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FOR MOVIE TIMES SEE PAGE 5A

Falcons hold heads high

They didnt win the game, but their coachs post-mortem was filled with praise for their gritty effort.

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Business .............................6ACalendar ..........................23BClassifieds ........................16BEntertainment ................10BFood .................................12BHealth & Beauty ...............9BOpinion ...........................16ASports .................................1BTalk About Town ..............5AWebExtras! .......................1B

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Home makeover welcomes Ally back

Theres a new saying around the Jenkins house these days: As Ally goes, so do we.

When Allys up were all up, and when shes down, so are we, said Vickee Jenkins of her daughter Ally, 15, who is recuperating from double-lung transplant surgery. Were literally just taking it hour by hour; its our new normal.

Last weekend the Oakley familys new normal got a bump up when they brought Ally home following a nearly four-month stay at UCSF Medical Center, where she was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in July. The incur-able condition, which hinders the fl ow of blood from the heart to the lungs, required a double lung trans-plant, which she received from a donor in August.

And when the Freedom High School freshman arrived home, she was greeted not only by friends and family, but by another present this one straight out of an episode of Extreme Home Makeover.

Thanks to the efforts of a gen-erous community, the Jenkins home had been refurbished from top to bottom, including a new roof and

landscaped yard, fresh paint inside and out, as well as new appliances, countertops, bathrooms, windows and doors, all donated by volun-teers who had given of their time, supplies and labor to create a fresh start for the Jenkins family.

Were all completely over-whelmed by all this, said Vickee. Not just the house, but the out-pouring of love and support we have had. Its very diffi cult to put

into words. Were just so grateful.And as for Ally, shes just hap-

py to be home, especially now that her new room has been made over in teal and black zebra dcor. Its what Ive always wanted, she said.

It feels so good to be home, she said. I love being here after living in the city for so long. Going for walks, sleeping in my bed. I like it a lot.

The plot for the home make-

over was hatched months ago, following a conversation between Vickee and a friend regarding Al-lys upcoming surgery.

It was right after we had fi n-ished meeting with the transplant doctors where they were telling us about what to expect, and they were going down a list of things that Ally couldnt tolerate and one of those things was mold, said Vickee. And I started freaking out because I had a guest bathroom with a lot of mold. So later I called a friend of mine whose husband is in the business, and asked if he could give us a quote on what it would take to fi x the mold, and it snowballed from there.

More like an avalanche. Doz-ens of volunteers with myriad tal-ents and connections came in and out of the house over the course of the next few months, making the improvements and fi ne-tuning the details right up until the day the family came home.

Oakleys a little commu-nity but they all came together on this, said Jim DAmico, owner of Black Bear Diner and one of the contributors to the Jenkins make-over project. There were so many

Ally Jenkins stands alongside contractor Jack Staricco from Staricco Construction (in costume it was a Halloween homecoming) and his team, which helped remodel the Jenkins home to make it a more sterile environment for the Oakley teen, who is recovering from double lung transplant surgery.

Photo by Richard Wisdom

by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer

see Ally page 22A

Garamendi wins easy victory for Congress

John Garamendi, who touted himself as the proven Democrat after having served as state senator, state assemblyman, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, state insur-ance commissioner and lieutenant governor, added a new political title Tuesday: congressman representing the 10th Congressional District.

Garamendi won an easy 55-to-41 percent victory over Republican candidate David Harm-er. A majority of independents voted for Harm-er, but they were not enough to overcome the 18-point registration advantage that Democrats hold over Republicans in the district.

Harmer, a conservative lawyer from San Ra-mon making his fi rst bid for elective offi ce, won most of the southeastern portion of the district, which sprawls from Dixon in the north, Walnut Grove in the east, Livermore in the south and El Cerrito in the west. A majority of Oakley and Knightsen residents voted for Harmer. Gara-mendi won just about everywhere else, including Antioch and Pittsburg.

Garamendi will be a reliable vote for the

Democratic agenda in the House of Representa-tives. He supports government-run health care, the proposed cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and wants to pull the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. On a more local level, he opposes construction of a periph-eral canal in the Delta.

Im very excited about winning this election so we can fi nally solve these problems, he said in his opening remarks at the Oct. 26 forum. This is a good time for America because we fi nally have a president who wants to get things done in the right way.

Garamendi expanded on that in his closing remarks: We are in an extremely important time in Americas history. We are faced with problems that are very diffi cult and complex. Ive had the good fortune of working on every problem that will be before Congress. I will support a public option (for health care). Social Security is the foundation for the retired people in America.

I support fi nancial regulation for the fi -nancial industry. Education is fundamental to the economy. Our educational system is failing.

John Garamendi, seen here at the dedi-cation of a park bridge in Oakley several months ago, was elected to represent the 10th Congressional District Tuesday.

Photo by Dave Roberts

by Dave RobertsStaff Writer

see Congress page 22A

Kayla mourned

The death of a beloved young woman has made a powerful impact on the many people whose lives she touched.

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Rumor has it Talk About Town gives you our insiders take on Brentwood Mayor Bob Taylors poultry in motion campaign to provide turkeys to those in need.

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Community mourns a song silenced

Hundreds gathered Tuesday to say goodbye to Kayla Shepard, 2008 Liberty graduate and Jenny Lind Award-winning vocalist, who was killed in an automobile accident near Bakersfi eld last week. She had celebrated her 19th birthday just days before.

Dozens of friends and family ad-dressed the assembly, tearfully recalling moments shared with Shepard. Some spoke of being best friends, while others said they knew her only in passing, but for most of their lives growing up. A com-mon denominator ran through most of the stories: music.

Kayla and music went hand in hand, said her father, Bob Shepard. It was a message, along with her easy-go-ing manner and steadfast devotion to her friends, that was driven home over and over again, as speakers recalled My Space and Facebook posts they felt summed up their friend.

Kayla, youre perfect. I love you You never gave up on me, even when you probably should have She was always the fi rst one to make me laugh about something I was crying about I never felt more loved by anyone I know how much you loved (being in the choral group) DIVA. We were awesome I remember our trip to China, sing-

ing the wrong songs in the Forbidden City I cant think of any better way to keep loving you than to keep singing Theres nothing I want more than to be able to give you just one more hug Our voices together completed my soul

Theres no doubt in my mind that she would have owned San Francisco When she walked into a room, the walls smiled and Kayla added value, and thats a blessing.

Shepard was killed Oct. 28 as she and

two friends returned to their San Fran-cisco homes following a concert in Las Vegas by a band in which some of Kaylas friends are members. The driver of the

by Rick LemyreStaff Writer

Members of Liberty High School choral groups past and present gathered to sing What Would I Do Without My Music, the traditional last song the groups sing together each year.


see Song page 12A

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Brentwood residents bugged by cockroaches

Last Halloween Elaine Furtado scat-tered peanut shells on the sidewalk of her home near Creekside Park to fright-en trick-or-treaters as they approached her front door. This year the Brentwood resident didnt need the peanuts, because something even creepier was carpeting the pavement cockroaches.

Its a crunch, crunch, crunch sound. I feel like Im in a science fi ction movie, said Furtado of the dozens of roaches shes found on her property and at the nearby Creekside Park. I have also been fi nding them in my hall bathroom coming out of the drain. I would defi nitely call it an epidemic.

It seems that oriental cockroaches (some an inch and a half long) have staked a claim to neighborhoods around the Creekside development area, infi ltrat-ing kitchen sinks, bathroom shower drains and patios; turning casual neighborhood conversation away from backyard barbe-cues and toward homemade bug bombs and critter traps.

This was never a problem until re-cently, said Furtado, who has lived in her neighborhood for more than 15 years. Were not talking just a few there are a lot. One neighbor told me he skims as many as 30 at a time out of his pool. Its disgusting.

Sandi Johnson agrees. Johnson, who

lives just one street over from Furtado, said she has never seen such an infestation of cockroaches in her neighborhood: Ive lived here for 15 years and we have never, ever had cockroaches like this. I came out here to my patio one day, and saw literally dozens of them upside down, legs kicking in the air, begging to be turned over.

Johnson didnt turn over the fl ail-ing bugs, but she did call an extermina-tor. The spraying has defi nitely helped, but Im still seeing some here and there, said Johnson, who has been spraying her

yard once a month since June. But they (exterminators) did say they would even-tually start to diminish. I hope its soon; they are dirty and disgusting and fi lthy.

Jannine Hemphill feels the same way and said that in the 10 years she has lived in Brentwood she never saw roach-es around her house, but now she cant keep them away: At fi rst I thought (the roaches) were around because I had a neighbor who neglected their home and yard and that we were the unlucky re-cipients of their neglect. But every night,

every morning, I fi nd them on my front porch, backyard, on my driveway. I have been asking my exterminator to beef up the spraying, but it still hasnt worked. Its embarrassing especially when you know there has to be something the city can do to mitigate this issue.

Furtado thought so too, and recently called the City of Brentwood to fi nd out if the city might have operated a pest program in the past and then stopped it, which might account for the increased numbers.

Barry Margesson, facilities and landscape supervisor for the Brentwood Parks Department, said he is unaware of any city-sponsored pesticide programs, but that he imagined if there were a true cockroach problem, the city would look into it.

As far as I know, we dont have any spray program (for cockroaches), said Margesson, who added that he left a simi-lar message with a resident who recently called about the cockroaches. The parks department doesnt spray, but if its really a problem, I would think the city would look into it.

Rob Wellington, owner of Discovery Pest Control, said hes not surprised at the tenacity or numbers of the cockroaches: Its interesting the way bugs work. Some years there are lots of them and others (years) there arent. But theyre very com-

Oriental cockroaches such as this are in ltrating homes in parts of Brentwood. They typically live in soil, and arent as nasty as other roaches often found in cities; nonetheless, residents dont care to have them around.

by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer

see Bugged page 14A


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TALK ABOUT TOWN Have an item? [email protected] have begun about what Mayor Bob Taylor will do to ramp up his promise once his The Mayor Is A Turkey fundraiser breaks through the 300 mark. Taylor has been collecting $8 donations for about three weeks now, and his stat-ed goal of 300 is about to be reached hes at 273 as of press time. Once he makes his goal, hell be obligated to wear a turkey suit at the Christ-mas Basket distribution on Dec. 19. The once-modest goal doesnt actu-ally cover the full 500-turkey need for that program, though, so hizzoner is going to keep plugging away and, with the help of the good people of Brentwood (who really want to see him in that suit) he might just get em all. If you have a suggestion for what the added payoff ought to be, call 925-634-1441 and ask for Rick. If you just want to donate a bird to someone who can sure use it, send your $8-per-turkey donation to the Brentwood Regional Com-munity Chest, P.O. Box 845, Brentwood 94513.

What can you buy with $25? Just ask any teach-er in the Oakley Union Ele-mentary School District. The Friends of Oakley recently gave every teacher in the dis-trict a $25 gift card to Of- ce Depot so that they can buy ad-ditional supplies

for the classrooms to make up for recent budget cuts.

So those little munchkins in their oh-so-cute costumes failed to materialize on Halloween. Maybe that, or maybe you accidentally bought

too much candy. Well, theres a perfectly good alterna-tive to pigging out: Antioch Mili-tary Families & Friends continues to send packages to our troops overseas, and theyd love to take

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Some folks take the just add water principle to extreme lengths. In Brentwood re-cently, an unidenti ed person pushed a barbecue grill into the backyard pool of a residence on Carlisle Drive.

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Pictures are worth more than a thousand words to Jen-nifer Fink. To her, a photograph is more like a chapter, a story frozen in time.

Fink, owner of Generations Photography, has gained a reputation as the go-to gal for high school senior portraits, capturing all the emotions of excitement and hope in a single shot. Rather than snapping the standard cap and gown pose, Fink likes to incorporate elements that illustrate who her sub-jects are - whether its a basketball for an athlete, an instrument for a musician or a skateboard for the kid at heart - to infuse personality into each portrait.

My specialties are newborns and seniors, but I like the seniors best - they dont pee on your backgrounds, Fink said with a laugh. Theyre actually kind of similar, though. Ba-bies are new to this world and represent all that can be. Its the same way for seniors. This is their fi rst huge milestone and they embody all that promise and hope. Theyre not kids any-more but theyre not quite adults. Its an exciting time, and I try to capture that moment so that they can keep it with them throughout their lives.

While Fink is a certifi ed professional photographer with credentials for wedding, family and general portraits, she is most known for her graduation photos, and thats fi ne by her. However, she wishes more families would take the time to get portraits taken, since most families often put it off year after year.

I always hear people say I wish Id done that - taken more baby portraits or family pictures - but you cant go back and recreate those moments. You cant go back in time and repeat that milestone. Life is too short. You need to do it now. Dont put it off until its too late and those precious moments are gone.

Photographs are the way we record our history. Most people dont write about the things that happened to them. They take pictures to remember those moments. I like to think of photographs as chapters in a book. What does this photo-graph say about your story? How does this photograph show who you are in this moment?

Before each photo shoot, Fink meets with her clients at her home studio in Brentwood. During the consultation, she chats with her potential subjects to get a sense of their person-

ality and what theyd like to get out of their experience. They talk about wardrobe choices and locations to create a road map for the day of the shoot. Its a brainstorming session. Once I get beneath the surface and have a better idea of who they are, thats when I start getting ideas. Well talk it out, but theres never a set plan. Its all about capturing those spontane-ous moments. Ill crawl through the weeds if it means getting the right shot. It all depends on the moment.

Fink, who has 18 years of professional experience, is mostly a self-taught photographer. She learned the basics from her father at the family studio before striking out on her own. Photography was always a hobby, but the more she took pic-tures, the more she realized photography was the creative out-look shed been looking for.

Ive always liked taking pictures, Fink said. After I had my daughter, I started trying to fi nd more creative ways to take her picture. I took so many pictures I killed a point-and-shoot camera by the time she was a year old. It just died of exhaus-tion. No wonder she doesnt want me to take her picture any-more.

Finks daughter Laura is following in Moms creative foot-steps, pursuing a major in video game design at the Academy of Art Institute. Fink said shes learned even more about tak-ing graduation photos after going through the process herself. When Laura received her diploma from Heritage High School in June, her mother got a deeper appreciation of what students - as well as their families - want from graduation photos.

My job is to give back an artistic piece of themselves - an artistic memory of who they were then. I try to make it time-less so that it will always look good and you dont look back on it and think well, thats clearly something from 2009 or 2008. I want it to be something theyll treasure, an heirloom that will stay within the family and be passed on for generations.

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Jennifer Fink, owner of Generations Photography, strikes a pose at her studio in Brentwood.

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Many homes in Brentwood were devilishly decorated for Hallow-een, but one stood above the rest: the home of Jeff and Tracy Miga at 538 Almanor St. The Migas re-creation of a scary Fun House was named Home of the Month for October by the Brentwood Advisory Neighborhood Committee (BANC).

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(Tootsie) Rollingwith the Knights

The Knights of Columbus of Immacu-late Heart of Mary Catholic Church recently held its annual fundraising drive to benefi t People with Intellectual Disabilities.

Members of Knights of Columbus Council 7467 and their wives, families and friends volunteered their services at numerous locations in Brentwood, distributing tootsie rolls and raising $3,297 in contributions for the Lynn Center in Pittsburg. The Lynn Center provides an early intervention and preschool program for children 6 and younger. Services begin by learning the concerns of the family, and include interventions and strategies that refl ect a respect for racial, ethnic and cultural diversity, as well as unique family differences.

Volunteers are needed to help clean up the Live Oak community in Oakley. Residents of all ages are invited to get together and show their spirit on Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. Meet at the corner of Shady Oak Road and Main Street. Bring gloves, brooms and garbage bags for the cleanup, and a potluck item for the get-togeth-er immediately following. For more informa-tion, call Enrique Samson at 510-776-7246, or e-mail at [email protected].

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Oakley Relay gets revving

Relay For Life of Oakley will hold a community kick-off event to sign up volunteers, teams and cancer survivors for the relay scheduled for May 1, 2010. The kick-off takes place Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. in Freedom High Schools multi-purpose room. Team discounts will be given for teams that sign up at the kick-off event. For more information, e-mail Chairperson Cathleen Knight at [email protected] or visit www.relayforlife.org.

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The next installment of the An-tioch Police Departments Neighborhood Cleanup Program takes place Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 to 11 a.m. Volunteers will meet at Fairview Park, 1301 Crestview Drive, where theyll receive instructions and equipment. The targeted area is within walking distance. Barring inclement weath-er, future Neighborhood Cleanup events will be scheduled for the fi rst Saturday of the month and will target business and commercial areas as well as residential.

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Sierra Nolan, Selena Sisneroz and Brookelyn Santos practice their diabolical laughter in preparation for the Discovery Bay Elementary Halloween Parade.

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The Brentwood Union School Dis-trict (BUSD) Education Foundation and Vic Stewarts are inviting residents to a Night Out on the Town, an evening of din-ing, fi ne wines and friendly supporters of the districts students and schools.

The event takes place Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Vic Stewarts, 2270 Bal-four Road in Brentwood. The wine tast-ing begins at 7:30. Admission is $100, and proceeds benefi t BUSD students. Cocktail attire is requested, and a no-host bar will be provided. Purchase tickets by Nov. 13 by calling Gayle Crockett at 925-513-6349. Space is limited.

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Students in grades three and up are invited to observe Veterans Day by ex-periencing a bit of history when Vietnam veteran Phil Ehrhorn shares his war ex-periences in a free 45-minute program on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Brent-wood Senior Center. The event is spon-sored by the Brentwood Library.

A Brentwood local, Ehrhorn has shared exciting tales of his war experi-ences at several Brentwood elementary schools. He served as a fi ghter pilot dur-ing the Vietnam War, and his plane was shot down during a mission. Program participants will see visuals of the crash.

The Brentwood Senior Center is located at 193 Griffi th Lane. For more information, call the library at 925-516-5290.

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Trevors Weekly Mortgage MattersBy Trevor Frey

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While the fi nancial market turmoil continues and California faces unique challenges economically, there is perhaps no more important time for our agency to work on behalf of families statewide, stated Steve Spears, acting Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, otherwise known as CalHFA. Since the agencys creation in 1975, CalHFA has helped over 150,000 California families realize their dream of homeownership by using over $18 billion in non-taxpayer funds to secure low rate fi xed mortgages, as well as off er down payment assistance programs. Now, in 2009, CalHFA is once again putting its money where its mouth is and bringing back their most popular down payment assistance program to datethe California Homebuyers Downpayment Assistance Program.More commonly referred to as CHDAP, this junior or second loan/lien program, fi nanced through voter-approved Propositions 46 and 1C, has been the most successful down payment assistance program in CalHFAs history. Over the years it has provided more than 31,000 California families with the assistance needed to buy their fi rst home and is once again becoming available aft er an 11 month hiatus. Th e program itself off ers up to 3% of the purchase price, or homes appraised value - whichever is less - to the buyer for either assistance with their down payment, or to help with closing costs. Although the potential purchaser would fi rst have to bring in their own 3% to match the funds being lent, the CHDAP loan has no repayment schedule until the new owner

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Toyota Corolla in which Kayla was a pas-senger pulled out to pass another car on Highway 46 near Bakersfi eld. Realizing he did not have enough room to pass, he returned to his own lane, but over-correct-ed and lost control, sending the car back into oncoming traffi c, where it collided head-on with a Dodge Ram pick-up.

The driver of the Toyota, Steven Dub, 19, and another passenger Hilary-Kend-all Fix, 19, were also killed. The driver of the pick-up, 46-year-old Richard Picanso,

was hospitalized with moderate injuries.A Kayla Shepard Memorial Fund

has been set up at East Contra Costa Bank (Bank of Ag) on First Street in Brentwood. Donations may be made at any ECC Bank. Also, a memorial table has been set up at His & Hers Formal Wear, 625 First St. in Brentwood. Dona-tions of fl owers, cards or checks may be dropped off there for delivery to the fam-ily. A meal calendar is also being set up; e-mail [email protected] to participate.

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a community), we are all coming to this as a united front. Im fi red up to see people so excited about this. We are going to make sure our hamlet is protected.

Dove said the immediate focus of the group is to slow down the process and elicit as much community support as possible. Right now we just want to extend the public comment period so they (Bureau of Recla-mation) can do an EIR of Discovery Bay and surrounding areas, said Dove, who hand de-livered more than 400 public comment cards to the Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento this week. We feel this project will have a very detrimental effect on the Delta.

Pete Lucero, public affairs offi cer for the Bureau of Reclamation, said federal agencies such as the bureau do not conduct environ-mental impact reports but rather environ-mental impact studies (EIS), of which the currently completed environmental assess-ment is the fi rst step. Should an EIS be neces-sary, it would be conducted after the close of the public comment period and following the results of the environmental assessment.

It all depends upon how the EA (en-vironmental assessment) comes out, said Lucero. Were still in the public comment period, and an environmental impact study, if done, would be done after we receive and evaluate the comments.

As to whether the Discovery Bay group wields the clout to extend the public com-ment period, which is set to close on Nov. 17, Lucero said it was a possibility. I cant tell you exactly what the probability of that is at this point, but I can tell you it is not an uncommon practice.

Guzzardo said that while the SFBDF is still brand new, the time for residents to get involved is now. We found out about this 2-Gates project about 10 days ago and people are up in arms, said Guzzardo. Our chal-lenge right now is time, and its critical that everyone in the area fi ll out a comment form with clear and salient points.

Comment forms and additional infor-mation will be available at tables set up this weekend from noon to 5 p.m. at the Safeway in the Sandy Cove Shopping Center, and at the Boardwalk at the Discovery Bay Ma-rina.

Donations to the SFBDF may be mailed to 2465 Discovery Bay Blvd., Suite 200, Dis-covery Bay, CA 94595. Additional informa-tion may be found on the SFBDF Web site, www.nodeltagates.com.

2-Gates from page 10A Transportation seats openThe City of Antioch is accepting

applications to represent the city on the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). The CCTA maintains a stand-ing Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to provide citizen perspective, participa-tion and involvement in the CCTAs $3 billion voter-approved Transportation Expenditure Plan and Growth Manage-ment Program.

The CCTA is comprised of 23 mem-bers, 20 of whom are appointed by each of the 20 local jurisdictions within Con-tra Costa County (cities, towns and the county) and three of whom serve as at-

large members nominated by communi-ty-based stakeholder organizations with Contra Costa County and appointed by CCTA.

Applicants must be registered vot-ers of and reside within the jurisdiction of the nominating body they would rep-resent. Once the governing body of their jurisdiction has taken formal action to nominate them as their representative, the nomination goes before the CCTA for confi rmation. The deadline for fi ling applications is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. Visit www.ci.antioch.ca.us or call the City Clerks Offi ce at 925-779-7009.

Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the CCTAs Pleasant Hill offi ces, 3478 Buskirk Ave., Suite 100. CAC members are appointed to serve a four-year term without compensation. Members will, however, receive reimbursement for travel expenses to and from the CAC meetings.

For further information regarding transportation projects and programs in Contra Costa, visit www.ccta.net. To view the CAC Charter and Bylaws, or to download the Word fi le for the applica-tion, go to www.ci.antioch.ca.us.


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In the meantime, suggested Welling-ton, homeowners can hire a company to come in and spray every month or two, or they can do it themselves. Either way, because of the origin and stamina of the oriental variety, there is little residents can do to prevent the cockroaches from invading their neighborhoods.

Unfortunately, if it were an Ameri-can or German cockroach, Id say clean out your kitchen, said Wellington. But with these guys, they are originating un-derneath your home, in the sewers, and there isnt really a whole lot a homeowner can do. The most effective way to eradi-cate the roaches is with a barrier insecti-cide, which is a pesticide that establishes a barrier between your home and the bugs. I have them (cockroaches) at my home and

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Gun owners, shows feel under assault

Gun owners are increasingly feeling like they have a gi-ant target on their back as they come under fi re by Demo-cratic legislators who have been banning gun shows and In-ternet sales of ammunition on top of previous gun-control restrictions such as background checks and a 10-day wait-ing period for gun purchases.

Ironically, the more that legislative shots are aimed at gun owners, the better it is for the gun business. Attendance at gun shows and sales of guns and ammunition are up in the past year since the election of President Barack Obama and the Democratic control of both houses of Congress, according to Richard Smith, promoter of the Code of the West Gun Show, which was held at the Antioch fairgrounds last weekend.

The same thing happened back in the Clinton era, said Smith. We had a big push on gun ownership and am-munition ownership. Because they are afraid that that side of the political pendulum is going to swing and take away their rights. So they come out and buy more guns, more ammo, more whatever. Smith & Wesson gun sales are up 84 percent in the last year.

Smith, who has been putting on gun shows throughout Northern California for nearly two decades (twice a year in Antioch), had his show banned from the Santa Rosa fairgrounds 10 years ago. A lawsuit has been fi led by a gun show promoter against Alameda County for banning gun shows from that countys fairgrounds. The state legislature recently tried to ban gun shows from the Cow Palace, but the bill was vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

Outside of the Antioch gun show, fl iers were being passed out urging attendees to write a letter to state leg-islators to overturn recently passed legislation that would

require ammunition buyers thumbprints, names and ad-dresses to be sent to the California Department of Justice beginning in February of 2011, in effect banning online sales of ammo to Californians.

Dennis Johnston, owner of Red Line Ballistics, which supplies pistol ammunition to sportings goods stores and fi ring ranges, said sales have been exceptional thanks to the ascendancy of the Democrats in Washington, D.C. a year ago.

People are running scared, he said. They are afraid theres going to be non-availability issues. So its kind of panic buying at this time. It went into hyperdrive when the governor signed the ammo bill requiring the thumbprints in February, 2011 for people buying ammo. People are para-noid about government intrusion. I think theres concern theres going to be a shortage.

While Johnston is enjoying the sales boom, he believes it will eventually mellow out and people will get back to the standard behavior again. I think people are overly para-noid about this (ammunition) bill. I dont like government intrusion in my life. But its a fact of life and I think its go-ing to be alright.

Pittsburg resident Foster Goree, who was at the show looking to buy a handgun for his wife so that they can shoot together at the fi ring range, doesnt have a problem with the thumbprint/ID requirement to purchase ammunition. I think thats good, he said. (It will) make sure the right people have them.

But Jeff Ysmael, who drove out from Concord to buy a box of bullets for a .45-caliber automatic handgun and to check out the vintage rifl es, is opposed to having his thumb printed and ID sent to Sacramento. I think thats ridiculous, he said. To me, as much legislation as they are

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see Gun page 22AThere were enough ri es at the Antioch Gun Show to have fought two battles of the Alamo.

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Uniform logicEditor:

Soon the Antioch School Board will be sending out a survey to see if parents are agreeable to school uniforms at the high school level. I know many high-school-age children will be opposed as well as some parents, and the reasons will be as varied as the individuals, but ask yourself this: how would you like to make your child safer?

We had a high school student brutally beaten because he was mistaken for a gang member because of the clothing he wore. We most recently had another high school student shot as he was entering school because he was identifi ed by a gang as being in a gang. The bullet that shot him

could have as easily gone astray and hit any number of children also on their way to school.

School uniforms also take pressures off children whose families cant keep up on the latest and greatest styles. They save parents money, allow for hand-me-downs to younger children and friends, and stop arguments on what is appropriate and not appropriate school apparel. School uniforms will give children a sense of respect for themselves and others. School is about learning, not fashion. Unfortu-nately, young girls physically mature before they are equipped to handle unwanted advances; school uniforms will make them less desirable to predators.

We see how well school uniforms are working at grammar and middle schools; why not high schools where gangs are more prevalent? People who feel the uniforms stifl e creativity are shortsighted. If our kids werent so obsessed with what others are wearing, they would have more time to be creative in areas that would take them further in life.

For those of you who feel the children will be losing their right of choice, well, I say to you: a stray bullet from a gang member takes all their choices in life away, so what is more important to you?

Maryjane CarstenAntioch

Visual blight a consequence of brain blight

Editor:I am writing in response to several

news stories and letters to the editor over recent weeks about the temporary storage of rail cars in various parts of Brentwood and Oakley.

Although I can sympathize with resi-dents being surprised by rail cars showing up in front of their homes, we must fi rst go back a few years, when our City Coun-cil, planners, developers pushed hard to slap together houses wherever they could be built. Our community was drunk on developers fees, and many determined that uncontrolled growth was the best for our community in the long run, including homes right up against the Mococo Line.

I have heard scores of people assert publicly over the years that they moved to Brentwood for its small-town, rural, family-oriented community. At least two of those adjectives could be associated with railroads. Now, some are concerned about the visual blight that the rail cars apparently bring, and even our city offi cials are temporarily concerned about a possible dip in home values in this ephemeral and unpredictable East County real estate market.

Rail is one of the most effi cient methods of transportation for goods, and it pulls much traffi c off our local roads, directly contributing to road safety. Before we criticize UPRR and the Mococo Line for being in East County for many de-cades, why dont we fi rst ask why so many homes were recently built right next to the rail lines? Who approved that?

I am not writing to criticize the many homeowners who bought homes right

along the Mococo Line, but I am shocked that our City Council and manager would be publicly accusing UPRR of tempo-rarily reducing our bottomed-out home values and forcing upon us this visual blight.

I think these issues are indicative of a community identity crisis. Some want a small-town atmosphere, but with no evi-dence of a small-town history. Some want a glitzy urban lifestyle, but with no urban traffi c. I see people in oversized glossy vehicles shake their fi sts at farmers driving their tractors on our small country roads. Lets get through this vacuous growth spurt and let our community stabilize before we start blaming all our woes on the trains.

Spencer HolmesBrentwood

Council made shameful decisionEditor:

I would like to respond to the editorial entitled City Council recall should be recalled.

I have been a resident of this area for 20 years and have raised two children who enjoyed the city park for years and two more children at home who continue to enjoy it. It needs to be said that the reason so many residents are upset over the new downtown civic center is not so much because of the building itself, but because of where it is being built.

The city park was deeded to the


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Fiddling stops before district burnsNero fi ddled while Rome burned, the saying goes.

Although there werent actually any fi ddles in AD 64, theres been too much fi ddling in far East County while the issue of how to provide adequate fi re protection has burned and burned and burned.

Two years ago Contra Costa County, along with the cities of Brentwood and Oakley, agreed to form a new governing board for the East Contra Cos-ta Fire Protection District (EC-CFPD). The local, nine-mem-

ber board would replace the fi ve county supervisors who have been calling the shots in the district since its forma-tion seven years ago. Unfortunately, Oakley City Council members pulled out of the plan a year and a half ago due to a dispute with county offi cials over land transfers that had nothing to do with fi re protection.

With the plan for the new board shot down in fl ames, Oakley and Brentwood offi cials sought to annex into the better-funded Contra Costa Fire Protection District. That district turned thumbs down on the request, how-ever, pointing out that far East County is underfunded for the amount of service required.

So, after two years with nothing to show for it, Oakley council members have fi nally agreed to join with

Brentwood and the county in forming the new governing board. Its hard to say whether any lives or structures that might otherwise have been saved with standardized fi re protection were lost in the meantime, but we congratulate local offi cials for stepping up to the plate to deal with this diffi cult, but vital, issue.

When it is formed early next year, the board com-prised of four members from Brentwood, three from Oakley and two from unincorporated far East County will need to fi gure out how to beef up fi re protection in this area while not burning too large of a hole in local wallets.

ECCFPD has been underfunded because just over half of local property taxes go toward the fi re district in comparison with other areas of the county. As a result, the district has been dipping into its reserve fund to the tune of $2 million per year the past couple of years in order to keep a minimum of two fi refi ghters in each of the districts eight stations, along with three fi refi ghters at the Oakley station and one of the two Brentwood stations.

Job 1 will be fi guring out how to apply a tourniquet to stop the fi scal hemorrhaging while continuing to pro-vide at least the current level of fi re protection in a 250-square-mile area containing about 100,000 people. The bigger job will be determining how to beef up fi re pro-

tection, preferably to the standard of three fi refi ghters on duty around the clock at each station. That could cost an extra $5 million per year, possibly resulting in an annual property tax hike of $200-$250 per residence.

Needless to say, it would be a tall order to get far East County residents to agree to increase their taxes by that amount after two years of the Great Recession in which nearly everyone has been forced to cut back on expenses just to get by. It will require creativity, perhaps thinking outside the fi re engine box, such as increased privatization of medical and rescue personnel, relocation of fi re sta-tions to urban areas, returning to trained volunteers and increasing the number of reserve fi refi ghters while reduc-ing full-time fi refi ghters.

It wont be easy. We believe the initial appointments to the new fi re board should be taken from city councils and elected municipal advisory committees to provide some ballot-box weight and responsiveness to the process of charting the districts course, and that a move to a directly elected fi re board should then follow. With the backing of the voters, the board members would be better enabled to make the hard decisions, including the possibility of plac-ing a tax measure on the ballot. The good news is that far East County fi re protection is fi nally on the right track, and local people will soon be driving the train.

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Kamps Propane reaches milestone year

Kamps Propane in Oakley is just a small piece of the larger puzzle that has been providing propane to Califor-nia customers for 40 years.

Kamps President John Kamps expanded his pro-pane business, which he fi rst opened in Manteca in 1969, with a location in Bethel Island, which he later moved to Oakley before branching out the franchise to Hayward, Sacramento and Placerville. Today there are a total of 10 retail locations in California, but Kamps Propane can be found throughout the western seaboard at resale dispen-saries at gas stations and hardware stores.

Were (Kamps) the last remaining independent propane distributor, said Kamps Oakley Account Ex-ecutive Joe Silva. Its a very competitive business. All the big dogs are out on the east coast, but were holding down the fort. What sets us apart is that you get quality, personal service when you work with Kamps Propane. Thats what people really want, so thats what we bring to our clients. Plus, its important to support local business. The Kamps headquarters are in Manteca, so it all comes back to the Bay Area.

My goal has been, and continues to be, to deliver the highest quality, value and reliability to each and ev-ery Kamps customer, said Kamps. Kamps achieves this by having the best qualifi ed and trained team that weve developed over the years. I am proud of the Kamps Propane team and the great job theyre doing.

Silva said most new homes dont rely on propane, but smaller communities in Bethel Island, Byron and Knightsen are reliant on propane as their source of ener-gy. Propane is used to power more than family barbecue grills. Propane fuels water heaters, clothes dryers, fur-naces, space heaters, pool and spa heaters, plus portable stoves.

Propane is one of those hidden commodities in life, Silva said. Its easy to overlook, but if you dont have natural gas, then you probably use propane. You probably dont even think about propane, but once youre aware of it, youll see it everywhere. Its more common that most people realize.

Silva said propane is popular with farmers who use it to power heaters that dry crops such as walnuts and other foods. Propane is also used in the agriculture in-dustry to power irrigation pumps, greenhouse heating systems and generators.

Kamps is also revolutionizing the propane industry with the introduction of the Smart System, a monitoring device that automatically alerts Kamps when a customer is in need of more propane. The Smart System sends several

by Samie HartleyStaff Writer

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Its a Matter of LawBy Barbara A. Frantz

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Nothing is more gut wrenching for me than when a parent has passed on, and their adult child is in my office look-ing overwhelmed and lost. First of all, I identify, since my mom, now 90, whom I talk to everyday, will be passing on one of these days. She actually said she was going to will herself to die the day after she turned 90, but God had something else in mind. She was upset. I thought for sure she could do it. She is so strong mentally.

The next thing I see is that while some estates are very much in order, many are not. Living Trusts have not been reviewed, and much of the informa-tion in them is no longer relevant. An heir is left guessing how to best handle the affairs of someone whose loss they are grieving.

People often dont want to talk to their kids about their choices at death. Shoot, no one wants to talk about death, period. Here are some of the decisions that cause extra stress for the heirs, mak-ing the financial decisions even harder: what should I be wearing, open casket or closed casket, should there be flowers or a donation to a charity, what music, should people be allowed to stand up and talk about me, what dont I want to be given away of my personal effects.

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inhabitants of Brentwood, perpetually and forever, in 1888 by Josephine Sanford. The City Council has completely disregarded her wishes and has taken it upon itself to do whatever it wishes with the park. The city has many fi ne locations for this new center that should have been considered further, rather than take away property that does not belong to it.

It states in your editorial that recalls should be reserved for ethical violations, etc. My opinion is that what the City Council has done is not only morally and ethically wrong; it could be considered illegal. Please remember that the council did not have a unanimous vote for this new Civic Center. It was a 3 to 2 vote in favor of. Why do you believe that the two remaining council members voted against it? It is most defi nitely something worth pondering.

No matter how the council tries in vain to justify the exorbitant spending on this new civic center, it is just way out of line, especially considering the state of the economy. The City of Oakley built a beau-tiful new City Hall for a fraction of the cost that we are going to be paying for ours. To the City Council: Shame on You.

Alison PackBrentwood

Delta dwellers steamrolled by 2-Gates

Editor:We attended the 2-Gate Demo Project

Forum held at Discovery Bay on Oct. 27 and are alarmed by what we heard. We feel the project is a major setback and defi cit to the residents of California, especially when $80 million plus is involved to dam up important rivers in the Delta.

When we heard that the Metropolitan Water District was heavily involved, it was a red fl ag that the habitat was really not the issue. There was no mention of any impact on the other species of fi sh native to the Delta that depends on migration through the river system. We are shocked that the Forum speakers had no answers and evidently no research or concern for the effects the dams will have on the tidal washing of the backwater arrears of Dis-covery Bay, which could greatly reduce the value of our homes.

There also seems to be no concern for

the effects on the businesses in the Delta during this fi nancial crisis time in Califor-nia. In a time when so many bad decisions are being made, we dont need another one that caters to the interest of big lobby-ists and their grab for water for Southern California.

Evidently, those of us who work and live in the Delta are just collateral dam-age for a project that seems to be steam-rolling down the pike!

George and Leanne IzzoDiscovery Bay

Scaring up funds for GarinEditor:

What a phenomenal Hometown Hal-loween! On behalf of the Garin Parents Club, we would like to thank Melinda at the Catwalk for the perfect location for our Haunted Basement; our dedicated experts of scaring, Maureen and Jim Baker; and the Shred This, LLC family for sponsoring this event. Also the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, all of the volunteers and visitors who came and made this possible. It was a scary good time that raised over $1,000 for Garin School. Events like this show the community spirit for Brentwood. Thank you!

Suzanne JohnsonSecretary, Garin Parents Club

BOOville says YAYEditor:

Discovery Bay Elementary School PTA wishes to say a huge thank you to our amaz-ing sponsors, donors and volunteers for our annual BOOville Halloween Carnival.

Because of the generosity of so many community members, we were able to raise important funds to support school programs. Boardwalk Grill; Discovery Bay Chandlery Lisa and Dave Black; Discov-ery Bay Chamber of Commerce; Trader Joes; Acostas; Jumpers; Safeway; Aladinos Pizza; Dash Market; Touchplate Printing Gianni family; Daffy Apple; Chantelles Graphics; Skin Solutions by Jody; Blue Frog Screen Printing & Embroidery; Dis-covery Bay Lions Club; Byron Delta Lions; Boy Scouts; Discovery Play School; The Academy; BOOville Committee; Haunted House Committee; room parents and class volunteers; teachers and staff; high school volunteers: Thank you!

Tina DuncanDiscovery Bay PTA

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T.S. No. WC-207802-C Loan No. 0043267020 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/8/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashiers check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank spec-i ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to sat-isfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the prop-erty address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: ALFREDO CANTERO, AN UNMARRIED MAN Recorded 8/- 31/2006 as Instrument No. 2006- 0277369-00 in Book- , page- of Of cial Records in the of ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale:11/20/- 2009 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, California Property Address is purported to be: 742 SOLITUDE DRIVE OAKLEY, California 94561 APN #: 034-420-036 The total amount secured by said in-strument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $635,997.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the bene ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 10/21/2009 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Chris-

tine Gomez-Schwab, TRUSTEE SALE OFFI-CER ASAP# 3296425 10/30/2009, 11/- 06/2009, 11/13/2009 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: october 30, November 6, 13, 2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 09-0036733 Title Order No. 09-8-112865 Investor/Insurer No. 1704019170 APN No. 034- 410-073-0 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/31/2007. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trust-ee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: GERARD ROSE AND FRANCES ROSE, AS HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS., dated 05/31/2007 and recorded 06/05/07, as Instrument No. 2007-0163565-00, in Book -, Page -), of Of cial Records in the of ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 11/19/2009 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, pay-able in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 1020 MORNING GLORY WAY, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publi-cation of the Notice of Sale is $458,933.68. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashiers checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci- ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said

as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 255 HILL AVENUE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publi-cation of the Notice of Sale is $790,238.71. It is possible that at the time of sale the open-ing bid may be less than the total indebted-ness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashiers checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci- ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encum-brances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/- 05/2008 RECON-TRUST COMPANY 1757 TAPO CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustees Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPA-NY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3327094 11/06/2009, 11/- 13/2009, 11/20/2009 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETrustee Sale No. : 20090134007224 Title Order No.: 132824 FHA/VA/PMI No.: - YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/20/- 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/27/- 2005 as Instrument No. 2005- 0191385-

and Court Street), Martinez, California Prop-erty Address is purported to be: 772 AZORES CIR BAY POINT, California 94565-0000 APN #: 098-491-004 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial pub-lication of this notice is $422,859.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid bal-ance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publica-tion of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the bene ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commis-sioner a nal or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid on the date the notice of sale is led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale speci ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 10/20/2009 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3313863 10/- 30/2009, 11/06/2009, 11/13/2009 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: October 30, November 6, 13, 2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALETS No. 08-0056258 Title Order No. 08-8-209963 Investor/Insurer No. APN No. 033-080-005-3 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/13/- 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPA-NY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: ADELA LIZAR-RAGA AND JOAQUIN BARRETO, dated 01/13/2006 and recorded 01/23/06, as Instru-ment No. 2006-0021789-00, in Book , Page ), of Of cial Records in the of ce of the Coun-ty Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 11/- 30/2009 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the prop-erty situated in said County and State and

sale will be made, in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advanc-es thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 06/- 28/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SI-MI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trust-ees Sale Of cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3313407 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009, 11/13/2009 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: October 30, November 6, 13, 2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALET.S. No. GM-179883-C Loan No. 0470355124 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/22/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashiers check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank spec-i ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: BRIAN MATTHEW VAUGHN AND LORETTA M. VAUGHN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded 8/31/2006 as In-strument No. 2006-0276216- 00 in Book- Page- of Of cial Records in the of ce of the Record-er of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale:11/20/- 2009 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main

00 of of cial records in the of ce of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: JASON BIELSKI AND SHANNON BIELSKI, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIERS CHECK/CASH EQUIV-ALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 11/12/2009 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE COURT STREET EN-TRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA. STREET AD-DRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1923 HAMBURG STREET, OAKLEY, CALIFORNIA 94561 APN#: 037-121-028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expens-es of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $343,561.00. The bene ciary un-der said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POST-ING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IR-VINE, CA 92602 714-730- 2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Authorized Agent Dated: 10/23/2009 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison, Texas 75001-9013 Tele-phone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 ASAP# 3303320 10/23/2009, 10/- 30/2009, 11/06/2009 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dat

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