free COVID-19vaccinations. featuring games,livemusic,booths,and at Anaheim CommunityCenterPark Chaffee hostedaJuneteenthCelebration Costa Mesa. took placeinSanta Ana, Anaheim, and the UnitedStatessince1866. Texas, ithasbeencelebratedannuallyin Americans. OriginatinginGalveston, emancipation ofenslaved African Emancipation Day)commemoratesthe Black IndependenceDay, and brations tookplaceinOrangeCounty. (June 19)afederalholiday, severalcele- islation thismonthmakingJuneteenth Juneteenth Celebrates OR CURRENT RESIDENT Fourth DistrictOCSupervisorDoug This yearonJune19,celebrations Juneteenth (alsocalledJubileeDay, After PresidentBidensignednewleg- Submissions: [email protected] • Orange County See Juneteenth,Page2 FULLERTON PRESORTED BSERVER STANDARD U.S. by JesseLa Tour O POSTAGE PAID PO BOX 7051 ADVERTISE IN THE OBSERVER PERMIT NO. 1577 FULLERTON CA 92834 714-525-6402 FULLERTON CA OR EMAIL F [email protected] FULLERTON’S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWS ullerton days perweekforaboutsixmonths. enough fortheMuseumtooperatethree $100,000 fromtheCity’s GeneralFund, the CouncilchosetoawardMuseum in itsannualbudget,passedonJune1, closed. Ratherthanallocateanyfunding incurred whilethefacilityhasbeen Association over$51,770forexpenses burse theFullertonMuseumCenter the restof2021. The Citywillalsoreim- operate onareducedschedulethrough Center hasreceivedenoughfundingto about itsfuture,theFullertonMuseum intended the fireworksforsale. mined that,in eachcase,thesuspects but stillacrime.Fullerton Policedeter- less than100poundsisamisdemeanor, to thelevelofafelony. Possessionof pounds—elevated eachof the violations 114.4 pounds,188.5and128.5 or sellingthedangerousincendiaries. public tolocateindividualseitherusing and respondedtotipsbymembersofthe Team monitoredonlinesaleplatforms department’s DirectedEnforcement FPD spokespersonCpl.BillyPhu,the department hasrevealed. According to ing threeseparateinvestigations,the 430 poundsofillegalfireworksfollow- Following monthsofuncertainty The totalweightsoftheseizures— Fullerton Policerecentlyseizedover Julie Bennett,Karen Robinson,LoliaWashington, andWellington BennettataJuneteenthCelebrationin Anaheim. 430 poundsofillegalfireworks C ITY C by MatthewLeslie by MatthewLeslie seized byFullertonPolice ENTER C OUNCIL
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Motherland Music performs while children and adults dance on the lawn. PHOTO BY GASTON CASTELLANOS.
Kids dance to the music at Juneteenth Celebration in Anaheim. PHOTO BY GASTON CASTELLANOS.
“This is not the first time Juneteenth 1862 officially outlawed slavery in all has been held in the county of Orange,” the states of the original Confederacy, Chaffee’s chief of staff LaShe Rodriguez enforcement of the Proclamation gener- said to the crowd gathered on the sunny ally relied upon the advance of Union June afternoon. “There’s a long history troops to enforce the Proclamation. of African American communities and On June 19, 1865, Union Army families who lived here in Orange General Gordon Granger arrived with County who have celebrated it. It’s with 2,000 troops in Galveston, Texas and their blessing and their support that we announced to Texans General Order No. ABOVE: Tammy Tumbling from the Orange County Community Foundation and put this event on today. And it’s just so 3, proclaiming and enforcing freedom of LaShe Rodriguez, event organizer.. nice for everybody to come together, enslaved people in that state, which was PHOTO BY GASTON CASTELLANOS. especially after being in the pandemic.” the last state of the Confederacy with LEFT::Impromptu spoken word poetry Speakers at the event included notable slavery. performance at Juneteenth Day of Black elected officials and leaders in Following this was a musical perform- Action. PHOTO BY JESSE LA TOUR. Orange County, including Fullerton ance by Motherland Music. Joint Union High School Board Trustee Just down the street, a Juneteenth Day BELOW: Tustin Mayor Letitia Clark. Vicki Calhoun, Tustin Mayor Leticia of Action, organized by the group OC PHOTO BY GASTON CASTELLANOS. Clark, Tammy Tumbling from the Protests, took place at La Palma Park. Orange County Community Foundation, The focus of this event was to highlight and Bobby MacDonald, President of the forces that remain in American soci- Orange County Black Chamber of ety that restrict Black freedom, such as Commerce. mass incarceration and police violence. “As one of the few Black elected offi- “We’re here to not only celebrate cials in Orange County, I always feel Juneteenth, but also to talk about what proud that we are making progress,” we need to be doing to move forward to Leticia Clark said. “There’s a strong his- end mass incarceration…and stand in tory of Black people here in Orange solidarity with community members County. My grandparents came here who’ve been incarcerated, who’ve been when they were 18 and 19 years old, my impacted by police violence,” Zoe- dad was born here, I was born here… Raven Wianecki, co-founder of OC Together we’re going to keep this Protests, said. “We are moving forward. County moving forward, and there’s so We are continuing this fight. It’s defi- much work to be done.” nitely not over.” Bobby MacDonald, whose father and Also featured at this event was an art Aid, in which community members seek together to celebrate and mourn and uncles were Buffalo Soldiers in World exhibit commemorating those killed by to meet the material needs of their work and learn.” War II, was clad in an 1877 Buffalo police. All the work was created and neighbors. The event featured live music by local Soldier outfit. He gave a historical pres- donated by local Orange County resi- Wianecki noted the importance of band Weapons of Mass Creation, spon- entation and a re-enactment of the read- dents. gatherings like this, especially given the taneous spoken word poetry readings, ing of General Order Number 3, which There were tables set up featuring free historic lack of African American repre- testimony by a woman whose son had transmitted the news of the food donated by community members sentation in Orange County. been killed by police, a candlelight vigil Emancipation Proclamation to residents for those in need. During the event, “There are few Black spaces in commemorating those killed by police in the state of Texas. some people experiencing homelessness Orange County,” she said. “For me it’s in the last year, and finally a screening Although President Abraham were given free food. Part of the focus of important, as often as I can, to collec- of Raoul Peck’s film “I am Not Your Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of OC Protests is a concept called Mutual tively gather the Black members of OC Negro” based on the writings of James Baldwin. JULY 2021 NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 3
POOCH PARK WILL MOVE TO BREA DAM PARK
by Matthew Leslie City conduct an Environmental Impact Report to assess the effects of a dog park Fullerton’s popular Pooch Park will on endangered bird populations in the move from the Hunt Library area to Brea area, which, he pointed out, includes the Dam Park. The Park where dogs are historic Brea Creek. allowed to roam freely within fenced Parks & Rec. staff responded that areas under owner supervision has been Brea Dam Park itself was not part of the located near the Hunt Library on Basque designated environmentally sensitive Ave. since it was first opened in 2007. area and was largely surrounded by the The Pooch Park relocation is not expect- concrete dam. The Park relocation is ed to take place this year but could begin considered exempt from the California as early as next year. Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) The Park is being moved because it is because the new site is already a city considered incompatible with the Hunt’s park. future use as a cultural center, and would The staff report prepared for the June impact parking spaces needed for 14 agenda said that on a summer day patrons of the facility. hundreds of dogs might be found at the According to city of Fullerton staff “extremely popular” park, used by resi- Fullerton Police seize illegal fireworks. member Ginger Ivey, who presented the dents and non-residents. According to PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FULLERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. park plan to the Parks & Recreation the report, “During the height of the Commission on June 14, Brea Dam Park COVID-19 shut-down, the Department was chosen as the new site because it received as many calls requesting infor- Police Find Illegal provides shade, has a large turf area, mation on the Pooch Park re-opening as restrooms, adequate parking, and is eas- it did about playgrounds.” The Pooch Fireworks Continued from front page ily accessible. This new location is also Park has been operated by the volunteer not near housing, minimizing noise Fullerton Dog Park Association since Unless they are part of professional limits for all fireworks, even legal ones. impact from barking dogs. 2011. sanctioned displays, all aerial fireworks Locating the source of illegal fire- The ¾-acre Brea Dam Park is located The City is planning to spend up to are, by definition, illegal, and are not works use can be frustrating to both res- at 1700 N. Harbor Blvd., just east of the $300,000 on the move, paid for primari- sold by the “safe and sane” vendors idents and police. “Just as it may be dif- Brea Dam itself. It is part of the Brea ly through a Per Capita grant from the allowed to operate fireworks booths in ficult for our community members who Dam flood control basin owned by the state of California’s Natural Resources Fullerton. report firework activities to identify the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps Agency, which recently awarded Even legally purchased fireworks are specific location where the fireworks has approved the park’s proposed new Fullerton $266,093. Staff said that Per only allowed to be used between are being used, it is difficult for Officers use. Brea Dam Park has hosted City Capita grants are sporadically occur- 10:00am and 10:00pm. on July 4 in who respond to the call to locate the spe- campouts and scout programs in the ring, this one from 2018’s Proposition Fullerton. Legal fireworks are sold from cific location as well,” Cpl. Phu said. past, as well as the City’s snow day 68, to fund park acquisition and booths operated by local non-profit “Also, being a misdemeanor crime, events. improvements. Parks & Rec. considers groups who enter an annual lottery to Officers must observe the actual viola- During the public hearing to consider the grant’s use for the dog park move vie for the chance to raise money for tion in order to take enforcement action. the proposed plan, Fullerton resident appropriate because the Pooch Park their organizations. Fees added to sales Many times, Officers responding to Jensen Hallstrom, who would himself be serves residents throughout the City. from the booths partially fund FPD’s calls for service arrive after the crime appointed to the Parks & Rec. Splitting the funds five ways would enforcement and investigations of ille- has already been committed. Being spe- Commission the following night by the have left too little money for significant gal fireworks. cific about the location or time of day City Council, voiced concerns about the park projects in each of the five council Use of illegal fireworks spiked last the activity is usually occurring can help impact of a dog park on wildlife in the districts, staff explained. year during the pandemic when many Officers better locate the offense.” Army Corp’s adjacent land. The slope to The Parks & Rec. Commission unani- people spent more time at home instead Asked how interdiction efforts this the park’s south has been designated as mously approved the Pooch Park move. of traveling during summer. This year, year compare to last year, Cpl. Phu said “environmentally sensitive” by the The City may create a smaller dog park like last year, has seen dangerously dry that the department’s efforts this year Corps and has already suffered from near the Hunt Library if there is public conditions throughout the State. Some are “on-track to be similar to results unauthorized trail building and tree cuts support for it, but it would not be direct- areas of Fullerton, like the Brea Dam from previous years.” by renegade mountain bikers in recent ly on the Hunt property. and Coyote Hills, are completely off months. Hallstrom requested that the
Fullerton College President Moves Wednesday Farmers on to Citrus College Market Moves Over the last six years, thousands of students met President Greg Schulz as he worked his way to Community Center through the Fullerton College campus during the first week of each semester. He enjoyed dropping in on classes to welcome students, often sharing his City Council voted on June 15 to move the own story as a Fullerton College student. He put Wednesday Farmers Market from its current location students at ease by sharing how he initially strug- at the Library to the Fullerton Community Center, gled with his grades and then found his way. He located at 340 W. Commonwealth Ave. found his way with the help of faculty and staff and The City has worked with the Farmers Market went on to transfer and eventually become president since the American Association of University Women and a proud alumnus of the college. first organized it in 1981. The Farmers Market oper- Normally in a business suit and his trademark ated year-round at Ford Park on Wednesday mornings Converse or Vans sneakers, he was visible through- until 1984 when it moved to Woodcrest Park for the out the campus and made himself available to stu- next 23 years. In 2007, the Farmers Market relocated dents. For many students, this first connection to Independence Park. In March 2020, the Farmers became the start of many more to come and would Market moved to the Fullerton Public Library park- help define their Fullerton College experience. ing lot after the gymnasium at Independence Park “There is no pretense in how Dr. Schulz shows his closed due to COVID-19. care for Fullerton College students. His warmth and As the Library fully re-opens, the Farmers Market inclusivity will be missed,” Fullerton College Dr. Greg Schultz moves on. will relocate to the Fullerton Community Center Student Trustee Erin Lacorte said. parking lot so that the Library parking lot can accom- Missed indeed. Dr. Schulz has been asked to serve University system in two of the past four years, modate Library patrons. According to a staff report, as the next Superintendent/President of Citrus and consistently ranks No. 1 in transfer to “Moving the Farmers Market across the street to the College, effective July 1. This is his last week as California State University, Fullerton. In addition, Fullerton Community Center will garner more president of Fullerton College. But as every member Fullerton College has increased the number of patrons due to the larger parking lot and new signage of the college community knows, “Once a Hornet, associate degrees awarded each year for 11 years on Commonwealth Avenue, make it easier for exist- always a Hornet.” in a row. ing customers to find, and become more efficient for Under his leadership, Fullerton College has been The national search to replace Dr. Schulz will Parks and Recreation staff to manage with existing ranked No. 1 in transfers to the California State begin this fall. Community Center staff.” Page 4 FULLERTON OBSERVER COUNCIL NOTES JULY 2021
FULLERTON CITY COUNCIL NOTES June 15 Meeting
The Council meets at 6:30pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Upcoming agenda information and streaming video of meetings are available at www.cityoffullerton.com.
City Hall is located at 303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton. Contact Council at (714) 738-6311 or by email to: [email protected]
Councilmembers Ahmad Zahra and Fred Jung debate City Council offices. Closed Session New Commission and Committee Before every public City Council COUNCIL TABLES meeting there is a closed session during Members which Council meets with various par- OFFICE SPACE PROJECT ties to discuss items outside the view of City Council made the following at- Divisions and animosity among The estimated cost for this project is the public. During this meeting, Council large appointments to committees and Fullerton City Council members (partic- $75,000. met with representatives of the commissions: ularly Ahmad Zahra and Fred Jung) Councilmember Ahmad Zahra made Fullerton Municipal Employees Active Transportation Committee: came to a full boil near the end of the the motion to table the item, which Federation, the Fullerton Management Mike Delgado, Alysia Odipo June 15 meeting over a discussion about passed 3-2 (Whitaker and Jung “no”). Association, Fullerton Firefighters Investment Advisory Committee: creating private offices for council “I think this is a silly discussion,” Association, and Fullerton Police Dr. James Cho, Jake Schreiber members. Zahra said. “We have bigger problems Management Association to discuss Transportation and Circulation Currently, the Mayor is assigned a pri- in our city. We’re looking at a $10 mil- parameters of authority for negotiating Commission: Quinton Jones, Martin vate office in City Hall, and the Mayor lion deficit, roads that are terrible, the salaries, benefits, and working condi- Leslie Pro Tem and three City Council mem- Museum. And here we are arguing over tions. There was no closed session Parks and Recreation Commission: bers each have small, open, and adjacent vanity offices.” report from the City Attorney. Jensen Hallstrom, Angela Lindstrom cubicles. Councilmember Jung pointed out that The proposed plan would have re- neighboring cities such as Buena Park, configured existing office space, and Brea, Anaheim, Orange, Irvine, La included some construction on the first Habra, Costa Mesa, Yorba Linda all Council Grants Appeal floor for councilmembers and moved have individual council offices. the City Manager’s office and Housing Members of the public spoke against to Special Needs School and Code Enforcement to other floors at Council giving themselves offices when City Hall. the city is facing a budget deficit. Council voted unanimously to allow The Planning Commission denied the Sage Behavior Services to continue to CUP modification request at the April operate at Temple Beth Tikvah in 28 meeting as the majority of the In Memory of Those Who Died from COVID-19: The meeting Fullerton, under a modified conditional Planning Commission found that the adjourned in memory of those Fullerton residents who have died during the use permit. services provided by Sage Behavioral COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2020, a member of the Services was consistent with a business public contacted the City regarding the rather than with a private school. permissibility of the Sage use of the Sage then filed an appeal, and City Temple Beth Tikvah property which is Council approved their appeal to contin- How to Participate in the zoned residential. ue operations. July 6 City Council Meeting
Police Department Downtown Active The next regular City Council meeting Residents can watch the broadcast Receives Impaired Transportation will be held Tuesday, July 6 at 6:30pm. online at www.cityoffullerton.com/ftv3, Members of the public will be allowed on TV on Spectrum Channel 3, and Driving Grant Survey into the Chambers for this meeting, AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. however, limited seating will be avail- E-comments for this upcoming meet- The Fullerton Police department Public participation closes July 4 for a able due to social distancing. ing will not be read out loud but will be received $319,765 grant funding from survey to plan open and easy access for The public may watch and participate accepted for the record and distributed the California Highway Patrol (CHP) non-automobile transportation in and virtually either by phone or via Zoom. to the City Council. Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program to around downtown. Access to the sur- For instructions on how to login or sub- For a calendar of upcoming city meet- reduce and mitigate the impacts of vey can be found at the city website, mit a written comment, visit www.cityof- ings and agendas visit: fullerton.legis- impaired driving within the community. www.cityoffullerton.com/downtownon- fullerton.com/participate. tar.com/Calendar.aspx. thego. July 6 Agenda Forecast
Agenda items for the July 6 meeting include: • 2021 Legislative Platform • Request for early morning parking on Whiting and Malden Avenue. • Request for early morning parking on Fern Drive. • Request for resident only parking on Old River Road. • State College and Raymond Grade Separation Projects Closeout • Mutual Aid Agreement between County of Orange and City of Fullerton • FMC Amendment Relating to Recreational Vehicles Parking, Stopping, and Standing • 1600 West Commonwealth Avenue Affordable Housing Developer Selection • City street conditions needs and options Other Upcoming City Meetings • July 5 at 4pm: Transportation and Circulation Commission • July 7 at 6:30pm: Planning Commission Meeting • July 12 at 6:30pm: Parks and Recreation Commission • July 19 at 7:30am: Infrastructure and Natural Resources Advisory Committee • July 20 at 6:30pm: City Council Meeting
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Shely Youngbauer Jackie Dennis Those Living in RVs Burdened
by Tickets and Towing RVs parked along Walnut Ave. At the June 15 Fullerton City Council was screaming at me—why are you friend. The officer lied and said that RV. I got in, started it, and backed it up. meeting, two residents living in their here? Somebody just has to have a little wasn’t true. Two police officers went The police officer slowly moved for- RVs shared their experiences of hardship compassion, guys. This could be any- into my RV and tried to get my two kit- ward to another RV situation. In one of at being towed and ticketed by Fullerton body in this room at some time. Most of tens out because they said pets can’t be the RVs is a gentleman who is 62 years Police. Here are their stories: us out there—we had jobs, we had in the RV when they’re in storage. They old—he has nothing except the RV. One Shely Youngbauer: “I’ve lived in and homes, we weren’t drug addicts, or nut couldn’t find them, so they were towed young police officer used the “f-word” out of my RV for a while now. I left the cases or criminals. We’re out here and with the RV. The kitties showed up that talking to him, and they towed his RV. state and came back because I had some we’re not going to go away unless you night when I got the RV back. I went to Today I saw him—he had been up all medical issues. I have seen, in the last guys shoot us or something. It’s getting the police station and paid $220 to get a night long, walking around the city. He two weeks that I’ve been back, a total frustrating to not have anywhere and not release for the RV and then I went to the doesn’t know what to do. He has no help lack of compassion or care from the offi- have anybody give a damn.” towing place on Lemon and paid $280 to to get his RV out of storage, he has no cers involved—the towing, the attitude. Jackie Dennis: “A few weeks ago, get my RV back. I had to call another money, and another one—same situa- I understand there are laws and ordi- police came down to Walnut by the towing service to tow my RV—that was tion. No one’s doing drugs or anything nances that have to be addressed, but tracks and told me my RV was going to $350, not to mention three $100 tickets illegal. They just don’t have any money, you don’t have to treat people like be towed. The officer told me my RV in the last two weeks. Yesterday the and we have no place to go. And we’re they’re something you scrape off your had not been moved in over 72 hours. I police were back and I was told by just asking for a little patience until shoe. The way they talk to people, the told him I had put the RV in neutral and another police officer that I was going to things get better.” way they talk to me—officer Salazar, he pushed it back twice with the help of my be towed again. I said I can move the
Fireworks Safety Tips
Fire Marshall Chris Nigg gave a presentation on June 15 on Fireworks Safety. Here is a sum- mary of his presentation:
2020 Fullerton
Fireworks Statistics • 8 fireworks-related fires • In excess of $10,000 property loss • 5 acres burned vegetation • FPD: 320 fireworks-related calls • Confiscation of 1400 lbs. of illegal fireworks
General Safety Tips • Always read the instructions • Set fireworks up in a clear, open space • Only adults should handle fireworks • Wear protective glasses and gloves • Light at arm’s length and stand back • Never attempt to re-light Fireworks are not permitted in the shaded areas on the map above, a defective firework Main Areas of Concern: • Never hold a lit firework which are high-fire severity zones. in your hand • Have a bucket of water, sand • “Safe and Sane” fireworks only has been conducting undercover or fire extinguisher at the ready Fire & Police Efforts on in permitted areas the Fouth operations aimed at reducing the • “Safe and sane” fireworks not purchase of illegal aerial fireworks Fullerton Firework permitted in high fire severity zones • Fire Department staff increase: 1 on the internet. Ordinances • Fireworks may be lit only on July Additional Engine Company, 2 • If it is exceptionally dry or high 4 between the hours of 10am and Additional Fire Prevention Officers, winds, the fire department has the • Zero Tolerance of illegal fire- 10pm FFD Transport Truck, 1 Additional ability to cancel even safe and sane works (FMC Code 7.26.010, • Report illegal fireworks use and Chief Officer, Fire Marshal fireworks. California Health & Safety Code suspicious activity at (714) 738- • FPD will staff three two-officer To learn more visit www.cityof- 12529 Misdemeanor, $1,000 fine 6700 units to handle fireworks-related fullerton.com/government/depart- and/or imprisonment) calls. The directed enforcement team ments/fire Page 6 OBSERVER The DOWNTOWN Report JULY 2021 by Mike Ritto [email protected] © 2021
BUSKED Fortunately, that’s busked, not busted. An unnamed trio of local musicians took to the streets as buskers on the day we had hoped to hold Day of Music and fortunately, they were heard and sighted but not cited. This year the timing was such that it was not possible to plan anything in advance so it was up to individuals to do what they could. I hope you all at least had a chance to turn it up at home and celebrate the first day of Summer with some music in your lives. My neighbors no doubt appre- ciated my music blaring from outdoor speakers. Someone might have been yelling at me to turn it down. If so, I could not hear them. Guess it was just too loud. Or just loud enough. Note: “Busking” is the activity of playing music in the street or another public place for voluntary donations.
The Downtown Fourth of July Bike Parade will begin at 11am at the former CVS parking lot at Euclid and Wilshire. Bikers Take Over
Altamont. Sturgis. Now this!? We all your own show, be smart about it. Yeah, know how the Fourth of July went last the safe and sane bit. Your purchase can year. It must have been the most ‘explo- really help the organizations who sell The SoCo ally is now open. Outdoor dining on Wilshire Ave. sive’ of all time with so many legal but them to raise funds for their causes. For also illegal fireworks igniting the ground some, it can even be the biggest and sky for hours; it was pretty crazy. fundraiser of the year, so if you do pur- No, actually it was extremely crazy. chase them, please Shop Fullerton First. Now Open Looking for something a little quieter? Stands open July 1. It’s strange to be surprised by seeing something as normal as an open alley, but The Bike Parade returns, starting at the One more note about bikers, only there it is. After what seemed like an eternity, you can now drive through the SoCo former CVS parking lot at Euclid and these are the ones who prefer gas power, alley. Having gotten used to it, many seem to prefer the vehicle free alley for safer Wilshire. Get there before 11am and line and lots of it. Life of a Ridetime helps walking from place to place, but the Fire Lane is now clear again and all emergency up. Bikes, skateboards, and scooters are raise awareness, money, and hope for vehicles can pass through, and deliveries can be made. As to Walk On Wilshire, the all welcome. UFOs? Not sure. No cars. local families of fallen heroes of the business owners in the area all seem to love it, and there is no future item on the City Come on, it’s a bicycle parade. Get real, Police and Fire Department. Eight Council agenda to require its removal. We will of course let you know if that does and be sure to decorate what you ride. Eighty Eight cigars is sponsoring a Ride happen. Bike riders need to take a short walk on the mild side, but the bike lane con- We don’t want no trouble. With Us event on July 17. For more info, tinues on the east side of Harbor, where entertainment will soon return to the What was missing last year was the go to www.888cigarbar.com or stop by Thursday Fullerton Market. The full lineup will be announced July 1 but for now, annual City of Fullerton fireworks show. 118 West Wilshire. Speaking of Police, Bubba tells us his Big Bad Blues will be on the stage July 15. COVID took that from us along with so Fire Department, and also Veterans, we many other events. So, what about this are getting closer to printing and getting year? It will not return this year either, new Fullerton Honors banners back up. but since there are legal fireworks avail- If you need info contact me, my email Photo Quiz Send your answer to Mike at [email protected] able, if you are into buying them for address is always here in this column.
Last issue: How many domes are in this photo (below)? Guess that smaller dome was hiding, but Meredith Smith saw it, correct answer is 5.
This issue: Seating for one. Where is this construction site (below)?
Aerial photo of Hillcrest Park in Fullerton. Summer at Hillcrest
Our large downtown park is a great place to go any time, and Summer is espe- cially good when it comes to things for kids to do. Camp Hillcrest Day Camp con- tinues through August, so another reminder. Many activities for kids ages 5-12 are available. You should find a week or two that works for you by going to www.city- offullerton.com and search Camp Hillcrest, or call (714) 738-6575. There are week- ly themes and on-site activities supervised by trained recreation staff and volun- teers. A Summer filled with outdoors exploration, arts, crafts, demonstrations and shows, and of course, spending time with other children creates memories that last a lifetime. JULY 2021 NEWS & CROSSWORD FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 7
OUR TOWN CROSSWORD © 2021 “CELEBRATE!” by Valerie Brickey (answer key on page 19)
Dan Mabe, founder and president of AGZA (American Green Zone Alliance) gives a presentation of electric equipment at Parks Jr. High. Electric Gardening Equipment Demonstrated by Bernie Kotkin by reducing air pollution caused by gas- powered equipment. The South Coast Dan Mabe, founder and president of Air Quality Management District AGZA (American Green Zone Alliance) (AQMD) is sponsoring this demonstra- hosted a demonstration of electric pow- tion and offers significant incentives for ACROSS ered lawn and garden equipment for replacing gas-powered equipment with local government agencies, school dis- battery-powered equipment. tricts and colleges in the field behind City Councilman Jesus Silva intro- 1. French friend 36. Round a bend too fast Parks Junior High School on June 18. duced Dan Mabe to the attendees. Dr. 4. "Storage Wars" channel 39. Duck's home About a dozen representatives of these Vicki Calhoun, representing Area 3 on 9. Wall St. deals 40. Pepper, for one agencies observed battery-powered the Fullerton Joint Union High School 13. "Oh, brother!" 43. Give a speech landscape and gardening equipment in District (FJUHSD) Board of Trustees, 14. British P.M. Tony 44. Golf club operation. test-drove a large mowing machine, 15. Guns, as an engine 45. Guadalajara gold This equipment is far quieter than gas showing the crowd how quiet and easy it 16. 4th of July fish, perhaps 46. Faint powered equipment and the use of bat- is to operate. 18. Change for a five 47. Peruses tery powered equipment benefits society 19. Get situated 49. One who makes an effort 20. Oklahoma athlete 51. Manages 22. Ski trail 53. Eye with intent 23. Back at sea? 54. Relating to wine 25. High ___ kite 55. 4th of July dressing, perhaps Avoiding Thefts From Vehicles 27. ___-friendly (green) 58. "Take ___ from me..." 28. Muddy up 59. Lightened (up) by Bernie Kotkin valuables on the seat, that is temptation 29. Disliked intensely 60. Kiki, Sandra or Ruby to a thief. Lock your vehicle. If you must 31. ___ Diego 61. ___ Loc Is your car parked on the street, drive- leave materials in your car, put them in 32. Cutup 62. Beauticians, at times way, or parking lot? Did you lock it? the trunk. Don’t leave anything visible 33. Soaked 63. Ukr. or Est., once Did you leave anything in your car? on the seat or floor. If you are going into 34. 4th of July drink, perhaps Between May 18 and June 15 there the gym and leave your wallet in the car were 49 incidents of burglaries from for safekeeping, remember, someone vehicles in Fullerton. Most often items may be watching you from another vehi- DOWN were visible in the vehicle and that is cle. Leave your wallet at home and just why the vehicle was burglarized. Even take your license with you. These thefts 1. 4th of July celebrator 17. Fullerton-to-Las Vegas dir. if you are just running into a store for are more common than you think. Stay 2. "Father of the Constitution" 21. Readily available one item, and leave your purse or other safe. 3. Map within a map 23. Arrange in order 4. Blind as ___ 24. It was once a challenge to eat? 5. Matterhorn, e.g. 26. Put two and two together 6. Day break? 28. Game delayer 7. Kind of engine 30. Absorbed, as a cost 8. Trial's partner 32. Bar where “everybody knows 9. Sci-Fi author Hubbard your name" 10. Under 33. Tough spot 11. Supervise 34. Freshly painted 12. Leaky balloon sound 35. Romances 16. Show the ___ to 36. Massachusetts' Cape ___ 37. Thank you, in Tokyo 38. Small dish 40. Evening galas 41. Ponyboy from "The Outsiders" 42. Rich dessert 44. Ambush 48. Receded 49. Most common typo 50. Clarinets, e.g. 52. Work at a keyboard 53. TV screen types 54. Cheerios grain 56. ___ as directed 57. Always, poetically Page 8 FULLERTON OBSERVER EDUCATION JULY 2021
existing boundaries to accommodate the HIGH SCHOOL BOARD HIGHLIGHTS changes. Community input will begin in & Commentary by Vivien Moreno August and all changes must be com- The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board pleted by March 2022. New boundaries information available by calling 714-870-2800 last for 10 years until the next Census in or visiting www.fjuhsd.net 2030. Goodbye to
Dr. Scott Scambray The Trustees wished former Superintendent Dr. Scott Scambray a June 22 FJUHSD Board Report heartfelt farewell at the end of his last Superintendent Scott Scambray official board meeting. All of them effu- has retired. sively thanked Dr. Scambray for his New Superintendent LCAP and 21/22 leadership and support during the pan- Election District demic and for the past 6 years. President June 22 marked the first in-person Budget Approval Boundaries Buchi said she believes his FJUHSD FJUHSD Board meeting in 15 months Districted elected positions in the legacy will be his implementation of starting by Trustees welcoming incom- The Board unanimously approved country must use updated Census data Bond Measure I funds and bringing on ing Superintendent Dr. Steve both the LCAP (Local Control to review boundaries every 10 years to Facilities Director, Todd Butcher to McLaughlin. Dr. McLaughlin, an educa- Accountability Plan) and the proposed reflect population movements within an organize and complete a multitude of tor for over 20 years, is leaving the 2021/22 budget that was presented at the area. The FJUHSD adopted districted large and small projects over the last 6 Fountain Valley School District June 6 board meeting. The 2021/22 elections in 2015 and will review those years. She mentioned that students Assistant Superintendent of Education budget is projected at $132.2 million boundaries in time for the upcoming shared their gratitude for him ushering Services position to join FJUHSD. Dr. with proposed spending of $140.8 mil- 2022 elections when three of its trustee in the 1:1 Chromebook program that McLaughlin thanked the Trustees, com- lion. areas will be on the ballot: Area 1 (La became especially useful while dealing mented on his impressions of Fullerton’s This budget does not include the $29.9 Habra), Area 4 (central Fullerton), and with the pandemic. All the trustees rich history of community support for million ESSER III (Federal Elementary Area 5 (outer Fullerton and La Habra). wished him well on his retirement and the diverse FJUHSD student population, and Secondary School Emergency The review depends on pandemic with his next ventures. Representatives introduced his wife, Bethany and two of Relief Funds of March 2021) and AB 86 delayed Census data, which is not from both Assembly Member Sharon his four daughters. He is excited to work money that will adjust the budget expected to be released before late Quirk-Silva’s and State Senator Josh with the FJUHSD staff to support “all income levels. September. FJUHSD has contracted Newman’s offices were there to offer kids and to set a forward direction for This proposed budget projects an end- with National Demographics congratulations and appreciation. Dr. the district.” ing balance of restricted and unrestricted Corporation to review the boundaries Scambray got a bit emotional thanking President Buchi finished introducing money at over $43 million, indicating and determine if any area has experi- his principals and staff for the last 6 Dr. McLaughlin by stating that she that the reserve will go from 35% ($65.7 enced a shift greater than 10% in popu- years and especially for getting through believed he brings “education experi- million) this year to a projected 30% at lation as a whole or as an ethnically this last year and a half. He pointed out ence and skills … [that will] provide the end of the 21/22 school year. identified population. If there are none that in the FJUHSD he had found a excellence in education to all students The District spent just 71% of its rev- above 10% threshold shifts, then the strong district, a school board with com- we serve.” Trustees Joann Fawley and enues on staff salary and benefits last Trustees may choose to leave the bound- mon goals to support students, a good Lauren Klatzker made a special point to year. The low percentage is mainly due aries as they currently stand or reposi- team to support these goals, and a great thank community member, parent, stu- to COVID-19 measures. tion boundaries that will still accommo- high school experience for his three dent, and staff participation in the search Normally, a school district should date federal and state voting law man- daughters in the last 6 years. process, stating that they often referred spend above 78% of its budget on staff dates. All areas that have experienced The next regular FJUHSD Board to their input during the selection salaries and benefits. greater than 10% shift must modify meeting is scheduled for July 20. process.
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. For agenda go to: www.fsd.k12.ca.us or call 714-447-7400 June 22 FSD Meeting
The new Assistant Principals and Arts been involved in nearly every program Program Director were introduced: offered at Orangethorpe including Ladera Vista Junior High: Morgan Project Curiosity, Robot Nation, Martin taught TK through 12th grade Coding, after school enrichment, grand- science in Los Alamitos Unified School parents' day, Love Fullerton, PBIS District. He has recent experience as Coach and many other activities at the both an administrator designee and sum- school. This past year she was one of the mer school principal. He has served on teachers during the first year of MyFSD state level committees for the rollout of academy. She is a professional develop- the Next Generation Science Standards. ment planner and trainer at Tiger Woods He has a strong background in the arts, Foundation Learning Center. She has particularly in the areas of dance and previous principal experience in musical theater. He is excited to come to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ladera Vista due to their arts focus and Arts Program Director: Ingrid academic excellence. Bowers is currently the Teacher on Nicolas Junior High: Kuuipo Special Assignment for the Arts in the Koahou has been a teacher at all three Magnolia School District. She coordi- grades levels: elementary, junior high, nates the arts program for her district, and high school. She is currently the secures and oversees arts grants, and Building Assets Reducing Risk helped develop and implement an arts Coordinator at Beaumont High School. integrated elementary school in the She is in the process of completing her District. She was an integral member of Doctorate degree from the University of the team that wrote her district's arts Redlands. She has recent experience as plan and she has been responsible for an administration designee. She was implementing the plan that includes pro- selected as the 2021 Teacher of the Year viding all students with arts experiences at Beaumont High School. across all arts domains at each grade Orangethorpe Elementary: Jean level. Summy has been a teacher at Orangethorpe for eight years. She has Continued on page 19 JULY 2021 YOUNG OBSERVERS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 9
TEEN OBSERVER by Francine, 9th grade Not yet vaccinated? Now it’s your turn
Have you received the COVID-19 outdoor setting. These precautions did vaccine yet? I received my first dose two not diminish the satisfaction and happi- weeks ago but not without feeling fear ness we felt because we could walk and anxiety. I knew, like any other vac- side-by-side and have fun almost like cine or medicine, there could be severe we did pre-pandemic. It was a signifi- side effects. But because there is a cant milestone because not only was this greater risk with being unvaccinated I a step towards normalcy, but it was a thought it was more reasonable to get it great score for our mental health. than skip it. Luckily, my reaction to the As of June 16, about 50% of people Fullerton Observer Youth Editor Francine Vudoti receives vaccine was mild as I only had a ages 12-17 in Orange County have yet to her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine. headache and a sore arm. After 48 hours, receive at least one dose of the vaccine the side effects wore off and I felt nor- (covid.19.ca.gov). Some may be wait- male teens and their parents to be con- But, how about those teens who mal again. ing to see what other kids might experi- cerned about the heart inflammation would like to get their shots but are It is quite liberating to have finally ence with the vaccine before getting the side-effect. Fortunately, less than 1% of being held back by their parents? gotten the shot. My anxiety about the shot. Others may be concerned about the vaccinated teens have been reported to Fortunately, there are online resources coronavirus has dropped significantly. recent reports of heart inflammation experience this rare side-effect and they such as Vaxteen (www.vaxteen.org) that The prospect of getting back to normal among male teens due to the vaccine. turned out to be mild and treatable. provide help for kids who need assis- has become more real as I got messages The rest may simply not believe in the ( www.npr.org/sections/health- tance in convincing their parents to do from my friends (who had all been vac- COVID vaccine or do not think they shots/2021/06/17/1007447098/pfizer- their part. If you need to schedule your cinated before me) asking me to confirm need it. I would classify myself under covid-vaccine-teens-symptoms- vaccine, you can go to my attendance at our very first meet-up the first group because I personally wait- myocarditis). The benefits of the https://myturn.ca.gov. There are many after a year in lockdown. Eventually, I ed for other teens around my age to go COVID vaccine far outweigh the risk of other sites online or walk-ins around was able to hang out with them. Despite first so that I knew what to expect once heart inflammation. For the skeptics and Fullerton and nearby areas. Hopefully, our statewide reopening, we still took it was my time to get vaccinated. I timed non-believers, I think their choice ought by the time schools open in August, precautions by choosing to meet up in an the scheduling of the vaccine, however, to be respected but for their part, they most students in middle and high open-air mall and always wear our so that I would be fully vaccinated in should also respect the safety protocols schools will be vaccinated so we can masks except when we ate lunch in an time for school. It is understandable for implemented in places they visit. safely return to in-person classes.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE MUSIC SCENE by Erin, 6th grade by Mateo, 5th grade Why do we light up the sky Linda Lindas Linda Lindas is an all-girl punk band from Los Angeles with members who are all on the Fourth of July? around my age: Mila, 10; Eloise, 13; Lucia, 14; and Bela, 16. Their song “Racist Sexist Boy,” which they performed at the LA Public Library, went viral on social The Fourth of July, otherwise known a very large figure in American society, media in May. They performed on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show, starred in the Netflix as Independence Day, is only a few days word of his plan spread far and wide movie “Moxie,” and were featured on the Rolling Stone website. Their hit song was away and it is a great time to celebrate throughout the U.S. and on the first based on Mila’s story about how a boy said his dad told him to stay away from our country’s freedom. One of the most anniversary of the holiday, his vision Chinese people, and when she said she was Chinese, he backed away. This song is popular ways we celebrate this holiday became a reality. A huge parade was one of my favorites because Eloise's yelling is so full of raw emotion. I love their is by setting off fireworks into the night hosted with fireworks, bands, and many other songs too, like “Claudia Kishi” and their cover of Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl.” sky. How did this come to be? Why do more festivities. Ever since that day, They recently signed with Epitaph, a legendary punk rock record label. I can imag- we use fireworks and other explosives to many Americans across the country ine that racist boy regretting what he said. celebrate this special day? Do we really have celebrated Independence Day with have to have a fireworks display? fireworks. I always have a blast seeing The person behind this tradition of set- the displays of fireworks each year. It BOOK REVIEW by Katie, 9th grade ting off fireworks on the Fourth of July never gets old launching them into the is President John Adams. He came up sky to celebrate our country. But, while with the idea to make each July 4th from many have come to love this tradition, Ace of Spades that point forward a day of celebration, there are also those who wonder if we By Àbíké-Íyímídé patriotism, and freedom. He envisioned can light up the sky alternatively (laser Young Adult Thriller/Dark Academia, 480 pages parades, games, and “illuminations” light musical shows maybe?) in consid- Published June 2021 4.5/5 stars (fireworks) to be held on each and every eration of the environment and all those July 4th. Adams was the second who are sensitive to explosive sounds Sometimes, you need a soft, fluffy compelling, cutting just as deeply. President of the United States, a such as dogs, cats, horses, birds, babies, rom com to cheer you up. And some- Àbíké-Íyímídé expertly wields dual Founding Father, and a leader in the war veterans, seniors, and the sick in our times, you need a dark, scary, twisty points of view to maximize suspense, American Revolution. Because he was community. thriller just to feel alive. This book was cleverly jumping from one to the next, one of the latter. Ace of Spades follows ending each character with a brutal Chiamaka and Devon, the only Black cliffhanger, something that left me gasp- students who attend the prestigious ing. Chiamaka and Devon lead very dif- Niveus Private Academy. But after both ferent lives, but I was equally invested in WHAT’S TRENDING? by Irene, 9th grade are nominated as prefects, their paths both their stories. The powerful portray- begin to tangle with an anonymous force al of white supremacy, classism, and known as Aces, a group bent on not only institutionalized racism is so heart- [AS]tounding creations destroying Chiamaka’s and Devon’s wrenching, and I appreciate how the senior year, but also on ruining any author doesn’t shy away from the suffer- chance at their future. I’ve read about ing that injustice brings. Thousands of TikTok creators have participated in the “Adult Swim” trend, show- five mysteries and thrillers this year and This review doesn’t even come close ing off their creative and unique take on Adult Swim bumpers — short clips origi- Ace of Spades is by far the best one. It’s to doing this book justice, not with the nally aired before or after commercial breaks on the Cartoon Network. Recorded one of those books that, when you com- way it explores relevant themes that using producer VANO 3000’s remix of BADBADNOTGOOD’s “Time Moves plete it, you can only sit in silence and appealed to me and had me losing my Slow,” these videos under “#AdultSwim” have amassed nearly three billion views weakly process what you just read, a mind a little bit, and certainly not with on TikTok. The climax of these cinematic and artistic short clips is when the term, desire for more tugging at your heart. its haunting social commentary that will “[as]” — an acronym for “Adult Swim” — is revealed near the end of the video. As This is one of the few times I loved linger in my mind for months to come. more and more users demonstrate their individuality and captivating creations, it’s the writing and the characters so This is truly a book I won’t forget, and no surprise that this trend has garnered much praise and publicity. much—both are sharp, smart, and bril- I can’t recommend it enough. liantly crafted. The writing is simple and Page 10 FULLERTON OBSERVER NEWS JULY 2021 Museum Center Partially Funded,
Prepares for New Exhibit continued from front page The FMCA, whose Board has strug- ing partners without including, or even gled to keep the Museum alive after its informing, Board members. abrupt closure last year, submitted four Despite receiving only enough money different funding options to the City for the next six months, Buzan told The Council for their June 15 meeting. The Observer, “We feel confident that we options, first communicated to the will have funding for the whole year and Council in a memo in late April, were are going forward with grants. The City presented to the Council during the June Council needs to make some decision 14 meeting by Interim Deputy City about how they want to move forward in Manager Christa Johnson. In her tem- terms of our relationship as partners.” porary position, Johnson oversees the Fifth District City Councilmember Parks & Recreation Department, which Ahmad Zahra, who represents the oversees the facility and its employees, Council on the FMCA Board, pushed for all of whom have been either laid off or enough funding for the Museum to oper- reassigned. ate for a full year to allow for exhibits to The four options presented to the be booked years into the future. He also Council were: supports the grants that A. Maintain the cur- fund them, which rent City budget that would not be funded in defunded the Museum the current annual altogether. The first exhibit cycle, to be available FMCA Boardmember Jim Ranii and President Janet Buzan unload artwork from B. Continue to oper- of the year is for the future exhibi- the Museum’s latest exhibit “Have Blues Will Travel.” ate as in the past with tions. “Have Blues PHOTO BY CHRISTINE BUZAN. $600,000 in funds from “If we can’t book the City, but reduce will Travel” beyond six months, acknowledged in conversation with The leries and museums, and is to open in operations to three days about the then we may as well not Observer the seriousness and complexi- the fall. per week. “Green Book” open it,” Zahra said. ty of FMCA taking on that role. A planned exhibit about the late Los C. Grant the Museum published to direct Zahra suggested that Speaking before the Council during Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy $205,000 to operate if a full $200,000 the June 14 meeting, FMCA Board Lasorda, who was a longtime resident of with no City staff, but African Americans couldn’t be given to the member Harmeet Chana, emphasized Fullerton, has been put on hold for now. enough to hire a full- to safe lodging Museum immediately, the importance of hiring professional Ahmad Zahra later told The Observer time director and some during segregation, then at least the staff, saying that volunteers and the that the Museum Center would not sur- part-time staff. from the Council could commit Board could not run the Museum by vive without some City support, D. Determine some to a second $100,000 themselves. The Museum’s lucrative explaining that ticketing, memberships, other level of City Blues Museum installment in the near beer garden, for example, which is the and a $100 per member fundraiser sug- funding to allow in Missouri. future from American largest single source of funds raised by gested by 2nd District Councilmember FMCA to operate the Rescue Plan Act the Board, needed staffing to operate. Nick Dunlap during the June 14 meeting Museum based on the (ARPA) funds awarded FMC has scheduled just two exhibi- would not provide enough to fund the amount of the grant. to the City. The Council tions for the remainder of 2021. The institution. The Council ultimately chose option was unwilling to commit to using ARPA first is “Have Blues will Travel” about “We need to figure out a way to create D, with no City staff to operate the funds without further analysis of how the “Green Book” published to direct a revenue stream outside the general Museum. the money is allowed to be spent, how- African Americans to safe lodging dur- fund, in addition to helping them plan to FMCA also had also previously ever, even though it is commonly under- ing segregation, from the Blues succeed long term,” Zahra said. requested that the City reimburse them stood that the federal funds are meant to Museum in Missouri. The exhibition Nonetheless, Zahra is optimistic about for over $51,000 lost to nonrefundable reimburse cities for revenues lost during was originally set to open in early July the Museum’s future, saying that the fees for cancelled exhibitions—an the pandemic. More detailed guidance but has now been rescheduled to open Board has discussed how to pursue cor- expense blamed, at least in part, on their about how ARPA funds may be used is on July 24. At press time the exhibition porate sponsorship, while recognizing inability to access Museum mail for the expected in July. shipment had been delayed and was that they need stability to cultivate those period of time when Board members As a possible source for future fund- expected to arrive on June 25. relationships. He had hoped for a year’s were locked out of the facility. The ing, Zahra, seconded by Jesus Silva, Buzan said she hopes the opening, for worth of underwriting by the City, but Board also had to spend more than moved that the Council add to a future which the Museum will be booking a still thinks the Museum is viable, noting $13,000 to ship a “priceless” item on meeting agenda consideration of an live band, will be “a wonderful opening that the Board has hired a grant writer loan to the Leo Fender exhibit portion of ordinance establishing a City arts fund. and a welcome back for our members and has exhibits on the way. the Museum back to the Roy Acuff Many cities, including neighboring and others who have supported us for all Zahra said that arts in the city are a Museum in Tennessee, according to Brea, charge developers a 1% fee that these years,” adding that the community good attraction for businesses. “That is Fullerton Museum Center Association pays for arts programs. needed something to celebrate. our heritage. Arts and culture. We need Board President Janet Buzan. The reim- Councilmember Jung agreed with The Museum’s second exhibition of to invest in things that will become bursement will come from savings Zahra’s suggestion to add renegotiating 2021 will have the theme of the indige- attractions for people to come and see, found in the current fiscal year’s Parks the FMCA’s contract with the City, nous peoples of Southern California, a and they will spend the dollars in local & Rec. budget. which expires in June 2024, to his collaboration with Fullerton College, areas. That is what comes back to our Days later, Buzan said of the Council motion to award the $100,000 Cal State Fullerton, and other local gal- City.” Council’s decision to grant the funds, funds. The current contract prohibits “Given the situation, I think it was a FMCA from directly hiring employees, good outcome. The thing that is most although they can contract with person- important now is that we are communi- nel on a temporary basis as they have for cating with Council.” Earlier this year the upcoming exhibit. Removing the hir- FMCA had complained that the now for- ing prohibition would allow the museum mer City Manager was conducting tours to begin building a staff of its own, of the Museum with prospective operat- although Board President Buzan later JULY 2021 FEATURE FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 11
The Limits of Desegregation: A Story of Maple School (Part 4)
by Jesse La Tour
The following is part of an ongoing series about school desegregation efforts in Fullerton from the 1960s to today. The main focus has been on Maple Elementary School, which was closed in 1972, and all its students bused to other schools in the district to achieve integration. This was part of a larger state and national conver- sation/controversy about busing and desegregation in the 1970s.
Prop 1: 1979 are significant to the Maple School The Robbins Amendment story because they give the broader con- text of widespread opposition to busing Part 3 of this series addressed Prop 21, kids as a means to achieve school inte- which passed in 1972 and sought to end gration, and the disproportionate impact the practice of busing kids to desegre- this had on students of color. gate schools in California. Prop 21 was Because Maple school had been championed by a fiery conservative closed, students from that predominant- from Los Angeles named Floyd ly Latino and Black neighborhood con- Wakefield who railed against the yoke tinued to be bused. of “forced integration.” The 1972 Maple “solution” reflected a Preschool teacher Sylvia Quezada a with a student. The Maple Community Center Although a majority of voters favored wider state and national trend in the operated a preschool after the elementary school was closed. it, Prop 21 was declared unconstitutional 1970s in which busing was either aban- Photo from the Fullerton Observer archives. in 1975 (it violated the equal protection doned, outlawed, or (as with Maple) the clause of the 14th amendment), but it burden was placed entirely on the did have a chilling effect on minority community. writes. “The end of mandatory desegre- answers but let us not sacrifice these state desegregation efforts. “Thus the debate over gation meant that the burden of busing programs that are for the betterment of Wakefield’s successor in busing in the late 1970s had fallen almost exclusively on stu- the community.” (Fullerton News the fight against busing to was primarily a debate dents of color.” Tribune, 1983). achieve desegregation was, “The debate over whether white stu- For example, “by 1980, Black stu- At a Fullerton School District Board dents in California would be more likely meeting in March 1983, around 175 interestingly, not another over busing dents could be com- conservative Republican, pelled to participate in to attend a segregated school than in any Maple neighborhood residents showed but a liberal Democrat in the late 1970s desegregation programs, state in the South except Mississippi,” up wearing “Keep Maple Open” but- from the San Fernando was primarily or whether that burden Hosang writes. tons. Valley named Alan a debate over would fall exclusively These continuing patterns of segrega- As reported in the News-Tribune, tion, now given legal support, continue “Thuc Nguyen, a mother of a child in Robbins. Robbins had sup- whether white on nonwhite students,” ported the Equal Rights Hosang writes. to today. pre-school at the Center and a full-time Amendment (for women) students could In his book Why “Twenty-five years after the passage volunteer there, broke down in tears at and supported the United be compelled Busing Failed, historian of the Robbins Amendment, patterns of one point in her speech to trustees.” Farm Workers. to participate Matthew Delmont dis- racial isolation and segregation were at “How can I explain to my son how all-time highs,” Hosang writes. Maple won’t be there for him?” Ms. Robbins learned from the in desegregation cusses how the busing legal shortcomings of Prop debate was often framed Nguyen said. “I am a single parent of 21 and carefully crafted an programs, in ways that downplayed Fighting for the Maple two pre-school children. I don’t think my children can handle another initiative in 1979 (Prop 1) or whether that the civil rights/constitu- Community Center that would stand up to con- burden would tionality of the issue. breakup.” After its closure in 1972, Maple As a result of the parents’ organizing, stitutional and legal chal- fall exclusively “White parents and lenges. The Robbins politicians framed their Elementary School became the Maple the Board did not close the MCC in Amendment, like the on nonwhite resistance to school Community Center (MCC), housing a 1983. Wakefield Amendment, students.” desegregation in terms preschool, Headstart, a daycare, and an sought to end mandatory of ‘busing’ and ‘neigh- experimental Community Open School. The Maple Alumni Every five years or so, the Maple area busing of students to borhood schools.’ This Committee achieve integration in rhetorical shift allowed residents had to fight to keep even these California. them to support white schools and white programs. In 1978, the Fullerton School In 1983, Bobby Melendez, Vivien “The Robbins Amendment sought to neighborhoods without using explicitly District first considered closing the “Kitty’ Jaramillo and others from the amend the California State Equal racist language,” Delmont writes. MCC, but ultimately decided against it. Maple neighborhood decided to organ- Protection Clause by stating that as long Ultimately, Prop 1 passed by a large In 1983, the District again proposed ize an annual get-together for families in as the US Supreme Court interpreted the majority. Like Prop 21, it was chal- closing the MCC, citing a budget deficit. the neighborhood whose kids had been 14th Amendment as only prohibiting de lenged on legal grounds as unconstitu- The Board of Trustees initially consid- or were being bused to schools outside jure (legally mandated, as opposed to de tional. Unlike Prop 21, it held up to legal ered closing either Orangethorpe, the neighborhood. facto—in practice—segregation), challenge. Its appeal made it all the way Commonwealth, or Hermosa Drive This group eventually became the California courts would have to do the to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1982, Schools, but shied away from closing Maple Alumni Committee. same,” historian Daniel Martinez where the court voted 8-1 to uphold its any of these after outcry from parents. “We started in 1983 to get together for Hosang writes in his book Racial constitutionality. “Whenever financial problems come picnics, just to keep ourselves together, Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the The lone dissenting vote was Justice up, they [trustees] talk about closing so our children could know each other, Making of Postwar California. Thurgood Marshall, who wrote in his Maple—we’re always picked on,” so we could just bond one time a year,” “Calls among busing opponents for dissent, “The fact that California Martha Rodriguez (a Maple parent) told Melendez said in an interview with The the protection of ‘majority rights’ quick- attempts to cloak its discrimination in the Fullerton News-Tribune. Observer. ly waned in favor of arguments that rep- the mantle of the 14th Amendment does Faced with the possible closure of the One consequence of closing Maple resented the interests of ‘all children,’” not alter this result.” MCC, parents and advocates attended School was to cut off the normal inter- Hosang writes. “The Supreme Court ruling was a FSD Board meetings in great numbers familial ties that come with having a But the burden of desegregation did death knell for mandatory desegregation in February and March of 1983. They school in your neighborhood. not fall equally on “all children.” programs throughout the state,” Hosang also organized a letter-writing campaign “The school would have served that Both Prop 21 in 1972 and Prop 1 in to board members and the district. function but as we were all in the wan- One particularly eloquent letter was ing years of having gone to Maple submitted by Brig Owens, an African School, having the experience of being American NFL player who grew up in bused out together, I think that kind of the Maple neighborhood. galvanized our relationship together— In his letter to then District having that similar experience,” Superintendent Duncan Johnson, Owens Melendez said. “So that alumni commit- called the MCC “an extremely neces- tee organized dances, and the dances sary facility. This decision not only will became fundraisers for Maple School.” affect the children and lives of their By the late 1980s, the prospect of re- families, but it will affect the communi- opening Maple as an elementary school ty as a whole,” Owens wrote. “Too often would become the subject of much dis- in the face of progress we lose sight of cussion and debate. the true needs of our community and families…I realize tough decisions have To be continued… to be made and there are no easy Page 12 FULLERTON OBSERVER FEATURE JULY 2021
My Year to Conquer the Squirrels
by J. A. Kaluzny pay for itself in 15 years. Guess how long the fake stuff is guaranteed to This is the year I have vowed to con- last?* quer the squirrels for two reasons. One, First things the critters attacked were they decimate avocados. Two, they plant the almond trees in my front yard. They pecan trees all over my yard, even in devoured the almonds before they had plant pots, and one cannot just pull out matured for humans. So, I did not ever the invaders. Those little paws are able harvest any almonds. One morning as I to plant the nuts at least eight inches retrieved my newspaper, I spotted a down so the sprouts have to be dug out. furry foe in the crotch of the tree. I Additionally, there is a yelled at it. Or at least third reason that is not voiced a stern rebuke. The personally pertinent to animal turned on me with a me. These tree rats dig I and my look of defiance if not out- holes in my friend right aggression. Whoa! It Tony’s garden just for neighborhood appeared ready to leap at the fun of digging, thus had no problem my throat, like that rabbit in disturbing his carrot with squirrels Monty Python and the Holy Squirrels decimate avocados. seeds and tender trans- until the City Grail. I backed away. plants. Said garden is And took out the almond snakes alleged to repel the critters. Too More from the Internet—solar pow- alongside my garage; I cut down trees. No point in weeding, soon to judge the effectiveness. No ered electronic devices. Some com- wasn’t using the space, 300 trees in feeding, and watering to pecans nor avocados ripe enough for ments dispute their effectiveness, while having decided to leave provide nosh for knaves. Hillcrest Park. thieving yet, not until medium to late a neighbor with two very large trees tes- veggies to the profes- Now the avocado tree. It fall. However, I discovered that the wee tifies to her success with them. Also, I sionals at the farmers’ looks to be a bumper crop beasties have discovered my Surinam shall hie mineself to Ace Hardware for markets. So, he might as this year. Last year, cherry tree, and despite the non-native- 20" sheet metal to wrap the trunks of the well enjoy soil under his fingernails. Rodentia devoted themselves to sam- ness of the fruit, Rodentia likes ‘em. I double pecan tree and the avocado. The If you are appalled at my appellation pling the fruit, taking a few bites, then came upon one with a cherry in its trunk is not their only access. They of these appealing animals as “rats,” going on to another one, leaving beauti- mouth, and I protested profusely. It climb the neighbors’ Magnolia, leap to please note that the family of Sciurdae, ful avocados ugly on the ground. My leaped to the safety of the pecan tree, my roof, and scurry to the edge three Kingdom of Animalia, belongs to the neighbor said they even bring them to turned back toward me, glaring, sneer- feet from the tree. A modest flying leap, order of Rodentia. Case closed. her magnolia tree to munch. She sug- ing, with severe lashings of its tail. and it’s alligator pear heaven. (That’s I and my neighborhood had no prob- gested I provide table service and nap- I retired from the field. what they were called upon arriving at lem with squirrels until the City cut kins so they can eat here. I checked with my 1991 Tiny Game the A&P in Fond du Lac in 19 ought 50- down 300 trees in Hillcrest Park. The The lovely thing about avocados is Hunting, subtitled Environmentally something.) scene of this massacre was the north that they do not ripen on the tree—at Healthy Ways to Trap and Kill the Pests I wonder if I could get away with slope above Lions Field. The purported least, not ripe enough for human con- in Your House and Garden (Bantam wrapping the telephone poles? That’s purpose was to redirect water drainage sumption. Hence, I could have a contin- Books). Mild-mannered suggestions. their main highway from the sheltering to avoid damage to the artificial turf uing supply of this excellent brain food, The authors, Hilary Dole Klein & cedar forest of the historic 200 block of installed on the playing fields. Despite this essence of guacamole, for months. Adrian M. Wenner seriously underesti- West Whiting to my place. adverse health effects on young bodies Were it not for the furry felonious feral mate the leaping powers of squirrels. playing on fake grass, the installation fellows. Nor do they have an avocado tree, espe- *You guessed it. was justified by the allegation that it My first line of defense was the cially not one with branches drooping Certification: No animals were would save enough watering money to Internet. I bought two inflatable six-foot near to the ground. injured in the production of this article.
Meet Fullerton’s World-Class Trumpet Soloist
Fullerton resident Matthew Kim is a of Representatives Award in 2021. He world-renowned trumpet soloist. performed a major stage recital at the Widely considered the best trumpeter 2021 International Trumpet Guild in Korea and Asia, he has performed in Conference. He won a silver medal at major venues worldwide, including the 2018 Global Music Awards. Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Charles Matthew is now a trumpet instructor at W. Eisemann Center for the Performing the Irvine Music Festival. He also has a Arts, Seoul Arts Center, Kumho Art Trio team consisting of Violin and Piano Hall, and Sejong Center for the and Trumpet. The team's name is LaDo Performing Arts. Trio, and they all work as Faculty at Matthew received his Bachelor of Fullerton College and Azusa Pacific Music from Seoul National University University. and Graduate Performance Diploma He has inspired performers around the from the Peabody Conservatory. world and instilled pride in the Korean He won the Grace Meng U.S. House community in Fullerton. JULY 2021 FEATURE FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 13
"Tracks Out of Service" sign seen at a railroad track crossing. A tree that has fallen across the abandoned Union Pacific line near the tree nursery. had my mask in my pocket just in case I follow Bastanchury until it curved into encountered another person along the an area with neighborhoods on either VIDEO OBSERVER close-quartered, narrow walkway. It was side. On a different day, I continued my an early, semi-cool morning in June walk, following the tracks, and eventu- by Emerson Little © 2021 when I stepped over the tracks and ally ending up under a train trestle. turned right onto a short, well-main- Passersby on the Juanita Cooke Trail A Potential Trail Along tained trail that must have been put in above wouldn’t even know that they by the housing developer who built the were walking or riding on top of a solid, Fullerton’s Abandoned Union homes on the hill in that area. This dirt steel bridge if it wasn’t for the rusted path ran along the hill, surrounded by railing on the side. If they looked down Pacific Tracks various drought-resistant plants, and from where they were walking, they allowed me a view of the train tracks would see the old Union Pacific line. It Back in 2009, Brea community meet- used by trains, the tracks and 20 feet on below. It ended at Hughes Drive, about was at this point that the train tracks ings were held to find a way to convert either side still belong to Union Pacific. a quarter of a mile from where it started became half covered in overgrown veg- the city’s abandoned rails into trails for An old map of the rail lines through off Malvern. etation. At one point along the hike, I walking, running and biking, instead of Fullerton shows that this section of The short trail took me back down to came across drought-resistant plants places where people dumped trash after tracks was put in around 1923, which is the same level as the Union Pacific line, where a group of birds scattered in a dark. This resulted in the Tracks at Brea, proven by the date “1922” stamped on which I continued to follow. The tracks flurry as I approached closer, demon- a section of old railroad tracks that was the rails. led across Hughes strating how infrequently people actual- turned into a four-mile trail, consisting Through the Sunny Hills Drive and through a ly walk along the abandoned railroad of a two-lane paved bikeway and a sep- area, the Union Pacific shadier area bordering tracks. The line turned a corner and arate decomposed gravel footpath for Hunts line winds its way The abandoned the privately owned eventually ended up passing underneath pedestrians. Here in Fullerton, there is a through the wooded hills U.P. tracks Senna Tree nursery. a bridge that allowed for a way under- stretch of discontinued Union Pacific and runs parallel to would make There was a fenced-in neath Harbor Boulevard. This bridge (U.P.) train tracks that would make for Bastanchury Road. The line area to the left of the was extremely tall compared to the tres- an excellent conversion into a hiking eventually ends up crossing for an excellent tracks with a tall elec- tle I’d just walked under, and I could trail. Imperial Highway, and hiking trail; trical tower. An unof- hear the sound of cars driving on the A Union Pacific line breaks off by the moving further north over it would allow ficial trail ran along road above. There happened to be quite former Hunt Branch library and runs up East Lambert Road before Fullerton residents the right side of the a lot of graffiti underneath this particu- through what used to be the old curving around the area train tracks, which lar bridge. Bastanchury Ranch, eventually making behind the Home Depot on another place clearly hadn’t been Beyond the bridge, the tracks contin- its way into La Habra. The line is aban- Harbor Boulevard to join a to experience maintained for a long ued past the Fullerton Golf Course. I doned for miles with signs posted on single-customer active rail nature with time, since it was part- could see the hospital in the distance. It several street crossing signals, which line that moves west into minimal ly overgrown with was at this point that I turned around read, “Tracks Out of Service.” From the Los Angeles and dead ends fallen trees blocking again. Back at my car, I drove over to main line, past what used to be the going east where the environmental sections of the tracks the spot where the U.P. line crossed Hunts tomato sauce factory, the Union “Tracks at Brea” trail impact. and path. At one Imperial Highway and came across a Pacific train tracks cross a wooden tres- begins. If the abandoned point, I even had to sign marking this section of the tracks as tle bridge that passes over Brea Creek on U.P. rails were to be con- climb over a fallen part of private property. The tracks con- the way to the area behind Bastanchury verted into a trail, the path would most tree trunk to continue walking on the tinued north from the Imperial Highway Park. likely start around Bastanchury Park and trail. There was another path down intersection into La Habra. “This line used to service the Hunts continue along the tracks until Imperial below the hillside that ran through the If the Union Pacific Hunt Branch line tomato sauce factory; its only customer. Highway, since, past Imperial, it is still tree nursery. Looking down, I saw that were converted into a hiking trail, the Vegetable oil came from Los Angeles on used by Union Pacific. the trees lining the dirt trail below had ground would need to be inspected and this line as recently as the 1980s,” Parking at Bastanchury Park and grown out of their pots. According to most likely, there would be arsenic-con- according to the Fullerton Walks web- walking on the sidewalk next to a white Fullerton Walks, “this part of the tree taminated soil (caused by the Union page for the U.P. Trail. However, in the fence running along Malvern, I turned nursery has been abandoned to the Pacific Railroad after centuries of use), early 1990s, according to a photo cap- right next to the “Tracks Out of Service” county for maintenance.” Moving for- since that is what was found when Brea tion from RailPictures.net, the U.P. line sign and stepped onto the tracks, photo- ward on the train tracks, I encountered converted their Union Pacific tracks into south of Fullerton was abandoned. Even graphing a section where the line split. another fallen tree trunk blocking the trails. However, the abandoned U.P. rail- though the tracks are now no longer Before starting my walk, I made sure I tracks further up. road tracks would make for an excellent Passing by the main section of the hiking trail because it would allow Bastanchury tree nursery, the U.P. tracks Fullerton residents another place to continued by the Sunny Hills High experience nature with minimal envi- School agricultural teaching area and ronmental impact. If these tracks were over Parks Road to another area with a turned into an official trail, it would be lot of trees. By the time I reached the safer to walk along and there would be area right before Sunny Hills, the sun added health benefits for those who was directly overhead and it was getting bike, hike or walk along the path. The way too warm, so I turned back and U.P. Hunts line would also become a drove, tracking where the Union Pacific source of community identity and pride, tracks led. Further east, the rail line ran a place where a trail or greenway could across Euclid. Crossing Euclid, the highlight historic and cultural resources abandoned railroad went past an animal related to the rail line which once exist- hospital and horse stables. ed here in Fullerton. The Union Pacific line continued to Page 14 FULLERTON OBSERVER ARTS JULY 2021
‘The Crucible’ @ M AVERICK THEATER 110 E Walnut Ave, Fullerton (714) 526-7070 www.mavericktheater.com
Written in the early 1950s, Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. This was a time when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit gripped the Puritan towns of New England. Miller captured the events in a riveting story that is now considered a modern classic in the theater. He wrote it during the “Red Scare” of the 1950s and used the Salem Witch Trials as a metaphor for the “witch hunts” to find communists in America. Directed by Brian Newell. Opens June 25.
Applied Practice: Constructing Notions 50 Faces on the Contemporary Craft Process @ MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER @ BREA ART GALLERY 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton www.themuck.org (714)738-6595 1 Civic Center Cir, Brea (714) 990-7730 www.breaartgallery.com A showcase of contemporary mosaic artwork from the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli in Italy. Using a variety of media, these mosaic portraits capture the character and personality of icons of art, culture and music. Presented in collaboration with This group exhibition will be Associazione Naonis. Jul 15-Oct 7. Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 12-5pm. an exploration of the skill-culti- $5/Member, $10/Non-Member. Advance Reservations required. vation and dedication of makers from backgrounds such as ceramics, glass, metal working, fiber arts, and more. Focusing on contemporary art made from ‘Sweat’ Virtual Performance craft media and processes, and @ CHANCE THEATER exploring the life-long relation- 5522 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, www.chancetheater.com (888) 455-4212 ship creators have with their materials, works on view will explore the ever-evolving ques- Chance Theater presents the Orange tions in the world of craft of County premiere of the Pulitzer Prize- form vs. function and utility vs. winning drama, “Sweat.” Filled with conceptualization. By present- show invites visitors to delve into the possibili- warm humor and tremendous heart, ing artists working in a variety ties of these age-old materials and techniques. this acclaimed play tells the story of a of approaches and styles, this July 17 to September 10. group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pit- ted against each other in a heart- wrenching fight to stay true to them- selves and each other. Please note: This show contains adult language and subject matter. Through July 18. Tickets $20-$39.
“Homage to the Apple” by Bobby Romero
‘Beyond the Sixth’ works by Bobby Romero @ LA HABRA ART GALLERY
151 W. La Habra Blvd. La Habra 90631 www.lahabra.biz Artist Bobby Romero will showcase his paintings and sculptures in this solo exhibit. Show runs July 1-31. Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday 12-4pm.
Faces of Mankind: Portraiture for Social Change @ MUZEO 241 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim www.muzeo.org (714) 956-8936
“Faces of Mankind: Portraiture for Social Change” is a display of 35 portraits of unhoused and formerly unhoused friends created by the Faces of Mankind artist col- lective. The exhibition includes information about the Faces of Mankind project, artists, and how you can get involved.Through August 11. ULY J 2021 ARTS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 15
HITS Community Calendar
& The COVID-19 pandemic caused many beloved community events to be cancelled or to move online. However, as life slowly begins to return to a kind of normal, we MISSES have brought back the Community Events Calendar. If you know of an event in which you think the community would be interested, drop us a line at by Joyce Mason © 2021 [email protected]. Hope to see you around town. [ED]
THURS July 1 THURS July 8 • 5:30-7pm: Protect Our Democracy • 4pm-8pm: Downtown Fullerton Voting Rights Rally. Corner of Imperial Market: Fresh and local produce, food, & State College Blvd. Brea. Come stand and other products from small vendors with us as we support democracy and and local artisans. Downtown Fullerton voting rights. Bring a sign to show your Museum Plaza. 125 E. Wilshire Ave. support. Hosted by Indivisible CA-39. For more information call (714) 738- For more information visit www.indivis- 6575. Every Thursday. ibleca39.org. • 7pm-9pm: Hawaiian Music FRI July 9 Festival. A night of Hawaiian/Island • 6pm: The Wiseguys Big Band music featuring performances by Machine. Swing Music. From Swing to Grammy-winning “slack key” guitarist Swank! The Wiseguys Big Band Jim “Kimo” West and Aolani Kaeka- Machine is an 18-piece ensemble dedi- Preuss. $30 non-member, $20 cated to keeping great music alive. student/senior, $15 member. The Cypress College. 9200 Valley View St Muckenthaler Cultural center. 1201 W. Cypress. Malvern Ave., Fullerton www.themuck.org. (714) 738-6595. SAT July 10 • 9am: Coyote Hills Nature Hike. FRI July 2 Enjoy a Naturalist-led Nature Walk • 6pm-10pm: Sunset Cinema Series along the Nora Kuttner trail and experi- IN THE HEIGHTS: A HIT AND A MISS presents “Independence Day.” Pack a ence Coyote Hills. This is a family picnic, blankets, and beach chairs and friendly event. Please bring a bottle of head to OC Parks Sunset Cinema and water and wear a hat, sunscreen, and Opening on the Broadway stage in the sidewalk extravaganzas. Usnavi enjoy recent popular flicks and intro- comfortable hiking shoes or sneakers 2008, seven years before “Hamilton” recalls the tropical splendor and calmer duce the young ones in your life to with good tread for navigating up and made Lin-Manuel Miranda a household lifestyle of the Dominican Republic he beloved classics. All movies are free to down the trails. We encourage everyone name, his rap opera “In the Heights” has left behind. He also longs to express attend, with free parking beginning at 6 to bring a mask as we plan to put them garnered attention from audiences and his growing affection for the beautiful p.m. and showtimes starting around 8 on when we gather close to explore dif- critics. It featured a Latino cast of char- Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), an aspiring p.m. after the sun has set. Carbon ferent parts of the trail. Meet in front of acters and was set in New York City’s dress designer who hopes Usnavi will Canyon Regional Park, 4442 Carbon the equestrian center at Lakeview & Washington Heights, a neighborhood overcome his shyness and ask her out. Canyon Road, Brea. Euclid. consisting of immigrants mostly from Another plot line that struggles to Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Dominican compete with the distractions of song SUN July 4 FRI July 16 Republic, and Cuba. and dance involves Nina (Leslie Grace), • 11am: Downtown Fullerton • 6pm-10pm: Sunset Cinema Series The film version, directed by Jon Chu Kevin’s daughter, whom he is sending to Fourth of July Bike Parade. Starts at presents “The Sandlot.” Pack a picnic, (“Crazy Rich Asians), opened in the- Stanford, proud that she was smart former CVS parking lot on Euclid and blankets, and beach chairs and head to aters and HBO Max on June 11 with a enough to be admitted to such a presti- Wilshire. OC Parks Sunset Cinema. All movies huge cast of actors, singers, rappers, and gious university. However, Nina has are free to attend, with free parking dancers. The lead role of Usnavi was dropped out, not because of academic TUES July 6 beginning at 6 p.m. and showtimes start- played on stage by Miranda but in the challenges but from loneliness and • 6:30pm: City Council Meeting. ing around 8 p.m. after the sun has set. film by the multi-talented Anthony inability to fit into campus life. She also City Hall Council Chambers, 303 W. Moviegoers can purchase delicious bites Ramos with Miranda appearing in the missed, while in California, her love Commonwealth Ave. For info call City and snacks at the food trucks and con- cameo role of a street vendor. We are interest in her father’s employee, Benny Clerk's Office at (714) 738-6350. cessions booths on-site. Yorba Regional told early on that Usnavi’s name (Corey Hawkins). Park. 7600 E La Palma Ave Anaheim. evolved from his father’s having seen a Another character that has plot signif- WED July 7 • 6:30pm: Le' Polynesia: Summer ship at the docks where they landed icance is Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz, • 8am-1pm: Fullerton Certified Nights Under the Stars. Travel to the marked “U.S. Navy,” and eager for his reprising her role from the stage play). Farmers Market: The Farmers Market islands with an authentic cultural show family to integrate into a new culture, She is the one who connects Nina with offers fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, that will have you swaying with the used it to name his son. the memories of her now-deceased honey, fish, flowers, plants, nuts and dancers. Enjoy live music and feel the “In the Heights” resounds with energy mother, who wore beautiful gloves to bread. Fullerton Public Library. 353 W. spirit of Aloha! Admission is $3 per per- and exuberance even as the city enters a cover hands dried and cracked from Commonwealth Ave. For further infor- son and FREE for children 8 and under. record-breaking heat spell. Workers are cleaning other people’s houses. Claudia mation call (714) 871-5304. Every Pearson Park Ampitheater. 401 N operating cranes, fire hydrants are is not only a connection to the past but Wednesday. Moving soon to Fullerton Lemon St Anaheim. swooshing, and Usnavi is busy loading also the purchaser of a lottery ticket that Community Center. the shelves of his bodega. The beauty will figure later in the story. shop has opened, although the owner is Before “In the Heights” has ended, we rapping about leaving the Heights to are treated to an extravaganza of hip- move her shop to the Bronx. Benny hop and salsa as the cast and hundreds (Corey Hawkins) is speaking clearly and of extras dance in the streets in celebra- loudly through the mike as he dispatches tion of the winning lottery ticket having taxis for the company owned by Kevin been bought in Usnavi’s bodega. Joy Rosario (Jimmy Smits). abounds as the singers speculate what Reflecting the vigor in the community they might do with $96,000 won in a are dozens, if not hundreds, of carefully lottery. The exuberance of dancers in the choreographed singers and dancers per- street, even in the formidable heat that forming on the sidewalks and streets of has caused a breakdown in New York’s Upper Manhattan and rapping about life electrical system, inspires a choreo- in America and the possibility of dreams graphed swimming pool routine that that may come true. Beneath this frenet- would rival a Busby Berkeley produc- ic activity, “In the Heights” has several tion. story lines that struggle to compete with
TWO HITS: Don’t Miss it! A HIT & A MISS: You Might Like it. TWO MISSES: Don’t Bother. Page 16 FULLERTON OBSERVER COMMUNITY VOICES JULY 2021
Fullerton were once persecuted eventually got Out of My Mind accepted and assimilated. There’s very Observer little anti-Irish, Polish, or Italian dis- by Jon Dobrer © 2021 crimination. Asians were, until Trump and the Asia Virus, mostly admired, and The Fullerton Observer Community Jews, though enduring a rollercoaster Newspaper, founded by Ralph and ride of persecutions both great and small Natalie Kennedy, Roy and Irene have, until recently, felt relatively Kobayashi, and other friends in 1978, is Critical Race Theory, accepted. So, there must be something staffed mainly by local volunteers who unique about Black people. It’s true. create, publish, and distribute the paper the NFL, and Us throughout our community. There is! This venture is a not-for-profit one- We are a nation of immigrants, but the revenues are plowed back into maintain- If racist assumptions and policies are come out of nowhere. 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Even our Native lives, so that they may be empowered to institutionalized in American culture they really weren’t actually considered Americans migrated here thousands of participate in constructive ways to keep cannot be looking at our society with to be real people. years ago seeking better lives. Many and make these private and public entities either open eyes or an open mind. This is at the heart of Critical Race immigrants and refugees were driven by serve all residents in lawful, open, just, Anyone who only admits that there is Theory. This is not, contrary to Ted Cruz economic imperatives but came with and socially-responsible ways. 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They gave this but as cargo. and acknowledge the criti- new Jim Crow. ______scheme of cognitive pro- cal part race has played in However, even without active animus filing by race the anodyne our history. This is so self- and hatred, old assumptions persist, SUBMISSIONS: label of “Race Norming.” evident that the twisting of allowing well-dressed and educated
Submissions on any topic of interest Somehow, they believed it in order to demonize and executives, business owners, and socie- are accepted from Fullerton residents. that they could get away with paying deny the theory seems both willful and ty at large to carry on the prejudices We strive to get something about lower amounts for the brain damage suf- malign. built into our history. And that’s the everything in but shorter pieces do have fered by African American professional Why, we must ask, have African point. The first slave ship in 1619 is not a better chance of getting in. players than Whites. Payouts to African Americans been marginalized, only Black History. It is American Email: [email protected] Americans were less than to Whites oppressed, and denied access to the History. It is all our history. We need to ______because their cognitive function was vote? Why have they remained dispro- know this past in order to inform our
• STAFF• deemed to be lower at the start, and thus portionately at the lowest socioeconom- present and help us build a better future • EDITOR: Jesse La Tour they had less to lose! Note again that ic level? Why has their persecution out- together. •CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER: Mehul Desai there were no cognitive tests adminis- lasted other minorities’? The persistence •ADVERTISING: Saskia Kennedy tered, then or now, when players began of the denigration of Blacks makes their •REPORTERS: Matthew Leslie, their careers. This is the platonic form of history unique and is a large part of our Jane Reifer, Judith Kaluzny, prejudice and racism. It is truly a micro- history and our present. Lance Langdon, Grace Widyatmadja cosm of our societal assumptions. If Blacks have always been persecut- • COPY EDITOR: Terry Hendricks Pride Flag This appalling thinking, cynical calcu- ed, is there something unique about • SPANISH COPY EDITORS: Guillermo and Melissa Trabado lating and racist assumption did not them? After all, other minorities who I am opposed to flying any political or • PROOF READER: Christine Romer social group's flag from the City Hall • DATABASE MANAGER: Mehul Desai flag pole. To me, it makes the city coun- • DISTRIBUTION: Irene Kobayashi, Marjorie Kerr, Leslie Allen cil look weak by pandering to squeaky •ROVING REPORTER: Jere Greene wheels that feel their issues are so • COUNCIL REPORT: Jesse La Tour important that they need to flaunt them. • DOWNTOWN REPORT: Mike Ritto What's next - a BLM flag? • SCHOOL BOARD REPORTS: Jan Youngman & Vivien Moreno Jim Farvour •YOUTH EDITOR: Francine Vudoti Fullerton •POLITICAL COMMENTARY: Jonathan Dobrer, Vince Buck
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Fullerton's Weekly Wednesday Ways the Museum Kicked out of Current Location Can Raise Funds The closure of the Fullerton scholars, or past exhibit overviews? After moving from Independence am facing the Library entrance. I have Museum Center this past year has I have participated in many Craft Park last year, the Weekly Fullerton yet to see anyone attempting to enter the been blamed on lack of City funding Contemporary Zoom studio visits Farmer's Market once again is being Main Entrance while I am sitting, enjoy- (Orange County Register, April 26, (there have been one or two a month forced to move. This despite it's incredi- ing, talking to friends. I see all kinds of 2021). for the past year), just watched a bly convenient location in front of the people going to the market and then Here are just a few examples of Zoom tour of Chinatown presented by Fullerton Library, where it has been for browsing at the Book Sale, which has what the Fullerton Museum Center the Museum of Neon Art and several the last many months. Here we have a been doing quite well! So, I am asking (FMC) could have done during this artist talks, participated in three wonderful situation where people can what is not to like about this situation? pandemic year, 2020 to the present to Skirball Cultural Center Zoom Events easily park many different ways- on the The City Hall's parking lot is never full raise money rather than relying so (Ai Wei Wei (2/28), An Evening street, or in the parking lots near the and the market purveyors are extremely heavily on city of Fullerton funding! w/Jenn Louis, A Conversation with library or City Hall. And for the last happy with their sales, and to have the Joy Harjo – US Poet Laureate on three+ months the Friends of The shade of the solar structures above 1. Membership Renewals Earth Day, 4/22), various Holocaust Fullerton Library has been holding a them! Museum LA Zoom events (Yom weekly used book sale at the same time So where is the city placing the mar- This past year, I, Susan L. Petrella HaShoah Commemoration Ceremony in front of the Library Cafe! What a fun ket? Across the street at the renewed and upgraded my family and others). All brilliantly done. situation! I have spent many hours "Community Center" - Now you may memberships in two (2) LA Museums Note: I donated ($10, $25, etc.) to watching people going between the two ask "what community center?" That is (Craft Contemporary, the Japanese the Skirball and the Holocaust areas. the structure with only one road American National Museum) and Museum for several of these events. I have observed people from the entrance and no shade. It is commonly joined another museum, the Museum
Police Department in uniform come and called by most Fullerton residents "The of Neon Art—Even though all 4. Online Gift Shop access the market, as well as city hall Senior Center,” because that is where California museums were closed. employees. People can park on the side seniors exercise, socialize and have Note: As I’ve enjoyed Zoom events Early in the pandemic, March 2020, streets and run over to market to get avo- lunch. According to reliable sources, from the Skirball Cultural Center, I ordered several items related to the cados, fresh eggs, and all kinds of won- this change will take place July 7th. I Holocaust Museum LA, I am thinking Golden Books exhibit and picked derful fruits and vegetables, breads, just hope we do not lose any of our won- about joining these museums as a them up, masked, curbside. I love the homemade sauces, prepared foods, derful hard-working farmers. member. FMC Gift Shop and would support it flowers and orchids. Then, one can walk If you are interested in contacting the with purchases if I were given the over and buy used books from the Fullerton City Hall to express your 2. Online Auction opportunity.
Friends of the Library, and then get a objections to this sad situation, you can Craft Contemporary created an great cup of coffee from the friendly write or call. The City Manager's phone 5. Annual Giving Campaign online auction to showcase donated Library Cafe! What an enjoyable morn- number is (714) 7380-6300 or, (714) ceramic works from its supporters and In the 17 years I have lived in ing. I have encountered so many old 738-6333 Mon.-Thurs.7:30am-5:30pm; raised over $100,000 to keep its oper- Fullerton, the FMC has never had an friends during my weekly visits. And yet Friday 8:00am-3:00pm. Or, go to the ations going. On April 14, the Annual Giving Campaign. An Annual the "powers that be" have decided that next City Council Meeting and express Japanese American National Museum Giving Campaign would have raised the market must move away because it your opposition. Or, you can go on the just announced their 2021 Online Gala money for the Museum every year for is "Taking Away Valuable Parking City of Fullerton Website and e-mail and Auction. all these years. Why one was never Places from the Library." your concerns. Please be kind to the Note: The FMC @ Me exhibit, I created, I do not know. The Library does not open until 11 young women who answer the phones, think, was to raise money. Why wasn’t Lastly, many other museums have a.m. The Farmer's Market is from 8:00 they are just the messengers. it moved to an online event? engaged their members in new, excit- a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Also, the library has ing, innovative ways this past year, been closed and only permits patrons to Jan Youngman 3. Zoom Events – diversifying their funding sources. enter with an appointment for 25 mins. I Fullerton Free, Donation or Fee Why didn’t/hasn’t the Fullerton frequently have sat on a bench where I Museum Center? Why hasn’t the Fullerton Museum A reinvention/reimaging of what the Center offered any Zoom events such Fullerton Museum Center could be is as children’s art classes, adult weekly much needed. Be a phoenix! craft sessions, studio tours, exhibit
tours (why wasn’t there one of the How many businesses closed Susan L. Petrella Golden Books exhibit?), videos, Fullerton during the pandemic? online conversations with icons,
My wife and I went out for lunch at Les Amis recently -- first sit-down meal in more than a year -- and it was good to see locals milling about again. The mood was borderline-exuberant. Also good to see most folks acting with screwed-on heads. Distancing. Masks. Hopefully vaccinated. We strolled around downtown and Re: City Seeks Input on Downtown "People noticed that Branagan's, The Coffee Cup and some other businesses had shuttered. I read that Rodrigo's, on the other side of town, is closing. We don't know if any or Powered" Transportation all of these closures are because of the pandemic, but I was wondering: Has The Observer published a list of restaurants (or businesses, in general) that have closed I appreciate having the web address of www.cityoffullerton.com/down- since the pandemic hit in early 2020? A lot of us are wondering. townonthego. I took the survey to assist the community of Fullerton.
Brady Rhoades Thank you, Fullerton Don Waterbury Fullerton Editor’s Note: We have not done that, Brady. Good idea!
HOW TO VOICE YOUR OPINION On the Budget and Infrastructure The Community Opinion pages provide a free forum for the commu- The diagram in the recent edition [Mid-June] depicts the City’s budget with nearly nity. The Observer welcomes letters on any subject of interest. three quarters of it going to the safety departments. This leaves a quarter for the rest Opinions are those of the writer. We must verify your identity, but we of the staff, infrastructure, materials, etc. It’s no wonder that when one drives into allow initials only and town to be printed if desired, or anonymous in this City your vehicle begins to bounce. Whereas, entering adjacent cities you print if a reasonable case can be made as to why that is necessary. admire the beautiful new pavement. How is it that our neighboring communities Opinions sent to us without name, address and phone number will not have the wherewithal and we lack it? There was a broken water main in front of our be printed. Due to space issues shorter letters have a better chance of home. When the repair crew went a block away to close a valve, it too broke. getting in. Please add your contact information so we can verify. Subsequently, I noticed water between the two mail boxes next to the curb. When I uncovered one of the water meters, the pipe was broken. Many years ago I attended Thanks! the annual dinner for committee members. The subject of having to monitor sewer lines as a state decree came up. Maintenance Director Savage was asked about the [email protected] subject. His response, “Hell, we haven’t been down there in 75 years.” Back to the or mail to: major part of the budget. How many other cities spend that amount for safety? Fullerton Observer,
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Scotland, moved to Paisley (the capitol JAMES H. LANG of Renfrewshire County) in the 1800s, immigrated to Pawtucket and Central James H. Lang, a longtime resident of high voltage (500kV) transmission tow- Falls, Rhode Island between 1870 and Yucca Valley and Thousand Palms, ers (140 feet tall) stretching over 200 1910, and then between August and California, passed away peacefully in miles from the Palos Verdes nuclear gen- October 1920 his grandfather made the his sleep during the early morning hours erating plant in Arizona to Devers 6-week journey across the nation in a of May 24, 2021 in Fullerton, California. Substation near Palm Springs. 1917 Buick touring car, following the He grew up in Harbor City, Lomita, and Along the way he taught himself to newly established Lincoln Highway, and Fullerton. repair clocks and then began building arriving in Harbor City, the place where During his 85 years, he was rarely clocks from scratch. He personalized James lived during his youth. without a wrench in his hands, from these hand-built clocks by embellishing James left the desert’s wide-open building hot rod cars to keeping U.S. them with a family photo placed next to spaces after losing his vision in the last Army vehicles in top running order each hour marking on the clock face and year of his life, and took up residence while stationed in Japan during the then he would gift these clocks to loved down the hall from his sister at 1950s. On return to the states he mar- ones. Sunnycrest Senior Living in Fullerton. ried Susan Gail Hendrix (now As a boy, he was fascinated with He is survived by his sister Sharon Castelazo). Together they have two bio- radios. This grew into a lifelong hobby Beedle of Fullerton, California; son logical children (James and Christine). as a ham radio operator. rate schemes to build a replacement James T. Lang of Chesapeake, Virginia; They added great joy to their family with Beyond family, his passion for tinker- antenna, camouflaged from view. daughter Chris Anderson of Yorba the adoption of Carrie, followed by an ing included finding ways to bend “the In his life, joy counted more than calo- Linda, California; daughter Carrie (at the time) groundbreaking adoption of rules.” One example (of many) was his ries. Beyond the tinkering, he could be Cannon of Austin, Texas; son Scott Lang an African American toddler Scott quest for a radio tower to support his reliably found in line at Goody’s Cafe in of Bellflower, California; stepdaughter Lang. Whether biological or adopted, ham radio operation, something forbid- Thousand Palms, the nearest In-N-Out Marles Talli of Oakley, California, and the same unconditional love formed the den by the Homeowner Association or Panera, and the Costco candy aisle. numerous grandchildren. foundation of his tight-knit family. rules in his gated community. He gained He was renowned for his 50-year All are invited to the celebration of He completed a 30-year career with permission to build the coveted radio work collecting, compiling, and organ- James H. Lang’s life. It will be held at Southern California Edison where he tower when he agreed to lead the HOA’s izing the photographs and documents 11am on Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the repaired and maintained all manner of emergency preparedness committee. that record the history of the Lang fami- Highway 39 Event Center, 1563 South vehicles from passenger cars to boom When he stepped down from the com- ly, tracing the family lineage to ances- State College Blvd., Anaheim. His fam- trucks to cranes, and he ran the crew that mittee the radio tower was supposed to tors in the 1700s who worked the land ily selected this venue because it is a in the 1980s constructed hundreds of go but he was forever developing elabo- on small farms in Renfrewshire County, museum filled with hot rod cars.
Malcolm David MacCallum, Jr. Malcolm David MacCallum, Jr., 82, SEND A TRIBUTE passed away surrounded by his family, on the evening of May 25, 2021 in Fullerton, California. Obituaries of up to 185 words and one photo are free to David was born in Fayetteville, North Fullerton residents. Carolina on July 3, 1938 to Malcolm David McCallum and Mary Ida McLeod For more information call (714) 525-6402 or email McCallum. He earned his bachelor’s [email protected]. degree in Engineering from North Carolina State University. During four decades in aerospace, he worked on such illustrious projects as Apollo 7, Apollo 11, B-1 Bomber and Stealth Bomber. Chapter OES and High Priest in Royal He married Marie Elaine Stephenson Arch. MacCallum in 1966. They had two Memorial services will be 10am daughters, Laura and Rhea, and were August 14 at Christ Presbyterian Church married 39 years at the time of Marie’s in Lakewood, California at 5225 Hayter passing. David married Sharon Lee Ave. Clegg Rose Drubin MacCallum in 2009. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, A 33rd Degree Mason, David served donations be made to Knights Templar in leadership roles in several fraternal Eye Foundation, 3201 Cross Timbers orders including Worshipful Master of Rd., Bldg 4, Suite 300, Flower Mound, Tyre Lodge, Worthy Patron at InShallah TX 75028.
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Nathan “Earl” Scott passed away peacefully on March 6, 2021, at home, surrounded by his loving children and devoted wife of 32 years. Born in Cherry Hill, Oklahoma on July 5, 1930, Earl graduated from Oklahoma School of Medicine with a Medical Degree in 1954. His residency in Surgery and Gynecological Oncology was completed at City of Hope in 1963 and at UCLA in OB/GYN in 1964. Earl served his country proudly in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict as a flight surgeon and again during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He had a private medical practice in Fullerton, was on staff at St. Jude Medical Center for 50 years, and sister-in-law Genise (Jerry), along with brought over 3,000 babies into the eight grandchildren and five great- world. grandchildren. His children Jennifer, Earl is survived by his wife Debbie; Linda and step-son Christopher preced- his children Nathan, Cary, Pam, Nicole, ed him in death. and Melissa; his brother-in-law Don A Celebration of Life will be (Celia); his brother Larry (Della); his announced in the future. NEWS JULY 2021 FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 19
SCHOOL BOARD continued from page 8 OUR TOWN CROSSWORD © 2021 ANSWER She is known for her skills in working Learning through ALEKS Math; with the arts community to bring in rich Extended Play; and i-Ready online les- KEY and diverse arts experiences for stu- sons; honors and an Accelerated Math TO PUZZLE dents. She is excited to get started in program in 7th and 8th grades where “CELEBRATE!” Fullerton and looks forward to continu- Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2 will on page 7: ing and increasing FSD's arts focus and be available to qualifying students. programs. Junior High students will be able to attend "enrichment classes" of Other items of business: Journalism and Games Design at
Fullerton College. Apparently, this new The Wilson W. Phelps Foundation vision was made possible by the was once again recognized by the Education Protection Account, which District for their continual support of gives funds to schools to match funds FSD and other Fullerton Programs, both that the State was going to cut. This cultural programs and colleges. PUZZLE MASTER amount is approximately $4 million. Currently, FSD has received $79,741 in Valerie Brickey Funding will be provided in the form of donations from community partners. was born in a COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) The District will be continuing their Fullerton and and the funding is expected to continue summer nutritional services at the returned to raise to rise. schools and will have food boxes for her family here. Board approved a new contract any family with a student under 18 that She has been between FSD and Brian Kenyon Art wants to participate in this program. contributing Studio Inc. for mural painting services puzzles since 2014. on Orangethorpe School Elementary Board of Trustees Building to honor the Civic Learning Annual Goals are: Award of Merit from the State High expectations for all students and Superintendent of Public Instruction Former La Habra Police Chief to narrow the achievement gap and pre- and California Chief Justice. pare students for success in high school Dr. Hammet and associates will be Indicted for Participation in Jan 6 and college; utilize personalized, stu- teaching a course, "The Creative dent-centered approach and student Academy/Photography Program and Capitol Insurrection strengths; promote patriotism, democra- how to sell photography" at cy, and U.S. civics in existing frame- Beechwood School for students. Former La Habra police chief and San works, curriculum and State standards; Editorial Comment: As you can tell Clemente yoga instructor Alan provide opportunities for students to be by the ambitious offering of programs, Hostetter, along with five other productive citizens of the community. especially in Math, the District is not in Southern California men, has been agreement with the recent recommenda- indicted by a federal grand jury and For the last four months, Educational tion of the Governor's suggestion that charged by federal prosecutors for his Services has been working on a new students should be in mixed-ability alleged involvement in the January 6 program that will be providing Honors Math classes and not have students' Capitol Insurrection. and Accelerated Programs, such as advancing in Math classes to their high- The indictment, which was made pub- Middle College; AP Computer Science; est ability. lic on January 8, charges Hostetter with AP Language and Composition and The next FSD Board of Trustees conspiracy to obstruct an official pro- Biology; Access to Accelerated meeting is July 27. ceeding (namely, the certification of the 2020 presidential election), and illegal- ly entering a restricted building or unlawful possession of a dangerous grounds (namely, the US Capitol weapon on capitol grounds. grounds). Hostetter was arrested on June 10 and Local Business Scavenger Hunt The other defendants named in the has pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. indictment are Russel Taylor of Ladera The 20-page federal grand jury indict- Ranch, Erik Scott Warner of Menifee, ment relies largely on the defendants’ Felipe Antonio Martinez of Lake own text messages, social media posts, Support Fullerton businesses and enter a raffle for prizes! The Live and videos which illustrate their plan- Local Business Scavenger Hunt is on and you can be part of it! Visit shops Elsinore, Derek Kinnison of Lake Elsinore, and Ronald Mele of ning, coordination, and involvement in and restaurants in different areas of the city to complete a BINGO card. the events of Jan 6. The more businesses you visit, the better your chances to win. Temecula. Taylor is also charged with Call the Community Center at (714) 738-6575 to learn more. Page 20 FULLERTON OBSERVER NEWS JULY 2021 We are Local Media
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