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Solutions to family feudA new program aims to help parents learn more about themselves and how they discipline their children.

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Hate symbolsget paint job

Scurrilous scrawls were removed as railroad officials responded to protests from the community.

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Bands work toward getting a Rim shot

As the winter chill of the new year nips at our noses, the thought of being whisked away to Hawaii sounds heavenly, but that will soon be a reality for students in the Heritage and Liberty high school jazz bands.

Members of both bands will be attend-ing the 2010 Pacifi c Basin Music Festival in Waikiki in March. The festival is an exclu-sive international assembly of bands, choirs and orchestras, consisting of members of all ages. Only 12 bands are accepted into the week-long program, so for two Brentwood bands to be invited is a grand accomplish-ment for both bands, which auditioned two years in advance in order to earn a spot.

We are very excited to have both Her-itage and Liberty high school involved in this years festival, said Festival Manager Keith Bishop. The Pacifi c Basin Music Festival is an international event, bringing together the most talented junior high, high school, community and college level bands and choirs from countries of the Pacifi c Ba-sin and beyond. This is a unique oppor-tunity for international exchange through social functions and music.

The teens representing Brentwood will be joined by bands from Australia, Japan, Singapore, the Kingdom of Tonga, as well

as other schools from the United States.But before the students can say alo-

ha, they each need to raise approximately $1,500 to pay for admission to the program, airfare to Hawaii, meals and personal ex-penses.

In the past year, Heritage and Liberty students have been diligently working on fundraisers to offset the cost of the trip. Heritage students took over the Breakfast with Santa program, which was canceled by the City of Brentwood as part of budget cuts. Rather than see the holiday program cease, various Heritage student organiza-tions got together to host the event and keep the Brentwood tradition alive while rais-

ing funds for various causes, including the Pacifi c Basin trip. The Heritage band also partnered with the Streets of Brentwood as the benefi ciary of the shopping complexs quarterly sale, where portions of sales at all the stores during a designated weekend are donated to the selected organization of the quarter.

Libertys band is taking part in that program this quarter and will be out at the Streets on Feb. 20 to show off its skill and raise some money.

But before Liberty takes it to the Streets, the band will be joined once again

Tower of Power member Mic Gillette rehearses with the Liberty Jazz Band in prepa-ration for the bands fundraiser concert this weekend. The event will raise money for the bands trip to Hawaii in March.

Photo by Samie Hartley

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Tower of Power to boost fundraiser concert

by Samie HartleyStaff Writer

Police, merchants respond to robberies

Police have increased pa-trols and merchants are keep-ing a closer watch on their surroundings in the wake of a pair of recent armed robberies in downtown Brentwood. Ac-cording to police, the fi rst inci-dent took place about midnight on Dec. 23 when two women leaving a downtown bar were robbed at gunpoint in the 800 block of First Street by six or seven Hispanic males, one of whom carried a semi-automatic handgun. The victims purses

were taken and the suspects fl ed the scene. No one was hurt in the incident.

Then, on Dec. 28, three Af-rican-American males between 17 and 19 years of age robbed a 17-year-old male of some per-

sonal items and a small amount of cash near the intersection of Pine Street and Diablo Way, about a block from the Dec. 23 incident. The suspects also used a semi-automatic handgun and wore dark clothing and hooded

sweatshirts. The victim was not injured, and all suspects fl ed on foot northbound on Diablo Way.

BPD Sgt. Mark Misquez said Wednesday that the depart-ment is working on leads and continuing to interview potential witnesses. He said there is no in-dication that either incident was gang-related, but that doesnt mean they werent. Increased gang activity in Brentwood late-ly has been limited to the area of Village and Broderick drives, not in the downtown, Misquez

Weve been here for nine years and never had trouble, but the times are changing. We have to think a little differently now, thats all.

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by Rick LemyreStaff Writer

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Railroad gives swastikas a paint jobTwo train cars across from the Hillcrest

Park-and-Ride lot containing hate-fi lled graf-fi ti have been painted over after an Antioch resident and offi cials complained to Union Pacifi c Railroad.

For months, thousands of East County residents who catch the bus at the lot have been forced to look at nearly two dozen Nazi swastikas along with words such as HAIL HITLER, WHITE POWER and NIG that were spray-painted on the railroad cars across the street.

The graffi ti might still be there if not for Jaime Cader, an Antioch resident who served on the Contra Costa Human Relations Com-mission before it was dissolved in 2008. Cader occasionally takes the bus at the Hillcrest stop, saw the graffi ti and intended to bring it to the attention of offi cials at a City Council meet-ing. He didnt get around to it, however, until he saw a newspaper article last week about swastikas scrawled on a Sacramento syna-gogue.

That prompted him to send an e-mail to several city offi cials on Saturday containing a photo he took a month ago of the swastika-laden train cars in Antioch. These same train cars have been in the same location in An-tioch for months, and I doubt that anyone has complained about them to the Antioch City Council, said Cader in his e-mail.

In a phone interview Monday, Cader said, I feel that something like that should not be visible. In my opinion, things like that

promote hatred and hateful actions to indi-viduals. Those things should be stopped right away. They should be painted over.

One of the recipients of his e-mail, Councilwoman Mary Rocha, forwarded it to City Manager Jim Jakel, who fi red off the following e-mail Monday morning to Wesley Lujan, director of public affairs for Union Pa-cifi c Railroad: Wes As you know we have expressed community concerns about the storage of railcars along Highway 4 to you in the past. The graffi ti is awful and we still have trouble understanding how UP cant fi nd less visible areas to store cars, given the thousands of miles of track under UPs control.

However, the cars are now tagged with Nazi slogans and symbols. Frankly, that im-agery must be removed immediately. Please let me know how that can be accomplished in the most expedient fashion. The communities of East County have been, from my view, very patient and understanding of the economics confronting UP, but this must be addressed quickly. Thank you.

Cader also forwarded his e-mail to Lu-jan, who responded Monday afternoon that he had been contacted by a number of offi -cials, is looking into the matter and thanked Cader for bringing the vandalism to his at-tention. Lujan followed up Tuesday, saying

the tagging would be removed shortly, and adding, It is an unfortunate situation that we have to store these rail cars/auto racks. We deeply appreciate the East County communi-ties being patient with the situation. Lets all hope 2010 provides us with opportunities to put these rail cars back to work.

The two cars were painted over by rail-road workers on Tuesday evening.

East County offi cials have been com-plaining for the past couple of years about the visual blight of the railroad cars parked on the little-used Mococo Line, which runs from Bay Point to Tracy. The cars disappeared for a short while last year but have remained in place since then.

Ironically, East County offi cials may be even more concerned about the solution men-tioned by Lujan: putting the rail cars back to work when the economy picks up and rail transportation of cargo increases. Thats be-cause the Mococo Line, which has been dor-mant for the past two decades, crosses several major road intersections in Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood, and will create traffi c jams when the trains pass through.

In addition, a signifi cant amount of housing has been constructed near the Mo-coco Line in the past 20 years. Resumption of rail traffi c resulting in perhaps a couple dozen trains passing through day and night will like-ly result in noise complaints (in addition to the rumbling, the trains are required to blow their whistle when approaching an intersection) and increased concerns about safety.

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Swastikas and hateful graf ti on train cars across from the Hillcrest Park-and-Ride lot were painted over Tuesday following complaints by an Antioch resident and city of cials.

Photo by Dave Roberts

by Dave RobertsStaff Writer

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Mobile barber takin it to the streetsFor $35 bucks, Bill McCall will give

you a haircut, trim your beard or shave it edge your sideburns and shine your shoes. And you dont even need to step outside your front door.

McCall, owner of Mac Tyme Barber Shop on Main Street in Oakley, has add-ed a mobile barber business to his full-ser-vice enterprise, and hes taking it to the streets to make his pitch.

The reason that I came up with this idea is that I know, we all know, that convenience is important to people, said McCall. And I thought: what if I could provide a service that is different from ev-ery other barbershop? What if I can go to people when they are homebound or sick? It just seemed like a logical idea.

And so far its been paying off. Open just fi ve months at the Main Street loca-tion, McCall recently jumped ahead with his plans for the mobile grooming service when he discovered there was a commu-nity interest and need.

Since then, he has taken his cutting shears and scissors sans the barber pole to local senior centers as well as private homes.

McCall, who grew up in Chicago dur-ing the l970s, is nostalgic for the days of mom-and-pop shops and entrepreneurial dreams. It has always been a childhood

dream of mine to have a barbershop; its just something I always wanted, said McCall, who is a licensed and certifi ed barber.

And Im good at it. If you go to Su-percuts, they are going to cut your hair

with one pair of scissors. But Ive got 15 pairs of clippers. Times are hard right now, I know that, but when you have a dream and you want to do something, you fi nd a way to make it work. Not too many people are willing to do that anymore.

Its an idea, said McCall, whose time has come.

Leeann Lorono, economic develop-ment and housing analyst with the City of Oakley, thinks so too. When I fi rst heard about Bills business, I thought it sounded like an interesting idea, said Lorono. I think its great that some of these smaller businesses are sort of re-inventing themselves during these tough times. Id encourage every small business to do what Bill has and look at what natural partners may be around them in the business community. The Chamber of Commerce is also, of course, a great resource.

For now, McCall is working to build both his mobile business and stationary one, as he continues to enjoy the creativ-ity that comes with the job.

I like to make people look neat; thats why I do it (cut hair), said Mc-Call. And I do lots of specialty haircuts like Mohawks theyre coming back you know as well as traditional and more old-fashioned cuts. My mission is to change the world one haircut at a time. Im here to give people what they want.

Mac Tyme Barber Shop is located at 3639 Main St. and is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For a mobile appointment or additional information, call 510-253-6381 or 925-308-4666.


by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer

Bill McCall, owner of Mac Tyme Barber Shop, gives client Taqa Kanara a haircut at McCalls Oakley location on Main Street. McCall has also just begun offering a mobile service for customers who prefer to have a barber come to them.

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Anna Rosas, 7, walks away with an armful of gifts at the recent Toys-4Tots event held at the Village Com-munity Resource Center. Ryan Rich-ardson, owner of Willys Bagels and Blends, delivered toys to more than 50 Brentwood chil-dren who partici-pate in the Centers after-school pro-gram.

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Two years ago, when Discovery Bay General Manager Virgil Koehne made his pitch to the CSD board to create wetlands as a way to remove contaminants from the towns wastewater, the community was facing up to $300,000 in fi nes (the majority for copper contaminants) from the California Regional Quality Control Board (CRQCB).

Today, the fi nes have been settled (the CRQCB board admitted that the town was overcharged based on fl awed data, but will not be reimbursed), the new permits have been granted and best of all, Discovery Bay has achieved something that at least one ex-pert considers unique: created a wetlands project that naturally removes pollutants from the wastewater.

I am surprised, but pleasantly surprised, at the results of the (wetlands) project, said Koehne. When you go into something like this you never know how its going to turn out, although we certainly had high hopes.

In a presentation to the CSD board dur-ing its regular Dec. 16 meeting, UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Alex Horne, who has been working with Koehne on the wetlands program, offered an assessment of its success and presented the board with options for its continuation.

Our initial goal was to get you (the town) below the standard (determined by the regional water board) and say goodbye to fi nes, said Horne. And we did that with

the wetlands. Now the question is: should you spend more (money) on continuing the project?

The wetlands lie on a two-acre parcel lo-cated near Sewer Plant No. 1 in the southwest corner of Discovery Bay. Previously a dry sludge pond unused since the 1980s, the de-veloped wetlands have transformed the prop-erty into an oasis of cattails and bulrushes; an independent eco-system home to frogs, snails and an assortment of wildlife.

The goal of the project was to determine if pollutants such as copper, aluminum, ni-trates and eventually pharmaceutical prod-ucts could be biologically removed from the wastewater as it fl ows through the facility. The

idea was to see if the contaminants could be sucked out of the water by the roots of the plants and then be either physically removed or allowed to decay naturally.

Armed with those objectives, Koehne contacted the civil and environmental engineer-ing department at UC Berkeley and offered up a living classroom to its students and faculty in exchange for some expertise and advice.

The cost of the test project was just under $200,000 and was paid for with town funds. But the underlying question was whether or not the pilot program could successfully re-move the state-mandated level of copper and nitrates. However, faced with a conservatively estimated $10 million price tag on traditional

methods such as reverse osmosis, the test proj-ect agreed the CSD board seemed worth a try.

The gamble paid off. Youre good to go on the nitrates and copper, and we think we can make it work for aluminum, said Horne. The fi nal one is pharmaceuticals, and you also have another problem, which is salt. I be-lieve both of these can be successful as well.

And a fi nancial case can certainly be made for continuing the eco-friendly proj-ect. For approximately $123,000 (spread out over two years) combined with possible and probable state and federal grants, the town could conceivably continue the wetlands proj-ect at a fairly low cost.

Two years ago, when we started this, we were facing fi nes, said District Engineer Gregory Harris. We said we would try to fi ght (the fi nes) it technically, and in the mean-time look to fi nd an ecological answer. Weve done both; both solutions worked and were not paying fi nes anymore. Weve built the wet-lands; now the question is: how proactive do we want to be?

Im proud of this project, said Horne. Its not magic; its just science, but you are the fi rst ones to have a proper wetlands the only ones in the world, and it looks like weve been successful. Should you continue with the wet-lands? You certainly dont have to, but I make a case that I think you should.

No action was taken by the board on the wetlands project, but it will be placed on a fu-ture CSD agenda as an item for discussion.


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Have you ever seen the trucks of Ecowater Systems, and wondered what those shiny silver tanks are? Or what makes them di erent from a regular water softener company/water store. Well Ecowater, long before it was fashionable to be called Eco anything, has been helping to reduce water pollution in our communities and surrounding Counties by o ering a service of softening water without customers putting wasted salt/potassium or extra waste water down the drain from ine cient automatic water softeners. Th is service is called portable soft water. Th e service gives you all the bene ts of reduced product usage in your home such as cleaners, shampoos, soaps, fab-ric softeners, laundry soap and detergents. It also extends the life of plumbing and appliance wear and tear, and saves you money on energy by reducing water heater costs. Th is is all done without the customer ever lifting a nger or ever carrying another bag of salt again.

As communities try to help reduce pollution, some have had to regulate automatic softener use or eliminate their discharge into waste streams. Th is makes it very hard for them to lter the chlorides from the waste stream to enable reclaimed water use in parks or clean enough to released back into streams or lakes.

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Staff Writer Town Manager Virgil Koehne measures the depth of the water in an experimental wetland that has proven to be a break-through in the removal of pollut-ants from wastewater.

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Th e City of Brentwoods Housing Division is accepting waitlist applications from income quali ed families who are inter-ested in purchasing an a ordable single- family home under the Citys First Time Homebuyer/Af-fordable Housing Program.

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Daisy Girl Scouts from Troop 32780 visited the Quail Lodge retirement community in Antioch over Christ-mas break to sing a few carols for the residents. According to leader Kirsten Jensen, After we were done, this sweet gentleman, Rudy, asked us to wait. He went to his room and came back with a big bowl of candy balanced on his walker. It was so sweet! Here we see Rudy with the girls. In the front row, from left, are Alexa Snider, Meghan Debellis, Mia Munson and Lauren Jensen; back row: Jessica Melendez, Rudy Candy Man Javanovich, Allison Debellis, Emma Williams and Samantha Smith. Good job, girls!

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John Muirs Outpatient Center in Brentwood will be starting up a new session of parenting classes beginning Jan. 12.

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Gabriel Welcher, clinical outreach coordinator and Parent Project facilitator for John Muir Behavioral Health Center in

Brentwood, offers the two courses under the Parent Project umbrella, a nationally recognized parenting program based on proven strategies for bringing discipline and order back to the family.

Both classes run for seven consecu-tive Tuesdays. The cost is $90 for each seven-week series and includes registration and materials. For more information or to sign-up for one or both sessions, call 925-941-7900 or visit www.johnmuirhealth.com/whcclasses.

Attendance areas for Liberty, Freedom and Heritage High Schools have been established in order to balance enrollment throughout the Liberty Union High School Districts schools.

Students who live within the LUHSD boundary but would prefer to attend a school not designated for their residential area must apply for an IntraDistrict Transfer. An open-enrollment period is available during the month of February during which students may submit IntraDistrict transfer requests for the 2010-2011 school year. Decisions regarding these requests will be made by May 14.

IntraDistrict Transfer requests are generally approved as long as the enrollment for all schools is balanced by total numbers and ethnicity. As the district continues to grow and enrollment capacities at all schools are reached, not all requests for IntraDistrict Transfers are approved. When schools reach their capacity, the number of IntraDistrict Transfers approved must be equal between schools.

IntraDistrict Transfer request forms may be picked up at the District Offi ce, 20 Oak St. in Brentwood. For more information, call Valerie Noble at 925-634-2166, ext. 2021.

IntraDistrict transfers at LUHSD

Excellence at Edna Hill

A recently published list of honor students at Edna Hill Middle School was incomplete. The following students were named to the Honor Society for the schools second quarter:

Idara Akpakpa, Zachary Allen, Francisco Arciniega, Patricia Arroyo, Quianna Ashley White, Taylin Ashley White, Alexis Ballew, Brianna Baskerville Bridges, Beau Bauman, Hunter Bentancourt, Connor Blair, Noemi Clare Botor, Isabella Bruno, Courtlen Burke, Ivet Cardoso, Julian Carrera, Joseph Castle, Jacquelyn Colmenares, Shelby Conn, Kalena Cortez, Kaitlyn Cox, Jonathon Davis, James de Fremery, Daniel Del Carpio, Chloe Denson, Anastasiya DeWolf, Chad Dias, Sara Doria, Alyssia Doss, Erin Evangelista, Jessica Freeman, Ashlyn Frits, Mikayla Furey, Casey Garcia, Cynthia Garibay, Nicholas Gash, Dawson Gatz, Joseph Gliedt, Brandon Gruber, Miles Harris, Nicole Harrop, Nicole Hatfi eld, Lauren Hernandez, Patrick Hill, Madelyn Holmsten, Justin Jackson, Alyssa Jacobsen Freyler, Deejriana Jones, Jessica Jones, Courtney Jorgensen, Rory Kelleher, Alexander Kelton, Michelle La Haie, Monica La Haie, Elijah Laulu, Katrina Lawrence, Sierra Leckie, Zachary Lowe, Sara Lowry, Briana Lucca, Kayla Martin, Aaliayah McKnight Corcran, Seth McNeely, Matthew Mehlberg, Lidia Mendoza, Holly Miller, Kyle Miller, Jeremy Montes, Alexandra Moore, Mallory Muniz, Brooke Norwood, Jennifer Novero, Sean OConnell, Natalie Ochoa, Gabriel Olveda, Edgar Ordaz, Makenzee Pereira, Jeremy Quilizapa, Alexandra Re, Kirabo Reed, Alyssa Reyes, Collin Richardson, Shelby Rinehart, Tayler Rodarte, Lisette Rodriguez, Olivia Rothrauff , Kyle Ruff , Brennan Russell, Michael Russomanno, Sidney Sanchez, Kierra Santi, Hailey Schneider, Meagan Sexton, Cassidi Sheehan, Catherine Sheff er, Ji Shin, Madison Siemers, Jack Smith, Sara Steidle, Kate Tarango, Rocio Tinoco, Kyler Torres, Heather Towns, Chad Treat, Madison Trimble, Morgan VanAusdal, Jorge Vega, Miriam Velador, Wyat Viss, Cullen Wheaton, Jenne Wirstlin, Rachel Wolter, Megan Yadron and Kaitlynn Zdroik.

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The Liberty Union High School Dis-trict Board of Education recently honored Jaye Buhlis as the districts Community Volunteer of the Quarter. Buhlis is one of Freedom High Schools longest-serving volunteers and has supported Freedom High before, during and after her children attended the school, including every Free-dom Grad Nite since 1998.

As Buhlis sons participated in volley-ball, basketball, water polo, baseball and tennis, she actively supported Freedom athletics, working the snack bars, provid-ing transportation and supporting the frenzied fundraiser du jour.

Most recently, Buhlis has volunteered her time and fi nancial support to Free-doms Golf Tournament and annual Fresh-man Boot Camp. She has provided all the Boot Camp shirts since its inception, and helps with the afternoon barbecue as well. According to one teacher, Jaye is friendly, understanding, outgoing, fl exible and kind. She has a true love of Freedom that goes beyond the parent relationship. LUHSD and Freedom faculty, staff and adminis-trators thank Jaye Buhlis for sharing her endless enthusiasm and compassion with Freedom High School.

Contributed by Sarah Singrin

Volunteer honored

Photos courtesy of Sarah Singrin

Above right, LUHSD Board President Ray Valverde, left, and Freedom High Principal Erik Faulkner honor Jaye Buhlis as LUHSD Community Volunteer of the Quarter. Among her many activities, Buhlis provides all the T-shirts for Freedom High Schools Freshman Boot Camp, above left.


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Nomination humblesExcelsior teacher

Jeanne Turner is proud of her recent honor as an Educator of the Year nominee, but not for the usual reasons.

It was very exciting to have had the ex-perience and to be considered (for the award), said Turner, a sixth-grade teacher at Excelsior Middle School in Byron. But Im also really proud of the fact that I made a speech in front of hundreds of people and didnt make a total

mess of it. Im very grateful for that.The California League of Middle

Schools (CLMS) honored Turner last month during a dinner and awards ceremony at St. Marys College in Moraga. Invited along with nine other fi nalists from Region 4 (which in-cludes Contra Costa) as well as 10 additional regions throughout the state, Turner was cho-sen in part for her excellence in the classroom and commitment to education.


see Teacher page 13A

Jeanne Turner was recently honored by

the California League

of Middle Schools as a nominee for the Educator

of the Year award. Turner

is a sixth-grade teacher

at Excelsior Middle School

in Byron.

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Beginning in July, some incoming middle school students in the Oakley Union School District (OUSD) might be attending a different junior high school than they had planned on, thanks to a change in the districts attendance boundaries.

We will soon be in the process of sending out information to families who are going to be affected by this plan, letting them know that the boundaries are going to change, said Delta Vista Middle School Principal Greg Hetrick, who will be losing some of his students in the boundary change to OHara Park Middle School. But this plan will be a phased-in process that will allow siblings and incoming students to stay where they

are for the time being if they want to.Currently, the western attendance

boundary for Delta Vista Middle School is Rose Avenue, and students living be-tween Rose and Highway 4 (Main Street) must cross over the busy highway to get to school. But effective for the 2010-2011 school year, Delta Vistas western bound-ary will become Highway 4, relieving the affected students of the need to run the Highway 4 gauntlet.

Highway 4 is a perfect boundary because you dont really want kids cross-ing that street if you can help it, so that is a benefi t to families, said OUSD Su-perintendent Rick Rogers.

The boundary change is also an attempt to minimize the necessity of changing the boundary back again due

New middle school boundaries in Oakley


see Boundaries page 17A

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But Excelsior Principal Dr. Charles Miller said he nominated Turner for all those attributes and more: Jeanne has a variety of characteristics that made her a perfect nomi-nee, including her professionalism and leader-ship. She is a leader amongst our sixth-grade teachers and has been a key player in revising our curriculum-aligning documents and our pacing guides to make sure we are where we need to be with the state. She is a wonderful educator and very deserving (of the nomina-tion).

The CLMS Educator of the Year award is given each year to 11 California educators who have best represented educational excel-lence and made signifi cant strides in class-room reform at the middle school level. Up

to 10 fi nalists from each region are honored locally, and one person is chosen from the fi -nalists to represent each region at the CLMS Middle Level Educator of the Year annual conference in February. Nominees can be teachers, administrators, counselors or other certifi ed personnel.

Turner has been a teacher in the Byron School District since 2005 and is one of Ex-

celsiors three sixth-grade humanities teachers, which means that she teaches English, lan-guage arts and social studies as core subjects.

For Turner, a self-proclaimed involved teacher, the joy of education is about the jour-ney, the discovery and the all-important ah-ha moment.

Im passionate about helping students get to that place where their eyes light up when

they fi nally understand something, said Turner, a Discovery Bay resident and mother of two teenage sons. For me, that is the pay at the end of the day. My job is fun, exciting and different every day. I love learning, and its fun to be able to share it with the students.

And while Turner was not chosen to rep-resent her region at the annual CLMS confer-ence (the winner came from a middle school in Alameda County), she says the clich about the nomination being enough is true.

It was my fi rst time to be nominated and it was very exciting and so humbling to be considered among all these phenomenal people, said Turner. I love what I do and it was an honor, truly, to be considered. It was really wonderful just to be considered.


Teacher from page 11A Im passionate about helping students get to that place where their eyes light up when they finally understand something.

Jeanne Turner, Educator of the Year nominee

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Stop banks cash bonusesEditor:

Todays news about an Antioch church moving its account from Bank of America prompts me to also move my account from Bank of America if it persists in paying cash bonuses this year.

Take the lead from Wells Fargo: stock options in two or three years. I do hope local bankers recognize that we too have some say in their opera-tion.

Bob OliverAntioch

Christmas boxed up and out of sight

Editor:I was at my gym this morning and

overheard some ladies talking about their Christmas decorations. One had taken hers down the 26th or 27th and the other was saying that she had strived to get all of hers taken down by the first of the year; and she had accomplished her goal. Christmas was all put away and done!

Hearing those words made me sad and made me wonder why so many people are so eager to put Christmas back in its box, not to be thought about for another 10 or 11 months. As an Episcopalian, we have always kept our decorations up through the 12 days of Christmas until Epiphany, Jan. 6.

I think many have forgotten, or have never known, that Christmas is actually the first of the 12 days, not the last. My favorite time of the Christmas season has always been after Christmas. The work is all done, the gifts are all given; it is time to re-lax and enjoy the beautiful lights and decorations and watch people enjoy what theyve received. You actually

have the time to breathe and look at what is around you. The days after Christmas are a beautiful time.

When I hear people talking about Christmas like it is something to be done with and put away, it makes me wonder when Christmas became such a big chore and only a big chore. When did it become just an item on a long check-off list? Christmas is sup-posed to be about generosity, caring, family and mostly love. Why are we so anxious to put all of that back into its plastic red and green tote bucket?

Maybe we start too early. Maybe, amid all the preparations, we forget that Christmas is about a feeling, about the coming of a light to show us the way to make our lives and the lives of those around us better. Its about expressing the love we should have for one another. Dont be in such a rush to turn it all off and box it all away.

I think this year I wont be in such a rush to put it all away. Yes, after Jan. 6 the lights will come down and the tree and ornaments and candles will be put away; but I think that this year, I will leave something out. Something that makes me smile and feel good and reminds me of the warmth and joy and spirit of Christmas, not the work.

Maybe Ill let the kids help choose the item, a different one each year, and when it catches our eye in March or June or August, it will remind us that Christmas isnt just a day or a decora-tion, it is a feeling and a way of living that should influence us all year long: something that never should be put away and done.

Merry Christmas.Christine Buxton

Brentwood

Community should thump its chest

Editor:On behalf of the Board of the

Brentwood Regional Community Chest, we would like to take this op-portunity to thank all of the volun-teers, businesses and individuals who allowed BRCC to provide a little extra to our communitys families in need for the holiday season. This years tar-get of 550 food baskets were collected, prepared and delivered by the many volunteers who collectively provided hundreds of hours of time, and thou-sands of dollars.

To all of the volunteers who made this event possible for the recipients, and also brought the true meaning of the holidays to life in our city: a huge thank-you to you and your families both from the recipient families and from the board.

To the many businesses who provided space for collection barrels, made significant monetary dona-tions, made the logistical challenge of acquiring 550 turkeys and all the fixins possible, held fundraisers and made our sorting and distribution a holiday team-building event: we offer both our thanks and congratulations.

Thank you to the City of Brent-wood staff and City Council, who assisted with space for storage, the fa-cilities for basket sign-ups, and police assistance with traffic control on the morning of distribution.

A huge thanks to the Brentwood Union School District administrative staff and board for the use of facili-ties, storage year-round, logistics and transportation of donated items, all that Larry Sudweeks does for us!

Last, but certainly not least, we will not soon forget the fundraising campaign that is deserving of a new Best of Brentwood category for 2009 Mayor Bob Taylors willingness to don a turkey suit for countless hours, raising the needed funds to provide the turkeys for the distribution.

You all make Brentwood The Best of the Best and well do it all again in 11 months!

Dana EatonKevin King

Co-Presidents, BRCC

We are gratefulEditor:

Making this holiday a little brighter for families in our community and carrying on the long-standing tradition of the Brentwood Regional Community Chest of providing food and gifts at Christmastime for families in Oakley has been a joyous task again this year for the Friends of Oakley. We can do this only because of a com-munity of help over the past several months and we are very grateful. We are grateful for the community members and organizations that do-nated food, toys, funds, helping hands and hours of volunteer time. Their selflessness and desire to give to our community was a wonder to behold. We are grateful for Brent Aasen of Equus Group and Premier Storage for the donation of boxes, as well as Anne Allen for donating 50 Home Depot boxes. We are grateful for CentroMart for partnering with us on our food pur-chases and arranging donated bread for each family. We are grateful for the Oakley Union Elementary School District and all the staff and students who helped in so many ways to make this possible. The

support of Superintendent Rick Rog-ers has been invaluable. We are grateful to Diamond Hills for filling our barrels and giving of time. We are grateful for our East Contra Costa Firefighters for wrapping gifts and hosting barrels at the station. We are grateful to Freedom High School Leadership for the amazing donation of gifts and food and for many volunteered hours. They were incredible! We are grateful to Ironhouse Sani-tary District for the donation of bags for the senior households we adopted. We are grateful to the Contra Costa Food Bank and the Brentwood Re-gional Community Chest for their food contributions. We are grateful for the families for reaching out and letting us be a part of their holiday season.

We think it is important to note that not only did the Oakley Christ-mas Basket Program provide for fami-lies across the whole community of Oakley, it was a community effort that made it possible. We look forward to the 2010 Friends of Oakley Christmas Basket Program!

Pat AndersonFriends of Oakley

Board of Directors

Hoops heroesEditor:

The Liberty High School Girls Basketball Program would like to thank the many members of our Brentwood business community for their generous donations to our largest annual fundraising event, The West Coast Jamboree. We appreciate your support: El Gallito Drive-In, Willys Bagels & Blends, Sweeneys Grill & Bar, La Costa Taqueria, Sticky Chicken & Ribs, Jaliscos Restaurant, Safeway, Foodmaxx, and the new Little Caesars Pizza on Lone Tree Way. We are grateful for all you did to help make our event a success.

We would also like to thank all of the parents, girls and families of our program who gave countless hours of time to work at the Jamboree. Without all of you this could not have hap-pened. We look forward to a wonder-ful year of girls basketball this season. Come watch us play and win! Thank you.

Betsy McCormickLiberty High School

Girls Basketball

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A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East County police departments.BRENTWOODDec. 23, 2:11 p.m. A resident of Rosalinda Court found nine .22 caliber bullets and turned them in for destruction.Dec. 23, 9:34 p.m. At a residence on Berk-shire Lane, two subjects became engaged in a argument about a laptop. One of the subjects left the scene prior to the arrival of police offi cers.Dec. 23, 10:43 p.m. An electrical fi re broke out at a residence on Summerwood Drive.Dec. 23, 11:38 p.m. On First Street at Maple Street, two subjects were confronted by six or seven unidentifi ed subjects, one of whom brandished a black semi-automatic hand-gun and demanded their purses. The victims handed over their purses and the robbers fl ed northbound on foot toward Pine Street.Dec. 24, 12:38 a.m. On Oak Street at First Street, two subjects were found to be in-toxicated and unable to care for themselves. They were arrested and taken to the Marti-nez Detention Facility.Dec. 24, 1:45 a.m. A vehicle stolen from a parking lot on Brentwood Boulevard was re-covered by the California Highway Patrol.Dec. 24, 10:09 a.m. A vehicle rolled over on the Highway 4 Bypass off-ramp at Jeffery Way. No one was injured.Dec. 24, 10:40 a.m. An unidentifi ed person used the personal information of a resident of Pebble Beach Drive to obtain cash.Dec. 24, 1:21 p.m. On Brentwood Boulevard at Applewood Commons, a driver stopped for a vehicle code violation was found to be unlicensed and unwilling to identify himself. He was arrested and released on a Notice To Appear.Dec. 24, 4:31 p.m. A subject made a cell phone call to a resident of Pasco Drive in violation of a court order.Dec. 24, 10:42 p.m. On San Jose Avenue at Fairview Avenue, a subject stopped for vehicle code violations was found to be driving under the infl uence of alcohol. He was arrested and released on a Promise To Appear.Dec. 25, 10:56 p.m. A subject contacted dur-ing a traffi c-collision investigation on Eisen-hower Way was arrested for DUI and trans-

ported to the Kaiser medical facility.Dec. 26, 2:02 a.m. Several subjects were found in a secured residence under construction on Big Bear Court. They were arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 26, 10:54 a.m. On Sand Creek Road at Fairview Avenue, a driver stopped for vehicle code violations was found to have a warrant for her arrest. She was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 26, 11:55 a.m. On Brentwood Boule-vard, an unidentifi ed person slapped a sub-ject in the face twice and fl ed.Dec. 26, 2:54 p.m. A suspicious note was left on a pole on Coventry Court.Dec. 26, 6:36 p.m. On Balfour Road at John Muir Parkway, a driving who collided with another vehicle fl ed the scene.Dec. 26, 7:51 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole two pairs of sunglasses from a business on Sand Creek Road.Dec. 26, 11:19 p.m. A subject backed his ve-hicle into the back wall of an apartment on Berry Lane, causing moderate damage.

To view the Brentwood Police Depart-ments public logs on the citys Web site, visit www.ci.brentwood.ca.us/department/pd/re-ports/index.cfm.ANTIOCHDec. 30, 7:25 a.m. An unidentifi ed person left a package on the doorstep of the Con-tra Costa Fire Protection Districts Fire Station 81 on West 10th Street. The pack-age was a lunchbox that had been duct taped closed and inscribed with the word Danger. Offi cers of the Antioch Police Department responded, evacuated Sta-tion 81 as a precaution and called out the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad. The package was inspected and found to contain two smaller containers of an unknown liquid. The Contra Costa Health Department re-sponded and determined that the liquid in both containers was mercury. The Health Department took possession of the mer-cury. Station 81 was directed to function out of another local station with no in-terruption in service. Traffi c was detoured around the area from 7:30 to about 11 a.m. until the mercury was removed. No injuries or contamination occurred. The incident is under investigation as a haz-ardous materials incident. It does not ap-

pear to be a malicious act at this time. It was most likely due to a lack of knowl-edge about how and where to dispose of hazardous materials.Dec. 30, 9:18 a.m. Two masked subjects, one armed with a handgun, entered the Umpqua Bank on Lone Tree Way and demanded money from the teller. Af-ter receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the two subjects fl ed toward the rear of the Raleys supermarket. The sub-jects possibly jumped the sound wall into the neighborhood on Clayburn Road and fl ed in a waiting vehicle. Those with information regarding this crime should call the Antioch Police Department at 925-778-2441.Dec. 31, 12:20 a.m. Offi cers of the An-tioch Police Department responded to the report of a shot fi red at a vehicle on West 10th Street near the intersection of J Street. The victim stated that as he began to pass two slow-moving vehicles, some-one in the lead vehicle (a black or dark-colored SUV, similar to a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe), shot at his vehicle. The bullet shat-tered the victims rear window and came to rest inside the vehicle, narrowly missing the driver. The victim sped away and was followed briefl y by the assailants vehicle until it discontinued the chase in the vi-cinity of A Street and East 18th Street.The victim was not injured. The driver of the assailants vehicle was described as a Hispanic male, approximately 30 years old. Those with information regarding this incident should call the Antioch Po-lice Departments Detective Mellone at 925-779-6930.

For information on law enforcement in Antioch, visit www.ci.antioch.ca.us/citygov/police.OAKLEYDec. 28 A subject illegally entered a resi-dence on the 2000 block of Meadowlark Lane.Dec. 29 On Fifth Street at Main Street, a subject was charged with possession of dan-gerous drugs.Dec. 29 A witness was threatened on the 4800 block of Snowy Egret Way.Dec. 29 Grand theft was reported on the 300 block of Shady Oaks Drive.

Dec. 30 A vehicle was stolen from the 1000 block of Morning Glory Way.Dec. 30 A subject interfered with a pub-lic offi cer on Live Oak Avenue at Neroly Road.Dec. 30 A subject was driving recklessly on Delta Road at Main Street.Dec. 30 Incidents of battery occurred on the 2000 block of Garden Court, on the 4300 block of Mehaffey Way, and on the 100 block of Raye Avenue.Dec. 30 On the 3200 block of Main Street, a subject was charged with violation of a custody order.Dec. 30 A residential burglary was report-ed on the 100 block Ridge Crest Court.Dec. 30 Forgery of documents was report-ed on the 2500 block of Main Street.Dec. 30 Credit card fraud occurred on the 800 block of Oakwood Way.Dec. 30 A case of identity theft was report-ed on the 3200 block of Main Street.Dec. 30 A subject was found trespassing on the 4900 block of Frank Hengel Way.Dec. 31 On Bernard Road at Main Street, a subject was charged with driving without a license.Dec. 31 A juvenile was reported missing from a residence on the 700 block of Do-maine Court.Dec. 31 Arrest warrants were served on Empire Avenue at Hemlock Drive, and on Bedford Lane at Empire Avenue.Jan. 1 On Bridgehead Road at Main Street, a subject was charged with violation of probation.Jan. 1 Subjects were found driving under the infl uence of alcohol on the 1100 block of OHara Avenue, on East Cypress Road at Picasso Drive, on Bridgehead Road at Main Street, on Almondtree Circle at Beechnut Lane, and on West Cypress Road at OHara Avenue.Jan. 2 A vehicle accident with property damage occurred at the intersection of Lau-rel Road and Main Street.Jan. 2 Incidents of misdemeanor DUI oc-curred on Delta Road at Main Street, on the 2000 block of Main Street, on West Cypress Road at OHara Avenue, and on Main Street at Rose Avenue.Jan. 3 Tampering was reported on the 100 block of Francisco Villa Drive.

COP LOGSFROM EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCH LOGS A driver stopped for a vehicle code violation was found to be unlicensed and unwilling to identify himself. Dec. 24, 1:21 p.m., Brentwood


Corvette Club largess

This year at the Discovery Bay Cor-vette Clubs annual Christmas Party, in-stead of exchanging gifts among them-selves, each family brought two gifts to support Delta Community Services effort to aid needy children. The club also cel-ebrated a benefi cent year in 2009, making charitable donations to a number of orga-nizations, including those seen here.

Above, Sue Anderson and Cal and Colleen Buckles donate to Meals on Wheels in support of the or-ganizations delivery of nutritious food to seniors in the community. Above left, Jesse and Carole Thompson accept a donation to the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento from Susan Jones.

Photos courtesy of DBCC

Far right, Kathy Doty with Principal

Larry Rodriguez and Program

Administrator Jacque Green of La Paloma High School. DBCC

provided scholar-ship money for a young graduate.

Right, Steve Waldes donation to Delta

Community Services is accepted by Felicitas

Ochoa. The donation aided ve families.

Photos courtesy of DBCC

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Trevors Weekly Mortgage MattersBy Trevor Frey

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Points one percent of the loan amount and the method by which loan originators are compensated for their services and the remainder of the closing costs, title/escrow charges, pre-paid items etc., are all items that come into play when shopping for a home loan. However, until this year, it has been very diffi cult for the consumers to compare loans. Each company has had its own form in which to hide their junk fees, and worse yet, companies could pull the old bait-and-switch with no real formal recourse for the borrower. Th is will no longer be the case.

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to growth or decline in Oakleys popu-lation and to establish as balanced a population as possible between the two middle schools. Delta Vista currently serves 925 students and OHara Park 735. Eventually, crossing guards cur-rently at the junction of Highway 4 and Cypress Road will be phased out, saving the district money.

But the main thing that we want families to know is that we are not going to split them up, said Rogers. That was the overriding concern (in changing the boundaries) and was the key reason we are doing this now, so that there isnt a crunch down the line.

Today, 30 fi fth-graders (all currently attending Gehringer Elementary) live within the new boundary area, along with 119 current Delta Vista students. Rogers says current sixth- and seventh-grade students will be able to stay at their school as well as any siblings that enter middle school while the older sibling is still attending. By phasing in the change, the district will allow siblings to remain together at the same middle school.

OHara Park Principal Roger Mac-Donald sees the boundary changes as a win-win for everyone. This is good for both the schools and will be great for the families as well, said MacDonald. There is no negative impact for us on space for the kids coming over here. Ive got plenty of room and were happy to have them.

For more information on boundary changes, call Delta Vista Middle School at 925-625-6840 or OHara Park Middle School at 925-625-5060.


Boundaries from page 12A

This plan will be a phased-in process that will allow siblings and incoming students to stay where they are for the time being.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0082731 Title Order No. 09-8-235566 Investor/Insurer No. 088051198 APN No. 011-500-003-6 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/10/2005. 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: JASON W LEHRER, A MARRIED MAN, dated 10/10/2005 and recorded 10/13/05, as Instrument No. 2005-0392096-00, 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 02/05/2010 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 con-veyed 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 pur-ported to be: 5171 FERN RIDGE CIRCLE, DISCOVERY BAY, CA, 94514. The under-signed 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 $565,426.74. 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 authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/12/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale In-formation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustees Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to col-lect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3398366 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0067995 Title Order No. 09-8-198135 Investor/Insurer No. 123773260 APN No. 055-650-091-6 YOU ARE IN

DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/12/2006. 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: CLAUDE J D LANG AND RUTH W LANG, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 06/12/2006 and recorded 06/22/06, as Instrument No. 2006-0198093-00, 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 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (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, pay-able 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 prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4132 CHERRY POINT CT, ANTIOCH, CA, 945319110. The under-signed 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 $516,443.00. 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 authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 08/20/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale In-formation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustees Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to col-lect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3399349 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALET.S. No. 09-34543-FF-CA Loan No. 0016141665 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/03/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU

NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashiers check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), 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; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an as is condition, but without cov-enant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), ad-vances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: OLIVER L. PANUGALING AND MARILOU M. PANUGALING, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 10/06/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0318067-00 of Of cial Records in the of ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California. Date of Sale: 01/29/2010 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (Corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, CA Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $442,262.31 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1043 BENDING WIL-LOW WAY, PITTSBURG, CA 94565 A.P.N.: 086-300-054 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the ben-e ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidders sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, bene ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or bene ciary declares pur-suant to California Civil Code 2923.5(h}(1} that the borrower has surrendered the property or has delivered the keys to the property to the mortgagee, trustee, ben-e ciary, or authorized agent of the mort-gagee, trustee or bene ciary. Regarding the property that is the subject of this Notice of Sale, the mortgage loan ser-vicer as de ned in California Civil Code Section 2923.53 (k) (3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is recorded. The timeframe for giving a

Notice of Sale speci ed in Subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 does not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 01/06/2010 NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVIC-ING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRE-SENTATIVE ASAP# 3393849 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 08-0093668 Title Order No. 08-8-344565 Investor/Insurer No. 111655758 APN No. 075-570-037-4 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/19/2005. 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, as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: LISA-MARIE CUSPARD AND PATRIC J CUSPARD, dated 08/19/2005 and recorded 08/26/05, as Instrument No. 2005-0323848-00, 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 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (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, pay-able 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 prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5136 JUDSONVILLE DRIVE, ANTIOCH, CA, 94531. The under-signed 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 $969,676.99. 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 authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/05/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo

Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustees Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3399348 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 08-0118523 Title Order No. 08-8-481354 Investor/Insurer No. 17053 APN No. 086-172-008-4 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/01/2007. 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: ALFREDO PEREZ, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 10/01/2007 and recorded 10/19/07, as Instrument No. 2007-0295431-00, 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 02/05/2010 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 con-veyed 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: 1404 SOMERS STREET, PITTSBURG, 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 $336,963.93. 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 authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 08/09/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VAL-LEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustees

Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3399224 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0122653 Title Order No. 09-8-360411 Investor/Insurer No. 138645688 APN No. 097-490-023-5 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/13/2006. 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: GABE ESSOE AND KELLEY ESSOE, HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP., dated 12/13/2006 and recorded 12/26/06, as Instrument No. 2006-0410239-00, 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 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (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, pay-able 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 prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 280 CLOVERBROOK CIRCLE, PITTSBURG, CA, 945657354. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability 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 No-tice of Sale is $450,621.80. 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, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/21/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, C

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