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WHAT DISTRICT ARE YOU IN? by Sinh Dang Round 2 of community meetings took place in four areas of the city in late February and early March to collect resi - dent input on the current district voting map samples that were created by partici - pants in the first round. Mr. Ely and his staff at Compass Demographics will finalize the informa - tion collected and present the results to the city council for review along with his recommendation. The city council will hold a public hearing on April 19 and will render a final decision on June 7. On the November ballot this year, vot - ers will be asked: “Do you support a five district voting system in the city of Fullerton as shown on this map?” If voters don’t pass the measure, the lit - igation will start again and the matter will be decided by the courts. Some partici - pants, including myself, felt a little uncomfortable with that as it seems to be a deviation from our democratic process. Mr. Ely explained that if the majority of residents vote down the measure, it would confirm the fact that minority votes have been diluted by the citywide system, and that would make a strong case for the court to decide in favor of district voting. PEACE A Peace March was held in downtown Fullerton on Sat., March 5 led by the IWPG to support the United Nation’s Continued on page 13 International Women’s Day held March 8. A huge peace sign made of spring flowers and other signs were held by the participants. More information on the group at http://internationalwomenspeacegroup.org PHOTO BY MIKE RITTO More on page 6 7 .

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For some reason, the City issued a pub - Friends of Coyote Hills Files Lawsuit to Uphold lic statement at its 2/29/16 City Council ullerton the Measure W Public Vote Continued from frontpage meeting that they were in negotiations F with the Friends to extend the “tolling decision to the City Council. They The window for our legal challenge is agreement” to 4/8/16. Nope. The lawsuit Observer ignored our appeal. limited. We met with City officials on has been filed and is in motion because In January 2016, the Friends agreed to 2/16/16 to discuss our VTTM concerns they declined our 2/22/16 offer to put it The Fullerton Observer Community delay the filing (“Tolling Agreement”) (the same ones we appealed to the on hold. Are they trying to ignore our Newspaper, founded by Ralph and Natalie until 2/15/16 to allow the City and Planning Commission in October and Kennedy and a group of friends in 1978, is lawsuit? Chevron to complete their appraisals as then the City Council in November) to staffed by local citizen volunteers who create, The irony is that the City is finally they missed their 11/30/15 milestone. As see if an alternative to a lawsuit could be publish, and distribute the paper throughout applying for grants that the Friends have our community. 2/15/16 approached, the City and reached. Instead they demanded that the long said are available for acquisition. We This venture is a not-for-profit one with Chevron had still not completed the Friends dismiss our lawsuit. The Friends turned over all of our prior grant applica - all ad and subscription revenues plowed back appraisals and price “reconciliation”. It instead offered to “stay” the lawsuit (put it into maintaining and improving our inde - tions and contact information to the City was apparent the City Council would also on hold for a limited time, as the city has pendent, non-partisan, non-sectarian com - last year because we wanted to collaborate miss the March deadline to declare how done with Chevron’s 2010 lawsuit) to munity newspaper. on acquisition. We’ve been building rela - Our purpose is to inform Fullerton resi - much, if any of West Coyote Hills they allow the City to complete its price dis - tionships and promoting a West Coyote dents about the institutions and other socie - would purchase. cussion with Chevron. tal forces which most impact their lives, so Hills nature park with public agencies that they may be empowered to participate such as the Rivers and Mountains XAMPLES OF UCCESSFUL RANT URCHASED in constructive ways to keep and make these E S OCTA M2 G -P Conservancy, Fish and Game, US Fish private and public entities serve all residents OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES Compared to Chevron Asking Price * in lawful, open, just, and socially-responsible and Wildlife, and OCTA M2 ways. NAME ACRES COST PER ACRE TOTAL COST DATE Environmental Mitigation. Sharon Through our extensive local calendar and Quirk-Silva, our former State other coverage, we seek to promote a sense Hayashi 296 $9,797 $2.9 million 5/2011 Assemblywoman was also actively work - of community and an appreciation for the ing to look for funds through other means values of diversity with which our country is Ferber Ranch 399 31,829 12.7 million 5/2011 so uniquely blessed. at the state level. However, the City’s sur - O’Neill Oaks 119 36,134 4.3 million 5/2011 prising VTTM/Measure W move is UBMISSIONS shooting all of us in the foot. S : 84 3.2 million Submissions on any topic of interest are Saddle Creek 38,095 4/2011 The merits of West Coyote Hills as a accepted from Fullerton residents and we try hard Hafen 48 35,417 1.7 million 11/2011 habitat and nature park are absolute, but to get it all in. Sorry we sometimes fail. Shorter you don’t set the price as high as you can pieces have a better chance. Send by email to MacPherson 204 12,255 2.5 million 12/2013 and then ask agencies with limited funds [email protected] or by snail mail to: Aliso Canyon 149 14,756 2.2 million 4/2015 to help buy it. FULLERTON OBSERVER Angela Lindstrom is part of Friends of PO BOX 7051 CHEVRON /PCH A SKING PRICE FOR WEST COYOTE HILLS SITES (PRICED SO FAR ) FULLERTON, CA 92834-7051 Coyote Hills, a group of local residents ______Site #1 10 900,000 9.6 million ? working for years to save the hills as an How To Subscribe Site #3 14 1.4 million 20.0 million ? open space park. For more information Subscriptions include home delivery and updates visit www.coyotehills.org and are due each October * Also see page 13 Early March Observer for comparison of like properties on market $25/Fullerton • $35/Out of Town Send Check with Name & Address to: Fullerton Observer, PO Box 7051, PASSION FOR JUSTICE by Synthia Tran © 2016 died to escape my embarrassment, I Fullerton CA 92834-7051 would have. But there I was, frozen like a ______statue. I wasn’t sure what had been in his How to Advertise Leaving the Refugee Camp Call 714-525-6402 mind and if he knew where I came from. , When we reached the refugee camp in or email and saw a pair of old slippers in a corner [email protected] After two and a half months living in with one piece broken; I pulled them out, Singapore and were allowed to go shop - ______Galang 2, Indonesia, a group of refugees found a string, fixed, and tried them on. ping, I immediately ran out and bought 10,000 issues of the Fullerton Observer along with my family and I were allowed Well, they were several sizes too big for my shoes for us. are distributed throughout Fullerton to migrate to the U.S. Each of us were small feet, but they were better than noth - Vehicles in Singapore drove on the left and sent through the mail to subscribers given a new luggage bag and a new pair of ing. With my family I left the camp in side of the road, and buses had two levels. every two weeks except only once in slippers as “Good-bye” presents, and we After a while we realized we were standing January, July & August. my newly found slippers, and hoped for could exchange the local currency to U.S. an opportunity to purchase a new pair as on the wrong side of the road and our bus Missed a Copy? dollars before leaving. soon as possible. was on the other side. Visit us online at: We were transported by boat and then People say, “Luck doesn’t come twice, It rained on our first night in Singapore. www.fullertonobserver.com & on FaceBook by bus from Galang to Jakarta, the capital and bad luck doesn’t come once.” Because Women with small children were allowed of Indonesia. Here we were screened care - to be inside, but we had to remain out on • STAFF• there were not enough refugees to fill up • Editor: Sharon Kennedy fully for any contagious diseases. When one airplane, we had to fly with regular the patio. Rainwater spilled over us when • Database Manager: Jane Buck others told me that we would have to take passengers. Oh No! Me? With my bro - the wind blew, but that was okay. It was • Advisor: Tracy Wood off all our clothes so that the doctor and ken slippers, fly with regular passengers? I only temporary. We were heading to the • Copy Editors: Viveca Wolff. nurse could check our entire bodies, I hoped that was a mistake, but it was not. U.S. soon. Sam & Janet Evening The flight from Singapore to the U.S. • Distribution: Roy & Irene Kobayashi, laughed and dismissed it as a joke. So, here I was sitting next to a very nice Tom & Kate Dalton, Marjorie Kerr, But, I was shocked to find out, that was businessman. Needless to say, I was was most enjoyable. Over the speaker and Pam Nevius, Manny Bass & Leslie Allen exactly what we had to do. Thankfully extremely uncomfortable. I prayed and with a very sweet voice, the flight atten - • Photography: men and women were separated. We had prayed for him not to look down at my dant advised us in English and Jere Greene & Liz Marchant to take off everything, line up naked and slippers. I guess my Buddha was too busy Vietnamese when to put on our seatbelts, • Webmaster: Cathy Yang walk one by one in front of the doctor and when we were allowed to take them off, • FEATURES • to answer my prayer. My neighbor hap - • History/Arboretum: Warren Bowen his nurse. The doctor was young and his pened to bend down to tie his shoes, and and when it was time for a meal, “Please • Politics & other stuff: Vince Buck face was all red. He was probably as he immediately noticed my “remarkable” wake up and prepare to eat.” That was • Roving Reporters: Jere Greene, Betz Kuttner, embarrassed as we were. There was a slippers! He was stunned for a second, the most marvelous feeling - being treated and other Community Members pregnant woman in the group; he told her and then he slowly sat up straight and with human kindness, and I was greatly • COLUMNISTS • to lay on the table, pressed her stomach appreciative. •Art: Marjorie Kerr glanced over to my side. If I could have •Conservation Gardening: Penny Hlavac and asked “How many months?” in • Council Report: Need Reporter Vietnamese. •Crossword: Valerie Brickey Finally the nightmare was over, and we WAR COSTS in Life & Money •The Downtown Report: Mike Ritto were allowed to put our clothes back on. California leads the nation with 3,972 soldiers wounded and 731 dead in wars since 2001. • Movie Review Hits & Misses: Joyce Mason I was very much shaken up and quite •Youth Columnists: C.C. Lee, IN IRAQ & A FGHANISTAN Francine Vudoti & Sammy Howell humiliated. We refugees were like fish on •Video Observer: Emerson Little a cutting board and had no other choice • 155,715 Civilians killed by Violence www.iraqbodycount.org (3/11/2016) •Out of My Mind: Jonathan Dobrer but to obey the order. •Passion for Justice: Synthia Tran After 3 days of health checking, the • 4,495 US Soldiers killed in Iraq: (DoD 11/27/2015) • School Board Reports: process was done, and we got ready to US Soldiers killed in Afghanistan (2/12/2016) www.icasualties.org Jan Youngman & Vivien Moreno • 2,381 leave Jakarta for Singapore. The night •Science: Sarah Mosko & Frances Mathews US Soldiers wounded (DOD reports) www.icasualties.org before the departure day, the unthinkable • Theatre Reviews: • 32,223 Iraq 3/2003 to present (no updates since 11/2011) Mark Rosier & Angela Hatcher happened: Someone stole my slippers! I • 17,674 Afghanistan 10/2001 to present (no updates since 9/2012) Created & Published in Fullerton was totally panicked and didn’t know by local citizen volunteers for 38 years what to do. There was no store within the • $1.6 Cost of Wars Since 2001 www.costofwar.com (3/11/2016) Fullerton Observer LLC camp for me to buy another pair and I Trillion (rounded down) (Iraq $819 billion) (Afghanistan $730 billion) The Early April 2016 issue was not free to leave the camp. But, I Cost of Military Action Against ISIL $8 billion will hit the stands on April 4 couldn’t walk barefoot from the camp to Pentagon Slush Fund $114 billion www.nationalpriorities.org the airport. SUBMISSION & AD However, I used to observe Father with Every hour US taxpayers are paying $8.36 million for costs of war since 2001 DEADLINE: March 28, 2016 his handy-man skills, so I looked around What Could We Be Doing With this Money Instead? MID MARCH 2016 COMMUNITY OPINIONS OBSERVER Page 3 Museum Plastics Exhibit City Negotiator Brings Questions Works for Chevron? We recently toured the Fullerton Museum Thanks for the openspace discus - Center's informative, interesting, and eye open - sion in the last issue and please add ing exhibit on "Plastics." the City of Industry’s recent deal to After leaving the museum and walking in the buy the Boy Scouts 800-acre Upper downtown area, we couldn't help but notice, Tonner Canyon property for $6.1 ironically, the trash bins on Harbor Blvd. million to the list. This really shows almost overflowing with numerous plastic water what a completely unreasonable deal bottles and various other recyclable items that Fullerton is getting from Chevron for will end up in a landfill rather than be recycled. the West Coyote Hills property with A prudent suggestion would be for the City of 24 acres going for $29.6 million. Fullerton to install recycling bins and place next Also who keeps the mineral rights? to the trash cans. If the City of Fullerton pro - Bet Chevron does. Yet another layer vides recycling bins for its residents, why don't of profit at our expense. Let’s fire they provide recycling bins for public use on the whoever the mystery negotiator for streets? the city is - he/she is obviously really Please continue to keep up the good work working for Chevron. with your outstanding publication. TM Fullerton Suzanne E. Feighery Fullerton

OUT OF MY MIND by Jon Dobrer © 2016 [email protected]

ON THE TRUMP MADNESS The current Trump phenomenon “other,” come out of the shadows and reminds me of my first day at Napa are voiced as xenophobia. Trump start - State Mental Hospital. I was doing my ed with Mexicans, then Hispanics in internship, and my clinical supervisor general, then Muslims. History shows told me that the difference between that when fear becomes anger the list me and most of the patients was not of who is the “other” grows and the very great. Before I could feel insulted, fabric of society is torn. he explained. He said that everyone The angry and fearful (usually the has crazy impulses, fantasies and feel - same people) can easily become a mob. ings. Everyone wants to yell something You can see it happening at Trump ral - rude at a pompous authority figure. lies. The secular call and response of Everyone feels the occasional impulse scorn. The expressed desire to punch a to storm out of a class or protester in the face. The meeting or pick up an mob cheering him on object and throw it and cheering themselves through a window. He expresses on. Normal people have, at the inchoate At some point they are least, moments of irra - rage, fears and likely to do more than tional rage and thoughts of grievances of cheer, because a mob acting out. But we usually lacks intelligence and the don’t. people who excitement overwhelms The Prince Family Ready to Tackle New Opportunities. PHOTO BY PAUL SARGEANT He continued that we on have lost faith judgment and a sense of the outside were still able in their own responsibility. The mob So Long for Now from PÄS to act sane, even when we futures. When becomes a person—a After seven years in the Fullerton com - advocating for local artists and throwing art didn’t feel sane. Madness mindless, amoral person, munity, PÄS Gallery will close its doors. events promoting this beautiful subculture, might be flowing through this happens, but a person. It acts on We made the difficult decision to stop we’ve walked along side of some great suc - our veins as our adrenal nationalism and passion and excitement showing our favorite local artists on the cess stories, and that is what propels us into glands pump out all kinds nativism almost not on reason. walls of PÄS Gallery. We are grateful for the future... to do art, view art, and love of fight or flight hor - always flourish. I’ve been caught in everyone who supported our endeavor (the people. Love, mones, but we usually put mobs at sports events. list is endless): the art patrons, the press, Brian & Kristy Prince Fullerton on a veneer of kind of calm Tearing the goalposts downtown businesses, the community, and sanity we weren’t feeling. down seemed important especially close friends and artists who are The patients had lost the capacity to and reasonable at the time. I’ve been now considered family. Pretend City Effort to reign in their impulses. They could no physically swept away in demonstra - Being a founding member of the Buy Coyote Hills as Park longer act sane. To some extent, he tions that went wrong and seen up Downtown Fullerton Art Walk which held, that acting sane was in fact act - close, and way too personally, how launched in March of 2010, and later that The City of Fullerton is getting excited ing. We could fake sanity to a greater decent people can descend into mind - year in October, a founding member of The about the possibility of purchasing a major extent than they could. We could stifle lessness, passion, panic and violence. Magoski Arts Colony, we did a lot, saw a chunk of the West Coyote Hills property our feelings. I’ve seen protestors turn into mobs and lot, and learned a lot. It was our honor to from Chevron (Pacific Coast Homes) for a Many people who support Donald I’ve also seen police turn into mobs. be a part of it. park. They have hired a grant writer, and Trump say that he puts into words No one is immune from the madness. You'll still see us hanging out at down - applied for grants. However, when you what they’re feeling, but are either Trump rallies are frightening to me. town businesses, with our family, the look at the size of the available grants vs the afraid to say or too inarticulate to put They are not a call to build but to colony, and taking trips to obscure parts of funds needed, it's like facing a surfboard into words. I think this is true. He destroy. They are calling on our hurt - the country. One of our greatest joys was into a tsunami, the quantity of funds need - expresses the inchoate rage, fears and ing, battered and bitter parts and not ed are huge, and threaten to engulf all fund-raising efforts. Looking at the prices grievances of people who have lost on our better angels. HOW TO VOICE faith in their own futures. When this paid for equivalent properties by OCTAs happens, nationalism and nativism www.Dobrer.com YOUR OPINION M2 over the last five years compared to almost always flourish. Follow me on Twitter @jondobrer Community Opinion pages are a forum for Chevron prices we were thunderstruck. The key word is that he speaks their the community. The Observer welcomes let - (ED: See page 2 reprint of Early March ters on any subject of interest. Comments are Observer frontpage M2 chart ). After discov - “feelings,” not their reason or the opinions of the author, may be shortened thoughts. The great unconscious, the Jon Performs ering this, we are left with only questions: for space, and typos corrected. We must veri - Why is the asking price so high? Usually in lizard brain’s limbic impulses (or per - Stand-Up April 3 fy your identity, but you may choose to have haps the Limbaugh impulses) are given only your initials appear in print. Anonymous real estate, you use equivalent prices. voice by Trump. His putting into Jon is going back to his stand-up roots letters are accepted if the writer can make a What's happening with the city, wouldn't words their feelings, gives them per - with a show at the Ice House Comedy case that revealing their name would be a the negotiating process involve some give problem. and take? Who did the evaluation of the mission to say and act out some pretty Club, 24 N. Mentor Ave., in Pasadena SEND TO : dark passions that debase the currency on April 3, 2016. There are only 10 [email protected] or property price? How could that have been of our political conversation. tickets left as we go to print so act Fullerton Observer, a fair evaluation? Especially since Chevron Some natural fears, fear of change, quickly if you want to go. Tickets are PO Box 7051, Fullerton, CA paid for the evaluations, wasn't that just fear of the stranger or the seemingly available online at Icehousecomedy.com 92834 Chevron getting what it asked for without question? Anonymous Fullerton Page 4FULLERTON OBSERVER CITY GOVERNMENT MID MARCH 2016

CITY COUNCIL NOTES The City Council meets at 6:30pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Upcoming agenda information and streaming video of council meetings are available at www.cityoffullerton.com. Meetings are broadcast live on Cable Ch 3 and rebroadcast at 3pm and 6pm the following Wed. & Sun. & 5pm Mon. City Hall is located at 303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton. Contact Council at 714-738-6311 or by email to: [email protected]

MARCH 1 C OUNCIL M EETING (NEXT MEETING M ARCH 15) Police Dept. Chaplain Jason Phillips buy the property was not a good idea. She thanked our dear lord for the incredible peo - said that grants and public donations ple serving the city often without so much as (similar to the Save the Fox Theater cam - a thank you. paign) could pay to turn the library into a Civil Air Patrol Squadron 56, based at children’s library. She noted that the board Fullerton Airport, carrying two bayonet was never given data to support the clos - rifles and two flags led the Pledge of ing of the library. Allegiance. Captain Jeff Gaggle reminded City Manager Felz said that Grace made everyone that Fullerton Airport Day is com - it known they were interested in purchas - ing up May 7. ing the building and grounds and saving it •Friends of Jazz Recorder Program: as a historic landmark. Twelve students of the Friends of Jazz 4th Councilmember Whitaker noted that Friends of Jazz 4th grade recorder students entertained at the recent FOJ fundraiser grade recorder program from Sunset Lane in 2013 we were assured that the closure and for the City Council at its March 1st meeting. See page 17 for more. performed several selections including was temporary (18 months). In the mean - Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and their own time several studies on how to improve improvisations led by the Friends teacher access were to be (but haven’t been) done. Jennifer Hart. He said the William Pierra architecture A Divided Council Approves Raises •Arbor Day: City Maintenance building and park grounds - a gift to the Director and Assistant Public Works city from the Norton Simon Foundation - for Firefighters by Spencer Cusodio voiceofoc.org Director Dennis Quinlivan was presented should stay in public hands. with a proclamation for the annual Arbor Coyote Hills Grants: Mayor Fitzgerald The Fullerton City Council March 1st along with Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald and Day tree planting program. Fullerton said the trip to Sacramento with the city narrowly approved a 9 percent raise over Councilman Doug Chaffee. “We are not spends $7.61 per capita on tree mainte - manager, city grant writer Heather two years for the city's firefighters, with sucking on the government tit.” nance and has been designated a “Tree Stratman, Karen Lang-McNabb, and accusations of hypocrisy and pandering Whitaker insists he does not take a pub - City” since 1980. Councilmember Chaffee seemed hopeful accompanying the vote. lic pension and that Flory is peddling mis - •Water Update & Laguna Lake: City in getting grants to buy part of Coyote The two-year agreement, which gives information. Water Systems Manager Dave Schickling Hills. firefighters a retroactive raise of 5 percent “Please provide any documentation you (who is moving on to become Whittier’s Jane Rands said that the city’s statement dating back to July 2015 and a 4 percent have supporting that claim,” Whitaker Public Works Director) said that the that it is exploring a Tolling Agreement bump for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, will shot back to Flory during the meeting. He cumulative water savings for 2015 was with Friends of Coyote Hills is not true. cost Fullerton nearly $2 million. said a check of Transparent California, a 19.6% (our goal has been 28%). The Friends have filed a lawsuit against The vote was 3-2, with councilmen website that discloses local and state offi - However, the State Resources Board is the city and the goal of the suit can be eas - Greg Sebourn and Bruce Whitaker loudly cials salaries and pensions, would show crediting Fullerton’s participation in the ily read in the filing. City Manager Felz dissenting. that Flory is wrong. OC Water District’s Groundwater reiterated that the attorneys are discussing Whitaker, who has been a leader of the During public comment, some resi - Replenishment Program with a 7% cred - a Tolling Agreement. A Tolling Agreement Tea Party wing of the county Republican dents asked why the city jumped onboard it. That brings our goal down to 21% (we holds off any lawsuit while negotiations Party, expressed his concern on how the a two-year agreement as opposed to a are still not making that goal). The take place. city is going to afford the raise and the four-year pact like the one given to police department’s Water Cop is on the job City Record Retention: David Curlee increasing pension costs. He said that the officers. from 6am to 9am enforcing regulations asked why the city should consider lower - math doesn’t add up. Flory said that the city opted for a two- for the one-day-only landscape watering ing the time required to retain public “This council has not only succeeded in year agreement because Fullerton and program. records when in this day of electronic stor - kicking the can down the road, but the Brea are negotiating a possible joint pow - Aqua Block, contracting with the city to age it is so cheap. Councilmembers can has become rocket propelled,” ers authority between their respective fire lay three inches of bentonite on the floor Sebourn and Whitaker and Mayor Whitaker said. departments. of Laguna Lake, is set to start March 21st. Protem Flory agreed with him that the Mayor Pro Tem Jan Flory, who along The command staff between the two The process will take about 6 weeks. The phrase that records could be destroyed with Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald and cities has already been merged at “great city may be in the running for a $63,000 “when no longer required,” was nebulous. Councilman Doug Chaffee, characterized savings to the city”,” said Flory, who esti - MWD rebate to help pay for the installa - City Clerk Lucinda Williams said the Whitaker as a hypocrite for railing against mated the savings as over $1 million. “We tion. Workers mapping the lake floor dis - phrase refers to reports but not the data pension costs when he receives multiple are hoping that by merging the entire covered a 3-foot indentation among oth - used to create the reports. She said that pensions. departments, we will achieve even greater ers which might be the cause of the con - the required “trustworthy storage” is “I’ll tell you one of the things that savings.” stant leaking. The lake will experience expensive compared to regular storage. absolutely knocks me out … my colleague Resident Joe Imbriano said during pub - partial closures during installation of the Mayor Protem Flory asked, and the to the right of me (Whitaker) … has been lic comment that the “problems here are material. other councilmembers agreed, that the taking off the government tap for a very very simple. The unions own all of you. Attracting Business: Adam Moore of item be brought back to the first meeting long time,” Mayor Pro Tem Jan Flory But if they don’t, I would like to hear from west Fullerton said his area is overlooked. in April with more information which will said, adding that Whitaker has three gov - you tonight.” He said he has major concerns about the be spearheaded by Councilmember ernment pensions. Whitaker and Sebourn were quick to many vacant businesses in the area includ - Sebourn. Flory added that she is self-employed disavow any union connections. ing Fresh & Easy, Zaki, Starbucks, the “I do not benefit … from the support of bank, Tony Romas and others as well as these city groups on my election process,” the major corridors that flow through his Whitaker said. neighborhood. He credited former devel - “I’ve ran for office twice and never had opment director Al Zelinka with bringing support of these groups,” Sebourn said. attention to the area and would like to Fitzgerald made it clear to everyone that work with the city to attract more busi - it is her policy to not take any money ness to the area. from the public safety groups. Mayor Fitzgerald asked staff to meet Chaffee said that while he’s not looking with Mr. Moore to arrange a community for reelection any time soon, the city meeting to discuss the Orangethorpe needs to “have public safety as number Core & Corridor project. one priority.” Joya: Laura Macias of Joya Scholars in Flory echoed Chaffee’s sentiment of the the Garnet neighborhood invited every - importance of public safety. one to the April 10 event to be held at the “When your house is on fire, when you Elks Lodge. The group raises funds for have a heart attack … you’re going to call college scholarships and other educational 911,” Flory said. “Public safety is certain - needs of the area. ly at the top of the list.” Hunt Library: Several other speakers, including Library Board Trustee Zonya Spencer Custodio is a Voice of OC intern. Townsend, advocated for the Hunt Please contact him at Branch Library to be reopened and said [email protected]. the sole source bid to Grace Ministries to MID MARCH 2016 DEVELOPMENT NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 5 Mountain View Park Water Test Results Water from the leak at Mountain View modichloromethane (3.1 ug/l), bromo - Park, located at the corner of State College form (1.6 ug/l), chloroform (4.9 ug/l), and and Bastanchury Road, is now diverted by dibromochloromethane (2.8 ug/l) all col - French drain to the gutter along State lected at the State College & Bastanchury College and ultimately to Craig Regional test site closest to the source. Park where it is retained along with other According to the city all of these sub - surface water runoff behind Fullerton Dam stances are by-products of the breakdown to percolate back into the groundwater. of chlorine used to disinfect drinking water The “water is tested at least once a year,” or swimming pools. However all are also according to Public Works Director Don commonly found in oil industry fracking Hoppe, “to confirm that when it enters the operations. surface storm water system (curb and gut - In addition, several items in the report ter on State College) it is not contaminat - were flagged (NMout) indicating a lab ed.” error had prevented accurate results. The Samples of water along the State College flagged substances included 1,1- curb just south of the park and at the west - Dichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethlene, and side of Craig Park where the storm drain Vinyl Chloride in the State College sample system discharges were taken and submit - and 4,4’-DDD, 4,4’-DDE, 4,4’-DDT, ted on ice to the ESB Babcock Laboratories Aldrin, d-BHC, Dieldrin, Endosulfan I Fullerton Heritage President Ernie Kelsey with Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald, Councilman in Riverside on February 8, 2016. The lab and II, Endrin Aldehyde, and Heptachlor Doug Chaffee, and Mayor Pro Tem Jan Flory at the March 1 Santa Fe Depot loading analysis on the samples was done on Feb. Epoxide in the Craig Park sample. dock completion ceremony. Kelsey was presented a city resolution recognizing Fullerton 12, 13 & 18. Heritage for leading the restoration. - PHOTO ERIN HASELTON The tests covered heavy metals, diesel Chlorine By Products and oil, pesticides, and semi volatile and The 2015 City of Fullerton Water Santa Fe Depot & Fullerton Heritage volatile organic compounds that may be Report lists Trihalomethanes and used in oil and gas production and explo - Haloacetic Acids as the most common On March 1st Fullerton Heritage cel - of repair with rotten wood, plugged ration (although no test for hydrochloric unintended byproducts seen due to chlo - ebrated the completion of the Santa Fe drains, and peeling paint. The Santa Fe and hydrofluoric acids or the high sodium rine reaction with other materials in the Depot loading dock restoration project depot complex is on the National likely to be present in produced water from water. These can cause health problems if with a donor thank you party in the Register of Historic Places because of the acidizing and water-flooding operations too high and are tested for quarterly. Fullerton Museum Center’s auditorium. railroad’s role in the development of known to happen around the Mountain According to that report, the highest detec - Terry Galvin, Fullerton Heritage Fullerton and it was essential that the View Park area was included). tion of Trihalomethanes is at half of what is board member and project manager of entire facility be well maintained. All chemicals tested for came back as allowed and Haloacetic Acids come in at the restoration, presented a slide show The Fullerton City Council agreed non-detectable except for bro - about a third of what is allowed. outlining the work performed and and authorized the community based thanked the many donors who made the approach proposed by Fullerton project possible. Heritage. Fullerton Infrastructure Topic of NUFF Forum The loading dock was in serious need Continued from frontpage developed a 5-year Capital Improvement Plan that includes specific priorities for The city’s infrastructure responsibilities residential streets designed to coincide include the maintenance of 54 parks, cov - with other infrastructure work such as ering over 996 acres, from sports com - water and sewer main installation and plexes to natural areas. On top of that, repairs. Fullerton also maintains over 6,600 city- As part of their presentation on March owned streetlights, a system which 28th, City Manager Felz and his staff will includes fixtures of various types, many of outline how he and his staff approach which are now in need of upgrades to cir - these complicated, capital-intensive, and cuits and wiring. And 342 of Fullerton’s time-consuming projects, while also pro - alleys are public rights of way subject to viding insight into the complex fiscal city maintenance. planning and funding streams supporting Against that complicated backdrop, as their efforts. The public will also learn anyone who drives through our city regu - how to work with city departments and larly is aware, the condition of Fullerton’s staff to bring infrastructure repair and streets is one of the city’s most obvious other needs to their attention. A moder - current challenges. Fullerton is not alone ated Q&A period will follow the presen - in this regard, of course, as many cities in tation. California find themselves grappling with The forum begins at 6:45 pm. The the same issue, particularly on the heels of Osborne Auditorium is located on the the recent period of revenue shortfalls and lower level of the Fullerton Public Library, severe austerity at the state level. Based on at 353 West Commonwealth. NUFF general direction from the city council forums are free and the public is invited. and the city manager, city staff has Page 6 FULLERTON OBSERVER The DOWNTOWN Report © 2016 MID MARCH 2016 text & photos by Mike Ritto [email protected] ALL WE ARE SAYING IS .... Peace. On Saturday, March 5th, I was in my office and heard loud cheering outside my door. This was not dis - turbing the peace, it was a pep rally for peace. The last time I heard cheering like that downtown was at the Cal State Fullerton Titan’s rally last year when they were headed to the College World Series, and it’s too early in the season for that, although I hope we have the chance to do it again! Turns out the rally on Harbor between Commonwealth and Amerige Avenue was held by the International Women’s Peace Group to promote the passing of an international law for cessation of wars and to promote peace in the world. I have been on many marches and I must say, this was nothing but positive with smiles all around and lots of honking in support by drivers passing by. And why not, this was not a protest, but again, simply a rally for peace. No matter what your politics are, peace is neutral so I hope their efforts to spread that message are heard far and near. Check that, peace is the opposite of negative, so it’s not really neutral, it’s positive. Give peace a chance, especially now, in an election year. I will leave that dis - cussion to you and your friends and family. Peace, out. For more information on how to get involved with IWPG call Amy Nguyen at 714-584-5114. The joyful rally strung down Harbor in Downtown Fullerton with participants carrying yellow balloons and peace signs. BIG HEARTS DOWNTOWN Sure, you have seen the big ol’ amazing Gras for Autism, coming to our hearts all over downtown (www.allthe - Downtown on Saturday April 16th. Finalists hearts.org) but wait, there’s more! How This FREE family carnival and benefit Mike Vera about the big hearts at Bourbon Street? includes food and fun and games and peo - and You know, the people who bring us Mardi ple and costumes and beverages and Alex Young, music and more- but what is it really all bottom row, about? It is about raising awareness and and acceptance for autism plus it benefits pro - Russ Swersky, grams in the Fullerton School District, Brad but let’s bring it all home. Hemmerling, Autism causes difficulties with attention Mike Klotzy, and motor coordination. Once CF Dance Jack Academy launched a dance program for McCarthy, special needs kids, 18 kids from ages 4 to Aaron Olea 13 were immediately signed up to partici - and pate. Imagine how they all felt when they Alex Lee were finally able to concentrate, stay on at back. task, and have a great time connecting with other kids. Robin Hogerhuis discovered Fullerton Cares and Mardi Gras for Autism and got involved because of her own two children. Ping Pong and Fun in the Sun Her dance, movement and karate pro - More proof that downtown is about Actually, all players seemed to deal with grams have demonstrated what is truly community and a variety of fun events. it OK last year because it’s all in good fun, possible for our local kids to accomplish The second annual SoCo Ping Pong tour - with raffles, prizes, great food and drinks and there are now national programs nament held on February 27th was a hit for all. Jack won a hard fought battle over using the curriculum, called SKILLS. So, and this year - no wind to blow it for Alex and is the 2016 Champion! as we now know, the big hearts of down - everyone. town business owners have benefitted many all over our nation. What the Hail! Have fun, get involved, check out Depending on where you www.fullertoncares.com for info. live in Fullerton, you may have experienced some, a lot, or ECHO ECHO maybe no hail at all last Formed in 2007, five Fullerton Police Monday. Just a bit east of officers including two patrolling on downtown it came down all at motorcycles continue to manage our once, with strong winds pum - downtown on weekends, and the good meling us with large amounts news- fights now average 1 per weekend, of hail during a bout of thun - instead of the 12 to 15 when they first der and lightning, putting on a began the patrol. show for maybe 5 minutes, and We mentioned parking in our last issue then it was gone, giving way to and for your info, they also drive through one last blast of rain. It looked the parking structures and check out any - a bit like a snowstorm in thing they feel is suspicious. Where peo - places, and stayed on the ple gather, issues will follow, but it’s good ground for quite some time. I Above: A hail ball collected during the recent storm to know things have calmed down and guess that was our 5 minutes of which piled up about an inch deep around town. that ECHO is on site. winter this year. MID MARCH 2016 PHOTO QUIZ & CROSSWORD FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 7

Fullerton Photo Quiz OUR TOWN CROSSWORD © 2016 “D ON ’T GET PINCHED ” by Valerie Brickey (answer key on page 19) QUESTION : On what downtown street was this tasty curiosity, pic - tured at right, once located? (Fullerton Ice Cream Cone)

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LAST ISSUE ’S QUESTION & A NSWER

Just a bit outside of our downtown to the east, one of the last remaining traces of our citrus heritage. Name the type of orange that made Fullerton well known for the massive groves that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Fullerton was known for Valencia oranges, still growing here, pictured at right, on the property Bill Otto purchased ACROSS 38. 1965 Julie Christie film in 1920. 1. “It’s a bird, it’s a ___...” 42. “The Magnificent Seven” 6. Country singer McEntire actor Wallach Bonus question, still going 10. Canaanite deity 43. Poet Angelou strong, where in Fullerton is 14. Edmonton hockey player 45. Corporate V.I.P. THIS orange grove? 15. Genesis garden 46. Trial’s partner 16. Stamp of approval, in the meat case 48. A leprechaun’s favorite folk song? The large orange grove, pic - 17. A leprechaun’s favorite book? 52. Indian queens tured below, is at Kimberly 20. Start of something big 55. “Schindler’s ___” Clark, on the corner of Acacia 21. Neckwear 56. Garlicky mayonnaise and Orangethorpe. 22. Online Johnny? 57. Prima donna problems 23. Like Jack Sprat’s diet 59. Against 25. Puts on a coat 63. A leprechaun’s favorite sports team? 26. A leprechaun’s favorite DC Comics 66. Snaky swimmers superhero? 67. Farm unit 31. “Scandal” actress Portia de ___ 68. “Mad About You” actress Hunt 32. Hither’s partner 69. Deflating balloon sound 33. Transcript stats 70. Not barefoot 37. Sound booster 71. Speck in the ocean

DOWN 30. French pronoun 1. 90’s cardboard disc fad 34. Creep 2. Italian money, once 35. ___ vera 3. Sheltered, at sea 36. Lancelot and Mix-a-Lot 4. Pokes fun at 39. Air force heroes 5. Sea eagle 40. “The Pioneer Woman” Drummond 6. “American Crime” actress King 41. Bee ___ 7. Drop-off spot 44. Eternal 8. “Jaws 3-D” actress Armstrong 47. New shoots 9. Santa ___ winds 49. Bridle part 10. Blossoming 50. Inclined 11. Pallid 51. “Friends” actress Kudrow 12. Get used (to) 52. Storms 13. Sources of light 53. Buenos ___ 18. And others, abbr. 54. Christmas songs 19. In the vicinity 57. Per 24. City west of Tulsa 58. Greek sandwich 25. “Milk” actor Sean 60. 1994 Jodie Foster film 26. Metric unit 61. Arborist’s concern 27. Oval-shaped tomato 62. “___ It Romantic?” 28. Television sports award 64. Humanities degs. 29. Hose material 65. Tai ___ Page 8FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS MID MARCH 2016 Alcohol Beverage Control Hearing BIKE N OTES by Jane Rands by JA Kaluzny the audibility of entertainment, no bar or lounge area, no visible signs indicating A hearing for issuance of another alco - alcohol is available, and a two-foot square hol license in downtown Fullerton is set sign with two inch block letters stating, for April 19, 2016, 9:30am, at the “no loitering, no littering, no drinking of Department of Alcohol Beverage Control alcohol beverages violators are subject to (ABC) offices in Santa Ana. This hearing, arrest.” for a license for Grits restaurant at 133 Another provision of the state alcohol West Chapman Avenue, is only the sec - code says that a license may be issued ond hearing on any of the nearly 60 despite undue concentration of licenses if licenses that have been issued to business - the city says it is “necessary and conven - es in the eight square blocks comprising ient” for the particular enterprise to be the “Restaurant Overlay District” estab - given a license. lished by the city council in 2002. In January 2016, before the notice of The reason for the hearing is that resi - intent to apply for a license was posted, dents have objected to another alcohol the city planning department had license in this area on various grounds, declared to ABC that it was “necessary including that downtown is saturated and convenient” for Grits to be issued a with bars and that nearby neighborhoods license to serve alcohol. have suffered property damage from ine - According to state law, licenses are briated persons. issued in proportion to population of a Grits posted their notice of intent to particular census tract. Census Tract apply for an alcohol license on February 0113.00, basically downtown Fullerton, Autos traveling east and west on Wilshire must turn while 14, 2015, and sent written notice to some qualifies for five licenses under normal bicyclists are allowed to move straight through. residents within 500 feet of the premises. circumstances, but downtown consists When it was discovered that they had primarily of businesses rather than resi - Vekehrberuhigung omitted notice to residents who had dents. objected to licenses for previous appli - “The issues to be determined at the The concept of “Vekehrsberuhigung” compared. Before and during each test cants, they re-sent notices to the omitted hearing are whether granting of such comes from Germany. Directly translated installation car counts and speeds are neighbors. In March, three of those resi - license(s) would be contrary to public this word means “traffic calming.” But measured at various times of day. As well dents filed protests to this new request. welfare and morals by reason of Article what does traffic calming mean? the number of bicyclists, skateboarders, On October 28, 2015, the supervisor of XX, Section 22 of the Constitution of the A plan for “calming” or slowing motor - and pedestrians are measured. If it can be the ABC local office notified the residents State of California, Section 23958 of the ized traffic to allow for safer and more shown that car speeds and counts have that an interim license had been issued to Business and Professions Code, the enjoyable use of public space is undergo - been reduced and other street user counts Grits, despite ABC findings that there are Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of the ing a test on East Wilshire Avenue. The have increased significantly, then a con - grounds to deny a license because it would Department of the Alcohol Beverage temporary installation of traffic circles on clusion can be made that the traffic circles add to “an undue concentration of licens - Control,” state the ABC District Office’s E. Wilshire between Pomona and Annin and semi-diverters were successful. es,” the premises and parking are “located Notice of Hearing On Protest. last year was setup to determine whether Take your bike for a spin or take a walk within 100 feet of residences,” and except ABC is located at 605 West Santa Ana some simple treatments can enhance this on E. Wilshire to see what you think. for certain conditions being imposed, Boulevard, Building 28, Suite 369, Santa residential street by slowing the speed of Provide some feedback to the city on your would “interfere with the quiet enjoyment Ana, California. Anyone may attend, and cars traversing the neighborhood. impressions. There is an online survey in of the property by nearby residents ,” and anyone wishing to testify must, before An additional traffic calming device is which you can register some of your “protests have been filed against the March 26, notify the Department of now being tested on Wilshire to reduce thoughts. For more information, you issuance... .” Alcoholic Beverage Control, Legal Unit, the amount of through traffic on this res - may contact Heather Allen at (714)738- An unrestricted license, ABC said, at 12750 Center Court Drive, Suite 700, idential street. Two of the traffic circles 6884 or [email protected]. would be contrary to public welfare and Cerritos, California 90703, or contact this have been replaced with semi-diverters. morals, so the restrictions include service writer by March 22, by telephone, 714- These will allow cars to continue through of alcohol from 7am to 10pm, limits on 441-2355. on the north/south streets of Berkeley and Balcom while directing cars to turn right The Tracks at Brea Trail Be among the first to enjoy Brea’s when traveling east/west on Wilshire. As newest trail segment when the fences a means of encouraging bicyclists to use come down at 9:30am on Saturday, Wilshire as a “bike boulevard” rather than March 26. If driving to the site please use riding on Commonwealth or Chapman, downtown parking structure #1 and the the bicyclist are allowed to continue crosswalk at the intersection of Brea Blvd. through on Wilshire at the semi-diverters. and Ash Street. Call 714-671-4421 with The effectiveness of the traffic circles questions. and semi-diverters is being measured and CORRECTION in Melia 40-Unit Info Link There was a typo in the in the link pro - ty/default.asp vided in the article regarding the Melia 40 You can also just go to the city website unit townhome project on page 5 of the home page - select community develop - Early March Observer . The correct link is ment - and development activity and it http://www.cityoffullerton.com/gov/de will get you there. partments/dev_serv/development_activi - Sorry for the error.

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MID MARCH 2016 WATER & BOOK NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 9 OPTIONS IN DESALINATED WATER DELIVERY $161 million, commensurate to that of The board agreed to invite MWD to rejected option 1D. This plan anticipates present their project to the board. But in by Jane Rands the OCWD engineers, the desalinated selling 10 MGD to South Orange County the meantime, the majority of the board is water would “displace” about 3,000 AFY At the March 3 OC Water District via the OC-44 connector at a price greater in support of becoming the sole customer (acre foot per year) or about 2.6 MGD of board meeting the discussion on delivery than what OCWD will pay to Poseidon. of Poseidon’s desalinated water contingent storm water in the Burris Basin, require options of water produced by Poseidon’s As well, this plan possesses the risk of upon, Poseidon receiving approval from five additional water injection wells in proposed desalination project in establishing new water purchase agree - the California Coastal Commission for addition to four already in design, require Huntington Beach was continued from ments. their proposed water intake system and the GWRS pipeline to run non-stop with the February 2 meeting where options 1A, The final unanimous vote in support of saline water output. no down-time (Andrew Kingman, 1B, and 1C were eliminated from the ini - moving forward with these three options Other outstanding issues for Poseidon’s Executive VP of Development for tial eight because of their high cost. did not include a vote from Fullerton’s desalination project are whether the grant Poseidon later stated that they could Without identifying who wants or representative on the board. Director amounts and bond rates Poseidon is antic - negotiate periodic flow reductions), needs the potential 50 MGD (million gal - Flory chose to abstain from the vote as she ipating will materialize, whether OCWD require additional property at the OC lons per day) the board is narrowing the though it would be more prudent for can establish purchase agreements from Sanitation District for a new pump sta - delivery options based on the least cost OCWD to be fully aware of their option producers outside of their jurisdiction, tion, and increase pumping charges for and least risk. to purchase water from MWD’s water whether MWD will allow desalinated water producers such as Fullerton to then At the conclusion of the meeting the reclamation project currently being pur - water to potentially “contaminate” their extract the water added to the basin at a board approved staff’s recommendation sued in the City of Carson. She asked South County pipes, and ultimately, rate of $80 per acre foot. to eliminate two of five delivery options. that the other OCWD board members whether the customers of producers with - At the end of the meeting options 2A, One of those rejected was the only one compare the timeline, cost, and amount in OCWD, such as Fullerton residents, 2B, and 3 remained on the table. Each of that would deliver all 50 MGD directly to of water potentially available through this will not challenge the resulting pass these includes some components and end users without first being recharged or GWRS-like system to that of Poseidon’s through water rate increases. resulting positive and negative impacts of injected into the water basin. The infra - desalination project. the rejected plans 1D and 4. structure cost was one of the lowest at •2A is a $131 million plan that would $107 million. However, this option recharge 42 MGD and sell the remainder National Best Selling Writers at Day of Authors (option 4) would create too much risk to Huntington Beach and Newport because all of the water would be sold out - New York Times best-selling mystery Neverland. Beach. It has all the same negative side of OCWD’s jurisdiction. author and Orange County’s own •Aline Ohanesian: Orhan’s Inheritance, impacts of 1D including increasing the Fullerton’s representative on the board, Elizabeth George and Andrea Mays, Ohanesian’s remarkable debut novel, cost of the GWRS expansion. In addition Mayor Protem Jan Flory, questioned the author of The Millionaire and the Bard ’ moves between 1915 and the 1990s, 2A introduces the uncertainty of estab - legality of OCWD selling outside of with intensive memoir and inquisitive telling the story of a significant chapter of lishing agreements with Huntington OCWD’s boundaries and why the recipi - investigation will be the keynote speakers history silenced for many years. Beach and Newport Beach to buy 8 ent agencies should not then “bare the at the 24th annual A Day of Authors on Ohanesian writes of events when MGD at a price to cover the cost for cost” to fund the new infrastructure. April 2, 2016 at Cal State Fullerton. Armenians were first forcibly deported OCWD to purchase and distribute OCWD’s legal counsel suggested a Joining George and Mays are six suc - from their homeland, present-day Turkey. Poseidon’s water. workaround that might allow OCWD to cessful authors invited by ALPHA of •Thomas Perry: Thomas Perry’s latest •2B is the least expensive option at $97 sell outside of their boundaries by selling Fullerton to headline the fundraiser. novel, Forty Thieves , is propulsive and million and would not impact the GWRS the water to MWDOC (the Municipal Proceeds from the event benefit local humorous. An incisive writer of psycho - expansion. This plan is similar to rejected Water Agency of OC that serves all of OC philanthropies including Operation logical crime stories, Perry gives the read - plan 4 with a majority of the water (35 except Anaheim, Fullerton, and Santa School Bell, which provides disadvan - er clever protagonists, cunning killers, MGD) going outside of OCWD and Ana) who would then sell the water to the taged children with backpacks and books; white-knuckle action, and endlessly requiring new agreements to be estab - other agencies. Tiny Togs, which supplies St. Jude inventive variations on deadly cat-and- lished. The remaining 15 MGD would The second delivery option that was Medical Center’s clinics with clothing for mouse game strategies. be injected into the Talbert sea water bar - eliminated at the March meeting (option needy infants and toddlers; McKinney- •Amy Stewart: Based on an actual rier allowing more GWRS water to go 1D) was one of the most expensive of the Vento Toiletry Project, donating needed event, Girl Waits with Gun , is engaging. In towards increasing the BPP thus requiring remaining options. But this option was toiletries to homeless families with chil - 1914, the son of a wealthy plant owner additional pumping at $80 AF for pro - rejected not only because of the costs but dren; and Special Family-Emergency smashed his automobile into the horse- ducers such as Fullerton. because adding 50 MGD would overbur - Needs providing furniture and clothing drawn buggy occupied by three sisters. •Option 3 is similar to 2B but has the den the OCWD system. As presented by for special needs children. Asked for $50 to repair the buggy, he and highest cost of the remaining plans at ALPHA has donated over $550,000 to his goons move into intimidation and charitable programs in the past 24 years. extortion. The $95 admission includes author •Taylor Jenkins Reid: Reid’s latest speakers and break-outs, opportunities for novel, Maybe in Another Life , is about a personally autographed books which young woman whose fate hinges on a Barnes and Noble will have available for choice. After meeting an old flame, two purchase, a continental breakfast, a three- possible scenarios unfold—in alternating course lunch, a chance to win gift baskets, chapters—with very different results, a $1,000 silent auction and interaction tackling the big riddle of life: What If? with other passionate book lovers. •Marie Lu: The New York Times best - Guests select from two different break- selling novelist intertwines science fiction out sessions featuring the following speak - dystopia, police procedural, and coming- ers: of-age with superhero and wild frontier •Michael Hiltzik: Big Science , the story traditions. In Lu’s world, filled with of Ernest O. Lawrence, a physicist who diverse characters, high tension, and polit - transformed how science is done is an ical intrigue, people lead dehumanized, excellent summary of how physics became fearful lives. nuclear and changed the world. It cap - For more information or to purchase tickets tures the story of wonder of nuclear email [email protected] or visit physics without flying off into a physics the website www.adayofauthors.com Page 10 FULLERTON OBSERVER SCHOOL NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 MID MARCH 2016 SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTES by Jan Youngman Fullerton School District Board meets at 6pm on 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month at district headquarters, 1401 W. Valencia Dr., Fullerton, 92833. For agenda go to: www.fsd.k12.ca.us or call 714-447-7400 RICHMAN S CHOOL 'S N EW STEAM & D REAM C ENTER March 9 was the unveiling of the new ing areas for creativity with beautiful STEAM (Science, Technology, Art, Math) murals; in addition there are glassed-in & Dream Center for 3rd through 6th rooms with doors that can be closed for grades. What an exciting space! One stu - quiet; and a “green room” for making dent described it best, “It looks like the videos. The space is described as a place to future in there!” The center is in the for - promote, inspire, and motivate students mer media center which has been moved for STEAM disciplines. to a different building. The school already Scattered about the main room are has a Reggio-inspired K-2 STEAM Lab tables built at a variety of heights, high but wanted something different for the and low depending on the project. One older grades. Teachers went through 3 table was manned by a student who had years of training. District staff, teachers built a town experiencing a tornado com - and other Richman staff planned the plete with action and sound effects. The unique space over a two year period. best part of the afternoon opening was Sponsors Phelps Foundation, St. Jude’s watching the excitement of the children Jonathan, held by his mother Stefany Gallegos is greeted by Sgt. Craig Odom at the FPD Medical Center, Fullerton Rotary, and the sharing their projects with everyone, par - headquarters ceremony held to thank him for saving the child. PHOTO STEVEN GEORGES FSD staff made this unique concept pos - ents, teachers and visitors. sible. Congratulations goes to the very tal - Stay tuned, the next project will be at Sgt. Craig Odom Saves Life of Youngster ented FSD Maintenance Department Fern Drive school where they are in the A ceremony to acknowledge Sgt. Craig through his shift when he stepped up to directed by Mr. Bob MacCauley, who process of developing their own unique Odom’s quick action which saved the life the counter of El Camino Real to order a transformed the media center into loung - room with a theme of Leonardo daVinci! of a little boy took place in the mural chicken taco. It was around 12:30 p.m. room at Fullerton PD headquarters on Najar was the first to notice something FEB . 2 M EETING H IGHLIGHTS their media centers/library centers. •Out of Town Conferences: Dr. Pletka March 4. This is Odom’s third life-saving wrong when she looked back at her grand - ABOVE & B EYOND AWARDS : act since 2012. son: blue lips. “Stefany,” Najar said, “he’s •Community member Mr. Steve said that for 5 years, staff had not been sent to out of district conferences. To everyone’s benefit Sgt. Craig Odom choking!” The women froze. Odom, wait - Remick has helped provide funding for was in the right place at the right time and ing for his food, didn’t. various Richman School teachers through Fortunately, funding is currently available. Also, one conference is paying for the knew the action necessary to save the life He scooped Jonathan out of his high GoFundMe. •Mr. Steve Chech, VP of of the choking youngster. chair, and performed the Heimlich Albertsons/Vons/Pavillions stores has expenses of 5 people to attend. •2016/17 Pupil Attendance Calendar At the ceremony Jonathan, 16 months, maneuver. Out shot the particle of food been instrumental in providing gifts and presented Sgt. Odom with a thank you stuck in the boy’s mouth. services for several years to students at Approved 5-0. The FSD calendar will coincide with the high school district cal - balloon and his extended family was there As Jonathan’s family was taking in what Maple School. •Ms. Susan Mercado, to thank him. had just happened, Odom spotted a Principal of Maple School was honored endar: August 8- First day of School; Winter Break: Dec. 19-30; Spring Break: The day before, Jonathan was chowing Fullerton Fire crew outside and sum - for her leadership and commitment down on beans, rice and shredded chick - moned them inside to make sure Jonathan towards the students and the community March 27-31; Last Day of School May 26 •Budget: Approved 5-0. The report is en at El Camino Real, a favorite Mexican was OK. Then the 25-year veteran FPD of Maple School. haunt on Euclid Street in Fullerton. cop got his food and left. “Bless you!” PROMOTION : Superintendent Pletka the district's second interim financial report with a positive certification indicat - He was enjoying lunch with his brother Najar told him before he did. “He acted nominated Dr. Jay McPhail, the current Dylan, 3, cousin Robert, 3, and his moth - so quick,” Najar said. “He really was an Chief Technology Officer be promoted to ing that, based upon projections, the dis - trict will meet its financial obligations in er and grandmother Najar. angel. Because of him, we have Jonathan the new board position of Asst. Odom, a traffic sergeant, was halfway here today.” Superintendent of Innovation and the current and subsequent two fiscal Instruction Support. Approved 4-0. years. The district has completed negotia - tions with the CSEA bargaining units. MARCH 8 M EETING H IGHLIGHTS Staff will be waiting for the Governor’s CONGRATULATIONS : •Ms. Kim Barr, May revise to finish FSD’s planning of the Parks Jr. High teacher, was selected budget for the upcoming year. FSD has Teacher of the Year by the Orange County allocated $4.2 million from the general Parenting Magazine. •Parks Jr. High stu - fund to the Parks’ HVAC project. Current dent Gisella Hulsizer is representing FSD ADA (Average Daily Attendance) /num - in FESMA’s Every Student Succeeding. ber of students enrolled in FSD is down •PARENT COMPUTER GRADS : Nicolas 13,252. The district is looking at no new Parents completed a 7 week bi-weekly funding for next year. It may have a computer class where they learned com - 1.02% decrease in ADA. There is a one- puter skills and were trained in how to time discretionary fund for one-time use. assist their children with homework on If you would like to see the second the computer. interim budget report in full detail, it is •S AFETY SYMPOSIUM : Trustee Meyers available on fullertonsd.org. click on described the recent Student Safety Board ; click on current agenda (March 8) Symposium held at Ladera Vista School and scroll down to Budget p. 164. and sponsored by FSD, the Fullerton PTA •NOTE: Pupil Funding: In 2013/14 Council and the Fullerton Police FSD received $6,800 per child. In Department as an “amazing event”. 2015/16 it is $7,400 per child. (New •T OURS : Superintendent Plekta report - York District receives $24,000 per child ed that FSD is sponsoring “in house” per year.) tours for district staff to visit schools and •FETA (teachers) Contract: Approved observe their unique programs. 4-1 (Thompson abstained). Save salary •FETA Report: The teachers’ organiza - increase (1%) as CSEA received. New tion gave every principal a $100 gift card salary schedule rules for hiring experi - from Barnes & Noble to add books to enced teachers were inserted.

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other buildings. In order to pay for this VIDEO OBSERVER new project, the North Orange County Kids Rule! by Emerson Little © 2016 Community College District created the Measure X bond proposal that offered by Francine Vudoti voters a choice: whether to approve $239 million dollars of spending or not. © 2016 Measure X ended up passing and distrib - uted $150 million to Fullerton College. The bond money was put to work starting BEING SAFE AT HOME in 2003. New buildings were opened, NLINE AT CHOOL including a field house for physical educa - O & S tion offices and classrooms, a science My mom always tells me that it is better building, and a parking structure on to be safe than sorry. Lemon. In 2011, renovations to the Quad As a kid, I realize that it helps when I were proposed. try to think first or check with my parents Also in 2011, since enrollment was fluc - first before I do anything to make sure tuating, Fullerton College started a wait - that I am on the safe side. Here are some list system for registering for a class. The of the things I have learned about being college still had an 18 week semester until safe. Spring 2012 when the semesters were reduced to 16 weeks, lengthening winter Being Safe on the Internet and summer breaks and forcing teachers Recently, I started using my mom's to cram their material into shorter semes - facebook account to share posts with my ters. cousins who live in other countries. I find Technology has had a great influence on it so much fun. One day, my mom shared education in the 21st century, and The William T. Boyce Library at Fullerton College . with me the story of a girl who was kid - Fullerton College took notice of this. napped by a man she met on facebook. Beginning in the fall of the year 2000, the The man made friends with the girl. He Check Out Fullerton College! Hornet newspaper added an online issue. seemed to be a nice guy. The girl's name, In 2009, the school joined Facebook and picture and school address were posted on Recently, I took the new and improved floor of the 600 Science Building. began using websites like ratemyprofes - facebook and the man used it to pick the SAT, and like many juniors in high During the Second World War, sors.com to see what the students thought girl up from school to kidnap her. I found school, I am still deciding which college to Fullerton College was mainly a small cam - about faculty. it very scary but I'm glad to know things attend. We’re lucky here in Fullerton pus for women. But once the war ended, Fullerton College celebrated its 100th like this can happen. I still use my mom's because we have two colleges to choose there was a population boom that made anniversary in 2013. Among the famous facebook account but only to share posts from. For any high school students who the campus very crowded. In the 50s and people who have attended the college over with my family. are preparing for college and would like to 60s, to accommodate the increasing stu - the years, are James Cameron, filmmaker I like playing video games. One day, a see what Fullerton College looks like, I behind The Terminator, friend taught me how to play a video have created a video showcasing the cam - Titanic and Avatar ; former game online. However, I realize that some pus, which is available at the following first lady, Pat Nixon, and for - kids say bad words so I told my mom link: https://youtu.be/btuW3ulL82w. In mer New York Giants head about it and we agreed that I will not play the future, I will also make a video of the coach and NFL Coach of the online games anymore. Minecraft PC Cal State Fullerton campus. Year, Jim Fassel. The mother version (offline) is still my favorite and Almost every day, I drive by the bridge of musician Bobby McFerrin the app has lots of new features. crossing Chapman that connects the two (“Don’t Worry Be Happy”) parts of FC. The buildings on the south taught at the college, which is Being Safe In School side of the street, by the sculpture of the known for its strong music Recently, a stranger roamed around our hand, used to be Wilshire Junior High department. Several times a school grounds. Someone had to escort School. In fact, my uncle was in the year, the Horticulture depart - him out of the school. I remembered school’s very last graduating class before it A large sculpture of a hand by artist Todd Frahm ment hosts vegetable and when I was in third grade and my friends was taken over by Fullerton College. located in the park area of Fullerton College can be flower sales on the campus, and I decided to play by ourselves in the Fullerton Junior College was established seen by those driving down Chapman Avenue. where gardeners all across patio away from the school guards. We in 1913 and changed its name to Fullerton purchase plants. The were found by a guard and were told that Fullerton College in 1972. The school is dent body, the college district started next sales are on April 30th, May 1st, and it was not safe to play unsupervised. part of the North Orange County another construction project. The library May 7th. For more information, visit the Someone might snatch us or if there is an Community College District. moved for a third time to the first floor of website, http://horticulture.fullcoll.edu. earthquake, we could not be rescued easi - Let’s start with the library. The William a different building, which was designed Fullerton College is an important part ly because we were away from the group. T. Boyce Library located on campus orig - to look more like a reading room at of the community. I used to take pre- inally began in a small section of the UCLA. On the second floor, there were nursery school classes at Fullerton College Being Safe at Home Fullerton High School Library and moved Social Studies and English classes. The when I was really little, so I’ve always liked When I was younger, I was eager to to a room that was kind of like a barn in library was officially named after William visiting the campus. Again, my video is open the door when I heard the doorbell. 1929. According to some of the librarians T. Boyce in 1962, who was the dean and available on YouTube at However, my mom told me that it is not on the website, http://library.fullcoll.edu/, president of the college from 1918 to https://youtu.be/btuW3ulL82w. To safe to open the door without first know - they’d find “bats hanging from the ceil - 1951. access the video, just visit the Fullerton ing the person on the other side of the ing” in the early morning and had to get Close to the end of the 20th Century, a Observer website, click on the front page door. While we were watching news, I the custodian to remove the bats before Campus Image Committee was formed to of the most recent issue and scroll down saw robbers rang the doorbell and when school started. In the 1930’s, the Fullerton help with future building and landscape to this column. Click on the above link someone opened the door, the robbers got Union High School and Junior College projects and guide the preservation and and it will take you to my page. inside and robbed the house. District bought property that used to be a display of the college’s architecture. The If readers have suggestions about a local I feel grateful that I have learned about bunch of orange and walnut groves. With committee oversaw the construction of a event or place around Fullerton I could these things because it helps me to be the help of the Works Progress bunch of new buildings, sports facilities, cover, let me know by email to littleemer - more careful. Administration, the district was able to the “new” amphitheater and changes to [email protected]. build buildings on the newly purchased the Quad area. They also wanted to build Remember, this isn’t just about writing Being Safe Around People property. It was in 1938 when the library a Learning Resource Center, a College an interesting article, I also have to be able My mom told me that as a person, I moved once again, this time to the second Center, modern parking structures and to make a video. have my personal space and boundaries. I can hug my friends, my family but not everyone. I should keep my personal space and boundaries when I deal with TTENTION PRING LEANERS A S C other people. If anyone makes me Pathways of Hope uncomfortable, I should not hesitate to call for help.This is one way to be safe Clothing Drive when I am with other people. thru March 31 There are many other ways to be safe. For now, I remembered the few important Drop off gently used items at: ones that I thought you would be glad to •Saturdays, 9am-12pm: know too. Thanks to my mom, I have 611 S. Ford Ave, Fullerton learned how to stay on the safe side. •Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm: 514 W. Amerige #C, Fullerton Francine is a local 9-year-old student who enjoys writing, video games, playing piano, QUESTIONS ? 714-680-3691 composing music and playing with friends and family. Page 12 FULLERTON OBSERVER SCHOOL NEWS MID MARCH 2016

High school teachers came out on the streets to bring attention to stalled contract negotiations. The district and teachers will meet with a mediator on March 16 . PHOTO BY NOLINA BEAUCHAMP HIGH SCHOOL BOARD HIGHLIGHTS What High School Teachers Want with Commentary by Vivien Moreno We are asking for a 7% increase in our We have made several adjustments or The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board salary schedule for the 2015/16 school counter proposals to our initial contract meets at 7:30pm on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month year. proposals in order to work toward a fair at district headquarters, 1051 W. Bastanchury Rd. Our teachers and administrators have contract relative to the districts we com - 714-870-2800 • See the agenda at www.fjuhsd.net created learning environments where our pete with for the highest quality teachers. schools are nationally ranked annually The district's initial 2% offer has not March 8 FJUHSD Board Meeting among the best 5% of the high schools in changed over the past 10 months of the country on the U.S. News and World negotiating. CORRECTION : I previously stated that students all over the district are gearing up the FSTO proposed to FJUHSD a 21% to celebrate proms, spring dances and per - Report Rankings, the Washington Post Our district has a healthy reserve raise over two years. That was entirely formances as well as preparing for the flur - rankings and Newsweek Rankings, all according to their unaudited actuals and incorrect. After receiving information ry of testing that will take place beginning nationally reputable sources. first interim financial reports to the approved by Charles Ritz, the President of in mid-April. However, we are currently ranked County. It was 18.4% in 2014/15 and the FSTO, I wish to state that the actual The board announced they are pushing number 11 out of 28 school districts in according to our district's own reports, it latest proposed number is a 7% raise for forward the date to install new district Orange County for a beginning teacher is estimated to be 25.4% by the end of one year (see item at right from FSTO). election areas in order to file for the with a BA. 2015/16. This means they had about The district has not changed its position November 2016 election. I will be inter - We are currently ranked number 20 31 million in reserves and are projecting from 2%. Neither side seems to be consid - ested to see the proposed maps and hear out of 28 for a teacher with a BA plus it to be around 35 million in the next ering a 3 year contract at this time. I am community input as they portion out our 75 graduate units beyond a BA. We year. Legally, the District is required glad to correct my misinformation on this rambling high school district that includes would have to jump over 5 other districts to have a reserve of 3%. matter and wish to reiterate that as a par - portions of Whittier, La Habra, Brea, a in order to get to the County average and Therefore, we hope that the Board will ent I am supportive of a fair and swift res - tiny portion of La Mirada, Fullerton, and there are 14 that are above the County adjust their priorities and show that they olution to these negotiations. Buena Park. average. value the excellent teachers who have We are currently number 13 out of 28 been extremely patient and collaborative PROJECT UPDATE : Facilities Director HONOREES : At the March 8th board Todd Butcher presented a district wide for a teacher at the top of the salary during this difficult recession. meeting FJUHSD Trustees celebrated the update on facilities projects funded from schedule with a Masters degree or higher. Asking for a 7% increase for the Every Student Succeeds Award honorees, various construction budgets including Remember, in 2001 we were number 2015/16 school year is a fair and reason - CIF Freeway league champion teams, and bond money. In this first phase, all 6 com - 1 or 2 in each column of the salary sched - able request when many of the districts Visual and Performing Arts students from prehensive high schools are replacing or ule in Orange County and we have con - competing for the best new teachers have throughout the district. The Every repairing roofs, finishing technology tinued to drop relative to the other dis - given their teachers increases ranging Student Succeeds pupils overcome devas - upgrades and at the “design-on going” tricts over time. from 9% to 14% over the past three years tating circumstances that this year includ - stage for modernization of existing stadi - We willingly made several concessions while our district teachers are the only ed intense emotional and physical distress, ums, gymnasiums, and theaters. It looks during the recent recession. Here are a teachers in Orange County to receive no loss of a parent, overcoming debilitating like 5 of the high schools will have a new few: increase over the last eight years. health issues and unstable life situations to building or pool designed and ultimately •We gave up 25 to 1 Sophomore Latest contract agreements: embrace academic opportunities for built with a new stadium for BPHS, a new English classes and 20 to 1 Freshman Los Al. 8% themselves through their incredible gymnasium for SHS, a new theater for English classes. Ocean View. 6% resilience and their willingness to reach LHHS, and new pools for SHHS and •We agreed to raise all class sizes and Huntington Beach Elementary. 8.6% out for help from teachers, students and THS. The larger projects may not break pay for part of our health care benefits. Information from administrators. Congratulations to this ground in this first phase, but the process •We had furlough days. FSTO Executive Board year’s honorees: District Nominee, Louis is definitely moving forward. SHHS Crow (BPHS), Mary Vechil (FUHS), pool’s new projected completion date is structural considerations. The goal of all FOREIGN LANGUAGE POSITION Diana Magana Martinez (LHHS), now December 2016. Trustee Montoya Michelle Melendez (LV/LSHS), Lauren the projects is to responsibly use the funds REMOVED : The board approved the con - questioned Mr. Butcher about whether while providing modernized facilities that sent calendar with little constructive con - Aslanian (SOHS), Robyn Joan Eugenio the THS pool construction is being (SHHS), and Bobbie Nicole Davis meet the greatest number of student’s versation about any of the points. This moved along as quickly as possible, and he needs. In other words, the most bang for included the approval to remove 1.4 of a (TRHS). answered yes, but he is always open to Julie Kim, Vice-Chair of the Student the buck, where practical structures will foreign language classified position from new suggestions. The district is dealing serve students for the next 20 years. the district as deemed necessary. Ed Advisory Council delivered the Student with the THS pool issues including state Board Member Report. She reported that President Hathaway stated that he Atkinson, Assistant Superintendent of design approval, traffic flow patterns and wants to see preliminary mock up draw - Human Services, stated later that this ings and specs for the larger projects to reflects a lack of student enrollment in understand the scope and impact of the these programs at 1 or 2 of the school projects on the students at the school sites. sites. Additional faculty positions may be Mr. Butcher agreed to have additional reevaluated due to the newly installed information at the April update. CTE class replacement policy combined FINANCIAL REPORT : Ron Lebs, Assistant with the dropping attendance number Superintendent of Business Services pre - projected by the district. Since the board sented the 2nd interim financial report for refrained from any open discussion on the the budget up until January 2016. Mr. matter, the exact reason is unclear. Lebs explained where the budget’s 7.6 million extra dollars will go by November. PUBLIC COMMENTS : Zonya Townsend a $7.4 million of this money consists of one former parent and registered nurse spoke time money that will not be replaced once out against wireless technology. Diane allocated. The district is still carrying Hickey, parent of a district sophomore, ongoing deficit spending and this will warned against post microwave radiation impact schools in 2-3 years when predict - and electromagnetic frequencies. Joe ed lowered attendance affects the district. Imbriano, parent of a Troy sophomore The good news is that the district’s budg - student, stated wireless technology needs et maintains a positive certification which to be turned off, and said the district supports a strong credit rating allowing needs additional defibrillators. for the best bond rates and refinancing of The next Board meeting is scheduled existing debt. for April 5th, 2016. MID MARCH 2016 LOCAL NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 13

5 District City Map school district mapping process. The Shows district boundaries in solid black answer was “No”; the two processes are (information on where current coun - being run by two different groups. One cilmembers live and major street resident said the school district mapping designations added by editor ). seems to be on hold. I noticed a change in the way HARBOR Compass Demographics approached the subject matter in the 3rd and 4th meeting. The residents were no longer Sebourn being restricted to 5 district maps; we were being asked to look at all maps to make a selection, suggest changes, and 1 2 YORBA state what we liked and didn’t like on LINDA each map. Chaffee BLVD Meeting 3 residents were engaged, Fitzgerald and about half of them spoke. Many Flory residents offered support and apprecia - tion for the district voting process say - MALVERN ing they needed someone who lives locally and understands their particular issues. With one exception, there was agreement on a 5 district map with a DOROTHY LN rotating mayor because it is similar to 3 the current process that has worked well in our city. 4 At Meeting 4 one attendee said she CHAPMAN liked the 7 district map, but most dis - 5 agreed saying that to have the Asian American and Latino groups each have only one representative among 7 city Whitaker EUCLID COMMONWEALTH districts would defeat the purpose of equal representation. When asked for a show of hands, the majority still sup - See this map at www.cityoffullerton.com under District Mapping for a better view. ported the 5 district map (see above). However, another resident who had WHAT DISTRICT ARE YOU IN? Continued from frontpage are we doing this?” “I don’t see anything studied the demographic data sheet wrong with our current system”, etc. Mr. raised concerns that this map would cre - This has been the outcome in some the service. There were sign-in sheets, Ely was very patient in answering and ate two districts (4 and 5) with a major - other neighboring cities. friendly staff, and refreshments. Multiple explaining everything that came his way. ity Latino population, and she won - I attended all 4 meetings: Maple maps were displayed around the room. One resident thanked the group for dered if that would be an unfair Community Center on Feb. 27; Parks Jr. Mr. Dave Ely, his staff, and the city staff their hard work, one indicated his concern approach to other ethnic groups. High on Mar. 3; Orangethorpe United have done a fabulous job of combining by the low citizen participation, one stat - Mr. Ely’s answer was that the “voting Methodist Church on Mar. 8; and EV and tabulating all the hand drawn maps ed that other residents might not know age” population in those districts is Free Church on Mar. 10. from the first round and the maps submit - what was happening, and one said he will much lower than the overall population There were fewer than 15 residents at ted by participants in person and online. vote “No” because he still didn’t agree so would not affect the vote. each of the first two meetings and about Mr. Ely and his staff were available to with the process. For those unable to attend, all of the 30 residents attended each of the last two. answer all questions and concerns. One resident asked if this district draw - meeting materials are on the city web - Like the first round of meetings, mate - In the first two meetings, the majority ing is in anyway coinciding with the site, under “District Mapping.” rials were printed in five different lan - of us were very satisfied with the five dis - guages: English, Spanish, Chinese, trict maps, but a couple of attendees Korean, and Vietnamese. Interpreters seemed very new to the process.. They were available for attendees who needed asked the “round 1” questions like “Why CPR and First Aid Certification Training Offered Cal State Fullerton's Titan Recreation is Recreation Center members. Similar pric - offering Red Cross CPR/AED (automat - ing for other classes. ed external defibrillator) and first aid Class descriptions and registration are classes this spring on the CSUF campus. available online or at the Student Community members are welcome to Recreation Center front desk. join in the training and become certified. Parking is $8 for the day Mondays- All classes are offered in the Student Fridays and free in most parking lots on Recreation Center conference room at Saturdays. Details are available online. 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92831. •Friday, March 18, Noon-3:30 pm: Fees for the adult CPR/AED classes are adult CPR/AED. 4-7pm: first aid $48 for community members, $40 for •Saturday, March 19, Noon-5pm: CSUF students and $44 for other adult, child, infant CPR/AED Page 14 FULLERTON OBSERVER ART•THEATER•MUSIC MID MARCH 2016

THEATER MUSIC STAGES THEATER 400 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton Tickets: 714-525-4484 www.stagesoc.org •RAISED IN CAPTIVI - TY a black comedy written by Nicky Silver, directed by Jack Millis plays thru April 3, Fri & Sat at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. When Miranda Bliss is killed by a blow to the head from a loose shower nozzle, her estranged twin children The Merry Wives of Windsor plays thru March 26. Sebastian and Bernadette are reunited for the first time in PHOTO SIERRA DORIA years. Sebastian, a failed CLAYES PERFORMING writer, suffers from emotion - ARTS CENTER al issues since the death of Cal State University Fullerton his lover. Bernadette is mar - 800 N. State College, Fullerton ried to a successful dentist Tickets: 657-278-3371 who declares he is quitting www.arts.fullerton.edu dentistry to become a full- time artist. •THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR by •BLOOD MONEY by Fullerton Friends of Music present Shakespeare, directed by Sarah Ripper opens March David Macaray, directed by The Jasper String Quartet Free Concert April 3rd 11 and plays thru March 26 at 8pm (with 2pm mati - Phil Brickey plays thru April nees on March 13, 19, 20, and 26) in the Young 2, Sat. & Sun. at 5pm. An On Sunday April 3rd at 3:30pm, Jasper is at the forefront of a golden age in Theatre. The play follows the character of Falstaff who older sister and her husband Fullerton Friends of Music will present American chamber music, hailed as “son - courts two wealthy married women, sending them summon her younger sister the Jasper String Quartet in a chamber ically delightful and expressively com - identical love letters. When the two women find out and her husband to their music concert at Sunny Hills High School pelling” (The Strad) and “powerful” (New about each other’s letters, they pretend to respond to SoCal home in order to Performing Arts Center, located at 1801 York Times). “The Jaspers….match their Falstaff’s advances for their own amusement and make a momentous Warburton Way in Fullerton. Admission sounds perfectly as if each swelling chord revenge. announcement. The news is free. was coming out of a single, impossibly •INTO THE WOODS music and lyrics by Stephen turns out to be one of the Winner of the prestigious CMA well-tuned organ, instead of four distinct Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by Eve most thrilling and poten - Cleveland Quartet Award, Philadelphia’s instruments.” (New Haven Advocate) Himmelheber, musical direction Mitchell Hanlon tially life-altering announce - Jasper String Quartet is the Professional The concert will feature works by opens at the CSUF Little Theatre on April 8 and plays ments a person can make. Quartet in Residence at Temple Haydn, Shostakovich, and Beethoven. For through April 24. University’s Center for Gifted Young more information call either 562-691- Musicians. 7437 or 714-526-5310, or visit Equally at home on the world’s great www.fullertonfriendsofmusic.com. ART stages as in educational residence the FULLERTON MUSEUM CENTER 301 N. Pomona Ave, (E. Wilshire) Downtown Fullerton New Software Matches Music Venues 714-738-6545 with Performers by Stephanie Wong PLASTICS UNWRAPPED shares The Day of Music is now seeking spon - participating. After registering, venues what life was like before plastics, how they sorships, members, and volunteers. An will be able to indicate what type of bands are made, and what happens after they are informational meeting will be held at the and genre they are seeking and the artists thrown away. The exhibit runs through Fullerton Library on March 16th at 7 pm can list what category their style of music Sunday, May 1, 2016. or visit www.thedayofmusic.com for more falls into. Now mobile-friendly, all partic - MUCKENTHALER information on the annual event coming ipants can log on to http://thedayofmu - 1201 W. Malvern, Fullerton up June 21. sic.com/ from his or her smartphone and MAX BLOOM CAFE 714-738-6595 www.themuck.org Performers who are interested but do register on the go. 220 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton not have a place to perform closer to the Although DOM would like as many National Watercolor Society event date are highly encouraged to reach people to partake in the June 21st celebra - VALERIE’S FAMILY SECRETS Plein Air Painting Exhibit out to DOM. There are also many ways to tion of music, please recognize that as paintings by Richard Day Gore opens get involved other than performing or Solstice Live is a type of matchmaking with a reception on April 1 from 7pm- The National Watercolor Society selects becoming a venue. software, it is a possibility that a few to 10pm. Valerie, born in 1938, dreamed of artwork from its members around the Solstice Live, the matchmaking soft - several talents may not be selected. career, marriage, children, happiness but world for this exhibit of over 70 true plein ware for venues and performers, is now “The trick for the artists is to check the fate had other plans. The paintings sug- air paintings made by artists working out - available through the Day of Music’s web - website regularly and engage in outreach gest a tale of a life hijacked by dark reali- doors including Thomas Schaller, Mike page. This new technology will allow until they get a venue to perform at,” said ties of domestic violence and mental ill- Bailey, Robbie Laird, Dean Mitchell, musicians to find a participating venue DOM Board President Glenn Georgieff. ness. A musi- Frank Eber, David Teter, Stephanie and venues to reach out to musicians. “The musicians who researched the ven - cian, writer Goldman, Bjorn Bernstrom, Andreas The Day of Music (DOM) employed ues and pinpointed their search to locales and painter, Mattern. The exhibit ends April 3. the use of Solstice because of its simplici - that matched their genre or style seemed Gore followed ty and convenience for those interested in to be the most successful last year.” his passion for art to New Fullerton High School York and moved to OC District Art Show in 2010. The The 30th annual Fullerton Joint Union paintings were High School District Education inspired by the Foundation Art Show opens March 22 at experience of the District Education Center, 1051 W. helping his Bastanchury Road, Fullerton. The exhibit mother edit is open to the public from 8am to 5pm almost 90 years thru April 5. An awards reception will be of life to fit held at 6:30pm on April 5th in the cen - into a stack of ter’s board room. The exhibit is organized boxes as she by Fullerton High Principal Rani Goyal moved from and juried by CSUF professors Joanna the house he Roche and Hiromi Takizawa. grew up in. MID MARCH 2016 MOVIE REVIEW & EVENTS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 15

MON, MARCH 14 SAT, MARCH 19 HITS & MISSES •1pm: Artist Lesley Dill Lecture Wilshire •1:30pm-5pm: Local Fiction Authors Fullerton by Joyce Mason Auditorium, on Lemon and Wilshire south of Public Library Community Room, 353 W. © 2016 Chapman. Fullerton College Artist-in-Residence the Commonwealth. 714-738-6326. cross-disciplined sculptor, photographer and perform - SAT & SUN, MARCH 19 & 20 ance artist Lesley Dill will lecture with an excerpt from •9am-4pm: Veggiepalooza! at the Fullerton HAIL CAESAR! - Two Hits her opera. Arboretum, 1900 Associated Road, Fullerton (at the •7:30pm: The Crystal Trio three classically trained edge of the CSUF campus). Over 200 varieties of heir - Writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen—famous for musicians from Siberia play special instruments made loom tomatoes; sweet, mild, and hot peppers; and vari - “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski”—want audiences to from glass and perform classical and modern works. etal veggies, beans, cucumbers, melons, eggplants, have fun with this satirical and goofy tribute to the gold- Tickets at the door $20/adults; $10/students (includes herbs, flowers and more. Also garden & cooking en years of Hollywood movie-making. Narrated by an a post-concert dessert reception with the artists. Call demos. Bring wagons, carts, totes to carry your plants. unseen actor, Michael Gambon, “Hail Caesar” focuses 714-535-8925 or visit www.northocconcerts.org for www.fullertonarboretum.org on one long day at Capitol Pictures with executive Eddie more info. Fullerton First United Methodist Church, TUES, MARCH 22 Mannix (Josh Brolin) solving production and set prob- 114 N. Pomona (at Commonwealth.) •12:30pm: Finding Your Place in the World lems for several big-name films and personal problems TUES, MARCH 15 Through Writing lecture by Kate Maruyama, author for their stars. •8:30am-11am & Noon-3:30pm: Artist Lesley of “Harrowgate” at Ruby Gerontology Center Mackey The high-budget biblical epic “Hail Caesar: A Tale of Dill Demonstration at Fullerton College Campus Auditorium, 800 State College Blvd, Fullerton. Free the Christ” stars Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) in Gallery Room 1004 on Chapman Ave. This series of OLLI event. Roman centurion costume undergoing a St. Paul-like demonstrations continues through Thursday, March •12:30pm-1:30pm: Children’s Author Dan Santat conversion. The movie first has to be cleared by a 1950s- 17. Free. Call 714-992-7116 for more information. creator of the popular Disney Channel animated series style focus group consisting of a priest, a minister, and a •6:30pm: Make Cascarones confetti-filled “The Replacements,” will speak at Pollak Library Rm rabbi. Mannix manages to keep the clerics happy by not eggshells, a traditional Easter craft at the Central 130, CSUF, 800 N. State College Blvd. Free (parking is showing the face of Christ in the movie. But the Coens branch of the Whittier Public Library. Free but space $2 per hour). mix genres when, during the production, two mysterious is limited so sign up in advance. TUES, MARCH 22 extras drug Whitlock, kidnap him, and take him to a lux- •6:30pm: Fullerton City Council Meeting •5:30-7:30pm: Rose Espinoza La Habra urious home at the ocean’s edge, where he is held for ran- Fullerton City Hall, 303 W. Commonwealth. Councilwoman and founder of Rose’s Garage is the som. WED, MARCH 16 keynote speaker of the CSUF Women’s History Month Mannix must find the $100,000 ransom money by •8am-1pm: Every Wednesday Farmers Market at reception at the Fullerton Marriott, 2701 Nutwood, nightfall even as he must visit the sets of the studio’s Independence Park, next to the DMV on Valencia Fullerton. Free major films. DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson) stars between Euclid and Highland, Fullerton. SAT, MARCH 26 in an Esther Williams-style water extravaganza requiring THURS, MARCH 17 •8:30pm: 8th Annual Women’s Conference a half- a mermaid fishtail costume that barely fits her because of •9pm-Noon: Fullerton College President day seminar takes place at CSUF Titan Student Union, her recent weight gain. Because DeeAnna is pregnant Candidates Open Forum at Fullerton College 800 N State College Blvd., Fullerton. Miss America and without a husband, Mannix worries about the image Center Room 224, 321 E. Chapman. 9am: Dr. Juan Nina Davuluri will speak about STEM education for of “immorality” she will project for the studio and feels Avalos; 10am: Dr. Peter Maphumulo; 11am: Dr. Greg girls. Speakers Sara Catalán and Jessica Kelch will speak compelled to find a husband for her or invent a story. Schulz. Brief presentation and Q&A. The board will about the efforts to shut down human trafficking; and Newcomer Alden Ehrenreich almost steals the show as interview the finalists March 18 and announce the break out sessions held by Chef Jamie Gwen, Tammy he appears in a western movie shot at Vasquez Rocks new president this spring. Hotsenpiller, Leticia Mata, and Gigi Elmasry on vari - playing a singing cowboy who can also do rope tricks. •12:30pm: Journalism & Academics lecture by ous topics. RSVP to save a seat at Snatched from that film, Ehrenreich’s Hobie Doyle is CSUF professor of communications Anthony Fellow Royce.House.Gov/WomensConference immediately placed in a drawing room comedy, where he at Ruby Gerontology Center Mackey Auditorium, •6:30pm: The Disappearing Citizen (Ciudadano has to wear a tuxedo and speak with a British accent. 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton. Free OLLI Desaparecido) an original play in English is a fast- Ralph Fiennes plays director and accent coach Laurence event. charging tale, full of twists, turns, and surprises. Laurentz with appropriate snobbery, and the scene in •7pm-9pm: “Dream On” Free Screening at Whittier Central Theatre, 7630 Washington Ave, which he tries to get Hobie to say, “Would that it t’were Unitarian Universalist, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Whittier. Free so simple” is one of the high points of the movie. Anaheim. The film, produced and directed by Roger MON, MARCH 28 Another genre popular in the early 50s is a Gene Kelly- Weisberg, features political comedian John Fugelsang •6:45pm-8:30pm: NUFF Forum Honors Minard style tap dancing movie. Channing Tatum, seen last year as he retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, Duncan longtime teacher, principal, and school board as a wrestler in “Foxcatcher,” plays Burt Gurney, a song whose study of our young country in 1831 came to member for his dedicated service to the Fullerton com - and dance virtuoso dressed as a sailor and dancing on define America as a place where anyone could climb munity. The free forum on City Infrastructure takes counters and table tops before he and his buddies are to the ladder of economic opportunity. Fugelsang speaks place in the Osborne Auditorium, at the Fullerton ship out to sea for eight months. These will be eight with fast-food workers, single mothers, undocument - Public Library, 353 W. Commonwealth. months “without a dame,” so Gurney and shipmates sing ed immigrants, community organizers, inmates and MON, MARCH 28-FRI, APRIL 8 and perform to a song sounding suspiciously like retirees about their hopes, dreams and daily struggles. •7:30pm: 7th Annual French Film Festival at Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “There is Nothing Like a After decades of rising income inequality and declin - Fullerton College Campus Theatre. Mon, March 28, Dame.” ing social mobility, the film explores how the opti - Point Blank/À bout portant; Tues., March 29, Even the suspected Communist writers from the 1950s mistic spirit of the American Dream that Tocqueville Diplomacy/Diplomatie; Thurs, April 7, Le do not escape the Coens’ satirical treatment when they described nearly two-hundred years ago is faring in Chef/Comme un Chef; Fri, April 8, Fanny. $6.50/gen - are seen grousing about their low wages while everyone twenty-first-century America. Weisberg’s 31 previous eral; $4.50/kids 12 and under; $2/high school students else in the movie business gets rich off their creativity. documentaries have won over 150 awards. Sponsored with ID. Always fun. Don’t miss it! Lecturing the writers is Leftist philosopher Herbert by OC Common Cause. Free SUN, APRIL 3 Marcuse (John Bluthal) on sabbatical from his university •7:30pm: When Pigs Fly & PLAID Irish •5pm: Jon Dobrer “The JewJitzu of Jewish position. Dancing performance at the Muckenthaler, 1201 W. Humor” returns to his former occupation and per - As Mannix hurries across the studio lot for yet anoth- Malvern, Fullerton. $25/general; $16/students & sen - forms standup at the Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N. er appointment, he is always accosted by one of the twin iors ($12.50 members). Musicians Jim Romano, Mentor Ave., Pasadena. $22 ($30/VIP reception & gossip columnists Thora and Thessaly Thacker, each Marianne Scanlon, Bea Romano, and Jed Cope per - seats at 4:30pm). Tickets: Icehousecomedy.com played by Tilda Swinton with an acerbic tongue and each form traditional Celtic aires, jigs and reels. Michelle WED, APRIL 6 trying to get a scoop one step ahead of her sister. Painter Larson and her Irish dancers perform. •6pm: Independent Film Series at Fullerton Public The marketing strategy for “Hail Caesar!” has been www.theMuck.org Library Osborne Auditorium presents “Words & somewhat misleading because the ads for the film project FRI, MARCH 18 Pictures” (2014, PG-13. 353 W. Commonwealth. Free. a look that implies the entire movie will be about over- •10am: Senior Center St. Patrick’s Day Lunch 714-738-6327 blown Ben Hur-style movies and most of the ads feature Fullerton Community Center, 340 W. SAT, APRIL 9 George Clooney, who actually has very little on-screen Commonwealth Ave. Traditional Irish lunch featuring •10am-3pm: 14th Annual Faces of Fullerton at the time but who appears to be having a great time in those corned beef & cabbage, and a special “Luck of the Downtown Fullerton Plaza, (next to the Museum moments by spoofing himself rigged up as a Roman cen- Irish” dessert plus dancing and music by duo Tom & Center) on E. Wilshire. Free family event with interac - turion. Kris from Global Affairs. $5 ($3/60 & older). 714- tive activities, food and entertainment. Call 657-888- Also having a good time in their small but clearly 738-6305 3855 about available activity booth rental spaces. developed roles are Johansson, Tatum, Fiennes, Swinton, and, in cameo appearances, Jonah Hill and Frances McDormand. It’s a tribute to the Coen Brothers that FULLERTON they were able to entice so many leading actors to per- FIRST FRIDAY form in small roles. Tying the movie together is Brolin who plays a harried Mannix in a fairly straightforward Downtown manner. But the film does have fun even with his role by ArtWalk having his devout Roman Catholic character visit the confessional booth three times in 36 hours. Friday, April 1 6pm-10pm Two Hits: Don’t Miss It! A Hit & A Miss: You Might Like It. www.fullerton Two Misses: Don’t Bother. artwalk.com Page 16 FULLERTON OBSERVER TRIBUTES & LOCAL NEWS MID MARCH 2016

REST IN PEACE WE REMEMBER YOU Helping Children With Parents in Prison by Barbara W. Johnson The 10th Annual Get On The Bus “Being able to see their mothers for an the bus has brought me to see her and I dinner/auction/concert will again be entire week brings kids and moms joy hope I can see her again. I love my mom.” held at St. Juliana Catholic Church on and hope. Here are some of their com - The mothers are equally happy and as one Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 5pm to raise ments: expressed it, “Thank you so much for funds to help children visit their moth - “I do not want to go back home. I making this experience a great one, and I ers and fathers in prison. This is a joint want to stay.” (8 year old boy) can’t wait for the next year.” As Suzanne project of St. Juliana’s and the “We discussed her future, she Darweesh says, “They want Congregational Church of Fullerton—a wants me to go back to Mexico to better themselves academ - project inspired by Fullerton resident with her, but my life is here. I Over ically, physically, spiritually, Suzanne Darweesh, who has worked for love her!” (15 year old boy) 200,000 and they especially want to many years to support the efforts of the “I am worried for my Mom, be better parents to their Center for Restorative Justice Works her eye does not look good.” children in children, which is a reason (CRJW) Get On The Bus program to (9 year old girl) California why Get On The Bus is so provide buses to transport children to “Not only was it nice seeing have a important.” many prisons throughout California on my mom, but meeting new To make reservations ($50 Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. people and doing art with my parent per person) for the Get On Elizabeth Shirley McCarthy According to Amalia Molina Cortina, mom, because that’s something in prison. The Bus event, send a check by Monday, March 21, made September 30, 1930-February 12, 2016 the Executive Director of the CRJW- that I would never do with my Get On The Bus, the CRJW was found - Mom if she was out here.” (15 out to St. Juliana Catholic Beloved wife of John J. McCarthy ed by Sisters Suzanne Steffen and year old girl) Church and mail it to the was born in Hartford, Connecticut, Suzanne Jabro, who started the Get On “It was nice to see her, it has been so Parish Office at 1316 N. Acacia, grew up in Norwalk and then Milford, The Bus program in 2000 in response to long; she was skinnier and her hair was Fullerton, 92831, clearly marked for Get Connecticut. She graduated in 1953 a request from women in prison to facil - blond. She is beautiful.” (14 year old On The Bus, Attn: Judy Hirou. from New Haven State Teachers itate visits from their children. This year boy) Jon Sanders will share his culinary skills College with a B.S. degree in Early the CRJW drove twelve boys and girls Amalia in her thank you letter (for the in preparing a gourmet dinner (including Childhood Education. Married two (ages 6 to 15) to a federal correctional $20,000 raised last year by our local salmon) for the event, and Pianist Ron weeks later, she taught 1st grade in institution located in Dublin, CA, event to provide the buses to transport Kobayashi will perform with many of his Milford until the family moved to where they participated in a week-long the children) summed up in the follow - talented musician friends. Long Beach, California in 1958. A year activity of fun, education, and relation - ing quote what these visits mean to When I began educating myself on this later the family moved to Fullerton. ship building with their imprisoned every child: “I got to see my mom and issue, I was surprised to learn from the A loving mother as well, her children mothers who face deportation after they I hadn’t seen her in three years and I Center for Restorative Justice Works are a testament to the home, care, and finish their sentences. Amalia says, miss her and I love her and I’m glad that (CRJW) that “more than 200,000 chil - guidance she provided for them. In dren in California have a parent in prison 1970 she resumed teaching and taught and that 50% of Get On The Bus moth - a kindergarten class at Raymond LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WELCOME YOU ers and 40% of Get On The Bus fathers School in Fullerton until she retired in report that they would never see their 1987. Throughout her career she was a children without Get On The Bus. highly respected teacher who loved her To learn more, visit getonthebus.us or students and was in turn much loved contact Barbara Johnson of the by them. Congregational Church of Fullerton, Besides her husband of 62 years she is 714-529-5166. survived by daughter Sharon Nicholson (Kyle) and sons Kevin (Leslie), Brian (Ann), and Colin (Kristie) as well as Orangethorpe grandchildren Cameron, Cassidy, Connor, Meghan, Lauren, Emily, Kelly, Christian Daniel, Hannah, and Matthew. She welcomed her first great-grandchild Church Ryder, last fall. Grandchild Claire pre - deceased her. (Disciples of Christ) For the last four years she lived first at Dr. Robert L. Case, Pastor Sunrise Assisted Living and then the Pavilion at Sunny Hills, both in 10 AM Fullerton. Sunday Service : A funeral mass was held at St. Mary’s 2200 W. O RANGETHORPE Church in Fullerton on February 17, FULLERTON (714) 871-3400 and burial was in Holy Sepulcher www.orangethorpe.org Cemetery. MID MARCH 2016 POETS & EVENT NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 17

POET’S CORNER Friends of Jazz Mardi Gras The Gift by Hafiz, King & Queen translated by Daniel Ladinsky by Carol van Ahlers

Tired of speaking sweetly PHOTOS BY ERIC MARCHESE Love wants to reach out and manhandle us, A long time Fullerton tradition continued on Break all our teacup talk of God Sunday, March 7 as Friends of Jazz members and supporters gathered for the annual Mardi Gras Ball If you had the courage and and raised $24,000 for music in schools. Could give the Beloved His choice, some nights, This year was extra special in that Bill and Jean He would just drag you around the room Klinghoffer reigned as the Mardi Gras King and Queen, two individuals who have dedicated so By your hair, much time and energy to the development of Ripping from your grip all those toys in the world Friends of Jazz since its inception in 1999. That bring you no joy. “Bill and Jean are truly the heart of this organiza - tion and we were so glad that they finally agreed to Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly let us recognize their contributions by honoring them at this year’s Mardi Gras,” said Colleen And wants to rip to shreds Wadsworth, newly elected president of the FOJ All your erroneous notions of truth Board of Directors. That make you fight within yourself dear one, “Bill has been president of FOJ since its inception Above: Friends of Jazz honored founders Bill & Jean Klinghoffer And with others, until just recently and Jean has managed our mem - bership program throughout the years. Their com - as Mardi Gras King and Queen. Causing the world to weep mitment and dedication to the mission of Friends of On too many fine days Jazz is un-matched.” This program, at the heart of the purpose of Friends Although the event is the organization’s major of Jazz, provides lessons, instruments and teaching God wants to manhandle us, fundraiser of the year, on the night it is all about the materials to fourth grades with a 10-week training Lock us inside of a tiny room with Himself music. In keeping with their mission of supporting schedule at various elementary schools throughout the music in the schools, bands from both Fullerton city. And practice His dropkick College and Cal State Fullerton were featured as the The evening’s highlight was when last year’s King The Beloved sometimes wants to do us a great favor: evening’s entertainment. The Lemon Street and Queen Doug Chaffee and Paulette Marshall, Hold us upside down Stompers, from Fullerton College’s jazz program crowned the new royals, Bill and Jean Klinghoffer in And shake all the nonsense out performed as well as Cal State Fullerton’s Big Band, ceremony befitting any Mardi Gras gathering, com - under the direction of Bill Cunliffe. plete with robes, goblets and fanfare. Recorder Additionally, nearly a dozen of Fullerton’s up and Program Director Jennifer Hart then provided a trib - But when we hear “He is in such a drunken playful mood” coming musicians attended the event for a special ute to the Klinghoffers spanning the years since the Most everyone I know performance. Students from the Friends of Jazz, couple met and featuring all of their contributions to Quickly packs their bag and hightails it fourth grade recorder program, which is offered the Orange County jazz community. Out of town. throughout the Fullerton School District performed Following the coronation ceremony, the group gath - a few tunes to show off their new musical skills. ered for a traditional Mardi Gras parade. Special guests included staff from the music departments of Fullerton LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WELCOME YOU College and Cal State Fullerton. And, as expected there were more than 80 auc - tion items to help generate funds for FOJ. Monies raised from the annu - al Mardi Gras celebration go toward supporting Friends of Jazz’s many programs including high school and college musi - cian scholarships, the high school jazz showcase at Florentines, financial support to jazz bands for furthering their education and/or attend - ing jazz competitions, the Fourth Grade Recorder pro - gram and other programs that support keeping music in schools throughout Orange Above: Jazz musicians from Fullerton College and County. For more information Cal State Fullerton entertained at the event. Students on Friends of Jazz and their from the 4th grade recorder program supported by the programs, visit www.friendsof - Friends of Jazz also entertained (see photo page 4). jazzinc.com. Page 18 OBSERVER ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS MID MARCH 2016

water supplies (the exact level of lead ignored. Adding a corrosive barrier could Lead Poisoning: A Continuing Saga exposure is unclear). These settings hap - have potentially prevented the iron in the pen to be either rural as in Sebring, Ohio, water from dispersing lead from the pipes; by Faisal Qazi While lead poisoning affects almost all or impoverished minority (mostly Black) although a relatively easy task, it also had body systems, its psychological and neu - The battle against lead poisoning communities such as St. Joseph, LA. no guarantees of success. This exercise in rological impact is devastating. As per the became most visible when in the 1960s Arthur Delaney of the Huffington Post negligence had inevitably resulted in seri - Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Clair Cameron Patterson (1922-1995), a rightly notes that there is no national plan ous consequences to the physical and Registry, “there may be no lower threshold leading CA Institute of Technology to get rid of the lead pipes. The Safe mental health of its residents. for some of the adverse neurological researcher, discovered its toxic levels in the Drinking Water Act fails to mandate Unfortunately, Flint’s dilemma is not effects of lead in children.” Amounts less environment and in human bones, and replacing these pipes thanks to interest likely to be the last that we will see. Today, than 10µg/dL could be harmful. The subsequently its harmful effects on the groups representing a new “industry” we have at least some understanding, edu - Agency cites studies from the 1980s show - human mind and physiology. pushing back against regulations. cation and awareness of this issue, but not ing that for every 10 µg/dL increase in In Neil deGrasse Tyson’s remake of For its part, the Center for Disease the political commitments to bring about blood lead levels, IQ was found to be Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey , Patterson’s Control acknowledges that approximately a much-needed change in the very infra - lower by four to seven points. The effects story is prominently featured as he faced half a million U.S. children (1-5 years) structure that is the source of this prob - of lead poisoning might be physically serious backlash from the “industry” of his have been exposed to lead with blood lev - lem. undetectable initially and could begin time and suffered set backs in his own els above 5µg/dL (level at which action is Dr. Faisal Qazi is the founder of MiNDS with subtle psychological symptoms or career when his research funding by many urged). CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning (Medical Network Devoted to Service) estab - just irritability. It could progress to gait lished in 2011, a charitable healthcare founda - organizations was pulled and he lost his Prevention Program has goals of eliminat - unsteadiness, cognitive deficits, seizures, tion. He is also a City of Fullerton Citizen’s position at the National Research Council ing blood lead levels ≥ 10 µg/dL. coma and even death. Community Development Committee mem - (1971). While determining the age of The water crisis in Flint, MI was, sever - Old paint in homes (1960s and before), ber.He practices Neurology in North OC and is Earth using lead levels in meteorite sam - al months in the making. The warnings as well as lead water pipes, remain sources the Assistant Professor of Neurology at Western ples, he noted extremely high lead levels from experts, including that of Dr. Mona of lead poisoning. Since Flint, Michigan’s University of Health Sciences and his work has in the environment, largely attributed to Hanna-Attisha who had refused to back been featured on NPR, CNN, PBS, LA Times story broke, a number of other communi - gasoline, canned goods and paint process - down despite the State’s repeated denials and Washington Post. ties are reporting highly contaminated ing. to acknowledge the problem, were

are completely novel in Earth’s history and are pumping CO2 into the atmosphere Human Activities Usher in New those that are not unique but long-range surpasses anything in the last 65 million outliers, outside the range of variation years. Similarly, Antarctic ice samples con - Geologic Epoch (and it’s not pretty) seen in the Holocene. firm that the methane content of the atmosphere already tops levels dating back by Sarah Mosko recent epoch for example, the Holocene, Novel Markers 800,000 years. spanned ~12,000 years and was ushered By mid-twentieth century, humans had Through activities like mining, con - The last half of the Holocene was char - in by interglacial global warming. altered the Earth to such an extent as to struction, urbanization and waste dispos - acterized by gradual climatic cooling due, Transition to the Anthropocene, in con - mark the start of a new geologic epoch al, humans have created massive deposits in large part, to cyclic variation in the trast, is driven by an unprecedented rate named the Anthropocene, concluded an of never-before-seen permanent materials Earth’s orbit which continues to this day. of change to the global environment international consortium of researchers in that, in the broadest sense, qualify as Consequently, the cooling trend should caused by three human factors: rapid rises a January issue of the preeminent journal “rocks.” These include glass, pottery, plas - still be continuing. Instead, because of the in population growth, technological Science. tic polymers, metal alloys and concrete. rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases like development and resources consumption, Scientists divide Earth’s 4.5 billion year The last 20 years has seen a doubling in CO2 and methane, the mean global tem - starting about 1950. So although Homo history into “epochs” based on major the amount of concrete ever created, perature has already risen sapiens emerged as a species about shifts in the state of the planet as recorded enough to apply a thin layer beyond the natural varia - 200,000 years ago, it wasn’t until last cen - in stratifications in rocks, sediments and over the entire Earth’s surface. The quantity tion of the last 2,000 tury that our number and impact were glacier ice. Previous transitions between The quantity of plastic being of plastic years. If greenhouse gas sufficient to drive the permanent changes geologic epochs were triggered by either produced yearly is now equiva - emissions are not cut dras - we now see to the Earth’s system. being cyclical drivers of climate change, like lent to the combined weight of tically, by century’s end The study authors divide the key mark - produced variations in the Earth’s orbit, or irregular all humanity. Because plastics the average temperature at ers of the Anthropocene into those that events like volcanic eruptions. The most are resistant to biodegradation, yearly the Earth’s surface could even the smallest breakdown is now be the hottest in human fragments can persist as plastic history. polymer and become signature equivalent to the Because of global warm - elements of sediments. When ing, average sea levels are embedded in geologic stratifica - combined higher now than at any tions, such remnants of novel weight of all time in the last 115,000 manmade materials are dubbed humanity. years. Changes in sedi - “technofossils.” mentary depositions tell Burning fossil fuels produces the sea level at that loca - airborne particles, like unburned particles tion at past time points. Rises in sea level of black carbon, that have also con - predictably follow increases in atmospher - tributed to stratigraphic markers in sedi - ic CO2 with a delay of about 10 years. ments and glacier ice unique to the latter Starting about year 1800, the fossil half of the 20th century. record shows a dramatic rise in the rate of Humans have already transformed more species extinction above the previously than half the Earth’s land surface, leaving low background rate. Scientists predict footprints like cities, landfills, deforesta - that, if the current trends of habitat loss tion and mining excavations. Sediments and exploitation by humans continue, up below the surface are being altered too to 75 percent of existing species will face through activities like fracking and ocean extinction within a few centuries. floor trawling. While scientists are still discussing The chemical makeup of sediments and whether these anthropogenic alterations ice has taken on historically unique char - to the stratigraphic record are sufficient to acteristics as well, such as lead from gaso - qualify the Anthropocene as a new formal line, pesticide and fertilizer residues, epoch, we’re aware that humans are industrial metals like cadmium and uniquely endowed with the imagination chromium, and chemicals from the and tool making skills to transform wild incomplete burning of materials like environments into unnatural landscapes garbage, tobacco, and fossil fuels. like high-rise cities and shopping malls. Furthermore, the fallout from the flurry But sadly, none of the stratigraphic signa - of nuclear weapons testing between 1952 tures we’re leaving behind suggest that the and 1964 left distinctive isotopic sedi - changes being made to the global environ - mentary signatures. In particular, plutoni - ment are, in the long run, good for other um-239 is naturally very rare in nature, species, or even our own. and its dramatic sedimentary peak in However, we are only at the very start of 1964 will persist for 100,000 years or so the Anthropocene. Hopefully we will find because it decays so slowly. the wisdom to harness our unique brain Long-lasting outliers air bubbles power to imagine a more sustainable tra - trapped in glacier ice record what the jectory for the global environment than atmosphere was like in bygone times and the one we are on thus far. reveal that, since 1850, atmospheric CO2 levels have exceeded anything seen in the Read more articles by Sarah Mosko, Ph.D. Holocene. 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OBSERVERS AROUND THE WORLD Loren Doll & Greta Nagel “We have been learn - ing to deal with snow as we are living in Washington, DC for six months, we will be back in Fullerton in the summer! This photo shows us at the very cool Newseum, just across from the National Gallery of Art. DC is certainly a museum kind of place and I am enjoying my behind- A Family That Reads Together the-scenes visits with the curator of educa - Observer photographer and at-large reporter around town Jere Greene tion artifacts at the took the shot above of his family reading the hometown paper! Smithsonian National Museum of American History,” said Greta. 7th Annual Fullerton College French Film Festival Finds New Home at the Campus Theater This Year Fullerton College is hosting its seventh of Humanities Dan Willoughby and annual French Film Festival on March French Professor Violette Vornicel 28th and 29th as well as April 7th and Guthmann founded the festival. The 8th. All showings begin at 7:30pm. The French Film Festival committee is com - films will be screened at the Campus posed of Collette Blumer, Daniel Brondi, Theater; purchase your tickets for $6.50 Lina Callahan, Ruth Egigian, Klaus per person for each film from the Hornell, Carol Rehfield, Catherine Fullerton College Box Office now or on Reinhardt-Zacair, Matt Smith, Violette the night of the film. Vornicel-Guthmann, Dan Willoughby The French Film Festival committee and Selena Zeledon. The committee’s recently entered a partnership with sever - hard work has made the festival what it is al local French eateries. Come early on the today: a popular cultural event enjoyed by night of Comme un Chef (Thursday, students and the larger community. This April 7th) for free food tastings of authen - year’s films are: tic French food from purveyors such as Monday, March 28th : Point Blank/ À Moulin Bistro, Pescadou Bistro, Yves’ Bout Portant is the riveting, fast paced, Restaurant & Wine bar, Pandor and Cafe and action packed tale of a brave Parisian Beau Soleil from Newport Beach. Pandor nurse, Samuel, whose pregnant wife is also has locations in Long Beach and the kidnapped while he watches helplessly. Some of the French Film Festival Committee members Collette Blumer, Stacey Miller, Anaheim Packing House. On the night of Knocked unconscious, he awakes to a Arnold Caudill, Selena Zeledon, Ghada Mouawad, Ruth Egigian. Diplomatie (March 29th), Vista Higher mysterious phone call informing him that Learning, publisher of our French text - he has three hours to get Sartet, a man the German occupation of Paris, a city that Hitler demands be held or destroyed. book, will also sponsor free appetizers under police surveillance, out of the hos - General Dietrich von Choltitz, a Nazi commander, is in charge of upholding Hitler’s before the movie offered by the college’s pital if he wants his wife back. Samuel plans and has explosives planted throughout Paris. Only one man might stop him: catering company. The film festival is becomes enmeshed in a battle against Swedish Consul General Raoul Nordling, a brave and clever negotiator, who steals into sure to be a tasteful event for all cinemat - police and dangerous gangsters as he German headquarters via a secret underground tunnel, hoping to persuade Choltitz to ic appetites. strives to save his wife and baby. defy his order and save Paris. Nordling and Choltitz meet for a tension filled, high The French Film Festival is a highly Tuesday, March 29th: stakes night with the fate of Paris hanging in the balance. popular event that began in 2010. Dean Diplomacy/Diplomatie tells the story of Thursday, April 7th: Le Chef/Comme un Chef charming and humorous chef Jacky is down on his luck. Although his wife is distraught about his frequent job failures, Jacky fatefully gets the opportunity to work with the famous chef Alexandre Lagarde, a man in danger of losing his international acclaim and beloved restaurant. Lagarde is facing a seri - ous conflict with Stanislas Matter, the CEO of the group who own Lagarde’s restaurant. Matter will stop at nothing to destroy Largarde’s reputation in order to fire Lagarde and take the restaurant away and recreate it in the trendy gastronomical style of cuisine. Lagarde’s des - peration to keep his reputation, his Michelin three stars, and his restaurant causes him to pair up with the unlike - ly Jacky as they attempt to battle Matter while staying on top of the cooking scene, a daunting task demand - ing obsession and detracting from family life. Friday, April 8th: Fanny/Fanny paints a picture of Fanny and Marius’s love in a seaside town during the 1920s. Fanny is carrying Marius’s child, but he is off at sea with no knowledge of her predicament as a single mother in a traditional society without means to take care of the child. With the blessing of her mother, she agrees to marry an old, prosperous shop keeper Honoré Panisse. Panisse knows about her predicament and agrees to raise the child as his own. However, Marius returns from sea, his heart filled with profound love for Fanny, only to discover she has wed Panisse. Despite Fanny’s undying love for Marius, Fanny and Marius’s father, César, attempt to convince Marius to stay away for the sake of the child’s future and the honor of the Panisse family.