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COMMENTARY<br />

B2 S.G.V. EXAMINER<br />

<strong>June</strong> 5 - <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2008</strong><br />

NASA is Again Taking My Money<br />

To me, those NASA people<br />

are a small group of people,<br />

some who want to be spacemen<br />

or some such nonsense, who<br />

have a hobby that has a free<br />

debit card that goes right into<br />

our pocket.<br />

Now, lets be real about this.<br />

We have a group of people who<br />

have an interest in outer space.<br />

Well good for them. They want<br />

to know what is on Mars and<br />

what Mars is made of... Well<br />

again, good for them and I don’t<br />

give a rat’s pitute about it myself.<br />

Yet, this group of space<br />

junkies, get to use my tax<br />

money to support their hobby<br />

of space exploration.<br />

It is a no brainer about what<br />

is on Mars and what it is made<br />

of. Okay, I have done a lot of<br />

research and are you ready? It<br />

is made of “dirt and rocks” and<br />

that is what you are going to<br />

find on it. Okay, got it... there<br />

is dirt up there with some rocks,<br />

so quit sending spaceships up<br />

there to try and figure what is<br />

up there. I already told you...<br />

dirt! Got it? Dirt!<br />

NASA’s Phoenix Lander<br />

landed on Mars on May 25.<br />

NASA claims Phoenix is the<br />

sixth successful landing on<br />

Mars, out of twelve total international<br />

attempts (the sixth successful<br />

landing of seven American<br />

attempts). However, the<br />

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Jorge V. Rosales<br />

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George Ogden<br />

That’s just the way it is!<br />

history record shows only five<br />

of 13 landing attempts by robotic<br />

spaceships have succeeded,<br />

and all were NASA’s<br />

vessels.<br />

Do you folks have any idea<br />

what this costs us? Lets just<br />

use this last mission since the<br />

NASA Spacemen claim this one<br />

was cheaper then the others.<br />

How about the mission’s total<br />

cost of $457 million - including<br />

$37 million from Canada, which<br />

built and operates the weather<br />

station aboard the lander.<br />

WOW, a weather station. So<br />

what the hell does that mean?<br />

Am I going to turn on the TV<br />

and see some big boobed female<br />

Martian with a tight skirt and<br />

with the head of ET giving me<br />

the stinking weather from<br />

Mars? I think not and if she<br />

did, who cares?<br />

Folks, we have veterans and<br />

victim of crimes on fixed incomes.<br />

Some are homeless.<br />

We have seniors who are really<br />

having hard times and there<br />

area a lot of people out there<br />

who need help because of no<br />

fault of their own. Our government<br />

gives our money away<br />

to people with welfare and<br />

many are just lazy and looking<br />

for a free ride. Some are illegal<br />

aliens and looking for a free ride<br />

as well and we give it to them.<br />

Now if NASA wanted to give<br />

a “free ride” to those lazy aliens<br />

to Mars, well now we are talking.<br />

Not only does our government<br />

give away our money to<br />

these people, but also to those<br />

hobbyists who are with NASA.<br />

If those people want to send<br />

land rovers to Mars, why don’t<br />

they pay for it with their money,<br />

not mine? Have them raise the<br />

money for these missions.<br />

I don’t care what is on Mars.<br />

What do these expensive mission<br />

do for me. NOTHING,<br />

outside of costing me more<br />

taxes.<br />

To be honest, I don’t have a<br />

problem with the space shuttle.<br />

They put up communication<br />

equipment and weather satellites<br />

and all that is very helpful here<br />

on earth.<br />

Spending a half a billion dollars<br />

to send junk to Mars to me<br />

is unreasonable when we have<br />

people here on earth who could<br />

use that money to help them get<br />

back on their feet again.<br />

These NASA groupies are<br />

operating this thing like a video<br />

game. Mars is about 171 million<br />

miles away, and data transmissions<br />

can take more than 15<br />

minutes to reach Earth. Now<br />

the reply would take another 15<br />

minutes... with the round trip<br />

taking a total of 30 minutes and<br />

these radio signals travel at the<br />

speed of light. .<br />

So, when one of these<br />

“brains” makes a wrong turn<br />

and this thing makes a wrong<br />

move, and it crashes or gets<br />

messed up, do you think they<br />

would tell us? Duh... I messed<br />

up our toy, we need to send up<br />

another.<br />

I think our money could be<br />

spent on some more important<br />

things here on earth.<br />

“That’s Just the Way It Is!”<br />

Glendora Unified School District's<br />

Outstanding Employees Recognized<br />

Nicole Hester, Library Media<br />

Technician II at Goddard Middle<br />

School, has been selected as the<br />

Glendora Unified School<br />

District's 2009 Classified Employee<br />

of the Year. Nicole has<br />

been with the District since<br />

2001.<br />

Prior to her employment with<br />

GUSD, Nicole was employed as<br />

a Library Aide for the Los Angeles<br />

County Libraries in La<br />

Verne and West Covina. She<br />

holds a Bachelor of Arts degree<br />

in Environmental Studies from<br />

CSU, <strong>San</strong> Bernardino. Her Principal,<br />

Dominic DiGrazia states<br />

that Nicole is a valuable asset<br />

to Goddard and is always willing<br />

to provide assistance to students,<br />

teachers and her library<br />

technician peers.<br />

Sheree Richards, teacher at<br />

<strong>San</strong>dburg, has been selected as<br />

the Glendora Unified School<br />

District's 2009 Teacher of the<br />

Year. Ms. Richards has been<br />

an English teacher with GUSD<br />

since 2003 at <strong>San</strong>dburg Middle<br />

School. Ms. Richards holds an<br />

MA in Teaching and a BA in<br />

English, with a minor in History<br />

from UC, Irvine. She will represent<br />

GUSD in the Los Angeles<br />

County Teacher of the Year<br />

program. Her Principal, Scott<br />

Bell states that Sheree is very<br />

knowledgeable, is dedicated to<br />

helping her students and also<br />

goes above and beyond in providing<br />

assistance to staff.<br />

By Jorge V. Rosales<br />

AZUSA — On Wednesday,<br />

May 28 the Azusa Adult School<br />

Ceramics Class presented the<br />

City of Azusa's Senior Center<br />

with a beautiful three dimensional<br />

ceramic mural entitled<br />

COLOR THE SEASONS.<br />

The event was held in the<br />

lobby of the senior center and<br />

it was attended by over fifty<br />

persons. Ria Benbow, Coordinator<br />

of Older Adult Programs<br />

introduced Mayor Joe Rocha<br />

and his lovely wife and daughter,<br />

Linda and Lisa, respectively,<br />

as well as School District Superintendent,<br />

Cynthia Cervantes<br />

McGuire, and other school and<br />

city officials, as well as representatives<br />

from the legislature<br />

and senate.<br />

The presentation of the mural<br />

was performed by Myra<br />

Higley, Instructor, Ceramics<br />

Class to both Mayor Rocha and<br />

Azusa Recreation Superintendent,<br />

Heath Hamilton who hung<br />

the dedication plaque next to the<br />

mural.<br />

Higley received certificates of<br />

Superintendent, Dr. Catherine Nichols, Goddard Library Media Technician<br />

II, Nicole Hester and Principal, Dominic DiGrazia<br />

Superintendent, Dr. Catherine Nichols, <strong>San</strong>dburg teacher, Sheree<br />

Richards, Assistant Principal, Paul Purpura<br />

Mural Presented To Azusa Senior Center<br />

The Azusa Adult School presented a ceramics mural entitled<br />

“Color the Seasons” to the Azusa Senior Citizen Center. Pictured<br />

is Adult Education Instructor Myra Higley presenting a plaque to<br />

Mayor Joe Rocha and Azusa Recreation Superintendent Heath<br />

Hamilton<br />

recognition on behalf of the Ceramic<br />

Class Students from Bill<br />

Baca on behalf of Gloria<br />

Romero, California State Senator<br />

and Laura Jimenez on behalf<br />

of Dr. Ed Hernandez, California<br />

Legislature<br />

Assemblymember.<br />

Closing remarks were given<br />

by Heath Hamilton and Michael<br />

Neary, Vice-Principal, Azusa<br />

Adult School. Refreshments<br />

were served following the ceremony.<br />

The <strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Examiner</strong><br />

Photo courtesy of Kathleen Miller - Azusa USD<br />

Letters to the Editor<br />

Opinions Are The Writer’s<br />

Thinks Executions of Murderers Is Hate<br />

Ever since our Great Maker<br />

of Human Beings presented us<br />

with this great gift of life I have<br />

first been quite perplexed with<br />

the fact, too many Americans<br />

also manifest that feelings of<br />

hate to also destroy one another<br />

by using Execution to supposedly<br />

complete that cycle. Both<br />

Europe and Asia for the most<br />

part have eliminated the Death<br />

Penalty and yet her in America<br />

neither politicians from both<br />

sides of the aisle dare challenge<br />

those many statitistics that can<br />

easily prove that execution here<br />

does nothing to deter crime.<br />

One should also note this country<br />

has a higher illiteracy rate<br />

than many others and the ironic<br />

twist comes from the fact over<br />

80% of the people are Christians<br />

yet they are allowing the Execution<br />

of another human being<br />

actually goes against that<br />

Commandment, "Thou shalt not<br />

kill".<br />

Senator Obama: in response<br />

to your statement ..."We can't<br />

drive our SUVs and eat as much<br />

as we want and keep our homes<br />

at 72 degrees at all times...and<br />

then expect other countries to<br />

say OK.'<br />

Senator, Americans work<br />

hard to buy SUVs, air conditioned<br />

houses and shop in super<br />

markets and eat in restaurants<br />

with their families on occasion.<br />

The truth is we do not<br />

need the permission of the rest<br />

Let's consider President<br />

George W' Bush while Governor<br />

of Texas he allowed the<br />

largest amount of executions to<br />

occur of any leader of any State<br />

in this country and now draw<br />

the parallel of his allowing continuance<br />

of the killing of our<br />

Americans soldiers trying to<br />

occupy Iraq. There become a<br />

paradox of misunderstanding<br />

when it needs to be recognized<br />

how this President declared himself<br />

a, Born Again Christian and<br />

yet he tenaciously clings to the<br />

hate factor with a persistence<br />

unstoppable until he vacates his<br />

office.<br />

The biggest culprit however<br />

is the American people themselves<br />

who could not access the<br />

value of their candidates, shame<br />

of you Americans, you, who<br />

didn't know any better.<br />

Milford C. Walker<br />

West Covina<br />

Americans Have Earned Right to Good Life<br />

Dan was a loving husband,<br />

father, grandfather, brother,<br />

uncle and friend. He is survived<br />

by his wife Jeanne, daughter,<br />

Heather (Matthew Gorey), son<br />

Jason (Amanda), granddaughter<br />

Lauren Gorey, seven brothers,<br />

two sisters, and many<br />

nieces and nephews.<br />

Born March 18, 1945 in<br />

Pasadena, and passed away<br />

May 25, <strong>2008</strong> in Pasadena.<br />

Dan's early years were<br />

spent at St. Benedict Elemen-<br />

of the world to conduct our<br />

lives in freedom from poverty.<br />

We especially don't need you,<br />

your wife's or your pastor's<br />

permission.<br />

The rest of the world can<br />

remain jealous, envious and disapprove<br />

of our life style or they<br />

can check out our history and<br />

see how we got to this wonderful<br />

way of living and take<br />

steps to emulate us or take a<br />

hike off the Planet.<br />

Michael Canzano<br />

La Verne<br />

Glendoran Taylor Langdon<br />

Texas Bound for Nationals<br />

Local Glendora girl Taylor<br />

Langdon and her team the Corona<br />

Angels take the Championship<br />

at the ASA 14U Girls<br />

Fastpitch Softball Regional<br />

Qualifier in Prescott Arizona.<br />

Taylor played Lassie League<br />

softball here in Glendora before<br />

moving on to travel ball<br />

with the Corona Angels. She<br />

traveled 435 miles to Prescott<br />

to participate in this year's<br />

National Qualifier which consisted<br />

of 26 teams from various<br />

western states. The win<br />

gives the Angels a berth this<br />

year to the ASA 14U National<br />

Championship in Midland<br />

Texas. Last year the Angels<br />

placed 3rd at the National<br />

Tournament and in 2005 they<br />

won the 10U National Championship<br />

in Tennessee. Good<br />

luck in Texas!<br />

In Loving Memory of<br />

DANIEL S. HOUSTON<br />

March 18, 1945- May 25, <strong>2008</strong><br />

tary School in Montebello, followed<br />

by his high school experience<br />

in South Pasadena.<br />

He majored in Business at East<br />

Los Angeles College and<br />

Woodbury College. He worked<br />

in the retail and insurance industries.<br />

Dan served his country<br />

in the army as Specialist<br />

4th class.<br />

Funeral mass was held Saturday,<br />

at 9:30 AM at Holy<br />

Family Church, South Pasadena.

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