

this life-changing transition. 

“Our programs consist of self-directed 

study groups, educational lectures, 

physical activities, special events, social 

activities, and travel opportunities,” 

Musante says. “We truly believe that 

adult learners can decide for themselves 

what is important to them. At this stage 


Monthly Classic Air Show at Fullerton Airport text and photos by Jere Greene 

On the second Sunday of every 

month, the Fullerton Airport lines up a 

number of older airplanes for the public 

to see. In December, venders offered 

items for sale as holiday gifts, L.A. 

Helicopters provided short flights around 

the immediate area, and a possible car 

show is being planned. The inside of the 

airport is also open to the public and you 

can get up close and personal with the 

CHP and Orange County Fire Authority 

planes and helicopters. This on-going 

event will be offering various activities to 

supplement the air show into 2011, so set 

aside some time on the morning of any 

second Sunday to come and check it out. 

You won't be disappointed. 

Fullerton Municipal Airport is located 

at 4011 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton 

92833. Call them at 714-738-6323. 

Above: Classic airplanes get ready 

for the monthly show. 

At Right: Santa and his helper handed 

out treats for the kids. 

Don’t Miss the Light Show on North Yale! 

After the sun goes down Yale turns into a 

spectacular holiday light experience not to 

be missed. Neighbors along a two block 

stretch have collaborated on a lighting 

design to create a truly magical display. 

Huge blinking sparkling balls of lights, 

made from plastic cups joined together, 

dominate the street with a central tree 

seemingly inspired by “Cat in the Hat.” 

The annual effort was instigated by the 

gift of a sparkleball from neighbor Don 

Bales’ dad. Buddies Bill, Robert, Don, Jeff 

and Murph got together and began the tradition. 

Now each year one neighbor provides a 

construction crane for the two-day hanging 

which starts after Thanksgiving. Each 

neighbor pays for the electricity that powers 

the lights in front of his/her house or other 

neighbors pitch in to cover the cost. 

Visit after sundown for a magical treat 

that is sure to delight all ages. North Yale is 

located just north of Chapman Ave. 

Go to www.sparkleball.com for instructions 

on how to make your own sparkleballs 

and lots of photos of the street and 

photos of other sparkleball displays around 

the world. PHOTO BY JERE GREENE 

Vintage Photos Sought 

The Muckenthaler Cultural Center is 

seeking vintage photos of the 

Muckenthaler Estate in Fullerton. If you 

have photos era 1920s-1960s you would 

like to share of the estate, or the 

Muckenthaler, Yorba, or Kraemer families, 

or of Walter Muckenthaler as a Fullerton 

councilmember, contact Matt Leslie at 

matt@themuck.org or call 714-738-6706. 

The photos will be scanned and featured in 

a book about the estate and appear in a special 

exhibit next year. 

Learning in Retirement Thrives 

at Cal State Fullerton by Nancy Jo Hill 

of life, learning becomes life enhancing 

without the burden of required attendance, 

reading or tests. It is the best possible 

form of learning!” 

The Jan. 15 event features a free light 

lunch. Free parking and the OLLI 

Trolley shuttle service will be available. 

For more information, call (657) 278- 

2446 or visit olli.fullerton.edu. 

Planning Commission 

Vacancy Deadline 

December 23 

The city is seeking citizens interested 

in serving on the Planning 

Commission which reviews and makes 

recommendations on all development 

matters in the city, including general 

plan amendments, zoning issues, 

building applications, conditional use 

permits and variances. Members 

receive a small per-meeting stipend and 

are required by state law to file conflict 

of interest disclosure statements. The 

term of the vacant position ends Dec. 

31, 2012. 

Applications can be found on the 

clerk’s page of the city website at 

www.cityoffullerton.com and may be 

submitted online. Applications are also 

available by visiting the clerk’s office on 

the first floor of Fullerton City Hall, 

303 W. Commonwealth Ave. or calling 

(714) 738-6571. 

Applications for the Planning 

Commission position must be returned 

by 5pm, Thurs., Dec. 23.


FULLERTON’S CONGREGATIONS 

Unitarian Universalist 

Church in Fullerton 

1600 N. Acacia Ave. 

Welcome 10:15am • Service: 10:30am 

CHILDCARE (infant & toddlers) & Programs for Pre-K thru Teen 

FRI., DEC 24: Christmas Eve Celebration - Rev. Jon Dobrer 

SUN., DEC 26: Medieval & Renaissance Music - Ty Rust’s Coventry Waites 

Rev. Jon Dobrer www.uufullerton.org 714-871-7150 

Orangethorpe 

Christian Church 

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST 

(714) 871-3400 

WORSHIP: 

10:15 am 

2200 W. ORANGETHORPE 

FULLERTON 

CHRISTMAS EVE 

5:00pm & 10:30pm 

CHRISTMAS DAY 

7:30am, 9:00am, & 11:00am 

(714) 879-1965 

www.stjulianachurch.org 

1316 N Acacia Ave, Fullerton 

WELCOME YOU 

FREE CONCERT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 

at 6:30pm features Argentinean Cantors 

ALEJANDRA LEVI & DIEGO RUBINSZTEIN 

at Temple Beth Tikvah 

TWO WORSHIP 

SUNDAY SERVICES 

WORSHIP 

9am and 

9:00 10:30am AM & 

in 10:30 the Sanctuary AM 


REST IN PEACE • WE REMEMBER YOU 

Joyce Rosenthal 

Joyce Rosenthal passed away at 4:15 pm 

on Friday, December 10th, with her family 

by her side. 

She became suddenly ill at 

the end of October and was 

hospitalized shortly after being 

diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s 

Lymphoma. She went through 

chemotherapy and there was 

hope it would do the trick but 

that was not to be. 

Joyce, (her maiden name was 

Lieberman), was born and 

raised in New York City. Her 

father came from Hungary; her mother 

was a native New Yorker. 

She was accepted to The Bronx High 

School of Science. Admission was granted 

strictly by the results of a very difficult 

test. Joyce was one of the first girls accepted 

to what had been an all boys school. 

After graduation she was employed as a 

lab technician at Yonkers General 

Hospital. The Pathologist at the hospital 

hired her as a trainee solely on the basis of 

the high school she attended. 

Joyce met her husband Elliot, a Coast 

Guardsman, on a blind date. They were 

married after she graduated from Queens 

College in New York. Elliot was transferred 

to California and Joyce enrolled in 

Cal State Northridge and later CSUF, 

when the family moved to Fullerton. At 

Chester "Chet" 

Lawrence Schultz 

Born April 3, 1922 in Pennsylvania, 

Chet passed away Dec. 4, 2010 in 

Fullerton. He graduated from Pittsburg 

University, proudly served in Army Air 

Corp, and was partners in McLean & 

Schutlz Engineers, Architects & 

Consultants since 1955. 

He was active in Rotary, Boys & Girls 

Club, and Past President of American 

Society of Civil Engineers. 

Chet leaves behind his beloved wife 

Marcia; children Gregory Schultz and 

Lisa Rippeon; and grandsons Austin & 

Aaron Rippeon. 

A memorial service was held December 

11th at McAulay & Wallace Mortuary in 

Fullerton. In lieu of flowers, donations 

can be made to the Rotary Club of 

Fullerton PO Box 172, Fullerton, CA 

92831 or to the Boys & Girls Club, PO 

Box 1283, Fullerton, CA 92832. 

Cal State Joyce earned a Masters in 

Geography and Urban Planning. She was 

hired as a Junior Planner for the City of 

Placentia; one of the first women in the 

heretofore, men’s only profession. 

She retired after 29 

years, as the Director of 

Development Services. 

Joyce had a lot of energy 

and in addition to working 

became active in various 

organizations including; the 

Friends of the Fullerton 

Arboretum; the Victorian 

Society, where she dressed in 

Victorian clothing and led 

tours of the Heritage House; and the 

League of Women Voters. She authored a 

longtime theatre review column for the 

Fullerton Observer. 

She loved theatre which she and Elliot 

attended regularly, and music (especially 

hard rock music which her oldest son 

Richard played with his band). 

After retirement she went back to 

school and earned a Certificate as a Para- 

Legal. She worked for a Laguna Hills law 

firm and then with California Health 

Advocates in the Senior Medicare Patrol 

Dept., which investigates Medicare fraud. 

Joyce was a truly remarkable woman 

and will be missed by her husband of 56 

years; and their children, Richard, Robert, 

and Gale; and grandchildren Richard, 

Rachel, and Jacob and all who knew her. 

Linda Hawkins 

Linda Hawkins, 65, president of 

Winkelmann Realty died at home Dec. 8 

from a heart attack. She was a well-known 

and respected community member and a 

past president of the Fullerton Chamber 

of Commerce. 

Linda leaves 

behind two children 

and four 

grandchildren. 

A memorial 

was held in her 

honor on 

December 14th 

at the Elks 

Lodge and drew 

over 300 family, 

friends, and colleagues. 

Donations may be made in 

Linda’s memory to CHOC Children’s 

Foundation or the American Heart 

Association. 

Dominick T. Clesceri 

Nov. 20, 1937 - Dec. 15, 2010 

Dominick (Papa Dom) Clesceri passed 

away peacefully on Thursday, December 

15, 2010. He had been battling cancer for 

most of the 

year. He just 

celebrated his 

73rd birthday 

on November 

20th with all 

four of his 

children and 

ten grandchildren. 

Survivors 

include his 

daughter, Gina 

Sciore; Three sons, Michael (Former 

Mayor of Fullerton), David & Steven 

Clesceri. Grandchildren, Matthew, 

Andrew, Nicholas, Natalie, Vinny, Eyan, 

Stephen, Dominick, Emma and Megan. 

Condolences may be sent on line to the 

Clesceri family at: 

http://obits.davenportfamily.com/obitdisplay.php?rec_id=496

MID DECEMBER 2010 LOCAL NEWS 

PHOTO KAREN TAPIA 

Above: Austin Nation talks about his disease in an effort to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. 

CSUF Graduate Student Raises HIV Awareness 

by Mimi Ko Cruz 

His frank sex talk sprinkled with laughgetting 

one-liners had drawn giggles from 

the lecture hall full of community college 

students. 

But an hour into Austin Nation's talk 

about AIDS, their murmurs and nervous 

laughter suddenly shut down. Even the 

guy jangling his keys in the back row 

stopped as the hall fell silent, all eyes glued 

on the affable speaker. 

“Twenty-three years ago, I tested positive 

— HIV positive,” Nation, a 48-yearold 

Cal State Fullerton nursing graduate 

student, told students. “For all of you who 

do not know anyone with AIDS, now you 

do, and my name is Austin.” 

Opening a stuffed suitcase to pull out 

dozens of bottles of prescription drugs, he 

added: “Like some of my peers, I take a 

cocktail combo of medications and vitamins 

for my lungs, because they’re very 

vulnerable; for bone density, because 

AIDS ages our bodies; for lack of energy, 

depression, problems with my thyroid, 

my endocrine system, adrenals, neuropathy 

. . . and these are just some of the 

drugs I take." 

At a cost of $2,000 to $3,000 a month 

for the medications, Nation said, "you 

don’t want to mess with this disease.” 

His audience took note. Some broke 

down in tears. “That was really touching,” 

19-year-old Cameron Sereno, told Nation 

giving him a hug after his lecture concluded. 

“My uncle died in the early 90s and I 

haven’t met anyone else with AIDS until 

now. It’s such a horrible death sentence 

and you are so strong.” 

Many called Nation brave and said his 

talk informed them like no other AIDS 

awareness campaign. 

Their professor, Susan Johnson, said she 

always requests Nation as a speaker for her 

human sexuality class because “he engages 

you right from the beginning.” 

Indeed. He caught the students’ attention 

with his opening line: “To talk about 

HIV, we have to talk about sex, like bam!” 

Students listened raptly as they jotted 

down safe sex tips and precautions. 

“In California, someone is being infected 

with HIV every nine minutes," Nation 

explained. "About a fifth of the people 

infected don’t even know it. If you are 

having unprotected sex, you are at risk.” 

The students “relate to Austin,” 

Johnson said. “They always tell me that 

Austin makes a difference in their lives, 

their choices.” 

That’s his goal. One of the university's 

top nursing graduate students, Nation 

donates his time as a speaker for AIDS 

Services Foundation Orange County. 

A recipient of the 2010 William 

Randolph Hearst/CSU Trustees' Award 

for Outstanding Achievement and a 

member of this year’s class of Sally 

Casanova California Pre-Doctoral 

Scholars, Nation is in Cal State 

Fullerton's Graduate Assistant in Areas of 

National Need Program and in UCLA's 

Minority Training Program in Cancer 

Control Research. 

The Fullerton resident has received 

numerous merit scholarships and plans to 

pursue a Ph.D. in nursing and a career as 

a professor after graduation in May. 

In 2009, Nation graduated from CSUF 

with honors, earning his bachelor’s degree 

in nursing after a two-decade hiatus from 

higher education. 

Nation was part of a big dysfunctional 

family. Both parents were alcoholics and 

separated during his childhood. 

He worked as a nurse for nearly two 

decades starting in 1977. While earning 

his associate's degree from Long Beach 

City College and gaining licensure as a 

registered nurse, he admits that his freewheeling 

private life centered around 

“drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll." 

Despite such distractions, he was a serious 

student. “I was the smart one,” he 

recalled. “I was the one who was going to 

get our family out of the ghetto.” 

Things were looking up. Nation loved 

his job as a hospital nurse. He saved his 

money and bought a house in 

Huntington Park. 

Everything changed in 1992 when his 

HIV converted into full-blown AIDS. 

Deserted by his family and many of his 

friends and too sick to work, he lost his 

home and started preparing for death. 

“I had a horrible childhood, now this,” 

Nation said. “Why me? And, for what? 

For having fun?” That was nearly two 

decades ago and “I’m still here,” he said. 

As an undergrad, he created CSUF's 

Nursing Students Association, and serves 

on the advisory board of Global 

Lifeworks, an organization trying to stop 

the spread of HIV/AIDS. 

He is touching lives and making a difference, 

said Nation’s mentor, Aimee 

Nelson, assistant dean of the College of 

Education. 

"From the moment he became a student 

here, he wanted to be involved in 

everything," she said. "He’s a great person, 

sweet, caring, obviously meant to be a 

nurse. He’s had setbacks in his life, but he 

doesn’t use them as excuses and he’s really 

worked hard for what he’s earned.” 

Nation plans to keep telling his story 

and raising awareness about HIV/AIDS. 

“I want to put a face on this thing," he 

said. "If one person hears my message and 

changes his or her behavior, I’m satisfied.” 

Read the full article at http://calstate.fullerton.edu/spotlight/2010/Austin-Nation.asp 

by Dee Stopper 

On Sunday, November 14 the First 

Presbyterian Church of Fullerton and the 

Indonesian Presbyterian Church held 

their first annual Church Community 

Service Sunday. 250 adult and children 

volunteers participated in eight different 

projects providing service to community 

organizations and the City of Fullerton. 

Volunteers for the eight projects collected 

food from neighborhood homes and 

grocery stores for the FIES Distribution 

Center; assembled a 600 YWCA Holiday 

Appeal Mailing; provided landscape 

planting in an area in South Fullerton for 


First Presbyterian and Indonesian Presbyterian 

Partner to Provide Community Service 

the City of Fullerton’s Community 

Service Department; picked up trash and 

painted benches at Laguna Lake for the 

City of Fullerton’s Parks & Recreation 

Department; assembled 500 hygiene kits 

for FIES; visited two Fullerton convalescent 

homes with a small choral group to 

provide singing for the residents; assembled 

a fundraising mailing for FIES; and 

wrote a personal letter to each member of 

a Marine Company from Camp 

Pendleton now serving in Afghanistan. 

Among the letter writers were children 

who added drawings to the letters and 

young adults writing poems to the soldiers. 

Above: Volunteers from First Presbyterian and Indonesian Presbyterian paint benches 

and pick up trash at Laguna Lake. 

Above: Sunrise Rotary members Chris Jhawar, Terry Brick, Argus Tong, Howard Dutra, Dennis 

Bode, Bruce Powell, Ray Kawase, Tim Mullaney, Alan Olson, Steve Eldredge, and Ron Gillett. 

Sunrise Rotary’s 

6th Annual Mail Train 

Fullerton’s Sunrise Rotary filled 47 

boxes with personal items, food and 

snacks donated by the community and 

sent them to troops overseas in the club’s 

6th Annual “Mail Train” Holiday Drive. 

The Rotary is a philanthropic group 

that does many goodwill projects around 

the world. For more information about 

Fullerton Sunrise Rotary contact Dennis 

Bode at 714-814-1041 or email him at 

Dennis@Dennis Bode.com.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT photos & text by Mo Kelly 

The Senior Club annual luncheon 

meeting/elections/awards were held at 

the Senior Center on Friday, 

December 3. Entertainment started 

with our own dear Kitchen Band 

ladies followed by the popular 5-Star 

Band. If you were lucky enough like 

me, you caught a glance of Vickie 

Wiles, Center Assistant “a movin” and 

“a groovin” to the beat of the great 

music. It only lasted for a few seconds, 

but it was such a cute sight to 

see! The 2011 officers and new 

directors on the board were installed 

by Center Supervisor Eloisa Espinosa. 

•Needlecraft Instructor, Beverlie 

Ticer, proudly gave her class individual 

awards for their respective talents 

in making lap robes that are donated 

to local assisted living facilities. The 

tables were then turned on Beverlie 

when her students surprised her with 

a beautiful bouquet of flowers. 

•Service Appreciation: To John 

Clements, current city Recreation 

Supervisor (and former Center 

Supervisor), for always coming to our 

rescue in fixing/solving our computer 

membership software program problems. 

We thank him for his loyalty 

and support. 

•Lifetime Membership Award: to 

Mary Lammers, Travel Club Director. 

Mary joined the club in 1989. She 

was soon asked to volunteer in the 

Below: 

Needlecraft 

Instructor, 

Beverlie Ticer 

(seated), with 

some of her 

20 students 

who all received 

Certificates of 

Appreciation: 

Delores Belmont, 

Rose Andrews, 

Jackie LeNarz, 

Rosemary Taylor, 

Alicia Quintero, 

Linda Murphy 

& Anita Torres. 

Fullerton Senior Club Luncheon 

travel office and she’s been there ever 

since. Her extensive travel knowledge 

and expertise over many years has 

been a tremendous asset to the club. 

Humble, shy, Mary always likes to 

stay in the background, but we just 

had to give her this long, overdue 

public recognition and reward her for 

her lengthy, devoted, untiring service 

on behalf of our club. We hope she 

never wants to retire. 

•Lifetime Membership Award: to 

Jane Holt, Club President for 2009 

and 2010. Jane became a member in 

1995 and has held many key positions 

(Director on the Board, 

Secretary, and 1st VP). She is one of 

the very few female presidents in the 

history of the club. Jane’s two terms 

have been much more time-consuming, 

diverse and unpredictable 

because of the city’s plans to build a 

new community center (combining 

our Senior Center with the Fullerton 

Boys and Girls’ Club). It’s a complicated 

undertaking and Jane has 

attended a multitude of city planning 

and council meetings. We were honored 

that Dick Waltz (former six-time 

president) was able to visit from 

Manteca, California, and present Jane 

with her plaque. We salute and honor 

Jane for her tenacity, great patience 

and strong endurance in representing 

our club. 


Above Left: Outgoing 

President, Jane Holt, presents 

Service Appreciation Award to 

Fullerton Recreation Supervisor 

John Clements 

Above: Newly elected 2011 

Senior Club Officers are 

President Doug Gilmour; 1st VP 

Ellen Hanley; 2nd VP Phyllis 

Levin; Secretary Sandra Orosco; 

and Treasurer George Tsuda 

Below: Jane Holt presents a 

Lifetime Membership Award to 

Mary Lammers 

At End of Page: Past President, 

Dick Waltz, presents the Lifetime 

Membership Award to Jane Holt 

Below Left: New Directors on 

the Board are Dennis Hittle 

(2011), Glenn Sorensen (2011), 

Richard & Susan Hoff (2013), 

and Diane Stelley (2013) 

Why 

Stay Home 

Alone? 

Everyone is welcome 

to join in the 

numerous free activities 

and classes offered 

at the Fullerton 

Senior Center, 340 

W. Commonwealth 

(right across from the 

Fullerton Public 

Library and City 

Hall). 

Call 714-738-6305 

for more information. 


Fullerton Fire & Police 

Departments 

•929 Calls: The Fire Department responded to 929 

requests for service in Nov. (669 were medical aid calls; 93 

were automatic aid responses; 28 were fires; 8 were hazardous 

materials incident; and 64 were service calls. Of the 

medical calls, 429 required advanced life support.) 

•3,917 Calls: The Police Department received 3,917 

emergency calls in November. There were 1,209 criminal 

reports taken and 402 persons arrested for various criminal 

offenses. 

•CSUF Parking Structure: Fire units responded shortly 

before midnight on Nov. 18 to the CSUF parking structure 

on a report of a vehicle on fire on the forth floor. The fire 

had activated the structure’s sprinkler system which held the 

fire in check until units were able to deploy hose lines. 

Cause undetermined. 

•Airplane Crash: Fire and police units responded to the 

4000 block of W. Commonwealth on Nov. 24 on the call 

that a private single-engine airplane had crashed on Runway 

6 at the Municipal Airport. The pilot and passenger from 

Newport Beach were removed from the plane and evaluated 

for injuries. The pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries 

and one was treated on scene after refusing transport to the 

hospital. 

•Dumpster Fire: Fire units responded to the 200 block of 

E. Santa Fe Ave. on a rubbish fire in the railroad right-ofway 

Nov. 12. 

•Community Policing: The Police Department held a 

monthly Community Policing and Crime Strategy meeting 

in Nov. and invited members of the CSUF Police Dept. to 

be a participating member to improve communication 

between the agencies. A crime trend of increased burglaries 

in specific areas of town was identified and a plan was 

implemented to educate the community in the affected 

areas and to reduce the opportunity for crime. 

•Curfew Sweep: The Police Department’s 

TARGET/Gang Unit participated in the countywide GRIP 

Curfew Sweep in a coordinated effort to locate and detain 

youth found to be out past curfew. 4 juveniles were detained 

in Fullerton and 51 were detained countywide Nov. 18. 

•Bomb: The OC Bomb Squad was called to detonate an 

expanding “acid bomb” thrown on the lawn of a home on 

Ladera Vista Dr. No injuries or property damage. 

•Train Station: A police patrol responded to the Train 

Station on a report that a 46-year-old woman had stepped 

off a train to have a cigarette and fell when she tried to get 

back on. She suffered superficial scrapes on her knee. 

•DUI Accident: A 20-year-old woman driver, who ran 

into a light pole at the corner of Harbor and Brea Blvd on 

Nov 14 at 2am, was found to be DUI. Two other women 

were in the vehicle. The driver sustained minor injuries. The 

passengers suffered major trauma. One was transported by 

Mercy Air and the other by ambulance to Long Beach 

Memorial Hospital. 

•Roll Over Accident: Fire units responded to a roll-over 

traffic accident at Lemon and Berkeley avenues at 12:46pm 

on Nov. 15. The patient was taken out through the vehicle’s 

window, examined, and treated by paramedics before she 

was accompanied to a trauma center. 

•Plumbing Fire: Fire units responded to a home on the 

1400 block of Wickford Ave. in Brea at 11am on Nov 24th. 

The fire was in the wall of the structure and was caused by 

the homeowner making plumbing repairs with a propane 

torch. The fire was contained and the homeowner was treated 

for minor burns at the scene. 

•CERT: The Fire Department’s CERT training academy 

finished on Nov. 13 with 10 graduates. Call 714-773-1316 

or email CRV@fullertonfire.org for information on upcoming 

classes. 

Fullerton Man Sentenced 

to 110 Years to Life in Prison 

Guillermo Rodriguez, 43, was found guilty of murder 

after killing his 43-year-old neighbor Donna Dutton when 

he found her in bed with his 18-year-old son in 2006. 

Rodriguez was accused of strangling Dutton, wrapping her 

body in a blanket, driving to Victorville and dumping the 

body in a remote area. He instructed his girlfriend and his 

son to tell police, if questioned, that the victim had left the 

dinner party at 2:30am. In Dec. 2006, Rodriguez told his 

new wife what he had done to Dutton two months earlier. 

His wife alerted Fullerton Police. During sentencing on 

Dec. 17 the victim’s sister and adult son gave statements to 

the court about the tremendous loss the family felt. The 

son was also convicted in the case for being an accessory 

after the fact and sentenced to one year in jail. Senior 

Deputy District Attorney Steve McGreevy of the Homicide 

Unit prosecuted the case.


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HELP WANTED 

TYPIST WANTED 

PHONE NUMBER CORRECTION 

Typist needed for book project. 

Call Robert at 714-264-4919 

The previous number printed in this ad was 

in error. The correct number is shown above. 

CITY JOBS 

•On-Call Police Dispatcher: $21 to $27/hour 

•Police Cadet: $10.50/per hour 

•Community Services Instructor: $9/hr 

•Community Services Specialist/$10-$11/hr 

www.cityoffullerton.com 

ITEMS FOR SALE 

VERY DRESSY SHOES 

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MUSICIANS FOR HIRE 

MC/DJ FOR HOLIDAY PARTYS 

Give the gift of music at your Holiday 

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How to Reduce America’s 

Energy Footprint by Sarah Mosko © 2010 

Americans today are generally aware that we consume 

far more energy per capita than most of the world’s peoples, 

over four times the world average and double that of 

regions like Japan and Europe which enjoy a similar standard 

of living. Most of us reflect on home gas and electric 

bills plus the fuel pumped into our cars’ gas tanks 

when judging our personal energy footprints. 

But in reality it is all the “stuff” Americans accumulate 

that contributes most heavily to our total energy consumption. 

To understand why this is true, it is necessary 

to first get a handle on the ways societies utilize energy. 

By convention, the energy-consuming activities of 

society are divided into the four sectors described below: 

residential, commercial, industry and transportation. 

The pie chart insert shows the percentage of total U.S. 

energy delivered in a year to each sector, according to 

recent U.S. Energy Information 

Administration figures. Note that the very 

same pie chart describes the average per capita 

energy consumption of Americans in the 

four sectors. 

The residential sector reflects the energy 

used to run our homes (to power lighting, 

appliances and heating & cooling systems) 

and, at 15%, it’s the next to smallest pie 

piece. At 40%, the transportation sector is 

largest but includes all energy inputted to 

move both people and goods about, be it by 

car, truck, train, plane, boat or pipeline. 

Given that about half this amount goes into 

shuttling people, this means that personal 

transportation and running our homes 

together account for only about 35% of the energy we 

Americans use. 

An additional 11% goes to meeting the energy 

demands of commercial/institutional buildings which 

constitute the entire service sector of society – businesses, 

organizations and institutions including schools, hospitals, 

correctional facilities, stores, restaurants, theaters, 

etc. – all of which expend energy for lighting, temperature 

control systems and appliances like computers and 

faxes. Though relatively modest, the energy that supports 

these shared facets of society is overlooked by most of us 

when contemplating our energy footprint. 

And also generally overlooked is our personal contribution 

to the industry sector which, at 34%, is on par with 

the energy sunk into running both our homes and vehicles. 

This sector covers the production of all the “stuff” 

that makes up the typical American lifestyle, everything 

... a culture 

and economy 

based on 

endless 

consumption 

of stuff 

is simply 

not compatible 

with a rational 

solution... 

UN Report on Polio Outbreak 

The United Nations and its partners 

completed the second of three rounds of 

country-wide polio immunization in the 

Republic of Congo, where a rare but highly 

fatal outbreak of the disease infected at 

least 476 people and caused the deaths of 

nearly 180. 

Sixty per cent of cases and deaths were 

young men and women between the ages 

of 15 and 29, Ms. Mercado told reporters 

in Geneva, adding that the first case of the 

outbreak was reported in the southern 

coastal city of Pointe Noire on Oct. 1st. 

from hamburgers, clothing and golf clubs to 

dishwashers, pharmaceuticals and satellites, 

plus all the factory machines that make 

stuff…virtually every manufactured or 

processed object you can name. The energy 

used at every step in production is figured 

in, starting with extraction of raw materials 

to final assembly. 

And, when you figure in that roughly half 

of transportation sector energy is funneled 

into moving raw materials and goods about 

the globe, a solid half of the energy that supports 

the American lifestyle is for making 

and bringing to market all manufactured and processed 

goods. 

A run-down of the energy-sapping steps involved in 

the production of a hypothetical 

polyester/cotton blend T-shirt, abstracted 

from the book “Stuff: The Secret Lives of 

Everyday Things” by John C. Ryan and Alan 

Thein Durning, drives home the point. 

The shirt’s polyester component derived 

from a few tablespoons of crude oil pumped 

up from a mile-deep well in Venezuela and 

shipped to a refinery on the island of Curaçao 

before being piped into a 12-story steel cracking 

tower where the many different hydrocarbons 

which make up the crude are separated 

out. Additional oil was burned to heat the 

crude to the 750°F needed to yield petrochemicals 

like ethylene and xylene from 

which polyester is synthesized. 

Those chemicals get shipped to a chemical plant in 

Delaware where high temperature processes convert 

them to intermediary chemicals which, in turn, are 

linked into long molecular chains of polyethylene terephthalate 

(like the PET in plastic beverage bottles). 

Polyester fibers are formed by drawing out the PET resin 

into hair-like filaments. 

Growing the shirt’s Mississippi cotton is also energy 

intensive from the start because of the heavy irrigation 

(electrically-driven) and frequent dousing with synthetic 

pesticides that is standard practice in the cotton industry. 

In addition, a crop duster burning diesel fuel from 

Mexico applies a defoliant before harvesting. To pick the 

cotton, a worker sits in the air-conditioned cab of a 

diesel-powered cotton stripper manufactured in the 

United States from parts imported from 20 countries. 

Once a cotton gin separates the fibers from the seeds, the 

Although global polio cases had 

decreased by 99% since 1998 – from an 

estimated 350,000 cases then to 1,604 

cases in 2009 – 23 previously polio-free 

countries have been re-infected by the 

virus between 2009 and 2010. 

A third round of the immunization 

campaign is scheduled for early Jan. The 

agency has a funding shortfall of $3 million 

to cover the cost of vaccines, social 

mobilization and hygiene. 

Go to www.unfoundation.org for more 

info on UN, Gates, Rotary partnership. 

fibers are trucked to a textile mill in North Carolina to be 

spun into yarn. Another mill knits the cotton and polyester 

into fabric. 

A woman in Honduras sews the T-shirt which is 

mounted on a sheet of cardboard made of pinewood pulp 

from Georgia wrapped in a polyethylene bag made in 

Mexico. The finished product is shipped back to the 

United States where the consumer most likely carts it 

home in a plastic bag made in Louisiana. 

The point here is not that anyone who cares about 

energy conservation should never buy a T-shirt, but 

rather the T-shirt saga illuminates how an individual’s 

purchasing habits contribute so heavily to his/her personal 

energy footprint. 

Given all the hidden energy embedded in manufactured 

and processed goods, Americans will ultimately 

need to do more than add solar panels to our rooftops 

and drive fuel efficient vehicles to transition away from a 

fossil fuel-based economy and to mitigate global climate 

change. We will need to accept that a culture and economy 

based on endless consumption of stuff is simply not 

compatible with a rational solution to our nation’s energy 

dilemma. 

But it won’t be politicians asking us to consume less of 

what we don’t really need that will lead to a more sustainable 

energy culture. Nor should we expect that industry 

will any time soon label products with the amount of 

energy used to produce them, though it would empower 

consumers to make smarter energy choices. 

Instead, culture change must come from ordinary people 

who choose to resist buying on impulse and shopping 

purely for the sake of entertainment, people mindful of 

the energy wasted in a single superfluous T-shirt. 

For more writings by Sarah Mosko, PhD go to her website 

“Boogie Green: Living Sustainably and Loving it” at 

www.boogiegreen.com 

Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus Visit Japan 

Pictured above Mr. and Mrs. Santa 

Claus visited Sohara Nursery School in 

Kakamigahara on December 8th, where 

the children put on a holiday show. 

Chet and Fran Swart of Fullerton have 

been going to Kakamigahara, Japan for 

the past seven or eight years to work with 

three Rotary Clubs which provide toys 

that are distributed to children during the 

holiday season. 

This year, from December 1st through 

11th, the couple visited eleven pre-schools 

in Kakamigahara and Gifu. “We also went 

to a welfare center for the handicapped in 

Fukushinosato, Japan,” said Mr. Swart.

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