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floa Angeles State 6h Part XI Sunday, June 5, 1988 Home Tour of Willmore City to Mark 100th Anniversary "Herbie," and the fingerprinting unit for children. The concourse and start of the tour will be at 10th Street and Chestnut Avenue. Parking will be available. Cost of the tour is $8 pre-sale and $10 at the event. Further information may be obtained by calling 435-3443.

In addition, the Willmore City Heritage Assn. will offer a free driving tour of the area today through June 12, culminating with the house tour. Maps will be available at businesses and restaurants throughout the city. LBCC Will Offer Summer Theater Course for Youths LONG BEACH A summer program to introduce' young people ages 7 to 17 to theater will again be offered through Long Beach City College. The Youth Theatre Program will be offered as two sessions, one meeting June 20 to July 1 and the other July 5 to 15.

Participants will learn improvisation, role playing and will work with costumes, props and set construction. Each of the workshops will be taught by a theater professional and assisted by aides. Participants will be divided by age. A performance for friends and family will be held at the end. An orientation session will be held from 10 a.m.

to noon June 11 in Room H-100 on the Liberal Arts Campus, 4901 E. Carson St. At that time, applications and payment for the two sessions will be accepted. The cost is $60 per session. Further information may be obtained by calling 420-4496.

IitI Sm 1 LONG BEACH-Willmore City, the small, original townsite that grew into the city of Long Beach, will celebrate the city's birthplace and 100th anniversary with a Centennial House Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 12. The Willmore City Heritage a nonprofit organization, is sponsoring the self-guided tour of 10 historic homes built between 1900 and 1910 and in various stages of restoration. Styles include Queen Anne, Classic Box, Revival and other turn-of-the-century motifs.

Many of the owners will be available to answer questions and share their renovating secrets. Antique automobiles will be displayed in two locations by clubs such as Cruisin' 50's Southbay, the Model Club of America and the Horseless Carriage Club of America. Music, refreshments, souvenirs and period costumes will be part of the day, as well as the Long Beach Police Department's talking car, During this RICK CORRALES Los Angeles Times Children play at Compton's Kelly Park, once frequented only by gang members and drug dealers. STATION: Crime at Parks Reduced DESIGNER SASH DOOR SYSTEMS OFFERING GIGANTIC DISCOUNTS When you replace your aluminum sliders with French doors or windows. wii hh 10 OFF ONE ITEM 12 OFF TWO ITEMS 15 OFF THREE ITEMS Applies to iifw onJers only.

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CALL FOR FREE IN -HOME ESTIMATE 18890 SEATON PERRIS, CA (800) 548-5509 or (714) 943-4011 Fj 1)7; ip I The youths still belong to gangs but have come to understand that Leuders and Kelly are off limits for any type of gang activity, even the wearing of colors, police say. Anyone who walks into the parks wearing red or blue, or the green of Compton's Lime Street gang, is told to leave. "By telling them they can't wear colors," said Russell, a 13-year veteran of the force, "we're telling them we're not going to tolerate any gang activity, period. 'Belongs to Public' "What I did when I first came over here is I brought them in and I explained to them that the park belongs to the public," Russell said. Then he started handing out citations by the dozens for offenses such as littering, marijuana possession and drinking.

"It only took something like three weeks," Russell said, before gang members got the message that they no longer controlled the park and had to obey the rules. If school-age youngsters are spotted in the park in the middle of a weekday, they too are ordered out. "He belongs in school," said Officer William Brown, explaining why, on a recent afternoon at Kelly Park, he strolled over to a picnic table and told a teen-age boy to leave. In a city plagued by a high crime rate, officers are proud of their success with the substations. Cmdr.

Continued from Page 1 Before the substation, the gangs "sold a lot of drugs and fought too much with guns," said another mother, Maria Pinedo. "A lot of shots were fired in the day and the night." But since July 1986, when the substations opened, not one criminal incident has been reported in either park, Compton police say. The substations were established at a minimal cost to the city because Leuders and Kelly parks already had buildings, said Assistant City Manager Howard Caldwell. It wasn't necessary to hire new officers, either, Caldwell said. The city just deployed its existing force differently.

3 More Planned The substations have been such a success that the city is budgeting for three more in Gonzales and West parks and in Sunny Cove, a development of about 300 single-family homes that is nearing completion. "The people just love them," said Officer James Russell, who works the night shift at the Kelly Park substation and previously patrolled the area for four years. "I don't think we could close them now if we wanted to." Russell can often be spotted in the early evening standing on the sidewalk, chatting with neighbors or shooting baskets with the teenage boys who frequent the park. Dallas Elvis, who heads the police Operational Services Bureau, which oversees the substations, makes his headquarters in Leuders Park. "Go out and tell me if you can find any graffiti in this park," he said.

"Let L. A. make that claim." At Kelly Park, Russell said: "Look at the park. You don't see beer bottles, cans." Residents say the substations also have improved the safety of surrounding areas. "There were many, many shootings here one right there on the corner," said Ollie Brown, who lives around the corner from Leuders Park and heads a neighborhood block committee.

"The neighborhood is not perfect, but it's a whole lot better." jil Ssiiig is Balifmii Choose your lifestyle Your Whools. Thursdays, in the Times View section. month only you save Leaded Glass Entry UUl NOV 1 trramMfv ii "L- EDWARD LEDESMA Lot Angeles Times The Rev. Otis D. Moore: "I see so many people walking around eating out of trash cans.

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(213) 608-1268 FHA Financing Available. (213) 638-8561. FHA Financing Available. the evening hours." She said New Bethany volunteers refer people to her agency for counseling, food, clothing, shelter and other services. The crowds showing up at New Bethany every evening vary in size depending on the time of the month.

More than 200 people showed up last Tuesday, the last day of May, because few had any food stamps or welfare money remaining, Merchant said. Bib-Sticking Meals Thomas, who had just wolfed down a hot dog, roll, beans and rice, said he likes the rib-sticking meals at the church, noting that officials let people eat as much as they want. Mazerowski Jackson, 25, who showed up with his girlfriend, Deborah Harris, 28, said he was pleased with the meal. "I'm very picky when it comes to eating, no matter what my situation is," he said. Harris said she had enrolled in a welfare program that day and had received an emergency housing voucher.

"This is my first time here, and it tastes pretty good, too," she said. "I might come to church this Sunday Don't forget the hand that feeds you. Continued from Page 1 "We're not a soup kitchen, we're a full-course meal," Moore said. The church receives food donations from various sources. Once, a downtown Los Angeles produce company even donated some leftover filet mignon and chicken that provided New Bethany with a rare feast.

Moore said the donations do not go far enough. The church has to supplement them with grocery purchases. At the church office, assistant pastor Jim Merchant leafed through a stack of bills. The church owes about $7,900 in back rent. Funds are so low that the church's credit is stretched thin with agencies that dole out discount food.

Prostitutes have donated money $50 in one case to help the church, Merchant said. The people who show up for the nightly free dinners are supposed to take in a church service at 5 p.m. But if they don't, they can still get dinner at 6. "If you want to get a meal, you can get a meal," Merchant said. "But you also can get some spiritual food." Ruth Foelber, director of Lutheran Social Services in Long Beach, said her organizations sometimes refer poor people to New Bethany when they need "an actual meal and some support in I I VILLAS DIRECTIONS: Take Alameda go north to Villas Is located at Myrrh.

DIRECTIONS: Artesia Freeway (91 to Wilmington exit; go north to Alondra, turn right to Center Street then left to the Sunnycove sales office. the Artesia Freeway (91) exit at, Myrrh and turn left. Racquet Club the corner of Willowbrook and Something Wonderful is happening in Compton..