Foothills Sentry - October 2024

Page 11 Foothills Sentry OCTOBER 2024 Talebi 4 VP Council 2024 FPPC ID 1474905 PLEASE JOIN YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SUPPORTING LAWRENCE! Vince Rossini, Mayor Crystal Miles, Councilmember Bob Collacott, former Mayor Mike Pelly, Serrano Water District Director Erik Reynolds, LEAC Chair John Whittman, Former LEAC Chair Elected O cials and City Leaders Mike Buxton • Donna Buxton Marybeth Felcyn • Robyn Pone Kirk Miles • Zac Miles Cindy Everett • Madison Klovstad Miner Patti Whittman • Scott Brophy Dina Talebi Your friends and neighbors VILLA PARK’S TRUSTED CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE! Opposed to any tax measures that will burden residents, including a $720 million dollar community college bond Dedicated to stopping sober living homes that will harm our property values Prioritize public safety and balanced budgets like prior city councils Support locally owned businesses, no big chains LAWRENCEFORVP.COM | LAWRENCE4VP GMAIL.COM your library? Vote Yes on Measure Z Friends of Orange Public Library foplca.com Admission Day Fired up, again Irony and urgency compete lately, with the canyons’ sched- uled “Fire and Ice” meeting postponed, and not due to lack of ice cream. It’s rescheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17 at the Li- brary of the Canyons Community Room, just in time for Santa Ana winds. The Airport Fire began on California Admission Day, once a holiday if now a largely ignored opportunity for thoughtful, ironic reflection on the state’s fraught history. At press time, CHP had ceased monitoring the entrance (under voluntary evacuation or- der) to Silverado and Modjeska, with crews still accessing via both gates and issuance of a one- year closure of the entire Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest. OCART before the horse Joanne Hubble, our all-around canyons activist and emergency liaison, confirms that “most ev- erything” worked well fire-wise (which you should be!) in com- municating with agencies and, as she puts it, “pushing information out.” Hubble, along with Radio Net, alerted residents to fire up- dates, road closures, CHP activ- ity, and coordinated action by the OC Animal Response Team (OC- ART), which responded in mul- tiple communities. On Admission Day, 154 horses were transported safely from Trabuco Canyon. On Tuesday, 168 were removed from Ortega Highway-adjacent homes, Coto de Caza, Silverado and Modjeska. Now Hubble can get back to road racers, head-on collisions, Sigalerts, power out- ages and vehicle fires. VIP service Modjeska Fire Captain (Senior Reserve Officer) Bruce Newell (Station 16), SRO Steve Kerrigan (Station 14), and Inter-Canyon League (ICL) Treasurer Frances- ca Duff encourage special needs, elderly residents, or others requir- ing evacuation assistance during the next fire to share their names, addresses, and phone numbers to ensure special attention. Volun- teer firefighters and neighbors are eager to help, especially if you have pets or require additional medical help. Haven’t yet met your Block Captain? Ask Franc- esca for an introduction: Frances- caDuff@intercanyonleague.org. Country Fair: October 12, 13 The 54th annual fair celebrates history and community. And resilience. The 2024 Silverado Country and Folk Festival in “the town that won’t quit” raises funds for ICL disaster prepara- tion, emergency communica- tions, disaster relief and sup- plies needed after fire and flood. In 50 years, ICL has distributed medical supplies, fought tree- destroying pests and supported the Friends of the Library’s chil- dren’s reading program. This superhero of collaborative com- munity nongovernmental institu- tions invites you to sing along, dance, and spend Saturday and Sunday taking in arts and crafts, visiting the Christmas Boutique, entering contests and hearing great live music, this year with special children and family pro- gramming, in addition to ukulele ensembles and acoustic players in the early afternoons. Louder and harder rockin’ bands arrive each evening: The Hot Rod Trio, Ted Z and the Wranglers, James Kelly and Hempstring Orches- tra, the Brother Jonathan, The Storytellers, Smokin’ Roosters, and our favorite Grateful Dead cover band and jam rock outfit, Cubensis. Dress-up encouraged. Food vendors galore. Chapman Crafted Beer, a terrific local craft brewery, offers premium suds. No dogs allowed or, as organizer Geoffrey Sarkissian says, “No hooch, no pooch,” meaning beer consumption is encouraged (re- sponsibly) but Fido stays home. Free parking. Silverado Commu- nity Center, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. both days. Admission: $10 for adults, $5 for children. "Last night, I dreamt I went to Silverado again." In the classic 1938 Gothic novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier (later a Hitchcock film), it’s actually “Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Feel free to try out my site-specific line at the Library of the Canyons’ Wednesday, Oct. 2 Book Club meeting where the book is discussed. Next month's literary pick is “Maame” by Jes- sica George, a debut coming-of- age novel about a young British woman from a Ghanaian fam- ily. The Library of the Canyons was, sadly --- if safely --- closed during the Airport Fire. Happily, both the Silverado Community Center and Library were used by residents as cooling centers dur- ing the heat spell which preced- ed, and contributed to, the wild- fire. The Community Room will be an OC Vote Center Saturday- Tuesday, Nov. 2-5. Chek, please! The Airport Fire jumped Hard- ing Canyon Trail, with the help- ful collateral consequence of bespoke heavy equipment grad- ing leaving the popular route now in terrific shape. Further irony, as that trail and all others are indeed now closed, off-lim- its to off-roaders, cyclists, and hikers. Areas south and south- west of the Airport Fire will be of special concern this month. They’re closed too. Meanwhile, we loved the sight of bright pink Phos-Chek dropped by big tank- ers. Your humble canyons scribe --- and dangerously amateur mix- ologist --- has invented a drink celebrating everybody’s favorite chemical retardant, “Airport Fire on Ice”: gin, bitters, a teaspoon of fresh-squeezed orange juice, a dash of Phos-Check (red iron oxide), a drop of liquid smoke, an oak leaf, a sprig of sage and crushed ice. Shaken, not stirred. Because we’re in earthquake prep mode too. Ghost Tour traverses Old Town Tustin haunts By Guy Ball Take a leisurely stroll through Old Town Tustin, and learn about the strange occurrences and odd mysteries that happened in Tus- tin’s early years. Walk past stores and restau- rants that may have seen a deadly past, or something from the “oth- er side.” Meet the ghosts you’ve been dying to meet and learn all the spooky folklore. How about the 40-room, three-story Victorian- style hotel on 3rd Street, built in 1887 but a “derelict eyesore” a decade or two later? What were those spooky lights at night seen by passersby before the building was demolished? Or what about all the acciden- tal deaths that occurred in or next to Charles Artz’s general store (now a popular restaurant) in the 1920s? Jinxed, or just bad luck? And just who is that apparition that we see in the historic Ste- ven’s Mansion on Main Street? People say he wears a green car- digan. On the tour, you’ll visit the spookiest places in Tustin. You’ll hunt ghosts in Old Town. And you’ll hear about the dark side of Tustin history. Tours are Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 8 and 8:30 p.m., with approximately 20 per tour. Ad- vance tickets are required; pur- chase tickets at tustinhistory.com or at the Tustin Area Museum. Call (714) 731-5701 for more in- formation. The tour will start at the Tus- tin Area Museum located in the spooky 1925 Knights of Pyth- ias Building at the corner of El Camino Real and Main Street. From there, you’ll travel through the darkened streets of Old Town to hear haunting tales of old. This walking tour is about three-quar- ters of a mile and takes about 90 minutes long, so wear comfort- able shoes. This event benefits the Tustin Host Lions Club and the Tustin Area Historical Society. The Orange Elks Americanism Committee, gathered here, show the over 1,800 “About Our Flag” booklets and “Pocket Constitutions” they stamped with Elks information and delivered to fifth graders at 27 schools in the Orange Unified School District. Sherman-Stevens house