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Fullerton Joya Scholars’ Observer New Tutors Dear Observer, The Fullerton Observer Community I wanted to let you know that two of Newspaper, founded by Ralph and Natalie the volunteers that contacted us in Kennedy and a group of friends in 1978, is response to the Fullerton Observer staffed by local citizen volunteers who create, September article by Ellen Ballard on Joya publish, and distribute the paper throughout Scholars have made a world of difference our community. This venture is a not-for-profit one with all to our students. ad and subscription revenues plowed back into Both tutors are retired Fullertonians maintaining and improving our independent, and our kids love them! I have been so non-partisan, non-sectarian community news - encouraged by the way the students look paper. forward to seeing their tutors every week. Our purpose is to inform Fullerton residents about the institutions and other societal forces None of it would have been made possible which most impact their lives, so that they may without your help. I'd also like to thank, be empowered to participate in constructive Ellen Ballard, for her contribution. ways to keep and make these private and public At right is a photo of Vanessa Jimenez entities serve all residents in lawful, open, just, and math tutor, Ellen Becker. and socially-responsible ways. Through our extensive local calendar and Sincerely, other coverage, we seek to promote a sense of Laura Macias 714-322-JOYA community and an appreciation for the values of diversity with which our country is so uniquely blessed. Car Thefts Students Respond to Shooting SUBMISSIONS : So many car thefts in Fullerton every Submissions on any topic of interest are single week. For six months at least. 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Upon hearing the news of the the principal in the morning announce - FULLERTON OBSERVER Fullerton as an easy target. shooting threats later that afternoon, ments and some teachers made themselves PO BOX 7051 AD Fullerton some students were unsettled by the pos - available to concerned students in order to FULLERTON, CA 92834-7051 ED: Fullerton is not alone and as times sibility of being easy targets for a shooter reassure students of their safety. ______get tough crime goes up. The police are as and frustrated that school had remained This threat was a reminder for students How To Subscribe interested in stopping crime as we are. in session. to recognize their role in preventing Subscriptions are due each October The FPD works with the OC Auto “All was handled well except that potential future attacks. 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Fullerton High Precautionary Lock-Down Visit us online at: You can sign up for notifications of all Fullerton Police placed Fullerton High the school were never in danger, the lock - www.fullertonobserver.com crimes happening in your neighborhood School on lockdown on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at down was considered to be the safest & on FaceBook at www.FullertoniWatch.com. The number 7:42 after a man with a “machete” was course of action. Thanks to the person • STAFF• of crimes listed and the terrible things reported at Lemon and Chapman near the who reported the possible threat; it was a • Editor: Sharon Kennedy people figure out to do to each other is school. Police stopped the man at Lemon very long knife - and to Fullerton Police. • Database Manager: Jane Buck mind-blowing. and Valencia. It turned out to be a legal • Advisor: Tracy Wood knife carried in a legal fashion. According • Copy Editors: Viveca Wolff. Cars Stolen Sam & Janet Evening & Gennifer Gatan Feb 9: 4pm: 30XX Garnet Lane to California “open-carry” knife law • Distribution: Roy & Irene Kobayashi, 7:31am: 16XX W Orangethorpe (Penal Code 20200 PC) if a knife is car - Tom & Kate Dalton, Marjorie Kerr, ried in a sheath, and the sheath is worn Pam Nevius, Manny Bass & Leslie Allen 9:30pm: 2XX S Gilbert Feb 6: 7pm: 11XX W Porter Ave openly suspended from the waist it is • Photography: Jere Greene legal. There are no restrictions on length, •Special Layouts: Brian Prince Feb 5: 8pm: 1XX S Kellogg Ave. • Webmaster: Cathy Yang Feb. 3: though some types of knives are prohibit - ed. The man was not using the knife in a • FEATURES & COLUMNISTS 12:15am: 25XX W Orangethorpe 5:23am: 10XX E. Wilshire threatening manner and so was released. • C ITY ISSUES : Jane Rands Although, as it turns out, students at • C OUNCIL REPORT & S PECIALS : Jesse La Tour 5:19pm: 3XX E Ash Ave •C ROSSWORD : Valerie Brickey 6:31pm: 16XX Picadilly Way • D OWNTOWN REPORT : Mike Ritto 7:30pm: 10XX of Deerpark Dr. FPD Tracking & Enforcement of Sex Offenders •G ARDENING : Penny Hlavac 7:30pm: 16XX Deerpark Dr. • M OVIE REVIEW HITS & M ISSES : Joyce Mason Due to pending litigation which found tions and prohibits sex offenders from •Y OUTH COLUMNISTS : C.C. Lee, Francine Vudoti, 8:27 pm: 26XX Associated Rd the Municipal Code section setting cer - residing within 2,000 feet of any public or Kalee Bartholomew, Eunice Lee 9:30pm: S Acacia/E. Valencia Dr. tain residency restrictions within the City private school, or park where children •O UT OF MY MIND : Jonathan Dobrer Feb 1: of Fullerton to be unconstitutional, the gather, remains in place. •P ASSION FOR JUSTICE : Synthia Tran 4:41pm: 38XX W. 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SUBMISSION & AD Send to: [email protected] Call 714-738-6700 to report non- Or Mail to : Fullerton Observer, PO Box 7051, Fullerton CA 92834 DEADLINE: February 20, 2017 emergency suspicious activity. MID FEBRUARY 2017 COMMUNITY OPINIONS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 3 Time to End Overnight Parking Bans by K. Duncan ing citations issued in the one-week peri - od from January 4 to January 11, 2017. Before I start, I must say that I have met The 25-page report lists 798 citations the nicest city employees, who went out of written in just one week. their way to help! Wow! Overnight parking on Valencia was a The public streets should belong to the concern to many Spanish-speaking citi - public, for them to use, unless there is a zens who participated in the Public compelling reason to not have parking in Comment portion of a recent city council a certain place at a certain time. meeting. A businesswoman who spoke The Preamble to the Constitution states English told about the same situation in the purpose of government is to "promote her Sapphire neighborhood. the general welfare.” But why does a report from the Fullerton started having street cleaning Director of Public Works state that he was at night, so it made regulations to get the only asked to review the Sapphire neigh - cars off the street during that time. But, borhood and not the other? Why did the nighttime street cleaning disturbed too February 7, 2017 Fullerton Council agen - many people and created barking dogs - da #5 list one area and not the other? so it was ended. Other cities use a variety of methods to Now, even though the original reason deal with problems. If you have evidence for the parking regulation is gone, the that a problem has arisen in a certain area, tickets and probably unconstitutional cost you can use meetings and due process to Appeals Court Rules Against to the citizens remain. see if your proposed solution will alleviate A map of parking exempt locations is the problem, before depriving people of President Trump’s Travel Ban on Fullerton’s website www.cityoffuller - the use of their streets. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on arrival. Protests at airports around the ton.com (Residence /In Your The public streets belong to all the pub - Feb. 9th unanimously sided with a lower country took place. The ACLU took up Neighborhood /Early Morning Parking / lic at all times. It is their property. court which earlier in the week imposed shop in airports to assist affected travelers Exemption Map) and lists 58 exemptions Continuing to ticket the public and an injunction against Trump’s Jan. 27, and several lawsuits were filed. in west Fullerton; 67 in northeast charging them for using their own proper - 2017 executive order attempting to place The lower federal court judge and one Fullerton; and 11 in south Fullerton. ty is unconstitutional. an immigration and travel ban on seven of the three Appellate judges were I requested a report on overnight park - predominately Muslim nations. The order appointed by former Republican also suspended indefinitely the entry of all President George W. Bush; the other two Where Should We Park? Syrian refugees based on whether they by presidents Carter and Obama. The rul - The Fullerton City Council seems very to these developments have to fight with were of a minority religion in their coun - ing suspends the order while litigation active with their support for more high the development’s residents for parking try. As a result thousands of visas of lawful proceeds. density housing in Fullerton… but, with spaces in front of their own homes. permanent residents were immediately The full 9th Circuit Court ruling can be these approvals what always seems to Streets become congested and if there’s canceled and hundreds of travelers pre - read by visiting the following link: come are exemptions to Fullerton’s an overnight parking ban, parking fines vented from boarding planes bound for http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/o the US, denied entry, or detained on pinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf General Plan, creating two classes of are levied. Susan Petrella Fullerton Fullerton residents, those who have ade - quate parking and those who don’t. Request to Council on Urban Beekeeping None of these new developments, Thank You Biltmore including Red Oak on Commonwealth at Dear Ms. Chan I am interested in becoming an urban Assets to Fire & Police Williamson Ave., the reappearing On behalf of hundreds of women who beekeeper within my neighborhood. I A swarm of honey bees is very gentle Amerige Court on Wilshire downtown, marched in LA on January 21, I want to believe we should be very supportive of because the bees have a hard time getting and others on upcoming city agendas, say a huge thank you for your hospitality. the beekeepers in the local neighborhoods into their sting position when full of provide enough parking for residents. Perhaps it was inadvertent, but I want in Fullerton and recognize the value of honey. There are strange formulas to determine to give you and your staff credit for allow - honey bees. With this appreciation comes Urban beekeepers are assets to the fire how many parking spaces relative to hous - ing marchers access to your rest rooms. better pollination of our fruit trees and and police department because they are ing units a developer has to provide. If it’s I am sure I don’t have to tell you that vegetable gardens. able to collect these swarms for free. We mixed use, it’s one formula, if it’s afford - the crowds were immense and, under the I would like to request that you strike can easily create an online beekeeper list able housing it’s another, if it’s just hous - best of circumstances, ladies don’t love from city code 15.55.202 A, the following so beekeepers can be called by local citi - ing, it’s another. Why so many different using porta potties— even if there are not statement: "The keeping of bees is not an zens, police and fire to assist in the formulas and, never 2:1 or 1:1? huge lines for them. I am not sure if your allowed agricultural use.” And join the removal and/or re-location of swarms. As most new housing units will presum - staff was instructed to close their eyes to movement to SAVE OUR BEES! According to best practices, there ably have two residents, where is the one us ladies or if they just did it, but they Importance of Urban Beekeeping shouldn't be a set number of hives per resident without a parking space supposed were great. There are very few feral honey bees left. property, but I believe a maximum of five to park? Affordable housing developers The next time I need a hotel room in With the commercial honey bees dying is very reasonable. have to provide the least amount of park - LA or a nice place to dine, I will remem - off from pesticides and diseases, urban Resources for Beekeepers ing spaces. Why are affordable housing ber this hospitality and choose the beekeepers help preserve their existence. The Fullerton Arboretum has hosted residents discriminated against in the Biltmore as the place to spend some of my Honey bees pollinate neighborhood classes on beekeeping and we have a local number of parking spaces? dollars. Please let your staff know that fruit trees and vegetable gardens. They business that offers supplies for beekeep - What happens when these new housing many of us were surprised and thankful also produce honey and beeswax. Over a ing. I became interested in beekeeping developments don’t provide enough park - that we were not turned away in our third of the food we eat could not exist through a simple Google search. There ing? Parking woes spill over into the sur - “hour of need”. without the pollination of honeybees. you can find many new small business rounding neighborhoods. The first line of B. Sobin Fullerton You probably already have honey bees, ventures inventing and selling new residents who already live adjacent or near bumble bees, other native bees on many designs for bee hives and electronic mon - of your flowers. These honey bees typical - itoring systems to improve the health of Letter to Rep. Ed Royce on Health Care ly fly two miles or more from their hives beehives. Gary Graves Fullerton This is in response to Barbara Rosen’s blame for that. He worries that if man - to forage for nectar and pollen and may letter to Congressman Ed Royce in the dates are eliminated it would negatively easily come from outside the city limits. January Fullerton Observer . affect the insurance market. He does not The only hives that I know of in town Fireworks Event are at the Fullerton Arboretum, located It is regrettable that this popular com - I sat at dinner the other night with two want to see ACA repealed. munity event is being moved without any of my friends discussing the merits of the These are ordinary, hard-working, mid - on property managed by CSUF and the City of Fullerton. public discussion by the Council. It is also Affordable Care Act. dle class Americans. Mr. Royce, how can puzzling since at a recent school board Joe is a former small business owner in you assure that they will not be made vic - Honey Bees are Not Aggressive meeting staff assured the board that all Brea and is insured through the ACA. tims by partisan squabbling? Where can They sting only when people come too events that have been taking place in the Because of his financial situation he relies we find common ground? How can we close to their hives…and probably won’t stadium could continue regardless of the on the subsidy that now seems in jeopardy avoid partisanship? even sting then. Foragers don’t want to do surface. Someone is not being straight for - with the threatened repeal. His fear is that The Wall Street Journal reports that anything except forage. They will sting if ward. without a subsidy he will not be able to 50% of Americans have no confidence you step on them barefoot. It’s beekeepers If this event must be moved, it would be afford any insurance at all for him and his that the GOP repeal would make things who typically get stung by honey bees. good if it were moved to Fullerton College wife. Tax incentives, he says, will not help. better; 44% believe minor modifications Honeybees are often confused with and not the University keeping this in the He is in his late 50’s. can improve ACA. aggressive yellow-jackets, wasps and bald- downtown area which the Council has My friend, Bob, has other concerns. He Mr. Royce, what percentage of your faced hornets. People who are stung in affirmed is important to all of the city is self-employed and also has coverage own constituents will be adversely affect - the summer and fall are usually stung by and where all of the city comes together. I through the ACA. And like you, Mr ed by ACA repeal? Please, Mr. Royce, lis - hornets, especially yellow jackets. One of am sure that the downtown businesses Royce, he would like Congress to address ten and respond to our concerns. We the biggest enemies of honeybees are yel - and residents of surrounding areas would the high premium costs. He believes believe you do care. Respectfully, low-jackets who kill them, eat them, rob appreciate that. insurance companies bear much of the Sally Zivitz Fullerton their hives of honey, and eat their brood. Vince Buck Fullerton Page 4FULLERTON OBSERVER GOVERNMENT NEWS MID FEBRUARY 2017

CITY COUNCIL NOTES by Jesse La Tour The Council meets at 6:30pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Upcoming agenda information and streaming video of council meetings are available at www.cityoffullerton.com. Meetings are broadcast live on Cable Ch 3 and rebroadcast at 3pm and 6pm the following Wed. & Sun. & 5pm Mon. City Hall is located at 303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton. Contact council at 714-738-6311 or by email to: [email protected] February 7 Council Meeting Next regular meeting Tues., Feb. 21 at 6:30pm at City Hall.

•C LOSED SESSION : Before every public was not given. city Council meeting, there is a “Closed Also, in closed session, council met with Session” meeting in which the council Steve Berliner of the Fullerton Fire Suspect Arrested in Vine Street Carport Arson meets with various parties and discusses Management Association (the Fullerton items outside view of the public. Fire Department’s Public Employee On Friday, January 27, at 1:45pm, damaged due to the excessive heat. The According to this week’s closed session Union) to discuss “parameters for negoti - Fullerton Police were dispatched to assist carport and a portion of the apartment agenda, council discussed the discipline, ating salaries, benefits, and working con - Fullerton and Anaheim Fire Departments complex were both damaged. An acceler - dismissal, or release of a Fullerton police ditions.” with a fire in the carport area of an apart - ant was found at the scene. Maria Angel officer. Due to the Police Officer’s Bill of City attorney Richard Jones gave no ment complex at 1321 S. Vine. Dejesus Rios, 33, was identified as being Rights (or POBAR), this officer’s name closed session report. Five vehicles were completely destroyed involved in setting the fire and was arrest - in the fire, and an additional five cars were ed on the 28th. PHOTO JERE GREENE Mayor Bruce Whitaker welcomed Director of Community Development Eddie Burciaga, the official Spanish lan - Karen Haluza explained that the Sidebar REGIONAL ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS guage translator for City Council meet - is operating legally under an “entertain - • OCWD : Former City Council mem - in this region, and dealing with the afore - ings. After a prayer by Fullerton Fire ment” permit, while acknowledging that ber Jan Flory thanked council for letting mentioned challenges. Chief Wolfgang Knabe, and the Pledge of noise complaints have been made against her serve on the Orange County Water •Pest Control : Council Member Allegiance led by Fullerton City Council the Slidebar. District (OCWD) Board for the past Jennifer Fitzgerald was appointed to the member Jennifer Fitzgerald, members of •Red Oak Traffic & Referendum: three years, asking that she be re-appoint - Orange County Mosquito Vector (aka the public spoke to Council about non- Resident Jane Reifer brought up potential ed. The OCWD “manages, replenishes, Pest) Control District Board, whose mis - agenda items. traffic problems should city council and protects the Orange County sion is “to provide the citizens of Orange PUBLIC C OMMENTS approve the proposed “Red Oak” high Groundwater Basin—Orange County’s County with the highest level of protec - density development on Commonwealth. largest source of drinking water” •Parking Problems: Two members of tion from vectors and vector-borne dis - On this same issue, resident Jane (www.ocwd.com). the public, Ronald Keith and Greg eases. A ‘vector’ is any insect or other Sylvester announced a public referendum Flory said that the OCWD is contend - Warren, spoke of parking problems in dif - arthropod, rodent, or other animal of signature-gathering effort to put the Red ing with important challenges, such as the ferent neighborhoods in Fullerton, stem - public health significance capable of har - Oak development to a public vote, stating North Basin Contamination, caused by ming largely from the city’s historic boring or transmitting the causative that those opposed to the development decades of industrial pollution in overnight parking ban. Resident Charles agents of human diseases, or capable of may sign the petition at Ralphs and Stater Fullerton and Anaheim, which has seeped Sargeant commended city engineer Don causing human discomfort or injury.” Brothers grocery stores. into local soils and a small portion of Hoppe for the prompt response he (www.ocvector.org) received to a problem he’d had with his •State of the City Event: Derek Kirk groundwater. Contamination extraction street. of the North Orange County Chamber of wells have been built or planned at the •Investment Committee : Council Commerce invited the public (for $75 per Kimberly Clark plant, and at Woodcrest Member Doug Chaffee was appointed to •Noise: Resident Tony Bushala stated person entrance fee) to the upcoming Elementary School. Flory described the the Fullerton Investment Advisory that the Slidebar is operating illegally “State of the City” event at the CSUF pollution “plume,” which has now Committee, which “reviews and makes without a required conditional use per - Titan Student Union, March 30th at expanded more than a mile, and begun to recommendations on the City’s invest - mit, and that this establishment “continu - 11am. The event despite its title and sink into our middle aquifer, from which ment strategy and policy.” Mr. Chaffee ally and flagrantly violates Fullerton’s address by Mayor Whitaker is a fundrais - we pump our water. was also appointed to the Fullerton noise ordinances.” er for the Chamber of Commerce. Flory was not re-appointed to the Arboretum Commission, which “oversees OCWD. Instead, Mayor Bruce Whitaker the development, use, and maintenance of Replenishment Steering Committee, and was appointed to this board as well as the the arboretum facility on the campus of Council/Staff Communications the OC Sanitation District, spoke of the Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency California State University, Fullerton.” Condolences: City Attorney Richard positive impact of recent rains on our Board, and the Water Advisory (www.fullertonarboretum.org) Jones gave condolences to the family of local groundwater situation. Sebourn said, Committee of Orange County/Municipal his law partner, Marty Mayer, who recent - “Water quality is phenomenal now with Water District of Orange County. In Commission and Committee ly passed away. Mr. Mayer was a recog - the burdensome but very helpful restric - short, Mayor Whitaker will be our chief Board Appointments nized statewide expert on Law tions on stormwater/pollution preven - representative in determining water policy will be presented in the next issue. Enforcement, serving as general council to tion. The quality of the runoff that is going into our rivers and streams and ulti - California State Sheriffs Association, the Fitzgerald stated, “This is disgusting, mately into our aquifer has not been this Council Repeals Blanket Police Chiefs Association, and the Police obviously, that the state courts have decid - high in many decades.” Residency Restrictions Officer’s Association. Mayor Whitaker ed that communities can’t take further and other members of council also gave Art: Council Member Doug Chaffee on Sex Offenders steps to protect its citizens, especially its their condolences to Council Member reminded the public about the upcoming Jim Touchstone, a lawyer representing children. So I take absolutely no pleasure Fitzgerald, whose father Lester Alan Art Auction for local nonprofit All the the City of Fullerton, recommended that in repealing this ordinance.” Cowen recently passed way. Arts for All the Kids Foundation, which is Fullerton repeal its 2010 ordinance City Council voted 5-0 to repeal the Water: Council Member Greg Sebourn, happening Saturday, April 22, at the imposing residence and location restric - ordinance. All state laws are still in force who serves as Chair of the Groundwater Fullerton Museum Center. tions on registered sex offenders. This to track registered sex offenders. opinion was given following a California Supreme Court Decision that found Early Morning Parking Ban Public Hearing: CAL RECYCLE PROGRAM FUNDING on Sapphire Rescinded Appeal of Planning Approval of (Eco Challenge) “blanket” residence restrictions such as this to be unconstitutional, as well as a Margarita Drive Lot Division City Council discussed the best way to City Council voted 5-0 to rescind the spend funds from the CalRecycle program. lawsuit filed by a Mr. Frank Lindsay “Early Morning Parking” restriction on City Council voted 4-1 (Silva “no”) to Fullerton gets about $35,000 a year for this against the City of Fullerton, and 17 other the east side of Sapphire Road between deny an appeal brought by residents program, and funding can be used in vari - cities in California, most of which have Topaz and Yorba Linda. against the Fullerton Planning ous ways, including purchasing park fur - since repealed similar ordnances. Mr. Commission’s approval of a residential nishings and creating educational pro - Touchstone said, “Based upon the legal Safe and Sane Fireworks Sale lot division at Margarita Drive, near the grams. The Parks and Recreation authority out there, its unlikely that we Applications Due Soon intersection of Bastanchury and Euclid Department recommended partnering with will prevail in this case.” Ave. the Discovery Science Center. Council Resident Barry Levinson, who spear - In November 2012, with passage of Neighbor Jesse Rodriguez, who Member Fitzgerald recused herself from this headed this 2010 ordinance, expressed Measure X, Fullerton voters reinstated brought the appeal, cited a petition discussion and vote because her husband is frustration that he wasn’t contacted by the sales, possession, and discharge of “safe signed by 250 local homeowners who a consultant and former employee of the city about this repeal, and argued that and sane” fireworks. Currently, the city were opposed to this lot split. Residents Discovery Science Center. Fullerton’s ordinance is not “blanket” allows 15 fireworks stands limited to raised concerns about safety issues creat - Council Member Silva made a motion to enforcement, because our ordinance only Fullerton non-profit groups. Applications ed by adding a new driveway off Euclid, apply some money to recyclable park fur - restricts child sex offenders, not all sex will be accepted from March 1-31. On where cars drive by at high speeds. nishings, not to give the money to the offenders. April 18th, City Council will conduct a Other neighbors were concerned that Discovery Science Cube, and instead to cre - Council Member Chaffee, who is him - lottery to determine the 15 lucky non- subdividing this lot would disrupt the ate a “Notice of Funds Available” for local self a lawyer, stated, “It’s clear to me that profits who get to sell fireworks in the way this ordinance is written, it is “rural flavor of the neighborhood,” (Fullerton) nonprofits. Passed 3-1 (Chaffee Fullerton. Continued on page 5 which is horse-friendly. “no”) unconstitutional.” Council Member MID FEBRUARY 2017 LOCAL NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 5 February 7 Council Meeting Firefighter’s Rescue Driver continued from page 4 On Feb 8 at 7:51am Fullerton who had lost control of her vehi - Consent Calendar Truck 1, Engine 5, OCFA Engine cle in the rain and was trapped The “Consent Calendar” is a list of items 34 and CARE ambulance behind the steering wheel after to be voted on “en mass” (with a single responded to a traffic collision having hit a tree. Fire crews were vote) unless a member of the public “pulls” requiring Heavy Rescue on able to extricate the driver who an item for discussion. Bastanchury and State College in was quickly transported to a local •Red Oak Zone Change: The most dis - Fullerton. Upon arrival, the first hospital in critical condition. cussed item was an ordinance approving a Engine Company found a female -Fernando Villicana, Fullerton zoning change for the controversial Red driver of a small pick up truck Fire Department Oak Development project (a proposed high-density apartment complex) on Commonwealth. The zoning change was one of four agreements that are part of the development approval process. Resident Jane Reifer pointed out errors in the city documents, potential problems with parking and traffic, and suggested that by approving the zoning change, the city was giving away its negotiating power to extract concessions from the developer, Red Oak Investments. Reifer suggested that the city agendize a repeal or amendment of the development approvals at the March 7th meeting. Resident Matt Leslie stated, “Just in case you decide not to grant our request, we have initiated a signature-gathering effort intended to overturn the approvals,” adding “We haven’t had much trouble get - ting signatures. It (the Red Oak Project) is not popular…I would encourage you to please respect the concerns that have been SPECIAL STUDY SESSION ON FULLERTON /B REA JOINT FIRE DEPARTMENTS raised by many individuals,” referring to A special council study session was not make sense to deploy two engines to a Systems working in Huntington Beach the overflow crowd at the last Council held on January 24 at the Fullerton location to take care of someone experi - and Sunnyvale were brought up as good Meeting who were largely opposed to the Public Library to discuss consultant encing a heart attack,” said one resident. models. Several speakers suggested look - development. Leslie also encouraged resi - reports on creating a full merger of the New interim City Manager Allan ing at OC Fire Authority as an option. dents to visit savefullerton.com. Fullerton and Brea fire departments Roeder said that the session was to discuss The council voted unanimously to file Council voted 3-2 to adopt the zone (and possibly other north county cities and file the report and give staff direction the report and direct staff to come back to change (Whitaker and Silva “no”) in the future) and having a city-operat - on what information to bring back to a the February 21st council meeting with •Hearts Downtown: Also included in ed, instead of contract, ambulance serv - future council meeting for a decision. He hard numbers for all the options. the Consent Calendar was the All the Arts ice. said to make the best decision there is the Read the full report on this issue at: for All the Kids Heart Project, approving Fullerton and Brea fire department “need to separate fear from facts. Every http://docs.cityoffullerton.com/WebLink/PDF/nr this local nonprofit “to place five heart joined in a shared command staff system person needs a clear answer to their ques - lyb1g1afzk1vstz1kj4xff/17/Study%20Session- sculptures on city property in the down - in 2011, which has saved both cities tion.” He said the issues of joining a JPA Feasibility%20Analysis%20For%20Multi- town area.” money (Fullerton $800,000; Brea or not, and creating a city-owned ambu - Agency%20Fire%20Services%20Provided%20. •Storm Drain: Council also approved $600,000) per year. Those savings have lance service or not, should be separated. pdf appropriation of funds for the Raymond gone into the cities general fund. City- and State College grade separation projects, hired consultants from AP Triton and and a contract award to GRFCO, Inc for CityGate said a full-shared system under the Kimberly Ave Storm Drain a Joint Powers Agreement would result Improvement Project. in operating expense savings and eligibil - Upcoming Special Meeting ity for federal funds. Both consultants said the process to do that is complicat - 6:30, Wed, Feb. 15th: Budget Workshop ed. None of the options would save on The meeting ended with a moment of silence unfunded pension liabilities which are for Marty Mayer and Lester Alan Cowen. the responsibility of each city separately. Fire union members in opposition to the plan packed the room. Representatives of local, regional and international fire associations said that the current system is working, except that savings from the shared command staff had not been re-invested in the fire departments, and that some trucks lacked the recommended 4-firefighters per engine crews which are crucial to safe operation. Fullerton Fire Chief Wolfgang Knabe said that he would like to hire nine more firefighters and add to the command staff ($1.5 million) to bring the depart - ment up to the highest standards. He said currently there is one 3-member engine crew with no paramedic; two engine crews with only 1 paramedic each; and three crews with the optimal 2 firefighters and 2 paramedics. He favored option B1, which allowed for the hiring of more personnel bring - ing the total to four firefighters per engine. A separate plan would staff ambulances connected to each fire sta - tion with paramedics. However, said the chief, that is not in the current budget. Council members seemed sympathetic to changing that condition. The study on ambulance service noted that 80% of calls to the Fullerton Fire Department are medical calls. “It does Page 6 OBSERVER The DOWNTOWN Report © 2017 MID FEBRUARY 2017 Text & Photos by Mike Ritto [email protected] WERE YOU THERE? Many of you ‘locals’ did the the great lawn has returned. same things we did, tumbling, Alas, the draw of this park has rolling, doing summersaults waned over the years for many down the ‘bowl’ or racing on the reasons, but the glory days are seat of our pants all the way about to return, so we thought it down if you brought a block of would be of interest to look ice or happened upon an aban - closely at the history and devel - doned piece of cardboard. And opment of what could very well like you, we always looked for - be the crown jewel in our park ward to feeding the ducks, a system once again. There is a lot practice engrained in every kids’ to cover so this is the beginning DNA. Weekends were made for of a little series. picnics and barbeques, playing In the next issue we will catch with a baseball, football or explore more about those who Frisbee, hiking up and down the made Hillcrest the landmark it stairs, and exploring the many is, plus we’ll find out how the acres of hills, the fountain, and fountain restoration and refor - the great expanses of grass. Yes, estation are going.

FJC students in 1920 surveying the 35.6 acres that would eventually become Hillcrest Park. Below: What the area at top of the hill looks like today. A Q UICK LOOK BACK Here is a photo from the 1920’s when ‘Reservoir Hill’, just purchased for $67,300, was being surveyed by FJC students. Yes, the reservoir is still there, although it is now underground, so not visible in the updated photo shown at left for reference. Used as an overnight auto park for much of that decade, the area evolved into a recreational park, with trails, newly planted pine and eucalyptus trees, and of course the landmark stonework by the W.P.A. I think you will agree, that stonework helps give Hillcrest the unique look that it still has today, stonework that will be renovated so it will still be around for some time. Hundreds of unemployed men were hired to do the work, and many of the workers and their families camped in the park during con - struction. A friend joined Phyllis Copp in her campaign to get the trees water. When I moved into a new office at Villa POLISHING THE CROWN JEWEL del Sol, my Dad, Syd Ritto, came to visit This story has more than one genesis. We posted a story on page and that is the first 6 of the Early December 2015 Fullerton Observer that pointed out time I learned why he that Hillcrest Park was “under siege” due to many years of severe took his family to drought. That got the attention of Observer reader Phyllis Copp, Hillcrest Park and The shown above, sprang into action with friends and posted signs on Fox Fullerton. I knew stressed out trees. I met with Maintenance Director Dennis he was familiar with Quinlivan for my latest update and he mentioned Copp and others Fullerton, having who have been fixtures at the park of late. Dennis posted a story grown up in Whittier regarding the ‘Renaissance of Hillcrest Park’ in the Early September and La Habra, but I 2016 Observer . had no idea he had At Right: actually stayed at the A family of park California Hotel just supporters. before he shipped out At Left: for service in WWII. Another of Phyllis My office was a con - Copp’s hundred signs verted hotel room on put on trees to bring the second floor - attention to the fact could have been the that they needed water. same one he and his She also met with city friends stayed in. Oh officials including to be a fly on the wall Maintenance Director back then. On second Dennis Quinlivan who thought, my imagina - agreed with her. tion will do.

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Fullerton Photo Quiz OUR TOWN CROSSWORD © 2016 “H APPY VALENTINE ’S DAY ” by Valerie Brickey (answer key on page 19) LAST ISSUE ’S QUESTION Where in Fullerton are you likely to not only see but learn about one of these?

& A NSWER Bill McGarvey was the first to answer correctly, you can see and learn about the Great Egret at our own Fullerton Arboretum, where the photo was taken. Note: The smaller Snowy Egret can also be found there at times, as can the Great Blue Heron and many other birds.

Day of Music 2017 Musicians & Volunteer Sought The third annual Day of Music Downtown Plaza, the Muckenthaler, the Fullerton is coming up on Wednesday, Fox Theatre, Plummer Auditorium, June 21. Musicians, businesses with ven - Hillcrest and Independence parks, and the ues who would like musicians to play, and Santa Fe Arts District. The day celebrates volunteers interested in participating are all genres and styles of music from 10am being sought. to 10pm. Interested participants have until May The event is in alliance with the annual 31, 2017 to sign up with the Day of Fête de la Musique and Make Music festi - ACROSS 37. Pacifico, for one Music Fullerton organizers at www.the - vals around the world in more than 750 39. Symbol of love, and what the starts dayofmusic.com to become part of the cities in over 120 countries simultaneous - 1. Where to find celebrities? of the four starred clues describe festival. ly. 6. Open-mouthed 42. Without a doubt Countless free concerts in art galleries, A really fun event not to be missed, 11. UC Berkeley, in slang 43. Moorehead of “Bewitched” restaurants, retail stores, places of wor - Fullertonian Glenn Georgieff brought the 14. Apple’s country bumpkin? 45. Farm sounds ship, parks, parking lots and streets idea to Fullerton and it was quickly sup - 15. Less cooked 47. Opposite NNW throughout town took place last year. ported by a great crew of volunteers who 16. Everything 48. “That’s what she ___!” Larger scale events took place at the now work each year to make it happen. 17. *Tourist spot in the 50. Played in water San Bernadino Mountains 52. Warned 19. “Absolutely not!” 55. Icelandic epic Police Seek Suspect Arrested 20. Take to LAX, say 56. Low voice Information on at College 21. Sold-out sign 57. 1994 Yazmina Reza play 22. Org. first on the scene on 9/11 59. Academy Awards Dumpster Fires Two Jan. 31st sexual batteries occurred on 23. Waterproof cover 63. Out ___ limb the walkway that runs east-west between the 25. Late 64. *Largest suburb of Tulsa On February 7, at 5:15am, police 1100 and 1300 buildings and the 100 and and fire were called to the 1200 block 27. Shows displeasure at 66. “The Wizard of Oz” studio 300 buildings. The two females were both a Shakespeare play? 67. Online attitude? of N. Gilbert Street regarding four groped in their crotch area by the suspect who dumpster fires in the area. 31. In ___ (harmonious) 68. Tropical plant resembling an iris then fled. He was described as an Asian male 32. Swiss peak 69. “Full Frontal with Samantha ___” Since September 1, 2016, there in his 20s, 5’7”, 195 pounds with a short have been 15 suspicious fires or arson 33. Capital on a fjord 70. Neuters, as a horse scruffy beard, plaid shirt, and gray jeans. 34. White heron 71. Designer Calvin and six of those have occurred in the On February 1, at 6:30pm, police were 1200 block of N. Gilbert. called to Fullerton College regarding a male The investigation is ongoing and detained by campus safety because he was act - DOWN 29. *Magical phrase from 27-down Fullerton Police Department is seek - ing erratically and matched the description of 30. Wanders 1. Barbecue entree ing the public’s help with informa - the sexual assault suspect After further inves - 35. Gaelic language 2. New York canal tion. Anyone with information is tigation the male was positively identified as 36. Angry, with “off” 3. Enormous asked to contact Fullerton Police the suspect responsible for the assaults. He 38. Back ends 4. Monastery heads Department Property Crimes Sgt. K. was arrested and is identified as Aris Hyung 40. It may be skipped 5. Cow and bison hybrid Hamel at 714-738-5336 or by email Yoon, 34, from Buena Park. 41. Tattled 6. LAX info. to [email protected]. Anyone who believes they were also assault - 44. Canine command 7. Young ladies Those wishing to provide informa - ed by Yoon is asked to call Family Crimes Sgt. 46. Pathetically inept person 8. Trophy tion anonymously can call Orange Jon Ema at 714-738-6580. Or provide 49. “Heavens!” 9. Black teas County Crime Stoppers at 1(855) anonymous information by calling 1(855) 51. Region at the bottom of the spine 10. Before, in poetry TIP-OCCS or by visiting TIP-OCCS or by visiting www.ocrimestop - 52. Nuclear weapon 11. *”___ Saga” (popular online game) www.ocrimestoppers.org. pers.org. 53. “Tootsie” Oscar winner 12. 1990 film “Home ___” 54. Slobber 13. Jeff and Beau’s dad 58. Ronda Rousey in 48 sec. 18. “Let’s have ___ start” 60. Former Secretary of 22. Sharp teeth Education Duncan 24. Wan 61. Rice-a-___ 26. Caustic chemical 62. Tchaikovsky’s “___ Lake” 27. “Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves” 64. Implore 28. Designer Cassini 65. Asner and Helms

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That happened to be my very first video, and it’s still on a VHS tape somewhere in my house. Two years ago, when I attended the Fullerton Museum’s Haunted Walking Tour, I remember sitting in the courtyard of the Villa del Sol, listening to our docent talk about haunted businesses. More recently, during the summer, I attended an event for Fullerton’s Day of Music at the same courtyard, where musicians played as patrons happily ate, drank, and ran around the fountain. Now, on a cold February morning, I revisited the Villa del Sol with my camera mounted on top of my tripod. The scent of breakfast was in the air as I walked in from the side entrance. The parking lot was packed as it normally is. People sat VIDEO OBSERVER and ate at the café tables on the side of the building. Before this excursion, I had no by Emerson Little © 2017 idea that people were allowed upstairs, but I made my way up the steps and looked Tavern. My dad wrote a blurb for the Visiting Villa del Sol down at the courtyard. The fountain at book, The Stones in the Field , whose the center was surrounded by palm trees author, Michael Stephan Oates, happens Once Known as the California Hotel and other plants. There are offices on both to be the owner of the Café Hidalgo. (See Walking in downtown Fullerton, I for business, constructed for a total cost of sides of the second floor. From the second Save the Date Feature next page.) decided to make a stop at the historic $136,000. Chapman had personally story hallway, I was able to take some pic - Before leaving, I decided to check out Villa del Sol, once known as the pledged $25,000 to the project. tures that pleased me. the Cellar restaurant. Lights left a part of California Hotel. Designed in a Spanish Built on the site of a former public Walking past the “California Hotel” the stairs in shadow as I made my way to Colonial Revival style by local architects comfort station, the California Hotel was sign, I made my way inside. An old eleva - the intricately carved door. It really did Frank Benchley and Eugene Durfee, the frequented by area ranch residents facing tor was the first thing to catch my eye but seem like the entrance to a cellar, creating Villa del Sol was originally intended to be long trips home as well as those visiting I chose to walk up the stairs to the third a strange atmosphere. The Cellar was a tourist hotel with twenty-two the area. By 1945, the building floor. Climbing up another set of stairs, I closed when I visited. plush apartments and fifty-five Rooms went had become a low-cost residen - found myself in a narrow hotel hallway Walking out the front gates of the Villa guestrooms. for $2 a day tial hotel with most of the with green carpeting lining the floors. On del Sol onto Harbor Blvd., I turned back According to the Villa del Sol ($3 if you ground floor taken up by small the walls hung early concept art and to get one last view of the Spanish Colonial revival-style architecture sur - website, the California Hotel was wanted a shops and storefront businesses. designs for the Villa del Sol. Looking out the pride and joy of the commu - Extensive remodeling began a window, I was able to see the tops of the rounding the courtyard. After all these nity. It was originally owned by bathtub). in 1964 to restore the building other buildings in downtown Fullerton. years, the Villa del Sol is still in good con - citizens who had purchased as it appears today. During the Heading out another door, I found myself dition and a genuine Fullerton landmark. shares in the Fullerton Community Hotel 1964 renovation, the single story section on a third floor balcony. The courtyard My video showcasing the Villa del Sol Company, headed by Charles C. across the side facing Harbor Boulevard looked like a miniature forest from that or California Hotel can be accessed by vis - Chapman. A groundbreaking ceremony was added and the hotel was renamed height. iting the Fullerton Observer website. In was held for the California Hotel on Villa del Sol in 1965. The remodeling fur - After stepping back downstairs, I saw a order to view my video, just click on the January 22nd, 1922. At the occasion, ther enclosed the courtyard creating a hid - sign for the British Grocer, which remind - “Videos” tab and click on the words “corporation board member S.C. den oasis among the bustling city life. The ed me of one of my parents’ friends from “Emerson Little YouTube Channel,” Hartranft said, ‘now we are going to have Villa del Sol was acquired by Dunlap Real Great Britain who sometimes shops at the which will take you directly to my page. the finest hotel in the state! A triumph Estate Investments in 1992, which over - store for types of food unavailable at Video Column Suggestions? unparalleled.’” saw a number of improvements and rede - American markets. Other shops and stores Readers with suggestions about an Prices were relatively cheap: single velopment projects, most notably the seis - on the first floor include: Gilding the Lily, interesting event, or historic location in rooms went for $2 a day ($3 if you want - mic retrofitting process. Green Bliss the Café, Unity Salon, LoLo, Fullerton that would make a good video ed a bathtub). On January 15, 1923, the In third grade, I visited the Villa del Sol Café Hidalgo, Brownstone Café, Past can email [email protected]. Spanish Colonial style structure was open as part of a video project I was creating. Times Collectibles, and the Stadium

FOX Block Development Ideas said that whatever was put there should be The corner lot, located between the family-friendly. At present when her fam - McDonalds and Pomona across from Continued from front page will contribute revenue to the theater ren - ily goes out they often go to Brea because Fullerton High School, is currently used ovation, he said. they don’t want to be around the drinking for parking with a possible plan for a The $6.2 million already set aside Explorations with Class A office tenants atmosphere in downtown Fullerton. courtyard-style multiple unit residence would allow for construction of a three- was not successful, according to Hamm, Another resident suggested looking into a being considered. The lot was created story structure with between 80 to 90 who said that type of high rent tenant is food-court type of business (examples: when prior plans to build the parking parking spaces per story. Each above looking for prime central locations with Santa Ana’s Bristol Food Court or structure fell through in 2009 when the ground parking space costs about amenities and easy access to transporta - Anaheim Packing House). council voted against demolishing the $25,000, and each below-ground parking tion. These are often grouped in areas Hamm mentioned they were also existing McDonalds on the property and space costs about $35,000. The footprint with other Class A tenants. Discussions exploring the idea of adding other movie rebuilding it at the corner. Before that of the area is 130 feet wide and 215 feet with Fullerton College on theaters that would connect decision was made, the city had already long. Hamm added that to create a pleas - demolishing the Plummer A downtown to the Fox. Because the Tea forced the sale and bulldozed an apart - ant space, walkability and landscaping parking structure, or adding Room has been completely ment building and a craftsman-style home would also be included within that foot - resident asked stories to it if feasible, also fell gutted and earthquake retro - that were located on the lot. print. why the city through as the college has plans fitted - but has no kitchen, Hamm answered no to a resident’s ques - Hamm said this was the sixth meeting to construct its own 850-space isn’t calling for bathrooms, elevators, or par - tion of whether his company had looked of area stakeholders, such as nearby busi - parking structure within the as much parking titions, "It could become a into how many vacancies there are in the nesses, and residents. According to college’s footprint in the space for anything,” said existing downtown apartment complexes. Hamm the “city fathers” had asked his as possible; why upcoming 5 years. Currently, Hamm. The desire is to Several residents mentioned that adding company to come up with ideas of what - look for other the college leases 400-spaces in attract a paying tenant to the residential or commercial uses to the in addition to the structure - could be the city-owned Plummer struc - things to build? two-story (10,000 square structure would use up some of the park - built on the site and several other city- ture for student parking. feet per floor) building. ing. Another asked if parking for employ - owned properties and finding a suitable So, with residential units and One resident cautioned ees of the businesses was being considered tenant for the Tea Room, located between commercial uses still on the table, that to be successful, loading issues must in the number of parking spaces created. the theater and Angelo & Vinci's. thoughts of what sort of additions were be built into the design with space for Hamm said city parking requirements Suggestions included Class A office space, wanted by the community, if any, were semi-trucks to load and unload sets and don’t differentiate between customer and and/or residential and commercial units. being sought. Hamm emphasized that no other requirements for the theater. Hamm employee parking. A resident brought up A downtown resident asked why the plans had been drawn up, though his agreed that the back-of-shop requirements the fact that the city-council approved city isn’t calling for as much parking as company would be making recommenda - were critical and his company was looking restaurant overlay zone removed all park - possible; why look for other things to tions to council in April. into how to provide space for deliveries, ing requirements from restaurants (and build? Hamm said that he believes in The company, so far, has only trash, and other operations of the existing bars). mixed use as a way to build business and approached restaurants as tenants of the and any new tenant uses. A link to the evening’s presentation is that all options were being explored per Tea Room. A triangular-shaped parcel on Ellis (cur - available at: request of the “city fathers.” “But, whatev - One resident said that locating a restau - rently used by Angelo & Vinci’s for their https://www.cityoffullerton.com/civicax/fi er is built has to be financially viable.” It rant at the Tea Room seemed disrespectful trash enclosure) could become a multi- lebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=24423 is thought that developing tenant space of the adjacent Angelo & Vinci’s. She also story residential, office or retail building. MID FEBRUARY 2017 READING, WRITING & STORYTELLING FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 9

Local Author Lily Espinoza Kids Rule! by Francine Vudoti

sonal and academic success. These Not Getting Stuck include having critical conversa - Lily Espinoza, who grew up in tions with family members; leverag - Fullerton, is now an educator with ing family support and cultural Francine with 15 years’ experience and is set to identity as sources of motivation; 13-year-old release her first book this April. identifying opportunities at college novelist Nara The book, Not Getting Stuck pres - and university; creating social net - Duffie whose ents the lived experience of nine works for positive peer pressure; and books, “The Latina community college students developing new understandings of Three as they complete the transfer their sense of self and academic Worlds,” and process from the community col - potential. “Monster lege to the university. It These student Realm,” are follows their decision stories highlight the sold at Barnes making process as they importance of per - & Nobles and reflect on college success, severance, self- on Amazon. pick a college major, determination, and PHOTO F. search college options, institutional sup - BILANGEL select where to apply, gain port in reaching admission, and ultimately, goals. choose a university to Dr. Lily E. transfer to in order to Espinoza is current - complete their undergrad - ly working as an uate education. instructor in the Fullerton School District Writers Guild Dr. Espinoza, herself a transfer Upward Bound program at Mills student in the workshop was assigned a men - student from Diablo Valley College College in Oakland, California. Lily I love writing, especially fiction stories tor. Mine happened to be our school princi - in Pleasant Hill, California to UC graduated from Fullerton High where I can create characters from my imagi - pal and I felt lucky about that. Each week, he Berkeley, has been fascinated with School. She holds an A.A. in Liberal nation. I cut bond papers into small sizes and would review my essay and give me tips in the community college transfer Studies from DVC, a B.A. in make them into little books filled with stories developing my story. process after realizing the multifac - Women’s Studies from UC I have written and then read them to my At the end of the workshop, all participants eted challenges impacting commu - Berkeley, an M.A. in Student stuffed animals. presented their stories during a dinner hosted nity college students. Personnel Administration from Since I love to write, I decided to join a by the Fullerton School District. Our stories Dr. Espinoza used this collection Columbia University, and an Ed.D. writing workshop offered by the Fullerton will be compiled in a book that will be pub - of narratives as part of her original in Educational Leadership from School District Writers Guild. It is offered lished and sold at Barnes & Nobles. We will research for her dissertation in California State University, every year to all qualified students in the dis - be inviting families and friends to buy the Educational Leadership with a focus Fullerton. trict. I was very excited and thought I could book and we will have a book-signing event. on Community College Leadership. Also, Dr. Espinoza completed learn more about writing fiction stories. During the dinner celebrating our stories, a The college choice process can be graduate work in teacher education When I learned the workshop focused only very young author named Nara Duffie was the complicated for students, school at University of Southern on writing essays I almost decided to quit but guest speaker. Nara is only 13-years-old but leaders, and policy makers alike. California. I changed my mind. I knew I need to devel - she has two fiction books already published Lily states, “This book provides For more information visit lilye - op my skills in writing essays because it will which are sold on Amazon and at Barnes & hope for high school and communi - [email protected] . The book help me express my thoughts in an organized Nobles. I was so amazed. She inspired me to ty college students as well as a call to is published by Alive Publishing, and interesting way. I also remember hearing get my stories published, too. action for educational leaders in all distributed through Ingram that we need to write good essays to be admit - If you love to write, I think it is a good idea sectors of higher education.” Content Group and available on ted to a good high school and college. to participate in the next writers guild work - In Not Getting Stuck, students dis - Amazon and Barnes & Noble We were asked to write about our favorite shop. It is free and you can learn lots of tips cuss the factors that led to their per - beginning April 2017. hero or a story of a wonderful person. Each to polish your writing.

FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS Storyteller SAVE THE DATE : S UNDAY , M ARCH 5, 2 PM -4 PM Oates & Neufeld at Library Foundation Event Michael McCarty The Fullerton Public Library real-life social, political, and economic February 14, 4pm Foundation hosts local author Michael impact of headline grabbing news, author Stephan Oates and Cal State Fullerton and academic explore the impact of this The whole family is invited to a special modern Mexican historian Dr. Stephen current international topic. program featuring noted storyteller Neufeld in a discussion of kidnapping for Admission is free: to reserve a seat log Michael McCarty with tales of the chal - ransom at the Fullerton Public Library on to fullertonlibraryfoundation.com . lenges and triumphs of black people Community Room, 353 W. Light refreshments will be served and throughout American history. The event Commonwealth Ave. From the pages of signed books will be available for pur - takes place on Tuesday, February 14th at Oates’ novel, The Stones in the Field to the chase. 4pm in the Fullerton Public Library’s Osborne Auditorium. SAVE THE DATE : S ATURDAY MARCH 25, 1 PM -4:30 PM Michael McCarty is a multicultural sto - ryteller of African, African-American, and Fullerton Public Library Local Authors’ Day international folk tales, historical tales, sto - The Fullerton Public Library will be Center foyer area of the library. Both fic - ries of science and more. His stories hosting a Local Authors’ Day at the tion and non-fiction authors will be pre - inform, educate, inspire and amuse. He has library on Saturday, March 25 from 1pm sented. collected stories from over eleven countries to 4:30pm. The Fullerton Public Library is located including South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, This is a great opportunity to meet, talk at 353 W. Commonwealth Ave. Call 714- Korea, China, Jamaica, Egypt, Indonesia, with, and support local authors who will 738-6333 for more information or visit Malaysia, England and more. have tables set up in the Conference www.fullertonlibrary.org. This free event is part of a series of pro - grams sponsored by the Friends of the Library with a grant from the Disney THE FRIENDS OF THE FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ’S VoluntEARS Community Fund Award. The Fullerton Public Library is located at 3-Day Book Sale • March 10-12 353 W. Commonwealth. Call (714) 738- 6338 for more information. •F RIDAY , M ARCH 10 - N oon to 4pm (members early entrance 10am-Noon) •S ATURDAY , March 11 - 10am-4pm Korean Reader Sought by Friends of the Library •S UNDAY - 1pm-4pm (Sunday 1/2 price sale from 1pm-3pm & 2 bucks a bag from 3:15 to 4pm) The Friends of the Fullerton Library If you would like to help, please call the need help from someone who reads Bookstore at 714-738-3143 during busi - Special accommodation on Thursday, March 9, 4pm-4:30pm Korean to help identify and disperse the ness hours (Mon through Sat, 10am to large volume of books written in the 4pm) and leave a message for Leslie with OSBORNE AUDITORIUM , F ULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY , Korean language that have been donated your contact phone or email. Thanks very 353 W. C OMMONWEALTH . F ULLERTON to the library. much! Page 10 FULLERTON OBSERVER EDUCATION NEWS MID FEBRUARY 2017

HIGH SCHOOL BOARD HIGHLIGHTS & commentary by Vivien Moreno The Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board meets at 7:30pm on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month at district headquarters, 1051 W. Bastanchury Rd. 714-870-2800 • See the agenda at www.fjuhsd.net February 7 Board Meeting The FJUHSD trustees honored Career He also commended Troy High Principal and Technical Education staff and acknowl - Dr. Will Mynster for the professional han - edged the mathematics teachers’ contribu - dling of the safety situation involving two tions districtwide at the beginning of the Troy students arrested last week. Dr. meeting. Scambray was at the school the following day and applauded the calm demeanor of ChromeBooks & Campus Safety everyone on campus and the attitude of Superintendent Dr. Scott Scambray “business as usual” which supported student announced that FUHS is the 4th campus learning. (See frontpage story by Troy students) distributing Chromebooks to all students.

as they complete the different academy path - Career Technical Education ways. Troy Honor Society members are briefed on how to help the homeless. CTE provides a pathway to viable career Steve Zamora, Director of Education skills and a context for many students to reported on a three-year, $1.03 million block Troy High School Honor Society place their high school learning into a work - grant allocated to helping low income stu - able narrative. The district honored the dents, English learners, foster youth, and Helps Homeless by Emerson Little teachers and specialized counselors who sup - homeless students access college readiness port numerous pathways for students by classes (honors, AP and IB classes). The Members of the Troy High School socialized with the homeless. The providing mentoring at each campus. These grant also increases career readiness coun - Honor Society volunteered to help organization expected 120 people professionals are dedicated to helping all selling through CTE academies along with the homeless as part of a Cold from different backgrounds and eth - CTE students pursue further education, intervention if needed through AVID and Weather Shelter Homeless Serve nicities to attend. internships or job placement opportunities iPATH programs of the district’s compre - Night organized by Mercy House and “A lot of people are here who really hensive high schools. OC United. care and want to help,” Williams said. According to Jay Williams, founder The Troy students who participated math. Each week, Delaney provides an open - of OC United, the two-night event on Tuesday, February 7, were: Mathematics Curriculum Update ing exercise for all district students based on was intended to provide an opportu - Mariam Razak, Kyle Okazaki, Esther Assistant Superintendent Dr. Sylvia Jo Boaler and Carol Dweck’s Stanford-based nity for people to take shelter out of Kang, Alice Han, Vivian Chung, Kaufman introduced mathematics instructor Mindset research promoting the concept the cold and rain. Volunteers served Vincent Lau, Kevin Sun, Sarah Jeong, Karen Delaney, a TOSA (teacher on special that all minds can learn new information. food, set up mats, passed out hygiene Allen Pau, Se Eun Jeong, Christopher assignment), who made a presentation on4 This process allows all students to learn new items, distributed snacks and dona - Lee, Bonnie Wang, Kelly Pan, and the three-year effort to support a teacher- concepts and replace the fixed mindset that tions, de-sanitized the room, and Justin Weiss. driven mathematics curriculum throughout keeps them from learning. the district. She and the mathematics team This approach elicited positive responses of Greg Love and Jina Rager addressed the from both teachers and students throughout $2.4 Million for Fake Grass at High School Stadiums need to create a singular pathway and cur - the district. Board members commented does not include Labor or Infill Materials riculum to help all students succeed in math - that after seeing and participating in a sam - ematics. ple warm up, they all wished to go back and The approved consent calendar money comes out of the bond funds Three years ago, state standards were too take math again. included a $2.4 million dollar purchase and deferred maintenance budget. new to responsibly choose different text - Board President Montoya (who is also an of synthetic turf as a “piggyback con - Dr. Singer said that this purchase books, so the district’s mathematics teachers 8th grade mathematics teacher at Ladera tract” from KYA Services LLC for dis - amount does not include infill, banded together to create a curriculum that Vista Junior High School) praised the team trict stadiums at La Habra, Fullerton, drainage or water irrigation for the arti - utilized existing text books with open source for their multipronged approach to placing and Buena Park. (The piggyback deal ficial turf and he noted that this “car - material. Open source material comes from incoming freshmen in the correct mathemat - allows the district to accept the same pet” would be made from virgin plastic various resources, and must have proper ics classes. prices, terms and conditions as KYA and not a recycled product. (The dis - copyright clearance, so it can take additional New communication efforts between the Services made with the Wiseburn trict is seeking a separate firm to fur - time to be included. high schools and the 8th grade teachers have School District in LA County, without nish all labor related to installing and The mathematics team also focused on reduced parent challenges and created a bet - going out for a separate bid.) The maintaining the turf.) challenging the current culturally accepted ter fit for numerous students entering high idea that some people are just not good at school. UPDATE : Location Change of Annual 4th of July Event •Abuse: Joelle Casterix, a child advocate Not Open to Public Discussion? Budget Update against sexual abuse and author of The Well At the November 28, 2016 hold it there. However, a Feb. 8 press Joan Velasco, Assistant Superintendent of Armored Child , spoke concerning a retired FJUHSD board meeting, release from the City of Fullerton Business Services reported a misrepresenta - mathematics teacher. She cited a recent OC Superintendent Dr. Scott Scambray announced that the city would be tion of Local Control Funding Formula Register article concerning allegations made announced that the City of Fullerton searching for a new venue for the tradi - money that the FJUHSD will receive yearly. about him from students in Illinois where he approached the district with concerns tional celebration due to the A double-counted property tax amount takes taught in the 1980s. She claimed that former about parking and access to the FJUHSD’s concerns about the new sta - the district’s projected yearly budget down students requested her to represent them to Fullerton Union Stadium where the dium turf. by $2 million. the FJUHSD board. 4th of July celebration has been held No announcements of any public The OC Register (February 8, 2017) article since 1991. discussion about the matter have come Public Comments: Todd Butcher announced to the from the City of Fullerton or the •Dismissal: Former SOHS food service stated that they received an e-mail from Carl Erickson, FJUHSD Director of Human Board of Trustees in December that the FJUHSD. The citizens of the city are employee Linda Jansen and CSEA union proposed new artificial turf would not asked to voluntarily contribute to the president Frank Ramirez spoke to the board Resources, which indicated that the district had not received any complaints in connec - impede the annual fireworks celebra - 4th of July event each year through about reviewing her dismissal and possibly tion if the city chose to continue to their water and trash bills. reconsidering her termination. tion with the teacher.

PACIFIC SYMPHONY PIANO MASTERCLASS NEW OUTDOOR BY ZHANG ZUO PROGRAMS! Applications from non-professional one on one with Zuo. The musicians Orange County musicians are sought will be notified of acceptance by • SPRINGBOARD DIVING for the Pacific Symphony Multi- March 1. The Masterclass takes place TUES & T HURS , 6:30-7:30 PM Generational Piano Masterclass led by on March 22 from 7-9pm in the •PADI SCUBA CERTIFICATION virtuoso pianist Zhang Zuo. Samueli Theater at the rear of the Submissions are due by 4pm Feb. 15. Segerstrom Concert Hall. Tickets to SAT & S UN , 12:30-3:30 PM Three people in different stages of their the event are $10 and are available by musicianship will be selected to work calling 714-755-5799 or online. REGISTER TODAY ! Registration forms available at: www.pacificsymphony.org/masterclass. MID FEBRUARY 2017 EDUCATION NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 11

themselves and who can think beyond multiple choice answers. The immeasurable benefits can only truly be captured by the children them - selves who have a chance to shine, and creatively learn within the confines of aca - demia. One young participant said “It (“All the Arts”) makes my brain open up for the rest of the day.” Teachers also ben - efit immensely as they learn how to teach art from the over 40 artists who come in each year to inspire the children through their disciplines. “I honestly don’t think I have seen my students work so hard or with as much enthusiasm as they did on this project. The sense of pride and accomplishment was amazing,” said one teacher. All the Arts hosts a lively art auction with food, drinks and socializing beneath the stars at Fullerton Museum Plaza each year. Artists from OC and across the All the Arts Lauralyn Eschner and Katherine England. PHOTOS BY DAMION LLOYD nation donate work to be auctioned and there are treasures to be found. Perhaps Pioneer and Trailblazer Eschner & England the brightest stars of the auction though are the large mosaic sculptured “Hearts,” by Tanya McCrory Even more remarkably, All the Arts has now in their sixth year. These stunning, sometimes whimsical, always intricately Cindy Krueger’s 5-foot heart is among Like many of Southern California’s best proven to be very cost effective. Eschner beautiful works are a major draw and others to be auctioned to raise ideas, Lauralyn Eschner’s epiphany came works closely with the Fullerton School highlight of the auction. They sell for All the Arts funds. amidst freeway traffic. A grade school District, the PTA, and the community at between $500 and $12,000. teacher at the time, she had a clear and large to procure the funding needed each Katherine England is the artist behind ical. These wonderful art works will be on unwavering insight that arts education year to supplement that provided by the the giant hearts project. She recalls the display in shops and storefronts through - was the fundamental right of all children. school district. It’s surprising that the pro - day thirty years ago when she took her out downtown Fullerton. You can view With her school district already financial - gram has not been emulated by school child to kindergarten and asked about the them between February 14th and the Art ly strapped Eschner knew she would have districts throughout the United States. art room, only to be met with a bemused Auction on April 22nd. Treat yourself for to find a way to implement this idea her - Eschner, petite and soft spoken, is a pas - look. From that moment forward, Valentine’s Day and tour these remarkable self. Miraculously, she has managed to do sionate and pioneering spirit. She England became an inadvertent arts pieces. just that! describes the art classes that the children teacher, advocate and trailblazer for art in One supporter of the program puts it Now in its 25th year, All the Arts for All receive as “benefiting their academic Fullerton. With an academic background best “That All the Arts is needed, is trag - the Kids provides art classes in all media lives.” This unique understanding of arts in literature, she is a self-taught artist. For ic. That it exists, is miraculous. Don't ever to over 10,000 children a year. Due to the has carried her through countless chal - all her boldness in personality, her artwork let it be overlooked or taken for granted.” tremendous work of this nonprofit organ - lenges and her dedication has remained reveals a tenderness, curiosity, and open - All the Arts is possible because of luminar - ization, music, dance, theatre and art steadfast. ness to the world around her. ies like Eschner and England as well the classes have become an intrinsic part of It has been proven time again that arts Her large public art works can be seen countless volunteers, board members and every child’s education in the Fullerton education helps to raise test scores, but throughout Orange County including her artists who contribute to its essence! It School District from kindergarten what people may not realize is that it also many collaborations with All the Arts also benefits tremendously because the through sixth grade. helps raise children who are emotionally intelligent, who can articulate and express grade school children, city murals, people of Fullerton have a true under - mosaics, and gorgeous visual journals. standing of the value of art, and they In addition to her artwork, each year stand up for its place in schools and in England convinces 20 artists to give their their city. time and talent to creating spectacular Come be a part of this very hip and for - one-of-a-kind installation pieces to be ward thinking community. If you love art auctioned on behalf of All the Arts. Each or just want a great night out for a won - artist is given a blank heart sculpture and derful cause, buy your tickets for the April what they create is nothing short of mag - Auction by visiting: allthearts.org

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Trump’s Cabinet Picks Even among those who wanted to biotech firm and has a pattern of trad - give the new president a chance his ing in health care stocks that are choices of advisors and people to head affected by the legislation he writes. 60 to 80 residents per day waited outside Rep. Ed Royce’s office for their turn to ask him to con - important agencies in the government •Secretary of Interior : Ryan duct a Town Hall where locals can hear his views on issues brought up by the new administration, are creating controversy. Zinke, a former Navy Seal caught including their concerns about Social Security, Medicare, the travel ban, immigration, ending the •Senior Advisor Chief Strategist : repeatedly billing the government for Affordable Healthcare Act, cabinet choices and more. Steve Bannon was the head of personal trips. Brietbart News, the reportedly white •Director of the Office of RESIDENTS REQUEST TOWN HALL WITH CONGRESSMAN ED ROYCE supremacist, sexist, xenophobic and Management and Budget : Mick anti-Semitic internet news site which Mulvaney, who was just exposed for by Barbara Sobin to learn what his positions are as we adjust to he has described as the platform of the having employed a nanny without Around the country, constituents have a very different type of administration - one in white nationalist “alt-right.” paying payroll taxes of over $15,000 been gathering at their local congress mem - which neither the president himself, nor his •Secretary of Labor : Andrew for her. ber’s offices to both to hear their representa - closest advisors, have any experience in gov - Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, •Advisor : Erik Prince (brother of tive’s views and to express their concerns ernment. parent company of fast-food chains Betsy DeVos), founder of Blackwater, about the current administration’s actions. Since Royce has not been responsive to con - and opponent of minimum wage a private contract security firm (also Sixty to eighty per day showed up at US stituent requests for face to face meetings, and increases and laws mandating break - known as Xe Services LLC). Prince Representative Ed Royce’s office in Brea on has not held an in-person Town Hall meeting time and overtime pay. His company moved to Abu Dhabi in 2010 and co- January 31st and February 1st. since 2010, the local Indivisible group chose has been cited for violations of such founded Reflex Responses (R2). He Many of Congressmen Royce’s con - to ask the Congressman to hold an in-person regulations. currently heads the private equity stituents reported being frustrated because Town Hall meeting to hear his views on a vari - • Administrator of the firm Frontier Resource Group backed they have written, phoned, and asked for ety of issues and to express their concerns. Environmental Protection Agency: by China’s state-owned CITIC Group appointments to see the Congressman to no In groups of 6 at a time, they presented their Scott Pruitt, as Attorney General of advising Chinese investment in oil avail. Some have noticed that, while he is verbal and verbal requests to his staff member. Oklahoma, unsuccessfully sued the and gas in Africa. too busy to meet with constituents, he had Participants represented all ages, genders, and EPA repeatedly over its efforts to •Federal Communications time to attend other events on his last visit to professional backgrounds. They were polite enforce environmental laws. He calls Commission Lead : Ajit Pai, former his district. and respectful and were received kindly by the the human role in global warming Verizon lawyer, who has vowed to These are not normal times and many of Congressman’s staff person. debatable. reverse all of the agency’s pro-con - Congressman Royce’s constituents are eager The group is eagerly awaiting a response •Secretary of State : Rex Tillerson, sumer protections and end Net from Congressman Royce but are former Chairman and CEO of Neutrality, which gives everyone a fair skeptical that he will accommodate ExxonMobil, who has no government and open internet. this request. They are continuing or diplomatic experience. •Press Secretary : Sean Spicer, for - to meet regularly to develop strate - •Secretary of Education : Betsy mer chair of the RNC, who told the gies to support a progressive agen - DeVos, a billionaire who promotes press that Trump’s inauguration drew da. charter schools. “the largest audience ever” on the For more information about how •Secretary of Treasury : Steven National Mall. Proven untrue by pho - you can get involved join the Mnuchin, Trump’s fundraising chief, tos of the two-thirds empty field Facebook page at Indivisible North with no experience in setting macro - taken from the top of the Washington Orange County. economic policy, and who failed to Monument by Reuters, CBS and the For readers who are not familiar disclose his interests in a corporation US National Park Service just as with Indivisible, you are encour - registered in the Cayman Islands and Trump began his speech. aged to check out over $100 million in personal assets. •White House Spokesperson : Indivisibleguide.com. There you •National Security Adviser : Kelly Ann Conway who referred to will find a document prepared by Michael Flynn, an Islamophobe and the “errors” Press Secretary Sean several former congressional aides conspiracy theorist was fired from his Spicer had made to the press as “alter - who witnessed the rise of the tea last government job because of mis - native facts.” Facts are facts. party movement and have devel - management. Alternative facts are lies. She is now oped suggestions for how progres - •Secretary of Health & Human also infamous for making up “The sives can be effective by implement - Services : Tom Price, who recently got Bowling Green Massacre,” an event ing similar strategies. a sweetheart deal on stock in a foreign that never happened. MID FEBRUARY 2017 LOCAL NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 13 ‘Should We Still Study Slavery?’ Among Topics at Social Justice Summit

A day-long program examining such issues as the study of slavery, preserving culture, domestic violence, homelessness and mental health in the transgender pop - ulation will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, at Cal State Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd. in Fullerton. “Listen. Understand. Advocate” is the theme of the 2017 Social Justice Summit, sponsored by CSUF’s Student Life and Leadership. The free, public program will be held from 8:30am to 5pm in the Titan Student Union Portola Pavilion. The keynote speaker is Tyler D. Parry, CSUF assistant professor of African American studies, whose research exam - ines slave marriage and violence in the African diaspora. He will discuss "The Path Forward: Confronting Oppression and Its Legacies" in his keynote address, as Fullerton well as present "Should We Still Study Slavery?" UNIcycle Additional sessions and speakers Tackles include: •"The Power of Knowledge: Higher the Loop Education, Reintegration and Liberation" with Brady Heiner, assistant professor of Fullerton UNIcycle and philosophy and director of CSUF Project special guests met at the Rebound, and Romarilyn Ralston, CSUF Fullerton Courthouse park - Project Rebound coordinator ing lot on Saturday to ride the •"Preserving Culture in a Multicultural Fullerton Loop. World" with Toubee Yang, assistant direc - Unicyclists pictured above tor of fraternity and sorority life include Jana (Women's •"Sculpting Race: An Innovative Freestyle World Champion, Approach to Understanding Racial Germany); Jamey (Past Identity Development" with Joy World Mountain Champion, Hoffman, director of diversity initiatives Minnesota); Lance Collin, and resource centers Diana, David, Terry; •"Step Up 2.0" with Alyssa Avila, vio - Benedikt (Men's Mountain lence prevention educator for WoMen's World Champion, Austria); and Adult Reentry Center Bill; Victor Augie (North •"Athletic Activism: The Power of Race American Mountain & Trials and Sport" with Trimaine Davis, African Champion, Fullerton); American Resource Center coordinator Kevin, Tim, James, Shaun, •"Hungry, Homeless, But Not and Scott. Helpless!" with Steve Teixeira, career serv - Anyone interested in learn - ices specialist for Cal State Los Angeles ing to ride a unicycle, or who Student presentations include: can already ride one and •"Domestic Violence Against Asian would like to ride with the American Women" with Vy Le and group, can contact Chuck Jonathan Nguyen, ethnic studies majors Tourdot for more informa - •"Keep the Group in Check" with tion and upcoming events at Adriana Valencia Wences, ethnic studies [email protected] major •"Dissolving the Beauty Myth: The Origins of Beauty and Media's Impact" with Yaa Asantewaa Faraji, communica - Librarians & Staff of Fullerton Public Library Cal EPA Ongoing tions major The librarians and staff of the Fullerton Public Library, 353 W. Commonwealth, make Fake Grass Study •"Eliminating the Prison Pipeline: it one of the favorite places for residents to visit. The library is open Mon-Thurs, from Reorganizing the Education System" with 10am-9pm; Fri & Sat, from 10am to 5pm; and Sundays 1 to 5pm. Check out the cal - The second Synthetic Turf Scientific Mahdee Gill, communications major endar of events at fullertonlibrary.org or call 714-738-6333. PHOTO JERE GREENE Advisory Panel Meeting is scheduled to be •"Accessibility" with Patrick Ramirez, held on Friday, March 10, 2017 and will health science major, and Hannah Elliott, also be webcast online for those interested communications major but who cannot make it to Sacramento. •"Mental Health in the Transgender The Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Population" with Dai Guerra, graduate Panel is a group of expert scientists that student in education the Office of Environmental Health Registration is available online. For Hazard Assessment has convened to pro - more information, contact Heidi Elmer of vide scientific advice on its Synthetic Turf Student Life and Leadership at 657-278- Study. The study assess the potential 3504 or [email protected]. health impacts associated with the use of synthetic turf and playground mats made Native Nations March of crumb rubber. OEHHA focuses on identifying chemicals that are released on Washington from synthetic turf from indoor and out - Native American allies in the US and door fields throughout California, and on around the world are invited by the estimating exposures to users of synthetic Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Water fields. For more information on the study Protectors to join a an event on March 10 contact Sam Delson at 916-324-0955 or to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline just email [email protected] approved by the Trump adminstration. Read the studies and sign up for The pipeline which goes underneath Lake updates on the scientific research at Oahe will threaten the reservation’s water http://oehha.ca.gov/risk-assessment/synthet - supply and culturally sacred sites. See ic-turf-studies. http://standwithstandingrock.net/march/ Page 14 FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL ART NEWS MID FEBRUARY 2017

LOCAL THEATER HILLCREST FESTIVAL STAGES THEATER OF FINE ARTS 400 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton 714-525-4484 www.stagesoc.org FEB . 24, 25 & 26 •ARSENIC & OLD LACE directed by Nearly two hundred artists will be Jill Johnson, plays thru March 5, Fri & exhibiting and selling their artwork at this Sat at 8pm; Sun at 2pm. Mortimer year’s Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts. The fes - Brewster is living a happy life working for tival celebrates its 57th year of showcasing a NY newspaper. He’s just become outstanding art in all mediums Friday to engaged and goes to tell his sweet spinster Sunday, February 24, 25, and 26 at 2000 aunts. The visit turns his world upside West Road in La Habra Heights. Admission down. and parking is free. •THE AWKWARD PARTY directed There will be demonstrations, free work - by Josh Nicols, plays February 18 thru shops on Saturday and Sunday and musical Diotima String March 4, Sat. at 5pm, Sun. at 5:30pm. MUCKENTHALER CENTER 1201 W. Malvern, Fullerton entertainment. Food will be available for Quartet Spectacles Improv Engine and STAGES purchase. Learn more by visiting www.TheMuck.org join forces to bring some of the best HillcrestFestivalofFineArts.com Free Concert Feb 19 improvisation performers in OC together National Watercolor Society This year, the featured artists are Jon On Sunday February 19th at in an original unscripted play inspired by National Watercolor Society exhibit Oakes, an exceptional glassblower who cre - 3:30pm, Fullerton Friends of Music all the terribly awkward party moments “Portraits & Figures,” work of over sixty ates small pieces to large colorful bowls and will present the Diotima String Quartet you’d love to forget. different watercolor artists from around unique lighting fixtures; and Gerald in a chamber music concert at the •AUDITIONS Peter & the Star the country and world including from the Brommer, a renowned painter, teacher and Sunny Hills High School Performing Catcher, Sat, March 4; NWS permanent collection. thru April 9 author who has had over 165 one-man Arts Center, 1801 Warburton Way, Merchant of Venice, Sat, April 15. shows and written 23 books on art subjects. Fullerton. Admission is free. Check website for details. An Evening of Korean Cuisine Feb. 26 Jon’s wife Gay Storm also be performing Founded in 1996 by graduates of the as Lady Bird Johnson on Saturday, February MAVERICK THEATER A special event “The Art of Dining: A Conservatoire National Superieur de 25th from 3pm to 4pm only. Lady Bird is Food, Music & Pottery Experience,” rais - Musique de Paris, the Diotima Quartet 110 E Walnut Ave, Fullerton one of several characters that she portrays es funds for a cultural exchange exhibition has become one of the world’s in- Tickets: 714-526-7070 through her company, between sister cities Yong-in, Korea and demand ensembles. The Diotima www.mavericktheater.com Hatboxwilltravel.com. In this one-woman Fullerton, USA. 4pm: Buncheong Quartet partners with several of today’s •LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS show, we find Lady Bird giving Pat Nixon a Ceramics sale; 5pm cocktail hour w/ 5- major composers such as Helmut books & lyrics by Howard Ashman, music tour of the White House as the administra - piece percussion band; 5:30 dinner with Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough and by Alan Menken plays at 8pm Fridays and tion is about to change. But, Pat Nixon has Chef Hwi Sook Lee; pansori performance Toshio Hosokawa, while also regularly Saturdays and at 5pm on Sundays thru other ideas … Funny and poignant, the by Ms. Hoonjeong Seo, lead singer of commissioning new works from a March 11. $25; $15/students. (For audi - audience will learn a lot about these two Haemil Korean fusion band. $100 broad range of contemporary com - ences over 10 years old) iconic women! posers. While staunchly dedicated to CSUF GRAND CENTRAL ART contemporary classical music, the quar - CHANCE THEATER 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana tet is not limited to this repertoire. In Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center 714-567-7233 MAMM Alliance Event programming major classical works 5522 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim Open: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm along side today’s music, their concerts Tickets: 888-455-4212 to Raise Funds for offer a fresh look at works by the great •CLAUDIO QUEST plays thru Feb. War Wounds: Trinh Mai CSUF Performing Arts composers. In particular Bartok, 26. Book, music & lyrics by Drew This installation up through May 14, Debussy and Ravel, the late quartets of Fornarola and Marshall Pailet, directed by 2017, is about healing from the wounds The MAMM Alliance Luncheon raises Schubert and Beethoven, composers Marshall Pailet, choreographed by Maxx of war and the potential for suffering to funds in support of the performing arts stu - from the Viennese school and also Reed, musical direction by Ryan serve as a catalyst for transformation. dents of CSUF College of the Arts. A string Janacek. O’Connell. A west coast premiere of a quartet from the University School of The concert will include works by new musical comedy that follows a very BEGOVICH GALLERY Music will play a salon concert during the Webern, Schubert and Bartok . For super hero, his less super little brother and Cal State Fullerton, 10th anniversary event on Saturday, more information call either 562-691- one butt-kicking princess. $35 800 N. State College Blvd February 25, at 11:30am. 7437 or 714-526-5310. •THE LITTLE PRINCE by Rick Mon-Thurs & Sat: 12-4pm The event features iconic local actor, Hal The concert is dedicated to the memory Cummins & John Scoullar, directed by Landon Jr., a founding artist of South Coast of Beulah Strickler, founder and music Darryl Hovis and based on the popular Floating Realities: Repertory who has played a diverse range of director for over 40 years. Beulah died novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, opens The Art of Masami Teraoka characters in over 150 productions at the February 3 at the age of 98. February 17 and plays thru March 5, Fri An exhibit of the work of celebrated theater. In “A Humbug Afternoon with Mr. See tribute on page 16. at 7pm, Sat & Sun at 2pm. See the world Japanese American artist Masami Teraoka Scrooge,” Landon will reveal rare behind- with the fresh eyes of youth on an adven - best known for his paintings that simulate the-scenes tales from his research into the ture that spans from the Sahara to outer traditional Japanese pictorial imagery and Scrooge character, Victorian England, and FULLERTON ART WALK space and beyond. techniques while engaging ideas about little known background on author Charles Friday, March 3 Western ethos like AIDS awareness, glob - Dickens and his classic tale, “A Christmas alization, erotica, politics, abuse in the Carol.” Raised in a show business family, 6pm to 10pm church. Open Mon-Thurs & Sat, 12-4. both of his parents were performers. Lots of venues showing art Landon has appeared at LA’s Mark Taper all within walking distance FULLERTON MUSEUM CENTER Forum and the Old Globe in San Diego. He of each other in Downtown Fullerton Pomona Ave, at E. Wilshire has also had a wide-ranging career in both See map at: Downtown Fullerton 714-738-6545 film and TV. Call Renee Gillespie at 657- fullertonartwalk.com Alphonse Mucha: 278-8683 for reservations. The Spirit of Art Nouveau This exhibit features over 60 works including rare lithographs, drawings, pas - tels, books, portfolios and more from the Dhawan Collection in LA. Mucha was a Czech artist known for his distinct, much copied Art Nouveau style and designs. He declared that art existed to communicate a spiritual message and nothing more. He produced an extensive body of epic paint - ings unrelated to the commercial work that brought him fame and which he attempted to disassociate himself from throughout his life. Through March 26 32nd Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition Call for Submissions Entry deadline: March 3, 2017. www.breagallery.com Questions? Call 714-990-7731 MID FEBRUARY 2017 EVENTS CALENDAR FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 15

TUES, FEB 14 TUES, FEB 14 continued MON, FEB 27 •10am: Valentine’s Day Party at •7pm: Jumping the Broom: A HITS & Fullerton Community Center •6:30pm: Parks & Recreation History of African American includes dancing to music by Trini Commission meets at City Hall Council Marriage presented by CSUF MISSES Arellano, and lunch with a special Chambers, 303 W Commonwealth, Assistant Professor of African dessert. $5 ($3/over 60). 340 W. Fullerton. American Studies, Dr. Tyler D. Parry by Joyce Mason © 2017 Commonwealth. 714-738-6305 WED, FEB 15 at the Fullerton Public Library •1pm: Homeboy Industries •8am-1pm: Every Wednesday Conference Center, 353 W. Founder at CSUF Titan Student Farmers Market at Independence Park Commonwealth. Free Town & Gown LION: Two Hits Union, 800 N. State College, next to the DMV on Valencia between lecture. 714-738-6326 Basing his screenplay on a memoir by Saroo Fullerton. Rev. Greg Boyle will Euclid and Highland in Fullerton. Fresh WED, FEB 29 Brierley, screenwriter Luke Davies creates a speak about the LA-based organiza - produce including fruit, vegetables, eggs, •8am-1pm: Every Wednesday compelling tale that spans a quarter of a centu - tion he founded in 1988 that sup - flowers, plants, baked goods, nuts, and Farmers Market See at Independence ry, two continents, even two epochs, as we ports over 10,000 former gang more straight from the farmer. Easy park - Park. ed, Feb 15 listing for details. move from a remote rural village in western members with job training and ing every Wed. rain or shine. THURS, MARCH 1 India to a Melbourne, Australia university , placement, education, therapy, tat - •10am: Basic Computer & Internet •6pm: Residential Beekeeping where no location is too remote to find on too removal, substance abuse treat - Tutor Session Tutor Study Room, Regulations is the topic of a city com - Google Earth. ment and legal assistance. Boyle has Fullerton Public Library, 353 W. munity meeting at the Fullerton Five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) lives in a received the 2016 Humanitarian of Commonwealth. To register call Kyle Community Center, Room 1, 340 W. poor village with his older brother, Guddu the Year award, the Civic Medal of Samudio at 714-738-6326. Free Commonwealth. Come hear informa - (Abhishek Bharate), and his mother, who gath - Honor, and California Peace Prize. •6:30pm: Community Development tion from the city Community ers stones and rocks to support her family. The At 1pm there is a screening of short Citizens Committee meets in City Hall Development Department and give two boys are first seen scavenging coal to trade film “Out of the Fire,” at 1:30 Boyle Council Chambers, 303 W. your input regarding the development for milk. When Guddu is hired to work out - and some of those he has assisted Commonwealth, Fullerton of new regulations for residential bee - side the village, Saroo begs to go with him, but will speak, followed by audience •6:30pm: City Council Budget keeping within the city.. Also see arti - when the boys become separated in a train sta - Q&A and a 2:30pm book signing of Workshop at council chambers, cle on page 3 this issue. tion, Saroo climbs aboard an empty train and Boyle’s book “Tattoos on the Heart: Fullerton City Hall, 303 W SAT, MARCH 4 falls asleep. The Power of Boundless Commonwealth. •7am-10am: Boy Scout Troop 97 Many hours later and more than 900 miles to Compassion.” Free (campus parking THURS, FEB 16 Pancake Breakfast features scouts the east, Saroo finds himself in Calcutta, a city is $8 per vehicle.) •1pm-3pm: Thursday Matinee: cooking and serving all-you-can-eat that speaks Bengali, not Hindi, the language •4pm: Challenges & Triumphs Selma (2014, PG-13) Osborne pancakes, sausages, eggs, coffee, OJ Saroo speaks. The scenes of a child making his of Black People in American Auditorium, Fullerton Public Library, and milk for $6 at the door. way amid a cacophony of sounds, looking for History w/ Noted Storyteller 353 W. Commonwealth. Free Morningside Presbyterian at the cor - help, and foraging for food are among the best Michael McCarty at Fullerton •7:30pm: Charlie Chaplin Short ner of Raymond and Dorothy Lane. in the film. These scenes are shot from the Public Library Osborne Comedies The Floorwalker, The This a fundraiser for the troop’s special angle of a small boy looking up at the world Auditorium, 353 W. Immigrant, & Behind the Screen at the activities including camping and other teeming around him and recognizing no one. Commonwealth. Michael McCarty Muckenthaler, 1201 W. Malvern. fun adventures. For more information His brushes with danger appall us and we root is a multicultural storyteller of $25/general; $16/students & seniors email Elaine Moline at molines@sbc - for this plucky youngster who seems to have an African, African-American, and SAT, FEB 18 global.net or visit the troop website at innate wisdom and a knack for survival. international folk tales, historical •10am: Brea Celebrates 100 Years www.troop97ocbsa.org Eventually, authorities place Saroo in an tales, stories of science and more. with a Centennial Parade on Birch Street TUES, MARCH 7 orphanage, not without its own challenges. This free event for the whole family which includes the USC Trojan •6:30pm: City Council Meeting Because Saroo is unable to explain where his is part of a series of programs spon - Marching Band. The parade is followed Fullerton City Hall, 303 W. mother lives, his photo is sent out but no one sored by the Friends of the Fullerton by a Centennial Picnic at the Brea Sports Commonwealth Ave. claims him, so he is put up for adoption. An Public Library with a grant from the Park with live entertainment, baseball, WED, MARCH 8 Australian couple, Sue and John Brierley Disney VoluntEARS Community acrobats, a classic car show and activities •8am-1pm: Every Wednesday (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), adopt Fund. Call the Children’s Room for for all ages. Bring chairs or picnic blan - Farmers Market See at Independence the 5-year-old and take him to their lovely sea - more information at 714-738-6338. kets. The event ends with the Brea Park. ed, Feb 15 listing for details. side home in Tasmania, providing him love, Free. See page 9 for more. Gallery Art Opening from 6pm-10pm at THURS, MARCH 9 warmth and nurturing. Brea Art Gallery at the Civic Center fea - •7:30pm: Jouyssance Perform at The second half of the film takes place 20 Black History turing an Illustrated History of Silent the Muckenthaler, 1201 W. Malvern, years later as a grown Saroo (now played by Dev Cinema 1910-1929. For full info visit Fullerton. Choral music from the first Patel) goes off to Melbourne to major in hotel Month Events www. cityofbrea.net/centennial half of the 16th century of Josquin, management. He meets and falls in love with a •11am-1pm: Empty Bowls Meals on Tallis, Morales, Taverner, Isaac and fellow student, American-born Lucy (Rooney at CSUF Wheels Fundraiser St. Paul Lutheran others. $16/students/sebuirs; Mara). This half of the film is not as compelling 800 N. State College Blvd, Church, 111 W. Las Palmas Dr., $25/non-members. 714-738-6595 or as the Dickensian first half of the story. Saroo Fullerton Fullerton. No reservations required. www.TheMuck.org still retains shadowy memories of his life in the •1pm-4:30pm: Ragtime Piano at FRI, SAT, SUN, MARCH 10-12 Indian village with a loving mother and protec - Feb. 15, 1pm-4pm FCLO Music Theatre, 218 W. •12pm-4pm: Friends of Library 3- tive brother, and he now becomes obsessed with FILM DIALOGUE : “B IRTH OF A Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton. Free Day Book Sale at Fullerton Public the need to locate them. However, the driving NATION ” at African American TUES, FEB 21 Library Osborne Auditorium, 353 W. motivation for his obsession is never made Resource Center, Humanities- •6:30pm: City Council Meeting at Commonwealth. clear. Social Sciences Building, Room the Fullerton City Hall, 303 W SUN, MARCH 12 It is now 2006 and Google Earth has become 222. Commonwealth. Short Term Rentals & •12pm-4pm: Babychella Family a search tool. Not even knowing the name of Feb. 17, 6pm-10pm Red Oak expected to be on agenda Art & Music Festival at William his village, Saroo calculates what location might “T HRONES OF BLACK KINGS ,” WED, FEB 22 Mason Regional Park, 18712 have been a two-day train ride east to Calcutta semiformal dinner and awards •8am-1pm: Every Wednesday University Drive, Irvine. A free, fami - and he begins taking Google-Earth photos of event created to recognize men of Farmers Market See at Independence ly-friendly event with story-time, terrain that he might recognize. Soon his bed - color on campus. Keynote speak - Park. ed, Feb 15 listing for details. sing-along entertainment, art activi - room wall is covered with these. Lucy, who has er: Tami Foy, interim director of FRI, FEB 24 ties, mommy, daddy & me yoga, lost her own mother to cancer, encourages research and development at •7pm-9pm: Make Beeswax Candles themed photo and vendor booths, and Saroo in his search. CSUF. The program will be held & Holders at the Fullerton Museum educational speakers. $200 gift card Saroo suffers some guilt about his quest in the Titan Student Union’s Center workshop. $20 covers all materi - for best bohemian garb. Bring blankets because he knows the affection that both Sue Portola Pavilion. RSVPs request - als. Corner of E. Wilshire and Pomona in & lawn chairs. Food trucks on site to and John feel for him and the pride they have ed. For more information, email downtown Fullerton. Call 714-738-6589 purchase lunch and treats. Activities in the fine son they’ve raised. The Bierleys have [email protected] for more info. planned are perfect for 5 and under, another adopted son, who is on drugs and Feb. 23, 11:30am-2:30pm but enjoyable for all ages. Free alienated from the family. The scene in which PAN AFRIKAN FAIR , in Becker Saroo confesses to Sue that he is searching for Amphitheater. his biological mother is particularly well written Feb. 25, 8:30am-5:30pm and well performed. 2017 S OCIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT , “Lion” is receiving much Academy Award “Listen Understand Advocate,” attention with the film nominated in Best with keynoter Tyler Parry, assis - Picture category, along with cinematographer tant professor of African Greig Fraser. Both Dev Patel and Nicole American studies. The event in Kidman received nominations in supporting the Titan Student Union’s Portola actor categories. Pavilion. See article page 13 this issue. Two Hits: Don’t Miss It! On-campus parking is $8 per A Hit & A Miss: You Might Like It. vehicle for the day/evening or $2 Two Misses: Don’t Bother per hour in “Park and Pay” Page 16 FULLERTON OBSERVER Rest in Peace • We Remember You MID FEBRUARY 2017

Robert Ehreke Spenger James Earl Mayfield 1924-2017 June 4, 1978 – January 30, 2017 Born in Berkeley, California, Robert Ehreke Spenger moved with his family to A tribute by Leigh White Marin County when he was six, where his There are rare times when you meet a father had a shrimp fishery and processing genuinely loving soul who affects you like plant. Bob helped pick shrimp, and nothing else. “Big James” was one of those enjoyed meals with the crew. He went to souls. James Earl Mayfield was born in grammar school inside San Quentin Fullerton in 1978. Big James passed away prison with children of guards in a one- in Anaheim on January 30, 2017. He is room schoolhouse under the tutelage of survived by his three sisters, Lakechia the wife of famed warden Clinton Duffy. Mayfield, Shana Kharineh, and Msessie His father later ran a restaurant on the Hollis-ezeh as well as 6 nephews and 1 decommissioned ferry Encinal moored in niece who he loved very much. a marsh near Benicia, now a state park. As He was extremely well loved and the a boy, Bob was responsible for renting out term “gentle giant” was frequently used to rowboats to customers. describe him. He was larger than life at In high school, he excelled in academia 6’6” with a shoe size of 18 triple E. and photography, and created impromptu When I first met him, I was intimidat - chemistry experiments on the railing of students until moving to Big Pine in ed because he was such a mountain of a his parents’ boat. He played beautifully on 2003. There he enjoyed photographing man. But as soon as he started talking the piano and had a remarkable tenor and hiking in the mountains. with me, and flashed that smile, I knew he voice. He entered the University of After 40 years away from rowing, he was gentle and so sweet. When he hugged California, Berkeley in 1942 and went joined the Long Beach Rowing you, you knew you were loved and safe. into the Service after a semester, repairing Association where he rowed both on the You felt his voice deep in your heart. No airplanes in the World War II Army Air water, and on land in stationary rowing matter if it was city residents, city officials, Force base at Brownsville, Texas. machines (Concept 2 ergometers), land - Fullerton PD, the homeless community, He returned to the University in 1946 ing 38 world records from 1994 to 2015. or his friends, everyone knew James and on the GI Bill, graduating with a degree in At the age of 90, he smashed world he resonated fondly with many. That’s a chemistry. He was a Phi Beta Kappa records in the 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000 true gift. scholar and a four-year letterman in A portion of the painting of James meter competitions, and set records in the James graduated from Woodbridge Varsity crew. If he had not dropped out of by Wendy Leigh Biogiorno time trials, in Long Beach and Boston in High School in Irvine, and studied jour - school in 1948, he could have been an both heavyweight and lightweight, or fat nalism at Saddleback College and He loved his Los Angeles Lakers, flirting Olympic gold medalist with the Berkeley Bob and skinny Bob, as he said. Fullerton Junior College. with the ladies, hanging out with friends, crew. After graduating, he worked for On his last hike, to Robinson Lake, he James was fearless and never let any - and Fullerton. Shell Chemicals, then at Lawrence descended the rain-soaked trail with thun - thing hold him back. An advocate for the I got to spend Christmas 2016 with Big Livermore National Laboratory, going to der and lightning crashing on the ridges, homeless and homeless/mentally ill and a James and Ron Thomas. It was an extraor - the Bikini Islands during nuclear weapons where he said he felt like John Muir in the consistent activist at the protests for Kelly dinary day and James had a great time. testing. tree top, exulting in the wild storm. Thomas, James showed us that tenderness Seeing him interact with Ron’s little He earned his Ph.D. degree in organic Bob was a phenomenal intellectual, an is strength, that kindness is powerful, that dachshund dogs was off the charts chemistry at UCLA in 1961, then went amazing brain, who was also a world-class humanity can be better than we ever adorable. I consider Big James as part of for a post-Doctorate at the University of athlete, and a super caring person. He will imagined, and most of all, that love and my family. California, Riverside Agricultural be tremendously missed by his family and compassion are real. Recently and poignantly, James was the Experiment Station. He preferred to friends. He was preceded in death by his Personally, he protected me and helped subject of a painted portrait by renowned teach, so he joined the faculty of parents, Paul E. and Hermina Spenger, me help the homeless at the Fullerton Fullerton artist Wendy Leigh Biogiorno. California State University Fullerton in brother J. Paul Spenger, and sister Norma Transportation Center for the last three Not only is the painting a true resem - 1964, where he taught organic chemistry Oksanen. Surviving family members years. Sometimes that is dangerous work. blance of his face and body but also his for 35 years. He would take off for work include his wife of 57 years, Constance But James always reassured me that every - warm spirit and heartfelt nature. on his bicycle with a climbing rope slung Spenger, Big Pine; his daughter Diana thing was going to be okay and I believed To honor James, take that trip or vaca - over one shoulder, as he also taught rock- Koenig, of Van Buren, Missouri; niece him. For his job, he worked security. tion you’ve always wanted but never did. climbing and advised the student moun - Kay Whipp of San Pablo, California; and James was a born protector. Help someone locally who is less fortu - taineering club. grand-niece Tracy Magee of El Cerrito, Traveling was a favorite thing of his and nate. Stand up for the weak. And give out After retiring, he took solo bike tours of California. last year he went to Atlanta, Georgia and lots of hugs because he certainly did. Rest the western states and hiked the Camino visited the Martin Luther King memorial. in peace Big James. You are free from the de Santiago de Compostela. At age 78, he A memorial service will be held in the His last trip was to Seattle where he made prison of your earthly body. You made the hiked 1,000 miles in 70 days, the first of spring on a date to be determined. a cell phone video of himself at the origi - world better for having been here — a many Camino trips. He tutored chemistry nal Starbucks and the Space Needle. unique legacy to which we all strive.

LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WELCOME YOU Congratulations to Pathways of Hope Orangethorpe Supporters for Raising Christian $49,136 in the Look Church Who’s Dancing Event (Disciples of Christ) Pathways of Hope raised $49,136 with this year’s annual “Look Who’s Dancing!” Dr. Robert L. Case, Pastor event. The money will go to Pathway’s Sunday Service : 10 AM mission to end hunger and homelessness in our community. An amazing 92¢ of 2200 W. O RANGETHORPE each dollar raised goes directly to the pro - FULLERTON (714) 871-3400 grams. www.orangethorpe.org The organization also offers a regular Open House event on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm. You can schedule a visit for just yourself or a group tour for your institution, business, friends or family to see the work being done at one of the Pathways facilities including New Vista in Fullerton. Email Mychael Blinde at mychael.blinde@path - waysofhope.us to RSVP for a tour. Visit www.pathwaysofhope.us for infor - mation on what the non-profit does and how you can help. If you are a person seeking assistance with housing or other resources call 714- 515-7177. MID FEBRUARY 2017 LOCAL NEWS FULLERTON OBSERVER Page 17

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Beulah Strickler A Long and Fruitful Life in Music Beulah Strickler, founder and long-time Artistic Director of Fullerton Friends of Music, passed away on Friday, February 3rd, at the age of 98. She was a distin - guished musician and teacher of piano and harpsichord who made it her mission to make chamber music accessible to as many people as possible. She founded and performed with the Liberty Consort, which specialized in historical American music and made its debut in 1976, and the Renaissance Players, an early music Above: Adjutant Ed Paul presents Commander’s Club plaques to: Jeff & Marilyn group which gave concerts at such venues Harris, and Karla & Richard Green. as the Getty Museum and the Huntington Below: Adjutant Ed Paul and Commander Harris present Commander’s Club Library. Both ensembles also performed plaques to Miles Kaspar Jr. and Jeanne & Gary Poggensee. for thousands of elemen - my wings”. While there, PHOTOS BY MIKE BOX , A MERICAN LEGION POST 142 H ISTORIAN tary and high school stu - she met her husband, dents in Orange County. Allen Strickler, a scientist Her most enduring working at Cal Tech. legacy, however, is They moved back to Fullerton Friends of New York together and Music, the oldest chamber married in 1946. Two music society in Southern years later, Allen was California. She founded offered a job at Beckman the group in 1959, and Instruments and they remained its Artistic returned to Southern Director until 2002, when California where they she passed the reins to her remained the rest of their carefully chosen successor, lives. Valerie Bernstein. Beulah received many She moved to Fullerton honors and awards over from Burbank in 1954 the years, including the and spent the next few YWCA’s Silver years, raising her family Medallion in the Fullerton American Legion Post and teaching piano. At the Creative Arts category, time, Fullerton was a rela - two community service Recognizes Commander’s Club tively small town with very awards from the Music At its February meeting, the Fullerton & Marcia Dixon, Bill & Carolyn little to offer in the way of Teachers Association of American Legion Post 142 presented a Gillespie, Robert & Karen Jacobs, Arty classical music. Starting in California, and com - summary of last year’s activities that are & Carole King, Ed & Pansy Paul, Neil 1958, she began inviting mendations from the made possible through the generous Reich, Richard & Brenda Wakefield, friend to her house for Orange County donations of the Fullerton Post’s Fullerton Emblem Club #469 and informal chamber music Centennial Committee Commander’s Club. Credit Union of Southern California concerts, performed by and the Fullerton City The individuals and their companies (CUSoCal). local musicians. Soon, the Council. There is even a provide support for the Memorial Day Post members thanked the house was bursting with street in Fullerton, Ceremony, Veterans Day Parade and Commander’s Club members in appre - music lovers at these gath - Strickler Drive, named Ceremony, Boys and Girls State ciation of the generous donations that erings and there was a for her. In 1999, she was Delegates, Youth Environmental provide the necessary funds for the com - demand to go public. The named a Sterling Patron Leadership Conference (YELC) and munity programs. Fullerton Friends of Music was estab - by the international professional music JROTC and Academic Scholarships to Fullerton is a unique American Legion lished and found its first home in the old fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon, joining such students at Fullerton, Sunny Hills and Post in that it has been a “virtual” Post Fullerton Public Library, located on luminaries as Dave Brubeck and Carl St. Troy High Schools. for 40 years, having sold the Post build - Pomona Avenue. As the audience grew, Clair. Most recently, in 2013, she was New members were recognized- Gary ing in the mid-1970’s. Since then, the the concerts moved to larger venues and presented at the Segerstrom Center for the and Jeanne Poggensee, Miles Kaspar, Jr., monthly meetings have been held at finally settled at Sunny Hills High School Arts with the 2013 Helena Modjeska Richard and Karla Green, and Jeff and Fullerton restaurants-the last 25 years at where the concert series performs today. Cultural Legacy Award. At the awards cer - Marilyn Harris. Other members are the Sizzler on Harbor Blvd. Through the years it was often suggest - emony, Mrs. Strickler said, “I just did Sharon Adams-Loma Vista Memorial With no bar or restaurant to raise ed that the organization charge admission what I loved and the rest followed.” Park, Jim Blake, Allan Bridgford - funds, the Commander’s Club is vital in for their concerts. Beulah insisted that the After retiring as artistic director of the Bridgford Foods, William J. McGarvey, helping the Post sponsor the programs concerts remain free to the public and Fullerton Friends of Music, she continued Jr., Mark McGee - MG that enhance the Fullerton community. they have remained so to this day. to serve on the board, attend concerts and Disposal/Republic Services, Bill Not having to maintain a building has Fullerton Friends of Music funds their enjoy time with family and friends. Her McAulay - McAuley & Wallace allowed the Post to devote its efforts to concerts solely through donations. health declined in recent years and in Mortuary, Cheryl Wagner-Able Wagner, the many community programs, making For many years, Beulah performed 2015, she moved to New Jersey to be near Inc., Don & Carol Bankhead, Marty it one of the most active Post’s in the piano and harpsichord in most of the con - her oldest son. Her husband, Allen, Burbank, Buck & Bobbie Catlin, Hal State. certs and employed professional musicians passed away in 2013. Beulah is survived based in Southern California. As the by three sons, Daniel, Robert and WAR COSTS in Life & Money organization grew in the seventies and Michael, her daughter-in-laws, Alisa, eighties she expanded to feature chamber Linda and Chung and her granddaughter, California leads the nation with 3,972 soldiers wounded and 737 dead in wars since 2001. music groups from across the country, Emma. IN IRAQ & A FGHANISTAN many with national reputations. The February 19th concert of the Beulah Friedman was born in New Fullerton Friends of Music will be dedi - • 170,614 Civilians killed by Violence www.iraqbodycount.org (2/11/2017) Hampshire and spent her childhood in cated in Beulah Strickler’s honor with a • 4,512 US Soldiers killed in Iraq: (DoD 12/1/2016) Brooklyn, New York. Showing a talent reception to follow. The family will be in for piano at an early age, she took lessons attendance. • 2,392 US Soldiers killed in Afghanistan (12/16/2016) www.icasualties.org at the Manhattan School of Music and The funeral service will be held the fol - US Soldiers wounded (DOD reports) www.icasualties.org continued studying there through college. lowing day at 10am, Monday, February • 32,223 Iraq 3/2003 to present (no updates since 11/2011) She graduated from Hunter College with 20th at Pacific View Memorial Park, 3500 • 17,674 Afghanistan 10/2001 to present (no updates since 9/2012) a BA in music, received a master’s degree Pacific View Drive, Corona Del Mar, CA in music from New York University and a 92625. In lieu of flowers, please make a Cost of Wars Since 2001 www.costofwar.com (2/11/2017) teacher’s credential from Columbia • $1.742 donation to The Fullerton Friends of Trillion (rounded down) (Iraq $820 billion) (Afghanistan $762.8 billion) Teacher’s college. She briefly taught high Music, c/o Claude Coppel, Treasurer, Cost of Military Action Against ISIL $13.6 billion school in New York before taking a year 1118 Stanford Avenue, Fullerton, CA Pentagon Slush Fund $140.9 billion www.nationalpriorities.org off to live and work in Los Angeles. As 92831. she put it, “I had always lived at home EVERY HOUR US taxpayers are paying $8.36 million for costs of war with my parents and so I wanted to spread since 2001. What Could We Be Doing With this Money Instead? Page 18 FULLERTON OBSERVER TRAVEL MID FEBRUARY 2017

OBSERVERS AROUND THE WORLD THE AIR TRAVEL CORNER by Ravi Perera

I am writing this edition of The Air through security screening undetect - Travel Corner from half way around ed. The airports with the three high - the world, seated in an ocean-facing est detections are Atlanta, Dallas-Fort hotel room at the world famous Worth, and Houston. Mount Lavinia Hotel in Sri Lanka, one of the most beautiful hotels in the Basic Economy Class on world. A former British Governor’s American Airlines mansion, the hotel sits at the edge of American Airlines introduced their the Indian Ocean, with a beautiful new Basic Economy fare, which will view of Colombo City which is be available from select markets and approximately twelve miles away. I later expand to others. The Basic am leading a four-person tour group Economy fare will still enable passen - of Americans who are in for the time gers to carry on a personal item, but of their lives. not bring a regular carry-on bag that Qatar Airways brought us here on a will be placed in the overhead bin. In 14-hour journey from Los Angeles to addition, seats will be assigned at Doha, Qatar. It was a three-hour tran - check-in, and your boarding group Snowed in at Big Bear sit in Doha, Qatar, and another five will be the very last. You do have the Kervin and Patty Segovia Krause and son Ashby were snowed in at Big Bear at the end hours to Colombo. If I had to choose option of checking in your first bag for of January. It was Ashby’s first time in the snow. The family took their first chair lift ride an airline to travel on, I would only $25, and a second for $35. Your with son Ashby. It was the biggest storm in ten years. All other businesses were closed. pick from a couple of airlines, and mileage accumulation will be 50% Qatar would be my first choice to fly less, while you will not be able to the polar route, over Moscow into the upgrade or be placed on same day Middle East. The scheduled 15-hour standby or change flights. flight became a 14-hour journey. What’s Hot Travel Ban So, where are the hot international The big news here is that the three flight deals in February? Low priced major carriers to the US - Qatar flights are now available going into Airlines, Emirates, and Etihad, with late Fall 2017. Several flights to approximately 15 flights a day in-and- Ireland, London, and a few other cities out of the US have had to change their in Europe are available for under $400 cabin crew and pilot rosters after the from Los Angeles. The good deals to ban by the Trump administration. Iceland still continue for as cheap as These three airlines employ flight per - $299 from the West Coast. Keep in sonnel from over 50 countries, which mind that the low fares come from low also consist of nationals from the cost carriers that charge extra for lug - banned countries. These crew mem - gage, seats, and meals. British Airways bers who have been flying in-and-out continues to fight the low cost carriers of the US were banned from perform - by coming out with some really good ing their duties on flights into the US. low cost fares to Europe. The plus Speaking with Qatar Airways cabin here is that while low cost carriers crew, none of them seemed to care charge an exorbitant rate for checked about the ban, and even remarked that in baggage, BA lets you carry that bag there were other countries they could free. Jim and Dorothy at Yellowstone National Park still enjoy! Jim and Dorothy Mackintosh holding the Fullerton Observer in front of a snow (ED: Since this column was written US If you are interested in receiving coach in Yellowstone Park on February 2 where they traveled to a Winter Retreat with Federal Court ruling has revoked the ban for information on mistake fares and low family and friends. “It was a winter wonderland for sure,” said Jim. now - though Trump has indicated he may fares, and are on Facebook, send me just write a new executive order to replace your information to mail@serndipi - the blocked one.) tyntravel.com and I will send you an United We Dream invitation to my members only travel The #HereToStay Network is a group of people ready to fight for immigrants at How Many Guns Did group. I am not a travel agent and I risk of deportation. Many immigrants will be complying with orders from govern - the TSA Seize Last Year? do not sell anything. All I do is pro - ment agencies and doing routine check-ins at ICE Detention Centers. We need peo - Ever wondered how many passen - vide you the information where to ple to be there with them during these check-ins, to stand with them and protect gers would be detected trying to board find the fare. them, and to ensure they return safely to their communities a flight with a gun in the US? The and are not deported and separated from their families. TSA states that they detected 3,391 Ravi Perera is a Fullerton resident and Guadalupe, a mother of two in Phoenix, Arizona (who came here when she was guns, out of which approximately former airline employee. He has flown 14-years-old) was detained at a routine check-in and deported in front of her chil - 2,814 were loaded. While this is a over 2 million miles on 27 different dren. We can’t let this happen. 30% increase from 2015, it is airlines to 46 countries, and traveled Please Take Action https:actionnetwork.org/forms/immigrants-are-heretostay unknown how many weapons still go around the world four times.

BALANCE & CHANGE nication and being clear as to what Valentine’s Day your needs are. If your Valentine is not Valentine’s Day is a day we are willing to make some compromises to encouraged to show our love! But, it is help you create some happiness in your a holiday that has been mass marketed life, you don’t need a dinner reserva - to such a degree that we sometimes feel tion; you need to see a therapist! that we have no choice but to spend It is important to celebrate your love boatloads of money to show our loved every day, not just February 14th. one they are special to us. And, if we do Instead, celebrate the occasions that not have a significant other, then we have meaning for you. Celebrate your may feel left out. love every day, that is what will keep it If this is the only day of the year that vibrant and growing. Celebrate your you get love or affection flowing your partnership. Instead of gifts consider way, then there are more important giving a back rub; bringing home a issues to work on. It is time to work on flower just because it is a Monday. And your relationship to improve commu - don’t forget to say I love you every day! MICHELLE GOTTLIEB Psy.D., MFT Individual, Couple & Family Therapy 305 N. Harbor Blvd, Suite 202, Fullerton, CA 92832 714-879-5868 x5 www.michellegottlieb.com MID FEBRUARY 2017 NEWS. CROSSWORD & CLASSIFIEDS OBSERVER Page 19 SOCO Ping Pong Tournament funds ANSWER KEY Fullerton Collaborative February 25 At left is the answer key to the crossword Story by Jere Greene tions to Fullerton's problems. The SOL - “Happy Valentine’s FUL program is a collection of churches Day” on page 7. Local downtown businesses Roscoe's, and neighborhood residents working to Hero's and Joe's are joining together to change the lives of at-risk youth by pro - hold the SOCO 3rd Annual Ping Pong viding various educational and sports Tournament on Saturday February 25th activities run by volunteers and support - and have chosen the Fullerton ing leaders over the summer months. Collaborative and their SOLFUL Registration for the tournament begins Summer Program for at-risk youth in the at 11am at Joe's 124 West Fullerton Elementary School District as Commonwealth. Sign up to play for $25. the non-profit beneficiary of this commu - Competition begins at noon and termi - nity outreach fundraiser. Fullerton-born resident nates with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes Valerie Brickey The Collaborative is a collection of being awarded along with a raffle and var - organizations working to provide solu - has been ious giveaways. constructing puzzles for numerous years. 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coli, Campylobacter, become commonplace, Climate Change: No One is Exempt Salmonella) and water- In 2014, even here in the United borne-infections (cholera. the U.S. Defense States, though lower- by Sarah Mosko standing their own vulnerability to cli - Giardia) should increase Department income countries more mate change stems in part from failing to because warmer tempera - reliant on rain-fed agricul - tures promote growth of formally recognized ture would be hardest hit. Luckier Americans are insulated from see beyond the direct effects of climate that climate change many everyday worries, like struggling to change – heatwaves, droughts, storms and bacteria and microscopic Much has been written pay the rent or mortgage on time. Some floods – to appreciate all the indirect parasites. exacerbates about the role of food and even enjoy life in gated communities, fine effects on health and safety from air pollu - Outbreaks of influenza destabilization water insecurity as sparking dining and first-class travel. But, just as tion, spread of infectious diseases, food will increase as people of foreign human migrations, civil money is no guarantee of happiness, nei - and water shortages, population migra - spend more time in close governments unrest, international con - ther is it assurance of protection against all tions and conflicts. proximity indoors to flicts and spread of terror - avoid the weather. and terrorism, ism in the 21st century. of the frightening impacts of unchecked While it’s true that access to air condi - thus threatening global warming. tioning and home heating can mitigate Exposure to zoonotic dis - Syria is a prime example of 2016 was the third straight year that the some direct effects of weather extremes, eases carried by wild and the security of the how climate change intensi - Earth’s temperature was the hottest on the indirect effects of climate change ulti - domesticated animals United States. fied the worst drought in record. Contrary to what one might hear mately place everyone at risk. (leptospirosis) might also the nation’s history (2007- in politicized discourse, climate scientists increase from animal 2010). The consequent are nearly unanimous in concluding cli - Air Pollution migrations or crowded living conditions. food and water shortages fostered erup - mate change is happening and is the result Along with heat-trapping CO2, burn - Moreover, in an increasingly intercon - tion of the ongoing civil war and spread of of burning fossil fuels for energy. ing fossil fuels pumps other pollutants nected world, there is risk of spread of radical groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda. The United Nations and scientific into the air (sulfur dioxide, nitrogen newly emergent diseases for which there is In 2014, the U.S. Defense Department organizations worldwide warn that effects oxides, particulate matter) that cause yet no cure. The recent scares over the formally recognized that climate change of climate change are already being felt heart disease and respiratory illnesses like Ebola and Zika viruses are sobering exacerbates destabilization of foreign gov - and that the Earth is more than half the asthma, bronchitis and lung cancer. reminders. ernments and terrorism, thus threatening way to a temperature increase of 2 degrees Burning coal also releases mercury, a neu - the security of the United States. rotoxin harming infants and children. Food & Water Insecurity, Celsius, beyond which runaway global Take Action warming will produce irreversible, cata - In 2013, air pollution caused an esti - Population Migrations & Conflicts mated 5.5 million premature deaths strophic effects. Even worse, if global By mid-century, world population is Even if we remain unconvinced that cli - worldwide. Because there is no atmos - greenhouse gas emissions remain on their expected to approach 10 billion. There are mate change could negatively impact our pheric barrier between rich and less afflu - current trajectory, children living today several ways climate change will make own health and safety, it is incumbent ent communities, air quality in Beverly can expect to experience the fallouts of a meeting the resulting increased demand upon us to leave future generations a liv - Hills can be as poor as in neighboring cen - temperature increase topping 4 degrees for food and water harder, as outlined in able world. All that’s required is the polit - tral Los Angeles. Celsius by end of this century. The Lancet Countdown, an international ical will in Congress to put a price on car - Despite such dire predictions, bon emissions to move the economy from Spread of Infectious Diseases collaboration that tracks the health Americans, rich and poor, overwhelming - impacts of climate change. one based on burning fossil fuels to one ly believe climate change is not a threat to The net effect of a warming planet will Harvest yields are compromised by not based on clean, renewable energy sources. them personally. In a nationwide, county- be to foster the spread of infectious dis - only freezes, floods and droughts, but also Call or write your congressmembers to by-county poll conducted in 2015, in not eases, though for a given disease there will by simple heat. For example, a recent say you expect them to address climate a single county did the majority of be regional variations. study of effects of global warming on sta - change, aggressively and now. respondents believe climate change will Altered ecosystems will encourage the ple U.S. crops found that yields of maize, affect them personally, though majorities breeding of vectors like mosquitoes soybeans and wheat all suffer for every day Visit BoogieGreen.com for more from in 99% of counties felt future generations responsible for outbreaks of vector-borne temperatures exceed 30°C (86°F). Sarah Mosko, Ph.D. on environmental would be. diseases (e.g., Zika, dengue, chikungun - Scarcity and price hikes of staples could issues and sustainability The difficulty Americans have in under - ya). The incidence of both food-borne (E.