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2 METRO THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE 1 Community Caleiidar TODAY I May 15 Kaiser Pema nente's Oakland Medical Center holds a women's heaRh event wfih information on breast heart bone and gynecological health 130 pm abiota Medical Offices 3801 Howe St Oakland 752 1513 LATINA CANCER SUPPORT The Aka Bales Summit Medical Center holds a free breast cancer support group for Span ish speaking women 4 to 6 pm Summit Campus Peralta Pavilion Markstein Cancer Education and Prevention Center Room 2810 430 30th St Oakland call to register 869 8231 MIND BODY CONNECTION The Mercy Retirement and Care Center con ducts a workshop called "Discover Your Mind Body Connection Now by Creating Soothing Living Spaces" 5:30 to 7 pm $30 Rose Room 3431 oothill Blvd Oak land call to reserve a space 534 8547 ext 666 LEAD SAETY Attend a free intro ductory class offered by the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Pro gram to team about lead safe renovations on older homes 6 to 8 pm West Oakland Branch library 1801 Adeline St Oakland 567 8280 TUESDAY I May 16 CALIORNIA BEES Entymology professor Gordon ranklin discusses "Cali fornia Native Bumble and Other Bees with the Berkeley Garden Club 2 pm Epworth Methodist Church 1953 Hopkins St Berkeley 527 5641 "ULL MOON EAST The Berkeley armers Market has fresh and cooked strawberry tasting Jessica Pren tice signs her book "un Moon east ood and the Hunger for Connection" 2 to 7 pm Derby Street at Martin Luther King Way Jr Way Berkeley 548 3333 HEALTH CENTER The Berkeley High School Health Center holds an open house 3:15 to 5 pjn 1980 Allston Way Room H105 Berkeley 644 6965 McCOVEY POETRY READING Shaunna Oteka McCovey of the Yurok tribe reads from her first book "The Smokehouse Boys" 6:30 to 6pm Di mond Branch library 3565 ruitvale Ave Oakland 482 7844 500 YEARS LATER Merritt College screens 500 Years Later" a documentary about the African diaspora as a fundraiser for the Ghana Study Abroad program 7 to 9 pm $15 $10 students Grand Lake Theater 3200 Grand Ave Oakland 434 3935 Have a listing for the daily cal endar? Send it two weeks in advance to the Community Calendar co The Oakland Tribune 401 13th St Oak land 94612 call 2066450 ax: 208 6477 KDOL Today's programming on the Oakland Pubtic Schools' educational access sta tion Channel 27 on Comcast Cable in cludes: MdnigM Community Bulletin Board 8 are Chkfren's Variety 9 are News Writing 10 are Engaging with Literature 11 are English Compostion Noon in Literature 1 NASA fifes 5 Classic TV pre Children's Variety Shows from Around the World 8 pre Media 10 pre Taman News 10:30 pre China News 11 pre Classic Arts Showcase or a complete schedule visit wwwkdolorg years when the two agencies fought over subsidizing an anemic new rail service As recently as last summer the two agencies were trading barbs over efforts to cut back the number of trains and thus the cost of the line San Mateo County does not help govern BART as do San rancisco Alameda and Contra Costa counties because its leaders decided in 1962 their citizens had high enough property taxes and they already had a rail line the precursor to Caltraln BART board members went so far as to threaten to stop service to all San Mateo stops but the airport and noted that pleas of poverty rang hollow as it spent millions on providing new bullet" service in competition with BART Partnerships such as the one between SamTrans and BART are like families as Simon sees it and fam ilies often have disagreements been in a family knows that often times those disputes can be over money" Simon said mdan the partnership healthy and continue" Asked how the partnership is these days Simon said: not feuding right now but that doesn't mean we have one tomorrow Do we have some real issues on the extension about hap pening? Absolutely Does that mean we work with our partner to solve it? Because San Mateo opted out of the BART system it had to agree to cover operating costs and share in construction costs most of which were covered by federal mass transit funds Unexpected cost increases particularly in the cost of land are still causing tensions between BART and the MTC which loaned BART $60 million in 1999 BART recently balked at repaying all of it which is due to MTC now that the final long overdue federal payments have been authorized by Congress The dispute between SamTrans and BART over service has for the moment been settled such that the line now has service every 15 minutes MTC spokesman Randy Rentschler said some of the difficulties cduld be explained by the success of the initial extension into San Mateo County which stopped at the Colma station in the 1990s 21 MATMEMSamER Staff EARL JOHNSON covers a BART car with a promotion for the transit system's San rancisco International Airport line at the Daly City BART yard BART to SO: A few stops short of hopes BART from Metro 1 Read Erik Capricious Commuter blog at wwwi babuzzcomtransportation EARTH IUAME ATTENTION! REE Gas Piping Inspection Call 510 527 12191 Special this month for the safety off the house esg gg 00MB22M1 KTOP TV Today's government programming on KTOP TV (cable Channel 10) includes: 8:30 are Info Access are CaSfomia Channel 1 3: 30 pre Town Hal: AB 583: Cafc fomia Clean Money and air Election Act of 2006 5 pre League of Women Voters orum Counci School Board Superinten dent of Schools 2106 7 pre League of Women Voters orum 16th Assembly Disaict Canty Board of Stpervisats 42806 8 pre Access Cabinet Refacina Kitchen Remodels Granite Countertops Enjoy our Spring Specials! or a REE Estimate Call 35108441 121 amiwn A Oakland Youth Orchestra Michael Morgan Artistic Director Bryan Nies Principal Conductor SPRING CONCERT of the 42nd Season Sunday May 21 2006 7:30 pm Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts Walnut Creek Adults $12 Seniors and Students $8 OYO Malonga Arts Center 1428 Alice Street (202M) Oakland CA 94612 510 832 7710 ax 510 832 2571 wwwoyoorg manag6royoorg MONDAY May 152006 Restored City Hall model marks Preservation Month ALLEN from Metro 1 The new City Hall model dis play will be located next to Hearing Room One near the main entrance Other models of City Hall's earthquake retrofit system and of the rank Ogawa Plaza complex recently have re ceived face lifts and are on view on the first floor will be changing around the historic exhibits as says Levin On May 21 the historic Co hen Bray House is hosting a public open house from noon to 4 pm to showcase current preservation projects at the 1884 landmark house Visitors will be viewing an architectural gem that sprang from the for tunes of two Gold Rush families say event organizers Old house buffs will want to come to learn about how the original varnishes and wood stains applied by skilled craftsmen of the day are being painstakingly restored and cleaned without damaging the original finishes The gardens and landscaping have been undergoing a trans formation through the loving hands of volunteers said board member Patty Donald and re search into the existing plants and trees and what is histori cally correct will be featured The board is launching a membership drive at event and is asking for a sug gested $10 donation Proceeds will go to ongoing restoration projects Donald said The Cohen Bray House 1440 29th Ave near International Boulevard in Oakland's historic ruitvale district is one of the 25 landmark success stories to be featured at on our uture by Building on our on riday sponsored by the Oakland Heritage Alliance says president Naomi Schiff said Cohen Bray House was one of the first projects we took Schiff said In the late '80s Emelita Cohen the last of the Cohen family offspring died in the house at age 90 She had lived there all of her life Up until the end her memories of her family and the earlier days of ruitvale remained sharp and bright ol THE LANDMARK Cohen Bray House will hold a public open house May 21 rvi JIB lowing Miss death members of OHA helped the ex tended family members decide what to do with the house and all the heirlooms The family formed a non profit the Victorian Preserva tion Center of Oakland to oversee the house and make it available for school tours and other public events OHA now holds a preserva tion easement on the property to safeguard it during any future remodeling or reconstruction or more Information on ri day's OHA event at the Lake Merritt Hotel call 763 9218 or visitwwwoaklandheritageorg where a complete listing of the 25 landmark success stories will be posted To learn more about the his toric Cohen Bray House go to wwwcohen brayhouseinfo or call 527 5209 There will be a free guided tour of City Hall on Wednesday starting at 10 am sponsored by the Oakland Tours Program Reservations are recommended but not required: meet on the front steps or upcoming tours go to wwwoaklandnetcomwal klngtours or call 238 3234 If anyone knows the origins of the rescued City Hall model Cheryl Ramirez would like to hear from you mail her at cramirezoaklandnetcom Unlimited Income Real Estate Career $5000 $10000 per month Professional Training Bob Robinson a 510 222 6023 sWwwJbobrobnsncom ip i Name A May 19 20 21 5 oaklandgreekfeistiyaiaBH i 1 Address 1 1 "I I I I 'l I I 1 I 1 Day Time Phone 1 1 1 1 Mai complete entry to: The Oakland THbune Oakland Greek estival Ticket Give A way 1 PO Box 291 53 Oakland CA9461 2 9996 orenteronlineatlnsldeBayArMcomcont8sts All entries must be received by May 17 2006 our winners will be randomly selected to receive 4 admissionfood tickets Winners will be notified by phone No purchase necessary 1 i 1 InildiBayAreicom i 5108441 121 a.