5M ial-a-Lift Service RestoredZ j a ) S iportant transportation service 2 o < ^n restored to Orange county’s

__„jied persons largely through theefforts of a local Senior, and a major County bureaucracy has shown it­self to be responsive to client needs. Fullerton FISH Program leader Ber- niece Boggs has seen her criticisms of the revised Dial-A-Lift Program (See February Observer, p .l) pro­duce a complete turn around in that program’s direction.According to Boggs, Suzanne Res- treps. Planning Director of the Con­solidated Transportation Service

Agency (CTSA), told her that on July 1, 1983, portal to portal on demand Dial-A-Lift service for the disabled will be restored.The Planning Agency will make this recommendation to the Orange County Transportation commission and, according to Restreps,expect it will be approved.The change, which follows the con­clusions of a 47 page Consultant’s report, will also allow clients to be transported across so-called service district boundaries without having to change vehicles.

FULLERTON OBSERVER

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NO. 29 APRIL 1983

“Good Times" TV Star Rolle Challenges Prayer Meeting

A prayer meeting at Fullerton’s Friendship Baptist Church, promp­ted by the tragic Stanton police shooting, was transformed into a rally when Esther Rolle, star of TV’s Good Times, brought 200 applaud­ing attendees to their feet with a stinging social sermon.“ Until you can feel the depth of that woman’s bereavement, and under­stand that but for the Grace of God it could be yours, you are not obeying the first commandment of Christi­anity: to love your fellowman,” she told the ethnically mixed audience. “ Sure, I feel more at home with darker people. After all I was trained in a country which relegated me to separate fountains, bathrooms, and neighborhoods,” she continued. “ But now we must come to realize that you and I are one, if we are to survive as a society,” she added. Her words were echoed by Los An­geles Jail Chaplain Ernest King, who challenged the white majority in our community.“ We’re all brothers. Some of us may be darker or taller or poorer, but still brothers and sisters,” he said.“And if you don’t think so, just try to get into Heaven by hating me,” he added.The meeting was sponsored by the Orange County Chapter of the

NAACP, and also featured a report from local President Jim Colquitt ontheir investigation of the Stanton incidentHe reported that to date no evidence has been found to indicate that the fatal shooting had any racial over­tones.Colquitt called for community action to correct the conditions which breed

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Good Times TV star, Esther Rolle, is challenging atten­dees at Patrick Mason Prayer Meeting.

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A ll th a t i s l e f t o f d ila p id a te d house a t 139 E. Common­w ealth i s ru b b le . U n til r e c e n t ly i t provided unsafe s h e lt e r fo r 13 ch ild ren and 5 a d u lts .

P artII o f a Housing Investigation

Condemned House Demolishedby Ralph Kennedy

In the March Observer, we learned of the condemnation of a residential dwelling at 139 E. Commonwealth, and the attendant displacement of its 18 inhabitants.

1 This month we continue our investi­gation with consideration of the fol­lowing 3 questions:1) What happened to the four fami­lies who were living in this dilapi­dated house?2) Was this an isolated situation, or

Maple Center Supported by

School Trustees“ My children cannot stand to be a part of another broken family.” Single parent Thuc Nyguen was ap­pealing to the Elementary School District on behalf of the Maple Area F amily of which she and her two pre­school children have become a part. Children from the Maple Neigh­borhood also attended the meeting of the Board of Trustees, and in addi­tion to inviting the Trustees to come visit their Pre-school, Daycare, and Headstart Programs, presented the Board with J63.50 which they had collected to help keep the Maple Community Center open.Jim Colquitt, President of the Or­ange County Chapter of the NAA­CP, went further.“ We are not here tonight to ask you to keep the Maple Community Cen­ter open; we are here to ask you to expand it.”At least two Trustees agreed that more not less could be done at Ma­ple. Trustee Fred Mason said he thought the 5.1 acres at Maple were

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are the 139 E. Commonwealth living conditions prevalent in other poor Fullerton neighborhoods?3) Where should the blame for such unhealthy and unsafe living condi­tions be placed?WHERE DID THE FAMILIES GO?Manuel Rivera and his two small children were living in the larger downstairs apartment, in which the smoke inundation, which led to the house's condemnation and demoli­tion, took place.This accident, his subsequent search for somewhere else to live, and his attempts to keep from having his children taken from him have led to Rivera’s losing his part time job.In desperation, he has since taken refuge in the small house of his parents on Chapman Avenue in Ful­lerton.His welfare income, which was cut from $450 to $280 per month when he took the part time job, is now his sole source of income.Diane Barnes and her two children fled Fullerton after the fire, and have also moved in with her parents in Anaheim.She had been keeping house and baby-sitting for Rivera's children and her own in his apartment.No one really knows the where­about of the 7 Trujillos, who were living in the 1-room apartment in the front of the house. Rumor has it that they have migrated to the Bay area, where they are said to have some relatives.Francisco Garcia with his wife and 5

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TRANSITTRAUMA

by Mike Johnson An increasingly grim chronicle of the OCTD has occupied these pages in recent months. As a change in pace, Seattle’s solution to its transit prob­lems may be of interest.There is a surprisingly large group of dedicated bus riders willing to brave the almost daily rainstorms in this lovely windswept city. There are 23 park and ride facilities sprinkled throughout the suburbs; busses tra­vel downtown in special “ high occu­pancy” lanes somewhat like our El Monte Bus way.Unlike Fullerton Park and Ride there is no charge for parking, since the idea is to get more, not less, people to ride Seattle Metro busses. Dozens of express routes crisscross the area, running as often as 6 times per hour for a maximum fare of90C;

ends.Seattle received over two hundred double-length “ articulated” busses last year. It has a large fleet of elctrically-powered “ trackless trol­leys” to tame the steep, rain-slicked hills of this city by the bay. The downtown area also features several vintage Australian tramcars and a modern monorail.In a recent trip to Seattle, I was impressed with long queues of pa­trons standing in the rain at bus stops.Most downtown bus stops are marked not only with route numbers, but with detailed route maps and schedules. In contrast, few bus stops in Orange county have even route numbers, even in tourist areas like Beach Blvd. or Harbor Blvd.When I called Seattle Metro In­formation, a courteous operator gave me detailed schedule information and sent me a map, a tourist trip brochure, and a ticket for a free ride. OCTD Information operators tend to-bejess than complete, refusing to give even route information on OCTD-sponsored RTD routes 130, 757, or 822 service through Ful­lerton.I look forward to another trip to Seattle, where mass transit use is encouraged, not discouraged.

T ran sit D is t r ic t and. C ity O f f i c ia ls p itc h in at ground­breaking fo r new Bus Terminal a t th e F u ller to n Multi-Modal T ransportation C enter.

Bus Terminal InitiatedPublic transportation in northern Orange County received a boost re­cently when the Orange County Transit District broke ground for the Fullerton Transit Terminal.The bus facility, located adjacent to the Fullerton Amtrak depot on the comer of Santa Fe and Pomona avenues, is part of the city’s new multi-modal Transportation Center, which also features ample auto and bicycle parking.The $220,833 terminal, scheduled

most O d 'D routes make a single daily trip and cost $1.50.There is no charge for busses in the

^downtown area at any time. Week- da^rates vary outside the city from 50 to 90<t. Two children under 16 ride free with a fare-paying adult on Sundays. Seniors pay 15C at any time or two dollars a month, and there is a weekend unlimited ride pass for $1.25 a day.OCTD has no similar weekend in­centive programs; OCTD patrons pay 60 or 754; senior pay 354 dur­ing rush hours and travel free at other times.Most areas have seven day-a-week service. Most city lines ran late at night There are 6 all night “Night Owl” lines running 7 days after 1:30 a.m. Most OCTD routes do not ran on Sunday; none run after 11:00 p.m. weekdays or 9:00 p.m. week-

toopen in October 1983, will consist of a sheltered bus plaza accom­modating eight bus bays, a passenger waiting platform with shelters, ben­ches, telephones and trash recepta­cles.Among those attending the cere­monies were OCTD Vice Chairman, William Farris, OCTD Board Mem­ber Daniel G riset Fullerton M ayor- Richard Ackerman, Councilmem- bers A.B. “ Buck” Catlin and Molly McClanahan, and City Manager William Winter.

Volunteerism Flourishes in FullertonWhen President John Kennedy told us, “ Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” he could hardly have anticipated the zeal with which Ful­lerton citizens would respond to his challenge 20 years after his death.In a single meeting recently, the City Council established an Adopt-A- Park Program, approved the most recent of thousands of dollars don­ated for the new Police Service Dog Program, accepted a myriad of labor and materials donations used to re­store the historical Amerige Build­ing, and authorized Staff to establish a City Gift Catalog as a vehicle to facilitate citizen contributions to various City Departments.The Adopt-A-Park concept provides an avenue for large companies and community organizations to contri­bute to the maintenance of public park sites.In return the contributors will benefit from favorable exposure, the genera­tion of good will, and the satisfaction which comes from serving their com-

has volunteered to head a committee to spearhead the Adopt-A-Park Pro­gram.According to Community Services Director Ron Hagan, the Committee will make contacts with corporate officials, ascertain companies’ in­terests and past contributions, and make the ongoing corporate and or­ganizational solicitations.

Vice Chairman Farris recalled the eight-year relationship between the district and the City of Fullerton which included OCTD’s first per­manent facility, the Park-And-Ride complex, that was opened in De­cember 1974.Director Griset said “ We predict that the Fullerton Transportation Center, upon completion, will be­come the gateway to north Orange County.”

Handicapped Awareness MonthFullerton College has joined with the Orange County Board of Supervis­ors in designating April as “ Handi­capped Awareness Month.”As part of this action-packed county­wide public awareness observance, the Disabled Student Center on the campus will sponsor a month-long open house celebration to be high­lighted with a public reception april 20 (Wednesday).Although the Center for students with physical, communicative and/

see organized tours, a chance to personally meet the professionals who work with the handicapped stu­dents, and demonstrations of special and adaptive equipment Evening group visits can also be arranged during the month.The open house celebration is slated for2 to4 p.m. attheCenter, Building T5-A. Highlighted with an address by Edwards on the purpose and future goals of the Center, and re­freshments, there will also be de­monstrations o f the new Kurzweil

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Save Maple CenterIn 1972 Maple elementary School was closed and the Maple neighbor­hood children bussed to 5 receiving schools elsewhere in Fullerton.As a partial concession to the neigh­borhood, the School District pro­mised to retain the school building as a Community Center.The FESD is now faced with a $4 million deficit in their projected 1983-84 budget Amongst the many cost-cutting measures being con­sidered are the closing of three Elementary Schools and the Maple Center.Parents from the 3 schools have persuaded the School Board that it would not be cost-effective or wise to close their schools, and we agree. Now it is time for the Board to make the same decision about the Maple Community Center.In view of the serious fiscal condition of our District, if the MCC were not well used by Maple Neighborhood families, we would support its clo­sure.Since records show that 61 Maple children are currently attending Pre­school, Headstart, and Daycare Pro­grams at the MCC, however, we believe it would be unwise, even immoral to shut down this Center. In addition to the above programs, the Center also serves as the site for English-As-A-Second-Language classes for many Maple parents and a small weekday housing office.During the school year teacher- parent conferences for Maple par­ents are held at the MCC, and in the summer several hundred children at­tend an enrichment program there, sponsored by Fullerton College.If these programs were scattered toother District schools manv o f the

administrative costs could be re­duced, but even if they cannot, Ful­lerton can’t afford to abandon this Center and its Maple neighbors.

Help for the SchoolsDepending on the outcome of a court case between Barrett and the County of Santa Clara over their differing interpretations of Proposition 13, a way may have been found to enable Fullerton families to make sizable contributions to their financially be­leaguered Elementary School Dis­trict without further depleting al­ready over-stretched family budgets. The FESD financial crisis has led several responsible adults to suggest local fund-raising campaigns to sup­plement State and Federal funds in maintaining the integrity of our edu­cational program.If the Barretts prevail, they and all other homeowners who join their class action suit stand to receive an unexpected windfall equal to 2% of the property taxes they paid for the years 1978 to 1983.To qualify as a joint plaintiff in this suit, you need to own a home, the taxes on which were affected by the passage of Proposition 13.An average homeowner could ex­pect, if all goes well, to receive a rebate of about $ 120.If 25% of Fullerton’s homeowners filed, this could produce almost $600,000. This would be a signifi­cant contribution to continuing qual­ity education in Fullerton without costing any of us an extra centTo obtain the form which must be filed to qualify for this windfall tax rebate, you must send a stamped self-addressed envelope to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Post Office Box 687, Santa Ana, CA

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COMMENTARYSlum Housing Blame

Who is responsible for the unac­ceptably unsafe and unhealthful housing about which Ralph Kennedy has reported in the March and cur­rent Observers?The most obvious culprits, accord­ing to most of those involved in and interviewed for these articles, are the property owners and their agents. Clearly there can be no justification for knowingly allowing other human beings to live in unsafe and unhealth­ful squalor.But for those of us who will be too quick to lay all the blame on the landlords, let’s consider the follow­ing.Where would all the poor families go, if all the overcrowded dilapidated residences in Fullerton were demol­ished?And why are these families being

Help for the CityA recent State Supreme Court de­cision could have a substantially fa­vorable impact on Fullerton’s an­nual budgetary deficit, if the City Council chooses to avail itself of its new taxing authority.In the decision of the City/County of San Francisco vs. Farrell, the Court found that increases in general taxes, such as the transient occupancy business license, oil extraction, and utility users taxes, which are levied by cities for the provision of basic services, are not subject to Proposi­tion 13 restrictions.In 1982, for example, Fullerton col­lected about $75,000 in Oil Extrac­tion Taxes from Union, Getty, and Chevron Oil Companies.As published in the July 82 Ob­server, a six to seven-fold increase in the then 5<t/barrel extraction fee could easily have been justified on the basis of the increased value of oil and the higher prices charged by other Orange County cities.This would result in an annual wind­fall of about $450,000 for a severely strained Fullerton fiscal condition. It will be interesting to watch the upcoming budget sessions to see if our fiscal guardians will be able to bring themselves to increase taxes on these big oil companies.Or will they take the easy way out with a token 5<t increase, as has previously been recommended by a timid and conservative Staff?The answer could well determine whether or not such worthy projects as the Therapeutic Recreational En­vironment Program, the West Coy­ote Hills Wilderness Park, the Hunt

forced to settle for such slum housing in the midst of a City which boasts some of the most beautiful residen­tial neighborhoods in Orange Coun­ty?What would it take to create more affordable housing in Fullerton? Is our city Council doing all it can to conform with the State-mandate: that local governments do all they can to provide housing for all econ­omic segments of their communities? Are we as citizens doing all we should to influence our local officials to live up to this mandate?And is our City’s professional staff doing all they can to develop and recommend initiatives designed to eradicate the kind of slum housing of which 139 E. Commonwealth was a prime example?Or are they only making the recom­mendations which they think will be politically acceptable to the Council; thus relieving the Council of taking full reponsibility for unpopular choices themselves?To the credit of all those who must share in the blame for this continuing disgraceful condition, a more general precipitous action has not been tak- eiL r j ~ ____ _Many communities faced with simi­lar circumstances have engaged in city-wide insensitive code-enforce­ment programs.The results have been the wholesale displacement of poor families, and the worsening of already miserable living conditions in other nearby poor neighborhoods.

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Harlequin Turns Romantic Love Into Super Profits

by Leslie Rabine Like true love. Harlequin never dies. Prominently displayed in super­markets, keeping up the circulation in public libraries, this self-pro­claimed “ world’s no. 1 publisher of romance fiction” outsells the biggest best sellers.A moderately successful publishing house, in 1971 it hired Lawrence Heisley, a Proctor and Gamble mar­keting man, as its new president He turned feminine romantic love into superprofits for his board of directors by transferring to the sale of books the techniques used to sell detergent to housewives.By turning love into a consumer product Harlequin increased its net earnings from $110,000 in 1970 to over $21-million by 1980. But pack­aging alone cannot account for the loyalty of 14 million readers.The novel’s flyleaf assures readers that “ no one touches the heart of a woman quite like Harlequin,” and marketing statistics-188 million books sold per year, sales accounting for 30% of all mass-market paper­backs in a major bookstore chain- support this claim.Like soap operas, Monday night

football, mysteries. Westerns, Hol­lywood movies, and all those reading and viewing pleasures that go under the name of “ mass culture,” Harle­quin Romances have to be taken seriously.Often dismissed as “ pure entertain­ment,” they provide a momentary escape precisely because they speak to their readers’ deepest desires, an­xieties, and conflicts, which cannot be resolved in women’s lives as they are lived today.But while the problems dealt with in the novels imply profound criticisms of today’s society, the romances treat them in a trivialized, mechan­ized, alienated way—one could even say in a way that exploits the reader. While reflecting their readers’ de­sires for change, the novels them­selves do not change. Each one is an exact repetition of the other.Each novel recounts how a young woman, frequently orphaned, meets an older, wealthy, handsome, power­ful, virile hero in an exotic setting. Their meeting initiates an antagon­istic battle of wills between the two, who are frequently employer and employee. Their relationship is re­solved in a crisis through which the

hero reveals his true depth of emo­tion and love for the heroine.The main readership consists largely of working women, who cannot watch soap operas, and who are looking for a literary means of escape in their very rare moments of leisure. The heroines, with their interesting and unusual careers as concert musi­cians, poets, nurses, athletic coach­es, shopkeepers, and car racers, are the glamorized alter egoes of the readers. Their problems and con­flicts with their powerful bosses are idealizations of the readers’.The reader’s life, not only in her

work place, but in her shopping, her banking, in her relations to govern­ment, to school, and to all the ser­vices she seeks, is a frustrating battle with giant, faceless, indifferent bur­eaucracies and corporations. Responding to the readers’ sense of powerlessness and depersonaliza­tion, the heroines demand that the business world itself reflect “ femi­nine” values and that under his virile exterior the powerful hero be more like a woman.The desire reflected in the novels, that society as a whole be governed by personal caring and love rather

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Compromise May Bring Nutritious SnacksNixon Archives to CSUF

The CSUF Faculty Council by a vote of 35 to 1 has approved a Resolution calling for siting the Richard Nixon Archives on the Cali­fornia State University Fullerton campus, and locating the Nixon Pub­lic Exhibit Area adjacent to the Nixon birthplace in Yorba Linda. The proposal to locate the Archives at CSUF and the Exhibit Area in Yorba Linda seemed to be a compro­mise aimed at satisfying both those who were attracted by the prestige and academic value of housing such unique historical records, and those who feared the potential develop­ment of a shrine to the defamed President.In approving this Resolution, the Council also voted to establish an ad-hoc committee to coordinate with interested parties in accomplishing the above sitings, and to facilitate

access tor the scholarly community to these important materials. Speaking in favor of the Resolution, History Professor Carmon Hardy said, “The volumes of documents and records would promote confer­ences and symposia, providing in­centive for scholars around the coun­try to come to CSUF.”The next step will be preparation of a proposal by the Faculty Committee for presentation to the California State University Board of Trustees, requesting lease space in the CSUF Library.When approved, it would come back to President Jewel Plummer Cobb for her approval, according to His­tory Department Chairman James Woodward.Even then Cal State’s proposal will still have to compete with many other cities, including Whittier and

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City Reverses Stand on Tax-Exempt Financing

In a dramatic reversal of its previous stance, the Fullerton City Council has narrowly approved use of Coun­ty tax-exempt bond financing to help make a limited number of Fullerton projects more affordable. Councilman Catlin asked for the reconsideration of the Council’s pri­or negative vote at the request of the developer of Orange thorpe Village. He went on to explain that he now supported the use of such bonds, as one means of meeting the City’s housing goals, on which “ we have not been doing too well of late.” Speaking for the Orangethorpe Part­ners, Anthony Aulisio told the Council that in the first year the government would save 10 times more in taxes and social welfare subsidies than they would lose in exempted taxes on interest income. Mayor Ackerman citied a couple of William Lyons Projects in Fullerton

whose prices without subsidies were as low or lower than the 180,000 to 195,000 units promised by Aulisio. Former Mayor Bob Root countered by pointing out that the lower mort­gage payments which the tax-exempt bond financing would make possible would actually make the Orange­thorpe units more affordable. Councilwoman LeQuire reiterated her opposition to such government financing for housing as an unneces­sary intervention in the free enter­prise system which “ if we continue to allow, will endanger our existence as a free nation.”Councilpeople Winters and McClanahan joined Catlin in voting for a cooperative agreement with the County to permit the use of tax- exempt bond financing in a limited number of Fullerton housing devel­opments, to be approved on a project by project basis by the Council.

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S k it fo r a tten d ees o f the Orange County Human R ela tion Com­m iss io n 's 1983 Anniversary Awards Banquet at P la c e n t ia 's Tlaque-Paque R estaurant. _____

Crafts Returns to Fullertonby Aimee Kraus

For 38 years, the North Orange County Community Concert As­sociation has been bringing music and dance events to the Fullerton area. On April 16, the Association will have a chance to present a “ wel­come home” concert to one of Ful­lerton’s own.Baritone Edward Crafts will be ap­pearing in concert at Plummer Audi­torium, where the now well known opera singer played Professor Har­old Hill in his high school’s pro­duction of “ Music Man.”Crafts is a graduate of Fullerton Union High School and studied for four summers at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.He sang extensively in the area from 1960 through 1972 and won numer­ous honors including the Lotte Lehe- mann Prize and First Place in the Orange County Symphony’s Young Artists Auditions.

Last October, Crafts made his debut with the New York City Opera sing­ing the role of Escamillo in “ Car­men.” Since then, he has sung the title role in “ Falstaff” with the Cleveland Opera and Stenio in Pro- kovifFs “ Maddalena.”In the July issue of “ Opera News”, published by the Metropolitan Op­era Guild, Crafts was pictured as one of sixteen “ Young Americans on the Rise” in the world of Opera. According to publicity chairperson Greta Wells, membership at S8.00 for students and $16.00 for adults entitles members to a season of four to six concerts, all held at Fullerton High School’s Plummer Auditor­ium.This coming season, starting this fall, the Association will present the Wil­liam Carter Dance Ensemble, the New York Vocal Arts Ensemble, pianist Paul Schenly, and the Pacific Soloists.Residents interested in joining the Community Concert Association will also receive admission to the Edward Crafts concert, the final e- vent of this season. More informa­tion on membership is available from Mrs. Henry Lissi, 3306 Green- meadow Drive, Fullerton, 92635.

7-26Sculpture by Don Treadway Fullerton College Art Gallery Opening Reception April 6: 7 -9 p.m.7-17Shakespear’s “ Much Ado About Nothing”Fullerton College Campus theatre8:00 p.m. Sunday the 17th at 5:30 $3.00 general admission; $2.00 for students, seniors and patrons 8,911th annual Fullerton College Jazz FestivalVocal and instrumental 8:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.10The Baroque Concerto Larry Tim, oboe; Dimitri Johann Leivici, violin; Kay Brightman, Bas­soon; Beulah Strickler, harpsichord with the Fullerton Friends of Music Chamber Ensemble Works by: Vivaldi, Handel. Durante and Bach3:30 p.m., Sunny Hills High SchoolPerforming Arts ComplexFree15—May 12 Art ExhibitCharles Amoldi and Laddie John DillCSUF Main Art Gallery Weekdays 12—4, Sundays 1—4 22Electronic Music Concert

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22Mummenschanz— Mime and masktheatre8:00_p,m. Plummer Auditorium Tickets through Cal State Fullerton Box Office773-3371; 11—4 Weekdays

22-24. 29-M ay 1 Verdi's “ La Traviata"Presented by Cal State Fullerton Performing ArtsTickets through campus box office 773-3371; 11-4 Weekdays

29Fullerton College Chorale and A Capella choir Phil Orlando, director Fullerton college Campus Theatre 8:00 p.m.$2.50 general admission;$1.50 students, seniors, patrons

30Fullerton College Chamber Singers Sarah McFerrin. director Fullerton College Recital Hall 8:00 p.m.

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Bed and Breakfast Business Prepares For 1984 Olympics

by Joyce Garrison Many of us dream about things we would like to accomplish, but few of us ever work at making our dreams come true. Jean KlinghofTer is one of the rare individuals who has turned a dream into a reality.Several years ago, while she was traveling in Europe, Jean was in­trigued by the Bed and Breakfast establishments in which she stayed, and she was inspired to bring the B&B concept to Southern Califor­nia.She kept this idea for herself, think­ing that she would pursue it after her retirement When she realized that the presence of the Olympic Games in this area would create an enor­mous demand for B&B accommoda­tions in 1984, she knew that the time had come for her to take immediate action.After doing some preliminary re­search, which included visiting exist­ing B&B operations in Northern Ca­lifornia and Hawaii, Jean was cer­tain that she wanted to go into busi­ness without delay.She liked B&B because it offered her an opportunity to provide a needed service and to involve herself in tasks she enjoys, such as preparing adver­tising copy and designing brochures. It also made it possible for her to establish a business to which she may devote more time after she re­tires.Last fall, Jean found a partner, Mr. Jay Jaso, and they took out a busi­ness license. At first, they thought that they could handle the business themselves, with the assistance of Jay’s wife, Jan, who runs the office. Before long, they found it necessary to hire home-locators, who contact prospective hosts and inspect homes.

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such tragic incidents, e.g., a shortage of affordable daycare, deficient pol­ice procedures, and improper police training.“ Police officers should have their instincts trained so that when they come on a person less than 4 feet high with what appears to be a mach­ine gun, they know it’s a toy,” he told the worshipers.“ And when they come unexpectedly on someone my size with a toy gun, they should assume that it is some nut with a gun,” he added.But it was Good Times’ Rolle who challenged the predominately Black audience to take charge of their own lives.“ If you’re thinking with our head, guided by your heart, you’ll get where you’re going,” she told them. Rolle’s challenge to religious leaders was more stern. “ Our Ministers are just not doing their jobs. They must come back to the kind of social leadership they provided in the 60’s. Social and religious problems are one and the same,” she concluded. The Reverend James Carrington of Friendship Baptist seemed to be re­sponding to her challenge when he suggested that his Church had sur­plus space which could be used to provide late daycare of the type which would have precluded the Stanton shooting.“ We should use this space for more than worship and prayers. We should be using it to cure the hurts of those in pain. There are plenty of single parents right here in this Con­gregation who need such a service,” he said.

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Continued from p. 1children have been somewhat more fortunate than their housemates. They were able, with the help of local social service agencies, to find an­other small rental on Truslow Av„ which seems larger and in better condition than the one room, 2nd floor apartment they were forced to vacate.Unhappily their three school age children have had to transfer from Raymnd to Richman School in mid­year.Through the cooperative efforts of Fire Chief Clark and the Orange County Fair Housing Council, both Riveras and Garcias were offered Housing Authority rent-subsidy cer­tificates.Unfortunately, neither was able to take advantage of this much needed public assistance resource.Mr. Garcia is apparently undocu­mented, even though he has lived and worked in Fullerton for about 10 years. As a result he has become ineligible for housing assistance.Mr. Rivera received his housing cer­tificate, but to date has been unable to find a two bedroom apartment which meets minimum Housing Au-

in F u l le r to nthority safety/health standards with­in the maximum allowed rent of 1373 per month.WAS THIS AN ISOLATEDCASE?As to whether the mean living con­ditions which these families endured at the 139 E. Commonwealth house are prevalent in Fullerton, a quali­fied answer is all that can be made. Time and available resources, plus respect for the privacy of the inhabi­tants, have not permitted a thorough survey of Fullerton residential neighborhoods.But limited tours of some of Fuller­ton’s poorer neighborhoods, under (he guidance of the South-Central Fullerton Homeowners/Tenants Association Staff and an OCFHC Outreach Counselor yielded suf­ficient examples of such over­crowded dilapidated dwelling units to make the answer to our second question a firm yes.WHERE DOES THE BLAME LIE?Who then should shoulder the blame for these sorry conditions? For a discussion of this question, please see the Commentary on page 3.

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Harlequin Novels Tabbed Unfullfilling

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than by harsh calculating competi­tion and ambition, would imply a desire for broad social changes; but the novels treat this desire for pro­found change in a way that deadens and destroys it.The methods of production, market­ing and distribution of Harlequin Romances are part and parcel of the depersonalized, standardized, mechanistic business world that the Harlequin heroines oppose.While in Western culture, the es­sence of literature is individual crea­tivity and originality, with Harle­quin, as business professor Peter Killing says, “ content, length, art­work, size, basic formats, and print are all standardized.”“ Each bok is not a new product, but rather an addition to a clearly de­fined product line.”Harlequin Romances are addictive to their readers, and in fact this dead­end quality of the Harlequin escape is one of the things that make them so addictive.Like drugs or consumerism, the ro­mances tap into certain needs and desires of their readers, falsely offer

themselves as means of fulfillment ofthose desires, and then in fact leavethem unfulfilled; so that the readercontinues to crave more.Most of us seek moments of escapefrom the vast problems that confront us, even if we spend most of our time battling to resolve them.Yet there are alternatives to Harle­quin. Writers like Marge Piercy in Braided Lives, Marilyn French in The Women’s Room, Gail Godwin in A Mother and Two Daughters, and Mary Gordon in Final Pay­ments are now writing novels that treat romantic love in the contempor­ary world.The difference between these novels, which could be called “ real litera­ture” and Harlequins is that the real novels challenge us to reflect upon our problems and ask ourselves: “ What could I do to make my life different?”Harlequins, on the other hand, treat the reader’s life as if it were a box of Proctor and Gamble soap. Instead of being encouraged to work actively through the painful process of re­flecting upon her conflicts, she is made into the passive consumer of her own feelings.

Maple Area ch ild ren are in v it in g School T rustees to v i s i t t h e ir C enter. They a lso gave th e Board $63.50 to h elp keep Maple Community Center open.

Maple Center to Stay Opencontinued from p. 1underutilized and that, “ In addition to keeping what we have, we should explore possibilities for increased use of that property.”“ We have a continuing obligation at Maple,” he added.Trustee Nancy Fix, the only mem­ber of the FESD when Maple School was closed, agreed that other ser­vices could be added at Maple, and supported keeping the Center open. “ Our first and foremost obligation is to keep this school as a Community

Solid Waste Conversion Systems Face Technica l/Po litica l Obstacles

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•Orange County Solid Waste Mana­ger Ray Rhoads painted a dismal picture of the County’s solid waste future for the Fullerton Energy Com­mittee at their March meeting. According to Rhoads, none of the widely publicized waste-to-energy conversion systems are economical­ly feasible in Southern California where the strictest air quality stan­dards in the nation exist Despite this, the County Board of Supervisors have directed him to find a site to implement their chosen system of mass incineration.Rhoads told the Committee that the Supervisors reasoned that by the time a system could be developed,

. the escalating costs of burying waste will have caught up with the decreas­ing costs of burning it.But significant technical and politi­cal problems remain to be solved with such a co-generation system, according to the County Manager. A toxic ash residue of at least 30% of the original waste volume remains after burning. This has to be trans­ported to a Class I toxic waste dump in West Covina, he added.An even greater obstacle may be

trying to find a site, when none: of the County’s cities wants such a plant within their boundaries.Rhoads told the Committee that time is running out on either 1) Expanding existing dump sites at Coyote Can­yon and Olinda, or 2) Finding new dump sites, or 3) Developing such a waste conversion system.Local Trash Contractor Robert Gallio, who is a member of the Energy Committee, supported Rhoads’s assessment “ People don’t realize the impact which closing the Coyote Canyon Dump would have on Fullerton. All the trucks would then go through North Fullerton on the way to the Olinda Dump Site,” he said.“ We will never have a successful waste conversion system without co­operation between the cities and the County,” Rhoads told the Commit­tee.“ The Supervisors have established a Waste Management Commission with a broadly based membership. They have already had about 5 meet­ings and are beginning to come to realistic grips with the remaining obstacles,” he added.

Center,” she said.Other Trustees also supported keep­ing the Center open, while at the same time expressing a need to re­duce administrative costs.

FC Offers Workshops On Acupressure

Nurses can earn six coniaetihours of continuing education credit fey-par-. ticipating .in -a hFtiii&rtert.: GoHegei sponsored public acupressure workshop on April 23 (Saturday). Featuring licensed acupuncturist- acupressurist Vicki Mogliner, the Board of Registered Nurses-ap- proved^a.0i;;t<£4 pun; session offers exercises5 iniTnaintahaingivitai dnerl gy, shows points to alleviate stress, gives first aid points for headaches, stomach aches, insomnia, fatigue and the like, and explains how_te work with backache and alleviate pain.The presenter, who is trained in traditional acupuncture, has con­ducted numerous workshops and written many publications on acu­pressure.Cost is $20 for nurses, and $15 for the public.Pre-registration is necessary, and can be carried out in person or through the mail with the Fullerton College Office of Community Rela­tions, 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fuller­ton, 92634.

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Orchids and Onionsby Ellen Morgan

From Turlock to Escondido, Ox­nard, Fallbrook, Corona, Riverside, backyards in Fullerton, the produce comes to the Farmers’ Market. There are big growers with a variety of seasonal vegetables and individu­als displaying their macadamias or lemons, whatever their garden grows.The people come with baskets and bags, canvas totes, a child’s wagon, a laundry cart, anything to carry home the fresh food from the open air market. The old Ford school at Rich- man and Wilshire, becomes a bust­ling, cheerful, friendly place each Wednesday from 11:30 to 4:30. There is the mushroom man, the egg man, the ladies with a variety of honey, depending on what the bees are currently making, and the pretty young woman behind the small table of almonds and walnuts, so neatly shelled and packaged.The Kiwi man tells me this is the last time they will be there this season. It will be October before those small fuzzy, brown fruits with their surpris­ing, delicious green insides, come to market again.There’s a small truck with apples from Oak Glen and an unusual treat, raw sweet cider. Some stands offer samples of their wares, unusual fruit or simply proof of the sweetness of the oranges. A taste of dried peach or nectarine or raisen is a temptation to

buy.It all began with an American Asso­ciation of University Women study topic, “ Politics of Food.” The wo­men in this group became so inter­ested in the subject, they decided to carry it further and form a co-op. Two of them would periodically drive into the Cenral market in Los Angeles and buy for the members. It was fine for awhile, but the five a.m. freeway drive into Los Angeles be­gan to pall.The next step was to investigate the possibility of a local setup. The A. A. U.W. agreed to send out fifty letters to organizations here to assess the interest About twenty responded and formed the Farmers’ Market Task Force.There were visits to Pasadena and Long Beach, where such schemes were in successful operation. Grow­ers were approached and asked if they’d be interested in coming to Fullerton.At the same time, space had to be found, this was not as easy task, but with the cooperation of the City, a three month trial period was granted at the closed Ford School. That was a year and a half ago.The driving force behind the whole idea was, and is, Marian Sussman. She is the manager and puts in twen­ty hours a week. She is responsible for allocating space, arranging spe­cial events, public relations and be-

Manager Sussman i s caught amidst Farmers' Market h u s t le .

ing there the whole of Wednesday overseeing the entire operation.It is run as a non-profit organization by a board of nine people. Sellers give 4% of the gross to finance the running of itThe rules are simple. A grower must be certified by the Agricultural Com­mission. This is a simple procedure to verify they actually produce the

crops they sell. It is a direct grower to buyer system.Any farmer who requests space must get it if available. Poor produce or breaking the rules is cause for ex­pulsion. Marian tells me that she can almost always find space for the backyard grower as they usually on­ly have enough to sell for a week or two.

Born on the Fourth o f JulyRon Kovic, McGraw-Hill Books, $7.95

F u lle r to n 's h i s t o r ic a l Amerige B u ild in g was red ed ica ted a f te r i t s ren ovation through e f f o r t s o f 32 people and b u s in e s s e s . I t w i l l house R etired S en ior V olunteer Program.

by Mark O’Connor Psychologists have written that to love and to have others love you in return is a basic emotional need. When love cannot be found, we can become angry, lonely, and de­pressed.Ron Kovic is an angry, lonely, and depressed young man. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and came home paralyzed from the chest down. His life is a transformation of a boy who supported his country’s action in Vietnam to a man who was forced to speak out against the tra­gedies of war.

p T h e author, who was bom on the fourth of July, had a simple and carefree childhood. He vividly re­called the days of Little League and running down the street to tell his friends that Mickey Mantle was up to bat when the Yankees were on television. His heroes were Audie Murphy and John Wayne and he was simply thrilled to have a birth- dayon the same day as our country.

fter Kovic joined the Marines, he found that life was much different than a John Wayne movie. During his tour of duty in Vietnam, he ac­

cidentally shot his corporal. When he came home from Vietnam in a wheelchair, he found that the ex­pected cheers for a hero were re­placed by strange looks of disbelief. He could not understand why more money was being pumped in to fin­ance the war while the conditions in the veterans’ hospitals were deplor­able and the treatment of patients was less than humane.

Born On The Fourth Of July is avery moving and personal account of the horrors of war and the prob­lems of physical and psychological adjustment long after the shooting had stopped. It is the story of a man who wants to know why people are so insensitive to the needs of others.

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