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Vol. 10, No. 6 YOUR HOMETOWN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER February 5, 2010

This Week

Rotary in a giving vein

The Antioch Rotary rolled up its sleeves and engineered far more than a pint-size effort. Page 6A

Savings by the fistful

How to squeeze hundreds of dollars in savings into your pocket? Look for our coupon booklet inside this issue.

Vengeance is fine

The Panthers were in no mood to allow the Falcons to upset them twice in a row. Page 2B

East County nurse returns from Haiti

Over the past few weeks, the world has seen countless images of the ongoing devastation and destruction in Haiti. But noth-ing, said Knightsen resident Ai-leen Hayes, can compare to the real thing.

I would say the photos are pretty good, but they cant cap-ture things like the dignity and stillness of the Haitian people, the hopeful sounds of sing-ing coming from the valleys at night, or sadly, the smell of de-composing bodies, said Hayes, an emergency room nurse for Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch. Those are experi-ences you can get only by being there.

The Knightsen resident was one of 38 East Bay residents deployed to Haiti by the Disas-ter Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) last month to assist in

treating victims of the 7.0 earth-quake.

Hayes and her team arrived in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 13 and were taken to the U.S. Embassy,

where for reasons of security they stayed for fi ve days. Built to stringent U.S. standards, the embassy sustained no damage from the quake, and the group

was able to utilize its showers and restrooms. They slept on the lawn inside the walled com-pound.

Because the DMAT is a federal organization, it is gov-erned and protected under the same laws as the military. As such, the team was not allowed to leave and set up a triage camp until obtaining security clear-ance from the 82nd Airborne Division, which was in charge of their safety.

They were taking no chances with us civilians, said Hayes of the safety measures implemented for her group. We were kept under very close watch at all times.

On day six, Hayes and her group were assigned to Petion-ville, an upscale area of Port-au-Prince. There they were housed at the local country club, slept on the tennis courts and shared

Damage from Haitis 7.0 earthquake is evident in neighborhoods throughout the country.

Photo courtesy of Aileen Hayes

by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer

see Haiti page 18A

Preferred eBART station site derailed

The Hillcrest eBART station location preferred by Antioch of-fi cials because it would accom-modate transit-oriented develop-ment (TOD) is dead due to lack of funding for its $50 million additional cost, BART Board Di-rector Joe Keller told the Antioch City Council last week.

Metropolitan Transporta-tion Commission offi cials said pretty defi nitively they are not in a position to fund the median east station, Keller told the council. I know thats not the news you wanted to hear. But I thought it was important for you to hear that.

The good news is that there is enough funding for an eBART station in the Highway 4 me-dian about 1,200 feet east of the

Hillcrest Avenue interchange. It would still accommodate nearby development of townhouses and businesses, but not as much as city offi cials preferred location in the highway median 700 feet farther east.

That station would allow for 54 percent more residential units, 130 percent more retail space and 32 percent more of-fi ce space, according to a recent study. Although nearly 400 ad-ditional daily eBART trips would be generated at that station site, they may not be worth the ad-ditional costs, which amount to approximately $130,000 for each additional daily trip, the study concludes.

The extra $50 million cost is due to the need to construct un-der the highway a twice-as-long,

An artists rendering of an eBART train.

Image courtesy of EBBC.org

by Dave RobertsStaff Writer

see eBART page 18A

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Through rain, sleet or (rarely) snow, they delivered. On the rst Friday of the month, a group of re-tired Antioch postal workers meets at Smits Res-taurant in Pittsburg for breakfast (served by Ellen, Suzie and Luis) and share their many stories of delivering and sorting mail at the 94509 of ce. Those dependable peo-ple in grey uniforms with red and blue trim walked the streets of Antioch for many years. They watched your kids grow up and were chased by your dogs. They gave directions and aided remen and policemen in their du-ties. From left are Bret Loomis, Martin Enni, Bill Fraga, Nicholas De Behe, Mike Stanley, Lois Elkins Ferdinand, Don Keith, Richard Burke and Melvin George. Not pic-tured are Joe Clarence Fisher and Frank Ballesteros.

Faithful friends

Photo courtesy of Richard Burke

Local book signingsBrentwood author Carol Linden will

make an appearance at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5709 Lone Tree Way in An-tioch, on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. to read from and sign copies of her childrens book Susie Q Kitten Is That Your Sis-ter?

Susie Q is a beautiful white cat and Cheri a beautiful brown bunny. The adop-tive sisters get into adventuresome trouble and learn the meaning of family and fun in this whimsical, lighthearted tale with a relevant message.

Later that evening, author Earl Sewell will be signing copies of the latest Keysha

series young-adult novel, Decision Time, at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Sistahs on the Reading Edge book club, the event is free and open to the public.

Among Sewells ten novels are When Push Comes to Shove, Keyshas Dra-ma, If I Were Your Boyfriend, Les-son Learned, Love Lies and Scandal, Have Mercy and his debut title, Taken For Granted.

When not writing and touring, Sewell enjoys running and cross-country cycling.

The events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 925-978-1053.

Cops and conversationThe public is invited to join Antioch

Police Lt. Leonard Orman on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. in a casual setting to learn about Antiochs crime statistics, clearance rates and the citys District Attorney case-fi ling criteria. Open com-munication about community issues is encouraged.

The Coffee with the Cops workshop will be held in the Antioch Police Department Com-

munity Room at 300 L St. Members of the Antioch Crime Prevention Commis-sion will be in attendance and make them-

selves available to answer questions with a focus on enhancing the

citys Neighborhood Watch programs.

Coffee with the Cops is an effort to improve communi-cation by providing informative face-to-

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Delivering more than just groceriesEvery Thursday, Darren Williams

and his group of volunteers deliver bags of groceries to seniors and low-income families in need. Stopping at the Villa Amador apartment complex in Brentwood, and the Kennedy and Eagle City trailer parks in Oakley, the mobile food bank drives up with more than a meal; it also delivers kindness, conversation and hope.

We show up rain or shine and give a bag of groceries to whoever wants one, said Williams, organizer of the mobile food bank. Its a no-obligation, no-questions-asked deal and everyone is welcome. But its also more than that. Its about people knowing there is a purpose to their lives and that someone cares.

Now in its second year, the mobile food bank is an extension of the successful Day of Compassion events held twice a year on the grounds of the Harvest Time Assembly of God Church in Brentwood. Day of Compassion provides not only food baskets but services such as medical screenings, dental exams and haircuts. The mobile end of the program allows Williams and his volunteers to reach out to as many area residents as possible.

A lot of the people we see are shut-ins, people who for whatever reason cant get out and are all but forgotten,

said Williams. We try to engage them in conversation and let them know theyre important. But if they dont want company, thats fi ne, too; either way, they get a grocery bag and our good wishes.

Williams estimates his group is currently distributing 40 to 50 bags of groceries at each location each week. The goal is to fi ll every sack with the fi xings for one complete meal, be it cereal and milk, or a pound of hamburger and a box of Hamburger Helper.

And always a little sweet to make the meal complete.

I like to include a treat in their bags along with the other food, said Williams. Just something that they dont necessarily need, but tastes good.

Food for the program comes from the Contra Costa Food Bank (CCFB) and donations from the groups volunteers many of whom are members of the Harvest Time Assembly of God Church. Williams does the shopping for the

program and spends anywhere from $500 to $1,000 per month, depending upon what hes able to gather from the CCFB and what he has to supplement.

The thing about the Food Bank is that you have to pay for the food, said Williams. Theyll (food bank) give you extra milk, produce and things that they cant sell, but people also want things from which they can make a meal. So I buy the best I can, in bulk for the best prices, with the intention of giving it all away. We know there is a great need, and we know we havent cornered the market on world hunger. Were just trying to do what we can to help.

Additional help is always welcome.We would love to eventually expand

our outreach to include as many people as possible, and were always interested in partnering, whether it be with volunteers or local government, said Williams. Were open to everything.

We have great aspirations to help people, but in this day and age its diffi cult; no one wants to give of their time, and with the economy the way it is, its hard. But for us its all about feeding people and letting people know they matter, and well continue to do that however big or small an impact were able to make.

For volunteer or donation information, or to recommend residents in need, call 925-516-4414.

To comment, visit www.thepress.net.

The popularity of the Day of Compassion biannual events, shown during preparations last year, has spurred the creation of a mobile food bank service that delivers groceries to several locations throughout East County.

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TALK ABOUT TOWN Have an item? [email protected] time to re up the barbecue grill and put your secret recipes to the test at the annual Brentwood PAL Barbecue King Cook-off. Keeping with tradition, the cook-off will take place at Harvest Park Bowling Center on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7. Grill masters from around the Bay Area will battle to see who res up the best ribs, tri-tip and chicken. This years event also features a Chili Cook-off compe-tition. The winners take home $100 for rst prize. The Barbecue Cook-off entrance fee is $100 (meat will be pro-vided by Brentwood Fine Meats); the Chili Cook-off fee is $30.

A Dessert Competition will be held for those who prefer to work with sugar instead of smoke. Theres no en-trance fee, and the winner takes home $50. For more information about en-tering the competition, call Greg Rob-inson at 925-487-6383 or Jeff Schults at 925-890-8296. Brentwoods own Gorilla Rilla, a recent inductee into the Pro Footballs Ultimate Fan Asso-ciation Hall of Fame, will also be mak-ing the rounds during the contests, so make sure to stop by and say hi.

While a panel of judges will de-termine the winners, everyone is wel-come to sample the lip-smacking bar-becue goodies from 1 to 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 the day of the event for adults, and $15 for kids

under the age of 12. Family passes (two adult meals and up to three kid meals) are also available for $60. All proceeds bene t the Brentwood Police Activi-ties League and the East Contra Costa Historical Society. Last years event raised $3,500. When the barbecue is over, stick around for the big game and enjoy the Super Bowl Sunday Bowling Special. Games cost only $2 each and shoe rentals are free.

Barbecue King Cook-off tickets are available at Harvest Park Bowling Cen-ter, 5000 Balfour Road; Brentwood Fine Meats, 3877 Walnut Blvd; and the Brentwood Press of ce, 248 Oak. St. For more information, call Harvest Park at 925-516-1221.

When Mike Temby stepped up to the podium at Discovery Bays State of the Town gala, the longtime resident and barefoot waterskiing world champion was surprised by a special award for his ongoing com-mitment to the community. But the even bigger surprise was the gift that accompanied the accolades: a one-of-a-kind Tommy Bahama (think water-skiing-themed) shirt right off the back or rather out of the closet of good friend Marston Meyers. Its a regular joke between the two that Meyers closet is lined with an array of dry-cleaned Tommy Bahama shirts that

evokes envy in Temby each time he visits the Meyers home. So this year, instead of lugging home a trophy hed need to nd a place for on a shelf, Temby got himself a freshly cleaned, newly wrapped Bahama original in-stead. Congratulations, Mike!

Oakley resident Billy Fee, a 2009 graduate of Freedom High School, was honored at a recent City Council meeting for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout by successfully orchestrating a community service project in which he collected and re-tired more than 300 American ags at an of cial retirement ceremony at Laurel Ball Fields last August. Fee, who has been involved with Boy Scout Troup 152 since he was in the rst grade, received the proclama-tion from Mayor Pat Anderson, one of his former teachers. Fee is current-ly a student at Los Medanos College, studying re technology in pursuit of a career in re ghting.

The City of Oakley Recreation Di-vision received two Awards of Achievement from the California Parks and Recreation Society in 2009. The citys Passport to Science series and Youth CORE summer program were honored as superior education and community-service programs.


9th Annual Brentwood PAL BBQ King Cookoff& Fundraiser

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The recent Antioch Rotary Commu-nity Blood Drive netted 54 units of blood, almost double the amount collected last year.

Coordinated by Club Past President Dale Hudson, and in conjunction with the American Red Cross and hosted by the Lone Tree Golf & Event Center, the effort will benefi t up to 162 patients in local community hospitals, saving lives. Since December of 2007, the local service clubs blood drives have collected a total of 168 units of blood, aiding up to 502 patients in the Antioch community.

We appreciate all those from the community and our club members who stepped up and donated this year, Hud-son said. Its one small way Rotary is making a difference in our community.

The Antioch Rotary Club has been serving Antioch and the world since 1947 through local and international service projects. Members meet for lunch every Thursday at noon at the Lone Tree Golf & Event Center. For more information or for membership, visit www.antiochrotary.com or the Rotary page on FaceBook.

Contributed by Allen Payton

Rotary blood drive helps local hospitals

Antioch Rotary President-elect

Darien Croce gives blood during

the clubs recent blood drive.

Photo courtesy of Allen Payton

Colleges Brentwood plans moving ahead

The City of Brentwood has given the green light to Los Medanos College to pursue a land swap with a group of local developers for the construction of a per-manent education campus on a 15-acre site near Marsh Creek Road.

As part of the deal, the Contra Costa County Community College District will trade its 38-acres in the former Cowell Ranch location with Brentwood Commer-cial Partners, LLC, for 15 acres of devel-opable land north of the same spot. Since the proposed new site is in the Vineyards Pioneer subdivision, the college will pay $1.6 million to the city to satisfy the af-fordable-housing requirements.

The colleges current Brentwood site on Sand Creek Road will be absorbed into the new location. We are very, very ex-cited, said LMC President Peter Garcia. We are just packed into our current cen-ter and have just fi nished our third expan-sion. We defi nitely are looking for a place to grow.

The new satellite campus will include, among other features, labs, classrooms and counseling offi ces, but will not pro-vide for athletic fi elds or a performing arts center such as those at the main Pittsburg

campus.Aside from the obvious benefi ts to

LMC, as well as Brentwood Commercial Partners, the establishment of a perma-nent college site is also a fi nancial boon to the city. There is, of course, great poten-tial for economic rewards for Brentwood in terms of the jobs it brings to the com-munity, said Brentwood Economic De-velopment Director Casey McCann. And the spin-off effect is that you have several hundreds of people coming to town and spending their money on supplies and food.

Having Los Medanos here in Brent-wood has already been a true benefi t to the community, and when the district told us last year that they needed a permanent site that their current location was not going to meet their long-term needs everyone at the city made it a top priority to help.

The colleges selection of the Brent-wood site was the result of a lengthy search for appropriate properties in East County that could accommodate the districts re-quirements. The college district received 17 proposals for sites in Brentwood, Oak-ley, Antioch and surrounding unincorpo-rated areas.

We believed this location was the


see College page 15A


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FHA AND FLIPSThe majority of our buyers are

now getting FHA-insured loans. So that means that FHA rule changes have a big impact nowadays. They just made a recent change that will open up some new opportunities for home buyers.

In the past, FHA would not insure loans made where the property was a flip. A flip is where the property had sold twice within 90 days. They had found fraud in some flips, where a home is bought at market value, then immedi-ately sold again at a huge profit. That loan soon defaults, and they found that the buyer wasnt real, the appraisal was done incorrectly, etc. So to avoid this, FHA just wouldnt do any flips until after 90 days had passed.

Well, with the increase in foreclo-sures, there is an opportunity for some investors to buy homes for cash on the courthouse steps at big discounts, fix them up and then sell them at market value. Until recently, FHA wouldnt

finance these when they hit the market, but now they will.

There are some stipulations. If the difference between what the investor paid and what they are selling it for is over 20%, a 2nd appraisal may be required. And there must be additional documen-tation to justify the large discrepancy between the 1st and 2nd sales price. The lender may also require the borrower to pay for a thorough home inspection of the property for the lenders review.

So the good news is now FHA buy-ers can consider flip properties, although there may be some extra hurdles and fees. What hasnt changed is that most Sellers will STILL prefer 20%+ down payment and cash offers, everything else being equal.

If you have questions on this or any other real estate topic, call me at (925) 240-MOVE (6683). To search the MLS for free and view virtual tours of homes for sale, go to: www.SharpHomesOnline.com. Sharp Realty

New Bethel IslandBridge to open soon

The new Bethel Island Bridge, which has been slowly rising like a behemoth next to the current bridge thats now old enough to apply for Social Security, will open for traffi c onto the island next month.

Despite the frequent, heavy rains this fall and winter, the $14 million bridge project is pretty much on schedule and on budget, ac-cording to Project Manager Steve Castaldo. I think the publics getting a great product, he said. Construction contractor C.C. My-

ers is known statewide for the quality of work that they do. I think the public is reaping those benefi ts, because we will get a quality product.

The new bridge will be nearly twice as long and about twice as wide as the current bridge. It will provide two 12-foot-wide lanes, two bicycle lanes, two 5-foot sidewalks with viewing areas and decorative lighting.

The bridge is being built in two phases one span (or group of lanes) at a time. For four months starting in March, island resi-

Project Manager

Steve Castaldo poses for a

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Island Bridge, which is due to open next

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Photo by Dave Roberts

by Dave RobertsStaff Writer

see Bridge page 16A

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Trevors Weekly Mortgage MattersBy Trevor Frey

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As part of the original Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (S.A.F.E.) was passed into law on July 30, 2008, for two main reasons: consumer protection and anti-fraud. Currently 43 states have put at least the minimum requirements in place to meet the nationwide S.A.F.E. protocols and Californias deadline for bringing all loan offi cers doing business in California in line is July 31st of this year.

What does in line mean? By July 31, 2010, all loan offi cers originating residential loans in California will have been required to pass the newly instated Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) test, submit their fi ngerprints to the FBI, and undergo a full personal and criminal background check. In order to register for the NMLS test, a loan offi cer will have had to complete a comprehensive 20-hour S.A.F.E. training course, and then within a set timeframe follow that with an additional 8 hours of training in continuing education curriculum approved by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS).

So, aft er July 31, 2010, any residential loan offi cer doing business in California who has NOT passed both the federal exam and background check will not be allowed to take a residential loan application, quote a rate, or even give any advice about any loan programthey will not be doing business.

Per the S.A.F.E Act requirements, the purpose of this is to make all loan offi cers doing home loan business in the state of California

demonstrate fi nancial responsibility, character, and general fi tness such as to command the confi dence of the community and to warrant a determination that the mortgage loan originator [thats the technical name for a loan offi cer] will operate honestly, fairly, and effi ciently.

Better yet for any borrower, each residential loan offi cer who passes the exams will be assigned an individual NMLS license number which will be theirs for so long as they are a loan offi cer anywhere in the U.S., and consumers anywhere in the country can check up on them their professional background, their past performance, and whether or not they were ever the subject of any criminal or fraud or disciplinary actions. If John Smith loan offi cer was bagging groceries a month before you handed him your application, or was ever convicted of mortgage fraud anywhere in the country, youll know, and more than likely youll rethink your lender of choice!

Although these major changes to residential loan origination are not yet 100% in place, they are right around the corner and are sure to create a whole new wave of lender fallout. If you are in the process of applying for a home mortgage, whether it be for a purchase or for a refi nance, be safe, and make sure you are working with a professional.

If you have any real estate lending related questions or concerns, or wish to speak with an FHA expert who can close your FHA loan within 30 days, dont hesitate to write me at [email protected], or call me directly on my cell phone, (925) 726-1444.

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Despite a proactive parents club and the herculean efforts of its school board, Old River Elementary School will close its doors at the end of the current school year.

The Knightsen Elementary School Dis-trict Board voted 4-1 last week to shut down the school in an effort to help save the fi -

nancially troubled district from bankruptcy. Board President Frank Dell voted against the closure.

Frank (Dell) wasnt quite ready to give up yet, but we knew it was time, said Knightsen Superintendent Vickey Rinehart. Everyone is sad. It is a very emotional time its kind of like putting your child up for

Funding dries up for Old River School


see Old River page 17A

These students from Old River Elementary School in Knightsen will be attend-ing Knightsen Elementary next year. The Knightsen Elementary School District Board voted to close the 2-year-old school to help the nancially strapped district.

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School superintendents through-out East County are tightening their fiscal belts as they brace for another year of sinking finances and impend-ing cuts.

The state of California is in a cri-sis, and as a result, so are we, said By-ron Union School District Superinten-dent Eric Prater. We are down to the bone marrow of our programs for kids well continue to provide an excel-lent education for our children, but its going to painful; there have been a lot of sleepless nights.

Last year, Prater cut $750,000 from his districts annual budget and this year he expects those numbers to rise to $850,000 for the 2010-11 school year. Prater has managed to save approxi-mately $200,000 in this years budget thanks to the collective agreement of his teachers and staff to agree to take five furlough days per year Prater in-cluded. And he has taken a proactive approach to the crisis by scheduling a series of budget road shows to enlight-en the community and his staff regard-ing what the future might hold in terms of layoffs and additional budget cuts.

Prater said that for now, there will be no mid-year layoffs, although cuts to some school programs might be im-

plemented down the road.The news is much the same in the

Oakley Union School District, where Superintendent Rick Rogers plans to cut $1.6 million from the district bud-get by the start of the 2010-11 school year. Last year, $2.9 million was slashed from the districts fiscal budget, which included teacher and support-staff layoffs, plus reductions in school pro-grams.

This year, Rogers said, doesnt look much better: He expects to lay off approximately 16 staff positions, but hopes that a yes vote from his teach-ers to take six furlough days per year will prevent more than the potential 16 layoffs.

Rogers has also taken his budget plans to the street, visiting individual schools to discuss the districts future.

Its the right thing to do, he said of the public forums. The staff and parents deserve to hear from the super-intendent about what the deal is, and

hopefully it will motivate them to gen-erate positive action for some positive change Basically its a tribute to the professionalism of people in our dis-trict, because the classified teachers, administrators everyone all suck it up and work the long hours to get the job done.

According to Scott Anderson, chief business official with the Brent-wood Union School District, this is the districts third consecutive year of cuts and by far the deepest. The fact is that were looking at $1.9 million in cuts for the 2010-11 year, said Ander-son. With a $20 billion state deficit and $8 billion of that coming out of schools, yes, I would say things are risky right now.

Anderson said the district plans to implement its cuts in three phases to minimize the impact to students and staff, but added there is every likeli-hood that dozens of teachers will re-ceive pink slips before the year is out:

We will have 22 less full-time teachers than we have now; 22 jobs will be gone as a result of those cuts yes, its very dramatic and unprecedented. Everyone has a tough job right now. Everyone is concerned.

Jerry Glenn, who has been onboard as the Liberty Union High School Dis-trict superintendent for just six months, said hes still collecting and assembling a selection of 55 recommended cuts to the tune of $3.8 million to be presented to the school board in March. He recog-nizes times are tough, and at this point isnt feeling especially optimistic.

There is no reason for optimism right now, to be honest, said Glenn. I look around and see that everyone is hurting and there is no reason for us (school district) to expect that we shouldnt have to tighten our belts. Right now our primary focus is on the $3.8 million in estimated cuts we have to make, and we are now to the point where we are beginning to pare down those cuts. The (school) board wants to make those cuts in three steps: March, April and then early June.

I think our staff is on pins and needles, and I dont blame them. No one is without apprehension, but I try to remind them that nothing is for cer-tain yet and that well do the best we can.


Schools brace for another tough yearThe fact is that were looking at $1.9 million in cuts for the 2010-11 year. With a $20 billion state deficit and $8 billion of that coming out of schools, yes, I would say things are risky right now.

Scott Anderson, Brentwood Union School District


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If you felt the ground shake on Mon-day morning, it wasnt an earthquake. It was the sensation of thousands of Cali-fornians jumping rope simultaneously in an effort to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

At 9 a.m. more than 300 schools and businesses participated in Jamba Jump Day, an event in which people of all ages jumped rope for 10 minutes in order to set the record for The Most People Jumping/Skipping Rope at the Same Time, a title currently held by Australia, which broke the record in 2008 with 59,000 people jumping rope at once.

The California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, which partnered with Jamba Juice to spon-sor the event, estimates that 80,000 Cali-fornians jumped into the record books on Monday morning in the fundraising event for the American Heart Association.

All 80,000 names will not appear in the Guinness Book of World Records if the record was indeed smashed, but the schools they represent will, which means some local schools are in contention for getting their name immortalized until the record is broken again.

More than 1,500 students at Krey Elementary and Bristow Middle schools in Brentwood and Lone Tree Elemen-

tary School in Antioch participated in the event.

Former NFL pro Anthony Trucks was on hand for the Krey Elementary event, where organizers estimate that 700 students participated. Trucks, a graduate of Antioch High School, helped warm the

students up prior to their record breaking attempt and then bravely walked through the sea of students during the jump to mo-tivate and cheer on the kids.

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Stephanie Norberg and Sara Schall participate in Jump Day at Bristow Middle School.

Photo by Richard Wisdom

by Samie HartleyStaff Writer

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Keep DPOA active

Editor:First I wish to state that I have lived

in the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association for over 10 years, serving on both the DERC and the board and have always been a supporter of the DBPOA in its efforts to get the membership to abide by the CC&Rs.

I feel compelled to respond to the current effort to recall the current board by some misguided members because they are mischaracterizing both the cur-rent elected board members efforts and the DBPOA in general, as well as my involvement.

The controversy mentioned in their recall material has been created by the same misguided members who have re-fused to follow the CC&Rs and therefore come under the scrutiny of the enforce-ment procedures.

No additional DBPOA power has ever been assumed by the board, which is not part of the CC&Rs or approved governing documents. The only addi-

tional power was recently assigned by the Superior Court and it only did what is in line for all homeowner associations in California. Board service is a non-compensated job, must be elected by the membership and usually requires recruit-ing those willing to serve. The current re-call efforts are an extreme example of the sort of pressure our volunteer members get exposed to.

On the fi nes issue, no fi ne is issued unless one is violating the CC&Rs, the defi ned process of review has been com-pleted and the violation not corrected. This very specifi c enforcement process takes at least four months of discus-sion about the issues before any fi ne is assessed. Any fi nes collected during an escrow are because a court awarded a judgment for the CC&R violation.

My compensated work for the DB-POA was because a prior board, with not a single currently serving member, asked for my help in doing some administrative tasks. That work ended early last year and any current involvement is merely as an interested member. The annual cost of administering your association by Vicki Laganowsky and Dale Welin is running about $50 per lot. As com-parison, the Discovery Bay Golf Course Association is paying about $150 per lot for the same services. Put another way, they pay $150 for administration out of a total of $1,750 per lot paid per year.

As to lawsuits, they are only a last resort to get CC&R compliance. During the last four years, legal costs were not the largest item; contract administration was and continues today, as that is how the day-to-day work is accomplished. In the lawsuit mentioned, no legal fees were awarded and all costs have been paid. Also, the court decision did not decide on the CC&R violation, which continues today. During this period, the DBPOA

has used up most of the accumulated reserve, with the normal operating costs continuing and no increase in the $25 annual dues and a serious reduction in collection of fees and past fi nes because of the slowed real estate market condi-tions.

I want to reiterate that I am a sup-porter of the DBPOA and the current volunteers serving us. You should also know that two of the leaders of this recall effort have publicly stated that their primary intention is to disband the DBPOA. If you have any inclination to keep the DBPOA active, I urge you to show your support by speaking to your friends and neighbors and in some way reach out and thank those currently serv-ing board members. Im sure the moral support would be appreciated.

Robert LymanDiscovery Bay

Jubilant over jamboree

Editor:The Heritage High School girls

basketball program would like to thank the following businesses for their gener-ous donations for this years 10th Annual Girls Basketball West Coast Jamboree.

Thanks to Bagel Street Caf in Brentwood, located on Balfour Road; Chapala Restaurant; Taco Del Mar; Rubios; Costco and Chiles. I would also like to thank the following parents for all the delicious food you contributed to our Hospitality Room: Karen Fortson, Rob Asher, Janet Asher, Charlie Ramierez, Ginny Dace, Lisa Knox, Katie Grant, Kathy Cygnowski, Jill Shodeen, Jose and Melody Cabauatan, Oak Enomoto, Caroline Corpus, Trish Bubnis and Janel Rubio.

A special thanks to the Brentwood

Union School District and Mr. Vernoy for the use of Adams Middle School for allowing us to host the Jade Division of the West Coast Jamboree at your out-standing facility. Thanks to the Adams Music Department for supplying the snack shack. Also, thanks to the Liberty Union High School District for the facil-ity use and custodial help.

Thanks to Mr. Macio Henry, our sports announcer, for making us feel as though we were attending a WNBA game. You were outstanding and hope to see you back next year! Thanks to the entire scorekeeping staff: Michael Waddington, Monte Mace, Jackie Davis, Lauren Gonzalez, Mariah Turner, Amaka Ofodu and the Heritage JV girls basketball team. Thanks the Heritage sports medicine trainees and Ms. Davies class, including Jackie Davis and Gabriel Liberwirth.

I would also like to take this oppor-tunity to thank the outstanding parental support of the Heritage girls basketball program for your timeless hours of help with anything that needed help. Without this support, this venue could not hap-pen. Thanks to Elia Engelstad, Karen Fortson, Janet Asher, Rob Asher, Ginny Dace, Lisa Knox, Katie Grant, Sandy Caban, Kathy Cygnowski, Jill Shodeen, Coach Gel, Jose and Melody Cabauatan, Oak Enomoto, Kurt Arsenault, Brad Nelson, Ruth Kurtz, Shari Pica, Jolie Golinveaux and Janel and Adam Rubio. Also thanks to Denice Babo, Robert Babo, Kara Babo and Angel Houston for your continued support.

Also, congratulations to the Heri-tage varsity champions of the Topaz Division and to Coach Price and Coach O for leading this team all the way!

Jana and Paul CampbellHeritage Girls Basketball Program

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A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East County police de-partments.BRENTWOODJan. 23, 10:46 a.m. On San Juan Oaks Road at St. Andrews Street, a large pile of opened mail was found on the sidewalk.Jan. 24, 11:30 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole four cases of beer from a business on Lone Tree Way and fl ed in a vehicle prior to police arrival.Jan. 25, 3:59 a.m. Witnesses reported a driv-er swerving on Brentwood Boulevard at Bal-four Road. The driver was stopped, charged with DUI, arrested and taken to the Marti-nez Detention Facility.Jan. 25, 11:57 a.m. An unidentifi ed person stole two batteries from potable water gen-erator pumps on Heidorn Ranch Road.Jan. 25, 3:39 p.m. An unidentifi ed person removed 517 feet of copper wire from street lights on Concord Avenue at Fairview Av-enue.Jan. 25, 4:02 p.m. A locked vehicle parked on Sycamore Avenue was stolen.Jan. 25, 4:42 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole the catalytic converter from a vehicle parked on American Avenue.Jan. 25, 5:52 p.m. An unidentifi ed person forged checks belonging to a resident of Ash Street and cashed them in Atlanta, Ga.Jan. 26, 2:32 p.m. A residence in foreclosure on Granville Lane was vandalized.Jan. 26, 2:54 p.m. On Second Street at Brent-wood Boulevard, subjects were reported in possession of a concealed fi rearm. After a traffi c stop, it was determined that one of the subjects had a black pellet gun. They were released at the scene.Jan. 26, 4:15 p.m. On Pescara Drive, a subject contacted another subject at her residence in violation of a domestic violence restraining order. He was arrested and taken to the Mar-tinez Detention Facility.Jan. 26, 4:18 p.m. An unidentifi ed person forced entry through the front door of a de-tached residence on Pristine Way and dam-aged the carpet and cabinet doors.Jan. 26, 10:03 p.m. On Hedge Avenue at Bosk Avenue, subjects stopped for vehicle code violations were found to be in posses-sion of suspected methamphetamine, psilo-cybin and 80 pills of hydrocodone. One of

the subjects was on felony probation. Both were arrested and taken to the Martinez De-tention Facility.Jan. 27, 7:30 a.m. A resident of Blumen Av-enue received a harassing text message.Jan. 27, 8:56 a.m. A driver lost control of his vehicle and came to rest on the center median on Sand Creek Road at Sand Drift Drive.Jan. 27, 2:48 p.m. A subject used the person-al information of a resident of Katy Way to register a vehicle.Jan. 27, 3:17 p.m. A resident of Carey Lane reported a child custody court order viola-tion.Jan. 27, 3:40 p.m. An unidentifi ed person entered a residence on Mericrest Street by an open back window and stole two video game consoles and eight video games.Jan. 27, 3:50 p.m. On Andrews Drive at Pa-satiempo Drive, a vehicle displaying expired registration was towed.Jan. 27, 4:25 p.m. An unidentifi ed driver struck a vehicle in a school parking lot on Crawford Drive and fl ed the scene without leaving contact information.Jan. 27, 5:29 p.m. On Hanson Lane at Brent-wood Boulevard, a vehicle rolled backward, striking a pedestrian, who was transported to Sutter Delta Medical Center.Jan. 28, 9:44 a.m. On Silverwood Street, an unidentifi ed person punched another person in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground, and attempted to steal his wallet. The victim got up and punched his assail-ant in the face. The assailant fl ed, leaving the victims wallet behind.Jan. 28, 11:24 a.m. An unidentifi ed person damaged two planters in front of a building on First Street.Jan. 28, Noon On Second Street, a subject too intoxicated to care for his safety was ar-rested, released to his parents and issued a Juvenile Affi davit.Jan. 28, 12:12 p.m. The registration tag was stolen off the license plate of a vehicle parked on Windhaven Court.Jan. 28, 12:53 p.m. A resident of Whispering Oaks Court reported that someone came to her front door and began jiggling the door-knob. The subject ran off when she came to the door.Jan. 28, 12:58 p.m. An unidentifi ed person

stole copper wire from street lights on Em-pire Avenue at Grant Street.Jan. 28, 1:40 p.m. An unidentifi ed person used the personal information of a resident of Sunfl ower Lane to open a credit account.Jan. 28, 3:40 p.m. A resident of White Birch Court reported that someone tried to open her front door while she was at home.Jan. 28, 3:47 p.m. On Shady Willow Lane at Las Montanas Court, four subjects, one of whom was wielding a knife, robbed three other subjects. They were apprehended and arrested. Three of them were taken to the Martinez Detention Facility; the fourth to Juvenile Hall.Jan. 28, 6:55 p.m. An unidentifi ed person cut all underground wires at a parking lot on Lone Tree Way at Fairview Avenue.Jan. 29, 1:45 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole a bicycle from the garage of a residence on Collis Street.Jan. 29, 3 p.m. On Brentwood Boulevard, an unidentifi ed person took a vehicle for a test drive and did not return it.Jan. 29, 3:26 p.m. On Shady Willow Lane, a subject visited a child at school in violation of a restraining order.Jan. 29, 4:14 p.m. An unidentifi ed person opened an account using the Social Security number of a resident of Ellesmere Court.Jan. 30, 2:21 p.m. An unidentifi ed person tampered with railroad tracks east of Carmel Parkway with intent to cause a derailment.Jan. 30, 3:30 p.m. On First Street at Chest-nut Street, a subject stopped for a vehicle code violation was found in possession of and under the infl uence of a central nervous system stimulant. It was also discovered that he had three warrants for his arrest and was driving with a suspended license. He was ar-rested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Jan. 30, 10:59 p.m. A subject who refused to leave a business on Brentwood Boulevard after being told to do so was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Jan. 31, 12:44 a.m. An unidentifi ed driver struck a fi re hydrant on Eaton Court at Wa-terville Drive and fl ed the scene.Jan. 31, 1:41 a.m. On Oak Street, two sub-jects assaulted two other subjects and stole one of their wallets, pointing a knife at one of the victims. They were apprehended, ar-

rested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Jan. 31, 2:36 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole the drivers side view mirror of a vehicle parked on Redhaven Street.Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m. On Lone Tree Way at Shady Willow Lane, a subject contacted as a passenger during a traffi c stop was found to have a parole warrant out of Oregon. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez De-tention Facility.

To view the Brentwood Police Depart-ments public logs on the citys Web site, visit www.ci.brentwood.ca.us/department/pd/reports/index.cfm.ANTIOCHJan. 14, 4 p.m. Narcotics offi cers of the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments arrested 20-year-old Pittsburg resident Paul Quintana and 22-year-old Pittsburg resident Walter Rodriguez after an inves-tigation into narcotic sales in the greater Bay Area. Another suspect in the investiga-tion, 23-year-old Antioch resident Charles Michael Ortega, was not located and was declared wanted on a $405,000 warrant for varying narcotic, weapons and gang violations. Ortega turned himself in to the Contra Costa Sheriffs Offi ce on Jan. 27. During the search of a home associated with the three, fi ve pounds of marijuana, ounce of methamphetamine, a stolen hand-gun, an unregistered assault rifl e and a large amount of cash were seized. All three sub-jects have ties to a local gang in Pittsburg. They were charged narcotic possession and sales, possession of stolen property, weap-ons violations and gang enhancements. All three have prior arrests for murder, weapons charges and narcotics- related charges.Jan. 24, 8:12 p.m. Offi cers of the Antioch Police Department responded to the report of a shooting in the 900 block of K Street. Upon arrival, offi cers found a 32-year-old male Antioch resident suffering from mul-tiple gunshot wounds. The victim was trans-ported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. On Feb. 3, 21-year-old Clarence Johnson, believed to be the shooter in the Jan. 24 incident, was ar-rested in Oakland by the Oakland Police De-partment. Further details were not available at press time.

COP LOGSFROM EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCH LOGS On San Juan Oaks Road at St. Andrews Street, a large pile of opened mail was found on the sidewalk.Jan. 23, 10:46 a.m., Brentwood


that promotes healthy living, Trucks said. A lot of kids dont get a lot of physical ac-tivity, but now they see that even jumping rope can be fun. The kids were a little ram-bunctious, but they brought a lot of good energy and I think they will play a part in breaking the record.

Krey fourth-grader Caren Marciel said there were a lot of perks to participat-ing in Jump Day. Its a lot of fun to be outside, and its good for us to be outside getting healthy. And were doing it to raise money for people with heart problems so that they can get better.

And what about helping set a world record? Oh, thats really cool, she said. I hope we beat it.

Kreys Jump Day organizer Lisa Little said shes hopeful of the students chances: The kids look forward to Jump Rope for Heart every year, but when they heard that they had a chance to be in the Guinness Book of World Records, they just fl ipped. To be offi cial we have to send video and photos to document our schools effort. To qualify, the kids had to jump for three straight minutes, taking only 10 second breaks if they needed a quick rest, so Im not sure how many of our students will qualify in the end well have to review the tape but theyre all winners. Were so proud of our Coyotes.

Krey Principal Brian Jones agreed: The kids have been really excited about Jump Day, and it seems like everyone had a good time. They all got to unite as a school to break the record, so it was great

to have the whole school come together as a team. And while its cool to make an attempt to beat a world record, the best thing about this event is that were raising money for the American Heart Associa-tion.

Across town at Bristow, 168 students jumped rope in the schools gym. Student Allyson Spears said the energy was conta-gious and everyone was having fun, even though a lot of students were surprised how jumping rope for 10 minutes can be exhausting.

While the Bears were bouncing at Bristow, approximately 760 Leopards were leaping at Lone Tree Elementary School. First-grade teacher Kelly Minor said stu-dents had been practicing for weeks lead-ing up to Jump Day.

It was heartwarming to see my little fi rst-graders out there huffi ng and puff-ing, Minor said. They wanted to be a part of breaking this record so bad. Their little faces were red from the cold, but they didnt want to give up even though they were getting tired. I teared up a little watching them. They were cheering each other on and encouraging each other to keep going. It was a good lesson in perse-verance. Im proud of all the kids. They did a great job.

Event organizers have until today, Feb. 5, to submit their video and photographs as evidence of participation. The judges at Guinness World Records will verify the numbers and announce their fi ndings in March.


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best for our needs and we think this is a great opportunity for the college and the community, said Garcia. We look for-ward to the process going through.

Garcia added that he hopes to put the new property in escrow some time this summer pending the permit and ap-plication process and an evaluation of the existing Environmental Impact Report (EIR). EIRs were previously done on both properties, but whether the anticipated en-

vironmental impacts are consistent with the proposed switches has yet to be deter-mined. If they are not compatible, further studies might be required.

Regardless, said McCann, the move will be benefi cial.

Well see how it (EIR process) goes, but either way it is an exciting develop-ment for the city to have LMC commit to their future here with us, and we look for-ward to working with them.


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Approximately 700 students participated in Jump Day at Krey Elementary School in Brentwood on Monday morning.

Photo by Samie Hartley

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dents and visitors will drive onto the island on the bridge span that is now under construc-tion. But they will still use the old bridge to get off of the island. In July they will drive both on and off the island on the bridge span currently under construction.

Then the old bridge will be torn down and the other span of the new bridge will be built in its place. In October the full width of the new bridge will open to traffi c in both di-rections, according to Castaldo.

The one potential drawback for Bethel Island boaters is that a temporary drawbridge may be in place from late June to October. The trestle structure is needed to construct the second span of the new bridge, similar to the existing trestle being used to construct the fi rst span. But the new trestle would span Dutch Slough and contain a 33-foot section that could be removed to allow boats to pass through.

The drawbridge needs to get approval from the U.S. Coast Guard, however. The Coast Guard has posted a public notice seek-ing comments from boaters on the need for pier protection and other navigational safety issues, including the extent of nighttime navi-gation through the bridge and the need for clearance gauges.

Peggy Currier at Sunset Harbor, which is at the foot of the bridge, said she doesnt have a problem with a temporary drawbridge as long as theres adequate signal lighting to let boaters know how to navigate through it. As long as they do something like that, I dont see a problem with it, she said.

The trestles draw-section will always be

open on weekends and outside of work hours from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to Castal-do. And, if having the section in place during work hours proves too disruptive to boaters, the bridge may usually be open and the draw-section only put in place when needed to get workers and equipment from one side of the trestle to the other, he added. Otherwise it would be removed when workers see a boat coming.

One of those looking forward to the completion of the new bridge is 14-year Bethel Island resident Mark Whitlock. We have always been concerned with the age of the (current) bridge, he said. Particularly in an earthquake, we very likely would lose the use of that bridge, which would completely isolate us from the rest of the world. Thats the only way on and off this island. If that bridge went down, we would be in very, very bad shape.

The new bridge is designed to current earthquake standards, according to Castaldo.

Whitlock also likes the fact that the lon-ger, more gradual slope on the new bridge span as opposed to the hump on the old bridge will improve visibility driving over it, increasing safety for motorists. In addition, bicyclists and pedestrians will no longer have to risk being sideswiped as they pass over the bridge.

Comments to the Coast Guard on the temporary drawbridge need to be submitted in writing by Feb. 22 to: Offi ce of the Com-mander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, Attn: Bridge Section, Building 50-2, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA 94501-5100.


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Can I Just Walk Away?By Joan Grimes

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When a person is behind on a home loan, it is very common to think a foreclosure sale will solve all their problems with regards to the home. However, all too oft en, a foreclosure sale is still followed by a bankruptcy because there is either another loan on the property which starts collecting on its loan or there are taxes as a result of the foreclosure sale which the borrower was unaware.

In many cases, a bankruptcy fi ling prior to the foreclosure sale would have discharged the liability on any additional loans on the property, avoided the tax liability completely and allowed the person to stay in the property several additional months. Additionally, a foreclosure sale prior to a bankruptcy fi ling may cause a person not to qualify for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy leaving a person in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy for 3-5 years. What should a person consider prior to allowing a property to be sold at a foreclosure sale?

First, prior to allowing a property to be sold through a foreclosure sale, (1) determine the aff ect of the foreclosure sale on your credit, (2) is there any personal liability on a lien aft er the foreclosure sale which could be discharged in a bankruptcy fi ling and (3) is there any tax liability which could be discharged through a bankruptcy fi ling prior to the foreclosure sale.

Second, could a Chapter 13 bankruptcy fi ling avoid a junior lien on your principal residence which would have allowed you to retain the real property? Under the Bankruptcy law, a junior lien on a persons principal residence which does not attach to equity in the real property, can be avoid through a Chapter 13 Plan. For example, if the current fair market

value of a principal residence is $250,000 and the balance on the fi rst deed of trust is $300,000, then a junior lien could be avoided through the Chapter 13 Plan. A Chapter 13 also allows a person to cure a default on a home loan over time which may be all that is necessary to avoid a foreclosure sale.

Th ird, are there any other reasons that a bankruptcy fi ling may be appropriate prior to a foreclosure sale. Th e most common reason is that there is signifi cant unsecured debt which can be discharged in the bankruptcy. In addition, a bankruptcy fi ling will allow a person to remain in the property additional time.

In conclusion, a foreclosure sale of real property without a bankruptcy fi ling may be the right decision. However, a foreclosure sale will have serious consequences which should be analyzed by a bankruptcy or real estate attorney prior to the foreclosure sale. Th is is a complicated area of the law, but a bankruptcy or real estate attorney should be able to make to an analysis of your particular situation fairly quickly. In addition, many bankruptcy attorneys will do a free initial consultation which will allow you to decide if a foreclosure sale without fi rst a bankruptcy is the right decision.

Law Offi ce of Joan M. Grimes 2950 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 140, Walnut Creek

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Th is information is not provided as legal advice and should not be relied upon in making any decision regarding a voluntary default, short sale, foreclosure or bankruptcy. Th is information is not a substitute for obtaining tax & legal advice regarding an individual situation. 2010 Joan Grimes

Foreclosure Sales and Bankruptcy

adoption.The closure of Old River will save the

school district $62,000 a year. Additionally, the board has also voted to slice an extra $92,000 from the budget, agreeing to cut the music program and a library aide, as well as reduce school counseling hours and janito-rial supplies. All of which, said Rinehart, will bring the district closer to balancing its ap-proximately $4 million annual budget for the 2010-11 school year. Previous talk of a tenta-tive merger between the Brentwood School District or possibly the Byron Union School District have stalled, as both neighboring dis-tricts are now dealing with their own fi nan-cial woes due to recent cuts by the state.

The state budget cuts sunk us from the beginning, said Rinehart. We lost $500,000 in funding this year out of our budget Im confi dent we are going to save ourselves, but it is going to be a very long, hard road.

The nearly 150 students from Old River will remain in place for the remainder of the year, but will return to Knightsen Elementary at the beginning of the school session in July.

The positives are that the kids and the brothers and sisters will all be back together again, said Rinehart. We have plenty of empty classrooms, so its just a matter of moving everyone over. Its certainly a more unifying move than a divisive one.

Old Rivers Principal Ray Witte and the teaching staff will move to Knightsen Ele-mentary as well. The current plan is for Witte to share a co-principal position with Knight-sen Principal Theresa Estrada until Rinehart offi cially retires later this year, at which time

Estrada will take over as superintendent.I am phasing out as superintendent

and my plan is to have Mrs. Estrada in place (as superintendent) no later than December, 2010 sooner if I can, said Rinehart. Shes very, very qualifi ed and I know shell do a great job.

Old River School has been fi scally chal-lenged since it opened in 2008. State educa-tion cuts and a loss of funding forced the district to take out a $3 million loan to fi nish construction of the school. Currently the dis-trict pays $265,000 per year toward the debt, and, according to Rinehart, has two years of the remaining 17 years of payments cur-rently in reserve. Where the money will come from after that, however, is unknown.

Well cross that bridge when we come to it, said Rinehart. Right now, its one day at a time.

The closure of the school is emotionally charged for the entire Knightsen community. When times became diffi cult, the community and parents club collected nearly $70,000 through barbecues, pancake breakfasts and other fundraising events.

Everyone worked so hard; they did such an amazing job, said Rinehart. But I dont think people really understood how much was involved in fundraising. To do that all again would just have been too much.

Rochelle Hansen, a parent at Old River, agreed that the closure of the school is dif-fi cult: I think most of us are sad to see the school close, but we saw it coming. Now ev-eryone involved needs to make this a positive transition for the children.


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shower and latrine facilities with hun-dreds of other medical and army per-sonnel. The clubs golf course had been turned into a refugee camp and the 18th hole became a landing strip for the con-stant fl ow of Blackhawk helicopters fl y-ing in food and supplies.

While the accommodations were less than luxurious, Hayes and her team were fi nally able to get to work.

Once we were able to set up op-erational medical tents and begin seeing patients, we saw nearly 800 people over the course of four days, said Hayes. Mostly we saw crushed injuries, broken bones and lots of wounds. Some of the injuries needed surgery, but we couldnt offer that, so we just encouraged people to keep coming back to us for rechecks, fresh bandages and antibiotics. That was the majority of what we saw.

They saw something else as well.Newborns we saw lots of new-

borns, said Hayes. Babies that were born in the days after the earthquake probably brought on by the stress, and now they (the mothers and babies) were dehydrated and sick. We were able to hire some wet nurses and that helped a lot.

Throughout the chaos Hayes said there doesnt appear to be any govern-ment organization or rebuilding taking place at the moment she remains in awe of the Haitian peoples strength and grace.

The people were so appreciative and very generous in their response to us and our presence, said Hayes. But there was also a little hesitation on their part that I think was mostly from the shock of what they had been through. It was such an honor for me to be there, to be able to help and to hopefully make a difference. I feel very grateful.

For a slide show with more pictures from Hayes trip to Haiti, visit www.thepress.net.

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Haitian refugee camps such as this near Port-au-Prince have become home to thousands of residents misplaced following the recent earthquake.

Photo courtesy of Aileen Hayes

twice-as-wide, less curved tunnel contain-ing two eBART tracks that would require a ventilation system and a retaining wall in the hillside, according to Rick Radtree, engineering project manager for eBART. The tunnel for the station closer to Hill-crest will be built as part of the Highway 4 widening project.

Although council members had re-ceived the study last month with the bad news about their preferred station location, they were disappointed to hear it declared all but dead (in the absence of a sudden $50 million windfall from a source such as federal stimulus funding).

This is Antiochs last chance to do something really great, said Councilman Reggie Moore. Its the last big (piece) of land we can build on and create a TOD community. The people of Antioch de-serve that opportunity to build something close to the highway as we look out 15 to 20 years. We should fi nd the funding part-ners to put this together. Once you start a

project, funding sources seem to open up.Moores last sentence echoed Keller,

who earlier said that although the $462 mil-lion funding has been secured to construct the 10-mile eBART line from the Bay Point BART Station to Hillcrest Avenue, not all of the money might be available when its needed. As a result, some of the funds will need to be borrowed, resulting in $15 mil-lion in fi nancing costs that had not been originally estimated. But hes hopeful that the funding situation will work out, and is eager to award a $20 million contract in May to build the transfer station between the BART and eBART lines.

Thats a critical part of linking eBART to BART, said Keller. We need to get that contract in the market place. We want to take advantage of the bidding environment, which is signifi cantly below what its been in the past. Once you actu-ally start a transit project, somehow the regional funding is located to fi nish it. We need to start the eBART project so we can claim truthfully that we have a project and that its for real and we intend to complete

the project.The transfer station construction is

expected to take about two years. Laying the track and building the stations at Rail-road and Hillcrest avenues will take place at the same time the highway is widened from Loveridge Road to Hillcrest Avenue. Both projects are scheduled to be complet-ed in 2015.

In other action at the Jan. 26 council meeting, residents continued the debate begun in November over whether the city should form a police oversight board. Oversight advocates argue that lawsuits charging racial harassment by the police are costing the city too much money and civilian oversight is needed to rein in bad cops. Opponents argue that an oversight board would hamstring police in their law enforcement efforts and that the lawsuits fi led against them are frivolous and politi-cally motivated.

Moore, who had strongly advocated forming the oversight board in November, has been silent since then, as have the other council members on the advice of City At-

torney Lynn Tracy Nerland due to the cur-rent litigation against the city fi led by Bay Area advocacy groups on behalf of fi ve African-American women. Regardless of whether the plaintiffs lawyers are directly involved in the effort to initiate debate over police oversight, there is no doubt that they would welcome it and use it to argue that their claims are now somehow valid, said Nerland.

Later in the meeting, the council dis-cussed changing the format of the peri-odic Quality of Life forums from that of city updates followed by open discussion to ones that focus on specifi c topics such as public safety, earthquake preparedness, foreclosures and the environment. Mayor Jim Davis said he wants to avoid ongoing public discussions about issues that are in litigation. Speakers at previous forums have raised the issue of racial harassment by police. Davis and Moore agreed to meet as an ad hoc committee to discuss the for-mat, topics, date and location of the next forum.


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LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICESByron Sanitary District

Ordinance Code Nos. 1 3On January 19, 2010 at its regular meeting held at 6:30 p.m. in the District administrative of ces, the Board of Di-rectors of the Byron Sanitary District by a vote of 4 0, with Directors Cum-mings, Nisen, Hamby and Knaus voting in favor, adopted District Ordinance Code Nos. 1, 2 and 3.Ordinance Code No. 1 is the Sewer Use Ordinance. This is an update of District Ordinance 86 1, made to re ect cur-rent conditions and laws relative to the usage of the District sewer system. The Ordinance also sets or restructures the amount and collection of the follow-ing fees: Minimum Administrative Fee; Side Sewer Permit Fee; District Sewer Permit Fee; Rebate Fee; and Waste Water Discharge Permit Fee, and adds certain prohibitions, means of enforce-ment and other updated provisions.Ordinance Code No. 2 is the Sewer Service Charge Ordinance. This Ordi-nance does not change the amount of the Sewer Service Charge previously adopted, but consolidates provisions contained in Ordinance 86 - 1 and Dis-trict Resolution 2007 1 into a single new Ordinance. It also adds updated provisions.Ordinance Code No. 3 is the Sewer Capacity Charge Ordinance. This Or-dinance retains unchanged the plant capacity fee and trunk line fee adopted by District Resolution 2000 5. It also adds a new sewer capacity charge to account for payment of a proportional share of the bonded indebtedness in-curred to nance improvements to the waste water treatment plant in made in 2008, to be collected from new us-ers of the Districts sewer system and from those changing the nature of their use. The Ordinance also adds updated provisions, including costs paid upon reconnection.

Certi ed copies of the full text of Ordi-nance Code Nos. 1, 2 and 3 have been posted in the of ce of the Clerk of the Board.Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Date: February 5, 2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #F-0000153-00 The name of the business (es): Asset Solutions & Restoration Located at: 955 Whitehall Lane In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Joah Widman, 955 Whitehall Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Joah Widman This statement was led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: January 7, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: January 7, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0076069 Title Order No. 09-8-223243 Investor/Insurer No. 1700050816 APN No. 056-180-040-0-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/21/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: SAM CHO AND EUNYOUNG CHO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/21/2005 and recorded 10/03/05, as Instrument No. 2005-0376535-00, in Book , Page ), of Of cial Records in the

of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully de-scribed in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5137 PAWNEE DRIVE, ANTIOCH, CA, 94531. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the ob-ligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $366,209.77. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashiers checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said

Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charg-es and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/11/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustees Sale Of- cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3436378 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 08-0083503 Title Order No. 08-8-307986 Investor/Insurer No. 1705084801 APN No. 097-301-002-8 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/30/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: HAMIDOU KABORE, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, AND AKEYAYA JOHNSON, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, AS TENANTS IN COMMON, dated 08/30/2007 and recorded 09/19/07, as Instrument No. 2007-0263795-00, in Book , Page ), of Of cial Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described

below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 89 ENES AVENUE, BAY POINT, CA, 94565. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $437,454.19. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashiers checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereun-der, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed

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