CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2022
YEAR 34 INSIDE YOUR
FORUM
NO. 50
CV Grad Gets Us to the Moon In-Person Meetings Returning MAC MEETING
By Mike McGuire
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Living the Dream From Arroyo High School makeup artist to licensed aesthetician
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Doing Good Bicycle do-gooder Billy Bradford receives Jefferson Award
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Two Men Shot Attempted robbery and carjacking at Vista Creek Apartments
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Americans cheered as the Orion space capsule splashed down in the Pacific on December 11 after orbiting the moon, but they probably didn’t know that a Castro Valley native played a key role in the Artemis Project that sent it there. David Stadelman is a project engineer at the Lockheed-Martin Project Management Team that builds Orion for the moon-orbit project. Artemis I is uncrewed, but future Artemis missions will have crews that will orbit the moon and eventually return humans there after 50 years away. “It’s exciting to be a part of this. I really enjoy working on something that will be in the history books,” he said. Stadelman graduated from Castro Valley High School in 2002. He studied mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City for a year but left to go on a two-year mission for his church to Brazil. “That international experience helped me later in my career when I was negotiating in Italy, say, about their part in space missions,” Stadelman continued. He came back and switched his major to business, graduating in 2009. He started out managing government buildings for see MOON on page 14
By Amy Sylvestri CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
PHOTOS COURTESY OF VICKI STADELMAN
David Stadelman, a Castro Valley native and 2002 graduate of CVHS, stands in June with the Orion spaceship he helped build. Blasting off from Florida on Nov. 16, it orbited the moon for six days before returning to Earth on Dec. 11.
The Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) will be meeting in person in the New Year. But some members of the MAC expressed their displeasure at how long the process to restore traditional meetings has taken. Ever since the pandemic lockdown, the MAC has met via Zoom teleconference. Changes and turnover among MAC members over the past nearly three years mean some of the board members have never met face-to-face. The MAC has repeatedly expressed its frustration with county staff as they seek to return to in-person meetings. Staff said that it’s not as simple as renting out a room and plugging in a laptop- several pieces of logistic administration needed to be worked out. The MAC said that people without access to or knowledge of technology could not participate. see MAC on page 7
Deja Blue Salon Celebrating 20 Years in CV I want them to succeed, and some of them have gone on to open their own salons.” Drop into the Deja Blue Last Friday, Roesel hosted a salon on Castro Valley Boule- celebration for staff and clients vard, and the first chair on the where she acknowledged their left is where you’ll find the continued support for her owner, Marisol Roesel. She through good times and lean is celebrating her 20th year times. in town in between her busy “I’m so grateful to my famclient schedules. ily, friends, staff, and clients “Twenty years ago, I was who have supported me over only one of four formal the years,” Roesel said. “Even women’s hair salons in Castro during COVID, many of my Valley. Now there are several customers asked if they could around town,” Roesel told pre-pay me for future sessions the Forum. “I love doing this so that I could keep afloat. I because of the people. I am not really felt the love during that afraid of sharing my talents time.” with my stylists. I tell them that see BLUE on page 5 By Michael Singer
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Deja Blue owner-stylist Marisol Roesel puts the finishing touches on a hairstyle for San Lorenzo resident Greg Kraft. The salon is celebrating 20 years in business. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SINGER