Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Young Pianists Festival Concerts at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts




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Leavenworth, WA – the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts has unveiled its 2012 Young Pianists Festival featuring pianists Oksana Ezhokina and Jody Graves in  exciting evenings of piano music,  for solo piano and piano four hands by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Bizet, Poulenc and Piazzolla Sunday, July 29 & Saturday, August 4, 7PM at Canyon Wren Recital Hall - 7409 Icicle Road, Leavenworth



Oksana Ezhokina is Icicle Creek's Artistic Director & Resident Pianist, member of the Icicle Creek Piano Trio; chamber performances at Klasik Keyifler Festival in Turkey, Davies Hall in San Francisco, the Phillips Collection inWashington, DC; appointed Chair of the Piano Studies at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma starting the Fall of 2011.
Oksana Ezhokina photo by Keith Brofsky



Jody Graves is recognized nationally as a distinguished artist and teacher of piano. Her recital engagements as a soloist and collaborative pianist take her across the United States and abroad. She has performed concerts in Austria, Norway, France, Scotland, Germany, Japan, and in May 2006 toured in the Persian Gulf serving as a Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. State Department. The Middle East Tour, with the Sapphire Trio, included concerts in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The press reviews have called their performances "exciting...imaginative and compelling." In April, 2010, she was invited to judge the National Palestinian Piano Festival in Jerusalem, and following that event toured the West Bank region with the Sapphire Trio performing concerts and giving master classes in such cities as Bethlehem and Ramallah. The Sapphire Trio will return to the Middle East for a concert tour and master classes in April, 2011 which will include Jordan, Nablus, and various other cities in the West Bank.



Then on Sunday, August 5th at 1PM  you can watch  talented young pianists perform- Free Admission.







UCI Professor to be arraigned for arson, subsequent to son’s suicide after disciplined at Irvine’s University HS





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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  - The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) will be seeking to have Rainer Klaus Reinscheid held without bail for committing a series of arsons after the Irvine Police Department (IPD) discovered e-mails detailing plans to murder students and administrators at an Irvine high school. 

 Reinscheid, 48, Irvine, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, is charged with two felony counts of arson of another's property, two felony counts of arson of a structure, one felony count of arson of an inhabited residence, one felony count of attempted arson, and one misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing an officer.

According to the OCDA,  in  March 2012, Reinscheid's 14-year-old son, who attended University High School in Irvine, was disciplined at school. Sometime subsequent to this, the defendant's son committed suicide in Mason Park Preserve in Irvine.

Between July 4, 2012, and July 24, 2012, Reinscheid is accused of committing five arsons and one attempted arson by lighting various objects on fire including newspapers, fireplace logs, brush and vegetation, a book, and a plastic porch chair. He is accused of committing these arsons on the campus of University High School, in Mason Park Preserve, and at a school administrator's home.

At approximately 12:40 a.m. on July 24, 2012, Reinscheid is accused of attempting to set a fire in Mason Park Preserve using newspaper and lighter fluid. Officers from IPD, who were conducting increased patrols of the park due to the recent arsons, observed the defendant and arrested him near the scene. When contacted by officers, Reinscheid is accused of refusing to comply with their orders to stop and attempting to resist arrest. Reinscheid posted $50,000 bail and was released from custody that day. IPD continued their investigation. 


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On July 27, 2012, IPD detectives discovered e-mails on the defendant's cell phone in the course of their investigation. The defendant is accused of sending e-mails to his wife and one to himself in April 2012 describing in detail his plan to burn down University High School, commit sexual assaults, purchase firearms and murder school officials and students, and then kill himself. 

Following the discovery of these e-mails and based on linking the defendant to additional arsons, Reinscheid was re-arrested on the evening of July 27, 2012, by IPD. 

The OCDA believes Reinscheid poses a serious threat to the community if released from custody, and will argue to have him held without bail in light of the dangerous, violent nature of his private e-mails.    Law enforcement believes Reinscheid acted alone and he is the only defendant and suspect in this case. The high school and school district have been notified of this case. 

Anyone with additional information or who believes they have had suspicious contact with the defendant is asked to leave a message on the District Attorney's Special Investigations hotline at (714) 347-8544. 

Quack dentist to be arraigned for practicing without a license








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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Esteban Campos, in possession of a large cache of dental narcotics and controlled substances will be arraigned tomorrow for falsely representing himself and working as a dentist without a valid license.

According to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office, Campos, 46, Buena Park, is charged with two felony counts of the sale or transportation of a controlled substance, two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one misdemeanor count each of furnishing dangerous drugs without a prescription, dispensing or furnishing a dangerous drug or device, and practicing dentistry without a valid license. . 

Campos is accused of previously being a Registered Dental Assistant in California, but his accreditation expired in 2007. He is is accused of operating Steven's Dental Lab on Western Avenue in Buena Park and illegally representing himself as a dentist and practicing dentistry without a valid license. 

In December 2011, the Department of Consumer Affairs Dental Board of California received a complaint regarding Campos and the unlicensed practice of dentistry.


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On two occasions in February and March 2012, undercover investigators went to Steven's Dental Lab under the pretense of being patients in need of dental work. Campos is accused of fraudulently representing himself as a dentist to the investigators. He is accused of performing dental exams, rendering diagnoses, recommending oral surgery and braces, and making a return dental appointment. He is accused of quoting prices ranging from $65 to $2,000, depending on the procedure.  

Law enforcement conducted a subsequent search of the defendant's fraudulent dental office. In the office, Campos is accused of being in possession of a large inventory of controlled substances and narcotics including Morphine Sulfer, Roxicet, Vicodin, and Soma, as well as boxes of dangerous drugs without prescriptions  including omeprazole, naproxen, theramine, glucotrol, warafin, napoxen, sertraline, cyclobenzaprine, tramadol, ketogel cream, and lodocaine. He is accused of possessing these drugs and administering them to patients without a license or a prescription in his illegal practice of dentistry.  

Anyone who believes they were harmed in the course of dental treatment by the defendant is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Rick Morton at (949) 975-8127 or Dental Board Investigator Patrick Morrissey at (714) 923-9725.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Free Rock Opera Apt for the Entire Family





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Mission Viejo, CA – The Department of Theatre Arts at Saddleback, in conjunction with the City of Mission Viejo, will present Children of Eden, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John Caird, at The Kershaw Garden on August 10th and 11th at 7:30 pm.  Directed by Jonelle Allen and musically directed by David Anthony, this rock opera, performed by students in the Saddleback College Summer Conservatory program, is freely based on the story of Genesis and is a frank, heartfelt and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. 

This fun musical for the entire family is free with lawn seating only so a blanket and beach chairs are recommended.  The Kershaw Garden is located between the Mission Viejo Library and City Hall at 100 Civic Center in Mission Viejo. 



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The Department of Theatre Arts program at Saddleback College produces several fully-staged shows in which students are encouraged to participate.  Theatre Arts students are given the opportunity to audition for every production and Theatre Arts students are given priority in the casting process.  In addition there are numerous opportunities for students to contribute in backstage activities of all college productions.

Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community.  Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals.  For more information, please

visitwww.saddleback.edu and for Fine Arts information, please visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.  

All in the Family Act sentenced in $16 Million Real Estate Fraud Conspiracy




Third co-defendant has been sentenced and a fourth is pending in this case


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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  - Suniti Shah  and Supriti Soni , two sisters were sentenced Friday, July 27, 2012, for conspiring with two other family members to commit over $16 million in real estate fraud by forging documents and purchasing homes using "straw buyers." A straw buyer is a person who knowingly and willingly allows their credit to be used for the purchase of a property they never intend to control.

According to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office, Suniti Shah, 51, was sentenced to eight years in state prison July 27, 2012, after pleading guilty to five felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, 13 felony counts of forgery, four felony counts of identity theft, four felony counts of recording false and forged instrument, five felony counts of grand theft, and sentencing enhancement allegations for loss over $100,000, property damage over $1.3 million, and aggravated white collar crime over $500,000. 

Supriti Soni, 52, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison July 27, 2012, after pleading guilty to nine felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, 17 felony counts of forgery, one felony count of identity theft, 12 felony counts of grand theft, with sentencing enhancement allegations for loss over $100,000, property damage over $3.2 million, aggravated white collar crime over $500,000, and a 2003 prison prior for perjury. 






 Suniti Shah's husband, Dinesh Valjeebhai Shah, 62, is charged with five felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, 13 felony counts of forgery, four felony counts of identity theft, four felony counts of recording false and forged instrument, five felony counts of grand theft, and sentencing enhancement allegations for loss over $100,000, property damage over $1.3 million, and aggravated white collar crime over $500,000. Dinesh Shah is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing Aug. 3, 2012

Soni and Suniti Shah's mother, Sushama Devi Lohia, 74, Newport Beach, was sentenced to eight years in state prison April 20, 2012, after pleading guilty Dec. 12, 2011, to 12 felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, 27 felony counts of forgery, 12 felony count of grand theft, eight felony counts of failure to file, four felony counts of identity theft, four felony counts of recording false and forged instrument, two felony counts of underreporting income and sentencing enhancement allegations for loss over $100,000, property damage over $3.2 million, and aggravated white collar crime over $500,000.  
 
The family members  worked together to secure loans for "straw buyers" using forged and false documents.

The Shahs owned and operated New Age Realty, First Property Escrow, City First Realty, and Associates Investments Group. All these businesses were located at 13821 Newport Avenue, Tustin. Soni owned and operated Vason Development out of 1520 Warner Avenue, Santa Ana, a business that processed home loan applications. Lohia, a licensed real estate agent, worked out of both offices. The defendants used these offices to process fraudulent loans for "straw buyers" using forged and false documents.

Between April 2006 and March 2008, Lohia, Soni, Suniti Shah, and Dinesh Shah conspired to commit grand theft by recruiting straw buyers through friends and family, as well as their personal employees. 

Between June 2006 and October 2009, Lohia, Soni, Suniti Shah, and Dinesh Shah obtained over 15 fraudulent loans on real estate properties in Orange County through the use of straw buyers' credit. The defendants fabricated loan applications to reflect significantly higher incomes for the straw buyers, supplied altered bank statements to reflect the higher incomes, falsified employer information on loan documents, and forged the names and signatures of straw buyers on various deeds and loan documents. 

The defendants used the personal and credit information of the straw buyers to complete the fraudulent documents used in obtaining loans. The fraudulent loans were all approved by then-Washington Mutual Bank. In total, the defendants committed over $16 million in fraud. 

Between July 2008 and May 2009, Lohia and the Shahs filed false and forged documents with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder's Office to falsely show property transfers. 

The Orange County District Attorney's Office began investigating this case after receiving a complaint from a realtor. In the course of the real estate investigation, it was determined that between 2005 and 2008, Lohia had under-reported her income for two years and failed to file taxes for two years. 

Senior Deputy District Attorney Doug Brannan of the Major Fraud Unit is prosecuting this case.  

Mexico dissolves its FBI and moves to legalize drugs






By Chriss Street


In a stunning development, President-elect Enrique Pena and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who won control of Mexico’s government on July 1st, moved to dissolve the Agencia Federal de Investigación (AFI). Modeled after the United States FBI, the AFI was founded in 2001 to crack down on Mexico’s pervasive government corruption and drug trafficking. With rival drug cartels murdering between 47,500 to 67,000 Mexicans over the last six years, the move by the PRI represents the total surrender of Mexico’s sovereignty back to the money and violence of Mexico’s two main drug cartels, the Sinaloa Federation and Los Zetas.
Coupled with the Obama Administration’s “Dreamer” Executive Order curtailing deportations of illegal aliens, a hands-off



policy on both sides of the border foreshadows a huge increase in “narco-trafficking” violence and corruption flooding into the United States.


The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ruled Mexico with an iron fist for 71 years between 1929 and 2000. Although the PRI claimed they were the socialist peasant’s party, they operated as a corrupt political organization that siphoned off wealth from Mexico’s nationalized oil industry with extracted bribes for protecting the drug cartels that trafficked in marijuana and narcotics distribution into the United States. As a glaring example of the level of official PRI corruption, in 1982 the oil workers’ union donated a $2 million house as a "gift" to President López Portillo. Mexicans often joke: “Our Presidents are elected as millionaires, but they leave office as billionaires.”



But on December 1, 2000, Vicente Fox the former Chief Executive of Coca-Cola in Mexico and founder of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) was elected President of Mexico. Mr. Fox ran on a platform of reforming Mexico’s pervasive police corruption and his first move as President was to form the AFI. Under the leadership of President Fox and his party’s successor, President Felipe Calderón, the AFI grew over the next 11 years into a 5000 member force with an international reputation as a premier drug enforcement agency. The U.S. provided extensive equipment and training to the AFI. The AFI reciprocated by capturing numerous drug kingpins and extraditing them to face criminal prosecution for murder and drug distribution in the U.S.

Over the first six months of 2012, the Sinaloa Federation and Los Zetas carried out a vicious war across Mexico to expand their areas of operations and intimidate the local population. Both cartels engaged in “information operations campaigns” by displaying large numbers of dismembered bodies in public places. The shock value of body dumps was designed to broadcast that the cartels are the dominant authority in Mexico.

The AFI under the President Felipe Calderón retaliated against the major drug cartel kingpins’ horrific blood-shed by partnering with the U.S. and Guatemala to capture Horst Walther Overdick in Guatemala, followed by the capture of Francisco Trevino and Carlos Alejandro "El Fabiruchis" Gutierrez Escobedo and the killing of Gerardo "El Guerra" Guerra Valdez in Mexico, along with the capture of Jose Trevino in the U.S.

Two days after the election, President-elect Pena came to the U.S. to announce that he would “welcome debate on the issue of drug legalization and regulation in Mexico.” In an interview by PBS News Hour, President-elect Pena clearly stated:

"I'm in favor of opening a new debate in the strategy in the way we fight drug trafficking. It is quite clear that after several years of this fight against drug trafficking, we have more drug consumption, drug use and drug trafficking. That means we are not moving in the right direction. Things are not working."

These are “code words” to signal the PRI intends to cut a profitable deal with the cartels to legalize drugs in exchange for collecting tax revenue on drug sales. The month before, Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) had called a Congressional hearing to accuse Pena Nieto of advocating "a reversion" back to the old PRI policies of "turning a blind eye to the cartels" as long as they weren't perpetrating grisly violence.

President-elect Pena’s announcement of the PRI’s new cozy relationship with the drug cartels, directly followed President Obama’s announcement of his “Dreamer” Executive Order curtailing deportations of “undocumented” aliens. These actions have caused major alarm among rank and file border agents that the Sinaloa Federation and Los Zetas are now unrestrained to flood into the United States with drugs and violence. In a joint union press conference by the customs agents and the border patrol unions, Chris Crane, President of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council (ICE) warned:

“It‘s impossible to understand the full scope of the administration’s changes, but what we are seeing so far concerns us greatly,”…“There is no burden for the alien to prove anything.”

Chriss Street will be on the “The Inside Education” Radio Talk Show; Streaming Live from Monday July 30th to Friday August 3rd from 8 to 9:30 PM. Click Here to Listen: http://www.mysytv.net/kmyclive.html


Industrious & Ingenious LAPD officer convicted of thievery





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Rancho Santa Maragarita, CA  - Jeffry Paul Quinton, a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer moonlighting as a security guard was convicted and sentenced today for stealing from the luxury hotel where he worked.

Quinton, 47, Anaheim Hills, pleaded guilty to one felony count each of grand theft and commercial burglary. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail, three years of formal probation, and ordered to pay restitution.


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According to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office, Quinton worked a second job as a security guard for the Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach and was entrusted with access to an online "lost and found" logging system for the hotel. On Oct. 17, 2011, hotel staff recovered $2,000 from a hotel room, secured it into a lost and found safe, and logged the information. 

The following day, the defendant accessed the electronic system and changed the $2,000 to list a "gold watch" in its place. He changed the room number where the money was found, falsely logged that the watch was returned to its owner, and stole $960 out of the safe.

On Dec. 26, 2011, Quinton covered the surveillance camera in the security office with tape for several minutes. While the camera's view was blocked with tape, he stole $680 out of the safe deposit box in the office.

On Jan. 24, 2012, Quinton disappeared for over an hour during his shift, stole $290 in bedding from a locked hotel storage room, and stored the items in his car. The Laguna Beach Police Department reviewed the surveillance at the request of the hotel and discovered the theft.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Royal Student Awards Announced




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London, UK  -  The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) on 
July 26, 2012 announced the 2013 Student Design Award Winners, including a redesign of the standard issue National Rail train ticket and a scheme to keep pubs at the heart of local communities by maximizing their existing spatial and social assets.

The  RSA describes itself ad an enlightenment organization committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today’s social challenges. Through its ideas, research and 27,000-strong Fellowship it seeks to understand and enhance human capability to close the gap between today’s reality and people’s hopes for a better world.

The RSA Student Design Awards continues to be the paramount design competition for young designers looking to apply their skills to enduring social issues and real-world problems. In 2011-12, approximately 600 students submitted entries from over 65 colleges and universities around the UK as well as a few from international students studying in Europe and Asia. Worth over $80,000.00  in prize money and work placements, the RSA Student Design Awards provides financial and practical assistance to student designers starting out in their careers.


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Expert judging panels selected 15 winners, with students competing across ten different categories.   Winning entries covered  wide range of topics, including a project aimed at improving the sexual well-being and relationships of servicemen who have suffered the effects of improvised explosive devices. 

Commenting on the winners, the RSA's co-director of Design, Nat Hunter said:  "We were overwhelmed by the high standard of entries this year, and extremely impressed to see how students responded to the social challenges that we set. One of the unique features of the Student Design Awards is that we meet shortlisted students in person, which gives us a very rounded view of each individual, and it is very heartening to meet so many engaged clever and inventive young people who are now ready to go out into the world and use their design skills for positive benefit to society."

Richard Watters, a final year Design for Industry student at Northumbria University won a placement at the internationally renowned design consultancy Priestmangoode for his simplified National Rail ticket design. Instead of the commuters receiving their seat reservation, journey ticket and ticket receipt as three separate, but similar looking tickets,  Richard’s ticket design features all necessary travel information on just one simple ticket, with a separate paper receipt as proof of purchase.

22-year-old Watters was inspired by his own experiences on train journeys where he and other passengers had received large fines for accidentally producing the wrong ticket for their journey. 

The 2011-12 RSA Student Design Awards brought renewed focus to the importance of ingenuity and social benefit in design. The 10 briefs covered a range of important social issues, including urban and rural regeneration, patient compliance, intergenerational relationships, the future of education and the workplace in the digital age. The most popular briefs were 'The Good Journey' which asked students to use design to improve commuting and 'Tomorrow's Workplace' which asked students to design the workplace of the future for greater flexibility and better environmental performance. 

Past winners of the RSA Student Design Awards include Jonathan Ive, senior vice-president of Industrial Design at Apple;  fashion designer Betty Jackson; Andy Clark, who designed the Heathrow Express train; and Hot Springs radiator designer and founder of Priestmangoode, Paul Priestman


Something's Rotten - Damn, In Laguna Woods!


LETTERS




United is going to vote very soon on the revised by-laws and occupancy agreement which is being sent to each United Member.

This outrageous United Board of Directors has given members all of Thirty whole days, which is the minimum number of days the law requires, to completely understand these changes. The new changes make the bylaws twice as lengthy as the originals. They were written by the United lawyer! Then they were approved by all the pretending-to-be lawyers on the United Board.

The process took this board TWO FULL YEARS to write these changes, to  read them and understand them. They want you to do the same comprehensive evaluation AND VOTE in THIRTY DAYS!

DO NOT VOTE TO ALLOW THESE CHANGES. Tell this Board of Directors just exactly WHO OWNS the whole of United Mutual. THE MEMBERS DO.

This board never ever asked for member input. This board never ever discussed any of the changes with the membership. The only time anything will be heard from them is

AFTER THE BALLOTS HAVE GONE OUT.

The board only gave 30 days for review and vote because they don’t want you to have time to understand the documents which will control your lives. They did it specifically during the hottest month of the summer when there will be fewer members present to vote. Do not fall prey to these people who do not have your best interest at heart.

VOTE TO REJECT THE CHANGES 

The whole body of changes will be on the LWV
website www.lagunawoodsvillage.com on August 1, 2010 which is the same day the ballots and packages go out to the members. DO NOT ALLOW THESE CHANGES TO BE SHOVED DOWN YOUR THROATS AND RAMRODDED THROUGH by a bunch of secretive egos who only want more and more control.

Please share the flyer (click here) with your friends and neighbors in United. Hand it to them personally and explain to them how important it is for MEMBERS to control their own lives and not  become puppets of the likes of the members of the board and their lawyer.

If you are a Third Member, pass the information along to your friends in United.

Katie McDaniel




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Play Around - Help Susan Beat Cancer






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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – You got that right!  Play golf, cure cancer.  Not rocket science, not a medical breakthrough, simply common sense.  You see, The Dove Canyon Country Club will be hosting a Rally for the Cure®  Golf Tournament Event  August 6th, 2012. Or as  Dove Canyon Country Club Event Sales Manager, Jennifer Wolf might put it:   “We are proud to open our facility and host a Rally for the Cure event. The event is a fun way for us to bring together our members and the community to support an important cause while playing a sport they are passionate about,”


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The mission of Rally for the Cure is to empower people to take action in the fight against breast cancer by providing a platform for them to educate their family, friends and community on the importance of early detection through an activity they are passionate about.

A grass roots program, Rally for the Cure  works to increase breast self-awareness and mammography screening rates to ensure the early detection of breast cancer through volunteer organized golf, tennis and social events. More than 2 million people have participated in Rally events across the nation since its inception in 1996.


This year marks the Third year Dove Canyon Country Club has rallied against breast cancer. The Club already as has 30 participants registered for the Rally event and invites the public to take part, play golf and help cure cancer.  Those registering prior to July 31, 2012 will get $25.00 off/

The day’s activities will include contests such as closest to the pin & longest drive as well as a BBQ lunch at the turn and an Italian Style dinner following the tournament. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of the event and each participant will receive a goody bag with important breast health information and other Rally items plus a subscription to a select Condé Nast magazine such asSELFGolf Digest and Bon Appétit.


Since 1996 Komen has received over $65 million from fundraising activities at Rally events to help fund life-saving breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs. Rally for the Cure® is based in Wilton, Connecticut. For further information about Dove Canyon Country Club Rally event, contact Jennifer Wolf or Elizabeth Douglass at (949) 858-2800 ext. 106 or 104 or to host a Rally event of your own call 1.800.327.6811 or visit the website: www.rallyforthecure.com.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Play Golf, Cure Cancer - at The Dove Canyon Country Club





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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – You got that right!  Play golf, cure cancer.  Not rocket science, not a medical breakthrough, simply common sense.  You see, The Dove Canyon Country Club will be hosting a Rally for the Cure®  Golf Tournament Event  August 6th, 2012. Or as  Dove Canyon Country Club Event Sales Manager, Jennifer Wolf might put it:   “We are proud to open our facility and host a Rally for the Cure event. The event is a fun way for us to bring together our members and the community to support an important cause while playing a sport they are passionate about,”




The mission of Rally for the Cure is to empower people to take action in the fight against breast cancer by providing a platform for them to educate their family, friends and community on the importance of early detection through an activity they are passionate about.

A grass roots program, Rally for the Cure  works to increase breast self-awareness and mammography screening rates to ensure the early detection of breast cancer through volunteer organized golf, tennis and social events. More than 2 million people have participated in Rally events across the nation since its inception in 1996.


This year marks the Third year Dove Canyon Country Club has rallied against breast cancer. The Club already as has 30 participants registered for the Rally event and invites the public to take part, play golf and help cure cancer.  Those registering prior to July 31, 2012 will get $25.00 off/

The day’s activities will include contests such as closest to the pin & longest drive as well as a BBQ lunch at the turn and an Italian Style dinner following the tournament. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of the event and each participant will receive a goody bag with important breast health information and other Rally items plus a subscription to a select Condé Nast magazine such as SELF, Golf Digest and Bon Appétit.


Since 1996 Komen has received over $65 million from fundraising activities at Rally events to help fund life-saving breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs. Rally for the Cure® is based in Wilton, Connecticut. For further information about Dove Canyon Country Club Rally event, contact Jennifer Wolf or Elizabeth Douglass at (949) 858-2800 ext. 106 or 104 or to host a Rally event of your own call 1.800.327.6811 or visit the website: www.rallyforthecure.com.

Crime in Coto de Caza gets curioser, Ladera Ranch no change



Posted By CotoBlogzz July 26, 2012

Coto de Caza, CA - We have been covering public safety in general for the last ten years and specifically comparing and contrasting public safety between Coto de Caza and the Ladera Ranch communities.  The Coto de Caza figures provided to us by the Orange County Sheriff's (OCSD) not only swing wildly without  an obvious explanation, but it also contains some statistical oddities. 
 Consider that the total number of reported incidents for the quarter ending June 2012 are not only the same as the ones for the quarter ending March 2012, but the monthly total are the same, albeit in different order as shown on this table - seems like a statistical impossibility!
JanFebMar
311719
   
AprJunJul
191731
2012 monthly reported incidents 

While the total number of reported incidents quarter to quarter remained the same, there were some changes in the different categories.  For example, while there were no reported aggravated assault incidents in the first quarter, in the second quarter, there were 3.  The most significant change was registered in vandalism jumping from zero in the first quarter to seven in the second one.
Aggravated assault3
Burglary doubled4 -> 8
Larceny/theft25 --> 13
Fraud doubled4--> 7
Vandalism0 ->
Changes from 1Q2012 to 2Q2012

Coto de Caza Crime and Vandalism Report 2Q2012 - Source OCSD

Coto's Crime and Vandalism Report 2Q2011 - Averaged from 3Q2009 -2Q2012

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In contrast, the reported figures for Ladera Ranch continue to be stable  where vandalism dropped from seven reported cases to 3 in the second quarter.  Likewise narcotic violations dropped from seven to four.
Ladera Ranch Crime and Vandalism Report 2Q2012 - Source OCSD




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