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1) Your original home town: Phoenix, Arizona

2) Family... Married to wife Jennifer for 23 years and we havetwo adult daughters in college.

3) 35 words of less: Why did you chose HB?

Most of the reasons I applied to HB involvethe excellent reputation established by the menand women in the Police Department, the pro-fessional approach to City government, and thequality of life in HB.

4) If you could write one goal for yourselfas your assume the responsibility of PoliceChief of this community...what would that be?

My primary goal initially will be to quicklydevelop the relationships necessary to fully un-derstand the issues internally and in the commu-nity so I can be an informed decision maker andmember of the City team.

5) If you were asked to list your initial three priorities asyou assume this position...what would they be:

These three goals would be worked toward simultaneously.

1. Meet with and develop relationships with employ-ees at every level of the organization to understand the innerworkings of the PD as quickly as possible. 2. Meet as many com-

munity stakeholders as possible and build relation-ships with them to better understand the variousperspectives on issues affecting them. 3. Develop

a deep understanding of the crime issues impact-ing residents, businesses, and visitors to HB andensure we have effective strategies in place to re-duce crime and improve the quality of life in HB.

6) In a sentence...if you were asked to stateyour message to the men and women of theHBPD succinctly sharing your general mes-sage as their manager...giving them directionunder your watch...that direction would be:

We will always strive to be the best we can bein terms of an organization providing high qualitypolice service through constant preparation, vig-ilance, and professionalism in a community based

policing environment.

7) Any plans under your tenure to revisit DARE (or someversion of it), Community Oriented Policing? This is basically

a bedroom community, we've had years of periods with nohomicides. The population base is older, yet we have an enor-mous infusion of young people. We are as much a destinationas we are a neighborhood. In saying all that... what would beyour brief response:

Community Oriented Policing is basically the philosophythat should drive everything we do. Community policing isnot just a program or an assignment, engaging the commu-nity on multiple fronts continuously is the pillar of any pro-gressive police department. It is imperative that we areengaged with the community at all levels and understandtheir priorities as we develop our strategies to improve publicsafety and the quality of life in HB. I intend to continuouslylook for opportunities to better engage the community inpartnerships toward our common goals of reducing crimeand improving the quality of life.

Bob Handy

HBPD Police Chief Designate

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The politics of saying No are fullof devastating political, socialand economic side-effects. While

most of the decisions are inevitable...theissue here is the No votes were more im-portant than the analysis of some of theconsequences.

Some twenty years ago, the CityCouncil in Huntington Beach said NOto Costco. They opened in Fountain Val-ley and siphoned off hundreds of thou-sands of dollars of annual consumerspending from HB residents to FV. Theconsequences crossed all political partyand growth, no-growth lines.

Most recently the politics of saying

No are racing through local grocerychain stores at an alarming rate and salesdrops from local shoppers migrating toneighboring communities is approach-ing 20%. This is not just about the im-mediate loss of sales dollars -it iscompounded by the longer term loss of

jobs, disposable income, 2nd and thirdtier consumer shopping.

An entire campaign was forged bylocal activist to prevent the Wal mart onBeach to open. For over 12 years thatstore has provided sales tax revenueeach year to the City in the range of$400,000 -$500,000 per year, supplied

jobs to literally hundreds of people whocan now own a car, put gas it in, payrent, etc. And, they have paid a rent neartheir sales tax number to their landlord:The Ocean View School district.

Local Economics 101: When we talkabout tourism we often use the modelof how many times a new dollarchanges hands when a visitor enters ourlocal economy. The reverse holds truewhen that dollar is held back from thelocal economy. The visitors spend adollar at the hotel, the room clerk buysgas, the gas station owner pays for hisdry cleaning, the dry cleaner pays his

loan and so on.When the consumer, has been rou-tinely leaving a dollar at the local gro-cery store and no longer does, then thesales clerk might have her nails doneless often, the nail salon owner doesnot go out to a local restaurant asoften, the local restaurant server getslaid off because of a drop off in busi-ness...and so on.

The politics of saying No to local safeand sane firework sales! The same vol-ume of safe and sane fireworks is pur-chased by local residents, but the

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DevastatingConsequencesof the Politicsof Unqualified

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(1963-2013) Fifty Years ofSeamless Police Management

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A Bear in a Lamborghini in HB!Ninemsn staff and the LA Times capturedthis one...Could this all be about a Bear

Market!A flashy sports car attracts attention even if

its passengers are mere humans. When one of

those passengers is a bear, that attention ismagnified a thousandfold.

A yellow Lamborghini this week when theyspotted a large bear hanging peacefully out thewindow, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Video of the incident shows a crowd ofpassers-by cautiously patting the bear andphotographing themselves with it.

The stunt first started to go viral when a pic-ture of the bear "blocking the street" wasposted to Reddit, where commenterRandysWay claimed the animal is a pet namedYogi.

Other commented speculated that the bearhad been heavily drugged and pondered the

ethics of shuttling such a big creature aroundin a Lamborghini a car not known for itsleg room.

But though Yogi looks remarkably lifelike,he's more stuffed than the average bear: theprank is a collaboration between YouTube co-medians Justin Lyons, Uncle John and ChuckTesta, owner of Ojai Valley Taxidermy who isknown online for his stunningly realistic ani-mals.

Lyons used the stunt to launch his newYouTube channel, JustinTime Pranks.

"There was such an absurd amount of peo-ple around the car, [Yogi] couldn't move for-ward even if he wanted to," Lyons said.

Dedicated on No-vember 14,1963, the 187-

acre site continues to sup-port progress in smal lsatellite technology, pro-

tected radio communica-tions, networked systems,advanced manufacturingand unmanned underwatervehicles, among others.

Rocket scientists, engi-neers and technicians atHuntington Beach devel-oped America's most im-portant space vehicles andplatforms. Those includedthe Saturn V upper stagethat launched astronauts tothe moon, NASA's spaceshuttles, and the family of

Delta rockets that has de-livered hundreds of com-mercial and militarysatellites to orbit.

"From its beginnings,Boeing Huntington Beachhas been responsible for tremen-dous innovations in space, securityand communications," said Alex

Lopez, Huntington Beach site ex-ecutive and vice president, BoeingAdvanced Network & Space Sys-tems. "With the talents and capa-

bilities of our people added to ourefforts to increase affordabilityand productivity, this site will con-tinue to make valuable contribu-

tions to national de-fense, space explo-ration and otherBoeing efforts." Someof the cutting-edgeactivities currently at

the site include:

Phantom Phoenixprototype small satel-lites

The autonomousrendezvous and dock-ing system forNASA's Crew SpaceTransportation (CST)-100 vehicle

NASA SpaceLaunch System'smain propulsion sys-tems design and test-

ing The liquid hydro-

gen fuel system on thePhantom Eye high-al-titude, long-en-durance unmanned

aerial vehicle Cybersecurity technology pro-

totypes

Thought For the DayGOOD looks catch the eye but a GOOD personality catches the heart. You're blessed with both!'

Happy Birthday Boeing: 50 Years OfInnovation In Huntington Beach - In the Universe


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The Weak That Was

There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:

soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.

America: Home of the Free because of the Brave

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school, or the neighbors dad wouldbe yelling or something...but therewas my dad always with a consolingword...son...be an attorney...

A Mafia Godfather finds out thathis bookkeeper, Guido, has cheated

him out of $10,000,000.

His bookkeeper is deaf. That wasthe reason he got the job in the firstplace. It was assumed that Guido

would hear nothing and wouldtherefore never have to testify incourt.

When the Godfather goes to con-front Guido about the missing $10million, he takes along his lawyer,who knows sign language. The God-father tells the lawyer, "Ask himwhere the money is."

The lawyer, using sign language,

asks Guido, Where's the money?

Guido signs back, "I don't knowwhat you are talking about." Thelawyer tells the Godfather, "He sayshe doesn't know what you are talkingabout."

The Godfather pulls out a pistol,

puts it to Guido's head and says,"Ask him again or I'll kill him!"

The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'llkill you if you don't tell him."

Guido trembles and signs back,"OK! You win! The money is in a

brown briefcase, buried behind theshed at my Cousin Bruno's house."

The Godfather asks the lawyer,"What did he say?"

The lawyer replies, "He says youdon't have the guts to pull the trigger.

One Of My Favorite BedtimeStories When I Was a Child!

We believe and practice being fully involved with the communities we serve.

This is essential in building good will, encouraging growth and above all staying connected in our backyard

I don't know about you but my 401K is more like a 201K.For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next ex-pected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor andmake some BIG bucks.

Watch for these consolidations in 2014:

1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush,and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary,Fuller, Grace.

2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers joinforces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker.

3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood.(If Hersheys was included, Id be buying!)

4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and DakotaMining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.

5. FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become:FedUP.

6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will be-come: Fairwell Honeychild.

7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become:PouponPants.

8. Knotts Berry Farm and the Na-tional Organization of Women willbecome: Knott NOW!

And finally....

9. Victoria 's Se-cret and Smith &Wesson will mergeunder the new

name: ittyittyBang-Bang

Come on -Laugh a lit-tle

Seniors: My Investment

Tips For 2014During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or

not an older person should be put in a Long-Term Care Home?"

"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacupand a bucket to the person ~ to empty the bathtub."

"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because itis bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

"No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug.Do you want a bed near the window

I Was Given the Bathtub Test By My Doctor:

Current Headlines in HBPlan pushes for cycling-friendly city

City seeks more input onpolystyrene ban

HB looks for ordinance restricting plasticproducts in food businesses

Huntington Beach ban onplastic grocery bags starts Nov. 1.

My dream that some day these wouldbe the headlines:

HB leads County on Sales Tax Growth

HB Saves Bolsa Chica andAll Parties Happy

Long Term -HB on solid financial ground


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Thousands came to pay their re-spects to former and current USmilitary at the Surf City Veter-

ans Day Car Show in HuntingtonBeach, Ca.

Many thanked vets, like HowardPhelps, 90, who served in the Navy inWWII, for helping preserve our coun-trys freedom. Some wept at the 6-foot

tall, 94-foot long Wall of Remem-brance. Everyone feasted their eyeson more than 300 spectacular autosand trucks, including Woodies, HotRods, Muscle Cars, Exotics, VWs andRat Rods.

A lot of the splendid vehicles areowned by vets, like HB's Joe Still, who

served in the Navy, and has a cool1941 Ford Truck. HB FirefightersChico Sanchez and Kevin Cook mar-veled at the Extra Storage managers

beautiful wheels, which included oldtime drive-in movie speakers stickingon its window.

Army flyer Alicia Thompson drovedown from Los Angeles to salute theveterans and enjoy custom cars, likeBen Frederiksens 1971 red VW BugWindow Taxi. Its known as Shorty

because of the condensed size andunique build, which was created by aMarine. This car also won an awardwhich was chosen by yours truly.

Deborah Pauly, an Air Force vet and

Villa Park City Councilmember,

helped judge the car show, whichseemed to have something for every-one, including Phil and ElaineWilders legendary 1941 Ford Woodie.(Phil is a cousin of Laura IngallsWilder, author of the best-selling Lit-tle House on the Prairie books, whichwere adapted for the hit TV series.)

The car show was a fundraiser for

Vision2Victory, which benefitsUS combat-wounded veteransand created the amazing two-sided traveling memorial Wallof Remembrance. The organi-zations director, Richard (JR)

Nichols, was aided by many vol-unteers, including former race

car driver Vic Galich and family. ManyHB businesses contributed items forraffles and auctions, including Bill An-derson Art Gallery, Surf City Store,Extra Storage HB, HB InternationalSurfing Museum, YogaSandals.com,Surfer Dogs, Mumbi's Designs, Amyr-iadofideas.com and many others.

There also were military-related T-shirt sales to help raise funds andawareness. Some who assisted in mak-ing this impressive event happen, in-cluded Johnnys Saloon, ReedsOriginal Ginger Brew, Virgils, Vi-sion2Victory, Zacks, Jacks, 2nd Floor,representatives from the military

branches, The City of HuntingtonBeach, The Waterfront Beach Resort(Hilton) and several vendors.

Huntington Beach Mayor Pro TemMatthew Harper joined in the celebra-tion to remember our veterans, pastand present, and honor our military.There are plans to continue this popu-lar event next year. Keep tuned to

www.Vision2Victory.org .6

ChrisMacDonaldOn the road in Surf City

By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer,HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist

The Local News

Surf CityVeterans DayCar Show With

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Top Left: Huntington BeachResident Phil Wilder with hisClassic Car. Bottom left: AView of The Show from TheWaterfront Hilton Beach Re-sort. Above: Longtime Hunt-ington Beach Residents andVolunteers Karen and LloydSkaggs.


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Huntington BeachSenior Services

The Huntington Beach Council onAging will host their annual New

Years Eve Dance and Dinner onTuesday, December 31, 2013,from 8:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m.(doors open at 7:30 p.m.) atthe Michael E. Rodgers Sen-iors Center, 1706 Orange Av-enue in Huntington Beach.

Your $40.00 ticket includesthe swinging sounds of PM

Howard and the Night Owls,raffle prizes, a festive buffet din-ner, and a Grand CountdownChampagne Toast at midnight

sponsored by Memorial CareMedical Group, Orange CoastMemorial Medical Center,Nurse Next Door, SeaCliffHome Care, Edinger MedicalGroup, and AR Mobility.

Purchase tickets in advanceat the Senior Center. The pur-chase of eight tickets reservesa table. Singles are welcomeat the friendly singles table.Tickets must be purchased byMonday, December 23. Formore information, please callthe Senior Center at 714-

536-9387.

Mom ponies up $10all

because her lunch didn'tinvolve Ritz crackers

Kaitlin Stanford of mom.me tellsa grainy story of Food..."WhenKristen Bartkiw of Manitoba,Canada, sent her kids off to daycare with a home-cooked meal forlunch, the last thing she probablyexpected was to be slapped with a$10 fineand a note that said herkids had been given Ritz crackers.(You know, to make upfor her lunch's lack ofnutritional value.) Butthat's exactly whatseems to have hap-pened.

Bartkiw packed ameal of roast beef, pota-toes, and carrots, fol-lowed up by some fruitfor desert. She evengave them milk insteadof juice as a drink. Prob-lem is, none of thoseitems are considered agrainand that goesagainst school policy.As the rules state, if kidsare not buying a schoollunch, parents mustpack one that containsmilk, meat, grains andtwo fruits or veggies. Ifnot, parents are fined $5per item, per child.

(Yikes!)Spotting that Bartkiw's kids'

lunches were missing a grain,

school administrators "supple-mented" the lunches by givingthem a handful of Ritz crackers.(Because really, if mom won't givethem an over-processed "grain" forlunch, who will?)

Here's the note Bartikow wassent to inform her of the whole de-bacle:

Mom Fined Over SchoolLunch Not Having Grains

world out of control

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Thomas Jefferson

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MARKETING COORDINATOR & CITY EDITOR:

AWARD WINNING STAFFRex Gerlach &

Jim Horton (Emeritus)

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MARKETING COORDINATOR& CITY EDITOR:Nancy Gray

GRAPHIC DESIGN:Stacy Nunley

PHOTOGRAPHY & FREELANCE:Chris MacDonald

CONTRIBUTORS:Arnold Dufour, Cathy Green,Moe Kanoudi, Jordan Kobritz,

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government

This is amazing. Be sure to read the 2nd part

Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learningvery early in life and never stopped.

At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.

At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.

At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.

At 16, entered the College of William and Mary. Also couldwrite in Greek with one hand while writing the same inLatin with the other.

At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting underGeorge Wythe.

At 23, started his own law practice.

At 25, was elected to the Virginia Houseof Burgesses.

At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Sum-mary View of the Rights of British Amer-ica ? And retired from his law practice.

At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Conti-nental Congress.

At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .

At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code andwrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeedingPatrick Henry.

At 40, served in Congress for two years.

At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commer-

cial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and JohnAdams.

At 46, servedasthe first Secretary of State under GeorgeWashington.

At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of theAmerican Philosophical Society.

At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active headof Republican Party.

At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .

At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.

At 61, was elected to a second term as President.

At 65, retired to Monticello .

At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.

At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia andserved as its first president.

At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration

of Independence along with John Adams.

Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previousfailed attempts at government. He understood actual history, thenature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be

way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knewhis stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group ofthe brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this state-ment: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever

to gather at one time in the White House with the excep-tion of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

"When we get piled upon one another inlarge cities, as in Europe, we shall be-come as corrupt as Europe ."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"The democracy will cease to existwhen you take away from those whoare willing to work and give to those

who would not."~ Thomas Jefferson

"It is incumbent on every generationto pay its own debts as it goes. A prin-

ciple which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they canprevent the government from wasting the labors of the peopleunder the pretense of taking care of them."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad governmentresults from too much government."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."~ Thomas Jefferson

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep andbear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyrannyin government."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with theblood of patriots and tyrants."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation ofideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

~ Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our

liberties than standing armies.

If the American people ever allow private banks to control theissue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, thebanks and corporations that will grow up around the banks willdeprive the people of all property - until their children wake-uphomeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

Is This a Great Country Or What?Y

ou're a sick senior citizen and thegovernment says they are goingto sell your house to pay for your

nursing care. So what do you do?Our plan gives anyone 65 years or

older a gun but no bullets. You are al-lowed commit one crime with the gun to

kick the penalty up a bit.Of course, this means you will be sent

to prison..... where you will get threemeals a day, a roof over your head, cen-tral heating, air conditioning and all thehealth care you need!

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The implementation of thesingle-use plastic bag banbegan on November 1.

While some stores have

told customers the ten-cents comes to the City, it

is important to know that

the ten-cents is not tax-

able and no part of it

comes to the City. The

ten-cents is being

charged by the store to

cover their cost of the

bags and implementa-

tion/education regarding

the plastic bag ban.

The Spark of Love Campaign began in 1993 in cooperation with ABC/7and local firefighters from Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, San

Bernardino, and Ventura counties. Various agencies work together as theOrange County Toy Collaborative to distribute toys to underprivilegedchildren who may otherwise go without during the holiday season. Thereare many worthwhile toy drives, but the Spark of Love Campaign is the

only one created and operated by firefighters.Huntington Beach Fire Stations, the Civic Center lobby,

and the Police Department lobby will serve as drop-off sitesfor the public to bring new, unwrapped toys or sportsequipment. Through the Spark of Love Toy Drive, theholiday spirit will be felt throughout our communities as

well as in the hearts of less fortunate children. Boxeswill be set up starting November 19 through December24, 2013.

For additional information, please contact Tim Andre,Deputy Fire Marshal/Training, at (714) 536-5418.

Spark Of LoveUpdateon

City of Huntington Beach winter Youth Basketball for children from three- years old to eighth grade! The Pee Wee

program (three- to five-years old) provides a fun, non-competitive environment for children to learn the basics ofbasketball and teamwork. Junior Basketball (six- to eight-years old) allows players to have fun in a semi-com-

petitive setting while staying healthy and active. Pee Wee and Junior programs begin Tuesday, February 1, at the City Gymand Pool, Edison, and Murdy Community Centers. Register now at: HBsands.org.Competitive basketball leagues are also available for youth in the third through eighth grades. The youth basketball program

teaches the importance of teamwork and allows players to learn the fundamentals of basketball while having fun. All games areplayed indoors at the City Gym and Pool or Liberty School. All players will receive an HB recreation jersey and a postseason award.Register now at your local community center or online at: HBsands.org. Leagues begin Saturday, January 11.

Youth Sports

That Day in DallasP

ublishers are remembering the 50th anniver-sary of the assassination of President John F.Kennedy with a cornucopia of new books.

Gain a better understanding of the man and theevents of that day with these titlesavailable from the Li-brary:

Camelot'sCourt: Inside TheKennedy White

House by RobertDallek.

CapturingCamelot: StanleyTretick's Iconic ImagesOf The Kennedys byKitty Kelley.

Dallas 1963 by BillMinutaglio and Steven L.Davis.

Five Days in Novem-ber by Clint Hill and Lisa

McCubbin.

JFK in the Senate: the Pathway To The Presi-dency by John T. Shaw.

JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transfor-mation Of A Man And The Emergence Of AGreat President by Thurston Clarke.

The Day Kennedy Died: Fifty YearsLater LIFE Remembers The Man And TheMoment by the Editors of LIFE.

The Kennedy Half-Century: The Pres-idency, Assassination, And LastingLegacy Of John F. Kennedy by Larry J.Sabato.

These Few Precious Days: TheFinal Year Of Jack With Jackie byChristopher Andersen.

To Move The World: JFK'sQuest For Peace by Jeffrey D.Sachs.

Where Were You?: America Remembers The JFKAssassination compiled and edited by Gus Russo and

Harry Moses.

Oak View Branch LibraryOak View Branch has been very busy, especially

with the In-N-Out Fall Reading Program which at-tracted many children. Children who read 5 books re-ceived a coupon for a free In-N-Out hamburger!

On October 25, the 5th Annual Pumpkin Rafflefor children attending kindergarten through sixthgrade at Oak View Branch Library was conducted byElaine Parker & Barbara Manuel, members of Friendsof the Childrens Library. Twenty-five pumpkins,

kindly donated by Bruces Produce were raffledamong approximately 47 participating children. Itwas a great event and many families left our facilitywith a nice pumpkin!

A Special Halloween Sto-rytime & Crafts session wasoffered to Oak View familieson October 26 featuring storytime, songs, games and treats!

Tutoring: It was verychallenging to find anavailable table at OakView during Octoberdue to an increase inprivate tutors meet-

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The information contained in this column does not

necessarily reflect the opinion of The Local News.

Jordan Kobritz is a former attorney, CPA, andMinor League Baseball team owner. He is a Pro-fessor and Chair of the Sport Management Depart-ment at SUNY Cortland and is a contributing authorto the Business of Sports Network and maintains theblog: http://sportsbeyondthelines.com Jordan canbe reached at [email protected]

In a reversalof priorpractice, the

NFL recentlyannounced that it will pay 1,500 volunteersto help out at next years Super Bowl game inNew Jersey. In the past,the NFL Super BowlHost Committee has en-listed thousands of un-paid volunteers to assistwith events during SuperBowl week.

The NFLs decision

was prompted by a classaction law suit that was-n't brought against theNFL but MLB. After lastsummers All-Star GameFan Fest in New York City,2,000 volunteers sued MLB demanding rea-sonable compensation. While that suit has yetto be settled, the NFL elected to err on the sideof caution, and for good reason.

In June, the Federal District Court for theSouthern District of New York handed down adecision in a case brought by two plaintiffswho were hired as unpaid interns to work onthe set of the movie Black Swan. Judge

William Pauley ruled that the plaintiffs werenot interns but employee sand should have

been covered under the minimum wage andovertime provisions of the U.S. Fair LaborStandards Act (FLSA) as well as New Yorkslabor laws.

The ruling was bemoaned in some circles asthe end to unpaid internships. In fact, the rul-

ing plowed no newlegal ground. Itmerely reiteratedthe long standingsix-part test es-tablished by theU.S. Departmentof Labor to de-

termine whethera for-profitem-ployer mustcompensate anintern as an em-

ployee or whetheran intern may work for free.

The Department of Labors position and theBlack Swan case are applicable to the NFL,MLB and other for-profit sport organizationsbecause under federal minimum wage andovertime laws there is no distinction betweenan intern and a volunteer. Non-profit (e.g.,charitable) entities are generally not subject tothe provisions of the FLSA.

The NFL will hire less than ten percent of thevolunteers needed for next years Super Bowl.

The NY-NJ Super Bowl Host Committee willhire upwards of 15,000 volunteers to assistwith community projects leading up to and in-cluding the game. But the Host Committee isattempting to fend off a potential lawsuit by re-quiring every volunteer to sign a waiver whichstates, among other things, that they won'tjoin a class-action suit asking to be paid. AlKelly, CEO of the Host Committee, told theNew York Daily News, We bel ieve volun-teerism is the heart of what makes Americagreat. What Kelly didnt say is that volun-teerism also contributes to an organizations orevents profitability.

To add insult to injury, Super Bowl volun-teers won't even receive tickets to the game.Their only benefit will be a free uniform whichthey must wear while on duty.For volunteerswho are paid, at least they wont have to usetheir own funds to wash those uniforms.

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Play it safe - never touch

anything caught in a

power line.

If an object gets caught in a power

line, call SCE at (800) 611-1911 to

report the problem.

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FOR OVER 100 YEARSLIFE. POWERED BY EDISON.

approximate $500,000 of sales isspread among neighboring cities.Two levels of the consequence ofNO; first, the 10 or so LOCAL non-

profits each raising about $40,000 islost and they either need to backfillwith other sources of revenue or cutback on needed charity services,second, that lost $500,000 or so dis-sipates throughout the neighboring

community with very little if anyfinding a back way to the City ofNO.

Other items currently or perhapsin the near future include No on Sty-rofoam, No to lead pencils, NO tostraws. What's next...oh, too manyrestaurants downtown so NO to anymore that serve alcohol. They havealready said NO to any conveniencestore that sells alcohol like 7-11, orany new grocery store that has thatproduct in inventory.

Let's see, I think there are toomany real estate offices in HB -per-

haps No to any more. Are there toomany gyms, too many salon shops,too many gas stations? Where doyou draw the line.

Let's take the simplest and easiestto say No to...Styrofoam, and letsstart in the beginning. We have along standing and comprehensivecontract with our refuse hauler. We,you and I...each homeowner in thecity, pays them every month to re-cycle, sort through reusables forseveral reasons: (1) it is smart to sortand recycle, and, 2, we help keepour refuse cost down by being smart

enough to have a company like

Rainbow manage that environmen-tal issue for us.

Ed Note: "Expanded Polystyrene(EPS), also knownas Styrofoam, is re-covered from vari-ous sourceseparated recyclablelocally and mixed

waste streams inHuntington Beachby Rainbow. Annu-ally, 40 tons (80,000lbs.) of Styrofoam isrecovered by Rain-bow's recycling op-erations. 100% ofthis material is soldto local SouthernCalifornia marketsat rates that fluctu-ate between $60 -$190 per ton. An-nual recycling salesrevenue from EPSa p p r o x i m a t e s$5,600. RecycledEPS from Rainbowis remanufacturedinto high qualitycrown molding, pic-ture frames andsurfboards."

I won't even gointo the economics of plastic bags,that are in fact recyclable.

The policies of No are better fo-cused on Downtown, HuntingtonBeach. NO more tolerance of bar vi-olations, drunks, use of sidewalks

by non pedestrians, etc.The politics of NO is an emotional

stance -popular in spirit and usuallydevastatingly negative when soundeconomic policies are considered.

I've lived here long enough to ex-perience years and years of not onesingle homicide in the entire commu-nity. I have been present when we'vebeen designated one of the nation'ssafest communities, been distin-guished as a great city to bring upchildren, an awarding city wherewomen are respected, with the great-est of libraries...and a pet friendly

community form the get -go.I propose we step back and look

around, study the past and see whatwe did to earn those honors...andreplicate them so we can return tothose outstanding moments ofrecognition.

Also, please consider, not so fastand raise our hands to be among thefew to say NO..even if the NOmight be eventually a mandate. Atleast in the meantime we are notmaking our neighboring cities richerat the expense of the lifestyle of ourown taxpayers.

Any thoughts?

The DevastatingConsequences

of the Politics ofUnqualified NO's!

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In September of 2005, on thefirst day of school, MarthaCothren, a History teacher at

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to be forgotten.On the first dayof school, withthe permissionof the schoolsuperintendent,the principaland the build-ing supervisor,she removed allof the desks inher classroom.When the firstperiod kids en-tered the roomthey discoveredthat there wereno desks. 'Ms.Cothren, whereare our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have adesk until you tell me how you earnthe right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it'sour grades.' 'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.' She toldthem, 'No, it's not even your behav-ior.'

And so, they came and went, thefirst period, second period, thirdperiod. Still no desks in the class-

room. Kids called their parents to

tell them what was happening andby early afternoon television newscrews had started gathering at theschool to report about this crazy

teacher who had taken all the desksout of her room.

The final period of the day cameand as the puzzled students foundseats on the floor of the desk-lessclassroom. Martha Cothren said,'Throughout the day no one hasbeen able to tell me just what he orshe has done to earn the right to sitat the desks that are ordinarilyfound in this classroom. Now I amgoing to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren

went over to the door of her class-room and opened it. Twenty-seven(27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform,walked into that classroom, eachone carrying a school desk. TheVets began placing the school desks

in rows, and then they would walkover and stand alongside the wall.By the time the last soldier had setthe final desk in place those kidsstarted to understand, perhaps forthe first time in their lives, just howthe right to sit at those desks hadbeen earned.

Martha said, 'You didn't earn theright to sit at these desks. These he-roes did it for you. They placed the

desks here for you. They wenthalfway around the world, givingup their education and interruptingtheir careers and families so youcould have the freedom you have.Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It

is your responsibility to learn, to begood students, to be good citizens.They paid the price so that youcould have the freedom to get aneducation. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story.And this teacher was awarded Vet-erans of Foreign Wars Teacher ofthe Year for the State of Arkansasin 2006. She is the daughter of aWWII POW.


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"When I wrote the

book," explained

wine merchantKermit Lynch, "I thought the oenologists weregoing to take over."

We were chatting about Adventures on the WineRoute, Lynch'sseminal tour ofFrance that can befound on everywine enthusiast's

bookshelf. Whenthe book was re-leased in 1988,Lynch feared that"old-style wines" --artisanal projectsthat expressed asense of place --were on their wayout, so he launcheda crusade to edu-cate his "clients tothe diversity andvirtue of thosewines."

Lynch enteredthe wine industry in 1972. A struggling musician,Lynch had been paying his bills by fashioning

purses out of rug scraps. That business wasn't per-sonally fulfilling, so when a suitor came knocking,he sold, using the proceeds to spend four months inEurope.

Lynch came back from Europe with a passionfor wine, but wasn't able to find a job in the industry.

So his girlfriend lent him $5,000 to open up a wine

shop in Albany, California. Lynch soon became adistributor and importer, as well, and relocated toBerkeley in the early 1980s.

It's fitting that Lynch moved to Berkeley. The siteof so much ferment, it's a logical place to spearheada wine revolution. And that's the only way to de-scribe Lynch's efforts. He transformed America'swine scene.

By the time Adventures on the Wine Route hitbookstores, Lynch had gained a dedicated, nationalfollowing. Unlike other merchants, Lynch's portfo-lio was focused -- he assured his customers that he'dtasted and enjoyed every wine on offer. He was ob-sessed with authenticity, happy to criticize produc-ers who churned out industrialized, soulless wines.He brought attention to unheralded wine regions.

And he mocked blind tastings as "spurious and mis-leading."

As he wrote in the introduction to his book, "Suchtasting conditions have nothing to do with the con-ditions under which the wines will presumably bedrunk, which is at table, with food. When a womanchooses a hat, she does not put it on a goat's headto judge it; she puts it on her own."

Lynch spread this gospel across the countrythrough regular newsletters. He spoke about winecomfortably and sought to make it approachable,convinced that "those who would make it ponder-ous make it dull."

Lynch inspired many imitators and changed theway Americans purchase wine. These days, if youwalk into any good wine shop and watch how the

geekiest consumers select wine, you'll undoubtedly

see people flipping bot-tles over to check im-

port label. These savvyshoppers know that inaddition to Lynch, theycan rely on importerslike Neal Rosenthal,Louis/Dressner, TerryTheise, Peter Wey-

gandt, and others to bring in good wine.One could even argue that Lynch helped save

wine from itself. By proving that the American mar-ket was thirsty for traditional wines from the backroads of France, Lynch helped stave off the indus-trialization of wine.

During our chat, Lynch was too humble to takecredit for any of this. But even though he still wor-ries about the ascension of so-called "pop" wines -- heavy, oak-soaked concoctions designed for massappeal -- he'll admit that his crusade has succeeded

beyond his wildest expectations."When you go to New York," he said, "look at

the wine lists today and the inventories in the wineshops. Gosh, it's amazing! Wines from all over theworld, regions all over the world, grape varietiesyou've never heard of, little domains that you'venever heard."

The 25th anniversary edition of Lynch's book waspublished this month. It's still as relevant as everand an absolute pleasure to read.

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Police Ask Random Drivers For

Saliva, Breath, Blood Samples...Hmm!Pete Bigelow, Associate Editor, AOL Auto reports..."Police officers in Fort Worth, Texas, set up a road-block on a busy city street last week, and directedmotorists into a parking lot, where they were asked to sub-mit samples of their breath,saliva and blood.

Asked, not required. Thatwas an important distinction,yet one that was lost on at leastone bewildered driver snaggedin the roadblock, according toNBC in Dallas-Fort Worth.

The roadblock was part of athree-year study conducted bya private contractor on behalf

the National Highway TrafficSafety Administration that,using a random sampling,aims to determine how manymotorists are under the influ-ence of alcohol or drugs. Itwas unclear from reportswhether or not active-duty oroff-duty police were conducting the tests, but they wereinvolved in the road block that stopped drivers and di-verted them to a parking lot where the tests were con-ducted.

Participation in the study was supposedly voluntary, al-though at least one Fort Worth driver felt coerced into giv-ing samples.

"I gestured to the guy in front that I wanted to gostraight, but he wouldn't let me, and forced me into a park-ing spot," motorist Kim Cope tells NBC in Dallas-Fort

Worth. "I finally did the Breathalyzer test just because Ithought that would be the easiest way to leave."A police spokesperson issued an apology, saying it was

sorry, "if any of our drivers and citizens were offended or

inconvenienced."Friday's roadblock in Fort Worth was part of NHTSA's

National Roadside Survey Of Alcohol and Drug Use ByDrivers. The survey involved randomly stopping drivers

at 300 locations across the country, according to theagency's website.

Drivers are supposed to be paid $10 to $50 for their par-ticipation, although Cope said she did not receive any pay-ment.

"It just doesn't seem right that you can be forced off theroad when you're not doing anything wrong," she toldNBC.

In a written response Wednesday, a NHTSA spokesper-son told AOL Autos that no officials were available to ad-

dress the survey methods today. Bernard Murphy, the chiefexecutive officer of the Pacific Institute for Research andEvaluation, the contractor that helped conduct the road-block with the help of off-duty police officers, did not re-

turn an email requesting comment.AOL Autos dug up information from Pacific Institute

for Research and Evaluation's earlier attempts of the samesurvey conducted for NHTSA in 2007. Documents related

to that survey described the company'smethodology.

If drivers initially refused to participate,the document said, PIRE attempted to "con-vert" them with a financial incentive. Of444 drivers who initially refused to partici-pate in 2007, PIRE said in documents itconverted 50 percent of them with financialincentives, that can range from payments upto $100.

If a driver still refused to participate they

were counted as a refusal and the inter-viewer asked them for a breath sample be-fore they left the site.

Law enforcement officers in Texas havebeen involved in mul tiple incidents in re-cent years where civil-liberties violationshave occurred.

In May 2012, a state trooper performedillegal body cavity searches of two women on the side ofthe road during a routine traffic stop outside of Houston.A dashcam in a police cruiser captured the incident.

In July 2012, another trooper performed roadside cavitysearches on two women during a traffic stop near Dallasthat started because one of them had allegedly thrown acigarette butt from her car window. No drugs or other con-traband were found in either case, and the motorists wereallowed to proceed. Texas officials later acknowledgedboth searches were unconstitutional, according to

MSNBC."Pete Bigelow is an associate editor at AOL Autos. Hecan be reached via email at [email protected] followed on Twitter @PeterCBigelow.

AOL staff reporters are barking up this tree..."Stray dogs destroy car body trying to catch a catTwo stray pit bulls turned one Florida woman's car into a large, expensive chew toy.ABC Local 10 spoke to Gail Beckwith, whose Toyota Yaris is now covered in teeth indentations

made by the neighborhood strays. The pair were chasing a cat that took shelter inside her wheel

well. The dogs left deep bite marks in the fiberglass body and even peeled away a portion of thefront quarter panel trying to get at it.Beckwith told the station that while the damage is bad, her main concern is for children in the

area."If they can do this to a car, imagine what they can do to kids, and there's two schools in the

area," she said."

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Between September 11and November 13, 1981, theaverage rate on a thirty yearfixed mortgage was over18%, according to FreddieMacs survey of mortgagelenders. Freddie Mac hasbeen keeping track of mort-gage rates since 1971. This span in the early 80s marks the highest ratesin their record books.

The cause of these high rates was simple: inflation. The rate of inflationhad jumped from 5% in the 1970s to well over 10% in the early 1980s.As inflation approached 15%, the Federal Reserve moved to reduce con-sumer spending by raising benchmark rates and increasing the cost of bor-

rowing. The Fed continued to raise rates until the economy was at astand-still. Eventually it worked and inflation started coming back down.

More recently, interest rates started dropping to new record lows in2009. The drop in rates was fueled by a drop in inflation. In July of 2008the inflation rate reached as high as 5.6%. Exactly one year later, the in-flation rate was at a negative 2.1% (deflation). There were a few monthsin 2011 when the inflation rate ticked up over 3%, and mortgage ratesticked up as well. Otherwise the inflation rate has remained largely withinthe Feds target range of 1.0% - 2.0%, and mortgage rates have benefited.

The thirty year fixed was already at record lows when it touched downbelow 5% in 2009. According to Freddie Mac, the average rate on thethirty year fixed mortgage from 1971 to present is 6.7%. By this standard,

o b -t a i n -ing athirtyy e a r fixed rate below 6% is still a his-torically good rate. Obtaininga thirty year fixed rate below5% is a great rate. And whenthirty year financing was avail-able below 4% in 2012 that wassimply ridiculous. Thirty yearfixed rates in the 3% range werecreated by a combination of lowinflation rates and strong ac-commodative policies by theFederal Reserves QuantitativeEasing Programs.

Based on the most recent in-flation reading, the door is openfor rates to stay low a whilelonger. At a mere 1.2% rightnow, inflation is running at the

low end of the Feds target range between one and two percent. So longas inflation remains low, the Fed can continue to maintain its accommoda-tive stance on fueling the economy. Although its not likely to see thethirty year fixed rate drop back below 4% again, its also not likely thoserates will be back up over 5% any time soon.

Hopefully, History Lesson OnMortgage Rate That Will Continue

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E-mail: [email protected]

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The information contained in thiscolumn does not necessarily reflect

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Chicken From China:Not Chow Mien - Perhaps Ptomaine!USDA Says It Has Not Finalized Audit Of

ChinaChicken from China has officials on alert, in-

cluding U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)As WCBS 880s Jim Smith reported Sunday,

Schumer said first, the U.S. Department ofAgriculture only allowed chickens that hadbeen processed in China to be sold in the U.S.Now, he said the USDA plans to green-lightpoultry raised and slaughtered in China.

This has never happened before, and it is a

bad idea, Schumer argued.China has been a massive source of foodpoisoning here in America for years, he said.

A step closer to final approval, Schumer saida USDA report to Congress indicated aspectsof the Chinese slaughter system to be equiva-lent to that of the U.S.

Why is the USDA doing it? he said. Wejust dont know.

In response to Schumers comments, the USDAsaid it is legally obligated to review requests fromcountries waiting to export, but it has not finalized itsaudit of China.

As to whether the Chinese pou