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History, if honestly written, will show that the American People were consis­ The Fullerton Observer, founded by Ralph Kennedy tently lied to and manipulated by a mis­ in 1978, is a group of local citizen-volunteers who guided group hell-bent on establishing a create, publish and distribute the Observer through­ U.S. Empire with or without the consent out our community. This venture is a not-for-profit of the American people. Let us hope one with all ad and subscription revenues plowed for this country’s sake that our children back into maintaining and improving our indepen­ - and their children - will understand dent, non-partisan, non-sectarian, community news­ what patsies we were. paper. The Congress and the American Our purpose is to inform Fullerton residents about people bought the Administration’s ar­ the institutions and other societal forces which most gument about terrorism - just like the impact their lives, so that they may be empowered to German people bought Hitler’s diatribes participate in constructive ways to keep and make about Communism. That was the bait. these private and public entities serve all residents The switch came when we extended our in lawful, open, just, and socially-responsible ways. target to Empire. Hundredth Monkey &Eisenhower Consolidation Through our extensive local calendar and other Consider this : The “cadre” (Bush I Years ago I read “The One Hundredth Monkey” by Ken Threatens coverage, we seek to promote a sense of community & II, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Keyes Jr. In this book he quotes Dwight D. Eisenhower, who, and an appreciation for the values of diversity with Perle, Abrams, Gaffney and others) having served as a Five Star General in World War II, and also Independent which our country is so uniquely blessed. wants to establish a presence in the oil as President of the United States, could speak as “...one who has witnessed the horror and the lingering sadness of war...as rich Gulf. So after the first Gulf war they Media Published twice per month set up a few bases in Saudi Arabia, one who knows that another war could utterly destroy this civi­ The Federal Communica­ Yemen, and elsewhere in the region. lization which has been slowly and painfully built over thou­ tions Commission is set to vote except once in July, August and January. They use 9-11 as an excuse to send an sands of years...” on June 2nd on a measure that NO FAX, SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: armada to the Persian Gulf, ostensibly In 1953, Eisenhower said, “Every gun that is made, every would eliminate several media FULLERTON OBSERVER to clean out Osama bin Laden and over­ warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in a final sense ownership restrictions. One of P.O. Box 7051 throw the Taliban. Mission accom­ a theft from those who hunger and are not fed...those who are those restrictions prevents com­ Fullerton CA 92834 plished, but they don’t linger because cold and are not clothed.” “This world in arms is not spending mon ownership of newspaper •Editor • Sharon Kennedy there are bigger fish in the region to fry. money alone...it is spending the sweat of its laborers, the ge­ and TV or radio stations in a •Office Manager • Tom Cooney Their real first target is Iraq (go where nius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.” By 1959 this single geographical market. If •Proof/Critique • Caroline Druiff & the Oil is) and Saddam Hussein, whom general and statesman said, “I like to believe that people in the the measure passes, it is wholly Eric Chang they had previously propped up to fight long run are going to do more to promote peace than are gov­ possible one firm could acquire •Advertising • Sharon Kennedy Iran by supplying him with chemical and ernments.” “Indeed, I think that people want peace so much the vast majority of media out­ •Distribution Chief & Founding biological weapons. Saddam, our former that one of these days governments had better get out of the lets including daily newspapers, way and let them have it.” My favorite quote is what an econo­ Member • Roy Kobayashi (leave front man, is now the enemy and we as­ TV stations, radio stations, and message for Roy at 525-6402 if you sign all sorts of misdeeds to him - which mist friend told me back in the 1970’s, “Guns take away from cable TV systems. would like to help, every other were the same misdeeds in force when bread and butter.” Radio, which had its owner­ Monday for a few hours. PhD he was supposedly our friend. We accuse Sincerely, GSD Fullerton ship rules relaxed in 1996, is customary but not required.) Saddam of being in cahoots with al now dominated by ten parent •Crew • Denny Bean, Richard Qaeda, of partial responsibility for 9/11, Unaffordable for Families companies nationwide: Clear Brewster & Sam Standring of hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction, I have lived in Fullerton Channel and Viacom alone con­ • FEATURES • as well as biological and chemical weap­ since I was a child. My sis­ the Fullerton area. The com­ trol 42% of listeners and 45% •American-American: Sky Scott ons. When weapons inspectors find none ters and I loved to ride with munity is in danger of becom­ of industry revenues. •Books: Ginger Britt we jump the gun and invade. my mom to pick my dad up ing an elitist society of only the Respected academics from •Calendar Editor: Volunteer Wanted The Iraqi dead we don’t count, but from Harrington Lumber and very rich. Those who work in across the nation have added •([email protected]) we give hero medals to families of the Hardware Store where he was service positions for these resi­ their voices to those of con­ •Cartoonists: *D. Towers • I.Fujisaki dead troops, not one of which came from manager. We loved the ride dents, including those that sumer groups, artists, religious •Commentary: Jonathan Dobrer a wealthy family. As for Veterans) they because of the open, country- work at St. Jude’s, have no organizations and public offi­ ([email protected]) get a cut in benefits in this years budget. like setting full of horses and chance of owning a home in cials concerned that the FCC is •Council Report: Abee Luke So much for supporting Our Troops! wildlife. It is this fresh, un­ the area, forcing them to com­ moving without any opportu­ Backup: Viveca Wolff We forget bin Laden, forget no terror­ spoiled area that gives Fuller­ mute long distances and creat­ nity for Congress or the public •Counseling: Michelle Gottlieb ists came from Iraq. We stock ton its beauty and magic and ing a traffic nightmare. Traffic to review and debate the •Education: Jan Youngman, Ellen Guantanamo Bay with Afghani prison­ makes it such a desirable is already a problem, with no changes. Ballard, Dr. Versie Burns ers of war whom we do not dignify with place to live and work. relief is in sight. Sincerely Professor Robert McChesney •History/Arboretum: Warren Bowen names or humane treatment so we can Developing the Coyote Kristin Andersen of the University of Illinois •Ecology/Nature: Chuck Greening contravene the Geneva conventions. Hills area will destroy the Fullerton commented, “The existing me­ •Nature, Insects, Creatures: Diane What is going on here? beauty that Fullerton is so dia rules were created to guar­ Nielen ([email protected]) Where is our Congress? Where is our well known for, and the ben­ Judge Not Type antee citizens their basic rights •Roving Reporter: Cherie Lutz Pizarro so called liberal media? Where is corpo­ efits of development will to a diverse and independent •Youth Reporter: Yeji Kim rate America? I’ll tell you, they are lick­ never be able to offset this California Needs media.” •Photographers: *Larry Rapattoni ing the hand that feeds them with your loss. All of Orange County, Judge Carolyn Kuhl is not Academics signing a letter •Stephen Weissbart dollars. The upper class hand that gives including Fullerton, is facing the type of judge California urging a public debate on the is­ •Planning News: Denny Bean humungus tax breaks to wealthy friends a major deficit of affordable needs for the 9th Circuit Court sue are from Stanford, Harvard, •Poetry: Gene Walsh and (as a sop to the other class) peanuts. housing. I’m not speaking of of Appeals. This lifetime ap­ Yale, University of Pennsylva­ •Politics & other stuff: Vince Buck Now we have the same jokers defil­ housing for very low income pointment is very unsettling in nia, New York University, •Senior Spotlight: Louise Schatzman ing the good name and reputation of the people, I’m speaking of hous­ light of her out-of-the-main- Brandeis University, Texas A & •Movie Review:Joyce Mason United States with their continued rush ing that is within reach of stream viewpoints on racial M, University of Michigan, •Transportation Editor: Dick Hutchins to Empire. Michael Parenti wrote about families with two working discrimination, privacy, Boston College and several in­ ([email protected]) this in 1995 in a book “Against Empire”. parents. women’s rights, and tax sup­ ternational universities. I thought Parenti came on a trifle strong The housing development port for religious school In the US concentrated cor­ •OBSERVERS* at the time. Now, I realize how wrong I vouchers. Bush can appoint porate control of the media has that is planned for the Coyote •Dr. Don Bauman • Bob Crescenti was! judges in states where the resulted in a lack of competition Hills area will not provide any • Dr. Richard Glassberg • Arie Eemisse What do you call a group that mort­ people support regressive poli­ and programming reduced to at­ housing that will be afford­ •Fran Mathews •Sharon Quirk gaged money your grandchildren must cies. Not in California. tracting viewers through sensa­ able to the great majority of Charlotte Roh • Kathleen Shanfieid repay, that caused loss of American lives people who currently work in Chris Heaton Fullerton tionalism rather than quality, which can never be repaid, caused loss detailed reporting. • Genevieve *J Rosenthal • Lisa of untold lives in a foreign land, that Some nations influence and Whiting • Star Gonzalez and other contributing community members saved the oil wells from destruction, but control their media and public permitted the despoiling of museums, opinion greatly. Free expression and art treasures that reach back to an­ MUSINGS... is threatened by the handful of tiquity. by Gene Walsh ©2003 global media conglomerates This group has brought dishonor and that have reduced meaningful Subscriptions & renewals for shame on our country from the majority A Better Future diversity of expression. The ten home delivery run from of the world’s people, and in the process Now that the Bush Administration has “won the war,” this companies that dominate media October to October they have administratively repealed the might be the time for us to be a little humble. As David Gergen globally are: AOL/Time $25/in town Bill Of Rights to the American Consti­ said in the May 5, 2003, issue of US News & World Report Warner; AT&T; General Elec­ $35/out of town tution. I wonder what our Founding Fa­ “Yes, our military is magnificent. But we spend nearly 400 tric; Viacom; Disney; Liberty thers would think of such shenanigans? billion a year on arms; the Iraqis had become a tattered lot Media; News Corp (Murdoch); Bob Crescenti Placentia who, by respected estimates, were spending only 1.4 billion Bertelsmann; Vivendi Univer­ To Advertise with the a year.” Small wonder we so easily “won.” Gergen goes on sal and Sony. In addition to Fullerton Observer to say that we Americans should be wary of two illusions: owning book publishing, print Cali 525-6402 Dobrer ArticleShould 1) That we can impose our will anywhere we chose, and media, TV, radio, cable, music, Go to Congress 2) That we can do it virtually alone. movies, phone and other com­ For the first time in human history, mankind has begun to panies, many of these corpora­ The JUNE 1st Observer will hit “The Hope and Reality of the UN” work together toward well-defined ends. We failed to do so tions also own parts of each (May 1st Observer). Good article-maybe other. Do we really need mea­ the stands on June 2nd in the League of Nations but are making progress in the United Deadline for all articles and ads Colin Powell can pull it off. Does your Nations. America is big enough to get over its anger at the sures that would further con­ article go to Congressman Ed Royce and French and others and should return to the work that FDR solidate media ownership? For May 26th Congresswoman Lorreta Sanchez? It and Ike and Reagan and Clinton were building; one of friend­ more information: THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT & should. Thanks ships, partnerships and cooperation; not military dominance. www.democraticmedia.org CONTRIBUTIONS! Fritz von Coelln Fullerton Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

MID-MAY 2003 Fullerton Observer Page 3 Out of My Mind by Jonathan Dobrer ©2003 jdobrer @ pacbell .net Healthcare for All The Liberal Puritans Californians Act The working definition of a Puritan is someone who fears that (SB 921) somewhere someone else is having a good time. The New Puritan fears that some people somewhere may not be having a good time By State Senator Sheila Jam es Kuehl and the rest of the world must join them. The result of both branches of Puritanism is the same—abstinence, guilt and arrogant humility. W e who live in California know that our If you are a caring and sensitive human being, filled with compas­ healthcare delivery system is broken. The num­ sion for all the victims of our world, please do not read this column. ber of Californians without health insurance It will only upset you. hovers between 6 and 7 million, and85% of I am staring in disbelief at a list of instructions given to an intelli­ uninsured Californians are employed. gent bunch of people by a committee of like-wise intelligent people. Those of us, who can afford health insurance, They concern the dress, grooming and speech codes for a large gath­ or whose benefit package includes coverage, are ering of said good people. These instructions make it very clear that paying more in premiums, co-pays and it is impossible for any group ever to meet. They imply that any deductibles. At the same time, those without in­ gathering might be unfair to some—might either exclude or make surance are forced to turn to emergency rooms someone or some group feel bad. for medical care, and people with chronic con­ Well, I feel bad. I feel bad that as a political commentator and ditions such as high blood pressure are putting satirist, I cannot make up or do the kind of over-blowing of this off treatment and suffering catastrophic events, material that satire calls for. It is already over the top. such as strokes. This is but a part of the actual list that People who have good jobs, who consider was sent out and posted on the internet site themselves affluent or middle class, can be We are, of this all too real and way too sensitive bankrupted by a single, severe medical crisis. I fear, organization. Potential attendees are in­ Above: Kindergarten student Aeleen Romano happily All of us are increasingly burdened by the need creating structed: demonstrates her reading skills to Congresswoman Loretta to consider rising costs in the course of making a backlash 1. Not to use any cream, lotion, sun­ Sanchez on her visit to Richman Elementary. Sanchez represents the most personal and life-altering medical de­ against screen, deodorant or laundry product that cisions about what is best for a loved one or for a portion of South.. Fullerton while Congressman Ed Royce ourselves. the important contains a scent. represents the remainder of the city. Photo Sharon Quirk ©2003 2. Wear no fresh hair color, perms or hair This is why, in the midst of severe statewide effort curl relaxers. and national crises, I have introduced SB 921, to maximize 3. Wear washable clothing or clothing City Planner Responds to legislation that will, if passed, transform accessibility. dry-cleaned with carbon dioxide only. No California’s The danger new leather shoes or bags, please. healthcare deliv­ is that, 4. No pesticides or solvents in your cloth­ Coyote Hills Comments “...the ery system. By when ing. dominant on the property. Ac­ creating a single, Response to “A Few Ecologi­ compassionate streamlined and sensitivity is 5. Be sure to remove any pet hair. AND cal Corrections” Fullerton cording to current reports and make sure to groom your pets without us­ records, coastal sage is now efficient claims stretched past Observer May 1, 2003 Edition thing might really and reimburse­ ing either fragrance or flea collars for a I read with interest the com­ more dominant on the site be­ absurdity, month before the meeting. cause, as Ms. Spenger stated, it ment system ad­ people will just ments from Connie Spenger re­ be the sensible, ministered by an 6. Do not chew gum. Fumes. garding my presentation at the has wonderful “regenerative 7. Turn off cell phones. Not just ringers. elected official say the hell April 22, 2003 Community powers.” I have personally wit­ practical thing as Striving for microwave free zone. and run by a state with it all. Meeting. My remarks were nessed the sage, over time, “re­ taking” the abandoned asphalt well.” board, we can, based, in part, on the biological without any new People who hadn’t gotten the memo or study prepared for the 1976 Cer­ oil field roads! who failed to comply were requested to sit in a separate and segre­ However, there are still con­ burden on the tified Environmental Impact Re­ state’s general fund, slash the administrative gated section of the meeting. Ah, inclusivity, where is thy sting? port (EIR) for the West Coyote siderable areas on the property Now I am all for access to events. I believe fervently in wheel­ that are highly “disturbed” with costs of healthcare delivery from about 27% to Hills Master Plan Study.. The re­ about 3% of the healthcare budget, thus freeing chair ramps. Handicap parking spaces are sacred. Though strangely port was prepared by biologists, invasive weeds and annual non­ the word handicap is on the forbidden list. Disability is now the pre­ native grasses. If Ms. Spenger up the funds to cover every resident of Califor­ including Professors Joel nia under a quality healthcare plan that guaran­ ferred term. This is a bit perverse since disability means the lack of Weintraub and Ted Hanes of Cal can provide historical or bio­ an ability, while handicap derives from the cap in which horse wa­ logical data contrary to my tees the right to choose one’s own healthcare State University Fullerton. The providers. gers were placed. Handicap came to mean the effort to equalize oth­ EIR clearly states that the Coy­ statements I would be happy to erwise differing abilities. It is still used in horse racing and golf. Under the terms of SB 921, healthcare would ote Hills were historically domi­ include the information in my I also understand that people have chemical sensitivities and aller­ remain private and consumers would choose the nated by grasslands with some future comments on the project. gies. I have them myself. I have been hospitalized from asthma. I’m providers who are right for them. Medical, den­ coastal sage and cactus. Joel W. R osen allergic to cats. I wheeze and if the dander gets in my eyes, they tal and mental healthcare, as well as prescrip­ The report states that the domi­ AICP Chief Plannner City of swell closed. I am allergic to some cleaners and to roses. Candle tion drugs and other services would be covered nant grasslands were impacted by Fullerton stores and potpourri send me over the edge. I have to flee. Penicillin by this plan. Independent providers would be people including cattle and sheep puts me into anaphylactic shock—so some blue cheeses are to be directly reimbursed, and large institutions such grazing as well as the oil field de­ as hospitals would receive a yearly budget. avoided. velopment and operations. The However, how much should the world do to accommodate me and Healthcare standards would be overseen on a disturbing impacts of people Naturalist statewide and regional level, and long-term ex­ my legitimate problems? May I request that no roses be present at negatively impacted the native any funerals or memorial services? Should I refuse to enter a cat penditures would be made on the basis of medi­ grassland and allowed the hearty Connie Spenger house? Shall I send ahead to any host or hotel the full list of cleaning cal need. To find out more about the specifics sage as well as invasive European agents, molds, spores and grasses that might give me problems? Replies to City of this plan, please visit my webpage, which weeds to move in. can be accessed through the directory at Should scented candles be banished? My comment about some of Believe it or not, the committee that issued this list wrestled seri­ Planner sen.ca.gov. I also invite you to visit the the cactus being a hybrid species Thank you to Mr. Rosen for healthcareoptions.ca.gov and read the indepen­ ously with what kind of flames could be used—if beeswax was okay is also from the 1976 biological or if they should use only alcohol. (I think beeswax is kosher as long finding historical photos, per­ dent Lewin Group report, which concluded that report. Corroborating my state­ sonal accounts, and looking into the CalCare model, which inspired my bill, will as no living hive is harmed in its production.) Personally, I’d use ment regarding grasslands is a alcohol, but it would be in form of wine. That might offend someone Mr. Wieslander’s report. I hope save the state’s economy money and allow us 1930-34 Vegetation Survey pre­ to examine these in the near fu­ to cover every Californian with quality care. who has a problem with alcohol or an allergy to the tannins in red pared by A.E. Wieslander (pub­ wine. ture. The plan will be paid for in taxes, federal lished by U.S.G.S. in 1940) However, the 1976 report, as money and grant funding. The great majority I cannot sing. So, please let us have no singing. It only reminds me which clearly shows the “domi­ of my lack of ability. Some fear public speaking. Let’s have none, quoted by Mr. Rosen, is inac­ of those taxpayers who now pay for insurance nant” vegetation as being grass­ lest someone feel inadequate. Do not dance. It reminds people, like curate and outdated. For start­ will find that, at the end of the year, they will lands, with coastal sage as an me with no sense of rhythm, that we are inept. Now that we’ve ban­ ers, coastal prickly-pear does pay less than they now pay in premiums, “important” species on the site. ished most make up (There is, I am confident, an exception for not hybridize with Mission cac­ deductibles and co-pays and wind up with far Historical photos and personal transgender persons), and we are all wearing organic washable cloth­ tus. References to grassland,are more. Employers who pay for insurance will, accounts of the site indicate vague and ambiguous. for the most part, also realize substantial sav­ ing, let’s get rid of jewelry. Jewelry reminds some that they cannot heavy grazing by sheep on the afford what others so blatantly flaunt. Voila! The New Puritans ar­ West Coyote Hills is still the ings. The tax for this plan will be means-based, West Coyote Hills property. rive with a longer list of non-kosher items than dreamt of in all the best example of coastal sage which means that no one will pay more than Sheep do not like the taste of sage rules of Leviticus, Deuteronomy and their commentaries. scrub in the region, and I stand they can afford. Now, of course, one either pays brush or cactus. (Part of the West How should I act to accommodate people who might have physi­ by my previous description of what insurance companies charge or does with­ Coyote Hills was owned at one cal or emotional issues—in the absence of an actual request? Should the original native habitats. out. time by the Bastanchury Ranch Sincerely, This may seem like an odd time to press for I anticipate every contingency, so as not to make a theoretical some­ before selling to the Murphy Oil one feel awkward about making an actual request? Constance Spenger such a sweeping, proactive change. But if we Company around 1906, who later My own personal response, after much prayerful meditation is: ever needed to move beyond the defensive to­ sold the property to Standard Oil * Fullerton Are you kidding me? Of course not. Trying to anticipate any and ward a world in which we want to live, that time in 1913. The Bastanchury is now. All too often, people say to me: “Sheila, every possible special need will make social intercourse impossible. Ranch, in addition to having ex­ I can plan on taking care of every allergy and sensitivity and still be I have read your bill and checked your figures tensively irrigated croplands in For more and it all seems right. In fact, it seems too right left with the exclusion of helpless agoraphobics. Any meeting is thus the hills, raised sheep). an affront to someone. The only thing I can do is stay home and - too good to be true. I want to support this bill, The purpose of my remarks information on this but is just seems like there isn’t any hope that encourage others to do likewise. was to indicate that people have We have fallen on the slippery slope of proper sensitivity to indi­ anything like this could ever happen.” dramatically impacted the ecol­ topic visit the vidual needs and we can’t get up. We are trying to create a world I urge you to dare to hope, once again, that ogy of the property for over 200 where no one feels bad. We want to recognize our individual unique­ Friends of Coyote the compassionate thing might really be the sen­ years. I never stated that that the sible, practical thing as well. I urge you to dare ness without making anyone feel different. property was a “grassland eco­ We are, I suspect from feedback I’ve gotten on these instructions, Hills website at to hope that the simple human need for healing system” as Ms. Spenger claims creating a backlash against our important efforts to maximize acces­ in a time of sickness is not some pie-in-the-sky in her comments. I said that his­ www.coyotehills.org pipe dream, but a reality that people who live sibility. The danger is that, when sensitivity is stretched past absur­ torically native grasses were dity, people will just say the hell with it all. in a democracy can bring into being. Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

Page 4 Fullerton Observer______MID-MAY 2003 1 — ...... I • LEGISLATION PLATFORM: by Abee Every year the City adopts a legisla­ CITY Of FULLERTON FLOW CHART Council Notes... Luke tive platform put together by City staff and the League of California City of Fullerton Citizens The Council met in regular session May 6, 2003 Cities as having potential impacts on at 4 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. local government agencies and rec­ City Council • PRAYER: After years of an invocation at the 7:30 ommends support or opposition. p.m. session only, Council has begun both the 4 p.m. This year’s platform was adopted |----- City Manager and 7:30 p.m. sessions with an invocation. The Council with little comment. does not invite members of a variety of faiths to give the An example of items in the plat­ City Clerk invocation, but offers the prayers themselves. Although form: Oppose costly mandates and the prayers offered are usually short and humble, they unnecessary procedures related to the election process and Support contin­ are almost always Christian. City Attorney Commissions, Library Board Public prayer, in places such as a Council meeting, ued state funding for arts, cultural re­ Committees & make me uncomfortable. I decided to ask my priest his sources, historic preservation and Boards views. He said it is a delicate situation and because of cultural activities. The list is long, the diversity of our society, when asked to give a prayer but areas covered are: Administra­ T I 1 in such a setting he makes it as inclusive as possible. He tive Services; Community Services; Administrative Community Development Engineering Fire Library said it is appropriate for us to pray for our elected offi­ Public Works; Environment; Hous­ Services Services Services Dept Dept cials. I would suggest that Council members read ing; Land Use Planning; Libraries; Mathew 6 for guidance and perhaps a moment of silence Personnel/Risk Management; Public Municipal for individuals to pray or meditate is more appropriate Safety; Revenue and Taxation; Trans­ Airport than a Council led prayer. portation and Utilities. Approved 5-0 • OVERNIGHT PARKING: The recent step up in • SPENDING FEDERAL enforcement of the overnight parking ban has already MONEY: Every year the City sub­ had repercussions. During public comment, several mits an application for the Commu­ nity Development Block Grant speakers, told of great difficulty finding a place to park Councilman Jones was told that prevail­ (CDBG) Program and the HOME In­ past, asked the Citizens’ Committee to allo­ on W. Union Ave. One side of W. Union Ave., is solid ing wages must be paid. Just think, those vestment Partnerships (HOME) Pro­ cate at least 40% of the CDBG funds to in­ apartments and exempt from the overnight parking ban. workers will have enough money to spend gram. This year the Citizens’ Com­ frastructure and their recommendation is a The other side of the street is the lower end of the yards in downtown Fullerton and keep the of houses that are out of sight at the top of a steep hill, mittee interviewed many applicants Section 108 loan guarantee of $8,605,000 to economy going round and round. and presented a list of those to be improve the Richman Park area, including a and is not exempt. The complaining citizens were told • ST JUDE & FLORENTINE: Two awarded money. One of the criteria new street between Valencia Ave., and West to go through the process of applying for an exemption encroachments on public places were ap­ is that citizens of Fullerton receive St., and replacement of play equipment, through the Transportation Commission. In a clear sig­ proved, one for St. Jude to construct a pe­ the benefit. Among those approved restroom and picnic areas at Richman Park. nal to the Commission, Councilman Jones said he imag­ destrian bridge over Harbor Blvd., be­ for grants are the Boys and Girls Club The loan will be repaid with CDBG money ined the Transportation Commission would approve the tween Bastanchury Road and Valencia of Fullerton and the Fullerton Inter­ over a period of 15 years. Approved 5-0. exemption and if not to appeal the decision to the Coun­ Mesa Drive. Elevators will be provided. faith Emergency Services. • BUDGET: Council set two-year budget cil. The other agreement will allow The HOME funds have, in the past, hearings for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004- • TASTING FULLERTON: The Chamber of Com­ Florentine’s Downtown Grill to construct been used for help with down pay­ 2005 for June 9 and 10, 2003. All depart­ merce asked the City to pay the rental fee for the use of an outdoor patio on the north side of Com­ ments for first time homebuyers. Es­ ments were asked to reduce their budgets by the Downtown Plaza for their upcoming “Taste of Ful­ monwealth Ave., east of Harbor Blvd. calating real estate prices have pro­ 5%. Public Hearings on the budget will be lerton” on October 10, 2003. The event has outgrown • RAILROAD DAYS: During Council hibited buyers from participating and held on Monday June 9th at 4pm and 7:30pm two venues already and may be so big next year that comments Councilman Jones congratu­ the full allocation remains unspent. and Tuesday June 10th at 4pm and 7:30pm. downtown will have to be closed to accommodate it. lated the Railroad Association on their Staff will transfer $ 150,000 from the Copies of the 2003-05 Budget are available Councilman Wilson asked what policy the City uses successful event in spite of rain. Mayor Down Payment Program to the Hous­ for review at the Public Library and in the when deciding whom to give subsidies. Apparently ev­ Bankhead concurred. ery request is considered individually with no guiding ing Rehabilitation Program. Things City Clerk’s office. •ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: Council also The meeting was adjourned in policy. The Fullerton Collaborative is having an event are murky when it comes to spend­ memory o f former Mayor Glenn June 7 and as of this writing has not been able to get a ing HOME funds and hopefully will approved a contract to build the new Assis­ waiver of the fee. Approved 5-0. become clear after HUD makes ex­ tance League building. The bid was $100,000 “Bucky” Walters. pected rulings. Council has, in the over initial estimates. In answer to a query,

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Volunteer Shirley Hunt spent 200 hours last year in the garden keeping it in great shape. Lourene Happoldt Students work in the ten plots, planting and keeping the weeds under control. Iris bulbs do­ Recieves nated by the Tutop family come up every year. Halo Award Though the white fences could have offered great targets for graffiti - the garden fence has Lourene Happoldt, Fullerton School District never been vandalized. Director of Student Support Services was recog­ A penny drive recently raised $600 to re­ nized at a dinner held at Miles Square Park in vamp the garden with new vegetable and Fountain Valley. Happoldt won the HALO Award flower plantings. as the Orange County Administrator of the Year from the Orange County Nurses Organization. The Arboretum was instrumental in estab­ Thanks to all who called to correct an earlier notice. lishing the garden at Nicolas. Arboretum Di­ rector of Children’s Programs Lennelle Citadin and the Fullerton Educational Foundation helped secure the funding that got the garden started. Artist Katherine England and a crew of helpers created a mural, tiles for walkways Above:A young gardener gently cares for a plant in the Richman School garden.

and benches. Amy Ramos, a parent volunteer has helped keep the garden in shape, especially over summer va­ cations when school is not in session. At other times science teacher Nancy Hodge and Home Economics teacher Leslie Corsini use the garden as part of the classroom curriculum. Straw­ berries, vegetables, and other produce Above: Father and daughter work in the are used in recipes for cooking garden together. classes and the herbs are sometimes used by local restaurant and garden Spring at Nicolas supporter Cafe Hidalgo in downtown Fullerton. Boys and Girls Lunchtime groups work in the garden weeding & Richman School and planting. Gardens At right and above: A by Sharon Quirk mural, vegetable, herb and Partnerships between the School District, local flower beds, curvy businesses, teachers, parents, kids and the com­ pathways and benches munity created gardens at Nicolas Jr. High and created by volunteers at Richman that are beginning to show their spring Above: Richman garden benefited from Nicolas Jr. High. blossoms. At Richman a tea was held in the garden to honor the work of many community volunteers school and community volunteers for their sup­ who helped out with the plantings, The gardens provide a gentle thriving space for stu­ port for the school. This is Richman Community trellis, fences and flower beds. Garden’s three year anniversary! Home Depot was dents to enjoy nature within a big partner getting this garden started. Local At Right: Herbs and vegetables from the the school grounds. Many dentist, Paul Nelson created the graceful trellis now Nicolas garden show up in the cooking other gardens in Fullerton in blossom. class as part of the lesson. Schools are being planted and Maple School is currently starting a garden. BERKELEY SCHOOL 306 N Pomona Ave • Fullerton, CA 92832 City of Fullerton & Est. 1976 ACADEMICS & THE ARTS Fullerton School Pre-kindergarten through 6th grade District Recycles!

We Are Now Enrolling For 2003 Public recycling bins Call For A Brochure And An Appointment for the collection of aluminum, glass, 714*871*2050 plastic, and news­ papers are located at participating local elementary and junior high schools Please help the following schools and and other locations. programs by utilizing these bins to discard your recyclable material:

Parks Jr. High 1710 Rosecrans Nicholas Jr. High 1100 W. Olive D ram a Valencia Park Elementary 3441 W. Valencia Sunset Lane Elementary 2030 Sunset Ln. Visual Arts All money Ladera Vista Jr. High 1700 E. Wilshire obtained from the Rolling Hills Elementary 1460 E. Rolling Hills recyclable Richman Elementary 700 S. Richman Pacific Drive Elementary 1501 W. Valencia material is given Orangethorpe Elementary 1400 S. Brookhurst BERKELEY SCHOOL to the host school Fern Drive Elementary 1400W. Fern or program. Commonwealth Elementary 2200 E. Commonwealth offers a year-round program Maple Drive Elementary 244 E. Valencia Acacia Elementary 1200 N. Acacia emphasizing a strong foundation in academics Hermosa Drive School 400 W. Hermosa and the visual and performing arts. Raymond Elementary 517 N. Raymond Laguna Road Elementary 300 Laguna Rd. Woodcrest Elementary 435 W. Baker This project is funded by the Fullerton YMCA 2000 Youth Way Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling, in conjunction with the Fullerton College Child Care N. Berkeley Ave. * Voice Choir * Dance * City of Fullerton. Fullerton Recreational Riders Laguna Lake Park Fullerton Senior Center Amerige Park______* Piano Spring Musical * Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

Page 6 Fullerton Observer ET TT T E E T H M MID-MAY 2003 At left: Cal State Fullerton Fullerton Under Mayor-Pro-tem renovation Town Hall On The new shops Conservative Voice Sued by Target going in by Star Gonzales of State downtown feature Investigation Former Mayor of Placentia and cur­ outdoor rent director of Fullerton Chamber of space and Commerce Chris Lowe and former Michael Clesceri, City of promise to California State Senator Richard Fullerton Mayor-Pro-tem, is add to Mountjoy were two of four panelists listed in a lawsuit along with Downtown s State Attorney General invited to speak at California State Uni­ Lockyer and several other of­ a unique versity, Fullerton’s Town Hall entitled, ficials involved in an investi­ mix of “The Marginalization of the Conserva­ gation of the office of Orange goods and tive Voice” on April 24, 2003. About County District Attorney Tony cuisine. 100 people attended. Rackauckas which involved All that is Dr. John Bedell served as moderator secret recordings of conversa­ missing and the other panelists included the Dean tions. is a of the College of Communications Rick Alleging that use of secret Pullen and the Honorable Marilyn recordings violated his civil movie rights, Donald Blankenship, theater. Brewer. Dr. Robert Emry and Mr. Owen filed the suit on May 5th. Al­ Holmes headed the planning committee though Blankenship, who with the help of two graduate students works as Chief Investigator for from the department of Speech Commu­ the County under Rackauckas, nication to address the decline of the appeared to be the target of the Changing Face conservative voice on college campuses. state investigation, no charges Emry stated, “This Town Hall is con­ were brought against him as Downtown sistent with the mission of the Center result of the recordings. Fullerton has lost antique stores and pawn for Community Dialogue which implies In June 2002, the OC Grand shops but gained several new businesses to that everyone’s perspective is incom­ Jury criticized DA Tony join those already established. A few store­ plete and therefore by listening carefully Rackauckas for various mis­ fronts are still available for lease. to all perspectives we better understand use of funds and the mishan­ New businesses are betting that the two a particular issue.” dling of a case involving New­ large luxury apartment projects being built port multi-millionaire Patrick downtown will create a very friendly In universities, individual thought and Di’Carlo a political supporter buisness climate for those within walking freedom of speech are highly encour­ of Rackauckas . At that time distance. A downtown movie theater and a aged and as Dean Pullen suggested, Lockyer said he did not believe unique grocery (like Zakie’s or Trader Joe’s) “should be a forum for robust and open anything in the report would really complete the mix of goods and debate.” However, some students and amounted to criminal conduct. restaurants. A few of the new businesses are faculty feel that there is no such room Clesceri, a top Blankenship listed below. for strict conservatism in an institution aide, allegedly taped conver­ Host Lion’s Club Supports •Moon Shadows Boutique: 122 Harbor - spe­ that promotes critical thinking. sations in 2001 and 2002 in co­ cializes in women’s fashions. Lowe, alumni of Cal State, Fullerton, operation with the State inves­ •Plush Design Lab: 207 Harbor - a design Orangethorpe Afterschool Club said he was pushed at CSUF to ques­ tigation and has been on medi­ studio with computer stations, newstand, Kids from the Orangethorpe Afterschool Program got a boost tion authority and think individually. cal leave from the District coffees, sandwiches and desserts. from the Host Lion’s Club, which donated $500 to the group. The Attorney’s Office since May •Zingg: Next door to the Plush, Zingg is a money will be used to purchase educational science kits. The Club After the panelists presented their view­ 2002. Pacific Rim style restaurant with dishes raised the money in their first ever “Casino Night” fundraiser. points, the audience members were in­ Last December, Clesceri from numerous Asian countries. Although costs of the fundraiser were more than expected the first vited to share their comments and ques­ who said he could not com­ •Revolucion Mexican Grill and Cantina: On year, the Club has learned a lot from the experience and expects tions. ment on his part in the investi­ the other side of Plush will serve up au­ to raise more to give away to worthy groups at this year’s event Every issue from abortion, gun con­ scheduled for Saturday, September 13th. If you would like to know gation, told the Observer “It’s thentic Baja style cuisine. trol to the war with Iraq was discussed. more about the Host Lions Club call Ron Smithling at (714) 256- the State’s job to weed out cor­ •Beatnik: Hip clothing.. Senator Mountjoy also talked about how ruption.” •West End Gallery: 109 Harbor, next to 1001. Pictured with the kids are several teachers. Youth Services Coordinator Aaron Orozco, Lion Ron Smithling and Fullerton the media impacts political standpoints. Alexander’s Jewelers this new art gallery He argued the mass media has such an features local artists. Community Services Director Susan Hunt. influence that often times it is the “people who don’t know anything about Journalist Tracy Wood Addresses politics are the ones who show up at m ? Lunch with League of Women Voters elections.” Travel Agency Mountjoy further displayed his stance 11:30am Saturday, May 31 when he quoted Winston Churchill, who The speaker for the next Lunch with League is Fullerton resident Tracy Wood, a said, “If you’re not a liberal by 18, you former combat correspondent in Vietnam. She has had a fascinating career including have no heart, if you’re not a conserva­ Fullerton District Office investigative reporter for The Los Angeles Times, investigations editor for The Or­ (714)871-2333 tive by 40, you have no brains.” The au­ ange County Register and a stint editing Ms. magazine. She is a co-author of the dience members included faculty, com­ recent book. 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MID-MAY 2003 Fullerton Observer Page 7 s Puppet Lady by Sharon Quirk

This April Janine Jacobs achieved a milestone. She has worked in the Children’s Room of the Fullerton Public Library for over twenty years! Mrs. Jacobs is an outstanding librarian and has a knack for bringing children’s literature to life using puppets, music and storytelling to connect children with great books. Thousands of Fullerton children have been treated to weekly story hours with Janine Jacobs at the library. Parents and chil­ dren alike are taken back to a time when trips to the library were adventures to look forward to. It is a delight to see her open a book and completely capture the attention of both children and parents. As she opens her books and her suitcase of puppets her voice changes to match the character in the book and her audience is immediately engaged. Giggles, smiles and laughter come from even the most computer-involved high tech children in the audi­ ence. In today’s fast paced society with headlines portraying a world of war, violence and conflict it is great to see children happily enjoying puppets, songs, old-fashioned crafts and classic stories that are all part of Janine’s presentations at our local libraries. This year in particular, as families and friends said goodbye to children’s advocate and puppeteer “Mister Fred Rogers,” it was Above: Kids and parents gather for fun at the library. comforting to know that our neighborhood Puppet Lady Jeanine Jacobs is still here entertaining children with a good book and her bag full of puppets! AFTERNOON ALIVE Above: “The Puppet Lady” Fullerton Librarian Janine Jacob’s discusses the proper care of books with “Napoleon the ostrich. ” He Spells Summer Fun at had thought that reading in the bathtub was appropriate before the Library Janine let him know it wasn’t a good idea. During the “Afternoon Alive” sessions, up to ten different activities are presented. Participants Public Libraries Face Funding Woes must have completed first grade or be older. Luckily Janine has 30 to 40 teen volunteers to by G inger Britt help her see that everything goes smoothly. The Pomona, built with the support of a Carnegie program begins in June and ends in August ev­ With the crisis in public funding facing Cali­ Grant of $10,000. Currently a museum, the ery Wednesday at the Main Library and Thurs­ fornia cities once again, the Fullerton Public Li­ building opened in 1907 and served until 1973 days at the Hunt Branch. The program is free brary is looking at possible cuts in services that when the Fullerton Main Library was opened and registration is not necessary. Topics are be­ we in Fullerton value. on Amerige. low: The library in Fullerton is a city library; the With the addition of the Hunt Library Branch • June 18 & 19: Animal Ambassadors - See majority of its funding is budgeted from the live animals and learn about their place in general fund of the City of Fullerton. Limited in 1962, Fullerton could envision a future as a the Rainforest. This program is presented Public Library Funds from the State of Califor­ world class library. Recently the Children’s Li­ by Animal Ambassadors Inc. Paid for by the nia have contributed a small amount each year brary at Main Branch was enlarged to serve the Friends of the Fullerton Library. to complete the annual library budget. In the increased number and needs of young patrons • June 25 & 26: Amazing Animals - Join us Above: A father and son enjoy proposed state budget, literally all sources of throughout the year. for this program that offers a mixture of a story hour together at the funding for the library are likely to Support from the Friends of the Li­ science, crafts and fun. be reduced to a level that will seri­ brary and the Fullerton Library Foun­ • July 2 & 3: Rain Makes It Grow - Look at library. Janine captures even Free public ously impact services. dation enriches all aspects of the li­ rain and the things that grow in the jungles. the attention of the adults in Despite the long and continuing libraries brary. For most of us, librarians and Create your own mini rainforest, make a the audience. patrons alike, today’s definition of rain stick, and try a science experiment. history of city support for our pub­ across the • July 9 & 10: Amazon Adventuring - Be an lic library, the library will bear the nation, public library would be “a public li­ adventurer and try your hand solving the S to r y t im e at th e same share of cuts as other city ser­ brary that is tax supported, open to more than all, and administered by local govern­ mysteries of the hidden jungle. L ibr a r y vices. In addition, the already lim­ • July 16& 17: Craft Day - Celebrate the ited PLF funds from the state are 9,000 of ment.” Free but due to limited space reg­ color and beauty of the Rainforest by being cut by more than 50%. We view library services as free istration is necessary. Call the Main them, are making orchids, animals and other fun Transaction-Based Reimburse­ from restrictions of income, ethnicity, Library at 738-6338 or the Hunt uniquely crafts. ments from a state fund are in dan­ zip code or any of the other factors Branch at 738-3122 to sign up. • July 23 & 24: People of the Rainforest - ger of being eliminated, making it American that sometimes place limitations on Play games and do activities to find out • Rainforest Romp Storytime necessary to charge fees for services the reach of democratic institutions. more about the people who live in this wet featuring stories, films, puppets, and a Indeed, in many of today’s public habitat. songs and crafts especially for 3 to patrons who do not live in* Ful­ shining lerton. libraries a major topic of discussion • July 30 & 31: Mask Makers Theater - to 6 year olds. Thursdays example of Make a mask of your favorite rainforest 10:30am & 2:30pm or Tuesdays The words “free public library “ relates to ways to make them more creature then join in as we act out a story or at 10:30am have long been dear to the citizens democracy inclusive, to reach out to newer mem­ two. • Little Tiggers Storytime for two of this country. While the defini­ in action. bers of the community whose family • August 6 & 7: Carnival - Enjoy the annual & three year olds with adults tion of the free public library has histories may not include library ex­ “end of the summer” party with game invited to attend. Wednesdays changed over the years, the objec­ periences and to age groups who may booths, face painting and crafts 10:30am tive has altered little. not find the typical library design workable for • Kanga and Roo Storytime for Early libraries were private and often con­ them, teenagers, seniors, etc. And, of course, toddlers 12-24 months accom­ tained personal collections that focused on the the discussion continues about the demands and The Aftershool Club panied by an adult. Wednesdays integration of resources related to the “infor­ The Aftershool Club has a few more sessions at 11:30am interests of the owner. Libraries such as those this year and is especially for school age chil­ • 2x2 Toddler Storytime for two of Thomas Jefferson and the Adams family fig­ mation age.” dren kindergarten and up. All sessions are held year olds accompanied by an ured in the events of the early years of the re­ As a trustee of the Fullerton Library, I am from 4pm to 4:45pm. adult. Wednesdays at 10:30am public. Academic libraries soon followed, and painfully aware of the potential for significant • May 15th at the Hunt Branch- “Bubble-ology • Bedtime Bears Storytime for 3-6 as we moved west, the desire for news and a cutbacks in services due to federal and state 101” The Science Guy: learn about the year olds with families invited. supply of reading material went with us. reductions in funding. Free public libraries science of bubbles from space exploration Tuesdays 7pm. Early libraries often were subscription ser­ across the nation, more than 9000 of them, are to the ordinary lightbulb. vices in which private collections were shared uniquely American and a shining example of • May 20th at Main Library-” Bubble-ology for a fee. In 1849 California quickly followed democracy in action. Traditionally Americans 101” the example of Boston, Massachusetts, where have loved libraries, but sometimes failed to • May 22nd at the Hunt - “On Paper Wings” the first municipal library was also the first li­ provide the kind of funding that maintains qual­ Come make and fly several different styles S % u m 6 e r brary to allow people to borrow books and"ma­ ity and service. of airplanes. Olde & Trusted terials without a fee. The library is at the center of a community • May 27th at Main Library -“Summer and is a vital resource to those individuals new Reading Club a Sneak Preview” Help build The Carnegie website calls attention to the jungle vines and flowers, make a macaw or fact that in the progressive atmosphere of the to the community, as well as those for whom play Peteca. 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TOUGH TOPICS ANNUAL CROP WALKERS w / Dr. Versie G. Burns Out to make a difference California School Reform: Show Me The Data! The overall consensus arrived at -The pupil-teacher ratio in Cali­ the Ed Source Conference held re­ fornia is higher than US averages cently in Pomona was that Califor­ in all grade span comparisons; nia Education needs a tracking sys­ -Low-income and English sec­ tem that provides a longitudinal, sus­ ond language students are served by less qualified teachers. Dr Stecher tainable assessment of student also presented visuals relating re­ achievement ...and that someone sults of the Academic Performance needs to be in charge! Index to student ethnicity parent in­ The three hundred people partici­ come and education, teacher quali­ pating in the seminar represented the fications, UC/CSU eligibility and, growing trend toward analyzing test poverty. scores and other data, for purposes • Dr. Christopher Cross, Center for of determining what’s working and Educational Policy, gave a coherent not working for individual students, perspective of the new federal “No classrooms, schools and districts. A Child Left Behind” law signed on January 8, 2002. This new law number of educators are starting the amends the Elementary and Sec­ data-analysis process at the district ondary Act of 1965. level with the intention of working Federal officials feel that the gap down to the classroom level. This in achievement between ethnic/ra- will allow teachers to look at indi­ cial groups has grown and that vidual student records, determine states, especially California, have strengths and weaknesses and then ignored federal policy. One contro­ develop lesson plans for particular versial element of the law is the di­ students based on their long-term rective that the achievement gap must be closed within 12 years. Above: Members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Youth group pose for a “before the walk” records. Speakers and panelists pre­ photo. St. Paul’s is one of a network o f churches that help feed the hungry locally. Shea sented credible and enlightening in­ Not clearly explained were spe­ cific state criteria for defining a formation: Nolan at far left said that it was his first year participating in the walk, but that his school as “persistently dangerous,” family has been involved for many years. • Dr. Brian Stecher, Senior Social and how such schools would be Scientist - Rand Corporation, pre­ added to a published list. sented schema for 1995-2003 in­ • Dr. Phil Spears, California Depart­ cluding: ment of Education, presented a -Per pupil expenditures in Cali­ “California Standards, Assessment fornia have been at the US aver­ Accountability” update which in­ age since 1990; -Emergency per­ cluded implementation of the “No mits for teachers may have Child Left Behind Act.” He also peaked; spoke about the controversial High School Exit Exam and about the Golden State Examination. Statis­ tical charts showed California’s ap­ proach. Look forward to acronyms such as: AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress); AMO’s (Annual Measur­ able Objectives; CAHSEE (Califor­ nia High School Exit Exam); STAR (Standardized Testing and Report­ ing Program). Additionally, a final “I a c h ie v e report (required by AB 1609) was due by May 1, 2003 and must de­ Above: On what promised balance in my life termine whether the CAHSEE test to be a beautiful warm day development and the implementa­ Fullerton School Board Above: The dedicated sign-up crew came early and by reading this book” tion of standards-based instruction trustee Minard Duncan stayed late and reported a good showing this year. meet the requirements set by a Stella Mesquita, working mother of two “high-stakes test.” If the State board came ready to walk. Those who helped with registration and T shirt sales included Annie Frater, Carol Beard, Judi Smedely, available at the: determines that the CAHSEE does not meet these standards - on or be­ Michelle Hammer, Natalie Kennedy, Mary Harvey Christian Science fore August 1, 2003 - it may delay and Theresa Hickman. the requirement that 12th graders Reading Room must pass the test in order to receive their high school diploma. 622 N. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 Fullerton's Best Kept Secret! (714) 529-0899 Find out what they're talking about!

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ANNUAL CROP W ALKERS Many Fullertoniaps make the yearly CropWalk a family tradition in support of efforts to eradicate hunger locally and globally. I Two-hundred people registered to walk in the Christian, First Presbyterian, Universal I annual CropWalk held in downtown Fullerton on Unitarian, Congregational, Emanuel April 27th. The walk is held every year to raise Episcopal, FIES, Fullerton Community i money to relieve hunger worldwide and locally. Bank, St. Paul’s Lutheran, and First Bap­ Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Service’s Barbara tist. I Johnson and April Johnen organized the walk lo­ This year’s CropWalk was held in cally and 25% of the funds raised go to FIES honor of FIES past president the late which helps fight hunger and gives families in Quentin Edwards. need a new start. CROP Walk treasurer, again this If you missed the walk but would like year, was Kathy Palmer. to participate with a tax-deductible gift This year $15,400 was raised. Eleven organi­ you may by sending a check to: zations joined the walk including: Orangethorpe United Methodist, First United Methodist, First CropWalk or FIES PO Box 6326 Fullerton, CA 92834 For more information call FIES 738-0255.

At left: The Iboshi’s are Above: Quentin Edward’s wife, children, grandchildren and great­ longttim e grandchild partiepated in the CropWalk held in his honor. Many walkers walkers from this year were from Orangethorpe United Methodist. the First U nited M ethodist C h u rch .

Above: Before the walk, folks registered at the sign-in table manned by volunteers. 25% o f the roceeds from the CropWalk go Above: Just back from New York to the Ideal Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Services which works A ri & Nico, a brother and sister to combat hunger and help families get back on their feet. team were sponsored by family Above: Henry Jones, also a and friends. longtime walker from United Below: D odi Sailor, Methodist with his Nadine and Jim Ivens grandchildren Brian and and Barbara Samantha brought along “This is my 5th Johnson, of FIES get yardsticks to lean on if the CropWalk,” ready to walk. going got tough. John, 6 years old

Above .'Walking for Fullerton Above: Two friends never Above: From First Christian Community Bank were Berdie miss the CropWalk! Many Church - where the sign-up and Chavez, Jane Colbert and families make it a yearly after-the-walk party was held, Lourdes Chavez. tradition. Photographer David Styffe and son John prepare to register. Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

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by Dick Hutchins At left: “Prepare TRANSIT TOPICS [email protected] to be depressed” began Mr. RAILROAD DAYS sylvania and New York, with pre-existing Maleck in his highways incorporated into the Interstate presentation of In spite of the rainy weather (sometimes highway system, were exempted from the leg­ very heavy downpours), when the event islation. why ordinary closed Sunday evening, it was declared to be citizens should another success as promised. Attendance fig­ stop the STUDIES OF MAGNETIC RAIL ures were around 37,000 and the reaction of PATRIOT Act. attendees was very positive. The Canfield LINE APPROVED Family Circus, owned and operated by the Photo Larry According to a recent article from the Las Canfield family of Fullerton, was one of the Rapattoni Vegas Re view-Journal, the Federal Railroad main attractions. Ringmaster Fred Canfield Administration (FRA) approved starting en­ served as MC for his own circus as well as vironmental studies of a high-speed, magnetic the entire entertainment venue which included levitation train connecting Las Vegas and Los D N O C R e p o r t w/ CP Greening many local musicians, vocalists and dancers. Angeles. The approval places the Maglev Mariachi and Barbershop music added to the project among three in the nation eligible for overall historic feel of the event this year. federal funding. Maglev projects in Pittsburgh The PATRIOT ACT, National Fullerton Railroad Days 2003 featured nearly and Baltimore were the two finalists chosen 100 attractions, most of which were Fuller­ by federal officials in 2001 to compete for Security, And Personal Security ton based. Sponsors included Bridgeford nearly $1 billion in federal administration Malek was, obviously, unable to present a Foods, Fullerton Community Bank, Fullerton project funds. The federal government hopes May 1, 2003: Speaker Malek Moazzam- page-by-page critique of the mammoth docu­ News Tribune, McCoy Mills Ford, Polly’s Doulat, PhD, a policy associate with the to have the rail line completed by 2010. The ment, so he chose to emphasize three areas Bakery Cafe, and The Old Spaghetti Factory. ACLU of Southern California, is currently fo­ of special concern of the effects of the mea­ California-Nevada Super Speed Train Com­ Trainweb.com broadcast the action live on the cussing his formidable efforts on post-9/11 sure to law-abiding people: mission has received a $1.5 million federal Internet from their booth on location. In ad­ civil liberties issues. He decided to work in 1. Monitoring individuals and groups, grant for the study, which should be completed dition to the trains, both full size and minia­ this arena when several of his relatives and without any special authorization, and with­ within 12 to 18 months. Initially, the study ture, there were many other forms of enter­ associates were swept up in the “anti-terror­ out any evidence of wrong-doing, simply to will focus on a route between Las Vegas and ist round-up” activities which closely fol­ tainment and a good selection of foods. Ful­ watch for anything “suspicious.” Past expe­ Primm, which backers say will be the first 40 lowed the tragedy. Locally, the whereabouts lerton Railway Plaza Association, which or­ rience in the years of the “anti-communist miles of a 269-mile rail system stretching to of 1,200 of the 5,000 to 8,000 persons of Arab crusade” and in the civil-rights movement ganizes the event, will be back with even more Anaheim. Maglev trains travel at speeds up decent, who voluntarily registered with the have shown how oppressive such activities attractions next year said Canfield. So for to 300 mph, hovering above an elevated track, program and were subsequently held, are still can be. those who missed the fun this year, be sure to propelled by magnetic technology. unaccounted for. 2. Establishment of a secret court which keep a spot on your calendar available for the The authority of the government to con­ can hear and adjudicate, without special au­ first part of May 2004. duct such sweeps and keep the results secret thorization, cases which are brought up on TUCSON CONSIDERS LIGHT-RAIL was based on the PATRIOT ACT I. This the basis of credit card purchases, library An article from the Tucson Citizen relates mammoth 342 page document appeared, checkouts, or medical records, obtained with­ TOLL LANES ON INTERSTATES? magically, two weeks after 9/11. Presented that a Tucson group is seeking to place an ini­ out court orders. A separate, secret criminal In order to defray co6ts of construction, a iri the midst of the anthrax scare, the measure court system without traditional rights. tiative on the November ballot that would bill that would allow states to levy tolls on sailed through committee hearings and was 3. The establishment of a mammoth soft­ clear the path to building a light-rail system new interstate highway lanes, added for con­ enacted into law, with most members of con­ ware system, designed to monitor, real time, in central Tucson, Arizona. Charles Hales, gestion relief, has been introduced by US gress not having read it. all transactions of any kind, with no special former transportation commissioner of Port­ Reps. Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Adam Smith So huge and complex, the PATRIOT ACT authorization, no notice, and no requirement land, recently spoke on the subject of “Light- defies a clear understanding of its effects, but (D-WA) and Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO). The for probable cause. rail as an alternative to cars” at a business subsequent events have shown that many measure (HR-1767) would repeal a 1958 fed­ Evidence that the Patriot Act is al­ meeting held at the Downtown Information long-cherished rights of Americans have been ready impacting the lives of “ordinary Citi­ eral prohibition on placing tolls or fees on and Development Center in Tucson. Mr. Hales endangered or curtailed. Recourse to the zens” can be seen in such items as NO FLY roadways within the Interstate highway sys­ is considered to be an expert on Public Tran­ courts has been of limited value because of lists at airports, based on such criteria as Arab tem. At that time several states such as Penn­ sit. the broad scope and complexity of the law. names, suspicious associations (Quakers), or Hence, political action — convincing occupations (nuns). We are all living inside lawmakers to review, revise and clarify the a net of new restrictions and restraints and law, is the most useful response. limitations. Unfortunately, the net is invis­ Now PATRIOT II is steaming down the ible and impalpable until we step into it. F r e e k ’s G arage, Inc track with tiny changes, such as “shall” in­ Even innocent people can be apprehended stead of “may,” that can have vital effects on and held as “material witnesses” in secret 321 S. Highland Ave., Fullerton CA 92832 the application of the law. plus other addi­ “ongoing investigations.” tions that make the law permanent by remov­ For more information on this subject visit ing “sunset” clauses of the former measure. the ACLU website at: www.aclu.org Please Call us for appointment scheduling at your convenience. 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MID-MAY 2003 Fullerton Observer Page 11 Fullerton Railroad Days Another Good Year by Yeji Kim

Did you go to the fifth annual Fullerton Railroad Days? This yearly event promotes rail safety, rail travel, and the his­ toric connections of Southern California to the Railroads. The event was put on by the FRPA (Fullerton Railroad Plaza As­ sociation) on May 3rd & 4th near the Fullerton Santa Fe Rail­ road Station. FRPA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the railroad heritage of Southern Califor­ Above: FRPA nia. People who volunteer quickly find themselves obsessed with trains and involved in the group’s vision to create a large Founding community supported Interactive Railroad Museum. President Bob Root I interviewed Bob Root, the founding president of the FRPA. Fie showed me a scale model of what the actual museum will Above: BSNF 4159 and Metrolink 613 were available for tours. look like when it is built. The museum will contain railroad ex­ hibits, maybe some commercial felt very good about winning the They started in 1997 and exhibits, and some stores and first place award, which in­ have been together for almost will be about 45,000 to 50,000 cluded a trip to Legoland. His 6 years now. It has been a square feet. drawing this year was inspired very worthwhile experience The FRPA is hoping that this by the fact that he likes the Ful­ for Mr. Zavala and the kids. museum will become the south­ lerton Train Station so much. The kids learn the music, His­ ern California venue for the Cali­ He won second place in the con­ panic history and culture, and fornia Railroad Museum in Sac­ test last year. get a chance to polish their ramento. The Santa Fe Heritage Spanish by learning new Railroad Museum and restora­ Gabriel B. Zavala led the words. Polly’s Pies in Fuller­ tion facility will bring together RHYTHMO Mariachi Kids ton sponsors the group by business, government, non­ music group, which was part of giving them a monthly profit organizations, and com­ the entertainment this year. This amount of money to hire in­ Above: Poster Contest coordinator Carole munity volunteers in order to musical troupe was formed by structors. preserve our national rail heri­ Wink congratulates 1st place winner a group of parents who wanted On one part of the Railroad Above: “The Mariachi Kids” tage. The plan is to build the Matthieu Bouchard as Yeji Kim looks on. to preserve the music and cul­ Station tracks, three railcars director, musician & teacher museum with donations, help ture of Hispanics. The parents and an engine were on dis­ Gabriel B. Zavala tells Yeji from the city, State of California bonds, contest. This year, there were 13,000 asked Mr. Zavala to help with play. The Metrolink 613 and how the group got started. and federal grant money. The group is entries from 16 elementary schools in the music. the BNSF 4159 were right be­ getting a concept plan drawn by a pro­ Fullerton. Each school chose a 1st, 2nd, side each other, so that people fessional. and 3rd place winner and gave the win­ could compare what they If you want to help the building of the ning posters to the FRPA. Then the looked like. Even though FRPA chose six winners 1st to 3rd from railroad museum, you can become an it was raining many people grades K-3 and 4-6 for the citywide PI p e r f o r m s FRPA member and participate in this D ar i c e stood in line for a chance contest. Carole Wink who took over the project. to see inside the cars. poster contest this year said that it was The plaza and museum will create a Railroad Days is a fun very hard picking the city wide winners, new family oriented year-round attraction family event that continues because the posters were all so beauti­ as part of historic downtown Fullerton. to make improvements ful. She was also happy to see so many each year. It is a great ex­ students participating. During the two-day event people wan­ perience for people to see This year’s winners from the lower dered through numerous exhibits set up the steam engines and learn level are Matthieu Bouchard (first in the lot next to the train station. Several about the history and safety place, Hermosa), Natalie Bouchard new booths were added to the event this of trains. People from all (second place, Hermosa), and Allen Yi year. Two years ago, there were 50 over the place come to the (third place, Golden Hills). The win­ booths, last year, there were 80 booths Fullerton Railroad Days ners from the upper level are Nicole Lee and this year, there were 91 booths. Ev­ event. Last year 37,500 (first place. Laguna Road), Mustafa Lee ery year the celebration gets bigger and people attended the event (second place, Woodcrest), and Hillary better. and even though it rained Weiler (third place. Fern Drive). I talked Part of the Fullerton Railroad Days on the first day, this year’s to Matthieu Bouchard, who said that he train safety message included a poster attendance was still esti­ mated at over 30,000. It is a neat experience to see all ..... _ the interesting things that people have put out on dis­ Above: The RHYTHMO Mariachi Kids entertain the play. I recommend this crowd as part o f the day’s performing line-up. exciting event to you...See you at the next Railroad 295 E. Imperial Hwy Fullerton 773-9188 Days!!! OPEN Yeji Kim has reported EVERYDAY! 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Page 12 Fullerton Observer MID-MAY 2003 Art & Museums ■NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF AftT ■CAL STATE FULLERTON 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena Main Art Gallery, Visual Arts Center (626) 449-6840 800 N. State College, Fullerton Brookdale www.nortonsimon.org 278-3262 www.fullerton.edu/arts/events From Europe to California: Galka Hot Glass: Contemporary Works from Place Scheyer and the Avant-Garde pays trib­ LA Collections presents 90 works by 48 “America’s ute to the array of artists that were a part internationally known artists repre­ of Scheyer’s collection. While best sented in over 20 collections in the LA Neighborhood” known for her association with the Blue area. - thru May 22 Four artists, Scheyer also collected the A series of paintings works of Archipenko, Picasso, Nolde, by Local Artist Tony Kirchner, Schwitters, Moholy-Nagy, Trasport has been se­ Weston, Cunningham, Rivera and many lected to portray others. This exhibit features over 160 “America’s Neighbor­ paintings, drawings, prints and photo­ hood” by Pittsburg’s graphs by these artists and reveals Eclectic Gallery. The Scheyer's unique role in the history of series shows five scenes modern art in America through personal of Brookdale Place in letters and photos. Fullerton. ■MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART For more information 628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach on this series or other 562-437-1689, www.molaa.com paintings by Trasport, Bruno Widmann: Two Stages the artist may be con­ This exhibition of thirty, large format tacted locally at paintings, reveals the talent of Uru­ www.trasport-art.com guayan Master Bruno Widmann. In his or by calling 870-0631 significant and distinguished career, Widmann has earned much acclaim in ■CUTTRESS GALLERY South America, Europe and now the 252-A South Main St. Pomona United States. -Thru July 6th (909) 868-2970 www.cuttressgallery.com Above: One of a senes'of five paintings are the basis for a limited ■OPTS ART Larry White “Headlands” edition set of hand signed and numbered prints by local artist Tony 701 S, State College blvd #7071 - thru May 31st. Trasport showing scenes o f a Fullerton neighborhood. Fullerton www.ootsarts.org Art, Music, Performance, OOTS (Out Of The Streets) features works by an ■FULLERTON MUSEUM CENTER ■DOWNTOWN FULLERTON 301 N Pomona Ave, Fullerton, eight member art collaborative. COLLEGE ART GALLERY ■ IRVINE MUSEUM 738-6545 Opens May 17th. 124 W. Wilshire, Fullerton, 680- 18881 Von Karman Ave. Irvine Crafting Utopia: The Art of the Shaker Women. 6874 (949) 476-2565 115 beautifully crafted objects from Hancock Vil­ Annual Student Art Exhibit: A www.irvinemuseum.org. lage reflecting Shaker beliefs, based on upon a juried art exhbit featuring jewelry, Opening May 31: “Well of C it y o f B r e a G a l l e r y life of prayer and labor. This showing is the exhib­ paintings, prints, drawings, Gold” Plein Air paintings of its only West Coast venue -Thru May 18 presents sculpture, stained glass, com­ California features artists of puter art, and ceramics. Thru the past century including May 19th Guy Rose, William Wendt, Contemporary Paul Sample, Donna Paintings ■HUNT BRANCH LIBRARY Schuster, Helen Forbes, Meta 201 S. Basque Ave, Fullerton. Cressey and more. Opening Reception 738-3122 wine & hors d’oeuvres Tricia Collins: “Textile Art” fea­ tures paintings and embroidery 7pm to 9pm • May 23 on silk. Thru May 30. Also show­ Representation and Abstraction ing 50 wood carvings by Randal featuring works by: Don Bachardy, The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Mello through the end of the Mark Bradford, William Brice, Hans Farm Workers. Photographer/writer Rick month. A 32-year veteran of the Nahmias exhibit of 40 in-depth portraits detailing Broek, Michelle Fierro, Charles Landscape Maintenance De­ Garabekian, Roger Herman, Karen the daily lives and struggles of today’s migrant partment for the City of Fuller­ Herold, Peter Holden, Charles farmworkers shot in 40 towns, spanning the state ton, Mello, who will be retiring in from Calexico to Sacramento, during the 2002 har­ June, uses the bark of trees to Karubian, Barbara Kerwin, Leo vest. Families living in the dirt lots of Mecca dur­ create delicate figures of people Krikorien, Marly Lubner, Kim ing grape season, tomato pickers in Stockton work­ and animals. He says he begins McCarly, Neil Nagy, Lucus Reiner, ing in muddy fields lugging thirty pound buckets in a piece with no set idea of what Meg Rowntree, Marion Wesson, searing heat, day laborers who rise at 2am to cross it will become, “It’s like the darn The Stunning Colin Van Son the border at Calexico to be bused 50 miles to the piece of wood tells me what to scorching onion and melon fields of the Imperial do,” he said PORTRAITS & Civic Center Circle, Brea, Valley, or workers of indigenous descent who are 1 990-7730 relegated to the lowest of jobs and living condi­ ■MUCKENTHALER Modern Work of tions. They are the people who put food on our 1201 W Malvern Ave, Fullerton BJ Lopez-thru May 18 tables. An estimated half-million strong in Califor­ 738-6595, nia - they work long hours in harsh conditions for www.muckenthaler.org little pay and little or no fringe benefits. This ex­ Recycle, Renew: Art From hibit documents their struggle to make a living for Trash; A call for artworks .cre­ City of Fullerton themselves and their familes. Also a biographical ated from cast-offs. Open to all Community Services display about farm labor leader Cesar Chavez and static media, 2D & 3D. Submis­ vintage display of United Farm Worker Union post­ sion deadline Sunday June 1st. ers. Opens Friday June 6th for a special preview Call for application or visit EXCURSIONS reception. $10 includes dinner, entertainment and website. Show opens July 10th. a talk by Nahmias. Fullerton Museum Center We use motor coaches on all our trips. They are comfortable, have large windows and a restroom for your convenience. The Paintings of • Stateline Turn-Around Saturday May 31 Ruth Offredo 7:00 am - 11:00 pm Opening June 1st $11 Muckenthaler Cultural Center • Titanic Artifact Exhibit New Hours: Wed - Sun, noon to 4pm Meet the Artist 1:30-5:30pm & Im ax T heatre Artist Village & Antiques Market is on hiatus, until further notice hors d’oeuvres Saturday June 21 10:30 am - 4:30 pm Young Visionaries Car Art Exhibit: May 10-June 30 Classical Spanish Guitar by $29 An exhibition of automobile-themed art, the Young Visionaries program international recording artist showcases the work of Califorina high school students as they express their & composer • Riverside’s Mission outlook on the future of the automobile. David Solis Inn/Museum Guided Hot Rods & Custom Cars: May 17 Tour & Sunday Brunch! Concours d’Elegance: May 18 Sunday July 13 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Love at the Muck - Love & Memories: May 24-June 29 WEST END $55 Take a walk down the memory lane. Enjoy the original drawings and artwork of e a i », e p y For information call City of Fullerton San Francisco artist M. Scott Verzi. The exhibit includes current works from a 109 N. Harbor Blvd 447-9378 Community Services Department at series entitled “Life-cycles of a Girl.” 714/738-6575, or check out the website Downtown Fullerton www.ci.fullerton.ca.us 1201 W Malvern Avenue, Fullerton, 738-6595 (between Amerige & Commonwealth (West of Euclid @ Buena Vista) www.muckenthaler.org next to Alexanders Jewelers) “Sign up early, reservations fill fast!” Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library MID-MAY 2003 Community Events •CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: Hits & Misses CalState Fullerton Rm 335 University Hall by Joyce Mason Faces Of Fullerton Festival 278-2290 10am to 3pm • Saturday June 7th May 19 @ 4pm: James Tracy, editor of The Civil Downtown Fullerton Plaza Disobedience Handbook will lecture on “Civil Disobedience: Practical Advice for the Politi­ HOLES: Two Misses (next to the Fullerton Museum Center on cally Disenchanted.” Wilshire between Harbor and Pomona) •UNPRECEDENTED Adapting his Newbery Award winning book, Get to know Local Businesses, Community UCI Social Sciences Lecture Hall 100, Irvine Louis Sachar wrote the screenplay for “Holes.” Organizations and Resources. (949) 235-8193 www.unprecedented.org Disney Studios is now marketing the movie ver­ May 22 @ 7pm: Documentary on the battle for sion not only to teenagers but to adults, for whom Free Food, Live Entertainment featuring Live Bands, the Presidency in Florida and the undermining the book was not intended. The result is an im­ Vocal Groups and Dancers, Raffle and more. of democracy in America. A discussion with probable mishmash of one-dimensional characters Free Admission • Everyone Welcome! co-producers/writers/directors of the film will more appropriate to a comic strip than a film. Ful­ Sponsored by Fullerton Collaborative and Stand Up For Children follow. filling the prophetic curse made by an Egyptian •LECTURE:The Poet LORCA in fortuneteller four generations back, Stanley Yelnats •9th ANNUAL MUCKENTHALER THE AMERICAS IV (Shia LaBeouf) finds himself unjustly accused •YORBA LINDA 4th ANNUAL MOTOR CAR GALA & FESTIVAL: MoLAA of stealing a pair of athletic shoes that had been CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS: Muckenthaler, 1201 W. Malvern, Yorba Linda Community Center, 618 Alamitos worn by Clyde “Sweetfeet” Livingston (Lakers’ Long Beach Fullerton. 738-6595 Hurless Barton Park, Casa Loma Rick Fox). For punishment, he is sent to Camp (562) 437-1689 Green Lake, a correctional facility that is neither May 14 @ Sunset “Drive-in Movies at Imperial Hwy 996-1960 at the Muck.” Pack up lawn chairs Sunday, May 18 green nor on a lake. Here the boys must dig 5 by 5 June 1 from 11am to 4pm: This fine & beach blankets. Showing cult 1pm-2:30pm: The poetry of foot holes in the hard-baked clay because the tough arts and music festival features classic Dragstrip Girl (1957) Admis­ Federico Garcia Lorca and merciless director (Sigourney Weaver) claims lots of artists, art demonstrations, was enriched and dra­ it will build character in wayward boys. sion is Free. Refreshments, beer, children’s arts and music activi­ wine & pizza available for pur­ matically changed by his Overseeing the camp is law-enforcement officer ties, puppet shows, chalk art, extensive travels through chase.; Mr. Sir (Jon Voight), who vacillates between cru­ community mural, information Argentina, Cuba and the May 17 “Cruising the Muck” Hot elty and comic mugging as he doles out water ra­ booths and food booths plus en­ US during the 1930s. Jc tions to the parched boys. The camp psychologist Rods & Classics will cruise the tertainment by bands, choirs, Muck from 8am to 3pm, live mu­ exploration into how this experience affected Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson) provides the doggers, Irish dancers, Barber­ his poetry and produced one of his most con­ sic, great food, prize raffles, ven- boys with mindless platitudes about how they shop Chorus and Big Band. Jazz troversial books. Live music of Harpist, Allegra dor booths & exhibits, fun family ! should try to get along. His advice is so bland that artists Ron Kobayashi Trio per­ Hardulfi from 2pm-4pm May 18th in the galler- the boys call him “Mom.” day. Free Admission; form at 12:30. Free admission & ies. May 18 “Concours d’Elegance. Ev­ In order to add variety to a movie that looks as if parking. Sponsored by Yorba •AIDS WALK ORANGE COUNTY: erything from classic antiques to it’s going to be about a couple dozen boys digging Linda Arts Alliance, City of Yorba UC Irvine (949) 955-1400 contemporary exotics and perfor­ holes, the writer intersperses flashbacks that are Linda, and the Thomas Lasorda www.aidswalk.org/oc thinly related to the events of the current story. mance cars on display. Activities Jr. Memorial Foundation. June 1: Registration 7:30am - Walk starts at from 10am to 4pm. Admission: $10/ Many years earlier, schoolteacher Kate Barlow 9:30am. An estimated 10,000 participants are (Patricia Arquette) has watched her one-room adults $8/AAA members, seniors & •ACLU Monthly Meeting expected to Walk and raise money for HIV and students. Free admission for active schoolhouse burned and her black friend Sam (Dule Unitarian Church AIDS prevention and support services. Last duty and retired military. Hill) shot because she kissed him. The trauma of 1259 Victoria, Costa Mesa year $500,000 was raised. Family Fun Zone the event has turned her into a bandit, called “Kiss­ May 20 @ 7pm: Malek Moazzam- will include Sheriff Carona’s fleet of police ve­ •MARCY’S GARDEN TEA PARTY: ing Kate,” who then robs stagecoaches and buries Doulat, “Workshop for Activists: hicles, a fun jump, face painting by MAC cos­ Muckenthaler 992-0467 the loot she has stolen before taking her own life. learn how to pass local resolu­ metics, rock climbing, and arts & crafts and food Everyone wearing a hat will receive a Another intervening plot line centers on tions, become speakers, moni­ booths. Volunteers needed for office work & door prize ticket. Tickets are $40. Stanley’s father (Henry Winkler), a hapless inven­ tors for the ACLU. Non-members phone banks on the day of the event please The MarcyArroues Mulville Memo­ tor who is trying to find a chemical compound to welcome. call Frank Romero at (949) 809-8765. rial Foundation (MAMM) presents end foot odor. He is the great-grandson of the first a Fashion Show at the Yelnats and is doomed to failure because of the • INTERNATIONAL FILM Fullerton High School 1 curse placed on his ancestor. Muckenthaler Cultural Center in SERIES Fullerton with special guest Con­ Predictably young Stanley ends the four Cal State Fullerton Humanities Car Wash and gressman Ed Royce. Proceeds generations of bad luck his family has suffered and Building, Rm H-110, Every Food, Used Clothing & from the tea have been pledged to not only rescues his father from failure but also Sunday thru May at 5:30pm - Cal State University Fullerton’s saves a younger camper, who befriended him at Free admission & parking in Sports Equipment Drive new performing arts center for an Camp Green Lake. Parking lot F (278-3498) 8 am to 2 pm opportunity to build the Marcy “Holes” tries hard to make this adventure •May 18: No man is an Island: Arroues Mulville Stage. Presidents Saturday May 17 film funny. But most of the comedy comes from USA, 1962, by Richard Gold- of each participating organization @ CARL'S JR the exaggerated behavior of the adults, who are ei­ stone and John Monks Jr., stars will model fashions provided by located on the corner of Brea Blvd & ther wicked or stupid. Jon Voight with his pompa­ Jeffrey Hunter and Marshall Th­ CSUF’s award winning theatre arts Bastanchury Rd dour hairdo mugs so relentlessly that it is hard to ompson. Also playing: Imua and costume department. Fullerton imagine he was a three-time nominee for an Acad­ Tamuning Eagles: Documen­ COME GET YOUR CAR WASHED Union High Academy of the Art’s emy Award, finally winning in 1978 for “Coming tary, Guam, 2003, by Vincente & Donate Food Items, Jazz Choir will entertain guests Home.” And Tim Blake Nelson is so unconvinc­ M. Diaz, Herman Crisostomo, Used Clothing and with numbers from their Carnegie ing as a psychologist that we wonder why he is and Michael P. Perez. Hall performance. Last year 13 Used Sports Equipment even in the film. •May 25: The Official Story: Ar­ non-profit organizations partici­ to benefit the Boys 8< Girls Club and The one actor who provides a convincing gentina, 1985, by Luis Puezo, pated by designing and decorating the Orangewood Children's Home. and imaginative portrayal is Sigourney Weaver, stars Norma Aleandro and their own tea table. The proceeds whose lanky body and purposeful swagger make Hector Alterio. of the “opportunity” sales will be Sponsored by Fullerton Union High her interesting as the relentless warden, who uses shared with two participating orga­ School Associated Student Body j snake venom for nail polish. nizations.

C o m e J o i n f o r ' M ulberry (S treet ‘ us Est. 1984 • Family Owned & Operated RISTORANTE Cunch o r t e a Kareoke Nights with GRAB THE MIKE Entertainment Fridays & Saturdays ‘Morufay - Fridays 114 W. Wilshire Ave • Fullerton (just off Harbor) from 1 lam to 3j?m Make Your Reservations Today! (714) 525-1056 ‘Dine outdoors in our ‘EngCish (garden or indoors The Fullerton Market Is Back! in our Victorian Dining Every Thursday night April f O through Oct. f 6 from ‘Room or T*za Room 4 - S:30 p.m! Pick up unique arts and crafts, and fresh produce, and stay for the kids' activities, for information live entertainment, famous beer garden and more! on catered parties or ‘Amor . Reservations (714) 4 4 6 -9 4 4 6 (Manor 1441 N. Brea Blvd Fullerton Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

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• CALSTATE RECITAL MUSIC: •AUTRY MUSEUM Cal State Fullerton Little Theatre Performing Arts Cen­ 4700 Western Heritage Way, ter, 800 N. St College, Tickets:278-3371 Los Angeles Free /limited seating •Mav 14 @ 8PM: Jazz Ensemble II & Combos. Chuck RSVP (323) 461-7028 Tumlinson, director. $10 • Mav 18: “Chicano Rock n’Roll” Film •Mav 15 @ 8PM: Jazz Ensemble I. Chuck Tumlinson, (2pm) and live outdoor concert (3pm) director. $15 features legendary singer-songwriter •May 16 @ 8PM: Women’s Choir & Men’s Chorus. Lalo Guerrero & the unforgettable East Directors Wolverton & Knowles $15 LA band “Thee Midniters.” Also Lalo’s •Mav 17 @ 8PM: University Symphony Orchestra, son Mark Guerrero & his nine-peice Kimo Furmoto conductor. Guest narrator CSUF band “Radio Atzlan” Plus Ruben President Dr. Milton Gordon. Program features so­ Molina, author of “The Old Barrio Guide prano Suzanne Ma & pianist Soon Mee Kwon, win­ to Low Rider Music: 1950-1975.” The ners of the Music Associates’ Performance Awards 86-year-old Lalo Guerrero is consid­ Competion in works by Beethoven, Mozart and Liszt. ered the “Father of Chicano Music,” at Also Semtana’s “The Moldau” and the premiere of the heart of Latino heritage - from the CSUF graduate composer Kenneth Field’s “Song of “pachuco” period of the 1940s to the Ascent: A Spiritual Journey.” $15 rock n’roll of the 1950s & 60s, his songs •Mav 23 @ 8PM: Fullerton Guitar Orchestra. David Above:Sister & brother team join others in a performance at intertwine Mexican roots with African Grimes & Richard Turner, directors. $10 the Marian Theater. Mater Dei senior Renee Albulario joins American influences and Anglo pop Cal State Fullerton Thorsen Hall. Performing Arts Cen­ voices of other Mater Dei students and her brother David and join artistry to the social and politi­ ter, 800 N. St College, Tickets:278-3371 who heads the troope in “Voices Unbound, ” a journey cal movements of Mexican-American •Mav 23 @ 8PM: James Pellerite “Native American heroes like Cesar Chavez. Emmy Flute Goes Classical.” A renowned orchestral flut­ through many different musical-theater styles spotlighting Award-winning documentary filmakers ist, teacher and solo flute with the Philadelphia Or­ selections from “The Secret Garden, ” “Les Miserables, ” Jon & Nancy Wilkman will present a chestra, this unique musician presents a special lec­ “Guys & Dolls, ’’’’Chicago” and more. May 23rd in Tustin. preview of “Chicano Rock!” inspired ture & recital. $15 Tickets: 557-3972 by the book “Land of a Thousand •Mav 24 @ 11AM: Amy Likar “What Every Musician Dances” by David Reyes and Tom Needs to Know About the Body.” lecture $10 • DINNER/CONCERT SERIES Waldman (who will also be present) THE BROWNSTONE • PACIFIC AMPHITHEATRE The film celebrates artistic tradition • GRAND CENTRAL THEATER: Downtown Fullerton @ Orange County Fair from Lalo Guerrero and Ritchie Valens CSUF Grand Central Art Center RESERVATIONS 526-9123 grounds -Tickets on sale to Los Lobos and beyond. It is an in­ 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana • Mav 28: Classic Jazz now: 740-2000 spiring look at how a new American mu­ Tickets:278-3371 • June 27: Classic Rock Shows during the County sical voice grew from alienation and •Mav 23-25 @ 8pm: And the World Goes Round. Mu­ • July 18: Country Fair include admission. prejudice to cultural pride, political sic of Kander and Ebb including selections from Chi­ • July 13: Melissa Etheridge power, and a new addtion to the dis­ cago, Cabaret, Funny Lady & Kiss of the Spider & Joan Osborne tinctively inclusive sound of American Woman • FULLERTON • July 15: Crosby, Stills & music. •Mav 15-18 Catch a Rising Star. Each night a caba­ FARMERS MARKET MUSIC: Nash ret showcases talents of two young artists in the Downtown Fullerton • July 18: Hip-Hop/rockcross­ • HOLLYWOOD BOWL Bachelor of Fine arts Musical Theatre Class of 2003. Plaza next to the Museum over band 311 & Some­ @ Tickets on sale now: 323-850-2000 on Wilshire & Pomona. thing Corporate www.hollywoodbowl.com Free parking • July 27: Alanis Morrisette Every Thursday Enter­ • July 29: Alan Jackson & • July 6: Paul Oakenfold the greatest DJ tainment, Fresh Produce, ORANGE COUNTY’S PREMIER JAZZ CLUB Joe Nichols in the world hosts a giant outdoor elec­ Breads, Crafts, Beer Gar­ tronic music party where house music s t e a m e r s den, Food, Trains, brings you meets world music. Swings, Bounce House, • STEAMERS- HIGH SCHOOL • July 9: Blues Night with Etta James & Pony Rides and more. BIG BANDS & JAZZ JAM the Roots Band, Keb’ Mo’, Ernie • Mav 15: Bubba & Big Bad @ Steamers Andrews Blues 138 W. Commonwealth • July 9: Yolanda Adams, Take 6, Eric • Mav 29: Goofy Foots (Surf 871-8800 Reed Trio, The sacred sounds of jazz Rock) Jazz Jam Sun evenings from meet the stars of gospel. 8pm. Top artists play here, • July 17: LA Philharmonic, Rafael MoLLA: check out website Fruhbeck De Burgos, conductor, Yefim vfy W i t h 628 Alamitos Ave, Long www.steamerscafe.com Bronfman, piano; Tchaikovsky, Beach g o t o ffidhjgf ffohjx " T r A V ig Respighi Tickets:(562) 437-1689 • CERRITOS CENTER • July 20: IndiaArie Red Hot & Riot Live www.molaa.com 12700 Center Court Dr. features Yerba Buena, Blackalicious, + live jazz nitely •Fri Mav 30 @ 8PM: Cerritos Money Mark celebrating soul, Afro- Gerardo Pena, one of the rsvp @ 871-8800 Tickets: 1-800-300-4345 beat, hip-hop, Latin & funk. most important singer- • Mav 30: “ATribute to Charlie • July 22: Pacific Chorale & LA Philhar­ songwriters of the Mexi­ Parker” Roy Haynes now monic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor can Canto Nuevo move­ serving breakfast-lunch-dinner in his 70s had the kind of • July 23: JoSo Gilberto Luciana Souza ment. His lyrics have schooling musicians vocals & solo guitar from Boss of Bossa been sung by Jose daily until midnite (lam-fri-sat)! dream of - sitting in the Nova Feliciano and Eugenia drum chair for the great • July 29 & 31: LA Philharmonic Leon among others. 1 great food, beer & wine Charlie Parker. Now, fifty Emmanuel Villaume, conductor Sumi Singer Ismael Garcia, an­ years later Haynes and Jo, soprano - Operatic favorites with ■ all ages welcom e-all night! other member of Canto guests pay tribute to Bird Korean coloratura, Sumi Jo. Nuevo will open the con­ and his musical legacy • July 30: Spike Lee hosts “The Movie Mu­ try our new belgium w affles! cert. with the music that inspired sic of Spike Lee & Terence Steam erS-138 w commonwealth his career. Blanchard” Ensemble & Chamber Or­ chestra. Live performance with spe­ 871-8800 www.steamerscafe.com cially designed visual images on the (reservations recommended at night) LET Bowl’s big screen. FREEDOM RING The Brownstone Cafe May 29 & 30 CHIN TING @ 7:30pm (Chinese pot o f gold) Parks Jr. High Classical Jazz Night at the Specializing in Szechwan Cuisine Outdoor Amphitheater Brownstone features Winner of Restaurant Writers Silver Award 180 Jr. High Students perform in this spectacular John Harrington Jazz Band r LUNCH yearly production supported by parents, community May 30,2003 Mon thru Fri: 11:30am - 2:30pm •Cocktails volunteers and 7-lOpm DINNER •Catering The Rotary Club Mon thruThurs: 5pm-9pm, Fri: 5pm-10pm ■Banquet Facilities Orange Empire Chorus Sat: 4pm-10pm, Sun: 4pm-9pm Home Depot & TICKETS: 526-9123 All the Arts for All the Kids $75/Couple Foundation. BOOK YOUR HOLIDAY PARTIES TODAY! Concert & Dinner, Dessert & Coffee Parks Jr High is located for Two! Includes One Drink each! FOOD TO GO 738-1977 at W e deliver to your hom e 1710 Rosecrans Ave. email: [email protected] ($ 2 charge for orders under $15) Fullerton www.brownstonefood.com 447-7785 305 N. 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MID-MAY 2003 ______Fullerton Observer Page 15 • BRONWYN DODSON THEATRE Fullerton College Campus • SOUTH COAST REPERTORY 321 E. Chapman Ave, Fullerton 655 Town Center Dr. Costa Mesa Tickets: 992:7433 Tickets; 708-5555 http://theatre.fullcoll.edu “Intimate Apparel,” May 16-May 18. This “The Odd Couple,” May 8- May 18. Male & World Premiere of the newest work by Female Versions by Neil Simon, directed by Lynn Nottage is an evocative portrait Gary Krinke. Two friends suddenly find them­ of an African-American woman in selves sharing an apartment when their re­ Harlem at the beginning of the 20th spective marriages blow up in their faces. Can Century. Esther creates fine lingerie for two divorced men (or women) share an apart­ wealthy socialites and vicariously lives ment without driving each other crazy? The their experiences until she falls in love answer becomes hilariously clear. with a man who seems as lonely as she. But there’s more than poetry on • CALSTATE GRAND CENTRAL George’s mind. 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana “The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow," “All in the Timing,” thru May 4. Sharp humor -thru May 18. In this funny and touch­ and intelligent wit about love friendship, mis- ing story by Rolin Jones, Jennifer is de­ communication and the challenges of fate. termined to travel to China and find her biological mother. Jennifer’s IQ is off the I CALSTATE RECITAL HALL charts, but she can’t keep a job and her Nutwood & State College, Fullerton “condition” keeps her from leaving the Tickets: 278-3371 house. She decides to build a duplicate “The Talented Mr Ripley,” May 16- May 25. of herself to send on the journey. James R. Taulli directs this beguiling tale of morality and amorality which follows criminal 6TH ANNUAL PACIFIC Tom Ripley as he is seduced by wealth, com­ PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL mits murder and attempts a cover up. May 16- May 18. The Festival features works in development by emerging and • CHANCE THEATRE Above: Leona Britton (Marge Sherwood/Sophia), Joshua Odor established writers who are among the 5576 E. La Palma Ave, Anaheim Hills (Richard Greenleaf) and Jason McBeath (Tom Ripley) in CalState most exciting working in American the­ Tickets: 777-3033 Fullerton production of Phyllis Nagy’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley. ” atre today. www.chancetheater.com •’’The Hiding Place” by Jeff Whitty “Lee Miller: The Angel and the Fiend” - thru Performances run thru May 25 in CSUF Recital Hall. Directed by • “Safe in Hell” by Amy Freed May 7 8 -A recounting of the life of Lee Miller, James Taulli. Tickets: 278-3371- Photo by Jim Volz. • “Anna in the Tropics” by Nilo Cruz surrealist muse and photographer, war pho­ • “Sea of Tranquillity” by Howard Korder tojournalist and gourmet cook. • “Brooklyn Boy” by Donald Margulies “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Opens May 16- • STAGES THEATRE thru June 21. Director Ken Rugg’s version of LACKAWANNA 400 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton a Shakespeare classic incorporates Tickets: 525-4484 postmodern devices in this joyful jaunt into a “We Bombed in Newhaven” by Joseph dreamlike magical world which tells several Heller-opens May 16, Fri/Sat @8pm, stories, each of which occurs during a single Sun @5pm. summer night in a forest outside Athens. “Spring’s Awakening”: Opens May 24-thru June 21. By playwright Frank Wedekind, this drama Let Freedom explores controversial themes of adolescents growing up in a sensually stifling society. Ring at Parks cafe • CERRITOS CENTER IDALGO 12700 Center Court Dr. Cerritos Junior High Modern Southwest At right: Kingsley Leggs - Tickets: (800) 300-4345 by Suzy Jurgensen Restaurant & Bar part o f the star-studded cast www.cerritoscenter.com “Lackawanna Blues” by Let Freedom Ring, A Musical Salute to the including Delania Brown, Courageous Spirit of Immigrant America, will Bruce Winat, Alison Santiago-Hudson - May 20- 25 - Comic, deeply moving be performed at D. Russell Parks Junior High Axelrod, Allan Louis & solo show features award­ School on Thursday, May 29 and Friday, May Victoria Strong in the Civic Lunch winning actor Ruben 30 at 7:30 pm in the school’s outdoor amphi­ ii:3oam-2:3opm Light Opera’s “Ragtime. ” Santiago-Hudson, with origi­ theater. For the fourth consecutive year all 180 nal music performed by blues eighth grade students of Teachers/Producers, artist Bill Sims Jr. Irene Strauss and Marie Chabanel will have the Happy H o u r • FULLERTON CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ■ HUNGER ARTISTS THEATRE opportunity to perform in an original musical 5pm-7pm Plummer Auditorium 699-A S. State College Blvd, production. 201 E. Chapman, Fullerton Fullerton-Tickets: 680-6803 Students perform, with many costume Tickets: 879-1732 www.fclo.com Sweeney Todd - A musical changes (parents make costumes). A tremen­ Dinner “Ragtime” by Terrence McNally, thru May 25 thriller- begins July 11-Au­ dous amount of time and effort was given by from 5:30pm Thurs-Sat @8pm, Sun @2pm. One of the gust 3rd parents. Junior High kids learn by example. richest, most dazzling and original works to They may not always listen to what their par­ emerge in the last two decades, “Ragtime” is •LA MIRADA THEATRE ents say, but they see what their parents are do­ a look at life at the turn of the century as three 14900 La Mirada Blvd, La 305 N H a rb o r remarkable families (one upper-middle class Mirada ing, so these volunteers are being wonderful (at the Villa del Sol, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, one socialist Tickets: 994-6310 role models. in Downtown Fullerton) immigrant Jewish and one Harlem Black) see “If You Ever Leave Me...I’m Go­ Since we are outdoors this year, we’re going (714) 447-32-02 their fates become dramatically intertwined ing With You!” - Saturday BIG! Some of the props include a 16 foot long, with one another and with the historical char­ May 17 @8pm - Writing, di­ battery operated, double mast sailing ship that acters and events of the period. Live orches­ recting, acting and married, will bring the immigrants to Ellis Island; na­ tra, lavish sets and costumes. super-couple Joe Bologna & tion flags that were used in President George Renee Taylor in a play that is • CURTIS THEATRE a whirlwind ride through their Herbert Walker Bush’s inaugura­ 1 Civic Center Circle, Plaza Level, Brea marriage, with anecdotes, film tion; and a 32 foot long piano key­ Fullerton Civic Light Opera Tickets: 990-7722 www.curtishteatre.org clips and presentations of board - for dancing. PRESENTS “Sylvia” -May 30-June 15 - After 22 years of segments from some of the Scenes from the play include the Star-Studded Cast into marriage, a couple faces middle age, an many plays and movies they Continental Congress, American □range County empty nest and roller coaster careers when have written together. Renee dancing from square-dancing to Sylvia, a mixture of Lab and Poodle, enters Taylor is widely known for her rock and roll, a hospital with doc­ at the . their lives. The husband discovers escape role as Fran Drescher’s Jew­ tors and patients who sing and Plummer Auditorium from life’s frustrations and the wife finds a ri­ ish mother on the TV series dance (even while on gurneys!), 801 W. Chapman Ave., Futerton val for her affection. Francine Sondelli directs. “The Nanny” and for her one- woman show on Golda Meir. American gospel Music, and a “Hope for Peace” expressed vocally May 9-25 2003 and visually (origami birds). In for ticket info call STAGEStheater Tickets: 525-4484 addition we will feature our many (7 1 A) 8 7 9 - 1 7 3 2 musically inclined students. 400 E. Commonwealth $3 Off With This Ad w w w .fc l0 .cx3m FULLERTON A quote from the play: “The path az. to freedom and world peace is not /& O _ CHAPMAN 1 easy. In fact, the challenges are as AmericanAirfnes azm O great today as they were for the “We Bombed in < H s x H uj millions of immigrants who came Newhaven” to Ellis Island in search of the American dream. But let the words Written by Joseph Heller COMMONWEALTH of those early Americans, their Opens May 16 courage and their hope, fill the SIAGES hearts of all of us who value the Fri/Sat @8pm, Sun @5pm. freedoms that are guaranteed to every American, regardless of WWW.STAGESENTERTAINMENT.COM free ticket with active military ID color, race or creed.” Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

Page 16 Fullerton Observer MID-MAY 2003 Orange Empire Barbershop Chorus One of the eleven entertainment ven­ ues featured during the Night in Fuller­ ton event was the 80-member barbershop voices of Fullerton’s Orange Empire Chorus. This favorite feature every year is held at the Fullerton First Christian Church next to the Museum Center and Plaza on Wilshire. Under the direction of Craig Ewing,.the singers performed three shows. Songs in­ cluded “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home,” “Cali­ fornia Here I Come” “New York/New York,” and many other favorites. During the show the audience was asked to choose, by their applause, two songs for the Chorus to sing in the up­ coming Annual SoCal East Division Bar­ bershop Chorus Competition to be held Night In Fullerton Favorite Traditions & New Additions in Anaheim. The audience chose “Cali­ f. fornia Here I Come,” and “Miss New Or­ It was a clear, cool evening - perfect for the celebration J leans,” as the favorites of the evening. of the 39th Annual “A Night In Fullerton.” Over 5,000 folks »* * . During the shows special singing came out for the free family-oriented event featuring 11 groups were spotlighted including; All venues of art and culture around the City. The Presidents Men, Nickelodeon, In addition to traditional favorites, new features includ­ Hooked On Tonics, Tuesday Night and ing the Taiko Drummers & Dragon Dancers at the plaza, Mosaic. Each show ended in a standing ovation as the entire 80-voice Chorus the Golden State British Band at St. Andrews and the Cal sang “God Bless America.” The Orange State Fullerton Jazz Combo at First Christian Church added Empire Chorus meets every Tuesday new energy to the festival and were popular additions. evening at 7pm at Parks Junior High, An unusual sneak preview of Tom Elliot’s vintage sports 1710 Rosecrans Ave, Fullerton. For more memorabilia from his downtown shop Pastimes Col­ information or to audition for the Cho­ lectibles, and the incredible artwork of local artist Tony rus, please call the 24-hour Hotline: 871- Trasport presented in a joint exhibit wowed visitors and 7675. - WE3 will reappear later this year.

Taiko Drummers & Dragon Dancers One highlight of the night for many visitors was found at the Downtown Museum Plaza stage as the Taiko Drummers presented three tremendously exciting shows during Night in Fullerton. “The best part of the night was seeing families watch both the puppet show and the Taiko Drumming performance,” said City Event Specialist Dannielle Mauk. Sure hope they will be back next year. Also it might be nice to see if the wonderful musicians from Grace International might join in next year. If you have ideas of interesting additions to this yearly celebration contact Dannielle at the City. Tony Award winning Broadway musical by Steven Sondheim & James Lapine McAulay & Wallace Mortuaries “Cfoto oJFte AVoods” William H. McAulay FD #289 .M “A brilliant & imaginative Family Owned & Operated since 1911 J fairy tale adventure for the License # 190 & #1304 WHITE RABBIT entire family !” 0 Experience Customized 902 N Harbor Blvd 18311 Lemon Drive Friday, May 30th v 0 Housekeeping Fullerton, CA 92832 Yorba Linda, CA 92886 7:00 pm (714) 525-4721 (714) 777-2692 tailored to your needs. Eastside Christian School We would [ike the Main Church Auditorium opportunity to meet your 2505 E. Yorba Linda Blvd. expectations foT quality Fullerton Burial and Cremation Services (On the N.E. corner of Yorba Linda mousekeeping. To introduce Planning ahead simply makes sense because: Blvd & State College, across from our service to you, we extend CSUF, behind the “barn”) • Spares your family and friends unnecessary this invitation to receive * ADMISSION: $5 adult, financial and emotional burden $20.00 OFF the first visit. $3 child (12 & under) • Can lock in the costs using today’s prices (714)680-5190 *Doors open at 6:00 pm for silent • Prevents the tendency of overspending auction & concessions • Advanced funeral plans are transferable RSVP by M a y 31,1003 First come, first served seating, ticket sales available at the door. ,------1 w (714) 879-2187 x 583 ^ www.eastsidechristian.org^ i Name______

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MID-MAY 2003 Fullerton Observer Page 17 Red Cross Blood Drive Violin Virtuoso Jaime Jorge REST IN PEACE We Remember You at First Methodist in Free Concert Sunday, May 18th, from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. the Red Cross will • MARILYN LOIS BJURSTROM, The Fullerton Seventh-Day Adventist Church invites community 65, resident for 49 years, a retired welcome all eligible blood donors to a drawing at the Fullerton members to attend a free Christian concert, featuring Jaime Jorge, a secretary, died of heart disease 4/ First United Methodist Church, 114 N. Pomona Ave, at Com­ world-class violinist, on June 7th at 7pm. The concert will feature 24/2003. Survivors: brother, Fred monwealth. Anyone 17 years or older, and in good health the day music ranging from favorite hymns to contemporary praise songs. Bjurstrom; sister, Dorothy Bolt; 2 of the drawing, is welcome, even those with diabetes, high cho­ An accomplished musician with seven alblums, five of which won nieces & 2 nephews. lesterol, or elevated blood pressure, so long as those conditions the prestigious Angel Award of “Instrumental Religious Album of the • LAURA MAE SHAVER, 89, are under control. The Red Cross reminds prospective donors Year” Jaime also has an inspiring story to share. resident for 23 years, a retired that each pint of blood can potentially save three lives, and that 20 secretary died of natural causes 4/ The concert is free and designed for people of all ages and denomi­ to 30% of the blood drawn is used for babies and small children. 28/2003. Survivors: son, William; 2 nations. Seating is limited. The concert will be held at the Church at Questions about the ability to donate may be referred to (800) grandchildren and 3 great-grand­ 2355 W. Valencia Drive, Fullerton. For more information call (714) 843-2949. The church may be reached at 714-871-4115/ children. 974-4483 • PHILIP H. ALBERT, 90, resident for 49 years, a retired electronics FACES Receives tech for Beckman, died of natural 1 ELKS CLUB SUNDAY BRUNCH 1 Phelps Foundation causes 5/3/2003. Survivors: wife, 2nd Sunday of Every Month Yvette L.; sons, Raymond, Richard 9am to 1pm Grant & Don; daughter, Sandra Champine; sisters, Lucille Judge, $ 6 includes custom omelets & waffles with 6 toppings, FACES, a non-profit family counseling Dot Syr, Gladys Lusier; brother, scrambled eggs, sausage & bacon, potatoes, biscuts & gravy, center recieved a $15,000 Wilson Phelps Clifford Albert; 9 grandchildren; 5 champagne, coffee, orange juice and more. Foundation grant. The organization offers great-grandchildren. Delicious! Great Family Treat! Tables overlook Fullerton. individual and family counseling, parenting • MATILDA RUTH TAYLOR, 102, All proceeds go to Elks Club Scholarship Program and anger management classes to single par­ resident for 50 years, a homemaker, and other charitable ventures. ent families families. All services are offered died of natural causes 4/28/2003. on a sliding scale. The center is located at Survivors: 2 grandchildren; 3 great­ Fullerton Elks Club up on the Hill, 1451 N. Brea between Harbor 1966 E. Chapman Avenue. Call 879-9616 for grandchildren; 1 great-great­ & Lemon in Fullerton • 870-1993 • Everyone is Welcome! more information on services available. grandchild.

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S t . A n d r e w ’s First Baptist Church of Fullerton Orangethorpe EPISCOPAL 212 E. Wilshire Ave. F irst C hristian Christian Church CHURCH Worship for the whole family | C hurch contemporary & traditional (Disciples of Christ) (Disciples of Christ) •Thursday: 10am SUNDAY SERVICES Church School: 9a.m. Church School: 9am ■Sunday: 8am & 10am Worship: 9:15 & 11am Worship: 10:15 a.m. Worship: 10:10 am (Nursery & Church School) Classes offered during both worship services T Childcare Provided 8 7 1 - 3 4 0 0 c 1231 E. Chapman 7 525-5525 2200 W. Orangethorpe 5 2 6 - 2 2 6 5 Harbor at Wilshire Fullerton Fullerton 870-4350 www.fullertonfirstbaptist.com Fullerton

All Are Welcome at FULLERTON FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES Sundays 10 A.M. Temple Beth Tikvah/Adat Ari - Fullerton A reform Jewish congregation with a warm approach 114 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton to tradition, community and education since 1964. (at the corner of Commonwealth & Pomona) • Preschool & Kindergarten, all faiths welcome 714-871-4115 www.fullertonFUMC.org •Religious School thru High School Don Roe, Sr. Pastor; Elbert Kim, Associate Pastor (714)871-3535 ext. 3 • www.templebethtikvah.com L

Jewish Community Forum 2003 Lecture Series Cantor Mindy Harris ( )~ “Alive in Christ” Cantor Harris is a classically-trained soprano with four recordings including Az Yashir Moshe: The music of Rabbi Moshe J. Rothblum. Created one-woman show, “When You’re In Love The Whole World Is Jewish.” Old 8c New Jewish 8c Popular Music

May 18 Sunday Worship: 10:00 am (Childcare Provided) Doors Open at 6:30pm ® 71 - / U 72 Children’s Center M-F Daycare & Afternoon Programs Memorial Auditorium Chapman College M orningside Presbyterian Church Tickets: 997-1032 1201 E. Dorothy Lane (at Raymond near CSUF) Fullerton

Unitarian - Universalist r * 111 W. Las Palmas Drive • Fullerton (corner of Harbor & Las Palmas) Church in Fullerton % w 879-8290 or www.stpaulfullerton.org 1600 N. Acacia Ave. 8 am & 11am: T raditional W orship 10:30 am SERVICE 9:15 am: Contemporary W orship 6:47 pm: Simple Contemporary W orship W/Programs for Children (Pre-K to Teens) A dult and S unday School classes at 9:15am Reverend Jon Dobrer 871-7150 Pastors: Thomas Goellrich, Kelli Skram, Judith MiHer website: www.uufullerton.org WELCOME HOME LOVE GROWS HERE! Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library

Page 18 Fullerton Observer MID-MAY 2003 Free Lecture On Senior with Pharmaceutical Crops Louise Financial Scams LUNCH/TRAVEL/ SPOTLIGHT Schatzm an MO VIE/D AN CE Last fall, genetically engineered (GE) pharma­ Targeting Elderly ceutical crops contaminated corn and soybeans intended for the food supply. A presentation focusing on the @ the Senior Center topic of prevention of financial abuse Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and scams especially targeting older (738-6305) (USDA) wants to set up a regulatory system that adults and the elderly will be held on •May 14, Wednesday, 10am: Visit will allow companies like Prodigene and Friday, May 23rd from 10:30am to Hungary, Poland & Czechoslovakia Monsanto to continue growing genetically engi­ 11:30am. The program is sponsored with Bob Funk; Chili Con Carne neered food crops with human and animal DNA by the Orange County Bar Associa­ •May 16, Friday at 12:30pm: Movie- for drug production in open-air fields. tion and will be held at the Fullerton “Dootr to Door”; Chicken & Picante Because pollen and seed contamination cannot Rice for lunch served at noon. Senior Center at 340 West Common­ be controlled, open-air field tests of pharmaceuti­ •May 20, Tuesday, 6:15pm: Dance to wealth Avenue, across from Fuller­ cal crops threaten food safety. ton City Hall and the Public Library. the live sounds of Pickin’Over 50. Free The extent of the danger is presently unknown Rummage Sale •May 21, Wednesday, 10am: Visit but if such crops contaminate the regular food sup­ The annual TLC Rummage Sale South Central Alaska with Rose­ ply it is thought that they may cause allergic re­ will be held at the Fullerton Senior mary Spooner; Cheese Ravioli w/ actions in people with drug allergies. 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Embedding in a small community A less visible but equally critical example of is not an unmixed blessing except, Many of embeddedness was one which was brought to my perhaps, for small children. For the attention by my oft-quoted source, Barbara adults in the community, it means these vital Kingsolver. One of her pithy statements on the little real privacy, a feeling of never supports topic was: “For every second of humanity’s rau­ being alone except at home, indoors. cous history, every breath that any of us has ever Everyone knows your buying hab­ have been taken, was taken and absorbed, silently, by leaves.” its, your medical problems, your This elegant statement of a fundamental depen­ out-of-town trips. Many small altered, dence omits details, such as the fact that the leaves workplaces, even in cities, share unwittingly, also remove C02 from our collective exhalations, some of the embeddedness of the and replace it with the oxygen which we (and all village, for good or bad. by animate life) would swiftly die without. There are other ways in which “advances” There are many other equally subtle ways in people are imbedded in the world. which we as humans, and as part of the thin film The semi-rural character of my which we, of living tissue which clothes our planet, are de­ world as a youngster provided a pendent on the ever-shifting bed upon and within physical embedding. I spent much as clever which we are embedded. Many of these vital sup­ of my time outdoors, playing in the creatures, ports have been altered, unwittingly, by “ad­ yard, climbing trees, running bare­ vances” which we, as clever creatures, have foot in the grass (summer only!). have wrought in our rush to dominate the earth. Citing We had concrete sidewalks, but the wrought in Kingsolver again, “we are still in the throes of a streets in town were of gravel, heated debateover whether any species but our blending gradually into the grassy, our rush to own has the inherent right to live and carry on.” shallow ditches on either side. Large The fact that such a debate is going on (and it gardens broke the expanse of grassy dominate the is) tells me that many people have, indeed, lost turf, and many homes.had small earth. the sense of dependence upon the natural world EMBEDDED IN chicken yards. There was an obvi­ which came naturally to our ancestors in a pre­ ous connection between the gardens industrial world, and to many of us who have spent EMBEDEDDNESS and chickens and what we had to eat. So it was years in agricultural or horticultural communities. This is a natural that I grew up comfortably embedded in potentially dangerous situation. We may have, unwittingly, the earth and its vegetative and animal cover. I already altered the nature of our ever-present support system ©2003 illustrations by CPG by Chuck Greening remember clearly the moment when I first real­ in ways which will cost us dearly in the future. ized I had lost the familiar “bed” of turf and If we have indeed accomplished the Icarean feat of wrest­ We have heard a lot lately about the newly popular term “embedded” as plants. I had spent fleeting hours in cities in the ing control of climate (and everything that depends upon cli­ applied to reporters in military units in wartime. I am not about to add Midwest, so I knew there were places where I mate) from the natural forces which hitherto held sway, then anything, pro or con, on that application of the term, or on the history of could not touch or actually see the turf, but the we will have, in Bill McKibben’s words, presided over The chroniclers of wars. flat terrain allowed me to feel that I was still on End o f Nature. But when a word which has been slumbering in the back pews for the earth. Nature is complex, subtle and silent. I don’t feel we are years suddenly leaps onto the front page every day, my curiosity takes me When I moved to Pittsburgh, to work for a qualified to run it. off in several directions which I might not have taken on my own. The summer before beginning classes in college dictionary definition of “embed” implies that something is placed on or in there, I entered a different world. My first sum­ a supporting medium of some sort, such as a bed (of course), or as pre­ mer there, I spent week-ends exploring the city, pared base for a road or a prepared plot for growing flowers, etc. I began often for long distances on foot. One day, as I to wonder about other situations in which humans could be considered to was traveling along a walkway which paralleled be embedded in something or other, preferably something which didn’t a section of a riverside parkway along the require a war. Monongahela River, I suddenly realized that It occurred to me that I was rather firmly embedded in the little village there was pavement under my feet, a high re­ in which I grew up. Steady readers will now prepare for more stuff about taining wall on my left, and an abutment above Grand Meadow MN. I have been working for some time on some remem­ the river on my right. I had no longer any clear brances of those years from birth to twelve years of age when I lived there. reference to the surface of the earth - was it One approach I used in trying to convey something of the feel for that life above me? below me? A momentarily unsettling was to describe a walk up town (all of three blocks). experience. I was dis-embedded! I left home, turned left past the Higbie’s house, across the street to where I have subsequently become accustomed to my great-aunt Laura lived. Turned, crossed the street, walked by the fam­ the temporary loss of earth reference, as I have ily church, then the parsonage, and to my Uncle Elgar and Aunt Jessie’s lived much in cities. But I know that many, es­ house. Maybe stopped in to see Aunt Jessie. Then cut across a vacant lot, pecially younger persons in urban settings, have crossed the railroad tracks, and walked past two grocery stores (I knew the not grown up with feeling of everyday immer­ people who ran both) and a billiard hall and soda fountain (wasn’t to go sion in the earth and its living cover. Such ex­ into that, though I knew the proprietor). Then crossed a street to the bank periences may be limited to field trips or park where my father and uncle worked, my dentist was upstairs. Turned and visits, which is not at all the same as living em­ crossed and passed a general store (Simonson and Temanson) and on to bedded. Is this a serious thing? I do not know, my Uncle Al’s drug store. but I feel that, without the sense of The point to this tedious account is that, all the way, I was within shout­ embeddedness which I had, there may be a seri­ ing distance of relatives or acquaintances whom I knew and who knew ous loss of the firm recognition of the depen­ me. Now, that’s embedding, and it is something that can happen only in a dence on soil, foliage and terrain which is basic small village or neighborhood, with people who know each other and are to our future survival. Above: Two examples of embededness, a in touch. flower bed & a wad bed.

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