Tribe Sets Record In Win

BASEBALL: Burroughs defeats Burbank, 7-1, to finish second in league and notch program’s first 20-win season.
By Jeff Tully, Burbank Leader
Published: May 15, 2009

BURROUGHS HIGH — There was still a great deal to be decided Friday in the final day of Pacific League baseball play. A group of teams — including Burroughs High and Burbank — were still trying to nail down their final placement in the league standings. The Indians needed a win against their cross-town rival, and a little help from Crescenta Valley, to win a share of their first league championship in 12 years. Burroughs did its job, overcoming an early deficit to defeat Burbank, 7-1, on its home field. Unfortunately for the Indians, the Falcons lost to Arcadia, 6-4, extinguishing any chances of a league crown for the locals. In the final league scheme of things, Arcadia (21-4, 12-2 in league) wins the title outright, finishing one game ahead of Burroughs (20-7, 11-3).Burbank (11-10-1, 9-5) and Crescenta Valley (18-9, 9-5) finish tied for third place.

The Bulldogs will go into the postseason as the No. 3 team from the league after winning a coin flip with the Falcons. The 20 wins for Burroughs is significant, as this season’s team is the first group to win that many games. Although his squad didn’t win a share of the league title, Burroughs Coach Tom Crowther is happy with his team’s effort this season.“We have won a few league titles in the history of our program, but we have never won 20 games before, so that’s special,” he said. “We would have been happy with a title, but we have to tip our hats to Arcadia.

”Burroughs received a fine pitching performance from senior Kyle Hart. Hart (6-3) went the distance, striking out 11 in a 112-pitch effort. Burbank did get to Hart early, as Chris Mott powered a solo home run to left field in the top of the first inning to give the visitors an early lead.“We knew that a one-run lead wasn’t going to stick,” Burbank assistant coach Kelly Saunders said. “We had our share of hits, we just couldn’t string enough of them together.”Burroughs tied the score in the fourth inning when Nick Bozman singled home Ray Palafox, who reached base on a hit. Bozman led the Indians’ offensive charge, going two for four with a two-run home run and three runs batted in. Palafox was two for three with a walk and two runs scored. The bottom fell out for Burbank and starting pitcher McCauley Taylor in the fifth inning, when Burroughs brought 10 players to the plate and scored five runs. Bozman’s home run, a two-run double by Erik Suarez and an RBI-single by Hart did most of the damage. The Indians added a run in the sixth. Burbank received a fine effort from Greg Koll, who was two for three with a double. It was the Indians’ 18th straight win against their rival and the 36th in 38 games.

Burbank High Can't Get Pass CV

BASEBALL: Surging Falcons hand Bulldogs a Pacific League road setback, 7-5, in a game where tempers flair.

By Gabriel Rizk, Burbank Leader
Published: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

GLENDALE — Lest anyone had forgotten that the defending Pacific League champions weren’t out of the hunt just yet, the Crescenta Valley baseball team has been busy over the month of May reminding its competition that the chase for the league title is far from over.For Burbank, it is battling to stay in postseason contention in a league that has become extremely tight the last few weeks.Going back to the first of the month, the Falcons have strung together wins against the same three teams that sent them spiraling into a three-game skid and under .500 in league as of April 3.Wins over Burroughs, Pasadena and now the Bulldogs, 7-5, on Saturday night at Stengel Field, have catapulted Crescenta Valley back into the title mix.“This gives a chance,” Crescenta Valley Coach Phil Torres said. “Three weeks ago we were dead, everyone felt we were, and the kids have done a good job.”There was no love lost between the Falcons and Bulldogs on Saturday. Tensions simmered and came to a head following some physicality on a pickoff play at first base that ended the sixth inning.A Burbank player and at least two coaches, including head Coach Bob Hart, were ejected from the game after a heated exchange with the umpiring crew.But the game was far from over at that point, as the Bulldogs mounted a two-out rally in the seventh from down, 7-4.Shortstop Lonnie Kauppila, who played for Crescenta Valley last season before transferring to Burbank, singled on a high chopper to the left side of the infield and scored on an infield hit by David Goldberg.With runners on first and third and the go-ahead run at the plate, Falcons reliever Sean Elliott ended the game on a strikeout and preserved the win for starter Jake Lehne (four innings pitched, three earned runs, eight

strikeouts).“Everywhere, things got a little crazy [at the end],” said Elliott, who allowed just two hits over the last three innings. “I knew that one run that scored didn’t matter, even though [the Bulldogs] were acting like it was a walk off. I just wanted to close it out. It was a big win for Jake — he pitched really well.”Burbank scored the first run of the game in the first inning on a single to right field by Goldberg.Kauppila (three for four) put the Bulldogs ahead, 3-2, with a two-run home run in the top of the third inning. It was the junior’s 12th homer of the season.Crescenta Valley countered in the bottom of the fourth with a five-run rally, beginning when Edward Lee scored on an error to tie the game at 3.With one out, Elliott Surrey (two for four) singled in Zack Torres, Joe Sedano doubled, Troy Mulcahey singled in Surrey and Troy Prasertsit singled in Sedano, who was three for four with two doubles.Matt Ashby then singled to load the bases and the Falcons went up, 7-3, on a walk to Brandt Bowers.“Throughout the year, we haven’t been able to string hits together,” said Mulcahey, who went two for three with a double. “We just came to play and we got a lot of hits in a row. That’s our key.”Kauppila came up big again in the fifth inning, doubling in Taylor.Taylor and Goldberg were both two for four.The Bulldogs tied to rally in the seventh, as Goldberg delivered an RBI-single.

BHS?JBHS ALUMNI PICNIC CAR SHOW!

Time again to start taking sign-ups for the 9th. Annual All Class Reunion Picnic and Car Show. It is happening on Sat. June 20th. at Johnny Carson Park on Bob Hope Drive, between Alameda and Riverside Dr. Just enter off of Bob Hope Drive and register with Karl and park in shade. Always be careful of others walking and drive slow.
The picnic is between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. We need cars to arrive by 10:45 a.m. to get them registered and parked. The registration cost is $20 per car. We need to have all send me the year and make of car, class it is to be put in if you have it, name of owner or owners, (need to be a graduate of Burbank or Burroughs High) Please state which school and year graduated. We need to have all cars put in a class before coming to the show. We fill out the windshield cards ahead so as to save time. Trophies for the 7 classes will be given out about 3 p.m.
The classes for the 7 trophies are: Modified pre-war, modified post-war, stock, sports/open, ladies choice, drivers pick, and best of show. The classification of hot rod would fall under modified pre-war.
Please pass the word around so other classmates will know about this.
Please e-mail your info to me grossmand@aol.com or phone me at 818-841-0387. Thanks, Denny Grossman, Car Show volunteer.
Registered Entries
1. Karl and Marianne Grossman - Burroughs 57, Burbank 63 - 71 El Camino Modified post war
2. Lou & Judy Bartoletti - Burbank 58 57 Chevy Belair Hardtop Modified post war
3. Bill Hormuth - Burroughs 63 65 T-Bird Sports/open
4. Gerald Gaughen - Burroughs 55 55 DeSoto Stock
5. Darrell & Nancy Golnick - Burbank 60 55 Chevy Belair Modified post war
6. Bud and Joyce Nelson - Burbank 60, Burroughs 6032 Ford Roadster Modified pre-war

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Public Affairs Officer for Voice of America

Margaret E. Jaffie, 88, a retired public affairs officer for the Voice of America who conducted thousands of public tours of the international broadcasting operation during a 20-year tenure, died Feb. 12 at her home in Sun City Center, Fla., after having a heart attack while swimming. She was a former resident of the District.
Leading five or more tour groups a day through VOA's headquarters at 330 Independence Ave. SW, Mrs. Jaffie explained the broadcast network's mission and operations, answered countless questions and, in her words, "told America's story to the world."
Those to whom she gave tours included entertainer Pearl Bailey, an African king, the boxers Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard and U.S. service people who listened to VOA while stationed overseas.
They also included, on one occasion during the Cold War, two heavyset men with Russian accents who said they were from New York. They actually were journalists from Pravda, the official Soviet newspaper.
"They wrote that they visited the Voice of America and met a feisty old lady, wearing tennis shoes, who was spreading propaganda," Mrs. Jaffie recalled in a 2002 VOA interview.
Her tennis shoes were a way to cope with the long, uncarpeted corridors of the VOA building.
She also recalled a young man from Hungary who took her tour. "He said, 'I want you to know my uncle went to jail for listening to the Voice of America. That's why I'm here. I wanted to hear it, too.'
"I was thrilled," Mrs. Jaffie said.
In 1989, she received the Congressional Award for Exemplary Service to the Public. The citation read in part: "Mrs. Jaffie's pride and affection for VOA and its people are contagious. Visitors -- be they members of Congress, foreign diplomats or American high school students -- come away from her tours excited by what she has shown and told them."
She was born Margaret Elizabeth List in Scranton, N.D., and received a bachelor's degree in 1941 from St. Cloud State Teachers College (now St. Cloud State University) in Minnesota. After graduating, she moved to California, where she lived with an aunt and taught international relations and English at Burbank High School. (Future film star Debbie Reynolds was one of her students.) She also married a fellow teacher, Robert Jaffie.
A few years later, her husband joined the U.S. Information Agency Foreign Service, and in 1955, the couple began a 16-year odyssey that took them to India, Nepal, Pakistan and China. During their first overseas assignment in Calcutta, Mrs. Jaffie worked as a volunteer with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. She also volunteered teaching American English and American culture to young Indians.
The Jaffies moved back to Washington in 1972 because of Robert Jaffie's failing health. After his death in 1973, Mrs. Jaffie became a State Department escort officer, arranging itineraries and accompanying foreign officials, academics, journalists and other visitors on tours of the United States. She became a VOA tour guide the next year.
At her retirement ceremony 20 years later, her colleagues presented her with a pair of tennis shoes dipped in bronze.
In retirement, Ms. Jaffie lived in Falls Church and had a second home in Sun City Center, where she swam daily. She made frequent trips to Egypt and later Botswana to visit her daughter and also made several trips to New Delhi to visit old friends.
Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Jaffie of Springfield; and a sister.

Burbank Boys,Girls Take Down Burroughs In Pool

Burbank boys, girls take down Burroughs in pool
May 2009
SWIMMINGBurroughs vs. Burbank: The Bulldogs boys’ team captured eight of 11 events to win, 102-68, and the girls’ squad took the final event of the day to win, 88-62, Wednesday in a Pacific League meet at Burroughs.On the boys’ side, Burbank took the 200-meter medley relay behind Jun Hee Lee, Alex Lambert, Nate Jo and James Berman (1 minute, 49.47 seconds).Alex Hulett won the 200 freestyle (159.45) and the 500 freestyle (5:43.92), Lee took the 200 individual medley (2:14.39) and the 100 backstroke (1:00.22), Berman took the 50 freestyle (22.97) and the 100 freestyle (52.37) and Jo won the 100 butterfly.For the Burbank girls, April Hishinuma won the 200 freestyle (2:14.77) and the 100 backstroke (1:12.13), Courtney Jensen took the 500 freestyle (6:27.99) and the 400, and the freestyle relay of Sara Puranan, Jensen, Rachel Udall and Hishinuma also won (no time available).

Gary Bric BHS 70 Becomes Burbank Mayor

Gary Bric becomes mayor

Reorganization ceremony includes welcoming Jess Talamantes to the dais and bidding Marsha Ramos a fond adieu.

By Christopher Cadelago
Published: Friday, May 1, 2009

CITY HALL — Gary Bric ascended to mayor of Burbank on Friday, with Councilwoman Anja Reinke taking his previously held seat as vice mayor.In a reorganization ceremony full of hearty welcomes to newly elected Councilman Jess Talamantes and tender farewells to outgoing Councilwoman Marsha Ramos, Bric, a restaurateur entering his third year in office, assumed the center seat on the dais before thanking a host of family, friends and business associates in the audience.“I do have a few comments, but I’ll try to keep them short. I do know we have a two-hour limitation on parking,” he said to laughter.But chuckles gave way to a sober realization that the budget season was upon City Hall. City leaders alluded to imminent challenges facing the city as the council prepares to adopt a budget. The city manager’s office has asked department heads to cut 5% from their draft budgets for the coming fiscal year in order to bridge a projected $7.2-million deficit in 2009-10. That figure could grow to $15 million by 2012-13.“We have a lot of work to do, and I am ready to move forward,” Bric said.He then took the gavel, newly engraved with his name, and asked for nominations for vice mayor. Despite some speculation that the title and responsibility would go to Councilman David Gordon, the second-most senior member, Councilmen Dave Golonski and Talamantes expressed early support for Reinke, who was quickly named to the post.“Some of the best people in this community are in this room right now,” she said. “And some of them are seated right here at this very dais.”Reinke thanked family and supporters before pledging to continue offering an ear to the community.“Everybody has special causes that they want to propel in this community, and that’s what’s great about having five different people up here because everybody has something different,” she said.The council, before changing leadership and welcoming Talamantes, hosted farewells to Golonski’s mayoral term and Ramos, who left the council after eight years to spend more time with her family and working at her business.City Manager Mike Flad presented Golonski with the customary plaque and photograph before reading from a list of accomplishments, including a continued push toward sustainability. The council last year pledged to put Burbank on a path to becoming a zero-waste city, conserving water, composting and buying green.“I just want to thank you personally, Dave,” Bric said. “I mean the last two years I’ve been like a little puppy dog walking behind Dave Golonski. He has taught me so much. I called to pick his brain, and what knowledge I have up here is because of [him].”Gordon, who has historically butted heads with Golonski, also offered flattering words.“Well, I can’t say ‘Goodbye, Mr. Golonski,’” Gordon said. “But I have to say a few things that I don’t think very many people realize. I started getting involved with community affairs back in the late ’80s, and I can remember very clearly an image on the wall of a younger Mayor Golonski.“He really did stimulate a lot of involvement in the community and actually was a model in the community,” he said. “I hope people in the community don’t confuse discussion of issues and divergence of opinions as meaning we can’t work together. It’s simply not true.”The city’s tribute to Ramos, complete with a 10-minute video montage, stretched over 10 single-spaced pages of accomplishments. Flad closed his remarks by calling her the heart, soul and moral compass of the city.“From the bottom of my heart, I hope you enjoy some time with your family and your business and go back to enjoying life,” Bric said. “I personally want to say thank you for everything you’ve ever done for this city.”Moved to tears, Ramos bid adieu to city staff and the council before welcoming Talamantes.“Wow, you guys are amazing,” she said. “It’s easy to go out there and talk about the city of Burbank because this community is great and the staff is what makes it happen. I look at Jess and I think, what more perfect — expect he’s not female — person for me to pass the torch to?”City Clerk Margarita Campos, City Treasurer Donna Anderson and Burbank Unified School District Board of Education incumbents Larry Applebaum and Debbie Kutka also took the oath of office Friday.