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40 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MARCH 2019 As many of you know, Irve Sturner, the Director of the Photography Club, passed away. Members will always remember him for his dedication and leadership. We would be remiss not to also thank Lyle Cameron for his years of service to the club. During the recent Club and Committee Fair, Gerrie Karczynski collected the names of those interested in joining and continuing in the club. By the time, you read this in the March Breeze, those interested in the club should have received notice of a meeting of the Photography Club. We seek all those interested in photography. Whether you use a cell phone, a point-and-shoot, or an expensive digital, you are welcome. We hope you will turn out and make this a place for all who enjoy and have a love of photography. New exciting plans are in the works. Why the new name? Today it's not just cameras. Many prize-winning photos are snapped with phones. Please contact Gerrie Karczynski at Gerrie201516@gmail.com if you have any questions. Looking forward to see you at a meeting and viewing your beautiful photography art. ~ John Baeyertz, johnbz1453@gmail.com PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB A Coopers Hawk landed in my backyard, again. He must love the treasure trove of rodents in the Potrero Creek behind my house. Photo by Irve Sturner. Lawrence (Doc) Sellers and his wife joined the AACC in 2017 because of a desire to experience African-American culture. Born in 1946 in southern Illinois, Doc's experience with black people was limited. "I do not recall seeing a black person until I was in the second grade, when a black student entered the school and befriended me. He subsequently left because it was segregated. The hostility many whites had towards blacks in my community was evident. I had a clear memory of feeling very sad by the attitudes of my people towards blacks." The schools Doc attended were segregated until he went to high school which was twenty-five percent black. "I had a black friend named Norman and my father would get upset whenever I talked about him. I became more aware of what prejudice was, and how it was alive and well in my family and in me. I wondered why so many blacks in my community drove Cadillacs, but a friend said they weren't allowed to buy houses, so they bought Cadillacs instead." In 1966, Doc moved to Orange County to go to college and afterwards become a minister. He remembered attending a religious conference where E. V. Hill, a black minister, spoke. At the end of Hill's sermon, he posed a question that would forever be stamped in Doc's soul. He said, "When we look out over the hills and valleys in autumn and become awestruck at the splendid beauty of the variety of colors on the hills, trees, and leaves, then drop our eyes to look at each other, why do we not see that same beauty?" In 1969, Doc attended UCLA where he majored in sociology. There he learned about racism in America. His "baptism of fire" into the black experience occurred during the two years he worked in Central Juvenile Hall where 60 percent of the incarcerated youth were black. Doc said, "It's one thing to study black issues and pressures, and another thing to work with the youth who are actually living them." In 1982, Doc received his M.A. in Christian Theology and today he leads the Life Guide Bible Study group at Four Seasons. Upcoming event(s) April 28 – Wine and Words AACC meetings are the first Monday of each month in the Game Room at 6 pm. For information, contact Joyce Allen at (951) 769-4354 or Roxie Elliott at (951) 769-2517. ~ Regina Thomas African American Cultural Club Lawrence (Doc) and Letha Sellars

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