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Foothills Sentry
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Orange Street Fair attracts foodies and funseekers
Photos by Tony Richards
The annual Orange International Street Fair brought an estimated 400,000 visitors to the Old Towne Plaza over Labor Day weekend to sample ethnic foods, shop for handcrafted items, listen to live music, and have a beer to benefit a nonprofit.
Five-year-old Joseph Toledo of Orange nets a rubber duck at the children’s street “pond.”
Grayson Shamas, 14, of Orange executes 15 fast- paced pull-ups in 90-degree heat.
McKenna Walton, an El Modena High School girls softball player, uses bravado to bring fair-goers to the team’s fundraiser food booth.
U.S. Congresswoman visits 45th district
Congresswoman Mimi Wal- ters (R-45th) visited with con- stituents during an informal gathering at the home of Tom and Cindy Davidson in Orange Park Acres, Sept. 2. Walters was elected to repre- sent the district that encompass- es Irvine, Tustin, North Tustin, Villa Park, Orange, Anaheim Hills, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita and Mission Viejo last year. About 50 people, including Orange Mayor Tita Smith and Councilmen Fred Whitaker and Mark Murphy, had the oppor- tunity to meet and talk with the freshman representative, home in Orange County while Con- gress was in recess. Walters shared her experi- ences as a first-year represen-
tative, noting that following a whirlwind few days of briefings, orientations, tours and bipartisan meet and greets, newbies are ex- pected to plunge into the legis- lative process by electing their own leadership. Walters said she had her eye on the “leader- ship table,” wherein a member of the freshman class is elected to meet regularly with the House Speaker and the majority team. She spent the orientation pe- riod getting to know her fellow freshmen, and letting them get to know her. “We were going to have to elect people for leader- ship roles that we really didn’t know,”
she said. “I wanted
people to know me, so I could run for the seat at the leadership table and win.”
She laughed as she told that
story, because, “I ended up run- ning unopposed.” Walters also sits on the trans- portation committee, and is working on legislation that would fund repairs to the na- tion’s highway and bridge in- frastructure. When asked if that would require an increase in gas- oline taxes, she said “no.” She opposes any new taxes on gas in California, because the state al- ready has one of the highest rates nationwide.
The congresswoman also en- couraged constituents to contact her office if they have problems with any government agency. “We’re here to help,” she said. “We have relationships with those agencies, and sometimes a call from a congressional office gets their attention.”
El Mo softball players make good on their claim, with McKenna Walton, Jullia Dorado, Nicole Yniguez, Naomi Varela and Destinee Soriano performing push-ups on command.
Photos by Tony Richards
Mimi Walters (left) was hosted by Tom and Cindy Davidson at a gath- ering sponsored by the Orange Park Association.
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