Letters to the Editor
Editor:
My husband and I moved to Leisure World Seal Beach upon our retirement in 2006. Davis, California, was our home for 36 years. Our children grew up in Davis until they graduated from high school and left to attend college in other parts of the state.
My husband was teaching and treating patients at UCD Medical School and Hospital. I taught at Davis Senior High School, and we attended Davis Community Presbyterian Church.
During my tenure as president of the Korean American Community Association of Greater Sacramento, we organized the Korean American Chorale Society.
The group held concerts, performed at many community events and became well known in the Sacramento area.
Shortly after moving to LW, several friends asked me to help organize a Korean choral group. They heard about the Sacramento Choral Society, so with the assistance of many individuals, we organized the Leisure World Korean American Chorale Society in April 2007. Dr. Whan Chul Park served as the first conductor, and the accompanist was Eun Kyung Jeon. Dr. Kyung Whan Paik became our second conductor in 2014.
The Korean American Chorale Society has emerged as a highly sought-out and popular choral group in LW. It has been an incredible blessing for Korean Americans to share their talents and enrich the lives of others through music. I would like to express by heartfelt congratulations to the group as it holds its 10th concert on Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. at Community Church. Grace Kim Mutual 14 Editor’s Note: See page 22 for complete information on the Sept. 17 concert of the Korean American Chorale. Editor: It is time for our community to think green by making our own compost. If we can use a portion of the minifarm area for all Mutuals, we can become a more sustainable community. The cost to dump each ton of greenwaste is now $250, not including fuel, vehicle costs and labor. Roughly 1,000 square feet of semi-dry turf weighs a ton. Our nearest site is 16 miles north in Paramount.
Four items are needed to make compost: material to be composted, oxygen, water and heat. We can reduce our carbon footprint and put back the earth’s topsoil, improve soil structure, porosity and moisture retention, adding good microbes and bacteria back to the soil. Organic material sent to landfills creates methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to the negative impact of our changing climate. By making compost, we can create a valuable soil amendment that can be used to benefit our landscape, boost plant growth and sequester carbon.
We can compost food and yard waste, including grass clippings, tree and shrub trimmings, leaves, coffee grounds, kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps, cardboard, newspaper and sawdust (no meat or dairy).
If it smells, there is too little air, which means it needs more brown material or needs to be turned. The savings in dump fees would allow for hiring personnel to periodically manage the compost site. There is also the potential for grant funds from the county or state level for large scale recycling of organic waste at https:// oclandfills.com/environmentalprograms/ grant-program.
Let’s get started!
Victoria Bowles Mutual 15
