Signal Tribune Newspaper

by Neena Strichart
So many changes are taking place in our retail corridors. Through the years we’ve seen our local small, medium and large businesses open, close, move and sometimes just change their names. One very recent happening is the relocation of Alsace Lorraine Bakery in Bixby Knolls. After decades of providing us with homemade pies, […]

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By Christopher Anderson
Age 12
It was November 4 and I was happy when I woke up because it was a historic moment. Today was the day either a woman was elected vice president or a black man was elected president. I went with my mom to the polls to vote before going to school. While I […]

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By Douglas E. Schoen
A recent poll from CBS News found that the tightening economy is forcing people to make some tough choices. Alarmingly, these kinds of decisions are spilling over into an area where they don’t belong– health care. More than one in three Americans is delaying care. Around 30 percent are skipping screenings, tests, […]

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By Brett Hawkins
It is a common misconception among voters nationwide that the only citizens in the running for political office are those explicitly listed on the ballot. What these people do not know is that there are more choices to consider via the write-in candidacy. Those who have applied and are eligible for write-in candidacy […]

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Politics! Finances! Should We? What If? Thank God it will be a piece of our history within the next three weeks. Then we will live with our choices, our decisions. And hopefully we will be able to say we did our best to understand the outcome of each of our selected positions.
I just finished reviewing […]

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By Kelly Nielsen, Contributing Writer
The last few weeks I have been touched by several examples of human kindness– people doing good deeds, volunteering their time to worthy causes. It happens all the time, and because I was directly affected, I was more aware of these selfless acts of kindheartedness.
During the summer, my friend Erin organized […]

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Vice Mayor Val Lerch and 9th District staff will receive awards for their outstanding contributions to California Pools of Hope, Inc., a nonprofit therapeutic aquatic center for the elderly and people with disabilities.
The awards will be presented on Saturday, October 4 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Annual Evelyn duPont Awards Dinner. The […]

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Loving Linda
All of Linda Nusbaum’s columns are similar; she starts with a simple, mundane event in her life and writes what she thinks about it in an apparently random thought process. At the end of the piece, she draws a net around all these thoughts and– hey presto– drops it like a huckster’s sleight-of-hand trick […]

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Submitted by Marjorie Grommé

In the August 14 issue of the Signal Tribune Kelly Nielsen wrote of “Love, Duty, and Compassion.” He wrote of the roller coaster of emotions that goes with the job he has undertaken as caregiver for his aging father.
In my younger days I worked for L.A. County in Long Beach. For some […]

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Submitted by Contributing Writer Kelly Nielsen
Have you heard the one about the man sued by a woman for defamation of character? She charged that he had called her a pig. They went to court, where he was found guilty and fined. After the trial he asked the judge, “This means I can’t call Mrs. Johnson […]

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Submitted by Linda Nasbaum
I was reminded of my old dachshund recently when a friend spoke about his. He talked about watching his 13-year-old dog try to get up and fail. I listened to his heartbreak as he described his longtime friend, a pooch so delightful his name is Happy. I saw the tears in his […]

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By Christopher Anderson, Age 11
We cannot drive. We cannot work. We cannot pay taxes and we cannot vote. But, we can be mentored and shaped into the future leaders that lie within us.
On August 5, 2008, there was a budget hearing held in City Council Chambers. Mayor Bob Foster and eight council members were present. […]

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By Contributing Writer Kelly Nielsen
A few weeks ago, I attended a barbecue in my hometown of La Habra, California. It was a gathering of very special high school friends, spouses and some of their grown children. Most of us were born in 1959 at the end of the current baby boom, graduated in 1977, and […]

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Submitted by Christopher Anderson, age 11
Mr. Willie and Mrs. Carrie Bryant, owners of Creative Arts Preschool and Huntington Academy K-6 in Long Beach, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 5, 2008 at the home of their oldest daughter, Vanessa Kelly, in Carson.
The guests, which included family and friends, enjoyed brunch by the pool and […]

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Submitted by Kelly Nielsen
There’s a new car game in town called “Crazy or Not?”
In this game, one point is earned for each person properly identified as actually talking on a phone and not to themselves, and two points for persons that are in fact recognized as talking to themselves. So far, I have scored zero […]

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Submitted by Kelly Nielsen
I recently heard a to-the-point phrase yielding so much impact that it instantly became a new personal guideline for my life.
The significance of the expression was not foreign to me, but it’s simplicity and potency will forever affect me.
“Silence equals acceptance” were the words she spoke. Wise words shared from a long-time […]

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Submitted by Kelly Nielsen
My parents were married for 53 years until my mother passed. Sadly, I can’t ever recall hearing the words “I love you” shared between them. Religion was the only thing standing in the way of divorce.
I’ve been to weddings held in churches, hot-air balloons, Las Vegas chapels, at parks and beaches, and […]

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Submitted by Essie Landry, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist
It may be that your father has always been there to provide advice, whether he was showing you how to throw the perfect pitch or cast a fishing line. Maybe he told you how to dress for your job interview or encouraged you to save for financial […]

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Submitted by Karen Codman
Investment Advisor Representative, Karen Codman/FSC Securities
By now, you may have already received your tax refunds from the federal government, along with the “economic stimulus” checks authorized by Congress in response to the recent economic uncertainty. So after the initial celebrating, you catch your breath and ask: what should I do with the […]

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Submitted by Jason Alderman
Visa financial director
Each year, roughly 70 percent of Americans get an income tax refund. Thanks to the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, beginning in early May most also will receive an additional tax rebate check of up to $600 (up to $1,200 for joint filers), even those who don’t earn enough to […]

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Submitted by Laura Doud
Long Beach City Auditor
I am very supportive of all Long Beach City employees and I appreciate the services they perform on behalf of our city. All of our city employees should be compensated appropriately for their efforts. I am aware that our firefighters and other city employees are being compensated near the […]

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Submitted by Stephanie Tombrello, executive director of SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A
The troubling case of two small children ejected and seriously injured last week in a rollover crash in Antioch in northern California highlights a little-noticed risk to kids–being killed or injured while being driven by a parent or caregiver under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
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Submitted by David Muraki, California Conservation Corps
Before they became known as Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation, many of the young men who served in World War II were part of the Civilian Conservation Corps. They were the “CCC boys” who planted trees, built parks and trails and fought fires and floods.
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