On March 2nd, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a Dog License Amnesty program to offer pet owners a break from being collared with late and back fees for unlicensed dogs. During April 1st to May 15th, owners will be able to renew their expired licenses or obtain new licenses with no worry of extra charges.

This program will be offered to dog owners living in the 17 cities, including the City of Cypress, and unincorporated areas served by OC Animal Care. Not only will this program help relieve some of the burden on pocketbooks; it will also help more animals find their way back home if they are lost. By placing a license tag on their dog, owners will help OC Animal Care get in touch with them if their pet is brought into the shelter.

OC Animal Care urges dog owners to take advantage of this special opportunity if a license is past due or had never been purchased. Licenses can be purchased in-person at OC Animal Care, by mail to Attn: Licensing, 561 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868 or online at www.ocpetinfo.com. A current rabies vaccination is required to license a pet.

If a pet is spayed or neutered, owners will receive a discount on the license fee with proof of sterility. If an owner wants to take advantage of this special discount, but they do not have an altered pet, OC Animal Care will allow them to pay the discounted rate during the amnesty period. These owners will then be required to submit proof of sterility within two weeks of licensing. For more information regarding this program, please contact OC Animal Care at (714) 935-6848.
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Andrew J. Tse
Administrative Services Manager
City of Cypress
5275 Orange Avenue
Cypress, CA 90630

IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION

• CVES Yearbooks
• Talent Show
• Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Music News/CVES Honor Orchestra, Band & Choir students
• DHHS Super Band
• Recycling Wednesdays
• Is your teen at risk?/Presentation by the OCSD
• ANHS Musical/Jungle Book
• PTA News
• Featured Articles
• Community Events
• Quote of the Week

ORDER YOUR CVES YEARBOOK
Place your order for the CVES Yearbook now! The price is $25. Cherish the memories of your child's school days. Click here to access a flyer for the CVES website. Contact Amanda Stringer at amanda_stringer@yahoo.com

TALENT SHOW
The dates for the Crown Valley Talent Show has been put back one week. Students will audition Friday, March 12 and the show will be presented Friday, March 26. Please look for more information in the near future.

PARENT CONFERENCES
Crown Valley Elementary will be holding parent/teacher conferences the week of March 29. Your child's teacher will be sending out conferences letters next week. Students will be dismissed on the following schedule:
Grades 1-5: 7:45-12:15
Kindergarten
Early Birds: 7:45-10:45
Late Owls: 9:15-12:15
Preschool Classes will continue on regular schedule

MUSIC NEWS
Congratulations to the following students for being selected to the All-District Honor Groups......

4th Grade Honor Orchestra: Allie Van Slochteren
Katelyn Lim
Kylie Schmiedeke
Tommy Maroon

5th Grade Honor Orchestra: Robert Song
Jackson Phan

5th Grade Honor Band: Alexandria Williams
Michael Jersey
Carly Fox
Konrad McKeague
Luke Myer

5th Grade Honor Choir: Courtney Frickman
Maya Haider

District Honor Concerts: (cost is $5.00/person)

Choral Night- Thursday March 4th 7:00PM at Coast Hills Church
Band Night- Monday March 8th 7:00PM at Saddleback Church
String Night- Monday March 15th 7:00PM at Saddleback Church

DHHS SUPER BAND CONCERT
The CUSD Block Music presents the DHHS Super Band Concert. Orchestra and band students in 5th grade from Crown Valley, George White and Hidden Hills, as well middle school students from Niguel Hills and high school students form Dana Hills will be performing. The concert will be held in Dana Hills High School's gym on Thursday, March 18.

Orchestra students report at 5:30 PM. The concert time is 6:00 PM.
Band students report at 7:20PM -7:30 PM. The concert time is 7:45 PM

RECYCLING WEDNESDAYS
Crown Valley will be accepting recycling items each Wednesday morning. Any plastic bottles or aluminum cans with the CRV label (CA Redemption Value) can be recycled. Look for the bins and the volunteers by the office. March is designated K/1 month! If you are a Kindergarten or first grade parent, we would appreciate your help with the recycling efforts. . . just show up before school on Wednesdays. Help from parents of other grade level children is appreciated, as well.

IS YOUR TEEN AT RISK?/PRESENTATION BY THE OCSD
Capistrano Unified School District and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department invite you to attend:
Is Your Teen at Risk?
What Every Parent Needs to Know
• Thurs, March 4th: Violence Prevention/Bullying & Teen Relationships: Presented by OC Sheriff’s SMART team and an adolescent behavior specialist.

Where:
Mission Lutheran Church
24360 Yosemite Rd, Laguna Niguel, 92677
• Presentations are from 6:30 – 8pm

Reserve your seat: hpremac@cox.net
Free to the community!

ALISO VIEJO MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL/DISNEY’S JUNGLE BOOK

Your whole family is invited to spend a wonderful evening watching the students of the Advanced Drama class of Aliso Viejo Middle School light up the stage in a fast paced, energetic production of Jungle Book. The show is sure to be a toe-tapping crowd-pleaser!
The show is appropriate for all age groups. So bring your children and your grandparents and have a great family night out! We even have a special Wednesday matinee performance where parents with children ages 10 & under can bring a blanket and sit on the floor in front of the stage.

This is also a great opportunity for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts to get their Theater Try-Its and Merit Badges.

Event Details:
Tue. March 16 - 7 p.m.
Wed. March 17 – 4:00 p.m. (Matinee)*
Thurs. March 18 - 7 p.m.
Location:
Aliso Viejo Middle School Multi-Purpose Room
111 Park Ave
Aliso Viejo
CA 92656
Ph: (949) 831-2622

Tickets are $5 each and will be sold at the door prior to the performance.
The show runs about 45 minutes.
Special note: All students must be accompanied by an adult.

PTA NEWS
PTA Meeting: The next PTA Meeting is Wednesday, March 17 at 7:00 PM in the site's Library.
Box Tops: The Crown Valley PTA is continuously collecting Box Tops. Please send your Box Tops to your child teacher.
Recycling Wednesdays: We can use your help. . . join us Wednesday mornings before school.

FEATURED ARTICLES
Census wants 10 minutes of U.S. residents’ time
Orange County residents can expect a postcard-sized letter in the mail this week reminding them to fill out the 2010 census questionnaires expected to hit U.S. households by mid-March. The questionnaire is the shortest in the history of the U.S. Census Bureau, consisting of 10 questions. In all, it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to fill out, according to U.S. census officials in California. At a Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education meeting last week, members urged the audience to fill out the questionnaires because it could lead to more money set aside for the district, which plans to cut $12 million from next year’s budget.
http://dailypilot.com/articles/2010/03/02/politics/dpt-census030210.txt

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"You have to expect things of yourself
before you can do them."

Anthony Bogle
Principal
Crown Valley Elementary School

MARCH 2010

SAN DIEGO BIRD FESTIVAL: SeaWorld’s Bird Department will be participating in the San Diego Bird Festival March 4-6, 2010 at the Marina Village Conference Center in Mission Bay. SeaWorld will be sharing information on recent pelican and clapper rail rehabilitation and release efforts.

SeaWorld has taken in more then 100 brown pelicans in need of rehabilitation since the beginning of the year at the Oiled Wildlife Care Center. SeaWorld’s facility continues the legacy by developing more efficient recovery methods, but primarily focuses efforts on saving the lives of oiled marine mammals and sea birds. SeaWorld’s team members have received state training and certification for animal de-oiling, washing, drying, housing, rehabilitation and supportive care of animals affected by an oil spill. When not being used for oil spill response, the center is used to care for ill or injured animals in SeaWorld’s Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Program.

Through the program, thousands of animals have been rescued, treated, sheltered and rehabilitated. With an average 200 rescues per year, the animal rescue team routinely rehabilitates and returns approximately 65 percent of the animals to the wild. More then 250 bird species will be represented during the course of the festival. For more information please visit: www.sandiegoaudubon.org.

GET READY TO ‘SPRING INTO NIGHT’: SeaWorld stays open late so guests have more time to enjoy all their SeaWorld favorites, plus special nighttime entertainment during Spring into Night, March 27–April 11, April 17–18 and 24–25. SeaWorld’s springtime soiree features the park’s newest sketch-based comedy sea lion show starring Clyde and Seamore; “Shamu Rocks,” a nighttime killer whale show that takes a musical journey through remarkable settings around the world; and “Shamu’s SkySplash” fireworks each night. Park hours during Spring into Night are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, call (800) 25-SHAMU or visit www.seaworldsandiego.com.

PENGUIN CAM LIVE ONLINE: Penguin enthusiasts can watch penguins play whenever they want with SeaWorld’s Penguin Cam, a daily live video feed of the flightless birds’ adventures inside SeaWorld’s Penguin Encounter. Penguin fans can watch the penguins as they waddle, swim, eat and play in their 25-degree habitat. The Penguin Cam can be found by visiting www.seaworldsandiego.com and clicking on “Kids and Teens” column at the bottom of the page and then “Shamu Fun Zone.” Select the Penguin Cam link and enjoy! Note that some browsers do not support streaming JPEG images. For more information, call (800) 25-SHAMU or visit www.seaworldsandiego.com.

This Thursday – March 4th - 6-9 pm
First Thursdays Art Walk in Laguna Beach
www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com

LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
307 Cliff Drive
949.494.8971
www.lagunaartmuseum.org

March: OsCene 2010: Contemporary Art and Culture in OC - The latest in contemporary art and culture in the OC. Highlighting local Orange County and Long Beach artists.


WHELAN GALLERIES
353 North Coast Highway
949.494.5076
www.whelanartgalleries.com

March: Showcasing original fine art oil paintings and rare classic book cover illustrations created by internationally known artist, Patrick Whelan. Sculpture by Leon Richman.

GALLERY McCOLLUM
206 North Coast Highway
949.497.4027
www.gallerymccollum.com

March: Specializing in original landscape paintings of Italy and France, tropical and local scenes. Featuring Caroline Zimmermann, Patrick Tobin, David Solomon and Michael Obermeyer.

TOSTI STUDIOS
210 North Coast Highway
949.715.9621
www.tostistudiosgallery.com

March: Contemporary emerging artists. Please visit our website for information.


JOANNE ARTMAN GALLERY
326 North Coast Highway
949.510.5481
www.joanneartmangallery.com

March: “America” featuring LA artist America Martin and local bronze sculptor Louis Longi. Louis is also participating in the Heisler Park Installation.

SUE GREENWOOD FINE ART
330 North Coast Highway
949.494.0669
www.suegreenwoodfineart.com

March: American Icons - Robert LaDuke, Francis Livingston, Glenn Ness, Robert Townsend.

Arin Contemporary Art
350 - 352 North Coast Highway
949.715.4554
www.arincontemporary.com

March: Venske & Spanle

MARION MEYER CONTEMPORARY ART
354 North Coast Highway
949.497.5442
www.marionmeyergallery.com

March: Winter Blue 2010 Continued

News From Marion Meyer Contemporary Art

Winter Blue 2010 continues through March 21 at MMCA, an excoriating display showing paintings in blue hues, created by ten Gallery artists!

The pre-event last month and reception was the perfect beginning to celebrate our 12th anniversary! Attached are photos from the Louis Longi bronze Dedication at the Inn At Laguna rotating sculpture program site, curated by Marion, celebrating the fifth unique sculpture featured above Main Beach, at the back entrance to the Inn at Laguna!!

LU MARTIN GALLERIES
372 North Coast Highway
949.494.8074
www.lumartingalleries.com

March: Continuing exhibits of 15 regional and international artists, traditional and contemporary paintings, including new abstracts by Greg Martin, seascapes by Alfredo Gomez, still-life by Lu Martin, surrealism by Paul Bond, California landscapes by Don Langford, and others.


QUORUM ART GALLERY
374 North Coast Highway
949.494.4422
www.quorumgallery.com/

March: The Quorum Art Gallery, celebrating 45 years in Laguna Beach, exhibits the works of twelve members and one guest artist. Jean Glass paints seascapes, local scenes, people on the beach and lively musicians playing their instruments. “Jazz” is now available.

LAGUNA NORTH GALLERY
376 North Coast Highway
949.494.4324
www.lagunanorthgallery.com

March: Hosted by Chuck Best (acrylics) & Christine Hooker (oils). Watercolor demonstration by Kevin Davidson.

STUDIO 7 GALLERY
384 B North Coast Highway
949.497.1080
www.studio7gallery.com

March: Oil painting demonstrations by Laguna plein air artists in residence. Live music.

SANDSTONE GALLERY
384 A North Coast Highway
949.497.6775
www.sandstonegallery.com

March: “Beneath the Surface,” monotypes by printmaker Anne Moore, with guest artist Nancy Mendoza.

LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
2222 Laguna Canyon Rd
949.376.6000
www.lagunacollege.edu

March: William Stout: Antarctica to Zombies.

David & Sons Fine Art
451 South Coast Highway
714.878.4583

March: Estate of Hendrik Grice (1914-1983). Featuring his original abstracts from the 1970s. Dozens of beautiful designs will be offered at $250 each. Grice is an important California artist. You should not miss this purchasing opportunity.


TOWNLEY Gallery
570 South Coast Highway
949.715.1860
www.townleygallery.com

March: Artists in Attendance: Shane Townley, Hugo Rivera, Olivier Pojzman, Julie Weaverling, Sylvia Tupper – Refreshments.


SHERWOOD GALLERY, INC.
460 South Coast Highway
949.497.2668
www.sherwoodgallery.com

March: Contemporary Art featuring paintings, wall sculpture, ceramics, glass, indoor/outdoor sculpture.


DEBILZAN GALLERY
224 Forest Avenue
949.494.2406
www.debilzanmiami.com

March: Largest selection of highly textured works by expressionist, William DeBilzan.

DAWSON COLE FINE ART
326 Glenneyre Street
949.497.4988
www.dawsoncolefineart.com

March: Group exhibition including graphics by Chuck Close featuring wood cuts, serigraphs, lithographs and etchings.


PETER BLAKE GALLERY
435 Ocean Ave
949.376.9994
www.peterblakegallery.com

March: Group exhibitions featuring gallery artists. See our website for more information.

DERU'S FINE ARTS
1590 South Coast Highway
949.376.3785
www.derusfinearts.com

March: “Highlights of Early California Impressionists.” Also contemporary California artists David Chapple & Gerald Rahm.
Live music & refreshments each month.

La Bottega Dell’Acquaforte
1590 South Coast Highway
949.497.6690
www.italianetchings.com

March: The gallery will present a large variety of original etchings by internationally recognized Italian artists.

STUDIO 7 GALLERY - SOUTH
1590 South Coast Highway
949.715.0012
www.studio7gallery.com

March: Oil painting demonstrations by Laguna plein air artists in residence. Live music.


purelagunabeach gallery
1590 South Coast Highway
949.315.5015
www.purelagunabeach.com

March: Featuring new work by painter Todd Kenyon. Also showing the photography of Tom Lamb and sculpture by Andrew Myers.


THE REDFERN GALLERY
1540 South Coast Highway
949.497.3356
www.redferngallery.com

March: Specializing in important historical paintings by American artists, concentrating on the California School; Guy Rose, William Wendt, Elmer Wachtel, Marion Wachtel, Edgar Payne, Hanson Puthuff, Maurice Braun, Donna Schuster and more. Also featured are works by contemporary artists Kevin Macpherson, Gregory Hull and John Cosby.


VLADIMIR SOKOLOV GALLERY
1540 South Coast Highway
949.494.3633
www.vladimirsokolovgallery.com

BLUEBIRD GALLERY
1540 South Coast Highway
949.497.5377
www.bluebirdgallery.net

THE COTTAGE GALLERY
1524 South Coast Highway
949.497.8932
www.thecottagegallery.org

March: We’ve introduced a new talented and accomplished local artist, September McGee, with 15 National Juried Show Awards. Featuring her figurative work. You’re sure to love it.


WATERCOLOR GALLERY
1492 South Coast Highway
949.494.8838
www.watercolorgalleries.com

saltfineart
1492 South Coast Highway
917.957.3387
www.saltfineart.com

March: Mayra Barraza “Invisible Men”.

COVE GALLERY
1492 South Coast Highway
949.494.1878

March: The diverse fine art of the Cove’s 13 partners will be featured during the first quarter of 2010. Also, each month we have new Guest Artists displaying their exciting creations.


THE VINTAGE POSTER
1492 South Coast Highway
949.376.7422
www.thevintageposter.com

March: Spring break out the Bicycle Poster Show.

LARRY CHRISTY STUDIO GALLERY
1476 South Coast Highway
949.463.4414
www.larrychristy.com

March:Featuring large field color abstract acrylics on canvas. Works matted on watercolor paper include seascapes, landscapes and figurative. Also featuring pen, charcoal and wash, and still-life drawings.

SKYLAB modern art
1452 South Coast Highway
949.376.2400
www.skylabmodernart.com

March:Featuring new works by Andy Anh Ha. Each month enjoy live music and “SKYLAB” martinis on our candle lit patio.


THE ESTHER WELLS COLLECTION
1390 South Coast Highway
949.494.2497
www.estherwellscollection.com

March: Jan Magdaleno - Enjoy watching Jan’s drawing expertise and discussing the fine art of drawing.

ARTIST EYE LAGUNA GALLERY
1294-A South Coast Highway
949.497.5898
www.artisteyelagunagallery.com

March: Each month, we are pleased to introduce a new Featured and Guest artist. The gallery also hosts live sculpting, jewelry making and art demonstrations during Art Walk, and we invite you to visit with our artists to discuss their unique technique and style.


MANDARIN FINE ART GALLERY
1294-C South Coast Highway
949.376.9608
www.mandarinfineart.com

March: Mandarin Fine Art Gallery features an eclectic mix of some of Mainland China’s most accomplished artists. Zhao Kailin, Hu Jundi and Wang Niandong are displayed. We also feature one of a kind Asian Antiques and designer jewelry.


STUDIO ARTS GALLERY
1200 South Coast Highway
949.376.1619
www.studioartslaguna.com

March: Mike Tauber - Scenes of nature in an impressionist style, reminiscent of early California schools of painting.