Foothills Sentry Page 2 MARCH 2025 RELAX jadtec.com $1595 /mo as low as SECURITY JADTEC Protecting your family, home and business from burglary, fire and medical emergencies. We’ve got you covered! 714 282 0828 | jadtec.com aco 4202 Early Orange on display via vintage postcards at Orange Library By Guy Ball An exhibit of vintage postcards showing early scenes and life in Orange is now on display at the Orange Public Library. "From Orange with Love" is an assortment of City of Orangerelated postcards from the large collection of Tom Pulley, an avid postcard collector, whose passion for postcards started in 1968. Most of Pulley’s collection consists of postcards relating to Orange County, but also includes some from Fresno County, where he went to college. Pulley allowed the library’s history center to scan over 500 Orange postcards for its archives. The display was curated and assembled by Aida Cuevas, archivist/local history librarian, and Erika Aguilar, local history assistant. Cuevas noted that, “We wanted to include a little bit of everything: history of postcards, firsthand accounts of City of Orange events, our own Orange Public Library, restaurants, accommodations and lodging, businesses, and quips. We are pretty proud of the exhibit.” Familiar faces “Soon after the exhibit was up,” Cuevas added, “there was a serendipitous event. A patron was dropping off a donation, and I was helping her with some research. As we were delving into her family history, we came across an image of a flyer for a play that Orange Union High School had put on. The image was also made into a postcard that happens to be part of the exhibit. When she looked at the display, she realized that two of her family members were on that postcard.” The exhibit is located on the first floor, across from the lending services desk at the Orange Public Library and History Center, 407 E. Chapman Avenue. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; on Tuesday and Wednesday, it is open until 8 p.m. From Orange with Love runs through April. To learn more, make an appointment to visit the History Center or enjoy the Digital Collection on the Library’s website. Orange Council boosts fireworks sales permits By Tina Richards A resolution increasing the number of permits available to nonprofits to sell safe and sane fireworks in Orange and give preference to high schools, was finalized by the city council, Feb. 11. The new resolution replaces the one approved last month that allowed only eight permits to be issued. With several council members suggesting that eight wasn’t enough, it was agreed to revisit the allotment at the following meeting. Twelve was the magic number. Fireworks sales are now legal in Orange following voter approval of a ballot measure last November. Voters chose to ban fireworks sales in the 1990s, but this election cycle, 61% of voters opted to reinstate them. There are, however, restrictions. Sales and use of fireworks remain illegal east of Hewes Street and east of Cannon, due to high fire danger. Councilman Denis Bilodeau began the discussion by suggesting the number of permits be increased to 12. At previous meetings he had advocated for more, noting that in the 1990s, the city had authorized up to 30. For now, he conceded that 12 is a number the council could agree on. And it did. The vote was five in favor, with Arianna Barrios dissenting and Ana Gutierrez absent. Permits will be available to nonprofits via a lottery system. Applications will be posted on the city website in March. The drawing will be conducted by the city manager at a subsequent council meeting. Bilodeau noted that, in his view, the main drivers of fireworks sales are high school booster clubs, and that those groups should be given permits if they wanted them. He recommended that El Modena, Orange, Richland and Orange Lutheran High School volunteer groups be offered permits ahead of the lottery. If any of them decline, that permit would be assigned via the lottery system, along with the other eight available. Mayor Dan Slater agreed that high schools should have permits, but he was reluctant to take opportunities away from other nonprofits by excluding a third of the permits from the lottery. He joined Barrios in voting no on the preferential treatment of high schools. Bilodeau, Jon Dumitru, Kathy Tavoularis and John Gyllenhammer said yes. Despite voter approval of fireworks sales, many residents oppose the idea altogether or ask that the exclusion zone be expanded. Public speakers at several council meetings asked that Old Towne be excluded because those wood framed houses will burn. Others noted that much of Orange, west of Hewes, is identified by Edison as a high fire zone. Residents also pointed out that using illegal fireworks in the city is not enforced and that legalizing some of them will only make things worse. “War veterans (with PTSD) and dogs can’t opt out,” one speaker stressed. “This is disrespectful and shameful.” “What maps are you using to set fireworks boundaries?” a resident asked at the Feb. 11 meeting. "Will the city be liable if fires start in areas not excluded?” Bilodeau assured residents that Jon Dumitru (who has fire department experience) spent a lot of time looking at fire maps to “make sure we get it right.” A library patron spots family members pictured on a vintage postcard. Postcard collector Tom Pulley and daughter Jackie Neff
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