Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 15

LOCALS- SUNDAY, April 4. 1999 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE Thou sands of tulips brighten Mourtiain Visw HE LOVELY tulip displays at Mountain- View Cemetery are earing their peak. Thirty thousand bulbs shipped from Holland offer a brilliant variety of color. They are on view dally from 9 a.ln. until 4:30 jn.

through April, marking the 31st year for this springtime tradition. "The 200-acre cemetery was laid out in 1864 by renowned landscape designer Frederick' Law Olmsted. The original trustees, headed bv Dr. Samuel Mnrltt. nlH ciih.

Ik. By 1878 a horse rail line connected the cemetery to downtown Oakland and an excursion out to Mountain View became a popular activity. Visitors passed through a massive stone gateway with great urns atop the arches. A broken pediment (symbolizing death) framed a large bronze bell, which tolled the passing of each funeral procession. "This entranced lfied over the years.

In the 1920s the architectural firm Weeks and Day designed the red brick Gothic Revival office building, and across from it a stately chapel and crematorium with square tower and flanking cocheres. The tulip displays are ar-: ranged in beds near the offices and chapeL The beds are along-' i side a circling drive that curves past a pool arid sparkling fountain. Available at the office Is a map pointing out the grave sites of people of all walks of life who fig- In Bay Area and California the second Saturday of the month and last three hours. For more information call (510) 658-2588. scrlpUons for 825 each, entitling a me nomer to one pin ana one vote each.

For $13,000 they purr chased a ranch belonging to one of the trustees at the time well Prominent among those burled at St Mary's are members of the Peralta family, including the four brothm who iruerited the original land grant that Included Oakland. The Olmsted plan called for one long straight avenue running from the entrance up to the hills with other avenues branching off, creating roughly diamond-shaped These were subdivided Into plots. Across the rising slopes other roads followed the contours of the land, a series of pathways linking the network. I Taking Into account Oakland's mild climate and dry barren hills, Olmsted selected cypresses and stone pines from Italy. Lebanese cedars and California oaks (all drought and wind resistant) for his landscape plan.

Later, water engineer Anthony Chabot dammed Glen Echo Creek, creating ponds and vtding irrigation. fi outside the dtv limits. Accordlnffto Oakland history 0 rf aM mm auuiui dcui Dagweu, uic nmy icr- rain was peaceiui and secluded. -JAl a 1 a wiiu a umuutui view ui luc uaj flnH thmidht tn fravwr hwnu) the encroachments of the f. V- Cemetery ledgers record Jane Waer.

43. to be the first interred. "bilious fever. Forty-two acres of adjoining land were set aside for a Catholic cemetery. fU PHOTO TuNps at Mountain View Cirittefy in Oakland.

Calendar Program erases scars of troubled pasts ArIS ft BalBn'AlMENr OAKLAND In A matter Wv. seconds ana witn a muiutuae oj I 1 a. laser zaps, ucgaii uic ocikhic process Ul movinc lanoos max coverea a 22-vear-old woman's chest. MERRTTT OUTREACH. Praaana an days and Wadnaadayt, 830 am to 1230 pjiv North OeUand Senior Canter, 5714 Marin Luther King Jr.

Way. Oatdand, 53V'. 4811 ---r NORTH BERKELEY SENIOR CENTER r-; Sponaora ia memory invfDvanient okaa f. Haant Ave. 6444107.

-r i LAWRENCE HALL' OF SOENCE. -Tsmea, Raras and Exploaiont, a progm kai dernonatationi isnxlucing tiw) ack nee of fire, noon to 3 pm UC Berkeley, OntanrM On, 6426132. V' "UC BERKELEY Graduate Sdiool of Jounvssrn preaanti 'War and Genoode hv Koaovoc How old coma to tiiia and wtiat happen now7-a tak and dacuesoa 1230 pm, LC Berkeley, 121 North Gate Hal Before that, the woman 19- Today. V'; i' Pancake breakfast wi sung; Svvict dub hoM si anrul ptrato brask- fnt wlti insrtiniTunl mi nflb prins, $31 8 10 "1130 Dm, Unooh Ptoygreund, llwi and Hnkan Kreet, IEC1HS FMRE Outdoor, up to i SOD borihs, $31 9 urn. to 3 pjn.

Atamedi EASTER CELEBRATION Duramuir Houm and Gatdem Hstoric Ettia hnti lb amCM Fastened EatoCelebiafe, noon to 3 2960 Pma Oaka Court (Maml615oV. -A; moved from her hands and And minutes later, a 15-year- old Doy oegan tne. nrsi or ms at i Highland Hospital PW was fLtary, 6420383. ivThn'. trio Arf- nart of an uh-- CHANCES TO LEARN usual violence prevention prd- gram called Project New1 Start.

Staned almost entirely py voiun- leers, tne program is run oy Al mi iii.iifa NSTHUTE -r Barr Roam-? barg praaanti TovnpkindnaaK A Buddhst a lactura on tfw practioa of pjn 1815 Hphhnd Plaoa, Barkatov, 8438B1Z v. i Monday injn nunjB nioaaiiy, mi him, Hal, Latahore Baptial Clui atiihmaj Avenue, Oakland. Send listinas itoo iveeks in ad vance to Community Calendar; Hie Oakland Tribune: P.O.' Box 28884. Oakland 94604 or 'call 2084451. To fax Wormation dial 208-6477.

1 "5 ameda County's Public Health Department and Is in part funded by the city of Oakland. For many of the program's participants, having their tat-: tods removed has had a powerful impact: It allows them to get Jobs and erases a visible reminder of their troubled past tf AU Project New Start participants got their tattoos because el past involvement In vt- 6lcnce or drugs. it jtSThe program has drawn' pi8Cr $ht Is the most effective pro-gSun for the- least amount of County Su-pjrvlsor Gall Steele said. jpenton, a trauma surgeon at tUghland. volunteers her, time moving tattoos.

On this par-tEilar weekend, she flew to (SDdand Harvard Univer-tey, where she Is working on a cjgree in public health, to donate her time and expertise to iftject New Start: 'SBenton has a particular ln-tffest in the project because she fgs seen too many young people come through Highland's emer- Church-; 4 1130 am and 11 pm r- Ray. Dr. Lo ram CariWe MWatoai 4 Noos-SoulSrowimAIBalBnl 4 2 pm Golden Gospel Muaic VkJeoC BONE DENSTTY TESTING The Foun-' dation for Cataoporoaia RaMareh and Education aponaoni bona danaty tatting on a (htroome, UnNaraed bast, $25, 10 am to 346 pjiv Longa Drug Store, 2314 Santa Todai coffimunity aMvica prograrna on -Soul Beat Tskwajon (KSBT-TV, Chmnal 37. at 3944 Foothl BVd, 530377 and on the World Wide Web hnpwmjoul-bflflLcoiTs) induds 4 4aA-Goldon Goapai V. 4 I am-Gospel Beat with Young Turner 4 8 un.

and 1130 pm rieyaMtioni GoapelMuaic Upoata 4 10 auk and 10 pm Evr hciaaiing FaMi 11 am Bafawara BUa CMtGart 4 4 pm SuneatCoarrwBaShow .4 8 pm Heath Baa wkh Dr. Geoflre 4 6 pm Shopping Beat wl FtouBMt Helen Davit 4 pm True Solufona wth Dr. Yuarf Gas prices dont desire for big vehicles: a room aoors as ue VKums Even if visiting his Haywarst; friends coats him as much' a $30 a trip, Bamber never wook get rid of his gas-hungry Although tough on the eye fort many folks, his ratty trucl ls his good friend. "If I una AwmiI tn iwt rtA nt KATHY Dr. Um Banton parfcs law JWhat you were seeing In the ER was the end result of a very bjg problem," she said.

Benton said Project New cWt is a way for her to give something back to the commuv tflty. And with her experience in lfser It was a natural fH for me to do tattoo removal, she said, tfc'Adrlana Arvarado. program Erector and coordinator, of aTiasm ArHtmra uiKam tVawtVael pasts, said Erma Albert a retired nurse who volunteers ai the program. Most have been involved in gangs, prostitution and drags, and many have been Public Health Department. Is studying to get her high school equivalency diploma and volunteers many of her weekends at Juvenile Hall talking to girls who have been In trouble like she once was.

She plans to go on either to college or into law enforcement. Her 19-year-old sister said hvvu uiivua. nuvav uhuw run on cheaper diesd fuelj which now costs $1.45 or more! a gallon, are feeling the effects the gas pinch. John Buttran, a tow truchj irlrtwr fnr TnHrtndS Pjroject New Start said the pro- gram is unique oecause medical component to a problem. todal By Law Cissy staff warns HAYWARD Although it almost hurts to dump nearly $40 i into the tank of his 1998 Dodge track.

Hayward resident Jon Wilcox loves driving his big wheels. "The prices are ridiculous, but what am I going to do about It?" he asked as the pump rung up 21 gallons at $19 a pop Saturday. "What am I going to do, write a congressman, send a letter It wont He says he Is lucky. The little monster he drives gets 22 miles per gallon on trie freeway and he doesn't have to drive much. It might be expensive to drive during this gas shortage, but he feels safer In a bigger vehicle.

1 don't want to drive a small car. thing Is. bigger and safer," he said. At the Beacon gas station on Harder Road, where gas is $1.69 a gallon, Half Moon Bay resident John Bamber echoed Wilcox's sentiments as he filled the tank of his rusty, baby-blue 1965 Ford "It's a lot safer to drive one of these trucks than the newer cars these he said as he watched his 820 pour less than 12 gallons of gas Into the tank. said he has to fill up the tank o( his 50-galkn track every eveji nlng.

Toe cost? A little over $72.50 a day. "Diesel Isnt as expensive aa'i regular gas, but it has gone upj; about 20 cents," Buttran said. am glad I dont have to pay fb tt. The company does." j' But Hayward resident, Manuel Vegas, $20 is too much required to get a member of the community to sponsor them, put In 50 hours of community service and adhere to a code of conduct The tattoo removals are done only on Saturdays over a six-week period, with the next se- ries scheduled to begin May 1, The community service is not menial work, but more like an Internship in which the youths can gain some new skills and further develop their goals, said AWarado. hi the meantime, the pro- gram helps network the youths Into mainstream society either by linking them with people who act as mentors or by helping them work toward their GED high school diploma or a college degree.

If they stick to the contract and guidelines of the program, the youths get tattoos removed. Many of the youths In Project New Start have bad rough Rosalinda Palacios, director ajf a youth program, Centra de Suventud. which refers, many troubled youths to Project New. Start said young people are lgmatized as bad kids because 0f the tattoos. Once the tattoos are re in and out or Jail.

These kids Just got on the wrong track and now are willing to turn their lives around. Albert said. The 22-yearoId girl having her tattoos removed began running drugs and living on the streets when she was only 13. It was not unusual for her to have $4,000 in her pocket Arvarado said. Alvarado said the girl rationalized her actions because she thought she was providing for her family.

The girl said she got Involved with Project New Start because her "life started to change. I didnt sell drugs anymore. I didn't do Illegal things any-. more." After a year In the program, she now works for the county A A All Al A 1 she wanted to become a dental hygienlst or a dentist But with the many tattoos on her hands, she was told she would not be able to get far in the dental field. The sisters agreed that the program and the tattoo removal were worthwhile, knowing that their lives would be changed for the better.

"It allows these young people to become productive members of society," Albert said. Project Start Is looking for people to mentor or employ the young people enrolled in its program. For more Ihfonnatfam on Project New Start, call (510) "they (the youth) dont to tell the world what they aged to, what they were, io pay vo ilu uk ums. a ms ua Dodge truck. 'j" Tm poor, and it ia tough td afford the gas," Vegas said.

But buying a smaller, mprc! tnmt ffff nl.nl m. i MA mm 'MvJI palacios said. The program Is designed for to 25-year-olds who want to a. ar i their lives around, said Ai- do. uon nc cannot suura one.

Tm stuck in a bad place with this expensive gas. sald.v m4. jhe youths participate in the fcjject for at least a year. They.