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Page 6 Observer EARLY-MARCH 2009 Amateur Chefs Prepare to Cook Up a Feast Toward Ending Local Hunger & Homelessness Continued from frontpage 1st place and runner-up prizes in each category. There will also be prizes for best thematic table decorations. If you’re ready to show off your culinary skills for a good cause, call Barb Jennings at 714-272-8861. For more information on the event call 714-680-3691. Several new chefs have already signed up this year. Among them are Zoot Velasco, executive director of the Muckenthaler Cultural Center (his wife Monette will entertain during the event). Another new chef will be Scott Larson, the executive director of HomeAid Orange County. HomeAid is the charity arm of the Building Industry Assoc. The group took the lead on building the newest home on FIES New Vista campus in partership with Brookfield Homes. As a result FIES only had to raise about 20% of the total value of the new home. Chefs coming back this year include 2008 People’s Choice Award Winners – Jon Sanders, Ladd Roberts and Garrett Nichols along with professional judge favorites Capt. Greg Mayes and Police Chief Pat Monette and Zoot Velasco are participating in this year’s FIES fundrasier. Zoot as a chef and Monette as a singer. Scott Larson will be cooking at the FIES benefit. New this year is Chef Steve Huemoller from St. Paul Lutheran. McKinley of the Fullerton Police Department, and Bill Jindra. Chefs who have announced their dishes are Ron Bambas, double lemon crusted chicken; Dennis Bode, smoked tri-tip barbecue; Mike Nichols and son Garrett Morgan Nichols, smokehouse BBQ; Bill Jennings and Gregg Nolan, entrée; Ray Murphy with “SPOT,” assorted trifles; Kenny Sackett, beans; Shrinidhi Iyegar, chips and salsa; Capt. Mayes and Chief McKinley, appetizer; Mike Land, meatballs; Bill Jindra, Scandinavian almond cake; Tommy Jordan with a scrumptious dessert; and Troy High senior Matt Castro with an appetizer. Chefs who haven’t decided on their dishes include Paul Broden, Ben and Mitch Darraacq, Kenny Sackett, George Montgomery, and Doug Strom. Boys & Girls Youth of the Year Awards On February 20, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fullerton honored its Youth of the Year. The winning members have demonstrated excellence in participation, club service, discipline, and leadership. Proud family members and friends attended the awards ceremony. The winners at each the club branches are: •Commonwealth School: Noah Sanchez •Valencia Park: Vanessa Santos •Richman: Sequoia Holiman •Commonwealth Main: Gustavo Castro These winners will be honored along with other youth from Boys & Girls Clubs in 3 Orange County at an awards banquet at Knotts Berry Farm on March 6. Gustavo Castro is eligible to win the Youth of the Year nationwide which is for winners of the local level who are 14 and over. For more information about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fullerton, please call (714) 871-1391. 4 1) Noah Sanchez with Branch Director Kevin Pedraza, and other Commonwealth School Branch Staff. 2) Vanessa Santos with Russ Kazmierczak, Jr., Valencia Branch Director. 3) Sequoia Holiman with Elvin Campbell, Boys & Girls Club Director of Operations and Richman Branch Director Mike Lozano. 4) Gus Castro (2nd from left) with Mr. Campbell, and 2007 Youth of the Year Award winner Christian Aragon and Eddie Hernandez Commonwealth Branch Director. 1 2 FIES Director Announces Retirement Judi Bambas, director of Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Services announced her retirement. She intends to join husband, Ron, who has been retired for several years. They plan to travel--in fact already have 2 trips in the planning stage. “We will miss Judi's contagious enthusiasm for FIES. She has truly been a blessing these past four years as she has passionately shared our mission with the greater Fullerton community,” said Barbara Jennings. The board will begin a search process for her replacement this spring. FUHS Students to Perform at Jazz Fest Thirty-eight students from Fullerton Union High School will perform at the Reno Jazz Festival 2009 in Reno, Nevada from April 23 to April 26. Supervision will be privided by FUHS staff members Jill DeWeese, Vicky Nguyen, and parent chaperones Laura Dean-Richardson, Steve Richardson, Greg Franklin, and James Mohler. We hope they will bring home some great photos of the group in action! Police Seek Other Victims of Arrested Molestation Suspect Daniel Hansol Oh, 26, was arrested by police on Feb. 25. on charges he sexually molested a Fullerton girl weekly over a three-year period under the guise of giving her violin lessons. Oh was arrested in a music class on the campus of USC, where he is a student, and booked into the Fullerton city jail. He is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail pending arraignment. Fullerton police Sgt. Mike MacDonald said officers were made aware of the alleged molestation when the victim, now 15, came to the police to report the incident. “She had told her pastor about the molestations and he urged her to go to the police,” MacDonald said. MacDonald said the girl was 11 when she began taking violin lessons from Oh in 2003. The molestations occurred during the weekly lessons, which continued until 2006. The girl’s parents were in the home at the time of the lessons, but the door to the room where the instruction took place was kept closed during the sessions. Police are bringing this case to the public’s attention because Oh had other students in the same time frame “and we are concerned there may be additional victims” said Sgt. MacDonald. “We are asking anyone who may have been victimized by the suspect to contact Detective Kathryn Crum of the Fullerton Police Department at (714) 738-5327.” COME IN & SEE THE NEW WINTER STYLES Shoe Repair Shop Too! Custom Handcrafted Shoes for Men & Women since 1963 CAPRI SHOES 140 W. Commonwealth • Fullerton • 92832 www.caprishoes.com (714) 525-5128
EARLY-MARCH 2009 OBSERVERS AROUND THE WORLD Shirley Berry in North Carolina Shirley Berry visited her niece in North Carolina in December. As everyone knows, North Caroline is the place to shop for furniture! “We asked the sales person at the first store we went into to take the above photo.” “When a resident of Fullerton leaves our fair city we can not go without a copy of our Fullerton Observer. How else will we know what is going on in the real world?” says Shirley. Shirley said she got a surprise the next morning when she went to get the morning paper from the sidewalk and discovered, “low and behold, the city of Charlotte copied us! Just goes to show you how far and to what degree some cities will go to keep up with us!” Above: Shirley (at center) with her sister and niece Gerry and Alyscia Belden took her Observer shopping in Charlotte. Below: Shirley was surprised to find that Charlotte has an Observer too! SPECIAL for Observer Readers! Bring this Ad in & get Free T-Shirt with $5 yogurt purchase! PRACTICAL HEARING Practical Solutions for Your Hearing Needs • Hearing Testing • Hearing Aid Sales & Repairs • Noise Protection • Musicians Earplugs • Assistive Listening Devices • Aural Rehabilitation/Lipreading (714) 525-6990 www.practical hearing.com Jane F. Steckler, MA, CCC-A Audiologist Hearing Aid Dispenser LANDMARK PLAZA 122 N. Harbor Blvd., suite 208 In the Heart of Downtown Fullerton David Jerome & Roastbeef’s Promise You may have noticed "Roastbeef" yard signs around town and wondered what was going on? Turns out it was just some early marketing for life-long Fullerton resident David Jerome's new book called "Roastbeef's Promise." "The book is being marketed and distributed nationally, but I wanted as many Fullertonians as possible to know about it, so I did some local marketing myself. It's been really fun for me to see curious people trying to figure out what the signs mean. I had a sign on my lawn and my neighbor thought I was selling sandwiches!" In this, his first novel, Jerome mixes his love of travel and comedy writing into a warm and funny travel adventure. Prior to this effort he wrote jokes for Jay Leno and other comedians, and performed his own comedy monologue on the ABC late night talk show "Into The Night Rick Dees." In the mid-90s he authored a play called "Quick Fix" that debuted at Stages Theater. "I'd worked on that play for years, and opening night turned out to be the same night that OJ went on his slow-speed freeway chase, and hardly anybody showed up until the second act." Jerome then published a comedy newspaper that Fullertonians may remember called, "The Irreverent Times." "We had the paper carried on newsstands in five western states, but I was wearing too many hats and folded the paper to concentrate on my writing." Jerome spent the late 90's working on two books, one of which was "Roastbeef's Promise." The book has been getting good reviews including endorsements from Rick Dees, a best-selling author, a Tonight Show staff writer, and a world record-holding traveler. "I'm so proud of the way this book has turned out. Amongst all the laughs is an underlying message of commitment to family and perseverance, which I think people need to be reminded of right now." Jerome recently appeared on KOCE-TV's "Real Orange" and will be on a ten city book tour this month with stops in New York, Chicago, Memphis, Des Moines, Omaha, Las Vegas and other cities that play a significant roll in the book. “Roastbeef's Promise” is available wherever books are sold. Fullerton Observer Page 7 Local Author Author David Jerome What the Book’s About When Jim "Roastbeef" Hume embarks on a quest to sprinkle his father's ashes in each of the forty-eight contiguous states, he has no idea that a series of bizarre and ridiculous adventures await. But nothing will deter him from fulfilling the promise he made to his dying father - not a brief incarceration in Iowa or a punctured lung in South Dakota. As he travels across the country, he picks up numerous new friends, presides over the ultimate frat party, poses as a lesbian's boyfriend, and gives away a very pregnant bride in a Las Vegas wedding. And who could have dreamed that somewhere amidst the craziness of dropping ashes from a crop duster and finding Elvis's toenail, Roastbeef would stumble upon a lucrative career? Join Roastbeef as he drives, bikes, hitchhikes, rides the rails, and mo-peds his way around the country. This is one laugh-out-loud roadtrip you don't want to miss.
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