May 2013 Volume 5 Issue 3 - Riverside Unified School District

Let the games begin! What fun at the WOWser Games Ice Cream Social.
We had Scrabble and Yahtzee, Checkers, Chess and Backgammon, Chutes
and Ladders, Jigsaw puzzles, Candy Land and Brain Teasers. Once again
the food was a great hit - Hot wings, hero sandwiches, salads, hummus,
chips, dip and homemade ice cream sandwiches. If you haven’t been to one
of our Socials you may want to consider nominating yourself! Our last
party will be June 3rd, so if you received an invitation you really oughta
come. It promises to be a cherrylicious jubilee! Listed below are the
employees who were recognized at the WOWser Games Social.
The Flywheel
Riverside Unified School District - Nutrition Services
Volume 5, Issue 3
June, 2013
January
Sandy Brattain
Patty Burkland
Teddy Cardoza
Claudia Castillo
Virginia Ferris
Beverly Fisher
Cindy Garcia
Gabriel Garcia
Elizabeth Gomez
Pharn Green
Mervat Haddad
Lorraine Huerta
Joann Jimenez
Danielle Kaplan
Molly Lange
Jennifer Lauzon
Irene Layfield
Sandi Lindstrom
Paola Mata
Jose Milian
Rachelle Munro
Rachel Norfolk
Zarifa Othman
Gabrielle Pupo
Traci Ramelot
Norma Reyna
Cecilia Rios
Yvonne Rodriguez
Sherrie Sincox
Angel Torres
Beverly Van
Erica Wecker
Rosa Zaragoza
Ardie Zimmerman
Are you coming to
the Employee Picnic
on June 8th? Find
out who isn’t on
Page 4.
February
Kathy Casares
Claudia Castillo
Christina Chesteron
Vickie Gantt
Cindy Garcia
Elizabeth Gomez
Cesar Jaimes
Joann Jimenez
Danielle Kaplan
Molly Lange
Jennifer Lauzon
Maria Limas
Evelyn Lopez
Norma Reyna
March
Craig Davis
Christina Felts (Herrera)
Maxine Garcia
Dawn Landquist
Sylvia Mares
Victoria Mares
Santa Clara Ortiz
Millie Tolentino-Polk
Pinita Young
100% Health Inspection
Alcott Elementary
Franklin Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary
Highgrove Elementary
Jackson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary
Liberty Elementary
Magnolia Elementary
Monroe Elementary
Pachappa Elementary
Sunshine Elementary
Twain Elementary
Washington Elementary
Woodcrest Elementary
S.T.E.M. Academy
Central Middle
Earhart Middle
Arlington Learning Center
King High
Lincoln High
EKOs and Cafeteria Supervisors
Managers’ Meeting for 2013/2014
Monday, August 19, 2013
2:00 p.m.
Nutrition Services Training Room
Coming Soon Free and Reduced Meal Applications can be completed
On Line
• Get approval within 24 hours
• Apply before school starts
• No need to visit the school site
• Save paper, time and confusion
• 10 minutes to apply
• No more misplaced applications
• Available in English and Spanish
No computer? No problem! Nutrition Services will host
assistance days for parents and guardians. Call us for
the scheduled days and times 951-352-6740.
July 1st we’ll begin accepting online applications
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A - OK!
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers Volleyball team will open
the 2013 season September 6th at the Midwestern State Tournament in Wichita
Falls, Texas. This year Hayley May Brattain, daughter of Sandy Brattain, CWII at
Jefferson Elementary will be their starter outside hitter. Hayley was signed with the
team and offered full tuition for all four years.
Hayley is graduating from Ramona with an impressive career resume. She has
been a starter for Ramona’s varsity volleyball team and C.I.F. the past four years,
maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA and is in the top 15% of the Senior class. Winning scholar athlete in both her
junior and senior years, she has been MVP and was team captain her senior year. She has received honors in
academics of 4.0 and higher. Hayley has played travel volleyball with Club 951 and Club West.
Needless to say, volleyball is her passion, but she also enjoys watching movies, playing with her dogs and
loves going to the beach. Hayley is a great kid and has an awesome personality. She is excited about where her
sport will take her, possibly even to the Olympics.
Playing with the Rangers, she’ll have games in the state of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. Hayley
will be attending Northwestern’s main campus located in Alva, a city of nearly 6,000 residents in northwest
Oklahoma.
Congratulations to Hayley for her great accomplishments and to mom Sandy for providing her these wonderful
opportunities.
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Monday - Friday • June 17 - August 23, 2013*
*No Meal Service on July 4th in Observance of Independence Day
LOCATION
Arlington Park
Beatty Elementary School
Bobby Bonds Park
Bordwell Park
Bryant Park
Central Middle School
Chemawa Middle School
Don Derr Park
Don Jones Park
Don Lorenzi Park
Fremont Elementary School
Hunt Park
La Sierra Park
Lincoln Park
Madison Elementary
Mountain View Park
Nichols Park
Patterson Park
Reid Park
Sierra Middle School
Villegas Park
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ADDRESS
3860 Van Buren Blvd.
4261 Latham Ave.
2060 University Ave.
2008 M. L. King Blvd.
7950 Philbin Street
4795 Magnolia Ave.
8830 Magnolia Ave.
3003 Monroe Street
3995 Jefferson Street
4230 Jackson Street
1925 Orange Street
4015 Jackson Street
5215 La Sierra Ave.
4261 Park Ave.
3635 Madison Street
6241 Wiehe Ave.
5505 Dewey Ave.
1846 Linden Street
701 N. Orange Street
4950 Central Ave.
3091 Esperanza Street
MEAL TIME
11:30 AM-1:00 PM
11:30 AM-1:00 PM
12:00-1:30 PM
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12:00-1:30 PM
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
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Volume 5, Issue 3
Ask the Chef
Chef Ryan
Fo o d T riv i a
As Chef for RUSD Nutrition Services I get the opportunity to meet people all over the district and city. Everywhere
I go I am asked interesting (trivia) food questions. Everything from how cheese is made to “Are tomatoes a fruit or
vegetable?” So for this Flywheel article I would like to share some interesting Food Trivia Facts. But first, here is the
answer to the infamous Tomato Question. Tomatoes are technically the fruit from the tomato plant but it is used as a
vegetable in cooking. Tomatoes are native to Mexico and were spread around the world by Spanish sailors as they went
in search of new lands and the colonization of the Americas. You can tell the difference between fruits and vegetables
most of the time by asking yourself this question - DOES IT HAVE SEEDS? So yes it does! This will also make cucumbers,
squash, green beans, and walnuts fruits as well, along with fruit from a tree or a variety of plants. Leaves from foods
like lettuce, stems from celery, roots from carrots and flowers from broccoli are typically referred to as vegetables.
Keep On Cooking!!
Although explorers brought potatoes back from
the New World in the early 1500s, Europeans were
afraid to eat them for fear that the spuds would
give them leprosy. It wasn’t until Louis XVI, who
was looking for a cheap food source for his starving
subjects, served them at the royal table that
Pineapples are classified as berries. people were convinced potatoes were safe to eat.
The strawberry is
the only agricultural
product that bears its
seeds on the outside.
In the middle Ages, chicken soup
was believed to be an aphrodisiac.
Honey is believed
to be the only food
that does not spoil.
Honey found in the
tombs of Egyptian
pharaohs has been tasted
by archaeologists and found
to still be edible.
There is no alcohol left in food that’s
cooked with wine.
The alcohol
evaporates at 172 degrees Fahrenheit.
The table fork was introduced into
England in 1601. Until then people
would eat with their knives, spoons
The Mai Tai cocktail was created in
A quarter of raw potato placed in each
or fingers. When Queen Elizabeth
1945 by Victor Bergeron, the genius
shoe at night will keep the leather soft
first used a fork, the clergy went
of rum, also known as Trader Vic. The
ballistic. They felt it was an insult to and the shoes smelling fresh and clean.
drink got its name when he served it to
God not to touch meat with one’s
two friends from Tahiti, who exclaimed
Celery has negative calories. It
fingers.
“Maitai roa ae!,” which in Tahitian
takes more calories to eat a piece
means “Out of this world – the best!”
of celery than the
Cabbage is 91% water.
celery has in it to
Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods.
begin with.
The canning process for
herring was developed
in Sardinia, which is
why canned herrings
are better known as
sardines.
The white part
of an egg is
called the glair.
Ever wonder how Swiss cheese is
made? As the cheese ferments, a
bacterial action generates gas. As the
gas is liberated, it bubbles through the
cheese, leaving all those holes.
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The cashew nut in its natural
state contains poisonous oil.
Roasting removes the oil and
makes the nuts safe to eat.
Peanuts are salted
in the shell by
boiling them in
a heavily salted
solution, then allowing them to dry.
It takes, on average, 345
squirts from a cow’s udder
to yield one gallon of milk.
Cheese closes the stomach and should
always be served at the end of a meal.
Before Columbus, Europe had never
tasted corn, potatoes, tomatoes, red
peppers, sweet potatoes, tapioca,
chocolate,
pumpkins,
squash,
coconut, pineapples, strawberries,
and much more. Why? All these
food items are native to America.
Milk is actually
considered to be
a food and not a
beverage.
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Ramona High School Baseball Program Seeks League Title
When Clint Ball took over the baseball program at Ramona High School before
the 2011 season he knew he had a lot of work ahead of him.
The program had not won a league title since 1984, and was rarely in
competition for one. It hadn’t had a winning season since 2006, and the team
he inherited had only one senior on a 13-man roster.
Developing a young team and enduring a couple of rough seasons has
definitely paid off. He has managed a turnaround that has taken the Rams from
bottom-feeder status to league title contenders.
Five players who were sophomores during Ball’s first year have become
senior lynchpins of the Rams, including shortstop Austin Roberts, son of
Carol Roberts, the Elementary Kitchen Operator at Pachappa Elementary
School.
“We’ve been playing for three years now together and we know how to play
as a team,” said Roberts, who is committed to UC Riverside. “It feels way
better knowing that you’re on top and knowing that if we keep playing like this,
we’ll stay on top.”
(Excerpts from The Press Enterprise, April, 23, 2013)
Note: At the time of this printing the 2013 high school baseball season was completed
and the Ramona Rams were crowned champions of the River Valley League.
Shortstop Austin Roberts has helped
Ramona High School become a River
Valley League title contender in his three
years on the varsity. Austin has committed
to play college ball at UC Riverside. He is
the son of Pachappa’s EKO Carol Roberts.
Nutrition Services Employees’
Opening Meeting for 2013/2014
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
1:00 p.m.
Arlington High School
Auditorium
Employee Picnic No Shows? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
That’s right, Virginia Ferris, EKO at Mark Twain and her family will
be cheering for son Nathaniel, who was chosen to swim in the Aquatics
competition for the Special Olympics. He has been training very hard
to prepare for the Games, which is the largest Southern California
competition of the year. More than 1,100 athletes from throughout
Southern California will showcase their determination, courage, and
skills at Summer Games on June 8 and 9 at Cal State Long Beach.
We wish him well along with all the athletes competing as they pour
their hearts out to win gold, silver, and bronze medals but also have
fun and create a more accepting community.
Do you know someone who is
living with diabetes? Chances
are that you do. You can
organize a team at your school
or in your department. We
have the summer to get our
teams working on fund raising
to make this our best year
participating in the Step Out
Walk. Your ideas are greatly
appreciated and welcomed. To
get started with information
about “Team Riverside Unified”
contact Rodney Taylor at
[email protected].
You can register now online at
diabetes.org/stepoutriverside.
Let’s make this a landmark year
as we walk to help fund a cure!
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Volume 5, Issue 3
Elizabeth's Story
A month before Elizabeth was born, her parents, Mary and Terry, learned heartbreaking
news from their obstetrician: An ultrasound had revealed that their baby was seriously
underdeveloped. Her chances of living past 10 months were slim to none. "It was devastating,"
Mary recalled. "All we could ask was ‘why?’"
Two doctors and a pediatrician assisted with Elizabeth’s birth in June 1998. Her legs, ribs,
collar bones and arm were broken. Elizabeth’s condition was diagnosed as type III Osteogenesis
Imperfecta, known as brittle bone disease. Right away, she was placed on a drug regimen to
manage pain and prevent seizures. Mary and Terry began to search for effective treatment
options. This search led them to Dr. Edwin Horwitz, where he was treating the symptoms of brittle bone disease with
bone marrow transplants. At the age of six months old, it was the first glimpse of hope Mary and Terry found for their
daughter.
Days after her first birthday, Elizabeth received a bone marrow transplant and started follow-up therapy. In 2004, she
underwent a stem cell infusion. Since then, Elizabeth has made steady progress. Elizabeth is still undergoing treatment,
receiving stem cell infusions from her dad every four months and follow ups from her bone marrow transplant.
Over the past few years, Elizabeth has gradually moved away from using her wheelchair and walker. She has not
used her walker since Christmas 2007. Additionally, she’s also grown in height, which is unusual for someone with type
III Osteogenesis Imperfecta. However recently, Elizabeth has lost her ability to walk and her only wish is to simply walk
again.
Elizabeth is an amazing girl; she is becoming a beautiful young lady. She loves perfume and the colors pink and black.
Her favorite artist is Taylor Swift, she volunteers at her church with the preschool kids, and her favorite movies are the
Harry Potter and Star Wars series. One day she would like to become a child life specialist and a photographer. Thanks to
Dr. Horwitz and you, Elizabeth’s dream of walking again may be a reality.
The Research
The research of Edwin Horwitz, M.D., Ph.D. at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia focuses on children with severe
cases of OI (type III). These children usually grow no taller than three-and-a-half feet and have severe bone deformities.
Most spend their lives in wheelchairs, never able to walk independently. Even the slightest jolt or bump can cause their
bones to fracture, which is incredibly painful; in some cases, these childrens’ bones are so fragile that they break without
any injury at all. A simple fall out of bed can prove fatal. Intellectually, children with OI are perfectly normal—often
extremely intelligent—forcing them to live with the full understanding that there is no cure for their disease. For more
than a decade, Dr. Horwitz has been studying cell therapy for OI. His current clinical trial is the most advanced in his
field, and the only cell therapy treatment for OI currently being tested in humans. If he is successful, cell therapy could
transform the lives of children with OI, stimulating the growth of stronger bones and potentially allowing them to walk,
move, and interact with the world like other children. Results so far have been encouraging: every child being treated
under this experimental protocol has shown new bone growth—a stunning finding. Dr. Horwitz is now focused on
sustaining that bone growth over time and isolating the proteins that stimulate this growth.
Why Donate
Philanthropy will be absolutely vital to ensure the long-term horizons for this research. While to date Dr. Horwitz
has been successful in securing numerous research grants, future funding cannot be relied upon. It is difficult to secure
research grants for diseases like OI, which are rare in the general population. If Dr. Horwitz is unable to secure additional
funding, his research will stop. We have really never asked for this kind of personal help before but found the need to
do so to complete what we believe will cure our daughter. Please visit these websites for more information https://www.facebook.com/pages/For-Elizabeth/164467563649363?ref=hl and http://www.forelizabeth.com/
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Riverside Unified School District
Nutrition Services
6050 Industrial Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
Phone: 951-352-6740
Fax: 951-778-5712
“Come Let Us Show You WOW”
Board of Education
Gayle Cloud, President
Charles L. Beaty, Ph.D., Vice President
Kathy Y. Allavie, Clerk
Tom Hunt, Member
Patricia Lock-Dawson , Member
“The Flywheel”
- building a stronger organization one turn at a time!
The Nutrition Services Department is comprised of
food and nutrition professionals that are dedicated
to students’ health and well being. We support their
ability to learn by promoting good nutrition and
proper life-long healthy eating habits.
We’re on the Web
http://www.rusdlink.org/page/123
Richard L. Miller, Ph.D., Superintendent
From the Director’s Chair
by Rodney K. Taylor
Last year, about this time, I sent you an e-mail requesting your support for Elizabeth Lobato, the
truth is I knew very little about her at the time. Since that time I have had the opportunity to know
Elizabeth and her family very well, and what I realized is that without knowing Elizabeth, but only
her story, I wrote you the wrong letter last year. You see the letter I wrote was about pity, it was
about a father’s empathy for another father’s challenge, and his sick child.
Boy, was I ever so wrong; the Lobato family, especially Elizabeth don’t need my pity. Elizabeth
is a remarkable young lady who inspires those around her. She is intelligent, articulate, and
knows just what she wants to do in life, and she’s only 15. The fact that she has faced odds, and
challenges that would make most of us mere mortals give up on life has to be lost on her. Elizabeth
may have brittle bones, but she has one hell of a strong heart. Her easy smile and penetrating
brown eyes would melt the heart of the most hardened criminal on earth.
Elizabeth has wonderfully resilient parents in Terry and Mary Lobato, who are the strongest,
yet most considerate people I have had the pleasure to meet. They work tirelessly advocating for
Elizabeth, and other children plagued by this oftentimes deadly disease, and without looking for
sympathy they are continuously seeking ways to support the research for a cure. They really don’t
want sympathy, they are simply seeking our support.
Listen, I’m not a writer. Just read Elizabeth’s story on Page 3. Checkout her Facebook page and
her website, and if you are so compelled to support Elizabeth, please do so. Thanks!