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Elder abuse symposium asks question:

Could it happen to you?

June 22, 2012

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Long Beach Police Sgt. Janet Cooper told the audience that sexual abuse against the elderly is a serious but often unreported crime.

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Speaker after speaker at the Elder Abuse Symposium hammered away at the same point: this abuse is on the rise, and most people are taking it much too lightly.

Entitled “Could It Happen To You?” and hosted by the Alpert Jewish Community Center, 3801 E. Willow St., on Friday, June 15, the symposium featured 14 speakers who told unsettling stories and presented disturbing facts and figures pertaining to the abuse and neglect of elderly people.

The Long Beach Elder Abuse Prevention Team, in partnership with Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal– who could not attend the event because of budget deliberations in Sacramento– coordinated the event, which drew up to 225 people and coincided with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Reiterating the theme of the event, Long Beach Elder Abuse Prevention Team member Theresa Marino, who served as moderator, explained that elder abuse can happen to anyone regardless of their race, religion or socio-economic class.

Joseph Prevratil, the first featured speaker, agreed with Marino.

Prevratil, president and CEO of the Archstone Foundation, told the audience that crimes against seniors are far more widespread than most

people realize. “It is too often ignored,” he stressed. “An advanced society must find solutions to the problem of elder abuse and neglect.” Founded in 1995, the Long Beach-based Archstone Foundation is a private grant-making organization that provides funding to groups that meet the needs of the elderly, deal with abuse and neglect issues, and educate seniors on how to prevent falls.

Prevratil noted that, according to US federal government statistics, 5.7 million older adults (11 percent of the elderly population) experience one or more forms of elder abuse every year. He added that 4.1 million seniors live in California, and more than 1 million live in Southern California.

He also warned that, as more and more Baby Boomers are entering into old age, crimes against seniors are increasing. “As society ages, we should take steps now,” he insisted. “Elder abuse should not be the norm of what it means to be an elder.”

Richard Franco, a manager with Los Angeles County Adult Protective Services (APS), was next at the podium. He noted that in his 17 years with APS, he has seen every kind of elder abuse imaginable. “I wish I could say things are getting better, but they are not,” he said.

“People over 85 are the fastestgrowing population in the US, and

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After 20 years in a leased building in Signal Hill and one year at a South Street location, the Long Beach Junior Concert Band, which consists of young people ages 13 to 21, is in danger of not having a rehearsal space in a month.

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After 20 years in a leased building in Signal Hill and one year at a South Street location, Long Beach Junior Concert Band will be out on the street on July 16 if another facility isn’t found.

Organized in 1952 by director Marvin Marker, the Long Beach Junior Concert Band (LBJCB) serves as the official host youth band for the city of Long Beach. Young people ages 13 to

The Long Beach Junior Concert Band has won numerous trophies in its 60year history of providing young people opportunities to perform in one of three main sections: brass and woodwinds, syncopated drumming, and tall flags and dancing.

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To join, prospective members must audition and, if selected, pay dues of $10 per month. Dues cover uniform cleaning, insurance, bus transportation, fuel costs and truck maintenance.

Employees of LBJCB are not paid and donate their time on a volunteer basis.

Treasurer and former band member Carrie Daquiado said she logged in 800 hours on a six-month time sheet this month alone.

For 20 years, LBJCB had use of 10,000 square feet of facility they shared with Long Beach Oil and Gas at 3221 Industry Dr. in Signal Hill but were moved in April of last year to their current site at 2311 South St., which they share with a Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine after-school program and the Long Beach Heritage Museum.

LBJCB had hopes that the City would purchase the building that would become their permanent home. That didn’t happen, and now LBJCB must vacate in less than a month.

Because of city budget cuts, LBJCB has taken an enormous hit in financial support over the past two decades.

According to Daquiado, the City used to provide the band with $30,000 per year in the 1990s but those monies were slowly reduced until cut entirely in the early 2000s.

They no longer receive the yearly see BAND page 5

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COMMUNITY 2 SIGNAL TRIBUNE From church parking lot to six locations: the origins of our local farmers markets

JUNE 22, 2012

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Dale Whitney is the manager who oversees a total of six markets known collectively as the Harbor Area Farmers Markets.

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It is July 4, 1980, and 12 farmers are set up in a church parking lot. It is the first farmers market to open up in the Long Beach area. Dale Whitney, pastor for the

local Presbyterian church, emceed for the event and worked with the church team to make this day happen. More farmers markets followed, and soon there were three.

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the market manager, overseeing a total of six markets known collectively as the Harbor Area Farmers Markets (HAFM).

He is now at the Thursday Bixby Knolls market in sunglasses and a straw hat as farmers proudly share samples and make conversation with potential customers strolling the street. The nonprofit South Coast Interfaith Council (SCIC) sponsors this and all the other HAFM markets.

Whitney reports to the SCIC and consults with an advisory board. Day-to-day, he organizes the markets.

The day begins two hours before the given market opens. Whitney– or one of his other managers– and fellow workers set up for the day of business. The trash cans are set out. The sign disallowing house pets pops up. The information table with tote bags and recipe books (using market ingredients) appears. The manager checks that each farmer has his or her state-sponsored Certified Producer’s Certificate out. “That shows their customer it is a real farmer, and, if an inspector comes, that’s the first thing he’s going

to want to see,” Whitney explained.

“And it’s required that it is conspicuously displayed.”

The manager confirms each farmer is in his or her properly assigned location.

The spatial hierarchy goes by seniority; the veterans receive the best sales spots.

“There will already be farmers there in their spots that they’re used to but if there are any last-minute adjustments or friction between farmers because of boundary lines, that’s one of the first things...to make sure people are abiding by,” Whitney explained. “The manager basically gets there to make sure everybody’s in their best spot and the area is properly secured.”

Then it all begins. The customers arrive, and the manager oversees more day-to-day issues, helping customers as needed. The market caters to not only well-heeled foodies, but the needy. The markets are all equipped as needed to service low-income customers through social programs like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program. The market also participates in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (known as WIC) to provide $20 of redeemable vouchers at participating vendors. “We’ve always done [SNAP], and have even created our own (programs) that benefit lower-income folk,” Whitney said. For example, the HAFM created a program to provide coupons to persons above the age of 55 and with a

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Few may know that the farmers markets system began with a social-justice mission. It was the early ’70s. The now-defunct Interfaith Hunger Coalition was concerned with the rise of food deserts in low-income neighborhoods, i.e. places without easy access to healthy and affordable produce, often from poor transportation and a scarcity of quality supermarkets. The recent 1965 Watts Riots had decimated South Los Angeles.

“Supermarkets were burned down and never went back,” Whitney explained.

“There were nothing but liquor stores, with maybe bananas and apples and oranges, and all the rest is junk food.”

Simultaneously, the rise of agribusiness was pushing small, family farms out of business. “Without alternative marketing channels, the small family farmer was getting eaten up. They turned their stuff over to the packing house, and then they’d be sent a bill,” Whitney exclaimed. “They wouldn’t make any money because the packing house charges for picking and transporting and gobbledygook.” Farmers struggled to survive.

Yet state regulations had prohibited farmers and customers from gathering outside a commercial market. In response to farmer protest, then Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order. “It established the current system of Certified Farmers Markets as you see them,” Whitney said. Markets began opening in underserved neighborhoods, targeted at low-income shoppers. Farmers markets were mutually beneficial; they provided farmers with much needed, more direct income, and provided the poor with access to good, fresh produce.

It is June 2012. The first fruits of summer have arrived. The stone fruits– the ones with pits– are always first, Whitney explains. Peaches have cropped up.

Cherries, apricots, nectarines and plums also come with the summer, though they haven’t quite come in, save for one– the small and hard unripe plums mostly consumed by Middle Easterners.

The Thursday Bixby Knolls market has a speciality item of its own, a Filipino dish: balut. “It’s a chicken or a duck egg that’s been fertilized, and the embryo is allowed to develop for a couple of weeks, and then it’s growth is arrested inside the egg...so what you got is something that’s not a yolk inside the egg. It’s actually embryonic chicken,” Whitney explained. “If you can imagine a hardboiled egg that’s crunchy when you eat it, you’re getting close to what balut is.”

Meanwhile, Tenerelli Orchards over in Littlerock will return in July after a brutal cold wiped out their crops last year.

Whitney is in sunglasses and a straw hat. There are six markets now under the SCIC. Fruit samples spiked with toothpicks sit in small plastic cups. Recipe books wait at the information table.

Conversation is made. “There’s no comparison between a juicy, tasty peach or a plum...compared to the hard, ‘plastic’ but beautiful red plums for 39 cents a pound at the supermarket,” Whitney said. The market continues on as ever, 32 years strong.

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COMMUNITY

JUNE 22, 2012

GLACVCD confirms first case this year of West Nile Virus-positive mosquito sample

The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLACVCD) confirmed its first West Nile virus (WNV)-positive mosquito sample for the year, according to a press release it issued last week. The sample of mosquitoes was collected in Encino.

Statewide, there have been 91 positive mosquito samples identified across six counties. This is a dramatic increase from the five samples confirmed statewide this time last year, according to GLACVCD. “This is a reminder that West Nile virus continues to be a problem here in Los Angeles County,” said Susanne Kluh, director of Scientific-Technical Services for the District. “We can anticipate more activity as the season progresses.”

Kluh urges residents to take a proactive role in preventing mosquito breeding in their neighborhoods.

Any water left standing for more than one week in outdoor containers such as flower pots, fountains and pet dishes provides the perfect breeding habitat for mosquitoes, according to GLACVCD. Even the smallest amount of water accumulating on backyard trash can create a public health risk.

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GLACVCD recommends that, in addition to properly maintaining yards and properties, residents should make mosquito-bite prevention a priority this summer by using insect repellents containing the active ingredients DEET, Picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or IR3535 before going outdoors.

West Nile virus is transmitted to people and animals through the bite of an infected mosquito. One in five people infected with West Nile virus

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Tuesday announced the passage out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee of a bill to ensure that those convicted of human-trafficking crimes involving minors will not be able to keep the financial benefits reaped from those crimes.

“Human-trafficking crimes involving minors are reprehensible, and convicted perpetrators should not be able to keep the financial rewards from trafficking,” Harris said. “This bill will aid groups who are dedicated to helping victims.”

Senate Bill 1133, authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), will force perpetrators of human-trafficking crimes to forfeit any profits made from committing those crimes. The bill expands on the current list of assets that are currently subject to forfeiture. These resources will be used to aid the victims of human trafficking by providing resources for treatment and services. SB 1133 passed unani-

mously and will be heard next in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

“Sex trafficking of minors is a horrendous crime that is driven by the prospect of lucrative profits,” said Senator Leno. “This legislation aims to deprive convicted criminals of the financial resources and assets that would allow them to continue luring young people into the sex trade.

In turn, proceeds from those forfeitures would rightfully be used to help victims begin to repair their lives.”

“We have girls who come in literally wearing just the clothes on their back and the shoes on their feet,” said Alexandra Snyder, policy director of Courage House, who spoke in support of the legislation.

Harris is also sponsoring Assembly Bill 2466 (Preservation of Assets for Victims of Human Trafficking), by Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley), which will require that more victims of human traf-

ing the threat of WNV, residents can following these simple steps: • Eliminate standing water in clogged rain gutters, rain barrels, discarded tires, buckets, watering troughs or anything that holds water for more than a week • Ensure that swimming pools, spas and ponds are properly maintained • Change the water in pet dishes, birdbaths and other small containers weekly • Request free mosquitofish from the local vector control district for placement in out-of-order swimming pools, spas, and ponds • Report mosquito activity near vacant or foreclosed properties • Report neglected (green) swimming pools

will exhibit symptoms. Those symptoms usually occur between five and 15 days from infection and can include fever, headache, body aches, nausea, or a skin rash. One in 150 people infected with the virus will require hospitalization.

Severe symptoms include high fever, muscle weakness, neck stiffness, coma, paralysis and even death.

GLACVCD suggests consulting a physician if any of these symptoms occur following a mosquito bite. People at highest risk for severe cases of West Nile virus are the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.

The public is encouraged to report dead birds to help with West Nile virus surveillance and control efforts as birds play an important role in maintaining and spreading the virus. To contact the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), call their toll-free hotline at 877-WNV BIRD or visit them online at westnile.ca.gov .

For more information or to report a mosquito problem, contact the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District at (562) 944-9656 or visit glacvcd.org .

Attorney General Harris announces passage of human-trafficking legislation

Long Beach Marinas earn re-certification as ‘clean’

The three Long Beach Marinas– Shoreline, Rainbow and Alamitos Bay– have been re-certified as “Clean Marinas” by the Clean Marinas Program, a partnership of private marinas, government marinas and yacht clubs that promotes best environmental practices throughout California.

“We take great pride in our marinas, and our Clean Marinas recertification is a testament to our environmental stewardship,” said Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster.

To become certified, each marina is judged by an independent evaluation team. Criteria include Good Boat-Keeping Practices, Education, Marina Rules and Regulations, Spill Prevention and Rapid Clean-Up Plans, and Waste Disposal.

“We have adopted stringent environmental rules and best-man-

agement practices, and all of our Marina staff, including operations, maintenance, marine patrol, and rescue boat operators, are diligent in ensuring compliance with these rules,” said George Chapjian, director of Parks, Recreation and Marine.

The Clean Marina Program was instrumental in the State Water Quality Control Board’s determination that the marina industry in California was environmentally sensitive. More than 100 marinas have been certified as Clean Marinas since the program was established in 2004. Certification lasts five years.

For more information about the Clean Marina Program, visit cleanmarina.org .

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ficking receive restitution. AB 2466 will be heard in the Senate Public Safety on June 26.

This week, the attorney general also announced an innovative program with Yahoo! and Polaris Project to combat human trafficking, which, in the past five years, has largely migrated to the Internet. Through this joint effort, if key search words like “human trafficking” are entered into Yahoo! Search, Internet users will see a banner that states: “Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-3737888 to report sex trafficking, forced labor, or to get help.”

For more information, go to the Attorney General’s human-trafficking website at oag.ca.gov/ human-trafficking .

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THE LIVING AND THEIR LIVERS What Fourth annual Liver Life Walk Who Hosted by the American Liver Foundation (ALF) Where Newport Dunes, 1131 Back Bay Dr., Newport Beach When Saturday, June 23 More Info The walk will raise funds for up to 50,000 patients in Orange County and Long Beach alone who are battling liver disease and hepatitis. All proceeds will go toward the ALF’s mission: to promote liver-disease awareness and education and to support research toward the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease. Walk registration begins at 8am and ends at 10am, when the Walk begins.

Call Cortney Donato at (310) 670-4624.

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT What Shredding and e-waste collection Who Hosted by EDCO Where EDCO Recycling and Transfer Station, 2755 California Ave. When Saturday, June 23 from 9am to noon More Info Residents can bring up to three standard-size file boxes, or their equivalent in size, to the station for free and proper disposal. EDCO will also provide free mulch upon request. Contact Octavio Duran at (714) 522-3577 or email oduran@edcodisposal.com .

TO BRAVE THE EL CAPITAN What Family trip to watch Brave Who Hosted by The City of Signal Hill Where Meet at Signal Hill Youth Center, 1780 E. Hill St. When Saturday, June 23 from 9am to 4:30pm More Info Busses will depart from the Signal Youth Center for the El Capitan Theatre so families may view a screening of Brave. Participants will have time for lunch upon arrival. A stage show featuring Pixar and Disney characters will precede the film. Register at the Center or the Community Services Department at City Hall. All ages are welcome, tickets are required for children 2 or older, and all minors must be accompanied by a paying legal guardian or parent. The trip costs $15 for residents and $20 for non-residents. Space is limited. Contact the Community Services Department at (562) 989-7330.

LB SCHOOLS PUT THEIR STUDENTS IN JEOPARDY What Middle-school Jeopardy championship tournament Who Hosted by the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Where Stanford Middle School, 5871 Los Arcos St. When Saturday, June 23 from 10am to noon More Info The 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade Jeopardy champions from eight schools in the LBUSD– Bancroft, Cubberley, Hughes, Jefferson, Marshall, Rogers, Stanford and Washington– will face off against each other in a Jeopardy bout to win the district championship.

FROM 90805 WITH LOVE What Dine-Out 90805 Who Hosted by The North Long Beach Community Action Group (NLBCAG) Where Fatburger, 6780 Cherry Ave. When Monday, June 25 from 6:30pm to 8pm More Info The NLBCAG supports local business through its ongoing, monthly program to dine at community restaurants; this month’s location is Fatburger. The NLBCAG is a 501(c)(3) and was the first neighborhood group in Long Beach to win the 2008 Neighborhood of the Year. Call (562) 428-7710.

TOE-TAPPING CINEMA What Free public screening of Happy Feet 2 Who Presented by Signal Hill Petroleum in cooperation with the City of Signal Hill Community Services Department and the City of Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine Where Signal Hill Park, 2175 Cherry Ave. When Monday, June 25 at dusk, around 8pm More Info Place a lawn chair and blankets underneath a 29-foot inflatable screen for the screening. Popcorn will be free of charge, with drinks and other snacks available for purchase. Call the Community Services Department at (562) 9897330.

THE SOCIAL (SHARING) NETWORK What Sharing networks information meeting Who Hosted by the Rose Park Neighborhood Association Where Luther Burbank Elementary School Auditorium, 501 Junipero Ave. When Wednesday, June 27 from 6pm to 7:30pm More Info Sharing networks allow residents to meet their common needs and exchange their items, time and skills with little to no cost. Long Beach residents will conduct a panel discussion to teach the benefits and the ways of such networks.

Come earlier at 5:30pm for light refreshments from education nonprofit Garden of the Mind. Parking is available on the street. Email info@rpna.org or call (562) 3684877.

A BIKER’S BACK ROAD ADVENTURE THROUGH CHINA What Multi-media presentation on China Who Hosted by The Long Beach Qingdao Sister City Association (LBQA) Where Keesal, Young & Logan; 400 Oceangate, 14th floor When Wednesday, June 27 from 6pm to 7:30pm More Info Owner of Westminster Harley Davidson Craig Franz and international journalist Cary Mraz will deliver a multi-media presentation discussing their cultural observations while on the Harley Davidson Owners Group ride between China’s two largest cities, Shanghai and Qingdao. The event costs $15 per person, with light hors d'oeuvres, wine and Tsingtao beer provided.

THE LETTER OF THE LAW What Luncheon meeting and speaker Who Hosted by the Long Beach Lincoln Club Where 6201 E. Appian Way When Thursday, June 28 at noon More Info Professor of Law and Community Service John Eastman from Chapman University, Law School will breakdown the Supreme Court’s recent decisions.

The event costs $25 for members and $35 for non-members. RSVPs are necessary; email dkla1@verizon.net or call (562) 439-9390.

‘SUP? What Community supper Who Hosted by Bixby Knolls Supper Club Where Hof’s Hut, 4251 Long Beach Blvd.

When Monday, July 9 at 6:30pm More Info The Bixby Knolls Supper Club supports local restaurants by dining at them on slow Monday nights, and this time will dine at Hof’s Hut. The dinner includes a free individual pie for dessert and no corkage fee. RSVPs are necessary; email info@bixbyknollsinfo.com .

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? What Book club meeting Who Hosted by the Bixby Knolls Literary Society Where EXPO Arts Center, 4321 Atlantic Ave. When Tuesday, July 10 at 7pm More Info The Society will discuss Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Parking will be available on Atlantic Avenue, and refreshments will be provided. Call (562) 5950081 or email info@bixbyknollsinfo.com .

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OPINION

4 SIGNAL TRIBUNE

Thoughts from the Publisher

by Neena Strichart

Along with many other cities in California, Signal Hill has officially proclaimed July to be “Parks Make Life Better!” Month. Signal Hill City Mayor Tina Hansen officially designated next month as such Tuesday evening. At the beginning of the Council meeting, she presented Community Services Director Pilar Alcivar-McCoy with a proclamation to publically declare the importance of parks in our lives. Reading from the proclamation, Mayor Hansen said that the City wants to “urge the citizens to use and enjoy our parks and recreational opportunities.” I couldn’t agree more.

I grew up spending time in parks. Whether it was our very own Signal Hill Park, then called Hinshaw Park (named after our second mayor), Bixby Park down by the beach or Recreation Park across from Wilson High School, each of the open spaces was refreshing and a small chance to enjoy a bit of urban nature. Now with even more green spaces so close by (including Raymond Arbor Park– which is just a half-block from our home) the opportunities to get outside and wiggle my toes in the grass are greater than ever. Thanks to groups like the California Park and Recreation Society (CPRS), individuals and families are kept informed of great ways to utilize our public outdoor spaces. According to the CPRS website (cprs.org), they have created a California campaign to help raise the status and awareness of parks by assisting all 525 California’s park and recreation agencies to unite and deliver the branding message of “Parks Make Life Better!” The objectives of the branding are to build loyalty for parks and recreation services, heighten the profession's bargaining power and independence, stimulate growth, attract talented people to the profession, involve

the public and gain greater resources and support. It looks to me that they sure are on the right track.

In the summer, with parks morphing into more of an entertainment venue than during any other time of the year, many of us actually take advantage of our local parks. I know how much I enjoy the Long Beach and Signal Hill concerts in the park, as well as the extremely well-attended movies in the park sponsored by Signal Hill Petroleum. Last year, I saw the new Yogi Bear film on the blow-up screen at Signal Hill Park. What fun– and popcorn too.

Let’s all do our best to get out and enjoy our public park land this summer. It’s a bit of fresh air and nature located just under our noses!

Speaking of parks, I remember having a fabulous experience in 1984 at the beautiful El Dorado Park in East Long Beach. After months of anticipation, I got my tickets and went to see the athletes compete during the archery portion of the Olympic Games held right here in Long Beach. I also went and watched some of the fencing competition at the Long Beach Arena. It was so exciting at the time, and I am sure it is an experience I will never forget. I still find it difficult to believe it all took place 28 years ago.

This year, with the Olympic Games taking place in London, I will most surely be relegated to watching the events on the big screen in my living room. Since most of our readers are in the same boat– no plans for a trip to London to watch the festivities in person– I am excited to announce that we will publish a very special section saluting the 2012 Olympics on July 13 that will include details on the individual sports, local stories concerning the Olympics, a very extensive and easy-to-follow television guide and grid, as well as a couple pages of activities for kids or kids at heart. So, if you have an Olympics-related story (a recent tale or a story from long ago) or Summer Games photo you’d like to share with us, please do so. We’d love to hear from you. Please contact us at newspaper@signaltribune.com or give us a call at (562) 595-7900. Also, if you are a business owner and would like to advertise in our Olympics section, send us an email to advertising@signaltribune.com .

LETTERS

Good cause gone viral

JUNE 22, 2012

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Last week, we launched the next part of our campaign to bring awareness to the horrific trade of child sex trafficking. We released a video that gives viewers a glimpse into the gritty, disturbing world of child sex trafficking [at] tinyurl.com/LAChildSexTrafficking. The awareness video includes interviews with a child sex trafficking survivor, an undercover sheriff and the two probation-department workers who have gone above and beyond their regular duties, spending countless hours of their personal time to shine a light on this travesty and advocate for rehabilitation and healing that is specific for victims of this crime.

The video has since gone viral, appearing on The Huffington Post and KTLA News. It has been viewed in over 87 countries and been shared over 1,000 times. Our efforts to expose this horrifying industry are becoming internationally known, and people in neighborhoods are beginning to understand this is a local issue, not just an issue “over there.”

I appreciate all you have done to help us spread our message. Keep sharing the video with your friends and families. It is an issue that can only be fixed with more public awareness.

Signal Hill Mayor Tina Hansen (right) issues a proclamation to the Community Services Department that declared July to be “Parks Make Life Better!” Month. Community Services Director Pilar Alcivar-McCoy (left) accepts the proclamation on behalf of her department during the Tuesday night Council meeting.

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A grave matter

Today I received a disturbing phone call from my 70-year-old mother. She was at her grandparent’s grave site at Sunny Side Mortuary in Signal Hill, CA. Along with her grandparents being buried at Sunny Side, there are approximately 10 other family members buried at the same site.

Today my mother discovered that the solid marble headstones of her grandparents were missing and a small metal headstone was put in its place. The police were called out to the site, and the officer noticed many headstones from this old cemetery are missing. The mortuary responded by saying they didn’t have the equipment to remove the headstones but there was a backhoe about 20 feet away that could pick up a 300-pound headstone.

The police said they are going to turn this problem over to investigators. This is a heartbreaking problem for my family, and I do not wish this to happen to any other family. I believe it is important to inform your readers of this problem so other people can check on their loved ones.

Linda Ray Long Beach

Don Knabe LA County Supervisor

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$30,000 and are now searching for a space where their students can rehearse. Relying entirely on members’ dues and fundraising efforts, Daquiado says the band can afford no more than $500 per month in rent in addition to insurance costs that may be required.

“When the budget started getting cut, they stopped giving us cash money, just the lease of the building,” said Daquiado. “And we said that was fine. This provides us with a roof over our heads. We can rehearse. We can practice. We can do whatever we need to do. It gave us storage and everything else.

“When [the City] cut the budgets even more, they were not going to renew that lease [in Signal Hill],” Daquiado said. “They moved us into the current building we’re in. They don’t want to renew the lease on that one. So now we’re on the street.”

The band needs a 4,000-squarefoot space to accommodate an indoor rehearsal area, music library, one desk, three containers and two trucks.

Busses used to transport the band to performances are rented. LBJCB also has over 85 trophies to display– some over six feet tall– that have been collected over 60 years.

Since the 1960s, its outdoor marching rehearsals have been held at a short-term Boeing parking lot near Globemaster Way and Wardlow Road.

Indoor rehearsals are scheduled two to three times a week and require a sizeable area.

“Their needs are that they not only have to store all of that [equipment], they have to have a location where they can practice, and that requires a very large room,” said 8th District Councilmember Rae Gabelich. “It boggles my mind why we can’t find something in the city of Long Beach.”

LBJCB reached out to Long Beach Unified School District for help in February. The group met with Super-

intendent Chris Steinhauser, who suggested Beach High School at 3701 E. Willow St. as a possible rehearsal space. LBJCB President Jim Mitchell met with school principal Matthew Saldana but was unable to make the space work. The rental and permit would total about $10,000 per year to use their auditorium, and rehearsal in the evening would be impossible since the band’s drum section is loud and evening classes would be in session until 8pm.

Whether there are other options with the vast amount of property LBUSD owns is unknown. Calls to Steinhauser were not returned by press time.

In April, Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association Executive Director Blair Cohn invited LBJCB’s board of directors to tour the Expo Center, and all parties initially determined the space would work. Shortly thereafter, the city manager’s office pulled the plug, citing that the facility may be put up for sale.

“We can’t enter into any agreements with anybody right now because the status of the building is uncertain,” said Cohn. “It’s on this list of properties that were transferred from redevelopment to the City that are ‘on the chopping block’ that the state wants sold.”

Even to relocate LBJCB temporarily to the Expo is not an option. “We don’t know what the status is, so we can’t enter into an agreement, have them move in and then all of a sudden be told to move everybody out,” Cohn said. Additionally, the fire marshal prohibited the space upstairs tagged for band rehearsal from assembly there because it only has one exit.

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster’s office reports that they were able to find temporary storage for LBJCB’s trucks and containers at Price Transfer, a trucking company located near Santa Fe Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard.

“Apparently, the mayor heard about this back in the middle of May,”

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said Stacey Toda, Foster’s deputy chief of staff. “He heard at the time they needed a place for storage. So that’s when our office was able to connect the concert band with Price Transfer. It’s only been the past couple weeks when we started to understand more than just storage [is needed].”

Daquiado has physically toured numerous buildings and approached companies in and around Long Beach pleading for any available space.

Although grateful for the mayor’s help, Daquiado said the City Council has known for 16 months that the lease for the South Street property would be up this August and that follow-up from city officials has been a problem.

“On May 29 of this year, Mr. Mitchell sent an email to the city manager’s office giving him an update on our status and the awareness of the Expo building declination that we received,” wrote Daquiado in an email. “Mr. Mitchell also inquired about the possible use of the former army facility (Schroeder Hall) on Willow that is vacant. We have not received a response to this possibil-

ity yet.” City Manager Patrick H. West could not be reached for comment.

“We’re still talking to [Daquiado] and just trying to help find another space for [them],” Toda said. “The inquiries are still out. We’re still working with them. We’re happy to do this because we all know the concert band’s a great asset to the city and the community.”

LBJCB has been both a staple and a tradition in Long Beach. “Both my niece and my nephew were part of the junior concert band,” said Gabelich. “I think you can find many families that have been here for a long time that can say that.”

To lend assistance to the LBJCB or suggest a rehearsal space, email lbjcb@aol.com or call Daquiado at (310) 698-9815.

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6 SIGNAL TRIBUNE Signal Hill City Council approves new economic aid program for Office Depot CJ Dablo Staff Writer

The Signal Hill City Council took several actions on Tuesday night that established a new economic assistance program for Office Depot on a local level, which includes a 70-percent sales-tax rebate.

The company offers a major revenue stream for both the cities of Signal Hill and Long Beach. The distribution center– located in Long Beach and Signal Hill– takes up about 600,000 square feet. The company also has warehouses, offices and retail stores in the area.

The cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill have made financialassistance agreements before with Office Depot, but a City of Signal Hill staff report suggests that the cities could have lost the company’s business without such continued financial aid. Office Depot has hinted that it was considering other areas to relocate its operations.

More recently, the company mentioned the Inland Empire and the Central Valley, places where an Office Depot official noted in a letter that the rents were about 40 per-

cent less than in Long Beach and Signal Hill.

It’s a significant tax rebate for the business that sells everything from crayons to computers, but Signal Hill still enjoys and depends upon a significant amount of the tax revenue generated by Office Depot.

In his report, Signal Hill City Manager Ken Farfsing acknowledged the critical role that Office Depot plays in the city since the company is one of the top 25 sales-tax producers for the city which relies on sales-tax revenue.

“The City and…our redevelopment agency believe that the loss of Office Depot revenues would have a dramatic impact on the City’s ability to provide municipal services,” Farfsing said Tuesday night.

According to the agreement, the City would collect from Office Depot at least $500,000 in minimum city taxes from January to June 2013.

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Signal Hill Mayor Tina Hansen (center) presents the Second-Quarter Sustainability Award to Signal Hill Petroleum representatives on June 19 at the City Council meeting. Rachel Stocking (left) and Amanda Barto (right) accepted the award on behalf of Signal Hill Petroleum, which was recognized Tuesday for incorporating “sustainable energy production” methods in its operations.

be proportionately reduced, according to Farfsing’s report. The report details the threshold amounts and notes that in the second fiscal year, Office Depot must generate a total of $2 million in sales-tax revenue.

Beyond the promise of a continued revenue stream from sales taxes, Office Depot dangled one extra incentive for the city officials to approve the program. The company mentioned possible plans to establish a new e-commerce business division in an existing facility in the Long Beach/Signal Hill area.

This would mean more revenue, but it would also mean more jobs as well. According to a letter from Office Depot that was provided in the staff report, this business expansion is estimated to increase the number of associate employees from 486 to 500. Office Depot has not said when the e-commerce business division would start its new local operations, but the performance thresholds in the agreement are based on numbers that include revenue coming from the new ecommerce business, according to Farfsing in a follow-up telephone interview Wednesday. Farfsing estimated that the logistics of establishing this division could take a few months.

The choice seemed clear to Mayor Tina Hansen, who voted with the other four council members in favor of the Office Depot economic assistance package. She said that both cities want to keep vibrant businesses in the area, especially along a major business corridor. She drew a picture of what it would be like for Long Beach and Signal Hill to lose a major company in the region.

“And to have such a major corridor...lose their tenants and just be sitting there vacant is certainly not the picture that either city would like to present,” Hansen concluded.

Officials from both cities acknowledge that they’ve made a joint effort to give Office Depot an incentive to stay in the area, instead of competing over the tax revenue.

The city manager’s report explained that the new arrangement will divide the sales-tax revenue, allocating 60 percent to Signal Hill and 40 percent to Long Beach, after Office Depot takes advantage of their rebate.

Long Beach Deputy City Manager Reginald Harrison spoke to the Signal Hill Council members to praise their decision and collaborative efforts.

“The spirit of cooperation that we’ve demonstrated in working through these issues, I think, is exemplary,” Harrison said, noting both Long Beach and Signal Hill’s efforts to reach an agreement.

“I think this is the way forward for us,” Harrison added.

The Long Beach City Council must also approve the agreement in a future City Council meeting.

Other City Council highlights: Redevelopment loan The City Council and the Successor Agency voted unanimously to approve a recommendation that would restate repayment terms for a $10 million loan that the City offered to the former redevelopment agency to purchase property. The new loan terms with a new interest rate will have to be ultimately approved by the Oversight Board and the California Department of Finance.

Budget The City Council unanimously passed a resolution that adopted the operating and capital budget for FY 2012-13.

Vice Mayor Michael Noll praised the City’s ability to keep a balanced budget for two years in a row without having to use the reserve funds.

Second-Quarter Sustainability Award Hansen issued this quarter’s sustainability award to Signal Hill Petroleum and recognized the company for its efforts to incorporate “sustainable energy production” methods in its operations.

Volunteer recognition Hansen recognized a group from The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints Long Beach East Stake. A group from this church, along with other volunteers from the community, joined forces with the City’s public works department and the Long Beach Unified School District’s painting division to paint a fence at Alvarado Elementary School during the mayor’s clean-up event in April.

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Painkillers: Who is to blame for overdosing or over-prescribing?

Submitted by Chaka Soulemane, RN

Prescription medications are being abused by Americans in plethoric amounts, and rapidly growing is this deadly epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse. Most people use prescription medications responsibly, however, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Two million people reported using prescription painkillers non-medically,” that is, for such reasons other than prescribed.

It seems that people seeking a “high” or euphoric feeling from pain medication is what most often leads to overdosing. Yet, misuse of painkillers may also be caused by the miseducation of consumers.

Nearly three out of four prescription drug overdoses are caused by prescribed painkillers, according to the CDC. The most common abused

painkillers are opioids, amphetamines and benzodiazepines, also known as benzos. Opioids are derived from the opium poppy seed and can be found in popular trade names like Vicodin, Oxycontin and Fentanyl. Amphetamine-like drugs affect the central nervous system and are used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; the drugs Ritalin and Adderall can be held responsible for that effect. Benzos also effect the central nervous system and are used to induce sleep, preclude seizures and alleviate anxiety. These factors can be found in Xanax, Valium and Ativan.

There is no question as to the illicit use of pain medications across the nation, but who is to blame for this misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers? Is it the inadequate pain assessment or follow-up evaluations made by healthcare providers or the high accessibility to spurious pain clinics or the pharmacy at every cor-

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Obviously, pointing the finger is not the answer, but maybe looking towards the prevention is. Tell your doctor about your complete medical history and if you are getting prescriptions from other physicians.

Take charge of your health by educating yourself about side effects that you are unsure of by asking the doctor to use the smallest dose of pain medication that is most effective.

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Medicare can help cover costs of kidney dialysis and transplants A diagnosis of kidney failure could be a real shock, and it’s becoming more common as the number of Americans with diabetes and high blood pressure grows. But even with this serious diagnosis, you can survive and move on.

Medicare can help. The program helps pay for kidney dialysis as well as kidney transplants.

Chronic kidney disease is a serious health problem in the United States. In 2010, more than 20 million Americans aged 20 and older had this disease. And in 2008, nearly 550,000 Americans were getting treated for end-stage renal disease, or ESRD, which is permanent kidney failure.

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JUNE 22, 2012

St. Vincent’s PR deputy director named asst. director of Little League’s Western Region Brian Pickering, who has served as deputy director of public relations for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Council of Los Angeles since 2001, has been named assistant director in Little League’s Western Region, according to Stephen D. Keener, president and chief executive officer of Little League Baseball and Softball. The Western Region office, known as the Little League Western Region Headquarters Complex, is located in San Bernardino.

“Brian has been involved with several professional baseball organizations in a number of different capacities, giving him varied professional experience that should provide a solid foundation in his work with our Western Region,” Keener said. “Most of his background is in the communications field, which should help him connect with our large number of volunteers in the region.”

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Council of Los Angeles is a nonprofit,

charitable organization that provides one-on-one services for people of all ages, races and religions to help improve their quality of life. Some of the many services provided include home visits to those in need, a camp program, shelters for the homeless, a new family housing complex, counseling, food distribution and a thrift store operation to help support the above mentioned programs.

Pickering was responsible for the nonprofit’s newsletters and annual reports, organizing and coordinating press conferences, and producing press releases while developing and implementing special events.

Pickering graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in communications and has served in a number of different capacities for the Los Angeles Dodgers Public Relations Department.

He has contributed stories for Dodgers magazine in addition to being a research and statistics coordinator for the Dodgers’ English and Spanish radio and television teams. He has also worked two World Baseball Classics and served in administrative positions with the Fresno and Bakersfield minor league teams in the Single-A California League.

In his new position with Little League, Pickering will assist Region Director Jim Gerstenslager and Assistant Director Dave Bonham with the operation of the region headquarters.

Some of those duties will include working with leagues throughout the region to enhance operations, developing and implementing training programs and the operation of tournaments, including the annual West Region Little League Softball Tournament and the Northwest and West Region Little League Baseball Tournaments.

“I am excited to be involved in Little League,” Pickering said. “To be part of an organization that is well respected and helps shape the lives and character of today’s young people

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Brian Pickering served as deputy director of public relations for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Council of Los Angeles before recently being named assistant director in Little League’s Western Region.

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Red Cross launches First-Aid app to give smartphone users life-saving information The American Red Cross has launched its official First-Aid app, putting free and simple life-saving information right in the hands of smartphone users.

The app is the first in a series to be devised by the organization, and it’s the only First-Aid app created or endorsed by the American Red Cross for use on both the Android and iPhone platforms.

It gives instant access to information on how to handle the most common FirstAid situations and includes videos and interactive quizzes. Users who take quizzes can earn badges they can share with friends through social media to show off their life-saving knowledge.

Because of the rapid increase in smartphone users, the app takes critical First-Aid information normally stored on bookshelves and in pamphlets and places it at the fingertips of tens of millions of individuals. The app also includes trusted Red Cross disaster preparedness information for a number of

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“American Red Cross First-Aid app users have expert advice in the palm of their hands,” said Margaret Arbini Madonna, CEO of American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles. “The app is simple to use and will aid those in an emergency, whether it’s in the back yard, in the conference room or anywhere in between.”

Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council Chair Dr. David Markenson said the app is a free and easy way to get life-saving First-Aid instruction and disaster-preparedness information anytime, anywhere. “Everyone should load this onto their smartphone as an important first step in learning what to do for medical emergencies and in creating a family-preparedness plan,” he said.

The app features include: • Simple step-by-step instructions for everyday First-Aid scenarios • Prioritized steps to take during an emergency, with 9-1-1 call button

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The app is free and available for iPhone and Android users. Find the app in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for Android by searching for American Red Cross.

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10 SIGNAL TRIBUNE NEWS SH Community Foundation offers up another round of personalized Hilltop Park bricks

The Signal Hill Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit devoted to supporting and funding the community, is inviting locals to add their own personalized, engraved brick to Hilltop Park.

Hilltop Park, once the home of oil wells and scarcely any vegetation, allows onlookers wide-rang-

ing views as far as Rancho Palos Verdes, or even the Hollywood sign on a clear day.

The bricks are installed two to three times annually. Up to three lines are available for inscription.

The first line costs $50, the second line costs $75, and the third line costs $100. Donors will receive a

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commemorative certificate as a keepsake for each personalized brick. Payments are tax-deductible and support the Signal Hill Public Library.

For more information, call the Community Services Department at (562) 989-7330. Visit cityofsignalhill.org/library for the order form.

Courtesy City of Signal Hill

An inscription reads “To Good Friends” on one brick of many in Hilltop Park. The nonprofit Signal Hill Community Foundation invites locals to add their own personalized, engraved brick to the park.

Free Summer Fun Day to include concert and more

Fourth District Councilmember Patrick O’Donnell will host a “Summer Fun Day” picnic and concert at Whaley Park, 5620 E. Atherton St., on Sunday, June 24 at 3pm.

The event will feature family

activities such as face-painting, balloon artists and bouncers, as well as a live performance by the Elm Street Band.

“It is starting to feel like summer, and this gathering is a great opportunity for residents to cele-

brate the summer season alongside family and friends,” said O’Donnell.

The live concert will begin at 4pm. The event is open to the public and free of charge.

Local independent energy producer Signal Hill Petroleum will sponsor its seventh year of Long Beach Movies in the Park, the summer-long event that provides 30 days of movies at 28 Long Beach parks from June through August.

The series will kick off Monday, June 25 at Signal Hill Park, 2175 Cherry Ave., with a showing of Happy Feet 2. The summermovie finale will be Moneyball,

starring Brad Pitt, which will be shown at Blair Field Park, 4700 Deukmejian Dr., on Friday, Aug. 31. Moneyball was partly filmed at Blair Field Park, so attendees will have the opportunity to watch the movie in the stadium where the movie was filmed.

The movie line-up will also include Happy Feet 2, The Adventures of Tintin, Kung Fu Panda II, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, The Muppets, The

Smurfs, Mars Needs Moms, Cars 2, Puss in Boots and Dolphin Tale.

The sponsorship is part of a partnership between Signal Hill Petroleum and the City of Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine. Signal Hill Petroleum will be sponsoring the program through 2015.

For the movie schedule, visit shpi.net/community/Longbeachmoviesinthepark2012 .

The Neighborhood Resource Center and Union Bank will present a “First-Time Home Buyer” workshop on Saturday, June 23 from 10am to 1pm at 1900 Atlantic Ave. in the second-floor conference room. The workshop is free, and free parking will be available behind the Union Bank building.

Representatives from Union Bank and Operation HOPE Financial Dignity Center Long Beach

will discuss the home-buying process, including preparing for home ownership, why credit scores are important for mortgage approval, and the pros and cons of owning versus renting.

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S T 11 CULTURE It’s about time for LB Playhouse’s MTW to present regional premiere of Monty Python’s Spamalot existential play Cloud Tectonics JUNE 22, 2012

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Musical Theatre West (MTW) has announced the opening of the regional premiere of Monty Python’s Spamalot, which will preview Friday, June 29 with an opening night on Friday, June 30. The production will run for 14 performances through July 15, and it will include the original Broadway sets and costumes. Each Musical Theatre West production is created from the ground up at its rehearsal studios in Long Beach using a blend of both professional actors from Broadway, Hollywood and national tours, as well as local talent.

Davis Gaines, who has per-

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formed the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera more than 2,000 times, will play the role of King Arthur.

According to a press release by MTW, Gaines has performed as the Phantom for more than 5 million people during his run on Broadway, in Los Angeles and in San Francisco, where he received the Bay Area Critics’ Award for Best Actor.

Gaines returns to MTW after his roles as Don Quixote (Cervantes) in Man of La Mancha and Richard Henry Lee in MTW’s 2010 production of 1776.

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In Cloud Tectonics, playwright Jose Rivera asks more questions than he attempts to answer. He takes his audience on a flight of fancy somewhere within a time/space continuum that exists in parallel with modern-day Los Angeles. Yet the play’s LA is not the city we know. Indeed the metropolis that provides the setting for Cloud Tectonics experiences devastating earthquakes and torrential rains the likes of which even our center of seismic activity has never known.

Heading home on a night of extraordinarily heavy rainfall, 25year-old airline baggage handler Anibal de la Luna (Daniel Penilla) encounters very pregnant Celestina del Sol (Leah Steiner).

On discovering she has nowhere to go, and promising to be a perfect gentleman, Anibal persuades her to come home with him. He is a decent man seeking only to do the right thing.

Celestina is a strange young woman, at once hip to modern culture and profoundly challenged with respect to the passage of time. She has no idea how old she is, when her baby was conceived, nor when she is due to give birth.

She has travelled the country in search of the mysterious man who impregnated her.

Anibal and Celestina are attracted to one another, in spite of her determination to find her lover and Anibal’s long-term commitment to a woman. At Celestina’s urging, the two kiss and caress.

Circumstances intercede such that they never manage to make love.

In the meantime, Anibal notices that all of the clocks in his house have stopped. Two visits that evening from his brother Nelson (David Santana), which turn out to be two years apart, lend overwhelming credibility to

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Celestina’s claims regarding her unusual relationship to time.

Cloud Tectonics is intoxicating in its sensuality, which captivates its audience through mesmerizing performances by Penilla and Steiner. The gentle affection that develops between them is jarred out of its trance-like dream state by the arrival of the coarse-mannered Nelson, who is on short leave from military service. But even his crudeness is quickly softened by the presence of Celestina.

Santana’s portrayal of Nelson is also outstanding.

Every audience member is bound to derive something different from Cloud Tectonics. One’s own history of loves experienced and loves lost is bound to determine one’s interpretation of the play.

Is Rivera suggesting that time stands still when someone falls in love? Is Celestina intended to embody some commonly held fantasy of the ideal woman– a perfect 10? And what of the reality that an immortal woman, who can only love a man who will eventually age, can never know lifelong love of someone with whom she can grow old?

A thought-provoking ending brings the play to what seems an appropriate conclusion, to the extent that an existential play such as this is even capable of a meaningful close.

While Cloud Tectonics exemplifies mostly excellent writing in its economical 90-minute single act, its dialogue is sometimes annoyingly literal.

Jonathan David Lewis renders wonderful sound effects, including the constant rain on the roof, the more intense sound of rain when the door is opened, and the sound of a car driving away.

Director Olivia Trevino makes all the right calls in this fine production.

Drivers– Before opening your door, check your rear-view mirror for bicyclists

Photos courtesy LBPH

Cloud Tectonics continues at the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre through July 7. General admission tickets are $24, senior tickets are $21 and student tickets are $14 with valid student ID. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, with Sunday matinees at 2pm. The Long Beach Playhouse is located at 5021 E. Anaheim St. Call (562) 494-1014 for reservations and information.

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12 SIGNAL TRIBUNE COMMUNITY Rancho Los Alamitos opens new center, restores historic barns area and gardens

The June 10 public grand opening of Rancho Los Alamitos’s new rancho center marked the culmination of a long-term comprehensive restoration and preservation process that has transformed this destination that helps to tell the story of Southern California.

After more than two decades of careful restoration and thoughtful transformation, Rancho Los Alamitos/Povuu’ngna– a nationally significant cultural landmark and “sacred site” that reopened to the public with a new rancho center and restored historic Barns Area and Gardens, providing exhibition spaces that will greatly enhance its awardwinning programs and free visitor experiences.

Envisioned and implemented by the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation, the new Rancho Center and Barns Area Restoration Project was constructed in multiple phases over a period of five years. The $14 million transformation retained the authentic character of the former working ranch through careful restoration and reconstruction efforts of the entire site, guided by meticulous research using RLA’s extensive archive of historic photographs, drawings and oral histories from former ranch workers and the Bixby family, according to a press release issued by Finn Partners Arts, an LA public relations firm.

The completed transformation also addressed the need to move the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation’s offices out of the historic

Ranch House into new spaces.

While the Foundation offices are to be relocated to the Rancho Center’s lower floor, a new bookstore and classroom have been built in the restored barnyard area and sited in the footprint of Fred Bixby’s old car garage. The Foundation will turn next to the restoration of the Ranch House areas that had been previously used as administrative spaces.

“The moment to unveil Rancho Los Alamitos’ new and rejuvenated incarnation is finally here, and we are so delighted to begin this new chapter that steps up our commitment to preserve this extraordinary place and offer visitors a unique learning experience,” said Preston Hotchkis, chair of the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation Board of Trustees.

“In addition to being a gorgeous site, Rancho Los Alamitos is a place where nature and culture are brought together by the passage of time to weave a tapestry of past, present and future.”

The new 13,000-square-foot Rancho Center is a blend of historic and contemporary architecture using a 1948 horse barn as the historic core for the new, larger structure. With new exhibition, education and programming space, this latest addition provides visitors new and engaging ways to connect with the story of the landscape and its inhabitants over time. Designed by the renowned historic preservation architect Stephen J. Farneth, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and co-founder of the Architectural Resources Group in

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A 1948 horse barn serves as the historic core for the newly renovated 13,000-square-foot Rancho Center.

San Francisco, the Rancho Center is the centerpiece of Rancho Los Alamitos’s transformation. It was born out of the desire to expand the capacity for public education and programming while also ensuring historic preservation of the site.

The Rancho Center’s interior environment, including the new innovative exhibition “Rancho Los Alamitos – Ever Changing, Always the Same,” designed by William S. Wells and Claudia Jurmain, offers visitors a first chance to learn about the story of the place and its inhabitants over time through personal narratives, photos, oral histories and reproductions of historic documents.

Theater and History rooms are interwoven with themes that capture changes to the landscape and

its culture across time: “Renewing Possibilities,” “Natives and Newcomers” and “Borders and Boundaries.”

In the Rancho Room, a 25foot-by-25-foot floor map displays the changing borders of the Rancho within the regional context, past and present, while large-scale watercolor murals by the late renowned illustrator and graphic designer Dugald Stermer cover the multi-purpose Rancho Room’s walls and convey the relation between people and place, climate, and the vital role of water.

Both the History Room exhibition and the award-winning video Rancho Los Alamitos: An Island in Time screening in the theater feature an untapped archive of original source materi-

als– ledgers, letters and oral histories– that describe those who lived and worked there over time, including Indian workers, Chinese immigrants, Mexican ranchhand families, Belgian tenant farmers and Japanese lease farmers. The exhibition displays names and nicknames written in John Bixby’s 19th Century ledgers that offer a snapshot of the diverse rancho community more than 100 years ago. The ledgers show Augustine Old Basque, Old Charlie Swede, Black Frenchman, John Italian, Old Irishman, Manuel Portuguese, Old Glory Mexican, Foolish Boy, George Big Dutchman, Ah Yoon, Ah Fan, Chiyo Kawanami Ohira and Tom Elliot see RANCHO page 14

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many of them are highly vulnerable to being harmed by someone.” He stressed that many seniors fall prey to one or more forms of abuse every year, but only a fraction of abuse cases is reported to authorities. “We need to have more people aware of what abuse looks like, and more people involved in preventing it and stopping it.”

The next speaker was Ralph Pascual, APS supervisor. He defined various forms of elder abuse. “Physical abuse is the intentional use of force causing pain or bodily harm,” he said.

“Psychological abuse is the intentional infliction of mental suffering by the use of intimidation or threats.”

Pascual stressed that neglect is another form of abuse, and while it may or may not be intentional, it can lead to serious harm or death.

“Neglect is the failure of a caregiver to meet his or her obligation to maintain an elder or dependent adult’s health and well-being,” he said. Neglect includes the failure to feed, hydrate, bathe or medicate an elderly person who is not able to do those things on their own.

Pascual also discussed selfneglect. “This involves giving little or no attention to one’s own household or personal care and could include hoarding,” he added.

According to Pascual, while all the above-mentioned forms of abuse directly assail an elderly person’s physical and emotional health, elderly financial abuse– also rising– can significantly impact a victim’s physical and emotional health. “Financial abuse is the taking, secreting, appropriating or retaining of real or personal property including cash and bank accounts of an elder or dependent adult,” he explained.

Pascual also noted that caregivers sometimes isolate, abandon or abduct elderly people in order to hide other forms of abuse.

Later in the symposium, Long Beach Police Department Sgt. Janet Cooper spoke about another crime against seniors – sexual abuse. She explained that any kind of sexual contact without consent is a crime punishable by law, but many cases of elder sexual abuse are never reported to the police.

Another speaker, Corrina Gallegos, noted that the various forms of elder abuse can happen in nursing homes and residential care facilities. Gallegos is a social worker employed by Wise and Healthy Aging, the agency that manages Los Angeles County’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. The agency is charged with investigating reports of suspected abuse in long-term care facilities.

Those who suspect elder abuse or neglect can contact the follow-

Theresa Marino, who moderated the symposium, is a member of the Long Beach Elder Abuse Prevention Team. She warned that no senior is immune from elder abuse.

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33-year-old motorcyclist succumbs to injuries sustained in collision with truck

Officers from the Long Beach Police Department were dispatched to a traffic collision in the 5500 block of Pacific Coast Highway that resulted in the death of an adult male on Saturday, June 16, at approximately 8:07pm.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a motorcyclist traveling northbound on Pacific Coast Highway at a high rate of speed hit a pick-up truck traveling southbound that was attempting to make a left turn. The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. He is currently only being identified as a 33-year-old Long Beach resi-

dent, pending notification to his family.

The driver of the truck, a 66year-old Long Beach resident, was interviewed, cited for making an unsafe left turn and released.

The investigation is ongoing, and anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may have information is asked to contact Long Beach Police Department Accident Investigations Detective Dave Lauro at (562) 570-7322. Anonymous tips via web or text may be submitted by visiting tipsoft.com .

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The complete restoration of the historic Barns Area has reestablished the authentic working ranch look and feel of the early-mid 20th Century barnyard in an undertaking that included relocating, seismic retrofitting and restoring five agricultural structures to recapture the layout and character of the historic working Ranch. Working corrals, rabbit hutches and a duck pond were also restored to once again house the Shires and draft horses, rabbits, ducks and chickens who will return home to the ranch to stay.

One example of the foundation’s stewardship of the site and the conservationist ethos that guides its work is the fact that Rancho Los Alamitos is the first historic site on the West Coast to adopt geothermal technology.

Hidden underneath the barnyard area, the geothermal system supports the heating and air-conditioning systems of the Rancho Center and the bookshop/classroom, minimizes the ecological footprint of the new structures and preserves the tranquility of the site. The geothermal project involved installing 22,000 vertical feet of piping in 30 bores, each extending to 350 feet below the ground. The piping is filled with water, and the earth’s constant temperature of 68 degrees is used to keep the water coming into and out of the building’s heating and air-conditioning systems at that temperature, thus requiring the use of very little energy for heating and cooling.

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Rancho Los Alamitos’s four acres of historic gardens are a key contribution to invigorating visitor experiences. The 1920s and 1930s gardens invite visitors to meander among displays of native flora. The theme of “Natives and Newcomers” not only describes inhabitants and laborers at Rancho Los Alamitos but is directly tied to the vegetation, including native wildlife and additions to the landscape made by successive stewards of the property.

As visitors can now experience the reinvigorated site in a new light through the Rancho Center’s permanent exhibition and learning spaces, they are also able to enjoy a special Grand Opening Year program that includes an array of public programs and symposia centered on Rancho’s commitment to enriching cultural dialogue. As part of fostering critical discussion around issues that the Rancho landscape highlights, the 2012 Conversations in Place speaker series features: California historian and author, Kevin Starr; Marc Pachter, interim director of the National Museum of American History and former director of the National Portrait Gallery; and renowned anthropologist Peter Nabokov, among other scholars and designers, exchanging ideas about how issues of importance “back then” at the Rancho carry forward into today and the future.

Rancho Los Alamitos is open to the public free of charge, Wednesday through Sunday, 1pm to 5pm, with school tours and cultural workshops scheduled for weekday mornings.

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Photos courtesy Rancho Los Alamitos

Rancho Los Alamitos’s new Rancho Center marks the culmination of a long-term comprehensive restoration and preservation process that has transformed this destination that helps to tell the story of Southern California.

In the Rancho Room, a 25-foot-by-25-foot floor map displays the changing borders of the Rancho within the regional context, past and present.

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MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Signal Hill Chamber of Commerce’s Monthly Membership Luncheon will be held on Thursday, June 28, 2012 from noon to 1:30pm in the Signal Hill Park Community Center at 1780 East Hill Street, Signal Hill (behind the library). Enjoy lunch while mingling with other members of our business community, local officials, and legislative representatives.

Speaker: JIM MILLS WINKLER, CMFC “The Importance of Financial Planning in Today’s Enviroment.”

Jim is a Financial Advisor whose abilities include Investment Planning, Financial Planning and Risk Management (insurance) Cost is $25 per person but will be discounted to $15 for members with advance non-refundable reservations made before noon on the day before the luncheon.

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TST4098 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0004035 Doc ID #0001498572042005N Title Order No. 12-0007621 Investor/Insurer No. 149857204 APN No. 7217-006080 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/20/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by EDWARD H. J. WILSON, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 03/20/2007 and recorded 3/27/2007, as Instrument No. 20070703200, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/09/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2043 CRESCENT DRIVE, SIGNAL HILL, CA, 90755.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $707,407.52. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0004035. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: -Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A4256325 06/15/2012, 06/22/2012, 06/29/2012

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TST4104 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 4320171 TS No.: 20099070823005 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN:7211‑020‑005 Property Address: 2363 CERRITOS AVE SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/17/07.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On July 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM, First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 05/23/07, as Instrument No. 20071250431, in book , page , of Official Records in the Office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: KHENG PHAY and HIENG PHAY,. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Inside the lobby of the building located at 628 North Diamond Bar Blvd., Suite B, Diamond Bar, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7211‑020‑005. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2363 CERRITOS AVE, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $567,741.73. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939‑0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 20099070823005. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's Trustee. The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. Date: 06/15/12, First American Title Insurance Company First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC 3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Original document signed by Authorized Agent, Chet Sconyers -- FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION

PLEASE CALL (916) 939-0772. First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC May be Acting as a Debt Collector Attempting to Collect a Debt. Any Information obtained may be used for that purpose. NPP0203355 06/22/12, 06/29/12, 07/06/12

TST4099 Trustee Sale No. 12-00581-3 Loan No. 0023262439 APN 7215-027-042 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/30/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 8/2/2012, at 09:00 AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom, Power Default Services, Inc., as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/11/2007, as Instrument No. 20071402576 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA, executed by: LANCE B. JAITEH AND LAURA J. NUNEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY, as Trustor, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2121 TEMPLE AVE UNIT 4, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto). NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder`s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12-00581-3. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $455,984.27 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. DATE: 6/15/2012 POER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC., Trustee By: Fidelity National Title Company, its agent 135 Main Street, Suite 1900, San Francisco , CA 94105, 415-247-2450 By:

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Stephanie Alonzo, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.auction.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800-280-2832 P957095 6/15, 6/22, 06/29/2012 TST4095 APN: 7217-015-059 TS No: CA08000130-12-1 TO No: 1091471 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED September 1, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On July 3, 2012 at 09:00 AM, behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza Pomona, CA, MTC FINANCIAL INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on September 8, 2005 as Instrument No. 05 2162303 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by JUDITH VALENZUELA, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is".

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2001 FREEMAN AVE #203, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $324,202.59 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: 6/5/2012 TRUSTEE CORPS TS No. CA08000130-12-1 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Ernie Aguilar, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-573-1965 TRUSTEE CORPS MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this prop-

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TST4089 / 2012 097709 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: PALETERIA Y NEVERIA LA MONARCA, 14226 S. Bellflower Blvd., Bellflower, CA 90706. Registrant: CLAUDIA SOLIS, 13105 Dunrobin Ave., Downey, CA 90242. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Claudia Solis. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 18, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012.

TST4093 / 2012 088774 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: MW&M LIGHTING, 3827 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: KELLY SUTHERIN McLEOD ARCHITECTURE, INC., 3827 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Kelly Sutherlin McLeod, President. The registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. The registrant began using this fictitious business name on December 1, 2011.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 10, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012.

TST4096 / 2012 109058 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: FUTUREPROOF STUDIOS, 4557 E. Carson St., Long Beach, CA 90808. Registrant: MICHAEL BELANGER, 4557 E. Carson St., Long Beach, CA 90808. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Michael Belanger. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on June 5, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012.

TST4092 / Case No. MS008665 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 4201 14th W, Lancaster, CA 93534. Michael D. Antonovich Anatlope Valley Branch.

PETITION OF Heather Valine Bowlds For Change of Name.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner HEATHER VALINE BOWLDS, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: HEATHER VALINE BOWLDS to Proposed Name: HECTOR ISAIAS MANUAL. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, shy the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: August 1, 2012; Time: 8:30 A.M.; Dept. A11. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 939 E. 27th. Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012. ___//ss//___ Thomas R. White, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: June 1, 2012 TST4091 / 2012 102593 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. L & L TOWING & IMPOUND, 2. L N L TOWING, 3. L & L IMPOUND, 4. L & L TOW-

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TST4106 / 2012 119338 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: GIL'S COINS & STUFF, 2343 E. 17th St., Unit 207, Long Beach, CA 90804. Registrant: GILBERT VERNON, 2343 E. 17th St., Unit 207, Long Beach, CA 90804.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Gilbert Vernon. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on June 18, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 22, 29, & July 6, 13, 2012.

TST4107 / 2012 119339 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: WILLOWBROOK, 707 Torrance Blvd., Ste. 200, Redondo Beach, CA 90278. Registrant: FELIX VALDEZ,LLC, 707 Torrance Blvd., Ste. 200, Redondo Beach, CA 90278. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Joseph Spierer, Managing Member. The registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. The registrant began using this fictitious business name on June 8, 2012.

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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner MICHELLE HAN CHIMAI PAGTAKHAN, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: MICHELLE HAN CHIMAI PAGTAKHAN to Proposed Name: MICHELLE CHIMAI NGO PAGTAKHAN. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, shy the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: July 24, 2012; Time: 1:30 P.M.; Dept. H. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 939 E. 27th. Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: June 15, 22, 29, & July 6, 2012. ___//ss//___ Joseph E. DiLoreto, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: May 1, 2012

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TST4101 / 2012 115368 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as: 1. KADEECAKES, 2. BRITTLE ME THIS, 20002 Cabrillo Lane, Cerritos, CA 90703.

Registrant: 1. KELLY D. ELLIS, 2. CHELSEA R. HAYWARD, 20002 Cabrillo Lane, Cerritos, CA 90703. This business is conducted by: a Limited Partnership. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Kelly D. Ellis. The registrants have not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on June 12, 2012.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 15, 22, 29, & July 6, 2012.

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ING, 1630 San Francisco Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813. Registrant: L&L TOWING, INC., 1630 San Francisco Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Lou Arias, CEO. The registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. The registrant began using this fictitious business names in 2002. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 25, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012.

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titious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 22, 29, & July 6, 13, 2012.

TST4108 / 2012 101392 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: R NIRVANA, 18034 Ventura Blvd. #336, Encino, CA 91316.

Registrant: RAVELLO VENTURES, INC., 18034 Ventura Blvd. #336, Encino, CA 91316. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Deon Rice, President. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 24, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 22, 29, & July 6, 13, 2012.

TST4103 / 2012 118041 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: SILVER SAGE HEALTH & NUTRITION, 4580 Atlantic Ave. #7706, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: JANA J. PENDRAGON BOWDISH, 16275 Chicago Ave., Bellflower, CA 90706. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this state-

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ment is true and correct. Signed: Jana J. Pendragon Bowdish. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on June 14, 2012. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 22, 29, & July 6, 13, 2012.

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST4105 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION

Ordinance No. 2012-06-1448 was introduced by the City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, June 5, 2012, and adopted by the City Council at their meeting of June 19, 2012. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING NONEXCLUSIVE TOWING AND STORAGE FRANCHISES TO MR. C’S TOWING, INC., AND KRUGER TOWING, INC. The ordinance was adopted by the following vote:

AYES: Mayor Tina L. Hansen, Vice Mayor Michael J. Noll, Council Members Larry Forester, Ellen Ward, Edward H.J. Wilson NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

None

None

None

Pursuant to Signal Hill City Charter Section 315, this ordinance shall become effective 30 days from and after the date of its adoption. A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s Office.

Kathleen L. Pacheco City Clerk

Published in the Signal-Tribune newspaper on June 22, 2012.

Posted at City Hall, Library, Discovery Well Park, and Reservoir Park on June 22, 2012.

A-1 Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, California, until 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 and on the same day shortly thereafter, they will be publicly opened and read for construction of RAYMOND ARBOR PARK PLAY SURFACE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT, NO. 690, in accordance with the Specifications and Construction Drawings, therefore.

Bids must be made on the forms provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, marked "Bid for," followed by the title of the project and the date and hour for submitting bids. Bids are required for the entire work as shown on the Construction Drawings and as described in the Bid Schedule and the Specifications. The work to be accomplished under this contract consists of the removal and salvaging of existing track ride play equipment, removal and disposal of existing play mat surface, installation of new play mat and the installation of City procured mobius play equipment. The Contract duration is thirty (30) working days.

A-2 The contract documents, which include the Specifications and Construction Drawings, may be obtained at the City of Signal Hill Finance Department for $20.00 or $25.00 by mail. The documents are entitled “RAYMOND ARBOR PARK PLAY SURFACE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT, NO. 690”

Bids will not be received unless they are made on a proposal A-3 form furnished in the Contract Documents by the City of Signal Hill.

Each bid must be accompanied by cash, certified check, cashier's check or bidder's bond, made payable to the City of Signal Hill for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, such guarantee to be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the Contract.

A-4 All bids are to be compared on the basis of the estimate of quantities shown in the Bid Schedule(s) and as stipulated herein. Bids will not be accepted from the contractors who are not licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California A-5 Attention is directed to the provision in Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under the Contractor.

A-6 Before a Contract is entered into with the successful bidder, the bidder shall present evidence in writing to the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, that he/she has a current combined single limit liability policy with aggregate limits for Bodily Injury and Property Damage in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000).

A-7 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract shall be determined by the Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California which are on file with the City Clerk of Signal Hill and copies will be made available to any interested party on request. These rates shall be the minimum wage rates for this project.

A copy of the Contractor's certified payroll, as well as those of all subcontractors, will be required to be submitted with each invoice.

A-8 Attention is directed to Public Contract Code Section 22300 permitting the substitution of specified and approved securities for contract retention of funds. All such securities shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney of the City of Signal Hill.

A-9 The successful bidder will be required to furnish a payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and a faithful performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, and said bonds shall be secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City Attorney of the City of Signal Hill.

A-10 The City of Signal Hill reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or delete portions of any and all bids or waive any informality or irregularity in the bid or the bid procedures and shall be the sole judge of the bids received.

A-11 It is estimated that this contract will be awarded on Monday, July 16, 2012 by the City Council. It is desired that work begin the week of Monday, August 13, 2012.

BY ORDER of the City of Signal Hill.

Posted at City Hall: June 15, 2012 Published in the Signal Tribune: June 15 and June 22, 2012

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LB Day Nursery looks back and plans for future during its 100th anniversary

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Long Beach Day Nursery’s new board officers were installed at LBDN’s East Branch and received special congratulatory macaroni necklaces made by the children. Left to right are: Recording Secretary Michael Soutar, Treasurer Steven T. Romeyn, Board Chair Deloris Mayuga, Chair-elect Jon Gotz, 1st Vice Chair (Governance) Julie Taboada, and 2nd Vice Chair (Resource Development) Joan Alderson.

Close to 50 guests attended Long Beach Day Nursery’s (LBDN) 100th anniversary celebration and new officers installation at the LBDN East Branch on June 13. The annual meeting was open to family, friends, honorary board members, dignitaries and donors of LBDN. Outgoing 1st Vice Chair (Governance) Joan Alderson introduced new board members Joen Garnica (an alumnus of LBDN), Michele Dobson, Lynn Shrum, and Gina Ballard. Board Chair Melanie Werts recognized new honorary board members Elaine Thompson, Brian Russell, Linda Silver, and herself.

Honorary board member Daphne Ching-Jackson installed new board officers for 2012-2013.

They include: Chair Deloris Mayuga; Chair-elect Jon Gotz; 1st Vice Chair (Governance) Julie Taboada; 2nd Vice Chair (Resource Development) Joan Alderson; Recording Secretary Michael Soutar; and Treasurer Steven T. Romeyn.

“When I began my year as board chair, my theme was ‘Celebrating Our Past and Securing Our Future,’ to best position LBDN for

the next century,” said Werts, during her final report, to those in attendance. “And we have been busy working on doing just that.”

Werts gave an overview of all the centennial activities and thanked the chairs of the various events. To date, through the 100th Anniversary Steering Committee’s Investment in the Future strategy, more than $100,000 has been raised to help assist LBDN in securing the future and positioning the nursery for the next century.

Executive Director Patrice Wong presented brief highlights of the past year and emphasized that despite the deep cuts in state funding for early childhood education, LBDN continues to provide highquality services for the families and children they serve. “We remain confident that LBDN will continue to weather these tough economic times,” Wong said.

“This is only possible because of the terrific team that we have: staff, volunteers, board members, and donors.”

New Board Chair Deloris Mayuga thanked outgoing Board Chair Melanie Werts for her dedication and hard work for LBDN, and for also taking on the responsibility as the chair of the 100th Anniversary Steering Committee.

Werts was presented with the chair’s pin, which is a circle of children holding hands, set in sterling silver with a small diamond.

This pin has been a tradition for many years, presented by the incoming chair to the outgoing chair.

LBDN was founded in 1912 by a group of prominent Long Beach women who felt that working mothers needed quality child care, a radical idea at the time since very few women worked outside the home.

Source: LBDN

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