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Why do we print pages of Patrons every month?

ALEX ACCETTA ALEX A. ACCETTA, CPA & ASSOC. CO-OWNER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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We touch on many topics here in our monthly Page 2 column, but our favorite subject to talk about is our amazing patrons.

CURT SEEDEN EDITOR We so appreciate all of you who support the magazine by stepping up fvmagazine@live.com (714) 847-7714 and being patrons. Thanks to you, we can devote page after page in the magazine to all of our hard-working volunteer and non-profit groups in

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PAGE DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER LYNN SEEDEN Thanks to patron support, non-profits like the Fountain Valley Schools

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FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER WAYNE MAH Foundation, Fountain Valley Community Foundation, Woman’s Club, His COLUMNIST STEVE SCHULTZ torical Society, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, Firefighters Association and the

GADVERTISING DIRECTOR GREG JOHNSON, (714) 642-2583 Police Officers Association can promote their events and service through AD GRAPHIC ARTISTS LAURA ROMERO CHELSEA SIEVERS either non-profit advertising or articles and columns.

This month, you’ll notice that some of our patrons—those who have PRINT PRODUCTION FREEDOM PRINTING,

given $100 or more in 2018—are also showing their support for some of our ANAHEIM regular columns. Several patrons have already stepped up to sponsor the MAIL PREPARATION HANDS-ON MAILING, BUENA PARKRS Mayor’s Column, the Chamber of Commerce column and the Steve Schultz column. Other column sponsorships are available.

We want to continue to use this magazine to supply you with positive, upbeat and inspiring stories about your neighbors, your friends, local organizations, the people with whom you do business, and the people who serve and protect our city. It is our patrons and advertisers who make this publication possible.

If you are thinking about being a 2018 patron or if you have already become a 2018 patron, let us know if you would like to be a sponsor of any of our columns by emailing us at fvmagazine@live.com or by calling (714) 847-7714.

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ON THE COVER: The annual Fit Body Boot Camp 5K Fun Run (for us, it

would be a Fun Walk) drew about 700 participants of all ages last month to the FV Sports Park.

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Fountain Valley Living Magazine is mailed free each month to homes and businesses in 92708 (no P.O. boxes). Additional copies are placed on countertops throughout the community (see inside back cover for locations). Total monthly distribution is 25,000 copies (20,650 mailed; 4,350 countertop), for a total distribution of 300,000 copies per year. The publication is funded by advertising, patrons and fundraisers.

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Step Up for a Good Cause

At Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center we understand the importance of helping people live happier, healthier lives. That is why we invite you to join us as we sponsor and participate in the 2018 Orange County Heart & Stroke Walk.

Saturday, March 24

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M A G A Z I N E PAT R O N SPOTLIGHT

Meet Sam & Diane Get to know your neighbors:

The Salzmans

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ountain Valley Living Magazine is blessed to have scores of individuals, businesses and organizations that sign up each year to be patrons—for which we are truly grateful.

We thought it would be fun for all our readers to meet some of our patrons on a regular basis.

This month we visit with Sam and Diane Salzman.

So how long have the Salzmans lived in Fountain Valley, and what brought them here?

Sam and Diane moved to Fountain Valley in 1987. Diane is from Boston and Sam was in Huntington Beach. Sam was active with CB radios and the CB’ers would hold “Friday Night Coffee Breaks” at the Howard Johnson’s near the Westminster Mall.

That’s where they met. They dated for a while and married in 1982.

Their backgrounds?

Diane worked for a medical equipment company in Boston and jumped at an opportunity to transfer to California.

After attending city college in Los Angeles, Sam joined the Air Force and served for four years. He went back to college at Cal State Northridge and later worked as an accountant for Texaco. He then worked as an auditor for the state for 36 years.

What do they do for fun?

Diane bowls three times a week at Fountain Bowl. Sam plays poker a couple of times a week. They both love to travel. They’ve been to Italy, Spain, England, the Caribbean and Mexico, just to name a few destinations. And they enjoy taking cruises.

And why are they magazine patrons?

“It’s our city’s communicator,” Diane said. “It tells us everything that’s going on in the city.”

Added Sam: “Every city should have one.”

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FVSD art show is April 17

The 16th annual Fountain Valley District Art Show will be held from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 17 in the district office.

The show will showcase art from each of the district’s 10 school sites.

Additionally, there will be “make and take” art stations, a cookie station, performances by the district’s instrumental music program and food trucks.

The district office is at 10055 Slater Ave. For info, call (714) 843-3200.

Moose Invitational is June 25

The Fountain Valley High School Football Boosters and the Michael Musso Memorial Fund will host the 13th annual “Moose Invitational” Golf Tournament on Monday, June 25 at Mile Square Golf Course.

The annual event helps raise money for the Fountain Valley High School Baron Football program and the Michael Musso Memorial Fund.

Michael, a 2004 graduate of Fountain Valley High School, lost his life in a car accident July 29, 2005. Through this fundraiser, a scholarship is given to a four-year Baron football player each year.

Cost to play is $150 per golfer, which includes green fees, cart fees, practice range, door prizes, gift bags, a buffet lunch and the banquet dinner.

Registration and practice begin at 11 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 1 p.m. A banquet dinner follows at 6 p.m.

There are various sponsorship packages available. For more information, go to www.fvhsfootball.com.

Republic Services develops smart phone app

To help schedule additional services such as bulky item disposal or replacement of damaged containers, Republic Services has developed a smart phone app.

Residents and businesses can download the “With My Resource” app at the App Store or Google Play or sign up online at republiconline.com. With the app, you can also report a missed pickup, and receive alerts from Republic Services.

If your trash, recycling or yard waste cart was not emptied on your trash collection day, contact Republic Services within 24 hours of your collection day (including Saturday morning) at (714) 847-3581 to arrange for a make-up collection.

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“ He left heroic footprints ..”

PATRICK HAM PRINCIPAL, COX SCHOOL

Upper-grade teachers at Cox School honor student Carter Ankeny by wearing Capt. America T-shirts— Carter’s favorite super hero. Carter’s parents, Jaime and Tim, and baby sister Taylor, who will be attending Cox in a few years, were in attendance for the Buddy Bench dedication.

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For Carter Cox School pays tribute to student Carter Ankeny

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arter Ankeny will always be remembered at Cox Elementary School.

Carter was a beloved student at Cox who was scheduled to start his firstgrade year. After beating cancer, he passed away on Oct. 8, 2017, just days shy of his 7th birthday, from complications related to his leukemia treatment.

“Carter loved everything about school,”

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Principal Patrick Ham said. “He loved lining up for recess, going to the library, having lunch with his friends, and being the ultimate buddy to everyone in his class. Through all his trials, Carter rarely missed a day of school.”

The school’s Parent Teacher Organization has honored Carter by dedicating a “Buddy Bench” for him in the kindergarten playground at the school.

Carter is survived by his parents, Jamie and Tim and his sister, Taylor.

“He left heroic footprints with so many of our students, staff and family,” Ham added. www.FountainValleyMagazine.net

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Kudos to Steve Schultz

The following letters were addressed to columnist Steve Schultz: Steve, I just want to let you know how much I love your articles. I look forward to reading them, and they are the most important of anything I read in the magazine.

I have not read one single article that wasn’t interesting and life enhancing. Please don’t ever stop writing for FV Magazine!

—Johnita Tyson

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I’d like to thank Mr. Schultz for his monthly article in FV Magazine. I wish there were more articles spreading messages like his in daily newspapers in the country instead of the gory details of robberies, murders, suicides and rapes that they regularly and incessantly feed us in regular doses.

Every month I look forward to reading Mr. Schultz’s uplifting and inspiring messages.

Thank you, Mr. Schultz and God bless. I am so happy that we still have teachers like yourself teaching the young people of our country.

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Fountain Valley High School baseball fans should mark their calendars for Thursday, April 12.

The Barons baseball team will take on Foothill High School in the annual Halo Classic. Parking and stadium entrance are free, and admission is limited to the first 1,200 spectators.

Game time is 3:30 p.m.

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It’s Magazine Day in ... Chicago and St. Paul, Minn.

Longtime resident and big Anaheim Ducks fan Glenn Grandis brought Fountain Valley Living Magazine along when he and two of his friends, Neal Gerber and Cliff Verity, followed the Ducks on a four-game road trip that took them to Detroit, Chicago, Minnesota and Las Vegas. Glenn shows off his Fountain Valley Magazine during the Ducks’ 3-2 victory in Chicago and again in St. Paul, Minn. where the Ducks beat the Wild 3-2 in a shootout. www.FountainValleyMagazine.net

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Annual event raised $16,000 for Fountain Valley charities.

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The Fountain Valley Community Foundation staged another highly successful FV Fit Body Boot Camp 5K FunRun/Walk on Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Fountain Valley Sports Park.

The event once again had a “super hero” theme and attracted more than 700 participants and raised just under $16,000.

Participants’ registration fees could go toward the charity of their choice. Fulton Middle School had the most participants and won the right to host a movie night using city equipment.

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Fire Department recognizes its own

Chris Grogan holds quite the distinction.

During the Fountain Valley Fire Department’s annual Recognition Ceremony, Grogan was named the Firefighter of the Year. It marks the third time Grogan has received the award.

Fire Engineer Grogan is the only employee in the history of the department to be recognized as the Firefighter of the Year three times, also winning in 2002 and 2013.

The annual ceremony was held Jan. 26 at City Hall and featured service recognition for personnel who have been with the department for five, 10, 15 and 20 years.

Additionally, three fire employees earned promotions. Adolfo Velasco was promoted to administrative training captain, Mike Echan was promoted to captain and Bryan McKay was promoted to battalion chief.

Fire Chief Tony Coppolino swore in new hires, firefighter/ paramedic David Reeves, and returning firefighter/paramedic, Chris Grogan was named Firefighter of the Year ... for the third time Rony Dawly.

Firefighter-paramedic Sean in his career. He is pictured, above, in 2013, which was the second Also, the Ron Chamberlain O’Donnell is this year’s reciptime he was bestowed the award. ient of the Ron Chamberlain Award was given to Firefighter/ Award.

Paramedic Sean O’Donnell. The Ron Chamberlain Award is named for retired fire engineer Ron Chamberlain who retired after 30 years with the department.

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Texas Hold ‘Em is March 3

By CURT SEEDEN Fountain Valley Living Magazine

The Fountain Valley Community Foundation’s next Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament is set for Saturday, March 3 at the Center at Founders Village Senior and Community Center.

This is a charity tournament with your registration fee going directly to the non-profit you designate.

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Cost to register online is $25 by going to fvcommunityfoundation. org. Or you can register the night of the tournament for $30 starting at 5:15 p.m.

The first hand is dealt at 6 p.m.

It’s a fun evening that includes food and beverages and a silent auction.

The senior center is at 17967 Bushard St. More information about the event: Call Glenn Grandis at (714) 457-3557.

Easter Egg Hunt is March 31 The Fountain Valley Recreation and Community Services Department will once again host the annual Easter Egg Hunt, this year set for Saturday, March 31 at the Fountain Valley Sports Park.

Festivities are set for 8 to 11:30 a.m. at the Sports Park, 16400 Brookhurst St., and include free carnival games, crafts and bounce houses.

The Kiwanis Club of Fountain Valley will provide a pancake breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Cost is $5 per person, which includes, pancakes, sausage and a beverage.

Youngsters can have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny for $2 per photo.

Egg hunts will run continuously for ages 11 and under from 8:30-11 a.m. Parents are encouraged to remain out of the hunt areas so children can enjoy their own goodies. Children should bring their own basket or bag.

For more information, call (714) 839-8611 or visit www.fountainvalley.org.

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The Fountain Valley Woman’s Club will present “The Demise of Dusty Dan,” a whodunit murder mystery fundraiser on Saturday, March 24.

The event includes a Mexican buffet dinner, dessert, non-alcoholic beverages and the play. Cost is $35 a ticket. There will be a no-host bar, auction items and opportunity drawings. Doors open at 6 p.m. The fundraiser will be held at the Assistance League of Huntington Beach (a couple hundred yards from Fountain Valley), at 8071 Slater Ave. Send your check payable to the FV Woman’s Club c/o Georgette Sleeth, 16897 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach or call (714) 206-0156 for more info.

VIP guests who purchase a table for 10 will receive premium reserved seating and two bottles of wine for their table Seating is limited. Purchase your tickets early and help the Woman’s Club raise funds for FV 2018 high school senior scholarships.

Lenten fish bakes on Fridays at Holy Spirit

The Knights of Columbus will serve up their Lenten fish bakes from 5 to 7 p.m. Fridays, March 2, 9, 16 and 23 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 17270 Ward St. The menu features fried fish, Vietnamese charbroiled fish with vermicelli noodles, New England clam chowder, macaroni and cheese, onion rings, French fries and egg rolls.

Beer and wine are also available for purchase. Cost is $10 for adults, $6 for children.

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■ Highly involved volunteer, leader and fundraiser in Fountain Valley

■ Proven leadership experience and financially disciplined

■ 30-year member of Kiwanis

■ Committed to long-term fiscal stability and smart economic growth for Fountain Valley

■ 11-year Director of the FV Community Foundation (and a Founding Director) ■ 12-year volunteer with Varsity Baron Football Coaching staff

■ Visionary, balanced with careful planning for the future ■ First-time candidate for City Council

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Managing owner of Los Caballeros President, Green Valley HOA

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Owner, Mimi’s Jewelry

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WANTED: Fountain Valley High School Sports Hall of Fame nominations

The nominations are streaming in for the newly created Fountain Valley Sports Hall of Fame.

The Fountain Valley Community Foundation is making plans for the inaugural Hall of Fame ceremony, which will honor five athletes, one team and one coach or contributor from Fountain Valley High School. In 2019, the Foundation will honor athletes, a team and coach from Los Amigos High School.

Residents have been invited to submit nominations of athletes, coaches and teams.

As of this writing, here are the nominations received: Ken Margerum (football, track) Cathy Marino (kayaking) Ken Dudredge (athletic director) Glenn Anderson (wrestling) Duval Love (football) Russell Holmes (volleyball) 1968-69 FVHS wrestling team 1977 FVHS wrestling team Russ Abrahams (football/wrestling) Sharon Hatfield (track &field) Candie Kung (golf) Willie Gittens (football/track) Amy Clark (swimming) Theresa Pulchalsi (basketball) Bryan Caldwell (football, volleyball, track) Shirley Babashoff (swimming) Bruce Pickford (football coach) 1977-78 football team Emile Harry (football) Carl Harry (football) Mitch Finklea (wrestling/football) Gary Bohay (wrestling/gymnastics) Ray Bray (swimming and diving coach) Carlos Briceno (volleyball) Dave Brown (basketball coach) To nominate an athlete, team or coach visit fvcommunityfoundation.org for rules of eligibility.

More information: Call Community Foundation member Bob Israelsky at (714) 274-5225.

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There’s a lot happening over the Beer & Wine Garden: For the 21 four days, including some new features. and older crowd.

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Buy carnival ride tent to continue their athleticwristbands on line and support your local nonprof- of musical groups performing his year. careers at four-year colleges.

You’ll recognize a lot of them because it or buy at the Recreation Center.

The ninethem students took they’re considered FV favorites: Gointoa www.fvsummerfest.com. part ceremonial letThursday, June 25 (Preview Night) Classic Car & Truck Show (time to ter-signing event in the high Sisters DeLaney and Jaclynn Sheppard, daughters ofKool-aid).

FVPD’s 6 p.m.: Kuhlayd (pronounced sign up your car): The ninth annual Capt.

Matt Sheppard, both signed to attend Metro State school gym in February.

This is the same group that performed University, Denver, where they will play softball.

Fountain Valley Classic Car & Truck The athletes are: Conrad a few years ago at the O.C. Chocolate Show is set for Saturday, June 27.

Villafuente (baseball) who Festival.

“The event is held on grass, a perfect Friday, June 26 will attend NCAA Division II College (Wala Wala, Wash.); Kylena Wilson setting for a family or club picnic 5 p.m.: Mark Esterday & the 40oz Colorado Mesa; Hanh Pham (soccer), Westminster College; Marissa Lynch since there will be a variety of foods Band7 p.m.: Party Jones (girls’ tennis), UC Riverside; (soccer) UC San Diego; and sisters DeLaney available in addition to the numerous 9 p.m.: House Party Shayla Erickson (swimming), and JacLynn Sheppard (softball), Metro State Saturday, June 27 vendors displaying their latest merUniversity of Houston; University of Denver.

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Friends of Library garden sale is April 28

The Fountain Valley Friends of the Library will hold their annual Garden Plant fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28 on the library’s outdoor patio, 17635 Los Alamos St. Plants and garden books will be available for sale.

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Youngsters ages 6-15 are invited to fish for free, and finalists and winners in different age groups will compete for prizes.

The North Lake at Mile Square Park will be stocked with more than 1,000 pounds of trout and catfish.

Additionally, fishing clinics will be held. A limited number of fishing rods will be available for loan.

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On April 13, the Boosters are hosting a “Movie on the Turf, a screening of a family-friendly movie on a portable screen on the turf of the football field.

At that same event, the Boosters will be collecting donation items for Goodwill. More information on this event will be available soon.

On April 14, the Goodwill donation drive will continue from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the high school parking lot.

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Part of the Fountain Valley Chamber’s mission statement is to build a sound economic base and orderly growth that benefits the entire community.

The Strategic Marketing Council, a committee of the Fountain Valley Chamber, is asking for help from the community in collecting email addresses.

In return, we will be entering those who sign up a chance to win a $100, $50 or $25 MARY PARSONS Visa gift card.

There will also be a grand prize drawing at the end of the year so everyone who entered throughout the year has a second chance at winning.

Look for the Chamber table at the city’s Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31 where we will be collecting email addresses.

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Friday, March 16: Breakfast Business Connection, 7:30-9 a.m., Ayres Hotel, 17550 Brookhurst St. Cost: $15 for chamber members, $20 for non-members.

Topic: Social Media Platforms & Digital Branding with Mikhail Alfron, Blue Light Media. Also, a city update from Maggie Le, assistant to the city manager.

Tuesday, March 27: Chamber Non-profit Expo Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Mile Square Golf Course Banquet Room, 10401 Warner Ave. Cost: $25 for members, $30 for non-members.

Friday, April 20: Breakfast Business Connection, 7:30-9 a.m., Ayres Hotel, 17550 Brookhurst St. Cost $15 for chamber members, $20 for non-members.

Topic: City update with City Manager Rob Houston.

Chamber Office: (714) 962-3822.

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Taste of Fountain Valley is April 21

This year’s Taste of Fountain Valley, a fundraiser for the Fountain Valley Schools Foundation, is set for 6-10 p.m. April 21 at Los Caballeros Sports Village.

The 2018 Taste of Fountain Valley will feature more than 30 restaurants, eateries, caterers, patisseries, bakeries and specialty foods from Fountain Valley and nearby cities.

The evening event will also feature the region’s wineries, breweries and live musical entertainment.

All proceeds go to support the Fountain Valley Schools Foundation, a 501(C)3 non-profit organization formed to enrich each student’s academic experience by providing cutting edge technology and resources.

Los Caballeros is at 17272 Newhope St. Childcare will be available.

More information is available by going to the Taste of Fountain Valley Facebook page or by calling (714) 6257198.

Attention classic car buffs:

Annual fundraising breakfast is April 3

Tickets are on sale for the 10th annual Old Car Breakfast & Tour, a popular event for old-car enthusiasts.

This year’s breakfast is set for 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, at Applebee’s, 18279 Brookhurst St., and will include breakfast, raffle prizes and a tour of some interesting car-related locations.

Cost is $10.

The breakfast will include scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage and choice of orange juice or coffee.

Tickets may be purchased in advance (cash only) at The Center at Founders Village Senior and Community Center, 17967 Bushard St. E-mail: fvmagazine@live.com

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windfall, a bonanza, a jackpot—whichever word you choose—would be an accurate description of the 12 offers my clients received within the first week their Villa Monterey tract home hit the market this month.

They worked tirelessly in January loading trash SUSAN SAURASTRI bins, renting storage space and filling the garage.

A complete interior paint job included painting the original kitchen and bathroom cabinets white.

Professional staging and photography with a social media blitz resulted in bringing just under 100 potential buyers to their open house on Saturday, Feb. 3.

The home with three bedrooms and two baths is a single level and offers 1,820 square feet of living space with a lot size of 6,300 and a garden atrium. It features four sets of sliding doors blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living.

The home backs to the 405 freeway, Brookhurst exit. The proposed Cal Trans expansion, now underway, is a seller disclosure item.

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A seller is always in a position of power when she can negotiate up, not down. That scenario is achieved when multiple buyers compete for the property that is priced just at or under the comparative sales.

Fountain Valley is in the throes of a hot seller’s market with only 22 single family homes and 11 condominiums available this week.

Location, condition and price are the factors that govern a sale.

If your neighbor’s home is on the market for more than a couple weeks, one or more of those criteria is missing. An attractive list price trumps any other buyer objections and will invite more eyes on the property.

Five of the 12 current bids are all cash. The highest is $40,000 over list price. One is what I refer to as a “fake” offer. The buyer’s agent submitted an all cash offer with a very attractive purchase price and a 14-day close of escrow.

In performing my due diligence, I noticed that although the buyer had proof of funds in a local bank, most of the funds necessary were in a foreign account. Two local banks that specialize in the transfer of international cash are Cathay Bank and East West Bank.

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Selling a home is an emotional experience. It can also be exciting and overwhelming to have a multitude of potential homebuyers vying to purchase your home.

Be cautious when deliberating over offers. There are many details in the purchase contract and supporting documents that must be scrutinized. If it looks too good to be true, it may be.

In this instance, my clients accepted the highest and best offer.

It’s all cash with a two-week closing.

The negotiations included no termite clearance or repairs. The home is being sold in “as is” condition. That’s all good news for the sellers.

The bad news is that 11 prospective home buyers are still looking for a home in Fountain Valley.

February through May is always the best time to sell.

If you’ve been waiting to jump off the proverbial fence. Don’t wait. Jump.

This column is paid by Susan Saurastri, a Realtor® with Star Real Estate and a longtime Fountain Valley resident.

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Sanitation district to hold public hearing on proposed rate increase

The Orange County Sanitation District will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 28 on a proposed sewer rate increase.

The sanitation district collects and treats wastewater from 20 cities in the county, including Fountain Valley. The rate increase is being proposed to pay the costs of inspection, repair, operation and maintenance of the district’s collection and treatment system, district officials said.

Current single family residential user rate is $331 a year. Under the proposed rate increase that cost would be $335 in 2018-19, $339 in 2019-20, $343 in 2020-21, $347 in 2021-22 and $351 in 2022-23.

The hearing is set for 6 p.m. in the OC Sanitation District board room, 10844 Ellis Ave., Fountain Valley. Property owners can also file a written protest by

sending a letter to the sanitation district at the same address or email the protest to rates@ocsd.com.

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Garden Grove School District taking kindergarten enrollment

Pre-enrollment for fall 2018-19 full-day transitional kindergarten and full-day kindergarten classes in the Garden Grove Unified School District is underway.

Parents should pre-enroll online as early as possible at enroll.ggusd.us and contact their child’s home school for further assistance. Further information about the enrollment process is available at www.ggusd.us/pre-enrollmentguide.

Transitional kindergarten is provided at all GGUSD elementary schools —including Ethan Allen, Monroe and Northcutt elementaries in Fountain Valley—and is the first year of a two-year kindergarten program.

Transitional kindergarten features a modified kindergarten curriculum with lessons that are age and developmentally appropriate. The daily, half-day sessions will include whole group and small group discussion and independent and hands-on learning.

Participation in transitional kindergarten is voluntary. However, the district encourages the enrollment of all eligible children because, district officials say, an additional year of learning will provide a stronger foundation for building academic success in school.

For the 2018-19 school year, children entering kindergarten must turn 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2018. A child may be admitted to transitional kindergarten only if the child’s birthdate falls between Sept. 2 and Dec. 2, 2013. Immunization information is required.

For more details, go to www.ggusd. us. Or call (714) 663-6391. Address verification is required for all incoming students.

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Magnolia Street

Heil Avenue Pedestrian

Bushard Street

Warner Avenue

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ell, the I-405 Improvement Project is here and will continue into 2021.

This project will have a direct impact on traffic in Fountain Valley, both on and off the freeway.

During construction, all seven bridge overcrossings in Fountain Valley will be taken down and replaced—in a phased approach manner—to minimize traffic impacts to the greatest degree possible.

MAYOR MICHAEL VO The affected bridges are on Ward Street, Talbert Avenue, Brookhurst Street, Slater Avenue, Bushard Street, Warner Avenue and Magnolia Street. Onramps and offramps throughout the city will also be improved.

There was a recent change to the Ellis Avenue/Euclid Street Interchange. This construction will cause detours and traffic delays. Once construction starts, drivers are encouraged to stay informed so they can use alternate routes and to be patient with construction workers and fellow drivers.

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By MICHAEL VO Mayor, City of Fountain Valley

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*NEW* I-405/SR-73 Express Lanes Connector

Santa Ana River

Anticipated Start of Construction* 2018

Harbor Boulevard

2019 2020

Fountain Valley

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Fairview Avenue

Costa Mesa

*Subject to Change

For more information, please contact the 405 Community Outreach Team: (888) 400-8994

405project@octa.net

facebook.com/405Improvement

@405Improvement

@405_Improvement

Here is one of the maps available at www.OCTA.net. To find this, go to www.octa.net/News-andResources/Newsroom/Media-Kits/ and scroll down and click on “405 Improvement Project Bridge Construction Map.”

Why is this happening? Here’s some background: The I-405 is one of the most congested freeways in Orange County, carrying more than 300,000 vehicle trips in some sections each day. By 2040, traffic volumes on the I-405 are expected to increase significantly.

The project will improve 16 miles of the I-405 and includes the addition of one regular lane in each direction from Euclid Street to the 605 Freeway Also planned are improvements to freeway entrances, exits and bridges.

The project will also include construction of the 405 Express Lanes, which will incorporate the existing carpool lanes and consist of two lanes in each direction from SR-73 to the 605 Freeway.

Solo drivers will pay a toll to use the 405 Express Lanes, but carpoolers will be able to use the lanes for free.

For more information, visit OCTA’s website at www.octa.net/405improvement

for up-to-date information about the project and to sign up to receive updates and alerts.

You can also follow the project at facebook.com/405Improvement, and on Twitter and Instagram at OCTA. And finally, the OCTA recently launched a fully interactive, mobile-friendly resource for the I-405 Improvement Project.

Users can click on a location to see when construction is anticipated to start and find details on any current pre-construction activities planned in the area.

Users can explore the project area in real time, view both planned improvements and current construction activities for each bridge, as well as updated closure and detour information.

If you have specific questions about the I-405 Improvement Project, you can contact OCTA’s I-405 Community Relations division directly by phone at (888) 400-8994 or email at 405project@octa.net.

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Project Self-Sufficiency expansion to benefit Fountain Valley

Thanks to a substantial grant, Huntington Beach-based Project Self-Sufficiency, is expanding its scope of support to include several other cities, including Fountain Valley.

Project Self-Sufficiency (PSS) is a community-based program that assists low-income, single parents to achieve economic independence through education, training, and social services.

Last year, PSS received a threeyear grant of $379,000 from the ECMC

Foundation, which will allow it to increase the number of clients it serves.

The ECMC Foundation is a national foundation that makes investments in post-secondary programs and initiatives designed to help students succeed.

PSS had been a public/private partnership with the city of Huntington Beach since 1985, offering assistance to 50 low-income single parents each year.

The ECMC grant will allow PSS to serve 75 additional families over the next three years from the neighboring communities of Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Santa Ana and beyond.

PSS has moved its new headquarters to property owned by Hoag Hospital that has been designated as a nonprofit community space. PSS’s main office is now at 307 Placentia Ave., Suite 203, Newport Beach.

The property is a former medical office building that has been converted into a community space that is home to several nonprofit agencies, including The Public Law Center, Costa Mesa Family Resource Center, CalWORKs office, a pediatric clinic, dental clinic, monthly food bank and a fully staffed mental health clinic.

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Merit-Badge Mania

FVHS teacher Steve Schultz writes about his thoughts on how—and why—today’s students face extreme pressure to be perfect, leading to depression, suicide and even school shootings.

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ur children are dying.

We can no longer ignore —and we must deal with— what many researchers are calling an epidemic proportion of a mental health crisis with our children.

In the past five years teen depression and anxiety have increased by 50 percent. Teen suicide has increased by 35 percent, making it the leading cause of death for teenagers. It’s time we make this conversation our national and local priority.

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LOVED.” We are parad—STEVE SCHULTZ ing our children around like they are full-time boy scouts who must have all their achievements constantly on display for validation from their peers in what I call Merit Badge Mania. With fully charged phones they aren’t fully human anymore.

Not only do our children feel they need to be models with their Instagram filled with mostly photos of just themselves, then they have their “Finsta” (Fake Instagram) and “Secret Twit” (Secret Twitter Account) all of which they call their “spam” where they go by secret names and only certain friends can follow them.

On their “spam” they post sexual photos and say mean and disparaging

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Yes, this is real and common.

Students are emulating their favorite reality show and YouTube stars who get famous by being mean, dumb and scandalous.

Our children feel they are “never enough” and their anxiety increases as they create their own mini reality shows with their Snapchat stories, which they advertise on their Instagram story or use Twitter to promote their YouTube channel, and are always in competition with each other as not to be the next person “voted off the island.”

■ When we were children, school ended with the last bell. When we hung out with our friends we didn’t worry about our looks because our picture wasn’t going to be taken. Now, when you go out, you will end up on someone’s social media “story” and thus children always must be “on” and look good.

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good for the “story” (videos on various social media apps) you also start to feel bad when you watch your friends “story” and realize you aren’t on it because you weren’t invited.

The cause of all this anxiety, depression, suicide and shootings is more than just the horrors of social media, but also the honors they feel they have to obtain in school. It’s not just the mean way we talk to and talk about each other; it is also the extreme pressure to be the perfect student.

When I was in high school I didn’t know anyone who had more than one AP class. We now have students who have between four to six AP classes and schools keep creating new ones.

Students are constantly expressing that the message they are getting from parents is their whole life will be a failure

if they don’t get high grades, high scores and high stats in sports so they can get into the most prestigious college.

A student told me about a conversation she overheard while walking the hallway. One student asked another what their GPA was and he replied, “Pretty good, 3.7” His friend responded, “That’s embarrassing. I have a 4.5” The student overhearing this internalized that she must be really dumb because she has a 3.3 GPA and if 3.7 is an embarrassment, then what is she?

I don’t even remember being asked by any of my peers in high school what my GPA was nor caring about theirs. Our grades didn’t define us.

In the past year, I have had multiple former students visit me and express how they were depressed and felt worthless because all of their friends went

straight to four-year universities and they were “just” at a junior college.

At the same time I have also had more than a dozen former players come to me for counsel, all of whom are in their midto late-20s, and all went to “prestigious” colleges and earned their degrees in the high-status fields their parents told them to such as law, engineering and medicine, and are now deeply depressed, hating their jobs, living at home with mom and dad, and feeling withdrawn from life.

It’s hard to love your life when you’ve spent your whole life living someone else’s.

Every person should be encouraged to pursue their own path, at their own pace, for their own purpose without any need for criticism, comparison or explanation.

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hurts them when their parents compare them to the “success” of their siblings.

We don’t give our children the same name so we must stop expecting them to be the same. Celebrate them for who they are.

We have a generation of people suffering from PPD (Perpetual Parental Dependence). You have “grown” adults living with their parents all through their 20s and into their 30s.

We have the highest return-home rate of first-year college students who return home because they can’t handle the stress of independent decision making after having their parents decide everything for them their whole lives.

You have high school teachers and coaches across the country who are leaving the profession in droves because they are tired of the coddling, excuse-making and attacks from out-of-control parents.

When every child gets a trophy, when elementary school teachers are told not to use red ink because it hurts the child’s feelings, when parents intervene in every aspect at a young age, our children never learn that failure is OK, struggle is important, and adversity becomes their asset.

By making early childhood easy, parents have made adolescence and adulthood hard. And while they think they are helping by doing everything for their child, they’re actually hurting them, as they’ve produced handicapped adults who don’t know how to do anything for themselves.

Without these learned coping mechanisms, extreme measures of violence, self-harm and emotional despair kick in.

When all past generations experienced being made fun of, not being as good as their peers in sports, not getting the job promotion or acceptance into a college, those were just seen as part of life, not a justification to end your life.

We saw setbacks as motivation to get better because we grew up outside in our neighborhoods, where we got dirty, got scrapes and scars, and got our feelings

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“When every child gets a trophy, when elementary school teachers are told not to use red ink because it hurts the child’s feelings, when parents intervene in every aspect at a young age, our children never learn that failure is OK, struggle is important, and adversity becomes their asset.” hurt, but we also got opportunities to build resolve, grit and problem-solving skills without parental intervention.

Parents didn’t call our teachers to chastise them for our grades or vilify our coaches for being too tough or lack of playing time. We learned to grow through failure and figuring it out for ourselves.

Now, with the looming shadow from hovering parents, children can’t see the light of how to do it themselves.

As Dr. Sean Boulton, the principal of Newport Harbor High School, said in his poignant letter he sent out last month to parents in response to a sophomore at Corona del Mar killing himself, “We often shield our students from failure. We think that earning a ‘C’ grade in a class is the end of the world, and we don’t allow our students to advocate for themselves . . . We should say hooray for those students who don’t want to be weighed down with the burden of being perfect in high school, and who earn a ‘C’ in a tough class and are proud of themselves.

All parents have to get to this point if we want to avoid our students feeling ashamed, isolated, and worthless.”

We must stop stressing success with our children and make the key aspiration in life a happy life. You can be “successful” and not happy but if you’re happy you’re automatically successful.

Ironically, one way we can increase happiness is to promote failure. My favorite part of the Super Bowl this year was what Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles said after the game.

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“The big thing is don’t be afraid to fail.

Failure is part of life. Failure is part of building character and growing. Without failure who would you be? I wouldn’t be up here had I not fallen thousands of times and made mistakes,” Foles said.

I always tell my students and basketball players that the biggest mistake is being afraid to make mistakes.

The No. 1 fear of American teenagers now is fear of failure. Over the past decade our children have been indoctrinated to falsely think that any failure makes them a failure, when in reality we must get across to children that failure is just a synonym for future success. One produces the other.

The struggle produces the success, and happiness is derived from making the effort to be their best, not be the best.

Each day after school ask your children these questions: “How did you fail today and how did you grow from it?” “Who did you love today and do they know for certain that you love them?” “Why are you happy and what are you grateful for?”

“What excites you most about being you?”

“In what ways can I lead you better?”

■ Here are the top ways (in no particular order) on how we can get our children to be happy again.

1. Raise the age to 21 for use of all social media. We’ve done this with drinking and smoking, and social media is just as addicting and deadly.

2. Bring back the family dinner table and eat real food. For the first time, our children have adult-onset diabetes and levels of obesity that increase depression and body shaming.

3. We also need divorced parents to get over your ego and do everything you possibly can to be cordial and kind to your ex. It’s hard for a child to feel whole when their family is divided. Broken families lead to broken children.

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could actually read them. The tragedy is not that people aren’t loved; it’s that they don’t feel loved. Maybe life wouldn’t be so hard if we told each other how much we love each other while we are alive.

5. Teachers should be allowed to stop giving homework on holiday breaks and over summer vacation. Teachers are constantly told to be data driven by politicians who create education policy.

The data is clear, there should be no homework grades K-4th, and limited and purposeful homework thereafter.

6. Children develop more from recess than rigorous assignments at this young age. We need to allow for unscheduled free play. This generation of kids has had recess reduced or eliminated and “play” is now planned practices or lessons scheduled by their parents.

7. Research also shows schools should start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Lack of sleep and increased stress lead to depression and anxiety.

8. Schools need to also limit the number of AP classes a child is allowed to take. And class sizes need to be lowered.

No teacher is ever going to be able to adequately make 40 children feel equally loved in 60 minutes.

9. Open your home. In the past year, I have had more than 20 adults ranging in age from early 20s to mid-30s who are suffering from depression come to my house. Some have been friends and some friends of friends who I met for the first time. During these visits to my home I might be a literal shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, hug they need, a mentor, or just be a companion. I have talked to a couple Fountain Valley neighbors who have already agreed to open their homes as well and spread the love.

10. Prescription pills kill and corrode the mind. While anti-depressants can be helpful to some, we have to take inventory of how this generation of children is the most drug-prescribed generation in the world and take notice of the deadly psychological altering effects these drugs have on children and adults.

11. Sensible Gun Access Laws. No one is taking away Second Amendment rights to own a gun as part of a well-regulated militia. Gun laws are not the only answer but they are part of the answer.

12. Stop Watching! Cable “News” is the conduit for our current culture of cruelness. Screaming at people, degrading people who disagree with you, and flat-out lying to make people hate each other must end now.

This increase in cable “News” viewership is along the same timeline of the increase of mass shootings. If someone made soup in your home, even if you never ate it, its aroma would still reach you and cause a reaction. We must be better stewards of the aroma of hate we are allowing to permeate to our children.

■ Without equivocation, let me be clear: We have caused this crisis, and thus we must solve it. While parents’ intentions might have been well and good, the result has been making our children ill.

Every country has mentally ill people, but America is seeing school shootings, mass shootings, and increased numbers of suicides. We must change the culture and that change starts with you and me.

I recommend every person reading this article go read Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, right now.

His book, written more than 60 years ago, was a warning to America of what he saw us becoming if we didn’t make major cultural changes.

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In it, Bradbury accurately predicts our current culture of zombie minds where we are addicted to reality television and technology rules the land; where convenience matters more than character, being an intellectual is a crime and stupid people are in power. People pop pills to get through their day and fall asleep at night, suicide is more prevalent than spirituality, books are banned, children are feared by adults and children kill other children.

Sadly, English teachers across America for decades have focused on the plot memorization of these novels rather than purposeful realization of why the author wrote it.

But now we can learn from our failures and like the novel, it’s time for America to become the phoenix that rises from our own ashes. Bradbury’s book ends with Montag and his forest friends starting to rebuild America by first building a giant mirror factory so everyone can reflect on what we’ve become.

■ I hope this article has served as a mirror for you and that you will join me in working together to make this a safe and happy place for our children to live. If you’d be interested in some kind of town hall meeting, contact the magazine and we can get something organized.

Contact your politicians and demand better action. Just know the answer to America’s problems is not bigger government, but better government.

More than contacting our leaders though, we need to connect with each other and start making love and happiness the central focus of our lives.

STEVE SCHULTZ is an English teacher at Fountain Valley High School. You can email Steve at FVMagazine@Live.com or contact him through the magazine's office, (714) 847-7714.

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