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Orange through flow traffic generate be could population., entire the of benefit the for sys tem. transportation public a that logical not is It start. that the it nowhere had accused critics of from being the is safety pedestrian and/or flow traffic where areas that route the along streets of sharing line’s rail the to ate an estimated 5,000 new jobs near the already already the near jobs new 5,000 estimated an ate improvements and to increase bus service by 50%. 50%. by service bus increase to and road and improvements street expansion, freeway in invested being impacted. negatively of amount the in increase sharp a experience will ists Line). Blue The from learned (lessons involved, town Disney” will add even more. even add will Disney” town congested area of and Disneyland, the “Down proposed cre will which 2001) opening Adventure, (California However, those improvements alone will not be suffi- suffi- be not will alone improvements those However, e h Author OCT Transportation ACounty (Orange T byDickHutchins OCTA studies indicate that during the next 15 to 20 1520 to next the during that indicate studies OCTA More than $5-Billion from Measure M is already already is M Measure from $5-Billion than More with it’s Anaheim, eliminates this proposal However, Disney has already announced their new theme park park theme new their announced already has Disney Fullerton’s Only Local, Independent Newspaper • Est. 1978 1978 Est. • Newspaper Independent Local, Only Fullerton’s The Bushala family ask. and receive changes that make their property across the tracks the across property their make that changes receive ask. and family Bushala The “The Centerline” Jeopardized Centerline” “The NAME: o needn, ndph oeae usrb Today! 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Page 2 FULLERTON OBSERVER December 1999 INTERNATIONAL DAY Cherie Lutz Pizarro S unny Hills students took a break from academia this quarter. On November 10th they spent an extended lunch hour devouring foods from around the world, and two days later they participated in Lancer Jam, a day dedi cated to keeping kids on the right track. International Day has long been a fixture at Sunny Hills. Student clubs and parent volunteers prepare a vast ar ray of delicacies, and the whole school is invited. Each group hopes to cover its costs, but the goal is a Parents pitch in to make the day fun and tasty with culinary feast, not a fundraiser. This year, stu recipes from many cultures including: Indian, dents could sample every Korean, Italian, Philippino, German and French thing from Indian to Ko rean to Italian to Philippine entrees and then top off the meal with delectable sweets offered by the German and French clubs. Lancer Jam had a more serious flavor. Students began the day with an as sembly featuring motiva tional speaker Pat Hurley, the classroom groups in exercises designed to break the ice and provoke His message, served with a a dialogue. Participants were encouraged to take and defend stands on large helping of humor, was current issues facing young adults. simple and well received: The talent show featured student performers in many disciplines. There take school seriously, work were singers, dancers, and drummers, and some students, including a hard, and make the right bagpiper, the Indian Student Association, and the Philippine Club, put on choices. performances that celebrated their heritage. After the assembly, half Afterwards, the students switched places, so that everyone could partici- of the students headed for pate in each activity. The day ended with a shortened last period that the classroom, while the included time for students to evaluate the day’s events, other half stayed in the gym International Day and Lancer Jam are but two events of many that for a talent show. Student contribute to understanding between people and safer campus environ- facilitators, who gave up a ment. Yes, it was a break from academia, but there was a whole lot of Saturday for training, led learning going on.
• Community Opinions • Community Opinions • Community Opinions • Community Opinions Response to Rebuttal on Communist Plot Fluoride “Fluoride in Fullerton’s Water Supply?” water and the city has a 20% higher rate of Certainly this isn’t 1999 in Fullerton Califor cavities than state average. Sierra Club for In response to your rebuttal of my views in the October nia. The words took me back 40 years to The second article was written by a dentist, Dr. 15th Fullerton Observer issue concerning fluoridation, 1957-1967. The common response then was, Johp'Rathbone, who has lived and practiced in Safe & Healthy I can only give an anecdotal reply. Fluoridation of the “it must be a communist plot” or “they’re Santa Barbara for 50 years. He favors fluorida Initiative water supply was not a notion conceived in its entirety softening our brains.” We were living in tion in Santa Barbara’s water, saying it is the by some well-meaning scientist. Instead, it was noted in Marietta, Ohio raising five children. Our most effective way to prevent tooth decay. Ac The purpose of the S ierra Cl ub is to explore, enjoy and protect the some dental fashion in the 1950’s or somewhat earlier, oldest was one, when we arrived and four cording to Dr. Rathbone there are over 90 scien that certain areas of the country had remarkably less more were bom while we lived there. After tific and professional organizations that recog wild places of the earth; to prac tooth decay problems than other areas. The only other much controversy and gnashing of teeth, nize the public health benefits of fluoridation. In tice and protect the responsible applicable distinction seemed to be that some of the City Council voted to add fluoride to the 237 scientific articles supporting fluoridation the use of the earth’s ecosystem and affected people had discolorations of their teeth. When water. We have always felt that one of the following basic points are stressed: resources; to educate and enlist the study was concluded, it found that natural fluoride reasons our children’s’ teeth are predomi Water fluoridation • prevents tooth decay • is humanity to protect and restore in the water supply was the ingredient and that an excess nantly cavity free was in large part due to the cost effective • is easy to administer and control the quality of the natural and hu led to the tooth discoloration, but there were at the time proper proportion of fluoride in the water. • is safe and does not cause any medical problems man environment; and to use all no detrimental effects noted. The correlation of naturally occurring fluo • helps all regardless of socio-economic status lawful means to carry out these Subsequent to that time, some governmental entities ride in the water supply and good dental This article also referred to a 1995 mandate of objectives. decided to fluoridate their water supplies, imitating health was discovered in small towns in Ohio. the California Legislature that all cities over In its desire to “protect and re natural occurrences, with similar dental success. Fol In one town where fluoride in the water was 10,000 population must fluoridate their water store the quality of the natural and lowing that, led by some religious groups, resistance a natural occurrence the population was vir supply when funds become available. I checked human environment,” the Ange formed based primarily on the fact that this was not a tually free of tooth decay. However, in a with John Carlson of Fullerton’s Water Depart les Chapter of the Sierra Club, in God-created remedy and the issue was semi-seriously nearby town where fluoride levels were ment and learned there is .4ppm of fluoride that 1997, took a position of opposi debated in various areas of the country. (Thank Heaven higher, spotting of teeth and a chalky effect occurs naturally in the city water. The suggested tion to the conversion of the El these groups were not so successfully organized when were prevalent. Obviously, it was important dosage is .8ppm. That’s 50% of the recom Toro Marine Air Station into an we decided to chlorinate our water supplies!) However, to establish the proper proportions. Soon a mended dose already in our water. international, commercial airport. many of these groups prevailed when their governmen This opposition was based upon movement began to introduce low levels of Jeanne Blum Fullerton tal agencies were considering fluoridation and they fluoride in city water and the dental profes the belief that such an airport, were so successful that fluoridation has not been intro sion advocated the use of fluoride in tooth located within an established and duced in many populated areas, despite the fact that paste. growing residential area, would dental associations championed it widely for several Recently we were visiting Santa Barbara Dear Subscriber create significant air pollution and years. To my recollection, I never saw any scientific and were quite surprised to find two more noise problems, thereby degrad evidence that fluoridation was harmful to general popu articles in the local paper relating to fluoride Accountant ing the natural and human envi lation health. in the water. One was dated Connersville, Recently I called to say that I was receiving 2 ronment of southern Orange But please be fair, Sharon, your article had neither a Ind. and began with “...conspiracy theories copies of the Observer. I should have written, County. byline or attribution, leading any reader to presume bias are flying, teeth are decaying...” the reason? because I just received four copies. I don’t want The Angeles Chapter Executive on the part of the writer! Cordially yours Fluoride. Connersville, population 15,550 is to add to your mailing costs. Please check so that Committee, representing the ap Bradley A. VioodhuWFuiierton the largest city in Indiana without fluoridated I’ll receive only one. They are all labeled ex proximately 50,000 Sierra Club actly the same. A label is enclosed. members living in Los Angeles Thanks for a great paper. Sincerely and Orange counties, on April 22, How To Voice Your Opinion Barbara Keller Fullerton 1999, voted to support the Safe The Fullerton Observer Independent Community and Healthy Communities Initia Newspaper welcomes letters from the Community on Ed @ Fullerton Observer tive. Sincerely any subject. Letters are the opinions of the writer and ED: You are not alone, several others will not be edited except for length, if necessary. For P.O. Box 7051 also called up with the same problem. Our Fullerton, CA 92834 verification letters must be signed with address and mailing service assures us that this prob Charles W. Buck Fullerton Chair phone number. Only your name, initials and city will lem is now taken care of. 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December 1999 OPINION FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 3 OUT OF MY MIND: By Jonathan Dobrer ©1999 Jonathan Dobrer [email protected] Intellectual Property
T h e column you are now reading is called. that 9 is substantially like 10, as is 11. This The Fullerton Observer, founded by Out of My Mind. By a strange coincidence my is exactly the kind of studio arithmetic that Ralph Kennedy in 1978, is a group of local book of columns, collected over a period of leads to them arguing that Star Wars has yet citizen-volunteers who create, publish and 30 years, is named, Out of My Mind. My web to show a profit. distribute the Observerthroughout our com site is: www.outofmymind.org. My next We live in a society where we can and do munity. This venture is a not-for-profit one collection of essays is very likely to be en sue each other for bad looks, hurt feelings, with all ad and subscription revenues titled, you guessed it, Out of My Mind. Are and lack of prompt service in restaurants. plowed back into maintaining and improv you beginning to discern a pattern here? But the name of the column I’ve been writing ing our independent, non-partisan, non Imagine, then, my for 30 years and the sectarian, community newspaper. surprise when I re title of my book are Our purpose is to inform Fullerton resi ceived a publicity public domain! dents about the institutions and other soci flier indicating that It was then with a etal forces which most impact their lives, an author was hold The idea that we can numbed sense of in so that they may be empowered to partici ing a book-signing own ideas is quite evitability that I saw pate in constructive ways to keep and party for her new that Richard Bach, the make these private and public entities serve book, Out o f My amazing....a whole author of Jonathan all Fullerton residents in lawful, open, just, Livingston Seagull, ap and socially-responsible ways. Mind.V.1 To make this even stranger, the new meaning to parently not satisfied Through our extensive local calendar with appropriating my and other coverage, we seek to promote a author grew up on the “thought police” first name, just came sense of community and an appreciation same street I did, al out with a new book for the values of diversity with which our though I never knew You’ve been reading and (picking on) country is so uniquely blessed. her. This is a coinci called, Out of My Mind. Enjoying or Being Infuriated by Jonathan Will his next book be dence; she did not mean to do anything wrong, Dobrer’s Out of My Mind columns. Now Published twice per month and much to my chagrin, she did not, in fact, “The Book of Dobrer”? buy the book.This is a collection of 30 of Not that I’m not flattered that so many except once in July, August and December. do anything wrong. the very best of Dobrer’s columns not Living in a litigious society, the first thing I bright and interesting people have indepen published here. NO FAX, SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: dently come up with the same title I have did was call a lawyer specializing in intellec Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Editor • Sharon Kennedy used for three decades. Really, I feel good tual property. The second thing I did was Al Martinez wrote: P.O. Box 7051 about it. Just about as good as AI Gore, who stare in horror at the phone—not because of “This is a wonderful collection. Fullerton CA 92834 the lawyer’s fees, but because there was insists that he’s “as happy as a pig in tall City Desk • Jack Harloe nothing I could do to protect this property of grass” that Bill Bradley is running against Dobrer touches us all with tales Office Manager • Tom Cooney my intellect. him. that speak of joy and death with I see however a great opportunity here. Advertizing • Saskia I love the whole concept of intellectual equal facility. property. The idea that we can own ideas is Since you cannot copyright titles of books, That takes a special talent and songs, or movies, I may go in a whole new • Features • quite amazing. I can understand owning D obrer has it. works—books, articles, patents on actual in direction. My next book of new age poetry, , Chris Beard, Warren Bowen, ventions. This raises a whole new meaning to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, will be fol 1 recommend this marvelous Diane Bridgford, Jonathan “thought police.” I mean can they come after lowed by my stunning new novel Moby Dick. book without reservation. ” Dobrer, Michelle Gottlieb, Chuck you with subpoenas blazing for expressing a I’m also consulting a lawyer about changing Greening, Joyce Mason, Cherie To order your autographed copy thought that someone else had “dibs” on? my name to Dave Barry. I don’t think there Lutz Pizarro, Jan Youngman, and Apparently. should be a problem here, just an opportu send $10 payable to: Louise Schatzman, Lisa Whiting. Perhaps, even more amusing is the com nity. Jonathan Dobrer • Observers • pletely unironic litigation over intellectual Though utterly lacking in any musical tal properties that demonstrate no discemable ent, I expect the sheet music for my new 16334 Francina Dr. Kathleen Asay, Ellen Ballard, Don song. Star Dust, to sell well, and I have great Bauman,Vince Buck, Florence intellect. NBC tried to sue David Letterman Encino, CA 91436 hoDes for White Christmas. Cavileer, Karen Hatuza, M. Naeb, and enjoin him from using his Top 10 lists. They held that they, NBC, owned the concept Is this great or what? I can give up actually Debbie Thomas, Suzanne Serbin, writing and just publish my own random Your copy will be rushed and contributing community members of “top 10.” Hard to know whether they owned the “ten” or the “top.” If Dave had little musings and one note sambas and name to you them after books and songs that are already • Design/ Graphics Consultants* made it the Top 9 or Top 11, would that have by the U.S. Post Office. David Styffe & Claudia Rae been beyond litigation? I’m sure not. NBC popular works. To do otherwise, let’s face it, would have argued the slippery slope theory I would have to be Out of My Mind!!! • Production Chief • Mary Graves Crew • Shirley Bernard Back-up: Mildred Donoghue, Train Wreck in and Irene Kobayashi.
•Distribution Chief • Roy Kobayashi Crew • Cecil Balentine, Denny Bean, Fullerton Richard Brewster, Sam Standring. © 1999 Jonathan Dobrer Subscriptions: $15-$20/year No, this wasn’t either one of the school board Advertising: $8.50/column-inch or the city council meetings gone terribly Call Saskia at 525-6402 wrong. This was a real train wreck. While the for more information. National Travel and Safety Board (NTSB) report is not yet complete, it is safe to say that Next Observer will hit the stands two trains met on one track in Fullerton and made quite a mess. on December 15 - Deadline for Happily, the injuries were not serious. Of all articles and ads at Observer course, we will not know how seriously in office is 12/08/99 - THANKS! jured people are until their lawyers have been heard from. Still, we were all very fortunate. Had the freight hit the Metroliner, instead of the FULLERTON Metroliner hitting the freight, the injuries PHOTOGRAPHICS Photo Mike Ritto ©1999 would certainly have been both more grave Fast, Friendly, and wide-spread. Had there been a toxic or Photo Denny Bean ©1999 volatile substance on the freight, the results Professional Service could have been truly catastrophic.
It is clear that 90 freight and passenger trains run through Fullerton per day and this pre sents some danger of wrecks, toxic spills, and $ 6 ^ damage to the homes, schools and industries which border the tracks. Most importantly, 24 Exposure there is an element of peril to “We the People.” It is the legitimate concern of our city coun Jumbo Prints cil and of all citizens to find out what is being transported through our city and what plans Same Day we have for toxic spill and mass injuries. The condition of the lights and the speed limits must have our active attention. Mass transit is a fine thing and the Metroliner is an important part of solving both the air Custom Services quality and transportation problems of this Copies of Old Photos area. The importance of this story is not what HARBOR at BERKELEY happened, but what did not happen THIS TIME. An informed citizenry and pro-active 525-3233 council will play important roles in assuring our safety, so there is no next time.. Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room
Page 4 FULLER TON O B S E R V E R CITY GOVERNMENT December 1999
Council D oings...... Jack Harfoe Van Daele/ Texaco/ The City Council met in regular af ternoon and evening session; Tues Unocal & day, November 16; there were no ab sences. A t the opening o f the afternoon Neighbors session M ayor Flory introduced Mayor Tetsuo Sakai o f Fukui City in Japan In the general rush to get out of and the entire Fukui delegation. The Dodge at the N ovember 2nd Council occasion o f the visit is recognition o f meeting, a few errors were made. Paul Dudley, Development Services the 10th anniversary o f the Fullerton/ Director, asked the Council to su Fukui Sister City relationship. persede Resolution No. 9079 with a In its evening session, the Council, new one containing the corrections. acting also as the Board o f the Rede Among them: velopment Agency, pondered the po •The [traffic] signal at State Col lice facilities remodel and upgrade lege Boulevard and Delicata Drive is to be installed “prior to occupancy project, deciding finally to follow staff of the first home”. recommendations fo r an “Option 4 ” • A vehicular link to Maple Avenue remodel at a cost o f $9 Million. (See will be eliminated; emergency ac separate story, this issue.) cess will be provided to Bastanchury via a cul-de-sac. • Parallel parking at the “view park” Chapm an A y e . Above: Mayor Sakai o f Fukui, Japan and Fullerton will be provided near the access Mayor Flory sign a pact o f peace between the two cities. driveway to the oil well maintenance Reconstruction Fullerton and road along Bastanchury Road. The owners of the property, a site A t a net cost to the city of $93,429 the A Lesson In Fukui Japan now being processed for develop council has ordered the removal and replace ment, are the Texaco Exploration ment o f deteriorated asphalt, concrete pave Celebrate and Production Inc. and Unocal Cor ment and asphalt overlay. The repair o f dete Entrepreneurialism: poration. The applicant is the Van riorated sidewalk, curb and gutter will also be 1 en year anniversaries are very spe Daele Development Corporation. accomplished. The re-surfacing and repairs C ity Ups Maintenance cial. This one is so cherished that two The swooping, irregular topography will extend from Harbor Boulevard eastward celebrations were held a world apart. of the tract has posed a challenge to to Chapman Avenue’s intersection with Ber Worker Pay to Living A delegation from Fukui, Japan came the ever creative talents of the devel keley Avenue. to Fullerton for several days of festivi opers to vary built-up grade levels in W age ties. A banquet was held on November order to provide a “view”, for the State Repents, 15th at the Summit House and a recep new owners unfortunately at the ex tion was held on November 16th at the pense of the existing owners whose Fullerton Residents JVJany moons ago, in 1996 in fact, the Council, probably Muckenthaler Cultural Center. Mem view will change from open land to taking a leaf out of the Chamber of Commerce’ standard bers of the delegation included the 20foot one-story homes or even taller Thirst edition of ideology, decided to pay its entry level newly hired Mayor of Fukui and other civic lead two-story homes built on 15 foot maintenance workers 36% “less than the old range”. Quite ers, volunteers and ballet students from pads for a grand total of 35 feet frankly, as they say, the change “stemmed from budget Back in FY 1992 and 1993 the State decided two ballet schools. straight up. In an odd decision a difficulties caused by the [then] recession, as well as from a it needed the city’s money more than the city During the same week, a Fullerton notice went out to neighbors that an did. Last September the city received a “one desire to take advantage of opportunities created by the team of 7 women runners competed in item involving their neighborhood county’s high unemployment rate and the availability of tim e” paym ent of $282,000 under the Educa the 15th Hokoriku Ekiden 30K relay would be heard at 7:30pm ignoring tional Revenue Augmentation of $282,000 qualified employees.” In response to this rare lifting of the race sponsored by Fukui Television. the 4pm session which changed some veil on the Council’s civic soul, akin to entering the battlefield wording of the previously agreed (ERAF) Act, returned this year as part of the The station offered an all-expenses paid to bayonet the wounded, the Council discovered that 36% o f upon conditions. Paul Dudly assured State budget. September’s operating revenue trip to a team of seven runners, coach the applicants for the new 36% less pay also stayed away in the one neighbor that did make the figures are in; it is the first m onth in the new and team leader, in honor of the Sister droves, or if hired soon departed. Astonished, Bob Savage, meeting that the wording would not quarter not affected by the previous y e a r’s City 10 year anniversary. Team leader the city maintenance director, pleaded to the council to change anything and that the devel revenue and expenses. The new s is good! George Tsuda and coach Andy Gup ton correct a situation where “a new Maintenance Worker, trained opers were moving ahead on provid September, 1999 produced $3.9 million in left with the team on 11/10. The run [by Fullerton] to perform irrigation [have been” hired by ing neighborhood access through the revenue, up from $2.7 million in August. At ners had been training for the last four another city at higher pay after only two months...... further,' gated community to the park. $1.1 million sales tax was the largest single months for this event. because of the low pay range, no Maintenance Worker hired source of Operating Funds’ in September. after the pay reduction has stayed with the City long enougln Property tax revenue was $829,000in Septem to reach the top step, thereby creating a constant need to 2000-2001 GRAND JURY APPLICATIONS DUE ber. Year to date, motor vehicle in-lieu rev recruit and train replacement employees.” , enues were $494,000, an increase of $44,000 Deadline to apply is Jan. 31 Pick up applications at the courthouse or call Savage recommended and the Council acted to increase the (9.8%) over the month of September, 1998. the grand-jury hotline at (714) 834-6747. Other states choose Grand Jury pay of all maintenance workers to $10.08 - 12.87 effective Redevelopment Agency property tax incre members randomly from the list of registered voters. Orange County immediately, but not before staff said [in the agenda docu ment revenue was $717,000 in Septem ber. Judges choose the final Jury from those chosen through the application ment] “If the economy weakens and the labor market situa The total property tax increment revenue in process. The 30-member group of jurors serve four days a week for a year tion reverses, the city will have the ability to once again September was up $128,000 (21.7%) from and receive $25 per day stipend. The Jury reviews various county agencies. reduce this pay rate for new hires.” September of the previous fiscal year. Unbelievable. The city water utility reported revenues in creased to $1.53 million in September, up MEANWHILE, AT OTHER PAY LEVELS, THE CITY: from $1.4 million in August, due to a signifi ORANGE COUNTY'S • Granted its “management” (45) employees a 4% raise cant increase in total consumption, up nearly effective July 13, 1999; a 2% raise July 20, 2000; and a 3% 800,000 gallons from the prior month. Steamers Cafe raise on July 21, 2001. And the airport, largely supported by State • Gave its “Confidential Employees” (15) a similar raise, brings yoi and Federal grants, continues to report a slim effective at slightly different dates. profit year to date. •For its 12 member “Executive” employees, using “control points,” increased such points by 4%, effective only after the Out With Grass; In performance of each employee has been reviewed by the City Manager. Performance of the latter has been reviewed by the With More Houses City Council, and his pay is being “adjusted” by 4%. The apparent higher percentage pay raise going to the Executive The old Imperial Golf Course at Placentia employees is because in FY 1998-99 these employees re- (f^ity with 'enue and Rolling Hills Drive, which for ceived 2% rate, whereas the management employees got a 3% ws permitted retention of the illusion at least raise. Soto piAKist Johj\ *P&ri£ | lastoral swales in east Fullerton, has gone Believable. "As soon as you hear him you know vay, to be replaced by — you guessed it, you're hearing a class act. . 2 houses on tiny lots. So many in fact, that Marilyn Duff, Northern Lights, Orange County Register development features three “tentative” NAME THAT PLAZA NO LUNCH COVER s subdivided into no less than 13 phases, REDUCED LUNCH PRICES test being phases seven, eight and nine. In CAMPAIGN the tracts will add up to 105 residential 8 NEW MENU ITEMS nd 29 “lettered” (open space or private i lots. The cities o f Placentia and Fuller- Summoning up its great creative talents, paying homage to Pastrami Sandwich $4.99 ve entered into an agreement to extend the many illustrious city leaders who have fallen in battle, g drainage eastward with a storm drain deliberating with aplomb, cogitating carefully over the many Beef Dip Sandwich 4-99 )nstructed which will reouire Fullerton choices, careful to avoid offense to anyone, still, feeling it ;ponsible for maintenance of the exten- necessary to do something to name that plaza, once again All Deli Sandwiches 5.25 d pay a one-time fee of $5 000 to carefully reviewing the dead, or perhaps only the comatose in a. The city council made the proposal the audjence’ as we,] as the living>the CounciI did diP int0 its Panini 5-99 ruesday night: Placentia gets $5,000; C0PI0US suPP]y of whereas’s, opened the envelope and fol- i, a storm drain and 105 new families. ,owed the Community Services Commission advice to keep 138 W. 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December 1999 EDUCATION NEWS ' G 1 I9>^ULLERT0N OBSERVER Page 5 SCHOOL BOARD HIGHLI District Poll Reveals Strong Community Support of Schools Describing poll results as very positive, Mr. Jeremy Thom of Education Research said that Fullertonians are very committed to their community, strongly support their schools, but are unaware of what happening with the schools. Reporting on a survey of 611 voters that were demographically represented of the larger population, he described in depth the results of the survey. Explaining that while the district has made a determined effort to improve its visibility in recent years, this information only reaches certain pockets of the community, leaving the majority of the non-parent commu nity ignorant of the District’s activities. While many of the respondents were unaware of these activities (i.e., the modernization projects), once informed, the respondents express strong support. People perceive Fullerton as good place to live. They like living here and would support an increase in taxes or a bond issue. People new to the community are more likely to support a tax increase. Many responded favorable (over 80%) to the need to renovate building, if necessary, and pay for the work. For example, they agree that the overcrowding of classrooms is a problem (38% all voters, 51% parents of district students). People actually seem to “hunger for information” about specific facilities- the need for music rooms, multipurpose labs and air conditioning. He described a surprisingly high Above and Beyond tolerance of a tax increase; support Teachers of the FSD Board of Trustees (44% Recognition Show all voters, 59% parents): and a strong support of teachers (all vot Dick Gaudio Support ers 49%, 67% parents). Fullerton Describing Dick Gaudio’s determi Waiting for the Board to leave shows an unusual trend, even nation to build an amphitheater at their closed session with labor though the general public reports a Nicolas, Principal Alan Waterman negotiators, the teachers num great lack of communication about praised the 35 year veteran teacher’s bers swelled to over 200. Once the District, they would be willing persistence and extraordinary efforts the Board finally started the open to work to support identified dis to make this dream come true. Not Board session, they cheered for trict needs, once explained. This only did he spend time visiting other FETA President Mimi Gaudette response seems to mirror recent school with amphitheaters, he investi as she gave an impassioned trends of people wanting to invest gated materials and costs, and then he speech to the Board. “Teachers in their community involved the entire school in planning are here to speak to you.” We Ms. Guth asked what effect an the final project. Accepting the award, want you to see and hear us.” organized bond opposition group Mr. Gaudio thanked Mr. Waterman She then described the recent had on bond issue voting. Mr. for having “the wisdom to follow my history of failed contract pro Thorn responded that he seriously lead.” posal, and requested a speedy questioned the effectiveness of response to the most recent one. such opposition, especially in Ful Pre-School Contract She concluded saying, “The lerton. Guth also asked whether a teachers deserve a fair wage and bond issue could be passed when a Approved Despite shouldn’t be forced to wait any member of the Board opposed it. longer.” Mr. Thorn responded that this is Opposition Earlier, Ms. Gaudette had ex “The teachers deserve a fair wage and not a matter of the district leading The Child Development Contract plained that the teachers pre ” the community, but the commu with the State was approved continu sented a proposal that would shouldn't be forced to wait any longer. nity coming to the district, usually ing the District/State partnership child even out the salary steps so that Mimi Guadette, President of FETA in a ground swell of public opin care and development programs. This the teachers with the medium ion. includes preschool programs at Maple, years of service would receive _ Ms. Sugarman viewed this poll Richman, Commonwealth and the largest increase. She stated as “providing us with significant Valencia Park schools and child care that many county districts had > information about how we are com programs at Sunset Lane and Valencia already settled with their teach-) municating to the public.” Ms. Park schools. Ms. Guth expressed con ers for 41/2% to 6% increases Ballard described the results as cern that staff time is taken up with the and that FETA was striving td “fascinating.” While she acknowl administration of this program at the have Fullerton’s teachers at the edged that the public is somewhat detriment of the K-8 students. She 50% rank in salaries for Orange unaware of what the school board questioned why all the schools aren’t County. is doing, the poll indicated that part of the program. Although staff Expressing the frustration that overall they also feel strongly that explained that participation was deter the Board members don’t un better maintained schools increase mined by family income and social derstand the impact of the mod the value of their homes. service referral as determined by the ernization construction has had Suggestions were discussed state, Guth expressed her opposition on teachers and students, Mami such as the possiblity of a to the program anyway. Nettinga and Barbara Kocket Superintendent’s newsletter sent 4-1 (Guth no) wished that the Board would to all residents regarding the hir “show more positive support to ing of a public information officer. teachers” and let teachers know Mr. Thorn said that in order for a Student Survey that “we are here for you.” In District to be successful in com Question stead they reported that many municating its needs it must teachers feel that they are not spend money on that communica The Board members expressed con being supported by the Board. Standing room only at the Fullerton School District board meeting tion. cern with the recent changes in the Ms. Ballard concluded the dis student survey on drug, alcohol and as teachers and supporters came out to urge fair contract. cussion stating that she was “look tobacco use that is mandated as part of ing at this as a long term adventure certain aid programs. The staff said Thankyou to Jan to support schools and a long term that they will now request parent per Youngman, look at the big picture.” The poll mission for students to complete the Observer Education ing results are available for review survey. Approved 4-1 (Guth no) Reporter, for at the District’s Office. keeping us informed! SPORTS MED ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC 137 W, Chapman Avenue Ste B (714) 8 7 0 - 9 4 0 5 Cell: (714)928-3883 WEEKEND ACU MEETINGS Free Limited Seating • Call to Reserve
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TELLABRATION Cherie Lutz Pizarro The 4th Annual TELLABRATION ‘99 Worldwide Storytelling Event at Golden Hill was a well-at People often decide to take it easy when they retire. tended fun event, twenty-two story-tellers young Not long-time Fullerton resident Dr. Versie Burns. story tellers and members of South Coast storytellers After concluding a distinguished career as an educa Guild entertained over 100 listeners at the November tor, she decided to spend her golden years working to evening celebration of storytelling. The program is improve the quality of education in the poorest sec produced each year by Doris Hand, the Golden Hill Storytellers, Raymond School’s Spinners of the New tors of South Africa. Millenium Club and Nicolas Jr. High Storytellers along with the adult tellers from the schools and Dr. Burns received her inspiration in 1994 on a tour Members of the South Coast Storytellers Guild. of South Africa with then state senator Diane Watson. In every culture, from tiny villages to big cities, Burns found herself caught up in the country’s eu people have always told stories and through the phoric response to its first black African president, at telling we preserve our heritage, pass on traditions, learn skills and develop imagination. the same time she found herself despairing over the Tellabration was created in 1987 by JG “Paw-Paw” deplorable conditions she saw in the schools. Burns Pinkerton. The Connecticut Storytelling Center met with the Director of Education, whose admission launched the first performances in six towns across that the country had enforced a system that provided the state in 1988. The event joined the National unequal education for its citizens galvanized Burns. Storytelling Network in 1990 and a year later boasted over 12,000 listeners with sites in 74 communities in 27 states. Since 1997 the event has spread to include At the top of the heap were the Afrikaner children, communities on six continents. Storys are told on to followed by the Indians and the coloreds; at the audiences in 44 states and communities on six conti bottom were the indigenous black South Africans. nents. Kimberly Rubalcava of Raymond tells the story Their schools often had no printed textbooks, no “The Little Red Hen - Help Yourself Little Red The celebration is held worldwide to increase the electricity, and over one hundred children per class, Hen by Alvin Granowsky imagination and circle the globe with merriment and all sitting on the floor. understanding. Storytellers that participated this year Adult story tellers were Rolling Hills teacher, Sharleen Goltz, were Golden Hill students: Jacob Nelson, Lauren Retired Engineer Dave Chittenden, Nicolas Jr High teacher Paul Gaylord, Terry Orr, Regan Fallon, Joel Minor, Burch Clemente, Golden Hill teacher Barbara Cutts and Doris Hand of Dr. Burns returned home with an overwhelming Thornley and Erin Flannery. From Raymond storys the Storytellers Guild. Media Specialist Judy Swanson, and desire to make a difference, especially for those stu were told by Devon Acuna, Andrew Turowski, teachers Joel Gara and Sharon Gardess of Raymond helped out. dents who had been ignored for so long. Starting out Kimberly Henderson, Nadia Dubon, Jenna Bums and If you would like to find out more about this event and the small - speaking to any group that would listen, and and Kimberly Rubalcava. Storytellers from Nicolas Storytellers Guild you can visit their wevsite: National Storytelling soliciting donations of everything from blankets to were Taylor Thornley, Heather Stotler, Caitlin Orr, Network (http://www.storynet.org) or South Coast storytellers Meshell Maes, Ariana Kennedy and Shannon Voigt. Guild
December 1999 NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 9 T h e respected national newspaper, Christian Science Monitor did a survey to inform the public about the charities which actually give a high percentage of funds Ho Ho Ho, Help Us Go! donated to them to their cause, as opposed to their overhead costs. The top ten (1996, reported in ’98) in terms of their incomes were:
by Warren Bowen INCOME % which reaches NAME OF CHARITY (in millions) intended group T h is is the time of year when it seems that every charitable cause YMCA of the US $2,473. 80.7% imaginable decides to ask the public for financial support. Checking the mail and the phone messages, I estimate we have had twenty-three Catholic Charities 2,103.5 89.0 separate requests in one week for “Holiday Giving” and it’s not yet American Red Cross 1,813.9 88.7 Thanksgiving. Salvation Army 1,563.1 85.6 It is true that as people and as a nation we are very generous in aiding Goodwill Industries 1,200.0 82.3 those in need at home and abroad by both volunteer work and dollars. Shriners’ Hospitals for Children 1,047.6 30.4 Fund raising experts have concluded this is indeed the optimum time to solicit funds. The heart association used to do it around Valentine’s Boy Scouts of America 553.5 73.1 day, others chose Easter or other seasons. Maybe it’s the last chance YWCA of the US 510.8 81.9 to get a tax write-off; maybe the early Christmas spirit approach. American Cancer Society 506.1 68.1 Whatever the reason, now is when the postman has much more work Planned Parenthood Federation of US 504.0 78.2 to do. In recent mail there have been appeals for money to provide “a full turkey dinner for $1.34 (or $1.57) depending on the agency. One has The champs of effective distribution were: to wonder how many more such dinners could be bought with the Second Harvest National Food Bank 95.5% money spent on large ads in metropolitan newspapers. This is over and Smithsonian Institution 95.1 above the free dinners our churches provide to the needy every week Americares Foundation 97.9 and the year around work the wonderful Fullerton Interfaith Emer Project Hope 98.6 gency Service (FIES has done year around for many years. The plenitude of worthy causes forces families to think carefully Among the poorest agencies in effectiveness; about what they wish to accomplish with charity parts of the budget. US Olympic Committee 59% One Orange County scam which continues to rake in bucks is recorded Art Institute o f Chicago 45.6 to pass along a magnanimous 12% of the take. Telemarketers keep Rotary Foundation* 44.1 asking for checks to be “placed under the doormat for quick pickup.” A common telephone racket has for years claimed to be aiding families St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital (Memphis) 45.6 of public safety workers injured in the line of duty, an appeal local Boston Museum of Fine Arts 24.0 police and fire departments give no credence. * See Rotary response below It is easy to adopt a name which has lots of appeal. I’m looking at a well written letter from the National Park Trust. Sounds like a worthy cause which offers a copy of its financial statement from either the state in which we live or from their Washington DC office but they hope the enclosed envelope will help provide a contribution anyway. Maybe it’s a wonderful cause but it takes a lot of effort to find out. With Respect To Local Charities With respect to local charities there doesn’t seem to be any agency which collects information comparable to the national statistics. In contacting three well known and widely active local organizations I was able to gather their stated Somehow I can’t imagine any legitimate charity which can’t offer numbers as follows. The three are Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Services (FIES) which provides emergency food and more than 3/4 of its income to its intended recipients or project. Clearly shelter with ancillary services to the needy of our community; Women’s Transitional Living Center (WTLC) offers it takes well qualified administration to handle the large sums in the secure shelter and care to abused women and their children, and the Boys and Girls Club of Fullerton which provides budgets of high powered charities. The highest paid official of the City a variety of educational, recreational and leadership programs for Fullerton children. of Hope (1996) received $2,228,175. whereas the top leader of the WTLC has income of about $ 1,400,000. of which 92% is used directly in their programs according to the executive prestigious Salvation Army received $75,632. and Habitat for Hu manity, $72,450. The latter two seem headed in a better direction than director. FIES’ income is about $345,000. and 92% also goes to its programs. The Boys & Girls Clubs income is about the Boy Scouts which paid its top executive $377,678.; the Girl $859,000. of which 75% goes directly to its various programs. What’s the message for charitable givers in Fullerton? There are many many worthy causes and it behooves Scouts, $390,000.; the Olympic Committee (US), $506,893. and the households to do the best job they can in supporting those they select. The local groups seem to do a far more efficient March of Dimes, $394,604. job than most of the national and international organizations. One other aspect of all this should not be forgotten. I expect that the end of 1999 solicitations for funds to help all these Frequently charities, especially local ones, can use our volunteer help! A few hours filling the short term needs of any causes will show increases as the nation continues to prosper. Indi group which renders services to the community and its residents who need assistance or support to get back into the vidual contributions to charities and similar organizations were $121 mainstream of society can be of great value and it’s not bad for the giver either. The spirit of helping others can be a billion, dwarfing foundation and corporate gifts of $30-billion. Alto year around satisfying feeling for all. gether this is big business and we need to give a close look at where our contributions go to get the most bang for the buck. For information to help decide, contact the following: Christian Scientist Monitor - Statistics on Rotary Flawed? Council of Better Business Bureaus, 4200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 800, The Rotary Foundation is organized as a separate In 1997-98, total Foundation program expenditures of Arlington, Va 22203 corporation from Rotary International hnd its sole pur $102 million far exceeded contributions of $67.8 million AIP Charity Rating Guide, 4905 Del Ray Ave., Suite 300, Bethesda pose is to support the efforts of Rotary International to that year due to the relatively high level of PolioPlus Md 20814 (enclose $3) achieve world understanding and peace through inter expenditures that year of $48.6 million. PolioPlus is Rotary ’ s National Charities Information Bureau, “Wise Giving” Dept. 128, national humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange 19-year effort to eliminate polio myelitis in the world, with 19 Union Square W., New York, NY 10003 programs. It is a 501C3 organization with contributions the goal to be reached in 2005 nearly accomplished. Much qualifying for tax exemptions. of the money for this effort was raised from 1986-88, All of the money contributed annually to the Rotary invested and still being expended on the polio eradication foundation is expended on its many programs with the program. cost of administration of The Foundation being covered Additionally, contributions to the Permanent Fund (The by the interest earned on investments of these annual Foundation’s endowment fund) are invested in perpetuity contributions during a three year funding program cycle. with only a portion of the investment earnings used to fund If you look at other organizations compared to Rotary programs. However, contributions to the Permanent Fund in The Christian Science Monitor article, you will note are included in income, making comparisons even more that the American Red cross spent 88.5% of its total difficult and less meaningful. income on programs but derived only 2.89% of its With regard to Rotary International, it is a network of income from investment earning. Conversely, the nearly 1.2 million members in more than 29,000 individu Shriners Hospitals for Children, which spent only 24.4% ally chartered Rotary Clubs in 160 countries. These busi of total income on programs, derived 59.76% of its ness and professional leaders are united in a commitment to income from investment earnings. Rotary in 1996-97 the Object of Rotary, exemplified in the motto, “service spent 55.1% of its income on programs with investment above self.” earnings representing 54% of the total. Using this ratio I hope this clarifies some of the data in the Christian to compare program spending among organizations is Science Monitor article and answers some of your questions therefore not very meaningful. A better ratio to compare about The Rotary Foundation, Rotary International and Rotary against other similar organizations is program individual Rotary Clubs. Yours truly expenditures as a percent of contributions. In fiscal 1996-97, this ratio was 98%. Michael W. Abdalla, MD, District Governor Rotary International, Orange
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Public Invited To Fullerton College Annual Kwanzaa Celebration Noon Monday Dec 6
K w anzaa is a unique African-Ameri can celebration with focus on the tradi tional Afriean values of family, com munity, responsibility, commerce and self-improvement. The celebration is Above: Assistance League recieves award. Charles Dutton, neither political nor religious and is not FJUHSD Boardmember, League President Sylvia Jarvi, Supt. of a substitute for any other holiday. It is OC Department of Education Barbara Kilponnen and Supt. of simply a time of celebrating and re FJUHSD Dr. Michael Escalante affirming ancestors and culture of Afri can-American people. It concentrates on strong positive thinking and family Assistance League AKA and community values. The word “Kwanzaa” comes from the Swahili language of Africa and means “First “The PTA of La Vista High” fruits of the Harvest.” The Annual Celebration of Kwanzaa The Assistance League has acted as La Vista High School’s PTA for over will be held at Fullerton College, 321E. twenty years. Almost all schools have a parent organization that supports Chapman Ave, on Monday December and contributes to the success of their educational goals and the League has 6 at noon in the Cadena/Transfer Cen been filling this educational role since the school began in the 1970s. La ter Room 801. Delicious cuisine, music Vista is a continuation high school and has an enrollment of about 330 and traditional African costumes will students from throughout the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. be featured. The public is invited to join The student population between ages 16 to 20 is very fluid, with young in the celebration. The event is free. For people transferring in and out of the school. As a result on-going parental further information call 992-7587. This Ballerina Anne Yoon dances as The Sugar Plum Fairy involvement in the school is very limited and organizations such as the PTA and other annual events are sponsored does not exist. On November 18th the League received the “Outstanding in the Nouveau Chamber Ballet local production of by Fullerton College’s Ethnic Studies the Nutcracker. Tickets 871-8101 Contribution to an Educational Institution Award” from the County De Department and the Cadena/Transfer partment of Education in recognition of the many years of volunteer work Center. performed. The League has served the school by serving refreshments at Back-to- A n n e Y oon School and Open House nights, contributing quarterly awards and gift The Fundamental certificates to outstanding students, and awarding scholarships to students Values of Kwanzaa Local Artist Profile continuing their education after high school. For the past sixteen years the The Nguzo Saba As a little girl, the allure of ballet and its frills eluded Anne. She League has organized a formal graduation ceremony to recognize the was never excited about tutus and pointe shoes, but rather focused graduates’ achievements and provided a continental breakfast as part of the (Seven Principles) on the technical challenges. Now at seventeen, Anne Yoon hopes celebration. Last June over 800 people attended. Other projects involve and prepares for a professional career as a ballerina and has the full seeing a need and filling it, such as: buying a needed sound system for 1) UMOJA (Unity) - To strive for backing and encouragement from her family. Miss Yoon began the school events, cataloging library books and supplying the home economics principled and harmonious together studv of classical ballet at age twelve when she took an “aJl- classroom with pots, pans and other kitchen equipment. “Despite the ness in the family, community, nation around” studio class in tap, ballet and jazz. Comments about her League’s low profile at the school,” said League project coordinator Helena and world African community. fiatural turn-out (i.e.: the turning of the leg from the hip, necessary Schwartz, “it is well worth every minute of our time. When you feel you’ve 2) KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Deter for the element of line in ballet) and her own need for a challenge make a difference in the lives of young people, that’s important.” Principal mination) - To define ourselves, name led to more professional training. “Anne thrives on challenge” says Ron Gross is very appreciative of the League and their years of service in ourselves, create for ourselves and speak her mother, Mary Yoon, “she is very shy and abhors public filling the void. “It makes my job a lot easier when you have a group of for ourselves speaking, so dancing suits her need to express herself.” people always there to help out and support you on behalf of the kids.”. 3) UJIMA (Collective Work and Anne advanced quickly under the tutelage of mentor Lois Ellyn, Responsibility) - To build and main former principle dancer for The New York City Ballet under tain our community together and make George Balanchine and current Artistic Director of The Nouveau our sister’s and brother’s problems our Chamber Ballet of Fullerton. Theirs is an almost telepathic col problems, and to solve them together. laboration whether working with original choreography as in last 4) UJAMAA (Cooperative Econom spring’s “Waltz Triste” or classical work such as “Chopiniana” pas ics) - To build our own businesses, de deux with guest artist Ventzislav Petrov. The results have been control the economics of our own com consistently lyrical, technically proficient and classically inter munity and share in all its works and preted. Graced with a delicate, lithesome beauty accentuated by wealth. lovely long legs and arched feet. Miss Yoon also brings an 5) NIA (Purpose) - To make our intelligence and deep understanding to her craft, and has a true gift collective vocation the building and for sound, musicality and timing. “Ballet lets me utilize every developing of our community in order thing: physical ability, intellect and creativity. All of what I am can to restore our people to their traditional be used” says the young artist. greatness. In addition to her regular studies six days a week with Ms Ellyn, 6) KUUMBA (Creativity) - To do Anne also attends two or three rehearsals per week for the company ’ s always as much as we can, in the way up-coming production of “The Nutcracker,” to be held at Fullerton we can, in order to leave our commu College Theater beginning December 17th, in which she will have nity more beautiful and beneficial than the starring role. Summers are spent studying with the San Fran Sponsored by we inherited it. cisco Ballet and she recently auditioned for the LA Music Center’s 7) IMANI (Faith) - To believe with © a m e s Spotlight Awards. Anne has been offered partial scholarships to ORANGE COUNTY all our heart in our Creator, our people, both the Houston Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Meanwhile our parents, our teachers, our leaders she maintains a 4.8 GPA at Fullerton’s Rosary High, where she is Tour boat times: 5:30, and the righteousness and victory of a senior. 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. our struggle for a new and better world. With the Nouveau Chamber Ballet, Miss Yoon has performed for Prices: Monday-Thursday $9; Fullerton elementary schools in her role as “The Little Grey Friday-Sunday $10; Children Barbara Walsh Horse,” fulfilling the mission of the company to provide ballet Proceeds benefit the Philharmonic Society's Youth Programs. education for young people. She has also been featured as the Presented by the Huntington Harbour Philharmonic Committees. principle dancer in the roles of “The Snow Queen” and “Arabian” both partnered with Joseph Gutierrex. This season’s Nouveau Chamber Ballet production of “The Nutcracker” will feature Miss Yoon as principle dancer in the role of “The Sugar Plum Fairy,” with guest artist Sean Kelly of Houston Ballet. COPYCO 714-680-9800 Anne knows the professional life of a dancer can be short, just as for an athlete, and has developed a regimen of stretching and exercise to enhance and prolong her flexibility and physical stamina for the stage with Dr. David Jacob of Fullerton. The investment of Miss Yoon and her family are beginning to reap • 40 Copies Single/Multl-ortginals O.K. rewards for the dancer in the roles she now gamers, the steady ■tannin. 1X110+D/aeoMs IV 2«tl XHHtMMMnl building of a professional artistic career and the satisfaction of a performing artist that has inspired, entertained and touched the human spirit of her audience. Don’t miss seeing this inspiring and $690 Color Copies SMte/Hianflilaols gifted local artist in The Nouveau Chamber Ballet production of wttlnnln.of100+ copies 81/2 xTI #32- white bond “The Nutcracker.” The production will also feature Houston Ballet principle dancer, Sean Kelly and the Long Beach State College Symphony Orchestra. Performances at Fullerton College Theater on Chapman and Lemon across from the Plummer are scheduled $ 2438 L CI18! Ave. FuPertoi!/ $ State Collese Next to Sav-en for December 17,18and 19th only. For tickets call (714) 871-8101 Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room
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MUSEUM CENTER Theophilius Contemporary Native American Art Nii Anum 301 N. Pomona Ave. (738-6545) Sowah poses Work by Native American artists, Bates, a Cherokee, says her honor next to his including that of Sara Bates, will be ing circles represent “a personal vi wood, discussed in a special program Satur sion, unlike the Buddhist and Hindu bondo, oil day December 4th at 1:30pm in the mandalas, which represent religious paint museum’s auditorium. Examples of traditions.” She uses personal sym sculpture Bates’ “Honoring Circles” are featured bols in a circular form honoring her entitled in the museum’s current exhibit, “Dia heritage. Each honoring circle mea “Wood grams of the Cosmos: The Art of the sures 12 feet in diameter, and is Duck” (Aix Mandala” which continues through created from natural elements such Spomsa, January 9th. as sand, pebbles, seeds and pi- The exhibit, a multicultural explora necones. Like the more traditional 1996). The tion of the use of the mandala in reli mandalas in the exhibit, each circle artist’s work gious, historical and artistic expres is created for a specific purpose, and is featured sion, was developed by museum staff is destroyed after its creation. Al in the with guest curator Lynn LaBate of the though no two circles are the same, Contemporary J.Paul Getty Museum. Guest speaker each is designed to raise awareness Art of Africa for the program will be Zena of the viewers’ relationship with the show at Pearlstone, an authority on Native earth. Muckenthaler American Art and a professor with the Bates, holds an MFA from UC opening Department of Visual arts at Cal State. Santa Barbara and has served as Saturday She will discuss Bates’ work in rela professor at Florida State Univer December tion to current trends in Amerindian sity, San Francisco State University thought and art; the importance of the and at UC Berkeley. Admission to 11 circle to Native American cultures; the December 4th program is in and how to read the cultural symbols cluded with the regular museum ad found in Bates’ installation currently mission: $3/adults $2/students Free/ exhibited in the museum. under 12. MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER ESTI971 \ Contemporary Art of Africa ^qgelo’s Yiijei’s OPENING RECEPTION ‘ SATURDAY • 7pm • DECEMBER 11 ^ R isto rante Presents Our In a series of shows including Paintings, sculpture, music, dance, workshops and lec tures the Muckenthaler Cultural Center pre ’s Eve Extravaganza sents “Four from Sub-Saharan Africa” The program kicks off with a reception open to the Free public from 7-9pm December 11th featuring Public Iu J7L 'Uenetian Carnivale Parking Special Millennium Celebration includes: art from the Collection of Diane and Ernie Wolfe III of four contemporary artists from * Open Premium Bar Ghana and Kenya. The four featured artists * Delicious All-You-Can-Eat Buffet are Isaac Azey/Ghana, Benezate/Ghana, Jo seph Bertiers/Kenya and Theophilius Nii * Crystal Bell for every Couple Anum Sowah/Ghana. Paintings in the show ninufait * Disc Jockey & Dancing reflect political and social aspects of world culture including works depicting diverse CHAPMAN AVE Lots o f Fun fi-om 8:00pm to 1:00pm! well-known personalities such as President Downtown Clinton, Magic Johnson, Princess Diana and Fullerton ONLY $200^ Per COUPLE even Steven Spielberg! The show continues COMMONWEALTH AV E Seating is limited through February 20th 2000 with changing exhibits of contemporary African sculpture, 91 F W Y Call (714) 879-4022 painting and related music, dance, lectures and workshops. / Feel the Holiday Spirit at Angelo’s and Vincis It is not often that Fullertonians have the Directions to Fullerton’s The Perfect Festive Place for your Holiday Party! Muckenthaler Mansion opportunity to see the work of contemporary Cultural Center Free Banquet Facilities with Buffets starting artists living on the other side of the world. from only $8.95 ++ per person! Don’t miss it! Open: Tues-Fri 10am-4pm; 1201 W. Malvern Ave • 738-6595 Sat-Sun Noon-4pm (1201 W. Malvern Ave. * Map is not to scale 550 N. HARBOR BLVD., Fullerton; 738-6340/738-6595)
CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ♦ DISCOV I R THE UNEXPECTED deiiitw laiitjitaN ai ts anil i ratN *»Y(ravaitnnza**•ornanionls «ifis WTLC Angel- Tree Project How would you, a group of co-workers, friends, clubmembers like to do some thing for women and children that will give them pure joy? You can participate in the Women’s Transitional Living Center’s Angel-Tree Project. Each year WTLC prepares a list of holiday gifts for each resident of the Center. You, your company, church group, or club brings the unwrapped gifts to WTLC by December 15th. The gifts make a differ ence at this special time of "The Best Gift Shopping year. WTLC helps women and in Southern California” -r ~ children victims of violence achieve self-esteem, indepen dence and a violence-free fu ture for themselves and their A Unique Holiday Fine Art & Quality Crafts Show children and ending the vi 140 Artists, Santa, Snow Playground, Entertainment & Food cious circle of domestic vio lence. • Nov. 21 at 1 & 3 Puppet Show • If you would like more infor mation please call 992-1939. INFORMATION 949.494.3030 http://www.sawdustartfestival.org 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room Jullerton Observer Community Calendar PREVIEW: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare - Directed by Dean Hess • Winner of best play awards in New York and London, this Comedy examines the threads of chance which link one person to another. The story follows the trail of a young con man who changes the lives of all around him. For adults only. Cast includes: Scott Johnson as Paul, Rita Rene as Ouisa and August Stoten as Flan. Opens 8pm Dec. 3 at CSUF Recital Hall on Nutwood & State College Blvd. Thru Dec 12 - Tickets $8/$6 (714) 278-3371
•ALTERNATIVE REPERTORY THE THE FANTASTICKS ATER: 125 N. Broadway Santa Ana; (714) 836- by Tom Jones, Music 7929; SIX RANDOM WOMEN and THE by Harvey Schmidt Dec VOICE OF A MAN; Women competing in Miss 1-5; 8pm Tues-Fri;2:30 USA beauty pageant explore the connection be & 8pm Sat; 5pm Sun; tween beauty, purity, sex and exploitation. Aren a Theater. 278-3371 •BREA GALLERY - 1 Civic Center Circle Tickets $ 15/$ 11; Sentimental 1960s musi Brea (714)990-7730; 79TH ANNUAL NA TIONAL WATERCOLOREXHIBIT; Over 100 cal - hummable songs that recall the joys of love, watercolors by artists from around the country. - romance, and living life thru Dec 19 to the fullest. •CAL STATE: * Grand Central Art Center(714) 278-2434; 125 N Broadway Santa Ana; THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS 1999-2000 Traveling exibit.. -thru Dec 18 •RHYTHMS of LIFE - Reject Factery Fellowship Hall, 1st United Methodist Church, 114 N. Pomona Ave: 870-8132 • •CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - Irvine Spectrum 5pm - Dec 19; Original performance reflecting human history Center, 4 Fortune Dr (800) 678-5440 - Dec 2-Jan & life today through drums, song and movement. Free show & 16, 2000 * DRALION - Avant-garde circus fea refreshments - donations welcome. tures 54 artists from eight countries. Incredible and inspiring don’t miss it show. •SAWDUST WINTER FANTASY FESTIVAL - 935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach (949) 494-3030 • •MUSEUM CENTER: * 301 N. Pomona Ful Weedends thru Dec 12; $5/$4/$2/under 5 free; Over 140 artists lerton (714) 738-6545; ART OF THE MANDALA; display their wares - Snow playground for the kids featuring contemporary work of Cherokee artist Sara Bates, (see previous page) • SO. COAST REPERTORY Tickets $18-$47/ (714)708-5555; 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa • •LAGUNA BEACH ART WALK - (949) Mainstage Tues-Fri 8pm;Saturday 2:30 & 8pm; Sunday 497-0722 - Hop on a free shuttle at the Laguna Art 2:30 &7:30pm • Second Stage: Thru Dec 5 -•“THE Museum and visit dozens of galleries, dance, SUMMER MOON” California Premiere by John Olive, music. 6pm-9pm Dec 2 directed by Mark Rucker As a young executive from the •LIBERIA MARTINEZ: (714)973-7900; Japanese auto industry, Naotake Fukushima, is sent to 1110 N Main St, Santa Ana; Bookstore & Gallery Long Beach in the ‘50’s. He is forced to deal with the alien features exhibit of paintings by Emigdio Vasquez, American culture which neither wants his product nor his Jane Anderson’s DEFYING GRAVITY presence. His only hope appears in the person of Rosie Lalo Garcia, Emilia Garcia, Esperanza Marinez 3 pm • December 5th :and 8pm Dec. 3 & 4; presented by and new soon-to-be-discovered artists. Yoshida, a young Nisei. Second Stage • Dec 10-26 “LA Cypress College Studio Theater - 9200 Valley View Street at POSADA MAGICA” by Octavio solis, music by Marcos •LILY TOMLIN LIVE at OC Perform Lakeshore, Cypress (714) 484-7200 Directed by Jennifer Mosier Loya, directed by george Galvan. A make-shift pro ing Arts Center (714) 556-ARTS - DEC the play, inspired by the events surrounding the last mission of cession commemorating Joseph & Mary’s search 3-4 the Space Shuttle Challenger, is a thought-provoking and sensi for lodging birings a young girl back into her family tive look at the risks taken when people seek to explore both •MUSEUM of LATIN AMERICAN ART- and the Christmas spirit. *Mainstage: A CHRIST scientific and emotional frontiers. Adult language but suitable for MAS CAROL:20th anniversary take on the classic (562)437-1689; 628 Alamitos Ave Long Beach older children. $5/$4 $3/$5; • VISUAL VOICES of MEXICO : Frida story adapted by Jerry Patch. Opening night 6pm Kahlo, Diego Rivera, rufino Tamayo, David Dec 1- $45 (includes buffet)- thru Dec 26 Siqueiros, Raul Anguiano and others -thru Feb 6 •NOUVEAU CHAMBER BALLET : Lois Ellyn, Artistic •STAGES THEATER: 525-4484; 400 E. Common Director of the Nouveau Chamber Ballet Company of • TALVERA NUEVA’.selections from the ce wealth Ave. ‘tickets $12/$10 • Dec 3 thru 19 Fri-Sat ramic collection of Uriate, Mexico; More than 35 Fullerton, has signed a contract with Mr. Sean Kelly to perform the lead role in the NUTCRACKER performances. 8pm/ Sun. 6pm • “A FIST FULL OF CHRISTMAS” an contemporary ceramics and 8 traditional historic outragously funny holiday tale (Even Santa can have a bad day)' Talaveraware pieces, thru March 7 Kelly, a principal dancer for six years with the Houston Ballet, has been with that company for fourteeh years. He by Todd Langwell; directed by Brian Kojac •MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CEN recently accepted an invitation from Artistic director Ben • VANGUARD THEATRE ENSEMBLE at BREA CURTIS TER: 1201W Malvern Ave, Fullerton (714)738- Stevenson to become that company’s ballet master as Theater 990-7723; $15/$13/$7 • Friday DEC 3rd - The 6595: FOUR from SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: well. Houston Ballet is one of the largest ballet companies Farndale Ave Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Contemporary paintings and sculpture of artists in the world. Kelly is a native of the Bay Area in Northern Dramatic Society’s Production of A CHRISTMAS from Kenya and Ghana. Public Opening Reception California. He has choreographed for Houston and Lexing CAROL Their presentatio of Charles Dicken’s famous 7pm-9pm Dec 11 (see Ad on previous page) ton Ballet Co. and won many awards. This year, perfor play is an occurrence to behold. No Farndale evening mances of the Nutcracker will feature a live orchestra. The would be complete, of course, without those wayward shows will be held at Fullerton College Campus Theatre on touches of sparkling ingenuity for which this dramatic Dec 17,18 and 19. society is so justly famed. As the director, Mrs. Reece engineers some novel audience participation while bravely contending with an intrusive stage manager and PA Nouveau Chamber Ballet system. She has a riotous group of enthusiastic, if inept, actors and technical aids assisting (?) her in this hilarious “The Nutcracker” production. The production is under the direction of ensemble Artistic Director Wade Williamson of Fullerton. Thru Dec 18 •"•vS'yt’ fo r a Healthy A Reputation for Alternative to Superb French Cuisine conventional and Wine Cellar Dining <£ W inner o f numerous Snacking: prestigious Awards for OARCH • D 9R R E R outstanding cuisine. <£ DESSERTS • December 17 c a p p u c c i n o Romantic dining in Friday (8pm) • December 18 ESPPESSO an elegant setting. Saturday (2pm & 8pm) imported and Domestic Located in famous • December 19 ifeers <£ Wines Villa del Sol Sunday (2pm) 1 lam-10:30pm Mon -Lhar For Reservations call Lois Ellyn, Nouveau Chamber Ballet Artistic Director 11 am -12:30pm Jri-Sat Long Beach State College Symphony Orchestra (714) 525-5682 Richard Rintoul, Director 738-9339 305 N. Harbor Blvd. (at Wilshire) Fullerton, CA Fullerton College Campus Theatre (4 miles North of Disneyland) 321 E. Chapman Avenue (Entrance at Lemon St.) RUTABEGORZ Restaurant For tickets call Box Office (714) 871-8101 211 Rorth Pomona • Jullerton Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room
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% FREE FILM SERIES CHIN TING CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: (714) 997-6765 ; 333 N Glassell H i t s CHINESE POT OF GOLD St. Orange; Argyros Forum 208 Specializing in Szechwan Cuisine •The Wide Screen Cinema Series covers the development of Winner of 1985 widescreen aesthetics, which transformed film beginning a n d Restaurant Writers Silver Award in the 1950’s. (.Screenings are on Mondays at 7pm.) M is s e s • Dec 6 - “Heavenly Creatures” (1965) • COCKTAILS • CATERING •The Classics Series represents the early art form of film- making from early 1900’s to 1945, including silent, • FOOD TO GO comedy, horror, surrealism, impressionism, politics and • BANQUET FACILITIES documentaries. By Joyce Mason (screenings are on Wednesday at 7pm.) • Dec 1 “Zero for Conduct (1933) “Une Partie de WE DELIVER TO YOUR HOME Campagne” (1936) THE INSIDER: ($2 charge for orders under $15) • Dec 8 “Autobiography of a Jeep” (1943) “Daffy the Commando” (1945) “Casablanca” (1943) Two Hits REGULAR HOURS Based on the Vanity Fair Article “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” The Insider LUNCH relies on the true story behind the scientist Monday thru Friday 11:30 - 2:30 FREE CONCERT who eventually exposed the tobacco ex DINNER ecutives who claimed under oath that they Fullerton Friends of Music did not know that the nicotine formula in Monday - Thursday 5-9pm, Friday 5-10pm their cigarettes was addictive. Although iPresents some of the events have been altered, the basic story is as accurate as a documentary 1939 Sunnycrest Drive, Fullerton and as entertaining as a Hollywood thriller. MUSICA ANGELICA The Insider brings us a new kind of hero 738-1977 - a diffident, wary, talented research chem % ist, who slowly and reluctantly decides to 3:30pm • December 5 blow the whistle on his former employers. Jeffery Wigand (Russell Crowe) is intro duced to us on the day he is fired from The Performing Arts Center Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company for objecting to adding chemicals that will Sunny Hills High School make the nicotine in their cigarettes even LUNCH DINNER more addictive. 11:30-2:00 5:30-10:00 1801 Warburton Way • Fullerton As vice president of research and devel opment, the soft-spoken Wigand has en Musica Angelica has been performing in Southern joyed a comfortable lifestyle for himself, cafe California for seven years on period insturments. They his two young daughters, and his beautiful do a regular series in Pasadena and Santa Monica and wife. Before leaving B & W, Wigand has perform at the Getty and Armand Hammer Museums as signed a confidentiality agreement that IDALGO provides him with severance pay and with @ the Villa del Sol well as the OC Performing Arts Center. This concert continued health benefits, needed for a will include Lute music by Dowland, Campian and severely asthmatic daughter. Danyel; Operatic music by Monteverdi and Cavalli; and Another kind ofhero is also introduced to Instrumental music by Vivaldi, Handel and others. us - the crusading and tenacious Lowell Information about this concert and the Bergman (A1 Pacino). Bergman, a pro 305 N. Harbor #1) PHONE: ducer for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” has just Fullerton, CA 92832 (714) 447-3202 Fullerton Friends’ 41st Season Call completed the difficult arrangements for 525-5836 or 525-9504 an interview by Mike Wallace of an Arab sheik, whose whereabouts are so secret that Bergman must be driven to him blind folded. KF Fullerton Community Quick to move to his next challenge, Bergman receives some anonymous notes College Chorale presents about cigarette smoking and fire hazards II Ghiotto Ristorante an evening of and when he contacts Wigand for help with interpreting these notes, he is quick to Fine Italian Cuisine sense an even better story behind Wigand’s reluctance to offer any information about 136 E. Commonwealth Ave. the tobacco company he used to work for. Fullerton C h ristm as Much of the drama in The Insider stems (1/2 blk. East of Harbor Blvd.) from the mercurial relationship between tel.(714)447-0775fax,(714)447-0644 Wigand, who has everything to lose on a personal level if he tells his story, and Reservations recommended Bergman, who has an idealistic passion for Dinner Nightly-Lunch Mon - Fri getting at the truth. The enormous acting Full Bar-Great wine selection talents of Crowe and Pacino make the tug from ufooanl tie rWorld of war between these two protagonists riveting and believable. 8pm Sunday Enhancing the dramatic tension between $8.95 Early Diner Special Wigand and Bergman are the personal Bruschetta appetizer-freshfy baked December 11 challenges each of them faces in his own Italian and Foccaccia breads-Dinner Wilshire Auditorium (corner of Wilshire and professional life. Wigand is receiving death salad-Choose from 5 entrees-Spumoni Lemon) Admision is $7.50/aduIts; $6.50/ threats, and Bergman is being put off by ice cream-Wine,coffee,tea or soda Patrons and Seniors; $3.50/FC students CBS executives who are afraid to antago w/ASB card. nize the big tobacco companies. And the Valid Mon - Fri 5 pm-6 pm two of them face complicated legal en tanglements. The always reliable and polished Chris topher Plummer plays Mike Wallace with Local Opportunities just the right mix of self-importance and professionalism. And all of the supporting 1 Museum Boardmember: Ap actors are convincing and compelling. SPECIALIBuy One Pasta Meal • Get 2nd Half Off! plication deadline 5pm Dec 31; Award Michael Mann, who directed and co winning Fullerton Museum Center seeks wrote the screenplay, has a vigorous direc Choose between five delicious Pasta’s & Sauce’s boardmembers responsible for raising torial style which makes the over two-and- \ -^ff^^^Jincludes Salad & Garlic Bread) funds to help finance future exhibits & one-half hour film move briskly. How making recommendations regarding ex ever, the editing could have been tighter. hibits and programs. Three vacancies on The rapid cutting from one scene to an the 21-member board. 6-year term 738- other leads to some confusion and occa 6311 sionally creates situations that do not seem "naked pasta relevant to the plot. And the musical score 1 Citizen Advisory Commit might have been toned down, for the sound Comer of N. Harbor & Chapman frequently overpowers the drama. In scenes ( the old Fox Theater comer) tee: City seeks Fullerton citizens inter ested in serving on committe responsible that the actors play so well, we do not need (714) for overseeing operations at the Fullerton the embellishment of an overpowering or chestral accompaniment. Take out Orders too! City Lights affordable apartment com 992-4088 plex on Commonwealth. Call 738-6311 Offer valid w / this ad only - Not valid w/ other discounts for application Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room
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Winterfest Queens Celeste ProctorK Jessica Barquin, Jasmine Raphael and Christine Craddick. WinterFest Queens Numerous applications for this year’s Winter Festival Queen were received from Local High Schools. Nine exceptional young women were selected as finalists and interviewed by the selection committee. The finalists were: Celeste Proctor (Buena Park High); Lena Ross (Fullerton Union High); Jessica Barquin (La Vista High); Christine Craddick and Elizabeth Markman (Rosary High); Maria Loma and Valarie Pollentier (Sonora High); Jasmine Raphael and Kim Vinh (Sunny Hills High). After many hours of review, the selection committee arrived at the very difficult decision of naming four of the nine finalists to make up the Winter Festival Court. The selection was based on involvement in school and community and enthusiasm and desire to make a difference. The Coronation of the Queen will take place on Saturday, December 4th at 11:30am Ride the Horse Drawn Trolley around Historic Downtown Fullerton. on the Festival Stage located in the parking lot at Harbor Blvd and Whiting. Additionally, the Queen and The Festival Highlights include Spark of Life Fire Truck Caravan, Arts Court are featured in the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Calendar 2000. Calendars are available for $5 at & Crafts, Antique and New Car Shows, Live Music, Dancers, Six tons the Festival and at the Chamber office. 871-3100 of Snow to play in and a Tree & Menorah Lighting. r Welcome to rl)oxvntovon .Jullerton! Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room
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That’s why three of BIRKENSTOCK Police, firemen, public safety, GERMAN ENGINEERING FOR YOUR FEET parks, trails, community services the city’s four big shopping — everything that makes centers are in the top twenty Fullerton so great. What does for sales in Orange County. RON’S that mean? It means you have So, think nobly, shop locally. BIRKENSTOCK an easy, satisfying, and even fun A purchase a day, that’s all way to make a difference. We we ask. Natural Footw ear of O range County Harbor Boulevard ©Commonwealth lutlvdon Ivest iK S T » Southeast Corner-Suite B 100 S. Harbor Blvd • Fullerton Call Fullertons Economic Development Department at 714-738-6877 (714) 871-3338 / 871-FEET Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room Page 16 FULLERTON OBSERVER December 1999 Water...onNo:oim:s: Computer Bits, Tips &Tricks Fluoride in Fullerton Alan DeBernochi by Donald Bauman, M.D. and Michael H. Crial, D.M.D. DSL - What is it ?? 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As can be from 10 to 100’s of times faster than a dialup modem overwhelming facts on this issue they will support water we age, more of our root surfaces are exposed. Root surfaces connection. Surfing the WEB is almost like flipping channels on your fluoridation. don’t have the hard protective coating of enamel and are more TV set. Fluoride is a natural ion found at some level in nearly all difficult to clean thoroughly which renders them more sus Web pages or downloads that take several minutes to load with a water supplies. Fullerton’s water delivery system is di ceptible to decay. Studies have shown that fluoridated com dialup modem can appear in a matter of seconds or in some cases vided into three zones. Each has different levels of munities have significantly lower incidence of root decay instantaneously with DSL. fluoride varying from .22ppm (parts per million) to than do matched unfluoridated communities. There is nothing new to learn. You still access the Internet the same .52ppm. Optimal levels of fluoride have been determined Alternatives to fluoridation exist such as fluoride vitamin way using your favorite browser and you still send your email in the to be in the range between ,7ppm and 1.2ppm. What we supplements, topical fluorides, and supplemented bottled same manner. are considering here is adjusting a deficiency in our water water. These options require compliance over the long period Another advantage comes from the fact that you don’t need a second phone line and the expenses associated with it. supply to benefit the entire community. of childhood and adolescent development. It has been shown The DSL connection carries both voice and data on the same line. No one will disagree that cavities are a serious problem. that even in groups of children of health professionals, only Their treatment involves time away from school or work Some providers install a device called a “splitter” on the line. Others half the parents gave their children supplements for the have what’s called a “splitter-less” connection which allows the for a visit to the dentist that, despite modern pain control necessary number of years. It is unlikely that the population separation to be done in the “office.” techniques, can be uncomfortable, particularly when we that can benefit most, the lower socio-economic families, will One of the requirements of a DSL line is that at the moment you have get the bill. The nation’s dental health bill in 1997 was pursue and continue using supplements for the necessary to be within a certain distance from one of the telephone company’s 50.6 billion dollars. The cost of treating this disease is length of time. switching office. Right now it’s about 18,000 ft. or a little over 3 miles. borne not just by the patients but by all of us through Fluoridation is a safe, cost efficient, effective way to reduce Also required is a network adapter so that your computer can increased insurance premiums and taxes to fund health dental decay. Many communities in America have naturally communicate with and utilize the correct protocols on the DSL departments, welfare clinics, the military, and other occurring levels of fluoride in the 4ppm to 8ppm range, some network. Not to worry. The DSL provider does all the installation for publicly supported medical programs. Optimal levels of even up to 20ppm. Aside from dental fluorosis these commu you. fluoride in the municipal water supply is a very cost nities do not suffer from an increased incidence of general O.K. So what does it cost ? Well right now, the costs are all over the effective way to reduce this plight. The annual cost of health problems such as kidney disease, cancer, bone frac map. The local phone company is currently charging about $49.00/ community water fluoridation has been calculated to be tures, or neurological disease. In fact, after 50 years of mo for their basic and slowest (about 10 times faster than your 56k about 50 cents per person while the average cost for a research and experience with fluoridation, no accusation v.90 modem connection). This includes an Internet Service Provider two-surface filling in the United States is $74.84. against the safety of fluoride has ever been substantiated by (ISP). However, these cost can go as high as $300 to $400 a month for Cavities, also called dental caries, occur when the accepted scientific evidence. the really, really high speed connection. bacteria in the mouth form plaques on hard surfaces of a wealth of information on this subject can be found on the They also want you to pay for installation, $25 per 15 mins ($ 100 an teeth. The plaque uses the food we consume to produce Internet. It is important when searching in this way that you hour), the splitter, and the network card up front and in some cases sign acid which then dissolves tooth structure. Fluoride ap seek out credible sites. The American Dental Association a 3 year contract. This can add up to more than $800 in first year costs. What happens if you move ? What happens if other providers come plied topically with toothpaste, dental gel, solutions or (ADA) has such a site located at www.ada.org. Here you will fluoridated water is incorporated into the hard surfaces of out with a better deal in the future? What are the penalties for early find facts based on scientific research, all referenced, in easy- termination ? teeth to make them more resistant to the acid’s dissolving to-read language. It is interesting that dentists as a group power. Fluoride also promotes remineralization of spots Other DSL providers are offering the same basic service for about endorse a public program that ultimately could put them out the same $49 but are footing the up-front costs for you. But of course that have already started to dissolve and reduces the of business. This lends even more credibility to the informa they also want you on the hook for a contractual period of time. They plaque’s ability to produce acid. tion you will find at their web site. have to make their money back somehow. If children ingest fluoride when their teeth are forming So just like anything else, if your looking into DSL you should do Many organizations in the U.S. it integrates throughout the tooth structure and provides some homework and shop around and ask the right questions. long-lasting protection. This fact explains the positive and around the world involved with To find out more about DSL, just search for it on the NET and you results of fluoridation found in the overwhelming num health issues have recognized the find out more than you’ll ever want to know. ber of scientific studies documented throughout the world benefits of community water fluori over the last half century. Moreover, communities that dation. The American Dental Asso have ceased fluoridation have found increased caries ciation, American Academy of Pe rates throughout their populations. It is the authors’ diatrics, World Health Organization, Orange County’s Best Kept Secret! observations, during 40 years of pediatric medicine and the U.S Public Health Service, and 20 years of dental medicine respectively, that not only are the State of California endorse fluo Pacific Community Credit U n ion .... Psst, pass it on! there less teeth with decay but the damage to each tooth ridation. It is time now for the City affected is very limited in children treated with fluoride of Fullerton to embrace and imple during their developmental years. ment this valuable benefit. Community Opinions Contiinued from page 2 Folks Not So Bright at Local Bar Then the three of them huddled together, While waiting for a friend last Saturday night I something was said and they all laughed out thought I’d kill some time and grab a bite to eat. I loud. I can only imagine what was said in walked into a place called “Harbor Lights.” There private, since they were openly speaking were balloons tied to the door and also to the bar. So the way they were. I’d had enough, I turned I asked “Is it someones birthday?” “Yes!” said a man to the guy next to me and asked, who the two standing at the bar, “and they’ve rented the whole bar people were he was talking with. It turned for the night!” No one had arrived yet so I sat near the out to be the owner and his daughter. I end of the bar and ordered. The music wasn’t hor asked “do they always make it a habit of rible and the brunette bar maid was very attractive, so insulting the people who put money in their I was happy. The people for the party started to arrive pockets, or is this an exception.” He looked (something like thirty of them), they seemed pleas surprised and said “ Yeah, I guess so,” ant. It looked like it was going to be a great time for and left the bar. everyone involved. The guests would have a great I didn’t finish my meal and stood to leave. time and the bar owner would make a lot of money. I must of have had an angry look on my face, A blond bar maid, who had been talking on the phone because as soon as I stood up, the brunette Save your money at the financial home you own.. .Everyone in for what seemed like 15 minutes, finally got off, so bar maid said “I’m so very sorry!” I let her I asked if I could have my friend call there at the bar know it didn’t have anything to do with her. Orange County is eligible to join PCCUl when he was ready, she said it was fine, I went to the I immediately walked over to the party pay phone to call my friend. When I returned, there and told a woman that the owner and his Did you know that anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Orange County is eligible for Pacific was a guy sitting next to me. My food arrived so I sat daughter were insulting them the entire Community membership? If you don’t know what Pacific Community has to offer, keep reading ... it’s definitely down to eat. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the time, I was at the bar. I added they should blond bar maid, the man standing and the guy sitting leave and not support this establishment. I valuable information. And, with the kind of opportunities we give you, we’re not going to be a secret much longer. next to me, to start showing their true colors. First, then walked over to the owner and said only the man standing attacked the party’s flowers. this, “you know, my name is Perez.” He ‘They look like funeral flowers, if a casket arrives, cringed like someone caught in the act... OUR SERVICE PHILOSOPHY It’s Easy To Join! Pacific Community is dedicated to providing you with an I’m kicking them all out!” They all laughed. Then He said “I have friends who are Mexican.” outstanding level of service. This means catering to your they attacked the women. 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Then it happened, they started to ing this letter is because, I didn’t tell the can be accomplished by working together than by working attack their ethnic background. “ make them pay as party the details of the owners comments, individually. Pacific Community can offer you a life of Pacific Community they order” the blond bar maid said. Someone said “ so, I hope they read this and choose never financial security, financial freedom and financial opportunity. You are our top priority because everyone at Pacific Credit Union yeah, we don’t want to get stiffed.” The man stand to support these people again. Community is here to make the life you lead a little bit better. (on Tut Lite You Lead ing said “ I should have bought more cheapo Mexi can beer, you know they’ll drink it all up.” C. Perez Norwalk Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room December 1999 UPDATE FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 17 W hat’s Up at Woodcrest? by Ellen Ballard The other day I spent a morning at Woodcrest school and saw a couple of things which were remarkable. Thirty moms and one dad enjoyed coffee and doughnuts at the first parent get-together of the year. Teacher Colleen Townsend-Thomas gave hap- ■pily received books as door prizes. The dynamic duo of Pam Keller, Director of Healthy Start and EnildaPerez- Neito, Director of Even Start were in charge of the program. They were there to talk about what is expected of a parent Above: Student Yvette Diaz with teacher volunteer and how they can be Susie Weston-Barajas who rewards kids most effective. “Parent Vol r rincipal Jeannie Vassbinder explained caught doing something right unteer” is a role many of them Above: Students share what they how important it is that parents know what ’ s were getting into for the first know about the different types of happening at school, use that information time. Bienvenidos to the won grasslands around the world to talk with their kids, and have their fami derful world of volunteerism! lies involved in school activities. The ques tion the parents were discussing as I left the meeting was, “Why do children misbe have?” I really wanted to stay and listen but I was due in room #15. Room #15 belongs to 20 lively kids in a 2nd-3rd-grade combination class. The stu dents jiave just begun a unit on the grass lands and finished the first unit about oceans. NOT SURE These lucky kids have Susie Weston- Barajas as their teacher. She challenges them to “find out more” and places most of the responsibility for learning on their shoul W HERETO ders. Her expectation for each one of them is high and they know it. Susie is a master teacher who weaves strands of content into a rich, meaningful fabric. She teaches to the state standards and makes learning chal DROP YOUR lenging, understandable and fun. Some of the concepts her class will master through her integrated approach will be: how living things are classified, how living things USED OIL? change and how forces affect matter (right out of the California science curriculum). Tanya Rogel at right won an award for her excellent listening skills Below: A Heads-Together Team . Peter Hernandez, Ariel Ortiz, Russell Sandoval, Christian San Nicolas and Omar de Leon discuss and discover what they know and want to find out about prairie animals. GIVE US A CALL I was intrigued watching Susie lead the students through a rather complex lesson about the various types of grasslands. They concentrated on prairie lands as Susie charted the student-generated information on a large grid. For the used motor oil collection center nearest you, call the city’s She asked the students to “put heads-together” and talk in small groups about what kinds of animals would thrive recycling hotline at (714) 871-40IL. We’ll direct you to one of the on a prairie. As kids engaged in lively discussion, Susie watched and noted the students who were really convenient collection centers in Fullerton where you can take used motor participating well. After a couple of minutes, she pulled the class together and passed out “rewards” to a few oil, including most auto parts stores and service stations. As part of a students for paying close attention to others and really listening. The rewards were pictures of animals, flowers citywide effort to reduce oil pollution, they’ll be glad you dropped in. and plants that live in the grasslands around the world. The students were thrilled with the pictures. By the time the unit is finished, all students who have been “caught being good” will have a collection of awards and very graphic remembrance of the grasslands. C 7 1 4 ) 8 7 1 - 4 Q 1 L The class then shared information about prairie animals. Robert Bergman explained that some of the prairie animals were homothermic. When I asked him just what that meant, he gave me a sympathetic look that said, “You A message from the City of Fullerton and the California Integrated Waste really need to upgrade your vocabulary,” and patiently explained that it meant “warm-blooded, you know like Management Board. mammals and birds.” All the other students nodded in agreement. Thanks kids, I needed that! My morning at Woodcrest is just one example of what’s happening out there in our elementary schools. Lots of good, lots of energy and lots of care and concern for each child. Teaching and learning are happening from parents to teachers to little kids in the classroom. Maybe that’s the usual and not the remarkable and that’s a definite “up!” Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room Page 18 FULLERTON OBSERVER NEWS December 1999 SOUNDBITES Young Americans Alive With Music Maple • “We’re only changing by Saskia Kilpatrick the zoning, it doesn’t rr. Area dictate what will be 1 hey come from far and near, representing built there.” over 30 states, to participate in one of the most dynamic music and theater organizations to Parents • “In multi-family high day. The Young Americans, 150 students of density 340 units = 100 music, dance, singing, directing, choreogra phy and production perform December 17, students = 1/6 of a 18, and 19 at Cypress College Theater. Ask for whole school and R5 At a dress rehearsal I was able to witness zoning could generate first hand the talents that will no doubt take far more.” our stages and movies by storm one day. I was Zone also able to talk to director, Milton Anderson • “People living in these and ask him a few questions about the organi Cap kind of buildings don’t zation he founded in 1962. have children.” Saskia: “Why did you decide to start this My Name Is Claudia organization?” Casillas. I would like to speak • “ ..more profit for Anderson: “I was a music supervisor and for the parents of Maple designer for CBS in the ’60s, when the phrase developers at the ex Carson show six times and we performed with many famous School. We are very con “generation gap” was coined, I wanted to pense of children. The people: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bob Hope. Nowdays, TV cerned about the proposal for show that the youth of America had talents musicals aren’t as popular so the kids don’t do as much TV as R-5 zoning for the Bushalla current developers fees and were responsible, neat kids just like they they used to.” project. We are concerned barely buys are today. So, I went back to teaching young Saskia: “What does the organization offer kids?” about the impact of a high people singing and dancing and the Young classrooms...no money “We offer programs like the National Music Out density project on our com Americans were formed.” Anderson: munity and on our school. We for restrooms or any reach Program, thirty students are selected to tour schools, other amenities needed Saskia: “ Were you successful in changing worry about the number of the generation gap?” develop shows and teach through example the importance of music in the education and lives of youth. We also have a students a project like this by an increase in stu Anderson:"Yes, I think we were instrumen program that does customized shows for corporations, conven could bring to our school and dents.” tal in changing the image of the American tions, fund-raisers, fairs and festivals. You may like to see the our small playground. We also youth. We had a lot of attention in those days, kids rehearse.” worry about our community. • “Who will live there? we were on the Ed Sullivan Show and Johnny When there are lots of apart I’ll tell ya who I left Mr. Anderson and opened a door to find a young ments in a small area and lots ...Yuppies like me. director and choreographer and around twenty or thirty of people in the units, then young adults. The choreographer knew all of the perform children have no place to play • “Where are the families ers names, “O.K. from the top,” she said laughing. I got and crime and gangs often who live in the neigh the feeling that these people were very comfortable with become a problem. Please borhood now going to each other, like a family. consider approving only R-3 live? In another room the “New Kids” were rehearsing for zoning for this project. their upcoming performance for family and friends. A We want to have the best • “Why are we rewarding young new director was being guided by a more experi- community and school that a landlord who allowed cnced director. Amazing voices joined making a familiar we can. Remember, we are song sound fresh and new. the only school in the City of his property to decline On December 17, 18, and 19 you can watch a live Fullerton that does not have into blight?” performance that will send your spirits soaring through the grades K-6. The expansion of holidays. Tickets are going fast! For reservations call: 1- statements heard during the our school is very important 877-927-5678. See Ad below . successful hearing to rezone to us and we ask that the City For more information on how to join, see a production on Council do whatever it can to Truslow to R5 “ no-cap” zoning that allows for tour or learn more about the Young Americans contact: help us do that. www.youngamericans.org Thank you. highrises. Bushala Bros to Market Truslow THE YOUNG AMERICANS A NOT FOR PROFIT THEATER ORGANIZATION as High-Rise Site REPRESENTING OVER 30 STATES resident on a neighboring street critized the Bushalas for letting the properties degrade PRESENTS: Continued from Frontpage into blight for the past 10-years also com 150 SINGERS AND DANCERS, D r . Patricia Godfrey, Asssistant Su plained of improper neighborhood notifica perintendent for Business Services at tion. / 36 costume changes, Support for the development came early in the school district maintained that over 50 holiday songs, Bushala’s development would generate the evening’s discussion from councilmember additional school enrollment in the area, Julie Sa, saying she was “not willing to wait dazzling productions, with a consequent impact on school another 10 years for development, of the facilities —an increase that should be blighted site. beautiful choral singing, borne by Bushala. This view was coun Councilmember Norby evinced support also, and dances, dances, dances! tered by Dennis O’Neil of the law firm noting that the plan was “a legitimate request.” of Hewitt & McGuire, representing the Councilmember Don Bankhead also sup LET US TAKE YOU TO A WINTER WONDER LAND Bushala’s. O’Neil pointed out that no ported Bushala, referring to a Maple School specific proposal for development had “opening” but not amplifying his remarks as been made —therefore no basis for cal the Council was scheduled to meet in closed culating the mitigation was needed; nor session to consider a matter related to the was there any requirement under current school. legislation for the Bushala’s to waive Councilmember Dick Jones said he was “sick their rights. Wayne Wedin of Wedin and tired or property sitting there” waiting for Enterprises, a Brea-based development development. He maintained that it was not a consultant, representing the Bushala’s, “nice area” now, he said he would support “R- advanced similar views. 5” for the area. Two long-time Fullerton realtors re Mayor Flory admitted to having an adverse sponded to the issue with opposite views: reaction when she first learned of the Bushala Leland Wilson, urged the council not move, particularly in the light of the city approve the request, suggesting that, planning commissions rejection of the project “We need to support the homeowners in plus concern over school fee mitigation and that area” and scoffing at the idea that the 10 year hiatus since the first reading of the rental units next to the rail lines and ordinance, had a change of mind . “I also priced at $ 1,000/mo. would be attractive support the proposal. We really do have a to “yuppies.” John Ybarra, urged Coun vision for the Transportation Center. It seems cil to approve saying that, “without very strange to be supporting a development people like the Bushalas, we will not see that is designed not to attract children but dynamic change take place in Fuller instead working individuals and couples who ton.” will rely on rail transportation to get around,” DECEMBER 17, 18,&19 Area residents also had differing views: Flory said. AT CYPRESS COLLEGE THEATER Paul Garcia, Truslow resident and owner The council was unanimous in its decision to of a home remodeling business felt the approve the environmental impact report; ap LOCATED AT 9 2 0 0 VALLEY VIEW ST. IN CYPRESS Bushalas plan would be beneficial to the prove the second reading of the Ordinance, area. Emma King, FSD employee at changing the zone classification on the prop FOR RESERVATIONS: Maple School and life-long resident of erties from M-G, C-H and R-3 to R-5 and BY CREDIT CARD, DIRECTIONS approve the Development Agreement DA-99- the area said she had not had time to fully OR^QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOW CALL: think out the issues since she had only 2 . heard that the topic would be discussed It’s actions marked the hand of endorsement TOLL FREE 1 -8 7 7 -9 2 7 -5 6 7 8 once again placed on the collective shoulder of that day and urged R3 zoning instead of OR E-MAIL US AT YA21NLAND.NET high-density that could impact the school the Bushala’s, after occasions within recent and neighborhood negatively. Rosa, a memory when they occupied less favorable status. Property of Fullerton Public Library, Local History Room December 1999 TRIBUTES & RELIGION FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 19 Vaya Con Dios • Rest in Peace “My Mom’s Dad” A Vietnamese Marijane (Tyner) Hall, 80, a homemaker and resident for 32 Edwin Theodore Buska, 69, resident for 43 years, a years died of natural causes in Indianapolis, Indiana 11/12/ retired machinist, died 11/20/99 of cancer. Survivors: Folktale Set to Tour 99. Survivors: son, Tim; daughter, Cynthiann Whicker; two wife, Maxine Buska; daughters, Barbara Halverson, grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Karen Wise; sons, Mark and David; sisters Alice Keck, Charles Elmer Riemann, 84, a retired accountant died of Arlene Passesl, Marilyn Jaecks; brothers, Chester, An enchanting Vietnamese folktale helps an American girl appre heart disease 11/6/99. Survivors: wife, Mildred; sons, Norman, Donald, Richard, Roland, Robert, Rodney ciate her own grandfather in South Coast Repertory’s annual Edu Charles, Dick, Dennis; daughter, Mary Jordan; sister, and Tom Buska; 5 grandchildren. cational Touring Production. “My Mom’s Dad “ by Richard Hellesen Martha Schneider; brother, Robert Riemann; 17 grandchil Richard Roth, 64, boardmember of the Phoenix Club, with music and lyrics by Michael Silversher, will tour Southern dren and 8 great-grandchildren. died of cancer 11/19/99; Survivors: wife, Mary T.; son, California elementary schools from February 2-May 26,2000. The Lewis A. Trammell, 77, resident for 76 years, retired Jeff; brother, Wilfried; sister, Margaret Leonhardt lively musical which includes a Vietnamese folktale deals with a machinist died 11/9/99 of cancer. Survivors: wife Mary; Mar-Jane Kerr Green, 85, a homemaker died of natural gap of not one but two and sometimes even three generations as the daughters, Anne Ripberger, Carole Smith; brother, Ray causes 11/20/99. Survivors: husband Donald B. Green; ‘greying of America’ continues with more senior citizens living Trammell; 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. son, Scott; daughter, Bonnie teed. Penny Jane longer. “The perception that older people can’t understand children Mary Ellen Parker, 67, lifetime Fullerton resident and Laughery; 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. homemaker died 11/7/99. Survivors: son, Scott; daughter, or relate to their lifestyles does not have to be true. Older people can Kenneth Walter Ridout, 73, resident for 36 years, retired Stacy Parker Kemp; mother, Maijorie Anglin; brother. Cal chief appraiser for bank died of multiple organ failure have very young hearts,” says director John-David Keller. This is Anglin; sisters, LaVerda McGovern, Phyllis Anderson; 5 11/20/99. Survivors: daughters, Lynda Wallace, Karen the 28th season of SCR Resident Artist Keller in direction the grandchildren Murphy, Sandi Riddle; sister, Demarest Underhill; 5 Educational Touring Production. Playwright Richard Helleson’s Neil B. Tapscott, 71, resident 40 years, automotive sales grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild work has been produced in theatres across the country and in manager died 11/12/99. Survivors: daughters, Jill Worden, William H. Bamper “Bill”, 72, resident for 34 years, Europe. He has written for SCR Once in Arden, Moonshadow and Jody Norman, Juli Wacholtzof and 3 grandchildren. truck driver, died of arteriosclerotic heart disease 11/ Twelve Dancing Princesses and is the author of four Educational Jeanne West Pillars, 81, resident 39 years, an Interior 07/99. Survivors: wife, Willena; daughters, Susan Touring Productions. Emmy-nominated songwriter and composer, designer died 11/6/99 of heart disease. Survivors: son, Simpson, Janet Bamper; sister, Mary Jane George; 1 Michael Silversher has composed for SCR and the Mark taper Danny Boone Crouse; daughter, Constance Jeanne grandchild Spaulding; brother, Earl Crouse; 8 grandchildren and many Don Forester, 58, resident for 30 years, owner of Ground Forum. He was founding resident composer, musical director and great-grandchildren resource artist for Sundance Playwright’s Lab and Children’s The to Air Hobbies in Yorba Linda died 11/2/99. Survivors: Anne Jane Churnock, 86, homemaker and resident for 39 wife, Nicole Forester; daughters, Wanda Guttas, atre. His newest musical, “How to Make an Apple Pie and See the years, died 11/15/99 of heart failure. Survivors: daughter, Debbie Jarrett; son, Brian; mother, Lula Forester; World” had its world premiere at the Kennedy Center this year. The Dorothy Steele; sons, George and Kevin; 9 grandchildren brother Dwayne; sister, Nancy Donegan; 5 grandchil show is available for booking now in local schools (K-6). The show and 11 great-grandchildren. dren. can be set up and ready to go in 30-minutes. Running time is 45- Watson Walker Lupton, 89, retired petroleum engineer with Dorothy Jane Ott, 84, a homemaker died 11/15/99. minutes. A concise Study Guide to help teachers and students get the Shell died 11/13/99 of congestive heart failure. Survivors: Survivors: husband, Frank; sons, Raymond L. and most out of attending the production is included. Fees for the daughter Betty Harries; brother, Alvin R. Lupton Jr; sister, James M. Ott; 2 grandchildren. production are $410 plus travel surcharge for a single performance Anna Lupton Sturgeon and 2 grandchildren with discounts for back-to-back bookings. Call the SCR Education Office at (714) 708-5549 for further info. Obituaries courtesy of McAulay & Wallace Mortuary, 909N. 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MARYS BOYS & ROLLER CHURCH & GIRLS WORLD SCHOOL BUILDING CLUB Fullerton Senior Center Floorplan BALL HISTORY 1 ------PARK Kitchen | Room D Room A HOW IN THE —I ■ J& W Service Storage v f c \ WORLD DID IT Yard Dear Michelle HAPPEN! Room C Room B It took a few years and the efforts of Men’s My boyfriend is a real many people to put together the wonderful alcoholic. He won’t stop senior center building and organization that is drinking. I love him, but W om en’s now established in Fullerton. How lucky Room everyone is saying I should Patio today’s seniors are! leave. Do you think I The father of the movement in Fullerton I Front Room is recognised as the late John Strickland be TLC should leave him? cause he called the first formal meeting of {& f Office Signed, Attached Men’s! Travel purse's Senior I seniors in August 1958 to discuss the estab ENTRANCE Lobby Club , Room Room! Office a Office Shared lishment of a club. This meeting led to the 11 Office, Borotng Dear Attached, preparation of a proposal with 600 signatures Office being presented to and approved by the City You need to look at why your Council. This proposal included the con :Q friends say that you should leave struction of the first building on Common Strickland Pool wealth Ave. Funds were approved for the Room Room him. Are they seeing some original building, using mostly city funds of thing that you are unwilling to A t $60,000. Ground breaking was held on see? Are you comfortable with Feburary 14,1960. Total club membership at his behavior towards you and that time was 680 seniors. The original building was formally dedi others that you care about? Are cated on August 21, 1960 by Mayor Duane you comfortable with how he is Winters and the City Council for the use of the living his life? If the answer is senior citizens of Fullerton collectively, not “no”, then you need to decide just through . any one group. why you are still with him. During 1962, shuffleboard courts and horseshoe pits were built, with donations and PARKING LOT Some people believe that “If help from the city. In 1969, the 900 member only I could love him enough, club requested additional room of the city. he will change.” His alcohol They approved a 1230 square foot room on ism has nothing to do with your the east side of the first building at a total cost of $200,000. love. You could love from here By the late 1970’s the need for many to the top of Mt. Everest and he more senior programs and services was for criteria for the physical site of the multi would still be an alcoholic. It is malized into the decision to build a new senior purpose center. The decision was made to expand the his problem. You are not part multi-purpose center. For instance, TLC was of the problem or the cure. working out of church rooms and badly needed Commonwealth location, with the final re a kitchen and large lunch room. A Senior sult of the floor plan as shown. Next issue HouseCall Nails My suggestion to you is to go Citizens Task Force was active for several will go into the details of the people and to an Al-Anon meeting. If you years before 1977. They had established a organizations that participated in the overall don’t like the first group that plans and also the statement of purposes of In-Home Nail Care sub-committee to prepare a statement of work you go to, try a different one, ing definition of purpose as well as devising the Senior Citizens Task Force. for and a third and a fourth, until * J&en * Women * Children you find a group that you like. ConAgra Quits - So What? With the support of the group, only Councilmember Norby sided with you will leam some of your Not everyone will miss ConAgra when This service is available only the food processing giantpulls up the stakes the company in its bid to build. Pro reasons for being with him and ceedings to change the zoning of the to those who are ill or of its Fullerton corporate headquarters for incapacitated and unable to you will be better able to decide relocation to Irvine in July. The Omaha- area to something more compatible with the surrounding neighborhood visit a salon if being with him is a healthy based company is best known for it’s at choice for you, because you are tempt to locate a 129 foot- sixteen-silo and Fullerton has now been accom flour mill operation directly bordering a plished. the only one who can choose if Fullerton neighborhood in August 1998 Although the $25-billion multi-na flM arianne .G ghi you should be with him. and their suggestion that the towering struc tional company has donated funds to ture, one foot lower than Disneyland’s various town charities and the school California State Board Good luck on Matterhorn could be mitigated with a cre district the actual move of the offices your search! ative paint job and landscaping. The enor will not affect Fullerton’s tax base. Licensed Manicurist mous but fully automated plant would have ConAgra bought Hunt-Wesson sev Michelle Gottlieb is a Marriage, generated only 20 new jobs and no city tax eral years ago but the two should not (7 H ) 5 2 5 - 1 9 2 8 family and Child Therapist with a private practice in Fullerton. revenues. The request which successfully be sentimentally attached to one an Send your letters to Michelle at zoomed through our Planning Commis other. Hunt-Wesson’s founder and former owner Norton Simon was a address below sion was appealed by resident Bill Wotring. or e-mail her at The neighborhood put on a very impres long time friend of Fullerton respon Licensed • Bonded • Insured sible for the gift of the Hunt-Branch [email protected] sive presentation against the mill at a pub #7? and Michelle will answer your lic hearing of over400 citizens and won the Library. 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Speaking personally, I, for one, fought tena Newport, R1 named Scott Williams who digs things out of his those of us who are familiar with your prior work in the field ciously for the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but backyard and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian were loathe to come to contradiction with your findings. was ultimately voted down because the species name you Institute, labelling them with scientific names, insisting that However, we do feel that here are a number of physical selected was hyphenated, and didn’t really sound like it might they are actual archaeological finds. attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to be Latin. However, we gladly accept your generous donation This guy really exists and does this in his spare time! its modern origin: 1. The material is moulded plastic. of this fascinating specimen to the museum. While it is Anyway... he re’s the actual response from the Smithsonian Ancient hominid remains are typically fossilised bone. 2. undoubtedly not a Hominid fossil, it is, nonetheless, yet Institution. Personally, I believe that although this guy really The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic another riveting example of the great body of work you seem deserves to show up on a 1998 Darwin Awards Nominee list, centimetres, well below the threshold of even the earliest to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that our the world would probably be a much duller place without him. identified proto-homonids. 3. The dentition pattern evident Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the - Jon on the skull is more consistent with the common domesticated display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the Smithsonian Institute dog than it is with the ravenous man-eating Pliocene clams Institution, and the entire staff speculates daily on what you 207 Pennsylvania Avenue you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time. This will happen upon next in your digs at the site you have Washington, DC 20078 latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses discovered in your Newport back yard. We eagerly anticipate you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the your trip to our nation’s capital that you proposed in your last Dear Mr. Williams: evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without letter, and several of us are pressing the Director to pay for it. Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, la going into too much detail, let us say that: A. The specimen We are particularly interested in hearing you expand on your belled “93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has chewed on. theories surrounding the trans-positating fillifitation of fer post...Hominidskull.” Wehave given this specimen a careful B. Clams don’t have teeth. It is with feelings tinged with rous ions in a structural matrix that makes the excellent and detailed examination, and regret to inform melancholy that we must deny your request to have the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered you that we disagree with your theory that it represents specimen carbon-dated. This is partially due to the heavy load take on the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly due to Craftsman automotive crescent wrench. County two million years ago. Rather, it appears that what carbon-dating’s notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geo Yours in Science, you have found is the head of a Barbie doll, of the variety that logic record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls Harvey Rowe one of our staff, who has small children, believes to be were produced prior to 1956 AD, and carbon-dating is likely Chief Curator-Antiquities “Malibu Barbie.” to produce wildly inaccurate results. Sadly, we must also Classifieds: P.O. 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The butterfly’s bold pattern plumps out its wings, it will grow no sends the message, “Beware!” more. It wasn’t quite like hav Even the gulf fritillary’s name is a bona It should not come as a sur fide enigma. It comes by the “gulf’ part honestly ing a tiger by the tail, but that prise that my fritillary saga is from enough. It’s been sighted flying far out over the was the metaphor that kept Gulf of Mexico’s open water. But lepidopterists another year, since I’ve previously re returning to my mind once I’d insist it is not truly a member of the fritillary family ported that 1999 has brought a veritable butterfly drought. Until November 3rd, gotten myself into this pre of butterflies. It superficially resembles them, but is classified with the Heliconians which are com that is. On that date, I glanced out the window and saw two fritillaries lazily dicament. But let me back up to the monly called long-wings. The only member of that fluttering around the yard, the first I’d beginning of the story that I started sharing group found in our part of the world, its scientific with you a couple months ago. It began name is a lyrical mouthful: Agraulis vanillae seen this whole year. Unlike most of its winged kin, this butterfly, being from just when summer did at an Arboretum incarnata. plant sale. I couldn’t foresee the chain of Shhh! Don’t let this butterfly know that the tropics, doesn’t acknowledge there’s any such thing as winter. When the events that would occur when I noticed it’s too elegant for us. Instead of gracing suburbia, days get shorter and other butterflies holes chewed in the leaves of a passion it should be glancing the tops of feathery palms on vanish, the fritillaries are into family vine. a white sand beach in the Caribbean or riding the planning. I knew they could have just updrafts in a far-south scattered around on the wall of the house one reason for visiting my vine. It offered no Yucatan valley. It’s simply just near the vines! The butterflies have nectaring flowers, only a potential nursery. They too glamorous and tropical gone berserk. had to be laying eggs. for Southern California. Is it What to do now? I made the I watched the butterflies’ movements mere happenstance that the decision to, besides importing food, start and later went out and searched the areas where most flamboyant flower exporting caterpillars. I put ten in a jar I had seen them alight. Sure enough, there were around and most spectacular and drove them over to my friend’s yard. several multi-lobed leaves that sported one tiny butterfly’s fate are inextrica There thrived a rampant vine which never egg each. Instantly I’d forgotten the former bly intertwined? I think not. got colonized, I assume because it was in year’s excesses and was excited anew. Each day Beauty attracts beauty. Or the shade. And I brought back 30 foot nowl’moffona treasure hunt. I find the dot-like perhaps it’s because both hail lengths of vine to keep ahead of my protuberances only on tender young leaves. The from the part of the world voracious houseguests. Now in a struggle mothers choose well - no old tough greens for where gaudy is de rigueur. for the survival of my plant I policed their offspring. As of this writing I am rearing This butterfly is in every leaf, transplanted the tiny crawlers, twenty spiny specimens in a terrarium. All deed out of place. It is found or better still, located the eggs and moved systems are grow. naturally from Argentina to them before the munchies set in. If you can spare a comer of your yard the West Indies. It was be I kept thinking of Mickey Mouse for a passion vine, you’ll be rewarded with lieved to have arrived here as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice in Walt gorgeous flowers and beauty on the wing, a with the early Mexican set Disney’s Fantasia. I’d started something “two-fer” if there ever was one. Plus you’ 11 take tlers, a hitchhiker on passion that I didn’t know how to stop. Why some of the pressure off my plants. And if we vines, a plant which had reli didn’t I just dispatch them, you ask? Be pass in the supermarket in December, don’t be I knew these vines well, both for gious significance for them. The flower is named for serious. Here was beauty waiting in the surprised if you’re wished a Merry Chrysalis. their sublime flowers and their devotees, the passion of Christ, its several distinctive features wings, so to speak. Couldn’t be done. That’s this season’s greeting. the extraordinary gulf fritillary butterflies. identified with elements of Jesus’ travail. Each When it comes to this class of creatures, As a child hobbyist in Los Angeles, I stunning flower blooms for only one day. For us, it’s I’m definitely a Right-to-Lifer. I was sought out the plants in hopes of finding an exotic, but where it is native it’s a weed. captive to my own success. both the blossoms and the winged beau At home all went smoothly with my chargling, After the intense season was ties. But in my 30+ years in Fullerton I had a bristly caterpillar sporting longitudinal orange and finally over and I’d told the Greenings failed in attracting the fritillaries. I planted purplish stripes. The growth spurts, the pupation, my story, they shared their tale of long a vine which persisted somewhere between the quiescent weeks in its chrysalis and, finally, the ago when caterpillars totally stripped and surviving and flourishing, presented me emergence of the splendid adult and its release. But destroyed their passion vine. The word with flowers, but nary a caterpillar was in contrast to decades past when I lived only a half “moderation” is not in nature’s vocabu seen. I assumed Orange County wasn’t mile from where I do now, my newly planted vine lary. They related that as the food re their beat. was quickly discovered by fly-bys. I noticed more sources dwindled, the resultant butter At the Arboretum I looked closer caterpillars on the leaves. This was Very Good flies that hatched kept getting smaller TREE STVDIO at the vine and yes, just as I hoped, there News... at first. But then it started to get out of hand. and smaller. Yes, that’s a fascinating fact was a curious spiny larva munching away. Four months since that fateful June day, about the butterflies’ life cycle: when 129 N. Euclid Avenue, Fullerton Before you could say “Sold!” the vine was. I’m asking myself, how do I get off this merry-go- forced by less than optimal conditions I carted off my plant gingerly, careful not round? I go down for a morning check of my vine. (bad weather, lack of food) they alter to unsettle the precious hanger-oner. After The leaves are ravaged. I count dozens of freshly their normal time table and hurry on to more than a half century, a new chance to laid eggs, and, most mind-boggling, lots of them are the next/stage of their metamorphosis. raise this prize. The passion vine was BUILD STRENGTH ceremoniously planted but I wasn’t going to entrust my caterpillar to the hazardous r a i u INCREASE BALANCE AND great outdoors. I nurtured it under close FLEXIBILITY surveillance in the house. No black and white photograph IMPROVE can do justice to this splendid airborne h work of art. If you look at its top surface MENTAL CONCENTRATION you’ll find it handsome enough, a rich DISOLVE STRESS orange punctuated with black markings. It’s when you turn it over that you’re Fullerton dazzled. The lower wing is decorated with 1984 a mosaic of silver spangles. The upper is the canvas for a rich sunset, melded hues For more information call: from rose to gold. And these brazen lovelies can dare to flaunt their colors. 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