Coto the Caza HOA expands subsidies

To err is human, to really screw things up takes a homeowners association board”

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Coto de Caza, CA – earlier this month we asked the CZ Master HOA association’s board of directors to  share with the CotoBuzz Journal readers the rationale used by the board to justify  expanding the horse trails in the community, at homeowners’ expense.  Particularly given the economic conditions and given the fact that more than 99% of the users do not pay CZ dues or otherwise.   The CZ Master association is the dominant home owners’ association in Coto de Caza

We argued that expanding the horse trails at CZ dues-paying resident's expense is nothing more than an extension of the already unacceptably high $3 million/year CZ subsidies.

You will pay for replacing your fence, or else we take your home-keys away - the CZ HOA sees its own shadow, that must mean HOA groundhog's day!

We never got a response.  Instead, the board quickly passed rule changes, which we objected to,  that allow the board to prevent a CZ-dues paying homeowner from entering his home for whatever reason the board desires.

Coto the Caza HOA board uses the nuclear option to cow residents - the chicken nugget analogy

To err is human, to really screw things up takes a homeowners association board”

Posted By CotoBlogzz

While we opined that the recently enacted CZ Master Association’s  rule changes were unnecessary and simply another power grab, we are now surprised top be proven wrong – it is much more than that!  - It  is what we refer to as the nuclear power option to cow residents to do the board's will.  The CZ Master association is the largest homeowners association in Coto de Caza.

We are getting reports that residents are getting letters from the association that it is going to paint certain golf-course facing association-owned fences from green to either white or bronze, AND the owners need to pay for the paint job.  If they do not go along with the association’s wishes, they will be cited and their transponders will be confiscated!  In essence, the homeowners will be barred from entering the community.

Now, consider that a mom in North Carolina said her daughter had to eat  three chicken nuggets for lunch, because schools  officials  thought the lunch she brought from home  consisting of a turkey sandwich with cheese, a banana, apple juice and potato  was unhealthy.  A state employee inspecting lunch bags declared the food unhealthy because it was missing a vegetable and milk.  If you see any parallels, it may not be purely coincidental.  

You may notice the board has cast its shadow - it must be HOA groundhog's day!

Needless to say, the residents we talked to are not only irate, but they are ready to fight the Nanny Board, including using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO. The RICO Act specifically allows for the leaders of a group to be tried for the crimes which they ordered others to do or assisted them.

Were this an isolated instance, a partial observer could chalk it up to the old adage that says something along the lines of “to err is human, to really screw things up takes a homeowners association board.”  However, consider that while the board continues to arm itself with new rules and regulations aimed to cowing homeowners to pay up or else, in this dire economic times, it continues to dole out more than $3 million/year in subsidies to other non CZ-dues paying residents.

We asked board members to comment on this story prior to publication, but we did not hear from them.

Coto de Caza's Nuclear Option - A view from the Greens

LETTERS

As you know for the last week I have been having a serious disagreement with my CZ Master HOA and Keystone Pacific over an installation of a new fence in my back yard. Finally after a week of threats and counter threats it seems that we have solved the problem between us. Unfortunately it took me a week to get them to show me a sample of the new fence they wanted to put up.

 After viewing the fence today I have agreed to let them put it up.....as long as the height does not exceed the height I have now. 

 While this matter now has a happy ending there are a few things about the association's handling of the matter that I think need some immediate attention.

 First of all there is the issue of the Association unilaterally dictating and forcing upon homeowners their unexplained desires. I had no problem with them wanting to install a cheaper lower maintenance fence in my back yard. What I had a problem with was the dictatorial manner in which they informed me of their intent to do so. They informed me by a letter out of the blue that they were  going to change the fence..change the color and make me pay for a new gate. 

 They picked on the wrong guy to dictate their plans to. I don't take kindly to people ordering me around, telling me it's their way or the highway and threatening me with fines and penalties if I don't comply. I also don't take kindly to people who demand money from me without justifying their demands.  

 In short Buzz the community of Coto needs to know about this egotistical attitude of the HOA board and their puppet management company. Let's hope that they have all learned a lesson from my case.

 Kindest regards,

 Bill Kirkendale

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Throw the Bums out of Laguna Woods

Poted By CotoBlogzz

   

 LETTER

Jerry Storage, General Manager

Third Laguna Hills Mutual Directors

United Laguna Hills Mutual Directors

Fifty(Towers) Directors

Golden Rain Foundation Directors

Homeowners

        Re:  Change in the Structure and Management Contract of LeisureWorld/

                 Laguna Woods Village .

 Leisure World Laguna Hills built in 1964 -1982 is the largest non-profit

 Senior Citizens Common Interest Development  in the United State of America  with 18,000 to 20,000 residences.  

                  

 Professional Community Management, Inc. (PCM) the managing agent

 of Leisure World/ Laguna Woods Village is one of the largest Managing Agents  of Common Interest Developments in the U.S.A.    PCM has been the managing  agent in Leisure World Laguna Woods, Ca. since 1964.  Professional Community Management, Inc. a for profitcorporation was a Spin Off, at the request of the  Federal Housing Administration (HUD), from the non-profit corporation of

Leisure World Foundation which sponsored, merchandised and administered

Leisure World Laguna Hills from 1964 to 1972 when PCM was incorporated

and became the for profit Managing Agent.

           Professional Community Management, Inc. (PCM) knows  Leisure World/

Laguna Woods Villages governing documents (Original Trust, Articles of Incorporations, Declarations (CC&R's), Regulatory Agreements and Bylaws).

PCM has written and administered these documents to the homeowners of

Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village for over 46 years and yet PCM continues

to state GRF and United Mutual have NO CC&R's WHY? 

   

GRF and PCM has sold Common Area Land (San Sebastian and El Toro Water District) against California's Davis Stirling Act #1359 and Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village CC&R's, Article VI.  

Golden Rain Foundation set aside Five (5) Million Dollars to demolish and build a 17,863 square-foot Village Green Golf Starter Building without the Vote or Approval of the homeowners, who pay the bills.   To date the total cost of this

 building has not been given to the homeowners.  The "88" CC&R's, Article IV, Section 8 states: "The Mutualsmay, with the approval of the Architectural Control  Committee, construct new improvements or additions to the Common Area or 

Demolish existing improvements, provided that in the case of any improvement, addition or 

demolition involving a total expenditure in excess of Five Percent (5%)  of the Gross Expenses of the Mutuals for the year in which such improvements, additions or demolition isContemplated, the written consent or Vote of at least  fifty-one percent (51%) of the Owners in the Project or Related Projects as to  the maximum total cost therefore shall first be obtained."      

The changing of the Guard, the Management Contract and the Structure

 of Leisure World/Laguna Woods Village is a must.  Golden Rain Foundation (GRF)

has taken over the leadership of this community under the advice of PCM, this

is wrong.  GRF is the Trustee of the Trust which holds all the money. assets and

land in Trust for the Mutuals (Third, United and Fifty).  The Mutuals are the

Trustors of the Trust.  The Mutuals pay GRF to manage, operate and maintain the Common Area Facilities(Clubhouses, Golf Course, Buses, Stables and ect.) . GRF

as Trustee SHALL follow the Terms of the Trust which they have neglected to do.  

           

           The Cost Plus Contract PCM has with each of the four corporations of

Leisure World Laguna Woods where the homeowners pay all of PCM's Costs is obscene.   The homeowners pay allof PCM's 1,000 employees wages and benefit packages( Health Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Social Security, Pensions, 401-K and etc.) plus all of PCM's office expenses and housing of their employees.  This has been going on for 46 years.  No wonder this senior citizens homeowners association has a $95,000,000 Budget, larger than surrounding cities.  The costs of

 the Cost Plus Contract increases each year are staggering.  There is no incentive  for PCM to cut cost and there are a number of PCM employees retiring each year  which as long as PCM is the Managing Agent this community pays their Pensions.  This Common InterestDevelopment can no longer afford PCM and certainly not  a Cost Plus Contract.

Wake UP!!  Leisure World/ Laguna Woods, as well as the whole Country,

 is in a financial mess.  PCM and the four boards (GRF, Third, United & Fifty)  had better get realistic.  If you do not understand Budgets, Economic and Finances  you have a large source of people in the community who could help you.  Ask  and you shall receive.  Don't continue to Vote for something you do not understand  or agree with.  Each Mutual and GRF have their own Attorney's, they should give  you the correct information you need under the law to perform your fiduciary duties.   

                                            Sincerely yours,

                                       Noni and Corkey Eley

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The Servant of Two Masters at Saddleback College

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Mission Viejo, CA – Saddleback College is presenting The Servant of Two Masters on March 2^nd through the 11^th in the Studio Theatre.  In classic commedia dell’arte style - commedia dell'arte is a form of theatre characterized by masked types which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent of the actress and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. - comedy ensues when servant Truffaldino must fib his way through a day of three weddings, two duels, a dance, a chase, and a food fight, all while serving two masters, neither of whom knows what’s going on.  

L-R:  Cailon Moore, Dimitri Geraud and Michelle ParentPhotographer:  Ken Kinde

Allow your suspension of disbelief to place yourself in an inn yard, in Venice, where after a laborious day of work, you have taken a moment to be entertained by a traveling troupe of players - - a company that is beginning to  exhibit the ravages of time.  Ergo, the “Commercio di Saddlebacka” proudly brings to you, for your delight, Signor Goldoni’s comedy, The Servant of Two Masters.  

Dates:  March 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th at 8 pm and March 11^th at 3 pm.  Please note that March 2nd, 3rd, and 9th at 8 pm and March 4th at 3 pm are sold out.

Tickets can be purchased by calling (949) 582-4656 (noon-4 Tuesday-Saturday) and online atwww.saddleback.edu/arts.  Prices are $12 general; $11 students/seniors/ Angels; $6 for Saddleback community with current ASB card.  Group rates are $6 for 20 or more.

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.

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit.  Free parking is available in Lot 12.  Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the third left to “Theatre Circle,” turning right into Lot 12.

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

The Steel Sharpens Steel Fallacy (3SF)

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Certain political pundits keep promoting the notion that negative advertising during the GOP primary not only works, but it is also good because it helps the candidates get prepared so that when the eventual winner faces off against President Obama, the negative attacks will be second-nature.  While the latter might be true, the former is not.  Worse yet is that such approach could work in a short primary, it is counterproductive the more it extends beyond Florida.

We previously asserted that the GOP has mastered the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory – if the current GOP primary extends much beyond Florida, the GOP might just continue the trend – below is brief view of why tit may be so.

1.   The Mostly Left Wing and Hyphenated Media (MLWH) is adept at using Weapons of Mass Disinformation (WMD)  in support of the current administration.    During the GOP primary, the candidates themselves are using WMD as  friendly fire, aiding and abetting the enemy.

2.  The MLWH media’s target market is the apathetic, uninformed and or cognitive-challenged (AUCC) electorate.   When GOP candidates use WMD during the primary, the ads are exactly what the AUCC consumes.

3.  Lack of Focus – when the GOP candidates use WMD, whether the candidates like it or not, the media amplifies the message so that instead of allowing them to focus on drawing up a comparison between them and the current administration, they find themselves on the defense, looking less than presidential.

4.  Practice as in a real game -  In sports, coaches consistently preach to their players to practice as if they are playing a real game, so that when the game starts, they do not have to think, but only react.  When the GOP candidates use WMD, they are practicing, but not as if they were playing in a real game, quite the contrary.

 

Dueling Pianos at Saddleback College

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Mission Viejo, CA – The Department of Music at Saddleback College announced this week  a two-piano recital with renowned pianists Kirill Gliadkovsky and Chris Durrenberger  for Thursday, February 16^th at 7:30 pm in the McKinney Theatre.  The concert features Mozart’s Greatest Work for Piano Ensemble – his grand Sonata in D Major for two pianos; Brahm’s extremely popular and richly melodic Hungarian Dances for piano duet (one piano four hands) and Camille Saint-Saens’ humorous, witty and charismatic Carnival of the Animals – a musical tale describing characters of various animals, as well as humans, and making fun of certain musical and non-musical stereotypes with narration of a poem by Ogden Nash, written specifically for the piece. 

Chris Durrenberger, Associate Professor at Wittenberg University in Springfield Ohio, has received top prizes at major national and international competitions, including the Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions, the Los Angeles Etude Musical Club Piano Competition, the Young Keyboard Artists Association International Piano Competition, and the National Music Teachers Association National Piano Competition. He was selected to pilot a National Endowment for the Arts residency, “Chamber Music in Rural America,” which led to hundreds of performances, live broadcasts on National Public Radio, a featured spot on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and a performance for the National Council in Washington, D.C.  Solo, concerto, and collaborative engagements have taken Dr. Durrenberger throughout the world, including the Sarasota and Aspen Music Festivals, the Cairo Opera House, and the Taipei National Hall.

Since making his first public appearance at the age of six, Kirill Gliadkovsky has toured extensively on three continents performing piano and organ recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in various cities in Russia, including Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi, Maliy and Rachmaninoff Halls, St.-Petersburg Philharmonic's Glinka Hall, as well as in Italy, U.K., Poland, Mongolia, Canada, Japan and throughout the United States. The venues included Purcell Hall in London, Merkin Hall in New York, Jack Singer Hall in Calgary, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, CA, Centers for the Arts in Scottsdale and Chandler AZ, National Gallery of Art and Catholic University in Washington, DC, 1st Congregational Church in Los Angeles, Philharmonic Hall in Poznan, Poland, and many others. He has performed at various music festivals, such as Aspen, Ventura, Music in the Mountains, Redlands Bowl festivals in the USA and Credomatic Festival in Costa Rica, and worked with well-known conductors Pierre Boulez, Mehli Mehta, Gordon Johnson, John Farrer, Mischa Semanitzky, Patrick Flynn, among others. Mr. Gliadkovsky's popularity is also fast growing being a featured artist in numerous live TV and radio broadcasts and programs on such networks as NPR, CBS, PBS, CBC, WQXR, KBYU, KPAC, Russian State TV and Radio and others. He has recorded six CDs for Alexei Records and for CMK Classics labels.  

Tickets are $12 general; $10 seniors; $7 students; 2 for 1 for music teachers with a MTAC or CAPMT ID.  Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit.  Free parking is available in Lot 12.  Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to “Theatre Circle,” turning right into Lot 12.

The Music Department has established a comprehensive program which is considered to be one of the finest in California:  a complete lower-division curriculum for transferring music majors, numerous performance groups, private and group lessons, a full concert series with faculty and guest artists, and general music courses.  The nationally recognized faculty is dedicated to performance and to teaching in all areas such as vocal, instrumental, jazz, guitar and piano.  Other music classes include harmony, musicianship, composition, history and appreciation of western art music, rock, jazz and world.

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 more than 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals.  For more information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu.  For Fine Arts events, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts. 

Saddleback Announces 2012 Free Faculty Art Exhibition

 

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Mission Viejo, CA – The Saddleback College Art Department faculty announced this week its  2012 Faculty Art and Photo Exhibition for  Wednesday, February 8th through Thursday, March 8^th.  This mixed media exhibit includes photography, ceramics, sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing, jewelry and more.  Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday from noon-4pm; Thursday evenings 4-8pm and on Saturday, February 11^th, the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  There will be an artists’ reception on Tuesday, February 7^th from 5 to 8 pm. Admission is free.

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit.  Parking is available in Lot 12.  Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the third left to “Theatre Circle,” turning right into Lot 12.

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 more than 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals.  For more information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu.  For Fine Arts events, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts. 

 

Free concerts at Saddleback College

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Mission Viejo, CA.   The Music Department at Saddleback College kicks of a free concert series, Concert Hour on Thursday, January 19, 2012  from Noon to 1 p.m. in Fine Arts Room 101 and the McKinney Theatre.    Schedule follows:

January 19, 2012.  Joey Sellers Trio. 

McKinney Theatre

Director of Jazz Studies Joey Sellers performs with his eclectic trio. This concert will feature material from Sellers’ CD “Solo Trombone: What The. . .?” which garnered a four-star review in DownBeat Magazine and placed Sellers in the “Rising Star” category of the Critics Poll. Featuring Dan Lutz on Bass and  Chris Wabich on drums.

February 16, 2012.  Piano Master Class with Chris Durrenberger

McKinney Theatre

Chris Durrenberger, Associate Professor at Capital and Wittenberg Universities in Ohio, will work with Saddleback pianists during the noon concert hour.  He will present a two-piano recital with Kirill Gliadkovsky in the evening. 

                                                                                                               

April 5, 2012.  Viola Concert with Born Lau

FA 101

Los Angeles-based violist Born Lau has been hailed as “one of this new generation of violists’ premier talents.”  His concert will include the world premiere of Saddleback faculty member Norman Weston’s Aria, Tango and Gigue for unaccompanied viola.

May 3, 2012.  Saddleback Music Students in Recital.

McKinney Theatre 

Our talented voice, instrumental, piano and jazz students perform in recital.  Come and show your support for these aspiring musicians!

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit.  Parking is available in Lot 12.  Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the second traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to “Theatre Circle,” turning right into Lot 12.

The Music Department has established a comprehensive program which is considered to be one of the finest in California:  a complete lower-division curriculum for transferring music majors, numerous performance groups, private and group lessons, a full concert series with faculty and guest artists, and general music courses.  The nationally recognized faculty is dedicated to performance and to teaching in all areas such as vocal, instrumental, jazz, guitar and piano.  Other music classes include harmony, musicianship, composition, history and appreciation of western art music, rock, jazz and world.

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.  

Obama's GBLT Sham

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Yesterday the White House issued a Memorandum to the Heads of Executive departments and agencies detaqiling  International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons( GBLT) and the Mostly Left Wing and Hyphenated Media is not only eating it up, but amplifying the message for the media's target market:  The apathetic, uninformed and or cognitive challenged electorate.


The initiative is not only  disingenuous.but  also perhaps the most transparent initiative this administration has advanced:  Pure and un-adulterated pandering.


Keep in mind that basic rights are endowed by the Creator, not the White House.   Why not do something about how women are treated in the Muslim world, such as the the jailed raped Afghan girl forced to marry her cousin in order to be released from jail?  What about the GLOM (Grumpy Loud Old Man"?  Do not they have rights?


Or what about this administration's promotion of state-sponsored genocide (legalized abortions)?


Any questions?

Don't Blame the Committee. Do not Blame the GOP. Do not Blame the Congress

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Do not blame the Super committee, after all, it reflects the Super Duper Committee, aka as US Congress.  Do not blame the Congress and do not even Blame the Blamer in Chief for being MIA during the budget talks.  Do not blame the GOP and do no blame the Left.   Heck, do not even blame Prince Harry or Princess Nancy.

If anyone is to take the blame is the electorate, after all, it voted for the current government, thanks in large measure for the Mostly Left Wing and Hyphenated Media targeting the apathetic, the uninformed  and or cognitive challenged voter.

Knowing that the electorate is divided right down the middle, and that 50% of the population does not pay taxes and that the unions want the government to spend money it does not have, guess how the 2012 elections are going to turn out?

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-blames-gop-threatens-veto-184448279.html

Diwali & Hannuka come to Saddleback

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Rancho Santa Margarita  – The Saddleback College Music Department will present  A Feast of Lights on December 3^rd and 4th in the McKinney Theatre.  The chorale ensembles, under the direction of Dr. Scott Farthing, and the symphony orchestra, under the direction of Branden Muresan, come together for this very popular and festive holiday program of vocal and orchestral music for all ages to enjoy.  These holiday festivities include a traditional wassail catered and served by the Saddleback College Culinary Arts program being between performances.

Diwali  popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-November.  For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. For Jains, Diwali marks the attainment of moksha or nirvana by Mahavira in 527 BC

Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore,and Fiji.

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical Menorah consists of eight branches with an additional raised branch. The extra light is called a shamash  and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest. The purpose of the shamash is to have a light available for use, as using the Hanukkah lights themselves is forbidden.

Dates are Saturday, December 3rd at 2 & 5 pm and Sunday, December 4th at 2 & 5 pm.  Tickets are $20 general admission; $18 students/seniors and can be purchased by calling the ticket office at 949-582-4656 or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts.

The Music Department has established a comprehensive program which is considered to be one of the finest in California:  a complete lower-division curriculum for transferring music majors, numerous performance groups, private and group lessons, a full concert series with faculty and guest artists, and general music courses.  The nationally recognized faculty is dedicated to performance and to teaching in all areas such as vocal, instrumental, jazz, guitar and piano.  Other music classes include harmony, musicianship, composition, history and appreciation of western art music, rock, jazz and world.

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit.  Parking is available in Lot 12.  Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to “Theatre Circle,” turning right into Lot 12.

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 more than 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals.  For more information, please visit www.saddleback.edu.  For Fine Arts events, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts. 

Saddleback Speech & Debate Team on a Roll - Places Third at 2011 Ray Dahlin Tournament

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Rancho Santa Margarita - The Saddleback Forensics Team continues to bring home the hardware, having placed third at the 2011 Ray Dahlin Tournament held at Grossmont College in El Cajon, California.

 “We are incredibly proud of how our students performed at the Ray Dahlin Invitational. So far, Saddleback has been a top 3 finisher at every tournament attended so far. The students and coaches are working hard as we prepare for State and Nationals in April”  stated Lucas Ochoa, forensics team coach.

And the Winners are:

Extemporaneous Speaking

4^th place, Robert Mayer

3^rd place, Matthew Porter

Informative Speaking

5^th place, Emily Hanson

4^th place, Yamah Karim

3^rd place, Madison Dixson

Persuasive Speaking

4^th place, Anneke Pyle

2^nd place, Brooke Howell

Communication Analysis

2^ND place, Andrew Ronquillo

Dramatic Interpretation

7^th place, Danielle Page

3^rd place, Derek Demerjian

The Saddleback Forensics Team started in the 1970s and prides itself on offering students the ability to create innovative arguments for future writing and speaking engagements to strengthen their critical thinking skills, and to better communicate with others.

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