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Updates on<br />
Litigation<br />
Against the City<br />
•Pacific Coast Homes (Chevron)<br />
v. City of <strong>Fullerton</strong>. Chevron/PCH<br />
sued the city for $1 million after the<br />
city council vote on its 760-home<br />
development in West Coyote Hills was<br />
denied. The trial court approved a 6month<br />
“stay” of the litigation to give<br />
the parties time to discuss potential<br />
settlement. What that settlement<br />
might be will come before the public<br />
at an upcoming city council session.<br />
•Friends for <strong>Fullerton</strong>’s Future<br />
(Tony Bushala) v. City of <strong>Fullerton</strong>.<br />
Local developer Tony Bushala and his<br />
group Friends for <strong>Fullerton</strong>’s Future<br />
sued the city and redevelopment<br />
agency after the city council voted to<br />
expand the redevelopment project area<br />
into west <strong>Fullerton</strong> (even though those<br />
who wanted to opt out of the plan<br />
were allowed to do so). Judgement was<br />
entered in favor of the city and redevelopment<br />
agency. FFFF and Mr.<br />
Bushala filed a notice of appeal. No<br />
briefs have been filed on appeal yet<br />
and no date has been set for oral argument<br />
at the Court of Appeal.<br />
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FULLERTON’S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWS •est.1978 (printed on 20% recycled paper) Volume 33 #3 • MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
FULLERTON CA F<br />
Alyssa Alex & Carly Valdes PHOTO BY DOUG HIKAWA ©2011<br />
Alyssa Alex & Carly Valdes Crowned 2011<br />
Miss Outstanding Teen & Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
The 9th Annual Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong> Scholarship<br />
Pageant took place on Feb. 5th at the <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
College Campus Theatre. There were two categories:<br />
Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong> with seven contestants and<br />
Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong> Outstanding Teen with five contestants.<br />
As part of the competition each of the<br />
contestants presented a cause that they were<br />
interested in, and each demonstrated a talent.<br />
Winner of the Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong> title receives a<br />
$1,000 scholarship. Her two runner-ups receive<br />
awards of $500 and $250. Winner of the<br />
Outstanding Teen title receives a $500 Savings<br />
Bond and her runner-up receives a $250 Savings<br />
Bond.<br />
CSUF student Carly Valdes, 18, was selected<br />
Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong> 2011. Miss Valdes promoted<br />
after-school activities. She has been a volunteer<br />
in after-school programs and at the Boys & Girls<br />
Medical and industrial instrument maker<br />
Danaher Corp. agreed Feb. 7th to buy Beckman<br />
Coulter Inc. for $5.87 billion, or $83.50 per<br />
share, more than doubling the revenue of<br />
Danaher's life sciences business.<br />
Acquisition rumors have swirled around<br />
Beckman Coulter, which makes medical testing<br />
instruments, since December.<br />
The sale won't go through unless a majority of<br />
Beckman Coulter shareholders approve. If that<br />
happens, the companies believe the deal will<br />
close by the end of June.<br />
Club. She chose singing as her talent. Valdes<br />
was crowned by 2010 Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong> Gabby<br />
Marco. Ryan Osborn and Courtney Trouten<br />
were Runner-Ups.<br />
Rancho Los Alamitos High School student<br />
Alyssa Alex, was selected as Miss Outstanding<br />
Teen 2011. Alyssa’s talent is jazz dance and her<br />
platform is Kids Care, Community Service for<br />
Youth. She was crowned by Miss <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Outstanding Teen 2010 Sabrina Alonso.<br />
Miranda Chen was the runner-up.<br />
Both Carly and Alyssa will now go on to compete<br />
in the state level competitions in their categories<br />
held June 20th-25th in Fresno.<br />
The contest and pageant is run by energetic<br />
couple Kathi and Doug Hikawa. Go to<br />
www.Miss<strong>Fullerton</strong>.com for more information.<br />
Beckman Coulter Acquisition<br />
Beckman, a <strong>Fullerton</strong> institution since 1954,<br />
moved its headquarters to Brea in 2009. Its 44acre<br />
former location (with 288,450 square feet of<br />
office space and 44,900 square feet of lab testing<br />
areas) at 4300 N. Harbor has been listed for sale<br />
since July 2010.<br />
The company, always considered a good corporate<br />
neighbor, has supported various community<br />
projects and been a constant partner in science<br />
education through generous donations to<br />
the <strong>Fullerton</strong> schools over the years.<br />
Teachers Jobs<br />
Saved by Federal<br />
Jobs Funds but<br />
18 Expect Layoffs<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> Joint Union<br />
High School District received<br />
$3.2 million in Federal Jobs<br />
Funds this year that must be<br />
spent by Sept. 30, 2012. The<br />
Board of Trustees supported<br />
use of $1.296 million to save<br />
14.4 FTE certificated positions<br />
for 2011/12. Over $1.9 million<br />
of the funds remain.<br />
The Board will take action at<br />
its Tues., Feb. 22 meeting to<br />
approve preliminary layoff<br />
notices for 18 other full and<br />
part-time teachers. The action<br />
is due to an expected drop in<br />
enrollment of 332 students for<br />
2011/12. Notices are due to be<br />
sent out March 15.<br />
The Board meets at 7:30pm<br />
in the Education Center at<br />
1051 W. Bastanchury Road.<br />
Four Monitoring<br />
Wells at Amerige<br />
Heights Show<br />
Increasing<br />
Contaminants<br />
Raytheon purchased the former<br />
Hughes Aircraft property<br />
on W. Malvern at Gilbert in<br />
1997 and has been working<br />
with California Department of<br />
Toxic Substances Control to<br />
come up with a plan to clean<br />
up pollution on the property<br />
ever since.<br />
In 1998, Raytheon sold 293<br />
acres of the property to developers<br />
LSF II SunCal. The<br />
clean-up was put on hold, with<br />
promises to re-instate the effort<br />
after construction of Amerige<br />
Heights was completed.<br />
Numerous monitoring wells<br />
have been drilled to discover<br />
the spread of the pollution.<br />
And extraction equipment was<br />
set up behind Target in 2005 in<br />
efforts to pull contaminants<br />
upward. The treated water is<br />
released into the sanitary sewer.<br />
Since start up of the treatment<br />
facility through September<br />
2010, nearly 20 million gallons<br />
of groundwater have been<br />
treated.<br />
Even so, the plume beneath<br />
the property appears to be<br />
spreading and clean-up seems<br />
to be stalled.<br />
Results of September 2010<br />
monitoring well tests were<br />
released recently and show an<br />
increase in pollutant levels in<br />
four wells (drilled from 238 to<br />
1,153 feet below ground) compared<br />
to tests done in 2009.<br />
The principal drinking water<br />
aquifer from which <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
and much of Orange County<br />
pumps a large portion of drinking<br />
water is generally located<br />
from 200 to 1,250 feet below<br />
Continued page 10
Page 2 FULLERTON OBSERVER<br />
Chimes Tribute to<br />
People of Egypt<br />
To <strong>Fullerton</strong> 1st Christian Church,<br />
Today (February 11) I was having lunch<br />
with a friend at Villa Del Sol. At 1:00 we<br />
heard the church bell chimes and suddenly<br />
noticed a familiar tune. As we realized the<br />
words to the tune ("My country tis of thee,<br />
sweet land of liberty, ------ from every mountainside,<br />
let freedom ring") we looked up at<br />
our waitress and all 3 of us got chills. This<br />
was not accidental timing. This was hours<br />
after Mubarak stepped down. What a brilliant<br />
stroke this was. I just wish all of <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
was able to hear your tribute to the people of<br />
Egypt. Thank you for this wonderful and<br />
thoughtful touch. I should also mention that<br />
my friend lived through the Hungarian revolution<br />
so the 2 of us were particularly touched<br />
by today's events and your tribute. Cudos to<br />
whoever thought of this.<br />
Barbara Rosen <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
How Income Tax Dollar<br />
is Spent<br />
Thanks for printing “How Your Income<br />
Dollar is Spent,” (Early Feb. <strong>Observer</strong>, page<br />
8). According to your information, about 39<br />
cents of every tax dollar is spent on current<br />
and past wars, interest on Pentagon debt and<br />
veterans.<br />
Here’s another whopper: About a quarter of<br />
government spending is on the military; the<br />
U.S. spends more on defense - in the hundreds<br />
of billions - than every other nation on<br />
the planet combined.<br />
This is the proverbial elephant in the room<br />
that Ike - can you hear the echoes of Ike? -<br />
warned about when the former general saw<br />
the post World War II military-industrial<br />
complex growing out of control.<br />
I know, I know, it’s a dangerous world.<br />
Islamic extremists have us in their crosshairs.<br />
North Korea and its wacky leader wield nukes,<br />
as do several other countries. Russia has, in<br />
effect, reloaded. China is no paper tiger. And<br />
on and on.<br />
But, really, do we need to spend into oblivion?<br />
Do we need 50,000 troops in Iraq? Do<br />
we need thousands upon thousands in<br />
Germany, Japan, South Korea, Qatar,<br />
Bahrain, the Sinai Desert, Djibouti? Or 700plus<br />
bases across the world? And what of our<br />
multiplicity of nukes, drones, bombers,<br />
unmanned space shuttles, F-22 Raptors,<br />
sound-barrier-breaking Hornets, combat<br />
robots, flying boats, ballistic-missile submarines,<br />
electromagnetic railguns, amphibious<br />
assault ships, etc.?<br />
We’re all concerned about the roughly $14<br />
trillion debt and the roughly $1.5 trillion<br />
deficit, and yet the most extravagant spending<br />
also seems to be the most untouchable. Let’s<br />
face it, any president who cuts the sacred cow<br />
of defense commits blasphemy.<br />
But let’s face another reality: Americans:<br />
we’re the mightiest military in the history of<br />
Mankind already. I mean, as far as the rest of<br />
the world is concerned, we’re on steroids. Let’s<br />
quit with the chest flexing - while staying<br />
plenty strong - and take a good hard look at<br />
reasonable and sane reductions, in the name<br />
of strengthening our economy.<br />
Brady Rhoades <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
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<strong>Fullerton</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>. I have enjoyed the paper<br />
for many years. Looking forward to enjoying<br />
it again!<br />
Mrs. Loraine Bell <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
ED: Thank you for enjoying the paper!<br />
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• 99,704<br />
• 4,436<br />
• 1,476<br />
• 32,009<br />
• 9,971<br />
WAR COSTS in Life & Money<br />
• $1.151<br />
Trillion<br />
COMMUNITY OPINIONS<br />
Keep Egypt in Thoughts & Prayers<br />
The YWCA is a global organization.<br />
The message below was sent by Marlene<br />
Kanawati, Member YWCA Executive<br />
Committee of the National Board of<br />
Egypt. Please keep the women of Egypt<br />
in your thoughts and prayers.<br />
Diane Masseth-Jones,<br />
Executive Director<br />
YWCA North Orange County<br />
Sunday, February 06, 2011<br />
4:35pm<br />
YWCA Egypt<br />
We are all well here in Maadi as it is<br />
a suburb and danger becomes more limited.<br />
Of course, there are tanks all over<br />
the area and in each corner, as we have<br />
many foreigners and especially<br />
Americans here.<br />
However the first couple of days were<br />
very worrying as there was no police or<br />
security, and we were told to take care of<br />
ourselves, so the young men of every<br />
building got together and got sticks and<br />
my daughter Cherry's boys had their<br />
father's gun and spent the whole night<br />
wide awake, shooting in the air whenever<br />
they heard anything fishy. We were<br />
worried about them too. They coalesced<br />
with the young men of the building<br />
next to ours and so were about ten persons<br />
standing guard together.<br />
What is worrying now is that there<br />
are 2 factions now in the country: one<br />
wants a complete governmental change,<br />
while the other is ready to accept a gradual<br />
change. I fear a civil war between<br />
the two. Some elements in town began<br />
to throw stones at each other and we<br />
heard that some shots were exchanged<br />
when some camel owners, catering for<br />
tourists, came around with their camels<br />
and others shot at the camels and<br />
wounded or killed them. The camel<br />
owners began to defend their camels.<br />
There were some casualties. I hope there<br />
is no organized conflict cooking up to<br />
allow the army to interfere.<br />
The YWCA is of course closed. I<br />
spoke yesterday to our general secretary,<br />
Mary Tadros, and she is well though<br />
very worried about the situation as we<br />
all are. Hoda Gad El Rab is in Dubai to<br />
visit her son since early January, before<br />
all this began, and is supposed to return<br />
by Feb. 12. We have a board meeting<br />
scheduled for Friday Feb. 19. I have no<br />
Good Job Keeping Citizens Informed<br />
You should be commended and duly<br />
recognized for the way you discharged<br />
your responsibility as a fair, impartial<br />
and responsible free press during the<br />
last City Council election.<br />
It has been my privilege to learn more<br />
about <strong>Fullerton</strong> and North Orange<br />
County and to continue to make new<br />
friends. As a longtime student of local,<br />
state and federal government, I admired<br />
the way you tried to keep our citizens<br />
and voters well-informed. It is such a<br />
idea if we shall be able to hold it; it will<br />
depend on how things will develop. For<br />
the moment we have a daily curfew that<br />
starts at 5pm till 8am.<br />
Anyway, the situation is very, very<br />
serious, and no one is able to predict<br />
how it will end. Meanwhile AUC which<br />
was supposed to open on January 30,<br />
has been postponed to Feb. 13. Most of<br />
the international students are leaving,<br />
advised by their governments to go<br />
away. It also means we have to organize<br />
extra classes to make up for lost days.<br />
This always creates problems as students<br />
feel reassured, and refuse to come<br />
on those extra days.<br />
The whole thing is very disruptive, to<br />
say the least. But the main thing is that<br />
we hope that no violence will result in<br />
the whole country, as emotions are<br />
high.<br />
Thanks again, dear friends, for your<br />
concern and hope we shall have better<br />
news soon. With love and a big hug to<br />
each of you,<br />
Marlene Kanawati, Ph.D.<br />
Member of the AUC faculty,<br />
Member of the YWCA<br />
Executive Committee of the<br />
National Board of Egypt.<br />
UPDATE: Egyptians Win<br />
After 18 days of protest, people<br />
power won and 30-year-president<br />
Mubarak resigned turning power over<br />
to the military council on Friday,<br />
February 11, 2011.<br />
Millions of Egyptians flooded streets<br />
in joyous celebration and in anticipation<br />
of a new freedom in Egypt.<br />
The best coverage of the historic<br />
peaceful revolution was captured by Al<br />
Jazeera which all other news broadcasts<br />
relied on. See the ongoing coverage at<br />
www.english.aljazeera.net<br />
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon<br />
commended the people of Egypt for<br />
the peaceful, courageous and orderly<br />
manner in which they exercised their<br />
legitimate rights. “The voice of the<br />
Egyptian people, particularly the<br />
youth, has been heard, and it is for<br />
them to determine the future of their<br />
country,” he stated. Other leaders<br />
around the world also spoke up including<br />
President Obama who praised the<br />
peaceful take over, likening it to the<br />
work of Gandhi and Dr. King.<br />
vital and necessary component to keep<br />
our great democracy vibrant and working<br />
effectively.<br />
I am now back full time at my busy<br />
law practice that I also love and enjoy.<br />
IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN<br />
Anthony N. (Tony) Fonte <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
ED: Thank you for recognizing the<br />
<strong>Observer</strong> crew for carrying out the<br />
paper’s mission to keep our town’s residents<br />
informed! Mr. Fonte ran for a<br />
seat on the city council in the last race.<br />
Civilians killed by military in Iraq<br />
www.iraqbodycount.org (2/12/2011)<br />
US Soldiers killed in Iraq: (DoD 1/28/2011)<br />
US Soldiers killed in Afghanistan (2/12/2011)<br />
www.icasualties.org<br />
US Soldiers wounded (DOD reports) www.icasualties.org<br />
Iraq (3/2003 thru 1/2011)<br />
Afghanistan (10/2001 thru 1/2011)<br />
Cost of Wars Since 2001 www.costofwar.com (2/12/2011)<br />
(rounded down)<br />
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
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MID FEBRUARY 2011 COMMUNITY OPINIONS<br />
Out of My Mind<br />
by Jon Dobrer © 2011 JonDobrer@mac.com<br />
Tone Deaf Hypocrites of the Week:<br />
Lee, Thomas & Mubarak<br />
What do Chris Lee, Clarence Thomas<br />
and Hosni Mubarak have in common?<br />
Well, as it turns out quite a bit--besides all<br />
being big and embarrassing<br />
news stories. They share prob-<br />
lems with hypocrisy and a certain<br />
deafness of tone. They all<br />
had problems getting it.<br />
Chris Lee was certainly trying<br />
to get "it" when he, a family values<br />
conservative, emailed a picture<br />
of his pecs to a woman on<br />
Craig's List. But to his credit,<br />
fraud and hypocrite though he<br />
may be, he immediately understood<br />
that he had gotten caught,<br />
and he decided to do the decent<br />
thing for himself and his family (probably<br />
in that order). He resigned.<br />
Mr. Justice Clarence Thomas had no<br />
such reaction when he was caught filing<br />
false disclosure forms--under penalty of<br />
perjury! Had this been a one off, his explanation<br />
of just not seeing the box that he<br />
was required to check and explain his<br />
wife's outside sources of income, might<br />
have been credible. But he failed to disclose<br />
for 13 years his wife's work and<br />
income from various highly partisan political<br />
groups. He may well have feared that<br />
such financial benefits to him and his<br />
family might have put his objectivity into<br />
question and called for his recusal on<br />
What’s Next For Egypt?<br />
I know that no one can predict the<br />
future. But I predict that it will be more<br />
complicated and evolving than being a<br />
choice of some finite number of foreseeable<br />
alternatives. We may want a military<br />
authority--and I suspect will have that for<br />
a good (and difficult) while. We may fear<br />
a coup by religious extremists. This is a<br />
legitimate fear, but an unlikely outcome.<br />
Or, there could be a strongman<br />
on a white horse--or the<br />
even rarer, white camel.<br />
We have<br />
been calling<br />
the protesters<br />
Pro-Democracy.<br />
But that is not<br />
entirely true.<br />
No one really knows anything<br />
yet. We don't know if<br />
the newly free and powerful<br />
feeling masses will try to<br />
make peace or exact revenge<br />
and purge the nation of anyone<br />
who was connected to<br />
the bad old regime. We don't<br />
know if the formerly powerful<br />
will launch a counter-revolution.<br />
We don't know how<br />
long any government can<br />
create a semblance of order out of the<br />
chaos of discontent as freedom fails to<br />
equal immediate financial success.<br />
We have been calling the protesters Pro-<br />
Democracy. But that is not entirely true.<br />
They were united in opposition to<br />
Mubarak's horrible regime. They are<br />
made up, however, of many component<br />
parts, and the fissures will begin to show<br />
HOW TO VOICE<br />
YOUR OPINION<br />
many issues before the court. Just as he<br />
didn't see the box, he doesn't see a problem.<br />
This means he is either intellectually<br />
challenged or ethically challenged.<br />
Possibly both.<br />
But for pure tone deafness,<br />
Hosni Mubarak is this week's<br />
winner. He didn't know it was<br />
over when it was over. His<br />
generals came to him and<br />
thought they had a deal to<br />
step down. He fought them<br />
and tried only to step aside-out<br />
of the line of fire. But it<br />
didn't work. This left the generals<br />
having to choose either<br />
to kill their own people or<br />
drop Mubarak off the back of the caravan.<br />
The generals, knowing Mubarak's days<br />
were numbered, had no good reason to<br />
fight for him. As with most megalomanical<br />
dictators, he didn't get it. Friday afternoon,<br />
his generals explained it to him.<br />
For those readers who think I pick on<br />
conservatives, let me say that the great<br />
irony of the week is that former Rep.<br />
Chris Lee was the quickest wit of the<br />
group and the first to understand that the<br />
game was over, cop to his transgression<br />
and leave the room. Hosni followed. This<br />
leaves only Justice Thomas. We're waiting.<br />
He may have<br />
feared that<br />
such financial<br />
benefits might<br />
have put his<br />
objectivity into<br />
question...<br />
pretty soon. Without a history of democracy<br />
there is no social contract to accept<br />
the results of an election. How will it be<br />
managed?<br />
Everyone has feared the Iranian model<br />
of the Mullahs managing the elected officials,<br />
vetting them and limiting their ability<br />
to govern. But Egypt is not Iran, and<br />
there are no Mullahs. The Muslim<br />
Brotherhood in not the same.<br />
In Egypt the part of the<br />
Mullahs will be played by the<br />
military. What is most likely in<br />
the short run, of 18 months to<br />
2 years, is a version of the<br />
Turkish form of government<br />
with an elected body that has a<br />
certain amount of freedom but<br />
is limited by a secular military<br />
establishment.<br />
Here is the final unknown:<br />
Will the military be the old<br />
guard generals, blooded in<br />
wars with Israel and trained by<br />
the Soviet Union, or the new generation<br />
of officers trained in America and with<br />
working relationships both with us and<br />
Israel? Yes, that will make a difference.<br />
Find more of the thoughts of Jon Dobrer<br />
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or www.Dobrer.com<br />
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<strong>Observer</strong>s Around the World<br />
El Jay & Linda Overholt in China<br />
My husband and I are longtime<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> residents (since 1976), and<br />
upon my retirement from USC last<br />
summer planned a trip to China. We<br />
departed in late October and spent our<br />
first week exploring the wonders of<br />
Shanghai. From there we traveled<br />
south to Guilin, site of the Li River<br />
and the loveliest region we visited.<br />
The distinctive karst mountains (see<br />
above) which enclose the river were<br />
the inspiration for the mountains<br />
depicted in "Avatar." We next<br />
headed north to Xi'an, home of the<br />
Terra Cotta Warriors. Even though<br />
we had seen photos before, nothing<br />
prepared us for the scale of the site.<br />
There are literally thousands of warriors,<br />
and the magnitude of the work<br />
involved in the construction is<br />
incredible, especially considering<br />
that it was all built by conscripted<br />
labor from 251-210 BC.<br />
Our final stop was Beijing, where<br />
we particularly enjoyed exploring the<br />
Forbidden City. The entire complex<br />
contains 9,700 rooms, so one<br />
could literally spend a lifetime trying<br />
to see it all!<br />
<strong>Observer</strong>s Around the World<br />
Top Left:<br />
El Jay &<br />
Linda inside<br />
the<br />
Forbidden<br />
City.<br />
Above: The<br />
beautiful<br />
landscape of<br />
the Li River.<br />
At Left:<br />
Xi’an, home<br />
of the Terra<br />
Cotta<br />
Warriors<br />
Professors Johnson & Stein on a Chilly Cruise<br />
Two California State University professors, Andi Stein and Carolyn E. Johnson,<br />
(pictured at right) braved the "coldest winter in history" in Germany, Austria,<br />
and Hungary on a Christmas Market river boat cruise during the Christmas holidays.<br />
The cruise started in Nuremberg, Germany, and ended in Budapest.<br />
“Along the way, the <strong>Fullerton</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> became a symbol of life back home!”
Page 4 FULLERTON OBSERVER CITY NEWS<br />
CITY COUNCIL NOTES<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> City Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 5pm<br />
(closed session) and 6:30pm (public session). Contact council at 714-738-6311 or council@ci.fullerton.ca.us.<br />
Upcoming Agenda info and Streaming Video are available at<br />
www.cityoffullerton.com. Meetings are broadcast live on Cable Channel 3 and rebroadcast<br />
at 3pm and at 6pm the following Wed.& Sun., and at 5pm Mon.<br />
City Hall is located at 303 W. Commonwealth, <strong>Fullerton</strong>.<br />
Feb. 1st Council Meeting<br />
Mayor Jones was absent, so Mayor<br />
Protem Bankhead took charge of the meeting<br />
which started off with a presentation by<br />
Development Director Al Zelinka on a<br />
$100,000 grant received by the city from<br />
Southern California Association of<br />
Governments (SCAG) which will be used<br />
towards a web-based Smart Growth 2030<br />
tool. A request for proposals will go out and<br />
a consultant will be selected in April. The<br />
city used a similar grant for the 3-D model<br />
of town available on the website.<br />
Public Comments<br />
Pensions: Barry Levinson, who recently<br />
ran for a seat on the council, spoke about<br />
the need for public sector employees to pay<br />
their fair share of retirement benefits and<br />
for the retirement age to be increased. He<br />
said the unfunded pension liability of<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> of almost $127 million for safety<br />
employees only needed to be reined in. He<br />
suggested that council should get bids for<br />
privatizing city services as a way to let<br />
unions know the city is serious in upcoming<br />
labor negotiations. Mayor Protem<br />
Bankhead cut his microphone off as he was<br />
beyond his three minute limit. The two,<br />
who have had personality clashes in the<br />
past, stared at each other. The mic went<br />
back on and Levinson finished his sentence<br />
and sat down.<br />
Flashing Left Hand Turns: Dottie<br />
Pentleton and Irene Shaw Broden asked<br />
council to get rid of the flashing yellow left<br />
hand turn signals, which are confusing and<br />
dangerous, before someone gets hurt.<br />
Outdoor Dining: Jian Monte Cristo<br />
owner of Les Amis at 128 Wilshire in the<br />
back parking lot asked council to please<br />
allow the outdoor dining item to come up<br />
for a vote. She has been waiting since<br />
November to install an outdoor covered<br />
patio at her location for her customers.<br />
(The issue is on the Feb. 15 agenda)<br />
Community Center: Roberta Reed said<br />
she does not see a need for the new community<br />
center it was fine the way it was.<br />
She said redevelopment funds could be<br />
ended at anytime and stop projects in the<br />
middle of construction. (Actually funding<br />
that has been committed is safe).<br />
Internet Restrictions: A resident living<br />
near CSUF said he was trying to get internet<br />
set up in his apartment and there seems<br />
to be a restriction of certain companies in<br />
certain parts of town and he wanted to<br />
know why. (If you found out call the paper<br />
at 714-525-6402)<br />
Council Business<br />
Consent Agenda: Item #6 was removed<br />
by Councilmember Quirk-Silva. The item<br />
was about a CALGRIP state grant. Silva<br />
asked Police Chief Sellers how the money<br />
would be used. He said it would be used for<br />
a gang prevention program for 8 to 13year-olds<br />
to teach leadership skills. The<br />
money will fund three case workers and be<br />
administered by the Parks & Rec Dept. All<br />
items passed 4-0.<br />
Resident Only Parking Permits: Item<br />
#9 brought neighbors from streets around<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> College and CSUF to the podium.<br />
All were in favor of the permits to keep<br />
students from parking in the neighborhoods.<br />
They suggested the city talk with the<br />
college and university to come up with a<br />
plan. “Student parking should be the college’s<br />
problem not our problem.” Trash<br />
including “adult” party invitations, noise,<br />
rude students, no where for residents to<br />
park on their own street, danger to neighborhood<br />
kids, concerns about crime with<br />
so many strangers coming and going while<br />
most neighbors are at work, and other<br />
problems were cited. Councilmember Pat<br />
McKinley, who opposed the permits at the<br />
start of the meeting, said his mind had been<br />
changed by the end. The item passed 4-0<br />
Budget Review: Director of<br />
Administrative Services Julia James said<br />
that sales and property tax revenues are up<br />
signaling an improving economy. There is<br />
$115 million in city and redevelopment<br />
funds invested with an average yield of .75.<br />
“We cut $10 million out of the General<br />
Fund last year.” She said things are looking<br />
better but we will be experiencing structural<br />
deficits coming up.<br />
She said two cost<br />
$700,000<br />
lost to city<br />
over<br />
acquiescing<br />
to special<br />
interest<br />
pressure.<br />
recovery measures discussed<br />
at the time of<br />
budget cuts last year, the<br />
Fire Inspection Fee<br />
Increases and the downtown<br />
paid parking<br />
study, have been put on<br />
hold. Quirk-Silva asked<br />
for an explanation of<br />
why those measures<br />
weren’t implemented.<br />
Fire Chief Knabe said that the fee increases<br />
met with extreme opposition from the public<br />
so the dept. is taking another look at<br />
them. On further questioning it was<br />
revealed the “public” opposition came from<br />
the Building Industry and Apartment<br />
Owners Associations. Quirk-Silva said “we<br />
asked everyone to make painful cuts and be<br />
part of the solution, that includes the BIA<br />
and Apartment Owners Association. We<br />
can’t just cut city workers and programs.<br />
There is $700,000 in revenue to be gained<br />
by the fee increase. I don’t want to take it<br />
off the table.”<br />
The paid parking area study was delayed<br />
after it was discovered that the public had<br />
to be involved in the process. Workshops<br />
will take place in the spring.<br />
Affordable Apartments: State and<br />
Federal law requires cities to create a certain<br />
percentage of affordable housing in various<br />
categories. Redevelopment manager<br />
Charles Kovack said that the city must<br />
begin to focus on creating rental housing<br />
for extremely low/very low/ and low<br />
income households. He described the proposed<br />
review board which would score<br />
prospective projects using categories<br />
including location within a redevelopment<br />
area; close to transportation; integrated onsite<br />
uses - such as after-school programs;<br />
use of green building practices and materials;<br />
and positive impact on the city. The<br />
affordable rental project request opened to<br />
developers on Jan. 14. The selected project<br />
will be presented to council in late March<br />
or early April. City Attorney Jones said that<br />
if redevelopment is eliminated by the state<br />
the city is still responsible for fulfilling its<br />
share of affordable housing. Manager<br />
Kovack said that we are looking at funds we<br />
currently have - not future funds. Approved<br />
3-1 (Whitaker, no)<br />
Downtown Core & Corridor: Planning<br />
Manager Heather Allen told about a 17member<br />
evaluation team which will recommend<br />
a developer for the $1 million grant<br />
the city received for a project to spruce up<br />
areas along Harbor from downtown to the<br />
91 Freeway. Applications are available<br />
online at www.cityoffullerton.com on the<br />
clerks page. Deadline Feb. 15.<br />
FEB. 15TH AGENDA<br />
•Outdoor Dining & Encroachments<br />
•Resolution to Apply for OCTA Funds<br />
•Public Hearing: FTC Cost Recovery<br />
•Formation of Housing Authority<br />
•Closed Sessions: PD litigation<br />
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Esther Kim’s Prize-Winning Peace Poster<br />
Parks Jr. High 8th grade student<br />
Esther (Hyo Jin) Kim was selected as a<br />
merit award winner in the 23rd Annual<br />
Lions International Peace Poster<br />
Contest.<br />
Her award-winning poster was selected<br />
from the artwork of 350,000 children<br />
from 65 countries. The posters were<br />
judged at the club, district and multiple<br />
district levels before reaching the international<br />
level.<br />
Esther’s poster was chosen from<br />
among 120 top posters to win one of 23<br />
global merit awards. The judging was<br />
based on creativity, originality and portrayal<br />
of the theme, “Vision of Peace.”<br />
She will receive a $500 cash prize along<br />
with a certificate of merit.<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> Host Lions Club sponsored<br />
the entry. Each year the club<br />
invites area youth ages 11 to 13 to submit<br />
posters with the theme of Peace.<br />
Esther previously won a $200 award at<br />
the local level, before going on to win at<br />
the District and State levels, and now the<br />
International level.
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
School Board Report<br />
by Jan Youngman<br />
SCHOOL NEWS<br />
Above: Crane Essay Scholarship winners Miguel Fuentes, Joshua Chavez, Marco Vargas<br />
and Monique Corona each received an award of $1,500 towards the cost of their<br />
American Heritage trip to Washington DC.<br />
FEB 8TH FSD BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Next meeting Feb. 22 at 6pm<br />
Nicolas Students Receive Scholarships<br />
Noticing that last year, only 11 Nicolas<br />
8th grade students participated in the<br />
American Heritage Trip to Washington<br />
D.C., Doug and Phyllis Crane asked<br />
Nicolas Junior High School if they could<br />
provide scholarships so more students<br />
could attend the program. An essay contest<br />
was suggested and the Cranes selected<br />
Miguel Fuentes, Joshua Chavez, Marco<br />
Vargas, and Monique Corona based on<br />
their compelling essays from the twelve<br />
essays submitted. Each student will<br />
receive a scholarship of $1,500 towards<br />
the cost (about $2,000) of their trip. Mr.<br />
and Mrs. Crane were thanked by the<br />
Board at the recent board meeting where<br />
Ms. Crane read exerts from each student’s<br />
essay. She said they hoped that their<br />
actions would inspire other community<br />
members to donate to the FSD students<br />
and schools.<br />
•Fundraiser: The Christopher Salon<br />
will donate 100% of their earnings on<br />
Sunday, February 27 from 11am until<br />
4pm. Proceeds will go towards technology<br />
in the FSD schools.<br />
•District Recognition: Trustees and<br />
FSD staff thanked Marlene and Kevin<br />
McKenzie of the William W. Phelps<br />
Foundation for their continual support of<br />
the FSD schools. The Foundation<br />
requested grant requests from schools for<br />
specific needs. Ten schools were selected<br />
to receive a total of $77,531 for iPads,<br />
iMacs’ BrightLink Projectors,<br />
ActivExpressions and All the Arts.<br />
•School Report: Fern Drive School<br />
Girl Scout Troops 365 and 585 led the<br />
flag salute. Principal Choo and students<br />
using the theme “What is the heart and<br />
soul of Fern Drive School” presented orally<br />
and through a video the highlights of<br />
the school’s programs and activities.<br />
•DELAC (English Learners’ Parents<br />
Organization): One hundred and thirty<br />
parents attended the last meeting on<br />
January 21 at Raymond School. District<br />
staff explained state standards, bench<br />
mark assessments and curriculum framework<br />
and how it relates to student<br />
achievement. They showed and explained<br />
the report which gives teacher access to<br />
information on each student. The group<br />
then divided into breakout sessions facilitated<br />
by parents focusing on curriculum.<br />
The next meeting will be at 9am on<br />
March 11 at Maple School.<br />
•Interns: Regarding the agreements<br />
between the district and various educational<br />
institutions which send interns to<br />
the district, Trustee Thompson asked,<br />
“Do we benefit from using interns?” Staff<br />
responded that that they were a benefit.<br />
Trustee Meyer said that she had a positive<br />
experience with student teachers, many of<br />
whom are now teachers in the district.<br />
•Charter Schools/ New Board Policy:<br />
The first sentence of the policy states :<br />
“The Board of Trustees believes that charter<br />
schools provide one opportunity to implement<br />
school-level reform and to support<br />
innovations, which Continued on page 8<br />
by Laurel Estrada<br />
Where are you if more than<br />
15 local <strong>Fullerton</strong> artists have<br />
assembled to inspire more than<br />
200 eager elementary school students<br />
and their families?<br />
You definitely could only be at<br />
Raymond Elementary School’s Family Art<br />
Night! The second annual event on<br />
January 27, 2011 brought families together<br />
to explore and create in a “multi-purpose-room-turned-art-studio.”<br />
The occasion<br />
offered students and their parents a<br />
rare opportunity to express creativity<br />
through no fewer than nine art stations<br />
facilitated by local artists, FSD staff, community<br />
volunteers, and Raymond parents.<br />
John Keller showed his Raymond<br />
School spirit by volunteering for Family<br />
Art Night. He said that he heard about<br />
the event and volunteered his time<br />
because he went to Raymond School and<br />
wanted to give back. Throughout the<br />
night, he reminisced over his experience as<br />
an elementary school student. Students<br />
were enriched by this first-hand connection<br />
to Raymond’s past.<br />
Raymond Elementary School is about<br />
more than simply the core academic program<br />
of math and language arts. It truly<br />
offers students a unique and well-rounded<br />
educational experience. Family Art Night<br />
is just one example of how students have<br />
the opportunity to grow and develop as a<br />
whole person in a caring environment<br />
with the support of outstanding teachers<br />
and amazing community volunteers.<br />
Knowing that Raymond School values<br />
academics but also encourages enriching<br />
FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 5<br />
Family Art Night at Raymond School<br />
experiences, the idea for Family Art Night<br />
started with the inspiration of Kristy and<br />
Brian Prince. These Raymond parents<br />
own the PAS gallery in downtown<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>. They wanted to give families<br />
the opportunity to be creative together in<br />
a fun and stress-free environment. The<br />
occasion plants the seed for families to<br />
continue engaging in creative endeavors<br />
together beyond Art Night. The artists,<br />
their artistic medium, and their affiliation<br />
are:<br />
Collage<br />
•Christie Yuri Noh, local Artist<br />
•Angela Joo, Raymond Teacher<br />
Zines<br />
•Brian Lucett, Educator<br />
•Jesse La Tour,<br />
Hibbleton Gallery owner<br />
Shape Drawing<br />
•Henry Lee, Epic Church<br />
Dr. Seuss<br />
•Andy Anderson, local Artist<br />
At Left:<br />
Jessie LaTour,<br />
artist and<br />
owner of<br />
Hibbleton Art<br />
Gallery on<br />
West Santa Fe<br />
in <strong>Fullerton</strong>,<br />
gives kids tips<br />
on creating<br />
their own<br />
Zines (short<br />
for comic<br />
magazines).<br />
Jessie was one<br />
of 15 artists<br />
who shared<br />
their talents at<br />
Family Art<br />
Night.<br />
Watercolor Paint<br />
•Lauren Moses, Educator<br />
•Ali Killian, local Artist<br />
Watercolor Pencil<br />
•Landon Lewis,<br />
Hibbleton Gallery owner<br />
•Chuck Oldfield,<br />
Hibbleton Gallery owner<br />
Clay<br />
•Brian Prince, PÄS Gallery owner<br />
•John Sollom, local Artist<br />
Origami<br />
•John Keller, local Artist &<br />
Mad Scientist/Raymond Alum
Page 6 OBSERVER MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
CITY SHORTS<br />
•Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-<br />
Housing Program: Ninety-one households<br />
(200 persons) were served by the<br />
Homelessness Prevention Program as of Dec.<br />
21st. In addition 21 households (43 persons)<br />
were served by the Rapid Re-Housing<br />
Program. To date nearly 60% of the funds<br />
allocated to the city for the programs have<br />
been committed or expended.<br />
•OC Music Awards iPod Listening Wall:<br />
The OC Music award nominees will be presented<br />
in a 12 iPod Nano display in the Leo<br />
Fender Gallery at the <strong>Fullerton</strong> Museum<br />
Center on the corner of Wilshire and Pomona<br />
in Downtown <strong>Fullerton</strong>. Each of the iPod<br />
Nanos will contain one song and image from<br />
each of the nominated artists for the 2011 OC<br />
Music Awards. Video screens will accompany<br />
the listening wall, playing local music videos<br />
and award highlights. The exhibit opens Feb.<br />
24 and runs through May 8.<br />
•Family Read Aloud: The library has started<br />
an evening program at 6:30pm on<br />
Mondays for first through third-grade children<br />
and their families. The new program “Family<br />
Read Aloud,” is designed to introduce emerging<br />
readers to the various sections of the<br />
Children’s Library, and includes books, puppet<br />
stories, crafts, and activities. The Children’s<br />
Library is open during the expansion construction<br />
of the Main Library.<br />
•Large Project Permits: In January permits<br />
for the following projects were issued: Sonic<br />
Burger drive-thru; Fox Theatre seismic retrofit;<br />
an eight-unit apartment building on<br />
Nicklett Ave; St Jude site work for the North<br />
West Tower.<br />
•Building Permits: In January 354 building<br />
permits were issued and 1,003 building<br />
inspections were completed.<br />
•Code Enforcement: In January 316 code<br />
enforcement complaints were made; 842 code<br />
enforcement inspections were completed; 681<br />
code enforcement cases are active; 187 code<br />
enforcement complaints were closed.<br />
•Fire Department Calls: In January the<br />
Fire Department responded to 1,002 calls. Of<br />
that number 752 were for medical aid; 87 were<br />
automatic aid responses; 29 were fires; 6 were<br />
hazardous materials incidents; and 56 were<br />
service calls.<br />
•Development Services Efficiency<br />
Improvements: A new application worksheet<br />
to be completed by those with new plan<br />
checks will ensure that the complete scope of<br />
work and permits needed is understood by all<br />
parties, and that information can be entered<br />
into the permit system efficiently.<br />
•Fox Block Temporary Parking: The<br />
design is complete for construction of a 61stall<br />
parking lot on the northwest corner of<br />
Chapman and Pomona Avenues. The construction<br />
has an estimated cost of $300,000<br />
and is expected to begin in April.<br />
•Community Center Groundbreaking:<br />
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new $28<br />
million 45,000 square foot community center<br />
in Amerige Park is scheduled for 4pm, March<br />
1st. The new center will replace the Senior<br />
Center and the Boys & Girls Club.<br />
•Water Savings: The city saved 35.5 million<br />
gallons of water in 2009 and 74.8 million gallons<br />
in 2010 by reducing water usage at all city<br />
operated sites.<br />
Above: Fashion Show Fundraiser Chairs Sandy Bracken, Valentine Sarad and<br />
seated President Carole Johnson and Honorary Chair Mitzi Demman.<br />
Charity League’s 50th Anniversary<br />
Fashion Show Coming Up<br />
by Maggie Komrij<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> Chapter of the<br />
National Charity League, Inc.<br />
(NCL) has named longtime<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> resident and community<br />
philanthropist Mitzi Demman as<br />
Honorary Chair of the 2011<br />
Fundraiser Fashion Show. It is<br />
through this annual event that<br />
NCL is able to help support 19<br />
local philanthropies, many of<br />
which Mrs. Demman has personally<br />
supported through her generous<br />
gift of volunteering over the years.<br />
Becoming a member of NCL in<br />
1975, Mrs. Demman was a<br />
Patroness alongside her Ticktocker<br />
daughters, Angel, Christina, Marci<br />
and Barbara for a total of 16 years.<br />
During this time, she served in<br />
many capacities including Special<br />
Events Chair, Scholarship Chair,<br />
Presentation Chair, Grade Level<br />
Advisor, as well as President of the<br />
Board.<br />
In the decades since, Mrs.<br />
Demman is proud to have maintained<br />
her active status with NCL<br />
as a Clockwatcher. Her unwavering<br />
commitment to philanthropy<br />
continues to make an impact as she<br />
faithfully supports many community<br />
organizations, such as <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Civic Light Opera, Boys and Girls<br />
Club of <strong>Fullerton</strong>, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Interfaith Emergency Services,<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Arboretum,<br />
Muckenthaler Cultural Center,<br />
and St. Jude’s Memorial Fund. Says<br />
current NCL President Carole<br />
Johnson, “The motto for our<br />
anniversary celebration is Creating<br />
a Legacy of Service. Through her<br />
example, Mitzi inspires us to<br />
become involved with the community,<br />
to commit to the development<br />
of our daughters, and to continue<br />
the NCL legacy”.<br />
This year’s Fundraiser Fashion<br />
Show entitled “Choose Charity”<br />
will be the culmination of a yearlong<br />
celebration marking the chapter’s<br />
50th anniversary of bringing<br />
mothers and daughters together in<br />
support of the community. Being<br />
held March 6th from 10am until<br />
3pm at the Orange County Hyatt<br />
Hotel, the day’s events will include<br />
a sit-down luncheon, a silent auction,<br />
and a grand-prize drawing for<br />
a chance to win $10,000.<br />
For ticket information call 714-<br />
525-2990.<br />
Warne Foundation<br />
3rd Annual<br />
Young Artist Recital<br />
at CSUF Sun., Feb. 27<br />
by Sara Garske<br />
The Warne Foundation is pleased to announce<br />
that its third annual Young Artists in Recital on<br />
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 4 p.m. at the<br />
Recital Hall at California State University in<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>.<br />
The Miriam and Thomas Warne Stringed<br />
Instrument Scholarship Program was introduced<br />
in 2004. A friend of Bill Warne’s needed lodging<br />
for his daughter who was receiving a full scholarship<br />
at Chapman University. By providing<br />
housing for Nadia, this began an incredible journey.<br />
After meeting other musicians at Chapman<br />
University and California State University,<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>, the Directors of the Warne Family<br />
Charitable Foundation created the Miriam and<br />
Thomas Warne Stringed Instrument Scholarship<br />
Program. Bill’s parents, Miriam and Thomas<br />
Warne, met at <strong>Fullerton</strong> College while playing<br />
violin in the orchestra.<br />
Approximately twenty-nine stringed instrument<br />
musicians, attending four local universities,<br />
have benefited from this program with more than<br />
$202,000 awarded to students from Bulgaria,<br />
Ukraine, Austria, Michigan, Nevada,<br />
Massachusetts and Southern California. The<br />
Warne Family Charitable Foundation enjoys<br />
watching these incredibly talented young people<br />
mature into amazing, giving, and gifted adults<br />
who will "play it forward" for many years to<br />
come.<br />
Paper Airplane<br />
Contest for<br />
7th Graders<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> School District will be hosting<br />
the “Take Flight” Paper Airplane Contest for<br />
7th grade students on Thursday, February 24th at<br />
6:30pm in the Ladera Vista Junior High<br />
Gymnasium.<br />
Teams of two students from the following<br />
schools: Beechwood K-8, Fisler K-8, Ladera Vista<br />
Junior High, Nicolas Junior High, and Parks<br />
Junior High will compete in the contest in the<br />
categories of design and flight.<br />
First, second, and third place ribbons will be<br />
presented, with the first place team members<br />
each receiving two Los Angeles Angels of<br />
Anaheim tickets provided by Ernie Fregoso, a<br />
member of the <strong>Fullerton</strong> School District<br />
Maintenance and Operations department.<br />
After each school’s initial qualifying event,<br />
there will be 30 seventh grade students competing<br />
in the final event on Feb. 24th.<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> School District's Science Advocacy<br />
Council (a committee of community members,<br />
retired scientists and engineers, and administrators)<br />
will act as judges, and District School<br />
Board members, District Cabinet members, principals,<br />
and science teachers will be attending.<br />
Events like this may encourage students to pursue<br />
the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering,<br />
and math.
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Library Foundation Fundraiser<br />
One hundred and fortyseven<br />
people enjoyed a delicious<br />
lunch and a presentation<br />
by T. Jefferson Parker, the<br />
author of 17 best-selling crime<br />
novels. He told the interested<br />
audience about how he wrote<br />
his first book, “Laguna Heat.”<br />
Five years and five drafts later,<br />
the book was published - the<br />
rest is history. Parker also<br />
shared his latest book, “The<br />
Border Lords” which came out<br />
a few weeks ago. The co-chairs<br />
of the luncheon, Joan Mears<br />
and Babette Carlson, did a<br />
wonderful job planning and<br />
organizing the event. The<br />
$5,100 raised by the event will<br />
go to funding furniture, fixtures,<br />
and equipment for the<br />
library expansion.<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Sunrise<br />
Rotary recently made a<br />
donation of $7,600 to<br />
the <strong>Fullerton</strong> Public<br />
Library for the new<br />
Teen Center portion of<br />
the library expansion.<br />
Pictured at right are<br />
members of <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Rotary, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Library Trustees,<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Library<br />
Foundation members<br />
and <strong>Fullerton</strong> Library<br />
Director Maureen<br />
Gebelien.<br />
If you would like to<br />
join Sunrise Rotary<br />
call Alan Olson at<br />
714-525-3663.<br />
LOCAL NEWS<br />
At Left: Past<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Library<br />
Foundation President<br />
Ray Kawase is<br />
joined by event<br />
co-chairs Joan Mears<br />
and Babette Carlson.<br />
Below: Jeff Parker<br />
signs books<br />
Above: <strong>Fullerton</strong> Library expansion project manager Frank<br />
Reid and his wife Christine (seated) are joined by former<br />
library trustee Vince Buck, library director Maureen<br />
Gebelien, and longtime library advocate George Dasney (husband<br />
of former Hunt Library manager Kathy Dasney) at the<br />
Foundation fundraiser.<br />
$7,600 Rotary Donation<br />
to LibraryTeen Center<br />
The Boy Scouts of Troop 97 from<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> will be serving their 49th<br />
Pancake Breakfast at Morningside<br />
Presbyterian Church Saturday, March 5th<br />
from 7am to 10am.<br />
Join us for a delicious all-you-care-to<br />
eat breakfast with live musical entertainment.<br />
Since 1963, a total of 109 boys<br />
have earned their Eagle Scout rank as<br />
members of the Troop. The proceeds from<br />
the Pancake Breakfast will support our<br />
Scouting program, including funding<br />
outings, buying camping equipment, and<br />
providing services to our community.<br />
Morningside Presbyterian Church is at<br />
FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 7<br />
Saving the<br />
Memories<br />
photo & text by Jere Greene<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Street Division<br />
worker Andrew Hernandez<br />
carefully digs up the individual<br />
concrete tiles that commemorate<br />
those who have supported<br />
the <strong>Fullerton</strong> Boys and Girls<br />
Club. Some of these tiles have<br />
been in place for over fifty<br />
years. The tiles will be secured<br />
in a hanger at the <strong>Fullerton</strong> airport<br />
while the existing building<br />
is torn down to make room for<br />
the new Community Center.<br />
The tiles will be reset in their<br />
new home.<br />
SAVE THE DATE: March 5th Pancake Breakfast<br />
1201 E. Dorothy Lane, on the corner of<br />
Dorothy and Raymond streets. $5 donation<br />
suggested. - MICHAEL GOODALL<br />
Clean Out Your Closet!<br />
Donate your spare clothing, shoes, old<br />
electronics, etc. to Troy High School,<br />
2200 Dorothy Lane, <strong>Fullerton</strong> CA 93831<br />
from Feb. 28 to March 4 (3:30 to 5pm)<br />
and Sat., March 5 (1pm-4pm). Students<br />
will be on-hand to unload your vehicle.<br />
Donations accepted in any condition.<br />
Proceeds benefit Troy High programs and<br />
Goodwill charity.
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MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Celebrating Chinese<br />
New Year with the Elks<br />
by Dr. Sophie Lee<br />
The 3rd of February ushered in a new phase for the<br />
global Chinese community, kicking off a 15-day celebration<br />
of hope and unity for the new year ahead. With this<br />
in mind, the local Elks Lodge opened its doors to share in<br />
this joyous occasion with “A Night in Shanghai.”<br />
The event was held on January 29, at the <strong>Fullerton</strong> Elks<br />
Lodge, which had been fully adorned with festive lanterns<br />
and scrolls for the occasion. Many of the guests attended<br />
the affair dressed in traditional Chinese dresses and hats,<br />
most of them clad in red, as is customary for the celebration.<br />
After a delicious dinner featuring traditional dishes,<br />
guests were treated to a show brought together by local<br />
Chinese community leader Dr. Sueling Chen. The performances<br />
highlighted the rich culture of the Chinese, presenting<br />
traditional music, dances and even martial arts.<br />
Volunteers from <strong>Fullerton</strong> Chinese School, North<br />
Orange County Chinese School, Ling-Fong Dance<br />
Group, Lightning Tai Chi and Arborland Academy of the<br />
Arts performed their way into the hearts of those who<br />
were watching, earning them a heart-warming standing<br />
ovation.<br />
The performers not only delighted the audience with<br />
their wonderful renditions of traditional Chinese arts, but<br />
they also charmed them with their colorful and unique<br />
costumes. The gracious Elks, led by their President Jack<br />
Ehlers, presented each performer with a red envelope, a<br />
Chinese practice denoting the wishing of good luck.<br />
Above: "Happy New Year Celebration" was performed by the Ling-Fong Dance Group.<br />
The dancers' name are: Jennifer Jew, Rita Kao, Jacqueline Ko, Emily Miller, and Vivian Shih.<br />
Guests were also treated to an impromptu language<br />
lesson. Veronica Chen, the host of the program, taught<br />
the audience to say “Hsing Nien Kuai Ler,” which<br />
means “Happy New Year!” in Mandarin, a Chinese<br />
dialect.<br />
FEB 8TH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS Cross Country<br />
continued from page 5<br />
improve student learning.”<br />
Trustee Thompson requested that the<br />
word “one” be changed to the word<br />
“excellent.” Trustee Sugarman objected to<br />
the substitution pointing out that “twothirds<br />
of charter schools fail.” She also felt<br />
that when making board policy, the Board<br />
should be neutral in all its statements.<br />
Trustee Thompson argued that he felt “a<br />
charter school is a way of mirroring public<br />
schools . . . “excellent” does not imply<br />
charter schools are better.” With no second,<br />
Thompson’s motion died. The policy<br />
was passed 5-0 as written.<br />
•Authorization to <strong>File</strong> a Lawsuit<br />
Against Orange County Health Care<br />
Agency Should It Be Necessary:<br />
In October, Governor Schwarzenegger<br />
signed the Budget Act of 2010. That act<br />
included $76 million to be used exclusively<br />
to support mental health services provided<br />
by county mental health agencies<br />
and included students with IEP’s<br />
(Individual Education Plan) that included<br />
mental health services. Schwarzenegger<br />
vetoed the provision by deleting it entirely.<br />
His actions are currently being challenged<br />
in court in three separate lawsuits<br />
and have created a climate of uncertainty.<br />
Governor Brown has budgeted to<br />
restore the funding. Currently, OCHCA<br />
has taken the position that their agency is<br />
no longer mandated to provide the mental<br />
health services to special education students.<br />
As a result the OC Department of<br />
Education (OCDE) has put OCHCA on<br />
notice that its actions are a breach of the<br />
Memorandum of Understanding between<br />
OCDE and OCHA and that it may be<br />
necessary to file a lawsuit if it does not<br />
provide the mandated services.<br />
OCDE believes that the mandate to<br />
provide mental health services to special<br />
education students is still in place and<br />
asked all school districts in the county to<br />
adopt a resolution authorizing the filing<br />
of a lawsuit against the OCHCA should<br />
this become necessary. The action is<br />
funded by up to $50,000 by Orange<br />
County Special Education Coalition.<br />
Dr. Cardinale explained that “Everyone<br />
will be hurt by this cut off of funding.<br />
Those children being served must have<br />
mandated services continued.” The dis-<br />
trict will be responsible for funding the<br />
services if the funding is discontinued.<br />
Trustee Thompson said he didn’t understand<br />
the logic of suing the county.<br />
Trustee Sugarman explained that federal<br />
mandates require that schools provide the<br />
services. The county mental health<br />
department should be responsible for continuing<br />
the mandated services to students<br />
it has agreed to. Thompson said, “I am<br />
not convinced it is ‘wise government’ to<br />
sue a county government.” Dr. Cardinale<br />
said that “They (the county mental health<br />
department) have not negotiated in good<br />
faith.” Money was cut, so without money<br />
from the OCDE they will stop services<br />
that they had agreed to provide in a signed<br />
agreement. Trustee Thompson: “I am not<br />
convinced this is good government to<br />
pursue this.” Trustee Thornley said that<br />
the vote was necessary in the case that<br />
OCHCA refuses to abide by the contract,<br />
“We hope that this will not be necessary.”<br />
Passed 4-1 (Thompson, no)<br />
•District New Occupational Therapy<br />
Department: The District recently hired<br />
three staff members for an in-district<br />
Occupational Therapy Department. The<br />
district has approximately 150 students<br />
needing these services. Previously, all services<br />
were provided by private organizations<br />
or other districts. The <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
School District was able to develop the<br />
program through federal ARRA<br />
(American Reinvestment and Recovery<br />
Act) funding. The new department is<br />
located in two classrooms at<br />
Commonwealth School outfitted with<br />
specialized equipment. Through sensory<br />
assistance students are assisted in coordination<br />
of the hands and whole body, such<br />
as, improving handwriting, improving<br />
attention to the teacher, success in the<br />
classroom and other school environments<br />
(i.e. playground and cafeteria). Most of<br />
the services focus on preschool and early<br />
school students. With a district program,<br />
the O.T. staff will now be available for<br />
treatment inside and outside the classroom;<br />
classroom consultation; inservice<br />
training; collaborating with school staff in<br />
attending Student Intervention Team<br />
meetings and improving communication<br />
between the school, staff, and parents.<br />
The district will be transitioning students<br />
from outside programs. The program<br />
saves money by eliminating the middle<br />
Athlete Kevin<br />
Horchler Signs<br />
Kevin Horchler, a stand<br />
out cross country runner at<br />
Troy High School signed his<br />
letter of intent to run for<br />
Biola University with coach<br />
Jonathan Zimmerman, on<br />
January 25.<br />
At right Kevin is shown<br />
signing his letter with his<br />
Troy High School coaches.<br />
Coach Perez is on Kevin's<br />
left and Coach Madrid is on<br />
the right.<br />
man and transportation costs.<br />
An Occupational Therapy Open<br />
House will be held March 2 from 2pm-<br />
4pm at Commonwealth School rooms 14<br />
& 15.<br />
Common Core<br />
State Standards Overview<br />
The Common Core state standards<br />
aim to provide clear and consistent<br />
guidelines for what students are expected<br />
to learn and to prepare them for college<br />
and careers. California adopted the standards<br />
in August 2010. All states will be<br />
using them, but full implementation will<br />
probably be delayed 2 to 3 years.<br />
Through the “common core standards”<br />
the nation will be able to compare student<br />
performance across the country,<br />
allow educators to share best practices<br />
about instruction, and to establish clear<br />
The celebration continued well into the night as<br />
everyone enjoyed dancing, sharing and meeting new<br />
friends.<br />
The night was a definite success and a true testament<br />
to the Lodge's motto: Elks care - Elks share.<br />
standards for parents, students, and the<br />
general public. Previously, each state set<br />
its own standards, leading to wide variation<br />
in what students are expected to<br />
learn from state to state.<br />
The standards that are being presented<br />
are similar to the California standards<br />
with a greater emphasis on “information<br />
text.” For example, in math, all work<br />
needs to be shown. Testing will require<br />
written responses. Computers will be<br />
used for many tests. It is planned that<br />
teachers and students will get immediate<br />
feedback. Currently, students are tested<br />
in May and results are given in August.<br />
Testing is expected to change from one<br />
or two times a year to four times.<br />
Currently, there are a lot of unknowns<br />
from funding issues to what needs to be<br />
addressed, especially in forthcoming textbook<br />
adoption.
MID FEBRUARY 2011 LOCAL NEWS<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> residents participated in the Jan. 31st demonstration.<br />
Protest Against the Koch Brothers<br />
Corporate Influence<br />
An estimated two thousand demonstrators<br />
gathered in a rally across from the<br />
Rancho Las Palmas resort near Palm<br />
Springs where the oil billionaires Charles<br />
and David Koch and a secret guest list of<br />
other corporate entities, conservative<br />
elected officials, and political donors met<br />
on Sunday, Jan. 31.<br />
The Koch brothers, owners of Koch<br />
Industries, the largest privately held company<br />
in the US, are major funders of the<br />
tea party, global warming denial and<br />
efforts to eliminate Social Security,<br />
Medicare and environmental protections.<br />
Protest participants from progressive<br />
groups including Common Cause (commoncause.com)<br />
founded by moderate<br />
Republican John Gardner, CREDO (credoaction.com),<br />
MoveOn.org, 350.org<br />
and more held a pre-rally event.<br />
Speakers talked about the strangle-hold<br />
of corporations on politics in the US<br />
recently aided by the “Citizens United”<br />
Supreme Court decision which allows<br />
corporations to contribute unlimited<br />
funds to political campaigns; government<br />
influenced by special interest lobbyists;<br />
the huge income gap between rich and<br />
poor which is bigger now than just before<br />
the Great Depression; jobs, environment,<br />
healthcare, and bank and mortgage fraud.<br />
Scheduled speakers included Bob<br />
Edgar, president of Common Cause;<br />
author Jim Hightower<br />
(jimhightower.com); the founding dean<br />
of UCI School of Law, Erwin<br />
Chermerinsky; author, professor of public<br />
policy at UC Berkeley and former Clinton<br />
Administration secretary of labor Robert<br />
Reich; former green jobs advisor in the<br />
Obama Administration and co-founder of<br />
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights,<br />
Color of Change and Green For All,<br />
human rights and clean-energy pioneer<br />
Van Jones; and DeAnn McEwen co-president<br />
of California Nurses Association.<br />
Police dressed in riot gear arrested twenty-five<br />
demonstrators for trespassing when<br />
they blocked the driveway of the resort,<br />
but the demonstration was peaceful.<br />
Interesting Facts About the Koch Brothers<br />
(from an article in The New Yorker by Jane Mayer Aug. 30, 2010. www.newyorker.com)<br />
•Koch Industries, which operates oil<br />
refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota,<br />
and 4,000 miles of pipeline, has revenues estimated<br />
at a billion dollars annually.<br />
•Koch Industries also owns Brawny paper<br />
towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber,<br />
Stainmaster carpet, and Lycra.<br />
•University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s<br />
Political Economy Research Institute named<br />
Koch Industries as one of the top ten air polluters<br />
in the US.<br />
•David Koch founded Americans for<br />
Prosperity in 2004. The group held a July 4,<br />
2010 training session for Tea Party activists in<br />
Texas and in 2009 its website offered “Tea<br />
Party Talking Points” and directions to<br />
protests around the country.<br />
•Their father Fred invented a more efficient<br />
process for converting oil into gasoline in<br />
1927. In the 1930s his company, Rock Island<br />
Oil & Refining based in Wichita, Kansas,<br />
helped Stalin’s regime set up fifteen modern<br />
oil refineries. He later regretted the action and<br />
became an original member of the John Birch<br />
Society, an anti-communist group which<br />
accused President Esinhower of being a com-<br />
munist and held that the civil rights movement<br />
was a communist plot.<br />
•After Fred Koch’s death in 1967, Charles<br />
renamed the business Koch Industries.<br />
•David Koch ran for vice president on the<br />
Libertarian Party ticket in 1980, spending two<br />
million. The platform included ending Social<br />
Security, minimum-wage, gun control, and<br />
personal and corporate income taxes.<br />
•Koch Industries has spent more than $50<br />
million on lobbying since 1998. KochPAC has<br />
donated $8 million to political campaigns<br />
(over 80% to Republicans). The Kochs have<br />
given millions to groups that criticize environmental<br />
regulation and support lower taxes for<br />
industry. They provided funds to start the<br />
Cato Institute and Mercatus Center think<br />
tanks.<br />
•The Kochs have created a number of<br />
organizations such as “Citizens for the<br />
Environment” (which calls environmental<br />
problems myths) which have no citizen membership.<br />
•Koch companies have benefited from nearly<br />
a $100 million in government contracts<br />
since 2000.<br />
The Têt Festival of Southern California<br />
was held February 4-6th in the city of<br />
Garden Grove. It is recognized as the<br />
world’s largest Têt Festival outside of<br />
Vietnam.<br />
Helping preserve culture, the festival<br />
boasts 100,000+ visitors and dozens of<br />
booths in a span of a three day weekend<br />
event. Têt is the most observed holiday<br />
within Vietnamese culture. It celebrates<br />
the Lunar New Year, the beginning of<br />
FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 9<br />
Local YWCA Participates in Têt Festival<br />
Applicants Sought<br />
Applications for several committees & commissions<br />
can be filled out and submitted online on the<br />
clerk’s page of the city website<br />
www.cityoffullerton.com, or by calling 714-738-<br />
6571 or by visiting the Clerk’s office on the first floor<br />
of <strong>Fullerton</strong> City Hall.<br />
•Downtown Core & Corridor Evaluation<br />
Committee: will review & select consultant team on<br />
a set scoring system based on presentations by the<br />
teams. Recommendations presented to council<br />
Tues., May 3. Deadline 5pm, Tues, Feb 15.<br />
•Parks & Recreation Commission: makes recommendations<br />
on the planning and development of<br />
all park, recreation, human services, and cultural and<br />
fine arts programs in the city. Deadline 5pm, Tues,<br />
Feb 22.<br />
•Bicycle Users Subcommittee: makes recommendations<br />
on issues that impact bike travel in the city.<br />
Deadline 5pm, Thurs. March 10.<br />
spring, and is a way to start fresh.<br />
The YWCA of North Orange County<br />
participated in the celebration by marching<br />
in the Têt Parade with over 30 YWCA<br />
supporters helping to celebrate the richness<br />
of the Vietnamese culture. Over<br />
1,000 Vietnamese women participate in<br />
the YWCA Early Breast Cancer Screening<br />
and Education program each year.<br />
For more information about the YWCA<br />
and its programs go to www.ywcanoc.org.<br />
What to Do with<br />
Used Ink &<br />
Toner Cartridges<br />
& Cell Phones<br />
An easy way to safely dispose<br />
of old ink & toner cartridges<br />
and cell phones is to<br />
drop them off at the YWCA<br />
office at 215 E.<br />
Commonwealth Ave., Suite<br />
F, <strong>Fullerton</strong> 92832. Call<br />
714-871-4488 for more<br />
information on the program.<br />
Proceeds from recycling<br />
the cartridges and cell<br />
phones help support the<br />
YWCA North Orange<br />
County programs.
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WELL#<br />
& Test<br />
Year<br />
•MW-21<br />
2009<br />
2010<br />
•MW-30B<br />
2009<br />
2010<br />
•MW-31<br />
2009<br />
2010<br />
•MW-32B<br />
2009<br />
2010<br />
1,1-DCE<br />
MCL:<br />
6ug/L<br />
200<br />
1,000<br />
2.1<br />
13.0<br />
74<br />
430<br />
31<br />
58<br />
CONTAMINANTS IN UG/L<br />
TCE<br />
MCL:<br />
6ug/L<br />
12<br />
21<br />
12<br />
70<br />
3.7<br />
15<br />
55<br />
63<br />
Monitoring Wells at Amerige Heights<br />
Show Increased Pollutant Levels<br />
Continued from frontpage<br />
ground according to the Orange County<br />
Water District.<br />
The OCWD oversees the protection,<br />
operation and management of the aquifer<br />
underlaying the county. It describes the<br />
shallow aquifer as “generally less than 200<br />
feet deep. Although that part of the<br />
aquifer is not directly used for drinking<br />
water supplies, the groundwater eventually<br />
flows into the deeper principal aquifer<br />
which is used for potable water supplies.”<br />
The chart above shows some of the sites<br />
on the Amerige Heights property where<br />
testing found an increase of volatile<br />
organic compounds (VOCs) taking place.<br />
Should We Be Concerned?<br />
In order to protect the drinking water<br />
aquifer OCWD launched the North<br />
Basin Groundwater Protection Project in<br />
2008 to deal with a huge plume of VOCs<br />
in the shallow aquifer under south<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> and Anaheim.<br />
Two City of <strong>Fullerton</strong> production wells<br />
which pumped drinking water from the<br />
shallow aquifer were taken out of service<br />
due to contamination in that area.<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> no longer pumps water from the<br />
shallow aquifer.<br />
The OCWD is suing the parties<br />
responsible for the south <strong>Fullerton</strong> -<br />
Anaheim contamination to seek cost<br />
recovery for the six extraction wells, an<br />
extensive pipeline system, and treatment<br />
plant involved in that clean-up. The project<br />
area stretches from E. Commonwealth<br />
to past the 91 Freeway and from Euclid to<br />
past Placentia Ave. Parts of the shallow<br />
aquifer under the area test at well over 10<br />
times the Maximum Contaminant Level<br />
(MCL) allowed.<br />
The Hughes property pollution is not<br />
thought to be connected to the south<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> pollution but the levels of contaminants<br />
found also exceed Maximum<br />
Contaminant Levels. Examples include:<br />
•DCE at 166 times the maximum<br />
allowed were found in MW#21which is<br />
drilled at 283 feet below ground;<br />
•DCE at 71 times the maximum<br />
showed up in MW#31 which is drilled at<br />
1,100 feet, far deeper than where OCWD<br />
says our drinking water aquifer begins:<br />
1,4-Dioxane<br />
NL: 1ug/L<br />
RL: 35ug/L<br />
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MID FEBRUARY 2011 INTERVIEW<br />
Founding member and President of OC Americans United for<br />
Separation of Church and State Stephanie Campbell holds a<br />
Masters degree in Business Administration from CSUF<br />
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE:<br />
An Interview with<br />
Stephanie Campbell<br />
by Roy Kobayashi<br />
Stephanie Campbell is the president and a founding<br />
member of the Orange County chapter of<br />
Americans United for Separation of Church and<br />
State and has guided the organization for the past<br />
six years.<br />
The organization is a subsidiary of the National<br />
American United (AU) organization based in<br />
Washington, DC. which has chapters throughout<br />
the U.S. Ms. Campbell is a member of the National<br />
Advisory Council and a certified ACLU speaker on<br />
Church and State, women’s, and gay rights issues.<br />
Ms. Campbell is a naturalized U.S. citizen, born<br />
in England, and spent part of her childhood in<br />
Israel. She has a Masters Degree in Business<br />
Administration from California State University,<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> and an undergraduate degree in Political<br />
Science from the University of Washington. She is<br />
currently a Project Manager at DirecTV in El<br />
Segundo, California.<br />
When was AU founded and what is its mission?<br />
Campbell: Our national organization was founded in<br />
1947 a broad coalition of religious, educational and civic<br />
leaders. At that time, proposals were pending in the U.S.<br />
Congress to extend government aid to private religious<br />
schools. Many Americans opposed this idea, insisting that<br />
government support for religious education would violate<br />
church-state separation. The decision was made to form a<br />
national organization to promote this point of view and<br />
defend the separation principle.<br />
Our mission today is a continuation of our organizing<br />
principles in 1947. We work on an array of issues supporting<br />
our mission statement of nonpartisan education<br />
dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of<br />
church-state separation in order to ensure religious freedom<br />
for all.<br />
Are members of this organization anti-religion?<br />
Campbell: The organization is made up of members of<br />
all faiths as well as those who have no religious faith. Our<br />
executive director is a Church of Christ minister and the<br />
president of the national Board is a rabbi.<br />
This inaccurate view of AU as being anti-religion comes<br />
from our focus on the religion clauses found in the First<br />
Amendment. But it is this constitutional principle that<br />
ensures religious liberty. Our focus is not to have government<br />
decide when and how we pray, how much money<br />
we donate to religion or how often an individual should<br />
attend worship services. Our focus is to have the individual<br />
decide these matters for themselves. The first amendment<br />
means that government cannot promote religion or<br />
interfere with its practice. This is the foundation of our<br />
organization.<br />
One of our Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson,<br />
coined the phrase “The separation of Church and<br />
State.” How does this correlate with<br />
the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights<br />
calling for non-involvement of government<br />
in religious matters?<br />
Campbell: The wall of separation written about by<br />
Thomas Jefferson to the Connecticut Baptists is a reiteration<br />
of our first amendment. The wall of separation is<br />
what protects all of us, regardless of religious affiliation, to<br />
preserve religious freedom and to promote equality of<br />
everyone, whether you pray with the majority, the minority<br />
or don’t pray at all.<br />
Battling Islamophobia<br />
The Orange County chapter of Americans<br />
United for Separation of Church & State<br />
presents a discussion featuring speaker<br />
Hussam Ayloush, Southern California<br />
Executive Director of the Council on<br />
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) focusing<br />
on the challenges faced by the Islamic community.<br />
Hussam Ayloush holds a B.S. in Aerospace<br />
Engineering and an MBA. He has appeared<br />
on local, national and international media and<br />
is a regular speaker at many California colleges<br />
and universities, Islamic centers, churches and<br />
conferences. Mr. Ayloush is an active member<br />
of various interfaith groups promoting pluralism,<br />
dialogue, understanding and cooperation<br />
among the world’s diverse faith communities.<br />
He is a member of the West Coast Muslim-<br />
Catholic Dialogue and the Abrahamic Faith<br />
Peacemaking Initiative.<br />
The meeting begins at 2pm Saturday,<br />
February 19 at the Irvine Ranch Water<br />
District. 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine.<br />
Call 714-299-4551 or go to www.au-oc.org<br />
for more information<br />
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Why is separation of Church and State important?<br />
Campbell: There are a number of reasons for this. First of<br />
all, separation of church and state is good for religion. We<br />
are one of the most religious nations on earth. In contrast, in<br />
some European nations where religion still gets government<br />
support, interest in faith is falling, and many people no<br />
longer go to services. One could conclude from this that the<br />
failure to separate church and state hurts religion. Perhaps<br />
freedom and competition are good for religion. When houses<br />
of worship are dependent on government for support, religion<br />
loses its vitality. In America, religious groups rely on<br />
voluntary contributions. This policy makes them more<br />
robust.<br />
Church-state separation also guarantees the right of religious<br />
groups to speak out on issues of justice, ethics and<br />
morality. In countries where religion receives tax support,<br />
clergy usually are wary of criticizing the government. In<br />
addition, because church-state separation prevents the government<br />
from taking sides in religious disputes, it creates a<br />
type of “religious free market” whereby various faiths are free<br />
to spread their views and win new converts.<br />
Few countries have as much religious diversity as ours.<br />
One scholar of religion has estimated that 2,000 faith groups<br />
and denominations are active in America. All of these traditions<br />
exist side by side and get along extraordinarily well.<br />
The United States has been spared the worst excesses of<br />
inter-religious conflict. One has only to look back at the<br />
1981 speech by Senator Barry Goldwater to understand this:<br />
“By maintaining the separation of church and state, the<br />
United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided<br />
the rest of the world with religious wars…. Can any of us<br />
refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can<br />
anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in<br />
Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet<br />
question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the<br />
affairs of state?”<br />
When and where do you hold your meetings?<br />
Campbell: We hold our meetings on the third Saturday of<br />
every month (except December) at 2pm at the Irvine Ranch<br />
Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue in Irvine.<br />
How can people join the group?<br />
Campbell: Membership dues are $25 per year and that<br />
provides both local and national membership. Included in<br />
that membership is the monthly magazine from our<br />
National office called “Church and State” and on a quarterly<br />
basis the local Orange County<br />
chapter provides a newsletter.<br />
People are encouraged to visit<br />
our website at www.au-oc.org<br />
where we maintain news of interest<br />
on church/state separation, a<br />
calendar of our events, and current<br />
and past newsletters are<br />
available. People can sign up by<br />
sending membership dues to:<br />
AU-OC, 3337 S. Bristol, #251,<br />
Santa Ana, CA 92704. For more<br />
information email us at<br />
OrangeCountyAU@yahoo.com.<br />
We also have an active speakers<br />
bureau and are happy to provide<br />
speakers to local organizations on<br />
church/state topics including science<br />
education in the schools,<br />
religious displays, what religious<br />
organizations can and cannot do<br />
in political campaigns, and recent<br />
judicial rulings as well as a history<br />
of church/state separation<br />
from the Pilgrims to today.<br />
Author Roy Kobayashi is a<br />
founding and active member<br />
of the <strong>Fullerton</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>.
Page 12 FULLERTON OBSERVER ART & MUSEUMS<br />
Above: Michael Brown’s “Neo-Politan” is one of the<br />
works of over fifty contemporary artists featured in the<br />
CSUF Grand Central Art Center exhibit.<br />
•GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER<br />
125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana 92701<br />
714-567-7233 www. grandcentralartcenter.com<br />
“SUGGESTIVISM”<br />
-thru April 10<br />
CSUF Grand Central Art Center Main Gallery<br />
& Project Room will host an Opening Reception<br />
for a group show Suggestivism on Sat., Feb. 5th<br />
from 7pm to 10pm.<br />
Above: Jongkuk Lee in his studio.<br />
The exhibit features over<br />
fifty contemporary artists<br />
whose work is inherently<br />
ambiguous, and organic in<br />
process. Curator Nathan<br />
Spoor believes they follow the<br />
ideals of "Suggestivism." -<br />
thru April 10th.<br />
Featured Artists: Esao<br />
Andrews, Carrie Ann Baade,<br />
Sandow Birk, Michael<br />
Brown, Nicoletta Ceccoli,<br />
Dave Cooper, Bob Dob,<br />
Thomas Doyle, Ron English,<br />
Alex Gross, Robert<br />
Hardgrave, Naoto Hattori,<br />
Femke Hiemstra, Gregory<br />
Jacobsen, Audrey Kawasaki,<br />
Andy Kehoe, Kris Kuksi,<br />
Darren LeGallo, Kris Lewis,<br />
Francesco LoCastro, Lola,<br />
Jason Maloney, Mars-<br />
1/Mario Martinez. Chris<br />
Mars, Dalek James Marshall,<br />
Dan May, Elizabeth<br />
McGrath, Tara McPherson,<br />
Mia, David Molesky,<br />
Brendan Monroe, Scott<br />
Musgrove, Nathan Ota,<br />
Michael Page, Kevin<br />
Peterson, James Roper, Chris<br />
Ryniak, Bob Schneider, Todd<br />
Schorr, Greg Simkins,<br />
Skinner, Jeff Soto, Nathan<br />
Spoor, CR Stecyk III, Heidi<br />
Taillefer, Joe Vaux, Nicola<br />
Verlato, Oliver Vernon, Eric<br />
White, Robert Williams,<br />
Martin Wittfooth, Chandler<br />
Wood, Chet Zar.<br />
•MUCKENTHALER<br />
CULTURAL CENTER<br />
1201 W. Malvern, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
714-738-6595<br />
www.themuck.org<br />
TRADITIONAL &<br />
CONTEMPORARY<br />
CALLIGRAPHY & HANJI<br />
KOREAN PAPER<br />
SCULPTURE<br />
THRU MARCH 27<br />
•Brush Strokes 2011:<br />
Traditional & Contemporary<br />
Calligraphy with Seals features<br />
major trends in Asian calligraphy<br />
brushwork by masters of<br />
the art Tae Sun Hwang, Sung<br />
Yong Tark, and Dr. Young<br />
Hoon Kim, plus examples of<br />
seal carving.<br />
•Jongkuk Lee’s first<br />
American exhibit of Hanji, a<br />
traditional Korean paper sculpture.<br />
Living in the mountains<br />
for over fifteen years, Mr. Lee<br />
grows his own mulberry trees<br />
out of which he makes paper for<br />
his extraordinary two and three<br />
dimensional painted sculptures.<br />
-thru March 27.<br />
•FULLERTON MUSEUM CENTER (714) 738-6545<br />
301 N. Pomona (corner of Wilshire) Downtown <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
•FULLERTON COLLEGE<br />
ART GALLERY<br />
321 E. Chapman<br />
PAPER CUTS: CONTEMPORARY<br />
PAPER ARTWORK<br />
•THRU FEBRUARY 24, 2011<br />
(Open: Mon-Thurs 10am-2pm<br />
& 5-7pm on Feb. 15 & 23)<br />
Featured Artists: Wangechi Mutu,<br />
David Adey, Pae White, Chris Natrop,<br />
Brian Dittmer, Heather McGill, Mark<br />
Wagner, Jen Stark, and Takahiro<br />
Yamamoto.<br />
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
BEFORE FULLERTON:<br />
THE PREHISTORY OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY -thru May 8<br />
Main Gallery: For thousands of years<br />
before there were orange groves or railroads,<br />
the land now known as <strong>Fullerton</strong> was a<br />
dynamic, ever-changing array of plants,<br />
animals and people. Learn about the prehistoric<br />
animals, diverse ecosystems, and<br />
ORIGINALS<br />
Illustrations by Virginia Valdez<br />
Foyer Gallery: Inspired by line drawings, letter<br />
press and old movies, artist Virginia Valdez’s work<br />
exudes a style and emotion reminiscent of classic<br />
literary illustrations. Her illustrations of notable<br />
visionaries are intricate tangles of lines, swirls and<br />
hatch marks that reflect the personalities and character<br />
of her subjects. With a BA in Advertising<br />
from Cal State <strong>Fullerton</strong> and a minor in Graphic<br />
Design at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and<br />
Merchandising) in Los Angeles, Virginia uses<br />
micron pens and Sharpies, never using pencils or<br />
rulers or any other tool that would inhibit the<br />
fleeting and permanence of the moment. It is this<br />
•HUNT BRANCH GALLERY<br />
201 S. Basque Ave. (off Valencia<br />
Drive, <strong>Fullerton</strong> 714-738-3122<br />
ELIZABETH DARON REDMON<br />
•OPENS FEBRUARY 17<br />
Oil & watercolor paintings on exhibit<br />
thru March 4 by Elizabeth Daron<br />
Redmon who only began painting at age<br />
45 after retiring from her position as a<br />
USC administrator. Largely self-taught<br />
whe has studied with artists Janice<br />
DeLoof, Margit Omar, and Peg Simmons.<br />
Two of her paintings have hung at the<br />
Orange County Center for<br />
Contemporary Art in Costa Mesa.<br />
www.eredmon.fineartstudioonline.com<br />
Andy Warhol’s<br />
Polaroids<br />
CSUF BEGOVICH<br />
GALLERY<br />
800 St. College Blvd, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
•THRU MARCH 3, 2011<br />
(Open: Mon-Thurs Noon-4pm<br />
& Noon-2pm on Sat.)<br />
how early human residents made use of the<br />
natural resources around them. Fossils,<br />
archeological artifacts and historic maps<br />
and documents reveal this little-known<br />
story of the land we call home. -thru May<br />
8th.<br />
ephemeral emotion displayed in her<br />
work that invites the viewer to<br />
become part of the illustration<br />
process and join in the creative elements<br />
of each portrait.<br />
•HIBBLETON &<br />
PÄS GALLERIES<br />
www.2PAS.org www.hibbleton.com<br />
223 W. Santa Fe Ave., <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
“I LEFT MY HEART IN DETROIT”<br />
-thru Feb 26<br />
Hibbleton Gallery presents an all-Detroit<br />
line-up of artists: Niagara Detroit, William<br />
Zdan, Matt Gordon and SLAW. Niagara<br />
was front woman of the proto punk band<br />
Destroy all Monsters. Her rugged, femalepower<br />
art has been featured in galleries<br />
around the world, including Sydney, Tokyo<br />
and London. Zdan’s work mixes political and<br />
religious satire with a classical trained style.<br />
Gordon’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz<br />
Magazine, on album covers and in RVCA<br />
designs. His work collects a Bosch-like surreal/comical<br />
assembly of modern-day characters.<br />
SLAW re-creats a Motor City landscape<br />
decorated with hep cats, muscle cars, and<br />
seedy lounges. -thru Feb 26<br />
TRANSITIONS: JOHN M. SOLLOM<br />
Thru Feb 26<br />
PÄS Gallery presents the assemblage and<br />
oil paintings of John M. Sollom: Landscape,<br />
Folklore, Americana, and Relics of the Past.<br />
A special model train layout and assortment<br />
of train video footage by Philip Higson will<br />
be on display. A percentage of art sold will<br />
benefit the Fox Theatre renovation. -thru<br />
Feb. 26.
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
REVIEWED by Jennifer Matas<br />
Nerve at Chance Theater<br />
Not your average date night out,<br />
Chance Theater’s Nerve takes a playful,<br />
yet disquieting look at the ever-nervewracking<br />
first date, experimental first kiss<br />
and the baggage we hide from each other.<br />
Elliot (Casey Long) and Susan (Jessie<br />
Withers) chat awkwardly in a New York<br />
bar on their first date. They philosophize<br />
on dates, first kisses and relationships, getting<br />
a little bolder, but never less awkward.<br />
As they open up, information<br />
about themselves starts spilling out—their<br />
quirks, then their neuroses—things not<br />
normally discussed on a first date. The<br />
relationship and the confessions become<br />
more intense, until the breaking point,<br />
when they will decide either to stay<br />
together or part forever.<br />
At several points during the play,<br />
Withers has the opportunity to portray<br />
Susan’s swinging emotions through dance,<br />
choreographed by Kelly Todd, in which<br />
the audience gets to experience Susan’s<br />
soaring joy and bitter insecurity. Withers’<br />
grace and passion when dancing displays a<br />
side of Susan hidden behind first-date<br />
nerves during dialogue with Elliot. Long’s<br />
Elliot gains the audience’s empathy when<br />
he beats himself up either in front of<br />
Susan or on his own over saying the<br />
wrong thing or saying the right thing too<br />
soon. His backpedaling rambles and<br />
head-in-hands moments feel uncomfortably<br />
familiar.<br />
The play itself may leave one with a case<br />
of nerves, as the exaggerated relationship<br />
between the characters sits uneasily in the<br />
mind and gut, but the second half of the<br />
evening is pure fun. Wine, stories and<br />
conversation liven up the space and bring<br />
FULLERTON COLLEGE<br />
CAMPUS THEATER<br />
321 E. Champan, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Tickets: 714-992-7150<br />
•OPENING MARCH 10: MAN OF LA<br />
MANCHA - book by Dale Wasserman,<br />
lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch<br />
Leigh. The inspiration to dream "The<br />
Impossible Dream," Man of La Mancha is<br />
the story of "mad" knight, Don Quixote,<br />
the alter ego of Miguel de Cervantes, a prisoner<br />
awaiting trial during the brutal era of<br />
the infamous Spanish Inquisition.<br />
Cervantes enlists his fellow prisoners to perform<br />
in his magical play in his quest for justice,<br />
love and freedom. The winner of five<br />
Tony awards, Man of La Mancha has<br />
proven to be one of the most enduring<br />
works of musical theatre worldwide today.<br />
$15/adult; $12/seniors, students & kids. -<br />
8pm, thru March 17<br />
CSUF PERFORMING<br />
ARTS CENTER<br />
800 N. State College Blvd.,<br />
on the Cal State <strong>Fullerton</strong> campus<br />
Tickets: 657-278-3371<br />
•10 ANNUAL NEW MUSIC<br />
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE MARCH 4-6<br />
•March 4 @8pm: Cornelius Dufallo, violin/composer<br />
& Paola Prestini, composer.<br />
Meng Concert Hall $15<br />
•March 5: Composer-performer symposium,<br />
panels, lectures, demos 10am-6pm in<br />
the Recital Hall. Free<br />
•March 5 @8pm: CSUF New Music<br />
Ensemble w/faculty & guest artists. Meng<br />
Concert Hall $15<br />
•March 6 @8pm: University Symphony<br />
Orchestra featuring the premiere of Pamela<br />
Madsen’s work with Artic photographer<br />
Camille Seaman. Meng Concert Hall $15<br />
THEATER<br />
Above: Susan (Jessie Withers) and Elliot<br />
(Casey Long) share a tender moment<br />
after their first kiss.<br />
PHOTO BY DOUG CATILLER TRUE IMAGE STUDIO<br />
the actors and audience together.<br />
Directed by Khanisha Foster, Long and<br />
Withers narrate their own love stories:<br />
simultaneously sweet and amusing. Stay<br />
for this second act to hear why tube socks<br />
saved Withers’ skin and why Long found<br />
a cherub exasperating.<br />
To spend an evening dwelling on the<br />
charm, uncertainty and risk of love, visit<br />
Chance Theater, 5552 E. La Palma,<br />
Anaheim Hills by February 27. For tickets<br />
call 714-777-3033 or visit<br />
www.chancetheater.com.<br />
CSUF PERFORMING<br />
ARTS CENTER<br />
800 N. State College Blvd., on the<br />
Cal State <strong>Fullerton</strong> campus<br />
Tickets: 657-278-3371<br />
•YOUNG THEATRE: TARTUFFE<br />
OPENS MARCH 4 - A classic comedy<br />
written by Moliére, adapted by<br />
Constance Congdon, and directed by<br />
James R. Taulli, this recent Broadway<br />
hit and long overdue production features<br />
CSUF’s graduate students! The<br />
wealthy Orgon and his prudish, bigoted<br />
mother, Madame Pernelle, have fallen<br />
under the spell of Tartuffe, a con man<br />
masquerading as a holy man. Orgon<br />
invites Tartuffe into his home, hilarity<br />
ensues and a clever, sexy story that<br />
could be ripped from today’s headlines<br />
has kept audiences rolling in the aisles<br />
for over three centuries! -8pm thru<br />
March 19, with matinees at 2pm on<br />
March 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20. $10<br />
•HALLBERG THEATRE:<br />
365 DAYS OPENS MARCH 11 -<br />
Based on the renowned, now classic,<br />
book by Dr. Ronald J. Glasser, 365<br />
DAYS is a gut-wrenching chamber theatre<br />
piece, which follows the harrowing,<br />
actual experiences of Glasser, during his<br />
time as a medic overseas, in the<br />
Vietnam conflict. After a series of<br />
unforgettable, highly charged, emotionally<br />
resonant, immersive scenes involving<br />
a group of soldier's deadly experiences<br />
in jungle warfare, we gradually<br />
focus down to the interaction between<br />
one, badly burned young soldier and<br />
Dr. Glasser's heroic and sometimes conflicted<br />
attempts to save the boy's life.<br />
Directed by Kari Hayter. -8pm thru<br />
March 26, with matinees at 2pm on<br />
March 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27. $10<br />
HUNGER ARTISTS THEATER<br />
Tickets: (714) 680-6803<br />
or online at www.hungerartists.net<br />
699-A S. State College, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
•FEB 11-MARCH 13: WAITING<br />
FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett,<br />
directed by Glendele Way-Agle. An<br />
eccentric pair of men ponder their<br />
existence and wrestle with their memories<br />
as they await a meeting with<br />
their mysterious friend, Godot.<br />
Company member Glendele Way-<br />
Agle has previously directed "Bat Boy:<br />
The Musical" and her own adaptation<br />
of "Lysistrata."<br />
COMING UP<br />
•THE GREAT AMERICAN<br />
TRAILER PARK MUSICAL by<br />
David Nehls and Betsy Kelso, directed<br />
by Nicole Dominguez. A musical for<br />
the redneck in all of us portrays the<br />
lives of the residents of Armadillo<br />
Acres Trailer Park. Opens March 25thru<br />
April 23.<br />
•MATT & BEN by Mindy Kaling<br />
and Brenda Withers, directed by<br />
Garrett T. McDonald. In 1955, childhood<br />
friends and Hollywood hopefuls<br />
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck struggle<br />
to make it big. Until a mysterious<br />
screenplay entitled “Good Will<br />
Hunting” falls from the sky in front of<br />
them changing their lives forever.<br />
Opens May 6 -thru 22.<br />
STAGES THEATER<br />
400 E. Commonwealth, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Tickets: 714-525-4484<br />
www.stagesoc.org<br />
•OPENING FEB. 25: TWELFTH<br />
NIGHT by William Shakespeare,<br />
adapted by Adam Evans. Never send a<br />
boy to do a man’s job, especially if that<br />
boy is a lady....Shakespeare’s classic<br />
comedy is presented with a few new<br />
twists! The original tale follows Viola,<br />
a shipwrecked young maiden, disguised<br />
as a man, dodging the affections<br />
of the crazed Olivia while dodging<br />
her own affection for her master,<br />
Duke Orsino - who happens to be in<br />
love with Olivia. If that wasn’t confusing<br />
enough, she must dodge the suspisions<br />
of Olivia’s court of fools and<br />
confidants. This chaotic farce has been<br />
infused with new music, extreme<br />
physical comedy and madcap humor.<br />
COMING UP<br />
•JULIUS CEASAR by William<br />
Shakespeare, directed by Casey Holm,<br />
opens March 5 and plays thru April<br />
2nd. An Elizabethan playwright shed<br />
light upon a political coup carried out<br />
1500 years earlier and in a few deft<br />
strokes illuminated both the English<br />
language and the politics of the<br />
moment. A new dramatic interpretation<br />
of William Shakespeare's play<br />
Julius Caesar. This timeless tale has<br />
been moved into the 21st century and<br />
immerses the audience in a web of<br />
intrigue and politics. A story as relevant<br />
today as it was when it was first<br />
written.<br />
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3-D THEATRICALS<br />
Tickets: (714) 589-2770<br />
online at www.3dtshows.com<br />
Plummer Auditorium,<br />
201 E. Chapman, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
•THRU FEBRUARY 27: THE<br />
DROWSY CHAPERONE by Bob<br />
Martin and Don McKellar, with music<br />
and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg<br />
Morrison. A die-hard theater fan plays his<br />
favorite cast album on his turntable, and<br />
the musical bursts into life in his living<br />
room, telling the rambunctious tale of a<br />
brazen Broadway starlet trying to find,<br />
and keep, her true love. $22-$56<br />
Coming up: All Shook Up inspired by<br />
and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley.<br />
Into a square little town in a square little<br />
state rides a guitar-playing roustabout<br />
who changes everything and everyone he<br />
meets in this musical fantasy. Opens May<br />
13- thru May 29<br />
MAVERICK THEATER<br />
110 E. Walnut, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Tickets: 714-526-7070<br />
mavericktheater.com<br />
•OPENING FEB. 18: THE WED-<br />
DING SINGER -thru April 9<br />
COMING UP<br />
•THE COUNT OF MONTE<br />
CRISTO opens April 15 -thru May 21<br />
•CHICAGO opens May 27 -thru July<br />
30.<br />
•GET SMART opens August 12 - thru<br />
September 17
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HITS &<br />
MISSES © 2011<br />
by Joyce Mason<br />
Another Year: Two Hits<br />
Oscar nominated writer-director Mike Leigh<br />
takes us into the home of a middle-class couple<br />
approaching retirement age but still enjoying their<br />
professional lives and their weekend gardening. As<br />
grounded and sensible as Gerri and Tom are, the<br />
friends that frequent their North London home<br />
exude neediness and, at times, pathos.<br />
Leigh likes to work with his actors for several<br />
weeks before he starts shooting his films. In this<br />
way his characters become comfortable in their<br />
roles and even create some of their own dialogue,<br />
adding to the film’s spontaneity and verisimilitude.<br />
This technique works especially well as we follow<br />
Gerri and Tom through the four seasons of<br />
“Another Year.”<br />
Having met in college, Tom (Jim Broadbent) and<br />
Gerri (Ruth Sheen) have experienced some travel<br />
and adventure in their early life before settling into<br />
careers and domesticity. Tom, a geological engineer,<br />
and Gerri, a guidance counselor in a medical<br />
center, still enjoy each other’s company as they<br />
cook and garden together and as they entertain<br />
friends, both current and long-standing. Their<br />
one hope is that their son, Joe (Oliver Maltman), a<br />
government lawyer, will meet a nice woman and<br />
settle down.<br />
Swirling in and out of Tom’s and Gerri’s gentle<br />
and well-ordered lives is an assortment of friends<br />
whose lives are messy and unfulfilled. Mary (Lesley<br />
Manville), a secretary at the medical center, appears<br />
in each of the seasonal set pieces. Already in her<br />
early fifties, Mary is attractive but tries to present<br />
herself as a much younger woman. In the<br />
“Summer” sequence, we see her after a failed marriage<br />
and some unsuccessful romances, exuding a<br />
desperate demeanor and using wine and flirty<br />
loquaciousness to blunt her anxieties. Gerri offers<br />
her kindness, hoping that their friendship will provide<br />
stability to Mary’s flighty behavior.<br />
In “Summer,” the second set-piece, Ken (Peter<br />
Wight), a childhood friend of Tom’s, arrives overweight<br />
and sloppy wearing a T-shirt that reads,<br />
“Less thinking, more drinking.” When he complains<br />
to Gerri about being lonely and about not<br />
liking his job, she remarks, “Life is not always<br />
kind.” During the garden party of “Summer,”<br />
Mary avoids Ken and flirts with 30-year-old Joe,<br />
whom she’s known since he was a child. Polite, yet<br />
heedful of her advances, Joe tactfully avoids Mary,<br />
especially when she wants to drive him home or<br />
meet him for drinks.<br />
By “Autumn,” Tom and Gerri are enjoying the<br />
bounty of their garden’s harvest as they prepare a<br />
meal for Joe and Katie (Karina Fernandez), the girlfriend<br />
Joe at last brings home to meet his parents.<br />
Katie charms them with her good sense and lively<br />
humor, but Mary, also a dinner guest, becomes<br />
sulky and rude, allowing Gerri to see for the first<br />
time that Mary has indeed wanted Joe for herself.<br />
By the time “Another Year” concludes with<br />
“Winter,” it has taken on a darker mood. Tom’s<br />
brother, Ronnie (David Bradley), has lost his wife,<br />
leaving him in an almost catatonic state, especially<br />
as Ronnie is beset with a hostile son (Martin<br />
Savage). However, Leigh keeps the focus on the<br />
genuine goodwill and emotional stability of his two<br />
leading characters.<br />
Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best<br />
Supporting Actress, Lesley Manville appears in<br />
each of the four set pieces. Even surrounded by the<br />
film’s ensemble of superb actors, Manville’s Mary is<br />
memorable. She creates a character so deluded and<br />
out of touch with the reality of her life that at times<br />
we are reminded of Tennessee Williams’ Blanche<br />
DuBois.<br />
A Hit & A Miss: You Might Like It.<br />
Two Misses: Forget About It.<br />
Two Hits: Don’t Miss It!<br />
MON., FEB. 14<br />
•10am: Valentine Celebration, at <strong>Fullerton</strong> Senior<br />
Center, 340 W. Commonwealth features dancing to live<br />
music by Tom & Kris, lunch with special Valentine<br />
dessert. $3.50 ($2.50/age 60 and over). 714-738-6305<br />
•6:30pm: Parks & Rec Committee, will discuss the<br />
Hillcrest Park Master Plan. The plan is expected to be<br />
heard at the April 5th 6:30pm session of the <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
City Council. Email Parks Specialist Doug Pickard if you<br />
would like to be on the notification list at<br />
DouglasP@ci.fullerton.ca.us. City Hall Council<br />
Chambers, 303 W. Commonwealth, <strong>Fullerton</strong> 92832.<br />
WED., FEB. 16<br />
•9-12noon: Free Blood Pressure Checks, offered at<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Certified Farmers Market at Independence<br />
Park, 801 W. Valencia Dr. (next to the DMV). The market<br />
is open from 8am to 1:30pm rain or shine year-round.<br />
Call Mona Amoon at 714-535-5694 with questions.<br />
•9-11am: Eye Care for Aging Population by Dr.<br />
Clyde Kitchen, St. Jude ophthalmologist and author of<br />
“Fact & Fiction of Healthy Vision”. Elks Club, 1400 Elks<br />
<strong>View</strong> Lane (off Brea Blvd), <strong>Fullerton</strong>. OLLI free lecture<br />
series. 657-278-2446<br />
•2:30-3:30pm: Live S.A.F.E Rally & Community<br />
Fair, sponsored by the city, <strong>Fullerton</strong> police & fire and<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> School District at Independence Park, 801 W.<br />
Valencia Dr. east of Euclid, includes interactive activities,<br />
student performances, contests, speakers, informational<br />
booths by local non-profits. Free<br />
THURS., FEB. 17<br />
•7-9pm: Color & Music Therapy Can Do What<br />
Medicine Can’t with artist, musician and occupational<br />
therapist Grethe Oldenberg. Mackey Auditorium, Ruby<br />
Gerontology Center, CSUF, 800 N. St. College,<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>. OLLI free lecture series. 657-278-2446<br />
•7:30pm: Sultans of Satire: Middle East Comic<br />
Relief at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center. This show<br />
features a new generation of American comedians of<br />
Middle Eastern heritage including Ronnie Kahalil, Elham<br />
Jazab, and Noel Elggrably. $20. Call 866-411-1212 or go<br />
to www.themuck.org for tickets. See www.bebin.tv<br />
FRI., FEB. 18<br />
•7pm: Native American Institute meeting features<br />
anthropologist Dr. Henry Koerper on “The Lithic<br />
Portable Cosmos of Central and South Coastal Southern<br />
California: A Survey of Early through Late Holocene<br />
Charms, Amulets, and Effigies. Call Dr. John Collins at<br />
714.732.3719 for more information. 1465 N. Batavia<br />
Street, Orange. Free<br />
WED., FEB. 23<br />
•10am: The Immigration Debate” featuring a panel<br />
with Adela Lopez, Flor Aguilera, Josh Ashenmiller, Jodi<br />
Balma, and Leonor Montreal, will be held in room 224 at<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> College campus on E. Chapman.<br />
THURS., FEB. 24<br />
•12:30-2pm: League of Women Voters Lunch at the<br />
Sizzler, 1401 N. Harbor, <strong>Fullerton</strong> features Cypress<br />
College professor of speech communications and political<br />
science on “New Faces in Government.” $12 includes<br />
speaker & lunch. Reservations 714.254.7440 or email to<br />
lunchwithleague@lwvnoc.org. The League of Women<br />
Voters is a nonpartisan organization of men and women<br />
dedicated to making democracy work.<br />
•6:30pm: Artist/Author Jaime Hernandez at<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Public Library Osborne Auditorium, 353 W.<br />
Commonwealth. One half<br />
of the brotherly duo<br />
behind “Love & Rockets”<br />
graphic comic series, will<br />
be interviewed by Gustavo<br />
Arellano and will sign his<br />
new book, “The Art of<br />
Jaime Hernandez: The<br />
Secrets of Life and Death.”<br />
Free<br />
•6pm & 7:30pm: OC<br />
Music Awards Listening<br />
Wall Exhibit and Best<br />
Live Acoustic Finals at<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Museum, on the<br />
corner of Wishire and Pomona a block east of Harbor<br />
downtown. Free, All Ages. Go to<br />
www.ocmusicawards.com for more info and the lineup at<br />
venues around the county.<br />
SAT., FEB. 26<br />
•9am-3pm: Jog-A-Thon to End Polio at <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
High School Track on Berkeley. The Rotary Club of<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> partners with local high schools to raise awareness<br />
and raise funds for End Polio Now and school clubs.<br />
Contributions will be matched by the Bill & Melinda<br />
Gates Foundation. Email StopPolioNow@gmail.com for<br />
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Local Author<br />
Gayle K. Brunelle<br />
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 30th, Gayle K.<br />
Brunelle, co-author of Murder in the Metro: Laetitia<br />
Toureaux and the Cagoule in 1930s France, will be signing<br />
at the LA Times Festival of Books. The festival will<br />
be held at University of<br />
Southern California.<br />
Attendance is free. Parking at<br />
the campus is $10.<br />
http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks.<br />
Available on Amazon.com;<br />
BarnesandNoble.com. You<br />
can find ordering information,<br />
take a tour of “Laetitia’s<br />
Paris,” and find out more<br />
about the authors at<br />
www.murderinthemetro.com<br />
more information or go to www.StopPolio.org and click<br />
on “Events.”<br />
•9:30am-5pm: LA Media Reform Summit 2011 at<br />
Occidental College. If you are concerned that our democracy<br />
is being usurped by today’s media, that communities<br />
are being harmed by the absence of local news coverage,<br />
and that diverse groups lack access to the media join us<br />
for an interactive and informative summit. www.commoncause.org/ca/mediasummit.<br />
$15 (discounts for students<br />
and seniors with ID)<br />
MON., FEB. 28<br />
•5pm: <strong>Fullerton</strong> College Master Plan Dialogue at<br />
NOCCCD Headquarters Room 105, 1830 Romneya,<br />
Anaheim. Call Melissa Utsuki at 714-808-4831 or email<br />
mutsuki@nocccd.edu to RSVP.<br />
TUES., MARCH 1<br />
•4pm: Community Center Groundbreaking will take<br />
place in Amerige Park on Commonwealth. The new $28<br />
million center will combine the Senior Center and the<br />
Boys & Girls Club and add an indoor pool, gym, classrooms,<br />
and large hall for special occasions. Demolition of<br />
the Boys & Girls Club begins mid-Feb. Demolition of<br />
the Senior Center begins in June. During construction<br />
senior programs will move to the St. Mary’s Church classrooms<br />
and Boys & Girls Club will move to Independence
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Park, 801 W. Valencia Dr. The new center<br />
is expected to be complete in Oct. 2012.<br />
Call 714-738-6575 for info.<br />
THURS., MARCH 3<br />
•7pm: French Film Fest “Coco Before<br />
Chanel” with Audrey Tatou chronicles<br />
the life of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel,<br />
world-famous fashion designer and her<br />
struggles for recognition on the road to<br />
celebrity. Wilshire Auditorium on Lemon<br />
and Wilshire, <strong>Fullerton</strong>. $6.50 <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
College Box Office (714) 992-7150.<br />
http://foreign.fullcoll.edu<br />
TUES., MARCH 8<br />
•6:30pm: Town & Gown Lecture on<br />
An American in Istanbul with CSUF<br />
associate professor of music and director<br />
of composition and theory Ken Walicki.<br />
He will discuss the differences and similarities<br />
between Islamic and Judeo-<br />
Christian dominant cultures. His lecture<br />
will show that Islamic countries are as different<br />
from each other as the US is<br />
fromFinland. Walicki is an American<br />
composer, composer-in-residence for the<br />
LA based new music ensemble, the Divan<br />
Consort, and a Fulbright scholar. Free at<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Public Library Osborne<br />
Auditorium, 353 W. Commonwealth.<br />
714-773-6326 for more info.<br />
SAT., MARCH 12<br />
•9am: Arbor Day Tree Planting at<br />
Nicolas Park sponsored by the city.<br />
Twenty 24-inch Fern Pine and Deodar<br />
Cedar trees will be planted. Volunteers<br />
asked to bring round point shovels, work<br />
gloves and sturdy shoes. (If it rains the<br />
event moves to March 19). Nicolas Park is<br />
located at 1015 W. Hill St., at the intersection<br />
of Hill and Euclid St., adjacent to<br />
Nicolas Jr. High. Call City Landscape<br />
Superintendant Dennis Quinlivan at 714-<br />
6897 with questions.<br />
•10am: Free Composting Class led by<br />
Pat McNelly and Dr. Bill Roley at<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Arboretum, 1900 Associated<br />
Rd. on CSUF campus. Call (657)278-<br />
3407 to RSVP as space is limited.<br />
•7pm: French Film Fest “The Diving<br />
Bell and the Butterfly” The inspiring<br />
true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, for-<br />
GET ON THE BUS<br />
Benefit Dinner & Concert<br />
4pm Sunday, March 6<br />
St, Juliana Catholic Church<br />
1316 N. Acacia, <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
EVENTS Continued<br />
mer editor of French Elle magazine. A<br />
massive stroke leaves him paralyzed with<br />
the rare “locked-in” syndrome. As it<br />
brings us his strife to communicate with<br />
the world, this film becomes a testament<br />
to man’s ability to overcome tremendous<br />
odds.. Wilshire Auditorium on Lemon<br />
and Wilshire, <strong>Fullerton</strong>. $6.50 <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
College Box Office (714) 992-7150.<br />
http://foreign.fullcoll.edu<br />
FRI., MARCH 18<br />
•7pm: French Film Fest “Seraphine”<br />
the true story of a cleaning lady who<br />
paints in secret. After her work is discovered<br />
by an art dealer, she goes on to<br />
become celebrated. Wilshire Auditorium<br />
on Lemon and Wilshire, <strong>Fullerton</strong>. $6.50<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> College Box Office (714) 992-<br />
7150. http://foreign.fullcoll.edu<br />
WED., MARCH 23<br />
•7pm: French Film Fest “Avenue<br />
Montagne” about a beautiful and spirited<br />
young woman from the provinces, who<br />
comes to Paris to experience life in its infinite<br />
variety. How she becomes involved<br />
with an array of interesting people makes<br />
this a delightful comedy. Wilshire<br />
Auditorium on Lemon and Wilshire,<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>. $6.50 <strong>Fullerton</strong> College Box<br />
Office (714) 992-7150.<br />
http://foreign.fullcoll.edu<br />
THURS., MARCH 24<br />
•6:30pm: Artist Emigdio Vasquez will<br />
talk about his career as a Chicano muralist<br />
in Orange County. “Art should not just<br />
be decoration. It’s a statement about life.<br />
My art talks about my environment, my<br />
experiences.” (Go to www.1artstore.com<br />
for a look at his paintings). <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Public Library Osborne Auditorium, 353<br />
W. Commonwealth. Free<br />
TUES., MARCH 29<br />
•7pm: French Film Fest “Tell No<br />
One” will be the festival’s powerful finale<br />
. In this film, a doctor is trying to put his<br />
life in order after his wife was murdered<br />
by a serial killer. Eight years later, he finds<br />
himself implicated in two murders he<br />
knows nothing about. This is a must-see<br />
and one of the year’s most suspenseful<br />
• Delicious Dinner prepared by Chef Jon Sanders<br />
• Jazz Concert by Ron Kobayashi & Friends<br />
plus Social Hour and Silent Auction<br />
Approximately 200,000 children have a parent in state prison.<br />
Proceeds from this event provide funds to children requesting,<br />
but unable to afford, transportation to visit their parents through the<br />
ON THE BUS program which provides free bus rides to and from prisons.<br />
Last year the program provided transportation to<br />
1,500 children around the time of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.<br />
RESERVATIONS: Contact Barbara Johnson at 714-529-5166 or<br />
Barbara Dietterle at 714-525-2208 • $40 Donation Requested<br />
Sponsored by St. Juliana Catholic Church & Congregational Church of <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
National best-selling authors will headline<br />
“A Day of Authors” in <strong>Fullerton</strong> at the<br />
19th-annual ALPHA fundraiser. The event<br />
will be held at Cal State <strong>Fullerton</strong>’s Titan<br />
Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., on<br />
Saturday, March 26 from 9am to 3pm.<br />
New York Times best-selling author J.A.<br />
Jance and 2011 American Library<br />
Association Librarian of the Year Nancy<br />
Pearl will be the keynote speakers.<br />
Jance, the author of four mystery series,<br />
and Pearl, who launched Book Lust and the<br />
One City, One Book programs, are among<br />
eight successful authors invited by the<br />
sponsoring ALPHA Chapter of the<br />
Assistance League of <strong>Fullerton</strong> to headline<br />
the fundraiser.<br />
Proceeds from the event benefit local philanthropies<br />
including Operation School<br />
Bell, which provides disadvantaged children<br />
with backpacks, books and hygiene<br />
kits; Tiny Togs, which supplies St. Jude<br />
Medical Center’s clinics with newborn<br />
layettes and children’s books; Santa’s Closet,<br />
offering practical household items and personal<br />
clothing to local families in need; and<br />
Special Family-Emergency Needs providing<br />
furniture and clothing for special needs<br />
children.<br />
ALPHA has donated nearly a half a million<br />
dollars to charitable programs in the<br />
past 19 years.<br />
The $85 admission includes the author<br />
presentations, personally autographed<br />
books which Barnes and Noble will have<br />
available for purchase, a continental breakfast,<br />
a three-course lunch, a chance to win<br />
gift baskets and interaction with other passionate<br />
book lovers.<br />
Guests for the first time may select two<br />
different break-out sessions featuring the<br />
following speakers:<br />
•Miles Corwin: a UCI professor and former<br />
LA Times crime reporter writes about<br />
the LAPD in “Kind of Blue,” which moves<br />
him to the ranks of a leading crime novelist.<br />
•Susan Vreeland: author of “The Girl in<br />
Hyacinth Blue” and the newly acclaimed<br />
“Clara and Mr. Tiffany” offers fictionalized<br />
accounts of well-known artists.<br />
•Carol Snow: a <strong>Fullerton</strong> author brings<br />
recognizable locations to romantic novels,<br />
including “Here Today, Gone to Maui.”<br />
•Aimee Bender: the author of Pushcart<br />
Prizes for best-short fiction earned the 2010<br />
SoCal Booksellers Award for “The<br />
Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake.”<br />
•Marla Frazee: an illustrator, author and<br />
teacher won two Caldecott Honors for<br />
whimsical graphics and deft storytelling in<br />
children’s books.<br />
•Victoria Patterson: a finalist for the<br />
2009 CA Book Award and Story Prize sets<br />
her novels in Newport Beach where she<br />
spent her teenage years.<br />
TICKETS: Make your reservation for<br />
tickets early as attendance space is limited.<br />
Email ADayOfAuthors@yahoo.com to<br />
register.<br />
Go to www.fullerton.assistanceleague.org<br />
for more information on Assistance League<br />
programs and the Day of Authors event.<br />
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW:<br />
ALPHA 19th Annual “A Day of Authors”<br />
Above: Aimee Bender, author<br />
of “The Particular Sadness of Lemon<br />
Cake” is one of eight featured authors.<br />
Above: Keynote speaker American<br />
Association Librarian of the Year Nancy<br />
Pearl started the one-city, one-book program<br />
which has spread nationwide. She<br />
is also a contributor to NPR.<br />
Above: New York best-selling author<br />
J.A. Jance is also a keynote speaker<br />
at the event. She has written four<br />
different mystery series.
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Lee Foster of Placentia<br />
died on January 27 at the<br />
age of 67 due to complications<br />
from heart failure.<br />
Lee was raised in<br />
DuBois, Pennsylvania,<br />
graduated from Grove<br />
City College, and retired<br />
in 2004 as a sales manager<br />
for Bayer.<br />
A loving father and<br />
friend, Lee is survived by<br />
his two children, Mike<br />
Foster of Irvine and Kate<br />
Foster Lengyel of New<br />
York.<br />
A memorial service was<br />
held on February 1 at<br />
McAulay & Wallace<br />
Mortuary in <strong>Fullerton</strong>.<br />
In lieu of flowers,<br />
memorial donations can<br />
be made to the American<br />
Heart Association.<br />
Susan (Tavajian) Jebejian<br />
March 17, 1917 – February 1, 2011<br />
Susan Jebejian passed away peacefully<br />
February 1, 2011.<br />
She is survived by her daughter, Ellen<br />
(Larry), son, Richard (Barbara), six<br />
grandchildren, Jeffrey, Susan, Peggy,<br />
Jimmy, Elizabeth, Dickran, and 11<br />
great-grandchildren, Lauren, Katelyn,<br />
Taylor, Clay, Logan, Mollie, Alyssa,<br />
Tyler, Trevor, Ellie and Delaney. Her<br />
beloved husband, Dick preceded her in<br />
death in 1986. In addition to her<br />
immediate family, Susan leaves a loving<br />
family of nieces and nephews.<br />
Susan was born in Istanbul, Turkey<br />
and immigrated with her family to the<br />
United States in 1921. She grew up in<br />
Detroit, Michigan and moved to Los<br />
Angeles, California in 1936.<br />
Susan and Dick were instrumental in<br />
the planning and building of the Ararat<br />
Home for the Armenian Aged located in<br />
Mission Hills. She served as President<br />
and Treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary of<br />
the Home. She took great pride in the<br />
Home and the contributions of service<br />
and dedication the Jebejian family made<br />
to it. Susan was an active member of the<br />
St. James Armenian Apostolic Church in<br />
Los Angeles. She loved to cook and was<br />
happy to volunteer her talents to the<br />
Ladies Aide Society’s kitchen crew.<br />
Her greatest joy was her family. She<br />
loved family gatherings, especially at her<br />
home on Melrose Hill. Her legacy of<br />
kindness and generosity will live on in<br />
the hearts and memories of all who<br />
Lee Wayne<br />
Foster<br />
June 23, 1943 -<br />
January 27, 2011<br />
knew this gracious, loving and dignified<br />
lady.<br />
Services were held on February 5,<br />
2011 in the Chapel at the Ararat Home<br />
of Los Angeles, 15105 Mission Hills<br />
Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345-1103.<br />
In lieu of flowers, donations may be<br />
made to the Ararat Home of Los<br />
Angeles, or St. James Armenian<br />
Apostolic Church, 4959 W. Slauson,<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90056<br />
Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, 6400<br />
Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA<br />
90068<br />
Bruce Brown Butler<br />
Bruce Brown Butler, 90, was born July<br />
9, 1920, in <strong>Fullerton</strong>. He passed away<br />
December 25, 2010.<br />
Bruce grew up on a citrus ranch in La<br />
Habra. Growing citrus fruit and drinking<br />
a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice<br />
became one of his life-long passions.<br />
He graduated from Whittier College<br />
and USC (MBA) and married the love of<br />
his life, Clare (Griggs) Butler. They were<br />
married for 62 years and she preceded him<br />
in death. He continued through life with a<br />
broken heart, after her passing.<br />
He spent his life in service to others as a<br />
lieutenant in the US Navy during World<br />
War II, and as the Assistant<br />
Superintendent of Business for the<br />
Norwalk-La Mirada School District for 40<br />
years. He also served on the school board<br />
after his retirement. He enjoyed golfing<br />
and gardening, and won multiple awards<br />
for landscaping in the city of La Mirada.<br />
He went to be with Jesus on Christmas<br />
morning and was reunited with his wife,<br />
Clare, and daughter, Anne Butler Schoene, in<br />
heaven.<br />
Bruce is survived by his son, Mark Butler;<br />
daughter-in-law, Carol Butler; granddaughters,<br />
Cortney (Butler) Pefia, Brooke Butler-<br />
Angaga, Clare Schoene, and Elizabeth<br />
Schoene; great grandchildren, Daynee Pefia<br />
and Corson Pena; and many nieces and<br />
beloved friends.<br />
REST IN PEACE • WE REMEMBER YOU<br />
SAINT ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH<br />
A warm, progressive, inclusive community<br />
based on tradition, open to innovation. Come as you are.<br />
Children and Visitors Always Welcome!<br />
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(Nursery & Church School)<br />
Mary Francis Rochester, 92, a 45 year<br />
resident of <strong>Fullerton</strong>, passed away on<br />
January 21, 2011 at Anaheim Memorial<br />
Hospital in Anaheim after a sustained<br />
period of illness. She is survived by her<br />
sons, Michael Samuels (wife Beatriz);<br />
Harold Rochester (wife Margarite); and<br />
Paul Rochester (wife Jaqueline), 10 grandchildren<br />
(Fylicia, Louis, Rochelle,<br />
Danielle, Tasha, Harold Jr., Johnny,<br />
Aaliyah, Alexis and Christian), 5 greatgrandchildren<br />
(Akeyl, N'Kyla, Mary,<br />
Benjamin and Khalyd), a niece (Trisha)<br />
and a host of extended family and friends.<br />
She was preceded in death by her parents,<br />
all three siblings, her husband and her<br />
beloved daughter, Alice.<br />
Mary was born in the state of<br />
Louisianna, but resided much of her life<br />
in Port Author, Texas before relocating to<br />
California with her husband, Doris<br />
Rochester and four children.<br />
Over the years, Mary worked as a seamstress,<br />
a factory worker and a retail clerk in<br />
the old Montgomery Ward's. She was<br />
known as a hard worker with a humble<br />
heart. She was an excellent seamstress<br />
and often made clothes for her children.<br />
Mary was a gentle spirit who kept God<br />
first in her life and this showed in her<br />
devotion to her family, friends and her<br />
church, St. Mary's Catholic Church in<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>. She was so dedicated to her<br />
faith that even after her husband passed<br />
and her children moved away, she would<br />
walk to church in time for the early morning<br />
mass on Sundays.<br />
Poppy, may you be looking into the eyes of<br />
the Savior and hearing the words, "Well done,<br />
my good and faithful servant."<br />
A celebration of his life was held on<br />
February 12th at Rose Drive Friends Church<br />
in Yorba Linda. In lieu of flowers, the family<br />
asks that donations be made to "Butler<br />
Memorial" at Rose Drive Friends Church,<br />
4221 Rose Dr., Yorba Linda, Ca 92886.<br />
1231 E. CHAPMAN AVE, FULLERTON • 714.870.4350 www.saintandrewsfullerton.org<br />
Mary Francis Rochester<br />
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Mary was a great cook and always had<br />
an extra plate of food for the frequent<br />
family friends that would stop by to visit<br />
her. She was an amazing grandmother,<br />
doting on her grandchildren with her<br />
warmth and solid presence. She was<br />
small in stature, but large in heart. She<br />
had a kind and encouraging word to all<br />
who crossed her path.<br />
Her departure leaves a void in all who<br />
knew and loved her; and though we<br />
mourn her absence, we rejoice that she is<br />
no longer in a pain. We take comfort in<br />
knowing that Heaven has welcomed one<br />
of its most beloved Angels. Services were<br />
held on February 2nd at McAulay &<br />
Wallace in <strong>Fullerton</strong> and a funeral mass<br />
was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church<br />
on February 3rd. Internment followed at<br />
Loma Vista Memorial Park.<br />
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Above: Maddox smiles at mom while on an outing to the beach with his grandparents.<br />
Happy Birthday Maddox<br />
Maddox's 1-year-old birthday weekend included opening gifts, eating<br />
a little cake and fruit, and going to the beach with mom and<br />
grandpa and grandma. It was a little chilly, but he loved the ocean.<br />
Happy 100th Birthday Jean!<br />
Vibrant Jean Gaster of <strong>Fullerton</strong> is<br />
turning 100 years old on March 6th.<br />
A birthday celebration will be held<br />
at noon on March 4th at the<br />
Cambridge Court dining room<br />
located at 1621 E. Chapman in<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>. Jean’s closest friends,<br />
community members, and staff will<br />
be in attendance.<br />
Before moving to Cambridge<br />
Court, Jean led a very interesting<br />
life. She was a professional dancer, a<br />
set designer for Universal Studios, a<br />
volunteer nurse, a songwriter, and a<br />
pie shop owner!<br />
Jean has been fortunate to meet<br />
several wonderful individuals like<br />
Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, and<br />
Charlie Chaplin.<br />
She was married to her husband<br />
William Mckinly Gaster for over 40<br />
years. He was the private attorney<br />
for Mr. Knudson of Knudson<br />
Creamery.<br />
Jean is as vivacious as ever and a<br />
very active member of the community.<br />
She enjoys walking and attending<br />
entertainment and other events,<br />
and bingo.<br />
Free Senior Tax Return Help<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Senior Center. The free service is sponsored by<br />
AARP. Appointments will be from noon to 3pm on<br />
Thursdays from Feb. 3rd through April 14.<br />
Call 714-738-6305 for an Appointment
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MO KELLY’S SENIOR SPOTLIGHT<br />
Diane Stelley<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Senior Club Director on<br />
the Board & Sunshine Chair<br />
Diane is smart, outgoing, friendly and<br />
organized. She goes by her nickname<br />
“Di.” She is always color coordinated<br />
when she dresses. Her favorite color is<br />
purple. She was born on January 16 in<br />
Vincennes (the Knox County Seat of<br />
Indiana). She always thought her astrological<br />
sign was Capricorn but now with<br />
new studies and research recently<br />
revealed, she finds out she’s a Sagittarius.<br />
Her solution? Di says she will read both<br />
horoscopes and pick whatever sign suits<br />
her for the day.<br />
Her only sibling, younger sister<br />
Claudette, passed away five years ago.<br />
Di grew up in Vincennes until it was<br />
time to go away to attend Purdue<br />
University in Lafayette, Indiana, where<br />
she was on the competitive swim team<br />
(her specialty—the butterfly stroke).<br />
Di received a Bachelor Degree in<br />
Sociology and then her life changed. She<br />
met with a Navy Recruiter on campus<br />
and wound up joining the Navy<br />
Reserves. She was then tested in<br />
Indianapolis, had officer training in<br />
Rhode Island, graduated as an Ensign<br />
and was assigned to Litchfield Park,<br />
Arizona, where World War II aircraft<br />
were preserved. Di finished her career as<br />
a LtJG and we thank her for her service<br />
to our country. She could tell you many<br />
interesting stories.<br />
After the Navy, Di worked for seven<br />
years as a paid Professional District<br />
Director for the Girl Scouts.<br />
Di is now single and lives right here in<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong>. Her son, Nathan lives in<br />
Anaheim. Her daughter, Erica (married<br />
to Greg) and their son, Campbell (who is<br />
7 and in 2nd grade) also live in <strong>Fullerton</strong>.<br />
Campbell is the light of his gramo’s life<br />
and vice versa.<br />
•HOBBIES: beekeeping (many years<br />
ago); reading all of Sue Grafton’s mystery<br />
books (interesting fact—each new book<br />
title starts with the next letter of the<br />
alphabet—current one starts with “U”);<br />
gardening; and doing the Jumble puzzle<br />
in the L.A. Times.<br />
• BOOK AUTHOR: When Di attended a<br />
writing class years ago, she was strongly<br />
encouraged to write a book about beekeeping<br />
and she did. It was called<br />
“Beekeeping – An Illustrated Handbook”<br />
published in 1983 in both hardcover and<br />
paperback form. Congrats!<br />
•MEMBERSHIPS: Church of Religious<br />
Science in Garden Grove soon moving to<br />
Fountain Valley; former<br />
Secretary/Columnist for the Orange<br />
County Beekeepers’ Association;<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> Red Hat Society.<br />
•FOND MEMORY: attending her 50th<br />
class reunion at Purdue University and<br />
especially reminiscing with her many<br />
Purdue University Exponent Daily News<br />
friends/journalists.<br />
•SPORTS: loves the Lakers, tennis and<br />
swimming<br />
•ONE & ONLY CRUISE SO FAR: Alaska<br />
•FUTURE TRAVEL PLANS: Hawaii, New<br />
York and Austria<br />
•SENIOR CLUB: Di’s daughter told her<br />
about the Senior Center and Di joined in<br />
2009. She has met many new friends<br />
from having lunch in the dining room<br />
and by going on many of the Travel Club<br />
day trips along with the people who are<br />
in the classes she takes. Di has become<br />
very health conscious and really enjoys<br />
being able to participate in several classes—Monday<br />
is Fun & Fitness Health<br />
from 9:30am -11:00am; Tuesday is<br />
Robin’s Exercise & Health from 9:30<br />
a.m-11:00 a.m.; Wednesday is<br />
Conversational Spanish from 10:15am-<br />
11:45am; Thursday is Fitness Zone<br />
Health at 12:30pm to 2:00pm. Di says<br />
that she is “fit as a fiddle” and has never<br />
felt better. Di encourages all our senior<br />
readers to come and check out all the<br />
activities the Senior Center offers.<br />
Di was recently elected to be a Senior<br />
Club Director on the Board and was also<br />
appointed as the new Sunshine Chair. Di<br />
has certainly stepped up to the plate and<br />
we thank her for her skills, enthusiasm,<br />
support and volunteerism. We are keeping<br />
her busy, that’s for sure.<br />
•WORDS OF WISDOM: “A place for<br />
everything and everything in its place.”<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> Senior Center<br />
is located at 340 W. Commonwealth<br />
(right across from the <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Public Library and City Hall),<br />
Call 714-738-6305<br />
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
FULLERTON CRIME LOG w/ Jeanne Hoffa<br />
Compiled from interviews and daily crime records of the <strong>Fullerton</strong> Police Dept.<br />
Craig Park Jogger Attacked: A jogger in<br />
her late 30s was attacked in Craig Park in<br />
northeast <strong>Fullerton</strong> at 8:30am on Jan 31st.<br />
Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said the woman was<br />
listening to her iPod as she took a morning<br />
run near the baseball fields at the south end of<br />
the park. The sudden push from behind from<br />
a unknown assailant sent her to the ground.<br />
The attacker—a heavy-set man with a shaved<br />
head—then knelt at her side, struck her in the<br />
torso and started cursing at her in an unrecognizable<br />
language—neither English nor<br />
Spanish. Goodrich said, “she said it sounded<br />
like chanting.” As the suspect kicked and tried<br />
to strangle her, the victim began to strike back.<br />
She punched and kicked him and the suspect<br />
gave up, and ran away northbound through<br />
the park. The man didn't leave her with any<br />
injuries that required medics.<br />
Another suspect, in a case which may be<br />
unrelated, is also described as a heavy-set man<br />
with a shaved head. He grabbed and made sexual<br />
gestures at a woman in northeast <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
near Sunny Hills High School on Jan. 16th.<br />
Anyone with information about either of<br />
these cases is asked to call Sergeant Mike<br />
Chlebowski at 714-738-6776 or Detective<br />
Laura Markoski at 714-738-6358.<br />
•Man Facing Eviction Ends His Life: A<br />
cleaning lady walked into a home on the 3200<br />
block of Las Faldas Dr. Feb. 5th and found a<br />
man dead on the floor from a single gunshot<br />
wound, Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said that from<br />
all appearances, the 63-year-old man shot<br />
himself. He had been served an eviction notice<br />
and was due to vacate the house. He left no<br />
suicide note.<br />
•Cops Nab Masked Burglar: A woman<br />
called police when she found a man wearing a<br />
stocking over his head in her home on the 200<br />
block of N. Princeton Ave. at 11:38pm Jan.<br />
30th. The suspect ran from her home.<br />
<strong>Fullerton</strong> police instantly set up a perimeter in<br />
the area and found the suspect standing in the<br />
backyard at the house across the street. 31year-old<br />
Hilaire Francis Nollette, of <strong>Fullerton</strong>,<br />
was arrested for burglary when police found<br />
the victim’s garage door opener on him, said<br />
Sgt. Goodrich.<br />
•High School Teens Arrested in Sting: A<br />
Sunny Hills High School teacher discovered 8<br />
cameras were missing from the school in<br />
December, Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. The<br />
teacher’s boyfriend looked on Craigslist and<br />
saw cameras listed that matched the description<br />
of the Nikon SLR cameras taken from the<br />
school. So the two called police. Detectives<br />
from <strong>Fullerton</strong> police decided to set up a<br />
sting. An undercover officer contacted the<br />
seller through the ad and agreed to meet with<br />
him at the Target parking lot on Malvern Ave.<br />
to buy one of the cameras. A 17-year-old<br />
Sunny Hills High School student showed up<br />
with one of the cameras that fit the description<br />
perfectly, so the officer arrested him.<br />
They also arrested the 17-year-old who drove<br />
the seller to the location, which sits just south<br />
of Sunny Hills High. By interviewing the suspects—both<br />
described as Asian—police were<br />
able to locate one of the other missing cameras,<br />
but six, are still missing. The cameras are<br />
estimated to be worth between $600-$700, he<br />
said. No one at the high school or the district<br />
would comment on whether they will be able<br />
to replace the equipment. Sgt. Goodrich said<br />
it is helpful for people to look for their stolen<br />
merchandise on Internet sites themselves,<br />
since they are more familiar with it than the<br />
police are. But he cautioned the public not to<br />
try to confront potential thieves themselves.<br />
“You never know who might show up at a<br />
meeting,” he said.<br />
•Thief Hits A&M Terwiske: A thief pried<br />
open the door at A & M Terwiske Inc. Feb.<br />
4th and stole video cameras and wireless<br />
routers. The 34-year-old manager of the store<br />
on the 1500 block of Commonwealth Avenue<br />
reported the crime at 11:34pm.<br />
•Man Tries to Rob Cashless Store: A man<br />
in a red bike helmet walked into Supercuts on<br />
the 2600 block of Imperial Highway Feb 2nd,<br />
pointed a gun at employees and demanded<br />
money. The employee explained there was no<br />
money in the register and the man with the<br />
gun walked out of the store empty handed at<br />
4:02pm.<br />
•Man with a Gun Robs 5-Twelve Store: A<br />
man with a gun held up the 5-Twelve store on<br />
318 N. Euclid on Jan. 31st. The suspect, a<br />
5’10” Hispanic man wearing a gray hooded<br />
sweat shirt and dark pants, was armed with a<br />
black handgun when he entered the store at<br />
11:20pm. He escaped, with cash from the register,<br />
in a green Ford 4-door headed northbound<br />
on Euclid Street.<br />
•Burglar Flees after Wakening Woman: A<br />
woman in the University Crossings Apts woke<br />
to find a man climbing through the window<br />
of her living room shortly after midnight Feb.<br />
3rd. When the suspect realized someone was<br />
home, he fled the scene on the 2400 block of<br />
E. Nutwood Ave. without taking anything.<br />
•Phony Coins Passed Off: A suspect<br />
walked into <strong>Fullerton</strong> Coin and Stamps with<br />
7 foreign coins to sell on the afternoon of Feb.<br />
5th. The shop’s employee bought them for<br />
$910, but later began to suspect they were<br />
fake since they weighed less than 5 ounces<br />
when he checked them. The employee<br />
described the suspect as a 42-year-old Asian<br />
man.<br />
•Target Employee Arrested for<br />
Embezzlement: A 19-year-old employee was<br />
arrested for embezzlement after allegedly taking<br />
iPods from Target at 200 W.<br />
Orangethorpe Ave., and then selling them or<br />
returning them for store credit.<br />
•Drunk who Takes Taxi Gets Busted<br />
Anyway: A woman who had too much to<br />
drink at the SlideBar in downtown <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
on Feb. 3rd called a cab to take her home to<br />
Placentia. But the woman passed out in the<br />
taxi, and the driver didn’t know what to do<br />
with her, so he drove her to the <strong>Fullerton</strong><br />
Police Station where she was arrested for being<br />
drunk in public.<br />
•Man Dies after Fall From Ladder: An 82year-old<br />
man fell off of an extension ladder at<br />
his home on the 7400 block of Glen <strong>View</strong> Dr.<br />
at 8:48pm Feb. 3rd and hit his head on the<br />
concrete. Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said it<br />
appeared that the ladder had sunk into soft<br />
soil and buckled, making the man lose his balance.<br />
He died at the scene.<br />
•Indoor Pot Farm Found During Fugitive<br />
Search: <strong>Fullerton</strong> police detectives went to a<br />
home in search of Shawn Fontenette who was<br />
wanted on a federal weapons and narcotic<br />
warrant and got more than they bargained for<br />
Jan. 28th. Inside the home on the 2600 block<br />
of Associated Road, officers not only located<br />
the 32-year-old Fontenette, who technically<br />
hails from Austin, Texas, they also found a<br />
sophisticated hydroponic marijuana growing<br />
operation with about 100 plants sprouting<br />
inside, Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. Officers<br />
arrested Fontenette for being an out of state<br />
fugitive, and they also arrested the apartment’s<br />
resident, Shannon Filo, for cultivation.<br />
•Overdose: A 35-year-old man was found<br />
by his friends slumped in the bathroom with a<br />
hypodermic syringe stuck in his hand on Jan.<br />
27th. Sgt. Andrew Goodrich described the<br />
man as a known gang member and a long time<br />
drug user. <strong>Fullerton</strong> Fire gave him medical<br />
aid and transported him to St. Jude shortly<br />
after midnight but it was too late. He was pronounced<br />
dead at 1:08pm.<br />
•Catalytic Converter Stolen: A 25-yearold<br />
woman found the catalytic converter from<br />
her car was stolen at the New Wine Church<br />
parking lot on S. Brookhurst Rd. at 11:28pm<br />
Feb. 4th.<br />
•Trailer Stolen: A trailer was stolen from<br />
the New Options Funeral Service on the 1100<br />
block of S. Raymond Ave. Jan. 28th. It is<br />
unknown if there was a body inside.<br />
Teen Passes Out at Party: A 15-year-old<br />
went to a party and passed out Jan. 25th. “She<br />
woke up and the next morning she had symptoms<br />
of having had sexual intercourse,” Sgt.<br />
Goodrich said. She told police she had not<br />
given anyone consent to have sex with her.<br />
•Phony Phones: A <strong>Fullerton</strong> business<br />
owner paid more than $10,000 for a shipment<br />
of cell phones online, but when they arrived,<br />
each box was empty.<br />
•8 Accounts in Victim’s Name: A woman<br />
received calls from a number of department<br />
stores asking if she had tried to open a credit<br />
account. The victim found 8 accounts had<br />
been opened in her name, including one at<br />
Home Depot with a $7,000 balance.
MID FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Be the Match<br />
Bone Marrow Registry Drive<br />
EV Free Church at 2801 Brea Blvd., <strong>Fullerton</strong> will be<br />
hosting a Marrow Registry Drive for “Be the Match” on<br />
Sunday, March 6th, from 8am-1pm. This event is in support<br />
of four-year-old Brayden, who is fighting leukemia.<br />
Brayden is the son of pastor Drew Sodestrom of Richfield<br />
Community Church in Yorba Linda. Richfield Church<br />
held a drive where 642 people participated but no match<br />
was found. Biola and a few other churches in the area are<br />
also hosting drives in the coming weeks. Timing is crucial<br />
for Brayden right now.<br />
For more info on Brayden, check out http://richfieldcommunitychurch.com/brayden/?page_id=2.<br />
EV Free needs volunteers for the day of the event.<br />
Volunteers are asked to go to do a quick training between<br />
services on Sunday February 27th from 10:15-10:55 in the<br />
chapel and commit to 2 hours during the event itself. Call<br />
714-529-5544 or Paige Morrison at 714-319-3811 if you<br />
can help.<br />
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Valentine’s Day AVON COSMETICS<br />
Valentine’s is such a special day. It is a day that we are<br />
forced, um, no, coerced. No, that isn’t it either.<br />
Encouraged to show our love! Yes, Valentine’s Day is<br />
a holiday that has been mass marketed to such a degree<br />
that we feel that we have no choice but to show our<br />
love how special our sweetheart is to us by spending<br />
boatloads of money. If we do not have a significant<br />
other, then it is mandatory to find someone, anyone,<br />
to share the evening with.<br />
Why is this made-up holiday so important to us? If<br />
this is the only day of the year that you get love or<br />
affection flowing your way, then there are more important<br />
issues to work on than planning a big Valentine’s<br />
Day celebration. It is time to work on your relationship;<br />
to improve communication and on being clear as<br />
to what your needs are. If your Valentine is not willing<br />
to make some compromises to help you create some<br />
happiness in your life, you don’t need a dinner reservation;<br />
you need to see a therapist!<br />
If you have a healthy relationship, then you need to<br />
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It is important to celebrate your love every day, not<br />
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us but may not really mean anything. If nothing special<br />
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her, the day you told your husband that you were pregnant,<br />
or just the day you woke up turned over and was<br />
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The bottom line is to celebrate your love every day;<br />
that is what will keep it vibrant and growing. If you<br />
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rub. Bring home a flower just because it is a Monday.<br />
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Fundraiser February 28 to<br />
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Thank You!<br />
The <strong>Fullerton</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> crew<br />
thanks our readers for your<br />
support over the past 33 years!
Page 20 FULLERTON OBSERVER EARLY FEBRUARY 2011<br />
Turning Green by Diane Nielen © 2011<br />
I know, I know. You hear about it every<br />
day. Green used to be merely a color.<br />
Now it’s a protocol. I’d like you to meet<br />
Chuck and Linda Visnic, a <strong>Fullerton</strong> couple<br />
with an ambitious goal – to make their<br />
homestead as green and as welcoming as<br />
possible. After spending stimulating time<br />
with them I’m betting on their success.<br />
They’ve lived in their house since 1974<br />
but it’s just been in the last six years that<br />
they’ve delved into all the myriad possibilities<br />
for achieving sustainability. They<br />
aim to be energy independent, major<br />
water conserving, and grow their own edibles.<br />
It is a concept in the process of<br />
becoming.<br />
Where to start? Well, let’s go into the<br />
backyard first. There’s the classiest compost<br />
enclosure I’ve ever seen – a large<br />
wood-and-wire structure that is filling up.<br />
And next to it will reside the three 75 gallon<br />
receptacles which will receive and<br />
store rain water that will slide down the<br />
sections of roof that will be smooth metal<br />
inclines. RainBox containers are truly<br />
handsome rectangular boxes that can be<br />
installed either vertically or horizontally<br />
and can even be stacked. You’d admire<br />
them for appearance even if you weren’t<br />
aware of their utility value. Chuck says,<br />
“If you’re going to do something in<br />
California, make it good looking.”<br />
To our left are five recently built raised<br />
planting beds for veggies. Two are along<br />
the fence where string trellises on the wall<br />
will accommodate the climbers, the peas<br />
and beans. When I opined that hopefully<br />
they’d be feeding themselves and not the<br />
rabbits they corrected me. “It’s the raccoons.”<br />
Let’s move on to the future site of the<br />
grandkids’ playground. Linda has<br />
designed it to have appeal for adults as<br />
well as the youngsters. Have you seen the<br />
parcourses (also called fitness trails) in<br />
local parks? Well, there will be a few elements<br />
of those physical challenges incorporated<br />
in the area such as a spot to do<br />
pull-ups.<br />
Their backyard has a pool that was built<br />
in ‘75. Time for a do-over. Now the pool<br />
will be saltwater! This change has become<br />
increasingly popular. No need for chlorine.<br />
The water feels like soft water on<br />
your skin and has no saltwater taste. The<br />
plaster will be replaced with PeebleCoat in<br />
an off-white color. Algae doesn’t stick to<br />
it, but algae won’t be a concern in saltwater<br />
anyway. A neat idea is the large flat<br />
area called a Baja step at the shallow end<br />
of the pool, ideal for the young grandchildren.<br />
It will even include a beach-type<br />
umbrella over the water to furnish shade.<br />
Since hosing down the pool deck is a<br />
necessary chore they made the drains in<br />
the decking lead to another water-conservation<br />
RainBox. The travertine paving<br />
they chose for the decks around the pool<br />
will also be installed in the adjacent room<br />
of the house. When they have company<br />
they can open up the French or swinging<br />
or sliding doors (to be determined) and<br />
extend the usable space. They are indooroutdoor<br />
people.<br />
Did you know that codes now require<br />
either solar heating or a cover for pools?<br />
They are considering a roof application of<br />
clear plastic tubes that have a mirror<br />
inside. As water flows underneath the<br />
mirror it is heated. It should only require<br />
two or three of these 10 foot long tubes to<br />
heat the pool. Also the Visnics are planning<br />
to cover all the portions of the roof<br />
that face southwest or southeast with photovoltaic<br />
panels to supplement or replace<br />
utility power for general electrical uses.<br />
Their home is on a level lot but the back<br />
of the property drops down steeply into a<br />
ravine. They will be able to water this<br />
slope with that rainwater they are collecting.<br />
What to grow? They’re thinking<br />
“meadow.” But Linda says “I always want<br />
to plant food – something we can eat, so I<br />
said ‘Let’s see if we can do wheat!’” And<br />
Chuck announced that he will have his<br />
terraced vineyard. Not just any kind of<br />
grapes. Definitely cabernet.<br />
Linda is currently researching a technique<br />
for planting on a slope that allows<br />
water to percolate into the soil rather than<br />
running off. It involves computing the<br />
angles and including rocks.<br />
When we convened in the kitchen I<br />
continued to be impressed with the couple’s<br />
creativity. What first looked like<br />
ordinary windows adjacent to their sink<br />
area proved to be a series of movable<br />
frames that accordioned to open about<br />
twelve feet of space and make the entrance<br />
patio a part of the house as well as the<br />
kitchen part of the outdoors. These panels<br />
are NanaWalls from Germany, intended<br />
to be doors, but Chuck had them cut<br />
off to window length.<br />
Out in the front yard you wouldn’t realize<br />
that some of the raised planting is not<br />
just decorative. Nope, there are food<br />
plants too, everything from cauliflower to<br />
cilantro. Chuck<br />
shared, “Now that I<br />
eat the broccoli and<br />
the beans out of the<br />
yard and bring it in<br />
and cook it I’m not<br />
going to do anything<br />
different. This is the only way . . .”<br />
When asked his occupation, Chuck<br />
may answer “golfer” but don’t take him<br />
seriously. He used to be a manufacturer<br />
of windows and doors but since 1993 he<br />
has focused on his business, Energy<br />
Impacts. He is a consultant who works<br />
with architects and builders, reviewing<br />
their plans for compliance with governmental<br />
specifications. So his vocation and<br />
avocation complement each other. And<br />
Linda is an information technology systems<br />
consultant for St. Joseph Hospital.<br />
Chuck and Linda tackle their projects<br />
one at a time, resources permitting.<br />
‘Course circumstances sometimes alter<br />
their priorities. The grandkids pressed for<br />
the rebirth of the swimming pool so that<br />
got moved up ahead of replacing the roof.<br />
Chuck says you should have a grand<br />
plan for doing stuff. And first you should<br />
insulate your house the best you can.<br />
Then when you go to upgrade your<br />
mechanical system it will only need to be<br />
half the size. You may have heard of<br />
LEED which stands for Leadership in<br />
Energy and Environmental Design. Its<br />
guidelines and goals apply to public buildings.<br />
And now effective January 1st there<br />
is CalGreen, a new building standards<br />
Above: Chuck and Linda and broccoli<br />
At Left: Linda using the 3D program<br />
code that will have increasing<br />
impact on residential construction<br />
as well. It’s the pattern for the<br />
future.<br />
If you’ve ever considered Playing<br />
House there’s software you have to<br />
get, 3D Studio Max. It is an architectural<br />
program that layers on top<br />
of the AutoCad program. First<br />
you input your design measurements<br />
into AutoCad where they<br />
are converted into three-dimensional<br />
images. Now you have the<br />
ability to improvise and try out all<br />
your ideas. How will this color of<br />
paint look? What if we put some slatted<br />
shades at the top of the windows? How<br />
should we landscape? I looked over<br />
Linda’s shoulder as she took me around<br />
the property on the computer screen. She<br />
peeled the roof off the house and we<br />
peered down into the rooms perfectly<br />
drawn to scale. We even looked underground<br />
outside to see that the swing set<br />
was going to be well-stabilized four feet<br />
down. It was GREAT FUN and consummately<br />
useful as well.<br />
The Visnics celebrate life, whether it<br />
relates to conservation or just everyday<br />
joys. They approach their undertakings<br />
with good spirit and humor. Linda shared<br />
that she came home one day and was startled<br />
to find that her refrigerator/freezer in<br />
the kitchen had been removed. Chuck<br />
just decided he didn’t like it. And ultimately<br />
the whole kitchen became more or<br />
less dissembled for a year. But is it stunning<br />
now! They installed their new<br />
kitchen cabinets themselves. In Europe, I<br />
learned, cabinets don’t come in a kitchen.<br />
You buy free-standing units that are on<br />
legs and bolt them together. So that’s<br />
what they tackled and it turned out looking<br />
fab. And, surprisingly, everything in<br />
their kitchen opens as<br />
drawers, not cabinets!<br />
The California Energy<br />
Commission’s website has<br />
a wealth of information<br />
on just about every conservation<br />
topic. Under<br />
“Efficiency” you can select<br />
“How To Videos on Title<br />
24.” And hopefully there<br />
have been a few ideas here<br />
that will stimulate you to<br />
think what might work in<br />
your home to make you<br />
more energy and resource<br />
self-sufficient, saving you<br />
money and giving you<br />
smug satisfaction for<br />
doing your bit to help the<br />
planet. Who knows –<br />
your neighbors may be<br />
green with envy.