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Your Weekly Community Newspaper March 18, 2011 Vol. 32 No. 41 Serving BixBy KnollS, California HeigHtS, l oS CerritoS, Wrigley and tHe City of Signal Hill T R I B U N E First day of Spring March 20 CJ Dablo Staff Writer Larry Forester has taken over leadership as Signal Hill’s new mayor with Tina Hansen as the new vice mayor. On Tuesday, March 15, the City Council voted unani- mously to appoint the newly reelected council members two weeks after Forester and Hansen succeeded in winning a hard-fought campaign to retain their seats on the council. Before a packed audience in the Council Chambers, dignitaries from the local community and the government presented to outgoing Mayor Ed Wilson proclamations, plaques and gifts in honor of the outgoing mayor’s service. And without too much cere- mony following the council vote and official swearing-in ceremony for the new officers, Wilson moved to Forester’s old chair in the coun- cil chambers. Forester took the council’s center chair reserved for the mayor. In his opening remarks, Forester acknowledged that his third time as mayor may be his most difficult. New mayor and reorganized council begin new term, warn of potential redevelopment agency shutdown CJ Dablo/Signal Tribune From left, outgoing Signal Hill Mayor Ed Wilson, Vice Mayor Tina Hansen, new Mayor Larry Forester, Councilmember Michael Noll and Councilmember Ellen Ward drink a toast to a new term at Tuesday's mayor reception Brett Hawkins Editorial Intern Though many would argue that the United States has enough dire crises of its own, other nations are still far worse off; Japan especially is showing its resilience in the midst of natural and nuclear disasters this week. Among the lesser pub- licized global issues, several countries today are fac- ing a lack of clean drinking water. According to UNICEF, nearly 900 million people in the world lack access to safe drinking water (almost half of that number represented by children). Even more jarring, 4,100 children die every day of water- see council page 15 Brett Hawkins/Signal Tribune From left, Deanna Lam, Kimberly Conchada and Tanya Aubin tape up a promotional poster for TAP at the Park after pitching the proj- ect to Kafe Neo, pictured. Community leaders among five who perished in plane crash on LB Airport runway Cory Bilicko Managing Editor The city of Long Beach, and the neighborhood of Bixby Knolls in par- ticular, lost several prominent residents Wednesday when a private twin-engine Beech Craft King Air Turbo-Prop plane crashed during takeoff at the Long Beach Airport around 10:30am. Aboard the plane were: Mark Bixby, a member of one of Long Beach’s founding families and a leading bicy- cling enthusiast; Tom Dean, a developer who lived in Naples; Jeff Berger, a Manhattan Beach resident who was also a developer; Bruce Krall, a banker and Orange County resident; an unidentified man who was the plane’s pilot; and Mike Jensen, also a Naples resident and president of the real-estate company Pacific Retail Partners. At press time, Jensen was the lone survivor of the accident. According to a press release issued by the Long Beach Fire Department Wednesday afternoon, units arrived within one minute of the crash at the Southwest corner of Run- way 30, where they found the wreckage of the plane on fire. They quickly uti- lized water and foam from both their bumpers and top turrets to extinguish the blaze within two minutes. Units immediately used specialized extrica- tion methods and tools to remove Jensen from the wreckage and began treatment before transporting him to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, where he is listed in critical condition. Rob Ryan, who works next to the airport on the third floor of the corpo- rate headquarters of Twining, Inc., said he heard the crash and then saw the aftermath. “There was nothing but orange and black from flames and smoke,” he said Wednesday morning, about half an hour after the accident. “I heard one person was taken to Memo- rial. I was stunned to hear that.” On Thursday morning, Jensen’s family released a statement about the incident and expressed gratitude to Bruce Krall Mike Jensen Mark Bixby CSULB’s International Studies Student Association attempting to raise funds, awareness for world water see plane page 14 see unicef page 14

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Page 1: Signal Tribune Issue 3241

Your Weekly Community Newspaper March 18, 2011Vol. 32 No. 41

Serving BixBy KnollS, California HeigHtS, loS CerritoS, Wrigley and tHe City of Signal Hill

T R I B U N E

First day of Spring March 20

CJ Dablo

Staff Writer

Larry Forester has taken overleadership as Signal Hill’s newmayor with Tina Hansen as the newvice mayor. On Tuesday, March 15,the City Council voted unani-mously to appoint the newlyreelected council members twoweeks after Forester and Hansen

succeeded in winning a hard-foughtcampaign to retain their seats onthe council.

Before a packed audience in theCouncil Chambers, dignitariesfrom the local community and thegovernment presented to outgoingMayor Ed Wilson proclamations,plaques and gifts in honor of theoutgoing mayor’s service.

And without too much cere-

mony following the council voteand official swearing-in ceremonyfor the new officers, Wilson movedto Forester’s old chair in the coun-cil chambers. Forester took thecouncil’s center chair reserved forthe mayor. In his opening remarks,Forester acknowledged that histhird time as mayor may be hismost difficult.

New mayor and reorganized council begin new term,warn of potential redevelopment agency shutdown

CJ Dablo/Signal Tribune

From left, outgoing Signal Hill Mayor Ed Wilson, Vice Mayor Tina Hansen, new Mayor Larry Forester, CouncilmemberMichael Noll and Councilmember Ellen Ward drink a toast to a new term at Tuesday's mayor reception

Brett Hawkins

Editorial Intern

Though many would argue that the UnitedStates has enough dire crises of its own, othernations are still far worse off; Japan especially isshowing its resilience in the midst of natural andnuclear disasters this week. Among the lesser pub-licized global issues, several countries today are fac-ing a lack of clean drinking water. According toUNICEF, nearly 900 million people in the worldlack access to safe drinking water (almost half ofthat number represented by children). Even morejarring, 4,100 children die every day of water-

see council page 15

Brett Hawkins/Signal Tribune

From left, Deanna Lam, Kimberly Conchada and Tanya Aubin tapeup a promotional poster for TAP at the Park after pitching the proj-ect to Kafe Neo, pictured.

Community leaders amongfive who perished in planecrash on LB Airport runwayCory Bilicko

Managing Editor

The city of Long Beach, and theneighborhood of Bixby Knolls in par-ticular, lost several prominent residentsWednesday when a private twin-engineBeech Craft King Air Turbo-Prop planecrashed during takeoff at the LongBeach Airport around 10:30am.

Aboard the plane were: Mark Bixby,a member of one of Long Beach’sfounding families and a leading bicy-cling enthusiast; Tom Dean, a developerwho lived in Naples; Jeff Berger, aManhattan Beach resident who was alsoa developer; Bruce Krall, a banker andOrange County resident; an unidentifiedman who was the plane’s pilot; andMike Jensen, also a Naples resident andpresident of the real-estate companyPacific Retail Partners.

At press time, Jensen was the lonesurvivor of the accident. According to apress release issued by the Long BeachFire Department Wednesday afternoon,units arrived within one minute of thecrash at the Southwest corner of Run-way 30, where they found the wreckageof the plane on fire. They quickly uti-lized water and foam from both theirbumpers and top turrets to extinguishthe blaze within two minutes. Unitsimmediately used specialized extrica-tion methods and tools to removeJensen from the wreckage and begantreatment before transporting him toLong Beach Memorial Medical Center,where he is listed in critical condition.

Rob Ryan, who works next to theairport on the third floor of the corpo-rate headquarters of Twining, Inc., saidhe heard the crash and then saw theaftermath. “There was nothing butorange and black from flames andsmoke,” he said Wednesday morning,about half an hour after the accident. “Iheard one person was taken to Memo-rial. I was stunned to hear that.”

On Thursday morning, Jensen’sfamily released a statement about theincident and expressed gratitude to

Bruce Krall

Mike Jensen

Mark Bixby

CSULB’s International Studies Student Associationattempting to raise funds, awareness for world water

see plane page 14see unicef page 14

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MArCh 18, 2011 SIgNAL TrIBUNe 3COMMUNITY

Do YoU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?What A free exhibit of devices to help with hearing difficultiesWhen Friday, March 18 from 10am to noonWhere Craft Room of the Weingart Senior Center, 5220 Oliva Ave.More Info Hands-on examination of the devices, as well as information

on how they work and where to purchase them, will be provided by theHearing Loss Association of Long Beach/Lakewood. Call (562) 425-5651 or visit hlalongbeachlakewood.org.

GET READY, GET SET, Go BAlD!What 10th annual head-shaving fundraiserWho Hosted by Cubberly School for the St. Baldrick’s FoundationWhen Friday, March 18 from 2:30pm to 4:30pmWhere 3200 Monogram Ave.More Info More than 75 “shavees” will bare all when they have their

heads shaved to raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research.The children are participating in honor of classmate Kayleigh Scott, whois currently undergoing cancer treatment at Miller Children's Hospital.Participants have gathered sponsorships from friends and family mem-bers in exchange for boldly shaving their heads bald as a sign of solidar-ity with pediatric cancer patients who often lose their hair as a result oftreatment. Call (562) 933-2802.

SPRING INTo SPRINGWhat Spring equinox campfireWho Hosted by El Dorado Nature CenterWhen Saturday, March 19 from 7pm to 9pmMore Info Cost is $5 per person. Call (562) 570-1745.

BUTTER UP!What Second District senior pancake breakfastWho Hosted by Vice Mayor Suja LowenthalWhen Saturday, March 19 from 8am to 9:30amWhere Long Beach Senior Center, 1150 E. 4th St. More Info Limited parking available. Carpooling and RSVPs are encour-

aged. Call (562) 570-6684. All seniors are invited to enjoy free pancakes,sausage links, juice and coffee with Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal andLong Beach Firefighters. St. Mary’s Medical Clinic will be providingfree blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) tests.

WRITE oNWhat "The Current and Future State of Publishing"Who Presented by California Writers Club of Long BeachWhen Saturday, March 19 from 3pm to 5pmWhere Los Altos Branch Public Library, 5614 Britton Dr.More Info Paul Tayyar, publisher of World Parade Books and a pub-

lished poet who is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, willshare his expertise. He will be joined by novelist Tyler Dilts, whoteaches writing at CSULB. Published and aspiring writers of all genresare welcome to attend. Visit calwriters.org or calwriterslongbeach.org.Call (562) 595-2114.

oPEN HoUSEWhat Community open houseWho Bethany Lutheran SchoolWhen Sunday, March 20 from 2pm to 3:30pmWhere 5100 E. Arbor Rd. (corner of Clark Ave.)More Info All classrooms will be open with teachers and staff available

to answer questions and give tours. Call (562) 420-7783 ext. 54, [email protected], or visit bethanylutheran.org.

‘REBBING’ UP FoR ANoTHER FUNDRAISERWhat FundraiserWho Cal Heights United Methodist Children's CenterWhen Wednesday, March 23 from 4pm to 9pmWhere Johnny Rebs’ restaurant, 4663 Long Beach Blvd.Why To raise funds for playground renovationMore Info All proceeds will go towards the updating of three play areas

that have served Long Beach children since 1972. Call (562) 595-0056or email [email protected].

AIR CAREWhat Community Forum on the Clean Air Benefits of Zero Emission

TechnologiesWho Presented by the Air Quality Management District (AQMD)When Thursday, March 24 from 7pm to 8:30pmWhere Silverado Park Community Room, 1545 W. 31st St.More Info The presentation will cover the current air quality in West

Long Beach, health effects of air pollution, and zero-emissions technolo-gies. This free presentation is open to all concerned residents. Lightrefreshments will be served. Call (562) 570-7777 or [email protected].

Cory Bilicko

Managing Editor

After hearing about the 9-magni-tude earthquake on Japan’s northeast-ern coast and the consequentialtsunami, which was indeed expected toreach the United States’ west coast,dozens of Long Beach residents, manywho live near the city’s beach, fled toSignal Hill’s Hilltop Park Fridaymorning to avoid any potential threatfrom water surges.

The West Coast and AlaskaTsunami Warning Center and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration had issued tsunamiwarnings for the California coast, andthe ports of Long Beach and LosAngeles took the precaution of post-poning operations involving bunkerfuel or hazardous materials. Safetyofficials advised the public to stay outof the water and off jetties and piers, inthe event an unpredictable tidal move-ment occurred.

Although the warnings were neverupgraded to more serious levels and nodamage in Long Beach was reported,surges between ten and 12 inches werewitnessed in the Downtown Marina.

“City departments respondedimmediately to deploy precautionarymeasures when the tsunami advisorywas issued, and I applaud our Cityworkers for working quickly to coor-dinate these efforts,” Mayor Bob Fos-ter said. “I also appreciate that peopleadhered to warnings from safety offi-cials to stay away from the water.Although we were fortunate not to

experience any damage in LongBeach, the devastation in Japan is hor-rific. Our thoughts are with the peopleof Japan in the wake of this terribletragedy.”

Among the residents who soughtthe safety of Signal Hill’s pinnacle wasLong Beach resident Melanie Gottlieb,who was in Hilltop Park with her hus-band and pet.

“At 4:54, our phone rang and mycousin from Cincinatti, Ohio, calledand told us there was an 8.9 earthquakein Japan and to get the heck out ofwhere we were because we’re fourblocks from the ocean,” Gottlieb said.“I packed water, medicine, a blanketand some coats and said, ‘We’regoing,’ and we brought our dog.”

She said she was aware of how oth-ers might see her actions as extreme,but that didn’t bother her. “I’d rather beon alert and feel foolish afterwards

than just sit there and worry and not doanything,” she said. “I look at life as anadventure, and this is just anotheradventure.”

Patricia Castillo, another LongBeach resident, was on the hill withher daughter and several puppies shewas trying to sell. “I heard the newswhen my friend called me at 5:00 inthe morning and said to be awarebecause the tsunami is coming,”Castillo said. “Because I live close tothe beach, I’m scared.”

John Fredericks, who also residesnear the shoreline, was in the park withhis mother and an elderly familyfriend. When asked why he’d broughthis family to Signal Hill that morning,Fredericks said it was just to be safe.“Just in case the tsunami waves arelarge,” he said. “Plus it’s a perfect viewof anything that happens.”

Anticipating tsunami, coastal residentsseek safety in Signal hill’s hilltop Park

To support the pediatric sup-portive/palliative care program atMiller Children’s Hospital LongBeach, more than 200 patients,family members, employees andcommunity supporters (includingSnoopy) participated in the Pallia-tive Care Pursuit Walk. The walkwas organized by Rachel Llanos,one of more than 100 parentswhose family has benefited fromthe supportive/palliative care pro-gram at Miller Children’s. Herdaughter, Kelly, had a rare chromo-somal abnormality, called Trisomy13, that led to heart problems andthe need for constant care at MillerChildren’s throughout her life.

Supportive care, also calledpalliative care, involves a varietyof resources to improve the qualityof life for a child with a chronic orlife-threatening illness by address-ing their needs for comfort. Thepediatric supportive/palliative careprogram at Miller Children’s isunique, and different from hospice,in that it begins at diagnosis and isa part of the care plan, whether thechild is at home or in the hospital,throughout cure or bereavement.

Although Kelly has sincepassed away, her mother was deter-mined to organize the walk in herdaughter’s honor to raise aware-ness of supportive/palliative care,as well as raise funds to expand thepalliative care program at MillerChildren’s. More than $4,000 wasraised to help Miller Children’scontinue to provide future patientsand families with the same com-passionate care her familyreceived.

“I was so touched by palliativecare that I wanted more people inthe community to know about it,”says Llanos. “I am so happy at theturnout we had for our first Pallia-tive Care Pursuit Walk and hope tomake it an annual event. It is amaz-ing to see this kind of support fromthe Long Beach community.” ß

Courtesy Miller Children’s

Snoopy gives out high-fives to community members before they begin the PalliativeCare Pursuit Walk at El Dorado Park in Long Beach.

Walk participants raise $4,000 for MillerChildren’s hospital’s palliative care

Cory Bilicko/Signal Tribune

A family who lives near Long Beach’s shoreline waits in Hilltop Park Fridaymorning, after hearing news of a tsunami caused by the 9-magnitude earth-quake in Japan.

Spotlight on AdvertisersFreeSpirit Yoga, 3910 Atlantic Ave., is offering special deals to help

out educators. Schoolteachers can get 10 percent off any series. To find outmore, visit freespirityoga.com or call (562) 989-9959.

To support the American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan after the earth-quake and tsunami last week, Liberty Tax Lakewood will waive tax-preparation fees for first-time customers who contribute a minimum of $50to the American Red Cross on Saturday, March 19. This day of free taxpreparation will take place at 5908 Del Amo Blvd., and participating loca-tions throughout the area from 9am to 5pm. Call 866-871-1040 to bedirectly connected with the nearest Liberty Tax location.

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NEENA R. STRICHART

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Thoughts from the Publisherby Neena Strichart

4 SIgNAL TrIBUNe MArCh 18, 2011OPINION

I cannot find the words to express the sad-

ness I have felt since learning of Wednesday’s

tragic plane crash in Long Beach. So today I

give my column to 8th District Councilmem-

ber Rae Gabelich to share her thoughts and

feelings with all of you. Thank you, Rae, for so

generously giving to all our readers.

Neena

A tragedy occurred Wednesday. A tragedyin Long Beach. The terrible crash at LongBeach Airport when five friends were on theirway to enjoy some ski time together. They lefttheir homes, their families and their businessresponsibilities to create another memory offriendship.

Instead, four of these young communityleaders lost their lives in a fatal plane crash asthey attempted to return to LGB. Their namesare recognizable for their visible participationin the fabric of Long Beach life.

Mark Bixby, a fine man, with a famousLong Beach name, who had a dedicated com-mitment to inspire Long Beach to be a leaderin the bicylce world. Mark’s efforts to raise

awareness and inspire our city and port offi-cials to strive to create a more inclusive pathfor bicylcists was his most recent passion. Afather of three.

Tom Dean, considered by many to be oneof the most influential businessmen in LongBeach. His legacy will surely include the LosCerritos Wetlands project, but, more impor-tantly, Tom was a father to four sons.

Jeff Berger, successful business partnerwith Tom Dean. A quiet, behind-the-scenesman, from my observation. Jeff was a fatherof three children.

Bruce Krall, financial representative toTom and Jeff. Bruce was a father of two.

Mike Jensen, another successful youngleader in the business world of Long Beach,survived the accident but remains in criticalcondition as this day comes to a close. Mike isfather to three girls.

My heart hurts for the mothers and theirchildren who today, lost their life as they haveknown it to be.

This tragedy serves to remind each one ofus to remember that good-bye hug when we

leave home, acknowledge the family we aregiven every day and make a practice of saying“I love you” to all the important people in ourlives.

Thank you, gentlemen, for your commit-ments and your efforts to visibly weave yourdreams and goals that have enriched the livesof so many, here in the city of Long Beach.

rest Peacefully,

rae

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Why are local kids proud to be American?By Stephen Strichart, Associate Publisher

“Why I am Proud to be an American”By Jesse Robles

Let me introduce myself, my name is Jesse Robles, I am a ten year oldstudent that goes to school at Washington Elementary. I am proud to be anAmerican, would you like to know some reasons why. Some reasons areRights, Freedoms, and Government.

My rights make me honored to be an American. I have the right to believein any religion so I can worship God in my way. I have the right to complainabout Government’s mistakes, and failures. My family has the right to obtainweapons to feel safe and secure.

Another reason I’m proud is because my laws and government. For exam-ple it’s nice that the government has a limit of service. Another thing is thatthere is a balance of power between the congress, judges, and president. Lastit’s fair that their discussions of law making are public.

Freedom is another reason why I am proud to be an American. For exam-ple, I have the freedom to enter and leave other states that I would like tovisit. Also, I can earn, save and spend money. I also have the freedom of edu-cation; to choose to go to college or not.

These are the reasons why I am proud to be an American. When I see theflag, Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell it reminds me that I am lucky andproud to be a part of this beautiful nation.

Each year the Bellflower-Long Beach ElksLodge No. 888 sponsors an AmericanismEssay Contest open to students in the Bell-flower and Long Beach school districts. Twoage groups, one for 5th- and 6th-graders and

another for 7th- and 8th-graders, were eachawarded three winners. The first-, second- andthird-place winners each received a $100, $75,and $50 US savings bond, respectively.

This year we received 110 essays. As chair-

man of the Americanism Committee, I, withthe help of my wife, Neena, read each andevery one of them. The unedited first-placewinning essay in each grade group follows.

“Why I am Proud to be an American”By Lily Seitelman

America is the land of opportunities. We have a diverse culture thatis overflowing with knowledge and ideas. I love that we are allowed tostrive for the American Dream: to live the life we want to as long as werespect the rights of others and follow the laws. There are so many peo-ple in the world who are restrained by their leaders and culture. Theycan’t freely speak their minds, having no voice. My country secures myrights and lets me have a say in my government through voting. Itencourages me to be great and make our world better. I cannot be heldback from saying or practicing my beliefs. I will not be silenced. I amnot treated differently because of my race, religion, or anything thatdefines me. I am treated as a free citizen, who is an individual withpower.

I love that Americans are connected under our flag. We are respon-sible to treat others with respect and help our fellow man. We fight forour country and work to secure a better future for later generations notonly by working hard ourselves, but also by educating our children. Wedevelop better ways to solve social and economic struggles every year.Never do we stop trying to make our country stronger. I am proud to bean American citizen. I have voice and rights for as long as I live.

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MArCh 18, 2011 SIgNAL TrIBUNe 5COMMUNITY

Stephanie Raygoza

Editorial Intern

Gail Ashbrooke occasionallybrings a puppet to work. “George” isits name and, with a little helpinghand, Ashbrooke brings him to lifefor children with the story of Bark,George. “I haven’t brought in myother puppet, Theodore. He’s adinosaur,” she said. “I use puppets,nursery rhymes and singing withhand movements so kids can visual-ize the story.”

Ashbrooke is of course referringto her weekly story times at the Sig-nal Hill Library. Since starting hernew position as librarian six weeksago, she’s made early literacy herprimary focus.

“Out of every three people thatcome in, one is a child. Most storytimes have six important elements,and if you show the parents whywe’re doing this, then maybe theycan do it at home,” said the soft-spo-ken 55-year-old.

Even though she’s only been apublic librarian for a little more thana month, Ashbrooke is no stranger tolibraries in the greater Long Beachcommunity. She has been working inschool libraries for about ten years,some of them including Signal Hill’sAlvarado Elementary and ButlerMiddle schools.

“It’s very nice to come to thesame place every day and focus onthe collections and services of justone library,” she said. “The kids arefine, the community is fine, and thestaff has been very welcoming. It’sbeen very nice.”

The comfort and security ofbeing able to work as librarian for

Signal Hill comes to her after yearsof multiple jobs and transfers.

Building a community foundationAshbrooke was a non-reader as a

child, and it was only after sheacquired a position as media assis-tant at a nearby library that she fell inlove with the field. After her daugh-ter graduated high school, Ash-brooke realized that she had moretime on her hands. She decided topursue a career as a librarian in 1998.

She then moved on to her firstposition as assistant librarian at But-ler. Soon after, she would see theaddition of McKinley, Mark Twain,Lafayette and Keller elementary

schools to her work load. “As anassistant, you can have two to threeschools,” she said. “I’m just gettingthe routine of a public library from aschool library.”

Ashbrooke received her master’sdegree in library sciences last yearfrom San Jose State, where she alsoreceived her teacher-librarian cre-dentials that allow her to work in anypublic library. In 2005, she graduatedfrom Cal State Long Beach whereshe received her Bachelor of Artsdegree in liberal studies along withher teaching credential.

After being laid off in 2009 fromher librarian position for the LongBeach Unified School District and in

between subbing, she decided toapply for the position of Signal Hilllibrarian.

“Students were really sad when Igot transferred from Butler, and Iwas really sad to lose that positionand be transferred out of Signal Hillbecause I enjoyed it,” she said. “Sowhen this position came up I said,‘Well, I know the community here. Itmight work out.’”

Ashbrooke made sure to pull outall the stops for her interview andbrought along a booklet to set herapart from other candidates. Foundin the booklet were all of her accom-plishments, previous jobs and howshe was very good with childrenbecause of her teaching credential.

“She’s really familiar with SignalHill and Long Beach and has a lot ofbackground with working with youthin the community,” said Pilar Alci-var-McCoy, Signal Hill CommunityServices director. “She has alreadyreally assessed where our needs are,and she’s already started to make thecommunity better.”

Being more of an administrativeposition, Ashbrooke’s new role stillallows her to see children because ofher involvement with story times,which she describes as a part sheenjoys most.

“Library staff are not reallytrained in teaching techniques, and Iam,” she said. “Especially whenevery third person that walks in hereis a child. So that would be some-thing beneficial to him or her.”

Along with picking books foryounger people, she’s helping tousher in the ongoing renovations tothe library that include moving thechildren’s play area in order to makesure adults have a quiet place towork and read.

“That’s the goal of this transition.For the children to have a nice, bigplace to go and a lot of interestingstuff for them to want to entice themto enjoy the books so they won’twander around,” she said. “I want tocontinue offering computer-technol-ogy programs that will service theneeds that we now see are needed.”

As public librarian, she isallowed to join the American LibraryAssociation, where she is now amember of the children’s services,reference services and youth servicescategories.

Motivating young readersWhen it comes to her story times,

Ashbrooke always turns to booksthat have a bit of humor to them.Other librarians may focus on storiesthat have more of a moral, but sheprefers to go with humor. One of thefavorites is by an author namedKeiko Kasza, who wrote My LuckyDay.

Ashbrooke offers her story timestwice a week: one for babies agezero to two on Wednesdays at 11am;and one on Fridays at 10am for thetwo- to five-year-old age group, or“pre-readers.”

“I choose them myself andalways give early literacy to the par-ents,” she said. “I like to educate par-ents on how certain readings focuson phonemic awareness or vocabu-lary.”

She and her husband, who is afifth-grade history teacher, are alsoheavily involved in tennis. They pre-viously owned a tennis shop for 10years and are ranked seventh nation-ally in husband-and-wife mixed dou-bles.

It’s fun, and it’s more somethingwe do on the side,” she said. “Just toshow you how deeply we were intennis, we timed our wedding so wecould go to the US Open in Newyork. We then drove up to RhodeIsland to see the Tennis Hall ofFame. Plus we had Boston Lobster.”She laughs.

Their only daughter, Jeanette,has followed in their footsteps byreceiving a bachelor’s degree in his-tory and master’s in library science.She is now working part-time in theOrange County Law Library, whereshe enjoys the special library field.

Askbrooke is now gearing up fora talk at Tucker Elementary School,National Library Week and the sum-mer reading program. She saidresearch has shown that when kidsgo on summer vacation they lose alot of what they’ve learned. Herhopes are to keep that light switch onby exposing them to several interest-ing books.

“When I [worked] in the publicschools, I would read every day to allthe classes that came in,” she said. “Ithink it’s important that when youread to a child, you are able to havesome enthusiasm about what you’rereading, and so I think I bring thatenthusiasm for literacy.” ß

Sh’s new librarian shapes early literacy with stories

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Signal Hill’s new librarian, Gail Ashbrooke, served as school librarian at sev-eral public schools in the city before accepting her current position.

Steve Shaw

Water, water (not) everywhere

Courtesy Cathedral High School Photo Club

What do starfish and geckos have in com-mon? They were all special guests last Saturdayat the Water Replenishment District’s (WRD) 4thAnnual Groundwater Festival entitled “TreasureBeneath our Feet.” With more than 4,300 guestsparticipating in this year’s educational festivities,many enjoyed the Aquarium of the Pacific’s“Aquarium on Wheels,” Star Eco Station reptileexhibits and the Discovery Science Center’s envi-ronmental and educational “edutainment.” localstudents from around WRD’s 43-cities servicearea were on hand to test their “H20 IQ” and learnhow WRD conducts groundwater monitoring ofthe Central and West Coast groundwater basins.on hand were Congressmember Grace Napoli-tano, State Senator Kevin De león and AssemblyMember Isadore Hall to emphasize the impor-tance of groundwater and conservation efforts.locally, groundwater is vital to south los Ange-

les County because it is responsible for provid-ing almost half of the water supply to 4 millionresidents, or 10 percent of the state’s population.The festival concluded National GroundwaterAwareness Week, which ran from March 7, 2011to March 12, 2011. “Without water we don’t havean economy,” Napolitano (D-38th) said. “We haveto learn to conserve it, preserve it and use itwisely, and this event shows you the leadershipthat WRD has on the issue of water.” WRD hon-ored five Groundwater ambassadors for theirunique contributions to local groundwaterissues. This year’s recipients include StateAssembly Member Kevin De león, AssemblyMember Isadore Hall, los Angeles County Super-visor Don Knabe, South Gate City Council Mem-ber Bill De Witt, environmentalist Belinda V.Fasutinos and local reporter Arnold Adler.

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Neena Strichart

Publisher

In what turned out to be a mildlyheated discussion regarding a pro-posed skateboarding facility at BixbyKnolls Park, those for and against theconcrete “skate spot” listened to 8thDistrict Councilmember Rae Gabelichgive her opinion during the meetingshe conducted last Wednesday night.

The dozens of Long Beach resi-dents attended the meeting afterreceiving a hand-delivered flyer lastSaturday. The flyer read: Council-woman Rae Gabelich invites you to acommunity meeting to discuss theproposed skate park for Bixby KnollsPark; Wednesday, March 16,2011, 6:30PM; Expo Building, 4321Atlantic Avenue. Join us for thisopportunity to create a healthy recre-ation zone for our Eighth Districtyouth. Your input is important for thesuccess of this project. For moreinformation please call (562) 570-6685.

According to Eighth District stafferJonathan Kraus, the flyer was distrib-uted to residents within a quarter-mile

radius of the Bixby Knolls Park.Also addressing the crowd was

skate park advocate and former 7thDistrict Councilmember MikeDonelon, as well as Long Beach PoliceChief Jim McDonnell.

Gabelich began the meeting byexplaining that the gathering was justthe beginning of the process andassured the audience that she hadlooked at several sites for a “skatespot” in the 8th District before choos-ing Bixby Knolls Park as the mostviable location for the new 3,500-square-foot skate park. “Skate parkshave changed over the last decade,”said Gabelich as she explained thatsmaller concrete facilities were nowpreferable over larger, space-consum-ing areas. “We looked at Scherer Park–we’d lose a lot of trees, and Los Cerri-tos [Park] is too far off the beatenpath.” Gabelich also allowed thatScherer Park is already the home of adog park.

Donelon, introduced by Gabelichas “The King of Skate Parks,” took themicrophone and gave the audiencesome information to consider. Accord-ing to Donelon, skaters average in agefrom 12 to 17 years and, although thereare hundreds of thousands of skate-boarders who use skate parks in theUnited States, there have been noknown lawsuits or reported deaths atany of those parks. After his address ofthe crowd, Donelon explained that the

purpose of the proposed park is not todraw from surrounding areas. “[It’s]really for neighborhood kids,” he said.

Before the public question periodbegan, Donelon showed a six-minutevideo produced by the Tony HawkFoundation. The purpose of the videowas to promote a skateboard areawithin McBride Park, which is locatedin Central Long Beach at 16th Streetand Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue,across the street from Long BeachPoly High School.

Acting as facilitator for the public-discussion portion of the meeting,Anna Mendiola of the Department ofParks, Recreation and Marine did herbest to keep the input respectful andfair and insisted that speakers not inter-rupt one another. The resident of ahome just two doors from the park,Marian Lyman, protested the proposedusage and described the park as a“place of serenity people go to to readbooks …meditate. We moved to thatarea for the quiet. The only noise wehave is airplanes flying over.” To addto her defense, Lyman said, “We needgreenbelts– we don’t need morecement.”

Conversely, California Heights res-ident Jerry Schuman declared thatskateboarding is a sport. “I’m 51 yearsold, and I still skate,” Schuman said.“Putting a label on these kids as hooli-gans is bull. The park is small, dinky.This is a small thing in the grand

scheme of things.Echoing Schuman’s sentiment was

local realtor Greg Ernst, who describedthe kids as “coming [to skate parks] toget their energy out.” Ernst also pooh-poohed those who claimed skateboard-ers would bring drugs to the area. “youcan’t do drugs and skate. you’ll die,”claimed Ernst.

When asked about supervision ofthe skate parks, Donelon made itknown that the areas are not super-vised, although rules are generallyposted nearby, as they would be inBixby Knolls Park should the venue beapproved. Rules include the require-ment of safety equipment (helmets,knee and elbow pads), skating at one’sown risk, no graffiti, no smoking, andno glass or bottles.

Hours were also questioned sincethe skating area would not be lit afterdark, but the proposed facility was tobe open the same as regular parkhours – dawn to dusk– yet the citycharter indicates that closing time is10pm.

Before the close of the meeting,Gabelich told the audience that theirinput was indeed wanted and needed.She also said that a final decision wasfar in the future since private fundingof $200,000 would need to be garneredas would the blessings of the Parks andRecreation Commission and the CityCouncil. Promises of future publicmeetings were made. ß

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At Wednesday night’s community meeting at the Expo Building in Bixby Knolls, (standing, from left) Greg Ernst, realtorwith Main Street Realtors; Jerry Schuman, a California resident; Eighth District Councilmember Rae Gabelich; AnnaMendiola, park development officer; and Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell discuss the pros and cons of a newskate park in the area.

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The Long Beach Police Depart-ment (LBPD) will conduct a citywideDUI saturation patrol on Saturday,March 19, from 6pm to 2am. In aneffort to reduce the number of personskilled and injured in alcohol-involvedcrashes, DUI saturation patrols areconducted to identify offenders andget them off the street, as well as edu-cate the public on the dangers ofimpaired driving.

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The Long Beach Police Depart-ment is seeking the public’s help inidentifying a suspect wanted in con-nection with the attempted kidnap-ping of a young girl that occurred onMonday, March 14, at approximately8am.

The 14-year-old female victimwas walking to school in the area ofLemon Avenue and 20th Street whenshe was approached by the suspect,who grabbed her by the arm andpulled her several feet down thestreet before exposing himself toher. The victim was able to get awayfrom the suspect and report the inci-

dent to police once she arrived atschool.

The victim described the suspectas a black male, 25 to 30 years old, 6feet to 6 feet 3 inches tall, 170 to 190pounds, with black short-croppedhair, light brown eyes and possiblemoles or acne pockmark-type scarsabove both cheeks. He was wearinga brown, hooded sweat jacket withyellow stripes running down eachsleeve and navy-blue cargo pants.

Those with information regardingthis incident are urged to call LongBeach Police Sex Crimes Detec-tive Patrick Jennings at (562) 570-

7368. Anonymous tips can be sentby text or email by visiting long-beach.gov/police.

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Aquarium of the Pacific’s 30-year-oldCalifornia sea lion dies of natural causes

The Aquarium of the Pacific ismourning the loss of one of its mostbeloved animals, Miller the Califor-nia sea lion. Miller was the fifth-old-est male sea lion in any zoologicalinstitution and had recently “retired”to the Aquarium’s behind-the-scenesarea for marine mammals.

Miller was born in the wild in1981 and was orphaned before hewas old enough to survive on hisown. He was rescued from a beach inSan Diego by a marine mammalrehabilitation facility and wasdeemed non-releasable to the wild.He was then adopted and trained fora career as a performing sea lion atSouthern California amusementparks. The park he called home in1998 was getting ready to close downits marine mammal show when thenonprofit Aquarium of the Pacificwas just opening.

At 18 years of age, Miller went tolive at the Aquarium in Long Beachin September of 1998. Miller was sowell trained, making him the perfectcandidate to participate in the Aquar-ium’s daily seal and sea lion presen-tations and for visitors to meetup-close during Animal Encounters.In July 2009, he celebrated his 29thbirthday, an event that was reportedlive by a local television news crewduring a special presentation. Veteri-nary and animal husbandry staffdetermined it was time for Miller togo behind the scenes for health andsafety reasons last year, but visitorsstill had the opportunity to see him onbehind-the-scenes tours.

Miller died of natural causesWednesday, having reached the age

of 30. In the wild, sea lions often livebetween 15 and 17 years, while sealions in captivity can reach up to 30years in age. “Miller has been healthyover the years, which is why he livedsuch a long life for a sea lion,” saidAquarium Veterinarian Dr. LanceAdams. “Animal husbandry staffworked to keep him comfortable ashe went through natural agingprocesses.”

A press release issued by theAquarium stated that Miller endearedhimself to thousands of Aquariumvisitors and the many staff membersand volunteers who worked with himduring his years at the Aquarium andthat he will be missed by many. ß

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Playtime!The Signal Hill business Dynamic Designworks,

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Vicki Paris Goodman

Culture Writer

The dozen or sovignettes includedin Almost, Mainepossess a commonthread. Each beginswith an unsettling,even bizarre,

human predicament and resolves ina lightly comical tug at the heart-strings. Notwithstanding the annoy-ing repetition inherent in eachsegment’s opening dialogue, it isamazing how quickly playwrightJohn Cariani convinces us to buy in,but only if we are hopeless roman-tics like him. If not, we might tire ofthe simplicity and want somethingmore or something else.

To this extent, Almost, Maineprobably has limited appeal. Afterall, how can a writer sufficientlydevelop two or three characters,establish a viable story line, and

appeal to our emotions in eight orten minutes– the length of one ofCariani’s oddly romantic segments?The answer is that he can’t. InsteadCariani cuts to the chase andfocuses like a laser beam on the cir-cumstance at hand, abandoning theusual background information thatwould otherwise inform the audi-ence on complexities of characterand surroundings. And somehow itall works. At least, it did for me.

Think allegorical simplicity andyou’ll start to see what I mean. Car-iani’s are composite characters in asymbolic town. They are character-ized by an almost childlike unso-phistication but display adult wantsand needs. In a nutshell, they pos-sess universal hopes and dreams.They want to love and be loved.

In surreal, almost O. Henry-liketwists on reality, six actors playnineteen different characters who,more than anything else, help eachother through acts of kindness.Awkward romantic encountersexpose human fallibility that some-times borders on the ridiculous. Butin every case, director Phyllis Gitlinand her perceptive cast cut deep andsuccessfully project the emotionthat becomes ours, as well.

Cariani’s characters have con-sciences, an attribute which goes along way toward making us care forthem, even given the paltry fewminutes we are given to get to knowthem. On the eve of her wedding toanother man, a woman finds a wayto let her ex-boyfriend down easy.Out of a desire to make amends, awoman travels a good distance toanswer a long forgotten marriageproposal to which she never saidyes or no. A man unable to feelphysical pain has his senses awak-ened in a chance encounter with aneighbor lady who would rather nottake the time. A man who blows hischances for love out of sheer inepti-tude gets a second chance whenthings literally and figuratively

come full circle. Those are just afew.

Cariani masterfully manipulatesour emotions throughout hisunusual play. He stirs us up with afew opening lines of irritating dia-logue, perhaps intending to maxi-mize the swing of emotion when weare charmed and moved by hisquirky turns of fate and humanredemption.

I found Almost, Maine mostuplifting.

Almost, Maine continues on theLong Beach Playhouse Mainstagethrough April 16. General admis-sion tickets are $22; $20 for sen-iors. Student tickets are $12 withvalid student ID. Performances are

Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, withSunday matinees at 2pm. The LongBeach Playhouse is located at 5021E. Anaheim St. Call (562) 494-

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MoLAA to recognize female contributionsto art with its Women’s day Fest

The Museum of Latin AmericanArt (MOLAA), 628 Alamitos Ave.,will celebrate the contributions ofwomen in art, literature and musicat its annual Women’s Day Festi-val on Sunday, March 20 from1pm to 4pm. The event is free andopen to the public.

The festival will include ajuried display of artwork as well asfree art workshops, performancesand a spotlight on female jewelrydesigners from Mexico and Brazil.

Trio Ellas, a Los Angeles-basedmusical group that fuses classicromantic with mariachi for a nos-talgic sound, will perform at 3pm.

Vendors, food and a display ofart by local women artists will bepresented from noon to 4pm. Artworkshops, including one onfound objects, will run from 1pmto 4pm.

At 2pm, there will be a poetryreading of works by Latin-Ameri-can women poets. ß

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The Los Angeles-based musical group Trio Ellas will perform for the museum’s

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Jennifer E. Beaver

Columnist

Lust for Amer-ica’s favorite gar-den edible struckearly this year.

At the end of February, peoplestarted asking if it was time toplant tomatoes. The answer is no,not until days and nights are consis-tently warm. Mid-April, perhaps.Drool all you want at displays at bigbox stores and local nurseries. Buythose seductive little plants if youmust. Just don’t expect them to grow.And don’t be heartbroken if thosehopeful little yellow flowers fall offdue to cold or lack of polli-nation.

While you’re wait-ing, how about sometomato fantasy?

Start thinkingabout what you want.My suggestion? Atleast one cherrytomato for tossingin salads and eatingoff the vine. Onemedium, reliableslicer that willcarry you throughwhen everythingelse gets a virus.One plum forhomemade sauce.And one large heirloom that willdelight your taste buds if it doesn’tsuccumb to blight, insects or otherunknown malady.

I’m intrigued by a new offeringfrom Territorial Seed (territorialseed.com). They’ve grafted two differenttomatoes onto one sturdy rootstock.As they explain on their website,“Grafted vegetables are createdwhen the top part of one plant (thescion) is attached to the root systemof another plant (the rootstock). Therootstock contributes vigor and dis-ease resistance while the scion ischosen for fruit flavor and quality.”The Sungold/Sweet Million cherrycombo won my heart. It’s sold outtill the last half of April– a perfect

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Phil Ochs: There But For For-tune is a timely tribute to anunlikely American hero whosemusic is as relevant today as it wasin the 1960s, when he rose to fameat the height of the folk- andprotest-song movement. As prolificas he was passionate, Ochs releasedseven acclaimed albums and wrotehundreds of songs that becameanthems for the anti-war, CivilRights, and labor movements.

In the film, Joan Baez, TomHayden, Pete Seeger, Sean Penn,Peter yarrow, ChristopherHitchens, and others who knew orwere inspired by Ochs tell storiesof political passions that were equalparts idealism, conviction and fan-tasy mixed together with a big egoand often wild disorganization.Throughout the film, Ochs’shumorous and haunting songs, “IAin’t Marching Anymore,” “Cruci-fixion,” “Draft Dodger Rag,”“Love Me, I’m A Liberal,” “Out-side of a Small Circle of Friends,”and, of course, “There But For For-tune,” play the role of narrator, giv-ing contextual depth to theunfolding saga of his complexpolitical and personal life, whichended in 1976, at the age of 35,

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Showtimes for the film will be:Saturday, March 26 at 7pm and9pm; and Sunday, March 27 at 2pmand 4pm. Tickets are $8.

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Found Theatre to screen docabout iconic folk musician

Courtesy Found

Folk singer Phil Ochs wrote hundredsof songs that became anthems foranti-war, Civil Rights, and labormovements.

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sushi bar and the wall of wines strik-ingly backlit in neon magenta, wedecided on a table under one of thebig-screen TVs that was tuned to thebasketball game. Sound was eitheroff or low; there was no distraction.We were also pleased to find that,although there were quite a few otherdiners, the ambient noise level per-mitted easy conversation.

Now I’ve always been a littleleery of fusion restaurants. When anestablishment claims to do more thanone cuisine well, I fear mediocrity onall counts. In the case of Suba, how-ever, such apprehension is definitelynot warranted. Everything weordered was fabulous.

To start, our server, Melina,offered us tastes of the restaurant’shomemade sangria. Suba’s version islush and fruity with just a touch ofsweetness. We had to have more. I’mashamed to admit I even used myfork to finish off the bits of wine-marinated fruit that had floated mer-rily in the drink. (And I would do itagain!)

Choosing a sushi roll was noteasy, as the list of Suba “signature”creations was extensive and awe-inspiring. But choose we did, and theverdict was “The Bixby,” an amplespicy tuna roll topped with a slice ofhalibut and a dab of spicy mayo.What made this roll pop was a sliverof fresh lemon tucked under the hal-ibut. Fantastic.

Neighbors Karen Weiss andLaura Sanders stopped by our tableto say hello. They were raving aboutthe sushi roll they’d just devoured–“The Closer”– an eclectic creationof shrimp tempura, crab, eel, avo-cado, cream cheese, and eel sauce.We inquired as to the bottom lineand were told: “It was the best rollI’ve ever had.” High praise indeed.

After enjoying the Aguacata yCamaron (avocado and shrimp), atapas of large grilled shrimp atop abed of guacamole and red salsaserved with French bread slices, wemoved on to the Empanada de Res.Wow, was it delish! Two large pip-ing hot savory pastry turnoversfilled with perfectly seasonedground beef, the empanadas were ahit.

But the best thing of all was theDatilas con Cabrales– a tapas plateof whole dates stuffed with Cabralesblue cheese and a whole almond, allwrapped in bacon. OMG. The sweet-ness of the date, pungency of thecheese, crunch of the almond, andsavory salty goodness of the Apple-wood smoked bacon were almostmore than mere earthlings deserve.

And we barely scratched the sur-face of Suba’s abundant offerings.The menu could easily cover ten vis-its without the two of us ordering thesame thing twice. (Although, I can’timagine a meal at Suba withoutthose stuffed dates!)

Apart from tapas, sushi, sashimi,and the various sushi rolls, both stan-dard offering and “signature,” Subaoffers not one but six– yes, six!–varieties of ceviche made out of ahi

tuna, scallops, shrimp, lobster, andsalmon. Can’t wait to try those.

There are also a few “large plate”items, for instance, the Paella Subacontaining pretty much everythingbut the kitchen sink, as well as theSpanish-style Toro Burger and thePasta Con Queso, an intriguing ver-sion of macaroni and cheese.

Alas, it will all have to wait for a

future visit, which will likely occursooner, not later. Something to lookforward to!

Suba Sushi & Tapas Lounge,located at 3550 Long Beach Blvd. inBixby Knolls, can be reached at(562) 595-1959. Beer and an exten-sive list of wines are available.Restaurant hours are Tuesday–Sun-day, noon–10pm. Closed Monday.

(Starting April 3, Suba will be closedSundays and open Mondays). Spe-cial $7.95 lunch menu availableweekdays. Happy-hour food andbeverage specials offered 4pm to7pm weekdays, noon to 4pm Satur-days and Sundays.

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responders. “Our thoughts and prayersare extended to the families of Mike’sfriends aboard the plane with him,” thestatement reads. “Thank you for theoutpour of support and overwhelmingcompassion shown by so manythroughout the community of LongBeach. We are eternally grateful to theLong Beach Fire Department, LongBeach Memorial, and the church andcycling communities. We appreciateyou affording us this private time withfamily.”

Long Beach Mayor Bob Fosterissued a statement Wednesday thatexpressed the virtues of the meninvolved in the accident. “We carry a

very heavy heart following today’stragic accident,” Foster said. “Thesewere charismatic men that believed inLong Beach, made a real contributionand worked towards a better commu-nity. Our thoughts and prayers go totheir children and their families in thistime of unspeakable sadness.”

Fifth District Councilmember Ger-rie Schipske, whose district includes theairport, also praised those whoresponded to the scene. “I extend mydeepest condolences to the family andfriends of those who died or wereinjured in today’s tragic plane crash atthe Long Beach Airport,” Schipskesaid. “I also commend the Long BeachFire Department and the Long BeachAirport staff for their quick response tothe scene and for their continued pro-fessionalism in handling the news

regarding this horrible event.”First District Councilmember

Robert Garcia said he knew Bixby well.“He was a good friend, advisor, sup-porter and all-around great guy. I got toknow Mark through his loving andwonderful wife, Theresa Bixby, who Ihave sat on the board with of ChildrenToday for five years,” Garcia said.“Mark and I were in constant commu-nication, usually about his plans tomake Long Beach America’s mostbike-friendly city. He was an avidcyclist, and was the leading city voiceon bike policy, advocacy and commu-nity engagement. The progress we havemade on bike infrastructure and bikepolicy would not have been possiblewithout Mark’s leadership.”

Garcia noted that Bixby leavesbehind a lasting legacy, and he promised

to carry on his work. “[Bixby], [hiswife] Theresa, and his family have mycommitment that I will do everything Ican to continue and advance his workand his projects.” Garcia also empha-sized Bixby’s philanthropy and commu-nity leadership. “He and his wifeTheresa are part of our Children Todayfamily and have donated both theirresources and time to help our city’s vul-nerable homeless population.”

Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal saidshe had been working with Bixby toensure bicycle and pedestrian access tothe new Gerald Desmond Bridge.“Among his many ideas to improve ourcommunity, I know this was veryimportant to him, so I will work tire-

lessly toward the fulfillment of hisvision as a fitting legacy for a person socommitted to advocating for cyclists,”Lowenthal said.

Dean, who owned the plane, andBerger were both developers involvedin last year’s city land swap, duringwhich part of the Los Cerritos Wetlandsin southeast Long Beach was traded formost of the city’s public service yard.

The cause of the crash is currentlyunder investigation by the NationalTransportation Safety Board and Fed-eral Aviation Administration. Commer-cial and general aviation operations atthe Long Beach Airport continue unin-terrupted. ß

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related diseases. Cal State UniversityLong Beach’s (CSULB) InternationalStudies Student Association (ISSA) hasjoined with UNICEF to support its TapProject during World Water Week,March 20 to March 26.

UNICEF’s Tap Project was createdin 2007 in New york with the conceptthat restaurants ask their patrons todonate one dollar or more for the tapwater they commonly enjoy for free. Allfunds collected from the project helpUNICEF provide clean and accessiblewater to millions of children around theworld. A donation of one dollar grants achild access to safe drinking water for40 days.

This year, the Tap Project is gearedtoward helping children in Togo, theCentral African Republic, and Vietnam.Also, this will be the Tap Project’s firstyear for West-coast participation. KafeNeo in Long Beach and It’s a Grind’sCarson Street and Spring Street loca-tions are local restaurants working intandem with the Tap Project.

“After studying international devel-opment and working in regions of theworld that do not have clean drinkingwater, I want to do my part to help peo-ple gain access to this basic need,” saidAndres Miguel Espana, the UNICEFTap Project city coordinator for LosAngeles. “I cannot think of a better wayto help than to join the UNICEF TapProject.”

CSULB’s ISSA has made severalcontributions to international philan-thropic organizations such as InvisibleChildren, the United States Campaignfor Burma, and the Le Petit TrainSchool in Haiti, since its formation in2008 by Maggie Woods and KrystalWindsor Burnett.

“We started very small– a group of15 people sitting in a circle talking aboutthe world,” said Cookie Partansky, theSouth West Asian and North Africanambassador for ISSA. “Today, I firmlybelieve that not only has ISSA grown asan organization, but also [our] mem-bers’ inspiration has grown.”

ISSA’s involvement with UNICEFbegan when club secretary Tanya Aubinvisited the New york office of theUnited Nations. Aubin returned fromher visit and spread the word ofUNICEF’s causes to the rest of the club,which readily joined in with its support.

“ISSA already had a few ideas ofwhat we wanted to accomplish duringthis spring,” said Kimberly Conchada, amember of the ISSA. “And in January,[Aubin] was the one to approach ourpresident about attending a UNICEFworkshop for restaurant recruitment inLos Angeles. [Aubin, Deanna Lam, andPartansky] attended the workshop andwere compelled to do more.”

In support of global water issueawareness, ISSA will screen the docu-mentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Friday, March 18 at 6pm at the Univer-sity Student Union (USU) Beach Audi-torium. A 30- to 45-minute discussionfacilitated by John Torres, ISSA’s LatinAmerican ambassador, will follow thefilm. Admission and food will beoffered free of charge, and the organiza-tion will be accepting donations for thecontinued funding of ISSA-hosted phil-anthropic events.

“I was searching last semester for

outlets to be able to show a film withoutbeing required to buy the rights to thefilm,” Partansky said. “[Aubin] had sug-gested this film for this semester to fallin line with our UNICEF Tap Projecttheme this semester.”

Blue Gold: World Water Wars fea-tures the message that the world is wast-ing its fleeting supply of fresh water atan alarming rate as the populationincreases and technology improves. Thehigh and ever-growing demand forwater will eventually lead to desertifica-tion of the planet. It also explains thecorporate hand in developing countries’privatization of water for profit and thecorrupt governments of some countries’use of water as a ploy for political andeconomic advantage. The film covers itscentral themes through displaying pas-sive resistance to outright riots in thestruggle of many for the necessity ofwater.

For non-CSULB students interestedin attending the screening, parking isavailable at Lot 4, located next to themain turnaround near W. Campus Driveand Beach Drive.

With World Water Week commenc-ing the day after the screening, citizensare encouraged to dine at Kafe Neo(2800 E. 4th St.) or at the two participat-ing It’s a Grind locations to donate atleast one dollar for tap water.

In earlier weeks, Aubin, Conchada,Lam, and Partansky have collaboratedto create tapLB, a sub-organizationindependent from ISSA that will host abenefit concert called TAP at the Parkon Saturday, March 26 from noon to5pm at Bixby Park, 130 Cherry Ave.

The musical artists selected to per-form at the event include Kristi Jo, NoHablo, From Cities to Oceans, Alyssan-dra Nighswonger, and LN and AND.“All of the artists are either Long Beachnatives or living in Long Beach,” Con-chada said. “They all have differentvibes and genres and have been so gra-cious in agreeing to perform at TAP.”

In addition to the musical perform-ances coming to TAP at the Park, sev-eral features of the event will be a raffle,water-related games suitable for allages, and two Los Angeles-based free-lance artists, Kristine Arismendy andCrystal Orozco, participating in a livepainting session.

The main center of contribution forTAP at the Park will be in its aptlynamed “Tappy Hour” booth. “TappyHour is just a simple way to contributeto our Fair Day-type event,” Conchadasaid. “We will be handing out crisp, coldwater for those looking to quench theirthirst under the sun.” The booth willalso be available at CSULB on Wednes-day, March 23, and Thursday, March24.

“Being raised in Long Beach amongso much diversity has helped meacknowledge and appreciate the endlesscultures that make up this giant world,”Conchada said. “Learning that there areso many people in the world withoutsomething so essential like water makesme feel so privileged to have come froma city that has given me so much. I onlyhope my awesome city will see theworld the way I see it.”

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“The recession has affected usall,” said Forester, “but the City ofSignal Hill with its major generalfund income source sales tax andthe proposed California state takingour redevelopment funds, we haveto look at every expenditure.”

Forester repeated concerns thatthe future of the city’s Redevelop-ment Agency (RDA) has beenthreatened by the proposed budgetcuts by the office of Gov. JerryBrown. For months, the governorhas repeated his intention to endfunding for redevelopment agen-cies as a part of his overall budgetproposal. (On Wednesday, state leg-islators rejected Brown’s bid toeliminate more than 400 redevelop-ment agencies across California.Lawmakers did however agree to$7.4 billion of $12.5 billion in cutsthat the governor had proposed toaddress the largest state deficit inthe country.)

Forester, along with the othermembers of the council, has statedconsistently that Signal Hill stillneeds to hold on to redevelopment.“This city would have been nothingwithout redevelopment and wereally are the poster child,” saidForester in an interview later thatevening. He said that the city’sRDA is responsible for importantprojects, including the managementof 14 acres on the corner of AtlanticAvenue and Spring Street, wheremore than 20 abandoned oil wellsneeded to be maintained andcleaned. “This is an area that rede-velopment was designed to do– totake blighted and undeveloped land

and work it,” Forester said.Both Forester and Hansen

acknowledged that the fight tokeep the RDA will be tough, andat the beginning of their newterm, Forester and Hansen wereno strangers to conflict. Theincumbent council members hadjust emerged from their own bat-tle to win their elections twoweeks earlier.

“This was a difficult campaign,”said Hansen, recognizing that sheand Forester had faced severe criti-cism in the months leading up tothe March City Council election.“But what you realize when you goout to the community is that themajority of people do like us anddo like what we’re doing and doapprove of the direction. And itgives you a realization again ofwhy you’re doing this, why I takemy weekend and evenings awayfrom my family, why I’m signed upfor four more years at what couldbe the four toughest years we’veever had in the city if the redevel-opment legislation passes becausethe residents want our voices uphere.”

During his address to the coun-cil, Forester also acknowledgedthat the road to win another term atcity council was not easy. Heencouraged a spirit of cooperation.

“I look to my fellow councilmembers for a joint effort of work-ing together but also their expertiseas individuals,” said Forester. “Wemust not go down the path that ‘I’mright and you’re wrong,’ but chal-lenge all our thinking.”

The RDA also voted a change inthe agency’s leadership Tuesday

night. Councilmember MichaelNoll has replaced Hansen as theRDA chair. Councilmember EllenWard joked that Noll’s tenure asRDA chair may be extremely shortif the governor’s budget plan isapproved and Brown manages toshut down redevelopment agenciesacross the state. The RDA alsovoted to approve Ward to serve asthe vice chair of the RDA.

Following the City Counciland RDA meetings, the City helda celebration in the communityroom to honor the new mayor.The City Council has begun anew term with an emphasis by thenew mayor to scrutinize expendi-tures. They’ve even saved moneyon their own party by solicitingdonations from corporate spon-sors including Signal Hill Petro-leum, Rossmoor Pastries, and TheWine Country.

Before the dozens of well-wishers Tuesday night, the reor-ganized City Council still toastedthe future with their glass flutesfilled with donated champagne.The former mayor offered his bestwishes to the new mayor. “As wemove forward with this city. ..bigger and better things [will]come,” Wilson said.

Other highlights from the City

Council/redevelopment Agency

meeting:

• The City recognized the pollworkers who participated in theMarch 1 general municipal elec-tion.

• The City Council certified theofficial results for the municipalelection in Signal Hill

• The City Council/RDAapproved a joint resolution to allowHooman Nissan Auto Dealership(doing business as HNL Properties,LLC) to acquire additional land inorder to accommodate the dealer-ship’s expansion plans. In Decem-ber 2010, Hooman Nissan movedinto the former Schaier’s Nissansite, 1800 E. Spring St., which hadclosed its doors in May 2010.

City officials also approved anoffer to provide an incentive to thedealership where Hooman MichaelNissani presently serves as the Sig-nal Hill company’s president andco-owner. The company had alsorequested to borrow $700,000 fromthe RDA, but Hooman Nissananticipates that they will createhigh volume of projected sales-taxrevenue over a period of time,according to City staff. If the deal-

ership successfully brings in theirprojected $2.1 million in sales-taxrevenue over five years, the councilhas agreed to forgive the loan. Butif Hooman Nissan cannot generatethe anticipated revenue, the dealer-ship will still be obligated to paythe loan, according to City officials.

City Attorney David Aleshirenoted that if the dealership projec-tions are on target, Hooman Nissanwould be among the best perform-ing dealerships in the Auto Center inSignal Hill. The City would be pro-viding a financial incentive to thedealership to continue to generate alarge amount of sales-tax revenuefor five years, according to the cityattorney. “But of course the desire isthat the deal will be there 20 years,producing that type of sales tax,”said Aleshire. “So if you go on downthe road, the economic return to thecity is very substantial.”

The loan will be securedthrough a deed of trust recordedagainst the dealership’s property,which is valued at three times theamount of the loan, according toAleshire.

The next Signal Hill City Coun-cil meeting will be Tuesday, April 5at 7pm at the city council cham-bers. ß

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TST3693notiCe of trUStee'S Sale tS #: Ca-10-410377-vf order #: 664965 yoU are indefaUlt Under a deed of trUSt dated12/6/2007. UnleSS yoU taKe aCtion to Pro-teCt yoUr ProPerty, it May Be Sold at aPUBliC Sale. if yoU need an exPlanationof tHe natUre of tHe ProCeedingagainSt yoU, yoU SHoUld ContaCt alaWyer. a public auction sale to the highest bid-der for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state ornational bank, check drawn by state or federalcredit union, or a check drawn by a state or federalsavings and loan association, or savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 tothe financial code and authorized to do business inthis state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.the sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remainingprincipal sum of the note(s) secured by the deed oftrust, with interest and late charges thereon, asprovided in the note(s), advances, under the termsof the deed of trust, interest thereon, fees, chargesand expenses of the trustee for the total amount (atthe time of the initial publication of the notice ofSale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.the amount may be greater on the day of sale.BenefiCiary May eleCt to Bid leSS tHantHe total aMoUnt dUe. trustor(s): irvinglyon and Maria-eSter odal lyon recorded:12/14/2007 as instrument no. 20072749399 inbook xxx, page xxx of official records in theoffice of the recorder of loS angeleS County,California; date of Sale: 4/11/2011 at 10:30 aMPlace of Sale: at the West side of the los angelesCounty Courthouse, directly facing norwalk Blvd.,12720 norwalk Blvd., norwalk, Ca 90650 amountof unpaid balance and other charges: $316,924.51the purported property address is: 2501 teMPleave # 206 Signal Hill, Ca 90755 assessor'sParcel no. 7214-021-026 the undersigned trusteedisclaims any liability for any incorrectness of theproperty address or other common designation, ifany, shown herein. if no street address or othercommon designation is shown, please refer to thereferenced legal description for property location. inthe event no common address or common designa-tion of the property is provided herein directions tothe location of the property may be obtained within10 days of the date of first publication of this noticeof Sale by sending a written request to Bank ofamerica 475 Crosspoint Parkway getzville ny14068 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loanservicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [1 ] the mortgage loan servicer has obtained fromthe commissioner a final or temporary order ofexemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed;[ 2 ] the timeframe for giving notice of sale specifiedin subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not applypursuant to Section 2923.52 . if the trustee isunable to convey title for any reason, the successfulbidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be thereturn of monies paid to the trustee, and the suc-cessful bidder shall have no further recourse. if thesale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser atthe sale shall be entitled only to a return of thedeposit paid. the Purchaser shall have no furtherrecourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, orthe Mortgagee's attorney. date: Quality loan Serv-ice Corp. 2141 5th avenue San diego, Ca 92101619-645-7711 for non Sale information only Saleline: 714-730-2727 or login to:www.fidelityasap.com reinstatement line: 619-645-7711 Quality loan Service, Corp. if you havepreviously been discharged through bankruptcy,you may have been released of personal liability forthis loan in which case this letter is intended to exer-cise the note holders right's against the real prop-erty only. tHiS notiCe iS Sent for tHePUrPoSe of ColleCting a deBt. tHiS firMiS atteMPting to ColleCt a deBt onBeHalf of tHe Holder and oWner of tHenote. any inforMation oBtained By orProvided to tHiS firM or tHe CreditorWill Be USed for tHat PUrPoSe. as requiredby law, you are hereby notified that a negative creditreport reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill theterms of your credit obligations. aSaP# 392443603/18/2011, 03/25/2011, 04/01/2011

TST3687notiCe of trUStee'S Sale trustee Sale #Ca0849406 loan# 9000410867 order # 090468110yoU are in defaUlt Under a deed oftrUSt dated 06/28/2005. UnleSS yoU taKeaCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProPerty, it MayBe Sold at a PUBliC Sale. if yoU need anexPlanation of tHe natUre of tHe Pro-CeedingS againSt yoU, yoU SHoUld Con-taCt a laWyer. on 04/01/2011 at 10:30aM, MtCfinanCial inC., dba trUStee CorPS as theduly appointed Substituted trustee under and pur-suant to deed of trust recorded on 07/06/2005 asdocument no. 05 1583878 of official records in theoffice of the recorder of los angeles County, Cal-ifornia, executed by, vaneSSa J. daviS, a Sin-gle WoMan, as trustor, Provident SavingSBanK, f.S.B., as Beneficiary, Will Sell at PUB-liC aUCtion to tHe HigHeSt Bidder forCaSH (payable at time of sale in lawful money ofthe United States, by cash a cashier's check drawnby a state or national bank, a check drawn by a stateor federal credit union, or a check drawn by a stateor federal savings and loan association, savingsassociation, or savings bank specified in section5102 of the financial Code and authorized to dobusiness in this state). at: tHe WeSt Side oftHe loS angeleS CoUnty CoUrtHoUSedireCtly faCing norWalK Blvd., 12720norWalK Blvd., norWalK, Ca the propertyheretofore described is being sold "as is". all right,title and interest conveyed to and now held by itunder said deed of trust in the property situated insaid County and State describing the land therein:aPn # 7215-023-026 aS More fUllydeSCriBed on Said deed of trUSt. thestreet address and other common designation, ifany, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 2400 SKyline drive #201, (longBeaCH area) Signal Hill, Ca 90755 the under-signed trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the street address and other commondesignation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will bemade, but without covenant or warranty, expressedor implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of thenote(s) secured by said deed of trust, with interestthereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, ifany, under the terms of the deed of trust, estimatedfees, charges and expenses of the trustee and ofthe trusts created by said deed of trust. the totalamount of the unpaid balance of the obligationsecured by the property to be sold and reasonableestimated costs, expenses and advances at the timeof the initial publication of the notice of trustee'sSale is: $601,942.69 (estimated amount). accruedinterest and additional advances, if any, will increasethis figure prior to sale. if the trustee is unable toconvey title for any reason, the successful bidder'ssole and exclusive remedy shall be the return ofmonies paid to the trustee and the successful bid-der shall have no further recourse. the Beneficiaryunder said deed of trust heretofore executed anddelivered to the undersigned a written declaration ofdefault and demand for Sale, and a written noticeof default and election to Sell. the undersignedcaused said notice of default and election to Sell tobe recorded in the County where the real property islocated and more than three months have elapsedsince such recordation. Compliance with CaliforniaCivil Code Section 2924f: the Beneficiary or Bene-ficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements ofCalifornia Civil Code Section 2924f have been met.Compliance with California Civil Code Section2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefici-ary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares asfollows: x Servicer does hereby state that Servicerhas obtained from the commissioner a final or tem-porary order of exemption pursuant to Section2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of thenotice of sale is filed. 2. timeframe for giving noticeof sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52Ôı does x does not apply pursuant to section2923.52 or 2923.55 dated: 03/11/2011 MtC finan-Cial inC., dBa trUStee CorPS, as Successortrustee By: ClariSa gaStelUM, trUSteeSaleS offiCer trUStee CorPS 17100 gilletteave, irvine, Ca 92614 for Sale inforMationContaCt: (714)730-2727, (949) 252-8300 forreinStateMent / Pay off reQUeStS Con-taCt: (949) [email protected] aSaP# 393170803/11/2011, 03/18/2011, 03/25/2011

TST3685NoTICE oF TRUSTEE’S SAlE UNDER ANoTICE oF A NoTICE oF DElINQUENTASSESSMENT AND ClAIM oF lIEN title orderno. 1040069 trustee Sale no. 2010-1863 refer-ence no. 335-108 aPn no. 7215-004-049 YoUARE IN DEFAUlT UNDER A NoTICE oF DElIN-QUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 05/28/10.UNlESS YoU TAKE ACTIoN To PRoTECTYoUR PRoPERTY, IT MAY BE SolD AT A PUB-lIC SAlE. IF YoU NEED AN EXPlANATIoN oFTHE NATURE oF THE PRoCEEDINGS AGAINSTYoU, YoU SHoUlD CoNTACT A lAWYER.notice if hereby given that on April 1, 2011 at11:30 AM., S.B.S. lIEN SERVICES as the dulyappointed trustee under and pursuant to notice ofdelinquent assessment, recorded on 06/02/10 asdocument no. 10-0746033 Book Page of officialrecords in the office of the recorder of loSANGElES County, California, the purportedowner(s) of said property is (are): FRANCo GIAN-GUAlANo AND CARloTTA GIANGUAlANoWIll SEll AT PUBlIC AUCTIoN To THE HIGH-EST BIDDER FoR CASH, (payable at time of salein lawful money of the United States, by cash, acashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank,a check drawn by a state of federal credit union, ora check drawn by a state or federal savings andloan association, savings association, or savingsbank specified in section 5102 of the financialCode and authorized to do business in this state.) :AT THE FRoNT ENTRANCE To THE PoMoNASUPE RIoR CoURTS BUIlDING, 350 W. MIS-SIoN BlVD. PoMoNA, CA. all right, title and inter-est under said notice of delinquent assessment inthe property situated in said County, aS MorefUlly deSCriBed on tHe aBove refer-enCed aSSeSSMent lien. the streetaddress and other common designation, if any ofthe real property described above is purported tobe: 2298 RoSE AVENUE #108, SIGNAl HIll, CA90755 the undersigned trustee disclaims any lia-bility for any incorrectness of the street address andother common designation, if any, shown herein.Said sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remainingprincipal sum due under said notice of delinquentassess ment, with interest thereon, as provided insaid notice, advances, if any, estimated fees,charges, and expenses of the trustee, to-wit:$11,826.12 accrued interest and additionaladvances, if any, will increase this figure prior tosale. the claimant, RoSE TERRACE CoNDo-MINIUMS HoMEoWN ERS ASSoCIATIoN undersaid notice of delin quent assessment heretoforeexecuted and delivered to the undersigned a writtendeclaration of default and demand for Sale, and awritten notice of default and election to Sell. theunder signed caused said notice of default andelection to Sell to be recorded in the county wherethe real property is located and more than threemonths have elapsed since such recordation. THEPRoPERTY IS BEING SolD SUBJECT To THENINETY DAY RIGHT oF REDEMPTIoN CoN -TAINED IN CIVIl CoDE SECTIoN 1367.4(c)(4).PlEASE NoTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT CollEC -ToR AND ARE ATTEMPTING To CollECT ADEBT AND ANY INFoRMATIoN WE oBTAINWIll BE USED FoR THAT PURPoSE. ‘FoRSAlES INFoRMATIoN, PlEASE CAll (916)939-0772 oR loG oNTo www.nationwidepost-ing.com’ date: 02/25/11 S.B.S. lien Services31194 la Baya Drive, Suite 106 Westlake Village,CA 91362 Cindy Sandoval, trUStee SaleoffiCer We are atteMPting to ColleCt adeBt, and any inforMation We oBtainWill Be USed for tHat PUrPoSe.nPP0177471 03/11/11, 03/18/11, 03/25/11

TST3686notiCe of trUStee'S Sale t.S. no. 10-20941-SP-Ca yoU are in defaUlt Under a deedof trUSt dated 08/18/2006. UnleSS yoUtaKe aCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProPerty,it May Be Sold at a PUBliC Sale. if yoUneed an exPlanation of tHe natUre oftHe ProCeeding againSt yoU, yoUSHoUld ContaCt a laWyer. a public auctionsale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier'scheck(s) must be made payable to national defaultServicing Corporation), drawn on a state or nationalbank, a check drawn by a state or federal creditunion, or a check drawn by a state or federal sav-ings and loan association, savings association, orsavings bank specified in Section 5102 of thefinancial Code and authorized to do business inthis state; will be held by the duly appointed trusteeas shown below, of all right, title, and interest con-

veyed to and now held by the trustee in the here-inafter described property under and pursuant to adeed of trust described below. the sale will bemade in an "as is" condition, but without covenantor warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title,possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remainingprincipal sum of the note(s) secured by the deed oftrust, with interest and late charges thereon, asprovided in the note(s), advances, under the termsof the deed of trust, interest thereon, fees, chargesand expenses of the trustee for the total amount (atthe time of the initial publication of the notice ofSale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.the amount may be greater on the day of sale.trustor: gyWndelyn vandyKe, an UnMar-ried WoMan duly appointed trustee: nationaldefaUlt ServiCing CorPoration recorded08/24/2006 as instrument no. 06-1889230 of offi-cial records in the office of the recorder of loSangeleS County, California. date of Sale:04/01/2011 at 10:30 a.M. Place of Sale: at the westside of the los angeles County Courthouse, directlyfacing norwalk Blvd., 12720 norwalk Blvd., nor-walk, Ca estimated amount of unpaid balance andother charges: $206,377.24 Street address or othercommon designation of real property: 2501 teM-Ple avenUe Unit 117, Signal Hill, Ca 90755a.P.n.: 7214-021-018 the undersigned trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of thestreet address or other common designation, if any,shown above. if no street address or other commondesignation is shown, directions to the location ofthe property may be obtained by sending a writtenrequest to the beneficiary within 10 days of the dateof first publication of this notice of Sale. if thetrustee is unable to convey title for any reason, thesuccessful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shallbe the return of monies paid to the trustee, and thesuccessful bidder shall have no further recourse.this loan is exempt. Compliance with CaliforniaCivil Code 2923.5and 2924.8 is not necessary toproceed with preparing and processing a notice ofsale. regarding the property that is the subject ofthis notice of Sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" asdefined in California Civil Code Section 2923.53 (k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commis-sioner a final or temporary order of exemption pur-suant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 andthat the exemption is current and valid on the datethis notice of Sale is recorded. the timeframe forgiving a notice of Sale specified in Subdivision (a)Section 2923.52 does not apply to this notice ofSale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections2923.52 or 2923.55. date: 03/08/2011 nationaldefaUlt ServiCing CorPoration 7720 n.16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, aZ 85020 phone602-264-6101 Sales line 714-730-2727; SalesWebsite: www.ndscorp.com/sales nichole alford,trUStee SaleS rePreSentative aSaP#3927334 03/11/2011, 03/18/2011, 03/25/2011

TST3682notiCe of trUStee'S Sale trustee Sale no.430990Ca loan no. 3010776098 title order no.602119953 yoU are in defaUlt Under adeed of trUSt dated 10-19-2006. UnleSSyoU taKe aCtion to ProteCt yoUr ProP-erty, it May Be Sold at a PUBliC Sale. ifyoU need an exPlanation of tHe natUreof tHe ProCeedingS againSt yoU, yoUSHoUld ContaCt a laWyer. on 03-25-2011 at10:30 aM, California reConveyanCe CoM-Pany as the duly appointed trustee under and pur-suant to deed of trust recorded 10-26-2006, Book, Page , instrument 06 2377825, of official recordsin the office of the recorder of loS angeleSCounty, California, executed by: aBraHaM davidCHira and, KiM eMery, HUSBand and WifeaS Joint tenantS, as trustor, WaSHingtonMUtUal BanK, fa, as Beneficiary, will sell at pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash,cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank,a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal creditunion, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or fed-eral savings and loan association, savings associ-ation, or savings bank specified in section 5102 ofthe financial Code and authorized to do businessin this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointedtrustee as shown below, of all right, title, and inter-est conveyed to and now held by the trustee in thehereinafter described property under and pursuantto the deed of trust. the sale will be made, butwithout covenant or warranty, expressed or implied,regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, topay the remaining principal sum of the note(s)secured by the deed of trust, interest thereon, esti-mated fees, charges and expenses of the trusteefor the total amount (at the time of the initial publi-cation of the notice of Sale) reasonably estimated

to be set forth below. the amount may be greateron the day of sale. Place of Sale: at tHe WeStSide of tHe loS angeleS CoUnty CoUrt-HoUSe, direCtly faCing norWalK BoUle-vard, 12720 norWalK Blvd. , norWalK, Calegal description: lot 10 in BloCK ''M'', of Sig-nal Hill, in tHe City of Signal Hill, in tHeCoUnty of loS angeleS, State of Cali-fornia, aS Per MaP reCorded in BooK 9PageS 2 and 3 of MaPS, in tHe offiCe oftHe CoUnty reCorder of Said CoUnty.exCePt all oil, gaS, MineralS, and otHerHydroCarBon SUBStanCeS (inClUdingBUt not liMited to all oil and gaS roy-alty intereStS, if any) in and Under Saidland BeloW a dePtH of 500 feet, BUtWitHoUt any rigHt to tHe USe of orentry to tHe SUrfaCe and tHe UPPer 500feet of tHe SUBSUrfaCe of Said land aSSet fortH in tHat Certain deedreCorded May 13, 1994 aS inStrUMent no.94-932703. amount of unpaid balance and othercharges: $1,185,129.39 (estimated) Street addressand other common designation of the real property:2277 Molino avenUe Signal Hill, Ca 90804aPn number: 7215-024-077 the undersignedtrustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectnessof the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. the property heretoforedescribed is being sold "as is". in compliance withCalifornia Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee,trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares:that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess theirfinancial situation and to explore options to avoidforeclosure; or that it has made efforts to contactthe borrower(s) to assess their financial situationand to explore options to avoid foreclosure by oneof the following methods: by telephone; by UnitedStates mail; either 1st class or certified; byovernight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail;by face to face meeting. date: 02-28-2011 Cali-fornia reConveyanCe CoMPany, as trusteeBrandon royeS, aSSiStant SeCretaryCalifornia reConveyanCe CoMPany iS adeBt ColleCtor atteMPting to ColleCta deBt. any inforMation oBtained Will BeUSed for tHat PUrPoSe. California recon-veyance Company 9200 oakdale avenue MailStop: Ca2-4379 Chatsworth, Ca 91311 800-892-6902 for Sales information: (714) 730-2727 orwww.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priority-posting.com aSaP# 3926655 03/04/2011,03/11/2011, 03/18/2011

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the following person is doing business as: r2 MUSiQProdUCtion, 1319 e. Phillips St., long Beach, Ca90805. registrant: ronald B. reeSe, 1319 e.Phillips St., long Beach, Ca 90805. this business isconducted by: an individual. i declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. Signed:ronald B. reese. the registrant has not begun totransact business under the fictitious business nameor names listed herein. this statement was filed withthe county clerk of los angeles County on february23, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious business namestatement expires five years from the date it was filedin the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-ness name statement must be filed prior to that date.the filing of this statement does not of itself authorizethe use in this state of a fictitious business name inviolation of the rights of another under federal, state,or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Businessand Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: feb-ruary 25, & March 4, 11, 18, 2011.

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the following persons are doing business as: longBeaCH antiQUe & ColleCtgaBle Mall ii, 1851freeman ave., Signal Hill, Ca 90755. registrant: 1.andreW JUrKieWiCZ, 3444 Hackett ave., longBeach, Ca 90808, 2. linda aiHara, 3819 gardeniaave., long Beach, Ca 90807. this business is con-ducted by: a general Partnership. i declare that allinformation in this statement is true and correct.Signed: andrew Jurkiewicz. the registrant has notbegun to transact business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed herein. this statement wasfiled with the county clerk of los angeles County onfebruary 23, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious businessname statement expires five years from the date it wasfiled in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitiousbusiness name statement must be filed prior to thatdate. the filing of this statement does not of itselfauthorize the use in this state of a fictitious businessname in violation of the rights of another under federal,state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq.,

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TST3676 / 20110287337FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMent

the following person is doing business as: renaiS-SanCe WoMan ConSUlting, 2722 e. 20th St.,apt. 202, Signal Hill, Ca 90755. registrant: PaMelaann MayHeW, 2722 e. 20th St., apt. 202, Signal Hill,Ca 90755. this business is conducted by: an individ-ual. i declare that all information in this statement istrue and correct. Signed: Pamela ann Mayhew. theregistrant has begun to transact business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein. datestarted doing business under this fictitious Businessname was february 1, 2011. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County on febru-ary 23, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious business namestatement expires five years from the date it was filedin the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-ness name statement must be filed prior to that date.the filing of this statement does not of itself authorizethe use in this state of a fictitious business name inviolation of the rights of another under federal, state,or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Businessand Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: feb-ruary 25, & March 4, 11, 18, 2011.

TST3678 / 20110325991FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: anayaSCreen Printing +, 2971 Santa fe ave., longBeach, Ca 90810. registrant: SiMon J. anaya, 1564W. 31st. St., long Beach, Ca 90810. this business isconducted by: an individual. i declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. Signed:Simon J. anaya. the registrant has begun to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name or nameslisted herein. date started doing business under thisfictitious Business name was in august, 2009. thisstatement was filed with the county clerk of los ange-les County on March 2, 2011. notiCe: this fictitiousbusiness name statement expires five years from thedate it was filed in the office of the county clerk. a newfictitious business name statement must be filed priorto that date. the filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another underfederal, state, or common law (see section 14411 etseq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Sig-nal tribune: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011.

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the following person is doing business as: Central#2 tire ServiCe, 1119 e. Pacific Coast Hwy., Wilm-ington, Ca 90744. registrant: HeCtor MoraleS,1163 Mcfarland ave., Wilmington, Ca 90744. thisbusiness is conducted by: an individual. i declare thatall information in this statement is true and correct.Signed: Hector Morales. the registrant has not begunto transact business under the fictitious businessname or names listed herein. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County on March2, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious business name state-ment expires five years from the date it was filed in theoffice of the county clerk. a new fictitious businessname statement must be filed prior to that date. thefiling of this statement does not of itself authorize theuse in this state of a fictitious business name in viola-tion of the rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Business andProfessions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: March 4,11, 18, 25, 2011.

TST3680 / 20110325993FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as: SleePSeSSionS Media, 1653 Pine ave., long Beach, Ca90813. registrant: antHony JeroMe WilliaMSJr., 1653 Pine ave., long Beach, Ca 90813. thisbusiness is conducted by: an individual. i declare thatall information in this statement is true and correct.Signed: anthony Williams. the registrant has notbegun to transact business under the fictitious busi-ness name or names listed herein. this statement wasfiled with the county clerk of los angeles County onMarch 2, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious business namestatement expires five years from the date it was filedin the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-ness name statement must be filed prior to that date.the filing of this statement does not of itself authorizethe use in this state of a fictitious business name inviolation of the rights of another under federal, state,or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Businessand Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune:March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011.

TST3681 / 20110325994FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following persons are doing business as:Central4 ProdUCtionS, 2721 Jalmia dr.,los angeles, Ca 90046. registrant: 1. tiMotHydUrKoviC, 2721 Jalmia dr., los angeles, Ca90046, 2. Jan B. HoWer, 540 W. Mesa Way,long Beach, Ca 90807. this business is con-ducted by: a general Partnership. i declare thatall information in this statement is true and cor-rect. Signed: timothy durkovic. the registrant hasbegun to transact business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names listed herein. datestarted doing business under this fictitious Busi-ness name was January 15, 2011. this state-ment was filed with the county clerk of losangeles County on March 2, 2011. notiCe: thisfictitious business name statement expires fiveyears from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business namestatement must be filed prior to that date. the fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorizethe use in this state of a fictitious business namein violation of the rights of another under federal,state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq.,Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Sig-nal tribune: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011.

TST3688 / 20110359440FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following persons are doing businessas: B. Pearl ProdUCtionS, 3556 Pacificave., long Beach, Ca 90807. registrant: 1.Bernard Marven Pearl, 2. editHann MeWBerry Pearl, 3556 Pacificave., long Beach, Ca 90807. this businessis conducted by: a Husband and Wife. ideclare that all information in this statementis true and correct. Signed: Bernard M.Pearl. the registrant has begun to transactbusiness under the fictitious business nameor names listed herein. date started doingbusiness under this fictitious Businessname was March 8, 2011. this statementwas filed with the county clerk of los ange-les County on March 9, 2011. notiCe: thisfictitious business name statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in theoffice of the county clerk. a new fictitiousbusiness name statement must be filed priorto that date. the filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use in this state ofa fictitious business name in violation of therights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq.,Business and Professions Code). Pub. theSignal tribune: March 11, 18, 25, & april 1,2011.

TST3689 / 20110359441FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as:roMero trUCKing, 2510 Sastre ave., elMonte, Ca 91733. registrant: Jorge a.roMero Bonilla, 2510 Sastre ave., elMonte, Ca 91733 this business is conductedby: an individual. i declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct. Signed: Jorge

romero. the registrant has not begun to trans-act business under the fictitious business nameor names listed herein. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County onMarch 9, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious businessname statement expires five years from the dateit was filed in the office of the county clerk. anew fictitious business name statement must befiled prior to that date. the filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in thisstate of a fictitious business name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Busi-ness and Professions Code). Pub. the Signaltribune: March 11, 18, 25, & april 1, 2011.

TST3690 / 20110359442FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as:KaSHiWa reStaUrant, 2201 e. Willow St.,Unit g, Signal Hill, Ca 90755. registrant:yaCHiyo food ServiCe inC., 2304 Promon-tory dr., Signal Hill, Ca 90755. this business isconducted by: a Corporation. i declare that allinformation in this statement is true and correct.Signed: Keiichi nakai, President. the registranthas not begun to transact business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein.this statement was filed with the county clerk oflos angeles County on March 9, 2011.notiCe: this fictitious business name state-ment expires five years from the date it was filedin the office of the county clerk. a new fictitiousbusiness name statement must be filed prior tothat date. the filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state of a fictitiousbusiness name in violation of the rights ofanother under federal, state, or common law(see section 14411 et seq., Business and Pro-fessions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: March11, 18, 25, & april 1, 2011.

TST3691 / 20110341660FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following person is doing business as:CoMPletely gail, 2531 vuelta grande ave.,long Beach, Ca 90815. registrant: aBigail deJeSUS, 2531 vuelta grande ave., long Beach,Ca 90815. this business is conducted by: anindividual. i declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct. Signed: abigail deJesus. the registrant has not begun to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed herein. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County onMarch 4, 2011. notiCe: this fictitious businessname statement expires five years from the dateit was filed in the office of the county clerk. anew fictitious business name statement must befiled prior to that date. the filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in thisstate of a fictitious business name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Busi-ness and Professions Code). Pub. the Signaltribune: March 11, 18, 25, & april 1, 2011.

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TST 3692 / NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of

Signal Hill will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal

Hill, California, to consider:

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING

ITS INTENTION TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE

CUL-DE-SAC ADJOINING ORIZABA AVENUE

NORTH OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY

ALL INTERTESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend a

public hearing to present written information, express their opinions or other-

wise present evidence on the above matter. If you wish to legally challenge

any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to rais-

ing only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing

described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City

prior to or at the public hearing.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Public

Works Department or during the public hearing.

FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be obtained at the

City of Signal Public Works Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Sig-

nal Hill, California, or by calling Anthony Caraveo at (562) 989-7352.

//ss//___________

Anthony Caraveo

Sr. Engineering Technician

I, Rebecca Burleson, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, do hereby

certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that

the foregoing notice(s) was/were posted on the posting board at Signal Hill

City Hall on the 18th day of March 2011.

Rebecca Burleson

Deputy City Clerk

Published in the Signal Tribune on:

March 18, 2011

Posted at City Hall, the Library, and Reservoir Park on:

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Tamara lattaSports Writer

With the seasoncoming to an end forthe Clippers, withonly 13 games left,

they still have time to find their iden-tity. This is a very young and talentedteam that has the potential to be veryspecial in the years to come. Despitebeing in a very tough division, theycan become a very intense team in thefuture.

Blake Griffin is already an all-starat the age of 21. Eric Gordon and DeAndre Jordan are future rising stars.The Clippers were only a 29-winteam last year. With so much progres-sion since then, they will now have achance to win 40 games this season.Finding consistency and stability willset the tone moving forward.

The Clippers got their biggestroad win of the season unbuilding theBoston Celtics last week 108-103.The key to success was ball move-

ment. Griffin didn’t produce a lot ashe shot 4/12 from the field, finishingwith 12 points. But his teammate Jor-dan stepped up and showed maturity–he scored 21 points for the Clippers.They were able to come into Bostonand beat a veteran team who holds thenumber-one spot in the Eastern Con-ference.

After a long East Coast road trip,the Clippers returned home Wednes-day night to face Philadelphia. TheClippers have been a superb team athome since January, winning 11 outof 13 games at the Staples Center. ButPhiladelphia had too much ammuni-tion for Griffin and his teammates, asthey routed the Clippers 104-94. Grif-fin just couldn’t find his rhythmshooting 3/14 from the field. RandyFoye led the roster with 18 points andJordan added 16 points and 15rebounds.

This was a physical and intensegame from start to finish. Philadel-phia Coach Doug Collins wasejected and sent to the locker roomafter picking up two quick technicalfouls for nagging at the referees.Tony Battie was giving a flagrantfoul one, for manhandling BlakeGriffin. They were not kind to Grif-fin and didn’t allow him to makeany Sports Center highlightsWednesday night– his 22nd birth-day. It was a very frustrating nightfor him, as he looked very lividabout the hard foul. He had to berestrained by his teammate RandyFoye after the foul.

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Divers from the recently earth-quake-stricken city of Christchurch,New Zealand, visited McCormickDivers in Long Beach last week.According to Ann Sissons, CEO ofthe New Zealand Diving Associa-tion, the Christchurch diving facil-ity is likely irreparable aftersustaining damage from the quakeand aftershocks.

The New Zealand team came toCalifornia to meet diving legendGreg Louganis and make a trip toDisneyland before joiningMcCormick Divers for their regulartraining session. With their ownregular training facility at BelmontOlympic Plaza Pool closed for thePAC-10 Conference Champi-onships, the local divers trained atthe team’s alternate training site atMartin Luther King Jr. Pool.

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The Clippers don’t have a chance to end the season with a .500 record overall,but they do have an opportunity to win over 40 games this season.

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