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Railroad paints out swastikasTwo train cars across from
the Hillcrest Park-and-Ride lot containing hate-fi lled graffi
ti have been painted over after an Antioch resident and offi cials
complained to Union Pacifi c Railroad.
For months, thousands of East County residents who catch the bus
at the lot have been forced to look at nearly two dozen Nazi
swastikas along with words such as HAIL HITLER, WHITE POWER and NIG
that were spray-painted on the railroad cars across the street.
The graffi ti might still be there if not for Jaime Cader, an
Antioch resident who served on the Contra Costa Human Relations
Commis-sion before it was dissolved in 2008. Cader occasionally
takes the bus at the Hillcrest stop, saw the graffi ti and intended
to bring it to the at-tention of offi cials at a City Council
meeting. He didnt get around to it, however, until he saw a
newspaper article last week about swastikas scrawled on a
Sacramento syna-
gogue.That prompted him to send an
e-mail to several city offi cials on Sat-urday containing a
photo he took a month ago of the swastika-laden train cars in
Antioch. These same train cars have been in the same lo-
cation in Antioch for months, and I doubt that anyone has
complained about them to the Antioch City Council, said Cader in
his e-mail.
In a phone interview Monday, Cader said, I feel that something
like that should not be visible. In
my opinion, things like that pro-mote hatred and hateful actions
to individuals. Those things should be stopped right away. They
should be painted over.
Swastikas and hateful graf ti on train cars across from the
Hillcrest Park-and-Ride lot were painted over Tuesday following
complaints by an Antioch resident and city of cials.
Photo by Dave Roberts
by Dave RobertsStaff Writer
see Swastikas page 18A
Bands work toward getting a Rim shot
As the winter chill of the new year nips at our noses, the
thought of being whisked away to Hawaii sounds heavenly, but that
will soon be a reality for students in the Heritage and Liberty
high school jazz bands.
Members of both bands will be attend-ing the 2010 Pacifi c Basin
Music Festival in Waikiki in March. The festival is an exclusive
international assembly of bands, choirs and orchestras, consisting
of members of all ages. Only 12 bands are accepted into the
week-long program, so for two Brentwood bands to be invited is a
grand accomplishment for both bands, which auditioned two years in
advance in order to earn a spot.
We are very excited to have both Heritage and Liberty high
school involved in this years festival, said Festival Manager Keith
Bishop. The Pacifi c Basin Music Festival is an inter-national
event, bringing together the most tal-ented junior high, high
school, community and college level bands and choirs from countries
of the Pacifi c Basin and beyond. This is a unique opportunity for
international exchange through social functions and music.
The teens representing Brentwood will be
joined by bands from Australia, Japan, Singa-pore, the Kingdom
of Tonga, as well as other schools from the United States.
But before the students can say aloha, they each need to raise
approximately $1,500 to pay for admission to the program, airfare
to Hawaii, meals and personal expenses.
In the past year, Heritage and Liberty students have been
diligently working on fund-raisers to offset the cost of the trip.
Heritage students took over the Breakfast with Santa program, which
was canceled by the City of
Brentwood as part of budget cuts. Rather than see the holiday
program cease, various Heritage student organizations got together
to host the event and keep the Brentwood tradition alive while
raising funds for various causes, includ-ing the Pacifi c Basin
trip. The Heritage band also partnered with the Streets of
Brentwood as the benefi ciary of the shopping complexs quarterly
sale, where portions of sales at all the stores during a designated
weekend are
Tower of Power member Mic Gillette rehearses with the Liberty
Jazz Band in prepa-ration for the bands fundraiser concert this
weekend. The event will raise money for the bands trip to Hawaii in
March.
Photo by Richard Wisdom
see Bands page 18A
Tower of Power to boost fundraiser concert
by Samie HartleyStaff Writer
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Where to draw the lineNew boundaries mean some Oakley
middle-schoolers will no longer be running the gauntlet over a busy
highway.
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Roving razor delivers
In an age when above-and-beyond service is hard to find, one
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Tan salons feel burned by health bill tax
Several local tanning salons are seeing red over the 10-percent
tax on tanning ser-vices included in the U.S. Senate version of the
Congressional health care legislation.
I dont think our services should be taxed, said Susan Chand,
manager of Beauty Source in Antioch. I feel like we are getting
picked upon.
An earlier version of the Senate bill proposed taxing cosmetic
surgery, which would have raised nearly $6 billion over 10 years to
help pay the increased costs for expanded health care. But
successful lob-bying by the cosmetic industry against the so-called
botax led to the assessment in-stead being placed on the tanning
industry. Although it is projected to raise less than $3 billion
over 10 years, proponents hope the tax would lead to less use of
tanning beds and a decrease in skin cancer.
Chand, who regularly uses a tanning bed in addition to getting
botox injections, acknowledged that too much tanning is not good.
But she believes that news re-ports about the potential danger
might be overhyped. It did scare everybody, but it might have been
blown out of proportion a little bit, she said.
Tanning at her salon, which costs $7-13 per session, also
provides benefi ts, she pointed out. You look better and feel
better, she said. We get a lot of people
who tan because they are very fair and dont want to burn. So
they build their tan a little bit before they go on vacation.
Tanning industry advocates also point out that ultraviolet light
stimulates the bodys production of Vitamin D, which nutrition-ists
say is defi cient in most people.
Donna DeBonaventura closed her Den Nicoles Salon in downtown
Brent-wood in August due to the poor business climate downtown is a
ghost town, she said which provided tanning services. She predicts
that the tanning tax will put some struggling businesses under.
Its defi nitely going to knock out some businesses, for sure,
she said. I think it will, because the economy is not good now. Now
they will have to pay 10 percent more for it. So hows that
sup-posed to help? Its not a lucrative busi-ness. The biggest money
time of the year is the springtime; summer is pretty slow; winter
is OK. All these merchants that are depending on that to keep their
business going, now you will see those businesses closing down.
They shouldnt tax people that want to tan. Where is it going to
end? Will it
next be hair services, nail services? Where does it stop? They
dont realize what this is leading to. Everything is going to be
taxed. Everywhere you go theres going to be a tax on every single
thing.
While mom-and-pop tanning shops could be at risk, a worldwide
franchise such as Planet Beach Contempo Spa, which has diversifi ed
its services, might be better prepared to deal with the tax hit. If
the 10-percent tax on tanning services passes, yes, my business
will be affected. But I am grateful that the effect will be
minimal, said Kevin Nunes, area repre-sentative for the chain,
which operates a location in Brentwood.
Several years ago, after forecasting the future of the tanning
industry and changing the vision of the Planet Beach organization,
we took decisive action to reposition the Planet Beach brand. Our
focus has since shifted from tanning to the overall skincare,
relaxation and wellness of those who visit one of our contempo
spas.
Regarding the concern about the tan-ning bed/skin cancer
connection, Nunes wrote via e-mail, Planet Beach under-stands the
seriousness of the risks that are associated with extreme exposure
to UV light, which is why we dont only tan cli-ents, but provide
them with the therapeutic benefi ts of UV Therapy. Its not just
about tanning, its about total wellness.
To comment, visit www.thepress.net.
by Dave RobertsStaff Writer
A 10-percent new tax on tanning is part of the health care bill
proposed by the Senate.
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Mobile barber takin it to the streetsFor $35 bucks, Bill McCall
will give
you a haircut, trim your beard or shave it edge your sideburns
and shine your shoes. And you dont even need to step outside your
front door.
McCall, owner of Mac Tyme Barber Shop on Main Street in Oakley,
has add-ed a mobile barber business to his full-ser-vice
enterprise, and hes taking it to the streets to make his pitch.
The reason that I came up with this idea is that I know, we all
know, that convenience is important to people, said McCall. And I
thought: what if I could provide a service that is different from
ev-ery other barbershop? What if I can go to people when they are
homebound or sick? It just seemed like a logical idea.
And so far its been paying off. Open just fi ve months at the
Main Street loca-tion, McCall recently jumped ahead with his plans
for the mobile grooming service when he discovered there was a
commu-nity interest and need.
Since then, he has taken his cutting shears and scissors sans
the barber pole to local senior centers as well as private
homes.
McCall, who grew up in Chicago dur-ing the l970s, is nostalgic
for the days of mom-and-pop shops and entrepreneurial dreams. It
has always been a childhood
dream of mine to have a barbershop; its just something I always
wanted, said McCall, who is a licensed and certifi ed barber.
And Im good at it. If you go to Su-percuts, they are going to
cut your hair
with one pair of scissors. But Ive got 15 pairs of clippers.
Times are hard right now, I know that, but when you have a dream
and you want to do something, you fi nd a way to make it work. Not
too many people are willing to do that anymore.
Its an idea, said McCall, whose time has come.
Leeann Lorono, economic develop-ment and housing analyst with
the City of Oakley, thinks so too. When I fi rst heard about Bills
business, I thought it sounded like an interesting idea, said
Lorono. I think its great that some of these smaller businesses are
sort of re-inventing themselves during these tough times. Id
encourage every small business to do what Bill has and look at what
natural partners may be around them in the business community. The
Chamber of Commerce is also, of course, a great resource.
For now, McCall is working to build both his mobile business and
stationary one, as he continues to enjoy the creativ-ity that comes
with the job.
I like to make people look neat; thats why I do it (cut hair),
said Mc-Call. And I do lots of specialty haircuts like Mohawks
theyre coming back you know as well as traditional and more
old-fashioned cuts. My mission is to change the world one haircut
at a time. Im here to give people what they want.
Mac Tyme Barber Shop is located at 3639 Main St. and is open
seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For a mobile appointment or
additional information, call 510-253-6381 or 925-308-4666.
To comment, visit www.thepress.net.
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
Bill McCall, owner of Mac Tyme Barber Shop, gives client Taqa
Kanara a haircut at McCalls Oakley location on Main Street. McCall
has also just begun offering a mobile service for customers who
prefer to have a barber come to them.
Photo by Richard Wisdom
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Anna Rosas, 7, walks away with an armful of gifts at the recent
Toys-4Tots event held at the Village Com-munity Resource Center.
Ryan Rich-ardson, owner of Willys Bagels and Blends, delivered toys
to more than 50 Brentwood chil-dren who partici-pate in the Centers
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Two years ago, when Discovery Bay General Manager Virgil Koehne
made his pitch to the CSD board to create wetlands as a way to
remove contaminants from the towns wastewater, the community was
facing up to $300,000 in fi nes (the majority for copper
contaminants) from the California Regional Quality Control Board
(CRQCB).
Today, the fi nes have been settled (the CRQCB board admitted
that the town was overcharged based on fl awed data, but will not
be reimbursed), the new permits have been granted and best of all,
Discovery Bay has achieved something that at least one ex-pert
considers unique: created a wetlands project that naturally removes
pollutants from the wastewater.
I am surprised, but pleasantly surprised, at the results of the
(wetlands) project, said Koehne. When you go into something like
this you never know how its going to turn out, although we
certainly had high hopes.
In a presentation to the CSD board dur-ing its regular Dec. 16
meeting, UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Alex Horne, who has been
working with Koehne on the wetlands program, offered an assessment
of its success and presented the board with options for its
continuation.
Our initial goal was to get you (the town) below the standard
(determined by the regional water board) and say goodbye to fi nes,
said Horne. And we did that with
the wetlands. Now the question is: should you spend more (money)
on continuing the project?
The wetlands lie on a two-acre parcel lo-cated near Sewer Plant
No. 1 in the southwest corner of Discovery Bay. Previously a dry
sludge pond unused since the 1980s, the de-veloped wetlands have
transformed the prop-erty into an oasis of cattails and bulrushes;
an independent eco-system home to frogs, snails and an assortment
of wildlife.
The goal of the project was to determine if pollutants such as
copper, aluminum, ni-trates and eventually pharmaceutical prod-ucts
could be biologically removed from the wastewater as it fl ows
through the facility. The
idea was to see if the contaminants could be sucked out of the
water by the roots of the plants and then be either physically
removed or allowed to decay naturally.
Armed with those objectives, Koehne contacted the civil and
environmental engineer-ing department at UC Berkeley and offered up
a living classroom to its students and faculty in exchange for some
expertise and advice.
The cost of the test project was just under $200,000 and was
paid for with town funds. But the underlying question was whether
or not the pilot program could successfully re-move the
state-mandated level of copper and nitrates. However, faced with a
conservatively estimated $10 million price tag on traditional
methods such as reverse osmosis, the test proj-ect agreed the
CSD board seemed worth a try.
The gamble paid off. Youre good to go on the nitrates and
copper, and we think we can make it work for aluminum, said Horne.
The fi nal one is pharmaceuticals, and you also have another
problem, which is salt. I be-lieve both of these can be successful
as well.
And a fi nancial case can certainly be made for continuing the
eco-friendly proj-ect. For approximately $123,000 (spread out over
two years) combined with possible and probable state and federal
grants, the town could conceivably continue the wetlands proj-ect
at a fairly low cost.
Two years ago, when we started this, we were facing fi nes, said
District Engineer Gregory Harris. We said we would try to fi ght
(the fi nes) it technically, and in the mean-time look to fi nd an
ecological answer. Weve done both; both solutions worked and were
not paying fi nes anymore. Weve built the wet-lands; now the
question is: how proactive do we want to be?
Im proud of this project, said Horne. Its not magic; its just
science, but you are the fi rst ones to have a proper wetlands the
only ones in the world, and it looks like weve been successful.
Should you continue with the wet-lands? You certainly dont have to,
but I make a case that I think you should.
No action was taken by the board on the wetlands project, but it
will be placed on a fu-ture CSD agenda as an item for
discussion.
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Eco Soft Water Technology Green as it Gets
Have you ever seen the trucks of Ecowater Systems, and wondered
what those shiny silver tanks are? Or what makes them di erent from
a regular water softener company/water store. Well Ecowater, long
before it was fashionable to be called Eco anything, has been
helping to reduce water pollution in our communities and
surrounding Counties by o ering a service of softening water
without customers putting wasted salt/potassium or extra waste
water down the drain from ine cient automatic water softeners. Th
is service is called portable soft water. Th e service gives you
all the bene ts of reduced product usage in your home such as
cleaners, shampoos, soaps, fab-ric softeners, laundry soap and
detergents. It also extends the life of plumbing and appliance wear
and tear, and saves you money on energy by reducing water heater
costs. Th is is all done without the customer ever lifting a nger
or ever carrying another bag of salt again.
As communities try to help reduce pollution, some have had to
regulate automatic softener use or eliminate their discharge into
waste streams. Th is makes it very hard for them to lter the
chlorides from the waste stream to enable reclaimed water use in
parks or clean enough to released back into streams or lakes.
Ecowater Systems Portable Soft Water is di erent. Th ey clean
the soft water in a controlled environment reusing almost 90% of
their water, and the brining discharge is not dumped down the
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Wetlands project considered a successby Ruth Roberts
Staff Writer Town Manager Virgil Koehne measures the depth of
the water in an experimental wetland that has proven to be a
break-through in the removal of pollut-ants from wastewater.
Photo by Ruth Roberts
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applications from income quali ed families who are inter-ested in
purchasing an a ordable single- family home under the Citys First
Time Homebuyer/Af-fordable Housing Program.
Applicants must qualify as low-income and have a good credit
score (no exceptions). Th e rst 100 low-income waitlist
applications will be accepted. Applications will be available on
January 15, 2010 at the Commu-nity Development Department, 118 Oak
Street, Brentwood dur-ing normal business hours or on line at
www.ci.brentwood.ca.us.
For more information please contact Sylvia Elias, Housing
Division (925) 516-5305.
Daisy Girl Scouts from Troop 32780 visited the Quail Lodge
retirement community in Antioch over Christ-mas break to sing a few
carols for the residents. According to leader Kirsten Jensen, After
we were done, this sweet gentleman, Rudy, asked us to wait. He went
to his room and came back with a big bowl of candy balanced on his
walker. It was so sweet! Here we see Rudy with the girls. In the
front row, from left, are Alexa Snider, Meghan Debellis, Mia Munson
and Lauren Jensen; back row: Jessica Melendez, Rudy Candy Man
Javanovich, Allison Debellis, Emma Williams and Samantha Smith.
Good job, girls!
Submitted by Kirsten Jensen
Daisy day at Quail Lodge
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John Muirs Outpatient Center in Brentwood will be starting up a
new session of parenting classes beginning Jan. 12.
Loving Solutions and Parent Project Senior are two programs
designed to help parents gain the confi dence and skills to deal
with strong-willed children. Loving Solutions is for children 5 to
12, and Parent Project Senior is for kids 13 and older.
Gabriel Welcher, clinical outreach coordinator and Parent
Project facilitator for John Muir Behavioral Health Center in
Brentwood, offers the two courses under the Parent Project
umbrella, a nationally recognized parenting program based on proven
strategies for bringing discipline and order back to the
family.
Both classes run for seven consecu-tive Tuesdays. The cost is
$90 for each seven-week series and includes registration and
materials. For more information or to sign-up for one or both
sessions, call 925-941-7900 or visit
www.johnmuirhealth.com/whcclasses.
Attendance areas for Liberty, Freedom and Heritage High Schools
have been established in order to balance enrollment throughout the
Liberty Union High School Districts schools.
Students who live within the LUHSD boundary but would prefer to
attend a school not designated for their residential area must
apply for an IntraDistrict Transfer. An open-enrollment period is
available during the month of February during which students may
submit IntraDistrict transfer requests for the 2010-2011 school
year. Decisions regarding these requests will be made by May
14.
IntraDistrict Transfer requests are generally approved as long
as the enrollment for all schools is balanced by total numbers and
ethnicity. As the district continues to grow and enrollment
capacities at all schools are reached, not all requests for
IntraDistrict Transfers are approved. When schools reach their
capacity, the number of IntraDistrict Transfers approved must be
equal between schools.
IntraDistrict Transfer request forms may be picked up at the
District Offi ce, 20 Oak St. in Brentwood. For more information,
call Valerie Noble at 925-634-2166, ext. 2021.
IntraDistrict transfers at LUHSD
Excellence at Edna Hill
A recently published list of honor students at Edna Hill Middle
School was incomplete. The following students were named to the
Honor Society for the schools second quarter:
Idara Akpakpa, Zachary Allen, Francisco Arciniega, Patricia
Arroyo, Quianna Ashley White, Taylin Ashley White, Alexis Ballew,
Brianna Baskerville Bridges, Beau Bauman, Hunter Bentancourt,
Connor Blair, Noemi Clare Botor, Isabella Bruno, Courtlen Burke,
Ivet Cardoso, Julian Carrera, Joseph Castle, Jacquelyn Colmenares,
Shelby Conn, Kalena Cortez, Kaitlyn Cox, Jonathon Davis, James de
Fremery, Daniel Del Carpio, Chloe Denson, Anastasiya DeWolf, Chad
Dias, Sara Doria, Alyssia Doss, Erin Evangelista, Jessica Freeman,
Ashlyn Frits, Mikayla Furey, Casey Garcia, Cynthia Garibay,
Nicholas Gash, Dawson Gatz, Joseph Gliedt, Brandon Gruber, Miles
Harris, Nicole Harrop, Nicole Hatfi eld, Lauren Hernandez, Patrick
Hill, Madelyn Holmsten, Justin Jackson, Alyssa Jacobsen Freyler,
Deejriana Jones, Jessica Jones, Courtney Jorgensen, Rory Kelleher,
Alexander Kelton, Michelle La Haie, Monica La Haie, Elijah Laulu,
Katrina Lawrence, Sierra Leckie, Zachary Lowe, Sara Lowry, Briana
Lucca, Kayla Martin, Aaliayah McKnight Corcran, Seth McNeely,
Matthew Mehlberg, Lidia Mendoza, Holly Miller, Kyle Miller, Jeremy
Montes, Alexandra Moore, Mallory Muniz, Brooke Norwood, Jennifer
Novero, Sean OConnell, Natalie Ochoa, Gabriel Olveda, Edgar Ordaz,
Makenzee Pereira, Jeremy Quilizapa, Alexandra Re, Kirabo Reed,
Alyssa Reyes, Collin Richardson, Shelby Rinehart, Tayler Rodarte,
Lisette Rodriguez, Olivia Rothrauff , Kyle Ruff , Brennan Russell,
Michael Russomanno, Sidney Sanchez, Kierra Santi, Hailey Schneider,
Meagan Sexton, Cassidi Sheehan, Catherine Sheff er, Ji Shin,
Madison Siemers, Jack Smith, Sara Steidle, Kate Tarango, Rocio
Tinoco, Kyler Torres, Heather Towns, Chad Treat, Madison Trimble,
Morgan VanAusdal, Jorge Vega, Miriam Velador, Wyat Viss, Cullen
Wheaton, Jenne Wirstlin, Rachel Wolter, Megan Yadron and Kaitlynn
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The Liberty Union High School Dis-trict Board of Education
recently honored Jaye Buhlis as the districts Community Volunteer
of the Quarter. Buhlis is one of Freedom High Schools
longest-serving volunteers and has supported Freedom High before,
during and after her children attended the school, including every
Free-dom Grad Nite since 1998.
As Buhlis sons participated in volley-ball, basketball, water
polo, baseball and tennis, she actively supported Freedom
athletics, working the snack bars, provid-ing transportation and
supporting the frenzied fundraiser du jour.
Most recently, Buhlis has volunteered her time and fi nancial
support to Free-doms Golf Tournament and annual Fresh-man Boot
Camp. She has provided all the Boot Camp shirts since its
inception, and helps with the afternoon barbecue as well. According
to one teacher, Jaye is friendly, understanding, outgoing, fl
exible and kind. She has a true love of Freedom that goes beyond
the parent relationship. LUHSD and Freedom faculty, staff and
adminis-trators thank Jaye Buhlis for sharing her endless
enthusiasm and compassion with Freedom High School.
Contributed by Sarah Singrin
Volunteer honored
Photos courtesy of Sarah Singrin
Above right, LUHSD Board President Ray Valverde, left, and
Freedom High Principal Erik Faulkner honor Jaye Buhlis as LUHSD
Community Volunteer of the Quarter. Among her many activities,
Buhlis provides all the T-shirts for Freedom High Schools Freshman
Boot Camp, above left.
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Nomination humblesExcelsior teacher
Jeanne Turner is proud of her recent honor as an Educator of the
Year nominee, but not for the usual reasons.
It was very exciting to have had the ex-perience and to be
considered (for the award), said Turner, a sixth-grade teacher at
Excelsior Middle School in Byron. But Im also really proud of the
fact that I made a speech in front of hundreds of people and didnt
make a total
mess of it. Im very grateful for that.The California League of
Middle
Schools (CLMS) honored Turner last month during a dinner and
awards ceremony at St. Marys College in Moraga. Invited along with
nine other fi nalists from Region 4 (which in-cludes Contra Costa)
as well as 10 additional regions throughout the state, Turner was
cho-sen in part for her excellence in the classroom and commitment
to education.
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
see Teacher page 13A
Jeanne Turner was recently honored by
the California League
of Middle Schools as a nominee for the Educator
of the Year award. Turner
is a sixth-grade teacher
at Excelsior Middle School
in Byron.
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Beginning in July, some incoming middle school students in the
Oakley Union School District (OUSD) might be attending a different
junior high school than they had planned on, thanks to a change in
the districts attendance boundaries.
We will soon be in the process of sending out information to
families who are going to be affected by this plan, letting them
know that the boundaries are going to change, said Delta Vista
Middle School Principal Greg Hetrick, who will be losing some of
his students in the boundary change to OHara Park Middle School.
But this plan will be a phased-in process that will allow siblings
and incoming students to stay where they
are for the time being if they want to.Currently, the western
attendance
boundary for Delta Vista Middle School is Rose Avenue, and
students living be-tween Rose and Highway 4 (Main Street) must
cross over the busy highway to get to school. But effective for the
2010-2011 school year, Delta Vistas western bound-ary will become
Highway 4, relieving the affected students of the need to run the
Highway 4 gauntlet.
Highway 4 is a perfect boundary because you dont really want
kids cross-ing that street if you can help it, so that is a benefi
t to families, said OUSD Su-perintendent Rick Rogers.
The boundary change is also an attempt to minimize the necessity
of changing the boundary back again due
New middle school boundaries in Oakley
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
see Boundaries page 17A
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But Excelsior Principal Dr. Charles Miller said he nominated
Turner for all those attributes and more: Jeanne has a variety of
characteristics that made her a perfect nomi-nee, including her
professionalism and leader-ship. She is a leader amongst our
sixth-grade teachers and has been a key player in revising our
curriculum-aligning documents and our pacing guides to make sure we
are where we need to be with the state. She is a wonderful educator
and very deserving (of the nomina-tion).
The CLMS Educator of the Year award is given each year to 11
California educators who have best represented educational
excel-lence and made signifi cant strides in class-room reform at
the middle school level. Up
to 10 fi nalists from each region are honored locally, and one
person is chosen from the fi -nalists to represent each region at
the CLMS Middle Level Educator of the Year annual conference in
February. Nominees can be teachers, administrators, counselors or
other certifi ed personnel.
Turner has been a teacher in the Byron School District since
2005 and is one of Ex-
celsiors three sixth-grade humanities teachers, which means that
she teaches English, lan-guage arts and social studies as core
subjects.
For Turner, a self-proclaimed involved teacher, the joy of
education is about the jour-ney, the discovery and the
all-important ah-ha moment.
Im passionate about helping students get to that place where
their eyes light up when
they fi nally understand something, said Turner, a Discovery Bay
resident and mother of two teenage sons. For me, that is the pay at
the end of the day. My job is fun, exciting and different every
day. I love learning, and its fun to be able to share it with the
students.
And while Turner was not chosen to rep-resent her region at the
annual CLMS confer-ence (the winner came from a middle school in
Alameda County), she says the clich about the nomination being
enough is true.
It was my fi rst time to be nominated and it was very exciting
and so humbling to be considered among all these phenomenal people,
said Turner. I love what I do and it was an honor, truly, to be
considered. It was really wonderful just to be considered.
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Teacher from page 11A Im passionate about helping students get
to that place where their eyes light up when they finally
understand something.
Jeanne Turner, Educator of the Year nominee
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Stop banks cash bonusesEditor:
Todays news about an Antioch church moving its account from Bank
of America prompts me to also move my account from Bank of America
if it persists in paying cash bonuses this year.
Take the lead from Wells Fargo: stock options in two or three
years. I do hope local bankers recognize that we too have some say
in their opera-tion.
Bob OliverAntioch
Christmas boxed up and out of sight
Editor:I was at my gym this morning and
overheard some ladies talking about their Christmas decorations.
One had taken hers down the 26th or 27th and the other was saying
that she had strived to get all of hers taken down by the first of
the year; and she had accomplished her goal. Christmas was all put
away and done!
Hearing those words made me sad and made me wonder why so many
people are so eager to put Christmas back in its box, not to be
thought about for another 10 or 11 months. As an Episcopalian, we
have always kept our decorations up through the 12 days of
Christmas until Epiphany, Jan. 6.
I think many have forgotten, or have never known, that Christmas
is actually the first of the 12 days, not the last. My favorite
time of the Christmas season has always been after Christmas. The
work is all done, the gifts are all given; it is time to re-lax and
enjoy the beautiful lights and decorations and watch people enjoy
what theyve received. You actually
have the time to breathe and look at what is around you. The
days after Christmas are a beautiful time.
When I hear people talking about Christmas like it is something
to be done with and put away, it makes me wonder when Christmas
became such a big chore and only a big chore. When did it become
just an item on a long check-off list? Christmas is sup-posed to be
about generosity, caring, family and mostly love. Why are we so
anxious to put all of that back into its plastic red and green tote
bucket?
Maybe we start too early. Maybe, amid all the preparations, we
forget that Christmas is about a feeling, about the coming of a
light to show us the way to make our lives and the lives of those
around us better. Its about expressing the love we should have for
one another. Dont be in such a rush to turn it all off and box it
all away.
I think this year I wont be in such a rush to put it all away.
Yes, after Jan. 6 the lights will come down and the tree and
ornaments and candles will be put away; but I think that this year,
I will leave something out. Something that makes me smile and feel
good and reminds me of the warmth and joy and spirit of Christmas,
not the work.
Maybe Ill let the kids help choose the item, a different one
each year, and when it catches our eye in March or June or August,
it will remind us that Christmas isnt just a day or a decora-tion,
it is a feeling and a way of living that should influence us all
year long: something that never should be put away and done.
Merry Christmas.Christine Buxton
Brentwood
Community should thump its chest
Editor:On behalf of the Board of the
Brentwood Regional Community Chest, we would like to take this
op-portunity to thank all of the volun-teers, businesses and
individuals who allowed BRCC to provide a little extra to our
communitys families in need for the holiday season. This years
tar-get of 550 food baskets were collected, prepared and delivered
by the many volunteers who collectively provided hundreds of hours
of time, and thou-sands of dollars.
To all of the volunteers who made this event possible for the
recipients, and also brought the true meaning of the holidays to
life in our city: a huge thank-you to you and your families both
from the recipient families and from the board.
To the many businesses who provided space for collection
barrels, made significant monetary dona-tions, made the logistical
challenge of acquiring 550 turkeys and all the fixins possible,
held fundraisers and made our sorting and distribution a holiday
team-building event: we offer both our thanks and
congratulations.
Thank you to the City of Brent-wood staff and City Council, who
assisted with space for storage, the fa-cilities for basket
sign-ups, and police assistance with traffic control on the morning
of distribution.
A huge thanks to the Brentwood Union School District
administrative staff and board for the use of facili-ties, storage
year-round, logistics and transportation of donated items, all that
Larry Sudweeks does for us!
Last, but certainly not least, we will not soon forget the
fundraising campaign that is deserving of a new Best of Brentwood
category for 2009 Mayor Bob Taylors willingness to don a turkey
suit for countless hours, raising the needed funds to provide the
turkeys for the distribution.
You all make Brentwood The Best of the Best and well do it all
again in 11 months!
Dana EatonKevin King
Co-Presidents, BRCC
We are gratefulEditor:
Making this holiday a little brighter for families in our
community and carrying on the long-standing tradition of the
Brentwood Regional Community Chest of providing food and gifts at
Christmastime for families in Oakley has been a joyous task again
this year for the Friends of Oakley. We can do this only because of
a com-munity of help over the past several months and we are very
grateful. We are grateful for the community members and
organizations that do-nated food, toys, funds, helping hands and
hours of volunteer time. Their selflessness and desire to give to
our community was a wonder to behold. We are grateful for Brent
Aasen of Equus Group and Premier Storage for the donation of boxes,
as well as Anne Allen for donating 50 Home Depot boxes. We are
grateful for CentroMart for partnering with us on our food
pur-chases and arranging donated bread for each family. We are
grateful for the Oakley Union Elementary School District and all
the staff and students who helped in so many ways to make this
possible. The
support of Superintendent Rick Rog-ers has been invaluable. We
are grateful to Diamond Hills for filling our barrels and giving of
time. We are grateful for our East Contra Costa Firefighters for
wrapping gifts and hosting barrels at the station. We are grateful
to Freedom High School Leadership for the amazing donation of gifts
and food and for many volunteered hours. They were incredible! We
are grateful to Ironhouse Sani-tary District for the donation of
bags for the senior households we adopted. We are grateful to the
Contra Costa Food Bank and the Brentwood Re-gional Community Chest
for their food contributions. We are grateful for the families for
reaching out and letting us be a part of their holiday season.
We think it is important to note that not only did the Oakley
Christ-mas Basket Program provide for fami-lies across the whole
community of Oakley, it was a community effort that made it
possible. We look forward to the 2010 Friends of Oakley Christmas
Basket Program!
Pat AndersonFriends of Oakley
Board of Directors
Hoops heroesEditor:
The Liberty High School Girls Basketball Program would like to
thank the many members of our Brentwood business community for
their generous donations to our largest annual fundraising event,
The West Coast Jamboree. We appreciate your support: El Gallito
Drive-In, Willys Bagels & Blends, Sweeneys Grill & Bar, La
Costa Taqueria, Sticky Chicken & Ribs, Jaliscos Restaurant,
Safeway, Foodmaxx, and the new Little Caesars Pizza on Lone Tree
Way. We are grateful for all you did to help make our event a
success.
We would also like to thank all of the parents, girls and
families of our program who gave countless hours of time to work at
the Jamboree. Without all of you this could not have hap-pened. We
look forward to a wonder-ful year of girls basketball this season.
Come watch us play and win! Thank you.
Betsy McCormickLiberty High School
Girls Basketball
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A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East
County police departments.BRENTWOODDec. 23, 2:11 p.m. A resident of
Rosalinda Court found nine .22 caliber bullets and turned them in
for destruction.Dec. 23, 9:34 p.m. At a residence on Berk-shire
Lane, two subjects became engaged in a argument about a laptop. One
of the subjects left the scene prior to the arrival of police offi
cers.Dec. 23, 10:43 p.m. An electrical fi re broke out at a
residence on Summerwood Drive.Dec. 23, 11:38 p.m. On First Street
at Maple Street, two subjects were confronted by six or seven
unidentifi ed subjects, one of whom brandished a black
semi-automatic hand-gun and demanded their purses. The victims
handed over their purses and the robbers fl ed northbound on foot
toward Pine Street.Dec. 24, 12:38 a.m. On Oak Street at First
Street, two subjects were found to be in-toxicated and unable to
care for themselves. They were arrested and taken to the Marti-nez
Detention Facility.Dec. 24, 1:45 a.m. A vehicle stolen from a
parking lot on Brentwood Boulevard was re-covered by the California
Highway Patrol.Dec. 24, 10:09 a.m. A vehicle rolled over on the
Highway 4 Bypass off-ramp at Jeffery Way. No one was injured.Dec.
24, 10:40 a.m. An unidentifi ed person used the personal
information of a resident of Pebble Beach Drive to obtain cash.Dec.
24, 1:21 p.m. On Brentwood Boulevard at Applewood Commons, a driver
stopped for a vehicle code violation was found to be unlicensed and
unwilling to identify himself. He was arrested and released on a
Notice To Appear.Dec. 24, 4:31 p.m. A subject made a cell phone
call to a resident of Pasco Drive in violation of a court
order.Dec. 24, 10:42 p.m. On San Jose Avenue at Fairview Avenue, a
subject stopped for vehicle code violations was found to be driving
under the infl uence of alcohol. He was arrested and released on a
Promise To Appear.Dec. 25, 10:56 p.m. A subject contacted dur-ing a
traffi c-collision investigation on Eisen-hower Way was arrested
for DUI and trans-
ported to the Kaiser medical facility.Dec. 26, 2:02 a.m. Several
subjects were found in a secured residence under construction on
Big Bear Court. They were arrested and taken to the Martinez
Detention Facility.Dec. 26, 10:54 a.m. On Sand Creek Road at
Fairview Avenue, a driver stopped for vehicle code violations was
found to have a warrant for her arrest. She was arrested and taken
to the Martinez Detention Facility.Dec. 26, 11:55 a.m. On Brentwood
Boule-vard, an unidentifi ed person slapped a sub-ject in the face
twice and fl ed.Dec. 26, 2:54 p.m. A suspicious note was left on a
pole on Coventry Court.Dec. 26, 6:36 p.m. On Balfour Road at John
Muir Parkway, a driving who collided with another vehicle fl ed the
scene.Dec. 26, 7:51 p.m. An unidentifi ed person stole two pairs of
sunglasses from a business on Sand Creek Road.Dec. 26, 11:19 p.m. A
subject backed his ve-hicle into the back wall of an apartment on
Berry Lane, causing moderate damage.
To view the Brentwood Police Depart-ments public logs on the
citys Web site, visit
www.ci.brentwood.ca.us/department/pd/re-ports/index.cfm.ANTIOCHDec.
30, 7:25 a.m. An unidentifi ed person left a package on the
doorstep of the Con-tra Costa Fire Protection Districts Fire
Station 81 on West 10th Street. The pack-age was a lunchbox that
had been duct taped closed and inscribed with the word Danger. Offi
cers of the Antioch Police Department responded, evacuated Sta-tion
81 as a precaution and called out the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad. The
package was inspected and found to contain two smaller containers
of an unknown liquid. The Contra Costa Health Department re-sponded
and determined that the liquid in both containers was mercury. The
Health Department took possession of the mer-cury. Station 81 was
directed to function out of another local station with no
in-terruption in service. Traffi c was detoured around the area
from 7:30 to about 11 a.m. until the mercury was removed. No
injuries or contamination occurred. The incident is under
investigation as a haz-ardous materials incident. It does not
ap-
pear to be a malicious act at this time. It was most likely due
to a lack of knowl-edge about how and where to dispose of hazardous
materials.Dec. 30, 9:18 a.m. Two masked subjects, one armed with a
handgun, entered the Umpqua Bank on Lone Tree Way and demanded
money from the teller. Af-ter receiving an undisclosed amount of
money, the two subjects fl ed toward the rear of the Raleys
supermarket. The sub-jects possibly jumped the sound wall into the
neighborhood on Clayburn Road and fl ed in a waiting vehicle. Those
with information regarding this crime should call the Antioch
Police Department at 925-778-2441.Dec. 31, 12:20 a.m. Offi cers of
the An-tioch Police Department responded to the report of a shot fi
red at a vehicle on West 10th Street near the intersection of J
Street. The victim stated that as he began to pass two slow-moving
vehicles, some-one in the lead vehicle (a black or dark-colored
SUV, similar to a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe), shot at his vehicle. The
bullet shat-tered the victims rear window and came to rest inside
the vehicle, narrowly missing the driver. The victim sped away and
was followed briefl y by the assailants vehicle until it
discontinued the chase in the vi-cinity of A Street and East 18th
Street.The victim was not injured. The driver of the assailants
vehicle was described as a Hispanic male, approximately 30 years
old. Those with information regarding this incident should call the
Antioch Po-lice Departments Detective Mellone at 925-779-6930.
For information on law enforcement in Antioch, visit
www.ci.antioch.ca.us/citygov/police.OAKLEYDec. 28 A subject
illegally entered a resi-dence on the 2000 block of Meadowlark
Lane.Dec. 29 On Fifth Street at Main Street, a subject was charged
with possession of dan-gerous drugs.Dec. 29 A witness was
threatened on the 4800 block of Snowy Egret Way.Dec. 29 Grand theft
was reported on the 300 block of Shady Oaks Drive.
Dec. 30 A vehicle was stolen from the 1000 block of Morning
Glory Way.Dec. 30 A subject interfered with a pub-lic offi cer on
Live Oak Avenue at Neroly Road.Dec. 30 A subject was driving
recklessly on Delta Road at Main Street.Dec. 30 Incidents of
battery occurred on the 2000 block of Garden Court, on the 4300
block of Mehaffey Way, and on the 100 block of Raye Avenue.Dec. 30
On the 3200 block of Main Street, a subject was charged with
violation of a custody order.Dec. 30 A residential burglary was
report-ed on the 100 block Ridge Crest Court.Dec. 30 Forgery of
documents was report-ed on the 2500 block of Main Street.Dec. 30
Credit card fraud occurred on the 800 block of Oakwood Way.Dec. 30
A case of identity theft was report-ed on the 3200 block of Main
Street.Dec. 30 A subject was found trespassing on the 4900 block of
Frank Hengel Way.Dec. 31 On Bernard Road at Main Street, a subject
was charged with driving without a license.Dec. 31 A juvenile was
reported missing from a residence on the 700 block of Do-maine
Court.Dec. 31 Arrest warrants were served on Empire Avenue at
Hemlock Drive, and on Bedford Lane at Empire Avenue.Jan. 1 On
Bridgehead Road at Main Street, a subject was charged with
violation of probation.Jan. 1 Subjects were found driving under the
infl uence of alcohol on the 1100 block of OHara Avenue, on East
Cypress Road at Picasso Drive, on Bridgehead Road at Main Street,
on Almondtree Circle at Beechnut Lane, and on West Cypress Road at
OHara Avenue.Jan. 2 A vehicle accident with property damage
occurred at the intersection of Lau-rel Road and Main Street.Jan. 2
Incidents of misdemeanor DUI oc-curred on Delta Road at Main
Street, on the 2000 block of Main Street, on West Cypress Road at
OHara Avenue, and on Main Street at Rose Avenue.Jan. 3 Tampering
was reported on the 100 block of Francisco Villa Drive.
COP LOGSFROM EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCH LOGS A driver stopped
for a vehicle code violation was found to be unlicensed and
unwilling to identify himself. Dec. 24, 1:21 p.m., Brentwood
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Corvette Club largess
This year at the Discovery Bay Cor-vette Clubs annual Christmas
Party, in-stead of exchanging gifts among them-selves, each family
brought two gifts to support Delta Community Services effort to aid
needy children. The club also cel-ebrated a benefi cent year in
2009, making charitable donations to a number of orga-nizations,
including those seen here.
Above, Sue Anderson and Cal and Colleen Buckles donate to Meals
on Wheels in support of the or-ganizations delivery of nutritious
food to seniors in the community. Above left, Jesse and Carole
Thompson accept a donation to the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento
from Susan Jones.
Photos courtesy of DBCC
Far right, Kathy Doty with Principal
Larry Rodriguez and Program
Administrator Jacque Green of La Paloma High School. DBCC
provided scholar-ship money for a young graduate.
Right, Steve Waldes donation to Delta
Community Services is accepted by Felicitas
Ochoa. The donation aided ve families.
Photos courtesy of DBCC
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DMEDALAWARD
JANUARY 8, 2010 EDUCATION THEPRESS.NET | 17A
Trevors Weekly Mortgage MattersBy Trevor Frey
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Points one percent of the loan amount and the method by which
loan originators are compensated for their services and the
remainder of the closing costs, title/escrow charges, pre-paid
items etc., are all items that come into play when shopping for a
home loan. However, until this year, it has been very diffi cult
for the consumers to compare loans. Each company has had its own
form in which to hide their junk fees, and worse yet, companies
could pull the old bait-and-switch with no real formal recourse for
the borrower. Th is will no longer be the case.
Th anks to an update in the 1974 Real Estate Settlement
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lenders are required to provide borrowers with an easy-to-read,
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Faith Estimate form requires that the lenders wrap all of the fees
they control into one origination charge so that the borrower can
easily compare one set of lender fees with another. Brokers and
banks alike will be required to answer the following questions on
one standardized three page government form: Whats the term of the
loan? Is the interest rate fi xed or can it change? Is there a
pre-payment penalty (should the borrower choose to refi nance at a
later date)? Is there a balloon payment? What are total closing
costs?
Should certain fees on this initial Good Faith Estimate diff er
more than 10% from the Final Closing Statement which itself
has been revamped into one easy-to-read government issued form
for all home loans in the country then the loan will not be allowed
to fund until the fees are corrected. Th e new law basically puts
the Good back in Good Faith Estimate, and, according to Th e
Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), will likely
save the consumer an average of $700 in loan charges.
Honesty, reliability, and accountability are the unspoken motto
of the updated RESPA policies, and the new law demands this from
both sides of the transaction. In order to obtain a formal and
contractual Good Faith Estimate a property address and social
security number are required. It is now mandatory that the lender
review the potential borrowers entire credit profi le including tax
returns, bank statements, and paystubs before issuing an actual
Good Faith Estimate. So now, not only are the days of each lender
having their own GFE form gone, but gone, too, are the days when a
borrower made multiple calls to multiple lenders and got cost
estimates which couldnt really be compared. Until your personal
profi le has been reviewed, a formal Good Faith Estimate, tailored
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If you have any real estate lending related questions or
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to growth or decline in Oakleys popu-lation and to establish as
balanced a population as possible between the two middle schools.
Delta Vista currently serves 925 students and OHara Park 735.
Eventually, crossing guards cur-rently at the junction of Highway 4
and Cypress Road will be phased out, saving the district money.
But the main thing that we want families to know is that we are
not going to split them up, said Rogers. That was the overriding
concern (in changing the boundaries) and was the key reason we are
doing this now, so that there isnt a crunch down the line.
Today, 30 fi fth-graders (all currently attending Gehringer
Elementary) live within the new boundary area, along with 119
current Delta Vista students. Rogers says current sixth- and
seventh-grade students will be able to stay at their school as well
as any siblings that enter middle school while the older sibling is
still attending. By phasing in the change, the district will allow
siblings to remain together at the same middle school.
OHara Park Principal Roger Mac-Donald sees the boundary changes
as a win-win for everyone. This is good for both the schools and
will be great for the families as well, said MacDonald. There is no
negative impact for us on space for the kids coming over here. Ive
got plenty of room and were happy to have them.
For more information on boundary changes, call Delta Vista
Middle School at 925-625-6840 or OHara Park Middle School at
925-625-5060.
To comment, visit www.thepress.net.
Boundaries from page 12A
This plan will be a phased-in process that will allow siblings
and incoming students to stay where they are for the time
being.
Greg Hetrick
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LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0082731 Title Order No.
09-8-235566 Investor/Insurer No. 088051198 APN No. 011-500-003-6
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/10/2005. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is
hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed
trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: JASON W LEHRER,
A MARRIED MAN, dated 10/10/2005 and recorded 10/13/05, as
Instrument No. 2005-0392096-00, in Book , Page ), of Of- cial
Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County,
State of California, will sell on 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the
Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and
Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described
below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and
interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust,
in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully
described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address
and other common designation, if any, of the real property
described above is pur-ported to be: 5171 FERN RIDGE CIRCLE,
DISCOVERY BAY, CA, 94514. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other
common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the
unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by
the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses
and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice
of Sale is $565,426.74. It is possible that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In
addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashiers checks drawn on
a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal
credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in
Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in
this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but
without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title,
possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by
said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided,
and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust
with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed
of Trust. DATED: 09/12/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo
Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281
8219, Sale In-formation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustees Sale Of cer
RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to col-lect
a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
ASAP# 3398366 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No.
06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0067995 Title Order No.
09-8-198135 Investor/Insurer No. 123773260 APN No. 055-650-091-6
YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/12/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.
IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that
RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the
Deed of Trust executed by: CLAUDE J D LANG AND RUTH W LANG, HUSBAND
AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 06/12/2006 and recorded 06/22/06,
as Instrument No. 2006-0198093-00, in Book , Page ), of Of cial
Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County,
State of California, will sell on 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the
Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (corner of Main and
Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described
below, pay-able in full at time of sale, all right, title, and
interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust,
in the prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more
fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street
ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 4132 CHERRY POINT CT, ANTIOCH,
CA, 945319110. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the street address and other common
designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid
balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the
property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and
advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of
Sale is $516,443.00. It is possible that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In
addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashiers checks drawn on
a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal
credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in
Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in
this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but
without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title,
possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by
said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided,
and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust
with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed
of Trust. DATED: 08/20/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo
Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281
8219, Sale In-formation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustees Sale Of cer
RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to col-lect
a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
ASAP# 3399349 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No.
06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALET.S. No. 09-34543-FF-CA Loan No.
0016141665 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
10/03/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY
BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. A public auction sale to the
highest bidder for cash, (cashiers check(s) must be made payable to
National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or
national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or
a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association,
savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state;
will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all
right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee
in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed
of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an as is
condition, but without cov-enant or warranty, expressed or implied,
regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining
principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with
interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s),
ad-vances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon,
fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at
the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale)
reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be
greater on the day of sale. Trustor: OLIVER L. PANUGALING AND
MARILOU M. PANUGALING, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly
Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded
10/06/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0318067-00 of Of cial Records in
the of ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California. Date
of Sale: 01/29/2010 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: At the Court
Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (Corner
of Main and Court Street), Martinez, CA Estimated amount of unpaid
balance and other charges: $442,262.31 Street Address or other
common designation of real property: 1043 BENDING WIL-LOW WAY,
PITTSBURG, CA 94565 A.P.N.: 086-300-054 The undersigned Trustee
disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street
address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown above. If no
street address or other common designation is shown, directions to
the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written
request to the ben-e ciary within 10 days of the date of rst
publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to
convey title for any reason, the successful bidders sole and
exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee,
and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The
undersigned mortgagee, bene ciary or authorized agent for the
mortgagee or bene ciary declares pur-suant to California Civil Code
2923.5(h}(1} that the borrower has surrendered the property or has
delivered the keys to the property to the mortgagee, trustee, ben-e
ciary, or authorized agent of the mort-gagee, trustee or bene
ciary. Regarding the property that is the subject of this Notice of
Sale, the mortgage loan ser-vicer as de ned in California Civil
Code Section 2923.53 (k) (3) declares that it has obtained from the
Commissioner a nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to
California Civil Code Section 2923.53 and that the exemption is
current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is recorded. The
timeframe for giving a
Notice of Sale speci ed in Subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 does
not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code
Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 01/06/2010 NATIONAL DEFAULT
SERVIC-ING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ
85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website:
www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRE-SENTATIVE
ASAP# 3393849 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 Antioch Press No.
06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 08-0093668 Title Order No.
08-8-344565 Investor/Insurer No. 111655758 APN No. 075-570-037-4
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/19/2005. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is
hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly ap-pointed trustee
pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: LISA-MARIE CUSPARD AND
PATRIC J CUSPARD, dated 08/19/2005 and recorded 08/26/05, as
Instrument No. 2005-0323848-00, in Book , Page ), of Of cial
Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County,
State of California, will sell on 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the
Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (corner of Main and
Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described
below, pay-able in full at time of sale, all right, title, and
interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust,
in the prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more
fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street
ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 5136 JUDSONVILLE DRIVE,
ANTIOCH, CA, 94531. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other
common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the
unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by
the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses
and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice
of Sale is $969,676.99. It is possible that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In
addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashiers checks drawn on
a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal
credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in
Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in
this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but
without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title,
possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by
said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided,
and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust
with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed
of Trust. DATED: 12/05/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo
Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219,
Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustees Sale Of cer
RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a
debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP#
3399348 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch Press No.
06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 08-0118523 Title Order No.
08-8-481354 Investor/Insurer No. 17053 APN No. 086-172-008-4 YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/01/2007. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given
that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the
Deed of Trust executed by: ALFREDO PEREZ, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE
AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 10/01/2007 and recorded 10/19/07, as
Instrument No. 2007-0295431-00, in Book -, Page -), of Of cial
Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County,
State of California, will sell on 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the
Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and
Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described
below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and
interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust,
in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully
described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address
and other common designation, if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 1404 SOMERS STREET, PITTSBURG,
CA, 94565. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the street address and other common designation,
if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with
interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be
sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the
time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is
$336,963.93. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening
bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to
cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashiers checks drawn on a state or
national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or
a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association,
savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.
Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant
or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or
encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of
Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the
unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with
interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of
Trust. DATED: 08/09/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd.,
CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VAL-LEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale
Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustees
Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to
collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that
purpose. ASAP# 3399224 01/08/2010, 01/15/2010, 01/22/2010 An-tioch
Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0122653 Title Order No.
09-8-360411 Investor/Insurer No. 138645688 APN No. 097-490-023-5
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/13/2006. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is
hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed
trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: GABE ESSOE AND
KELLEY ESSOE, HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP., dated
12/13/2006 and recorded 12/26/06, as Instrument No.
2006-0410239-00, in Book , Page ), of Of cial Records in the of ce
of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California,
will sell on 02/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to
the County Court-house (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court
Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash or check as described below, pay-able in full at time of
sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it
under said Deed of Trust, in the prop-erty situated in said County
and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed
of Trust. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any,
of the real property described above is purported to be: 280
CLOVERBROOK CIRCLE, PITTSBURG, CA, 945657354. The undersigned
Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the
street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.
The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the
obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable
estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial
publication of the No-tice of Sale is $450,621.80. It is possible
that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total
indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept
cashiers checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by
a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan association, savings association, or
savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and
authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in
an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or
implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy
the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances
thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of
the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as
provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the
Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED:
11/21/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd.,
CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale
In-formation (626) 927-4399 By