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I David Reese, publisher Richard Walker, managing editor Community Advisory Board: Barbara Dolder, Joseph Dorr, Wendy Gerig, Jim GUI, Phyllis Grant, Brian Lewis, Dorothy Mclntyre, Myron Mclntyre, Nancy Plantholt, Margaret Sepponen, Bob Taylor, Dave Uribe Opinion January 5, 1997 The Press-Tribune A4 3 CARTOONISTS VIEW PURVIEW WVWG0ES New city off to great start Citrus Heights' long dream pf cityhood became reality Thursday: Roseville's neighbor of 90,000 people became a city, and the City Council took the oath of office. Bill Hughes, a Roseville police lieutenant and top vote-getter in the Nov. 5 election, was elected the city's first mayor by his council colleagues. Now the real work begins. Residents of this new city were compelled to vote for incorporation because analyses showed that cityhood would result in better police protection, local control and more money for local services.

Today, the challenges are a bit more formidable than on Election Day. For example, early budget estimates gave the new city a surplus of in mid-December, however, the council-elect learned the city would have a $1.1 million shortfall because of a delay in receiving property tax revenue. Faced with sildden challenges, the council showed prudent leadership. It received a $200,000 bill from the new city's insurance company, which agreed to wait until April for payment. Interim City Attorney Ruthann Ziegler, who assisted the council-elect for free, receives $150 per meeting rather than $150 per hour, her regular rate.

A city government without an address has one, thanks to the postmaster who donated a post office box for six months. The council did its constituents a great service by meeting before cityhood became official; the council hit the road running Thursday. The new city has contracted services, laws and ordinances, and a staff of professionals. We believe the new city is in good hands, and we offer our continued support. We also encourage residents to get involved; a community is a reflection of its people.

The Citrus Heights City Council meets every Thursday at 7 p.m.; the first, second and fourth Thursday at Rusch Park Community Center, the third Thursday at the fire station on Mariposa Avenue and Greenback Lane. Most of us would like to be the boss, but this station found the courage to humms im mm mm Signal change needed at Cirby intersection "ine collisions occurred at the intersection of South Cirby Way and Champion Oaks Drive in 1996. The most tragic occurred Dec. 23; a woman and her nephew Richard Walker The Editor's Desk New look for entertainment coverage Our Friday entertainment coverage is about to get more local. That's Entertainment our Friday entertainment magazine, was included in our Friday edition for the last time.

It will be replaced this Friday by Weekend, a guide to all there is to do in Roseville. That's Entertainment was a project of The Press-Tribune, The Folsom Telegraph and the Auburn Journal. The idea was to provide readers an alternative source of information about all the doings from South Lake Tahoe to Sacramento County. Problem was, most readers said they wanted more information about the Magic Circle Theater, not Harrah's. Second, the logistics of producing such a publication proved too burdensome: Written in Auburn, Folsom and Roseville, produced and printed in Auburn, distributed in Wednesday, Thursday and Friday editions of newspapers in five cities.

As my wife says when I make a tricky billiards shot the theory is there, but the application is opaque. That's Entertainment's demise is actually good news for Press-Tribune readers and advertisers: Weekend, our new section, will feature entertainment news that's close to home, written by Press-Tribune writers and edited by Press-Tribune editors. That means quicker response to your inquiries and submissions too. i t. Turn to Weekend for local entertainment restaurant reviews, local theater and movies, a Dining Guide, and a comprehensive calendar of weekend events.

Faith and Families, our section devoted to weekend events involving, well, faith and families, will be incorporated into this section. To submit information for publication in Weekend, write Editor Dianne Lederer, The Press-Tribune, 188 Cirby Way, Roseville 95678, (916) 774-7969. Fax (916) 783-1183. Calendar editor is Paige Johnson, (916) 774-7968; Fax (916) 783-1183. A living legacy: Many people here may not know who Janet Bustad French was.

She was once Jan Brewer, classified ad manager of The Press-Tribune. During a holiday visit to Mount Vernon, I picked up a copy of the Skagit Valley Herald, and a notice on page B5 caught my eye: "She worked for a number of years at The Roseville Press-Tribune newspaper." It was her obituary. She was 52. Mrs. French was born in Seattle and raised in Mount Vernon.

She attended Pacific Lutheran University and played organ for the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon before making her way to United Airlines as a flight attendant In the 1980s, she discovered Roseville and joined The Press-Tribune ad staff Some remembered her as controversial and hard-edged, as managers indeed, as people can sometimes be. There's an adage that says you never get a second chance to make a first impression. But the obituary gave a more personal account of her life after Roseville: She married in Mount Vernon in 1991, and was baptized and confirmed in the Salem Lutheran Church there. "She had been involved throughout her life in music, which she enjoyed," the obituary read. The obituary concluded with a list of loved ones who will miss her a husband, parents, siblings and their spouses, nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts, a "special" cousin and a host of other relatives.

Janet Bustad French, one of thousands who have passed Roseville and left only a trace of memory, was buried in Mount Vernon on Dec. 12, 1996. Appropriately, in lieu of flowers, donations were requested for the Salem Lutheran Church Organ Fund. NOTID. one-man television try young John Wayne) ride herd on Saturdays.

Punching up Channel 25 might reveal a classic Fred Astaire film or a Charlie Chaplin short Suffel's station, which is served by a couple of satellite networks from Texas, carries the Fox Sports News network seven days a week (an hour a night of scores, highlights and features). There are also specialty shows aimed at bowlers, anglers, the outdoors, golfers and motor sports enthusiasts. "I see Channel 25 as a specialty station," Suffel said. "A niche station. I can offer an alternative.

The responses I get tell me I'm making progress." Suffel said many of his viewers remember when some of the older programs were originally broadcast Others are looking for something else. "I think shows with wholesome story lines appeal to people," Suffel said. The bottom line of any business, of course, is money. Suffel points to a couple of Christmas programs that met with success and hopes to do more station-produced programs this year. For someone who started his broadcast career in the basement of a Pasadena church on a 100-watt radio station, Suffel might at first appear not to have moved much beyond that first dream.

That, I think, is a matter of opinion. In today's big business world, you have to admire those who choose their own path. Suffel's choice was a television station. "We might be the best-kept secret in Sacramento TV," Suffel said, probably wishing it wasn't Jeff Caraska writes a general interest column for Sunday's Press-Tribune. Delays are common in dispatching fire engines and the closest available fire engine is not always the one dispatched.

This week Western EI Dorado County, which had similar fire communication problems as Placer County, decided to fix their problems by having CDF (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) take over all fire dispatching, which permitted a "drop boundary" policy to take effect where the closest engines are dispatched regardless of jurisdiction. Clearly the cities of Roseville, Rocklin, and Lincoln, along with the fire districts of Dry Creek, Loomis, Penyrn, Placer Foothills Consolidated, and South Placer, need to have CDF take over their fire dispatching. This move would eliminate the many delays, duplications, and will get all of Placer's fire agencies to operate on common radio channels so they can communicate with each other on a fire. Placer's fire agencies also need to enter into a "move up and cover," and "drop boundary" policies. Bui M.

Smart Roseville were killed when the car in which they were passengers was broadsided by a pickup truck. The deadly pre-Christmas crash spurred residents of the neighborhood to circulate a petition asking the city to change the signal light at the intersection. Tuesday, the familiar sound of metal meeting metal lends more support for the cause. A motorist told police he did not see the other vehicle when he made the left turn. The cause of each crash is consistent: The intersection allows a permissive left turn.

Residents say the intersection is busy enough to warrant a protected left-turn signal with a green arrow. A petition should not be necessary; the record speaks for itself. The city should change the signal. (Have an opinion on this issue? Write Mayor and City Council, Roseville City Hall, 311 Vernon Roseville 95678.) Vie Press-Tribune welcomes public comment on this and other issues. Write The 188 Cirby Way, Roseville 95678.

At one time or another, I think we've all wanted to be in charge. Maybe mail carriers want to be the postmaster general. Someone working on the line for an automobile pjant might dream of being the chief executive officer of the company. Bob Suffel is a former foreign correspondent for the NBC Radio network. He's also a former news producer for a number of television stations, including Sacramento's Channel 10 back in the late 1960s.

These days, Suffel is a one-man television station. The 53-year-old Pasadena native is the general man-1 1 ager (and just about anything else you can think of) for KBTV, Channel 25. Some might call his station, I which broadcasts from a transmitter in Elverta, as a low-power operator. Suffel prefers community television. I stumbled on Suffel's station a couple of years ago.

I've been resistant to hook up to a cable TV company so my television fix still comes through an antenna mounted on our roof. Much to Suffel's chagrin, that's the only way viewers can pick up Channel 25 because so far no cable provider has been willing to add KBTV to its arsenal of programming. Suffel, though, remains optimistic. "Statistics show 60 percent of the homes served by Sacramento Cable have second and third sets that aren't hooked up to cable," Suffel said. "So half of the TV sets aren't hooked up to cable." Ironically, Suffel said most of his viewers discover his station by channel surfing.

KBTV can be seen all round the Sacramento area. Suffel said the signal begins to lose its punch around Grass Valley. "I've heard from several viewers in the South Placer area," Suffel said. And he doesn't mean Ebonics adds to nation's disunity Once again, the forces of multilingual education arc utilizing the weapons of disunity to increase the division in this alleged United States of America! This latest disservice to the African American citizens of our Nation is at the least disgraceful. We, regardless of race, creed or color, who are American citizens should all be offended by tlx; recent actions of the Oakland School Officials.

To state that due to "Genetics" our African American youth must be relegated to learn English in a language referred to a "Ebonics" or "Black English" is criminal This would be the same as stating that due to my Irish Genetic make up, I should have been taught in the Irish Gaelic language. If our African American youth require any updating on "Ebonics" all they need do is tune into MTV, listen to the latest "gang Rap music lyrics," or African American sit-coms on TV! In my opinion, none of that trash Jeff Caraska In so many words hearing about this from his co-workers around the water fountain. Viewers who put in calls to the station have them answered by Suffel himself. All in a day's work for a one-man television station. Suffel's station went on the air in December of 1994.

It was the culmination of 1 5 years of planning and hurdle-hopping, courtesy of the Federal Communications Commission. Because Suffel relies largely on word of mouth to advertise his station, don't look for stock to be offered any time soon. "When I bought the station, I budgeted not expecting to break even until the second year," he said. "I've prepared for a period of modest revenues. This year, we're going to be reaching out to small businesses, the ones who feel they can't afford to advertise on television, and let them know it is affordable." Channel 25's broadcast day is filled with an eclectic mix of programming you're not going to find on any of the traditional stations in town.

Old television shows from the late 1940s and 1950s (like 'The Trouble with Father" and "Jack appear in the late afternoon. Westerns (some featuring a very OUR VIEW helps to uplift our African American youth in proper use of the English language. Many years ago, but for one single vote, our national language would have been German rather than English. I wonder how "Ebonics" would have dealt with that problem? I think it is time. our alleged educators work on the unification of our American Youtrj as Americans, than continue with multilingualbilingual nonsense that continues to divide our nation.

I am of Irish heritage, and proud of it however, I am an American citizen and even prouder of that fact Let us unite our Nation, not continue to divide it under the guise of cultural Edmund CP. Sheehan Lincoln Fire dispatch procedure flawed One would think that if you need a fire engine and dial 91 1 the closest one would be dispatched without delay, not so in Placer County, with its flawed fire dispatch infrastructure. 071 YOUR PAYROLL Governor: Pete Wilson, Constituent Affairs, State Capitol, Sacramento 95814. 445-2841, fax 445-4633. State Senator: Tim Leslie (R), First District; 1200 Melody Lane, Suite 110, Roseville 95678, 783-8232, or, Stale Capitol, Sacramento 958 14, 445-5788.

State Assemblyman: Thomas (Rico) Oiler, (R), Fourth District, State Capitol, Sacramento 94249-0001. (916) 445-8343. State Assemblywoman: Barbara Alby (R), Fifth District, State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento 94249-0001 445-4445, fax 323-94 1 1 Placer County Board of Supervisors: District 1, Bill Santucci, Roseville: District 2, Robert Weygandt Lincoln, Newcastle, Rocklin; District 3, Ron Lkhau, Auburn; District 4, Jim Williams, Granite Bay, Loomis, Rocklin: District 5, Rex Bloomficld, Applcgate, Forest Hill, Meadow Vista, Tahoc; 175 Fulwciler Auburn 95603, 889-4010, fax 889-4299. Court Administrator and Grand Jury: 889-6515.

Lincoln City Council: Mayor Willie Preston, Larry Costa, Tom Cosgrove, Ray Sprague and Mike Storz, 1530 Third Lincoln 95648, 645-3314, fax 645-9502. Loomis Council: Mike Bobcrg, Carl DeWing, Gary Gade and Rhonda Morillas, 6140 Horseshoe Bar Road, Loomis 95650, 652-1840, fax 652-1847. Rocklin City Council: Mayor Ken Yorde, Connie Cullivan, Peter Hill, Kathy Lund, George Magnuson. P.O. Box 1 138, 3970 Rocklin Road, Rocklin 95677, 634-4050, fax 624-801 8.

Roseville City Council: Mayor Claudia Gamar, Harry Crabb Randolph Graham, Mel Hamcl and Pauline Roccucci, 311 Vernon Suite 208, Roseville 95678, 774-5263, fax 786-9175..