Ravenswood mar april 2016 (10) by Meda O. Okelo

MARCH - APRIL 2016 • VOLUME 2 • NUMBER 3

02 Publisher’s Corner

COMMUNITY EVENTS

03 Candidate School Informs And Educates The Public About The Requirements For Running For Public Office

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

04 What Events And Meetings You May Have Missed 12 Menlo Park Senior Center Showcases Black Gospel Culture For Its 2016 Black History Month

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05 Subscription Form

BUSINESS

06 Jane Theresa Jones - HomeGrown Realtor

EDUCATION

08 “I Am Watching You” Resident And Teacher In The Ravenswood City School District Tells Kipp At School Board Meeting 10 Knock, Knock – Who’s There? – Oda! – Oda Who? – Oxford

Day Academy Inc. – A New Charter High School Seeking To Serve Students In East Palo Alto, Menlo Park Redwood City And North Fair Oaks

14 Word Play

16 Fire District Set To Engage Residents In Emergencies Through A New Effort 18 How East Palo Alto And Menlo Park Compare In Collision Safety Rankings 20 Ken Jones-January 28 2016 Staff Farewell Send-Off 21 City Of East Palo Alto Staff Changes

15 Bishop Teman L. Bostic dead at 54

16 Local Artist Profile-Adrienne ‘Weeze’ Drayton

SELF HELP

11 Why Is Proper Wheel Alignment Important?

LEISURE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

OBITUARY

LOCAL ARTIST

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spoke to two elected public officials, on separate occasions, not too long ago about the hiring and terminating of their chief executive officer, the duration of their contracts, the cost of engaging recruitment firms to do a nationwide search, the cost to the public organization in terms of staff time and other resources and, equally important, the impact on staff morale from decisions the elected officials make. The recent non-renewal of the contract for Ken Jones, the General Manager of the East Palo Alto Sanitary District, brings discussions around those issues to the forefront again. Spending months as well as funds to search for and select a city manager, superintendent or a general manager of a Special District and subsequently to offer them just a one year contract … under the guise of ‘testing them out’ … does not make fiduciary or even common sense. An expensive and exhaustive recruitment process should end with a choice that can and should be offered at least a three- if not four-year contract. If the council or a district board has any doubts about a candidate, they should not hire them. A chief executive officer hired and given a one to three year contract would probably continue to circulate their resume in search of a similar position, possibly better paying and with a council or board that has confidence in them to give them a longer contract. It would take them at least a year to acclimate to the culture of the new organization, another year to really become effective in running the organization and advising as well as taking direction from the council or the board. In their third year, they would usually keep their ears and eyes open for any similar opportunity that would compensate better both in terms of money, job satisfaction and even prestige. Replacing public agency chief executive officers in fairly short time frames is not good policy. Such actions could possibly impact the organization’s ability to offer cost effective services to the public. To the extent that it creates uncertainty in the organization, it would have a deleterious effect on the morale of the agency staff. This more so if the executive was beloved. Ken Jones was such a beloved general manager. He realized early that the job was much bigger than he had initially anticipated but chose to stay on to make a difference in a city that he has called home since the early eighties. He put in place processes that did not exist previously, like requiring a contract for every vendor providing regular services; having staff account for their time in ways that reflected actual work done; limiting staff overtime expenditures by setting new policies around responses to rate payer requests; analyzing vendor invoices and questioning charges that were not explicitly verifiable and terminating contracts with vendors that billed for questionable work. It is within the prerogative of elected boards to begin and end contracts with their various top level management staff. It is however not too much for the public to expect that such action should be done for reasons that could be justified, easily and unashamedly. Expectations by councils and boards on the performance of their management staff should be clear and explicit. When they are, performance evaluations would be accomplished more easily. Without such clear explicit expectations, evaluations invariably end up being drawn out for months and possibilities are opened up for personal and non-explicit expectations being the basis for terminating or not renewing a contract. Readers should know that Mr. Ken Jones and the Publisher were once co-workers and have remained personal friends.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Candidate School Informs and Educates About The Requirements For Running For Public Office By El Ravenswood Staff

ost first time candidates for political office would probably tell you that they did not have a clue as to how to conduct a campaign when they ran for office. Some, like State Assembly Representative Rich Gordon, would also tell you that the first time they ran for office was as a result of encouragement from someone else. Someone saw in them a potential for elected leadership that they never thought for a moment they had. State Senator Jerry Hill would tell you that the first time he ran for office he was driven by an issue that just put anger in his belly. He was mad and wanted to see change. Both State Assemblyman Rich Gordon and State Senator Jerry Hill were driven by a community issue that each wanted to do something positive and effect change. Most who get elected would tell you that after being elected the worst thing that one can do is to continue to be a ’candidate.’ You must take lessons in the art of compromise and respectful persuasion. While campaigning, you must show how you’re different as part of the political process. After you’re elected, you have the responsibility to govern and be the decision maker. In all local elective bodies, an elected official has to work with five, or in some cases up to nine colleagues. To get the body to bring about the desired change that may have led you to run for office, you have to work well with your colleagues. Councilman Ray Mueller of the City of Menlo Park would advise against running a nasty campaign. The person you may insult may end up as a colleague on the same governing body and getting your initiatives supported by him or her may become a very difficult task depending on

how you ran your campaign. Never forget that everyone that runs for office has supporters. Alienating those supporters by running a nasty campaign may make it difficult for you to be effective in elective office. These are some of the lessons that were imparted by public officials, both elected and appointed, at a Candidate School sponsored by Hagar Services Coalition Inc., a local non-profit in conjunction with the Cities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, One East Palo Alto, Nuestra Casa, and the Multicultural Counseling and Educational Services of the Bay Area. The one-month, four-session class met four consecutive Thursday evenings. The 11 participants heard from Assembly member Rich Gordon of District 24; Henry L. Gardner, former City Manager of the City of Oakland and currently the Board Chair of the Institute for Local Government; Warren Slocum, San Mateo County District 4 Supervisor; Don Cecil, MC2 Bay Area; Jim Irizarry, Assistant Assessor, San Mateo County; Michael Lui, Candidate Filing Officer, San Mateo County Registration and Elections Division; State Senator Jerry Hill; Trustee Georgia Jack of Sequoia Union High School District; and Lisa Gauthier, City of East Palo Alto City Councilwoman. The school was the brain child of Rose Jacobs Gibson, former San Mateo County District 4 Supervisor. She realized over the years that she was in public service that people could benefit from knowing the requirements for running for office, how to run a good campaign and the role of the office. With that knowledge, local elections may become populated with more qualified and prepared candidates. The Candidate School is a precursor to a much more elaborate leadership program, the Initiative for Leadership Engagement and Development (ILEAD), currently

under development. “The Initiative for Leadership Engagement and Development is designed to provide practical information and training about local government, civic engagement and leadership,” said former Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson. Rose Jacobs-Gibson is the founder of the non-profit Hagar Services Coalition and the creator of ILEAD, a Hagar program. She entered public service as a member of East Palo Alto’s Personnel Commission before being elected to the East Palo Alto City Council. She was appointed to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in 1999 and served the county until 2012. She is currently the President/Chief Executive Officer of Hagar Services Coalition, Inc., an organization she founded in 1994 with a mission to implement intervention programs designed to restore, rebuild and renew families and community.

Fourteen Tips on Running for Political Office (2016 Candidate School) 1. Do not run a negative campaign 2. Choose your platform wisely 3. Choose your opponent carefully-Do not run against popular incumbents 4. Know the responsibilities of the office you are running for 5. Collect endorsements from reputable individuals and organizations 6. Know your constituents 7. Learn not to be sensitive 8. Keep your ‘closet’ clean 9. Build an organization 10. Become known 11. Rally your supporters in public events 12. Become a confident public speaker and interviewee 13. Be inspirational and leader-like 14. Implement a cohesive advertising campaign

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

COMMUNITY CALENDAR WHAT YOU SHOULD ATTEND….PERHAPS?

(To be included in the monthly calendar of El Ravenswood, Please submit you event at least two months in advance) March 24 General Plan Community Meeting City Council Workshop, 2415 University Avenue, 650-853-3195, gpersicone@cityofepa.org

March 17 Beat Meeting Beat One & Four, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m, 2415 University Avenue March 18 “Celebrating the Middle East,” 11:30-1 p.m, Menlo Park Senior Center, 110 Terminal Avenue, Menlo Park March 19 2016 San Mateo County Youth Conference “Change Starts With Us”-San Mateo County Youth Commission. 9.15 am-4.30 pm. College of San Mateo 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo-Building 10 For Info: avendano@star-vista.org March 23 Get Ready to Be Prepared Training, 6.30-8.30 p.m, Menlo Park Fire Protection District, 170 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, 650-688-8400, www.menlofire.org

March 24 Oxford Day Academy, Town Hall Meeting 7-8 p.m, 2415 University Avenue, 650-2603152, mdwinal@oxforddayacademy.org April 14 Get Ready to Be Prepared Training, 6:308:30 p.m, Menlo Park Fire Protection District, 170 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, 650-688-8400, www.menlofire.org April 20 General Plan Community Meeting, Public Works and Transportation Commission Workshop. 7:30 p.m, 2415 University Avenue, 650-853-3195 gpersicone@cityofepa.org

April 25 Get Ready to Be Prepared Training, 6:308:30 p.m, Menlo Park Fire Protection District, 170 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, 650-688-8400, www.menlofire.org May 26 Get Ready to Be Prepared Training, 6:308:30 p.m, Menlo Park Fire Protection District, 170 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, 650-688-8400, www.menlofire.org June 10 Ninth Annual “Embracing East Palo Alto Youth” Fundraising Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto, 2050 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, 650-391-9617 x10 June 27 Get Ready to Be Prepared Training. 6:308:30 p.m, Menlo Park Fire Protection District, 170 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, 650-688-8400, www.menlofire.org

EVENTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED! February 25 Oxford Day Academy Town Hall Meeting 7-8 p.m, 2415 University Avenue

March 3 Beat Meeting, Beat Two, 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m, 2411 Pulgas Avenue, East Palo Alto

March 9 Beat Meeting, Beat Three 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m, 1977 Tate Street

February 27 Third Annual Ravenswood City School District Students Art Exhibit, 1-3 p.m, Eco Center, Palo Alto Baylands

March 4 Celebrating Asian Cultures, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m, Menlo Park Senior Center, 110 Terminal Avenue, Menlo Park

March 9th or 23rd Rent Stabilization Board, 7:00 p.m, 2415 University Avenue

February 27 East Palo Alto CERT meeting, Saturday 8:3010 a.m, Faith Missionary Baptist Church 835 Runnymede Street, East Palo Alto

March 5 United Women Empowering Mentorship Workshop “Living Beyond Your Past,” 11-2 p.m. East Palo Alto Community Church, 2201 University Avenue, East Palo Alto March 11, Celebrating Latin Cultures, 11:30-1 p.m, Menlo Park Senior Center, 110 Terminal Avenue, Menlo Park

February 26 Black History Month Lunch and Gospel Festival, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m, Menlo Park Senior Center 110 Terminal Avenue, Menlo Park February 29 Westside Area Plan Advisory Committee (WAPAC) 6:30-8:30 p.m, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto February 29 Career Prep Workshop. Three sessions: 11:00 am 2 p.m. and 5 p.m, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto 4 MARCH - APRIL 2016 EL RAVENSWOOD

March 5 CERT Basic Training 1 of 2, Saturday, 9:00 a.m March 7 General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC,) 6:30-8:30 p.m, 2415 University Avenue March 8 Facebook Vendor Job Fair, 2-8 p.m, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto

March 12 CERT Basic Training 2 of 2, Saturday, 9:00 a.m March 12 Annual Girls to Women 5K Run/Walk, Shoreline 7am Park, Mountain View March 12 Foundation for a College Education March to Success Gala, Garden Court Hotel, 520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto March 14 Public Workshop/Open House followed by a Planning Commission Workshop, 5.30-7:00 p.m, Open House, 7:00-9:00 p.m, Planning Commission Review, 2415 University Avenue

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BUSINESS

Jane Theresa Jones - Home Grown Realtor By El Ravenswood Staff

E.R: Who is Jane Theresa (Edwards) Jones? I am the second child of four daughters of Aubrey ‘Pancho‘and Genevieve Edwards. My siblings are Judy Ray of East Palo Alto and Lucy Edwards and JoElla Cusic, both of Stockton. I am also mother to a beautiful daughter, Alexandria Jones, and a wonderful son, Bennie Jones III, both currently attending college. I grew up in East Palo Alto on Azalia Drive in the Gardens neighborhood. My family moved to East Palo Alto in 1965 from Ville Platte, Louisiana. I have documented my family’s migration in a book titled “Lady with a Secret.” I also authored and published “Genevieve’s Creole Cooking, a culinary ode to my mother’s Creole recipes.” I attended Brentwood Elementary School where I remember constantly being the butt of jokes regarding my ‘creole’accent. “You talk funny” or “She talks funny” was a constant admonishment from my schoolmates. I was a quiet and shy child, and because of that I seemed to constantly attract bullies. Kids incessantly tugged at my braids from behind and scampered away laughing or saying unkind words like “High yellow“ in reference to my skin color. After high school, I attended Fresno State where I studied criminology. I transferred to San Jose State in my junior year. While attending San Jose State, from whence I graduated with a bachelor’s

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in African-American History, I met Dr. Carlene Young, the then director of Africa American studies, who mentored me and who I worked for as a student peer counselor. While working in the African-American Studies Department, I met Dick Gregory, the famous comedian, and had the opportunity to talk to him about one of my favorite activites, cooking. We talked about his book “Cooking with Mother Nature.“ class comprised of African-Americans,

E.R: What are your memories of East Palo Alto in your early years? My fondest memory is of my third grade class comprised of African-Americans, Japanese, Filipinos, Mexicans and Whites under the direction of Mrs. Spellers and a fifth grade class taught by Mrs. Miller planting pine trees on Brentwood’s campus. I still beam with pride whenever I pass by the school and

BUSINESS see the now full grown trees. I still feel connected to the school and to my school mates through those trees. The trees were a class project where the students could cultivate and watch the trees grow. When I attended Brentwood, there were students from a wide array of ethnicities; the trees remind me constantly of the rich multicultural community that East Palo Alto has always been. I was bussed to San Carlos High school during my freshman year of high school. While attending San Carlos, I remember getting sick and my mother being called to pick me up. i stayed in the nurse’s office the entire school day waiting for my mother to arrive. When the last bell rang and students where being released, the nursed told me to get on the bus to go home. Later that evening, I learned that mother, unfamiliar with highways and local roads, had gotten lost trying to locate the school. While at San Carlos, I attended many of the Ravenswood High School events and constantly pleaded with my parents to transfer me there. In 1973 I began attending Ravenswood high school during the years termed “The Experience.” Class schedules were designed similar to college schedules with a short three weeks course schedule termed mini cycle. During mini cycle, students were allowed to take classes like scuba diving, mountaing climbing, ceramics, golf and other non traditional courses. I signed up for golf and we had to driveto the Moffett Field Golf Course I enjoyed the game but hated having to carry my own clubs.

E.R: Has the real estate market changed since you became an agent? Yes, it has. I became an agent at the peek of the lending meltdown at the beginning of the short sale era. The short sale process was long and complicated.

E.R: What do you do for recreation? I enjoy cooking, particularly perfecting my mother’s Creole recipes. I am also committed to volunteering with several local non-profits serving the local community, particularly seniors.

Jane Theresa Jones in front of the four trees she and her third grade classmates planted at Brentwood/Ronald McNair Campus

Jane Theresa Jones serves on the board of directors of the East Palo Alto Center for Community Media as well as the East Palo Alto Senior Center. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the Palo Alto Historical Association and can be reached at: 650.271.2845 (phone or text); E-mail: jtjones@kw.com, Twitter @1jtjones Facebook, LinkedIn, website: janetheresajones.com. She recently joined Keller Williams Real Estate after a stint with Coldwell Banker.

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EDUCATION

Resident and Teacher in the Ravenswood City School District tells KIPP at School Board Meeting By El Ravenswood Staff

steady parade of supporters, young and old, addressed the Ravenswood City School District (RCSD) school board at its February 18 meeting regarding Knowledge is Power Program’s (KIPP) request to open a charter school for children K-8 grade. Among the petition’s supporters were two former school board members, now both serving on the city council of the city of East Palo Alto, Mayor Donna Rutherford and Councilmember Ruben Abrica.

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Mayor Rutherford, insisting that she was speaking as a citizen, reminded the board that she was on the school board when the District was faced with approving the first ever request for a charter school in the District. “I opposed the petition then, because I believed that approving the petition would be supporting taking away funds from the District. Since then, however, I have changed my mind and rather look at such a request as providing choices to parents.” Council member Abrica, more laudatory of KIPP, indicated that he was “impressed by KIPP’s commitment”

EDUCATION and that he felt confident KIPP would deliver on the outcomes it promised. He however urged the board to make buildings and facilities secondary to teacher salaries and direct investment on children’s education should they decide to go to voters to seek additional resources for the District. He urged the district to invest more resources implementing a masterplan for academic achievement. While most, if not all speakers, were in support of the petition, one speaker,

a fourth grade 15-year veteran teacher in the district, amid applause told KIPP that she was watching them and reminded the crowd that in her tenure with the District she had seen “charter schools, principals, and superintendents come and go.” Indicating that she was neither for nor against the petition Ms. Rivera warned against the community continually being used a ‘guinea pig ‘for various programs and urged KIPP “not to use our kids.”

She reminded parents that educating a child was only successful if there was a partnership between parents and teachers. She lamented the fact that many parents had come to the meeting that evening and she wished that as many would come to support initiatives in their local schools. In the end, the petition was approved 4-1 with Trustee Pulido dissenting, noting in her vote that supporting the petition would imply “not looking for the best interest for all our students.”

CHARTER SCHOOL HISTORY IN EAST PALO ALTO 1997

The first charter school. East Palo Alto Charter School (EPACS) opened in East Palo Alto as a result of a group of parents proposing such a school to the RCSD. With support from the School Futures Research Foundation, a non-profit education foundation associated with Wal-Mart, the school opened in 1997 at the former location of Runnymede School, 1286 Runnymede Street.

1998

Brentwood and Ronald McNair Academy, an elementary and middle school respectively, were converted into charter schools, operated by the Edison Project, a for profit education group with schools throughout the country. The Edison Project was known for schools featuring longer days, a longer academic year and an infusion of supplemental funding from external sources.

2001 Stanford University was invited by the RCSD to develop a charter high school within its District. East Palo Alto

Academy High School (EPAAHS) became a reality.

2002 EPACS charter was renewed. 2003

East Palo Alto Charter School (EPACS) merged with Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter management organization that operated schools across the state.

2006

Stanford New Schools was formed to launch an elementary school, (Stanford New School) which along with the high school formed one K-12 charter school.

2006

EPACS families launched a high school called the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy (EPAPA) concerned about EPACS students going to Sequoia Union High School District Schools and not getting the support they were accustomed to and subsequently failing.

2007

Aspire Public Schools charter to operate within the Ravenswood City School District was renewed.

2010 The RCSD Board voted 3-2 to deny a five-year renewal of the Stanford New School charter. East Palo Alto Academy High School charter was subsequently extended for an additional two years with a new charter agreement which allowed fifth graders to continue attending the East Palo Alto Academy, however, K-4th grade elementary students were transferred back to Ravenswood schools.

2011

RocketShip Education petitions and is denied charter by the Ravenswood City School District Board of Trustees.

2014

Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees approved a new charter agreement for East Palo Alto Academy High School.

2016

RCSD voted 4-1 to accept the petition by Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) to start a K-8 charter school.

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EDUCATION

By El Ravenswood Staff

irst there was Rocket Ship, and then KIPP, now yet another effort is brewing to bring a charter school to East Palo Alto. This one however is for high school students. Given the performance of local students in local public schools, it is of little surprise that new initiatives would emerge to try to provide an alternative to parents with high-school-student-age children. Oxford Day Academy Inc. (ODA), a corporation that incorporated just this past August, held its first meeting in East Palo Alto December 3, 2015. Describing itself as a “a new kind of high school that combines service leadership and multiculturalism with Oxford’s tutorial teaching system,” organizers promise a teaching methodology that “stresses student exploration of their culture and heritage” and the deliberate and strategic use of that exploration to promote learning. “It uses blended learning technology to recreate the tutorial systems used at Oxford and Cambridge universities in England,” said Mallory Dwinal, the founder and chief executive officer of the organization recently. Mallory Dwinal and members of ODA’s Parent, Youth and Community Advisory Board (PYCAB) hope to open the school in East Palo Alto or Menlo Park in the fall of 2017.

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PYCAB is currently led by Tiffany HauTau (Chair), Rev. Chester McCall and Dee Uhila. A second meeting was held February 25 with the purpose of updating stakeholders on the initiative’s progress, collecting signatures of support, and signing up members to a PYCAB design committee. A third meeting is planned for March 24, 7-8 p.m., at the East Palo Alto City Hall. The ODA PYCAB members hope to share their vision for ODA and what will make this school great with elected officials and the general community. The initiative, according to its officials, is supported by The Silicon Schools Fund, a venture philanthropy foundation that provides seed funding for new personalized learning schools that use innovative education models and technology to personalize learning. Other supporters include Startup: Education, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s and his wife Priscilla Chan’s not for profit, grantmaking organization established in 2010 to improve access to high-quality education for all students. In May 2014, Startup: Education committed $120 million over five years to support initiatives to improve education in traditional district and public charter schools, as well as organizations working more broadly to increase high-quality school choices, foster student development, leverage technology in the classroom and reimagine the school model to truly

prepare 21st century students. Startup: Education was officially launched in September 2010 with a 5-year gift of $100 million to improve education in Newark, New Jersey. Oxford Day Academy Inc. would be the third charter high school in the East Palo Alto/Belle Haven area, after East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy and the East Palo Alto Academy High School. It would be the fifth high school in the area including Eastside College Preparatory School and Mid-Peninsula High School.

Mallory Dwinal is the Lead Founder and CEO of Oxford Day Academy. She graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Economics, Spanish and International Studies and holds a Ph.D. in Education from Oxford University, which she attended as a U.S. Rhodes scholar, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mallory has spent the last seven years developing ODA’s instructional, operational, and financial systems required to bring a tutorial-based high school to life. Her experience with the Oxford tutorial system as a graduate student, as well as her instructional design background as a high school Spanish teacher and department chair provide the foundation for her ODA work.

SELF HELP

By Larry Autoworks

heel alignment is the specific setting of a vehicle’s suspension designed to optimize ride, steering, vehicle handling and to minimize tire wear. Each car manufacturer specifies precise settings to achieve the desired vehicle operational performance. Maintaining the correct suspension settings will make your car safer, easier to drive, minimize your tire wear, and ultimately save you money. Steering pull, unsteady or loose steering, and hard steering can all be caused by wheel misalignment. Misalignment conditions can also create poor fuel economy and excessive wear on other suspension parts and under extreme conditions can make the vehicle hard to control. AccidentS, overloading or age of the suspension are also responsible for misalignment conditions Whenever you hit a curb or drive over a pot hole the alignment should be checked before unusual tire wear is detected, (edge wear, diagonal wear, cupping wear) which can save you premature tire replacement! Whenever you have steering or handling problems such as (loose steering, steering wheel off center, steering changes direction after hitting bumps), you should have the alignment checked as a part of the diagnostic procedure. The installation of new tires or the replacement of worn suspension parts should always be accompanied by a wheel alignment to help protect your tire investment. Checking the wheel alignment as a part of routine maintenance can significantly increase the life span of your suspension parts and tires, and save you money. Every time you take your car in for service make sure a ‘dynamic’ alignment assessment is done as a routine part of the service! A dynamic alignment test is usually done with the vehicle in motion and while not a full alignment test it pinpoints potential problems that may need further examination. Should a problem be suspected, based on the dynamic reading, a complete alignment check may be recommended and an adjustment done as needed.

This will mess up your wheel alignment!

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Menlo Park Senior Center Showcases Black Gospel Culture For Its 2016 Black History Month By Mary Flamer On Friday, February 26 Menlo Park Senior Center, located at 110 Terminal Avenue in the Belle Haven community of Menlo Park, hosted its 17th Annual Black History Program. This year’s event celebrated Black Gospel music and was themed “A Gospel Fest” Avideh Yaghmai-Samardar, Recreation Supervisor and Director of the Center, had the facility decorated with beautiful, colorful paper chains and red umbrellas hung from the ceiling. Volunteers were on hand to help with the event, serving food and tracking participants as they came in for the celebration. This year’s celebration assembled choir members from East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and San Mateo churches who sang Gospel songs accompanied by the very talented piano player and singer Mr. Nate Branch. Among those on the program was James McAdoo, who kicked off the event with the singing of “Lift Every Voice.” The inimitable Lee Minnis, a regular at the center who ran a restaurant and catering company on Willow Avenue for years before his retirement, blessed the food with a prayer. Singer soloists included Helen Cannon, Merdana Champion, Clara Strong-Fulcher and Nate Branch. Vergie McDade and Mary Flamer did a gospel duo and “W.I.N.G.S,” an acapella group, also entertained the celebrants. The spritely group of senior line dancers delighted everyone with rehearsed dance steps. Kalamu Chache,

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a local poet read her poem, a tribute to the late Maya Angelou. The menu was a mouthwatering soul food lunch of broccoli, coleslaw, potato salad, cornbread, fried chicken, strawberry shortcake and sweet tea. The program is part of the City of Menlo Park’s effort at “Building Bridges and Celebrating Diversity.” The Center will be celebrating Asian Cultures March 4, Latino Cultures March 11 and Cultures of the Middle East March 18. If you missed this year’s celebration of Black History and culture, mark your calendar for next year. The Menlo Park Senior Center will be hosting the 2017 celebration the last Friday of the month of February. Take it from me; you don’t want to miss this event!

Mary Flamer, the author, is a resident of East Palo Alto for the past 45 years. She raised two sons and two daughters and is the widow of the late Police Officer Fred Flamer. She is the grandmother of two young adults. Raised in a sharecropper family in the south, Mary spent her childhood picking cotton and did not have the opportunity to go to school. She however went back to school at the age of 58 and graduated from Notre Dame Namur University in 2003. Mary describes herself as an activist who has over the span of her life been engaged with transportation, education, health, municipal government and cultural issues. She has coordinated the last 15 years of the Martin Luther King

Ariel Tinajero & Avideh Yaghmai-Samardar

Merdana Champion

Line Dancers

Black History Month celebrants

Helen Cannon

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TOP LEFT: W.I.N.G.S Acapella group TOP RIGHT: Happy volunteers ready to serve lunch MIDDLE LEFT: Lift Every Voice and Sing MIDDLE RIGHT: Vergie McDade and Mary Flamer BOTTOM LEFT: Clara Strong BOTTOM RIGHT: Nate Branch

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1. Weeze 2. Drayton 3. Bishop T 4. Yaghmai 5. Ray Mueller 6. ILEAD 7. Hagar 8. OEPA

9. CERT 10. Robert Jones 11. Perry Eckhoff 12. Steve 13. Taffee 14. Flood Response 15. OTS 16. DUI

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17. Collision Safety 18. Aubrey 19. Genevieve 20. Ville Platte 21. Theresa Jones 22. Alpha Kappa Alpha 23. Creole 24. Rivera

25. Ken Jones 26. Edison 27. Merdana 28. Strong-Fulcher 29. Vergie McDade 30. Ariel Tinahero

OBITUARY

Bishop Teman L. Bostic dead at 54

By El Ravenswood Staff

ishop Teman L. Bostic, Sr. was the eldest of five siblings born to the late Deacon Leon Bostic and the late Dr. H.L. Bostic. On the morning of February 12 he was stabbed and killed by an assailant His 21 year old son, Isaiah Bostic has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail Bishop T., as he was popularly known, attended schools in Menlo Park and Palo Alto. He has preached the gospel since 1984 as well as served in many other capacities in his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church. He has served as a musician, Sunday school teacher, deacon, trustee, minister, Elder, and District Elder. In November 1994 with the support of his mother, Pastor Dr. H.L. Bostic,

L to R: Council woman Catherine Carlton; Councilman Ray Mueller, Bishop T. and Councilwoman Kirsten Keith at the rededication of a portion of Hamilton Avenue June 14, 2015

Bishop T and family - 2015. Isaiah Bostic is all the way to the right. Bishop T founded and organized Word, Power, and Praise Family Community Church in Fremont, CA. Bishop T was elevated to the office of Bishop over the Western District (including California, Oregon, Washington, Mississippi and Nevada) of the Apostolic Original Holy Church of God, Inc. in July 1998.In the same year he received the Humanitarian Award and his Associate of Arts degree in Theology, both from Dr. Hardy Academy of Theology in Seattle, Washington. He later earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. Bishop T loved sport and community. He coached several local community basketball teams in Fremont as well as, Menlo Park He was an active member of the NAACP in Oakland and a former member of the San Lorenzo Rotary Club. He was the President and CEO of the Word, Picture, and Play Productions (WPP Productions). Bishop

T also served on the Board of Directors of Crime Prevention Narcotics Drugs Educational Center (CPNDEC) a local non-profit the church founded to fight the scourge of drugs and drug use in Menlo Park. At the time of his death he was the president of the board. He later returned to Mt. Olive under the leadership of his mother and was instrumental in implementing programs and projects in support of her vision. Following the death of his mother on December 9, 2011, he assumed the mantle of leadership of the church. Bishop T has participated in many other activities including ministries in hospitals, convalescent homes, and prisons throughout the Bay Area. He has served as Chaplain of the Tri-City Village and Second Chance homeless shelters in Fremont and was Chaplain of Stanford and Kaiser Hospitals inpatient programs

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Fire District Set To Engage Residents in Emergencies with a New Effort By El Ravenswood Staff

his past January, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District (MPFPD), chartered a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) citizen corps group. The group is designed to be a membership organization comprised of persons in the district who have undergone various forms of CERT training. CERT is a direct outgrowth of the USA Freedom Corps, an initiative launched by President George W. Bush following the 9/11 attacks. The corps’ purpose was to promote volunteer service opportunities within the United States and abroad.

Citizen Corps, a component of USA Freedom Corps, was developed to help coordinate such volunteer activities and to increase the capacity of American communities to respond to any local or regional emergency as well as to participate in homeland security. MPFPD CERT’s purpose, according to its charter will be “to implement the federal Community Emergency Response Team program within the District’s boundaries and to help provide volunteers and resources to District’s emergency responders. The Interim Board of Directors is comprised of members of a CERT advisory board set up a few years ago by the District to advise it on matters relating to citizen engagement in emergencies. Its current membership

Robert Jones is comprised of residents from the District (cities of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto, the Town of Atherton and the unincorporated areas within the District). Robert Jones and Perry Eckhoff represent the City of East Palo Alto. Currently no one from the Belle Haven community of the City of Menlo Park sits on the board. Robert Jones has been involved in the organization of an East Palo Alto CERT, a group of approximately 20 CERT trained individuals who have met regularly since July 2015 in an effort to have a local citizen group that can assist the authorities in emergency situations. “We hope to engage the over 100

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Steve Taffee Interim Chair MPFPD CERT Board CERT trained persons affiliated with the community into a cohesive group that can provide competent assistance in Emergencies” said Mr. Jones recently. Other members include Steve Taffee, Patti Fry, Russell Martin, Tom Prussing, Keith Fuller, Jack Nelson, and Mike Shanahan from Menlo Park; Paul Jemelian and Scott Barnum from Atherton; and Art McClish and Robin McClish from North Fair Oaks. The group is working on a set of bylaws, and in the not so distant future after their adoption by the MPFPD Board of Directors, will be conducting elections to set up a permanent board. The CERT concept was first developed and implemented by the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) in 1985 when it became clear, after several disasters, that there was a need for training civilians to meet their immediate needs as well as those of family members and neighbors. The LAFD created a Disaster Preparedness Division within the department,

with the purpose of training citizens and helping them understand their responsibility to themselves, their families and their neighbors during disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recognized the importance of preparing citizens and subsequently adopted and expanded the LAFD CERT materials believing them applicable to all hazards. Since 1993 when this training was made available nationally by FEMA, communities in 28 states and Puerto Rico have adopted and subsequently conducted CERT training. The Menlo Park Fire Protection District adopted CERT in 2003 and since then has trained 174 CERT volunteers from East Palo Alto in emergency preparedness.

“Members of the MPFPD CERT will be organized into teams of specialization who could be activated should a specific need arise,” said Mr. Taffee. In December, the District conducted flood preparation trainings, creating a CERT group specifically trained in the preparation and arrangement of sandbags.

About CERT Training

Classes are free and are sponsored by Menlo Park Fire Protection District, the State of California, and FEMA. Trainings are open to individuals ages 16 and older. Trainings include classes by professional responders and experienced volunteers with practical and handson learning activities in the following areas: • Earthquake preparedness • Firefighting • First aid and medical triage • Search and rescue • Damage assessment • Utility control • Traffic and crowd management • Emergency communications • Animal and pet preparedness • Flood response • Wildfire • Firefighter rehabilitation For information about trainings call Carol Parker at: 650-688-8415 or e-mail her at: cert@menlofirecert.com

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

How East Palo Alto and Menlo Park compare in Collision Safety Rankings

By El Ravenswood Staff

n the 2013 (the most recent) Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) data, Menlo Park ranks first in speed related collisions as well as those involving bicyclists in California cities with similar-sized populations. East Palo Alto, in the same year, ranks second in collisions involving under 21 drinking. The OTS maintains interesting and very useful data on types of collisions in cities throughout California in the hope that by making it available in a way that cities can be compared, the data

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may be able to influence cities’ resource deployment decisions. Through this database, one can find the number of collisions that were fatal or resulted in injuries. How many involved alcohol? Which were perpetrated by persons under 21 who were under the influence of alcohol? How many involved motorcycles, cyclists, pedestrians, pedestrians under 15 or over 65? How many were speed related or happened at night between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.? How many were hit and runs? And how many led to Drinking Under the Influence (DUI) arrests?

The OTS has a system of ranking cities in terms of traffic safety. The ranking system was developed to allow individual cities to compare their city’s traffic safety statistics to those of other cities with similar-sized populations. For instance, both East Palo Alto and Menlo Park are in Group D with 92 other cities having a population between 25,001-50,000, based on 2012 population estimates. The rankings show up as two numbers divided by a slash. The first number represents the city’s ranking in that specific category and the second is the total number of cities within that

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population group. The composite ranking for Menlo Park is 12/92 and for East Palo Alto 36/92 indicating that, in terms of collisions, East Palo Alto may be less dangerous than Menlo Park. OTS is careful to admit that these rankings are ‘only indicators of potential problems, and that there are many factors that may either understate or overstate a city’s ranking.’ Underage drinking and driving may or may not be a problem in East Palo Alto but the OTS ranking should make the city and other interesting parties take note and implement programs to change a possible trend. Similarly, Menlo Park could probably look into how to mitigate collisions involving cyclists.

Traffic Collisions in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park Total Fatal and Injury Alcohol Involved Under 21 Drinking Over 21-34 Drinking Motorcycles Pedestrians Pedestrians under 15 Pedestrians over 65 Bicyclists Bicyclists under 15 Speed Related Nighttime 9p.m -3 a.m. Hit and Run DUI arrests Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled OTS Composite Ranking

City of East Palo Alto 47 5 4 2 1 3 2 0 7 0 11 4 8 67 176,354

OTS Ranking 62/92 56/92 2/92 53/92 70/92 65/92 15/92 63/92 33/92 63/92 46/92 56/92 13/92 45/92 36/92

City of Menlo Park 217 23 0 6 10 15 0 2 44 4 70 14 11 100 330,122

OTS Ranking 2/92 9/92 67/92 34/92 8/92 14/92 80/92 16/92 1/92 9/92 1/92 15/92 18/92 57/92 12/92

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO STAFF CHANGES Guido Persicone has rejoined the Planning and Housing Division in the City of East Palo Alto as a Senior Planner. He was an Associate Planner previously from January 2008-September 2014 before working as a Land Use Consultant with various Bay Area agencies. He is currently the Project Manager for the East Palo Alto General Plan and Zoning Code Update as well as a lead planner on some planned development projects. The Planning and Housing Division does current and long range planning. It maintains and updates the city’s General Plan as well as enforces the city’s zoning regulations. It provides staff support to the Planning Commission.

Chris Gayle is the new Building Official-Again! He heads the Building Services Division which is responsible for code compliance related to building construction, housing, and habitability issues. Chris previously worked for the city. He heads a department whose mission is the protection of public health, safety and welfare through the enforcement of local and state building, housing, zoning, and related codes. His office, through its “Permit Center”, provides plan check services, issues permits, and does inspections.

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I did day and night. I think I draw my artistic talent from my mother. She comes from a long line of creative seamstresses. In fact throughout my entire childhood, she was always sewing dresses and outfits for family members and friends. She sketched her own patterns and as I child I was fascinated by the entire process- the sketching the cutting of the pattern on newspapers, the shopping for fabric and supplies.. I think my artistr y comes from my mother’s side of the family. When she recognized by talent she encouraged me to pursue it. ER: So that’s how you got started in the airbrush business? Yeah, I started doing painting on the neighborhood kids’ T-shirts. They brought the shirts, along with what paint they wanted, gave me a little money, and I got to keep the paint! Whenever there was local concert the kids would ask me to do their T-shirts to match El Ravenswood: How did you get interested in drawing? Adrienne Drayton: Well, I had asthma from about 8 to 12 years old, which slowed me down, since I couldn’t go outside and play, so I had to spend more time in the house. My older brother who was away in the militar y had a comic book collection that I got a hold of. I was fascinated by the pictures and started sketching them. When my brother came back from his militar y duties he challenged me to a sketch competition. I won every time! With his help and encouragement I could draw better than anyone else

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in the family. When I got into Junior High School (Kavanaugh) I had some teachers who liked my art and asked me to do posters for their classrooms. My art teacher was the one who introduced me to painting. In High School I had a lot of friends who liked to draw and we always had sketching contests. Well, one friend showed up with an airbrush. I was so fascinated I had to have one. I worked all summer to save up for one. When I finally got one it took the whole family to try and figure out how to operate it! Once I figured out how to use it, my mother brought out all of her old sheets for me to practice on, which

and tried to drum up business. I did that for about 3 or 4 years until my father got ill, then I ended it so I could help take care of him.

the performers---I’d even do their tennis shoes. I did that all through High School. When I went to college at the College of San Mateo, I was asked to do the backdrops for their photo booths at various events. I also did them for other events, like the Juneteenth festival and events at local social clubs. And I always got to keep the leftover supplies! ER: When did you open your shop? I was doing so much business in my mid-20’s, that I decided to open a shop. It was a little place right near the corner of University and Donohoe, called ‘Wet Ink’. I took classes at Start Up, to learn how to run a business, doing marketing, and managing money. My father helped me run the shop while I did airbrush, silkscreen, backdrops,

ER: What was the next phase in your life/work? I have a talent for drawing, but have never figured out the money thing. I was introduced to an artist, a renaissance woman named J.D Williams., who showed my work at the ’96 Juneteenth Festival, then featured me in several exhibits, including one at East Palo Alto’s City Hall. She really helped me get my work out there for people to see. I still did my business, out of my home. And I had a lot of family support with that. If things got busy, I’d pull in my parents, siblings, nieces and nephews after school---anyone I could get my hands on!

ER: When did you stop and why? I pretty much stopped doing the business full-swing in 2000 and started working for UPS, then in 2006 my mom got Alzheimer’s, so I dedicated myself to staying with her and helping her as much as I could.

Airbrushing is still my hobby--I do banners, jobs for friends, backdrops for parties and events, things like that. I also did illustrations for my friend Deborah Day’s book. And occasionally I have a small show.

ER: Any shows coming up that folks might want to know about? Nothing at the moment, but I’ll think about it.. ER: Anything else to add? When I see the look on people’s faces when I give them something I’ve done and they are so pleased and happy, it makes me feel like doing this work is always worth it…I also find happiness in doing my art. Too many people get lost in having money, my mom always said, “I like the free stuff--smile, that’s free, say ‘hi’, its free!

Geneva and Edward Drayton, Adrienne’s parents met as pen pals and were married young. Edward was from New Orleans and Geneva was from Houston Texas. Edward served in the Navy. They had nine children, John, Bonnie, Deborah Edwina, Mary, Edward Jr, Anthony, Adrienne and Ida.

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