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| Welcome to Nelson's E-News! |
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Thank you for reading this edition of my newsletter. I hope you find the information below very helpful. As always, I appreciate and look forward to your feedback.
The next board meeting will be Tuesday, May 9th at 9:30am in the Hall of Administration – 333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana 92701. The agenda may be accessed here.
Please see photos and descriptions below of some of the events our office attended in the community this week. If you were unable to attend, there are other events listed at the end of this newsletter.
Sincerely,
Shawn Nelson |
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| County Updates |
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| Let’s #UpliftOC this Mental Health Matters Month! |
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Did you know that research shows performing simple acts of kindness is actually good for YOUR mental health?
Follow the OC Health Care Agency on Facebook and Twitter during the month of May as we celebrate Mental Health Matters Month by shining the spotlight on simple behaviors our community members can implement in their everyday lives that will positively lift the spirits of friends, loved ones, and neighbors while simultaneously improving their own mental health and wellbeing. Show your support by sharing kindness on social media by using the hashtag (#UpliftOC)!
Every day, millions of people face stigma related to mental health and go years before receiving any help. Our goal is to amplify the voices of everyone who wants to put an end to stigma and show our support to help make a difference in someone’s life.
HCA Debuts ‘What it Means to Wear Lime Green’ Video
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So you’ve picked up a lime green ribbon, and you know it has something to do with mental health. But what, exactly? As HCA shares here, this little accessory packs a big message and wearing one is a simple way you can help #UpliftOC.
HCA employees will join community members from throughout California by taking part in the Each Mind Matters movement and wearing the color lime green to open an honest dialogue about mental health and participate in a variety of activities to spread awareness about the importance of mental health and share tips and resources for those in need.
For a calendar of Mental Health Matters Month events happening throughout Orange County, a social media toolkit pre-stocked with messages you can share to promote mental health awareness on your own accounts, and lots of additional information and resources, please click here. |
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| The 2017 Eco Challenge Poster Contest is on |
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For the fifth consecutive year, OC Waste & Recycling invites young artists to show their talent and their commitment to a greener planet. Youths aged eight to 14 may compete to win the Angels Baseball Bat Kid experience by creating a poster that shows how they personally “Take the Eco Challenge.” The deadline for submitting posters is Friday, June 30, 2017.
The 2017 contest theme is organics. Contest entrants are encouraged to use their creativity to show how they would keep organic materials out of the landfills. The poster should show what could be done at school, at home or it the community to recycle green waste and/or food waste. The artwork must be original and may not be computer generated.
One winner in each Orange County Supervisorial District will be selected be an Honorary Bat Kid for one regular-season Angels home game in August or September. Each of the five winners also will receive four tickets to a predetermined Angels home game, complimentary parking, one Bat Kid uniform, one official baseball, one on-field credential for dugout access, and one professional field photo.
OC Waste & Recycling and its partners, Discovery Cube and Angels Baseball are pleased to offer the opportunity for young artists to engage in learning about environmental stewardship and demonstrate their knowledge through their artistic creativity.
For more information and contest rules visit 2017 Bat Kid Poster Contest. |
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| Eco Challenge Event Tomorrow! |
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| OC Public Works Open House |
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| In the District |
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| “Morning of Miracles” Celebrated at Donate Life |
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Supervisor Nelson’s son, Shane, and wife, Sharon, supporting Donate Life at CSUF
Policy Advisor Steve Spernak with legendary Angel Rod Carew. |
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Donate Life 2017 at Cal State Fullerton was truly a ‘morning of miracles’ as twenty thousand friends and family members of organ and tissue donors met with recipients, surgeons, DMV and VIP to celebrate the lives of donors and the magic of this amazing project.
Hosted by the Hostert family, this Saturday was the 15th year of promoting their life-saving crusade of education and registering donors statewide to help preserve the lives of people in real crisis who need organs to survive in life.
Through the tears and 40 mph winds, the real angels from the Konrad Reuland family met on stage with former California Angel Rod Carew to tell the huge audience the story of how their 29-year-old son, Konrad, passed away with a brain aneurysm. The former pro-football player and OC homeland hero had met Carew when he was 11 years old and before his passing, told his mom that he would sign up to be a donor on his driver’s license renewal.
In an astonishing confluence of timing, luck and providence, Rod Carew at age 71, had suffered a heart attack and was not long for this world on specializes heart management when he got the call that a transplant was available to save his life.
The only info Carew got on the donor was “male, late 20’s, local, exceptionally healthy.” Their blood types matched and both were immune from Hepatitis B.
The ‘match in heaven’ led to a surgery that delivered Konrad’s heart into the chest of Carew. Reuland’s parents, Ralf and Mary, listened by stethoscope to their son’s heart in Carew’s chest to the amazement of the Reulands and Rhonda Carew, who owes the life of her husband to a miracle named Konrad Reuland.
At the morning’s opening ceremonies, the Carews hugged the Reulands and after doves were released the thousands of walkers and runners swept through CSUF to pay thanks for a “morning of miracles.” Policy Advisor Steve Spernak hugged his childhood hero in Rod Carew and told him, “Rod, you are the luckiest man here today.” Carew replied, “I know. I don’t have the words to describe it.”
To join OneLegacy for the Donate Life project, please call Erika Ospina Aswad at (714) 453-3292 or email Steve.Spernak@ocgov.com in the office of OC Supervisor Shawn Nelson. |
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| Reborn Café Brea Grand Opening |
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Policy Advisor Steve Spernak joins Mayor Hupp and Chamber CEO Heidi Gallegos with VIP at Grand Opening of Reborn Café |
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Brea just keeps getting better!
With 50 friends, supporters, City Council and staff attending the Brea Chamber of Commerce rolled out another fantastic member with their ribbon-cutting at the new Reborn Café of La Florista.
Located in the Whole Foods complex on Imperial Ave, just east of Valencia, the new café is ideal for starting the morning with a fresh cup of coffee or ending the night with friends on the outdoor padded benches and fireplace.
The varieties and choices of product are amazing with nitro cold brews, green plum, pomegranate, kale and lemon grass juices, poppy seed bagels with blueberry cream cheese, soft serve ice cream and the list goes on. The ribbon cutting was led by Mayor Cecilia Hupp and all the new owners and friends of Reborn who took the very best concepts of other stores and products, put it on paper and then built it to specs for maximum comfort, taste and access.
Policy Advisor Steve Spernak delivered congratulations to the City Manager Bill Gallardo and his team of planners and techs who joined Chamber President John Koos and CEO Heidi Gallegos for putting another enterprise in the city that adds jobs, income and quality of life flavors that make Brea such a premier city to live, shop and play in! |
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| Brea’s New Berkley’s BBQ Bowls and Hot Dogs |
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Policy Advisor Steve Spernak enjoys a custom-made Berkley’s hotdog in Brea! |
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Seventeen years of experience in the BBQ catering business and delivering fantastic food with a personality of fun and optimism came together this week when Berkley Hoagland opened his first Berkley’s BBQ in Brea. Located at 580 S. Brea Blvd., Berkley’s is a fun and eclectic center for people who want to create their own hotdogs by choosing toppings in the display.
Same for people who want to design their own personalized BBQ bowls with 8 different toppings and select BBQ sauces to create a fun lunch or late-night memory after a night on the town.
After the ribbon-cutting this week with the Brea Chamber of Commerce, Policy Advisor Steve Spernak sampled the magic of building his own custom hotdog to savor on the patio.
The foot-long dogs are grilled, placed in a bun and the canvas was made for the Spernak design-concept of steamed onions and sliced peppers, followed by shredded pastrami, adding a topping of fresh chili, scoops of tomatoes and chilled onion, then a dash of sweet BBQ sauce. Add the chips and coke and it’s a County employee’s dream lunch in Brea.
Berkley will begin advertising and marketing with the Chamber, do outreach to fundraising organizations and talk to schools and sports teams who like the convenience of fresh food and catered BBQ brought to games, sports parks, parties or family events.
For more information on having Berkley’s cater your events or just stopping by to create a monster hotdog for lunch, call him at (714) 798-7233 or email him at contact@berkleysbbqbowlsndogs.com. |
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| Buena Park City Clerk Retires |
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Policy Advisor Steve Spernak presents Lifetime Achievement Award to City Clerk Shalice Tilton. |
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Congratulations and hugs of appreciation were everywhere this past week as the Mayor and Council members joined with City staff to deliver thanks and best wishes as City Clerk Shalice Tilton retires after a quarter century of service in Buena Park.
Beginning her legacy in 1992 in Recreation and Parks then as Department Secretary where promotions and training led her to Deputy and then a City Clerk appointment in 1997, Tilton was an inspiration of hard work and professional performance for two and half decades to the residents of Buena Park.
The City Clerk job is hugely demanding with deadlines, revises, presentations, financial and legal challenges and delivering printed and published government workings to meet Brown Act regulations and excellence in truth and factual mandates to the public.
Tilton did it with class and confidence, so much so she received the Master Municipal Clerk credential in 2007 and did 9 years of service on the Executive Board of City Clerks Association of California, serving as President in 2006 as well as work on the State League of California Cities Board of Directors.
Policy Advisor Steve Spernak delivered the Supervisor’s Lifetime Achievement Proclamation and spoke of how Tilton and her staff worked at the ‘speed of trust’ with Supervisor Nelson’s team and that she was always the consummate professional.
Spernak closed by getting approval from the Mayor and City Manager Jim Vanderpool to have a replica of Tilton’s retirement proclamation posted inside the walls of the City Council chambers so generations of employees and residents can always appreciate her 25 years of professionalism, performance and the delivery of municipal management in the highest traditions of public service. |
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| Supervisor Honors Soroptimist Awardees |
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Supervisor Nelson joined with the Soroptimist International of Buena Park to recognize their “Outstanding Women in the City Award” honorees at their annual “Live Your Dream’ dinner hosted last week at the Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel.
The five women honored were recognized for their civic contributions, leadership, 21st century school district management, professional performances and patriotism that inspired other women, children and families in Buena Park to new ideals, missions and agendas to make Buena Park one of the premier cities in OC.
Special congratulations to:
Sara Pendlebury- Soroptimist International of Buena Park "Live Your Dream" Award
Debbie Donnelly- Buena Park Noon Lions “Sincerity of Friendship” Award
Norma Martinez- Centralia School District - “Integrity of Profession” Award
Nancy Egbert- Speech and Language Development Center - “Joy of Achievement” Award
Karla Galindo- Union Bank- Buena Park - “Dignity of Service” Award
Mayor Elizabeth Swift- Mayor of Buena Park - “Love of Country” Award
Sincere congratulations and best wishes for continued success to all the honorees and Buena Park Soroptimist! |
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| Metrolink |
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| Metrolink Introduces Surfboard Storage |
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Starting May 6, you can now bring your surfboards onto Metrolink trains to go surfing at Southern California beaches. All designated Bike/Board cars will have capacity to hold up to five surfboards in the surf netting carriers. Soon, it’ll be a breeze to take your surfboards onto Orange County and Inland Empire-Orange County line trains down to San Clemente Pier and Oceanside North Strand beaches.
For more information on rules and frequently asked questions, click here. |
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| Events |
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| Celebrating Military Children’s Month |
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Policy Advisor Steve Spernak delivers commendations to the planners of Military Children Celebrations at Los Alamitos |
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Supervisor Nelson was honored to partner with the Military Children’s Collaborative Group and the OC Veterans and Military Families Collaborative (OCVMFC) in hosting the 3rd annual Month of the Military Child Ceremony and Celebrations.
Some 300 military parents and their children attended the ceremonies and celebrations of the contributions kids of military give America having their parents working in the Armed Forces, Reserves, National Guard or Veterans retired.
The project to honor military kids came from MCCG Founder and CEO Debbie Nicols. Nicols became an instant-parent again when her family member in the military had to deploy overseas leaving a youngster in her care.
The new responsibility and challenges of parenting again…along with the trials of emotions, fear, frustrations, depression and academics were a menu of issues Nicols never had in her life before. Nicols realized that 14,000 military kids in OC and other ‘instant-parents’ could use her leadership and inspiration along with real-life solutions to help the kids till dad or mom got back from Iraq or ship-duty overseas or on extended deployments.
That effort rose the project and services of Nicols and the remarkable patriotic women Supervisor Nelson honored at the awards dinner. Policy Advisor Steve Spernak delivered commendations for outstanding service to the families and children of military in OC to Debbie Nicols, Lori Pack, Antoinette Balta, Larisa Owen, Mitzi Huff and Kim Hagner, military families Director at Los Alamitos Joint Training Base.
Nicols will next work on meeting with teachers, school boards and OC Board of Education Director Al Mijares to introduce the program to “educate educators” about the trials of military kids and keeping them centered, focused on academics and socially active with peers, sports and community.
For more information on military kids programs to support these ‘silent heroes’ please call Nicols at (714) 536-6184 or go to www.mccgroup.org or email her at Debbie@mccgroup.org or Larisa Owen of OCVMFC Children and Families Working Group at Lowen@cffutures.org. |
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| OC Estrella Awards 2017 |
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Policy Advisor Steve Spernak presented OCHCC CEO Ruben Frank with County Commendations from Supervisor Nelson |
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Supervisor Nelson extended his congratulations and best wishes to the top Hispanic businesses and individuals to honor their service, leadership and contributions to a better Orange County at the 2017 Estrella Awards. Hosted each year by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the Disneyland Hotel where some 800 attending enjoyed the success and stories of contributions and passionate lifetime commitments to OC residents are showcased in a night of magic and memories.
Supervisor Nelson is honored to recognize these community heroes and had Policy Advisor Steve Spernak personally deliver commendations to OCHCC CEO Ruben Frank who presented the well-deserved awards during the night’s festivities.
The Lifetime Achievement Award to Frank Garcia of La Casa Garcia Restaurants was a special moment for the Supervisor who had a chance to honor Garcia’s “We Give Thanks” annual Thanksgiving meals program where food is prepared for 20,000 attending the Honda Center gala.
Congratulations and blessings to the 2017 Estrella Award Winners:
- Corporate Responsibility – Southwest Airlines
- Dr. Juan Francisco Lara Education Award – Tiger Woods Foundation
- Community Based Organization – A.C. Green Youth Foundation
- Member of the Year – John Gutierrez, OC Hospice
- Business of the Year – Villa Roma
- Ambassador of the Year – Lisette Silverman
- Ambassador of the Year – Luis Mier
- Viola Myre OC Volunteer of the Year – Fidel Gomez
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Frank Garcia, La Casa Garcia Restaurants
To become a member of OCHCC or nominate an honoree, please call the Chamber at (714) 953-4289 or email mail@ochcc.com. |
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| Anaheim Neighborhood Services |
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Meet your Anaheim neighbors and city staff to work together to improve neighborhoods. Your participation is instrumental in focusing on the needs of your community! Neighborhood Services Community Meetings are part of the Anaheim Neighborhood Improvement Program that uses an inter-departmental approach to improve the livability of Anaheim’s neighborhoods. Neighborhood improvement is accomplished by creating partnerships between stakeholders to work on issues of concern and identify actions to address them. Join us at the next meeting!
District 1 – Wednesday, June 7, 2017
West Anaheim Youth Center
320 S. Beach Blvd.
District 2 – Thursday, June 8, 2017
Anaheim Union High School District Offices
501 N. Crescent Way
District 3 – Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Downtown Anaheim Community Center
250 E. Center St.
District 4 – Thursday, June 15, 2017
Ball Junior High School
1500 W. Ball Rd.
District 5 – Thursday, June 29, 2017
Rio Vista Elementary School
310 N. Rio Vista St.
District 6 – Thursday, June 22, 2017
East Anaheim Community Center
8201 Santa Ana Canyon Rd.
All meetings begin at 7:00 pm |
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| County Commissions and Committees |
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The Fourth District has vacant appointments on the following commissions or committees:
- Assessment Appeals Board No.1
- Orange County Visitors Association
- Senior Citizens Advisory Committee
If you are interested in serving on one of these committees, please call George Cardenas at (714) 834-3440. |
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| Pet of the Week |
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| Library Corner |
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City of Anaheim Events
What: Taste of Anaheim
When: May 11, 2017
Where: 400 Disney Way, Anaheim CA 92802
Time: 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM
What: Anaheim Chamber Leads Lunch
When: May 17, 2017
Where: 2114 E. Lincoln Ave. Anaheim CA 92806
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
City of Brea Events
What: Leads Lunch Breas ultimate networking solution
When: May 10, 2017
Where: 900 E Birch St. Brea, CA 92821
Time: 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
What: Brea Farmers Market
When: May 11, 2017
Where: N/W/C Birch Street and State College Blvd.
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
City of Buena Park Events
What: Cultural & Fine Arts Commission Meeting
When: May 17, 2017
Where: 6650 Beach Blvd, Buena Park CA 90621
Time: 7 PM
What: Police Appreciation Luncheon
When: May 18, 2017
Where: 7576 Crescent Ave. Buena Park CA 90620
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
City of Fullerton Events
What: Downtown Fullerton Artwalk
When: May 5, 2017
Where: Downtown Fullerton
Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
What: CSUF Engineering & Computer Science Student Projects Showcase and Awards
When: May 8, 2017
Where: 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92831
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
City of La Habra Events
What: La Habra Citrus Fair
When: May 6-7, 2017
Where: 321 E. La Habra Blvd between Cypress and Euclid St., El Centro Lions Park, La Habra Community Center
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
What: Chamber Bowling - Relay for Life
When: May 10, 2017
Where: 370 E. Whittier Blvd. La Habra, CA 90631
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
City of Placentia Events
What: Cultural Arts Commission Meeting
When: May 9, 2017
Where: 401 E Chapman Ave. Placentia, CA 92870
Time: 6:00 PM
What: Planning Commission Meeting
When: May 9, 2017
Where: 401 E Chapman Ave. Placentia, CA 92870
Time: 6:30 PM
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Mark Lopez
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George Cardenas
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