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GLEN PARK NEWSGLEN PARK NEWSOfficial Newspaper of the Glen Park Association

www.glenparkassociation.org

Published Quarterly

Fall 2007

Glen Park Association Meeting Notice

Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 7 p.m.

St. Johns School, 925 Chenery St.

Meet Our New Police Captain, Denis OLeary, at 7:00

BART Officials Discuss Plans for

Glen Park BART Development at 7:30

Entering the Glen Park Recreation Cen-ter public bathrooms long has been one

of those hold-your-nosepropositions, an urbanadventure not for thrillseekers but for those left

with few alternatives.I had to go to the bathroom, and

I was shocked. It was so substandard,said John Zaugg, a retired graphicdesigner who visited the mens room forthe first time in late June when he wason a four-hour outing at Glen CanyonPark as an assignment for a watercolorclass he was taking through City Col-lege.

He returned the next day, this time

with a digital camera, to documentthe filth. Human excrement and urinesplattered the toilet and urinal, graf-fiti marred the walls, and toilet paperlittered the floor. It was appalling,said Zaugg, a 66-year-old resident ofthe Upper Haight who soon contactedBevan Dufty, Glen Parks representativeon the Board of Supervisors.

Dufty contacted the San FranciscoRecreation and Park Department,

which responded with an explanationthat there was a shortage of custodians.Translation: The park bathrooms were

Volume 25, No. 3

byRachelGordon

Capt. Paul C. Chignell, the popularcommanding officer ofthe SFPDs Ingleside Sta-tion since 2004, has beentransferred to a new com-mand, the Taraval Station,

by Chief Heather Fong.The chief tapped Capt. Denis

OLeary to take command of InglesideStation. The move, announced at ourpress deadline Friday afternoon, Sept.7,was to take effect Sept. 15. InglesideStation covers Glen Park, Sunnyside,Bernal Heights, Diamond Heights andseveral other neighborhoods includingthe high-crime Sunnydale near the CowPalace.

Their reassignments were part of alarger group of unexpected transfers inthat rank. The job of station captain is

considered a plum assignment in the SanFrancisco Police Department, but alsoone of the most difficult. The captainsoften serve as the public face of thedepartment, juggling the demands ofresidents, merchants, special-interest

activists, elected leaders at City Hall,police brass and the men and womenwho serve under their command. Bynature, it is a high-pressure job thatrequires political deftness and dexter-ity.

Chignell, whose taste for politics isevidenthe once served as mayor ofSan Anselmo in Marin Countysaidthe Ingleside assignment has been themost rewarding of his police career.

I must say that in the three yearsand five months that I have had the

SFPD Station House Shuffle:Glen Park Gets New Captain

rarely cleaneda sorry state of affairsfor the tiny tots, basketball players, dogwalkers, tennis players, joggers, naturelovers, baseball players and picnickerswho visit the popular park.

But there is good news. And his

name is Glen Loi, a Recreation andPark Department custodian who wastransferred in August to the Glen ParkRec Center from Portsmouth Square inChinatown.

Now were getting the bathroomscleaned every day, said Glen Park recdirector Allison Kent. You come inhere in the morning and the first thingyou smell is bleach. Theres a big dif-ference.

Loi, who works Monday throughFriday, isnt at Glen Park rec centerevery day, but is there most days hes onthe clock. For instance, he was assignedto work at Balboa Park one recent shift,he said.

Grotty Potties! City Vows

Rec Center Improvements

Disgusting. Photo by John Zaugg

byRachelGordon

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block of Chenery street toward herhome. In the distance, she heard the

woman screaming for help. One blockup, she saw a man running toward her,

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There are a thousand stories in the nakedcity. This is one of them.

It was June 21, a sunny afternoon.A woman was walkingon the 200 block ofChenery when she heardsomeone come up frombehind her. She thought

he only wanted to get by and movedout of his way.

Instead, he grabbed her purse. Thevictim, despite the pain in her arm fromhaving it violently jerked, ran after theman yelling for help.

The suspect, identified by police asJulio Ramirez, began to rifle through herpurse as he fled.

At that moment, Glen Park Asso-ciation membership secretary HeatherWorld was walking along the 100

Chenery Residents Help NabStrong-Arm Robbery Suspect

byElizabeth

Weise

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The mission of the Glen Park Association is to promote the collective

interests of all persons living in Glen Park, to inform and educate aboutneighborhood and citywide issues, to promote sociability and friend-ships and to support beneficial neighborhood projects.

GPA Board of Directors and Officers for 2007

President Michael Rice [email protected]

Vice-President Jeff Britt [email protected]

Treasurer Dennis Mullen 239-8337

Recording Secretary Kim Watts 902-4767Corresponding Secretary Tiffany Farr 215-2320Membership Secretary Heather World

[email protected] & Environment Michael Ames

[email protected] Improvement John Walmsley 452-0277Glen Park News Elizabeth Weise 908-6728

[email protected] Safety Volunteer needed

[email protected] & Park Richard Craib 648-0862Traffic, Parking & Transportation Volunteer needed

[email protected] & Planning D. Valentine

[email protected] Volunteer needed

Glen Park News2912 Diamond St. #407

San Francisco, CA 94131

(415) 908-6728

[email protected]

Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Weise

Deputy Editor Rachel Gordon

Photo Editor Liz Mangelsdorf

Design Editor Mary Mottola

Copy Editor Denis Wade

Advertising Nora Dowley

Reporters Dolan Eargle

Ashley Hathaway

Miriam Moss

Paula Levine

Joanna Pearlstein

Karen Peteros

Emma Bland Smith

Bonnie Wach

Bonnee Waldstein

Columnists Vince Beaudet

Jean Conner

Susan Evans

Ric Lpez

Michael Walsh

Photographers Ellen Rosenthal

Michael Waldstein

John Zaugg

Glen Park News

The Glen Park News is pub-lished quarterly by the GlenPark Association.

Signed articles are the opin-ions of the authors and notnecessarily those of the GlenPark Association.

To advertise in the GlenPark News call 908-6728or e-mail [email protected].

From the Editors

Help Plan Your Neighborhood

Its been four years since the San Fran-

cisco Planning Department endorsedthe Glen Park Neighborhood Plan,a document hashed out at a series ofworkshops attended by residents, localbusiness owners and representativesfrom various city, regional and stategovernment agencies.

The process, according to city plan-ners, was a community effort in whichparticipants worked hard to resolveexisting traffic, transit and parking

problems, improve connections andpedestrian safety, enhance local busi-ness vitality, build transit-served hous-ing and explore ways of retaining thebeloved character of Glen Park into thefuture.

Turning that grand vision intoreality has a long way to go, and onceagain city planners are looking to theGlen Park community for help. A pub-

lic meeting is tentatively scheduled forDecemberdate, time and location

to be determinedto remind peoplewhats in the plan and to give them achance to weigh in with new concernsand ideas.

The timing of the forum comesbefore the City is set to commencedrafting an environmental impact reportthat will look at how the proposals in theplan will impact everything from trafficflow to open space.

The City will contract with a con-

sultant to conduct the environmentalassessment. Eventually, the goal isto incorporate the Glen Park Com-munity Plan into a more formal AreaPlan and eventually into the CitysGeneral Plan that serves as a guide todevelopment and preservation in SanFrancisco. The General Plan covers abroad range of areas, from air qualityand transportation to commerce andhousing.

The environmental impact reportis not expected to be completed foranother year or so. Meanwhile, inaddition to the meeting planned forDecember, the City plans to hold atleast two other public forums over the

Glen Park Association News

I have read thousands of words aboutwhat happens to cars when they are not

moving, when we parkthem. Even the word parkis a bit ambiguous. Is itopen space with grassand paths? Is it a line offour-wheeled vehicles

almost blocking your driveway? Linguis-tically, its the same word, according tomy unabridged dictionaryan enclosureset aside for public use or for militaryequipment or for cars.

When the Glen Park Marketplacewas proposed, many in the neighbor-hood wanted to see more parking. Whenthe Glen Park Association worked withthe City to tighten parking controls onBosworth Street, we heard complaintsabout loss of spaces near BART forcommuters. With more restaurants openin Glen Park, where will the patronspark? Is a one-off-street-space-per-unit requirement enough parking for

housing? If BART develops its GlenPark parking lot, what happens to the54 public spaces?

Ive written before about the walk-ability of our neighborhood, our transitconnections, our urban village, but mywife and I do use our car for errands in

byMichael

Rice

Glen Park and around San Francisco.Sometimes we make decisions on mov-

ies based on the parking expectations.We have secret blocks for easy park-ing, in such neighborhoods as West Por-tal, the Castro, the Inner Sunset and theHaight. Well, no, I havent figured outa secret parking spot in the Haight.

I dont hide my bias for diversemixes of land uses vs. a lot of parking.I dont think we want Glen Park tolook like the Diamond Heights Shop-ping Center, or have a big garage. Lets

keep open minds on parking, as the Cityand BART move ahead on plans aroundthe village, the BART station and theBART lot. The BART lot has been agood reservoir of parking for the mer-chants, BART travelers and shoppers,for a long time. I have already heardstrong opinions in favor of the parkingas is, and concerns on the scale and den-sity of any new development. Othersenvision a site that can become part of

the neighborhood and less of a blacktopspace. There will be lots of discussion,opinions, studies and public reviewsbefore those decisions are made. TheGlen Park Association always will takean active role in the dialogue on thefuture of parking in the neighborhood.

Michael Rice is president of the Glen

Park Association

Join theGlen Park Association

Only $10 per person.

PO Box 31292San Francisco, CA 94131

or online atwww.glenparkassociation.org

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Letter to

the Editor

This letter was sent in response to

Glen Park Association President

Michael Rices column in the Sum-

mer 2007Glen Park News.

I read your article about NewUrbanism or Urbanism in thesummer Glen Park News.

You are correct; we do have agreat neighborhood to maintain, butI question why it needs to grow.

For instance, this BART proposal

to jam 50 to 60 housing units ontothe BART parking lot brings up twoquestions: One, does Mr. Radulovichrealize the parking problem? The factthat the owners of Canyon Markethave to ask for volunteers to delivergroceries reminds me of a meeting Iattended where a young woman saidshe could hardly wait to walk to agrocery store. Two, does he have asecret water supply, or hasnt he heard

the dire prognostications about nextyears water availability?

We have to ask ourselves aboutsome of the proposals that have beenfloated about improving our neigh-borhood.

Would we be better off if theCrosstown Freeway or the wideningof OShaughnessy Boulevard hadtaken place in the 1960s? City Hallersthought it a great idea. The people

who lived in Walnut Creek thought ita great idea. One lingering reminderof a commuter-friendly city is thetraffic light at Elk and Bosworth. Itcertainly does not favor the natives.

BART itself constitutes a mixedblessing. Yes, we can zip downtownor to the airport. But it has, if not cre-ated the parking problem, certainlyexacerbated it. Pay to park in frontof your housethis is inprovment?

Has moving St. Johns Schoolfrom St. Marys Park to its presentlocation helped the neighborhood?One questions how many childrenfrom Glen Park actually attend the

school when every school morningand afternoon a parade of cars goesup and down Chenery and Burnsidestreets. The school administrationdoes a good job of controlling thetraffic but putting the school theredisplaced many old-time residents.

Does having a nursery school inthe Park improve the neighborhood?No other place could be found?

Good things: The FACE program

in the 60s helped many Glen Parkresidents bring their homes up to codeand prevent Redevelopment (aka,move you out, tear down your home,put something else there). That, cou-pled with with Proposition 13, allowedmany olderor not very richpeopleto remain in their homes.

Actually, Glen Park was very niceas a bucolic backwater of the city!

Joan SeiwaldLongtime Resident

Editors Note: Ms. Seiwald has out-

standing credentials for critiquing

Glen Park neighborhood develop-

ment proposals. She was one of three

women derisively dubbed the gum

tree girls for their efforts to block

the proposed crosstown freeway,

which would have wiped out groves

of eucalyptus as it soared aboveGlen Canyon Park. She and her fel-

low activists are largely responsible

for saving the village ambience

we take for granted today. The

freeway revolt led by Seiwald,

Zoanne Nordstrom and Jerry Arkush

is described in Emma Bland S mith s

new Images of America book, SanFranciscos Glen Park and DiamondHeights, available at Bird and Beck-

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next year on the future of the neighbor-

hood, said Charles Rivasplata, the newGlen Park project planner.

The Glen Park News urges peopleto pay attention and get involved.

If youre concerned about pedes-trian safety, traffic congestion, housingdensity, the viability of the Glen Parkcommercial corridor or any and allrelated issues, the Glen Park Commu-nity Plan is a good place to start. Formore information, check out the City

web site, http://www.sfgov.org, andtype Glen Park Plan in the searchengine. Rivasplata said hed also behappy to field questions. His directline is 558-6255.

A lot has happened in GlenPark since the Community Plan washatchedand a lot more changes arein the works. The good news is that thepeople who live and work in our villagehave an opportunity to help shape our

future. n

ett Books and Records.

Under the Federally Assisted

Code Enforcement (FACE) pro-

gram, every residence in a FACE

district was to be brought up to code,

under City supervision. Low-inter-

est loans were available for owners

who couldnt afford the work. Glen

Park and Bernal Heights each had

a FACE district. n

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a purse in his hand. Behind him camethe screaming woman.

The man continued running andWorld realized he was heading toward

a running and unoccupied Ford Escortwagon parked at the corner on FairmountStreet. Police later said it was registeredto the suspect.

Acting entirely on instinct, Worldreached in and turned off the enginebefore the man could reach the car. Thenhe came at her, trying for the keys. Duringthe ensuing struggle thekey broke off in the igni-tion. World threw the key

ring over the mans head,to the woman whose pursehad been stolen.

He was kind of man-handling me for the keys,and I didnt know what todo! she said.

The original victim thenkicked the keys under a parked van. Worldsassailant dropped the purse and ran off.

As all this was happening, Worlds

husband Dan Lanir was in their diningroom. He had heard screams andinstinctively and without compunction,in the worlds of the Police Commenda-tionran to assist his wife when he foundthe man attacking her on the street.

Ramirez tried to evade Lanir byrunning and then hurdling a guardrail atFairmont and Arlington streets. But Lanircaught up with the man in the bushes onthe sloped hillside between Arlington and

San Jose Avenue. They wrestled for agood ten minutes World said.Dan called for help when he saw

two passers-by walking together, butthe two men made moves to use cellphones for police and did nothing else,she said. Lanir held on to the manssweatshirt but he broke away and ranto the bushes at Fairmount ElementarySchool, where he hid.

Despite a 12-year-difference in age,said the police report, Lanir managed todelay the suspect long enough that by the

time he finally did break away, officersfrom Ingleside Station had arrived.

Lanir gave officers a description ofthe suspect and they found him hiding inthe bushes at the school. As the officers

removed the suspect from the bushes, Mr.Lanir, who steadfastly remained at thescene, shouted, Thats the guy I chased,says the Police Commendation.

Police told the couple they plan tocharge the man with a felony. However,the hearing has been postponed twice,World said. But in court she met another

victim, a young womanwho was mugged inthe Excelsior. She told

World that the thief ranup to her, shook her andgrabbed her bag. It wasfound in the car alleg-edly parked by Ramirezon Fairmount Street.Ramirez was being

held on $150,000 bailat the San Francisco county jail, saidBilen Mesfin of the Office of the Dis-trict Attorney.

Both World and Lanir were givencommendations by the police depart-ment for their quick work in stoppingthe world-be thief. A ceremony will beheld soon at the Ingleside station.

The best part of all this is that aboutfive neighbors came out of their houseswhen they heard the woman scream,said World. Ive said it before, and Illsay it again: dont mess with Glen Park,because we willtake you down!

And the other best part is that thepurse-snatch victim, reportedly visitingfrom Canada, got her purse back thanks tothe Glen Park residents who didnt hesitateto get involved to help a stranger. n

World was told by police that her as-

sailant had been sentenced. However

at press time the District Attorneys

ofce had not been able to track down

the case and conrm. We will update inthe next edition of the paper.

RobberyCONTINUED FROM PAGE1

Dont mess

with Glen Park,

because we will

take you down!

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New Branch Librarys ArtworkReflects People, Places in Rich

History That Shaped Glen ParkIt takes a village to move a bookstore.

At least in the case of Bird and BeckettBooks and Records, a shop which hasdeveloped a devoted clientele since it

opened in May 1999.According to proprietorEric Whittington, on theweekend of September2223, the bookstore

plans to move to the former Glen ParkLibrary building at 653 Chenery St. Tocover moving expenses, there were a

few well-attended, very successfulfundraisers.

For moving day, Eric is liningup volunteers with pickup trucksand strong arms to load books intoboxes, ferry them two blocks tothe new location and unload themonto the shelves left by the vacatinglibrary, with perhaps a band in one ofthe trucks to spur productivity.

In addition to the inventory at

the store, Eric also has books storedin his garage, as well as in a rentedstorage area in South San Franciscoand in crawlspace underneath thestore. An interesting question is justhow many books are there? I haveabsolutely no idea, answers Ericemphatically.

Erics vision for his new loca-tion includes more used books; morebooks in original languagessuch as

Indian, Arabic and Russianand anoverall deepening of his stock. Hewould like to import more books aswell, though this might be difficult.

Bird and Becketts other incar-nation as a cultural hub will beexpanded. With the new locationslarger space, 1,500 square feet com-

byBonnee

Waldstein

pared with the original 1,050, there

will now be room for a permanentstage, more chairs and space forlounging. Coffee and tea will beavailable, but Eric has no plans toturn the store into a caf.

The lease on the building is fiveyears, with a few options, which Ericintends to exercise. With that secu-rity, some structural changes areplanned, including a more direct,welcoming and user-friendly entry-

way. A building permit for that workhas been applied for.

Another problem to work out ishow to enhance visibility despite thefour trees that span the front of theproperty. If these issues can be suc-cessfully overcome, the added footand vehicular traffic on CheneryStreet vs. Diamond Street shouldresult in increased business.

Volunteer help in setting up has

arrived from many corners of theneighborhood: Carl Scheidenhelmof SF Arc on Chenery Street is lend-ing his professional architecturalservices. Collette Crutcher is creat-ing a mosaic store sign. NeighborsDan Richman and Bruce Helmbergerare acting as general contractors, andelectrician Chris Eccles is supplyinghis services. Paula Levine, a SanFrancisco State teacher, is consult-

ing on color schemes.Once the heavy lifting is com-pleted, Eric is thinking about a weeklongcelebration in October, featuring music,poetry and a reunion of the volunteerswho helped put it all together. Eric isextremely grateful for the outpouringof support hes received. n

Artwork graces wall at new library.Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf

If youve had a chance to glancethrough the glass doorsof our soon-to-opennew branch library,then youve caught aglimpse of Glen Parks

past through a piece of art.On closer inspection, details in

the art reveal elements unique to GlenParks historya very crucial element

for the artwork, according to ReddyLieb and Linda Raynsford, the SanFrancisco artists who were chosen tocreate it.

Lieb and Raynsford asked peoplefrom the area (Glen Park and DiamondHeights) what was most important tothem, and many said that it had to be ourgreatest natural resourceGlen CanyonPark. Raynsford explains, We thinkits important to honor the people and

events that have shaped this park [andthe neighborhood] and also to reflectthe challenging times that we live in,and the need to move out of chaos intowholeness.

Raynsford also says they bothrecognized that Glen Parks history isinteresting and diverseand wanted to reflectthat in the work. Theartists admit that the

project presented itschallenges, yetwe were honored todo it!

The artwork wascommissioned by the San FranciscoArts Commissions Public Art Programas part of the San Francisco Public

byAshley

Hathaway

Librarys Branch Library ImprovementProgram. The primary materials areglass and metal, in addition to paint,photo silk-screened images, copper leaf

and varnish. Recycledmaterials were alsoused.Additional pieces are

to be added to theartwork on the lowerportion of the wallonce the furniture isbrought into the front

lobby. Upon the scheduled October 13opening, detailed information about theart and artists will be available. n

Bird and Beckett on the Move;

Village Volunteers Set to Help

The art reflects Glen

Parks diverse andunique history.

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Glen Park can boast neither colorful

foreign animals nor tropi-cal splendor. But for thoseseeking an exotic experi-ence, there is Tribal BellyDancing. The class is one

of many varied offerings at the Kiki-yopersonal training and yoga studio onChenery Street. One night a week forsix weeks, you can discard the shacklesof the humdrum workday and becomeimmersed in shaking your hips and

waving your arms to mystical music.Belly dancing is based on the socialdances of North Africa and the MiddleEast, some of the oldest in world his-tory. In those places both boys and girlslearn it through imitating their elders,and the dances are performed at fam-ily and community functions, not inglamorous nightclubsthats a West-ern show business creation dating fromthe early 20th Century. In fact, nativecostumes are concealing rather thanrevealing, and only a scarf around thewaist accents the dance movements.

Sue Erokan, the instructor at Kiki-yo, has a day job in the animationdepartment of PDI Dreamworks. Herbelly dancing career began 10 years ago,and she has performed at all manner ofparties and festivals, bachelor parties,gay pride events, corporate affairs, evenwakes. She describes the belly dancingstyle she teaches as tribal fusion, with

Silk Road, Flamenco, Indian, Hip Hopand Modern influences. Most of thebasic steps rely on isolated motions ofone part of the body. This niche styleactually originated in San Francisco inthe early 1990s.

The most recent class had around

eight participantsfew enough peopleto get to know a bit, but a large enoughgroup that there was hope that someclumsy missteps might go unnoticed.Everyone enjoyed the camaraderie aswell as the chance to get some greatexercise. As youd expect, most werefrom the neighborhood, but others camefrom greater distances. Heather Dever,a math textbook editor, has been follow-ing Sue for three or four years and had

come all the way from Treasure Islandfor this class.Why learn belly dancing? Karen

Goore, of Chilton Street, is a formergymnast and the mother of a 4-year-old;she wanted to do something just forme. Its addictive, she said, so muchfun. Debbie May of Congo Street hasbeen repeating the class since April2006 when her (dance-averse) husbandsigned her up as a birthday gift. Shecalls herself a devotee, and the classgives her the chance to dance withoutwhining about not having a partner.Moher Downing had a stroke a yearand a half ago and says, Its good tomove my body like this. Its helping mymental and emotional recovery.

As you do the slow, snaky taxim,the washerwoman or the ghawazeeshimmy, in the dim light of the studioand with Eastern melodies filling theroom, the workaday world seems very

far away indeed. n

Kiki-yo studio is at 605b Chenery St.

Class schedules are available in a box

outside the door. www.kiki-yo.com.

A Lot of Shaking Going On

byBonnee

Waldstein

One of the worlds oldest dance forms. Photo by Michael

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It was a bittersweet day, Saturday, Sept.

1, when the old Glen Park library saidits final goodbyes. Acrowd of dignitaries andneighborhood library lov-ers crowded the smallestof all the citys branches

for one last look.Susan Tauber, of Glen Park Hard-

ware, checked out the last book. Therewere speeches, a ceremonial emptyingof the cash register by longtime clerk

Precy Manalo, and then the librarywas locked up and with it, 29 years oflibrary history in the building came toan end.

There has been a branch of the SanFrancisco Public Library in the GlenPark neighborhood for more than 70years. The first was the twelfth estab-lished in the San Francisco PublicLibrary system; it opened in January1927 at 700 Bosworth St.

In 1964 the branch moved to 2909Diamond St., just south of Bosworth,when the previous building was demol-ished during construction of Interstate280.

That site, in turn, was demolishedin 1969 when the Glen Park BART sta-tion was built. The branch stood wherethe steps from Diamond Street down tothe BART plaza are now.

It next moved to 2842 Diamond at

Kern Street, and then, in 1978, to itsmost recent home at 653 Chenery St.,in quarters especially designed for thelibrary by the owner, Wilhelm Tietz,whose son, Torr, still lives in the fam-ily home next door.

Each of those locations was leased.But on Oct. 13 the Glen Park branchlibrary will finally have a permanenthome with the opening of the new

library at 2825 Diamond St. There

it shares a building with the CanyonMarket and residential condomini-ums above and behind it. But theGlen Park branch library itself, forthe first time, will be owned by theCity of San Francisco.

Volunteers, supporters and majordonors got a sneak peak of the newspace on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Morethan 50 fanned out across the over8,000-square-foot space, awash in nat-

ural light from a huge banks of open-able windows across the buildingswest and north facades. That numberof windows would never have evenfit in the old library, several attendeesnoted.

The new library has six times morespace, two times more books (34,000 orso), twice as much staff (from four toeight) and five times as many comput-ers (from three to 15).

Look for more childrens program-ming, including a Wednesday nightPajama Story Time, said Denise Sand-erson, interim manager and childrenslibrarian at the branch.

Theres also a large, glassed-incommunity room for meetings, activi-ties and programs.

I cant wait for it to open, saidKate Benn of Sussex Street, a libraryuser since 1994. Im really looking for-

ward to having the space to walk aroundand actually look at the books.The Grand Opening ceremony will

begin at 1 p.m. Oct. 13 and will feature liondancers, musicians, childrens entertainersand a festive street fair on Diamond Street.Festivities begin at 1 p.m. Library servicesbegin at 2 p.m. Diamond Street will beclosed to through traffic between Bosworthand Chenery during the event. n

Community Invited to LibrarysGrand Opening Fete on Oct. 13

byElizabeth

Weise

At the library preview, kids hit the books. Photo by Denis Wade

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byBonnee

Waldstein

Pancakes and PoetryFundraiser Makes $2,000

Sunday morning, Aug. 12, broughttypical San Francisco summer weathergray, blustery and raw. Undeterred, some300 people lined up on Diamond Streetoutside Bird and Beckett Books and

Records. They were unselfishly eatingpancakes to help raisemoney for the bookstoresmove. The event came onthe heels of another fund-raiser, a poetry reading byfavorites Diane di Prima

and Michael McClure, which was stand-ing-room only.

The second annual pancake break-fast was a marvel of community orga-nization and participation. Early on, thegriddle was set up outside the shop anddining tables were lined up across thestreet. Caution tape was strung up oneither side to discourage jaywalkingfrom griddle to table.

The pancakes were made from arecipe courtesy of Joe Schuvers Destina-tion Bakery, mixed for the event by theexpert staff at Janet and Richard Tarlov sCanyon Market; coffee was provided byRick Maloufs Cheese Boutique. Dedi-

cated volunteers did the cooking, cashier-ing, sweeping and cleaning. Owner EricWhittington presided over the proceed-ings, when he wasnt running and fetch-ing vats of batter and jugs of milk, juiceand syrup from Canyon Market. Blanche

Bebb, Erics colorful assistant, kept thecoffee flowing.

The crowd, though hungry, neverthe-less remained patient and in good spiritsas the queue moved slowly toward the

griddle. They voiced unanimous senti-ments of support for the continuedsuccess of an independent neighbor-hood bookstore in Glen Park. AddaFleiner called it the little bookstorethat coulddo it. Wendy and Ed Ely,of Martha Avenue, showed up because,We adore pancakes and books.

There were many from outsidethe neighborhood who found Bird andBeckett over the years and became regu-lar patrons. Jim Hayes, of the Excelsior,goes to the bookshop for jazz every Fri-day. Gina Luzzi and Michelle Weston,of Westwood Highlands, like to hangout in Glen Park. Michael and DianeWright have come to the bookstore fromWestlake, Daly City, since they spottedthe place years ago.

So, how many pancakes flew off thegriddle? The true answer will probablyremain apocryphalbut there were ninebatches of batter, each containing five

pounds of flour, at two and a half gallonsper batch. The rough guesstimate is 800.Will Segan was the expert batter pourer,Robert Noakes the master pancake flip-per. After more than a three-hour shiftwithout letup, both men no doubt went

About 800 Flapjacks held the bottom line. Photo by Michael Waldstein

to sleep that night seeing big yellowsplotches before their eyes.

The literary component of the pan-cake breakfast was a book signing bythree authors of local history books: Greg

Gaar, San Francisco: A Natural History,Emma Bland Smith, San FranciscosGlen Park and Diamond Heights andJacqueline Proctor, San Franciscos Westof Twin Peaks, all put out by ArcadiaPublishing.

The event was environmentallyfriendly, or struggled to be. Blue, blackand green bins were set up to handle thewaste. Many diners were seen holdingtheir trash and eyeing the bins with aquizzical expression, before dump-ing all into the black bin. Sally Bland,recycling demon, hovered nearby andmeticulously went through the blackbin and separated the various pancakedetritus into the proper bins for compostand recycling. Everyone, it seems, had arole to play.

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Cest Delicieux! SayDelighted Local Diners

Bistro owner Laurent Legendre, left, with patron Andrew Ross.Photo by Michael Waldstein

Le Ptit Laurent has only been opensince July 3, but it already has regu-

lars. Owner Laurent

Legendre smiles thatalthough he has 14 cov-eted Michelin stars underhis belt from his workat various elite Parisian

restaurants, its another French icon,the casual neighborhood bistro, thathe wanted to reproduce here.

In France, a bistro (on the sign itsspelled the French way, with a t atthe end, which has turned out to be a

conversation opener with diners) isgenerally considered an eatery thatsless formal than a restaurant, wherelocals drop in often and get to knowthe owner, and the food is comfort-ing but high quality. From the reviewson sites like Yelp and the gossipspreading through the neighborhood(including via the Glen Park parentsgroup), it seems that his mission isaccomplished.

Legendre came to the UnitedStates 12years ago, after training andworking in Paris. He owned the InnerRichmond restaurants Clmentineand Bistro Clment, but sold themin 2004. Shortly after, when his wifehad a baby boy (their third child),Legendre decided to stay home withthe baby for one year, and take thattime to look for a new restaurant loca-tion.

Although he lives only five min-

utes away in Ingleside Terraces, whenhe saw the ad about the empty spacein Glen Park, he asked, Where isthat? When he got there, however,I really liked the neighborhood, heremembers. It felt like a little French

village, very cute. I loved the space,too. It was a coup de cur.

Its been something like love at

first sight for the locals, too. Restlesswith perceived delays that had keptthe site vacant for over a year, GlenParkers immediately embraced thenew addition to the neighborhoodsdining scene. One thing thats veryfunny, says Legendre, is that peopleoften come in to have a drink at thebar before dinner and they get to knowtheir neighbors.

Along with his new repeat cus-

tomers, loyal patrons from his Cl-mentine days are making the trekto Glen Park. We have had a goodresponse. Everybody here is veryfriendly, always smiling. He stressesthat families are welcome.

Legendre reports that some ofthe most popular dishes so far arethe escargots appetizer, the cassoulet,the monkfish and the rabbit. He andhis chef, Soto Eliseo (previously ofFringale, Plouf and Rubicon), alsodevelop a special three-course menufor $19.95 that changes every week(available MondayThursday from5:307 p.m.), and plan to change theregular menu every three months, withthe seasons. Some things, like the rab-bit, are here to stay, though he mightchange the accompaniments. n

Le Ptit Laurent is located at 699 Chen-ery St. at Diamond and Wilder streets.

Reservations are recommended: 334-

3235. Open daily for dinner starting at

5:30, and brunch on weekends from 9

a.m.2 p.m..

byEmmaBlandSmith

The phrase large fast food restau-

rant sent neighbors intoa tizzy in August whena local caf requested anew permit designationfrom the city Planning

Department.The caf, Eggettes on Diamond

Street, opened last November andsells tapioca drinks, freshly cookedHong Kong-style waffles, and Asiansnack foods. But last year a regularly

scheduled visit from the health depart-ment revealed thatthe business wasoperating underthe wrong permit,so the owners wererequired to applyfor a new designa-tion called largefast-food restau-rant.

Food establishments in San Fran-cisco operate under one of severalcategories, according to ElizabethWatty, a city planner who reviewedthe Eggettes permit. At retail coffeeshops, drinks may be prepared, butnot food; even a simple panini pressis prohibited. At small self-servicerestaurants, food is prepared andsold at a walk-up counter; pizzeriasand taquerias often operate under this

designation.Large fast-food restaurants aresimilar to small self-service ones: themain difference, explained Watty, isthat the latter designation is appliedto a location larger than 1,000 squarefeet and with more than 15 seats. Thefinal restaurant designation category,full-service restaurant, applies to localeateries like Chenery Park.

Eggettes began operation as a retailcoffee shop, though since the businessprepared waffles from scratch uponopening, it was operating under thewrong permit. There was a misunder-standing, said co-owner Mark Fuen-tes. Customers wanted more food, soinstead of cutting back to just drinks [tocomply with the current permit], weapplied for large fast food. If Eggetteshad had fewer seats or a smaller space,it would have been categorized as smallself-service.

Watty noted that because Gialina,just down the block, has been operatingas a full-service restaurant since movinginto the erstwhile Sunset Pizza location,it now needs a full-service restaurantpermit.

Eggettes Secures New Permit;Neighborhood Fears Abated

byJoanna

Pearlstein

Eggettes permit was granted in

August, and neighbors were concernedabout the new designation. Some won-dered if it would allow a fast-food chainrestaurant to move into the spot on Dia-mond Street if Eggettes left the neigh-borhood. People saw the words largefast food and thought McDonalds,Fuentes said.

But thats not the case, said Watty.Neighbors should understand that ifyou are not a sit down restaurant and

you have a big space, youre going to beconsidered a largefast-food regard-less.

Instead, fast-food chain restau-rants like McDon-alds need to gothrough a separatepermitting processin order to open in

San Francisco neighborhoods, thanks toa new formula retail law instituted byProposition G last fall.

Under the new law, formula retailstoresdefined as any store with morethan 11 locations nationwideneed tonotify the neighborhood and apply fora conditional use permit before openingfor business.

Glen Park resident Julian Grosssaid he wanted to see whether Egg-

ettes permit could be limited to thecurrent business, as opposed to thelocation. But Planning Departmentpermits apply to locations, not indi-vidual businesses.

If Eggettes closed, another busi-ness could open at the Eggettes loca-tion under the same large fast-fooddesignation without notifying theneighborhood or applying for a newpermit. But that business could not be anationwide chain such as Burger Kingunless it went through the separate per-mit process as well.

Fuentes said business at Eggetteshas improved since opening last fall.With the new designation, the ownersplan to offer more Filipino food, add-ing a fryer and an over-the-stove fan incoming months.

Were just trying to expand ourmenu and be ourselves, said Fuentes.

If wed had the right guidance in thebeginning, we would have had the rightpermit.

There are three of us in this busi-ness, said Fuentes. Were not bigcorporate giants or anything. n

People saw the words

large fast food and

thought McDonalds

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pleasure of serving the residents of andvisitors to the Ingleside Police District,I have immensely enjoyed working with

community organization leaders, mer-chants, City officials andmost impor-tantlythe residents of the Ingleside,he said.

In over three decades of being aSan Francisco police officer I had notknown the vibrancy of the many neigh-borhoods in the Ingleside. But I quicklyfound out. You are all so engaged toimprove the quality of life in yourcommunities, and the small part that I

have played in enhancing that qualitywill never be forgotten, he said in ane-mail message to the Ingleside com-munity.

Chignell praised his replacement asa professional with a wealth of experi-ence throughout many units of the SanFrancisco Police Department.

OLeary, a 26-year veteran of thedepartment, most recently served ascommanding officer at Southern Sta-

tion, which is located on the groundfloor of the Hall of Justice and coversthe South of Market and the Embar-cadero. This is his first assignment atIngleside.

In an interview with the Glen ParkNews he outlined his priorities.

Most importantly, I will focus onviolent crime, he said. I will evaluatepersonnel levels, and staff as many footbeats as possible. I will attend as manycommunity meetings as I can in order tohear what the residents, the merchantsand the businesses have to say to thepolice.

OLeary said he hopes to continue

the daily e-mail crime report thatChignell started to alert constituents tocriminal activityfrom street robber-ies and drug dealing to traffic violations

and domestic violence disputesthatoccurred in the district the previousday.

The reports also have providedinformation about ongoing and newpolice initiatives in the district, andhave highlighted what Chignellviewed as particularly astute or heroicwork by his officers. And, Chignellwas known to toss in a San Franciscotrivia question every now and then,

announcing the answer a day or twolater.

Ill do my best to continue thedaily e-mail update, OLeary said. Istart every morning reading the crimereports from the day before, so an e-mail is a natural extension of that.

OLeary, who grew up in the SunsetDistrict, is married and has three daugh-ters. During his tenure in the SFPD hehas managed the internal affairs and

legal divisions and also served as com-manding officer of Taraval Station. Hewalked beats in the Mission, Tender-loin, Polk Gulch and Western AdditionNeighborhoods.

Hes also been known to don akilt: OLeary has been a bagpiper for35 years. n

OLeary will meet with Glen Park resi-

dents at the Oct. 9 meeting of the Glen

Park Association at St. Johns School,

925 Chenery St. He is scheduled to

speak at 7 p.m.

byRic

Lpez

Merchants Forum

An ever-changing tapestryyou can saythats what living in a city is about.

In Glen Park, we have enjoyedthe businesses thisbig-hearted village haspresented, and we havefelt the big heartbreakwhen one leaves us.

We felt it when the Diamond Superburned down, and when Dr. Video closedits doors for its final show. Rememberwhen the New Lodge ended its 25-yearrun? Not too long before that, on Chen-

ery Street, the Optimum Press printingcompany stopped its presses, and a res-taurant next door to it named DiamondPizza made its last pizza pie.

Now added to the list is Paragraph,a family-owned gift shop and boutique

on Chenery Street that will be movingto 1234 Ninth Ave. in the Inner Sunset.We will truly miss this thread woveninto our neighborhood tapestry by theowners, the Viray family.

So the tapestry changes with Gia-lina, Eggettes, Le Ptit Laurent, andCentered Body Pilates as the newlywoven-in threads. And Bird andBeckett Books and Records and thenew neighborhood library branch willbe rewoven right back into the villagetapestry that is Glen Park. n

Ric Lpez, owner of Modernpast on

Chenery Street, is president of the Glen

Park Merchants Association.

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Peek and Seek Glen ParkOffers a Walkers Paradise

Hundreds of hot dogs, various gift

baskets, gift certificates,and pounds of potatosalad were among themany donated goodiesthat landed in the handsof picnic participants at

the first-ever Picnic for Pawsabilityheld in Glen Canyon Park on Sunday,June 10.

More than 200people attended thebenefit BBQ, which raised $5,500 for

Puppies Behind Barsa New York-based nonprofit that provides stateprison inmates with the training andsupervision required toraise an 8-week-old puppythrough adulthood. Theseprison puppies eventuallybecome service dogs forthe disabled, guide dogsfor the blind, and spe-cially trained canines for

law enforcement.With the helpof numerous volun-teers, Glen Park resident SophieOShaughnessy organized the two-hour event. A minimum $20 dona-tion was required to attend the picnic(with or without a pooch) and includeda raffle ticket, live music, childrensactivities and an all-you-can-eatBBQ. Many neighbors donated foodfor the BBQ or goods for the raffleand nearly every Glen Park merchantdonated food or raffle prizes. Manyother local businesses contributedgoods as well.

OShaughnessy says her inspira-tion to pull it all together was fueledby her relationship with her own dog,Duke, and the central role he playsin my life. Anyone who has ever feltisolated or alienatedboth commonfeelings among prison inmatescan

appreciate the capacity of a dog to

provide a connection to commu-nity, consistency and unconditionallove.

Each puppy lives with a prisonerfor 16 months and both attend classesadministered by Puppies Behind Barsonce a week. A few days each monththe pups go to puppy sitters outsidethe prison to be exposed to peopleand things they cant experience inprisona car ride, the doorbell, a

busy sidewalk or the mailman.After their time with the prison-

ers, the dogs are tested to determine

if they have what it

takes to be a trained

service dog. If they

do, Puppies Behind

Bars puts each pup

into school where

they continue for-

mal training. If at

any point a puppydoesnt meet the

standards of this

highly specialized training, the Pup-

pies Behind Bars dropout is donated

to a family with a blind child.

While organizing the event,

OShaughnessy also learned of a

program operating at San Quentin

State Prison where inmates train

and socialize shy or traumatized

shelter dogs that need extra reha-

bilitation before they are adoptable.

This fledgling Pen Pals program is

in its third year of successful opera-

tion under the auspices of the Marin

Humane Society.

OShaughnessy plans to organize

another picnic in Glen Park next sum-

mer, which would benefit both Puppies

Behind Bars and Pen Pals. For more

information, visit Puppies Behind Bars

at www.puppiesbehindbars.com. n

Glen Park is one of the citys bestneighborhoods for walkers. Theres

the exercise factoryoucan choose a route thatsmostly flat, or tacklesome of our steeperhills. And walkers can

discover unexpected pleasures in ourmidst. Like the garden at240 Chenery St.

Among the fruit treesand plants that cover thefront of the lot theres anarray of kinetic sculptureswhose motions catch a

passerbys eye. Some aresolar powered. Theresan oversize slot machine,a windmill, a carousel, aboxer. One wonders: Who collectedthese mechanical gizmos?

The answer is, they werent col-lected. Each is the whimsical creationof Ernie Solon, an 81-year-old retiredseaman-turned-signmaker, who haslived with his wife, Betty, in the

house at the end of the driveway fornearly 50 years. Their son, Domingo,lives downstairs, behind Erniesworkshop. Daughter Fredrica livesnext door. Their second daughter,Brooks, lives in Nebraska, where

Betty, a florist, grew up.As a teenager, Ernie became a

merchant seaman in the Pacific The-ater during World War II. A few yearslater he was drafted during the Koreanwar, affording him the opportunity toexplore more of the world. A native ofNew Mexico, he eventually migrated

to San Francisco andstarted a sign-paintingbusiness.

The Solonsorchard includesapple, peach, pear,loquat and fig trees.

When hes not put-tering in the garden,chances are Erniemay be tinkering in

his workshop. When we stopped byone very warm day this summer, hewas happy to take a break from divid-ing and repotting plants to chat fora few minutes in the coolness of hisshop, where his current project wascreating an animated baseball batter

as a gift for a friend whos a fan ofthe national pasttime.

We asked Ernie what Betty thinksof the unusual decor out front. Shesthe one who started me going, heanswered. n

A Tail-Wagging Good Timeat Benefit for Prison Puppies

byAshley

Hathaway

byDenisWade

Ernie made them all. Photo by Denis Wade

Anyone who has

ever felt isolated

can appreciate

a dog.

Outdoor art

catches a

passerbys eye

on Chenery.

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Glen Park RestroomsCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

toilet paper and paper towels. As forsoap, the dispenser in the womens roomis broken, so there is none. And neitherbathroom has hot water.

But on the days that Loi isntworking, such as Saturdays, thebathrooms get trashed pretty quickly.All it takes is one inconsiderate slobto mess it up for everyone who fol-lows until the Loi returns with hismop, scrub brush and detergent. Thebathrooms are closed on Sundays.

But no matter how much Loicleans, bathrooms at the citysoldest rec center are never going

to be pristine. The fixtures areold, the lighting isbad and the wallsand floors are worn.

If the mayor isserious about makingSan Francisco fam-ily-friendly, a goodplace to start wouldbe to fix up the parkbathrooms, said

Eleanor Goldman,who took her 4-year-old grand-son to the playground adjacent tothe rec center earlier this month.If all he has to do is pee, I lethim go behind a tree. I l ook at thebathroom as a last resort.

The San Francisco Neighbor-hood Parks Council has found thatthe dismal condition of the Cityspark bathrooms is high on the listof public concerns. City officialsknow theres a problem.

Rose Dennis, spokeswoman forthe Recreation and Park Depart-ment, said that this years budgetprovides funding for 35 additionalcustodians to help replenish thediminished ranks. Hopefully wellstart seeing some real improve-ments, she said.

As for the Glen Park Recre-ation Center, in particular, Dennis

said fixing it up is a priority forher agency, but a priority thats yetto be funded. The facility missedout on getting a cut of the $105million in bond money approvedby voters in 2000 to upgrade the

parks, playgrounds and rec cen-ters.

Now, the Board of Supervisorsis looking at placing another bondproposal before voters in Febru-ary, this time for $185 million,with the bulk of the money aimedat park and rec facilities. MayorGavin Newsom, who is runningfor reelection this year with theknowledge that parkslike Muni

and crimeare bread-and-butterissues for a SanFrancisco politi-cian, is backing theeffort.

Details of whatprojects would getfunded in the newpark bond, however,have yet to be final-ized, and the board

has yet to place theproposal on the ballot.Even if voters approve the

bond, the money would amountto little more than a drop in thebucket of whats needed. The Rec-reation and Park Department hasdetermined that an estimated $1billion would be required to fundall the needed improvements. Andas the years progress, the costescalates. This year, $34 millionhas been set aside for capitalprojects.

Dennis said a price tag has yetto be attached to upgrading the GlenPark rec center. The cost woulddepend on the scope of the project.But, she said, people have every rightto demand bathrooms that are cleanand in good working order. Wehave to do more to meet the publicsexpectations, she said. n

Color-coded insect traps can be spotted in various locations around Glen Parkand elsewhere. This one, placed on Arlington Street in August, is green, whichmeans its a gypsy moth trap. The cryptic markings give no clue about its origin,

so we asked San Francisco County Agriculture Commissioner Scott Paulson. Heexplained that the traps are placed and monitored by the California Departmentof Food and Agriculture as part of their exotic insect trapping program. With anincreasing number of threatening pests, this program is important for our healthand safety. When you see a trap, observe the printed direction: Please Do NotDisturb. Photo by Denis Wade

Theres good

news at the Rec

Centerhis name

is Glen Loi.

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Fall 2007 Page 13 Glen Park NewsPage 13 Glen Park News

The Glen Park Advisory Board contin-ues to work to achieve a better Recre-ation Center at Glen Park.

We have just completed a circus-themed mural for the stage area. We

are turning the areainto a place whereparents can drop-inand play with theirpre-school kids. Each

parent or guardian will supervise hisor her own child. We have gotten matsto cover the wooden floor and railingsto keep the kids safely enclosed.

This program isscheduled to startSept. 17. Anyonewho has toys in goodcondition to donatecan contact me [email protected].

The rec centerhas finally hired acustodian who startedAugust 13. We werewithout a custodian foralmost three months.He will be working onbringing the center upto an acceptable levelof cleanliness. Otherissues that the Advisory Board hasraised will also be fixed, such as a newfloor in the kitchen, and the bathroomnear the stage whose walls are peelingwill get painted.

There will also be a new supervi-sor over the custodians, who has yetto be named. In the meantime, donot hesitate to make your concerns

If you subscribe to Capt. Paul Chignellsdaily e-mail update on significant

policing efforts in the Ingleside PoliceDistrict, you know that Ingleside offi-cers write far and away more movingcitations than do officers at any of the

other nine district sta-tions. We do so, in part,because the attendeesat community meet-ings demand increasedefforts regarding trafficsafety. Pedestrian safety

is of paramount importance, especiallywith school back in session, and witheach high-profile accident in the citycomes more pressure on the policeand other officials to work toward asolution.

Glen Park presents a special chal-lenge when it comes to traffic safety.Our neighborhood is nestled amonghills with narrow streets and very littleroom to maneuver in even low-peak

traffic times. Now add freeway ramps,an entrance for what is basically anexpressway (San Jose Avenue), five buslines, a BART station with the trafficit draws, several schools with busesand parents who must drive children,a resurgent commercial district, streetclosures due to infrastructure repairand..WOW! What a mess!

Patrol officers have little impacton traffic congestion. We are not traf-fic planners and have no input on theplacement of stop signs or traffic lights.I shake my head when I see a line ofcars at 8 a.m. bottlenecked on Diamondbetween Bosworth and Chenery, virtu-ally all with single occupants, and somegenius yells at me, Cant you do some-thing about this?

In the midst of that confluence,enforcement action by officers can bedangerous and often adds to the conges-tion. To pull over a red-light violator

at Bosworth and Diamond, I have tosafely clear eight total lanes of traffic tomake entry into the intersection, driveat high speed to overtake the violatorand eliminate a lane of trafficas Imustto complete the citation. Therisk may not justify the reward in thiscase.

Where officers can be effective, andwhere I have concentrated my enforce-ment, is on the streets that lead to the

central areas of the neighborhood. Ima familiar sight on Diamond Street asI cite drivers who disregard the stopsigns at Sussex and Surrey. Chenery atDiamond is especially problematic forpedestrians trying to safely maintain

their rights of way in the crosswalkas drivers are intent on getting to the

freeway or snatching that parking spotthey saw from half a block away. If I canslow down the traffic prior to converg-ing at that location by writing a citationfor one violator and making an impacton others with my presence, I considerthat effective enforcement.

Speed is the component of poordriving that is most often cited at injuryaccidents. Its true speed kills. Inour neighborhood, speed is a signifi-

cant problem in a number of places.Diamond Heights Boulevard south-bound to its transition to Elk Street,especially during the summer with thecampers at Silvertree being droppedoff and collected; it is always a poten-tial disaster. Again, catching them onthe downhill can be dangerous, so welike to get them as they run the stopsign at Chenery and Elk because theycant stop due to their speed.

Chenery Street all the way from30th Street to the park can be a race-track and, as a result, officers write anumber of citations for running thestop signs, particularly at MiguelStreet. Also, dont fall victim to thetemptation to roll those stop signson Laidley Street as you use it as analternate route to Chenery during peaktimes. Some of the most horrendousaccidents happen on relatively quietstreets because drivers get lulled intothinking they have the road to them-selves.

Remember, bicycle riders have theright to a full lane of traffic and wide,safe berth must be given to them whenpassing. Reciprocally, bike riders mustadhere to all the rules of the road,including stop signs, red lights andpedestrian yields. Bike riders may notride in crosswalks and are not affordedthe same rights and protections under

the California Vehicle Code as pedes-trians. Pedestrians also bear the majorresponsibility for their own safety, spe-cifically by crossing at crosswalks andobeying traffic lights.

In politically charged San Fran-cisco, traffic safety advocates abound,all scratching around for the same non-profit dollars. Make it simple: Continueto be good neighbors by being your ownbest advocate for safety. Slow down and

look out for each other. n

San Francisco Police Department Offi-

cer Michael Walsh lives and works in

Glen Park.

byOfficerMichaelWalsh

On Patrol in Glen Park What Programs Do You Wantat the Glen Park Rec Center?Speak Up at October Forum

byMiriamMoss

known to Scott Reese, superinten-dent of neighborhood services, at831-2745.

It is very disappointing that therailings for around the picnic areahave not yet been installed. We havehad them since May. Work ordersare backlogged until next Spring Iam told by the City. However, Imworking on making it happen before

then. Many work orders for GlenPark are already over a year old.

We have just put in for a grant tobuy two tree guards. We would like

to again plant sometrees. Sadly, vandalsdestroyed the last oneswe planted.

Fall programming forthe Park is required tobe posted in September.

Look it over and voiceyour concerns. Therewill be a meeting runby Rec and Park to talkabout what the commu-nity wants in the wayof programming at theGlen Park rec center.This community meet-ing is planned for a

Saturday in mid-to late October, butthe date was not firm at our pressdeadline. See the Community Cal-endar, Page 20, for ways to check themeeting date.

In the meantime if you have anyideas, or concerns you would like theAdvisory Board to address please letus know. n

New Mural at the Rec Center. Photo by Ellen Rosenthal

We are turning

the area into a

place where

parents can

drop-in and play

with their

pre-school kids.

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In Glen Canyon Park

byJean

Conner

Tired of vandalism and trash in the Park?Wonder where all the wild flowers went?

said an announcement for a Glen ParkAssociation Meeting on June 2, 1986

concerning Glen CanyonPark, arranged by DawnMurayama.

Dawn recently said itwas like a town hall meet-ing with a large crowd of

residents, Police Department, Fire Depart-ment and Recreation and Park staff. TheFire Department was invited because

every June, before Silvertree Day Campopened, the department would conductcontrolled burns on the grassy slopes ofthe canyon in order to prevent wildfires.This policy ended at that meeting. Burn-ing was replaced with mowing around theperimeter of the park.

It became evident at that June meet-ing that the Park and Recreation Depart-ment, because of budgetary and otherconsiderations, had to direct its attention

and funds to the developed portions ofthe Park. The natural areas had needsthat no single entity was addressing. Acommittee was formed, which becamethe Friends of Glen Canyon Park, andthe group adopted the 76 acres ofundeveloped parkland.

A week later, on June 28, the Friendsheld their first nature walk along theself-guided Nature Trail that NathanielStookey had built as his Eagle Scoutproject in 1985. By the time I joinedFriends of Glen Canyon Park in 1988the trail markers had been unfortunatelyvandalized. Much of the trail was over-grown with broom and blackberry.

Our work parties started in thespring of 1988, and we had a hugecleanup of the canyon that fall. Morethan 40 volunteers from the neigh-borhood surrounding the canyonparticipated. Rec and Park suppliedgarbage bags and the largest garbage

truck available. I dont know howmany tons of trash we removed thatday. It looked like we could assembleat least three complete cars from partswe found. There were over two dozentires as well. Restoration work partiesare now a monthly event; volunteersmeet on the third Saturday morning,and weekly workdays are on Wednes-day mornings.

Friends of Glen Canyon Park real-

ized the importance of having a MasterPlan. The first step was to inventory theresources of the canyon. The Friendsturned to the Open Space Fund in 1987.They submitted proposals three times,refining the proposal each time. Finally

$60,000 was granted, a contract wasput out to bid and Western Ecological

Services Company, Inc. (WESCO) wasselected. Natural Resources Inventoryof Glen Canyon Park, San Franciscoand MasterPlan Recom-m e n d a t i o n s were available inMarch 1993. Anadditional grantallowed inclusionof the Survey of

Arthropods doneby John Hafernikand his San Fran-cisco State Uni-versity graduatestudents.

In 1988 theFriends embarkedon anotherlongtime com-munity project

involving meet-ings and moremeetings. Thiswas the challenging conflict to secureOShaughnessy Hollow. A real estatesign appeared one day on the west sideof OShaughnessy Boulevard, south ofDel Vale Avenue. A call to the real estatecompany indicated that the 2.4-acre par-cel had already been sold to a developer.Six years later the Recreation and ParkDepartment was able to buy the prop-erty from the developer with open spacefunds. OShaughnessy Hollow becamepart of Glen Canyon Park, maintainingthe natural state of that area of the can-yon.

Rec and Park received a donationto do some of the work in Glen Canyonthat was recommended by the WESCOmaster plan. The Conservation Corpswas hired with supervision from parkgardeners. Friends of Glen Canyon

Park assisted and advised. Trails wererealigned and willows were cut back.The pools were built. Fences were putup. Planting was done. At the end ofthe project there was money left thatcould be used for signage in the park.

Friends of Glen Canyon Parkworked on the text and illustrations forthe signs. This material was deliveredto the Citys Natural Areas Programpersonnel. The result was the first

natural areas park brochure. Six signswere not installed even though they hadbeen made at that time.

Glen Canyon Park received agrant from the Coastal Conservancy in2005. The eucalyptus growing in the

creek were removed with this funding.Friends, along with many other groups

of volunteers, took on the job of clean-ing the debris left behind and began theplantings. Much of the maintenance for

the site has been doneby the Friends. Partof the grant includederosion control andtrailside improve-ments along the trail.The interpretativesigns were finally

installed.The Friends

have participated inthe Glen Park Festi-val every year sinceit began. We handout information anddiscuss the notewor-thy features of theCanyon and nativeplants with anyone

interested. We wereinstrumental in thecampaign to keep

public parking and cars out of the park;that campaign has resulted in greater

safety for walkers and less pollution ofthe air and Islais Creek. We have spon-

sored slide shows and talks on manysubjects including Glen Park History,native plants, and birds, as well as the1906 earthquake and fire. Nature walksubjects have included birds, insects,butterflies, spiders, plants, spring flow-ers and geology.

A one-day Nature Festival was heldin August for three years. It includedtalks, slide shows, live animals, fieldtrips and special activities for children.

Supper in the park was served.Pancakes in the Park, an outdoor

breakfast following a bird walk (Novem-ber 11, see Community Calendar), hasbecome a popular activity, as has ourlunch of hot dogs and potato salad follow-ing our annual Earth Day work party.

After 26 years the Friends of GlenCanyon Park are still waiting for a mas-ter plan. We are told that the environ-mental review will soon be completed.

In the meantime we are working tomaintain the trails, grow and plant treesand flowers, remove weeds and makethe canyon a pleasant, enjoyable place.Come join us. n

I dont know how

many tons of trash

we removed that day.

It looked like we could

assemble at least

three complete cars

from parts we found.

Marie Oder, a founding member of Friends of Glen Canyon Park, reads about thecanyon in the Glen Park News at her new home in Spokane, Washington.

Photo courtesy of Marie Oder

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The Police Beat

byDenis

Wade

The following Glen Park incidents were

reported between the end of May and

Sept. 1 by Capt. Paul

Chignell, commanderof the SFPDs Ingleside

Station, in his daily e-

mails. This compilation

does not include neighborhood crimes

and misdemeanors reported online

directly to the Police Department;

Ingleside isnt notified about them.

The list includes an alarming nine

robberies, a carjacking and two home

burglaries, all noted in bold type. Guns

were used in five of these robberiesand the carjacking, and a taser gun in

another robbery. Two of these gun inci-

dents took place on Diamond Heights

Boulevard, close enough to make Glen

Park residents wary. While most of the

robberies occurred at night, two June

strongarm robberies were committed at

midday, on the 200 blocks of Arlington

and Chenery streets.

Addison Street

100 block7/19: Vandalism, domestic violence

Arlington Street

200 block

6/4, 2:29 pm: Robbery, laptop

computer and purse taken

500 block

6/25, 12:52 am: Eleven officers went

to the 500 block of Arlington where a

man was struggling with a woman in

a van. The man had struck the woman

with a pipe leaving a head injury. The

suspect, who lives in Berkeley, was

arrested for domestic violence, felony

assault, possession of marijuana and

narcotics paraphernalia.

500 block

7/13, 4:04 pm: Officers Robin Odum,

Carla Lee and Tyler Ropelato located a

driver who had crashed into a tree and

cited him for being unlicensed. His

1990 Oldsmobile was towed.

@ Wilder

6/23, 6:01 pm: Officers Robin Mallorcaand Shawn Phillips stopped a vehicle

that was suspected of involvement in

street-level drug dealing. The driver,

who lives in Daly City, was driving

with a suspended license. He was cited

and his 1989 Toyota was towed.

Bemis Street

100 block

6/3 & 6/17: Restraining order

violation

200 block8/30: Theft from locked vehicle

Bosworth Street

10 block

6/27, 1:40 am: Robbery with a gun;

wallet taken

400 block

6/19: Theft from locked vehicle

900 block

6/?: Stolen 1984 Chevrolet@ Chilton

7/8, 1:15 am: Officer Christopher

Morris stopped a vehicle for an

equipment violation. The driver, who

lives on Rotteck, was driving with a

suspended license. He was cited and

his 2000 Volkswagen was towed.

@ Chilton

8/9: Theft from locked vehicle

@ Chilton

8-22, 9 am: Officers Harry Soulette

and Enrique Alejandrino were alerted

by a citizen that he was following a

suspected drunk driver on Highway

280, then to St. Marys and finally to

Bosworth and Chilton. They stopped

the vehicle, which had extensive body

damage and parts of the vehicle falling

off. The driver, who lives in San

Leandro, failed all field sobriety tests.

Chemical tests were taken and the

driver was arrested for drunk driving.

@ Diamond

5/31, 2:08 pm: Officer Frank Valiquette

stopped a vehicle for turning right

on a red light without stopping.

The driver, who lives on Diamond

Heights Boulevard, was driving with

a suspended license. He was cited and

his 1998 Volvo was towed.

@ Lippard

7/2, 8:45 pm: Officer Kevin Horan

stopped a vehicle for a stop sign

violation. The driver, who lives onNaples, was driving with a suspended

license. He was cited and his Chevrolet

was towed.

Chenery Street

10 block

6/22, 3:30 am: Officers Kevin Chin

and William Tam went to an estate on

the first block of Chenery where two

employees had been arguing. One of

the employees, who was inebriated,

struck the other. The officers arrestedthe suspect for battery.

10 block

7/1316: Stolen 1996 Toyota

10 block

8/20, 6:51 am: Officer Michael Walsh

was on foot patrol checking out an

elementary school when he spotted a

person drinking alcohol. The person,

who lives on Church, was cited and

released.

100 block7/12, 8 am6 pm: Burglary, possible

unlocked door, household goods taken

200 block

6/21, noon: Strongarm Robbery: A

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Handyman/Carpenter:

Hang a door, build or repair a fenceor deck, shelves, sheetrock or

some electrical.

I do good work for a reasonable price.Robert 566-3389

Police BeatCONTINUED FROM PAGE 15

woman visiting from Canada was walk-ing on the 200 block of Chenery whena suspect came up behind her, got quite

close, then grabbed her purse from hershoulder, causing pain to her upper body.The suspect yanked until he had thepurse and then ran up Chenery to a carthat was at Fairmount with the enginerunning. Residents in the area heardthe commotion and the victims pleasfor assistance. The residents chased thesuspect; one witness caught up to the sus-pect and engaged in a fight in which thesuspects vest was pulled off. The suspect

continued to run and disappeared nearFairmount Elementary School. OfficerMitchell Campbell saw something redin nearby bushes and was joined byOfficers Marion Campion-Healy, JeanEtcheveste and Sgt. Tim Plyer. The redturned out to be clothing of the suspect,who was hiding in the bushes. The sus-pect was detained and positively identi-fied by the victim and witnesses as therobber. The waiting car was registered to

the suspect and contained stolen propertyfrom another strongarm robbery victim.The suspect, who lives on Naples, wasarrested for robbery and receiving stolenproperty. This was an outstanding arrestwith resident assistance of a predatorystreet robber.400 block6/19: Found 1999 Truck400 block8/4, 7:45 pm: Robbery with a gun;construction worker confronted bythree suspects, one with a gun, whotook his money500 block6/297/3 (reported 7/13): Burglary,skylight entry, household items taken600 block8/02: Malicious mischief, rocks800 block6/22, 12:30 am: Robbery, four sus-pects, one with a gun, surround twovictims and take wallet

800 block8/21: Found 1997 Saturn900 block6/22: Found 1992 Dodge@ Brompton6/13, 7:35 pm: A Volvo with no frontplate was observed by Sgt. Jackson.The driver had no license or insurance.He was cited and released at the sceneand his Volvo was towed.@ Burnside

8/1: Theft from locked vehicle@ Diamond8/8: Theft; suspects detained@ Randall6/30: Theft from locked vehicle.@ Randall

8/4, 8 pm: Officer Amy Hurwitzstopped a vehicle for a license plateviolation. The driver, who lives onFarnum, was driving with a suspendedlicense. He was cited and his 1995Buick was towed.

Conrad Street10 Block8/25: VandalismDiamond Street

2500 block7/17, 10:35 pm: Robbery, 2 suspectswith a taser gun took wallet2800 blockShoplifting, liquor, 2 suspects2800 block7/11: Found 1991 Honda

2900 block6/23, 3:20 am: Carjacking, 3 malesuspects, one with a gun, accosted the45 year old male victim. They took hishouse keys, cell phone, money and1998 Jeep. The vehicle was recoveredthe next day on the 1500 block ofSilver.@ Bosworth6/8: Intentional assault with car, noinjury

@ Bosworth8/16, 9:29 pm: Officers Carla Leeand Robin Odum observed a suspectdrinking alcohol in public. Thesuspect, who lives on Flood, wasalso wanted on minor misdemeanorwarrants. He was cited.Diamond Heights Boulevard.

5200 block7/18, 12:25 am: Robbery with a gun,money taken@ Goldmine Drive5/28, 9:50 pm (reported 5/30):Robbery, victim struck in face, pursetakenLaidley Street

100 Block6/8: Found 1990 Honda100 block6/22: Stolen 2001 Mazda100 block7/28: Possible shot fired400 block

8/10, 10:33 pm: Robbery, foursuspects, one with a gun, surroundvictim and take wallet, no injury@ Castro8/10: Stolen 1995 ChevroletMiguel Street

400 Block8/25: Found 1991 MercuryMonterey @ Joost7/15: Assault with beer bottle7/13 - 7/16: Theft from locked vehicle

Surrey Street100 Block7/25: Found 1994 AcuraSussex Street

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by

VinceBeaudet

Real Estate in Glen Park

During the spring and summer months we have seen unprec-edented demand from buyers in Glen Park. With few homes put

on the market in the neighborhood, we are once again seeingmultiple offers for those properties that are listed for sale. Fol-lowing are the 21 single-family homes sold in the neighborhoodover the past three months.

Address List Price Sold Price

536 Arlington $739,000 $739,000213 Acadia $1,295,000 $1,240,00030 Burnside $1,125,000 $1,175,000870 Chenery $1,050,000 $1,257,000

150 Chenery $1,195,000 $1,280,000714 Chenery $1,195,000 $1,360,00066 Joost $1,495,000 $1,390,00023 Laidley $995,000 $900,000371 Laidley $1,199,000 $1,380,00032 Mateo $989,000 $1,015,000173 Randall $899,000 $935,00015 Surrey $665,000 $731,00048 Surrey $879,000 $959,000206 Surrey $1,695,000 $1,895,000293 Surrey $599,000 $615,000267 Sussex $1,100,000 $1,150,0001725 Sanchez $1,175,000 $1,205,00064 Van Buren $1,695,000 $1,800,00010 Wilder $749,000 $830,00078 Whitney $879,000 $1,055,000204 Whitney $1,299,000 $1,200,000

Average $1,091,000 $1,148,000

Realtor Vince Beaudet works for Herth Real Estate. He can be reached at 861-

5222 x333 or [email protected].

Glen Park E-mail Lists

Glen Park Association:

Email:[email protected] the Glen Park Association website www.glenparkassociation.org

Glen Park Parents

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glenparkparents/

Glen Park Expectant Parents group

E-mail [email protected] for information.

Gay Glen Park

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gayglenpark/

Glen Park Dog Owners

[email protected]

Glen Park-Fairmount Heights Neighbors Association

[email protected]

Fairmount Heights gay neighbors

[email protected]

Merchants and Workers

Cheese Boutique

666 Chenery Street

Proprietor: Rachid (Rick) Malouf

Your names and relationship to each

other?

(l-r): Carla is Ricks youngest daughter.Nicholas (Nick) Malouf is the son ofRicks first cousin, Sadi. That makesCarla and Nicholas first cousins, onceremoved.

How long have you been working at the

Cheese Boutique?

Carla has worked there for many years,helping her dad. Nicholas began work-ing there in 2001.

What you do when you are not work-

ing there?

Carla attends City College. Nicholas is job hunting. He is a recent graduatefrom the University of Santa Cruz, witha B.A. in Business Management.

Brief history of the store:

Rick Malouf has been the proprietorof Glen Parks Cheese Boutique since1992. He purchased the store from RosePortali and family who ran a deli formany years in the same location. Rickhas a second Cheese Boutique on 129812th Ave which he has had since 1987.Rick speaks enthusiastically about hisstore, about the people, the neighbor-hood. If I had to do it over again, hesaid, I would do it over again. Im alucky guy and my family is very luckytoo. The people are great here.

byPaulaLevine

Critter Fritters Pet Foods

670 Chenery St

Proprietor: Barry Leonard

Your name?

Antonio (Tony) Jerez

How long have you been working at

Critter Fritters?

Two years in September.

What you do when you are not work-

ing there?

I go to City College in Fashion Design.I am also a freelance fashion show

stylist and am a statecertified imageconsultant.

Brief history of the store:

Critter Fritters opened on MothersDay in 1984 and has been runningcontinuously, seven days a week,since then. We never sell animals,said Proprietor Barry Leonard. We

work with animal services to facili-tate adoption. We also have onthe only self-service power washfor animals in the city. The othersare found at professional groomingservices. n


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Community Calendar

Glen Park AssociationQuarterly meetings are held on the

second Tuesday in January, April, July

and October at 7:30 pm. Everyone iswelcome, members and non-membersalike. Annual membership dues of just$10 support the Associations importantwork on behalf of the neighborhood.. Next meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 7:30pm, St. Johns School, 925 Chenery St.

Glen Canyon Rec CenterPlanning Meeting

At our deadline, Rec and Park

hadnt sorted out the date for thisimportant community meeting, tenta-tively planned for a Saturday in mid-to late October. Fall programming forour neighborhood recreation center isrequired to be posted during September.Look over the list that should appear atthe Rec Center, then voice your sugges-tions and concerns at this midday meet-ing. Agenda includes discussion of whatprograms the community wants at theGlen Park Rec CenterQuoits? Quilt-ing? Let em know. For final scheduling,watch in early October for flyers, checkonline at www.parks.sfgov.org, or callScott Reese, superintendent of neighbor-hood services, 831-2745.

Friends of Glen Canyon ParkGeology Walk: Saturday, Oct. 27,

10 am, free. Learn about the geologyof Glen Canyon with Neil Faye, retiredChevron geologist, who is also a noted

authority on snails. His late wife wasthe Josephine Randall Museums firstdirector. Meet behind the Rec Center.Bird Walk: Sunday, Nov. 11, 9

am, free. David Armstrong will lead

another of his popular perambulations

to point out feathered friendsan easy

stroll for all ages along the floor of the

canyon, beginning at the back of the Rec

Center. Bring your binoculars! Follow-

ing the Bird Walk, stick around for the

acclaimed...Pancakes in the Park: Sunday,

Nov. 11, 10:30 am. After you enjoy the

sights and sounds of the Bird Walk, treat

more of your senses to the smells and

taste of pancakes, sausages, coffee and

OJ as Richard Craib whomps up another

scrumptious breakfast in the park. Your

$5 helps further the Friends invaluable

work.

Meetings and Plant Restoration

Work Parties: Third Saturday of eachmonth, 9 amnoon. Next dates: Sept. 15,Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15. Meet behindthe Recreation Center. Tools, glovesand instruction provided. Learn aboutbotany and ecology, exercise your green

thumb, enjoy entertaining camaraderieor examine public-lands managementissues.

Weekly Work Parties: EveryWednesday, 9 amnoon. For the currentweeks meeting place contact RichardCraib, 648-0862.

To join Friends of Glen CanyonPark or learn more about their activi-ties, contact Richard Craib at 648-0862or Jean Conner at 584-8576.

Glen Park Branch Library Tuesday Morning Storytime:

Tuesdays, 10:30 am, for children ages5 and under, continues while the GlenPark branch is closed for relocation,thanks to the folks at Eggettes whoare hosting the kids in the interim, at2810 Diamond St., through Oct. 9. OnOct. 16, Storytime will move to thebrand-new new library branch at 2825Diamond.

During the Glen Park branchshiatus, patrons are urged to use theExcelsior branch, 4400 Mission St. atCotter. Hours there are Mon. 19, Tue.109, Wed. 129, Thu. 106, Fri.1-6,Sat. 106, Sun. 15. Grand Opening: Sat. Oct. 13.Ceremony at 1 pm, opening of the newbranch at 2 pm.

CityGuides Walking Tours Free Guided Walks provide infor-mation about the neighborhood for new-comers and old-timers alike. All you

need is comfortable shoes and an hour orso of free time. Meet in front of the newGlen Park branch library, 2825 DiamondSt., for these walks. Online informationis at www.sfcityguides.org.

Sunday, Oct. 21, 10 am, Glen Parkwalk.

Sunday, Oct. 28, 10 am, Fairmountdistrict walk.

Glen Park Neighborhood

Emergency Response TeamIn a major disaster, trained Glen

Park NERT members will meet othervolunteers at the Glen Park RecreationCenter in the park. Free classes are givenall year in various San Francisco neigh-borhoods. Learn to be self-sufficient ina disaster, and learn basic skills to helpyour family and your neighbors. Reg-ister at www.sfgov.org/sffdnert or call970-2024.

Neighborhood Drill: Saturday,Oct. 13, Holly Park (Holly Park Circleat Elsie Street). Practice some NERTskills, meet others on the teams forGlen Park, Diamond Heights, BernalHeights, Noe Valley, Eureka Valley,

Mission Dolores and the Mission dis-trict. For starting time, check the NERTweb site (above).

Free Autumn Training Classes: Sunset District: Friday eves.,Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 6, 6:30 pm9:30 pm, LDS Church Hall, 22ndAve. at Lawton St. Treasure Island: Thursday eves.,Oct. 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 6:30 pm9:30 pm, Bldg. 497, Avenue I between9th and 11th, Treasure Island

Bird & Beckett Events

Bird & Beckett Books & Recordswill continue to present a variety of

free literary and musical events when

it reopens in its new, more spacious

location at 653 Chenery St. (the for-

mer Glen Park library site). The move

is planned for the weekend of Sept.

2223 (see story, page 5), and busi-

ness will continue on Monday morn-

ing with minimal interruption. For the

latest information, check the web site,

www.bird-beckett.com, or call propri-

etor Eric Whittington at 586-3733.

Coming Events:

Every Friday, 5:308 pm: Jazz

in the Bookshop: Sept. 14, Jimmy

Ryans group; Sept. 21, Don Prells

SeaBop Ensemble; Sept. 28, Henry

Irvins quartet. Same schedule after the

move: Prell 1st & 3rd Fridays, Ryan 2nd

Friday, Irvin 4th Friday. November has

a fifth FridayChuck Peterson may

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