Cheech Marin “We Are a Multicultural Country – Al- Ways Have Been, and to Our Credit, Al- Ways Will Be
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Contributing Writers: Les Goldberg Ronnie Greenberg Randal C. Hill Lyn Jensen Debbie L. Sklar VOLUME 46, NUMBER 10 Nick Thomas OCTOBER 2020 “Serving The Needs of Orange County & Long Beach Seniors Since 1974” Cheech Marin “We are a multicultural country – al- ways have been, and to our credit, al- ways will be. It is something that we should be proud of and embrace.” —Cheech Marin What’s Inside.... Calendar of Events ...................................... 5 Classifieds ............................................... 6-7 Flashback ................................................... 8 Cheech Marin ............................................ 10 Gadget Geezer .......................................... 12 Fabulous Finds .......................................... 14 Song Preview ............................................ 16 Off The Beaten Path ................................... 20 Book Club ................................................. 21 Montreal. ................................................. 22 Movie Preview ........................................... 29 Busy Boomers ........................................... 31 In The Spotlight ........................................ 35 Tinseltown Talks ........................................ 41 Life After Mother ....................................... 42 Orange County • Long Beach Page 2 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] OCTOBER 2020 Reflections Funeral Services We are a family owned and operated funeral service provider. The services we offer to our families can range from Cremation to Traditional Funerals, Catering to each individual family and their requests. Military Honors, Veteran services, Reflection of Life, Veterans are assisted with preparations with honor detail from either the United States Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy or Coast Guard depending on the branch they served in. For more in- formation please call the Funeral Director. Traditional Funeral, Viewing, Rosary, Vigil, Reflection of Life We provide Pre-Plan- ning/or Advanced Planning options to better serve our families Our families can choose from as simple as Direct Cremation to Traditional Services followed by Cremation. Inviting them to be able to see their loved one and say good- bye. Cremation gives a sense of closure with more options then burial. Options like spreading cremains out to sea, bringing them home, dividing the cremains and bringing some home and some scattered or taken to a cemetery. We understand the emotional stress families have during this time. We offer in-home appointments. We are available 24 hours a day to serve your family with superior services. For further information, please call us at (714) 587-0615 Fax (657) 208-1655 937 S. Roberts Street, #3, Anaheim, CA 92802 www.reflectionsfuneralservices.com Page 3 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] OCTOBER 2020 Why I Became a Cop By Jim McDevitt he jumped off. The guy I rests and my older brother had said something like I joined the force. He was don’t want to hurt you so assigned to the 48 Pre- you better let me go. I got cinct in the Bronx. Being I was born and raised in a a piece meaning he had a a cop requires life-chang- section of New York City gun. The bus was moving ing decisions to be made called Yorkville. One again and I let him go and at times in a split second. day, at 16, I was on the the two thugs jumped off I have prevented suicides 86th Street cross-town at the next stop. It was at by breaking a window and bus on my way to meet my that moment that I knew entering an apartment on friends in Central Park. I I wanted to by an NYPD the fire escape. An el- was seated near the back cop to help people and ar- derly woman had turned of the bus. At the next rest thugs like these two. on the gas unlit in and on stop, several people got her oven. She wouldn’t on including an African After graduation from answer the door. I was American man who looked high school, I pushed up able to get in through the to me like he was heading my draft and served in the window and rush to open home after work. Without Army in Germany for 2 the door to let my partner provocation of any kind, years. At 22, having past in. He went about opening two white thugs in their the civil service tests, my windows while I turned 20s started punching and number was reached on off the stove and revived knocking down this Af- the list and I became an the woman. rican American man. It NYPD cop. From 1961 made me sick to my stom- to 1965 I was assigned to On another night, my part- ach. The man was on the Central Park then known ner was out sick and I had floor of the bus and they as the 22nd Precinct. a rookie in his gray uni- I BUY COMIC BOOKS were stomping on him. Then I transferred to the form riding with me. It None of the adults on the 110 Precinct in Queens was a Friday night and all AND BASEBALL CARDS bus said or did anything. and eventually operated the cars were busy going 1900-1970 Even though I was fright- an RMP in what was then from one call to the next. ened, I got up and grabbed known as 110 Ida as the I got a call in my sector Large $$$ Paid one of the guys from be- sector. about a man with a gun. Call Robert Hughes at 310-947-9437 hind. I couldn’t stand by We responded and parked [email protected] and watch this without do- Malcolm X lived in my two houses away so as not ing something. sector and when threats to be a target approach- DBA BOOK KINGDOM were made on his life the ing the house. Standing After I did that another NYPD had cops detailed on the porch was a mid- man in his 20s got up out to watch his house. One dle-aged woman and in the Local Handyman of his seat and grabbed night when my sector car doorway of the apartment, • Drywall, Painting, Stucco, Patchwork the other guy from be- was out of service for re- another young woman was hind. This pause allowed pairs, I guarded the front standing holding an infant • Repair Wood, Decks, Cabinets, Wood Fencing the African American man of his house though he did in her arms. I walked up • Roofing, Electrical, Granite, Windows, Doors to get to his feet and he not want police protec- the steps and approached Ernesto pressed the buzzer for tion. the woman on the porch. • Pressure Wash & Garage Cleaning the exit on the moving • Housekeeper (562) 841-4481 bus and when it stopped, I made my share of ar- Continued on page 26 Page 4 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] OCTOBER 2020 Page 5 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] OCTOBER 2020 October The Senior Calendar of Events Reporter is published monthly by: ing studios and galleries locat- Beach Cleanups Visitor Night at SENIOR REPORTER ed in historic buildings in the Seal Beach UCI Observatory OF OC heart of downtown Santa Ana. 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