Foothills Sentry June 2024

Foothills Sentry Page 6 JUNE 2024 Family. Friends. Community. We’re all in this together. State Farm, Bloomington, IL 1801073 Ron Esparza, Agent Insurance Lic#: 0C79663 827 S. Tustin Ave Orange, CA 92866 Bus: 714-505-3400 ron@ronesparza.com Water your garden during the early morning or late evening to reduce evaporation. Choose drought-resistant plants for landscaping to minimize water usage. Promptly fix any leaks in faucets, hoses, or irrigation systems. 3 Ways to SAVE WATER FOR THE APPROACHING SUMMER MONTHS AHEAD Friendliness! Tickets are still available at the door for the Sunday, June 2 Friends of the Library (FoL) Spring Fling, a lascivious-sound- ing name for a family-friendly fundraiser (chili dinner, garden tour, dessert auction, live mu- sic) hosted by Geoff and Sarah Sarkissian of Modjeska, and or- ganized to support Library of the Canyons’ programming for friendly families. Honoring longtime FoL Chair Fran Williams, your tax-deduct- ible $25 donation to the Inter- Canyon League (ICL) funds year- round presentations including the “Illusions by Allen” magic show, June 18; Full Spectrum’s “Bub- bleology Science Show,” June 25; and Irvine Ranch Conservan- cy’s presentation “The Skunk,” June 27, all at 11:30 a.m. Info, (949) 235-8193. Thanks go to outgoing branch librarian Marissa Saam, who guided LoC for two and a half years. Meet her replacement, Laura Blasingham, and check out (!) the newest arrivals of books, maga- zines, DVDs and more. Shop the Friends of the Library Used Books shelf for hardbacks and paperbacks at extremely friendly prices. Everything Everywhere all at Once Not quite, but you can borrow the award-winning 2022 absurdist comedy-drama, and hundreds of feature films, documentaries and audio books through the OC Pub- lic Library using Hoopla. Log in early in the day, and stream or lis- ten for free. Other online OCPL resources include the Historical Sheet Mu- sic Collection, a digitized selec- tion of work published before 1923, and Freegal, a music ser- vice offering 15 million songs. Check out the special OCPL playlists including “World Mu- sic,” “Music Inspired by Shake- speare,” “Amplify Black Voices,” and “Asian American Pacific Is- lander Month.” Need a 4th of July playlist? Cue up the landmark three-CD 50-song compilation “Song of America.” Need a hike or beach day? Bor- row a California State Parks Day Pass. “Canyon Rats” I love you Silverado with your rolling hills of green. I would rather live right here than any place I’ve ever been As the babbling brook goes merrily along, it seems to me it always sings a bright gay song. The sky so blue, the air so clear, the winding roads and trees You are a fairy wonderland for all the birds and bees I love you Silverado and if ever I should roam, eventually you will find me in Silverado, my home. Soloing recently in the acousti- cally perfect performance venue of the Hunt Building at a recent ICL meeting was “Canyon Beat” columnist Scott Breeden, also ICL secretary and member of its History Committee. His latest report included a rousing rendition of a 1949 song composed by one Darlene McArthur (nee Horrocks), long- ago resident and a self-described “Canyon Rat” who, at age 11, celebrated our region by compos- ing her school anthem. The acappella baritone deliv- ery of “Silverado Song” cheered in-person and online meeting participants. Breeden promises to lead June 2 Spring Flingers in a group sing-along. He introduced his virtuosic performance via a 2004 “Canyon Beat” column by Barbara Dunn-Angus: “Silverado and Modjeska classmates from the old Silverado School got to- gether for the first time in 50 years on May 22nd—their first class reunion. They met where the school stood in pepper trees and stone walls built back in those days—at the Silverado Community Center. Ed (known as Teddy), Jim and Darlene Horrocks’ parents owned the old Smokey’s Restaurant fur- ther up-canyon which burned mysteriously after management changed hands. It had been re- named Silverado Café (not the Pali in Cabinland). Ed and his wife Bobbie drove from Bullhead City, Arizona; Jim and his wife, Pat Hess, also a Sil- verado School classmate, came down from Newberg, Oregon. Darlene Horrocks was the first Canyon Rat to marry. She married flatlander John McArthur from Orange High School in 1955 at a chapel in Orange. Darlene wrote the Silverado School song, ‘We love you Sil- verado.’ (The classmates still re- membered the words!) John and Darlene have 1,000 head of cattle in Cheshire, Oregon. After the re- union, Darlene mailed Judy My- ers of Silverado a copy of the Sil- verado song that she wrote back in 1949.” Be positive Or B negative. Or O positive, or O negative. All terrific blood types, and all needed. To learn more and guarantee a cookie and juice while being congratulated on your altruism by the gentle Red Cross phlebotomists, sched- ule now for Silverado’s Blood Drive, Tuesday, June 4 at the Community Center. Stick around for the monthly ICL meeting, 6:45 p.m. Fran Ayers Longtime Silverado resident Fran Ayers died at age 98. Thanks to her daughter-in-law Linda Un- ger for reminding canyon friends and neighbors that Fran and her late husband Fred purchased a cabin in the mid-1950s, where she eventually moved full-time in 2010, joining the Brown Baggers and Canyon Artists. Play loud! Saturday, June 15: Live on the world famous Zachary Dupree stage, are returning Silverado Summer Concert Series’ favor- ites Wild Adults, a musically en- cyclopedic rock’n’roll jam outfit “for the masses,” and the multi- talented and virtuosic OC legend Bobby Gray. "I love you, Silverado" The Serrano Water District of- fice was renamed the “Laura A. Heflin Administrative Office” in honor of her many years of dedication. Heflin retired after approximately 20 years, and has relocated out of state. Jennifer Westrum was chosen to replace longtime office manager Laura Heflin. The Serrano Water District Board of Directors and General Manager Jerry Vilander invite the public to meet Jennifer and note the new office sign.