Foothills Sentry - October 2022

Foothills Sentry Page 16 October 2022 MAYOR MARK A. MURPHY is the ONLY Candidate for Mayor Officially Endorsed by City of Orange Police and Fire! Re-Elect MARK A. MURPHY Orange Mayor THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHOICE! Paid for by Mark A Murphy for Mayor 2022 ID# 1394864 Historic homes featured on Old Towne tour After a pandemic pause, the Old Towne Preservation Association is back with its biennial Home Tour, featuring six distinct architectural styles of historic homes: a 1908 Craftsman Bungalow; 1910 Craftsman; 1918 Orange Packing Plant, the last operating packing plant in Orange, now part of Chapman University; 1920 Mediterranean Revival; 1923 Garage home conversion; and a 1928 Provincial Revival. The self-guided tour will be Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All structures may be visited on one day, or over the two-day event. Tickets are available online at OTPA.org, $35 for OTPA mem- bers, $40 for nonmembers. Find will-call tickets or purchase at the Orange Main Library, 407 E. Chapman Ave. Old Towne Orange is in the National Registry of Historic Places. It is the largest residential historic district in the State of California, with over 1,400 contributing buildings within one square mile, with the historic Plaza in the heart of Old Towne. Sisters Isla, 13, and Tabitha Finamore, 17, surround their cousin Quincy during a visit this summer. Not pictured: sister Winter, 12, a sixth grade student at VPE. Student coordinates blood drive to benefit cancer warriors By Tabitha Finamore When we learned that my little cousin Quincy, 7, was no longer in remission from his leukemia and would have to go through treatment again, I knew I had to do something more to help. During Quincy’s first round of chemo, which happened during COVID, we learned that the Red Cross was short on blood supply. They still are, and cancer warriors need regular transfusions. I, per- sonally, cannot donate because I was born in the United Kingdom, and lived there with my family for four years. We could be potential carriers of “mad cow disease.” I contacted our local Red Cross, and after about nine phone calls with Tram, my Red Cross Rep, I realized we could use the multipurpose room in my old school, Villa Park Elementary, to host a blood drive in support of cancer warriors. In the process of getting OUSD to sign off on the use of the space, I learned there was a third grader fighting childhood cancer at VPE. The drive is now set as an annual event with the Red Cross, to be held every October at VPE, This year, the drive will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Villa Park Elementary. If you would like to donate, please contact my mom, Kim Barks at (714) 315-9872; she can help you book your 15-minute appointment. Tabitha, a senior at OCSA, coordinated this event in only a few days. ACTION!