DISTRICT 4 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS #162:

OUR SPECIAL LOCAL HEROES EDITION

 

You’re Invited:     Reception to Honor District 4 Local Heroes

                               & Celebrate the Lunar New Year

 

When:                   Saturday, February 11th, 10 am – 1 pm

 

Where:                  Jean Quan’s District Office

                               4173 MacArthur Blvd, 2nd Floor

 

         

 

The 2006 District 4 Local Hero Nominees

                                                                  

Over 30 individuals and groups were nominated by their neighbors and our staff this year for their volunteer work on behalf of the community.  All nominees will receive tickets to Oakland Athletics or Warriors games.  Five will be able to designate $500 to $1000 in capital improvement funds for a city or school site. Please join us Saturday to honor the following neighbors.

We are missing a few photos, if you have one please send them to us!

 

1.      Hoang Banh, for her steadfast leadership in resurrecting the Dimond Improvement Association, for her leadership in the first phase of Fruitvale streetscape planning, and her long time advocacy for public transportation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.      Carol Bernau, nominated a second time, for her leadership in preserving the open space of Butters Canyon Land Trust and for her service on the Wildfire Prevention District Board. èCarol clearing the Butters watershed on Creek to Bay Day 2005.

 

 

 

  

Working with the Joaquin Miller Task Force on a rainy Saturday.

 

3.      Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay, for their work on trail maintenance in Joaquin Miller Park and elsewhere throughout the East Bay and their participation in the Joaquin Miller Task Force

 

 

4.      John Bouey, for organizing the Piedmont Pines neighborhood to adopt and maintain Look Out Point in Joaquin Miller Park and his work on the Joaquin Miller Park Task Force. çJohn at Marge Saunders Park on Earth Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.      Roy Brown, PE teacher at Bret Harte Middle School, for his decades of positive work with youth as teacher and after school coach.

 

Coach Brown (right) with his 2004 Bret Harte 7th Grade City Champs.

 

 

6.      Elizabeth Brashers, Kathy & Mike Carroll, and Cynthia Frenz for their efforts to re-invigorate the Montera Association and to improve traffic/pedestrian safety.

Montera Association clears the path and improves the steps for Joaquin Miller / Montera students and others at Ascot and Mountain on Earth Day.

 

 

7.      Paul Dries, for his daily trash gathering efforts on Joaquin Miller Road.

 

8.      Rev. Wortham Fears, an active community member for more than 36 years, serving on the Unity Council Board and the Patten University Board.é

 

 

9.      Don Hamilton, for his daily clean ups around Allendale Park and the Allendale neighborhood.

 

ç  Don standing in front of his favorite mural at Allendale Recreation Center.

 

 

 

 

 

10.  Ruth Harteneck, for her generosity and hard work as the volunteer librarian at Sequoia Elementary School.

 

11.  Randy Hughes and Jeanne Nixon, for their work on the Horace Mann School Garden Project below, beautification efforts in the neighborhood, their efforts to install a new traffic island at Horace Mann Elementary, and their participation in the Melrose Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council.

 

 

12.  Denise Davila, for restoration and vegetation improvements under the Wildfire Prevention District at Peralta Creek at Wisconsin and Rettig. ê Denise cuts watermelon at our annual Redwood Hts-Laurel Picnic 2004.

 

13.  June Ko-Dial, for more than 12 years as a PTA president (Montclair Elementary, Montera Middle and Skyline High) and a strong advocate for Oakland public schools. ê June, second from right, helps lead parents to Sacramento to fight successfully for more school funding in 2002.

 

 

14.  Joe Lachoff, for his leadership in organizing computer donations and installing IMac computers at Glenview Elementary School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.  Ted  Stachura & Courtney Malone, êJamie Benson and Nik Orfanos, for leadership in reorganizing the Maybelle Avenue group and working on safety and beautification issues.

  çTed and Courtney at the National Night Out celebration in August, Jamie & Nik below..

 

 

16.  Gail Murphy, director of the Peter Pan Preschool Co-op at Maxwell Park, serving families of East Oakland.

 

17.  Robbie Neely, for her work in Montclair as a member of the Montclair Safety & Improvement Council, especially her volunteer efforts at almost every street festival in the neighborhood.  íRobbie with Nick Vigilante #28 below demonstrating and selling “the Club” as part of MSIC’s attempt to reduce car thefts.

18.  Karen Paulsell, ì for her leadership with the Friends

of Sausal Creek to protect endangered and native California plants, her voluntary efforts to provide GIS mapping for the Joaquin Miller Park Working Group, Shepherd Canyon Park, Park Blvd pathway and many other projects.

 

 

19.  Mike Petouhoff, above for his leadership as President of the Shepherd Canyon Homeowners Association, work with the Shepherd Canyon Task Force and service on the City’s Budget Advisory Committee. é Mike, Adrienne Bryant and Jean at the installation of the new park sign which the Shepherd Canyon Task Force hopes will remind people to show down and be more aware they are driving through a park.

 

 

 

 

20.  Mark Rauzon, for his work with Friends of Sausal Creek, his generous sharing of his knowledge of birding and leadership on local bird counts, and thoughtful advocacy for the Champagne Oak. çMark with Friend of Sausal Creek’s nursery coordinator, Kirsten, on Earth Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.  Steve Reuss for his leadership in the Allendale and volunteer work on beautification projects. é Steve, center, led the Pay-Go funded garden project at Allendale School.

 

 

22.  Dale Risden, for his past leadership in crime reduction along MacArthur Blvd including the Hillcrest Motel, support for the Friends of Sausal Creek,  and work on the Joaquin Miller Park Task Force.

 

ç Dale and Jean working on the trails in Joaquin Miller Park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.  Susie Robertson, for her leadership in Montclair on school issues.

 

24.  Greg Ross, manager of the Laurel Albertson’s, for community leadership in the formation of the Laurel Business Improvement District and his work to improve safety on his block.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25.  Pippa Smyth, for organizing the volunteer effort to beautify the area around the City-owned tennis courts on Mountain Blvd. at Colton Blvd.

 

26.  Preston Turner, for his leadership of the Beat 27x NCPC for the past 5 years and his representation on the Central East Redevelopment Board.  êPreston distributing turkey’s in the Melrose-High Hopes NCPC’s annual drive.

 

27.  Carolyn Vallerga, for her efforts to improve the quality of life and long-term vision for the transformation of the Dimond neighborhood including her work to organize Championship Street and build bridges with youth, her leadership in helping to organize the Dimond merchant district as part of the Dimond Improvement Association.  êCarolyn (left) with Fruitvale Avenue merchants in a Dimond clean-up.

 

 

28.  Nick Vigilante, also nominated a second time, for his leadership of the Montclair Safety & Improvement Council and numerous efforts to improve safety in Montclair and elsewhere in the City, and his service on  the Community Policing Advisory Board.

 

29.  Jain Williams, president of the new Laurel Business District, for her work on the Laurel Streetscape and for her leadership in forming  the Laurel Business Improvement District from the early planning meetings, through the campaign and vote, and now as it becomes implemented into a real organization.

 

The following public employees were also nominated, however, under our rules we don’t consider nominations for good work as part of employment.  However, they will receive tickets to the Athletics or Warriors and as chair of the Finance and Administration Committee I have asked the City Administrator to bring us options for rewarding efficiency and outstanding work of city employees.

 

30.  Officer Eric Molina, walking officer in the Fruitvale area, for responsiveness.

31.  Gail Whang, for her leadership in the OUSD Conflict Resolution program.

 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT

www.jeanquan.org

 

JEAN QUAN

Council Member, District 4

City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza

Oakland, CA 94612

510 238-7004, 986-2765 fax