October 17, 2007
NEIGHBORHOOD SCAN: Haunted Garden at the Arboretum
By BARBARA GIASONE
The Orange County Register
ASSOCIATION ROAD
Reservations are open for The Haunted Garden at the Fullerton Arboretum set for Oct. 26, 27 and 28.
Spooky tours will be offered from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. on Sunday
Pre-paid admission and reservations are highly encouraged. Children ages 5-12 are $6; teens and adults cost $10. Admission at the door is $10 per child and $13 per adult. Call the Haunted Hotline at 657-278-4002 to make reservations, or for more information go to www.arboretum.fullerton.edu. .
New this year is a less-spooky "Younger Children's Costume Party" from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 26. Tickets are $5. The afternoon includes a daytime walk through the garden, costume parade, crafts and refreshments.
The Arboretum is on the Cal State Fullerton campus at 1900 Associated Road.
Information: 657-278-3407.
BASQUE AVENUE
Early visitors and residents used postcards to mark the city's growth, and now a collection of 200 is the focus of "Fullerton" a book written by Cathy Thomas, curator of the Launer Local History Room at the main branch library, librarian Debora Richey and information consultant Kathy Morris, both from Cal State Fullerton.
The book is the latest in the "Postcard History Series" put out by Arcadia Publishing, and is on sale for $19.99 at the Hunt Branch and main libraries. Proceeds will go toward the library and history room.
Tom Pulley, an Orange County resident, provided the postcards from his collection.
You can also order the book online at www.arcadiapublishing.com or find it at area bookstores.
The Hunt Branch Library is at 201 S. Basque Ave., and the Main Branch and history room are at 353 W. Commonwealth Ave.
COMMONWEALTH AVE.
RagFest 2007 is coming to the city Saturday and Sunday for a weekend of entertainment at Steamers Jazz Club, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., and other locations around town.
The sponsor, Friends of Jazz based in Fullerton, donates proceeds from the event to provide jazz education, school programs and scholarships.
This year's highlights include the third festival appearance of the San Diego-based Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, the eighth consecutive RagFest appearance by the Albany Nightboat Ragtimes and the festival debuts of pianists Mark Jones, Bill Edwards, Galen Wilkes and Orange Count vocalist Debbi Ebert.
The main venue is Steamers Jazz Club, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave. During both afternoons, continuous entertainment runs concurrently at Steamers, Mo's Fullerton Music, the Imperial Ballroom, the Main Library, Rutabegorz Restaurant and the Fullerton Museum Center.
The Wyndham Hotel, 202 W. Houston Ave., will host a festival reception on Oct. 19 from 6:30 to 11 p.m., free of charge to the public.
A revue-style variety show is set for 8 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the Osborne Auditorium at the library, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave.
A 90-minute youth forum featuring Southern California children performing ragtime music on the piano will be featured at the library at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Advance ticket prices are $60 per person for an all-weekend pass, $25 per person for Saturday or Sunday afternoon and $20 per person for Saturday night.
Information: 714-680-6684.
CHAPMAN AVENUE
A three-day event celebrating local Vietnamese American culture was held last week at Cal State Fullerton.
The inaugural Vietnamese International Bridging Exposition (VIBE) celebrated the arts, business and education.
It was organized by a group of young Vietnamese business people to "showcase all aspects of the true Vietnamese American." The free expo included vendors, games and live entertainment.
Free first-aid classes in Vietnamese were also be given by the Red Cross.
Organizers also gave scholarships to five students at Cal State Fullerton. The students are: Jennifer Do, a senior kinesiology major; Katrina Ho, a senior English major; Mark Pham, a senior human-services major; Tamara Tran, a graduate student completing her teaching credential; and Tung Tran, a senior majoring in biology.
NUTWOOD AVENUE
Dr. Debra L. Stout has been awarded the Linda Kerns Community Prevention Award by the Orange County Substance Abuse Prevention Network.
Stout, of DoctorS Nonprofit Consulting and a part-time professor at Cal State Fullerton, is a graduate of Fullerton College, Cal State Fullerton and Azuza Pacific, according to a release announcing the award. She is a member of the Acacia Park Ward of the Fullerton Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
"In my work with Dr. Stout … at the Orange County Department of Education, I have found her to be a dedicated advocate for youth and prevention," said Linda Kearns, to whom the award is dedicated, in the release.
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