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2 LOCAL THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE SUNDAY October 10 2004 in celebration set for Lakeshore today chiding completion of the 12th Street Dam near today's Kaiser Auditorium Trolley service to downtown Oakland began in 1873 and the sur Annalee ALLEN led by early California liistor leal figure Sam Brannan) According Io Oakland Id brary I lislory Room files the settlements ol Clinton San Antonio and Lynn were incor porated as the town of Brooklyn in 1870 By 1872 the population had grown to In 1872 Brooklynites voted for annexation to their nearby "rival Oakland providing that Alameda County's courthouse be located on their side of the lake or a brief period the county's courthouse was lo cated there but subsequently the powers that be reestab lished the courthouse and the hall of records on former Oak land town square property on Broadway al ifth Street Throughout the 1870s and 1880s spacious homes in the most popular Victorlan styles were built on hillsides overlooking the lake Proini 'nent businessmen and civic leaders of both Oakland and San rancisco took up resl deuce including Anthony Chabot California Supreme Court Justices Henry Melvin and rederick I lenshaw au ihors Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London borax mag in nate Smith and perhaps one of the best known lesbians of her day Gertrude Stein Longtime Oaklanders may recall when the Merritt Bakery and Restaurant opened in the 1950s along with other busi nesses in a shopping center built on the site of what had once been a street car transit barn To learn more about per formers at today's event log on to wwwbusiness2oak landcomparkwaypride or call 444 2489 THERE WILL BE free parking and shuttle service today at the Henry Kaiser Center for those attending the in event 3000 To the west lay a marshy tidal slough soon to be called Merritt's Lake and another newly established town called Oakland The population of Brook rounding area just east of the lynClinton continued to grow newly created lake became in say the Illes because of trans crcasingly attractive to resl portalion improvements in dential development Hi REE parking and shuttle service is available today at the JL Henry Kaiser Center on 10th Street for those planning to attend in Oakland Celebrating the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Commu nity" on the eve of the 11th an nual National Coming Out Day Live music food vendors LGBT information booths and children's activities are taking place on the lawn next to the Athol Plaza Tennis Courts at East 18th Street and Lake shore Boulevard Ont block of Second Avenue between East 18th and oothill Boulevard will be closed to traffieduring the event which gels under way at 3 pm and continues until I pm Among the sponsors of to day's event are the Lake Mer rilt Parkway District Mer chants' Association Lavender Seniors of the least Bay and AIDS Project East Bay Mem bers of Site's LGBT employee group (known as Spectrum) another event sponsor will be on hand as volunteers during the day's activities "SBC is proud to support Oakland's LGBT community" savs spokesperson Barbara in community 1850s by newcomers (some of events such as today's 'Out in whom arrived in California Oakland' is a mainstay of our aboard the ship Brooklyn ongoing celebration of diver along with Mormon settlers LANDMARKS sity and District 2 Councihnember' Danny Wan will attend the event to 'Governing Magazine' au analysis of the 2000 US Census shows that Oakland has the (hird highesl concentration of gays and les bians among the 50 largest US cities behind San ran cisco and savs Wan are looking to become the next hub of LGBT activity with city sponsored cele brat ions for people coming to gether here in the Parkway District Nearby Parkway Theater has given rise to the district's new' name Traditionally the area surrounding East 1 81 Sti eel was known as part of a larger com mumiy called "Brooklyn Township" established in the rn PTIlw Ia?" zdjjfec ive hopefuls run for two seats BOARD from Local 1 Candidate Kalima Rose who has served on the planning grant team for small school re form at Berkeley High and on the Superintendent's Advisory Committee for Small Schools believes in the (high school) small school movement for im proved performance reduced segregation and more engaged Students' Bccausb each student learns (iflferently a variety ofschools Xh: needed to fit youngsters' Qfds she said There are already two small wjibols Communication Arts £ncl Sciences and the Commu Partnership Academy in 4 Bration and al least two more nned by 2006 Those small ools will be the Arts and 1 lu rjtanities Academy and the Ecology and Environment school i Rose and candidate Karen HJmphill are supporting each1 the race and share Bwtny'of die same ideas about the effectiveness of small issue is providing all our students with a path to success Small schools are one of those paths but not the only 2 Karen Hemphill 1 CANDIDA I 1 schools "I think It's one of the strate gics The issue is providing all our students with a path to suc cess Small schools are one of those paths but it's not the only answer" said I lemphill Hemphill advocates a home school partnership increased student responsibility and equal opportunities for students who are struggling students who will graduate and go di rectly to work and those who need the most academically challenging classes available Candidate Merrilie Mitchell lacked specifics in talking about how lo improve student achievement 'Tn not a politician I'll lie open I want to hear and see what's really going on I want' to save the good things I want to look with open eyes at the whole tiling and work with people in the community and leave the politics aside" she said And while Incumbcnt'Joa quin Rivera said keeping the budget balanced is one of his top concerns liis lop priori'1 also lies witli improving Student achievement my years on the board we implemented an early literacy plan which really fo cased on kindergarten through fifth grade And we have really seen good results When you look at the Academic Perform mice Index from 1999 to 2003 the disadvantaged kids have made significant gains Now we need to expand the process into the middle and high sc hool We have at this point some pieces but they are not part of a com prehensive plan" i Old style art to grace ex train station MURAL from Local 1 bare white wall of the original System station on 4 1st Street and Piedmont Avenue Hamburgers and Such owned by Maria Carreon now occupies the building 1 Baird jumped at the chance he said to prove his talent for painting and make use of his Studies of classical Russian art Native American art and art history He has no formal degree but has traveled the country to learn about American art and art history Baird is painting the mural as a gift lo the community he said He added he hopes to have ft local news it KhaH 0aklandtribunecom is the place to' go to read your local regional business and sports news online Through this gateway you will be able to connect to and help build a new virtual local community oaklandtribunecom his for the three months he expects it will take to complete the project PANIL Is still taking donations His supporters people who live and work in the area want to see Baird eventually get paid for his work and show and sell his smaller paintings in local galleries To learn more about the Key System and the General Motors irestone and Standard Oil anti trust case (United States vs National Cities Van Lincs Inc 1948) visit the Oakland Public Library Oakland 1 listory Room 125 14th Street second floor To learn more about Gran ville Woods visit the African' American Museum Library 659 14111 St Oakland REE REPORT LEARN 25 THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT YQUR RIGHTS cdl 1 800 843 0686 to hear a 24 hour toll free recorded message problems with the insurance Company? afraid to report your injury? still hurting? NEW LAWS JUST MSSEUZ problems with your employer? are they trying to stop your treatments? ft i i I 1 WE HAVE MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION! I 1032 E14TH STREET SU LEMDRO LOM OfflCEKlII LDOKIRG OR I MEW CAREER? EMNERKRCHI ARO LRORIRI OR A RREAT COMPART? TRERJOIR THE TEAM AT HONK MORTBAOE EITERII D3 l)'J Lu D9 3 hurt in burning car at Police say women rescued after their vehicle slammed into a wall ROM STA REPORTS OAKLAND Police officers and witnesses numaged to pull four occupants out of a burning car early Saturday after the car in volved in a slammed into a wall on the 8300 block of International Boulevard Police said three women were taken to' 1 iighland Hospital in critical condition The fourth person also a woman walked away said Ed Tracy The Incident occurred about 3:10 am near the end of the sideshow activitity that involved about 200 vehicles Lt Tracy said he under stood (lie car with the young women was chasing another car and smashed into the wall' what I gather there was ah imine diate explosion when it Tracy said A Officers Anthony Ramos and Thomas Sotto and two witnesses managed to pull die victims from the burning car Police said sideshow activity continued until 5:30 am There were multiple arrests vehicle tows and accidents police said Prevention Register Today! i i tt PREVENTION STARTS HERE Sunday October 24 2004 Lake Merritt 7 Oakland CA OddandYellowiackets BIKE AGAINST THE ODDS 2004 Choose between five routes with varying degrees of difficulty? 1 throughout the East Get involved informed and support? the Breast Cancer und's important work because prevention starts here! 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