COMMUNITY ullerto♥ n bsCAeLENrDAvR Paege 13r -15 FULFLERTON’S INDEPENDENT NEWS • Est.1978 (printed on O20% recycled paper) • YEAR 36 #14 • EARLY SEPTEMBER 2014 Submissions: [email protected] • Contact: (714) 525-6402 • Read Online at : www.fullertonobserver.com Home Invasion DEAR EDITOR Robber Loose in Thank you for publishing my opinion. I am very North Fullerton happy. I couldn’t believe A suspect described as a white or that my article was in the Hispanic male, 180 pounds, 6 feet or newspaper. Honestly, I for - taller, wearing a hoodie and a bandana got all about it. But over his face, and carrying a semi-auto - mommy showed me the matic hand gun, is thought to be other day and I jumped in responsible for a series of home inva - excitement. I’m proud to be sion robberies in north Fullerton. a Fullerton resident because The most recent robberies took place my opinion is heard even when I’m a kid. Aug. 17 and 19. Two homes on the Sincerely 1500 block of Avenida Selva and one in the 2600 block of Trieste Way were entered through open garage doors on P.S. I had to type my let - Aug. 17. The suspect pointed the hand - ter because my school wants gun, demanded money and then fled in us to practice keyboarding. I each instance. On Aug. 19 at 9pm a just learned cursive writing teen was assaulted on his driveway in this summer so I’m going to the block of Crestview Drive. The teen sign this letter with my was taken to the hospital with a head brand new signature. wound but is OK. The robber got away Hooray!!! with $30 in that instance. The description of the suspect Dear Francine, matches those of three other robberies That was a good letter. that occurred in the same area since You have strong opinions! If June. you have time and your Anyone with information is asked to mother lets you we would call Fullerton Police Detective like to hear more from you. Magliano at 714-738-6753. Please contact me at Anonymous tips can also be left on the [email protected] OC Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-855- or call 714-525-6402. - ED Francine’s letter “No Babysitters!” appeared in the August Fullerton Observer on page 2. 847-6227 or through their website P.S. Nice signature! www.occrimestoppers.org. COUNCIL REJECTS ZEN TEMPLE West Nile Virus Alert The city council in a 3-2 vote at its Tikvah, Fullerton UU, Christian 7 . A 7 S Aug. 5th meeting turned down a CUP Science, Latter Day Saints, St Juliana D . 5 C I West Nile Virus, which is spread by the bite D 1 U A for a Zen Buddhist Temple which had Catholic, and many more. E . N P of mosquitos, is finding victims in Fullerton. T D O O been operating in a private home on CUP requirements protect the sur - E R R N T The presence of dead birds are often the first G A O R Euclid without complaint for 10 years. rounding residential neighborhoods T A S D I E indicator that West Nile is in an area. T E L N d noise from the S Four elderly nuns and two younger sis - from excess traffic an M R L A Countywide this year there have been 167 dead O P R T U ters live in the 3-bedroom, 2-bath home institutions. If violations occur, the per - P E S F birds (one found in front of city hall a few P and conduct silent (with the mit which allows the institu - weeks ago) which tested positive for the virus exception of a half hour of tion to operate under specific Few and 24 human infections in Orange County chanting within closed doors) conditions can be revoked. (one in Fullerton). Horses are also susceptible. meditation sessions on Sunday realized a The temple’s request for a In addition, 80% of the mosquitos trapped and from 8am to 11:30am followed CUP was approved by the monastery tested have been found to be positive for the by a silent lunch. The nearly 1/2 Planning Commission after a virus compared to 10% last year. Due to the acre property has a large circular was at the Public Hearing in June, with high West Nile virus activity OC Vector driveway and 13 parking spaces property the conditions that services be Control has been visiting neighborhoods look - in the back. held on Sunday only and for a T for the past ing for mosquito breeding sources. In order to improve the drive - maximum of 20 people from N A couple living near Commonwealth and E 10 years. L way and add ADA compliant 8am to 6pm, and that a block L Raymond both ended up in the hospital in D A bathrooms the temple discovered wall replace the current 6-foot I early August. The husband and wife have sepa - C S 2 E a CUP (Conditional Use Permit) was wooden fence surrounding the property. S E 0 R rate insurance so one went to Kaiser Hospital I required to operate and applied for one. Three neighbors living at the perime - E 4 R T and the other was admitted into St. Judes. V 6 R Many religious institutions operate in ter of the 300-foot-notice area of 22 - R T E The husband came down with symptoms E 5 V neighborhoods and all are required to homes objected to the operation of the S N 2 first including dizziness and incoherence. His D B E 5 have a CUP. Examples include the temple, and one adjacent neighbor asked A - family took him to St. Judes where he was R O 4 Presbyterian and Congregational (locat - that no large signage be erected and that O R E 1 released after three days without being diag - T ed in an old family home) churches just hours be kept to 8am to 11:30am only. 7 U H nosed. But several days later the wife reported T C down the street on Euclid, Temple Beth However, Continued on page 4 she felt oddly off balance with shaking arms N I R and hands, throwing up everything she ate, O lack of appetite and a 104.5 fever. She was admitted into Kaiser Hospital for 7 days where a spinal tap showed she had West Nile Virus. Both are recovering at home now. The wife, who says she is a little stronger each day,. wants to warn people about the seriousness of the dis - ease. “I never thought this would happen to me,” she says. “I thought I was going to die.” One bite from one infected mosquito is all it takes to get the virus. To prevent spread 4 3 8 remove all standing water where mosquitos N 2 R 9 1 may breed. Report any breeding sites including O 5 E A 0 T unused green pools in your neighborhood. V 7 C R R X N Make sure window screens are in good repair E E O O L S B and use DEET or Lemon Oil of Eucalyptus T R L B O mosquito repellent in addition to protective E P U L O L clothing when outside at dawn or dusk. Find F U F more information by visiting www.ocvcd.org The six nuns outside their home on Euclid purchased in 2002 by Chieu Zen Association. Page 2FULLERTON OBSERVER NEWS & COMMUNITY OPINIONS EARLY SEPTEMBER 2014 Caution: Check Your St. Jude Radiology Bills even went online and got the number of the supervisor of radiology and spoke with ullerton The Observer received a report from a come from St. Jude Radiology. When the her. Representatives always claim they are F citizen who desires to remain anonymous bill arrives, they always bill me for my "redoing their billing system" and they are Observer but would like to alert the public, espe - portion and the discounted amount. correcting the problem. But for 3 years! I cially the elderly and those who care for Many times the discounted amount is a don't think so. them, to a serious problem regarding hundred dollars or so. The Fullerton Observer Community I would love to know how many thou - Newspaper, founded by Ralph and Natalie medical billing. For the past 2-3 years I have to call their sands of dollars St. Jude Radiology has Kennedy and a group of friends in 1978, is The person is lucky to have great PPO billing department every time and ask received that they should not have in this staffed by local citizen volunteers who create, health insurance through her work but them why they do not just bill me for apparent overbilling.” publish, and distribute the paper throughout has a problem with the way St. Jude what I owe instead of including the dis - St Jude Medical Center representative our community. Radiology is handling the billing and counted amount. This venture is a not-for-profit one with Dru Ann Copping said that the Center all ad and subscription revenues plowed back wants to caution others to check the accu - I asked them if they do this on all bills, contracts with various doctors and med - into maintaining and improving our inde - racy of their bills. especially to older people who probably ical groups but does not oversee their pendent, non-partisan, non-sectarian com - “When I receive my EOB (explanation just pay whatever they are billed as I know business practices.