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THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE LOCAL-3 SUNDAY. August 26, 2001 Filial walking tour includes Channel Park Community Calendar. i Chances to learn Today lage with miniature steam lo-' comotive, pony rides and a -plnt-felze paddle boat was open to families during the summer kmoiiths. Nearby Lanry College, which opened In 1968 across 10th Street from the auditorium, was planned as the civic center campus of the newly created Peralta Community College system. The district trustees chose the Peralta name because the district is comprised of Alameda.

Al-bany. Berkeley; Piedmont and Oakland the cities that roughly cover, the same' area of the original land grant awarded to Spanish soldier Don Luis Peralta In 1820. It seems fitting to take note that Don Luis dir at. age 92 -on this day 150 years ago in 1851.:. No reservations are.

required for today's lour. OHA is asking for a $10 or $5 for nieinticrS. For more Informatlpn. check the Web site at www. Oakland Merita- ge.org or call (510) 763-9218.

ODAVs stroll i around the south edge of Lake Merritt marks the con- -eluding tour of this summer's Oakland Heritage Alliance walks series. The tour starts at 10 a.m. in front of the historic Camron Stanford -House. 1418 Lakeside Drive, and will include a look at the landmark Alameda County 1 Courthouse, the Henry Kaiser Auditorium, the Oakland Museum, and park land skirting the channel that links the lake with the According to Library His-, tory Room files, In 1981 Channel Park was created to showcase outdoor sculptures placed to coincide with an in- tematlonal sculpture confer-: ence hosted that year try the Oakland Museum. Longtime Councllmember John Sutter Is credited with the sculpture garden concept.

Sutter, who held the post of vice mayor at the time, was Inspired by a -similar park he had visited in Japan. With backing from the Tribune (Ha photo A walking tour of Lake Merritt, Including the Alameda County CQurtlKxiee, takes place today. the park dedication, the archives show. mals and plant life along the banks." Sadly, Muckelroy was not Today's tour also ex-able to conduct his ecology plore the area Just east of the field trips In the newly created auditorium known as Peralta park. He died of a heart attack Rancho Park.

Throughout the at age 46, a few months a thriving frontier vil- Homes: Public housing does not meet demand Care: The state budget includes a $65,000 grant public housing but cannot. "We had 12,000 applicants for Section 8 and we had to have a lot- tery to select the 5.000 we. are now trying lo serve." Gresley said. The housing market Is so light, a lot of people' with vouchers cannot find Although funding, levels for public housing have fared better In times when a Democrat was president. Oakland has one of the highest-regarded public housing agencies in' the nation, according lo federal officials, who said that was the reason the city's application was con-.

sldered and. approved, by the Bush administration. Continued from LOCAL-1 housing each month and 60 to 70 leave Section 8. Waiting lists for. both programs remain frozen.

Meanwhile, lii the last five lo six years, a third of the city's public housing stock has been renovated. With housing costs rising in the private sector and wlth-lm-provements ongoing in public housing many low-income fomi-- lies find public housing lo be the only option, Gresley said. "Most of our families of four are earning less than $16,000 a year," he said. More families want to get into MANNA MHZ SMf Woodstock Child Development Centers Ervin Dzanlc, 4, Jumps off the blocks as buddy Angela Mendoza-Roche, also 4, musters the courage to take her turn; The Alameda child care center is struggling to raise more than $250,000 to keep the doors open past next June; Continued from LOCAL-1 irate donations have only raised about $2,500,. parents received good news last week when As-.

semblymember Wilma Chan an-. nounced a $65,000 grant to the Woodstock has. given a great education start to six generations of Alamedans," said Chan, who lobbied for funding. In. the state budget and worked with parents mid Sen.

Don Ferata (D-Oakland) to secure Gov. Gray Davis' support lor funding It was a real team effort." Carlyon, treasurer of the parents' organization, said she will also try her hand at grant writing I have a grant book that .1. picked up, she Tm a mom and a (computer) studenL I've never written a grant In my life, but 111 take a crack at It" To add to the pool, a flea market Is set for Sept 1 at 1980 Third SL In Alameda. There are also dans for a dart tournament, celebrity- dinner- and booth at the Multi Cultural Center lair on Sept. 22, organizers said.

The West End center opened 'in 1943 and Is heavily used by Please recycle this newspaper after reading Landmarks Oakland Arts Council, and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sutter's dream soon became a reality. The files also reveal that an -18-year veteran of the Oakland schools, teacher Charles Muckelroy, known to many for his popular nature walks along the channels marshy shores, was a tireless propo-, nent of the new park's atlon. The ebbing and flowing tidal action of the waterway carries salt water from the bay to Lake Merritt' At the same. time, fresh water draining Into the lake from streams flowing from the hills mingles with the bay's waters creating a richly diverse habitat for anl- LC Woodstock has given a great education start to six generations qf Alamedans. U.S.

Coast Guard families, including Carlyon, who pays only $2 a day for care lor her two children, ages 4 and 7. The fees are based bn a familys Income and are determined by a sliding fee scale set by the state Department of Education. The average cost of child care In Alameda County is about $500 a month, according to Bananas Child Care Information and Re-ferral Service. Where am I going to find day care for $2 a day?" Carlyon asked. I don't even get that kind of a price per hour elsewhere." To help Woodstock Chihl Development Center or for more information, call (510) 748-4001.

Those Interested In helping may sponsor various performance classes at $25 per class. Dean, a Children's Hospital physician with a special Interest In the mobile health clinic, was murdered In her Rockrldge home In May 1998: After her death, a foundation, also known as Kory's Kkls, was created to carry on her work. For Information about the horse show, contact Jen Hackney at (707) 570-0914. For. Information about Kerrys Kids, check out the Web Bite at www.kerryklds.ng Access TV ESS3 SI I pm NMfand Gdtay: Raul Gau- gun 4 pm Eco Nawa: The Anvar of 4:30 pm Exploring Your Ragiond 8 pm Eco Nawa: Outdoor Racra-non mo nKmg on niMC unoi 830 pm Cky Sounda 2001: Bay AnaBluaiSocialy 8:30 pm Ed Kdtoy Quintd Holy Nonwi CoBoqi 830 pm Lannan Ukrary Sariaa: PMarRaadng 10 pm fab Accaae wutm fcwtodelim SdUi HEALING SyMe Greechvi, dan of Nyingma Studies dacuaaaa weye to cuM-uete a haaing mind.

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