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2 METRO THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE SUNDAY January 1 2006 Matilda Brown Home closes generation gap 5565 Information about the Cali AnMtoe ALIBI Art and Public Life is available at wwwccaeducenter or by contacting Director Sonia BasSheva Manjon at 594 3763 visitsjthere our students sketched and interviewed the residents and ex perienced the atmosphere of the home and its wonderful gardens and COLLEGE STUDENTS from the CCA campus (left) joined forces with middle school students last semester to produce art pieces for the nearby historic Matilda Brown Home OCAL college and middle school aged students Joined forces last semester to work with elderly residents of the historic Matilda Brown Home on 42nd Street The goals were to learn more about the lives and feelings of the women living at the home and to create works of art that would illus trate the process fall class was titled Athena says instructor Vlr ginia Jardim of the California College of the Arts designed it to ex The Treadwell estate would later be come the site of the art college founded in 1907 by German born furniture artisan rederick Meyer was really interesting to see how the young people (both college age and teenagers) Interacted with BrownHome intergeneratlonal interac tions and the shared experiences which the students expressed in their pieces experiences such as friend ship music clothing and hair styles all wonderful to see says Jardim To learn more about the Matilda who was say the files the grand daughter of rederick Delger Oak first millionaire In the 1870s the society group acquired a IQ acre estate then on the outskirts of town and described say history files as land comnrisind fruitful field dimpled pasture and tasteful with artwork concepts that explored garden On a nearby hilltop further up side so the residents can continue to appreciate it" Jardim and Mangahas were pleased with the outcome of the men toring course and look forward to During the course of the semester working again with the Matilda the lour working groups came up the Clorox Comnanv oundation plore mentoring dynamics between was founded in 1998 It seeks to link the older and younger students We were seeking to have our CCA students learn how to be mentors how to work through the issues that can develop in a mentor protege rela tionship and how to set up a func tioning after school aft program she says chose the name for the Greek goddess of wisdom and i tw arts which sprang fully grown frSn her father instructor Minctte Mangahas theory with practice and classroom with community formed four working groups with the older and younger students and went to the retirement home to meet the residents there" says: Jardim the visits we had the CCA students read up on the his tory and background of the Matilda Brown Home and the Temescal neighborhood" Jeff Norman a Temescal resident who is well versed in the his is with Center for Art and tory dating back to the days of the i Life (an ongoing collegecom Ohlone Native American and the pre partnership project) asked 30pdle school art teachers in the pea to recommend students who 7 could commit to a semester long after school program Several of the middle schpolers' came from Emeryville par ents had to be on board 7 Jardim explains needed the Irfrfc tn hp ahlp tn $pf hark and fnrth evgry week so they could spend time sponsored by a group of cMc wljh our CCA minded Oakland women caning Jhe Center for Art and Public Life themselves the Ladles Relief Society funded in part by the Alameda The retirement name was County Office of Education the Na later changed to honor the tlonal Endowment for the Arts and longtime president Matilda Brown California Peralta Rancho eras led the class on a walking tour through the neighborhood of our col lege studentsare local some have come here from as far away as Ohio and Boston spEast Bay history is well family (who acquired their definitely newlbthem" says Jardim fortune in the Alaska gold fields) The class learned now me Mamaa Brown Home originally opened in 1928 as the Autumn of Life Home what were learning about the Matilda Brown residents Broadway stood a neighboring prop The finished pieces including erty belonging to the wealthy Tread mixed media collages hanging mo ones wau panels ana a pair ui ce ramic head figures representing both an older and vounder woman holding knitting needles and a paint Brown Home 360 42nd St log on to brush respectively were unveiled at wwwmatlldabrowncom or call 658 a December celebration in the 5565 Information about the Cali graciously fiimished living for nia College of the Arts Center for room "The ceramic piece is planned to their new acquaintances at Matilda be! installed out in the garden in a lo says Jardim our cation that will be visible to those in A Hir WL mBhEHI 2 mW JIRfik Mammae smfss landmarks xv? Man kills himself after shooting spree Police suspect rampage in which two were slain was sparked by a business relationship Bytehris De Benedetti STA WRITER REMONT A shooting spree that began in a remdnt home and continued at a Santa Clara pool hall left two dead and wounded two others before ending with more bloodshed at a Cupertino cemetery latf riday night when the gunman killed hiqjself police said yeong Cheol Chin of Milpitas died from a self inflicted gunshot wound at Gates of Heaven Cemetery at 22555 Cristo Rey Drive in Cupertino Santa Clara County sheriffs spokesman Serge Palanov said deputies acting on a tip that Chin might be leaded to the cemetery riday night be cause his wife is buried there had found parked at the cemejery in his 2004 Honda Odyssey Just after 11 pm Palanov said that Chin got out of his minivan at the request at 1 1 05 pm but got back in his vehicle at 1 1 :08 i pm when deputies heard a gunshot Mo ments later they found Chin dead The minivan and its license plate matched the description witnesses gave to police riday afternoon as Chjnwasseen driving away from the remont home of Sung Bay Kim and his family riday was 45th birthday but the married father of two would not live to cele brate it Instead police were summoned to Kim's home on the 600 block of Iroquois Way in remont about 3:15 pm after a woman speaking Korean called police and said snc ana ner nusoana naa oeen snoi oy family police said Police believe that person was Chin who had khoWn'the Kims for about 10 years remont police Detective Bill Veteran said Chin shot Kim at least once in the head over what was likely a soured business re he said Chin who reportedly was let into the house by children about 3 pm then went upstairs with Kim A short while later loud voices were heard followed by a series of gunshots police said While the children fled the house and stayed with a neighbor the gunman shot wife at least once in the upjper torsb before he left the home Vet eran said On Saturday the Alameda County Con oner identified Kim as the fatal shooting victim Police would not release theidentlty of wife who survived the shooting and was being treated at an area trauma center Saturday police said two children are staying with family Veteran said Chin also was suspected of killing one man and wounding another at about 6:50 pm riday at a billiard hall at 3030 El Camino Real in Santa Clara A Santa Clara County coroner spokeswoman said authori ties had not yet Identified the man killed at the billiard hall The man that suiyived the billiard hall shooting was being treated for his gunshot wounds at a South Bay hos pital Santa Clara pollcegt Kurt Clarke said Both the remont and Santa Clara cases are still under investigation authorities said Wire services contributed to this report Laws change today for young drivers LAWS from Metro 1 contest or drag racing that results in injury provisional licensing kind of falls into that one as well" Moring said find a lot of kids as soon as they get their license they want to go out and race their cars Obviously with the amount of deaths that occur (the state) really wants to hammer it home If somebody gets injured while racing you're going to do some Under the previous law a' person in volved in a drag race resulting in injury faced a possible sentence of 24 hours to 90 days in county jail A prior conviction could result in a sentence between four days to six months in countyjail' Now aperson could receive a 30 day sentence in county Jail for the first offense and a six month sentence for a Second off ense The state also is increasing the penalty for motorists who fall to stop when directed to do so by a police officer a misde meanor that formerly resulted in a sentence of up to six months in county Jail Under the new law anyone who fails to stop when ordered to do so by a police of ficer could be sentenced to a year in county Jail If someone is injured while the motorist is evading or fleeing an officer the driver faces a sentence of between three to seven years in state prison Prior to the change in the law the pen alty for the offense was three to five years If someone is killed during such Inci dent the motorist could be Jailed for up to 10 years in state prison Under the former law the maximum sentence was five years zone Contact William Brand at bbrandangnewspaperscom 510 581 6750 wwwbeckroofingonline xom But it will take help he said or more information on the effort to stem violence in East want to end the vio lence" Henderson said later BECK ROOING COMPANY ING amily Owned And Operated Since 1957 BEST' rn 21123 MEEKUND AVE HAYWARD olence is always the same the drugs and they shoot at each other Always about drugs" he said He has children he said and yes he Oakland call 632 4646 the churches" he said "We need worries about them constantly to involve the community we need to get people to come out of their houses" On this day no one came out On 104th Avenue a trio of workmen standing beside a shop with a fence topped with razor wire and a dog that barked and snarled Watched the parishioners with interest lived here 15 years" Al fredo Vidrio said in Spanish "Year after year one year Is the Henderson said he started the New Eve vigil a year ago with a much smaller group we're going to take the streets back we need more than Church members ring ZONE from Metro 1 rifs time to stop it" she said get upset by the violence by young prostitutes at bus stops" fYes and the shots through the window and hiding onlthe floor had Nakia George said It will take more than ser mohs and prayers to stop this r' Henderson said "We fry to take a holistic ap proach mind body and Members of Your Black Muslim Bakery including leader Yusuf Bey IV also circled the area in cars flvlnc red and cold Muslim flags honking and same as the next One year they showing support for me parish kill 55 The next year more loners There are never changes The vi Recalling kindness of NICE from Metro 1 retum' They were Just really aith Word 22 of Oak land had'a whole list of kind acts to recount when I was In Eu rope somebody broke into my bank account and stole all of my she said part good But a friend loaned me $2000 just like that I told her I wanted to pay her back and she Whsiye trust you Do what you That was preRy amazing and it totally made Up for the bad thing happening then this year somebody knew I was going to be alone on Christmas and Invited me to their house for Christmas dinner We hung out and had a really good time That wasretty she said Keith Nguyen a security guard had a hard time coming up with something a question I think about very often but I he said dp nice things all the time re ally I meet some really nice people every day But I think of anything specific Maybe I should write those things down" Scouts find storage space SCOUTS from Metro 1 send a letter with the Boy Scouts letterhead to 5A offi cials requesting a nonprofit storage space with the non profit's identification number important they be helped because they are a good organization that teaches young boys responsi bility and good guidance" Badger said we can help good people we should do it And if we help our children then who can we help?" 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