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Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page C1 anaheimFALL 2018 B e P a r t o f t h e E x p e r i e n c e Our Arena Honda Center celebrates 25 years of memories Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page C2 VETERANS DAY CEREMONY Join us to honor those who have served Anaheim Veterans Monument • 241 S. Anaheim Blvd. Stay tuned for more details at Anaheim.net Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page 1 FALL anaheim c o n t e n t s 2018 Mayor Tom Tait Mayor Pro Tem Jose F. Moreno Council Member x District 3 Council Member Kris Murray Council Member James Vanderbilt Council Member x District 1 Denise Barnes Council Member x District 4 Lucille Kring Council Member x District 5 Stephen Faessel City Manager Chris Zapata Editor Lauren Gold on the cover Many big name artists have performed 12 at Honda Center during its 25-year history Contributors: Mike Lyster, Erin Ryan n Anaheim magazine is published quarterly by the city of Anaheim. f e a t u r e s Address all correspondence to Anaheim magazine, c/o Editor, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805. Please visit Anaheim.net/magazine 12 our arena for an online version of Anaheim magazine. Honda Center celebrates 25 years of memories The city of Anaheim is a city council/city manager form of government. The City Council makes policy decisions at City Council meetings, 16 getting creative Tuesdays at 5 p.m.,while the city manager oversees the day-to-day operations of the city. If you have any concerns regarding the city of Library shows off local talent with county’s only zine collection Anaheim, simply dial 3-1-1 from any landline phone or (714) 765-4311. Anaheim Anytime representatives are available 7a.m.– 5:30p.m. Monday through Friday. Recorded information is also available. n d e p a r t m e n t s About Anaheim: Anaheim is a full-service city supporting more than 357,000 residents, 20,000 businesses and 25 million annual visitors. The city provides public safety through the Anaheim Police Department 2 community and Anaheim Fire & Rescue, water and power service through Anaheim • The Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade bring Public Utilities, parks, community centers, family services and libraries fun to downtown through Anaheim Community Services, neighborhood and transportation improvements through Anaheim Public Works and community revitaliza- • Anaheim student designs his own pair of Vans sneakers tion through Community & Economic Development. Anaheim is a modern, diverse city with a proud history dating back to its 1857 founding. 4 service Anaheim is known worldwide as the home of the Disneyland Resort, • Anaheim goes to the polls in November including Walt Disney’s original Disneyland Park, as well as Angel Stadium of Anaheim and Angels Baseball, Honda Center and the Anaheim Ducks, • There are some fresh leadership faces in and around City Hall and the Anaheim Convention Center, the largest on the West Coast. • Anaheim Public Utilities offers new program for residents Anaheim’s thriving visitor industry and business community help support the city’s neighborhoods and make Anaheim a great place to live, work with lower incomes and play. For more, please visit Anaheim.net. 10 economic vitality • A new hotel is coming to Anaheim with a central location offering easy access to all our big attractions find us! • New businesses, homes and city plans help revitalize west Anaheim View the online version of Anaheim magazine Anaheim.net/magazine 18 around anaheim Read about upcoming events happening in your neighborhood To request this magazine in an alternative format, please call (714) 765-5162, 19 calendar of events or TTY (714) 765-5125. The city prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs, services and activities. 20 contacts 1 Fall 2018 Anaheim Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page 2 c o m m u n i t y classic halloween fun from artists such as children’s book author and illustrator Rhode Montijo. Kids can show off their Halloween cos- tumes in the Kiddie Costume Contest. Bringing your four-legged friend? Enter your pup in the Halloween Pooch Parade. The ever popular Halloween Parade caps the Fall Festival. The parade, which draws tens of thousands of people, turns 94 this year. Today’s parade harkens back to its 1920s roots by recreating floats that made their debut in the parade’s early days. The floats are all hand-built. Each year, a new throw- back float is added to the lineup. This year the Anaheim Short Line trol- ley float returns to the streets of downtown Anaheim. The float made its debut in 1948 and has been reimagined by Jody Daily, one of the parade’s biggest fans who has helped Anaheim Short Line trolley: here’s something about caramel apples, lead the charge returning the parade to its float made Anaheim Thand-built parade floats and kids in whimsical glory. Halloween Parade debut in 1948 costume that makes a fall celebration feel And what parade isn’t complete without a extra special. grand marshal? Lifelong Anaheim resident Add to that a nearly 100-year history in Elmer Thill will fill that role this year. our community. At 104, Thill has watched the Anaheim That’s exactly what you’ll find at the Ana- Halloween Parade since he was 10. He hasn’t heim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade. missed a single one yet! Don’t miss this year’s event on Oct. 27 in Find more at AnaheimFallFestival.org. l downtown Anaheim. (And if by chance you’re reading this afterward, mark Anaheim Fall Festival your calendar for next year!) and Halloween Parade The Fall Festival features artisan food including harvest- and Saturday, Oct. 27 Halloween-themed treats. • Fall Festival Entertainment includes local 11a.m. musicians, such as Disney • Halloween Parade Mouseketeer and hometown 6 p.m. favorite Sean Oliu. You’ll also find Halloween-inspired Downtown Anaheim art and collectibles on display and for Cost: FREE sale. If you’re a fan of the Halloween parade’s Parking: FREE old-fashioned vibe, then you’ll enjoy work Anaheim Fall 2018 2 Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page 3 c o m m u n i t y off the wall ow cool would it be to design your own ed Vans style of the 1970s that lives on as a “Vans is my Hskateboarding shoe and have it pro- favorite of many today. duced by legendary shoemaker Vans? He replaced the black checkers with the favorite shoe brand. Just ask 14-year-old Israel Rodriguez. Next Up logo. For the high-top version, he I felt shocked when The Anaheim High School student de- added “Anaheim California.” signed special low- and high-top Vans for Rodriguez, who is looking forward to I found out that my Next Up Foundation, an Anaheim nonprofit college in a few years, said he’d love to be a shoe design was that helps kids better their lives through the shoe designer for Vans one day. positive impacts of skateboarding. Vans, part of Greensboro, N.C.-based picked. My design A limited run of 100 pairs of Rodriguez’s apparel company VF Corp., got its start designs were made and are being sold to right here in Anaheim. is on a Vans shoe, benefit Next Up. In 1966, brothers Paul and Jim Van Doren and I’m going “Vans is my favorite shoe brand,” Rodri- and partners opened their business on 704 guez said. “I felt shocked when I found out E. Broadway — just down the street from to see people that my shoe design was picked. My design where Next Up is today. wear my shoe!” is on a Vans shoe, and I’m going to see Vans, Next Up and now people wear my shoe!” Rodriguez are part of a long —Israel Rodriguez Rodriguez was inspired by the skateboarding tradition classic black-and-white checker- here in Anaheim. l 3 Fall 2018 Anaheim Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page 4 s e r v i c e cast your ballot Anaheim goes to the polls in November n Nov. 6, Anaheim voters will choose a District 1 in west Anaheim, District 3, Dis- Make sure you Onew mayor and three City Council mem- trict 4 covering central-south Anaheim and are registered to bers and weigh in on local ballot initiatives. District 5 covering central-east Anaheim. The election will complete the city’s transi- After November’s election, Anaheim’s vote to be sure tion to selecting council members by districts. Council will be made up entirely of mem- your voice is heard Up for election are representatives for Dis- bers representing districts and a mayor who trict 2 in central-west Anaheim and District will continue to represent the city at large. this November 6 in east Anaheim. As your official city magazine, we don’t The seat for District 3, first voted on in talk about individual candidates and their 2016, is also up again this year. District 3 platforms. We want to leave this important covers central-north Anaheim. decision to you. Anaheim began a transition to by-district You can find a full list of candidate names elections in 2016, with members elected for and other details on our elections website at Anaheim Fall 2018 4 Anaheim Magazine.qxp_Anaheim Magazine 9/20/18 3:05 PM Page 5 s e r v i c e Anaheim.net/elections.