Volume 20, Issue 1 OCTOBER 2011 CHAPARRAL · Job Steward. As many of you know, Samir Abou-Rass was promoted to a management position af-ter many years of serving on the CSEA Board

A s we impatiently awaited October 1, the promise of a paycheck after a lean

summer was shadowed by loom-ing cuts to the base pay of full-time faculty, and our immediate future held hostage to projected tax revenues of the state. Built into these projections are contin-gencies for shortfalls, categorized into Tiers 0, 1, and 2. Our stance at the negotiations table is thus far based on Tier 0, or the hope of no shortfalls in the state’s anticipated revenues. Although salary give backs are, even with a Tier 0 outcome, al-most a certainty for our full-timers, the fear, shared by many colleagues, of a permanent reduc-tion to base pay is unfounded. Any reduction applied to Schedule A (the full-time salary schedule) and various stipends is negotiated with a sunset date. In other words, on July 1, 2012, all affected salary and stipend schedules will auto-matically revert to 2010-11 levels; if, in future years, additional salary give backs prove to be necessary to balance the college’s budget, the District will have to negotiate them on an annual basis with the Guild. It is inconceivable that the Guild, under its current or future leadership, would ever agree to a

permanent reduction in pay for any of its members. Last year, the Guild made a commitment to shield adjunct fac-ulty from the upcoming round of pay cuts. This decision was justi-fiable based on two important facts: first, the downscaling of the college’s course offerings has oc-curred almost entirely at the ex-pense of our part-timers, some of whom have lost 50 percent or more of their income through shrinking teaching or counseling assignments. Second, two years ago, this group of faculty suffered a permanent pay cut of nearly 4 percent as a result of diminishing parity funds disbursed by the state. The combined effect of these two unfortunate events has been quite severe, and it would be highly un-just to subject part-timers to yet another round of painful cuts. So far, the District has refused to acknowledge the plight of the largest and most vulnerable group of employees on campus. Al-though the profit generated by ad-junct faculty has always been en-joyed by all groups on campus, protecting them from further dev-astation is now considered a Guild liability. Thankfully, the generos-ity of spirit displayed by the ma-jority of full-timers has afforded

us the possibility of shouldering this moral imperative. You should all be proud to belong to such a progressive and fair-minded group; I know I am.

By and for the Employees of Glendale College - Primary Funding by the Glendale College Guild AFT 2276

CHAPARRAL

Volume 20, Issue 1 OCTOBER 2011

Inside this issue

Speaking of the Senate by Mike Scott 3

CSEA Connection by Saodat Aziskhanova 4

Classified Council Corner by Jenny McMahon 5

Adjunct Junction by Phyllis Eckler 6

MILESTONES 12

GARFIELD Gleanings by Marcia Walerstein-Sibony

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FAQs for CalSTRS Board Election 2

Poems by Bart Edelman 10

64th Annual Patrons Club Luncheon and Fashion Show

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G u i l d N e w s by Isabelle Saber, Guild President

2 www.glendale.edu/chaparral Chaparral/October 2011

Chaparral Printed 3 or 4 times per semester, the Chaparral is published by and for the entire staff of GCC. Primary funding is by the Glendale College Guild, AFT 2276. The newsletter is dedicated to pro-viding timely information on the campus community about any issues that affect our college, higher education, and/our professional lives. Prose, poetry, art work and opinion as well as expository report-ing are welcome. The pages of Chaparral are open to all faculty, staff, students and administrators. Submissions for publica-tion should be word processed in IBM-compatible Word Perfect, MS Word or ASCII file format. No anonymous sub-missions will be published. Please e-mail articles to Piper Rooney (piper). If you have announcements you wish printed or

any questions, contact Piper Rooney at x5342 or e-mail piper. The Chaparral Editorial Board is composed of volunteers and is open to any college staff members. The current board includes Piper Rooney (editor-in-chief), Susan Cisco (managing editor), Patricia Chamroonrat (production man-ager) and Phillip Kazanjian. Columnists are Guild President Isabelle Saber (Guild News), Academic Senate President Mike Scott (Speaking of the Senate), CSEA President Saodat Aziskhanova (CSEA Connection), Classified Council President Jenny McMahon (Classified Council Corner), Guild 2nd Vice President Phyllis Eckler (Adjunct Junction), and Marcia Walerstein-Sibony (Garfield Gleanings). Disclaimer

The editors reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and/or relevance; to pub-lish editorial commentaries; to omit mate-rials which in their good-faith judgment is believed to be libelous, obscene and/or offensive, or an invasion of privacy. Questions regarding this editorial policy may be directed to the editor-in-chief. The views expressed in the articles of the Chaparral are solely those of the contributing authors. They do not repre-sent the views of Glendale College or the Guild.

FAQs for CalSTRS Board Election Who is eligible to vote? Eligible voters in the election are persons who were members of the Defined Benefit Program and/or participants of the Cash Balance Benefit Program employed by a community college dis-trict during the 2010-11 school year, between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011. When will I receive my ballot? Mailed ballots arrive at CalSTRS members’ homes on October 1st What will the mailing look like from CalSTRS? The envelope with the official election ballot enclosed should look similar to this:

How long do we have to vote and when is the last day I can send my ballot in? You will be able to vote between October 1st and November 30th. Voted ballots must be postmarked or received by CalSTRS on or be-fore November 30th to be counted. Is mailing the ballot back to CalSTRS the only way to vote? When you receive your paper ballot in the mail, you will give three options for how to vote in this election. You can mail your paper ballot in, phone in your vote, or vote on-line. Instruction on these various voting options will be enclosed in your mailing.

What do I do if I lost or didn’t receive my ballot? For questions and generation informa-tion regarding this election, contact the Election Coordinator, Tom Barrett, at [email protected] or 800-228-5453.

Chaparral/October 2011 www.glendale.edu/chaparral 3

W hen summer session began, it seemed GCC would have an uneventful term. We had received good news on the

accreditation front, and all other areas were hum-ming along just fine. Then, the dormitory oppor-tunity presented itself in July. It was presented at a Board meeting and was intended to be a simple Letter of Interest (LOI). Simple it was not. The debates so far concerning the LOI have been less than enlightening. The Senate, Team B, Team A, and Campus Development have all weighed in on a document that none of these groups has ever seen. It has raised about 100 questions, with no answers to date. You see, they can be answered only if we sign the LOI, which as of this writing is not finished. It resides with the attorneys. The more we discuss this LOI, the more it morphs into a huge LOL. More fun to come.

Distance Education The Distance Education program that was approved by the Senate last May will now move forward through the governance process this year by first going to Academic Affairs for their sup-porting vote. Once approved there, it goes to Campus Executive. The Distance Education pro-gram creates a new Online Committee to oversee the program. The Online Committee will replace the TMI committee and will consist of 14 mem-bers, one member from each division. It also en-tails creation of divisional IT leads who will work with the Online Committee to implement the Online Committee’s recommendations.

Enrollment Management Looking forward, we must face the reality that things are going to change, possibly in a dra-matic way. To deal with ever shrinking budgets, the newly formed Enrollment Management Com-mittee will have the unpleasant task of recom-mending changes that will not be popular. Enroll-ment Management will be dealing with issues such as, what programs may or may not be

reduced, changes to divisional allotment of FTEF, which courses to emphasize, i.e., transfer, degree, certificate, basic skills and so on. These are all contentious issues that will be debated at multiple levels before being implemented. Stu-dents’ educational needs, determined by their educational plans, will be analyzed and the data used to make these decisions. Unfortunately, some decisions may be mandated by legislation. We have seen this already with SB 1440 that has given us the transfer degrees.

Transfer Degrees Speaking of transfer degrees, GCC now has three of them approved. We have transfer de-grees in Math, Sociology and Communications. Work will begin in October on new transfer de-grees throughout the state in the following disci-plines: Anthropology, Engineering, Geography, Information Systems, Journalism, Nursing, Phi-losophy, Radio/Television/Film, Social Work, and Spanish. If anyone is interested in working on any of the transfer degrees for these disci-plines, please contact me at [email protected] and I will give you the information to register for the upcoming conference on October 14th.

Senate Lastly, the Senate meets the first and third Thursdays of the month (except in the winter) at 1:40 in LR 105. Your concerns and comments are important to the Senate. Please contact your division senator or one of the at-large senators or myself on any academic and professional matter. You can find me in the Governance Office (AD 249) every day and can also contact me at exten-sion 5394 or at [email protected].

SPEAKING OF THE SENATE... by Mike Scott, Academic Senate President


by Saodat Aziskhanova, CSEA President

C S E A C O N N E C T I O N

T he new aca-demic year started almost

a month ago, and it looks as if we are in a much better position this year and do not have major glitches in PeopleSoft, and that’s comforting. I know we are still not there yet, but at least we are on the right track; classified employees in student services areas do not have to stress over software problems and, with the limited staff in many areas, they can concentrate on serving students and processing paperwork. The annual CSEA Conference is the most im-portant member event of the year. Seboo Aghajani and I were among 2,000 delegates and visitors attending the 85th CSEA Conference in August. Our negotiations team has met with the District

team once; we will update you on the progress at our next chapter meeting. As it stands now, all constituent groups must participate and cover their proportionate share of the District’s budget deficit. I would like to welcome Jessica Lo Guercio from the Health Center, who joined our negotiations team, and Narbeh Nazari from the Campus Police, who joined the CSEA Executive Board as Chief Job Steward. As many of you know, Samir Abou-Rass was promoted to a management position af-ter many years of serving on the CSEA Board as Chief Job Steward and a member of the negotia-tions team. This year is an election year for our chapter; the new CSEA Executive Board will start in Janu-ary for a two-year term. Currently we are appoint-ing representatives to the governance committees. We have a large pool of volunteers to select from for some committees and still need volunteers for others. In Unity, Saodat Aziskhanova President, Chapter 76, CSEA


C l a s s i f i e d C o u n c i l C o r n e r by Jenny McMahon, Classified Council President

Online membership form: http://www.glendale.edu/classifiedcouncil/membership.htm

The Instructional Technology Resource Center has moved to a new location on campus! SF 101! We are open from 8am to 6pm Monday through Friday for fall 2011. Please contact us if you need help with your online course creation. We are now offering digital video camera and digital still camera checkout for faculty as well. We plan to have media workstations set up soon in our new spacious area, where faculty can come and get help with their media creation for online classes.

Call 818-240-1000 x3457 or Dan Ingrao at x3455 or Connie Lantz at x3458

A s the new President of Classified Council, I would like to welcome

you to the fall 2011 semester. I have worked at GCC since 1983 as a student worker, an hourly worker, and then as a classified employee. I remember Jonnie Weaver, who worked in the Sen-ate/Governance/Guild Office, asking me to become a member of Classified Council. I have been a member ever since. It will be hard replacing He-nan Joof, who has been our President for the last four years while working at GCC and pur-suing his educational career at USC. Henan is currently work-ing on his doctorate. I would like to take this op-portunity to introduce the 2011-2013 Classified Council board: Henan Joof, vice president; Wendy Grove, secretary;

Patricia Chamroonrat, treasurer; Merrilee Ahaus, Kit Crawford, Leticia Estrada, Olga Tovar, and Nancy Weeks, members-at-large. I hope you enjoyed our first event, the composting lecture given by Mr. Tom Brady from the City of Glendale. It really was earth moving. Here are some of our fall and winter events:

• Lecture by Wendy Fonarow about Halloween and the Halloween Office decorat-ing competition

• Tupperware Fundraiser • Winter See's Fundraiser • Holiday Party at Acapulco

on Thursday, December 8 We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events! And we thank you in advance for supporting our fundraisers,

which will help towards our stu-dent scholarship fund. If you have not joined Classi-fied Council, please do so. Membership is only $7 per year. Members participate in the end-of-the-year Classified Council Picnic at no charge, receive a discount for the annual Holiday Party, and receive a birthday card with a lottery ticket!


NEWS FOR GCC ADJUNCT FACULTY by Phyllis Eckler, Guild 2nd Vice President

A djunct faculty mem-bers are feeling rather insecure these days.

We know that we are on the front lines when it comes to losing assignments in bad times. That is just the nature of our at-will employment status. However, despite the district’s budget possibly getting ham-mered by funding cuts (beginning in December as a result of the state budget agree-ment), the Guild has negotiated that no salary reductions fall on the backs of adjunct faculty. Full-time faculty may have to bear salary take backs this year but part-timers, who have lost 3.75% of their hourly pay annu-ally since 2009, will not be af-fected by the another salary re-duction.

Another positive result of negotiations is a new Catastro-phic Illness/Injury Leave Bank for adjunct faculty. This new account allows adjunct faculty who wish to donate illness hours or need time off during a semester to recover from an illness, an account for that pur-pose. Since adjunct faculty who retire from the CalSTRS Cash Balance Plan cannot use their accrued illness hours towards their retirement benefit, it may be worthwhile for them to do-nate it to the Catastrophic Leave Bank for the use of other adjunct faculty (and until De-cember 2011 for the use of any faculty—full or part-time). If you are interested in either do-nating sick leave or applying for paid time off for this reason, please see the payroll depart-ment at Glendale College. To check on your accrued sick leave allotment, it can be ac-cessed through GCC Self-Service which is found under Faculty/Staff >Private Internal Link> Oracle (bottom of the page). You may need a pass-word from the HELP Desk to access this area. Email: [email protected]

Rehire rights at Glendale College have also been im-proved as a result of recently negotiated contract changes. Adjunct faculty who have taught for 10 semesters (including intersessions) and have received at least one “exceeds standards” rating (and no “needs to improve” ratings within that timeframe) will have their names placed on the Rehire Rights list. Please check your past evaluation records. If you believe that you fit within this profile, the office of Hu-man Resources will be able to verify that you are on the list beginning in mid-October. Placement on the list gives an adjunct faculty member first right of refusal for a single course before it is offered to others who have not achieved this distinction.

ADJUNCT JUNCTION

For any comments or questions Phyllis Eckler can be reached at [email protected] or at extension 1122


I t’s here! Mariposa is up and running pretty well. Not a butterfly, it is the new, large and totally up-to-date addition at the Garfield Campus. The ribbon cutting ceremony was August 23, and since then it’s been active,

even if it is a work in progress. In this issue I wish to write about the new building as a reality, and since those that are teaching Office Business Technology and Basic Skills stand to gain the most from the new building, I’ve asked for comments from the faculty in those departments. Rosemarie Shamieh has kindly contributed her enthusiasm. Here are her comments:

T hanks to Measure G funds, today we are fortunate to

stand in a new, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental De-sign)certified “green” three-story addition that expands and up-grades the original Garfield cam-pus by 38,000 square feet. The $22.8 million three-story new addition, dubbed Mariposa, houses multiple level-3 class-rooms, several offices, a very large computer lab, a bookstore, a huge career center and a versatile com-munity room that creatively opens up to our new Palm Court—morphing itself into a venue for large activities, a center for test-ing, meetings, classrooms, even into two dining areas for faculty and students. The new campus also incorporates a beautifully in-viting child care center and much needed additional parking. This three stage project, a de-sign/build concept that included temporary classrooms during

construction, was orchestrated with very little, if any, disruption to instruction. For a project of this magnitude to be on time and on budget speaks volumes about the team of dedicated professionals that made it all happen. Aestheti-cally, the campus is so incredibly well conceived that if you didn't know what it looked like before the construction, you wouldn't be able to determine which is the old building. Regarding the new classrooms: they are spectacular! The class-rooms are spacious, filled with natural light, conducive to interac-tive lectures and coursework, high tech and extremely comfortable. You can tell a lot of thought went into the building's design, comfort, and aesthetics—no detail left to chance. Many thanks to Dr. Karen Hol-den-Ferkich, Alfred Ramirez, Bill Taylor, Earl Corporation and

Rachlin Architects, the south Glendale community, and the Gar-field community: faculty, staff, students, and neighbors who pitched in when needed to make this decade-long vision a beautiful reality. Regarding operational issues: it's no secret that with change come adjustments. (Remember the first time you went away to col-lege, your first marriage, your first child, your first job….) Of course there are operational issues but nothing that can't be resolved with cooperation and time. I can tell you first hand that any issue we've brought to Alfred and/or Karen regarding the new cam-pus has been given their immedi-ate attention. It might not seem that way at first because we don't know what additional concerns are on their to-do list, but it gets han-dled. They are reasonable and

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by Marcia Walerstein-Sibony, Garfield Guild Steward GARFIELD Gleanings

The new addition— a functioning reality on schedule!


caring professionals who prioritize their agenda and have never lost sight of what's important: safety, students, personnel and the business of education. Case-in-point: Alfred's informational meeting on Sep-tember 22—a formal venue for open dia-logue, so that we could all be privy to the issues at hand and where they stand in the queue. —Rosemarie Shamieh MarciaWalerstein-Sibony: The following section is based on my own observations and discussions with other faculty, mainly in the ESL department:

All ESL classrooms now have com-puters (most of them functioning as this is being written), and ELMOs, which are a great help in teaching ESL. As for a work in progress, certain issues came up which have transformed

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what was a relatively simple proc-ess into a time-consuming en-deavor. At the moment, keys have become a problem. Adjunct fac-ulty no longer have keys to their classrooms, workroom, or the staff restroom. In the past, ESL faculty had access to the Internet, lounge and duplicating all in one location. Now the lounge is on the ground floor of the new building, and the copy machine is still where it used to be on the second floor, along with the fridge and microwave, in a room that barely holds three peo-ple. The mailroom has no copy machine, and the space that was to be used for the new central lounge/work area is now occupied by something else. In fact, the business department has no staff service or work area at all in the evening. This makes the 20-minute break a breathless race be-tween buildings and then back again, to return keys, copy, and nibble on something. A number of safety issues also caused concern, especially traffic and also emergency response (such as uncovering a grenade from W. W. II on the property). In a meeting with our new Police Chief, Gary Montecuollo, we were assured that one of his first objec-tives would be to create a compre-hensive emergency evacuation plan, with regular drills. Another issue of major concern is enrollment, particularly in the business and computer class-rooms. Some chalk this up to the maddening PeopleSoft errors of last year; this year’s lack of on-site registration in the spring and summer, due to construction; and the restricted summer programs. Even for those who knew how to register, it was not easy; several needed more basic help than that. No point dwelling on the past, but

please help get the word out. In this time of fewer credit classes, with people begging to get into a class, the non-credit division has room in its computer classes and possibly others, too. The September 22 informa-tional meeting covered these is-sues. Hopefully, the open dia-logue, along with the understand-ing that there are real limitations to being able to solve everything at once, can enable us to fix those problems considered immediate and to be patient, but persistent, in solving the rest.

For those of you on the main campus: You’all come on down to south Glendale and see what GCC is offering here at our new Gar-field Campus, and tell your neighbors about us, too.

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As well as having his work anthologized in nu-merous collections read throughout the United States, Bart has published five earlier books of po-etry, Crossing the Hacken-sack (1993), Under Dama-ris’ Dress (1996), The Al-phabet of Love (1999), The Gentle Man (2001), and The Last Mojito (2005). He has also been the recipi-ent of grants and fellow-ships that have enabled him to conduct literary re-search at home and abroad. Bart has been an in-structor and Professor of English at Glendale Col-lege for more than thirty years. He is the founder and editor of GCC’s na-tionally recognized literary journal, Eclipse, which is unique among two-year college journals in that it publishes student poetry side by side with works by some of our most re-nowned contemporary au-thors. Bart has rightly claimed that many a gradu-ate school would be proud to call Eclipse its own. He has remained true to his original vision to reserve 15-20% of the journal for works written by students—who are stag-gered, honored, and read! when they appear within its pages. In September, Bart read from The Geographer’s Wife at the Armory Center in Pasadena, and will give several more local readings beginning


Retirement Sat on the shelf In a curious corner Of an odd room I left long ago— When I didn’t presume I’d ever need claim it, But could just as easily Allow it to rest In the remote place I thought was shelter. Who could approach it then? When the dreaded sound Of the tick tock in its belly Wound down each day, As if the next hour doomed The enormous clock I wore Strapped to my chest For the world to see. Now I find I envy The life of a hobo, Whose toes keep him Forever on the go— Following only the row Of track after track, A straight line set Against the distant horizon And the stink eye of time.

Start Here Start here, In the heart of the country, Where Yes is the only word That needs to be heard— Affirmations like candy: A stick of sugared gum, The sweet peppermint drop On the tip of your tongue, A taste the initial kiss Left, forever, on your lips. Start here, In the heart of the country, Where there is nothing But a spare sigh And the well-trained eye To guide your quick step Along the gilded path You forgot to take, When spring brought its offering— One petal at a time. Start here, In the heart of the country, Because nearness is so far Across each pointed star You swore you could reach, In the sleepless hour Faith drew her ring of fire Around the halo you wore, Long before night shadows Whispered the answer was No.

Bart Edelman’s newest volume of poetry, The Geographer’s Wife, (in which “Start Here” and “Retirement” appear), will be published by Red Hen Press in February 2012. Bart completed the collection during his 2010-11 sabbatical, and its publi-cation is coordinated with this year’s AWP Conference, to be held in Chicago. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is the most prestigious writers’ conference in the nation.


VIVA VAQUEROS

You are all invited to attend the

64th Annual Patrons Club Luncheon and Fashion Show Save the Date: Friday November 4, 2011

It will be held at The Castaway, 1250 Harvard Road, Burbank. This is our main fund raiser, and all proceeds go towards scholarships and grants-in-aid for GCC stu-dents. Your support is always appreciated. We are looking forward to having those "special models" again. The price remains the same—$45.00. Purchase your tickets from Aida Avanousian in the Student Affairs Office, SC 202 (x5592). Get your group together and come and have a fun afternoon!

Betty Musacco, Patrons Club President Carolyn Payne, First Vice President

Marianne Jennings, Chairman Judy Gorham, Tickets


Sarah Bederman completed the Disneyland Half Marathon in just under 2:30 on Sunday, September 3. She trained with Team in Train-ing and raised $2250 for the Leuke-mia and Lymphoma Society. Richard Cortes co-authored a book called Undocumented Latino College Students: Their Socioemo-tional and Academic Experiences. See link for more info. http://www.amazon.com/Undocumented-Latino-College-Students-Socioemotional/dp/1593324618 Dennis Doyle's son Austin gradu-ated from CSUN Northridge in May with a BA in Art: Digital Ani-mation. Besides looking for work, he is playing mandolin and guitar on the side for some gigs with Den-nis, who has released a new CD "Irish Songbook" available now on iTunes, CDBaby.com and in the Growing Tree shop in Montrose. Austin also did the CD cover de-sign. Dennis's daughter Grace graduated from Bishop Alemany High School and was accepted into the BM Music Performance: Vo-cal program at CSUN Northridge. She auditioned and got into the top ensemble on campus, the North-ridge Singers, due to tour Europe in the summer. Grace sang back-up on several tracks of the "Irish Song-book" CD. This summer Jeanette Farr di-rected the world premiere production of To the New Girl

From the Former Mrs. _____ Sound Advice for Her Husband’s New Wife or Mistress by Samantha Macher for Skypilot Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. It had sold-out performances and garnered positive reviews from the LA Weekly, LA Times, Backstage.com, and the Tolucan Times. Jessica Gillooly and her husband, Greg, would like to announce that their daughter, Heather, is engaged to her college sweetheart. They are to marry in May, 2012 in the Seat-tle area. Nancy McLees’ daughter, Julia, and her husband, Nick, had a baby boy named Avery Edward on June 16, 2011. They are all thrilled! Leigh Podgorski's latest novel has just been published on Smashwords and Kindle. Desert Wolf and Act of Grace explore the intriguing para-normal universe of Luke Stone as he battles his nemesis, black magi-cian Armand Jacobi in the heart of Death Valley, tracks lost children, and solves a 250-year-old New England mystery swirling with murder, witchcraft, and retribution to save the life of his newly beloved Beth Rutledge. And don't forget to look for her debut novel, The Women Debrowska, that follows 250 years of Polish history and the story of one Polish family, also available on Smashwords, Kindle, and Amazon. Maria Shufeldt applied and re-ceived a grant from the Foundation

to establish a campus garden. The Environmental Affairs Committee is working with her to organize a group of interested staff and stu-dents to help develop this exciting project. Interested persons can con-tact Maria at ext. 5335 or Merrilee Ahaus at ext. 5112. Do you have any milestones to share with us? Send them to: [email protected]

MILESTONES

In Memory of Michael Lao In memory of her beloved husband Michael Lao, Faye Lao celebrated his joyous life with family, friends, colleagues, and students. The celebration took place on Michael’s birthday, Sunday, October 9th in Pasadena at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in the Ross Chapel. Michael would have been 62 in earth years, but is timeless in spirit! Michael loved fruit trees and rose bushes. We will miss you, Michael.

in the spring. There will be a se-ries of East Coast readings in the fall of 2012. In the immediate future, he has organized a public reading for Eclipse authors,

student and seasoned, to be given on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at 2 p.m., at the Ruskin Art Club, 800 South Plymouth Blvd., LA, (323) 936-4632. This will be a terrific afternoon of artists ascending, and at their apex.

Encourage your students to attend.

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Volume 20, Issue 1 OCTOBER 2011 CHAPARRAL · Job Steward. As many of you know, Samir Abou-Rass was promoted to a management position af-ter many years of serving on the CSEA Board