Garden Grove Journal May 20, 2010

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The Newspaper of Garden Grove n Thursday, May 20, 2010 n www.ggjournal.com n Vol. 28, No. 20 n Phone: 714-539-6018 n Fax: 714-539-6079

GG activist is killed in crash TRENTON, Maine (AP) – Authorities say two wellknown activists on behalf of undocumented students were killed in a two-car collision over the weekend in Maine. Maine State Police Sgt. Tim Varney says two passengers in a car were killed when

a pickup truck veered across the center line early Saturday. The victims were 26-yearold Cinthya Nathalie Felix Perez of Los Angeles and 27-year-old Tam Ngoc Tran of Garden Grove. Kyle De Beausset, an activist in Boston, says Felix

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was the first undocumented student to attend Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. Tran was a doctoral student at Brown University. Both promoted the DREAM Act, a bill to grant citizenship to undocumented students of good moral character.

By Jacob Wilson Garden Grove Journal

The Westminster City Council at its May 12 meeting established a new development review process and a new fee structure for local businesses that want to make physical changes to their facilities.

Library Jobs Are Cut by GG Board What a busy night for the Garden Grove Unified School District. There were seven disappearing library clerk positions, two upset golfers and 16 scholars to attend to at the Tuesday night Board of Education meeting. The library clerk positions have come under scrutiny as the district has had to look at ways to cut expenditures. The elimination of the library clerk positions came up at the last board meeting on May 4. These eliminations came as a result from lack of funding. Currently, the governor’s budget has put a 20 percent shortfall in the GGUSD budget plan, and although there may be further cuts coming to education, the governor has said that will try to be avoided. “We still have to make up the difference,” said Dr. Sue McCann, assistant superintendent of business. At the meeting on May 4, clerks and a former librarian spoke, asking the board

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Loretta’s red, white and green visit in GG

Budget crunch takes seven positions By Brittany Hanson Garden Grove Journal

“With this new fee structure more small businesses will be able to make changes and improvements,” said council member Andy Quach. “Our fees are significantly lower than other cities.” Previously, businesses needed either a site plan review, an architectural design

to reconsider the elimination of their positions. They cited that they do more than just help shelve books. Kathy Josef, a library clerk said at the May 4 meeting that she attends to various capacities of the library with research, internet use, book check out and check in, shelving, laminating, printing and I.D. making. This is in order to allow the librarian the freedom to perform supervisorial work. “The elimination is not a reflection on the quality of work,” said Linda Reed, board member. Reed said that it is disagreeable to the board to have to deny a service to a child in its district. Samuel Ruiz, an intermediate school student from Ralston Intermediate School came to the school board with a speech to implore them to not cut golf from the school curriculum. As a result of the budget cuts, golf may be cut entirely from the district in an Continued next page

By Brittany Hanson Garden Grove Journal

The Earth Friendly Products facility in Garden Grove was the backdrop for Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez’ visit to the city on Friday. Sanchez spoke about environmental issues, education issues, government spending and what it means to her to work for people locally and in Washington D.C. Sanchez represent’s the 47th District and could be facing a tough reelection fight this fall. “Every day in Washington, I work with terror and deficits . . . here I work on issues that day-to-day affect us,” said Sanchez. Sanchez is the highest-ranking woman on all military issues in Congress and the cice chair of the House committee for homeland security issues. She is also working to track terrorism communication through the Internet, which she said is sometimes dealing with spies from China “trying to mess up your life.” “I come home every week to get away from that,” said Sanchez. Sanchez, an Anaheim native, toured the EFP facility, which specializes in green cleaning products. Earth Friendly Products was also recently

“Every day I work with terror and deficits”

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REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ (D-Garden Grove) at Earth Friendly Products in Garden Grove, talking with Rick Fuller, key accounts manager.

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Stanton: a city that was born twice By one measure, the 100th anniversary is coming up a year from now Editor’s note: First of an occasional series about the history of the communities of Garden Grove, Stanton and Westminster. By Jim Tortolano Garden Grove Journal

STANTON CITY HALL. 1957. Victor Zuniga was the mayor.

It’s fashionable for cities to celebrate their birthdays just like people. However, unlike most people, Stanton has two

birthdays since it a half-century was created twice. ago. Stanton was When the born twice, once in area now 1911 in response known as Stanto the encroachton first orgament of Anaheim, nized to fend off and again in 1956 the plans of its in response to anlarger neighbor nexation plans of a fistful of to the east, there was not even surrounding communities in a single community present. the post-war building boom In the sleepy agricultural that struck Orange County era that preceded World War

The first Stanton was 10 miles square

I, the area’s most prominent communities were Benedict (on the Pacific Electric railway south of Cerritos Avenue at Beach Boulevard), Clair (Cerritos and Magnolia Street) and the Gilbert Ranch (Cerritos and Dale Street). In 1911 Anaheim decided it needed a “sewer farm,” an area to place septic tanks for its growing needs. An option Continued next page

THEFIVE-MINUTEJOURNAL: DON ALEXANDER: IS HE WITH TEAM SARDONIC OR TEAM IRONIC?/12 CIF PLAYOFFS ARE ON FOR GG-AREA BALL CLUBS

SHERRY T: WHICH RIDE IS THE BEST?

Some started Tuesday; others will wait until today (Thursday) for baseball and softball postseason action. Page 12.

Our columnist sizes up the fun to be had at the Strawberry Festival next week. Page 5.

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