incident report New venue for market

March 6 - March 15

– Compiled by Genna Gold pierce college sheriff‘s station

3/6 - Student incident - Student reported someone had siphoned gas from her vehicle in Parking Lot 7.

3/10 - Found U.S. currency - Student found $5 on campus and turned it in to the sheriff’s office.

3/10 - Burglary, battery - A student attempted to steal a book from the campus bookstore, and pushed a security officer out of the way as he attempted to run during questioning. The student was arrested.

3/11 - Forgery, counterfeit money - A student was caught attempting to use a counterfeit $50 bill at the bookstore.

3/12 - Student incident - Two students were arguing over a parking spot in Parking Lot 7.

3/12 - Non-student incident - A non-student was cited for being on the softball field with an open container.

3/12 - Student incident - A student refused to leave his class, Math 1400, after the instructor asked him to.

3/13 - Student incident - A student got into the pool after he was told not to due to an in-progress swim practice class.

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Fairfax market that were willing to travel to the San Fernando Valley. Mieka May, a 22-year-old vendor that runs Le Boustique, a hand made jewelry and clothing boutique inside a 1961 Ford bus, is always ready to travel.

“When I was 15 years old, before I could legally work, my mom bought a booth at the market and I sold little handmade treasures that I would make. I raised money and got this bus, renovated it and turned it into a boutique,” May said. “Now I take it on the road and I’m my own boss. I’ve worked with the Melrose Trading Post for many years and we’re really excited about the new Taft market.”

Natalie Iturbe has been the vendor manager for the Fairfax Trading Post for the past three years and was on the consulting team that was charged with finding a new location.

“We were looking for a place specifically in the valley for Saturdays and we found the people at Taft were so excited,” Iturbe said.

“The booster club looked like they really had their business together, and they were actually supporting the school, which is very important to us. We looked at some other schools but Taft really was the best fit.”

In regards to other markets in the area such as the Topanga Vintage Market, Iturbe feels there is no conflict and the more going on in the valley the better.

“I think it’s better for both of us that we both exist out here. The fact that we’re on different days makes it so it’s not really a competition,”

Iturbe said. “It’s more like we’re making this area an establishment for this kind of event. I think it’s exciting that more things like this will be happening in the valley.”

For vendor Helene Layne, a documentary filmmaker who moved to the valley a year ago from Miami, being a part of the trading post was almost destined to occur.

“I was looking up the Melrose Trading Post because I had gone there and I was thinking about being a part of it but I live in the valley and thought I should do something here in my own home,” Layne said. “Then I saw this location was opening and I thought this was meant to be. I love the idea of supporting the high school.”

Layne buys small pottery from other markets and thrift stores and plants cacti she gets from a wholesaler. Being conscious of the drought, she uses her plants to make others aware of the value of repurposing goods and to be environmentally conscious.

“I met the writer of ‘The Secret’ and he said to do something that makes you happy,” Layne said. “I love working with nature and I love the idea of reusing the vases and the pottery, working with the environment and it’s a way to talk to people and engage them.”

The name Melrose Trading Post comes from the location of Fairfax High School, which is on the corners of Melrose and Fairfax, but the founders wanted to add something that embodied the spirit of what they wanted to accomplish with the market.

“Whitney and I at the time didn’t like the name ‘flea market’ so we

Cafeteria grand opening postponed a week Electrical and plumbing problems plague the new food court

Electrical and plumbing problems with the campus cafeteria pushed back the opening date to Tuesday, March 25, according to Larry Kraus, associate vice president of Administrative Services.

“The cafeteria is not open today,” Kraus said Monday, March 17. “We are running behind.”

John and Jahan Jomehri, brothers and co-owners of Lovebirds Cafe and Bakery said that they were unable to open on the scheduled date of March 17 due to electrical and plumbing problems with the building. The food court on the first floor of the Library/Learning Crossroads building has opened its doors to students. Students can sit in the food court as well as use the restroom facilities, but no food vendors have opened.

Lovebirds Cafe and Bakery has signed a nine month contract with Pierce College. They will be the temporary vendor on campus. There is no word on a long term vendor.

Students did not know that the cafeteria was going to be open on Monday, or that there even would be a cafeteria on campus.

“I was not even aware that we were supposed to have one,” freshman John Hardy said.

The plans for the soft opening on March 25 were tentative, in part, because the school did no advertising.

The Jomehri brothers are still looking for employees on campus for Lovebirds Cafe and Bakery. Interviews for students took place on Tuesday, March 18, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

A small menu is being planned that will include grab & go sandwiches, drinks, and hand squeezed fresh juices, according to the Jomehri brothers.

“If they want more, we will bring it,” John Jomehri said.

Agriculture fundraiser for furry college kid Proceeds raised will go toward board and care for the orphaned goat

Richard Zamora Roundup Reporter

Students in the Pierce College Agriculture Department have started a fundraiser on bonfirefunds. com in the hopes that they’ll be able to adopt one of the farms newest additions: an orphaned baby goat named Kronk.

The students are selling T-shirts, long sleeve shirts and sweatshirts all featuring a graphic of the little goat and the slogan “Kronk is Kool” to ensure that Kronk is able to live out his life on the Pierce farm.

“So far we have $167 dollars raised,” said Ingrid Alvarenga, a third year pre-veterinary major.

“Technically the animals pay for themselves to live here by producing eggs or producing babies.”

Kronk is a special case. Ian Lewis, a pre-veterinary science major, revealed the origin of the name “We take inspiration for the names of all the babies from different cartoons,” Lewis said.

“In the movie, ‘The emperor’s new groove’ one of the main characters is named Kronk and they never mention his mom.”

The story of the real Kronk’s mother is a reality of life on the farm.

The female goat died about a month and a half ago during kidding, the process of a goat giving birth. The students have tried to find Kronk another female to nurse him but have been unsuccessful.

“These animals have multiple litters so some have up to three babies of their own,” Lewis said.

“They only have two udders to give milk so if their own kids have to fight for them they won’t let some strange baby nurse from them.”

This has lead to the need for

Kronk to be bottle-fed. As a result, Kronk has grown very attached to the students, which is atypical according to Alvarenga.

“They’re gregarious animals,” Alvarenga said. “They usually go in groups so they’re never alone and they’ll follow the crowd.”

“Whenever we have animals that are adopted, they tend to take on their own personality outside of the species,” Lewis said. “If we walked into any of the pens the animals would scatter, but the ones that are bottle-fed are the ones that want to walk up to you.”

Greg Mruk, senior ag technician, explains what the “adoption” would entail.

“When they adopt an animal what that means is that animal cannot be sold for any purpose and becomes kind of like one of their mascots,” Mruk said. “By raising the money it helps pay for it’s feed and care going forward. I think its a great idea.”

One of the reasons that an animal we’re looking for an alternative name. I like the feel of ‘trading post’ because it felt like it was more than just money being exchanged, that there was a trade of good will,” Blaetz said. “And I just like those images of a western trading post that was a place where people gathered to find out what was going on in the community.”

MARKET: Pierson Blaetz and Whitney Weston, co-founders of the Melrose Trading Post, at the grand opening of the Melrose Trading Post March 15.

The Melrose Trading Post will feature vendors, food, and live music at the Taft High School parking lot on the corners of Winnetka and Ventura from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday. Pets are allowed on a leash for responsible owners. For more information on the event, visit melrosetradingpost. org.