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Video: A tour of the Arlington area with Georgia Sercl

RIVERSIDE - Most people drive through the Arlington section of Riverside with a sense of urgency, zooming down Magnolia Avenue to get to the mall or to get to work.

Georgia Gordon Sercl’s drive is more a leisurely cruise. This is her community, Arlington, and she not only feels pride in its history, but a sense of entitlement. She is a third-generation resident of Arlington, born and raised, whose great-grandparents emigrated from Holland and built their home right where Macy’s stands at the Galleria at Tyler.

Gordon Sercl’s mother and grandmother both served as the community’s unofficial curators and keepers of all things historic. Both were published authors on the subject and now, Gordon Sercl joins them with her first book, "Images of America, Arlington."

"I have a lot of history here," Gordon Sercl said as she drove down Magnolia, past Jackson in the heart of Arlington. "In 1923, when my grandma got married, her parents gave her 10 acres, which is now the new movie theatres at Tyler."

Several important buildings and events took place in Arlington from the 1890s on. The General Hospital of Riverside County was built there in 1893 and remained in use for a century before moving to Moreno Valley.

In 1901, the Bureau of Indian Affairs bought 100 acres at the corner of Jackson Street and Magnolia Avenue for an Indian school. One of the original buildings still stands and serves as a museum for what is now Sherman Indian School. Even its lush citrus history lives on with the creation in 1993 of the California Citrus State Historic Park on Dufferin Ave. and Van Buren Boulevard.

"I think the biggest growth and change to the area was in the ’60s and ’70s," Gordon Sercl said. "A lot of stores closed and a lot of things came to town, like a shopping mall and strip malls."

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Video: A tour of the Arlington area with Georgia Sercl

RIVERSIDE - Most people drive through the Arlington section of Riverside with a sense of urgency, zooming down Magnolia Avenue to get to the mall or to get to work.

Georgia Gordon Sercl’s drive is more a leisurely cruise. This is her community, Arlington, and she not only feels pride in its history, but a sense of entitlement. She is a third-generation resident of Arlington, born and raised, whose great-grandparents emigrated from Holland and built their home right where Macy’s stands at the Galleria at Tyler.

Gordon Sercl’s mother and grandmother both served as the community’s unofficial curators and keepers of all things historic. Both were published authors on the subject and now, Gordon Sercl joins them with her first book, "Images of America, Arlington."

"I have a lot of history here," Gordon Sercl said as she drove down Magnolia, past Jackson in the heart of Arlington. "In 1923, when my grandma got married, her parents gave her 10 acres, which is now the new movie theatres at Tyler."

Several important buildings and events took place in Arlington from the 1890s on. The General Hospital of Riverside County was built there in 1893 and remained in use for a century before moving to Moreno Valley.

In 1901, the Bureau of Indian Affairs bought 100 acres at the corner of Jackson Street and Magnolia Avenue for an Indian school. One of the original buildings still stands and serves as a museum for what is now Sherman Indian School. Even its lush citrus history lives on with the creation in 1993 of the California Citrus State Historic Park on Dufferin Ave. and Van Buren Boulevard.

"I think the biggest growth and change to the area was in the ’60s and ’70s," Gordon Sercl said. "A lot of stores closed and a lot of things came to town, like a shopping mall and strip malls."

Many of the sepia-toned …

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Christmas musical in Portage

v “RETRO,'’ a Christmas musical comedy, is being
presented at Kalamazoo Valley Family Church, 995 Romence
Road, Portage. The show features the Christmas story told
through dance and “oldies'’ songs such as “I Got
You Babe,'’

“Proud Mary'’ and “You’re So
Vain.'’ There is no charge, but a ticket is
required to attend. Tickets can be obtained at the church or
online at kvfc.org or retrochristmas.org. 5 and 7 p.m.
Friday; 5 and 7:30 Saturday; and 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6
p.m. Sunday.Ballet in Grand Rapids

v The Grand Rapids Ballet Company is performing “THE
NUTCRACKER'’ with the Grand Rapids Symphony at
DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Center, 303 Monroe Ave. NW,
Grand Rapids. Tickets are $17-$52. 373-7000. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Exhibits in Kalamazoo and South Haven

v “WARHOL, CHIHULY AND OTHERS: SHOWCASING NEW KIA
ACQUISITIONS'’ is on display at the Kalamazoo
Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St. The exhibit features a
wide range of works that have been added to the KIA’s
Permanent Collection since 1998. Artists include Jasper
Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, Cindy Sherman, Red Grooms, Kara
Walker, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Diego Rivera, Hendrik
Golzius, Jim Dine, Robert Rauschenberg and Kathe Kollwitz.
349-7775, or www.kiarts.org. Through Jan. 27.

v “SHIP SHAPES,'’ a display and sale of unique
maritime artwork and artifacts, is being featured at the
South Haven Center for the Arts, 600 Phoenix St., South
Haven. winter family exhibition is being presented in
collaboration with South Haven’s Michigan Maritime
Museum. (269) 637-1041. Through Feb. 3.

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These transactions, recorded Nov. 8-10, 2006, are compiled from information on file with the City of Philadelphia. They represent sales of $78,000 or more.
1107 S 3rd St Orlando Bottiglieri and Steven Sigal to Stephen Sharkey, $250,000.
2510 S 3rd St Ken and Sara Castagna to Brian Cohen, $160,000.
1336 S 6th St Ralph Mattei and Will Of Maria Mattei to Qi Dan Chen, $198,000.
802 S 6th St unit 8 Hilarie M Surrena to Catherine A Rualo, $237,000.
5824 N 12th St Sergio Giraldo to Blair Epps, $89,900.
610 S 15th St Elizabeth N Bean to Charity and Matthew Woerthwein Hyde, $517,000.
6631 N 17th St Louise E and Richard Thomas to Kenneth Bennett and Kimberly Broughton, $88,000.
1448 S 17th St C V and Louise J Wilson to Dalia Ogorman, $115,000.
2035 N 18th St Michael Davis to Adam Karloff, $79,000.
627-37 N 18th St unit 302 Delaware Valley R E Holdings LLC to Thomas J Fangras, $325,000.
1532 N 19th St Housing Enrichment Renaissance Board Com to Heather Alessi, $82,500.
716 S 19th St Churchland Homes LLC to Monica Ostberg and Trine Dahl, $625,000.
6626 N 20th St Smj Investment Co to Tiffany Robinson, $95,000.
7224 N 20th St Jacqueline W Law and Estate Of Faye Collins Floyd to Jamila A Lee, $107,500.
2137 S 20th St R E Associates Inc to Harjono Budiono and Fnu Jeniwati, $135,000.
3406 S 20th St Westrum Capeheart LP to Lee Quach, $529,990.
520 S 24th St Wendy S Scholtland and Kennen S Cross to Richard J and Paula L Mandel, $480,000.
1736 S 28th St Sean McLaughlin to Dwayne Pellak, $94,000.
250 S 46th St Myrtle Randolph and Howard Solomon to Wenting Zhou and Weichen Wu, $232,800.
509 S 46th St Prentice S Cole Jr and Paula L Rubin to Justin Omalley, $375,000.
1018 S 53rd St Henry and Carla White to Erik Darden, $108,000.
38 S 54th St Solomon J Baston Jr to Caliek A Ruffin, $100,000.
2952-2960 N 5th St Soon Nae Yung to Hector Medina, $150,000.
47 N 62nd St Eric Johns to Debbie Stevens, $93,800.
219 N 63rd St Stephen J Hill to Felix Onwurah, …

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12/16/2007

Roy Lichtenstein, Crying Girl, 1963. Lithograph. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Tucker, 1965.

Who thinks we need to think more about blondes?

Kemper Art Museum curator Catharina Manchanda does, and she might be right.

As a culture, we are deluged with images of variously seductive and proper women with blonde hair. From Jean Harlow and Mae West through Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly to Madonna and Martha Stewart, we’ve had our choices of worldly and virtuous female blondes. Their male counterparts, from Troy Donahue to Tab Hunter to Brad Pitt, also run the gamut from nice to naughty.

But do we really know the blonde?

The thoughtful but fun exhibition, "Beauty and the Blonde," suggests that we might not know her fully.

The show starts out with familiar, vintage images of blondes. Good examples of what Jasper Johns called things known but not seen, they include movie posters for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Guns, Girls and Gangsters," "Barbarella" and "Bonnie and Clyde"; "Vogue" and "Life" covers featuring Marilyn Monroe, Faye Dunaway, Mae West and Ann-Margret. There are the Clairol ads: "If I’ve only one life — let me live it as a blonde," and a Barbie doll.

In a display case are pulp novels with titles like "The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde" and "Deaf, Dumb and Blonde." Relatively chaste pin-up calendars top a selection from Playboy: the lubricious comic "Little Annie Fanny" and the famous centerfold of Marilyn Monroe showing her voluptuous all.

A plasma screen plays clips from "Some Like it Hot," "Vertigo," "The Birds" and such TV shows as "Bewitched" and Brady Bunch."

Things start to get serious in the next gallery, the first of three …

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In the wake of the much-publicized opening of its superb new
facility in October, the Grand Rapids Art Museum continues
to offer reasons for repeat visits. The latest is the
unveiling of its Jansma Family Works on Paper Study, which
opened Dec. 2.

The space, which houses about 3,500 prints and photographs
from its collection, includes two recent high-profile
acquisitions: Albrecht Durer’s “The Engraved
Passion,” a series of 16 engravings from 1507-1523 that
describe the Passion of Christ, and Rembrandt van
Rijn’s 1654 masterwork “The Three Crosses,”
which shows the moment of Christ’s death on the cross
at Golgotha.

Durer is considered one of the greatest printmakers in the
history of Western print, a master of detail who produced
the iconic woodcut Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in his
Apocalypse series (1497-1498). His work influenced many
printmakers who followed, including Rembrandt.

The just-acquired Durer engravings are some of the earliest
dated works in the museum’s collection of prints and
drawings, which spans the 16th to 20th centuries. These
works as well as “The Three Crosses” were
purchased with support from Sid and Joanne Jansma, for whom
the Works on Paper Study is named.

If that isn’t enough of a reason to visit the museum
again, consider dropping by on one of the next two weekends
to take in a holiday movie.

The GRAM’s new home includes the Cook Auditorium, in
which it will offer afternoon screenings of the classic
“A Christmas Carol” featuring Alistair Sim at 1
p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

On Dec. 22-23, GRAM will show “The Polar Express,”
which ties into its current exhibit of drawings by Chris Van
Allsburg, upon whose children’s book the film is based.

Admission to the films is included in the museum’s
ticket price, $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and college
students, $5 for ages 6-17. museum also presents a performance by the Embellish
Handbell Ensemble from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. …

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December 13, 2007

ROCK & POP

B. Boomers Bar & Grille: Triple Shot, 9 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 16006 Southfield, Allen Park. 313-928-8570.

The Belmont: Orpheum Bell, with Black Jake & the Carnies and Shotgun Wedding, 10 p.m. Fri. Universal Temple of Divine Power, 10 p.m. Sat. 10215 Jos. Campau, Hamtramck. 313-871-1966.

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The Crofoot Ballroom: The Jam Society, with Electric Roots Band, 5 p.m. Sun. 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333.

Gino’s Surf Banquet Center: Darrin Hagel’s Christmas with Elvis, 6 p.m. Sat. 37400 Jefferson, Harrison Twp. 586-468-2611.

Iron Mike’s: Thump, 9:30 p.m. Sat. 22900 Waltz, New Boston. 734-753-5171.

Jon-Jon’s: Talk Dirty to Me, a Poison tribute band with an appearance by Heather from “Rock of Love,” 9 p.m. Sun. 28039 Mound, Warren. 586-751-3160.

The Loft: Four Finger Five, 9 p.m. Fri. 515 Buckham Alley, Flint. 810-767-0933.

Mo Doggie’s: Catz Ass, with the Shram, 9 p.m. Sat. 715 Torrey, Fenton. 810-629-1415.

Monterey Music Cafe: Echoes of Pink Floyd, 10 p.m. Sat. 6560 Allen, Allen Park. 313-388-2600.

Rusty Nail: Work in Progress, 9 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 35703 Groesbeck, Clinton Twp. 586-790-4311.

TC’s Speakeasy Bar & Grill: Sik Sik Nation, with Todd Deatherage and the Cetan Clawson Revolution, 9 p.m. Fri. Murder Mystery, 9 p.m. Sat. Open mike, 9 p.m. Mon. Live band karaoke, 9 p.m. Tue. She Bang! Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wed. 207 W. Michigan, Ypsilanti. 734-483-4470.

313.Jac: Carjack, with Charlie Slick and Deastro, 10 p.m. Fri. The Inside Outlaws, 10 p.m. Sat. 624 Brush St., Detroit. 800-700-2437.

Token Lounge: Lemon James, with 94 West and Modfather, 10 p.m. Sat. 28949 Joy, Westland. 734-513-5030.

Village Idiot: Humpty Hump, 9 p.m. Sat. 15421 Mack, Detroit.

Wayne Road Pub: Benny and the Jets, 9 p.m. Tue. 1870 S. Wayne, Westland. 734-728-9330.

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The Granby Fire Department in Grand County has built the most expensive volunteer fire station in Colorado, according to a statewide survey of fire stations conducted by 9News.
The Granby station boasts 24,000 square feet, nine bays, $3,000 flat-screen televisions and a kitchen designed to look like a 1950s diner. In all, the station and furnishings cost $4 million when it opened in September 2006, making it more expensive than most stations manned by full-time firefighters.
Grand Fire District voters approved the new headquarters station, a training tower, resident quarters, a satellite station and the purchase of firefighting equipment in a bond issue in May 2004. In fliers that went to voters about the bond issue, Grand Fire District officials called it a “prudent, no-frills package.”
“Our taxpayers wouldn’t go for that,” said Fire Chief Arturo Morales of Castle Rock, where firefighters have a $2.2-million station. “I think the community expects us to be responsible with our dollars.”
Audio/video alone: $46,400 Granby Fire Chief Dave Boyes and his wife, Cindy, decorated the station with details that they call “pops.” Those include a $1,000 decorative fire pole, marble-lined walls and retro office furniture — plus audio/video and stereo equipment with outdoor speakers that cost $46,400. Another perk: a new pool table with a custom-made rack and cues for $4,500.
The chief maintains the district spent the money wisely.
“I can only tell you that this project was under-budgeted and that we have done everything we have told taxpayers we would do,” Boyes said. “I feel that we were actually conservative and I think it’s remarkable that we were able to complete a project like this and have it look so attractive and have the detail this does for the amount of money we spent.”
He says they would have spent whatever amount taxpayers approved. “If the voters would have given $2 million, we would have spent $2 million,” Boyes said.
A mixed reaction in town
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