ORANGE City News

Dan Wooldridge was aman with passions, includ-ing the Angels and politics.

Wooldridge, who co-founded the Orange CityNews in 1969 to fill the voidof a longtime Orange dailynewspaper that had died,and was active in countypolitics for years, died on Oct. 4 of lung can-cer. He was 71.

In 1968, Wooldridge graduated from San-ta Ana College with a degree in history and

Co-founder ofOrange City News,ex-politician diesBy BROOKE E. SEIPELSTAFF WRITER

SEE FOUNDER ● PAGE 4

Wooldridge

Paws & Claws is a pet com-pany – you can tell that fromits name and its website,with pictures of a Labradorretriever looking off into thesunset and a solider bendingdown to comfort his caninecompanion.

But it’s not your typicalpet retailer. Orange-basedPaws & Claws performs wa-ter cremations, one of only ahandful of such companies inCalifornia.

Known as alkaline hydro-lysis in science circles, the

technology is legal in eightstates but less common inCalifornia, where it’s illegalfor human use.

Owner Brian Kondrath – afuneral director of 20 years –said he was drawn to the pro-cess after reading about it ina funeral directors’ trademagazine. It’s touted as envi-ronmentally friendly.

“When I saw this processand how clean, green and ea-sier it was than the flame, Igot interested and studied,”Kondrath, a Brea resident,

Burying pets in a new, ‘clean, green’ way

By JOANNA CLAYSTAFF WRITER

An Orange-based business performs the first water cremations in O.C.

ED CRISOSTOMO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Brian Kondrath and wife Deanna own Paws & Claws Aquamationand Memorials in Orange, a business they say feels like a calling.SEE PETS ● PAGE 4

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 2015 OCREGISTER.COM/ORANGEAN EDITION OF THE

The Marywood Pas-toral Campus,former home of

the Roman Catholic Dio-cese of Orange, will be de-

molished inearly 2016 tomake way fora gated com-munity of 40single-familydetachedhomes.

The cam-pus, 2811 E. Villareal Drive,was built in 1961and run bythe Sisters of Providenceas a girls Catholic highschool. The Diocese ofOrange purchased theproperty in 1976 for use asits central location, but af-ter a 2013 move to ChristCathedral – formerly

PHOTOS: STEVEN GEORGES, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Many of the Marywood Chapel’s fixtures, including the stained-glass windows, will be salvaged and used elsewhere.

TIMELINE1961 Marywoodconstruction begins.

Dec. 5 1964 Mary-wood High School isdedicated.

March 1976 Dio-cese of Orange isestablished.

1979 Diocese ofOrange purchasesthe site.

1981-2013 Theproperty is theheadquarters forthe Orange Diocese.

2011 The OrangeDiocese acquiresthe Crystal Cathe-dral and moves itsheadquarters.

June 2012 TheOrange Dioceserenames CrystalCathedral ChristCathedral.

2013 The Mary-wood property issold to the NewHome Co.

Fall 2015 Designsand environmentalimpact and trafficstudies are ap-proved.

Spring 2016 - De-molition is expectedto get underway.

Spring 2017 - Firstmodel homes areexpected to be com-plete.

HOMES COMINGTO MARYWOOD

Stained-glass windows, furnishings and decorative details will be salvaged from the pastoral campus and used in the new community or other parishes.

BROOKESEIPEL

STAFFWRITER

The entry colonnade for the former girls high school, and later the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, thatincluded a garden, left, with a statue of the “Blessed Mother Mary” that has been moved. SEE CHURCH ● PAGE 1 2

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12 Orange City News Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015THE GUIDE / FROM THE COVER

Stephen King and musical.Maybe not the first pairing

that comes to mind, but the CalState Fullerton theater depart-ment is showing audiences howthose two do go together withits staging of “Carrie: The Mus-ical.”

Based on the novel-turned-movie classic, the play starsBrea native Madeline Ellingson

as Carrie, the outcast teen whofinds her strength after enduringbullying and an overprotectivemother.

Ellingson is a senior studyingmusical theater.

Brooke Aston, a 2002 grad-uate, is the special guest artistplaying Carrie’s mother.

The play runs through Nov. 1.– Heather McRea

You are never too young to knowyour design tastes.

And young architects can usetheir design skills to bring their

dream homes tolife or, betteryet, plan awhole commun-ity to live in atthe Construc-tion Zone, thenewest exhibitat the Chil-dren’s Museumat La Habra.

Plan a city onan oversizedfloor map, ad-ding homes, firestations, even

cars. Move things in the DumpTruck Pit or learn about the world’slargest skyscraper and build yourown.

The Children’s Museum featuresseveral permanent exhibits, a con-servation garden, a train cabooseand regular art activities. It is openTuesdays through Sundays.

– Heather McRea

Kids can use designskills at museum

If you goWhen: Museumis open 10 a.m. to4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, and to 5p.m. on Satur-days; 1 to 5 p.m.on Sundays.Where: 301 S.Euclid St., LaHabraCost: $8; chil-dren youngerthan 2 are freeInfo: lhcm.org

Celebrate the fall (just ignore theweather) with Yorba Linda UnitedMethodist Church on Sunday.

The congregation is hosting itsannual HarvestFestival & CraftFair from 3 to 6p.m. The eventis free and opento the commun-ity.

There will bea costume con-test and trunkor treating,along with car-nival games,kids activities, a

craft fair and chili and cookie con-tests. There will be eating at foodtrucks.

The event is intended for all ages.– Heather McRea

Crafts and games for all in Yorba Linda

If you goWhen: 3 to 6p.m. SundayWhere: YorbaLinda UnitedMethodistChurch, 19002Yorba LindaBlvd.Cost: FreeInformation:ylumc.org

Hear Shakespeare a diffe-rent way.

The Bard’s words will besung as operatic pieces dur-ing performances this week-end by Chapman Universitystudents.

Scenes from “The FairyQueen,” “Hamlet,” “TheMerry Wives of Windsor,”“Macbeth,” “Romeo and Ju-liet,” “Falstaff” and “A Mid-

summer Night’s Dream” willbe performed.

The program is led by ar-tistic director Peter Ather-ton, associate directors Ca-rol Neblett and Christian No-va and musical directors Ja-net Kao and Paul Floyd.

There are shows Friday,Saturday and Sunday in Sal-mon Recital Hall.

– Heather McRea

The Bard to be translated by Chapman opera singers

LEFTERIS PITARAKIS, AP FILE PHOTO

Opera Chapman will feature scenes from Shakes-peare’s most famous plays.

If you goWhen: 7:30p.m. Friday andSaturday; 3p.m. SundayWhere: Chap-man Universi-ty’s SalmonRecital HallCost: $15 gen-eral admission,$10 for seniors,alumni andstudentsInformation:chapman.edu/copa/music

It is one of the few times it isOK for your pet to scare otherpeople.

Your kid, too.There will be a costume con-

test for pets and kids at 11:30a.m. on Oct. 24 at the Howlo-ween Petacular at the OldTowne Orange Farmers and Ar-tisans Mar-ket.

Theevent alsowill featurepet rescuegroups andother petorganiza-tions, a petsafety demoand thechance to adopt a new pet.

The weekly market regularlyoffers fresh produce and hand-made products and foods.

– Heather McRea

Howloween timefor pets and kidsgo+do

COURTESY OF ALVIN CHIU

Brea native Madeline Ellingson as Carrie in Cal State Fullerton’s staging of “Carrie: The Musical.”

CSUF staging ‘Carrie’ musicalIf you goWhen: 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 28-30 and Nov.1; 2 p.m. on Saturday andSunday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1Where: Cal State Fullerton’sLittle TheaterCost: General admission is$24Information:fullerton.edu/Arts

MORE ONLINE: FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS HAPPENING IN ORANGE COUNTY VISIT OCREGISTER.COM/EVENTS.

If you goWhen: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 24Where: 304 N.Cypress St.,OrangeCost: FreeInformation: orangehomegrown.org

KEVIN LARA, FILE PHOTO

A dog jumps to attract apasser-by at the market.

Crystal Cathedral – the property wasput up for sale.

Orange City Council approved thefinal environmental impact reportand tract map for the project lastweek, giving the developer, NewHome Co., the go-ahead to start workon the property it purchased last year.Several campus features, such asstained-glass windows and other dec-orative elements, will be preserved bythe diocese and the developer.

Three home designs will be offeredin the new community, with each in-spired to look like surroundingOrange homes.

“We wanted the homes to feel likethey belong in Orange,” said DougWoodward, New Home Co. vice presi-dent. “We spent a significant time inOrange looking for inspiration forhomes that will fit. The final designsare homes we felt would fit in Califor-nia and can be found in the surround-ing Marywood neighborhoods.”

Woodward said he expects thehomes will sell for about $1 million tonearly $2 million.

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CHURCH

Finding new homesMany items at the Marywood campusare being reused. This is where theyare going:● Las Hermanas Samaritanas deJesus de Guadalupe de RosaritoB.C. Mexico received many of theitems in the former Marywood dormsfor its convent, including almost 60beds, desks, dressers and dorm-roommirrors, as well as several lamps,refrigerators, chairs and tables.● Diocese of Orange will use theformer whiteboard systems for in-struction in conference rooms andclassrooms at Christ Cathedral. Mostfurnishings, artworks and importantitems were transferred to ChristCathedral upon moving in 2013.● Local parishes will be the newhome of the chapel steeple andcross, stained-glass windows, pews, amarble altar and crucifix. Final desti-nations are still being decided.● New Home Co. is planning to re-purpose concrete floral relief panelsthat are part of the walls in designsand use benches for a site at the newdevelopment including the history ofMarywood.● Sisters of Providence were of-fered use of the former Marywoodsign, although it is not sure whetherthey will actually use it.

In with the newHere’s what additions are beingmade by the New Home Co. ● Homes: New homes include fouror five bedrooms and are 3,800 to4,400 square feet. Each home istwo-story and includes a two-cargarage. ● Grading: When the site wasbuilt in the 1960s, a valley wasfilled and compacted to build on.Woodward said the site has seencracks and ground movement andthe cafeteria is sloped. New HomeCo. will regrade the site to fix theslope and protect the infrastruc-ture of the new site.● Street improvements: Trafficwas a big concern for residentswho live near the property. Somehave expressed worry there willbe an increase in traffic, whileothers worry about speeding. Tomitigate speeding, which trafficstudies show to be a current pro-blem, New Home Co. will repaintthe street with new striping andadd stop signs on Villareal.

STEVEN GEORGES, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Doug Fisher, facilities manager for the Diocese of Orange Pastoral Center, demonstrates how the stained-glass windows in the MarywoodChapel could be opened for a cross breeze on warm days. The windows are being moved to other parishes.

COURTESY OF NEW HOME CO.

The Marywood Pastoral Center, former home of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, will be de-molished in early 2016 to make way for 40 houses such as the one shown here.

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