“Dancing” Queen Sabrina Bryan sings, acts and dances her way to the top You’re Invited Experience these Holiday Tree Lighting Celebrations DOWNTOWN ANAHEIM NUTCRACKER TREE LIGHTING AND HOLIDAY VILLAGE December 1, Noon Center Street Promenade and Lemon Street HOLIDAY MAGIC CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING December 7, 6 P.M. Twila Reid Park SUGAR PLUM HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING December 8, 5 P.M. John Marshall Park for more information on these holiday events, call (714) 765-5191 Features 11 Profile of a Veteran Anaheim paramedic James McDuffie speaks on military duty and Veterans’ Day. On the Cover 11 12 Shooting Star Sabrina Bryan speaks on Dancing with the Stars and being a Cheetah Girl. Sabrina Bryan: Anaheim’s Shooting Star. ©Brian Bowen Smith 16 Giving Thanks ‘Tis the season to give back. Departments 12 2 City Scene Imperial Rome debuts at Muzeo; Anaheim Shores Celebrates 30th anniversary; Mayor Curt Pringle ESPN announces inaugural Anaheim Classic; Call 3-1-1 to reach City Hall; Anaheim and Mito celebrate sister city partnership; Ebell Society turns 100; Mayor Pro Tem Bob Hernandez Anaheim rings in the New Year with roses. Council Member Lorri Galloway Council Member Harry S. Sidhu, P.E. 8 Newsmakers Council Member Lucille Kring 16 Anaheim’s Clipper Girl—Tiffany Miller joins Spirit Dance Team; Tanner Robinson—Eight-year-old Anaheim resident named national trampoline champ. City Manager David M. Morgan 9 Building for the Future Managing Editor John James Nicoletti Maxwell Park undergoes expansion; Red Cross House re-dedicated; Anaheim introduces commemorative brick engraving campaign. Editor Jeanne Meehan Editor Nikki Moreno 8 17 Calendar of Events Contributors: Breana Gattari, Celeste Navejas, Kate Westervelt, 18 Business Connection Marisa Campos, Meghan Schinderle, Tavia Jefferson Java Jean Bar serves up coffee beans and designer jeans; Restaurants opening in Anaheim’s GardenWalk; Anaheim Magazine is published quarterly by the City of Anaheim. After School Fund supports local activities; Address all correspondence to Anaheim Magazine, c/o Managing Disney expands Grand Californian Hotel. Editor, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805. 20 Important Phone Numbers and Websites The City of Anaheim is a City Council/City Manager form of 18 government. As such, the City Council makes policy decisions at City Council meetings, Tuesdays at 5 P.M. while the City Manager About Anaheim: Celebrating its 150th Anniversary, the City of Anaheim is one of the nation’s premier municipalities and California’s 10th most pop- oversees the day-to-day operations of the City. If you have any ulous city. Anaheim covers 50 square miles with more than 345,500 residents and 2,117 City employees. The municipal corporation’s annual budget concerns regarding the City of Anaheim, simply dial 3-1-1 from is $1.363 billion. Anaheim supports a thriving business community with companies such as CKE Restaurants, Inc., L-3 Communications, Pacific Sunwear, any landline phone or using an AT&T mobile phone. Others and Disneyland Resort. Successful sports franchises including Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks, Angels Baseball, Anaheim Arsenal, and the callers can call (714) 765-4311. Anaheim Anytime representa- USA Men’s National Volleyball team call Anaheim home. Anaheim also boasts world-class meeting and entertainment venues with the Anaheim tives are available 7:30 A.M.—5:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. Convention Center, the largest on the west coast, Honda Center, The Grove of Anaheim and Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Annually, Anaheim welcomes Recorded information is also available. millions of visitors to the city, truly making it where the world comes to live, work and play. For more information, please visit www.anaheim.net. Winter 2008 T Anaheim CITY SCENE College Basketball Takes the Court in Anaheim Football is not the only sport to watch this Fall—watch some of the best collegiate basketball teams go head to head at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena! HE INAUGURAL ANAHEIM CLASSIC, AN EIGHT-TEAM, 12-GAME, NCAA BAS- KETBALL TOURNAMENT, WILL TAKE PLACE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, NOVEMBER 22, 23 AND 25 AT THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER ARENA. The teams include USC, UC Irvine, Southern Illinois, Miami-Ohio, South Alabama, Mississippi State, San Diego and Tennessee-Chattanooga. “The Anaheim Classic will present an outstanding oppor- tunity for our teams to play against quality competition,” said Dennis Farrell, commissioner of the Big West Conference. “The event further supports Anaheim as a city of destination for college basketball.” A few weeks later on Dec. 8, the 14th Annual John R. Wooden Classic will bring together four of the nation's premier college basketball teams to compete at the Honda Center. Game one starts at noon with San Diego State taking on Saint Mary’s and game two starts at 2:30 P.M. with UCLA taking on Davidson. The Anaheim Classic will air on ESPN affiliate stations. The John Wooden Classic will air locally on KCAL 9. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket information on both events. T Anaheim T Winter 2008 ©Mark Cowan/Icon SMI/Corbis 2 CITY SCENE November 22, 23, and 25, 2007 • Anaheim Convention Center • Anaheim, CA Inaugural Event • Hosted by ESPNU and the Big West Conference All times Eastern Standard Time (EST) / Pacific Standard Time (PST) • All games subject to change *Big West is always the home team • Home team is listed on the bottom of each match-up 3 ©Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images Winter 2008 T Anaheim CITY SCENE Anaheim and Mito: Strong Connections Bridge Great Distance OR THE PAST 30 YEARS, ANAHEIM AND MITO, JAPAN HAVE ENJOYED THE SPECIAL CONNECTION OF BEING SISTER CITIES. To mark this 30th anniversary milestone, in November 2006, Anaheim City representatives were given a warm wel- come in Mito, Japan. They enjoyed the dedication of a friend- ship monument, bridge, park benches and table in Mito Park. The bridge, carved from solid granite stone, depicts the unbro- ken 30-year friendship between Mito City and Anaheim. To thank Mito for their hospitality and conclude the anniver- sary celebration, the Anaheim Sister Cities Association and the City of Anaheim recently entertained Mito City representatives in Anaheim, November 11-14. During their visit, the delegates visited the Muzeo, Anaheim’s new cultural and heritage center; Anaheim City Hall, where the Sister Cities display is located; and an expanded display at Anaheim Museum. The delegation also made a trip to Mito Bridge, a replica of an actual bridge in Mito City, located in the Anaheim Shores neighborhood. Did You Know? Since 1980, the two cities have had an exciting student exchange pro- gram. If you are a student in grades 10-12 who lives or attends school in Anaheim and would like to find out more information about the pro- gram, please visit www.anaheim- sistercities.org. If you are an Ana- (TOP) The unveiling of a friendship monument during Anaheim’s sister city anniversary celebration visit to Mito in 2006. heim family interested in hosting Mito students, please visit the web (ABOVE) Mito exchange students visiting the Mito Bridge located in Anaheim Shores. Friendship monument site as well. The Sister Cities program promotes cultural understanding, tolerance and encourages economic development, trade and tourism. Anaheim Sister Cities Association membership is open to local businesses or those who live or work in the City of Anaheim. Associate Memberships are available to anyone interested in promoting the goodwill of the Sister Cities Inter- national Organization. (ABOVE) A bridge in Mito carved from one solid granite stone depicting the unbroken For information, please call (714) 283-2223. T friendship between Mito and Anaheim. Anaheim T Winter 2008 4 CITY SCENE Anaheim Shores Muzeo Brings Celebrates Imperial Rome 30th Anniversary to Life N NOVEMBER 11, ANAHEIM SHORES, HE MUZEO, A UNIQUE CENTER FOR ARTS, A LAKESIDE COMMUNITY, CELEBRATED ITS KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE, OFFICIALLY 30TH BIRTHDAY. OPENED ITS DOOR ON OCTOBER 16 WITH THE To commemorate the event, colorful banners were created HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EXHIBIT, “IMPERIAL ROME, to hang along Anaheim Shores Drive. The banners were des- DISCOVERING THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.” igned to reflect the nature of this unique Anaheim neighbor- hood. The Mito Moon Bridge along with Koi and The monumental exhibit explores the Roman Empire and waterlillies are printed on 3' x 9' its lasting impression on Western Civilization. panels. In addition, one street in Museum goers will have the opportunity to view more than the community, renamed Mito 450 antiquities. Bronze and marble statues, urns, ceramics Walk, will be dedicated to and a selection of Roman coins are part of the display. Mito, Japan, Anaheim’s Be sure to visit the Muzeo, featuring “Imperial Rome,” sister city, fulfilling a before the exhibit closes on January 7. For more information 30 year promise. T please visit www.muzeo.org. T 5 Winter 2008 T Anaheim CITY SCENE Ebell Society Celebrates 100 Years LONGSIDE ANAHEIM’S 150TH ANNIVER- SARY, THE MEMBERS OF EBELL CLUB OF ANAHEIM HAVE UNITED IN 2007 TO CELE- BRATE 100 YEARS OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN INTELLECTUAL CULTURE AND INDI- VIDUAL PURSUITS. On July 10, 1907, Mrs. Harry W. Dyer invited nine women to gather at the Anaheim Masonic Hall to explore establish- Anaheim Rings ing a club that would further the cultural and intellectual pursuits of local women. On November 23, 1907, the Ebell In the New Year Society of Anaheim was officially established and was later incorporated in 1922. Today, Ebell is affiliated with the Nation- al Federation of Women’s Clubs, Orange District. with Roses Over the past century, Ebell has become one of Anaheim’s most notable women’s clubs. Intensely interested in civic devel- HE SWEET SMELL OF ROSES WILL RETURN TO opment, Ebell Society supported the City library and furnished its Children’s Room, endorsed teaching domestic science and ANAHEIM VOLUNTEERS THIS WINTER AS manual training in local schools, and worked to establish a THE CITY HOSTS ANOTHER FLOAT IN PASADENA’S City park, among many other things.