Fall ‘00
Actress, Singer Diahann Carroll Accepts
Starring Role in Annual Wreath Campaign

Work Experience: 78-year tradition
turns Christmas wreaths into “Circles of
Hope” for troubled teens.
A Southern California Christmas tradition will return for its 78th consecutive year, when students and staff of
Boys Republic, one of the nation’s
oldest and largest residential treatment
centers for abused and troubled
teenagers, begins production of the
agency’s famous Della Robbia
wreaths for the 2000 holiday season.
Over a period of three weeks following Thanksgiving day, teams of
teens and adults working in a converted brick gymnasium on the main Boys
Republic campus, here, will handmake, package and ship more than
50,000 of the fresh, all-natural
wreaths to customers in all 50 states
and at least a dozen foreign countries.
And this year, noted actress and
singer Diahann Carroll will lead the
Della Robbia campaign as its
Honorary National Chair. Ms. Carroll
joins a long line of prominent
Americans from the fields of the performing arts, public service, professional sports and industry who have
assisted the Della Robbia program by
serving as its honorary head over the years.
Della Robbia wreaths are made of fresh
noble fir and California redwood boughs
dotted with fresh Winesap apples, fresh
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Singer, Actress
Diahann Carroll
The accomplished actress and singer Diahann
Carroll is Honorary National Chairperson of Boys
Republic’s 2000 Della Robbia wreath campaign. In
a career spanning over four decades, she is one of
America’s major performing talents. From nightclubs to Broadway stage and Las Vegas headliner,
and from motion pictures to television, Diahann
Carroll is a Tony Award winner, an Emmy and
Grammy nominee and a Best Actress Oscar nominee.
She recently completed a cross country sell out
concert tour starring in “Almost Like Being in Love
– The Lerner & Loewe Songbook”. Recently, her
work in television and film has included starring
roles in “The Courage to Love” and “Eve’s
Bayou”. She has recorded a new album, “The Time
of My Life”.
Throughout her lifetime, she has given generously of her time in support of civic and humanitarian concerns. Ms. Carroll has been an outspoken
advocate of early cancer prevention and detection.
She is also well known for her work on behalf of
AIDS research.
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Della Robbia Program Provides
Year-Round Training, Helping
Disadvantaged Teens Learn
Proper Work Habits
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lemons and clusters of pine cones, seed
pods and other natural materials. They have
been called “Circles of Hope” because they
provide Boys Republic students with both
work experience and a chance to repay part
of their own programs of education and
self-improvement. Since 1907, Boys
Republic has helped more than 22,000
young men and growing numbers of young
women to overcome childhood abuse, abandonment and trauma and to find new direction and purpose in their lives. For the great
majority, making Della Robbia wreaths was
an important part of the reorientation and
learning process.
The Della Robbia campaign is probably
the largest student-run, self-help effort
undertaken by any child-care agency in the
United States. Income from annual wreath
sales combined with the agency’s own farm
operations and charitable donations each
year account for approximately one-third of
Boys Republic’s operating budget.
WORK AND WORTH: In addition to learning important work-related habits, students acquire a sense of
personal accomplishment. Through participation within the Della Robbia program, they help to earn some
of the funds that pay for their care.
Award Ceremony Recognizes Effort,
Accomplishment, Good Citizenship
Boys Republic students discover that versatile awards are well worth the effort it
takes to earn them. A scholarship may
further one’s education, but just as often,
it may buy tools, training or appropriate
clothing to qualify for a job.
A total of $22,925 was awarded to students and recent graduates of Boys Republic
and Girls Republic, during the agency’s
Annual Awards ceremony, on September 14.
Altogether, thirty-eight of the agency’s
teens received financial recognition ranging
from $100 clothing allowances to $2,000
scholarships for outstanding scholastic
achievement and overall program success.
Nine others received certificates of scholarship eligibility.
Over the course of the last year, Boys
Republic distributed a total of $104,582 in
scholarship awards. The youth agency offers
scholarships that are more broadly focused
than found in traditional schools, which typically offer educational awards, exclusively.
At Boys Republic, awards are given in three
vital areas to meet deserving students’ immediate and long-term needs.
Traditional educational scholarships help
a student continue academic pursuits after
leaving the agency’s care. Vocational scholarships may be used to acquire the skills necessary to secure work in a trade. And, finally,
Aftercare Assistance awards help students
attempting to establish themselves on their
own with funds for bus transportation, food,
rent deposits, clothing, or tools necessary for
a job.
The awards are carefully monitored.
Award funds are disbursed on a monthly
basis, in order to monitor the student’s
progress and his or her responsible utilization
of the award toward its intended purpose.
FALL, 2000
Among the awards presented at the ceremony were:
Transitional Assistance award of $1,000
to Erik Lyons;
Boone Family Scholarship of $1,000 to
Patty Perez;
Frank and Marianne Graves Scholarships
of $700 to Aaron Jackson; $575 to
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ALUMNUS SPEAKER: John Houser encouraged students by drawing upon personal lessons learned while
a student at Boys Republic. He went on to a successful
career in professional football and, later, in business.
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AT THE THROTTLE: Though Trotter keeps a hand in
production, the bulk of his time at X-Press Press is spent
providing quotes for new accounts. He intends to give
the business to his son and start a new venture.
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lumnus Rick Trotter is no stranger to
hard work. Operating within the competitive industry of commercial printing, he
owns X-Press Press, a company he
founded in 1988.
“I’d worked in every facet of the printing
trade for a number of companies, but always
dreamed of being self employed,” Trotter fiddles with the controls of his A.B. Dick 360
sheet-fed press. “The opportunity came when I
was laid-off of my job during an industry slow
down.”
He took $5,000 he’d saved, purchased a
couple of presses and a paper cutter, and began
operating out of his garage.
“I went door-to-door, primarily to companies, and told people what I could do. Some of
my early accounts are still with me today.”
The business grew. Today, X-Press Press
has seven employees and operates out of an
industrial building in Rancho Cucamonga.
“It all started at Boys Republic. As a
teenager, I was a real rebellious, hell-raising
kind of kid. I was placed at Boys Republic and,
while there, had an opportunity to work in the
campus print shop. That’s where I got my passion for printing.”
Richard Partida, print shop instructor at
Boys Republic’s Chino Hills campus, remembers Trotter, “He was exceptional in that he
was always curious about the printing process
and equipment and he was never afraid to ask
questions. Rick was remarkably confident and
mechanically inclined.”
Says Trotter, “Printing is like any
endeavor — you get back as much as you put
into it. I credit all my business to the guy
upstairs, though.”
A firm believer in tithing, Trotter is an
active participant in two religious organizations: a local church and a Los Angeles-based
church that figured prominently in his turnaround.
BOYS REPUBLIC REPORT
News Briefs
Candy Stripers
Kids like to feel useful and, given the opportunity, they will prove that they can be contributing
members of their communities.
Beginning last summer, students of the
agency’s Girls Republic program volunteered at
Santa Teresita Hospital, in Duarte. The girls don
“candy-striper” uniforms, primarily helping residents in the convalescent program.
White House on Cribbing
Boys Republic’s oldest building is elevated,
here, to receive a new foundation and first-story
floor space. A crumbling foundation threatened the
building’s upper structure. The project is slated for
completion late this fall. It will almost double the
building’s size and will include a new video lab for
the agency’s journalism students.
Masonry class students, shown with their
instructor at right, examine bricks they salvaged
from demolition of the old foundation. Students
will use the 80 year-old bricks in other construction
projects around campus.
Baseball Field Upgrade
The baseball field at Boys Republic’s main,
Chino Hills campus received a thorough renovation, last year. The project included installation of
an irrigation system, fencing and an electronic
scorekeeping system.
At right, the Rams baseball team poses in front
of a newly constructed scoreboard. The field
upgrade made possible Boys Republic’s hosting of
its first-ever tournament, the interscholastic Field
of Dreams Baseball Classic.
FALL, 2000
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Death of Director Edward J.
Korbel A Loss to Boys Republic
Board members, staff and friends of Boys
Republic mourned the loss of one of the agency’s
longest-tenured, dedicated members.
Ed Korbel, who since 1979 served with outstanding leadership upon Boys Republic’s volunteer
Board of
Directors,
passed away
last August 20.
Mr. Korbel
was born in
Douglaston,
New York, on
June 22, 1929.
He graduated
from Duke
University, in
1952, where he
was president of
Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity. He served as
a Lieutenant in
the U.S. Navy, Photo and Air Intelligence, and as
President Officer’s Mess on the USS Coral Sea.
He spent twenty years with Allied Signal in New
York City and Morristown, New Jersey, serving as
President of various divisions. He moved from New
Jersey to Pasadena, California in 1977 and served as
President of Jacobs Engineering Company. Most
recently, he provided management consulting services to numerous high-tech start-up companies.
Mr. Korbel served three productive terms as
President of Boys Republic’s Board of Directors.
Under his leadership, the agency undertook numerous construction and renovation projects, as well as a
significant business endeavor in connection with the
Pasadena Auxiliary’s Thrift Shop. Highly respected
for his knowledge of management and finance, his
wise counsel averted potential negative impact of the
Chino Hills development.
Ed Korbel is survived by his wife Patricia, his
sons Stephen and Bradley, his daughter Tracy, and
four grandchildren.
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Students Reap $22,925
in Awards at Annual
Ceremony
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Francisco Cuevas; and $500 each to
Joseph Chavira, Corey Jones, Cody Lane,
Justin Liberman, Miguel Meza and Albert
Monteil;
John R. Babcock Scholarship of $500 to
Ruben Gutierrez;
Charles and Ray Leavitt Scholarship of
$500 to Jerry Yang;
Steve McQueen Scholarship of $1,000 to
Ponciano Castellano;
Kline Family Scholarships of $1,000 each
to Courtney Davison, Victor Palomares
and Eddie Gomez;
Oscar Morrison Scholarship of $700 to
Lakion Fowler
Jane Houser Scholarships of $1,000 to
Brian Van Winkle; and $500 each to
Jonathan Ruiz and Nathaniel Henderson;
James Graham Scholarship of $500 to
Ananias Balajadia;
Frederick Rees Scholarship of $700 to
Michael Lainez;
Los Solteros Scholarship of $1,000 to
Jose Rojas;
C. A. Gammel Scholarships of $1,000
each to Ramon Cano and Wallace Harris;
Pasadena Auxiliary Bridge Club Award of
$750 to Jason Bilby;
Pasadena Auxiliary Past Presidents
Scholarship of $1,000 to Donny Briones;
Virginia Pease Hunt Scholarship of
$2,000 to Mohammed Raheem;
Mark M. Davids Leadership Award to
Victor Palomares;
Certificates of Scholarship Eligibility to
Megan Abbott, Samuel Anderson, Cane
Dekharn, Michael Jones, Daniel Ornelas,
Germaine Robison, Albert Santiago,
Kenny Surrell and Shau Xiong;
Alumnus of the Year to Donald Luckham;
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BOYS REPUBLIC REPORT
Memorials Honor Special People,
Events, Thru the Lives of Children
A memorial contribution to
Boys Republic and Girls
Republic is a meaningful way to
honor a special person, a special
event or the memory of a friend
or loved one. Your gift will reap
a second benefit as well by contributing directly to the programs
of Boys and Girls Republic. In
this way, the honor paid the
designee will live on perpetually
in the lives of the deserving
young people you have helped.
The following are memorial
and commemorative contributions made from May 1 through
August 31, 2000.
Donor/In Memory of:
Mrs. Ursula Bartel/
Willard E. Bartel
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Rawn/
Bee Jay Bennett
Mrs. Louise M. Laub/
Sam Bernstein
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Russell/
Don Biddison
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Williams/
John I. Bolin
Mrs. Joey B. Murphy/
Tom Brown
Mrs. Frances R. Didier/
Luther W. Chambers
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Rawn/
Margaret Dawson
Ms. Marguerite K. Murphy/
Ed Dempsey
Mr. & Mrs. Don Bridge/
William Doby
Dr. Mary Louise Labrucherie/
William Doby
Mrs. Lurline Elliott/
Keith Elliott
FALL, 2000
Mrs. Mildred H. Fischer/
Earle J. Fischer
Foothill Citrus Tournament
Baseball/
Jim Graham
Capt. & Mrs. Eugene Malone/
Dorothy Hadley
Mrs. Shirley White/
Robert Havenner
Mrs. Odette Anderson/
Dottie Heguy
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Cooper/
Betty & Les Hite
Mrs. Esther Teare/
Lois Kelly
Mr. Gerald Kelly/
Lois Kelly
Mrs. Doris Clark/
Marjorie Long
Ms. Bonnie Clark/
Marjorie Long
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Nina/
Jeremy E. Lawyer
Mr. & Mrs. Max L. Scott/
Joe Lewis
Mr. Dawson S. Mac Donald/
Margie Mac Donald
Mrs. Dolores Masco/
John Masco
Mrs. Terri Miller Reyes/
Joseph Miller
Mrs. Yolanda M. Santos/
J. Stanley Mullin
Mrs Henrietta B. Gregory/
Eloise Nicholl
Mrs. Barbara Mc Lean/
Fred Packard
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Zuk/
Harry Papilli
Mr. Jack Patterson/
Kathryn C. Patterson
Ms. Betty-Jane Rous/
Geraldine Marie Petty
Mrs. Tana Wilson/
Bill Piper
Mrs. Bette Winkler/
Ruth
Ms. A. Zoe Snider/
Ruth
Mr. Rudolph V. Render/
Mrs. Lester Render
Mrs. Wanda J. Bartlett/
John Snoke
Ms. Patty Selaya/
Buddy Selaya
Mrs. W. R. Woodard/
Roy Taecker
Mrs. Martha Brooks/
Jerry Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Uriarte/
Tony Uriarte
Mrs. Jess Witt/
Harold Witt
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Williams/
Theresa Webb
In Memory of Phyllis Bennet
Mrs. Christine Gillis
Pasadena Auxiliary of Boys
Republic
Mr. & Mrs. Max L. Scott
Mrs. Virginia Sprigg
In Memory of Oscar Morrison
Mr. Derick Jones
Ms. Geri Morrison Jones
Mrs. Pat Morrison
Mr. Gordon F. Rodda
In Memory of Edward Korbel
Annadale Golf Club
Mr. & Mrs. John Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Devol
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Farmer
Mrs. Josephine Felts
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gamble
Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Higgins
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Horsfall
Jacobs Engineering Group
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Jenkins
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Memorial Contributions
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Mr. & Mrs. Frederick D. Johnson
Ms. Vera L. Marine
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick B. McLane
Mrs. George W. Piercy
Mr. & Mrs. Don Quinn
Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Rogers
Col. & Mrs. Charles K. Rose, III
Mr. & Mrs. Max L. Scott
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Stoutenburgh
Mr. Stanford H. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Tranzow
In Memory of J. Watson Webb
Ms. Frederica G. Gamble
Ms. Frederica W. Gamble
Ms. Kerry Jensen
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon M. Scott
Van Ness Films, Inc.
Donor/In Honor of:
Mrs. Debby Wedell/
Judge Eugene Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Darold D. Pieper/
Jeff Seymour
Address Service Requested
Boys Republic Report
Boys Republic Report is published three
times yearly by Boys Republic, 3493 Grand
Ave., Chino Hills, CA 91709. (909) 628-1217.
Boys Republic and Girls Republic are private, non-profit, non-sectarian agencies helping
troubled children aged 13 to 18. Rules for
acceptance and participation in these programs
are the same for everyone without regard for
race, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap.
California Association of
Services for Children
Annual Awards Ceremony
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Special Cottage and Residence Awards to
Sheldon Stallworth, Robert Tamayo, Daniel
Bueno, Rene Plancarte, Kyle Humphrey, Ruben
Gutierrez, Donny Briones, Khammany
Kayachith, Micaela Gonzales, and Chris
Sevrence;
This year, the Rams Head Award was presented
to employee Jessica Ruiz.