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October 4 - 10, 2007<br />

World's Largest Classroom<br />

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Volume XI, Issue No. 39 STRIVING FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE<br />

October 4 - 10, 2007<br />

Water Clean Up / C1<br />

Wins $10,000 / A2<br />

INDEX<br />

Around <strong>The</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> B6<br />

City Notices B13<br />

Classifieds B14<br />

Financial B4<br />

Legal Notices B8<br />

Senior Activities B6<br />

<strong>Azusa</strong> <strong>Day</strong> <strong>At</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Fair</strong><br />

By Jorge V. Rosales<br />

POMONA — September 28,<br />

was <strong>Azusa</strong>'s <strong>Day</strong> at the Los<br />

Angeles County <strong>Fair</strong>. <strong>Azusa</strong><br />

shared the celebration along<br />

with the cities of Fontana and<br />

Ontario. Many communities in<br />

Los Angeles County and near<br />

Pomona are given the opportunity<br />

to have their own day at<br />

the fair. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Fair</strong>, by all measures,<br />

is the biggest and best in<br />

the country.<br />

<strong>Azusa</strong> was represented by<br />

Mayor Joe Rocha, Council<br />

members Uriel Macias and Robert<br />

Gonzales, City Clerk Vera<br />

Mendoza, City Manager Fran<br />

Delach and family, officers and<br />

members of the <strong>Azusa</strong> Chamber<br />

of Commerce, Director of<br />

the <strong>Azusa</strong> Downtown Business<br />

Association-Peggy Martinez,<br />

and Miss <strong>Azusa</strong>-Jamie Pezold,<br />

Miss <strong>Azusa</strong> Outstanding Teen-<br />

Jamie Alvarez and Princess<br />

Crystal Munoz. In addition<br />

about fifty <strong>Azusa</strong>ns attended the<br />

event.<br />

Two <strong>Azusa</strong>ns were selected<br />

as "Home Town Heroes." Both<br />

an adult and a junior were honored.<br />

Elaine Dominguez has<br />

blessed <strong>Azusa</strong>'s children with<br />

her many hours of giving, sharing,<br />

and loving. If anyone is responsible<br />

for the ongoing after<br />

school <strong>Azusa</strong> Mariachi Program,<br />

it is Elaine. Lizette Salas,<br />

who was awarded a Golf<br />

Scholarship to the University of<br />

Southern California for her academic<br />

and athletic achievements,<br />

was the recipient of this<br />

year's junior award. She excelled<br />

in golf nationwide.<br />

Late in the afternoon on Friday,<br />

a fun and colorful parade<br />

was held at the <strong>Fair</strong>. <strong>Azusa</strong> organizations<br />

and city officials had<br />

fun riding down the parade<br />

route waving at people and<br />

throwing hundreds of brightly<br />

colored necklaces to the linedup<br />

crowds New Orleans style.<br />

Following the two colorful<br />

floats was <strong>Azusa</strong> Mayor Rocha<br />

riding with his grand-daughter<br />

Angel on a beautiful red Mustang<br />

convertible, followed by<br />

Miss <strong>Azusa</strong>-Jamie Pezold in a<br />

red convertible Corvette and<br />

Jamie Alvarez and Crystal<br />

Munoz on a 1965 classic red<br />

Mustang.<br />

<strong>Azusa</strong> residents and city officials getting ready to ride down the<br />

parade route at the LA County <strong>Fair</strong>.<br />

Making A Difference<br />

Diamond Bar High swim team members volunteered at Camp Good Times, an event for seriously ill<br />

children held at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu.<br />

Diamond Bar High Swimmers Dive in at Event for Seriously Ill Children<br />

DIAMOND BAR — Diamond<br />

Bar High School swim<br />

coach Michael Spence is beginning<br />

the 2007 season by taking<br />

his team out of the pool. On<br />

Saturday, September 15 about<br />

30 students and their and parents<br />

helped children with cancer<br />

experience a full day of<br />

beach activities. <strong>The</strong> event<br />

called Camp Good Times was<br />

held at Leo Carrillo State Beach<br />

in Malibu.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Ride a Wave organization<br />

hosts Camp Good Times<br />

for seriously ill children. <strong>The</strong><br />

non profit began as the dream<br />

of a few surfers that wanted to<br />

do something for their community.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y wanted give everyone<br />

the thrill of experiencing a<br />

wave -whether they are physically,<br />

economically or developmentally<br />

challenged. About 30<br />

kids attended that first event;<br />

about 200 attended this year.<br />

Over the years, it has grown to<br />

College<br />

Students<br />

Create<br />

Gateway<br />

Artwork<br />

/ A2<br />

Miss <strong>Azusa</strong>-Jamie Pezold in a red convertible Corvette<br />

<strong>The</strong> Victorian Red Hatters Of<br />

Glendora <strong>At</strong> <strong>The</strong> Grove <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

Opening for a limited engagement<br />

run at the historic Grove<br />

<strong>The</strong>atre, in Upland, California is<br />

a new Broadway-bound musical<br />

called "Lost Spirit", a romantic<br />

ghost story set in the 1890s.<br />

Recently Queen Josie Silva and<br />

her Victorian Red Hatters of<br />

Glendora visited the Grove to<br />

pose for pictures with Emmy<br />

nominated Randy McLaughlin,<br />

who did the costuming wrote<br />

the music and lyrics along with<br />

the late Jerry Skeels; George<br />

Newberry, author and producer,<br />

and Sherry Kinison, owner of<br />

the Grove.<br />

<strong>The</strong> musical stars Dale<br />

Kristien, who most recently performed<br />

the lead role of Chris-<br />

tine in the Broadway and Los<br />

Angeles productions of Phantom<br />

of the Opera and Bill Hutton<br />

who earned a Tony Award<br />

nomination for his performance<br />

as Joseph in the Broadway production<br />

of Joseph and the<br />

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.<br />

<strong>The</strong> October 5, 2007 special<br />

performance and the charity<br />

benefit party following, is already<br />

sold out. Lost Spirit will<br />

run from Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007<br />

through Saturday, Oct. 20,<br />

2007. This is not the usual local,<br />

small theatre production, so<br />

you won't want to miss out on<br />

the limited run as it heads to<br />

Broadway. For ticket informa-<br />

tion, contact the Grove at (909)<br />

920-4343 or check their website<br />

www.grovetheatre.com. After<br />

the picture taking session, the<br />

group went to Mr. Newberry's<br />

home where they got to hear six<br />

songs from the not-yet released<br />

CD of Lost Spirit. <strong>The</strong>y reported<br />

that when they heard Dale<br />

Kristien and Bill Hutton blending<br />

their voices in the soaring<br />

melodies, magic came into the<br />

room and some of the ladies got<br />

tears in their eyes listening to<br />

the beautiful lyrics about love;<br />

lost and found and always<br />

around us. It can't be explained<br />

and they recommend that you<br />

see the show and experience it<br />

yourself.<br />

Left to right are Audree Rowe, Trish Sawyer, Debbie Vitale, Jane Bickham, Rose Lombardo, Marie<br />

Humphrey, Queen Josie Silva, Randy McLaughlin, Sherry Kinison, George Newberry, Bonnie Jameson,<br />

Jeri Torres, Maria Chavez, Beverly Lopez, Jean (Sam) Ching, and Penny Castleberry.<br />

include many surfers, corporate<br />

sponsors, volunteers and<br />

several high schools.<br />

Activities include surfing,<br />

swimming, beach games and<br />

kayaking. All events are supervised<br />

by professional instructors<br />

to ensure a fun, safe and<br />

unforgettable day at the beach.<br />

By 8:00 a.m. volunteers unloaded<br />

wetsuits, helmets and<br />

softtops - all donated by O'Neil,<br />

Garth and Surftech. <strong>The</strong>y set<br />

up tents, tables and stuffed<br />

goodie bags for every participant.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y also organized an obstacle<br />

course and distributed<br />

buckets and shovels for building<br />

sand castles and other creations.<br />

"One year, a girl built the best<br />

mermaid ever!" said Spence.<br />

For the past 16 years, the veteran<br />

surfer of 50 years has volunteered<br />

five Saturdays a year<br />

helping at Ride Wave events<br />

along the California coast. He<br />

knows that this community service<br />

project will be meaningful<br />

to students and will also motivate<br />

them for upcoming competitions.<br />

"My goal is for these young<br />

DBHS swimmers and students<br />

to see life," Spence said. Those<br />

that they will meet are faced<br />

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NEWS<br />

Quail Summit Students Visit World's Largest Classroom<br />

DIAMOND BAR — About 100 Quail<br />

Summit Elementary School second graders<br />

enjoyed a day of hands on learning<br />

and exploring at the L.A. County <strong>Fair</strong> on<br />

September 26. Bus transportation was<br />

provided through parent donations and<br />

free admission was supplied by the<br />

<strong>Fair</strong>Kid's Discovery Club Fieldtrip Program.<br />

Each year, more than 100,000 elementary<br />

students from over 500 schools in<br />

Southern California visit the many curriculum-based<br />

exhibits available at the<br />

<strong>Fair</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y toured a career expo, played<br />

in the snow, learned about California history<br />

and participated in a milking demonstration<br />

at <strong>Fair</strong>view Farms.<br />

For many, it was their first exposure<br />

to farm life or playing in the snow.<br />

"That was really exciting!" said<br />

teacher Erin Ruhl.<br />

Pictured:<br />

Quail Summit Elementary students say<br />

"thank you" for a recent fieldtrip to the<br />

L.A. County <strong>Fair</strong>. <strong>The</strong> excursion was<br />

funded through parent donations and the<br />

<strong>Fair</strong>Kids Discovery Club program.<br />

Hole-In-One Golfer Wins $10,000!<br />

By George Ogden<br />

WEST COVINA —<strong>The</strong> Mounted Enforcement<br />

Team is a division of the West<br />

Covina Police Department had a<br />

fundraising golf tournament back on August<br />

23, 2007 at the California Country<br />

Club, 1509 S. Workman Mill Rd., in<br />

Whittier.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y have different fundraising events<br />

during the year to assist with being able<br />

to provide equipment for the horses. <strong>The</strong><br />

Mounted Team is often used for<br />

Mounted Honor Guard, Mounted Color<br />

Guard details, memorials and funerals for<br />

fallen officers and to participate in parades.<br />

This golf tournament was the largest<br />

fundraising event for our Mounted Team<br />

and they teamed up with L.A. County<br />

Industrial Technology Education Association<br />

(LACITEA) to assist with their<br />

scholarship program.<br />

It was a great event with a great banquet<br />

dinner.<br />

One great part of the tournament was<br />

the fact that one person took only one<br />

by Stacy Quillen-Armstrong<br />

<strong>The</strong> lovely city of Glendora is now even<br />

lovelier; thanks to the help of one Citrus<br />

College instructor and his students.<br />

Ceramics teacher Mike Hillman, along<br />

with students Debbie Boese, Lynn<br />

Hendricks, Judy Miller, Eli Terriquez and<br />

Deanne Wiley, recently completed an art<br />

project for a new commercial development<br />

located on the northwest corner of<br />

Grand Avenue and Route 66 in Glendora.<br />

"This project came about because of<br />

Glendora resident, Mr. Bill Bird, who is<br />

the developer of the shopping center,"<br />

Hillman said. "Bill was looking for artists<br />

to create work for the new development<br />

that was planned and said that he wanted<br />

to use local talent, possibly students."<br />

<strong>The</strong> project, entitled "Grand/66," was<br />

the result of a requirement that mandated<br />

public art to be incorporated into the development<br />

before final approval for construction<br />

could be granted.<br />

"We initially considered a life-sized<br />

bronze sculpture to be located in the plaza<br />

area," said Bird. "An alternative we considered<br />

was to have some form of artwork<br />

on the wall feature facing the intersection.<br />

This is what we finally decided<br />

on after discussing the idea with the city<br />

and our businesses located in the development."<br />

Bird says he was interested in assigning<br />

the project to Citrus students because<br />

it would express support of the college.<br />

"We selected Citrus College in our con-<br />

swing and he was $10,000 richer. Duran<br />

Villegas got a “Hole In One” and became<br />

a big winner.<br />

One September 29th, the check became<br />

available and he picked it up in front<br />

of the West Covina Police station.<br />

Villegas, who plays golf a couple of<br />

times per month and, every once in a<br />

while, may play up to four times in a<br />

month.<br />

<strong>At</strong> the time he made the shot, he felt<br />

that it was a pretty good shot and thought<br />

it was going to be close to the pin.<br />

When it landed, he thought it may have<br />

a chance to go in and it did.<br />

On hand to present the check were<br />

some of the organizers of the event.<br />

Mike Harden, Lt. Ron Mitchell, Motor<br />

Officer Elsa Mitchell and Roberta Floyd<br />

representative for LACITEA.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mounted Enforcement Team and<br />

LACITEA wanted to thank all the other<br />

golfers, the WC Police Explorers, their<br />

sponsors and the many volunteers who<br />

helped make this event such a great success.<br />

Instructor Mike Hillman (center) and his students with their artwork.<br />

Photos by Roy LaBomme<br />

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

Directions from the 210 FWY:<br />

Take either LONE HILL AVE exit,<br />

Turn NORTH onto LONE HILL Ave.<br />

Turn LEFT onto HISTORIC US<br />

HIGHWAY ROUTE 66<br />

End at 1447 E Route 66, Glendora<br />

OPEN 7 DAYS<br />

Mon - Sat: 5:00pm - 1:00am<br />

Sun 11:30am - 1:00am<br />

October 4 - 10, 2007<br />

Making the presentation, from left Officer Mike Harden, Roberta Floyd , Duran<br />

Villegas (the winner) Lt. Ron Mitchell, Motor Officer Elsa Mitchell.<br />

Citrus College Instructor, Students<br />

Create Artwork for City of Glendora<br />

tinuing interest in supporting the college<br />

as we believe it provides a valuable asset<br />

to the community," Bird said. "We<br />

contacted Mr. Hillman at the college to<br />

determine if this was a project he and<br />

his students would be interested in<br />

working on. He enthusiastically endorsed<br />

the idea and expressed an interest<br />

in becoming involved."<br />

Hillman was happy to learn that Citrus<br />

College students were being considered<br />

for the project.<br />

"I was excited by the prospect," he<br />

said. "We discussed several sites and<br />

ideas and I told him that I had a group<br />

of students I felt would be able to fabricate<br />

the ceramic tiles and install them."<br />

Bird gave the creative group the theme<br />

of "Route 66" and Hillman quickly began<br />

his research.<br />

"I researched the iconography and<br />

other details related to Route 66," Hillman<br />

said. "I visited and photographed local<br />

landmarks such as the First Christian<br />

Church of Glendora, the first Glendora<br />

City Hall from 1913 (which is now the<br />

Glendora Historical Society), Bennett<br />

Avenue Palms, our beloved or hated<br />

gumdrop-shaped ficus trees, the Griffith<br />

Park Observatory, and the actual site<br />

where the artwork would be located."<br />

Once the participation of the Citrus<br />

group was confirmed, the next step in<br />

the creative process was to develop a<br />

concept and have it approved.<br />

"Once the initial concept was ac-<br />

cepted, the design work included hundreds<br />

of drawings and photographs to<br />

use as authentic sources," Hillman said.<br />

"I wanted to include an actual map of<br />

Route 66, from Chicago to Los Angeles,<br />

in the scheme. We did this by using<br />

the actual route as the contour of<br />

the foothills."<br />

After months of tweaking, the final<br />

design was approved.<br />

"We transferred our design to tile,<br />

using the ancient Islamic technique of<br />

Cuerda Seca. This is a technique that I<br />

have taught in my tile classes at Citrus<br />

College," Hillman said. "Literally meaning<br />

dry rope, Cuerda Seca has a tradi-<br />

Please turn to ART / C9


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<strong>The</strong> Toy Chest<br />

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I took great delight in playing<br />

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and trips to the park for picnics.<br />

What fun it was to shop for<br />

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Each child had its own toy<br />

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<strong>The</strong>y are all young adults now<br />

and I enjoy watching them as<br />

they pursue careers and exercise<br />

the talents and abilities that<br />

God has given them.<br />

Each graduation, job promotion<br />

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and there was great opportunity<br />

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Assemblyman Ed Hernandez<br />

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Supervisor Mike Antonovich.<br />

Both made presentations to<br />

President and CEO of the bank<br />

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<strong>The</strong>se are what she misses.<br />

<strong>The</strong> young adults are preoccupied,<br />

Off doing their own thing,<br />

Too busy with schedules,<br />

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One day, they look back,<br />

And remember their roots:<br />

Tea parties and games,<br />

In that warm atmosphere,<br />

Cookie bakes, story books,<br />

And their Grandma, so dear!<br />

And one day, they too,<br />

Will be filling a toy chest,<br />

West Covina All Star Champs<br />

By George Ogden<br />

<strong>The</strong> City of West Covina and the City Council recognized and honored<br />

the West Covina American All Stars. Representatives of the<br />

team and their coaches were given Certificates of Recognition for<br />

taking First Place, at a recent council meeting. .<br />

Students<br />

Making a Difference<br />

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with life threatening challenge<br />

and are not giving up without a<br />

fight.<br />

"I want our swimmers to<br />

know why I do not agree with<br />

the word CAN'T," he added.<br />

Busses with the kids and their<br />

families started arriving at 10:00<br />

a.m. with the kids. That was the<br />

cue for volunteers to gather to<br />

greet the participants as soon as<br />

they stepped off the bus.<br />

<strong>The</strong> kids filed through two<br />

lines of volunteers who welcomed<br />

them with smiles and<br />

cheers.<br />

"I tried to give each one a big<br />

hug!" he said.<br />

Diamond Bar High School<br />

volunteers paired up with the<br />

children to paint fingernails,<br />

apply funny tattoos, and help<br />

out during the obstacle course<br />

and water activities.<br />

A special thanks to the following<br />

volunteers: Kenny<br />

Grant, Katherine Branks, Andrew<br />

Liang, Amanda Morris,<br />

New Sa-nguansap, Elmer Wu,<br />

Jennifer Lee, Alex Tang, Lynn<br />

Han, Melissa Wilson, Paige<br />

Fodderjohn, Misha Ghader, Peter<br />

Chen ,Matthew Han, Ryan<br />

Kong, Natalie Leon, Alvin<br />

Wong, James Tai, Bellona Yuan,<br />

Laura Greenhut, Alec Chiu,<br />

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Nicole Torres, Andrew Shang,<br />

Jonathan Ting, Devon Moore,<br />

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