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election Council approves feePrimary increases canvass approved CUSD students attend Young Women’s Leadership Conference

after much questioning

The proposed resolution adds an additional $140,000 to the general fund.

“The city has been subsidizing or covering street permit issuance and administration costs,” interim Public Works Director John Strickland said. “The present fee schedule does not address many types of street work permits issued and administered.”

Public comments about the increases drew praise from residents hoping for increased revenue, but the group stood against raising fees affecting residents.

“I know there should be increases, but you are

placing too many upon the residents,” Lynn chise agreement for the utility.

Council members opposed fees affecting resiBoone said. “Maybe someone should go over dents, including a $50 jump in block party perthese.”

Utility companies are exempt from any fee in- mits, and a handicap curb fee increase to $150 for COMPTON—The City Council unanimously creases because of a lawsuit between Edison and the pole sign and installation, then a $20 charge approved street work fee increases at its April 17 annually. Residential refuse bins were scheduled Alhambra California in 2011. meeting, moving them beyond their current 1989 “The utility company had a franchise agree- to increase from $5 and $40 for small and large levels.

By Darlene ment, and the city adopted an ordinance concur-Lofgren bins, to $25 and $75, respectively.

The city based its increase on inspection and On agenda May at Compton City Council’s regular rent with the agreement,” City Attorneythe Craig “I am9th against gouging residents because of the administrative costs it traditionally did not meeting was a resolution, which”had failed the previous week, Cornwell said. “The court found that city’s negligence, Councilwoman Janna Zurita. interfering charge, then compared rates with other cities. declaring the” results of the Primary Nominating of “It is hard to ask for more money withElection the condiwith the franchise agreement is unconstitutional.

“We compared our rates with Gardenia, LynCornwell and Edison representatives created nwood and Torrance,” interim Public Works DiApril 18th. » Seethe FEES, Pagethat 9A language in the agreement that preserves the franrector John Strickland said.

City Attorney Craig Cornwell informed council “the laws regarding the approval of canvassing the election are contained in the California Election Code. We also have a reference in our Compton Municipal Code; but the state code, the California code...creates a time line for the local agency to approve the canvassing of the election which is the fourth Friday following the election. And I believe that date for us would be Friday, May 12 to certify this election.”

“What happens if it’s not certified?” asked Councilperson Janna Zurita. “I believe the statutory scheme creates a mandate to certify,” replied Cornwell, adding “I would believe that a voter could force the certification to occur if the council sees fit to deny the certification.”

Zurita clarified, “a voter?”

“Any voter,” said the city attorney.

Courtesy photo “You mean one person?” queried Zurita.

CUSD students participated in the 2017 Young Women’s Leadership Conference in downtown Los Angeles to He stated that one person could “file an action,” and would learn about careers in the justice system. have to go to court.

Councilperson Tana McCoy addressed City Clerk Alita Godwin with the request for her to “bring back a report explaining how you picked the polling places.” McCoy also spoke of voters who couldn’t find their polling places and so could not vote.

By Chris Frost “As I stated last week,” responded Godwin, “I don’t have a Bulletin Staff Writer problem with answering any questions, but no questions have One victim released later in the day,” abduction.

By Cat Keniston come to me other than right now.

COMPTON—The City Council moved anStewart was being held in lieu of $1 A man who allegedly kidnapped according to an LAPD statement.

“When we talked last week at the council meeting,search if you’d other step forward in the city manager on At 6:30 a.m. Friday, the second million bail. two people in South Los Angeles was have given me those questions or as concerns, I’d have answers Tuesday, April 27, Council members Willie No description of the second suspect to them.” in custody Monday, and police were victim was rescued in Compton and Jones, Janna Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux inseeking the public’s help in locating a Keith Stewart, 32, of Los Angeles was was made available, but anyone with She went on terviewed to addressfive thecandidates issue of polling the duringplaces. a special“In meetarrested on suspicion of kidnapping information that could aid investigators process of election, second suspect. ing. of course, we all know we have to create The Los Angeles Police Department’s and “numerous items of evidence were was urged to call detectives at (213) 486- polling places. Generally Mayor Eric J. Perrodin not attend the the polling placesdid remain the same Southwest Division was notified of a recovered, including weapons and 6840. meeting because of apolling conflictplace. involving current unless a facility denies access to that After-hours and weekend calls kidnapping last Thursday at 6 p.m. in the narcotics,” police reported. interim Cityanother Managerplace Bryanand Batiste Coun“Then we have to find findand it in that A motive for the alleged should be directed to (877) LAPD-24- area. Typically, your 1700 block of West 39th Street. cilwoman Janna Zurita. polling place stays the same; again, unless Batiste took over for former interim City Detectives learned “that at least two kidnapping has not been determined, 7. Anonymous tips can be submitted there’s a change - but everyone receives a sample ballot. Your Manager Lamont Ewell on Jan. 25.

Los Angeles citizens had been kidnapped nor did police reveal any information through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) polling place is listed on sample ballot.

It also tells you that “City that Manager Bryan Batiste wrote a memo about the victims or details of the 222- TIPS. by at least two suspects. it may change, and it does change from city elections to county to City Attorney Craig Cornwell requesting that Bulletin photos by Chris Frost elections. They are totally different.

Councilperson Zurita recuse herself from the inThe Sibrie Park Braves practice throwing skills on Saturday, April 29.

“The City of terview Compton consolidates The county process, ” Perrodinelections. said in a written stateprobably has about 75 “I precincts Compton.until We the consolidate ment. will notinparticipate Council receives written from Cornwell about ours down to, which the alaw allowsopinion us to, down to 27 precincts. the disagreement. ” And your precinct is in your area.

Zurita is only holding “But again, if you givesaid me Batiste the question, give methe theposition people, theICouncil finds a permanent city manWith more charter according to The Times.

By Staff Reports tell the people tountil call me, don’t have a problem with answering ager. But, again, I can’t answer what no one schools than any other With the search California’s State because it’s a process.

“The accusations that everyone is making district in the country, warrants remaining Board of Education has comes to me with. have no validity to them, and the Council will L.A. Unified is considered under seal, the focus of voted to close down “Last week wecontinue talked about McNair. that on the” searching for aI answered qualified candidate, one of the main the federal investigation two Los Angeles charter floor. McNair wasn’t a City Compton polling place; was she said.

“He of knew going in this was onlyittemis unclear, and no one at schools run by a nonprofit battlegrounds for charter

By Staff Reports a county precinct.

The”information I received was a picture, a porary. advocates and opponents.

Celerity has been charged being investigated by Prosecutors determined picture of a countyCornwell sample ballot. said he cannot make Zurita recuse The state board’s vote with a crime related to the the U.S. Department herself.I can answer any questions or concerns that Los Angeles police “I’m almost certain Thursday was a departure nonprofit’s operations. of Education and the Council hasourselves; the right to and sheriff’s deputies acted a voter has, but we“Every as voters have member to educate notparbe ticipate properly noticed Council Frost from its thinking last fall, In responseBytoChris the raid, inspector general of the lawfully in four shootings in trying to find out whereinwe go to vote on City Election Day matthat ters,” he said.that “According Bulletin Staff Writer to the charter, when it approved two new Celerity’s attorney said Los Angeles Unified which suspects were killed, same day. We should know at least the night beforethe or city the manager serves at the will of the Council and charter schools operated the organization and School District. including one involving a week of, because everyone knows Election Day is very hectic. nothing short of a legally defined conflict of inCOMPTON—The Sibrie Park Braves are continuing their by the Celerity group, its leaders were free of Some parents and man wanted for allegedly Everyone has time constraints...I don’t recommend you trying terest, a situation that precludes the member 2011 success in 2012 as the team has won four of its first five The Times reported. At wrongdoing and would teachers at the schools killing his ex- girlfriend’s to find out, on the same day, where you gothe onheElection Day from attending, or a belief or she cannot games. the time, board members cooperate with thesquad collected anew cried through their but we are there be to answer your calls. open-minded exists, complying with Mr. The forfeitboyfriend on Saturday,and Apriltrying 28, as their brushed aside questions investigations, The Times testimony Thursday at documents “Unfortunately, this election we were away from our Batiste’s wishes has no legal support. ” phones opponents, the Blue Jays,todidkidnap not showher, up for the game. about the group’s reported. an emotional hearing, released Wednesday show. for four hours and couldn’t assist.”

The clerk was referring to Zurita said she will not step away from the inFormer San Francisco Giant and current Assistant Coach operations and did not The Celerity groupled the team through which ended with the The aDistrict Attorney’s a callCornwell was made City Hall terviews,Day andwhen thanked fortoaddressing Jesse Brew spirited practice and the incident on Election dwell on the fact that it runs seven praised charter the schools board declining to renew thewas issue. team’s fast start.

Office found that LAPD stating that there a bomb and City Hall was evacuated.

“They have surprisedOfficer me so far, ” he said.Alba “I am“used especially Arceneaux Cornwell was under investigation in Southern California— the charter petitions for Richard However, after the Councilwoman end of four hours, no bombasked was found. pleased and pitcher. ” for a written legal opinion directed to Council by the LAUSD inspector six in L.A. and oneby in our play at shortstop the Celerity Dyad Charter reasonable force in selfCity Clerk Godwin also told Council that another issue this members, and he said he will prepare one. portion of the game and sticks general.

Compton. Brew coaches the defensive School in South Los defense, defense of others, election, was that there were “a lot of provisional ballots, in all Public comments on the selection process fato thestudents fundamentals. and to apprehend a dangerous my years here...an abundance.

The board’s opinion About 1,400 Angeles and the Celerity vored Batiste.

“You keep your hands in front, step and aim at the chest of of Celerity has changed in kindergarten through Troika Charter School fleeing felon” when he fatally “A lot of them “The were man vote does by mail voters did not have a good job,who ” resident Carolyn the person you are throwing to, ” he said.

“We have sound dramatically. In late eighth grade attend Dyad in Eagle Rock, the Los shot Tien Hua in Rosemead a ballot to surrender.

If you’re a permanent vote by mail, poll Stokes said. “If you fire Batiste all of you have to fundamentals, but I know the team can do better.”

January, federal agents and Troika and will have Angeles Times reported. on Dec. 29, 2015. workers are not going to allow you to vote unless you surrender deal with me. Not just one of you, all of you.”

One of the cornerstones of team success is positive attifrom the Department to find newtudes, schools by said, and he deals Board members said Hua—who was wanted for a ballot. If you don’t ballot, then have to vote Shesurrender asked the aCouncil if theyyou understood her Brew with problems immediately. the fall, according state they had lost confidence in of Homeland Security, deathhardheads, two days ” he provisional. So that’s had a lotacknowledged of provisionalher. ballots.” twice,why and we Arceneaux “I amto not a babysitterthe andshooting do not tolerate the FBI and other officials. Some wind the Celerity Educational said.may “This is serious, and Residenterror Lorraine Cervantes expressed conI am teaching them about baseball. ”She described another earlier of Henry Estrada in some voters made; “another agencies raided Celerity’s up attending The the two Group, which manages about theballots publicity the meeting received. teamnew is turning the corner offensively,shot Brewafter said, beHollywood—was large number ofcern provisional came from people who “You district. guys keptPeople this meeting quiet, ” she were said. cause of diligent, hard work. schools, Celerity Rolas the schools, and expressed offices, as well as the fleeing to his backyard and were voting out of their in the 4th District is why no one is here tonight, and it is not “They started cage, liveof pitching im- going to the 3rd “That headquarters of a related and Celerity Himalia, that in the batting growing concerns about jumping onbuttop a shed District, so those were provisional. television. ” voters who went to different proves the hitters’ timing, ” he said.

“We what play small ball (scor- Godwin alsoonspoke nonprofit, Celerity Global the state board authorized its governance structure while holding appeared of the City Clerk Alita Godwin and Zurita both reingschools runs with instead of home runs). If last fall. Both aresingles andtodoubles and finances, as well as the Development, and the be a handgun during a precincts than their own: “’There’s a polling place. I’m gonna sponded, and said the meeting notice met the they stay focused, those ground ball hits will turn into line home of its founder, expected to open next potential for conflicts of standoff with SWAT officers. go there.’

The Sibrie Park Braves take advantage of a forfeit on Saturday, Vielka McFarlane, year. interest. » See BRAVES, Page 5A » See MANAGER, Page 9A April 28, and hold an additional practice.

By Chris Frost

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Kidnapping victim rescued in Compton

Council interviews candidates for city manager

Braves enjoy early-season success

Two charter schools to be shut down

DA: No charges to be filed in four deadly officer-involved shootings

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News State Supreme Court won’t hear case QUOTE against convicted serial killer

By Cat Keniston The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case against a man convicted of murdering three women in Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Samuel Little is serving three consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole for the killings of Carol Alford, Audrey Nelson and Guadalupe Apodaca.

A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal previously turned down the defense’s claims that there was insufficient evidence to prove that Little was the person who committed the murders and that the trial court erred by allowing jurors to hear evidence about similar attacks in the 1980s against four other women who survived.

The appellate court justices cited “overwhelming evidence of Little’s guilt” in their Jan. 30 ruling, noting that the murders and the prior attacks “shared common features that were sufficiently distinctive to support a reasonable inference that Little committed the charged murders.”

Little was 74 by the time he was convicted and sentenced in 2014.

In court papers, Deputy

District Attorney Beth Silverman described the defendant as a “remorseless, vicious serial killer.” She told reporters that he “absolutely” would have faced a potential death sentence had it not been for his age.

In a sentencing memorandum, the prosecutor wrote that the evidence “established that he derived sexual gratification from the act of strangling and murdering his victims.” She said Little’s “method of killing was particularly ruthless; he lured vulnerable women to him with the promise of

drugs and then killed them by beating and manually strangling them.”

Alford, 41, was found dead on July 13, 1987, in an alley off East 27th Street.

Nelson, 35, was discovered dead on Aug. 14, 1989, in a trash bin behind East Seventh Street, while Apodaca, 46, was found dead less than a month later - - Sept. 3, 1989— inside a South Los Angeles commercial garage.

Little—who had lived in the South Los Angeles area in the late 1980s and said he was a middleweight prize boxer— was arrested in Louisville,

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OF THE WEEK “We’re looking at discussions on the state level … how to come into compliance.”

— City Attorney Craig Cornwell

At Venice Biennale, American artist engages social issues

By Colleen Barry VENICE, Italy—Mark Bradford has his feet in two worlds: social engagement and producing art. Often they mix, as at the 57th Venice Biennale where he is representing the United States.

His Biennale show, ‘‘Tomorrow is Another Day,” examines both allegorically and autobiographically what it is to be marginalized, part of a trend at the Biennale of artists engaging with

communities on the fringe.

But it is more than that for Bradford. Alongside his Biennale show, the Los Angeles-based artist is launching a six-year collaboration with a Venice non-profit that provides employment opportunities at a local prison. His project, an extension of programs in Los Angeles with foster children and engagements in other cities where he’s produced art, involves helping female inmates make artisanal

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Kentucky, in 2012 on an unrelated drug charge out of Los Angeles and extradited to California, where he was charged with the murders.

Little’s attorney questioned the evidence and challenged the prosecutor’s insistence that DNA proved his client’s guilt.

“I didn’t do it!” Little interrupted after Mary Louise Frias, the niece and goddaughter of one of the victims, told the judge at Little’s September 2014 sentencing that the convicted killer has “no conscience, no soul.”

products to sell at a Venice shop.

While some artists may opt for the bubble where art speaks for itself, not Bradford. ‘‘As artists, we have citizenship in the world. We should be at the table with the politician, with the doctor, with the lawyer. When did we lose our citizenship? No. They need us more than ever now,” Bradford said this week during previews ahead of the contemporary art fair’s Saturday opening for its sixmonth run.

Towering at nearly 6 foot 8, Bradford happily engaged the line of tourists waiting to see his show inside the U.S.

pavilion with white columns in the Venice Giardini. ‘‘That is how I don’t end up isolated,” he said.

Bradford breaks down the barriers that often separate artists from their public, a gift that his partner Allan DiCastro says comes from having spent years working with his mother in a hair salon in South Central Los Angeles.

But his show also pointedly seeks to break down borders. Instead of grooming the forecourt to the Palladianstyle pavilion, Bradford left piles of gravel that were part of his worksite to prepare for the show. It gives the feeling

of neglect, and also makes the yard indistinguishable from the Giardini’s graveled walkways. ‘‘A ruin. A work site.

Abandon. You can’t tell where the American pavilion starts, and the gravel stops.

I wanted to kind of erase that national border. It just kind of bleeds in. It’s water,” Bradford said.

It is an apt metaphor as politicians on both sides of the Atlantic seek to close borders.

And while the rancorous global discourse has given his project an urgency, it did not inspire it. ‘‘I have been mining these territories longer than

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Authorities later determined that the item was a black butane lighter that was easily mistaken for a handgun.

“Alba reasonably believed that Hua was armed with a gun and was justified in using deadly force to stop the apparent threat in self-defense,” the District Attorney’s Office noted in a memorandum to LAPD Cmdr. Robert A. Lopez.

Hua was found to have high levels of methamphetamine in his system when he was killed, according to prosecutors.

The other officer-involved shootings involved:

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45. End 49. Likewise 51. Move sideways 54. Same as rip 56. Meryl Streep’s “August: ____ County” 57. Gather harvest 58. James ____ Jones 59. Eye part 60. As opposed to gross 61. Short for Theodora 62. Poet Pound 63. Lecherous look 66. *Pre-college challenge 68. Bear’s room LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

• the July 16, 2013, killing of Juan Chavez, a documented gang member who was fatally shot by LAPD Officers Fernando Flores and Alfredo Aguayo in the PicoUnion district after pulling a revolver from his waistband, pointing it in the direction of two plainclothes officers monitoring a vigil for a deceased gang member and firing his weapon at some point.

The .357 revolver was found in the gutter, and authorities determined that a bullet fragment found on the sidewalk had been fired from

that weapon, according to prosecutors.

• the Sept. 27, 2015, shooting of Norma Guzman

by Los Angeles police Officers Samuel Briggs and Antonio McNeely in the Central City area. The 37year-old woman—who had seven prior contacts with the LAPD’s mental health unit and was determined to have methamphetamines and THC in her bloodstream at the time of her death—was armed with an knife as she approached the officers, according to prosecutors.

• the Dec. 12, 2015, shooting death of Nicholas Robertson by sheriff’s Deputies Richard OchoaGarcia and Jasen Tapia in Lynwood. The two fired at Robertson—who had marijuana and phencyclidine or “angel dust” in his system—after he failed to comply with their commands to drop his .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and pointed it at them instead, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors also determined that an offduty Los Angeles police officer and a Pomona police officer acted in self-defense in two non-fatal shootings in 2015, including one in which the LAPD officer was the victim of an attempted carjacking.

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News Cuts put spotlight on student race questions on school forms

Photo by Damian Dovarganes

Students arrive at Walter Reed Middle School in Los Angeles.

By Amy Taxin LOS ANGELES (AP)— After volunteering at her children’s Los Angeles middle school for nearly a decade, Carol Convey was told the number of teachers suddenly would be cut.

The problem? The school now had too many white students.

To Convey, the diverse, multiethnic community looked no different from before, so she began to wonder whether her neighbors had changed, or only how they identified on paper.

The question has sparked a lively debate in the country’s second-largest school district, which under a decadesold court settlement aimed at desegregation provides additional staffing when more than 70 percent of students hailing from the surrounding

neighborhood are not white.

Across the country, school districts have long grappled with desegregation and pursued a range of policies including changing boundaries, opening magnet schools and focusing resources on campuses with nonwhite students.

In Los Angeles, parents were shocked earlier this year when they learned Walter Reed Middle School— known for its honors program, specialized learning academies and diverse student body of 1,600— would no longer qualify for the additional staffing due to an uptick in its white student enrollment.

District officials could not pinpoint a reason for the demographic shift, which dates back two years.

But some parents doubt

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November. This idea of people in need. This idea that things are out of kilter. This is not new,” Bradford said.

That the show has political significance and speaks to the experience of AfricanAmericans is clear from the inclusion of an essay titled ‘‘Speaking Truth,” in the catalog by Anita Hill, whose testimony about sexual harassment during Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings to the U.S. Supreme Court made her a target of public wrath. The two met when Bradford was doing a show at Brandeis University, where Hill teaches. She joined Bradford in Venice for a public conversation marking the pavilion’s unveiling.

In her essay, Hill discusses about ‘‘the dominant narrative that casts AfricanAmerican women as untrustworthy and of little political or social value.”

She also cautions that ‘‘we should not try to make Mark into an activist; he is an extraordinary artist who, through the power of his abstractions, offers us an understanding of the multilayered perspectives of communities marginalized by location and identity.”

Bradford’s show is entered from the side, the servant’s entrance, not the central domed rotunda.

The show is a journey from oppression to protection, from recognition to hope, that one of the exhibit’s curators,

Christopher Bedford, described as ‘‘a really unusual collision of autobiographical and abstraction.”

The first room creates a physical experience, pushing the view to the periphery with an imposing bulbous sculpture, while the second creates safe places for the artist as a young boy, evoking Bradford’s mother’s hair salon in large paintings created from purpleblack end papers used for permanent waves and a paper sculpture representing Medusa’s head as a hiding place.

The central rotunda, where the artist evokes slaves who built similar plantation buildings, leads to a formal gallery hung with three cosmic paintings, representing the artist’s moment of arrival, success.

The final room contains a video of a South Central Los Angeles teen named Melvin whom Bradford befriended sauntering down the street.

Co-curator Katy Siegel says Melvin’s cinematic trajectory out of the pavilion and into the future is a sign of hope.

Bradford ‘‘believes not only in the vulnerability of marginalized people but in the agency of vulnerable people. Sometimes in the art world, people are living in the bubble in the fantasy world. Everything was great, everything was fine before Trump was elected,” Siegel said.

there is much change, adding they have friends who didn’t put down their children’s heritage on school forms fearing they could be labeled English learners and subjected to additional testing.

Now, these parents are being encouraged to change how they answered questions about their children’s race and ethnicity to more fully reflect their background— and Convey said more than a dozen people have voiced interest in doing so.

“They have a perception that maybe I need to skirt it, hide it, not share it, because it may work against me in some way,” said Convey, founder of a parent group that supports the school. “We have had to educate and say, ‘No, no, no people. Our funding depends on us being so different, so let’s write it down. Let’s tell everyone. Let’s celebrate this.”’

The discussion underscores the critical role race plays in education decisions even though the

questionnaires used to determine identity often feel inadequate or confusing to those filling them out. It also suggests some parents may answer the forms based on what they think will most help their children, choosing to focus on or de-emphasize parts of their identity.

Thomas A. Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said he does not know parents who deliberately skew their answers on enrollment forms, but the incentive to do so exists in the Los Angeles Unified School District since white students have a better shot at getting into some magnet schools aimed at desegregation. About threequarters of Los Angeles Unified’s students are Latino, and fewer than 10 percent identify as white, according to district data.

That’s a marked shift from 1978, the year the district proposed a court settlement to desegregate its schools, which at the time were 39 percent Latino and 30 percent white.

As a result, the majority of Los Angeles Unified schools today—88 percent—receive the additional staffing to keep classes smaller, district statistics show.

Every year, a handful of schools lose or gain staffing when their demographics shift.

District officials, however, said they don’t think parents lie about their children’s race or ethnicity, but rather the data taken over two years reflects changes in the surrounding neighborhood or in how many children

attend local schools.

“I think people are proud of their identity,” said Greg McNair, the district’s chief business and compliance counsel. “People like who they are, want to be who they are (and) don’t want to pretend they’re someone else.”

In response to the parents’ uproar, the district has rejigged funding to save all but one of the teachers the school would have lost because of the data shift, he said.

In the meantime, parents are planning to educate families at Reed about the enrollment forms and urge those who may have omitted information when they signed up their children for elementary school to make changes now. They hope the school’s demographic data will then shift back, renewing Reed’s eligibility for the desegregation program.

So far, several parents have asked to review their enrollment paperwork at the school, said Barbara Jones, a district spokeswoman.

Reed parent Veronica Gonzalez said she can see why parents might find the forms confusing.

When asked if her child was Hispanic, she checked yes, but in a subsequent question about race, she didn’t know what to answer so she crossed out one of the other checkboxes and wrote in “Hispanic.”

Parents inherently seek to do what they believe is best for their children but often lack information about how this data is used, said Lisa Garcia Bedolla, professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education.

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There was a great number of that happening. The biggest number was people who didn’t have ballots to surrender.”

“I’d like an account,” said Zurita, “of the ballots that were ordered, the ballots that were received, the number that were mailed out, the number that were returned, the number that was spoiled, that number that was surrendered, and also included in that, I’d like an account of how many envelopes were ordered ‘cause there were some rumors that envelopes were being printed in our printing department, and from my understanding, is that each ballot comes with an envelope.

“And then I’d also like to know, unlike the county’s election when you tear your stub off to say you voted, you keep another stub and you have a serial number on it - how come our ballots don’t have a serial number on the ballot as well as the stub?”

“Well, first off,” answered the city clerk, “the reason why there’s no number is because of the secrecy. You do not want to be able to tell, to link the tab with the ballot because then you’ll know who that’s linked to, and you’ll be able to know who they voted for.”

“But the county’s opposite?” asked Zurita.

Godwin explained that there’s “several voting systems where a city can choose their own system. Compton has Opto-Mark.

“We’re always going to be different from the county. The county has a much larger operation than the city.” She then asked the councilperson what her other question was.

“You’ve made me have another question,” said Zurita. “Who decides what system we have?”

“The council decides, for many, many years -” “I don’t believe that,” said Zurita.

“It was way before your time,” continued Godwin.

Zurita pointed out that in a recent exchange, she had asked “if we could have some input on the design of the ballot.”

“The design of the ballot is designed by the Secretary of State,” said the city clerk. “That’s where the ballots come from.”

Zurita clarified that she was speaking of the style, not the random lottery of the names on the ballot.

“That’s done by them, too,” responded Godwin.

“What if we don’t want the Opto-Mark system,” said the councilperson, “how do we change that.”

“Well,” said the clerk, “It’s all going to change because the whole election process is getting ready to change, real soon; I believe its next year.”

She looked out over the chamber audience. “Some people will get what they wish for; the county will be taking over the city’s elections.”

She then glanced in Zurita’s direction: “So then you really won’t have a lot of input.”

No one mentioned that the county was the governing body of the highly contested Measure P election. Nor did anyone mention the greatly detailed presentation by the city clerk a few months ago on the upcoming changes to the election process.

“So the county is taking over?” asked McCoy. “Yes,” she was told, “and we’re going to have to change our election dates.”

Godwin then referred back to one of Zurita’s question, asking for a list of what numbers she wanted. “I did write them down,” she said.

“Mr. City Attorney,” asked Mayor Aja Brown, “in order for the city to be in compliance with the state law that mandates cities to move their elections to the state’s general cycle in 2018, because our charter specifies the specific months...will this require a charter change, or will we just pass a resolution in accordance with state law?”

“That’s a question in my office right now,” he replied. “We’re looking at discussions on the state level to find some guidance for charter cities and how to come into compliance.”

Council then voted to pass the resolution to accept the Primary Election canvass. Mayor Brown, Councilpersons Tana McCoy and Emma Sharif voted yes; Councilperson Janna Zurita, voted no; Councilperson Isaac Galvan was absent.

That vote makes official the results of the Primary Election: three of the six positions on the ballot won the majority of votes in their races - Council District 2 Isaac Galvan, City Attorney Craig Cornwell, and City Clerk Alita Godwin and three positions will be in the runoff election on June 6th: Mayor, Council District 3, and City Treasurer.

To win in the primary election, a candidate had to garner at least 50 percent plus one vote.

More details on those primary election results can be found on the city’s website: http://comptoncity.org under City Clerk/Elections/Election Results.

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Opinion

Saving amazing young grace and her Medicaid “At a 20-week ultrasound, we learned that our baby would be born with spina bifida and face a lifetime of enormous health challenges.” At the time, Chris Glaros was a public servant in the Ohio Treasurer’s office. In his recent Facebook post he continued, “After hearing this news, the first thing I could think to do when we got home was read my Bible. I randomly opened up the scriptures to see what would speak to me. And it was John 14:27: ‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.’ God’s amazing comfort in that moment was made all the more real through [the] blessing of good health insurance for our family – indeed, the generous health care provided by the taxpayers of Ohio, given my job at that time. I knew that this baby would bankrupt our family if we weren’t so fortunate.”

By Marian Wright Edelman Glaros wrote that he and his wife chose to have this precious child they named Grace and “trusted our society – our government, Republicans and Democrats both – to ensure a safety net for her life after our choice was made. Grace would not be alive today without this safety net; without protections against a lifetime limit on her insurance coverage; without protections from denying coverage because of her countless preexisting conditions; without Medicaid.”

Millions of children and adults rely on the Medicaid safety net just as the Glaros family has.

His post shortly after the House of Representatives passed the un-American Health Care Act (AHCA) spoke for so many when he added: “I am heartbroken that Donald Trump and House Republicans could so callously and cruelly deny millions of Americans the health care they require to live the lives God intended.”

The House’s un-American and unjust act to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would strip away affordable health insurance for tens of millions of the newly insured including those with pre-existing conditions.

Today, thanks in large part to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the ACA, 95 percent of all children in America have health coverage. The House bill directly threatens all that hard earned progress.

Do the Republican-led Congress and White House really want to be the first Congress and administration in history to take health coverage away from the most vulnerable amongst us, disabled, young and old? How can they defend destroying the Medicaid health safety net 37 million poor and disabled children need to live, learn and thrive and permit insurance companies to discriminate against children and adults with pre-existing conditions?

There are 11 million parents and other adults getting Medicaid and needed treatments for the first time under the ACA. Medicaid covers more than 60 percent of all nursing home residents and 40 percent of costs for long-term care services and supports. This cruel and unwise assault on our children, parents and grandparents is made more shameful by the fact that the House-passed bill cuts Medicaid largely to give more tax breaks to the wealthiest.

This is sinful, shameful and unjust.

The health of our nation (and our soul) is now in the Senate’s hands. Some Senators may be tempted to try to fix some elements of

the House bill, like the assault on people with pre-existing conditions and the enormous cost increases for older Americans.

But make no mistake: this cruel, unjust and unAmerican Health Care Act is irreparably flawed. It deserves a swift and decisive death in the Senate if we are to keep a semblance of America’s sense of fairness alive. Any bill that ends Medicaid as we know it and the Medicaid expansion (regardless of when it would end), and increases the number of uninsured children and adults needs to die quickly.

Medicaid is lean and efficient, serving millions of low-income children, pregnant women, children and adults with disabilities, and seniors. Nearly half of Medicaid enrollees are children. Medicaid covers almost half of all births in the United States. More than half of Black and Hispanic children are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP, which like Medicaid is also an essential part of the health insurance system for children.

Medicaid is a lifeline for children with disabilities and their families, serving 40 percent of all children with special health care needs like Grace.

For families struggling to provide the time and financial resources needed to care for children with disabilities, Medicaid is often the only viable source of health care financing, which can be very expensive. Medicaid also can supplement private coverage to allow children access to specialized medical equipment including hearing aids and wheelchairs.

Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit guarantees the full range of comprehensive primary and preventive coverage children need and ensures them access to all medically necessary health and mental health services.

Medicaid guarantees health coverage to all eligible applicants without waiting lists or enrollment caps.

States are reimbursed at least dollar for dollar for expenses to deliver needed services. Without Medicaid’s strong protections, coverage guarantee, and comprehensive, ageappropriate health and mental health coverage, millions of children would be uninsured or underinsured, jeopardizing their lives, academic performance and futures and increasing short and long term costs for states and local communities.

But the immoral, unjust and un-American Health Care Act cuts more than 800 billion Medicaid dollars, imposes a per capita cap on the whole Medicaid program, and gives states the option

to shift low income children and adults — but not seniors and people with disabilities — to a new Medicaid block grant. Both would threaten coverage, pediatric benefits, and affordability for millions of children. Both the per capita cap and the block grant would dramatically alter Medicaid’s current structure and core protections for all enrollees. Under the guise of “reform,” per capita caps and block grants designed to save the federal government money do so at the expense of vulnerable populations by shifting costs to states, beneficiaries and health care providers.

Imposing a per capita cap on Medicaid or converting it to a block grant for some will end Medicaid as we know it. States would have to substantially increase their own spending, make deep cuts, or both. Any “savings” would likely come from reducing eligibility, limiting benefits, increasing cost sharing, creating administrative barriers to make enrollment harder for eligible children, or cutting already below-market provider payment rates.

These cuts would increase the number of uninsured and underinsured children and adults.

Our nation’s leaders must keep Medicaid strong and reject any structural changes and cuts that undermine its critical protections, hardearned coverage and resulting lifesaving health gains for children made over the past 50 years.

Millions like Grace’s parents are making their disgust and fear about the House health bill loud and clear and so must we all. The Senate must protect Grace and millions of children and people of all ages who depend on Medicaid. Chris Glaros said he loved to sing “Amazing Grace” to his daughter Grace at bedtime; “Tonight, I prayed for our elected officials while singing: Amazing grace!

How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now can see.”

Let’s all hope and pray that Grace and millions of children will not suffer a cruel and life threatening injustice at the hands of uncaring leaders blind to their needs.

Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www. childrensdefense.org.

Trump nominates 10 new federal judges—110 vacancies to go

By Natalia Castro Justice Neil Gorsuch has a chance to change the face of the Supreme Court as the perfect replacement to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. That is, if he lives up to President Donald Trump’s vow to reaffirm constitutional principles to our judicial system. But Gorsuch is just the beginning, currently there are more than 120 vacancies in federal district and appeals courts around the country, and Trump’s conservative appointments could change the next generation of our court system.

Trump announced early this week his third wave of federal judge nominations, a round of eight notably conservative legal professionals as well as two intended nominations, according to a White House press release.

One of these nominees, Amy Coney Barrett, was even a former law clerk under Scalia and, if confirmed, will serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. With Senate rules now preventing a filibuster on judicial nominees, Barrett and Trump’s other nominees should be confirmed with little pushback.

While Trump has this majority in the Senate, he must begin pushing appointments forward. As is, Trump will need to push at least two appointments a month to fill the court vacancies in a single four year term.

Liberals have reason to be worried, Trump still has over 100 vacancies to fill and that does not include judges who could be ending their careers in the next four years.

With 148 current judges on federal benches turning 67 or older this year, the likelihood of retirement or death increases as time goes on. Trump could not only shift the balance of the Supreme Court as he did in April, but the entire federal court system.

At the moment, about 55 percent of judges in the federal system were appointed by Democrats. But by filling 120 or so currently vacant positions, Trump would flip the courts, with Republican nominated judges filling more than 50 percent of the federal court positions. If given two terms in office, he could go even further.

The far left advocacy group Think Progress writes nervously, “[Trump’s] influence will have the greatest effect at the Circuit Court level. While the Supreme Court only hears about 75 cases a year, the court of appeals decides tens of thousands. Which means that often, the lower courts have the final say on the rule of law, creating a farreaching sphere of influence over the daily lives of Americans.”

Issues such as Trump’s travel ban and sanctuary cities, which are currently being held up in district and appeals courts, could eventually be placed in the hands of conservative justices as Trump continues the nomination process.

California federal judge William Orrick is the exact reason Trump needs to make haste with these nominations, as it has become clear they will determine if his policies live or fail.

Judge Orrick ruled against Trump’s sanctuary city executive order, not based on the legislation itself but instead, a series of public statements by Trump, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming these political statements were evidence the federal government intended to abuse the order.

Ignoring decades of precedent, liberal judges are striking blows at policy they disagree with and as federal judges, effectively legislating from the bench.

Trump’s judicial nomination could be a game changer for him. In the 9th Circuit alone, which encompasses much of California, Arizona and other critical border states, there are currently 20 court vacancies. If Trump can nominate conservatives to the court that has consistently challenged his policies, he can tilt the bias away from Democrats once more.

While liberals squeal at this possibility, it is truly no more than what they have done throughout history as well. Our courts liberal bias today can be accredited to the nearly 250 federal judges appointed under the Carter Administration, now it is simply Trumps turn to change the tide.

With only a simple majority needed to confirm judges, it is likely Trump’s nominees will pass with flying colors—for now. Republicans currently enjoy a majority in the Senate, but new elections occur every two years. Now, Trump’s focus should be on getting them nominated. Over the next four years Trump can instill a generation of conservative court leaders, allowing him to implement the policy he was elected to execute.

Natalia Castro is a contributing editor at Americans for Limited Government.

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Opinion My advice: Twice is just as nice Dr. James L. Snyder Nothing is more important to a blissful marriage than finding a point of agreement. Every veteran husband knows if he wants to change his wife’s mind about anything, just agree with her. It is amazing how this works. The technical name for this is “re-wife psychology.”

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I have been married since 1971 and have not had a serious argument or disagreement. (She does not allow me to talk back.) We have had rough times, but not with each other.

We have survived nine congregations, 19 homes, three children with nine grandchildren and all without compromising our relationship. My sanity is another issue.

Throughout our marriage, we have always held to the advice not to go to bed angry. Of course, there have been a few sleepless nights. I have a simple rule: do not close your eyes if there is an angry woman in the vicinity.

I honestly can say our marital relationship through the years has been most amicable. Since our marriage, my wife and I spend a lot of time working together and we never seem to get bored with one another.

We are a great team. She puts up with me and I let her. It works wonderfully and we have been able to accomplish a good deal together.

Only one area where we disagree and there may not be much of a remedy for this departure in company.

Never fear. Our marital dissolution is not near.

We have just learned to live with this dissent and, I might add, have survived quite happily.

I suppose no relationship is absolutely perfect this side of the Pearly Gates. Not to boast, but I have my wife beat in this one area. I do not often get the upper hand with her; in fact, I cannot remember any other occasion where this has occurred.

Nevertheless, we have come to a meeting of the minds on this subject. Really, if you don’t mind, the meeting doesn’t matter.

Where my wife and I disagree concerns reruns. She hates reruns and I love them. If I enjoy a book or a movie or a television program, I like seeing it again and again. Not my wife. “There are too many things I haven’t seen yet,” she argues, “to watch something the second time.”

Of course, there is something to what she says. Nevertheless, I still enjoy seeing or reading something I like the second time or more.

Like a classic, something you can enjoy over and over and it never loses its fascination or charm. In fact, each new exposure reveals some level you did not notice before.

The reason they are classics is the quality about them that bears repeating. A good book, especially the Good Book, all warrants multiple readings in my opinion. I must confess that some things I enjoy more the second time around.

Around Thanksgiving time, everyone seems to enjoy the turkey the second and third day just as well, if not more than the first day. In fact, you can tell a really good meal by how many times you can reheat it and enjoy it.

Thank God for microwave ovens. What did those Pilgrim mothers do without them?

My favorite movie of all times is “Old Yeller.” Thanks to the invention of video, I own my own copy of this classic and never tire of watching it.

My wife, on the other hand, tires of me watching it. There is nothing quite like curling up in my favorite chair with a soda and a mountain of popcorn watching “Old Yeller” on a winter’s eve.

If you have seen the movie, you know the closing scene is the real tearjerker. I do not want Old Yeller to die. Every time I watch, I cross my fingers and hope this might be the time Old Yeller makes it.

I do not like to be negative. I want to be optimistic about things and put a positive spin on everything. One day, I am sure, I will watch it and to my happy surprise, Old Yeller will make it.

I have seen it 973 times so far and it has not changed. Nevertheless, you never know. Stranger things have happened.

My experience has taught me that the really good things in life, only improve the more they are repeated.

The quality of some things increases with age.

I know the older I get, the better I become. (I absolutely refuse to qualify that statement.)

Although the Bible is more than a classic, it does bear much repeating. I have found that the more I read the Bible the more I get out of it. A passage that I have read 20 times before becomes new and fresh the next time I read it.

I cannot explain this wonderful phenomena, but it has happened to me many times.

King David understood this as no other person in the Bible. In one passage, he testifies to the importance of God’s Word in his own life. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalms 119:11).

The Apostle Paul said this about the Bible, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” (2 Timothy 3:16).

The Bible is a marvelous book that bears repeating. The more I read it, the more I enjoy it.

Dr. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, 1471 Pine Road, Ocala, FL 34472. He lives with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. The church web site is www.whatafellowship.com.

The real 1 percent: The federal workforce

By Robert Romano The non-defense, non-postal service part of the federal government comprises about 2 million employees — about 1.37 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Since 2004, federal government average hourly earnings have increased from $28.57 to $39.19 in 2016, while private sector average hourly earnings have only increased from $20.91 to $25.67, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

On average, private sector workers only make about 65.5 percent of their federal government counterparts.

The states with the most civil service federal workers are California (171,820), Virginia (149,560), D.C. (148,610), Texas (142,840) and Maryland (135,770). The states with the highest hourly pay are D.C. ($54.57), Maryland ($49.01), Virginia ($43.92), New Jersey ($42.54), Rhode Island ($42.31), Connecticut ($40.40), Massachusetts ($40.24), New Hampshire ($40.23) and California ($39.62).

Federal government employees also outpace private sector pay in the 3 key regions of the government, where private sector workers receive $39.88 an hour in D.C., $26.98 in Maryland and $25.53 in Virginia in average hourly earnings.

The cause?

On top of cost of living adjustments, there is a seniority system in the federal workforce, where the longer you have been on the job, the higher the step you are and the more you get paid, automatically.

Then there is the federal system of generous benefits and job security — it is next to impossible to fire a federal employee — all of which creates an incentive to stay there, thus exacerbating the situation.

There are also near-limitless resources for the federal government to borrow funds that states and localities lack. Federal government employees can see pay increases even in bad economic times.

Also, thanks to slow-growth policies by that very federal workforce and successive administrations and Congresses, with ever increasing regulation of the private sector, trade deals that have outsourced production, and importing low cost labor via lax immigration policies, the economy, which incomes are tied to,

is growing slower than ever.

The pay disparity also creates a perverse incentive to work for the government, attracting good talent away from the private sector.

In that sense, it is the federal government that is the true 1 percent, profiting off of the misery of everyone else. At the state and local level, government employees are more on par with their private sector counterparts, earning an average $26.41 an hour at the state level and $24.91 at the local government level, compared to $25.67 an hour for the private sector nationally.

In the meantime, the perverse incentives created are arguably shifting the political balance of power in the U.S., particularly by peopling the Commonwealth of Virginia with federal employees, which has tilted Democrat in the past three presidential elections.

To win in 2016, as a result, President Donald Trump had to turn to Rust Belt — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin — to those blue-collar conservative and union households that have been left behind in the current economy and had previously voted for Obama.

Politically, this creates an opportunity for the Trump administration using the disparity to take on civil service reform in Washington, D.C. and around the country. After all, only about 450,000 of the 2.1 million civil service federal employees live in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. The vast majority live all over the country.

You want performance-based pay? If the federal government is to be judged by the health of the economy, then by that standard it has been performing terribly and has been for some time. Trump and Congress could say that for every year the economy underperforms below the post-World War II average of 2.9 percent — a level not seen since 2005 — then all non-essential personnel in the federal government gets a pay cut.

There is a certain element of class warfare to this logic, but on the other hand, nothing says “drain the swamp” quite like sticking it to the government class. It’s about time the people’s representatives in Congress remind the administrative state who’s really the boss.

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Focus on Family

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FAMILY FEATURES

very year, more than 2,200 children die from injuries that occur at home, according to estimates from Safe Kids Worldwide. While every parent knows that accidents can and do happen, there are many areas of the home where some preventive steps can help reduce the risk.

Go throughout your home to check for these common risk factors and implement corrective actions based on advice from the experts at Safe Kids.

Kitchen

Although it may be tempting to hold a fussy child while working in the kitchen, a safer alternative is a high chair where they can see all the action but be safely out of harm’s way. Place the chair or seat on the floor to avoid possible toppling from atop a counter or furniture, and use the provided straps as instructed to prevent falls and strangulation hazards. n Keep pan handles turned inward, out of reach of little hands, and before opening the oven door, ensure little ones are a safe distance away, putting your own body between the child and the oven so you can prevent any sudden lunges. n Use the rear burners when possible and keep dishes filled with hot food out of reach on counters or table tops. n

Bathroom

Always check the water temperature before placing a child in the bathtub.

Remember that small children cannot tolerate the same level of heat that many adults enjoy. n Use a minimal amount of water in the tub, as drowning can occur in as little as a couple of inches. Drain the tub as soon as you are finished. n Reduce access to other water sources by closing toilet lids and keeping bathroom and laundry room doors closed. n Immediately unplug and store items such as hair dryers, curling irons and straight irons, which can retain heat long after being turned off and pose an added strangulation danger with dangling cords. n Keep medication out of reach and always use the intended dosing devices. Common kitchen spoons vary greatly, so using these to measure a medication may be imprecise and result in over or under medicating. n

Living Areas

Prevent window falls and injuries by installing window guards and stops.

Remember that windows located upstairs should have an emergency release in case of fire. n Eliminate dangling cords from blinds, either by hooking cords out of reach or using an alternative window covering. n When possible, place heavy items on low, sturdy furniture and use safety brackets, braces and wall straps to attach furniture and large items like TVs to the wall to prevent tipping. n

Stairs n n

Use safety gates at the top and bottom of staircases to prevent falls.

Ensure gates are securely attached on both sides and review manufacturer instructions to verify gates are constructed for their intended use. For example, not all gates are intended for use at the top of stairs and may give way under pressure.

Pantry/Garage

Products containing harmful chemicals, such as cleaners, should be stored out of reach, but also out of sight to avoid temptation. n Keep products in their original containers, which include instructions for proper use and guidance on what do to if ingested, rubbed in eyes, etc.

This also helps ensure items are not mistaken for something else and used dangerously. n

Find more tips for safer living at eLivingToday.com.

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5 Ways to Protect Your Family in 2017

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rotecting your family and loved ones is one of your most important responsibilities. Many people think about protection in terms of physical acts, such as practicing safe driving, but there are many more aspects of your lifestyle and home that affect your loved ones’ safety.

Know your own health status

Protect your family’s financial health

Protect the home of your loved ones

Although it can be painful to consider, your untimely death may leave your family reeling. Life insurance can help cover funeral costs, child care or act as income replacement. It can also help pay off any loans you’ve accrued, such as a home mortgage, car payment, credit card debt or student loans.

Ensure your family is breathing safe air

One threat you may not be aware of is radon, a radioactive gas that occurs naturally in the environment but can create significant health consequences in anyone exposed to unsafe levels.

Radon is an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas that can go undetected in homes until it is too late. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths among non-smokers in America, and claims the lives of nearly 21,000 Americans each year.

It is difficult to protect loved ones if you are not healthy yourself. Make sure you receive proper preventive care, such as regular health screenings and check-ups that are recommended for your gender and age. Find a checklist of important preventive screenings at CDC.gov/Prevention.

There are over 2 million burglaries annually in the United States, according to FBI statistics. Home security systems can help put your mind at ease, and having a security system can also decrease the premiums you pay for monthly homeowner’s insurance. Studies have shown that homes with a security system see a 39 percent decrease in financial loss compared to homes with no security system.

Safeguard your family from fire hazards

The National Fire Protection Association estimates that two-thirds of home fire deaths result from fires in homes with either no smoke alarms or non-working smoke alarms.

Batteries wear out and may be taken out to cease persistent beeping then never replaced. Smoke alarms should be in every bedroom, outside every sleeping area and on each level of your home.

Keep your loved ones safe and find more ways to protect your family at MyExamOne.com.

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News Is free speech fading at colleges? Some defenders think so

By Collin Binkley In campus clashes from California to Vermont, many defenders of the First Amendment say they see signs that free speech, once a bedrock value in academia, is losing ground as a priority at U.S. colleges.

As protests have derailed speeches by controversial figures, including an event with Ann Coulter last month at the University of California, Berkeley, some fear students have come to see the right to free expression less as an enshrined measure of protection for all voices and more as a political weapon used against them by provocateurs.

“I think minority groups and those who feel alienated are especially skeptical about free speech these days,” said Jeffrey Herbst, leader of the Newseum, a Washington group that defends the First Amendment. “But the powerful can get their message across any number of ways. It’s those who feel powerless or alienated who really benefit from enshrined rights.”

On Wednesday,

students at the historically black Bethune-Cookman University in Florida tried to shout down a commencement address by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who said during her speech, “Let’s choose to hear one another out.” Students and alumni had previously petitioned to rescind her invitation, saying she doesn’t understand the importance of historically black schools.

While some cast the debate as a political battle, pitting protesters on the left against conservative speakers on the right, First Amendment advocates warn the line marking acceptable speech could slip if more college students adopt lessthan-absolute views on free speech.

When UC Berkeley canceled Coulter’s April 27 speech amid threats of violence, it was only the latest example of a speaker with controversial views being blocked from talking.

Since the beginning of 2016, nearly 30 campus speeches have been derailed amid controversy, according to the Foundation For Individual

Rights In Education.

In many cases , speakers have been targeted for their views on race and sexual identity.

At Middlebury College in Vermont, author Charles Murray was shouted down by students who accused him of espousing racist views.

An event featuring Milo Yiannopoulos at Berkeley was called off after protests over his views on race and transgender people turned violent.

In the past year, other speeches have been disrupted or canceled amid student protests at the University of Wisconsin, UC Davis, Brown University, New York University and DePaul University, among others.

Today’s students have developed a new understanding of free speech that doesn’t protect language seen as offensive to minorities or others thought to be disenfranchised, said Herbst, also a former president of Colgate University, a liberal arts school in Hamilton, New York.

He sees it as a generational divide, a notion that’s

supported by some polling data. A 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center, for example, found that 40 percent of people ages 18 to 34 supported government censorship of statements offensive to minorities. Only 24 percent of people ages 51 to 69 agreed.

The literary group PEN America has also warned free speech is being threatened at colleges.

As students and administrators strive to make campuses more hospitable to diverse student bodies, some have wrongly silenced speech that makes certain students feel uncomfortable, said Suzanne Nossel, the group’s director.

“The university has dual imperatives. It has to be a place that is welcoming and open to students of all backgrounds, cognizant of the barriers that impede students from marginalized groups,” she said. “But that cannot and must not come at the expense of being an open environment for speech.”

The events at Berkeley and Middlebury have drawn scorn from observers across the

political spectrum, including some founders of the free speech movement that took root at Berkeley in the 1960s.

Jack Weinberg, who was arrested on campus in 1964 for violating school codes on activism and sparked a wave of protests to change them, said he found “the whole thing despicable.”

“When you suppress ideas, you also increase interest in those ideas,” Weinberg said.

“It’s understandable that people want to stop it, but it doesn’t work.”

Still, some students don’t see a problem with disrupting

provocative speakers. Some say they’re simply invoking their own First Amendment rights, while others say they’re appealing to higher principles that take priority over free expression.

“If your goal is to come onto university campuses and put communities at risk, and your goal is to bash and spew hateful, racist rhetoric, then we don’t want that,” said Richard Alvarado, a junior at Berkeley who protested both recent speeches. “We as a community have a moral obligation to hold you accountable for it.”

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BIRDIE L. TOWNS CASE NO. 17STPB03740 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BIRDIE L. TOWNS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ARNESE O. TOWNSCOX in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ARNESE O. TOWNSCOX be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority.

(This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/26/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 22, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 67 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/31/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:

Attorney for Petitioner

IAN NOEL ESQ

CHARLENE L. USHER, ESQ. - SBN 191559

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner PAUL HORN, ESQ. - SBN 243227 THE PAUL GROUP, PC

HORN

LAW

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Ref. No. 15-1157-RIG-

GINS Trustor and Owner/ Taxpayer. MARIE RIGGINS, 8725 PENRIDGE PLACE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN DATED 04/23/2013. 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. A Public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state of federal savings and loan association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, an interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien described below. The 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 the Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. The sale will be subject to a ninety (90) day right of redemption by the current owner(s) of record. TRUSTOR: MARIE RIGGINS Duly Appointed Trustee: JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation Recorded 07/11/2013, as Instrument No. 20131021105 in of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, Date and Time of Sale: 05/30/2017 at 10:00AM. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges as of 05/30/2017: $17,459.41.

Street address or other common designation of real property: 8725 PENRIDGE PLACE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 APN #: 4025-018-230 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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 Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee.

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: 03/20/2017 JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation 11845 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1245, Los Angeles, California 90064 (310) 473-0757, JAMES GEFFNER, TRUSTEE For Sales Information Call (916) 939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com NPP0307217

To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE Publish Dates: 05/10/2017, 05/17/2017, 05/24/2017

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH YSABEL FLORES CASE NO. 17STPB03305 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOSEPH YSABEL FLORES. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KATHERINE FLORES in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KATHERINE FLORES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority.

(This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/07/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner DAVID M. PRICE, ESQ. SBN 120105 PRAY, PRICE, WILLIAMS & PICKING 555 E. OCEAN SUITE 810

BLVD.,

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--------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROBERT LEE CARTER Case No. 17STPB01291 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROBERT LEE CARTER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Harriet Penny Nesbit in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Harriet Penny Nesbit be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 1, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: STEVEN A. ELLIS (SBN 171742) SHAUNA E. WOODS (SBN 300339)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90017

SBN 299570

213-426-2500

LAW OFFICE OF

213-623-1673 FAX

CYNTHIA R POLLOCK

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--------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LORRI M. GATELEIN Case No. 17STPB03965 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LORRI M. GATELEIN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jolene R. Bowman in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jolene R. Bowman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 5, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 11 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: CYNTHIA R. POLLOCK ESQ

GOODWIN PROCTER, LLP

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--------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000005419908 Title Order No.: FHA/VA/PMI No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/25/2002. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/03/2002 as Instrument No. 02-2329199 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: RICARDO FRAYRE A SINGLE MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 06/22/2017 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: DOUBLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELESNORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 324 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90301 APN#: 4022-017-019 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 $153,227.03. 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 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005419908. 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC 800280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 05/15/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4620121 05/17/2017, 05/24/2017, 05/31/2017 SchId:67805 CustId:64

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Eye on Entertainment Ashley Graham is a woman with curves (but don’t say plus-size)

Instagram photo NEW YORK—Ashley Graham may have curves, but she hates the term plus-size.

“Does any woman really just come in and say, ‘I’m a plus-size woman’? Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but ... I just think it’s divisive.

I think labeling and putting a name on women in certain categories because (of) a (size) number inside of their pants isn’t really getting us any farther in life.”

She made it into the mainstream when she appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2016 issue. That led to other opportunities, including the cover of Vogue magazine and a gig as a judge on “America’s Next Top Model.”

Now Graham has written a memoir, “A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty & Power Really Look Like” (Dey Street Books).

She talked about her role models, achievements and critics in a recent interview with The Associated Press. ___ Associated Press: You’re an advocate for healthy body acceptance. How is the fashion industry responding?

Graham: The fashion industry is into it.

(Laughs.) I think what’s really great is the fashion industry has really said, ‘You know what, we’re about inclusion right now.’ We’ve had the body era. We’ve had the waif era, now here we are in the inclusivity era and it’s race, it’s age, it’s gender, it’s size.

AP: You’re known for your curves but you’ve been criticized for photos where it appears that you’ve lost weight. What do you say to that?

Graham: My weight is going to go up and down but, also, nobody can dictate what I’m doing. I’m a true size 14, I’m happy with my body, nobody has dictatorship over who I am.

AP: You also write in your book about fashion and curvy girls and how hard it is to find great clothes in bigger sizes.

Graham: I don’t know who’s making those clothes. I’m ready to come out with a line of clothes that’s affordable, that’s for all sizes. The beauty of being a curvier girl is that we’re all shaped so differently. But it’s sad because I really think there’s a lot of designers who do go up to a size 22, 24 but buyers are not buying them because they don’t think we’re gonna come in and buy it. So, it’s a vicious cycle, and I don’t know where it starts and stops ... all I know is I’m talking about it and

there are some designers who have been very open.

Prabal Gurung is one who put curvy girls on the runway. Christian Siriano and Michael Kors, too, so it’s happening.

AP: You have a stylist and you know designers.

Have any said they won’t dress you?

Graham: I haven’t experienced firsthand negative feelings of designers not dressing me because of my size, but if I did ... you’d hear about it. (Laughs.)

AP: You also are a believer in vision boards, which are supposed to help people focus on specific life goals.

Graham: Vision boards are so important. If it’s not even an actual vision board up in your room, then write down what you want. There’s really something about getting it out and putting (it on) paper or a corkboard or whatever your thing is.

I’m not a DIY girl whatsoever. It’s really for me to be able to see something before I go to bed and when I wake up in the morning to remember what I want, but also to say, you know what, let god’s will be done and hopefully this works out. I had Sports Illustrated on there, I had Vogue on there. It took me a couple years for the whole vision board to happen, but here we are.

New American Writers Museum narrates The Great American Story

By Hillie Italie CHICAGO—The American Writers Museum , seven years in the making, is an endeavor even the most daring author might shy from: How, on a single floor of an office building, do you tell the story of centuries of American language?

The museum’s curators wanted the broadest possible concept of writing, one that includes not just novels, memoirs and poetry, but screenplays, journalism, rap lyrics, advertising slogans and even stand-up comedy. Prince and Tupac Shakur are represented along with Harper Lee and Thomas Jefferson.

Homes and institutions throughout the country are dedicated to individual authors, whether the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, or the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California.

But this museum, opening Tuesday in Chicago, is the first to attempt a comprehensive portrait.

Chicago, centrally located and associated with great American writers like Carl Sandburg, Nelson Algren and James T. Farrell, was deemed the ideal setting.

The museum, 11,000 square feet (1,022 square meters) on the second floor of a Michigan Avenue office

building between a Citibank and a noodle shop, doesn’t have marble floors or grand archways.

The layout is bright and intimate, perfect for school trips and family outings.

Along with colorful banners, timelines, placards and a word “waterfall,” there are interactive games and activities. Trivia contests ask questions like which book begins with “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board” (Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God”) or who coined the term “factoid” (Norman Mailer)?

One area allows visitors to create their own stories, with writing pads, a manual typewriter and a bulletin board to post the results.

The museum also has a “Readers Hall” with bookcases offering such selections as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the poems of Elizabeth Bishop and the screenplay to Billy Wilder’s classic “Sunset Boulevard.”

Wall displays summarize everything from the “evolution” of bookstores to “Voices of Dissent.”

Relying mostly on private funding, the American Writers Museum was conceived in 2010 by Malcolm O’Hagan, former CEO of a manufacturing trade organization who was inspired by the Dublin

Writers Museum in Ireland.

“The goal is to tell the story, and stories, of the American contribution to human literary expression,” said Max Rudin, a member of the museum’s content leadership team and publisher of the Library of America, which issues hardcover editions of classic American writings.

“And (we seek) to do it in ways that capture the energy of our uniquely democratic literary culture in all its diversity and sometimes even its eccentricity.”

“When people think of writers and writing, you think novels, and that can kind of come off as stale,” says the museum’s director of operations, Christopher Burrow.

So we wanted to make it modern, interactive, and bring the past to the present and inspire the next generation of writers.”

A “Writer’s Room” provides a showcase for an individual book or author, starting with Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and its working manuscript, the extraordinary 120-foot (36-meter) scroll he would unfurl before startled publishers.

A passageway near the museum’s entrance slips you into the hushed, tropical atmosphere of poet W.S. Merwin’s home in Hawaii, an installation/greenhouse

complete with live palms and audio recordings of Merwin’s poetry.

“His home is on the side of a hill, surrounded by palms, and sometimes when you’re in the house you barely know whether it’s sunny outside,” says Merwin’s stepson, the author-screenwriter John Burnham Schwartz, who has visited the museum.

“He loves the feeling of being completely enveloped and I think they’ve captured that feeling well here.”

The museum that the public first encounters is unlikely to be the same museum in the months and years ahead.

Exhibitions will rotate and the permanent collection, focused on dead writers and other public figures of the past, will inevitably require more room.

Museum President Carey Cranston says that if “demand and interest” are high enough they might expand to the floor above and double the space.

Because the museum, by definition, is a kind of canon, debates eventually will grow over who belongs and who doesn’t.

An “American Voices” wall timeline highlights both the expected (Melville, Hawthorne, Hemingway) and such lesser knowns as the 19th century novelist

Sophia Alice Callahan.

“It’s a way of thinking about language and craft,” Rudin says.

“Writers influence our lives in both profound and ordinary ways. As a counterpoint to the more traditional ‘serious’ writing elsewhere in the museum, copy writing, comedy writing, editorials and lyrics highlight the many shapes and sizes of American writing.”

History readers may be disappointed.

Francis Parkman and W.E.B Du Bois are featured on the wall timeline, but you’ll see little or nothing about Barbara Tuchman, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Daniel Boorstin, Richard Hofstadter and John Hope Franklin among others.

Supreme Court writings, currently absent from the museum, are an “obvious subject” for a future exhibit, Rudin says.

Statesman and politicians are represented, with some notable exceptions.

Jefferson, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin are duly highlighted, but references to another founder, a principal author of the Federalist Papers who is remembered in song at the nearby PrivateBank Theatre, are hard to find.

Alexander Hamilton’s turn will have to wait.

Ethiopia’s star singer Teddy Afro makes plea for openness

By Elias Meseret ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Teddy Afro, Ethiopia’s superstar singer, is topping the Billboard world albums chart with “Ethiopia,” which less than two weeks after its release has sold nearly 600,000 copies, a feat no other artist here has achieved.

Known for the political statements he makes in his music, an infectious mix of reggae and Ethiopian pop, the 40-year-old Tewodros Kassahun told The Associated Press that raising political issues should not be a sin.

Open debate “should be encouraged,” he said.

“No one can be outside the influence of politics and political decisions.”

Ethiopia is an unlikely place for an outspoken singer to thrive. The government is accused of being heavyhanded on opposing voices.

During a visit this month, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein expressed concern about the state of emergency imposed in October after months of deadly anti-government protests demanding wider freedoms. Opposition and human rights groups blame security forces for hundreds of deaths, but the government says they largely used “proportionate” measures.

The human rights chief also criticized Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism laws, saying an “excessively broad” definition of terrorism may be misused against journalists and opposition members.

In “Ethiopia,” the songs highlight the diversity of the country’s 100 million people while encouraging national unity. Pointing to Ethiopia’s formative role in launching the African Union continental body in 1963, Teddy said his country should find more cohesiveness at home.

“A country that tried to bring Africans together is now unable to have a unified force and voice,” he said.

“The tendency nowadays here in Ethiopia is to mobilize in ethnic lines, not ideas.”

In his new album, Teddy sings mainly in Amharic but incorporates other local languages, which has been well-received by Ethiopians as a call for national unity.

At the same time, some of his songs have been interpreted as carrying political messages against Ethiopia’s ruling elites, leading some fans to say his outspokenness has made him a target.

In 2008, the singer was sentenced to two years in prison for a hit-and-run manslaughter but was released after 18 months in jail. He said he was never inside the car, and his fans suggested it was a politically motivated harassment by the ruling party. Hundreds of Ethiopians protested outside the court during his trial in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Authorities also have frequently cancelled his concerts without explanation.

“We have sustained a lot of damages. This is not right,” he said.

Asked if he has any political ambitions, the singer said: “Let me continue doing what I’m doing now and we will see what the future holds for other things.”