Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library O 2009 * ■> ullertonObse F u l l e r t o n ’s O n ly I n d e p e n d e n t N e w s • est.1978 (printed on 70% recycled paper) Volume 31 #17 • M lD OCTOBER 2009 MID OCTOBER OCTOBER MID City Sued Over O c t o b e r E v e n t s T u esd a y . O c t . 13 Redevelopment Plan •7pm: “Viva La Causa” film about Spurred by anti-redevelopment activist legacy o f Cesar Chavez and the farm­ PLEASE RETURN TO THE O C Supervisor Chris Norby, developer worker struggle. Fullerton Public FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Tony Bushala, and the group he founded Library, 353 W. Commonwealth. Free 353 W. COMMONWEALTH AVE. called FFF (Friends for Fullerton’s Future, T h u r sd a y . O c t . 15 FULLERTON, CA. 92832-1796 widely discredited for its dirty campaign tac­ •5-7pm; Day o f the Dead Exhibit, tics in recent elections), have filed a lawsuit by artist Robert Palacios at Fullerton against the City of Fullerton to stop a coun­ College Art Gallery Rm 1004, 321 E. cil-approved expansion of the redevelop­ Chapman. Free ment area into parts o f south and west Saturday. O ct. 17 Fullerton. •10:30am-4pm: B ook Festival, The action came after the city and county w/kids activities at Fullerton Public negotiated an agreement to rectify the diver­ Library, 353 W. Commonwealth. Free sion o f an estimated $23 million in revenue •6pm: All the Arts for All the Kids to the county over the 45-year period of the 16th Annual Art Auction, Fullerton expansion. Continued on page 4 Museum Plaza on Wilshire, Downtown Fullerton. $40 helps support art in schools. 714-447-7484 Deadline to Register to Sat & Sun. O ct. 17 & 18 •2-Dav 10th Annual RagFest, Vote Nov. 2 Downtown Fullerton. Tickets: 714-680- Citizens can view their current registra­ 6684 or www.ragfest.com tion status by visiting www.ocvote.com/ver- ify. Users will be prompted to enter their F rj & Sat. O c t . 23 & 24 *lpm-8pm: Haunted Garden, date o f birth and the last four digits o f their driver license. The voter's current registra­ Fullerton Arboretum, Yorba Linda Blvd. tion info will then display, including name, at Associated Rd. at CSUF. Tickets: 657- address, registration date, date o f birth and 278-3407 the status o f their registration. Sunday. O ct. 25 Citizens living in the 72nd District which •5-1 lpm: Annual Moonlight includes Fullerton should verify their regis­ Masquerade, at the Muckenthaler, 1901 tration status prior to the registration dead­ W. Malvern. Tickets: 866-411-1212 or line of November 2, 2009 in order to vote in www.themuck.org the upcoming election for that vacated seat. More on Pages 12-15 72nd Candidates Confirmed The candidate filing period ended on Oct. □ 1r\ Mike & Erica at World Leadership 5th. Five candidates have been officially e- z qualified by the O C Registrar o f Voters to 2z 5 Congress in Washington, DC run for the 72nd Assembly District seat C3 Hns a FUHS Juniors Mike Richardson and and empower youth to make a positive dif­ vacated by Republican Mike Duvall, who Erica Slowik recently participated as two of ference in the global community. resigned due to scandal. H Ch 400 high school students from around the Mike and Erica are lifelong friends who The special primary election will take world to attend the HOBY World have attended school together: first, at place on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. If no can­ Leadership Congress in Washington DC. Fullerton Community Nursery School, didate wins at least 50% plus one vote o f all They spent one week in intensive train­ then Rolling Hills Elementary and Ladera the votes cast in the primary, the top vote ing with leaders from various sectors o f Vista Junior High, and currently Fullerton getter from each party will advance to the business, government, international affairs, Union High School. general election which will take place science and technology, medicine, media They are both academically ranked at the January 12, 2010. The candidates are: and education. H OBY was founded in top o f their class. Mike is a member o f the Continued on page 4 1958 by actor Hugh O ’Brian after an FUHS Academy o f the Arts, singer/actor inspiring visit with humanitarian Albert and athlete. Erica is Vice President o f the President Awarded Schweitzer in Africa. FUHS Class of 2011, works with the The organizations mission is to motivate National Charity League, and is an athlete. 2009 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Committee selected President lies, other magazines and publications, and OC Register Bankruptcy Barack Obama as the Nobel Peace Prize eight TV stations (5 CBS affiliates, 2 ABC Freedom Communications Holdings, 2009 awardee noting he has inspired the affiliates and one C W affiliate). It declared Inc., the parent company o f the Orange world to “greater multilateral cooperation in its bankruptcy filing that it has $1,077 County Register, which owns the Fullerton aimed at tackling the thorniest global prob­ billion in debts, including over $770 mil­ News Tribune, filed for Chapter 11 bank­ lems; conflict, nuclear weapons, and climate lion owed to its lenders. The company ruptcy reorganization (which relieves a change.” I- K employs over 8,200 people including inde­ company o f debts it cannot pay), Sept. 1. 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