Foothills Sentry May 2024

Foothills Sentry Page 16 MAY 2024 NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS 11:30AM - 2:00PM 6410 EAST CHAPMAN AVE. | 714.997.2910 | THEORANGEHILLRESTAURANT.COM ORANGEHILLRESTAURANT ORANGEHILLEATS BRUNCH | LUNCH | DINNER HAPPY HOUR SPECIAL EVENTS Restored Orange Plaza Fountain flows again A painstaking 13-month ef- fort to restore the historic plaza fountain after a speeding motorist plowed into it, concluded with a City Council members, from left, Ana Gutierrez, Jon Dumitru, John Gyllenhammer, Kathy Tavoularis, Mayor Dan Slater and Community Services Director Leslie Hardy toss the first good luck coins into the fountain. Board of Supervisor's Chair- man Don Wagner (3rd District), left, and Vicente Sarmiento (2nd District), right, accept souvenir tiles from the fountain’s restora- tion from Mayor Pro Tem Ari- anna Barrios. Wagner’s office do- nated $200,000 and Sarmiento’s $25,000 for the fountain's repair. Mayor Dan Slater with tile setter Mark McCandless, the grandson of Charles McCandless, who installed the original tiles in the 1930s. The third generation artisan removed the damaged tiles, grout and setting bed and set the new historically matched (color and glaze) tiles to con- form to the original pattern. ceremonial flip of the “on” switch, April 17. The restoration work had to meet historic standards and in- volved a preservation consultant, a specialty ceramics company and a conservation construction firm. The company that installed the original tile returned to do it again.