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p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y w e r e removed a tn o c o s t b y t h e p a r k department,but a city a t t o r n ey , ca l l i n g th et o r n a d o "an act of G o d , " s a i d thec i t y is not l i ab l e for h o m e s d a m -a g e d by m u n i c i p a l l y - o w n e d trees."There's n o w a y w e c o u l d h a v ed o n e a n y t h i n g b e f o r e h a n d to pre- ,v e n t a healthy tree f r o m f a l l i n g o np r i v a t e property," s a id D e p u t y C i t yA t t o rn e y Bo b S h a n n o n . "There w a s .n o n e g l i g e n c e o r f a u l t o n t h e city'sp ar t "H o m e o w n e r s h a v e 1 0 0 d a y s tof i l e tornado-related c l a i m s . Shan-:n o n s a i d th e c i t y a t t o r n e y h a d n o tr e c e iv e d a n y b y T h u r s d a y a f t e r -n o o n .

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C o d e , e a c h c a n d i d a t e m u s t h a v es u b m i t t e d t h e s i g n a t u r e s o f a t l e a s t2 0 r e g i s t e r e d v o t e r s to q u a l i f y f o r as p o t o n t h e s p e c i a l e l e c t i o n b a l l o t .T h e c a n d i d a t e s , li s te d i n t h eo r d e r i n w h i c h t h e y f i l e d , a r e :-Rober t W . B a k e r , 5 4 , o f 4 9 1 7M i n t u rn A v e . B a k e r , a L a k e w o o dr e s i d e n t f o r 2 5 y e a r s , s e r v e d o n thec o u n c i l f r o m th e c i t y ' s i n c o r p o r a -t i o n in 1 9 5 4 u n t i l h e w a s d e f e a t e d fo r r e - e l e c t i o n in 1 9 7 2 ..Baker is a registered e n g i n e e ra n d a s e n io r c o m m u n i t y i m p r o v e -m e n t a n a ly s t f o r L o s A n g e l e sC o u n t y . H e i s m a r r i ed a n d t h ef a t h e r o f f o u r .-Paul E. "Gene" Zeltner, 51 ,of 2 8 2 8 F l a n g e l S t. Z e l t n e r i s af o r m e r c o m m a n d e r o f t h e L a k e -w o o d s h e r i f f ' s s t a t i o n w h o r e t i r e df r o m t h e L o s A n g e le s C o u n t y S h e r -i f f ' s D e p a r t m e n t in 1 9 74 a f t e r 2 6years' s e r v i c e .H e h a s b e e n i n v o l v e d i n s e v e r a lc o m m u n i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n ds e rv e d a s a m e m b e r a n d c h a i r m a nof th e c i t y ' s C o m m u n i t y S a f e t yC o m m i t t e e . Z e l t n e r a n d h i s w i f e of3 1 y e a r s , Pat , h a v e l i v e d i n Lake-w o o d fo r m o r e t h a n 2 0 y e a r s .

-Freder ick R. Yoongren, 28, of6 6 1 2 Centralia St . Y o u n g r e n . ad e p u t y p r o b a t i o n o f f i c e r f o r L o sA n g e l e s C o u n t y , h a s l i v e d i n Lake-w o o d f o r 2 0 y e a r s . H e i s a g r a d u a t ein criminology-corrections f r o m 'L o n g B e a c h S t a t e U n i v e r s i ty a n d i sw o r k i n g on a master's d e g r e e inp u b l i c a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a t F u l l e r t o nS t a t e U n i v e r s i t y .Y o u n g r e n is m a r r i e d to t h e f o r -m er L i n d a D e V r i es of L a k e w o o d . v .-Je nny "Angel" M e r ce r , of587 4 C a n d l e w o o d St. M s. M e r c e r , aw a i t r e s s , d i d n o t f i l e a c a n d i d a t e ' ss t a t e m e n t o f q u a l i f i c a t i o n s a n dc o u l d n o t b e r e a c h e d f o r f u r t h e ri n f o r m a t i o n .-Bever ly "Bev" Brons, 54, of6 0 0 3 D e e r f o r d S t . M r s . B r o n s , w h ol i s t s h e r s e l f as a c o m m u n i t ya d v o c a t e - b o o k k e e p e r, h a s b e e n ac -t i v e i n t h e L a k e w o o d C o o r d i n a t i n gC o u n c i l a n d t h e Torchbearers o fL a k e w o o d .L a s t s u m m e r she s p e a r h e a d e dO p e r a t i o n E n d o f R o p e , a grass-r o o t s e f f o r t o f a r e a r e s i d e n t s f i g h t -in g s k y r o c k e t i n g p r o p e r ty t a x e s ,a n d w a s a p p o i n t e d t o a c o u n t yp r o p e rt y t a x r e f o rm c o m m i tt e e b yS u p e rv is o r J a m e s A . H a y e s .M r s . B r o n s a n d h e r h u s b a n d ,H e rb , h a v e l i v e d in L a k e w o o d f o rm o r e t h a n 2 6 years. T h e y h a v e ad a u g h t e r , Niktt , a n d t w o grandchil-d r e n .-H. Brooks Cope, 44, of 6051;C o l d b r o o k A v e . C o p e , w h o lists biso c c u p a t i o n as a t t o r n e y , is seniorc r e d i t m a n a g e r a n d g e n e r a l c o u n -sel o f C r a i g C o r p . ;C o p e , a L a k e w o o d r e s i d e n t fo r12 y e a r s an d f a t h e r of s i x , ha s b e e ni n v o l v e d i n s e v e r a l c o m m u n i t yo r g a n i z a t i o n s and has e x p e r i e n c e in

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