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Vol. 14 No. 48 Aug. 27, 2015 Alameda Sun is a publication of Stellar Media Group, Inc. 3215J Encinal Ave. Alameda, CA 94501 News: (510) 263-1470 Ads: (510) 263-1471 Fax: (510) 263-1473 CONTENTS HOMETOWN NEWS. . . . 2 LOCAL HAPPENINGS . . 4 SPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CLASSIFIED . . . . . . . . . 6 PUZZLES . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 HOMETOWN Fire Wire page 2 Police Blotter page 3 All the doings of Island safety & law personnel Alameda Sun Almanac Date Rise Set Today 06:34 19:47 Aug. 28 06:35 19:46 Aug. 29 06:36 19:45 Aug. 30 06:37 19:43 Aug. 31 06:38 19:42 Sept. 1 06:09 20:22 Sept. 2 06:10 20:22 Alameda Sun JoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko Locally Owned, Community Oriented Amercan Legion, Vietnam Veterans meet. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Openings & More Page 4 WHAT’S IN A NAME Main Street Page 10 West End property owner remembered. Swimming meet winners announced HOMETOWN NEWS Swim Wins Page 5 IT’S WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY! Sharpen your pencils for that newspaper tradition. CROSSWORD PUZZLE And Sudoku Page 7 Visit us Online at www. .com Like or Friend us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter at Alameda_Sun Firefighters Battle Central Ave. Blaze Remembering What They Did AFD Initiates Community Paramedic Program Courtesy photo Firefighters attack a fire at the residence above Central Avenue Bait and Tackle. just after 7 a.m. last Friday. Crewmembers found fire on the second floor of the structure, with extension into the neighboring dwelling. Living Ship Day recalls valiant rescue of “Lost Battalion” White House Staff Photo President Barack Obama and his guests applaud after Obama signed a bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. 442nd Page 9 Sun Staff Reports Fire engulfed the upstairs of a West End building last Friday, causing severe damage to the resi- dential portion above a bait shop popular with local fishing enthusi- asts. The residence above Central Avenue Bait and Tackle caught fire just after 7 a.m.; firefighters found fire on the second floor of the structure, with extension into the neighboring dwelling on the right- hand side. Fire was also threaten- ing an apartment building to the left of the involved structure. Firefighters stretched several lines and attacked the fires in both involved buildings. The fire- fighters knocked down the fires and fully extinguished the flames without any further spread. The call went to two alarms, sending all on-duty Alameda fire- fighters to the scene, along with recalled off-duty members and mutual aid from the Oakland Fire Department. A total of 56 fire- fighters responded to the scene. Additional mutual aid companies covered at vacant Alameda fire stations. The main structure received heavy fire damage throughout the upstairs residential portion. Firefighters were able to confine the fire in the neighboring resi- dence on the right to one bed- room and attic. The apartment building to the left did not appear to be damaged. The nearest busi- ness, RAGS Coin Laundry, is con- structed of cinder block and brick and appeared to be undamaged. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation. There were no injuries. A total of seven occu- pants were displaced and being assisted by the Red Cross. The call went to two alarms, sending all on-duty Alameda firefighters to the scene, along with recalled off-duty members and mutual aid from the Oakland Fire Department. A total of 56 firefighters responded to the blaze. Sun Staff Reports The Alameda Fire Department announced a new program last week aimed at improving health care for members of the commu- nity, beyond the usual role of the paramedic in the emergency sys- tem. The Community Paramedic Program is a two-year state- and county-funded pilot project aimed at addressing gaps that currently exist in the health-care system, according to AFD. The depart- ment hosted a public open house to introduce the program to com- munity members at City Hall last Friday afternoon. The new program will pro- vide follow-up care for selected individuals with chronic illness- es who have recently been dis- charged from the hospital, as one example of the type of aid the program covers. Additionally, the program’s paramedics will con- nect at-risk populations, includ- ing those who frequently use emergency medical services, as a way to decrease reliance on the emergency room or a 9-1-1 call for medical treatment. These popu- lations include the elderly, the homeless, those with substance abuse problems, individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness, and people with- out medical insurance. The program staff is com- prised of five experienced AFD firefighter-paramedics and is the only full service fire department- based EMS transport agency par- ticipating in the California project. Alameda was selected as one of 13 agencies within the state to study the effectiveness of community paramedicine, a new and evolv- ing model of community-based health care in which paramedics function outside their customary emergency response and trans- port roles. “I am proud of our members for stepping up to participate in the new Community Paramedic Pilot Program,” Alameda Fire Chief Doug Long said. “The addi- tional training they have received will provide an increased level of service to the citizens of Alameda. I believe community paramed- ics will be an integral part of Dennis Evanosky Alameda Fire Department Deputy Chief Rick Zombeck, far right, presents the recent gradu- ates of the d epartment’s paramedic program and the department Emergency Medical Services education coordinator at a ceremony at City Hall last Friday. Pictured with Zombeck from left to right: Stephen Lucero, David Wills, Armando Baldizan, EMS Education Coordintator Gail Porto, Michael DeWindt and Patrick Corder. AFD Page 9 Accident Claims Two Ekene Ikeme An Alameda mother and daughter were identified as two of the three victims in a fatal car accident Saturday, Aug. 15, in Tuolumne County. Rachel Shahinian, 50, and her daughter, Annika Zinsley, 10, a student at Otis Elementary School, were in Tuolumne County, east of Modesto, when the head-on collision occurred. They were traveling east on State Route 120 about 4:05 p.m. when their 2007 Toyota Rav 4 was struck by a 1997 Honda CRV traveling westbound. Modesto resident Sheila Weeks, 59, was driving west- bound in the Honda. She also died in the accident. Weeks stopped in the mid- dle of the road after the colli- sion, while Shahinian’s Toyota ended up on the right shoul- der engulfed in flames, causing a brush fire that burned about 120 acres, according to the California Highway Patrol. Coroners and investigators have not concluded the toxi- cology report to determine if drugs or alcohol played a role in the vehicle collision. Shahinian and Zinsley were avid ballet performers. The mother and daughter duo performed in numerous bal- lets in Alameda including the past two productions of “The Nutcracker” by the Alameda Civic Ballet, according to Abra Rudisill, ACB artistic direc- tor. Shahinian played Mother Ginger and a Party Lady in the two productions, while Zinsley was cast as a Gingersnap and as a Russian. The pair also volunteered at Otis Elementary. Zinsley was involved with “Boost! Leadership,” a program at Otis school that matches fourth and fifth graders with kinder- gartners during recess. On the organization’s Facebook page, Zinsley was described as a “serene and cheerful soul.” Her mother volunteered at sev- eral school functions including judging the school science fair, leading safety patrol and sing- ing at Owlapalooza, according to program organizers. A memorial service took place last Sunday, Aug. 23, at Pilgrim Armenian Congregational Church in Fresno. Another service was held yesterday at the O Club. Donations in the memory of Rachel Shahinian and Annika Zinsley can be made to the Alameda Civic Ballet, 1402 Park St., Alameda, Calif. 94501. The money raised from the Rachel and Annika’s Memorial Fund will be used to defray the cost of classes and perfor- mances for needy families. Donations can also be made to Camp Arev Business Center, PO Box 11145, Glendale, Calif. 91226. The center’s Rachel and Annika Memorial Fund will use the money for student camp- ing and toward building a “low ropes” course. Dennis Evanosky As part of its ongoing “Living Ship Day” program, USS Hornet recently honored the members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and its rescue of the “Lost Battalion.” The 442nd, formed in 1943, was a segregated U.S. Army unit com- posed mostly of second-generation Japanese-American soldiers. Most Japanese Americans who fought for the United States in World War II were Nisei, born in the United States to immigrant parents. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S entered the war. The fol- lowing February, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that targeted for internment the Japanese living in the United States, particularly on the West Coast. Despite the internment of the Japanese, many Nisei volunteered to serve in the Army, and on March 23, 1943, Roosevelt announced the formation of the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team. When the Army called for 1,500 volunteers from Hawaii and 3,000 from the mainland, more 10,000 men from Hawaii volunteered, but just 1,256 Nisei volunteered from the mainland. The draft netted more Nisei from the mainland and these men made up a large part of the 14,000 men who eventually served in the 442nd. According to the Densho Encyclopedia, the 442nd included three infantry battalions, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, the 232nd Combat Engineers Company, an Anti Tank Company, a Cannon Company, Medical Detachment, and the 206th Army Ground Forces Band. On May 1, 1944, the RCT, minus the 1st Infantry Battalion, left for Italy where it joined the 100th Infantry Battalion just north of Rome. The 100th was made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii. “The 1st Battalion had been sending troops to replace the killed and wounded in the 100th, whose were substantially depleted,” the Densho Encyclopedia says. The 442nd entered combat north of Rome in June 1944. At that time, the 100th Battalion was incorporated into the 442nd but because of its outstanding com- bat record was allowed to keep its designation. The 442nd’s infantry units were the 100th, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions. The 1st Battalion had stayed in the United States. “The 442nd was attached to General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army, which was driving German forc- es north in the heavily defended mountainous terrain of northern Italy. The younger, untested troops of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were occasionally bailed out of dicey situations by the more combat- hardened veterans of the 100th,” the Densho Encyclopedia writes.
Transcript of Page 01 082715 Front - Alameda SunDensho Encyclopedia says. The 442nd entered combat north of Rome...
Vol. 14 No. 48Aug. 27, 2015
Alameda Sun is a publication of
Stellar Media Group, Inc. 3215J Encinal Ave. Alameda, CA 94501
News: (510) 263-1470Ads: (510) 263-1471Fax: (510) 263-1473
CONTENTSHOMETOWN NEWS . . . . 2
LOCAL HAPPENINGS . . 4
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CLASSIFIED . . . . . . . . . 6
PUZZLES . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
HOMETOWNFire Wire page 2
Police Blotter page 3
All the doings of Island safety & law personnel
Alameda Sun Almanac
Date Rise SetToday 06:34 19:47Aug. 28 06:35 19:46Aug. 29 06:36 19:45Aug. 30 06:37 19:43Aug. 31 06:38 19:42Sept. 1 06:09 20:22Sept. 2 06:10 20:22
Alameda Sun
JoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko
Locally Owned, Community Oriented
Amercan Legion, Vietnam Veterans meet.
LOCAL HAPPENINGSOpenings & More Page 4
WHAT’S IN A NAMEMain Street Page 10
West End property owner remembered.
Swimming meet winners announced
HOMETOWN NEWSSwim Wins Page 5
IT’S WOMEN’S EQUALITY
DAY!
Sharpen your pencils for that newspaper tradition.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE And Sudoku Page 7
Visit us Online at www. .com
Like or Friend uson Facebook
Follow us on Twitter at Alameda_Sun
Firefighters Battle Central Ave. Blaze
Remembering What They Did
AFD Initiates Community Paramedic Program
Courtesy photo
Firefighters attack a fire at the residence above Central Avenue Bait and Tackle. just after 7 a.m. last Friday. Crewmembers found fire on the second floor of the structure, with extension into the neighboring dwelling.
Living Ship Day recalls valiant rescue of “Lost Battalion”
White House Staff Photo
President Barack Obama and his guests applaud after Obama signed a bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.
442nd Page 9
Sun Staff ReportsFire engulfed the upstairs of
a West End building last Friday, causing severe damage to the resi-dential portion above a bait shop popular with local fishing enthusi-asts. The residence above Central Avenue Bait and Tackle caught fire just after 7 a.m.; firefighters found fire on the second floor of the structure, with extension into the neighboring dwelling on the right-hand side. Fire was also threaten-ing an apartment building to the left of the involved structure.
Firefighters stretched several lines and attacked the fires in both involved buildings. The fire-fighters knocked down the fires and fully extinguished the flames without any further spread.
The call went to two alarms, sending all on-duty Alameda fire-fighters to the scene, along with
recalled off-duty members and mutual aid from the Oakland Fire Department. A total of 56 fire-fighters responded to the scene. Additional mutual aid companies covered at vacant Alameda fire stations.
The main structure received heavy fire damage throughout the upstairs residential portion. Firefighters were able to confine the fire in the neighboring resi-dence on the right to one bed-room and attic. The apartment building to the left did not appear to be damaged. The nearest busi-ness, RAGS Coin Laundry, is con-structed of cinder block and brick and appeared to be undamaged.
The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation. There were no injuries. A total of seven occu-pants were displaced and being assisted by the Red Cross.
The call went to two alarms, sending all on-duty Alameda firefighters to the scene, along with recalled off-duty members and mutual aid from the Oakland Fire Department. A total of 56 firefighters responded to the blaze.
Sun Staff ReportsThe Alameda Fire Department
announced a new program last week aimed at improving health care for members of the commu-nity, beyond the usual role of the paramedic in the emergency sys-tem. The Community Paramedic Program is a two-year state- and county-funded pilot project aimed at addressing gaps that currently exist in the health-care system, according to AFD. The depart-ment hosted a public open house to introduce the program to com-munity members at City Hall last Friday afternoon.
The new program will pro-vide follow-up care for selected individuals with chronic illness-es who have recently been dis-charged from the hospital, as one example of the type of aid the program covers. Additionally, the program’s paramedics will con-nect at-risk populations, includ-ing those who frequently use emergency medical services, as a way to decrease reliance on the emergency room or a 9-1-1 call for medical treatment. These popu-lations include the elderly, the
homeless, those with substance abuse problems, individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness, and people with-out medical insurance.
The program staff is com-prised of five experienced AFD firefighter-paramedics and is the only full service fire department-based EMS transport agency par-ticipating in the California project. Alameda was selected as one of 13 agencies within the state to study the effectiveness of community paramedicine, a new and evolv-ing model of community-based health care in which paramedics function outside their customary emergency response and trans-port roles.
“I am proud of our members for stepping up to participate in the new Community Paramedic Pilot Program,” Alameda Fire Chief Doug Long said. “The addi-tional training they have received will provide an increased level of service to the citizens of Alameda. I believe community paramed-ics will be an integral part of
Dennis Evanosky
Alameda Fire Department Deputy Chief Rick Zombeck, far right, presents the recent gradu-ates of the d epartment’s paramedic program and the department Emergency Medical Services education coordinator at a ceremony at City Hall last Friday. Pictured with Zombeck from left to right: Stephen Lucero, David Wills, Armando Baldizan, EMS Education Coordintator Gail Porto, Michael DeWindt and Patrick Corder. AFD Page 9
Accident Claims TwoEkene Ikeme
An Alameda mother and daughter were identified as two of the three victims in a fatal car accident Saturday, Aug. 15, in Tuolumne County.
Rachel Shahinian, 50, and her daughter, Annika Zinsley, 10, a student at Otis Elementary School, were in Tuolumne County, east of Modesto, when the head-on collision occurred. They were traveling east on State Route 120 about 4:05 p.m. when their 2007 Toyota Rav 4 was struck by a 1997 Honda CRV traveling westbound.
Modesto resident Sheila Weeks, 59, was driving west-bound in the Honda. She also died in the accident.
Weeks stopped in the mid-dle of the road after the colli-sion, while Shahinian’s Toyota ended up on the right shoul-der engulfed in flames, causing a brush fire that burned about 120 acres, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Coroners and investigators have not concluded the toxi-cology report to determine if drugs or alcohol played a role in the vehicle collision.
Shahinian and Zinsley were avid ballet performers. The mother and daughter duo performed in numerous bal-lets in Alameda including the past two productions of “The Nutcracker” by the Alameda Civic Ballet, according to Abra Rudisill, ACB artistic direc-tor. Shahinian played Mother
Ginger and a Party Lady in the two productions, while Zinsley was cast as a Gingersnap and as a Russian.
The pair also volunteered at Otis Elementary. Zinsley was involved with “Boost! Leadership,” a program at Otis school that matches fourth and fifth graders with kinder-gartners during recess. On the organization’s Facebook page, Zinsley was described as a “serene and cheerful soul.” Her mother volunteered at sev-eral school functions including judging the school science fair, leading safety patrol and sing-ing at Owlapalooza, according to program organizers.
A memorial service took place last Sunday, Aug. 23, at Pilgrim Armenian Congregational Church in Fresno. Another service was held yesterday at the O Club. Donations in the memory of Rachel Shahinian and Annika Zinsley can be made to the Alameda Civic Ballet, 1402 Park St., Alameda, Calif. 94501. The money raised from the Rachel and Annika’s Memorial Fund will be used to defray the cost of classes and perfor-mances for needy families.
Donations can also be made to Camp Arev Business Center, PO Box 11145, Glendale, Calif. 91226. The center’s Rachel and Annika Memorial Fund will use the money for student camp-ing and toward building a “low ropes” course.
Dennis EvanoskyAs part of its ongoing “Living
Ship Day” program, USS Hornet recently honored the members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and its rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”
The 442nd, formed in 1943, was a segregated U.S. Army unit com-posed mostly of second-generation Japanese-American soldiers.
Most Japanese Americans who fought for the United States in World War II were Nisei, born in the United States to immigrant parents.
Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S entered the war. The fol-lowing February, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that targeted for internment the Japanese living in the United States, particularly on the West Coast.
Despite the internment of the Japanese, many Nisei volunteered to serve in the Army, and on March 23, 1943, Roosevelt announced the formation of the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team.
When the Army called for 1,500 volunteers from Hawaii and 3,000 from the mainland, more 10,000 men from Hawaii volunteered, but just 1,256 Nisei volunteered from the mainland.
The draft netted more Nisei from the mainland and these men made up a large part of the 14,000 men who eventually served in the 442nd. According to the Densho Encyclopedia, the 442nd included three infantry battalions, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, the 232nd
Combat Engineers Company, an Anti Tank Company, a Cannon Company, Medical Detachment, and the 206th Army Ground Forces Band.
On May 1, 1944, the RCT, minus the 1st Infantry Battalion, left for Italy where it joined the 100th Infantry Battalion just north of Rome. The 100th was made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii.
“The 1st Battalion had been sending troops to replace the killed and wounded in the 100th, whose were substantially depleted,” the Densho Encyclopedia says.
The 442nd entered combat north of Rome in June 1944. At that time, the 100th Battalion was incorporated into the 442nd but
because of its outstanding com-bat record was allowed to keep its designation. The 442nd’s infantry units were the 100th, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions. The 1st Battalion had stayed in the United States.
“The 442nd was attached to General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army, which was driving German forc-es north in the heavily defended mountainous terrain of northern Italy. The younger, untested troops of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were occasionally bailed out of dicey situations by the more combat-hardened veterans of the 100th,” the Densho Encyclopedia writes.
