Aug - Fullerton Observer

So Far, 14 Candidates 

Running for Council 

Fourteen people have pulled nomination 

papers to run for a seat on the 

Fullerton City Council. Filing nomination 

papers does not mean a prospective 

candidate will run, but it is a necessary 

first step. The deadline to file for the 2year 

council seat is 5pm Friday, Aug. 6th. 

The deadline to file for the two 4-year 

seats is 5pm Wed, Aug. 11. 

Three councilmembers will be selected 

by voters in the Nov. 2, 2010 election; 

two 4-year terms and one 2-year term. 

Mayor Protem Pam Keller has announced 

that she will not be seeking re-election; 

Mayor Don Bankhead’s term is up; and 

Councilmember Shawn Nelson resigned 

after being elected to the remaining term 

of the OC 4th District Supervisor vacated 

by Chris Norby. His remaining council 

term ends Dec. 2012. 

The following candidates have filed 

nomination papers: Don Bankhead; 

Martin Burbank; Doug Chaffee; Roland 

Chi; Anthony Fonte; Max Gentalen; 

Aaron Gregg; Jesse LaTour; Barry 

Levinson; Patrick McKinley; John 

Noskey; Madusha Palliyage; Greg 

Sebourn; and Bruce Whitaker. 

Nomination papers may be obtained 

from the City Clerk’s office at Fullerton 

City Hall. Call (714) 738-6355 for more 

information. 

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Two PÄS art students practice perspective in a themed painting exercise titled “Falling Back.” 

Project Art School 

by Kelsi Collins and Xanat Hernandez 

Project Art Studio (PÄS) located downtown 

on Harbor, just south of Commonwealth, plans 

to showcase kids art at the First Friday Fullerton 

Art Walk on August 6th. The exhibit will feature 

the work of children from age six to twelve. 

Over the summer, Kristi and Brian Prince, 

PÄS owners, orchestrated two art classes titled 

“Summer Fun” and “Storybook Adventure” 

partly to expose their sons Noah and Ezra to art. 

In “Storybook Adventure” children developed 

their own character, storyline and illustrations. 

The completed storybooks were bound and will 

be on display at the Art Walk. Each student’s 

development is shown not only in their artwork 

but also through a newfound confidence and 

familiarity with the arts. 

Over the duration of the six-week program 

students prepared cave paintings to adorn the 

entrance of PÄS. After the prehistoric theme of 

the cave entrance, spectators can expect a colorful 

and diverse showcase of children’s art. 

College Educator’s Protest is Heard 

Forty North Orange 

County Community College 

District educators attended 

the July 27 board meeting to 

protest the district’s recent 

move to fill the vacant position 

of Vice Chancellor of 

Instruction at a salary of 

$200,000 plus benefits, and 

added costs of office and support 

staff. 

Educators argued that the 

money could be better used 

closer to the classrooms rather 

than in the hiring of another 

administrator. For example, 

they pointed out that the 

money could be used to fund 

seventy 3-unit classes for 

about 2,000 students. 

The district faces serious 

cuts in classes, raised student 

fees, unfilled positions, a hiring 

freeze, and an additional 

$1 million in cuts this year for 

Fullerton college alone. 

Due to the protest, NOCC- 

CD Chancellor Dr. Ned 

Doffoney recommended the 

job announcement be withdrawn 

and the board agreed. 

Dr. Doffoney said that filling 

the unfinished term of 

former Vice Chancellor Kathy 

Hodge with an interim 

administrator had been considered 

in order to finish the 

work of the educational master 

plan, but that he would 

now consider other options. 

Throughout the course students experimented 

with basic drawing, watercolor, oil pastel and 

collage. A favorite project for many of the children 

is titled “Falling Back,” a mixed- media representation 

of a human form falling into a creative 

backdrop. To stress the perspective of 

“Falling Back,” the hands and feet appear larger 

than the rest of the body. 

Other projects include a painted cityscape and 

a collage constructed with colorful scraps of 

paper. Using art utensils ranging from sponges 

to toy cars, children used different textures, 

materials and shades of color to design their collages. 

“At first the kids were shy” instructor Kristi 

said. “But they have completely warmed up to 

the environment.” Pleased with the children’s 

enthusiasm this summer, she hopes to offer similar 

after-school classes in the Fall. 

Call Project Art School at (714) or visit the 

website: www.projectartschool.com or drop by 

the gallery for more information. 

Water Shortage 

Over 1,100 counties in the 

lower 48 states face high risks of 

water shortages by mid-century 

based on estimates from a new 

report by Tetra Tech for the 

Natural Resources Defense 

Council released July 20, 2010. 

The report uses available water 

use data across the US and climate 

projections from the recent 

intergovernmental Panel on 

Climate Change. The report 

finds that 14 states face an 

extreme or high risk to water sustainability, 

or limitations on 

water availability as demand 

exceeds supply by 2050. At 

highest risk are the Great Plains 

and Southwest US including 19 

California counties. 

GROUPS STAND 

UP FOR THE 

FULLERTON 

COLLABORATIVE 

by Jan Youngman 

The Fullerton School District 

Board, at its July 19 meeting, 

voted 3-2 to continue the over 

twenty-year partnership between 

the district and the Fullerton 

Collaborative for the coming 

2010/11 school year. 

Representatives from the O.C. 

Business Council; Boys & Girls 

Club of Fullerton; St. Jude 

Hospital; and others were among 

those speaking in support of the 

continued partnership with the 

Collaborative. 

Five spoke in opposition to 

continuing the relationship, 

including the president of FACT 

(Fullerton Association of 

Concerned Taxpayers), a group 

responsible for vicious hit mailers 

in past school board and council 

campaigns. (The group’s major 

funding comes from Bushala 

Brothers Inc. Tony Bushala heads 

the group FFFF (Friends for 

Fullerton’s Future) which has 

made both Pam Keller and the 

Fullerton Collaborative frequent 

targets. FFFF is currently suing 

the City of Fullerton.). 

The entire salary and benefits 

of the Collaborative’s current 

executive director, Pam Keller, are 

paid by the Collaborative at no 

cost to the school district. The 

Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU) between the district and 

the Collaborative allows Keller to 

continue in her role and maintain 

status as an employee with the 

Fullerton School District. 

Trustee Minard Duncan pointed 

out that millions of dollars 

have been brought into the district 

because of the Collaborative 

and its director who is an instrumental 

person in getting things 

done in that she also understands 

the concerns of the district. 

Trustee Ellen Ballard, voting 

for the Collaborative, said the 

question is “does it benefit the 

children of Fullerton? Yes.” 

Trustee Hilda Sugarman pointed 

out that district employees 

oversee other organizations 

(PTA, Boys & Girls Club after 

school programs, All the Arts for 

All the Kids, etc.). She said the 

Collaborative benefits students 

and the district, “the 

Collaborative is effective and the 

leadership and programs are 

important.” (Sugarman heads the 

Fullerton Excellence in 

Education Foundation, a support 

group for technology in classrooms.) 

Trustee’s Bev Berryman and 

Lynne Thornley voted to end the 

relationship. Thornley said that 

she was “not trying to disband 

the Collaborative,” but ques- 

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Obama Impeachers 

Free Speech & Silence 

by Manuel N. Bass 

Of late we are besieged by people and placards 

pushing for the impeachment of Obama, commonly 

with a portrait of the President sporting a Hitlertype 

mustache. Such graffiti should perhaps be dismissed 

as reflective of the maturity level of the 

impeachment advocates. As offended as I am by the 

portrayal (I am Jewish and a WWII vet), I generally 

do dismiss it. 

However, on Monday, July 26, impeachers were 

on the sidewalk next to the Sunny Hills branch of 

the post office, a Federal building, where, indeed, 

the spirit of free speech in America is appropriately 

exercised. A hand-printed placard beside the mustachioed 

poster of President Obama invited drivers to 

pull over if they supported impeachment. Some 

cars, including a police car, (nothing implied about 

the Fullerton PD) had pulled over. 

I approached the two men in charge. I asked the 

basis for their move for impeachment. The younger 

of the two (about fiftyish) referred me to a book. I 

said, “No, I want to hear it from you.” He again 

referred me to the book, and I replied as before. He 

then said, “I don’t want to talk to you.” Wow! A 

street demonstrator offered a willing audience 

declined to speak. I then asked him what the mustache 

on Obama’s portrait signified to him. He 

repeated, “I don’t want to talk to you.” I told him 

that I was a WWII vet, and that I am Jewish and 

had lost relatives in Eastern Europe, and that the 

symbol carried a lot of meaning for me. Again, he 

said “I don’t want to talk to you.” 

The man was within his rights not to speak. That 

is one legitimate aspect of freedom of speech, for the 

defense of which I consciously dedicated my service 

in the Navy. But, a stance of silence was glaringly 

incongruous on a public sidewalk while attempting 

to rally people to the overthrow of our President. 

In the first sentence of the text of the Declaration 

of Independence is the phrase, “a decent respect to 

the opinions of mankind requires that they should 

declare the causes which impel them...” I am sure 

that anyone of the signers could have stated one and 

probably more of the many reasons listed by 

Jefferson, and would gladly have seized the opportunity 

to do so. 

The man who declined the invitation to speak, 

and others like him will fail. But, that is beside the 

point. Referring others to a lengthy text that they 

are highly unlikely to read does not serve the purposes 

of the free market of ideas on which democracy 

rests. The impeachment cabal well understands 

this impediment to an informed public and exploits 

it to the full. One of the easiest ways to hide something 

is by drowning it in an overload of real or purported 

information. 

Once before, in front of Henry’s Market, I 

encountered two young men (twentyish) with that 

same poster and asked what they understood by the 

mustache added to the portrait of their President. 

They gave me an honest answer - they knew little of 

Hitler and WWII (and they admitted to being paid 

solicitors for the impeachment movement, but 

added that they believed in it also). The two men by 

the post office were more senior, and could not 

appeal to the same, somewhat legitimate ignorance 

evoked by the two young men. 

The man who did not want to talk to me is at best 

cowardly and intellectually bankrupt. Had he been 

there on July 4, 1776, could he honestly have signed 

the document? Or would its words have committed 

him farther than he personally was willing to go? 

And yet, I defend his right not to speak, even 

though I do not honor it. His is not the example 

that I would want set, especially for our youth. 

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COMMUNITY OPINIONS AUGUST 2010 

The news of Natalie Kennedy’s 

passing came as a great shock and 

heartbreaking sadness. She will be 

missed by all of her friends and family 

and be remembered for her 

relentless work for truth, peace and 

justice. 

I first met Natalie in 1971, 

through her husband Ralph, when 

we were both volunteers working to 

elect Robert Ward to the Fullerton 

College Board of Trustees. That was 

the beginning of a beautiful and 

cherished friendship that lasted for 

39 years. 

We, here on Williamson Ave., are 

still waiting for sidewalks, curbs, 

lights and potholes to be fixed. And, 

the parking problems have not been 

addressed. We need a 2-hour parking 

zone so our customers can have a 

place to park. Instead it looks as if 

even more businesses which store 

broken-down vehicles on our street 

are being encouraged by the city. 

There is now a notice, put up by 

the city, saying that new businesses 

are requesting permits for auto repair 

and storage. One of those business 

has been part of the ongoing problem 

of illegal painting, washing 

down bondo, etc. into the sewer, and 

for the parking of damaged vehicles 

on the street taking up customer 

parking for the rest of the small businesses 

in the area. 

In addition, though the city did 

make some businesses put in handicap 

parking on their property, the 

• 97,140 

• 4,413 

• 1,209 

• 31,882 

• 6,773 

• $1,022 

Billion 

Remembering Natalie 

WAR COSTS in Life & Money 

IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN 

She had all of the characteristics of 

a person who is full of compassion, 

integrity, and courage, and worked 

to help improve the lives of people 

less fortunate than she. 

It was really a privilege to have had 

her as a friend and Fullerton was 

lucky to have had her as one of its 

citizens. 

Roy T. Kobayashi 

Fullerton 

ED: Roy and his wife Irene are 

founding members of the Fullerton 

Observer and still work on the paper. 

Trees Cut Down for Library Expansion 

The huge, gorgeous trees that 

graced the land between the library 

and Fullerton City Hall have been 

cut down. Our city is known as the 

“Tree City,” and even has its own 

Arboretum. How sad that the city 

would forget its birthright. Did anyone 

on the library board or the city 

government voice opposition? 

The famous architect Frank Lloyd 

Wright would turn over in his grave. 

A great architect uses the environ- 

Why Are Problem Business Allowed? 

ED: According to the July 2010 

City Council Briefing, Planning and 

Code Enforcement staff met with 

property owners of 722-748 W. 

Commonwealth Ave. and 719-749 

Williamson Ave. to reconcile land 

use approvals with current uses. The 

existing CUP called for the uses to 

be operated by one car dealer whereas 

the property owners have been 

renting to multiple entities. Staff 

worked with the property owners to 

submit an amendment to their original 

CUP, to allow the multiple uses. 

The item was reviewed by the 

Planning Commission on July 14. 

Building and safety issues are being 

resolved separately. 

ment he finds as his canvas. But 

now it’s too late to save the irreplaceable 

trees. Anonymous 

Focus Available 

Since the “Fullerton Focus” is no 

longer included in the water bill, I 

asked the City to print up some 

copies and leave them at City Hall 

for those of us who are without computers. 

Now anyone can pick up a 

copy each month. 

Carole Maher Fullerton 

businesses still allow non-handicap 

parking in the spots. Their own cars 

are there everyday, all day. 

One last problem concerns the 

safety of the kids in the area. With all 

the auto shops here, we have a problem 

with cars racing up and down 

the street. Can’t they test the cars 

they work on a bit slower? 

We can’t figure out why this part 

of the street (700-800 block) is being 

ignored. We are learning that calling 

city hall does little good. About a 

year ago we met with one city official, 

but problems are still ongoing 

all this time later. 

Are city services just for the higher 

tax-paying areas? Do we have to 

know somebody at city hall in order 

to get the problems fixed? What can 

we do to inspire some real action to 

take place here? 

Concerned Citizens 

of Williamson Ave., Fullerton 

If city hall staff are being unresponsive 

you can speak or leave a 

message for councilmembers by calling 

714-738-6311 or by email to 

Mayor Don Bankhead; Mayor 

Protem Pam Keller; and 

Councilmembers Dick Jones and 

Sharon Quirk-Silva at 

Council@ci.fullerton.ca.us 

Mail letters to Fullerton City 

Council, Fullerton City Hall, 303 

W. Commonwealth, Fullerton CA 

92832. 

According to the city traffic engineer, 

you should present a petition 

signed by the members of the street 

who support the need for action to 

the council. 

Civilians killed by military in Iraq 

www.iraqbodycount.org (7/17/2010) 

US Soldiers killed in Iraq: (DoD 7/2010) 

US Soldiers killed in Afghanistan (7/2010) 

www.icasualties.org 

US Soldiers wounded (DOD reports) www.icasualties.org 

Iraq (3/2003 thru 7/2010) 

Afghanistan (10/2001 thru 7/2010) 

Cost of Wars Since 2001 www.costofwar.com (7/29/2010) 

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AUGUST 2010 COMMUNITY OPINIONS Continued on page 7 

I know it is naïve to wonder what is 

controversial about a resolution asking 

people who claim not to be racists to 

repudiate racism. If I'm not harboring 

racists or trying to protect my clout with 

racists, why would I resist repudiating 

anyone who acts like a racist? 

Okay, I said my wonderment 

was naïve. 

It is very clear that elements 

of The Tea Party-which 

is not a party at all but 

a coalition of grievances 

(some quite valid)--are 

racists. This, however, is not 

a stunning charge. Any 

group will have some racists- 

-Democrats, Republicans, Catholics, 

Protestants, Muslims, Hindus and Jews. 

This is the nature of groups and unfortunately 

of the human condition. 

The problem is not the fact that when 

you look at pictures of Tea Party gatherings, 

you don't see many people of color. 

But it is not the colors in the picture but 

the content and character of the signs that 

more than hint at racial animus. When 

there are signs with President Obama as 

Out of My Mind 

by Jon Dobrer © 2010 JonDobrer@mac.com 

Wikileaks: And the Truth Shall Set You Scared 

The good news and bad news about our 

nation are related--as such things usually 

are. We survive because despite elections 

(which occasionally have consequences) 

we enjoy and are cursed with tremendous 

continuity. This is to say that all 

American governments tend to act like, 

well, all other American governments. 

Out of power candidates 

run against imperial presidencies 

and government secrets. 

Everyone out of power is all 

for transparency because it 

might reveal the ignorance, 

arrogance and incompetence 

of the incumbents. Funny 

how as soon as the outs get in, 

they see the virtues of both 

opacity and mendacity. 

The revelation of the 

Pentagon Papers during the 

Vietnam War was heroic to 

the anti-war movement and liberals. Yet 

the leaking of the notes and reports from 

the front in Afghanistan is not welcomed 

by the Obama Administration. Like all 

leaked intelligence, it is alleged to put our 

service people in harms way. Uh, I think 

what puts them in harms way are deployment 

orders and the pursuit of a military 

goal that we stipulate cannot be achieved 

by military power. Our other goals and 

metrics of victory are ill defined or undefined. 

This White House, as all other White 

Houses before, dances the dance of dissembling 

double-speak. It was emotionally 

painful and vaguely nauseating for me 

to watch Press Secretary Gibbs channeling 

the Queen from Alice in Wonderland 

and holding two impossible things before 

breakfast. He held two opposing and contradictory 

positions on the 90,000-page 

document release by Wikileak. He consistently 

argued that he had nothing to say 

because there was "nothing new," and we 

already knew everything in the leaked 

materials; and he asserted without shame, 

insight or apparent irony that these materials 

were valuable, it was wrong to release 

them and they put our service personnel 

in greater danger. 

The released materials are pretty raw, 

and how much is reliable is certainly open 

As with 

so many 

important 

secrets, 

these 

are secrets 

from the 

American 

people only. 

NAACP Asks Tea Party for Repudiation of Racism 

Silence 

is a response. 

Own 

the bigots 

or repudiate 

them. 

to question. These are reports by people 

in the field and raw intelligence from people 

with positions to defend and opponents 

to discredit. They are not to taken 

as Gospel. But what makes them important 

is what they reveal about both the 

Bush and Obama administrations' common 

view on secrecy and desire for the 

American public NOT to 

have information about how 

the war is being conducted, 

what is working and what is 

going terribly wrong. 

One of the things we know, 

but don't want to be officially 

known, is the complicity of 

the Pakistani intelligence 

service and their aid to both 

the Taliban and Al Qaeda. 

The Pakistanis are, after all, 

our allies and recipients of 

billions of dollars of aid-much 

of it military. The other great 

smoking gun is actually a smoking missile 

and serves as a good example of governmental 

bad faith. A report claims that at 

least one of our helicopters was shot down 

by a SAM--a surface to air missile. Up till 

now we have claimed that the Taliban 

didn't have missiles and if any helicopters 

were hit it was by RPGs (Rocket 

Propelled Grenades). So, why doesn't our 

government want this known? 

1. Well, because we have been denying 

it for years and we don't want to admit 

prior acts of mendacity. 

2. Because if it is true it probably means 

that the SAMs we gave the Mujahidin to 

use against the Soviets are being used 

against us, and we don't want to wonder 

how the arms we are now supplying our 

"friends" may, are and, inevitably, will be 

used against us. 

As with so many important secrets, 

these are secrets from the American people 

only. Our enemies know if they have 

missiles, if the Pakistanis are helping them 

and how well they are doing. 

Democracy depends on We the People 

having access to good information. Our 

governments want us only to have access 

to their version of good news. This is 

deeply disappointing, but hardly surprising. 

Hitler, cartoons with Obama with a bone 

through his nose, pictures with chickens 

and watermelons, one does not require a 

degree in semiotics to understand the 

intent of some. 

Remember Sir Thomas More, "Silence 

connotes assent." The silence, 

the non-repudiation of racial 

hatred implies at least a disquieting 

tolerance. Nor can one 

fail to recoil at the angry mob 

that spat at African American 

members of Congress on their 

way to vote on health care and 

still credibly deny racism. That 

they were uniquely targeted 

again calls for a response. 

Dislike Obama, as many liberals disliked 

W. Call him names. Fight his policies 

with reason, wit and passion. Or just 

be vulgar. That too is okay (but says more 

about you than about him). However, 

please if you care about this nation, do not 

add to racial tensions by attacking the 

African half of his race or pretending that 

he is not a real birthright American. This 

too is a kind of code delegitimizing the 

man not his policies. 

FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 3 

Observers Around the World 

Leon & Lis Leyson 

at the Museum of the Holocaust 

Leon and Lis Leyson, subscribers to the 

Fullerton Observer since its inception, are 

pictured above at the opening in June 

2010 of the Krakow (Poland) Museum of 

the Holocaust. The Museum is housed in 

Oskar Schindler's enamel factory where 

Leon (at the young age of 13) and several 

of his family worked as members of 

Schindler's List during World War II. 

Oskar Schindler was able to save the 

lives of Jewish men, women and children 

under the guise that they were essential 

workers in his enamelware factory and by 

bribing Nazi officials not to kill them. His 

wife Emilie worked with him and by the 

end of the war they had spent their entire 

fortune and had succeeded in saving 1200 

people from the death camps. 

by Dr. Richard M. Ramirez, Ed.D. 

Fullerton College Dean, Emeritus 

With so much attention on test scores 

and school reform, our local k-12 education 

leaders should be engaging the community 

on what skills and knowledge students 

will need to succeed in a globally 

competitive world. 

I join with parents and 

many others in Fullerton wondering 

why our school leaders 

seem overly infatuated with 

API scores knowing full well 

that multiple choice tests do 

little to prepare our kids with 

writing, thinking, and problem 

solving skills needed to 

succeed at the next level, 

whether in the work place or 

university. 

The Anaheim Union High School 

District, is more focused on 21st Century 

skills and recently became the first OC 

district to approve “the Seal of Biliteracy,” 

a statewide initiative promoted by 

Californians Together. Students graduating 

from the Anaheim District, who are 

proficient in a second language, will now 

earn diplomas stamped with seals showing 

their dual literacy. Officials said the goal is 

to encourage more students to learn and 

master multiple languages. The mastery of 

two languages is a valuable asset for participation 

in a diverse 21st century economy, 

says Fred Navarro, the district's assistant 

superintendent of education services. 

As the leading voice of business, the 

Orange County Business Council 

(OCBC) wholeheartedly endorsed the 

initiative stating “an important component 

of 21st century skills is fluency in 

Leon Leyson, as the youngest survivor 

on Schindler’s List, has told his shocking 

and inspiring story to students and adults 

in Fullerton and across the country. He 

says that, Schindler was a genuine hero 

because of the danger he put himself in 

and the chances he took. “A hero,” says 

Leyson, “is an ordinary human being who 

does the best of things in the worst of 

times.” 

SPECIAL EVENT: Leon Leyson will speak 

at a free event at 7pm, Thurs., August 5 at 

the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 

W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton 92833. Call 

866-411-1212 between 12 noon to 4pm 

Wed.-Sun; or 714-866-1212 or go to the 

website at www.themuck.org for more 

information and directions. 

Fullerton Students Need the Seal of Biliteracy 

...building 

linguistic 

and cultural 

capacities 

empower 

students 

with 

marketable 

skills. 

another language (besides English) that 

will enable California’s next generation of 

business leaders and workers to continue 

to grow our economic capacity. Anaheim 

Union High School District proposed 

policy to recommend a “Seal of Biliteracy” 

is an excellent example of k-12 practices 

that support 21st century skills for 

economic success.” 

The OCBC letter continues, ”The 

Seal of Biliteracy will affirm 

AUHSD’s commitment to success as 

symbolized by Oxford Academy, one 

of America ’s best high schools, which 

has developed strong Chinese and 

Spanish foreign language programs. 

Sycamore Junior High and other 

schools in the district are also to be 

commended for their commitment to 

rigorous foreign language programs 

such as “Spanish for Spanish Speakers” 

which has been highlighted as a best practice 

in closing the achievement gap. The 

seal is rigorous in that the student must 

show academic literacy in both English 

and another language through Advanced 

Placement scores and high grades in both 

languages.” 

As we all know, Fullerton has great 

schools too that are very competitive with 

the Oxford Academies of the world. But, 

we cannot afford to sit by while other districts 

move forward in building on linguistic 

and cultural capacities which 

empower students with marketable skills. 

In these difficult budgetary times, we 

should not settle for mediocrity and must 

continue to find ways to support curriculum 

that will give our young people a “leg 

up” on the competition. The time is now 

to support a Seal of Biliteracy for our 

Fullerton schools.

Page 4 FULLERTON OBSERVER CITY GOVERNMENT NEWS 

AUGUST 2010 

CITY COUNCIL NOTES w/Kevin Frink 

The Fullerton City Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month 

at 5pm (closed session) and 6:30pm (public session). Contact councilmembers 

at 714-738-6311 or council@ci.fullerton.ca.us. Upcoming Agenda info and Streaming 

Video are available at www.cityoffullerton.com. Meetings are broadcast live on Cable 

Channel 3and rebroadcast at 3pm and at 6pm the following Wed.& Sun., and 5pm Mon. 

City Hall is located at 303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton 92832. 

7-6-10 Council Report 

Fullerton’s City Council and 

Redevelopment Agency called the July 6th 

regular meeting to order, with 4 members 

seated at the council dais. The evening’s 

activity saw council examine council’s 

vacant seat, the designation of trucking 

routes in Fullerton, and possible amendments 

pertaining to personal service facilities 

and tattoo parlors. Additionally, 

council heard from the engineering 

department regarding residential permit 

parking and from the police department 

about vehicle release fees and towing 

guidelines and requirements. 

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Several 

Fullertonians spoke during the public 

comments segment. Vince Buck was 

present to call for a closer look into minimal 

cuts made by the public safety departments 

in comparison to other city departments. 

Reginald Jones voiced concerns 

regarding the pending renovation at the 

senior center. A segment of Fullerton 

Senior’s wish to keep the free standing 

facility as currently utilized. Barry 

Levingston commented on the horse trails 

at Euclid Ave. asking why they have not 

been opened since their 2003 closure. 

COUNCIL VACANCY: With the resignation 

of Shawn Nelson on June 21st, council 

debated how to proceed. The options 

included a Special Election or an appointment 

made by council. Ultimately council 

voted to request the County of Orange 

to consolidate a special municipal election 

with the statewide general election to be 

held November 2, 2010. 

TRUCK ROUTES: With the recommendation 

of the Engineering and Police 

Departments, council discussed adding a 

chapter for Truck Routes and Terminals to 

the Fullerton Municipal Code. Mark 

Miller, traffic engineer, and Corporal 

Ledbetter presented, and council 

approved, 4-0. Previously, Fullerton has 

operated with weight restrictions to certain 

trucks but no designated trucking 

routes. 

TATTOO PARLORS: Unanimously, council 

members voted to amend Fullerton 

Municipal Code and remove the “Tattoo 

Parlor” from the definition of a “Personal 

Service Facility”. A new definition will 

be established for the parlors along with 

permitted locations and guidelines. 

Council heard discussion from the 

Development Dept. and tattoo shop owners. 

Currently, there are no problem at 

the 18 sites. This code amendment will 

allow the ink spots in most commercial 

areas, but more restrictions, such as proximity 

to residential areas, grade schools, 

and other tattoo businesses, and size 

restrictions. 

IMPOUND: The cost to release stored or 

impounded vehicles (non-DUI) will be 

rising. Chief Sellers and the Police Dept. 

cite a city audit, which shows the administrative 

cost recovery vehicle release fee 

(ACRVRF) does not support the costs 

associated with such activity. Fees will be 

rising to offset the incurred costs. Council 

approved the recommendation 4-0. 

TOWING: Fullerton and their police 

department are looking toward new 

guidelines and requirements for towing 

operations within the city. Currently, 

tow operations are not in compliance with 

the California Vehicle Code which presents 

challenges when trying to regulate 

towing in town. According to Cpt. 

Hamilton, there is an approximate deficit 

between operational costs and the costs 

recovered of over $550,000. (How many 

employees can be compensated annually 

with $550,000?) The item was continued 

to a future council session. 

PARKING: With recommendations of 

both the Transportation and Circulation 

Commission and the Engineering Dept., 

council amended Chapter 8 of the FMC 

pertaining to permit parking on designated 

streets in Fullerton. Currently parking 

is regulated in neighborhoods near Troy 

High School, Fullerton College and CSU 

Fullerton with posted time restrictions. 

This action allows residential parking procedures 

and guidelines with a super 

majority (65%) of neighbors supporting 

any changes. Council supported this 

action with a vote of 3-1. (Quirk-Silva,no) 

CONSENT CALENDAR: With the 

approval of the evening’s consent calendar, 

the council approved a new cellular tower 

to be raised at 3151 N Euclid and rejected 

bids for a project at the Fullerton 

7-20-10 Council Report 

The July 20 agenda was brief and the 

meeting even trimmer with a public hearing 

on Franchise Towing continued to the 

August 17, 2010 council meeting. All four 

remaining councilmembers were present. 

•AFFORDABLE HOUSING: With unanimous 

support of the council and the 

Development Dept., a new Affordable 

Housing and Disposition Agreement has 

been reached for a 16-unit complex near 

the Richman park area. Richman Court, 

LP and the City of Fullerton will enter the 

agreement to rehabilitate and manage a 

16 unit apartment complex at 466 West 

Valencia Dr. Fullerton is required to 

meet a certain minimum of affordable 

housing units by 2014. This rental complex, 

as stated by council member Jones, 

marks “a little bit more than a drop in the 

bucket.” 

•COMMITTEES REINSTATED: As a fund 

saving measure, council looked into the 

suspension of six citizen committees and 

commissions. Staff has estimated 400 

hours each year are spent by City of 

Fullerton staffers on commission and 

committee work projects. After hearing 

comments from a few citizens, council 

unanimously voted to reinstate the six 

committees. 

Pat McNelly, a former commission 

chairman urged the council not to “lose 

track of our citizens that have stepped forward” 

and suggested a merger of the 

Underground Utilities Commission and 

the Citizens Infrastructure Review. A 

member of the Technology Working 

Group suggested a group member could 

Salaries of City of Fullerton Executive Employees 

POSITION 2007 SALARY* 2010 SALARY*• 

•City Manager.......................$212,371............$241,584 

•Chief of Police.....................$172,316............$227,556 

•Fire Chief............................$170,050.............$213,900 

•Dir. of Redevelopment........$170,050.............$196,800 

•Dir. of Engineering.............$161,461.............$188,040 

•Dir. of Development...........$161,461.............$183,888 

•Dir. of Admin Services........$153,249.............$181,908 

•Dir. of Maintenance............$152,871.............$172,968 

•Dir. of Human Resources....$132,098.............$160,356 

•Dir. of Parks Recreation.......$145,721............$158,784 

•Library Director...................$130,669............$138,348 

•Assistant to City Manager....$ 97,431............$127,428 

Tennis Center, near St. Jude Hospital and 

the North Orange County YMCA. Also, 

council approved the 2010-11 investment 

policy and the 7-year capital improvement 

program. The capital improvement program 

will maintain Measure M funding 

requirements for Fullerton. 

FULLERTON BEAUTIFUL: The Fullerton 

Beautiful Foundation were in the house to 

present 6 awards for exceptional landscape 

across the city. The 3 residential winning 

yards can be found at: 1375 Riverside 

Drive, 400 N. Malden Ave. and 100 N. 

Hart Place. Championship landscapes of 

the commercial variety can be seen at the 

following addresses: 801 and 1012 E. 

Chapman Ave., and 1016 N. Harbor. 

IN MEMORY OFNATALIE KENNEDY 

The meeting was adjourned in the 

memory of Natalie Kennedy, a founding 

member of the Fullerton Observer, the Fair 

Housing Council, and the Interfaith 

Committee to Support Farmworkers. She 

died at 85 of cardiac arrest on June 20 

while planting drought-tolerant plants 

beneath her Maple tree. 

serve as secretary to relieve the City of 

Fullerton Staff member. 

Several adjustments were made to the 

operations of the citizen commissions for 

the immediate future. To lessen the 

involvement of city staff, minimal documentation 

will be taken at commission 

meetings, including action minutes and 

audio backup only. Several committees 

will meet quarterly, the Energy Resource 

and Management, Investment Advisory, 

and Technology Working Groups. 

Others will meet on an “as needed” basis, 

with no less than one meeting each year. 

Those committees are the Airport Noise 

and Safety, Citizens Infrastructure Review 

and the Underground Utilities. 

•NEXT MEETING: August 3rd, 2010 

council will will hear from the Orange 

County Transportation Authority regarding 

a widening project to the 57 freeway 

and their “strategic” bikeway plan. 

Council will also discuss the Raymond 

Ave. grade separation. 

•COYOTES: During the meeting’s closing 

and staff communications period, 

Councilmember Quirk-Silva spoke about 

the threat of coyotes in neighborhoods. 

Fortunately, councilmember and retired 

medical doctor, Richard Jones was at 

attention to quickly school the audience 

in the genetics of the eastern and western 

coyotes of North America. Eastern 

Coyotes share bloodlines with wolves and 

might have larger skulls and more aggressive 

behaviors, he said. 

IN MEMORY OF CARL RICHARDSON 

The meeting was closed in memory of 

Carl Richardson, the founder of the local 

Care Ambulance Service. 

*figure includes benefits 

of city-paid retirement, 

medical contribution, dental 

contribution, vision, life and 

longterm disability insurance 

and auto allowance (or 

$485 if a vehicle is provided) 

•figures include a 5% cut 

in pay due to City Budget 

Problems 

A 2010 comparison of the compensation of Orange County City Managers was completed 

by Cynthia D. Smith and Janice A. Voshall, Brandman University (Chapman U 

System). Below are the figures for the cities with populations of 100,000 or more. 

City Population Total Compensation Cost Per Resident 

Santa Ana 353,428 $327,074 $0.93 

Anaheim 348,467 $317,923 $0.91 

Irvine 212,793 $355,692 $1.67 

Huntington 198,025 $275,822 $1.39 

Garden Grv 173,067 $289,485 $1.67 

Orange 141,634 $203,072 $2.17 

Fullerton 137,000 $260,214 $1.90 

Costa Mesa 113,955 $274,337 $2.41 

Mission Viejo 100,242 $260,122 $2.59

AUGUST 2010 SCHOOL NEWS 

School District Notes by Jan Youngman 

FSD Board meetings take at 5:30pm on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 

of each month at District Headquarters, 1401 W. Valencia, Dr., 

Fullerton 92833. See www.fsd.k12.ca.us for agenda or call 714-447-7400 

JUNE’S FSD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 

Budget and Lawsuit 

Unfortunately, the budget pain will continue. 

Budget projections for the 2011/12 

and 2012/13 years will demand more cuts. 

Since the District will no longer be able to 

continue the Class Size Reduction 

Program, the state will take those funds. 

Currently, the promised state funding is 

being “deferred,” which ordinarily means 

that the state must eventually give those 

funds to the school districts. But now the 

state through “creative accounting” will no 

longer “defer” funds, but just take them 

away without reimbursement. 

With such a dire situation facing 

California schools and the disregard to 

Prop. 98 on school funding, a lawsuit, 

Robles-Wong vs. California, has been filed 

to force the state to honor its Prop. 98 

funding commitment. The Board voted 

4-1 for a resolution supporting this action. 

Trustee Thornley voted no. “The court 

is not a way to solve this, it should be done 

in the legislature.” Trustee Ballard disagreed 

with her saying that the legislature 

has not supported children and education, 

but has manipulated funding and propositions. 

Title III Funds 

The state is permitting school districts 

flexibility to use Title III funds during 

2011 through the 2013 school years for 

budget shortfalls. While some programs 

funding (such as: GATE, technology, arts 

& music, PLC’s) will remain largely intact, 

enough was used to complete the budget. 

Dr. Cardinale stressed that “without the 

flexibility to use the Title III funds, the district 

would not be solvent. 

Layoffs Avoided 

Since the teachers (FETA) agreed to take 

8 contractual furlough days, they were able 

to save all but one permanent and 13 temporary 

teachers from being laid off. This 

permits class sizes to be an average of 31 

students instead of 33. 

Salary Reductions 

The district Certificated Management 

and Administrative Staff employees have 

agreed to take a 5.25% salary reduction. 

Announcements 

•Sunset Lane School will begin a feebased 

Pre-school (ages 3&4) and before 

and after school child care program. 

Currently, the district has only one feebased 

preschool at Beechwood. 

•All the Arts for All the Kids annual 

2010 Pin Auction will take place October 

30. Proceeds benefit art and music lessons 

in all district classrooms. 

•The Fullerton Education Foundation 

presented the District with a $4,000 donation 

requesting that each school’s 

library/media center receive $200 for 

books and supplies. 

• The Fullerton Excellence in 

Technology Foundation (formerly 

Excellence in Education Foundation) 

raised $85,000 largely from their “Toast to 

Learning” Wine Auction. 

•Assistance League of Fullerton’s contract 

with the district was renewed. This 

organization provides low-income students 

with school clothes, through its Operation 

School Bell program, and free vision 

screening for all students. Follow-up vision 

care is also provided for low-income students. 

•Superintendent Hovey was invited to 

join the Suburban School Superintendent 

group which is a national group that meets 

regularly to discuss school issues. 

Membership is by invitation. 

Autistic & Occupational Programs: 

An indistrict autistic program and a 

“high incident” (occupational therapy) 

program will be added. Previously, the district 

sent students to other districts and 

sometimes private schools. The Board 

decided it would be beneficial to have these 

programs available for students within the 

district. 

Next Meeting: 5:30pm, Aug. 24 

Cherami Scholarships 

The Cherami Foundation has awarded 

scholarship money to outstanding 

high school graduates for the tenth 

year. The eleven recipients are the top 

students in their graduating class, 

respected by their peers, held in awe by 

their teachers, committed to community 

service and just all-around wonderful 

young people! Recipients include the 

number one ranked graduate in his 

class at Buena Park High School. Many 

of the students came to the US speaking 

no English and have overcome language 

as well as cultural differences. 

Students were selected from Fullerton, 

Buena Park, La Habra and Sonora 

High Schools. 

Several years ago, Dr. Joann 

Brannock her husband Fred decided to 

lend a helping hand to deserving students. 

That’s how the Cherami 

Foundation got its start. The 

Foundation has given over $220,000 to 

136 amazing students. Joann tells 

them, “When you complete your first 

year with a 3.0, your scholarship will be 

extended for your second year.” 

Almost every student awarded a scholarship 

has made that challenge a reality. 

This year Carolyn T. Johnson and Ellen 

Ballard were privileged to read applications 

and meet the eleven students. As 

Carolyn said, “I’ve read many applications 

in the past and these were truly 

the best of the best.” 

Awards went to: Vicky Tapia and 

Alejandra Rodriguez going to CSUF; 

Sophia Mercado and Leslie May 

Legaspi going to UCI; Charity Hall 

going to UC Davis; Laura Skinner 

going to CSULB; Derek O’Hanlon 

going to UCLA; Neyanatullah Akbar 

going to UCLA or Berkeley; Derek 

Donaldson going to Cal Poly Pomona; 

and Alex Montgomery and Francisco 

Rios Casas going to USC. 


Observers Around the World 

Brookhurst from Orangethorpe Ave. 

to the 91 Freeway will go to one lane in 

each direction for eight weeks beginning 

in mid-August. The state-funded 

$558,535 project will improve the road- 

The 

Godbey’s 

in Paris 

Pictured at 

left, Kathy 

and Steve 

Godbey 

celebrate 

Steve’s 

birthday 

in Paris. 

Groups Stand Up for 

the Collaborative 

Continued from frontpage 

tioned the purpose of having a district 

employee head the group. 

Berryman said that while she had been 

involved in a Collaborative program; 

thought it was helpful in bringing all the 

resources to one place; and thought it 

important for Fullerton; she felt that district 

employees should not be involved 

in overseeing the group. She suggested 

Keller could take a leave of absence or 

become a part-time employee and thereby 

retain her district employee benefits. 

The Fullerton Collaborative was 

established in 1989 as a cooperative of 

executive directors, educators, activists, 

community service leaders, and volunteers 

dedicated to building and supporting 

a healthy community for Fullerton 

residents. Through this venture, groups 

work together to seek ongoing financial 

support, community input, and improve 

student success as community awareness 

is raised regarding the services available 

to students and their families. 

Free Summer Program 

Created by the 

Fullerton Collaborative 

Volunteers from the Fullerton 

Collaborative created free summer programming 

for elementary school-age children 

in the Richman neighborhood to 

replace the loss of summer school caused 

by school district budget issues. Mondays, 

Wednesdays and Fridays are sports days 

and Thursdays and Fridays are art classes. 

There are approximately 30 volunteers 

working with the 75 children enrolled in 

the “SOLFUL” (Summer of Love 

Fullerton) program. 

Brookhurst Goes to One Lane in Mid-August 

way, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and access 

ramps, restripe and install a traffic signal 

conduit. 

Call the Fullerton Engineering Dept. 

at (714)738-6845 for more info.

Page 6 FULLERTON OBSERVER AUGUST 2010 

New Library 

Bookstore Opens 

The Friends of the Fullerton Library have 

opened a used bookstore at 401 W. 

Commonwealth, directly across Short St. from 

the Main Library. The store is open from 10am 

to 2pm Mon., Wed., and Fri. 

The Friends are paying the rent for the store 

and all proceeds from sales of used books, CDs, 

DVDs, video tapes and vinyl records support 

library programs and activities. 

The library’s $10 million expansion, funded 

by Fullerton Redevelopment, is expected to be 

completed by July 2011, at which time the 

Friends can move into their new space planned 

in the expanded Main Library. 

The expansion project, which began construction 

in June, will add 6,000 square feet of 

space and renovate 29,000 square feet to better 

serve the library’s 83,000 cardholders, several 

thousand annual visitors and more than one 

million transactions annually. 

In addition to the new bookstore space 

planned for the Friends, the expansion will 

include a new community room and kitchen; a 

pre-function gathering space; new coffee cart 

area; and new restroom and storage facilities. 

Areas to be renovated include the local history 

room; the circulation office; book stack areas; 

computer areas for public use; and the teen 

area. 

For more information about the new bookstore 

or the expansion project call the library at 

(714) 738-6326 or go to the Friends of the 

Library blog at fullertonfriends.blogspot.com 

New Korean Restaurant 

in Town Wins 

4th District Recognition 

Doori, located at 1811 W. Commonwealth 

Ave., Fullerton, CA 92833, received the “4th 

District Restaurant of the Week” recognition 

from OC Supervisor Shawn Nelson’s office. 

The new restaurant, owned and operated by 

the Yang family, serves authentic Korean cuisine. 

Free Class About Hearing 

Loss & Corrections 

Local Audiologist Jane Steckler will teach a 

free 10-week series on how the ear works, what 

can go wrong, and methods available to correct 

hearing problems including various devices and 

the basics of lip reading. 

The course is sponsored by the North OC 

Community College District at the Fullerton 

Senior Center, 340 W. Commonwealth Ave., 

Fullerton 92832. Classes start Monday, Sept 13 

from noon to 2pm. The series is free but preregistration 

is requested. Call the center at 714- 

738-6305 to register. 

Michelle and her mom Shirley (pictured above) and dad James Lau attended the presentation. 

Michelle Lau - Girl Scout Gold Award 

On June 13, 2010, the Girl Scout 

Council awarded Michelle Lau, a resident 

of Amerige Heights in Fullerton, the 

Gold Award. Michelle is a junior at 

Sunny Hills High School. 

Michelle has been a Girl Scout since 

she was in kindergarten. She advanced 

through Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadet 

and is now a Senior of the Girl Scout 

Troop 4013. Before her attainment of 

Gold Award, Michelle had also obtained 

Bronze and Silver Awards. 

The Gold Award Project of Michelle is 

to teach children at the local Boys & 

Girls Club about environmental concerns 

(she also teaches third graders at 

her church). Michelle taught a total of 8 

classes within one month during after 

school hours and on Sundays. The topics 

she covered included water, soil/air pollution, 

plants and animals, as well as recycling. 

Michelle comes from a scouting family. 

Her father is a Boy Scout Master and her 

mother is a Girl Scout Leader of her 

troop. Her brother is an Eagel Scout and 

her sister is working on her own Gold 

Award Project about ethnic diversity. 

Michelle, in her junior year, was the 

President of both the Chinese Club and 

the Acting on Aids Club at Sunny Hills 

Disaster Plan Conversation at Museum Center 

Learning how to protect yourself and 

your family is the focus of a special program 

presented by Councilmember 

Sharon Quirk-Silva Thurs., August 26 at 

7:30pm at the Fullerton Museum Center, 

on the corner of Wilshire and Pomona, 

one block east of Harbor. Guest speaker is 

Fire Chief Wolfgang Kanbe who will talk 

about the Community Emergency 

Response Team, which trains citizens to 

provide immediate assistance in case of 

disaster. A question and answer session 

follows. The draft Local Hazard 

Mitigation Plan will come before the 

Council for approval in the near future. 

Free. Call (714) 738-6311 for more info. 

High and she was recently elected 

President of National Honors Society for 

the senior year. 

In sports, Michelle has competed with 

the Junior Varsity Volleyball and Track 

Team of Sunny Hills High School. She is 

a 2nd degree black belt holder in Tae 

Kwon Do with the Hi Kick Academy in 

Fullerton. 

Outside school, she was the president 

of the Medical Explorers Post 7 at Kaiser 

Permanente in Anaheim and had served 

as Editor-in-Chief of its newsletter. At 

church, she is a leader in the core youth 

fellowship. 

Besides being in the top four percent of 

all eligible Girl Scouts to receive the Gold 

Award, she also is in the elite one percent 

of her school as a member of the Top 100 

academically accomplished students for 

three consecutive years, California 

Scholarship Federation, National Society 

of High School Scholars, and National 

Honor Society. 

Michelle has received certificates of 

recognition from Mayor Don Bankhead 

and the Fullerton City Council, 

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 

Senator Dianne Feinstein, former 

President George W. Bush, the United 

States Army, the California State 

Assembly, and the County of LA. 

Development 

Director to Conduct 

Public Dialogues 

Al Zelinka, Fullerton’s new development 

director is holding a series of 

community meetings in which citizens 

are invited to come discuss 

issues, concerns and hopes they have 

regarding the city’s growth and 

development. The next meeting is 

on Sept. 28 from 6pm-7pm at 

Vision Center, Rm. 140, Grace 

Ministries International, 150 S. 

Brookhurst, Fullerton. Call 714- 

738-3347 or email 

alz@ci.fullerton.ca.us for more 

information. 

3-D Model of 

Downtown Available 

via Google Earth 

Twenty-five community members 

attended the meeting to showcase 

“Downtown Fullerton 3D.” The 

project, funded through SCAG and 

Caltrans, created a 3D digital model 

of the downtown for a variety of 

planning and visualization uses. The 

model is available at www.cityoffullerton.com. 

Go to the “About 

Fullerton” link near the top of the 

main page and click on the “Maps” 

link. The model will also be available 

on Google Earth at an upcoming 

date. 

8 Water Main Line 

Breaks in June 

There were eight water mainline 

breaks in June. Two, including the 

Main Plant Pump Station 18” steel 

pipe and the 6” cast iron break at 

1234 E. Ash Ave., were suspected to 

be caused by age. The pipes were laid 

in 1952. Reason for the other six 

breaks is unknown. They occurred at 

1300 Candlewood; 1300 Eltham 

Place; 2173 Loma Alta; 1713 Shady 

Brook; 2900 Birch Place and 1631 

Brea Blvd. All involved 6” to 8” cast 

iron pipes laid between 1962 and 

1976. 

County Commission 

Positions Available 

Anyone interested in serving a 3year 

term on the Public Financing 

Advisory Committee should call 

Audra Adams in OC Supe. Nelson’s 

office at (714) 834-3998 or by email 

to Audra.Adams@ocgov.com.

AUGUST 2010 

LOCAL NEWS 

Michelle’s new bike rests against the memorial bench of her brother Alex Buck 

located at the top of Hillcrest Park. His death at a young age inspired her to compete in 

marathons to raise money for cancer research. 

TRIATHLON ATHLETE IN TRAINING 

All I Have To Do Is Complete It 

by Michelle Buck 

This is a story for women that have 

said or thought, “I am too heavy or over 

weight” to do something. 

My parents always encouraged me to 

enjoy the outdoors and to play any sport I 

wanted. In fact, at Fullerton High School, 

I was on the Soccer and the Track and 

Cross Country Teams. I also walked up 

Lemon Hill from school everyday. 

Although the hill was only a half mile 

long, it felt more like 10 miles! 

I was an active kid, however, as a young 

adult, my life changed. My life became 

more about work and about having a 

sociable night life. So those nice weekend 

afternoons were more about napping and 

not about enjoying the great outdoors! 

While I was nearing my 30’s, I lost my 

brother to cancer. This made me stop and 

take a serious look at my life. I knew 

things had to change; that I had to 

Michelle running the Rock ‘n Roll 

Marathon 

change. I began by joining a wonderful 

program called Team in Training (TNT). 

While I was running in memory of my 

brother, I started to “find myself” with 

TNT. Since 2007, I have raised thousands 

of dollars to fight cancer. 

So far, I have completed two full 

marathons and six half marathons. Yes the 

word is completed. From day one, I simply 

told myself, “This is a race against yourself 

and not anyone else.” It did not matter 

that it took me 6.5 hours to cross the 26.2 

mile finish line; the whole point was that 

I crossed it! 

This year I have once again set high 

goals for myself and I am planning to 

complete three Triathlons which will 

involve running, biking and swimming. 

Many people might look at me and say, 

“no way,” because at 35-years-old, 5-feet 

tall, and about 40 pounds overweight, I 

don’t fit the typical description of a 

triathlon athlete. But, that does not matter. 

This is a race for myself, not others. 

A few months ago, my father and I went 

to Banning’s Bikes in Downtown 

Fullerton and I got fitted with, and purchased, 

my first race bike! 

Twice a week, I now leave my car 

behind to ride my bike to work. Riding 

down the riverbed and up PCH is about 

22 miles to my workplace. I average about 

13 miles an hour, which is not very fast, as 

most experienced riders go about 18 to 19 

miles per hour. As I see it, all of those fast 

riders are missing out on a lot! There’s no 

rush. It’s about seizing the moment. 

Furthermore, I have started swimming 

for a half an hour, two times a week. This 

is a great start and these baby steps are 

already beginning to work for me. 

In September, I plan on doing my first 

Triathlon in Long Beach. I will not start 

the race in the third wave with my age 

group. I will start in the last wave. This is 

the category for women 145 lbs and over. 

I am looking forward to starting at the 

end, because all I have to do to win is to 

complete it. 

This is my message to all big women; 

discover your own challenges, make your 

own goals, and please remember it’s not 

about how fast you do it, it’s all about the 

fact that you try and that you can complete 

it! 


Are “Dynamic” Signs Right for 

Fullerton? by J. A. Kaluzny 

Rules for electronic reader boards, digital 

display and “dynamic” display signs are 

being written for Fullerton by 

Development Director Al Zelinka, his 

staff and consultant Ron Pflugrath of 

Hogle-Ireland, Inc. On August 25 at 

7pm, an ordinance for such signs will be 

on the planning commission agenda. 

“If there’s an identity we (Fullerton) 

want to project,” said Mary Ann Clark, a 

resident attending an informational meeting, 

“We should start building it.” 

“Does the city have a vision?” asked 

Terri Prado, A-A Auto Service, Inc. She 

said she was representing auto dealers in 

Fullerton and a Rotary Club. 

“We have a great team,” said Mr. 

Zelinka, referring to city staff. “More collaboration 

than I’ve seen in any other city. 

We are informed by the community. We 

have professional opinions, but this is not 

a staff-driven city hall.” 

Zelinka cited the general plan as a great 

framework for building a unified system 

and specific plans in particular, such as in 

neighborhoods and industrial areas. 

Three sign meetings attracted three 

business people at the first, two sign professionals 

at the second, and half a dozen 

citizens at the third. Four sign industry 

people attended the first session, along 

with the representatives of Winkelman 

Realty, the Chamber of Commerce and a 

mediator-lawyer (this writer). 

Senior Planner Heather Allen presented 

slides including images provided by two 

sign companies showing the potential 

types of “dynamic” signs as electronic 

reader boards, digital displays and dynamic 

displays –“close to a TV screen.” Signs 

can be on building walls, “monuments,” 

or poles, and are judged by area, height, 

quantity and separations. 

Flashing signs are prohibited under the 

current ordinance. Those are “any lighted 

sign that flashes, animates, scintillates, 

consists of running lights or of illuminated 

changing information.” 

One resident expressed concern that 

small blinking signs “are popping up 

everywhere. They look bad,” said Jane 

Rands. I’m concerned about the (sign) 

industry, that they believe anything goes 

in Fullerton. Are we opening up to these 

things everywhere?” 

“There are gradations of permissions,” 

said Zelinka. He also said, “much of our 

zoning code is a problem. It’s been 

tweaked over 20 years, band aids put on. 

The reality of this moment in time is that 

we are having many inquiries for dynamic 

signs. What we’ve heard regarding 

conditional use permits include five topics: 

proliferation, distraction, aesthetics, 

quality of physical sign structure and adjacency 

with residential.” 

“But we should have a ceiling, a limit,” 

said Rands. “Not a floor, but a top limit.” 

William Clark said “We need to 

improve public signs, bring a certain aesthetic 

to downtown.” 

Enforcement of any standards that 

might be adopted was a concern addressed 

by all. 

Sign professionals suggested the posting 

of a bond could be used to assure compliance 

with restrictions. 

The Clarks who live across the street 

from a digital sign that was supposed to 

replace a proliferation of unsightly banners 

at St. Juliana’s said, “They still have 

the banners plus the digital lighted sign.” 

Edward Wasserman, Daktronics, a 

Calabasas commercial sign company, said 

“You need to have aesthetically pleasing 

signs. LED saves power and electricity 

and has the feel of the 20's and 30's. Staff 

has already heard from me.” 

“We don’t want to see downtown 

become a Las Vegas strip,” said both 

Winkelman and Teresa Harvey, director 

of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce. 

Electronic Sign 

Ordinance 

The Fullerton Planning Commission 

will decide on a final draft of the ordinance 

to regulate “Dynamic Signs” within 

the city at its meeting at 7pm Wed. 

Aug. 25th 7pm at City Hall, 303 W. 

Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton 92832. 

Dynamic signs include electronic message 

boards which change messages, and 

full-color digital video displays. 

Call Heather Allen at 714-738-6884 

or email to HeatherA@ci.fullerton.ca.us 

for more information.

Page 8 FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS 

AUGUST 2010 

Little Eagle Free students with LEF Founder Frances Knott(front center). PHOTO LOREEN BERLIN 

Little Eagle Free Scholarships 

by Loreen Berlin 

“Little Eagle Free” presented nearly 

$55,000 in scholarship money to thirtyone 

American Indian students last year. 

Since its inception in 1997 the nonprofit 

has awarded $254,300 to 183 students 

of American Indian heritage going 

on to higher education. 

The effort has paid off in terms of college 

graduates and those nearing graduation 

in fields as wide-ranging as music, 

writing, medical, criminal justice, 

American Indian studies, and education. 

Each year, along with awarding the 

scholarships, LEF honors an accomplished 

American Indian. Previous honorees 

have included: 

2009: Ernest H. Siva, 

Cahuilla/Serrano American Indian, cofounder 

of the Dorothy Ramon Learning 

Center in Banning. The Center is a facility 

that preserves and shares Southern 

California’s distinct American Indian cultures, 

languages, history, music and traditional 

arts. 

2007: Dr. Paul Apodaca, 

Navajo/Mexican, Chapman professor, historian, 

and consultant with several arts 

and academic agencies including the 

Smithsonian. 

2006: Justin Farmer, Ipai/Diegueno 

Nation, an expert in American Indian basketry 

who has documented and conserved 

the art form. 

2004: Steven R. Heape, Cherokee 

Nation, a film director dedicated to 

Indian history and preserving the culture. 

2003: Dr. Less Walls, Choctaw heritage, 

then president of the Southern 

California College of Optometry. 

2002: Louis Armijo, Navajo, WWII 

Code Talker, Fullerton High School 

teacher featured in Tom Brokaw’s bestseller 

“The Greatest Generation.” 

In addition to awarding scholarships the 

Little Eagle Free Foundation, headquartered 

in Fullerton, provides eyeglasses to 

students at the Sherman Indian High 

School in Riverside, and helps students in 

Richfield, Utah with an emergency dental 

program. 

Contributions to the Little Eagle Free 

Foundation are tax-deductible. For information 

on how to contribute call 714- 

990-5054. For more information on 

scholarships go to www.littleeaglefree.org 

By Pamela McLaren 

Damas de Caridad Raises $61,000 

for Children’s Dental Program 

A check in the amount of $61,000 was 

presented on June 18, 2010 to VP of 

Healthy Communities, St. Jude Hospital’s 

Barry Ross and St. Jude CEO Lee Penrose 

by Emily Johnson and Trudy Durrette of 

Damas de Caridad. 

The money will help fund St. Jude 

Medical Center’s annual Children’s 

Dental Clinic for the sixth year. 

The non-profit Damas de Caridad, a 

longtime support group for St. Jude’s 

charitible health programs, held its 49th 

annual luncheon at the Anaheim White 

House and selected Trudy Durrette to 

serve as 2010-11 president. Other officers 

include Doretta Wedin/1st VP, 

CSUF Art Majors Take Top Honors 

Cal State Fullerton art majors brought 

home five of the six top awards presented 

for posters and trailers at the 9th annual 

Key Art Awards Student Competition. 

The contest is part of the Hollywood 

Reporter’s annual Key Art Awards, which 

honor achievements in motion picture 

marketing and advertising. 

In addition to the 

awards, students 

studying graphic 

design under the 

direction of lecturer 

and alumna Cheryl 

Savala-Lalicker 

received seven of the 

12 nominations in 

the contest’s movie 

poster category, while 

another six students, 

under the direction of 

Christian Hill, associate 

professor of art, 

garnered two-thirds 

of the nine nominations 

in the movie 

trailer category. 

Sweeping the 

movie poster category 

as winners were: 

•1st: Diane Nguyen 

•2nd: Nicole Beesley 

•3rd: Yu-Ting Huang 

Taking two of the top awards in the 

movie trailer category were Glynis Brown 

(2nd) and Jan Injarusorn (3rd). 

“Winning first place definitely came as 

a surprise; there were so many great 

entries, especially from CSUF, that anyone 

could’ve won,” said Nguyen, who earlier 

this year was a semifinalist in the 

worldwide Disney ImagiNations contest. 

“I’m really proud of the Art Department. 

All the students are so passionate about 

what they do, and we’re backed up by the 

most amazing teachers that I’ve ever met 

during my school career.” 

Membership; Carol Noble/2nd VP, 

Resource Development; Shirley Kerstner 

and Toni Davis/3rd VP, Social; Walda 

Anderson/Recording Secretary; Irene 

McCormick/Corresponding Secretary; 

Lorraine Lappi/Treasurer; and Barbara 

Kuntz/Publicity Chair. 

Women who wish to join Dama de 

Caridad’s work to earn funds in support 

of St. Jude Medical Center are welcome. 

Currently, there is one fundraiser per year 

which occurs in the fall. Funds raised are 

used to support children's dental health. 

Anyone who wishes to join may call 

Membership Chair Doretta Wedin, at 

(714) 961-1416. 

This year’s contest called for entries to 

be based on the film “Atonement.” All 

schools received the film, in addition to 

such collateral materials as production 

stills, logos and images to serve as background 

and inspiration for the contestants. 

CSUF students have a long history of 

Diane Nguyen, Nicole Beesley and Yu-Ting Huang. 

PHOTO BY CHERYL SAVALA-LALICKER 

winning prizes in this competition. Since 

the contest’s first year in 2002, CSUF students 

have won 22 top awards; six firstplace; 

eight second-place; and eight thirdplace 

prizes for their movie posters and 

trailers. 

Past CSUF winners have gone on to 

work in the film and entertainment 

industry. Dara Cornell (B.F.A. art-graphic 

design’09), who won first place in the 

movie trailer category two years ago, edited 

the dailies for Tim Burton’s latest film, 

“Alice in Wonderland.” Justin Ridge 

(B.F.A. art-entertainment art/animation 

’03), the inaugural second-place winner in 

the movie trailer category in 2002, directed 

episodes of “Clone Wars” for 

Lucasfilm.

AUGUST 2010 LOCAL NEWS 

by Chan Kim 

YWCA Thurmond Scholarships 

Three students at California State 

University, Fullerton (CSUF) received a total 

of $6,000 in scholarships from the YWCA 

North Orange County’s Thurmond 

Scholarship Fund, an outreach dedicated to 

helping women 24 years and older pursue a 

college education. The recipients were recognized 

at the Y’s annual meeting June 26 at the 

Coyote Hills Country Club in Fullerton. 

Three full-time students, Aihanh Truong, 

Kristy Haffner, and Eileen Marie Anguiana, 

were awarded $2000 scholarships. After 

reviewing over 30 applications in March, 

chairwoman Joan Mears and committee 

members Nissa Foster and Catherine Van 

Riette directed ten semifinalists to the 

Thurmond family; Don Thurmond, his sister 

Carol Wells and his wife Roseanne 

Thurmond selected the final three recipients. 

Don Thurmond and Carol Wells carry on 

the legacy of their mother, late community 

activist Ruth Thurmond, who dedicated her 

life in assisting economically disadvantaged 

women achieve their educational goals. Ruth 

Thurmond founded the scholarship committee 

in the late 1990s, after decades of advocacy 

for women’s rights and involvement with 

the YWCA North Orange County. 

Aihanh Truong came to the US at the age 

of thirty-eight. She bravely started her life in 

her new country with her eighteen-monthold 

son. She soon began attending Fullerton 

College, hoping to set a good example for her 

son to follow. Currently, she is majoring in 

Human Services. 

Kristy Haffner, with an Associate Teacher 

Certificate from the Social Sciences Division 

at Fullerton College, aspires to graduate with 

an Associate’s degree in Mathematics. 

Ultimately, she hopes to earn a Bachelor’s 

degree in Child Development and a multiple 

subject teaching credential. Through her various 

experiences in college, she dreams to 

make a difference in the lives of children. 

Eileen Anguiano’s previous life experiences 

hindered her from pursuing her educational 

goals, she continued forward with the 

support from her family and friends. Now a 

single mother of four, she reflects, 

“Perseverance and determination has given 

me the will power to continue to work hard 

for what my family deserves -an education to 

live a higher quality life.” Eileen started 

attending Fullerton College in July of 2008 

and has completed fifty- three units. With a 

major in Human Services at California State 

University Fullerton, she hopes to become a 

marriage and family therapist or a juvenile 

probation officer. 

The YWCA provides many services to the 

community. Donations are tax-deductible. 

Contact Executive Director Diane Masseth- 

Jones at 714-871-4488 or Chan Kim at 714- 

822-9200 to find out how you can help. Or 

go to www.ywcanoc.org for more information. 

Donate Your Old 

Cell Phones & Ink Catridges 

Drop off your old ink & toner cartridges 

and cell phones at YWCA NOC, 215 E. 

Commonwealth Ave., Suite F, Fullerton CA 

92832, to help support YWCANOC programs. 

Monopoly Raises $4,200 

Over 56 players gathered to compete in the 

fifth annual Monopoly Tournament to have 

fun and support the YWCA’s programs. 

The day-long competition included two 

90-minute rounds and a final round with the 

top six competitors. Gary 

Heller won the tournament 

ending up with $12,998 in 

play money of the $15,140 

total in the game. 

Ken Koury came in 2nd; 

Brian Boles placed 3rd; 

Peter Schlosser placed 4th; 

Craig Way came in 5th; and 

Robert Ellis, last year’s winner 

came in 6th. 

2010 champ 

Gary Heller 

All are experienced national Monopoly 

players. Also in attendance was past world 

champion Lee Bayrd, past national champ 

Matt McNally, and Kevin Tostado (who is 

director of an upcoming documentary called 

“Under the Boardwalk,” due out in theaters 

later this year.) Also competing was Fullerton 

Mayor Don Bankhead who came in fifth in 

the first round of play. 

The event raised $4,200 for breast cancer 

detection services to uninsured, low-income 

women and other YWCA programs. 

YWCA 

Executive 

Director Diane 

Masseth-Jones, 

Rosanne and 

Don 

Thurmond, 

and scholars 

Kristy Haffner, 

Eileen Marie 

Anguiano and 

Aihanh T. 

Truong. -MIMI 

KO KRUZ 

Karate Champs 

National Victory 

Adam Kraus (11), Derek Montoya (10), and 

Jasmine Nguyen (14) from the Nihon Karate 

Dojo, took home a total of 7 medals, at the U.S. 

Karate Nationals, held in Greensville, South 

Carolina on July 8-11. It was an intense four-day 

competition, with approximately 2,000 qualified 

karate athletes, competing for the title of, 

National Champion and spots on the U.S. Karate 

Team. 

Adam Kraus won 3 medals in the Boys 

Intermediate division, which includes Gold in 

Kata (forms), Gold in Kobudo (weapons), and 

Silver in Kumite (sparring). Adam remains the 

National Karate Champion in Kata for his division 

two years in a row. When asked how he feels 

about his accomplishment, Adam replied “I’m 

really excited about next year and look forward to 

doing my best in the Advanced Black Belt division!” 

Derek Montoya won Bronze for Kata in the 

Advanced Black Belt level. This was the second 

year that Derek has competed at Nationals in the 

Advanced Black Belt division. Derek commented, 

“I had a blast 

at Nationals and excited 

to medal in such a big 

and tough division. 

My goal next year is to 

win Gold!” 

Jasmine Nguyen a 

Freshman at Troy High 

School, won three 

medals in the Girls Elite 

Advanced Black Belt 

division which includes 

Gold in Team Kata, 

Silver in open Kata, and 

Bronze in Kumite. She 

also made it onto the 

U.S. Karate Team for 


At Left: Jasmine Nguyen is 

flanked by fellow teammates 

Sapphire Bang and Jessica 

Kwong. The girls are the first 

in their age group to qualify 

for the US Karate Team and 

are headed for the Pan 

American Games in Montreal, 

Canda this month. 

Team Kata and as an alternate, 

for Kumite. 

Jasmine and her Kata teammates, 

Jessica Kwong (15) 

and Sapphire Bang (16), 

will be representing the 

U.S., for Team Kata at the 

Pan American Games in 

Montreal, Canada in 

August. Jasmine says, 

“I’m very honored to be 

part of the US Karate 

Team. My team and I are 

determined and looking 

forward to taking home the 

Gold for the US! “They are 

the first Girls Team Kata in 

the 14-17 age category who 

have made it onto the US 

Karate Team. 

Adam, Derek and 

Jasmine train with Senseis 

Chad Eagan and Bruce 

Nguyen at the Nihon 

Karate Dojo, located just 

past the Fullerton Airport, 

in Buena Park. Eight kids 

from the Nihon Karate 

Dojo, competed at 

Nationals this year in South 

Carolina and brought 

home a combined 23 

medals! 

Help Jasmine 

Get to Montreal 

Anyone interested in 

helping Jasmine get to 

Montreal can send donations 

to: Jasmine Nguyen 

c/o Nihon Karate Dojo 

6046 Beach Blvd., Buena 

Park, CA 90621 

Derek Montonya, Jasmine Nguyen and Adam Kraus brought 

home the medals from the National Karate Competition.

Page 10 FULLERTON OBSERVER ENVIRONMENT 

AUGUST 2010 

Conservation Gardening 

by Penny Hlavac pennyhlavac@yahoo.com 

A Few Tough Australians 

Gardeners hoping to lower their water 

bills and add a touch of the exotic to their 

gardens should consider the fascinating 

and beautiful plants of Australia. 

Sollya heterophylla, the blue bell creeper, 

is a sprawling shrub or small vine with 

lustrous medium green leaves, purplishmahogany 

stems and clusters of little blue 

flowers in summer. It has proven to be 

drought tolerant and fast growing in the 

demonstration garden in front of the 

Fullerton Arboretum Potting Shed. It 

takes full sun or partial shade and in the 

wild often grows under eucalyptus trees. 

The front slope as you go past the 

waterfall at the arboretum is the place to 

see eremophilas, or emu bushes. Most eremophilas 

are from arid inland Australia— 

— “eremophila” means “desert loving” or 

“a dweller of inhospitable places.” In 

Australia the flowers and fruits are eaten 

by the large flightless emu bird. Here the 

flowers provide nectar for hummingbirds. 

The largest eremophila on the slope, 

Eremophila bignoniiflora x polyclada, 

when in bloom looks like the desert willow 

(Chilopsis linearis) of the California 

low desert but the two are unrelated. This 

unusual small tree/large shrub came from 

the Australian Native Plants Nursery 

owned by Jo O’Connell, herself a native 

Australian, who for many years has had 

one of the most interesting booths at the 

Fullerton Arboretum Green Scene. 

Check out her website at www.australianplants.com. 

Chamelaucium uncinatum, Geraldton 

Wax Flower, with its small needlelike 

leaves and airy growth habit 

blends beautifully with other plants 

without crowding them. It can 

reach about five feet or more high 

and as wide. Clusters of small pink, 

purple or white flowers in winter 

and spring make wonderful cut 

flowers and are often sold in florists’ 

shops. It needs especially good 

drainage and grew beautifully with 

no water (once established) in my 

old garden which had very sandy 

soil. I have decided to take a chance 

with it in my present garden which 

has clay soil. (I have mounded the 

soil and added generous amounts of 

pumice.) 

There are no hummingbirds in 

Australia but hummingbirds love 

grevilleas. The two I grow are 

Grevillea 'Superb' a medium sized 

shrub always in bloom with large 

salmon flower clusters, and a taller 

one, Grevillea 'Moonlight,' with 

creamy white flowers. Ferny finely divided 

leaves provide an interesting contrast with 

the plants around it. Because they respond 

well to clipping, grevilleas are good candidates 

for espalier, like the Grevillea 'Ruby 

Clusters' in front of the Fullerton 

Arboretum Potting Shed. Hard as it may 

be to believe, grevilleas are members of the 

same family as the South African proteas 

sold in florist shops. The family, 

Proteaceae, was named after the Greek 

god Proteus who was able to change shape 

at will. Like other members of that family, 

grevilleas have evolved special root 

clusters designed to grab nutrients in 

Australia's nutrient poor soil. So don't 

bother fertilizing them. In fact, the addition 

of phosphorus could even be harmful. 

Occasionally a grevillea will become 

chlorotic (leaves turn yellow). This can be 

corrected with chelated iron. A few people 

develop dermatitis when handling these 

plants. 

Above: E. big x pol close 

Above: Adenanthos x cunninghamii 

Below: Grevillea-’Superb’ (DM) 

Adenanthos x cunninghamii or “woolly 

bush” is another member of the protea 

family. It has very small red flowers which 

are easy for humans to miss but hummingbirds 

have no trouble finding them. 

The plant in front of the Potting Shed is 

only about a year old but you can see a 

woolly bush which is probably around ten 

years old under one of the golden medallion 

trees at the Fullerton Police Station. 

With its soft and silky silver-grey foliage it 

would be great in the “plant petting zoo” 

portion of a child's garden. 

Rhagodia spinescens, or Australian saltbush, 

which can be seen smothering 

weeds near the Potting Shed is normally 

used as a drought tolerant and fire retardant 

ground cover but will grow upward 

with support. Its rapid growth, tolerance 

of clipping and tiny grey leaves would 

make it perfect for topiary in that same 

child's garden---- perhaps a topiary kangaroo? 

Low-Carbon Footprint Camping 

Let the Sun Recharge Your Favorite E-Gadgets 

by Sarah Mosko 

Does the prospect of spending a weekend 

away from your favorite e-gadgets 

(cell phone, laptop, iPod or PDA) stir up 

separation anxiety? Around our house 

we’ve dubbed this e-angst, and it can kill 

enthusiasm for an otherwise welcome 

family camping vacation. 

For teens or adults similarly infected 

with e-angst, a diversity of devices are on 

the market which let you bring your egadgets 

along with you camping and also 

trim your carbon footprint because they 

utilize only sunshine for power. 

Solar chargers 

An assortment of portable solar-powered 

chargers is available that adapt to virtually 

any handheld electronic appliance 

including digital cameras and GPS units. 

Most rely on photovoltaic silicon cell 

technology akin to what is used on 

rooftop solar panels. Many are small 

enough to fit in a back pocket or certainly 

a glove box so can travel with you virtually 

anywhere. The cost is as little as $15 

or up to $150 depending on the capacity. 

Because rechargeable batteries are incorporated, 

gadgets can be recharged even 

after the sun goes down. Small electronics 

generally charge in 2-4 hours. 

Solar backpacks offer another option for 

charging batteries or small gadgets on the 

hiking trail - the solar cells are embedded 

into the backpack material using so-called 

‘flexible’ or ‘thin-layer’ solar technology. 

Though not widely available in stores, 

several are sold on-line, some for under 

$100. 

Solar tents based on the same concept 

have been employed by the U.S. Military 

- for charging telecommunication and tactical 

devices and to relieve troops of the 

burden of lugging around batteries - and 

could be developed for civilian applications 

in the not too distant future. 

Laptops need relatively high capacity 

chargers which ups the cost to somewhere 

between $150 and $600. The solar array 

can come as traditional panels which fold 

up much like a brief case or as a flexible 

sheet which rolls up like a mat. Another 

style has the panels set into the outside of 

a computer carrying case. Unfolded, the 

panels measure roughly 1-2 feet by 2-3 

feet. You can either trickle charge the 

computer while it’s in use to extend the 

battery life or allow for the up to 12 hours 

needed to fully recharge a computer that’s 

turned off. Because solar computer chargers 

weigh anywhere from one to six 

pounds, they’re compatible with car 

camping. 

Automotive solar battery rechargers are 

another option for charging laptops. A 

solar array plugged into the cigarette 

lighter recharges the car battery while the 

laptop is simultaneously operating or 

recharging via a direct connection to the 

car battery. 

More Solar Camping Supplies 

•Solar showers are no doubt the oldest 

solar camping supply around. The concept 

is incredibly simple and efficient. 

When a black plastic water bag absorbs 

sunlight, the light is converted to heat 

which is transferred to the water inside. At 

the end of a dusty day, suspend the bag 

from a tree and let gravity do the rest. 

These sell for about $25 at camping supply 

stores. 

•Solar Cookers: Zero carbon-emission 

hot meals can be prepared on campouts 

using solar cookers which also operate on 

sunlight. Because internal temperatures 

can reach 300°F, solar cookers can be used 

to prepare anything from baked bread to 

meat stew, and they are also useful for 

water pasteurization which requires a temperature 

of only 150°F. 

Here’s how solar cookers work. A black 

lidded pot is placed inside a box-like 

chamber that traps sunlight and converts 

it to heat. Some type of clear plastic or 

glass encloses the pot to keep the heat 

trapped inside. Light-reflective surfaces 

arranged above the chamber concentrate 

additional sunlight into the cooker. 

Solar cookers are in widespread use in 

less developed parts of the world, including 

China and India, especially in areas 

where deforestation is an issue or firewood 

is in short supply. Hundreds of styles are 

sold commercially at prices in the range of 

$50-$100. Or, you can easily find instructions 

on-line to construct your own for 

next to nothing with just boxes, black 

paint and aluminum foil. 

•Rugged solar camping lanterns or 

torches allow dining or reading after dark 

without propane or disposable batteries. 

Battery-powered light emitting diodes 

(LED) are recharged by a small attachable 

solar panel. Each hour of charging provides 

one or two hours of lamp light. 

Figure the cost at about $50. There are 

also many styles of LED flashlights to 

choose from with the option of recharging 

by way of built-in solar panels or a hand 

crank. 

•Solar hat fans which clip onto the 

brim are available too for those with the 

mettle to sport one. They’re driven by a 

mini solar panel measuring a few inches 

square and sell for $10 or so. 

As the sun is the ultimate source of the 

energy on which virtually all life depends, 

it seems fitting that solar technologies can 

play a role in sustaining both our sense of 

connectedness to and preservation of the 

natural world. 

www.sarahmosko.com

AUGUST 2010 

Food Around the World 

by Leela Cyd www.leelacyd.com 

Avocado Wasabi Salad 

I’ve had the idea of an avocado 

based salad dressing 

kicking around in my head 

for the last few days, and an 

avocado kicking around my 

kitchen counter. This salad is 

easy to throw together, and is 

a great entree salad, or a side 

salad for a dinner party or 

some such get-together. 

The dressing is rich, and 

despite the title, is pretty tasty 

even without the added wasabi. You 

have my permission to leave the wasabi 

powder out altogether if you don’t like it 

or can’t find it. 

I don’t know if my wasabi powder is 

old and has lost its kick, or if you need a 

massive amount of it to make things 

spicy (anyone with experience want to 

weigh in?), but this dressing was as mild 

as the day is long. It added a great flavor, 

but no heat. You may wish to add in 

your own wasabi powder slowly, tasting 

as you go, just in case yours is spicy. 

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Avocado Wasabi Salad Serves 4-6 

Greens of your choice for 4-6 people 

1 Carrot, shredded 

2 tsp Vegetable Oil, divided 

1/2 to 3/4 Cup Broccoli, chopped small 

1/3 Cup Toasted Slivered Almonds 

1 Recipe Wasabi Chickpeas, below 

1 Recipe Avocado Wasabi dressing 

Fresh Cracked Black Pepper 

Wasabi-Tamari Chickpeas 

1 tsp Oil 

1 Cup Chickpeas 

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The other ingredients are simple but 

flavorful as well. Pan-fried wasabi-soy 

chickpeas, sauteed broccoli, toasted 

almonds, and shredded carrots. I find 

this mixture goes particularly well 

together, adding crunch, sweetness, protein, 

and color. And they all pair wonderfully 

with the dressing. 

Speaking of the dressing, it’s pretty 

ugly stuff. This isn’t something you’re 

going to want to serve on the side for 

your guests. Toss it with the lettuce and 

then serve it. Just trust me on this one. 

You’ll see when you make it. 

1 tsp Wasabi Powder 

1/2 tsp Sugar 

1 Tbs Low Sodium Tamari/Soy Sauce 

Avocado Wasabi Dressing 

1 Ripe Avocado, diced 

2 tsp White Wine Vinegar 

3 Tbs Hummus, plain or garlic 

1 tsp Stoneground Mustard 

1/2 tsp Salt 

2 tsp Wasabi Powder 

1/4 to 1/3 Cup Vegetable oil 

Avacado Wasabi Dressing: Begin by whisking the dressing ingredients together, 

except for the oil. Whisk until smooth. If your avocado isn’t super ripe, you 

may wish to blend the dressing in a food processor. Slowly add oil until emulsified 

and the dressing is smooth, refrigerate until ready to use. 

Toast your almonds in a dry pan over medium heat if they are not already 

toasted. Set aside. 

In the same pan, add 1 tsp of oil and add broccoli. Sautee over high heat until 

the broccoli is beginning to color in spots and is bright green, but still tendercrisp. 

Sprinkle lightly with salt and set aside. 

Wasabi Chickpeas: Add the second teaspoon of oil to the same pan and add 

the chickpeas. Reduce heat to medium-high. Cook the chickpeas until they are 

golden on all sides, using a spatula to loosen them as necessary, but don’t worry 

if they stick a little. Add the wasabi powder, sugar, and tamari and stir well. 

Remove from pan and set aside. 

In a large bowl, add your salad greens. Add the broccoli, 3/4 of the chickpeas, 

3/4 of the almonds, and 3/4 of the carrots. Toss with enough dressing to coat. 

Plate the salad, and garnish the top with the remaining chickpeas, almonds and 

carrots. Crack fresh black pepper over the top. Serve immediately. 

If you are serving the salad later, do not add the dressing until the last minute. 

Cardamom Apricot Lassi 

I miss India. I miss the 

heat, the brightly-colored 

saris, the kinetic and devilishly 

slow pace, the interesting 

assortment of mustache 

styles, the free-falling 

off the high dive into the 

cosmic swimming pool, the 

first bite of a really nice 

flaky masala dosa, holding 

people's babies for photos, 

chatting on every bus ride 

with my fellow travelers, 

the feeling that every day 

something crazy and unexpected 

could happen . . . 

Like being invited to a 3day 

wedding, spotting gray 

monkeys in a papaya tree or 

having the spice guy give 

me a 'family' discount. 

That was amazing. 


I was reminiscing 

on the subcontinent and all 

of it's flavors, and thinking 

about what's in season 

here-- apricots, stone fruits 

and things of this nature 

are exploding in the 

Northwest, papaya and 

mango, however, are not. 

Thus, the cardamom apricot 

lassi was born. So tangy 

and delicious on a summer 

afternoon, might even be 

perfect as a popsicle, frozen 

in molds with a stick or 

spoon in the center, kinda 

like the photo at right of a 

popsicle made in a shot 

glass (see tips below) from 

http://orangette.blogspot.c 

om/2010/07/for-popsicle.html. 

Cardamom Apricot Lassi serves 2 (generously) 

Ingredients: 

4 ripe apricots, cut in half 

1/2 c plain greek yogurt 

1 1/2 tbsp honey 

1 tsp vanilla 

1/4 tsp cardamom (or more to taste) 

1/2 c soy or almond milk 

3 ice cubes 

Top: Fresh Apricots 

Above: Finished Lassi 

Below: Popsicle made in a 

shot glass 

Method: 

Blend at a high speed until all 

ingredients are combined. Then, 

blend a little more so it's extra 

smooth and lassi-like. Enjoy! 

Popsicle Tips: Take some raspberries - frozen or fresh, and some plain yogurt and 

blend them with a bit of sugar and a splash of lemon juice (or use recipe for Apricot 

Lassi above). When it’s smooth, press through a strainer to catch the seeds, divide 

among your molds, add a stick in the center of each, and freeze. I use tall, narrow shot 

glasses. Small Dixie cups would work well too.

Page 12 FULLERTON OBSERVER ART & MUSEUMS AUGUST 2010 

•HIBBLETON GALLERY 

714-420-8524 www.hibbleton.com 

112 W. Wilshire, Fullerton 

(next to Mulberry St. Restaurant ) 

Open: Thurs - Sun 1-6pm or by appt 

“THIS IS NOT A GATED 

COMMUNITY” 

RECEPTION 6PM-10PM AUG. 6 

Artists Jonathan Apgar, Erika Hickle, 

Natalie Lawler, Kristina Lee, Rachel 

Malin, Gabriel Arroyo, and Tessie 

Whitmore exhibit in this group show that 

aims to break down the esoteric boundaries 

of abstract art and to open up a playful, 

accessible and honest visual dialogue. 

•MAX BLOOM’S CAFÉ NOIR 

714-871-2600 

www.maxbloomscafenoir.com 

220 N. Malden, Fullerton 

PAINT BY NUMBERS 


Early 1950s display of vintage “Paint by 

Numbers” paintings from a private collection. 

•GRAVES GALLERY 

gravesgallery.com 714-879-1993 

114 E. Amerige, Fullerton 

“THROUGH THEIR EYES” 


Exhibit of Fullerton artist Melinda 

Read’s portraits of marine life and other 

wild animals. Opening features food by 

Café Hidalgo, live music by Collusion of 

Souls, and wine reception. The artist also 

teaches at a private art studio and works 

with a number of environmental organizations 

to raise funds for endangered 

species and other animals in need. A portion 

of sales will benefit the Sea Shepherds 

Gulf Rescue, which is working to clean 

and save the wildlife affected by the oil 

spill. - thru Aug. 27 

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK 

August 6, 6pm to 10pm 

ART, LIVE MUSIC, TREATS Downtown Fullerton 

www.fullertonartwalk.com 

Above: From the Mountains to the Sea by Evan Everest at the Fullerton Museum. 

•FULLERTON MUSEUM CENTER (714) 738-6545 

301 N. Pomona (at Wilshire) Downtown Fullerton 

MEANINGLESSNESS: Art by Evan Everest 


Evan Everest’s art explores the catalyst 

and significance of human rituals. 

“Meaninglessness” is a selection of paintings 

that that according to the artist 

“…mirror human rituals and beliefs to 

provide an alternate vantage point.” 

Living and working in Long Beach, Evan 

explores the idea “that the ritual contains 

more truth than the belief 

with which it is associated.” 

The Artist’s idea that rituals 

are explained by belief and the 

understanding of the world 

around us are shown with 

both the subject matter and 

technique he uses to create his 

paintings. “Meaninglessness” 

exists as an interpretation of 

the artists understanding of 

human actions and their 

implications. 

KEGGED, CASED, 

BOTTLED OR CANNED: 

10,000 YEARS OF BEER 

opens with a reception 6- 

9pm on Fri., July 30 featuring 

a tour of the exhibit, 

curator’s talk, and a special 

beer. $10. There are records 

of Babylonian tablets dating 

back to 4300 BC that contain 

recipes for beer and Egyptian 

and Mesopotamian accounts. 

In the middle ages beer was 

used for tithing, trading and 

paying taxes. - thru Oct. 10 

$4/adults; $3/students & 

seniors; $1/children 6-12; 

free/ under 5 and members. 

($2 for all visitors from 4- 

8pm the first Thursday of 

each month) 

•PASTEL ART 

GALLERY (714)680-0732 

622 N Harbor, Fullerton 

92832 (near Brookdale Place) 

STUDENT & 

INSTRUCTOR SHOW 

OPEN DURING FIRST 

FRIDAY ART WALK 

Artists Sung and Katherine 

Su and their students exhibit 

original paintings in the studio 

and gallery. 

•CAFE WEST 

714-773-6323 

123 W. Amerige, Fullerton (off the parking lot) 

PHOTOGRAPHER LAUREN MENDOZA 


Finding herself unemployed, Mendoza travelled 

through Italy and France (got stuck in Paris after the 

volcano erupted) and photographed the adventure. 

•PÄS GALLERY 

www.projectartschool.com 714-871-2727 

115 S. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton 

THE CAVE 


The Cave features artwork from the kids of project 

art school- thru August 16 

HANDS ACROSS HARBOR 7:30PM, AUG. 6 

Downtown Fullerton wherever you are - hold someone. 

Also get your photo taken in the free DittoSnaps 

photo booth 

STUDENT DESIGN SHOW 

OPENS 6PM-10PM AUG. 27 

Featured artwork by design students. 

•OTTO www.shopotto.com 714-526-3142 

111 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton 

JENIFER M. HERNANDEZ 


Fullerton artist Jenifer Hernandez presents an 

exhibit of colorful mixed media work, often using 

found objects, or reclaimed components. Hernandez 

apprenticed beginning at age 12 under watercolor 

painter Carmen de Leon Perez. She went on to study 

studio art, zoological illustration and earned a degree 

in graphic design. She lives in town where she and her 

husband are raising their young child. 

•THE VIOLET HOUR STUDIO 

www.violethour.com 714-441-1504 

225 W. Santa Fe Ave., Fullerton 

BURNING MAN 2010 


The Rangers of Metropolis: Burning Man 2010 and 

the music of Rory Cloud (in his last performance 

before leaving Fullerton.) 

•MUCKENTHALER 

CULTURAL CENTER 

1201 W. Malvern, Fullerton 92833 

714-738-6595 www.themuck.org 

KOREAN SISTER CITY EXHIBIT 

The Muckenthaler celebrates Fullerton’s Sister 

Cities with a special group exchange exhibit featuring 

artists from Yong-in, Korea and Fullerton. The show 

travels to Yong-in early next year. In all, 25 different 

artists showcase paintings, ceramics, sculpture, textile, 

and works in other media. 

Eight artists from Yong-in were present for the 

opening reception (which included a calligraphy 

demonstration) in the Muckenthaler galleries on July 

9. 

Artists representing Yong-in are Ki Pyung Kong, 

Young Ran Kim, Joo Ick Kim, Soon Kwan Ma, Jeong 

Ae Park, Byeon Hae Ik, Hae Chang Seo, Oe Ja Son, 

In Ja Shim, Jun Seop Ahn, Seong Man Oh, Kyung 

Sung Lee, Bum Joon Lee, Duk Moon Jung, Soo Yung 

Jung, Churl Moon Jin, Yu Soon Choi, Hyun Jung 

Choi, and Man Gab Hur. Representing Fullerton are 

James Dahl, Carol Henke, Rowan Harrison, Young 

Shin Kim, and Steve Metzger.-thru Sept. 16

AUGUST 2010 THEATER 

BAT BOY – The Musical 

Bat Boy—The Musical with story and 

book by Keythe Farley and Brian 

Flemming and music and lyrics by 

Laurence O;Keefe revolves around tolerance 

and love. Can people learn to tolerate 

someone who is very different from 

them? Can the power of love overcome 

intolerance? 

A strange boy with pointy ears is found 

by three local youths exploring an underground 

cave. Both parties are startled. The 

boy bites one of the girls, there is a struggle 

and the youths subdue him and finally 

bring him to the surface. Bat Boy not 

only looks different but does not speak. 

All he can do is make squeaking sounds 

and he is extremely agitated. He is finally 

put in a cage and sent Dr. Parker, the local 

veterinarian. 

The town is in an uproar; people are 

both fascinated and repelled by him but 

the overall consensus is “get rid of him.” 

Meredith Parker, the doctor’s wife disagrees 

and patiently works with Bat Boy, 

showing him affection and teaching him 

how to speak and behave properly. Her 

daughter Shelley ultimately helps her 

mother’s efforts. 

THE WHO’S TOMMY 

The Who’s Tommy at Chance Theater 

is definitely a “Wow” performance. An 

original album by The Who was reformatted 

by Pete Townsend and Des McAnuff 

into a rock musical and Director Oanh 

Nguyen provides a fast-moving colorful 

presentation that never loses energy 

thanks to a very talented group of performers. 

Its 1940, England is at war. Shortly after 

Captain and Mrs. Walker marry, he is 

called to duty. He is reported missing and 

presumed dead and their son, Tommy, is 

born in 1941. Four years later, Captain 

Walker is liberated from a POW camp 

and returns home to find his wife ready to 

marry another man.; a fight erupts resulting 

in the lover’s death. Tommy watched 

everything in a mirror and when his parents 

realize this, they tell Tommy he didn’t 

see or hear anything and must never 

speak about it. 

Tommy, now deaf, dumb and blind, is 

molested by his Uncle Ernie, bullied by 

his cousin Kevin and subjected to numerous 

tests by many doctors. In desperation 

his parents seek help from the “Acid 

Queen” but to no avail. Ultimately, doctors 

determine that Tommy’s state is not 

physical and only he can cure himself. 

But Tommy can play pinball. He plays 

brilliantly and becomes a pinball champion. 

Tommy becomes a full-fledged 

celebrity, making appearances in large 

venues. People want to be like him but 

when he insists that they should be themselves 

rather than him, his followers 

become disenchanted and leave him. All 

through the years he has stood staring 

before the mirror. Finally, in sheer frustra- 

REVIEWED by Joyce Rosenthal 

Bat Boy learns quickly and well but 

unfortunately, the town still doesn’t like 

him. Although he responded to the love 

received from the doctor’s wife and 

daughter, there is little tolerance in the 

town for someone who looks so different, 

who doesn’t “fit.” The play ultimately 

takes a dark turn and there is no happy 

ending. 

Director Glendele Way-Aigle puts the 

large cast (many actors play multiple 

roles) with assorted degrees of talent 

through their paces. Choreographers Tony 

Viramontes and Kathleen Switzer plus the 

live four piece band led by Bill Wolfe help 

make this an interesting performance. 

Steven Joseph Alcanter (Bat Boy), 

Jessica Lynch (Shelley Parker) and 

Kathleen Switzer (Meredith Parker) are 

outstanding in their roles. 

HUNGER ARTISTS 

699-A S. State College, Fullerton 

Tickets: 714-680-6803 

www.hungerartists.com 

•BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL plays 

thru Aug 15. 

•ROSENCRANTZ & 

GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD 

opens Aug 27 - plays thru Sept 19 

Mark Bartlett (Narrator/Tommy) 

tion, Mrs. Walker shatters the mirror 

which releases Tommy; he doesn’t revert 

to his former self; but joyfully embraces 

his family and his younger selves. 

The acting, singing and dancing of the 

entire cast is delightful to watch. Mark 

Bartlett (Narrator/Tommy), Kevin 

Cordova (Captain Walker), Paul 

Hovannes (Cousin Kevin), Clarissa 

Barton (Acid Queen), Brynne 

McManimie (Sally), Cameron McIntyre 

(Tommy age 4) and Seth Dusky (Tommy 

age 10) are standouts 

Also contributing to the show are 

Allison Bibicoff (Choreography),Mike 

Wilkins (Musical Direction), KC 

Wilkerson (Lighting and Video Design), 

Christopher Scott Murillo (Scenic 

Design) and Casey Long (Sound Design). 

CHANCE THEATER 

5552 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim Hills 

Tickets: 714-777-3033 

www.chancetheater.com 

•THE WHO’S TOMMY - held over 

thru Aug 15. Thurs & Fri at 8pm; Sat at 

3pm & 8pm; Sun at 2pm and 7pm 

MAVERICK THEATER 

110 E. Walnut, Fullerton 

Tickets: 714-526-7070 

www.mavericktheater.com 

•IMPROV SHIMPROV LATE NIGHT 

COMEDY Every Friday & Saturday at 11pm. 

www.improvshimprov.com $5 

•THE HOBBIT THERE & BACK 

AGAIN opens Aug. 6 - plays thru Sept 19 

The Hobbit follows the adventures of Bilbo 

Baggins many years before “The Lord of the 

Rings” on his unexpected journey to reclaim 

the treasure of the great dragon Smaug. 

Nathan Makaryk directs this adaptation of 

J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy novel. Fri at 

8pm and Sat at 4pm and 8pm 

STAGES THEATER 

400 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton 

Tickets: 714-525-4484 

www.stagesoc.org 

•SO ALONE, THE REUNION CON- 

CERT opens Aug 6th - thru Aug 8. Music 

from the story of New York Dolls frontman, 

Johnny Thunders’ amazing talent and his 

slow decline into the world of drugs which 

eventually took his life. Songs from the show 

with the original band members. Directed by 

Mitch Faris. Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 6pm 

•OUR TOWN Aug 20 thru Sept 19 

Our Town by Thorton Wilder, is directed 

by Joe Parrish. "There's something way 

down deep that's eternal about every human 

being." Juxtaposed against the broader background 

of time, social history, and the universality 

of normal events, we are engaged in 

the lives of two families as they journey 

though daily life, love and marriage, death 

and loss. Fri and Sat at 8pm; Sun matinee at 

2pm 

•TWISTED WINE opens Aug. 28 and 

plays thru Sept. 18 Saturdays and Sundays at 

5pm. Written by Jesse Glick and directed by 

Casey Holm this is not your typical love 

story. Robert and Sherry have an amazing life 

together. They are young, intelligent, successful, 

and don't have too much to worry 

about... until their friend, Lisa, makes them 

an offer that shakes up their world. Will love 

conquer and defy the odds? 


FCLO MUSIC THEATRE 

Plummer Auditorium, 

Lemon & Chapman, Fullerton 

Tickets: 714-879-1732 

www.fclo.com 

•THE RAT PACK REVISITED 

opens Aug 20 - plays thru Aug 28. The 

timeless music of Frank, Dean and 

Sammy. Five performers and a live 

band promise to deliver the music that 

transcends generations. 

Fullerton Children’s 

Repertory on Tour 

by Michelle Gottlieb 

Many of you are aware of Fullerton 

Children’s Repertory Theater, that 

amazing company of children in fifth 

through eighth grade that put on 

incredible Broadway-style shows twice 

a year, but did you know they also travel? 

The FCRT company of 65 children 

is presently finishing it’s run of Peter 

Pan and preparing for their European 

adventure. Every three years FCRT 

goes on a Musical Tour. They left July 

30th and will visit Switzerland, Austria, 

and Germany, where they will perform, 

and Italy. One of the most exciting performances 

they will have on this trip 

will be at the Swiss Music Festival. 

FCRT has been going on tour 

throughout its twenty eight year history. 

Hundreds of children have had the 

opportunity to not only perfect their 

performing skills, but to see many parts 

of the world. They have gone to 

Europe, Australia and Japan. These 

trips are very expensive with not only 

the travel, but also the costumes and 

props needed for the performance. 

FCRT welcomes donations to help 

defray the costs. Tax-deductible donations 

can be sent to FCRT 2118 

Smokewood Ave, Fullerton, CA 

92831.

Page 14 FULLERTON OBSERVER EVENTS 

HITS & 

MISSES 

by Joyce Mason 

© 2010 

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: 

A Hit & a Miss 

With a tone that waivers between sitcom fare 

and emotional heft, “The Kids are All Right” 

offers a twenty-first century take on middle-class 

family drama. In this case the family consists of 

two lesbian parents and their biological son and 

daughter, conceived and carried by each mother 

from the sperm of the same donor. This premise 

would not work as well as it does without spoton 

performances from the two leads played by 

Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as well as 

the crisply written lines of co-writers Lisa 

Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg. 

Nic (Bening), a Los Angeles physician and the 

major breadwinner in the family, is the more 

stern and disciplined partner, while Jules 

(Moore), with few credentials but lots of enthusiasm, 

pursues her newest interest: landscape 

design. Their daughter, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), 

has just graduated from high school as a Merit 

Scholar and is headed for college in the fall. Less 

of a scholar than his sister, 15-year-old Laser 

(Josh Hutcherson), excels in sports. 

Even though the family is unconventional, the 

children have been brought up with the same 

expectations placed upon them as children from 

other upper-middle-class homes. They are told 

to get good grades, to write thank-you notes, to 

associate with friends who provide a good influence, 

and to express their opinions and ideas 

openly and appropriately. Now that Joni is 

eighteen and an adult, Laser, curious about his 

father’s identity, wants her to access the sperm 

donor files and seek their father’s identity. 

Their father turns out to be Paul (Mark 

Ruffalo), a cool, unmarried guy, who rides a 

motorcycle, raises organic vegetables and runs his 

own boutique restaurant. In a well-written 

scene, Paul finally meets with Joni and Laser, 

pleased that they have turned out so well and 

unruffled by the fact that they are being raised by 

a same-sex couple. In fact, Paul is the essence of 

cool—laid back, accepting, non-judgmental, and 

open to new experiences. 

Surprised but not angered by the fact that the 

children have contacted their biological father, 

Nic and Jules agree to invite Paul to their home 

for dinner. But this planned one-time contact 

expands into an extended relationship when Paul 

hires Jules to landscape his neglected backyard. 

Innumerable problems develop as these two 

spend time together at Paul’s home. But Paul’s 

influence on the two teenagers is more positive. 

Joni becomes less intimidated by her more controlling 

parent, Nic, and Laser finally ends his 

friendship with a teenage boy that both moms 

have disapproved of for months. 

The movie is filled with intelligent and realistic 

dialogue, most of which is light and bantering. 

But as problems develop between Nic and 

Jules and as both women realize that Joni will 

soon be moving from their home to a campus 

dorm, the sitcom humor of the first half of the 

movie changes to a more introspective and emotionally 

charged dynamic. By the end of the 

film, the comedic tone has morphed into a serious 

and contemplative mood. 

Cholodenko (“Laurel Canyon”) directed “The 

Kids Are All Right” with great attention to detail 

and with care and precision in choosing the cast. 

The interiors of the homes have a contemporary, 

lived-in appearance, and the wardrobes accurately 

reflect the personalities and identities of the 

characters. Nic is frequently seen in her hospital 

scrubs and Jules looks amusing in the khaki 

shorts and workman’s vest of her new landscaping 

career. The outstanding work of Bening and 

Moore is ably supported by Ruffalo, Wasikowska 

and all of the skilled supporting actors. 

Two Hits: Don’t Miss It! 

A Hit & A Miss: You Might Like It. 

Two Misses: Forget About It. 

MON, AUG. 2 

•1:45pm-4pm: Panel Discussion on 

Women & Health with Loretta 

Sanchez at the Muzeo, 241 S. Anaheim 

Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805. Visiting 

women members of Congress will also 

be in attendance. An opportunity to 

learn what the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Health Care Act which just 

became law will mean to fixing our 

healthcare system, especially for women. 

RSVP by calling Javiera Cartagena at 

(714) 621-0102 or via email to 

javiera.cartagena@mail.house.gov. 

www.house.gov/sanchez 

•4:30pm: Lions Field Dedication at 

the site of $13 million refurbished field 

on Bastanchury at the edge of Hillcrest 

Park. Fake grass covers the playing fields. 

46 mature trees were removed and the 

slope was stabilized to prevent slippage 

and tiny new trees were planted. A new 

concession stand, meeting room, batting 

cages and restrooms are part of the completed 

project funded by a 1998 Park 

Improvement Bond and park dwelling 

taxes. Refreshments will be served and 

Pop Warner cheerleaders and football 

players will begin their first practices. 

TUES., AUG. 3 

•10am-Noon: “Obama & the 

Middle East” William Haddad, chair 

and professor of history, CSUF in a free 

OLLI lecture. Mackey Auditorium, 

Ruby Gerontology Center, 800 N. State 

College Blvd., Fullerton (657-278-4851 

or www.cle.fullerton.edu for more info. 

•5pm-7:30pm: National Night Out 

Against Crime at Westhaven Park, 

12252 West St,, Garden Grove 92840. 

Free family event features music, balloons, 

bubbles, raffles, games, prizes and 

non-profit groups in a program to generate 

anti-crime programs and community 

partnerships. 

•6:30pm: City Council Meeting at 

City Hall, 303 W. Commonwealth Ave., 

Fullerton 92832 (at Highland). On the 

agenda is a Public Hearing on Fire Dept. 

Fees for conducting annual inspections 

of multi-family residential occupancies. 

Call the Fire Dept at 714-738-6500. 

WED., AUG. 4 

•8am-1:30pm: Fullerton Certified 

Farmers Market at 801 W. Valencia Dr. 

in Independence Park (between 

Highland and Euclid). Fresh fruit, vegetables, 

eggs, honey, fish, flowers, plants, 

nuts and bread. Plus the best tamales. 

714-871-5304. 

THURS., AUG. 5 

•1:15pm-3:15pm: “The Growing 

Power of the Non-Ideological Middle 

in Politics & Religion” Jonathan 

Dobrer (LA Daily News & Fullerton 

Observer columnist) in a free OLLI lecture. 

Mackey Auditorium, Ruby 

Gerontology Center, 800 N. State 

College Blvd., Fullerton. 657-278-4851 

or www.cle.fullerton.edu. 

Free Summer 

Classes for Seniors 

Offered by North OC 

Community College District 

Older Adults Program. 

LOCATION: Muckenthaler 

Cultural Center, 1201 W. 

Malvern, Fullerton 92833 

•Ceramics: Thurs. 10am-noon. 

(materials $25 clay) 

•Quilting: Mon. 1pm-3pm 

•Tai-Chi Chuan: Thurs. 

8:45am-10:15pm. Chinese health 

exercise. 

•Beginning Drama: Mon. 

10:30am-12:30pm 

Enrollment Info: 

Call 866-411-1212 or email 

info@themuck.org 

THURS., AUG. 5 CONTINUED 

•3pm-6pm: Summer Happy Hour at 

the Senior Center, 340 W. 

Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton features 

hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar offering 

beer, wine, and soft drinks. 

Entertainment by singer/musician Ron 

Allen, and dancing. $2 cover charge. 

Call 714-738-6305 for more info. 

THURS., AUG. 5 continued 

•4pm-6pm: Hunt Library Film & 

Board Games stay cool and enjoy 

watching a movie or playing board 

games. All ages welcome. Hunt Library, 

201 S. Basque Ave (off W. Valencia Dr.) 

Fullerton 92833. Free 

•4:30pm-8:30pm:Outdoor Market 

fresh vegetables & fruit; food vendors; 

beer garden; kids activities; live 

Reggae/Rock music by Upstream 

formed in Trinidad in the 80s by brothers 

Haile & Dereck Blackman, sons of 

Ras Shorty I, the man responsible for 

bringing Soca music to the world. 

Fullerton Plaza on E. Wilshire between 

Harbor and Pomona, Downtown 

Fullerton. Free admission and parking. 

714-738-6545 

•7pm: Leon Leyson: A Holocaust 

Survivor and part of the legendary 

Schindler’s List describes his extraordinary 

experiences as a young boy during 

the Nazi occupation in WWII. 

Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W. 

Malvern Ave., Fullerton 92833. Call 

714-738-6595 Wed.-Sun. noon to 4pm 

or go to www.themuck.org for more 

information. Presented by Davis Barber 

Productions. Free 

SAT., AUG. 7 

•7:30am-8:15am: Walk & Talk with 

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez hosted 

by the City of Fullerton. Wear comfortable 

shoes and participate in an 

informal meeting with our local representative. 

Laguna Lake Park, 3120 

Lakeview Dr. (off Euclid) in north 

Fullerton. 

•9am: OLLI Open House features 

guided tours, exhibits, light refreshments 

and a presentation on Fall semester classes 

and activities. Ruby Gerontology 

Center CSUF, (enter campus on 

Gymnasium Drive off State College 

Blvd.) Free parking. Call 714-278-2446 

or see website www.olli.fullerton.edu for 

more info on this group which offers 

over 200 classes a year on a wide variety 

of topics to all semi-retired of any age. 

no educational prerequisites, no grades, 

no homework, no examinations, and no 

attendance requirements. $225 annual 

fee (or by semester: $65 summer; or 

$115 Fall/Winter) includes unlimited 

number of OLLI classes (plus audit any 

CSUF class with permission of instructor), 

parking pass, bookstore & library, 

and performing arts discounts, athletic 

event tickets, and more. 

Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Service 

• 4:30pm: Social Hour & Silent Auction 

• 5:45pm: Welcome & Dinner 

• 7pm: Live Auction 

Angelo’s & Vinci’s Ristorante 

550 N. HARBOR BLVD., FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 

AUGUST 2010 

SUN., AUG. 8 

•1pm-5pm: Free World Dance 

Festival celebrates Southern 

California’s diversity with the rich 

tapestry of dances from Mexico, 

Ireland, Spain, the Middle East, 

Korea, Argentina, and Guam, among 

others. Muckenthaler Cultural 

Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., 

Fullerton 92833. Call 714-738-6595 

or go to www.themuck.org for more 

info. 

MON., AUG. 9 

•11am: 1st Annual James 

Wernke Golf Tournament 

Hacienda Golf Club, 718 East Road, 

La Habra. Go to www.jameswernkefoundation.org 

for details. 

•6pm-8pm: Free Film Series at 

the Library - “Alamar”, an independent 

film (not suitable for young 

children) will be screened at the 

Fullerton Main Library Osborne 

Auditorium, 353 W. Commonwealth 

Ave., Fullerton 92832. Jore has only 

a few weeks with his five-year-old son 

Natan before he leaves to live with 

his mother in Rome. Intent on teaching 

Natan about their Mayan heritage, 

Jorge takes him to the pristine 

Chinchorro reef, and eases him into 

the rhythms of a fisherman’s life. As 

the bond between father and son 

grows stronger, Natan learns to live 

in harmony with life above and 

below the surface of the sea. 714- 

738-6325 or 738-6327 for details. 

WED., AUG. 11 

•7pm: Planning Commission 

Meeting City Hall, 303 W. 

Commonwealth, Fullerton 92832 


•4pm-6pm: Hunt Library Film 

& Board Games stay cool and enjoy 

watching a movie or playing board 

games. All ages welcome. Hunt 

Library, 201 S. Basque Ave (off W. 

Valencia Dr.) Fullerton 92833. 

•4pm-8:30pm: Dog Days at the 

Downtown Outdoor Market features 

dog show and contests in ten 

categories, including best pet trick, 

fastest eater, loudest bark, and more, 

plus dog-themed vendors and 

exhibitors and live music by Munish 

-DJ. Free. Call 714-738-6545 to register 

your dog in the contests. 

•6pm-9pm: Hunt Library 

SCORE Small Business Workshop 

develop a winning business plan to 

help manage your business. More 

info at www.score114.org. Hunt 

Library, 201 S. Basque Ave (off W. 

Valencia Dr.) Fullerton 92833. Preregister 

for this Free workshop by 

calling 714-550-7369 or online at 

workshops@score114.org. 

Continued next page 

FIES Annual Fund-Raising Dinner 

Sunday, September 19, 2010 

RESERVATIONS: 714.680.3691 

(Please RSVP before September 10, 2010) 

Find more information about FIES online at www.fies.us 

“REBUILDING LIVES OF THE HUNGRY & HOMELESS”

AUGUST 2010 EVENTS 

THURS., AUG. 12 continued 

•7:30pm: Travels in Turkey Andrew Clay 

will show photos of travels in Turkey, including 

Ephesus, Cappadocia and Istanbul at the Rio 

Hondo Sierra Club meeting. Meet at Banco 

Popular at the SW corner of Euclid and 

Rosencrans (near CVS) in north Fullerton. 

Free 

•8pm: Free Poetry at the Muck- Ben Trigg 

& Steve Ramirez famously known as the 

cheeky hosts of Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, 

Trigg and Ramierz remind people that poetry 

can be powerful but also fun. Muckenthaler 

Cultural Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., 

Fullerton. 714-738-6595 or go to www.themuck.org 

for more info. Moon Tide Press. 

FRI., AUG. 13 

•10:30am: Hawaiian Luau Luncheon features 

a Hawaiian dance group performance 

and lunch. $3.50/general public; $2.50/60 or 

older at the Fullerton Senior Center, 340 W. 

Commonwealth Ave. 714-738-6305 

SAT., AUG. 14 

•1pm-2pm: Ed Royce Town Hall at 

Fullerton City Hall, 303 W. Commonwealth. 

An opportunity to meet and discuss issues with 

U.S Representative for our district, Ed Royce. 

www.royce.house.gov. Free 

•1pm-4pm: Secrets of Brewing Beer at 

Fullerton Museum Center features speaker Jeff 

Williams of O’Shea Brewing who will discuss 

the process and offer tips. Beer sampling is 

included. Must be 21 or over to attend. 

$10/members; $12/general. Reserve a seat by 

calling (714)738-6545. 

•7pm: Harmony Under the Stars Concert 

features the Orange Empire Barbershop 

Chorus and guest quartets at Pearson Park in 

Anaheim. Group ticket rates available. 

$15/adults; $10/kids 10-18; Free for kids 

under 10. Call 714-871-7675 or go to 

www.oechorus.org. 


•7pm: Magician Abbit the Average combines 

astounding magic, zany juggling and 

non-stop antics. Muckenthaler Cultural 

Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton 

92833. Call 714-738-6595 or go to www.themuck.org. 

$10 

First Annual Restaurant Week 

by Kelsi Collins & Xanat Hernandez 

The Chamber of Commerce presents 

its 1st annual Restaurant Week, from 

August 1st to the 7th, where participating 

local eateries will offer meals at 

reduced prices. Each restaurant has 

designed a pre-fixed menu for the weeklong 

event for food enthusiasts to sample 

the flavors of Fullerton cuisine. 

Participants can choose from 31 different 

restaurants primarily located in 

Fullerton’s historic downtown. From 

Angelo’s and Vinci’s spumoni to 

Matador Cantina’s bacon-wrapped 


•9:30am-3:30pm: Senior Public 

Transportation a presentation on public 

transportation choices and in filling 

out applications for OCTA Access and 

other non-emergency medical transportation 

services. Fullerton Senior 

Center, 340 W. Commonwealth Ave. 

The service is free but appointments are 

required. WECARE mobility management 

volunteers are also being sought. 

Call 714-738-6305 to reserve your spot 

or to learn more about volunteer positions. 

•7pm: Peter Brandon a Fullerton 

local, produced his first breakout song 

“Drive Real Fast” which created waves in 

the country music world. He was nominated 

for LA Music Award for Song of 

the Year and has performed with lots of 

well-known acts. Muckenthaler Cultural 

Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton 

92833. Call 714-738-6595. $10 

•8pm: Outdoor Market & Movie 

After enjoying Latin music by Ostia at 

the market from 6:30 to 8:30pm on E. 

Wilshire & Pomona next to the 

Fullerton Museum Center - bring your 

chairs, blankets & cushions to the corner 

of Chapman & Harbor behind the Fox 

Theater for a showing of Dr. No with 

Sean Connery. Both events are Free 

street dogs, customers can expect a 

wide-range of tastes. Restaurants offer 

menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner 

at prices ranging from $5 to $40. Some 

of the other food establishments 

include: Café Hidalgo, Mulberry Street, 

Karma Kabob, Monkey Business Cafe, 

Phans 55 Bistro, Brownstone Café, 

Branagan’s Irish Pub, Bourbon Street, 

The Cellar, ENVY, Heroes Bar & Grill, 

Roscoe’s, The Olde Ship, Cherch, 

Chomp Rockin’ Sushi & Teppan Grill, 

Commonwealth Lounge, Lomeli’s, 

Revolucion Mexican Grill, Summit 

SAT., AUG. 28 

•1:30pm & 5:30pm: Romeo & Juliet 

in Ralph B. Clark Park by Shakespeare 

directed by Branden Roberts. Two shows 

at 1:30pm and 5:30pm in the 

Amphitheater area. Kids & seniors/$2; 

adults/$3. Parking/$5. Clark Regional 

Park, 8800 Rosecrans Ave., Buena Park. 

RSVP at ws.romeoandjuliet@gmail.com. 

•5pm: Barney Frank keynote speaker 

at the OC Democrats annual Harry S. 

Truman Awards Dinner. Also present to 

accept an award for her work on protecting 

the environment will be Senator 

Barbara Boxer. Buena Park. More info at 

www.ocdemocraticparty.org 

THURS., SEPT. 2 

•7pm: Zoot Velasco executive director 

of the Muckenthaler and also a performance 

artist takes the stage for a mix of 

folk tales and personal stories. 

Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W. 

Malvern Ave., Fullerton 92833. Call 

714-738-6595 www.themuck.org. Free 

•4:30pm-8:30pm: Outdoor Market 

fresh vegetables & fruit; food vendors; 

beer garden; kids activities; Latin music 

by Ostia. Fullerton Plaza on E. Wilshire 

between Harbor and Pomona, 

Downtown Fullerton. Free Admission 

714-738-6545 


House, Tranquil Tea Lounge, Stadium 

Tavern, Ziing’s Bistro & Bar, and more. 

Chamber of Commerce Chair Gary 

Graves has worked closely with restaurants 

in the hope of increasing city 

income through sales tax while encouraging 

locals to take advantage of 

Fullerton’s finest restaurants. The 

restaurant business, like many other 

industries, faces many challenges in 

maintaining a customer base in today’s 

economic climate. In the spirit of its 

mission statement, the Chamber aims 

to organize other events similar to 

Restaurant Week to support the growth 

and prosperity of Fullerton. 

Free Summer 

Outdoor Concerts 

TIME: 6pm to 9pm 

LOCATION: Fullerton Sports field 

located at 560 E. Silver Pine St. (off 

Bastanchury Rd., west of Brea Blvd. 

in the Brea Dam flood control 

basin). 

PARKING: Free parking onsite and 

free overflow parking with shuttle 

service at First Evangelical Free 

Church parking structure on corner 

of Bastanchury Rd. and Brea Blvd. 

KIDS: Free arts & crafts 

FOOD: Bring a picnic or purchase 

supper from the providing restaurant 

of the evening. Frati Gelato 

will also have a booth at each concert. 

BRING: Lawn chairs or blankets 

for seating and family & friends. 

•Aug 4: Music by Southbound 

and food by Z Pizza 

•Aug 11: Music by Beatles tribute 

band Help and food by Roscoe’s 

Deli 

•Aug 18: Music by Jann Browne 

Band and food by Bourbon Street. 

City of Fullerton 

Parks & Rec 714-738-3167

Page 16 FULLERTON OBSERVER 

Veterans Honored at Luncheon 

Prime Time, the senior’s group at 

Wilshire Ave. Community Church, 

Fullerton, honored Veterans and spouses 

from the Fullerton area on Tuesday, June 

29, with a free barbeque luncheon and celebration. 

Guests arrived and had photos taken 

next to Willie & Bettye Boehringer’s decorated 

1917 T model Ford. A giant 

American flag was flown from the top of 

the third story of the building and gently 

blew in the breeze as patriotic band music 

Unitarian Universalist 

Church in Fullerton 

1600 N. Acacia Ave. 

Welcome 10:15am • Service: 10:30am 

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

•SUN., Aug 8: Effects of the Internet on Society - Professor Pat Ganer 

•SUN., Aug 15: Nature, Red (and Green) in Tooth & Claw-Rev. Jon Dobrer 

•SUN., Aug 22: Can Humanism be Religious? - Rev. Jon Dobrer 

•SUN., Aug 29: Overcoming Addiction - Cathy Stills, of Hope House 

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

Orangethorpe 

Christian Church 

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST 

(714) 871-3400 

CHURCH SCHOOL: 9am 

WORSHIP: 10:15 am 

2200 W. ORANGETHORPE 

FULLERTON 

welcomed the guests. Boy Scout Troop 93 

presented the Colors and David Tovey led 

the flag salute. Fullerton High School 

graduate, Alicia McCormick sang the 

National Anthem. Dr. Kirk Mackie led in 

the invocation. Rev. El Roy Pankow acted 

as Master of Ceremonies. 

Mrs. Carol Bankhead, wife of Fullerton 

Mayor Don Bankhead, was among those 

recognized in attendance. Ryan Hougardy 

representing Fullerton and District 40, Ed 

Royce’s office, presented Prime Time with 

FULLERTON’S CONGREGATIONS WELCOME YOU 

•THURSDAYS: 10am 

•SUNDAYS: 8am & 10am 

(Nursery & Church School) 

an American flag which had been flown 

over Congress. Recruiters from the Brea 

military offices carried the banners of the 

various branches of the military and 

Veterans and spouses came to stand by 

their branch of service as Jenny Wentworth 

Senior and El Roy Pankow led the audience 

singing the theme song of the various 

military branches. Southern California’s 

“Good News Kids” choir with Dean & 

Mary Jean Brown performed a musical 

tribute. Veterans were thanked and the 

oldest Veteran of each branch of the military 

was recognized. 

FREE MEMBERSHIP FOR 

YOUNG MARRIEDS 

& SINGLES 

Call (714) 871-3535 for details 

Free Concert 

4:30pm Friday, August 20 

Let The Lady Sing, VIII 

AUGUST 2010 

Drunken Teen Driver 

Pleads Guilty to Crash 

Killing Two Friends 

Jared Nobel Berggren, 20, 

Fullerton, pleaded guilty to two 

felony counts of gross vehicular 

manslaughter while intoxicated with 

a sentencing enhancement for causing 

great bodily injury. He faces a 

maximum sentence of 13 years in 

state prison at his sentencing on Aug. 

20, 2010, in Santa Ana. He was 19 at 

the time of the incident. 

At 2:30am on May 11, 2009, 

Berggren was driving at a high rate of 

speed in a residential area in Fullerton 

with a blood alcohol level of .10 percent. 

He lost control and crashed into 

a large eucalyptus tree. Passengers 

Jacquelyn Ardalan, 19, and Miles 

Andrew Christensen, 19, were pronounced 

dead at the scene. 

Ardalan's mother told the court 

that her daughter's death was preventable 

and that her life has been 

forever changed by the loss of 

Jacquelyn. 

Christensen's father explained that 

he had a strong, loving relationship 

with his son, but "overlying this is the 

solitude of judgment I feel as a parent. 

I find little satisfaction in anything 

I may have done right as a parent 

and find there is no emotional 

balm that can sooth the pain of my 

failures as a father. I know that things 

we tend to work out with time with 

our adult children will never be granted 

to me. I now live with the feeling 

that there is no redemption in this 

mortal life for the failures I had in 

raising my son." 

TWO WORSHIP 

SUNDAY SERVICES 

WORSHIP 

9am and 

9:00 10:30am AM & 

in 10:30 the Sanctuary AM

AUGUST 2010 REST IN PEACE WE REMEMBER YOU 

Leatrice A. 

Cunningham 

Leatrice A. Cunningham, 

87, passed away July 5, 2010. 

She was preceded in death by 

her loving husband William J. 

Cunningham Sr. 

She is survived by her children; 

Peggy Clampitt (Chuck), 

William J. Cunningham Jr., 

Michelle Hulstein (Les), Curt 

Cunningham (Joyce), Jo-Anne 

Carter (David), Pat 

Cunningham (Jayne), Mariann 

Martin (Barry), Jeffrey 

Cunningham (Lisa), Terri 

O lmstead, Shawn 

Cunningham; 17 grandchildren; 

22 great grandchildren 

and sister Joanne Forspring. 

Funeral Mass was held on 

July 9 at St. Juliana's Catholic 

Church, Fullerton, with burial 

at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. 

McAulay & Wallace 

Mortuary assisted the family. 

Kenneth 

Campbell Jr. 

Kenneth Campbell Jr. 

born March 17, 1952 in 

Renton, Washington, 

passed away July 28, 

2010 in Fullerton, 

California. He is survived 

by his wife, son, 

daughter, 6 grandchildren, 

a brother, 3 sisters, 

his mother-in-law and 

his son-in-law. He was 

Loved by all. 

Sharon M. Lord 

Sharon M. Lord, 39, passed away July 9, 

2010. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in 

1997. God gifted her with 13 yrs of life dedicated 

to praising Him. 

Sharon never met a stranger and always 

made an opportunity to share her testimony. 

She is survived by her son Anthony Baxstrum; 

mother Betty Hopkins (Greg); father Michael 

Lord Sr. (Irene) and brother Michael Jr. 

Memorial services were held at Saddleback 

Church in Lake Forest. In lieu of flowers, 

donations to assist with costs of the memorial 

service would be appreciated (949)609-8000. 

McAulay & Wallace assisted the family. 

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FISH Needs 

Drivers 

A Small Donation of Your Time, 

Yields Big Returns 

Since 1972, FISH (Friends In Service 

to Humanity) volunteers have provided 

free transportation to over 300 neighbors 

who have no private transportation 

and can’t access public transportation. 

FISH primarily provides rides to 

and from medical appointments but 

volunteers also help clients with pharmacy 

and shopping needs. Volunteers 

are asked for only 1/2 day donation of 

time each month. 

If you would like to volunteer your 

time or know of someone who may be 

in need of this service, please call Nancy 

Kinney at 714.533.3113 


Virginia Ruth Boehrer Glandon 

Virginia Ruth Boehrer 

Glandon passed away peacefully 

and quietly to be with the Lord, 

and her husband, on Saturday, 

July 10, 2010. Virginia was 

born in 1913 in Berkeley, CA. 

She met her husband, Howard 

Glandon, there and married him 

in 1934. They had one child, 

born shortly after WWII. They 

raised their daughter in Marin 

County, then retired to Santa 

Rosa, CA, where they enjoyed 

30 full years. In 2000 they 

moved to Fullerton, CA, to be 

closer to their daughter. 

Virginia was extremely active 

in the Presbyterian Church most 

of her life, as young-adult leader 

(with her husband), a Sunday 

School teacher, choir and bell 

choir member, in couples 

groups, and as a deacon. At 

retirement she and her husband 

continued their commitment to 

Christ. One of her most memorable lifeexperiences 

was attending a summer conference 

at the San Francisco Theological 

Seminary in 1932. 

Virginia played both cello and piano; as 

an adult she continued with her cello by 

playing in various musical groups made 

up of her friends and herself; in retirement 

she amazed people with her talent to 

Daniel C. Valdivia Sr 

Daniel C. Valdivia Sr., 61, passed away 

July 16, 2010. He is survived by son 

Danny Jr.; daughters Margaret Nunez, 

Denise Whitney and Vivian Valdivia; 11 

grandchildren and 2 great grandchidren. 

A service was held July 20 at McAulay 

& Wallace Mortuary, Fullerton. Burial 

followed on July 21 at Holy Sepulcher 

Cemetery in Orange. 

Virginia Glandon celebrating her 96th birthday. 

just sit at the piano and create classicalstyle 

music, even after she was declared 

legally blind. 

In her later years Virginia became an 

avid golfer, having two holes-in-one to her 

credit. 

She was laid to rest next to her husband 

in Santa Rosa, CA. She is survived by her 

daughter, Shirley Ruth Gregg.

Page 18 FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS 

AUGUST 2010 

Carl Binder Retires Story and Photo by Jere Greene 

Over sixty-five friends and fellow 

employees came by the Fullerton 

Senior Center to wish longtime Front 

Desk Receptionist Carl Binder a fond 

farewell. Carl has decided to retire and 

spend more time with his wife, Irma. 

He held the position for over eleven 

years. 

Coco Barragan from SeniorServ, the 

organization that provides low-cost 

lunches at the Center, provided two 

sheet cakes, along with punch and coffee 

for everyone. 

Center Supervisor Eloisa Espinoza 

and John Clemons from Parks and 

Recreation were on hand to recognize 

Carl and present him with a plaque to 

commemorate his years of service. 

Carl started with the City in October 

of 1998 after leaving Hughes as a Cost 

Analyst, and this background served 

him as he maintained the records for 

the Senior Center operations. 

Many nice things were said about 

Carl, but the most meaningful was that 

he will be missed. 

FULLERTON CRIME LOG w/Jeanne Hoffa 

Compiled from interviews with the Fullerton Police Department 

and daily crime records of the Fullerton Police Department. 

•BRAIN AND SKELETONS VANISH FROM 

FCC: Two skeletons and a model brain disappeared 

from Fullerton College before the 4th 

of July weekend, according to Dr. Bruce 

Cordell, the Dean of the Natural Sciences 

Division. The replacement value is $8,000 to 

$9,000. Cordell described the deluxe dualsex 

muscular skeleton, plastic skeleton and 

model brain as essential tools used to help students 

learn anatomy and physiology They 

were being stored in the temporary Science 

Village classrooms set up on the south side of 

Chapman Ave. awaiting the department’s 

move to its new home in Dec. Anyone who 

sees any life-size skeletons or model brains in 

the vicinity of Fullerton College is encouraged 

to call the Science Dept at 714-992-7043. 

•LAW OFFICES TAGGED IN GOLD: The Law 

offices where Fullerton Deputy City Attorney 

Elena Gerli works with dozens of other 

lawyers was vandalized with gold spray paint 

July 19th, according to police reports. 

Windows to the offices of Jones and Roach, 

Jones and Mayer at 3777 N. Harbor Blvd. 

were painted with "DODSB", "WC", "TAK", 

"MACK" and "MDC" Fullerton Police Senior 

Cadet Raymond Aguilar said. "DAZEY" was 

written across a tree out front. 

•PET TURKEY ASSAULTED BY INTRUDER: A 

family’s pet turkey was assaulted by a stranger 

who jumped the backyard fence at the home 

on the 4000 block of Franklin Ave July 13th, 

according to Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew 

Goodrich. The turkey’s 34-year-old adopted 

mother came home at 5:15pm after a threehour 

absence and found her back window had 

been shattered, Goodrich said. Her turkey, 

named “Blue”, was bleeding in spots where its 

feathers had been cut and apparently plucked, 

Goodrich said. Blue is 6-months old and is 

expected to survive. 

•LO-JACK LURES COPS TO CAR THIEVES: 

The Lo-Jack unit in a Fullerton Police 

Officer’s car began to signal June 7th as he 

drove near Yorba Linda Blvd. and the 57 

Freeway. The officer followed the signal south 

to the Moonraker Apts on Nutwood Ave., 

where he found a 2004 Nissan Pathfinder that 

had been reported stolen out of LA. The car 

was backed into a parking space and plates 

had been removed. The officer waited nearby 

and watched until two people got into the car 

and eventually arrested a 22-year-old man and 

21-year-old woman from Arcata, California, 

for auto theft. 

•BANDANA WEARING MAN ROBS MOBIL 

STATION: An unarmed man wrapped his face 

in a bandana and went in the Mobil Station 

on Yorba Linda Blvd. and demanded cash on 

July 7th. The masked suspect, described as a 

5’9”, 210 pound Hispanic man, had dark 

eyes, a black and white bandana, a black 

hoodie and jeans adorned with writing across 

the front. He left the scene running on foot 

with an undisclosed amount of cash. 

•WOMAN BATTLING CANCER ENDS LIFE: A 

61-year-old Fullerton woman who had battled 

brain cancer for seven years shot herself in the 

head. She had lost much of the use of her body 

after surgery and radiation to remove the slow 

growing cancer. The former phone company 

employee who lived on Sequoia Ave. had difficulty 

with everyday activities. Unbeknownst 

to her husband, she had taken a bus to a gun 

store in March, purchased a .38 and had taken 

shooting lessons. Her husband returned home 

from a bicycling trip and found her lying in 

front of the TV in their living room, which 

was still on. Police estimate she died on July 

4th. She is survived by her husband of 8 years 

and a 39-year-old son who lives in Brea. 

•BICYCLING THIEF AWAKENS VICTIM: A 

man awoke to clanking noises that came from 

the back of his truck in his driveway on the 

3800 block of Madonna Dr. July 7th. He 

went outside and saw a slight man in his 50’s 

jump from his truck and onto a bicycle with a 

handful of tools he had just pilfered. When 

the victim confronted the suspect, the biker 

pointed a dark gun at him, mumbled something 

unintelligible, and escaped into the 

night. The suspect is 5’5” and 120 pounds. 

•MAN TRIES TO FILL FORGED 

PRESCRIPTIONS: A man tried to fill two prescriptions 

at Walgreens on Chapman Ave. that 

looked fishy to an employee July 15th. The 

employee called police when the doctor’s DEA 

number didn’t match the number on the back 

of the prescription. Police arrived and arrested 

the 34-year-old Fullerton man at 2:32pm. The 

prescriptions were for the diabetes drug 

Januvia and the asthma aid Advair. Another 

man was arrested at the same location after he 

dropped off a prescription an employee said 

was fake. The 37-year-old was arrested for trying 

to fill a forged prescription. 

•BANK ALERTS BEST BUY TO EMBEZZLER: A 

Wells Fargo employee called Best Buy when 

one of their employees deposited checks into 

his personal account that had been written out 

to the company July 15th. The suspect 

allegedly deposited $1,500 in checks inscribed 

with the notation "computer services.” 

Stephen Knittel, an 18-year-old from Colton, 

FULLERTON CRIME LOG continued 

was arrested for embezzlement at 2:04pm. 

•SCHOOL COMPUTER THIEVES: A witness 

saw several boys sneak out of a classroom at 

Nicholas Jr. High with laptops under their 

arms and called the cops June 26. The hooded 

kids crawled out of room 32 after smashing a 

window, then ran to two dark vehicles waiting 

nearby. The cars fled the scene before police 

arrived. Police found the vandals had pried 

open two padlocked storage cabinets where 

the computers were stored. Laptops were also 

stolen from room 20 at Woodcrest 

Elementary. At Pacific Drive vandals cracked 

the windows of rooms 3 and 14 on July 4th. 

Tools used in the auto body program were 

stolen from Fullerton High School July 16th. 

•VANDALS DUMP PAINT IN CAR: An 

unknown suspect dumped white paint inside 

of a green 1998 Plymouth Neon that was 

parked on the 500 block of Princeton Ave. 

July 6th. The car's owner told police she had 

left the windows down. 

•Vandals Bathe School in Paint: Graffiti 

vandals painted 15 doors at Nicolas Jr. High 

July 19th. Vandals also swathed black paint 

across four sets of windows, two drinking 

fountains, four lunch tables and on the walkway 

to the front office. The painters wrote 

the letters "RV" backwards and the letters "D" 

and "ZG", Fullerton Police Senior Cadet 

Raymond Aguilar said. The damage is estimated 

at $300. Vandals struck Maple 

Elementary July 18th, painting "SICK" in 8' 

by 5' letters across the handball court and 

painted the library, the west side utility boxes 

and the gutters with black marker and white 

paint. Damage is estimated at $200. 

•MAIL AND O2 TANKS PILE UP ON 

DOORSTEP: A woman on the 2200 block of 

Chapman called police when mail and oxygen 

tanks began to pile up on her neighbors 

doorstep July 17th. Police forced open the 

door and found the 67-year-old woman had 

died, Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. 

•THIEVES STALK BUSINESSES NEAR 

MIDNIGHT: Employees at International 

Trading Company on the 1400 block of 

Walnut came to work July 17 and found the 

locks had been cut off of their storage containers. 

Security camera footage showed four men 

in an SUV patrolling the company’s parking 

lot at 10pm the night before. The men came 

back at midnight, cut the locks, closed the 

container door then left the scene. 20 min. 

later they returned and searched through the 

storage containers, but apparently didn't find 

anything worth stealing, so they smashed the 

window on a Mercedes Benz parked nearby. 

That same night, thieves cut the locks on 

storage units at Rancho Performance 

Transaxles at 115 E. Elm Ave., less than 3/4 of 

a mile from International Trading. They pried 

locks on the gates and [storage] containers. 

There was nothing inside but greasy transmission 

cores inside. Thieves had successfully burgled 

a pump and an engine from the business 

next door to Rancho Performance Transaxles 

July 5th, according to a company employee, 

who asked that his company name not be 

used. The vandals had tried to cut the locks to 

a fenced in area behind the shop, and ended 

up pulling the fence up to get inside. The 

engine weighed between 60 to 100 pounds. 

•MEN IN VAN STRIKE VENDING MACHINES: 

Sex Predator Suspect Sought 

On Thurs., July 8, 2010 at about 

2:20am, a suspect was caught on surveillance 

video assaulting a lone female at 

CVS Pharmacy, 2200 N. Harbor, in 

Fullerton. The suspect is described as a 

white male, 18-21 years old, 5’9”, 160 

lbs, with brown hair and a British 

accent. The suspect left the store in a 

black truck. Fullerton Detective Kathryn 

Hamel said, “due to the brazen public 

nature of this assault, we are concerned 

that there may be other victims of this 

suspect.” 

Anyone with information about this 

incident or others, or anyone who thinks 

they know the suspect should contact 

Detective Hamel at 714-738-5327. The 

video file is available for viewing at the 

Fullerton Police Dept. on the corner of 

Highland and Commonwealth. 

Two men pried open the vending machines in 

the Moonraker Apts and fled in a plumbing 

van July 15th. The suspects were described as 

being in their mid-30s. 

•BURGLARS STRIKE HOMES ACROSS TOWN: 

Associated Road: An intruder broke into a 

home on the 3000 block June 28 by climbing 

through a bedroom window. A house on the 

same cul-de-sac was burgled July 8. A burglar 

stole two laptops from a home on the 2500 

block by going through an unlocked door in 

the back. A home on the same street was burgled 

July 20. City Pointe Apts: Computers 

were stolen July 5th. Olive Ave: A bicycle was 

stolen from the backyard in a home on the 

2400 block July 7. Highland Creek Apts: 

An intruder tore open a window screen and 

slipped in a window July 14 while the couple 

who lived there went for a walk, Fullerton 

Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. The burglar 

stole more than $500 in cash and a checkbook 

from the pair who are in their 20s. 

Another home in the complex was burgled 

July 8th. Deerpark Dr.: A laptop was stolen 

from a 32-year-old man at his apartment on 

the 2200 block July 14th. Police found no 

sign of forced entry. Lakes Apts: Intruders 

forced open the front door July 15th while the 

victims, two men and a woman in their 20s 

went to the spa. The victims lost cell phones, 

laptops, medication, purses, wallets, clothing, 

jewelry, computer hardware, and $400 in 

cash, Fullerton Police Senior Cadet Raymond 

Aguilar said. The total loss was $5,000. 

Wilshire Ave: A home was burgled on the 200 

block July 18th. Riverside Dr.: On July 19th, 

a woman told police someone broke into her 

home on the 1200 block by entering the back 

window. Cameo Dr.: An intruder climbed 

through another back window on July 19th 

on the 1200 block. Placentia Ave.: A home 

was burgled on the 1300 block July 20th and 

again on the 21st. Idylwood Apts: Three cars 

had their windows smashed July 21st. 

•GOAT APPREHENDED: A report of a goat 

on the street in the park near Bastanchury 

Road and Parks Ave. ended with the goat 

being "apprehended" July 14th. 

•DOLL SET ON FIRE ON DOORSTEP: On 

July 21st, a doll that had been lit on fire was 

left at the front doorstep at a home on the 800 

block of Clarion Drive. 

•FOOD INTRUDER: On the 2200 block of 

Truslow Ave., an intruder climbed through a 

window of a back house, opened a freezer, ate 

the food inside and left the freezer door open 

according to police reports July 19th. 

•JUNE STATISTICS: The Police Dept. 

received 4,246 emergency calls on 911 lines in 

June. In addition, the dept. handled an additional 

11,290 general information calls for 

service. Officers were dispatched on 3,810 

calls for service and initiated 2,938 additional 

contacts. There were 1,236 criminal reports 

taken and 533 persons arrested for various 

criminal offenses. The Downtown Echo Team 

arrested 23 persons for being drunk in public, 

7 drunk drivers, and wrote 49 open container 

citations, 9 urinating in public citations, and 

43 jaywalking citations. Two motor officers 

have been assigned to assist with enforcement 

issues in the Downtown during summer. The 

officers have issued 404 citations so far; of 

these 209 were for jaywalking. 

Photo of sexual battery suspect taken from 

surveillance video. The entire video is available 

to be viewed at the Police Dept.

AUGUST 2010 

LOCAL ONLY CLASSIFIEDS 

Call 714-525-6402 

The Fullerton Observer provides space for 

NEIGHBORS to advertise. To participate you 

must have a local phone number and be offering 

an item for sale, garage sales, reunions, 

home-based businesses or services, place to rent 

or buy, or help wanted, etc. 

Editor reserves right to reject any ad. Sorry 

we do not accept date ads, get rich schemes or 

financial ads of any sort. Call 714-525-6402 

for details. $10 for 50 words or less per issue. 

Payment is by checks only. Items to give away 

FOR RENT 

3-BED CONDO NEAR CSUF 

3-bedroom, 2 bath condo in 4-unit building 

two miles from CSUF. (Yorba Linda & 

Kraemer), available August 5th, 2010. 1,000 

sq. ft. Clean, quiet, park-like setting with 

pool, laundry, garage and parking. End unit 

with no one above or below. Water & trash 

paid. Sorry no pets. Call (714) 680-5161 in 

early A.M. or evenings. 

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE 

APARTMENT FOR RENT 

Wheelchair accessible apartment for rent 

near university. $1,500/per month includes 

utilities. Call 714-773-5074. 

I never did give anybody hell. 

I just told the truth and they 

thought it was hell. 

Harry S. Truman 

33rd President of the US 

Looking for a Job? 

Youth Employment Service 

250 East Center St., Anaheim CA 92805 

(714) 956-1182 or 

http://ywcayes.org 

Y.E.S. is a free employment service 

for youth ages 14-22. The program 

includes job referrals, computer training, 

resume assistance, interview techniques, 

workshops, internships, career 

path counseling, job fairs and more. 

The service, founded in 1964 by 

YWCA volunteers, is provided free of 

charge and without regard to ethnic, 

racial background, sex, or income. To 

date the service has provided jobs for 

over 18,000 youth in the OC area. 

Employers may call 714-956-1182 to 

list an open position and seek candidates 

to quickly fill them. 

Change & Balance 

www.michellegottlieb.com 

Stressless Summer Vacation 

Summer vacation with the family; 

a time of magic and memories and 

stress and commotion. It all depends 

on your perspective. 

As adults we have all the responsibilities 

of arranging the trip, of making 

sure that everything goes 

smoothly and that everyone has food 

to eat and rest time and gets to do 

what they want. If you are a kid, your 

responsibility is to have fun! 

As adults, we can be so busy with 

the arrangements that we forget 

about the child’s perspective. 

It’s very important that we do act 

like adults and take care of all the 

responsibilities, or we may end up 

with a summer vacation no more 

organized than a camp-out in the 

for free and lost and found item listings are 

printed for free as space allows. 

The Observer assumes no liability for ads 

placed here. However, if you have a complaint 

or compliment about a service, please 

let us know at 714-525-6402. 

Call City Hall at 714-738-6531 to inquire 

about City of Fullerton business licenses. 

For contractor license verification go to 

www.cslb.ca.gov. Thank You! 

POSITION WANTED 

EXCHANGE FOR ROOM 

61-yr-old woman looking for quiet room to 

live in, in exchange for duties around the 

house/yard, and friendship to someone who 

may need the company. Prefer Fullerton area 

where my family lived for 40 years. Call Diane 

714-388-4313. 

ONGOING RECALLS 

www.fda.gov 

or 1-888-463-6332 

•Solid White Tuna in Water: Tri-Union 

Seafoods recall of Chicken of the Sea brand 

12-ounce solid white tuna in water due to a 

seal problem that could result in contamination 

causing illness if consumed. 

•Ultram ER (tramadol HCI) Extended- 

Release Tablets: 245,941 bottles and 368,760 

have been recalled by Ortho-McNeil. Product 

releases slightly faster than 8-hour rate specified. 

•Tylenol products recalled by McNeil 

Healthcare due to chemical contamination by 

2,4,6-tribromoanisole. Included are Children’s 

Tylenol Meltaways; Tylenol Day & Night 

Value Pack; Tylenol Arthritis Pain Extended 

Release Geltabs and more. 

•Liquid Infant’s & Children’s Tylenol, 

Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl products 

recalled by McNeil Healthcare because they 

contain a higher concentration of active ingredient 

than specified; contain tiny particles; 

and/or failed testing. 

SUNSCREEN LOOK-UP 

Environmental Working Group 

Sunscreen Guide to 1,400 sunscreens, lip 

balms and moisturizer tells you what you 

need to know to find safe and effective 

sunscreens. Go to 

www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen for the full 

report and lists of the sunscreens which 

passed and failed the tests. 

SAFE SURRENDER 

Parents who feel they can not take care 

of their new baby can legally surrender 

the child at any Fullerton Fire Dept. Call 

toll-free at 1-877-222-9723 or 1-888- 

600-4357 or 211 for more information. 

back yard with nothing to eat and 

no sleeping bags. But, once all the 

arrangements have been made, our 

challenge is to relax and see the 

world once more through a child’s 

eyes. 

This is a special time to share with 

our children. A time that will end all 

too soon. Take the time to see the 

world the way your child does. Be 

amazed by the things that you see 

along the side of the road. Be 

thrilled about seeing a place you 

have never seen before. 

Take the time to truly experience 

and enjoy the trip and your time 

together. You are building special 

memories that your family will 

treasure for the rest of their lives! 

Michelle Gottlieb Psy.D, MFT 

INDIVIDUAL, COUPLE, & FAMILY THERAPY 

305 N. Harbor Blvd., Ste 202, 

Fullerton, CA 92832 

714-879-5868 ext. 5 

ONGOING SERVICES 

To list your home-based business in the 

Local Only On-Going Service Listing call 

714-525-6402. Listings in this section are 

$10 per issue/21 issues per year. You are 

allowed 50 words or less. Contractors 

must provide license #. Thank you. 

REPAIR/REMODELING 

LOCAL ELECTRICIAN 

Skilled electrician and Fullerton native for 

40 years. Service truck ready, inspection corrections, 

wiring, Title-24 lighting & equipment 

installs. Heating & A/C repair, electrical 

renovations, minor plumbing and other 

handyman services. Not a licensed builder. 

$2M General Liability, City License 

#5563007. Call Roger (714) 803-2849 

www.NoFixNoPay.info 

GOT REPAIRS? 

We do it all - Handyman services, 

kitchen/bath remodel, carpentry, interior & 

exterior jobs, drywall, painting, plumbing, 

vinyl, ceramic & wood laminate flooring, 

formica installation, wallpaper removal, windows, 

fencing and more. Very dependable! 20 

years experience! “Werner General Repairs & 

Remodeling” Thomas Werner 714-812-6603. 

1519 E. Chapman Ave. #175, Fullerton 

92831. City License #127977 

J&R CUSTOM WALLS INC. 

Acoustic scrapes, drywall hanging, taping, and 

texturing. Remodels, room additions, patchback, 

water damage repairs. Free Estimates. 

Cleanliness guaranteed. State License 

#922562/City License #552927. Phone: 714- 

323-1473; Fax: 714-992-4492 or by email to 

JandRcustomwalls@yahoo.com 

CONSTRUCTION 

Patios, decks, roofing, fences, windows, door, 

garage doors, kitchen, bath, building plans, 

demo, repair, remodel. Licensed with over 30 

years of experience. If you would like to see 

some of my work please check out my website 

at www.nuageconstruction.com. Lic#744432 

Call (714) 738-8189 

MOSLEY’S PAINTING 

Mosley’s Painting & Texture. Interior, 

Exterior, Residential, Commercial. 

Acoustic removal, all textures, stucco 

patch, drywall & repair, water damage, 

mold issues. Most repairs, big and small 

jobs, We do most anything. Call James at 

714-270-3232. State License #750294; 

City License #134494. 

LANDSCAPING 

WATER SAVING IRRIGATION 

Want to save water? Lots of water? Let us 

install a Smart Irrigation Controller and 

update your sprinkler system. It will save 

many 1,000s of gallons of water and it will 

precisely water your landscape with no runoff 

or wasted water. The Natural Touch 

Landscaping 714-624-0961 or naturalponds.net. 

License c27 778355 


BEAUTY & HEALTH 

AMWAY, ARTISTRY, NUTRILITE 

To buy Amway, Artistry, or Nutrilite 

products please call Jean 526-2460 

COMPUTER HELP 

DOWNTOWN COMPUTER 

SOLUTIONS 

Need help setting up that wireless home network? 

Viruses and spyware slowing your 

business down? If you need assistance with 

these or any other computing needs call 

Downtown Computer Solutions today for 

onsite services. Specializing in Home and 

Small Business computing services. Call 

(714) 524-6120 or email me at 

scottj@downtown-computers.net 

PETS 

PET SITTING/DOG WALKING 

We are a professional and friendly petsitting 

and dog walking service. We take great care of 

your pets while you are away on vacation or at 

work. We also do overnight stays if needed. 

We have references. Call Lisa at 714-213- 

3711. www.happypawspet-sitting.com 

WINDOWS 

WINDOW WASHING 

All windows in your residence washed without 

streaks inside and out. All sills and tracks vacuumed 

and cleaned. Screens hand-washed. I 

use drop cloths and shoe covers to keep your 

house clean. References available upon 

request. Fullerton City License #554171. Call 

Patrick (714) 398-2692 for a Free Estimate. 

SUICIDE HOTLINE 

24-hour Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1- 

800-273-TALK (8255). Vets should press “1” 

after being connected. Go to: 

http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 

Army Suicides 

Spiked in June 

Suicides in the U.S. Army spiked in 

June to the highest monthly level since the 

Vietnam era. According to military statistics, 

32 soldiers took their own lives last 

month. Twenty-one of those were on 

active duty, while 11 were reservists with 

inactive status. Last year already broke the 

annual record for Army suicides with 245 

service men and women killing themselves. 

So far, 2010 has seen suicides rise 

to over half of 2009's numbers. 

www.thedailybeast.com 

HOUSE CLEANING 

MOM’S CLEANING SERVICE 

Mom’s Cleaning Service is especially for 

Seniors. Responsible, honest, dependable. 

Call Mary at 714-829-4338

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FASHION IN DOWNTOWN FULLERTON 

American Vintage 

210 N. Harbor Blvd. (714) 449-9760 

A collection of true vintage, renovated vintage and 

miscellaneous new pieces give American Vintage an 

edge in the downtown fashion scene. If you are willing 

to brave the growing hipster population and a 

cowboy named Quinn, you can find a vintage treasure 

for a decent price. While Xanat suited up in a 

sequin 60’s go-go get up, our photographer turned 

male model pulled on some cowboy boots and an 

embroidered western shirt. 

Epic Jeans: 

214 N. Malden Ave. 

(714) 726-7720 

Driving up to Epic 

Jeans, we were startled 

by the half mannequin 

standing solo in the 

parking lot. Wearing 

trendy jeans, the half 

mannequin’s backside 

was adorned with a sign 

for $10.99. 

Undeterred, we proceeded 

into the jean 

shop. Once inside we 

discovered bargain 

clothing with an urban 

flare. If you’re looking 

for jeans embellished with rhinestones 

and/or crosses, look no more. 

With jeans starting at $10.99 and 

accessories at $2.99 their prices are 

hard to beat. Look for their back-toschool 

sale starting August 6th. 

Above: 

Xanat in sequined dress 

for $16, heart glasses $10, 

and white belt $16 

at American Vintage. 

At Left: 

Quinn in Cowboy boots 

$40 and vintage embroidered 

shirt $19 

at American Vintage. 

Above: Kelsi found a little black dress $16.99 while Xanat 

found a T-shirt at $5.99 and embellished jeans for $22.99. 

Kelsi found a black evening dress moderately 

priced at $16.99, a metallic purse for 

$8.99, and a cross necklace for $2.99. 

Xanat braved embellished jeans for $22.99 

(buy one pair, get one half off); a T-shirt for 

$5.99 and a headband for $1.99. 

Style Boutique: 

122 N. Harbor Blvd. (714) 871-7878 

Located on Harbor at Amerige, Style 

Boutique offers stylish clothing at reasonable 

prices. 

With trendy dresses and heels, Style 

Boutique has clothes perfect for a night 

out in the club or a trip to Vegas without 

breaking the bank. 

by Kelsi Collins & Xanat Hernandez 

photos by Quinn Morrissey 

Roadkill & 

Roadkill Ranch 

119 E. Commonwealth 

(714) 773-1156 

Perhaps our favorite store 

in downtown, Roadkill, carries 

unique lines that you are 

not going to find at the 

mall. The store has recently 

expanded, adding Roadkill 

Ranch next door to their 

Commonwealth space. 

Roadkill sells clothing with 

an eclectic, bohemian and 

funky look, while the Ranch 

features vintage inspired 40’s 

and 50’s cocktail dresses in 

the pin-up and rockabilly 

style. Roadkill Ranch also 

carries men’s clothing mainly 

t-shirts, Pendletons, and 

Levis. We had a 

blast trying on 

their unique 

styles. 

Above Right: 

Quinn in a navy mechanic shirt $52; 

and hat $16 from Roadkill. 

At Right: Xanat in a Stop Staring dress 

for $150 and headband for $12. 

Kelsi in a Rock Steady shirt $36, and 

shorts $49, Report shoes for $49 and 

headband for $8, at Roadkill Ranch 

The men’s side 

features a similar 

vibe with button 

up shirts and fitted 

jeans. 

In a nutshell, 

Style Boutique 

offers great party 

styles for young 

people looking 

for a good time. 

At Left: Xanat 

in a bullseye dress 

for $32; shoes for 

$29; purse for 

$43 and hat for 

$19 from Style 

Boutique. 

At Right: Kelsi 

in a purple 

striped dress for 

$29 and shoes for 

$29 from Style 

Boutique.

Aug - Fullerton Observer

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