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The Pasadena Senior Center will kick up its heels with Zest!, a benefit gala, to culminate celebration of the Center’s 50th Anniversary milestone. Zest! 10 -10-10, is on Sunday, October 10 at

5:00 p.m., in San Marino. The event promises to be a grand celebration of the “zest for life” that the Cen-ter, Southern California’s

A s s emb l ymembe r Anthony Portantino’s (D- La Canada Flintridge) bill aimed at saving teen lives has been signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger. AB 1999 encourages teens to seek emergency help when a compatriot is in need of emergency medical atten-tion by offering limited im-munity for those teens who

call for help. “I am very pleased

that the Governor agreed that this bill could help our teenagers who need emer-gency medical treatment,” stated Assemblymember Portantino. “As the father of a teenager, I hope for what

A ballot initiative aimed at ending a voter-approved 60-year-old tax on Monrovia properties may be viewed as uncon-stitutional and counterpro-

ductive, according to City of Monrovia officials.

The tax, lawfully en-acted by Monrovia voters in 1950, is calculated at the rate of approximately

1/8 of one-percent of a property’s assessed value, and is expressly dedicated toward paying municipal employee pension costs. The repeal of the tax does

nothing to remove the City’s financial liability to pay existing pension obli-gations.

There has been a slight name change for 121st Rose Pa-

rade: The January 1 spec-tacular will be known as “Rose Parade, Presented by Honda”

At the Rose Bowl sta-dium on the evening of September 21, the Tourna-ment of Roses introduced American Honda as the first Presenting Sponsor of the Rose Parade. Tournament of Roses President Jeffrey L. Throop and Steve Morika-wa, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Community Re-lations for American Honda Motor Co., Inc. made the announcement.

Parade officials say that the accord ( pardon the pun) is an “organic evolution of our long-standing partner-ship” with the automaker and that there will be no chief changes in the New Year’s Day show in Pasa-dena.

Corporate sponsorship has become a big part of many businesses especially in a tough economy. On Jan.1, the Tournament of Roses Parade will be known as and referred to as the “Rose Parade, Presented by Honda.

The three-year deal marks the first time the iconic parade will have a corporate sponsor and the first name change in the parade’s 121-year history.

The 122nd Rose Pa-rade, Presented by Honda, will be themed: “Building Dreams, Friendships &

At the last city council meeting a resident read a letter penned by former mayor Kurt Zimmerman, former council candidate, John Crawford, and resi-dents John Herman and Anita Delmer, who allege the city violated state law in the way it notified resi-

dents of a proposed water rate hike.

The four outraged residents received this reply from Sierra Madre City Manager Elaine Agui-lar dated Sept 17, 2010.

“Dear Mr. Kurt Zim-

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Pasadena Senior Center Celebrates 50 Years of Zest

Tournament of Roses welcomes Honda as Presenting Sponsor of Annual Parade for 2011 Rose Parade

Honda Sails into Pasadena’s Premier gig at the Rose Rarade. This was Honda’s entry for the 2010 Rose Parade - Photo by Terry Miller

Portantino Bill “911 Emergency Immunity”Bill Signed By Governor

Sierra Madre City Manager Responds to Citizens’ Demands

Monrovia Officials Comment on Proposed Initiative Measure

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Monrovia’s Com-munity Activist Policing program has been given a Finalist designation in com-petition for the Internation-al Association of Chiefs of Police (AICP) Community Policing Award.

Both Monrovia and Madison City. Alabama were named finalists for cit-ies from 20 to 50 thousand in population. The overall winner in that category was Mundelein, Illinois.

Monrovia will be among the cities present-ing at the AICP’s Com-munity Policing Workshop in October. The award was established in 1998 to

recognize outstanding com-munity policing initiatives worldwide.

“We are proud to once again have our community policing efforts recognized internationally,” said Mayor Mary Ann Lutz. “We have seen spectacular results from these programs over the years and we’re grati-fied that others recognize the achievements we’ve at-tained.”

City Councilmember Clarence Shaw added that, “the concept of community policing is more important than ever as we work to assure wide participation throughout our diverse

neighborhoods. The police, working closely with our residents and businesses, make an unbeatable team.”

Councilmember Becky Shevlin agreed, saying, “Community policing in Monrovia combines the very best ideas and tools from bringing neighbor-hoods the assistance they need when they need it. Working in harmony with other programs, it has cer-tainly been doing the job for us.”

The International As-sociation of Chiefs of Police has more than 20,000 mem-ber representing police ex-ecutives from 140 countries.

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Groundbreaking was held recently to start construction of a new $45 million public bus terminal at Santa Anita Avenue and Ramona Boulevard.

> The project doubles the capacity of the original El Monte Station that opened in 1973.

> The new station features a two-story building with a public bus terminal, retail space, customer service center and parking.

> Final construction is expected to be completed by January 2012.

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Measure R is funding new transportation projects and programs and accelerating those already in the pipeline. Over 30 years, it is projected to generate $40 billion for congestion relief projects. Here are some of the projects supported by Measure R.

The >rst new rail project funded by Measure R is a 11.4-mile extension of the Metro Gold Line between Pasadena and Azusa.

> The extension is 24-miles long and travels through 11 cities in addition to current operations in LA, South Pasadena and Pasadena.

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My phone rang. When I answered, my neighbor said,

“Hi. You’re not going to believe this.” Knowing my neighbor, I feared I would believe it.

We have been through several things together so she quickly assured me, “Don’t be scared. I just have an unusual story, even for us.”

She had called her landlady to admit to, “Something I didn’t do but I will take responsibil-ity for.” It seems that when

she came home from work and opened her front door, there was a strange sound. It took her aback for a mo-ment and she could only stand stiffly.

Fear passed into real-ity and she recognized that she was hearing water run-ning. Heavily running. She dashed for the kitchen ex-pecting to see some disaster from the washer or the wa-ter heater.

What she found was the sink faucet running full force. The hot spicket was turned on but the water felt cold so it had been on at least long enough to drain the water heater. How much longer is open to a good guess.

My neighbor’s kitchen sink is directly beneath a window that is a favorite sunning spot of her cats. The faucet handle is one of those you lift up and push down for water and left and right for temperature. Un-fortunately, you push down to turn the water on.

Apparently one of her “children” was departing

the window and used the faucet handle as a step to avoid a jump. Either that or more than one “child” wanted to sun and someone got pushed onto the handle. Either scenario would push it down with good force.

I suppose there is the remote possibility one of them was thirsty but I think that is stretching it even for her brilliant felines.

Why would my neigh-bor call her landlady? There is something you need to know about the relationship between the two. They are both animal lovers. Both have rescued animals from difficult situations. Together they have shared expenses for treating, vaccinating, al-tering and spaying umpteen critters.

They both find behav-ior “cute” in animals that they find far beyond being considered even moderate-ly acceptable from humans. However, I think this time they are both praying that the waterbill will show that this “cute” little behavior oc-curred very late in the day.

Monrovia Community Policing Receives International Attention

Villa Parke Branch Library will hold an Open House for the public on Wednesday, October 6 from 2 to 6 p.m. Come, meet and greet library staff. Discover new materi-

als, resources and services available to you! Pick up a free book!

Meet our Park Safety Specialists and learn what they do. Enjoy perfor-mances by local Folklorico

dancers. Villa Parke Branch Li-

brary is located at the Villa Parke Community Center, 363 E. Villa St., Second Floor. For more informa-tion call (626) 744-6510.

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October 1, 2010 we celebrate the twelfth Annual

World Smile Day! If you smile and help just one person to smile that day - the world will be a bet-ter place. Yes, each of us, as individuals, can make a difference in this world. So give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive it without making poorer those who give it. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it some-times lasts forever. A smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as everyone enjoys

a friendly smile. If you smile at someone, they might smile back as ev-eryone smiles in the same language. Smiling is infec-tious; you can catch it like the flu. If a stranger smiled

at you today...you are sure to smile too! Begin your day with gladness! You just can’t measure the val-ue and warmth of a smile. It can brighten the darkest days and one size fits all.

The power of a Smile is amazing. We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction fac-tor. It makes you want to know that smiling person. Smiling makes us attrac-tive. It is a great way to make yourself stand out while helping your body

to function better. A smile can improve your health. So let a smile be your umbrella on a rainy, rainy day. Next time you are feel-ing down, try putting on a smile. There’s

a good chance your mood will change for

the better as smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood. It gives hope to the discour-aged, sunshine to the wea-ry, and for a few precious moments it can ease the mightiest of burdens. So smile awhile and give your face a rest!

World Smile Day

The City of Sierra Madre Fire Department City of Sierra Madre will dedicate new equipment on Saturday October 9th, 2010 from 9am to 11am. This ceremony will dedi-cate three new pieces of fire, and ambulance appa-ratus the fire department has recently purchased and

placed into service. Mem-bers of the general public who attend the ceremony will have the opportunity to see the new equipment up close and personal; as well as, take a tour of the fire station, and speak with current members of the Sierra Madre Fire Depart-ment. Refreshments will

be provided. Fire Chief Stephen Heydorff; as well as, members of the cur-rent and past city councils will be making comments during this occasion. The ceremony will take place at the Sierra Madre Fire De-partment located at 242 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

Sierra Madre Fire Dept to Show Off Their New Apparatus to Community October 9

Sierra Madre Wom-an’s Club is again offering protection against the flu with a two-day shot clinic, Saturday and Sunday, October 2 And 3, 9 a.m to noon, in Essick House, their historic clubhouse, 550 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. in Sierra Madre.

Flu shots are $25.00. Influenza flu is a serious, contagious illness often fol-lowed by complications.

The annual vaccination is the best way to prevent the disease and the sooner you get immunized the better.

Other shots being of-fered at the clinic are pneu-monia, especially important for seniors, anyone with chronic conditions and re-curring bronchitis. Also tet-anus and whooping cough (pertussis) which is now an epidemic, also very serious and very contagious with

health officials advising the immunization. There is a special flu shot being of-fered for anyone allergic to the regular shot.

A doctor and two RN’s will be present to administer the shots and answer your medical ques-tions. Walk-ins are wel-come. Cash and checks. For more information please call clinic chair Eva Poet, 355-1541.

Sierra Madre Woman’s Club Sponsors Annual Flu Clinic


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Breakthrough: Alzheimer’s can be Prevented or Delayed Neurologist reveals how to reduce chances of Alzheimer’s by 70%!

Monrovia, CA: As baby boomers age, Alzheimer’s disease is on the brink of be-coming the Great American Epidemic of the 21st century. Medical science has no wonder drug or cure, but there is treatment plan that works – the Anti-Alzheimer’s Prevention Plan created by Dr. Vincent Fortanasce of Arcadia, CA. This revo-lutionary program even works for those with a family history of Alzheimer’s or dementia!

Families and individuals concerned with dementia and Alzheimer’s are invited to attend a free 90 minute educational workshop to learn how to maintain a healthy brain for life.

Half of all Americans age 85 suffer from some form of dementia, and women are twice as likely as men. Often the disease becomes so severe that seniors spend their last years in a nursing home using their lifesavings to pay for care.

Dr. Fortanasce, world renowned Professor of neurology and leading medical expert on healthy aging has created the first scientifically substantiated program to stop Alzheimer’s dead in its tracks. After his own father’s painful decline from Alzheimer’s, he developed a simple 4-step program anyone can follow.

Those interested in learning more are invited to a Free workshop on Thursday, Oct. 7th from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Monrovia Community Center at 119 W. Palm Ave.,Monrovia, CA. This is a free program but seating is limited. At-tendees are asked to RSVP by calling (800) 766-3109 [24 hrs. / 7days]. Compli-mentary snacks will be provided.

Some of the topics to be discussed at this 90 minute talk are: What are the symp-toms of Alzheimer’s; How to know your risk level; What is your current brain’s age; and How and Why the Alzheimer’s Prescription plan works!

Program is free, seating is limited – call today to reserve a seat (800) 766-3109.

Do you know it can cost in excess of $1,000 if you are transported to the hospital during an emer-gency by an ambulance? Members of the Sierra Madre Paramedic Lifesav-ers Paramedic Subscrip-tion Program will never have to worry about such a cost.

The Sierra Madre Paramedic Lifesavers Para-medic Subscription Pro-gram is an official program offered by the City of Sier-ra Madre which offsets the cost of emergency medical response and transport. Residents of the City of Si-erra Madre, who subscribe to the program by paying an annual membership fee, avoid any additional out-of-pocket costs associ-ated with ambulance trans-portation their individual insurance carrier does not

cover. Residents who do not have health insurance, and are subscribers to this program would pay noth-ing out-of-pocket if they were to be transported to the hospital by ambulance.

One emergency call for Emergency Paramedic services can cost in excess of $1,000. Additionally, many insurance compa-nies do not cover the full cost of these services. As a member of the Lifesav-ers Paramedic Subscrip-tion Program you will be provided with emergency medical services with no additional costs. Your sub-scription to the program will perform similarly to a secondary insurance plan, with no out-of-pocket cost to you. This program is provided to all residents of the City of Sierra Madre with an annual cost of

$30.00 per resident. Annu-al renewal to the Lifesavers Paramedic Subscription Program happens every fiscal year on July 1st, and lasts a full 12 months. We highly encourage every resident in the City of Si-erra Madre to participate in this important program.

To subscribe to the Si-erra Madre Lifesavers Para-medic Program, please fill out the membership ap-plication form provided in this article and send it in with your payment. Please mail the completed ap-plication and payment to: Sierra Madre Fire Depart-ment Attn: Lifesavers Sub-scription Program, 242 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024, or you may visit the Sierra Madre City Hall and subscribe to this program in person.

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Taraneth Salke To Speak on Womens’ Health Issues in Afghanistan

A Rare Opportunity to Hear First Hand Accounts of How Women are Dealing with Issues Many Take for Granted in the US

The Arcadia Wom-an’s Club is slated to Host International Women’s Health Care Advocate, Taraneth Salke, who re-cently returned from her 17th trip to Afghanistan, working under the radar of the Taliban.

Salke will discuss life in Afghanistan with aston-ishing and rare honesty as well as show images which will help illustrate what life, in actuality, is like for women in remote regions and villages in other parts of the world. Salke will be discussing her time living and working with the medi-cal community in villages of Iran, Sierra Leon as well as Afghanistan.

Taraneth Salke is the founder and Executive Director of Family Health Alliance (FHA) which is a female led, not for profit, non-political organization that focuses attention on

the reproductive health and rights of women in countries with little or no resources.

Taraneth Salke is a frequent lecturer at UCLA and Cal State Northridge.

The unique opportu-nity to see Taraneth Salke will take place November 3, at 11am.

It is open to everyone. Thanksgiving luncheon will be served at a cost of

$20 per person for AWC members and $25 for non-members, of which $10 will be donated to Taraneth Salke’s FHA. The contri-bution is tax deductable.

Hosted by The Arca-dia Woman’s Club; 324 First Avenue. Please send checks for reservations to: PO Box 661675 Arcadia, CA 91066. For further infor-mation, please call Floretta Lauber at (626) 335-6945

Man Jumps from Bridge- Strikes Moving Gold LineTrain -Survives

On Tuesday, Septem-ber 28, at 6:26AM, a 45-year old man jumped from the bridge overpass of the Metro Gold Line Pasadena

Memorial Park passenger station (Arroyo Pkwy and Holly) and struck a mov-ing train. He was treated at the scene andtransported

to a local hospital in seri-ous but stable condition. Metro Gold Line trains re-sumed normal operations at 7:12AM.


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Monrovia Celebrates the Arts in M.A.F.A’s 47th Annual Juried Fine Arts October Festival Oct 9 & 10

Monrovia Association of Fine Arts presents its 47th Annual Juried Fine Arts Ex-hibition “October Festival” in Old Town Monrovia on Sat. & Sun., October 9th and 10th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at Monrovia Library Park, 321 South Myrtle Av-enue, Monrovia, CA. The public is invited to celebrate the fine arts! This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.The festival will fea-ture local and regional artists who will be showcasing and selling their artworks, provid-ing demonstrations and edu-cating the public about the importance and relevance of the arts in our culture and communities. Also partici-pating will be food vendors, entertainment groups, youth and community groups per-forming and exhibiting arts. Artwork such as painting, collage, ceramics, photogra-phy, jewelry, and sculpture are displayed in the newly renovated Monrovia Library Park on Myrtle and Palm Avenues, across from the movie theatre. Hands-on art experiences for children, adults and family friendly activities will be available as well as Student Art Dis-plays and a Silent Auction.

Food booths as well as rep-resentatives from local and non-profit organizations will also have booths to educate

the public about their spe-cial programs. Monrovia Old Town Advisory Board (MOTAB) as well as many Old Town Merchants con-tributed to the 2010 Octo-ber Fine Arts Festival event by supporting the event as sponsors or providing dona-tions of time or funds. Mon-rovia Old Town Advisory Board (MOTAB), Paint ‘n’ Play Ceramic Art Studio and Fine Art Gallery, Segil Fine Art Gallery, Focus One

Community Credit Union, Monrovia Coffee Co., as well as California Wine and Cheese participate every

year. MAFA›s art events not only promote local and regional artists, but also help support arts education in public and private schools. In recent years, when bud-get cuts adversely affected schools, MAFA’s donations of more than $50,000 have supported art education in after-school and in-school programs. MAFA has also funded schoolteachers through mini-grants in Mon-rovia, Sierra Madre, Duarte

and Arcadia. Other local organizations supported by MAFA are Foothill Unity Center, Boys and Girls club of Monrovia and the YMCA.

Local art is featured in a number of MAFA sup-ported venues such as the PAINT N PLAY ART GALLERY located at (418 South Myrtle Avenue, Mon-rovia), FOCUS ONE FINE ARTS GALLERY (404 East Huntington Drive, Monro-via), THE MONROVIA COFFEE COMPANY (425 Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia), and a number of additional supporting vendors continue to create an inviting and nurturing environment for the artists and their arts. The Monrovia Association of Fine Arts is an all-volunteer organization with goals to en-hance the lives of those with-in the community through interaction with the arts and to increase the opportunities of the children through art education. The Monrovia Association of Fine Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organiza-tion. For more information, please contact Lisa Barrios at 626-802-7873 Or visit www.monroviafinearts.org

The Pasadena City Council adopted an oper-ating budget in June for the current fiscal year but there is still work to do.

What are the most important priorities for Pasadena? What levels of service at libraries, com-munity centers, parks and fire stations are acceptable?

Should fewer employees be providing these servic-es?

The first, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, will be hosted by Councilwoman Jacque Robinson and Councilman Chris Holden, representing Districts 1 and 3 respective-ly. This meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at La Pintor-

esca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave.

Subsequent workshops are scheduled as follows:

* Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Wilson Middle School, 7;

* Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at Santa Cata-lina Branch Library, 999

E. Washington Blvd., * Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Crawford Family Forum at Southern California Public Radio, 474 S. Raymond Ave..

For more information

call (626) 744-4355.

Pasadenans Invited To Give Input On Potential Impacts To City Services

On Sunday, Octo-ber 10th, Pasa-dena’s legend-

ary Ice House Comedy Club celebrates its 50th anniversary, making it the nation’s oldest com-edy club. To mark this momentous occasion, The Ice House is put-ting on a comedy ben-efit extravaganza at the Pasadena Civic Audito-rium featuring Jay Leno, Brad Garrett, Dana Car-vey, Paula Poundstone, Gabriel Iglesias, George Wallace, Fritz Coleman, Craig Robinson and nu-merous other Ice House favorites with all profits going to The Hillsides Home for Children and The Bob Hope USO. And if that is not enough comedy for you, The Ice House’s 50th Anniversary actually kicks off on Sunday, October 3rd at 8:30PM with the Week Of 100 Comedy Stars, seven nights of shows featuring a revolving cast of favorite comedians from past and present. The weeklong celebration runs through Saturday, October 9th, and will feature some of the best and the brightest acts that have performed at The Ice House club throughout the years. With over 130 com-ics (including many surprise guests) scheduled to per-form, many never in the Ice House’s 50 years, this is an opportunity to be a part of comedy history!

Additionally, on Sun-day, October 3rd at 6:00PM, The Ice House will present Bob Stane’s All-Star Music Review, an evening of music reflecting back to the club’s very early years as a mecca

for folk and other types of music.

From its humble begin-nings as an ice factory, The Ice House opened its doors on September 23, 1960 as a Folk & Comedy Club. Willard Chilcott and folk nightclub veteran and future icon Bob Stane guided the club through its first 18 years where literally a who’s who of music and comedy per-formed at the club.

Comedians who ap-peared at the club in its early days: Steve Martin, Gabe Kaplan, Robin Williams, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Gallagher, Pat Paulsen, The Smothers Brothers, Bob Newhart and Lily Tomlin, the latter five having all re-corded albums at the The Ice House. In 1978, Bob Fisher and Jan Smith took over as owner of The Ice House and continued the tradition of presenting the newest and best stand-up comedians of the day - Tim Allen, Dennis Miller, Dana Carvey, George Lopez, Bill Maher, Bob Saget, Rosie O’ Donnell, Kathy Griffin, Jeff Dunham, Carlos Men-cia, Adam Ferrara, Gabriel Iglesias, Craig Shoemaker, Bobby Collins, Richard Jeni and hundreds of others. In 1982, Fisher became the sole owner of The Ice House.

So come out and sup-port The Ice House, “The Granddaddy” of all comedy clubs, as they present some of the best names in comedy for this “once in a lifetime” event. Four million satisfied patrons can’t be wrong.

The Ice House Is locat-ed at 24 N. Mentor Ave. in Pasadena. For a good time, please call 626-577-1894.

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We caught up with a remark-able young

musician at Novel Café in Pasadena last Satur-day evening. His name: Josh Smith. We were alerted to Josh Smith thanks to Novel Café’s owner, Andrew Lo, whose cafe is fast be-coming one of the top spots in East Pasadena showcasing live, rare

musical talent.Andrew Lo told us

we “had to see” this young musician who is a mere 25 years old “ with a soul of a much, much older musi-cian”, Lo couldn’t have described Smith more ac-curately. We were elated with not only his confident presence but his vocal abil-ity and matchless control which defy comparison: He seemed to know instinctive-ly to move away from the

mic and yet get the notes across needed to express the emotion. Smith shows sig-nificant Stevie Wonder and Sam Cooke influences with perhaps some Joe Cocker thrown in for good measure without being restrained as a “cover” musician.Smith is currently writing for a solo record, as well as producing an ambitious documentary touring the United States as a homeless musician in an

effort to draw awareness to and hopefully help “put an end homeless-ness.” The documentary will involve a small, incon-spicuous three person crew that hopes to document not only the musi-cal growth of Josh Smith but the reaction people have to homelessness across various states from California to New York.The project is slated for

spring 2011.The unique musical approach which Smith employs is challeng-ing to describe at best and better really to observe first hand. One music aficio-nado who has discovered Novel Café’s unique abil-ity to find the best of the best musicians, is Pasadena entrepreneur, Dave G. Pe-terson. Peterson said quite austerely “ This guy ( Smith) is incredible…you’ve simply got to hear him next time

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A 2009 lawsuit in-volving a Monrovia man who was shot by a Sierra Madre police officer while in the back of his SUV has been settled, according to city officials.

The case of Jason Jensen versus the City of Sierra Madre was settled by the city’s risk manage-ment pool - the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority - “to avoid the costs associated with de-fending the lawsuit” and “was strictly an economic decision,” Paul Zeglovitch of the California JPIA said in a release issued by the city.

The city “did not ap-prove the settlement and

continues to believe that the case should be fought in court,” the release said.

According to the release, the city’s agree-ment gives the JPIA final authority in how cases are handled.

The lawsuit alleged that Police Officer Hen-ry Amos was negligent when he fired through the SUV’s rear hatch and hit Jensen in the back in the early morning hours of Jan. 30, 2009.

After an investigation, the District Attorney’s office decided not to file charges against Amos, say-ing in a letter to the Sierra Madre Police Department that it “cannot prove, be-

yond a reasonable doubt, that Amos’s fear was un-reasonable under the cir-cumstances.”

Amos discovered a Nissan Murano that was reported stolen and had it towed to a police garage at the city’s police sta-tion. When officers began inventory of the SUV’s contents, they were sur-prised by movement in the cargo area and Amos fired a shot through the rear hatch, according to the district attorney’s

Less than a minute later, Amos opened the hatch and Jensen fell out of the car on to the floor, unarmed, the review stat-ed.

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Sierra Madre Farmers’ Market Closes After 2 Short Years

Another victim of the recession appears to be the organic farm-

ers’ markets. It seems there wasn’t enough support to warrant the Sierra Madre

Farmers market to continue, possibly due to the location.

Scholastic Gardens the operator and manager of the Farmers Market which held court in a city parking lot for the past 2 years notified the city officials that they would no longer be able to oper-ate the Farmers Market after September 30, 2010.

Upon receiving this information, the City of Si-erra Madre sent out requests inviting qualified operators to submit proposals for the overall management and marketing of the City’s Farmers Market but did not

receive any qualified bids. At its regular meeting

on Monday, September 20, 2010, the Community Ser-vices Commission recom-mended staff review other locations within the City to host a Farmers Market and to issue a second Request for Proposals, hoping to find a Farmers Market operator to commence in Spring/Sum-mer 2011.

For updates on this pro-cess, or for information on how to submit a proposal please call Community & Personnel Services Depart-ment (626) 355-5278.

Pasadena City Council voted unanimously to ap-prove the development of a $3 million ice rink facil-ity in the Pavilion beside the Pasadena Convention Center.

The old ice rink facil-ity, located behind the Pas-adena Civic Auditorium, is on schedule to be convert-ed into a ballroom.

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Announces a Special Service The Mayor and Coun-cil members said that this would require the City’s General Fund to absorb the cost of the pension obli-gations, which would have significant negative impacts on City services.

Petitions seeking to place the initiative on a future ballot in Monrovia were filed Wednesday, September 22, with the Monrovia City Clerk’s of-fice. The City Clerk will contract with the County Registrar-Recorder’s office to assist in verifying signa-tures and the petition.

“It’s hard to fathom just what the circulators of this measure hope to accomplish,” said Mayor Mary Ann Lutz. “The tax that they want to repeal would not affect the exist-ing pension structure or financial commitments; it just means that we would have to cut another $4.2 million from the budget or look for alternative funding sources.”

The Mayor pointed out that the proposed ini-tiative would create a $4.2 million hole in the City’s General Fund budget – 2/3 of which goes to pay for police and fire services.

Additionally, she ex-plained, “We have lived within our means and made deep cuts in our budgets over the last two years. The requirement to find an additional $4.2 mil-lion could require moves as draconian as closing the new Monrovia Public Li-brary or contracting with Los Angeles County for police and/or fire services.”

And, in order to secure a lower cost via any kind of outsourcing contract, the community would have to be willing to accept a lower level of service.

Alternatively, Mayor Lutz explained, the City would have to explore oth-er funding options. The City of Monrovia has nei-ther a utility user tax nor a sales tax override.

Mayor Lutz continued, “We know that Monrovia is fiscally sound and well-run, and no one is seriously planning to shut down the operations our residents want and need. This peti-tion is not a reflection of what our community really wants and values.”

Based on the recent Citizen Satisfaction Survey by the Rose Institute for

State and Local Govern-ment, Monrovians approve of the level of service they have. According to the 2009 survey, 95% of the community is either “Sat-isfied” or “Very Satisfied” with the level of service provided, with all City de-partments posting respec-tive approval ratings in the 85%-95% range.

Moreover, an impres-sive 81% of Monrovians said they feel that the City is headed in the right direc-tion.

Mayor Pro Tem Tom Adams was also skeptical of the petition’s effects: “For one thing, Monro-via’s voters aren’t about to be taken in by a plan that removes a significant amount of funding, but which doesn’t identify the services that would be cut in order to balance the books,” he said. “This tax was legally put in place before I was born and has served Monrovia well my entire life. To think that someone would come along and remove 60 years of funding without a bet-ter plan makes no sense. I have yet to see anyone bring in a better plan.

“Secondly,” Adams continued, “No one likes taxes – surely not me; but the revenue generated here pays for existing and ongo-ing financial commitments. The government cannot simply decide to eliminate a tax that is paying for an ongoing obligation. The law doesn’t work that way, and the petitioners should know that. They claim that they want the voters to de-cide; well, the voters did – 60 years ago.”

City officials point to the issuance of $13.5 mil-lion in Pension Obligation Bonds as the chief obstacle blocking the electorate’s consideration of the pro-posed initiative.

The bonds, authorized in open sessions of the City Council in July and August of 2008, were the central feature of the City’s highly publicized labor dispute with the Monrovia Po-lice Officers’ Association (MPOA). Without the bonds, City officials stated that they would not have been able to secure the ex-isting five-year labor deal with the police union.

The Pension Obliga-tions Bonds (or POBs) are designed to “front load”

the City’s pension con-tributions for its police of-ficers’ and firefighters’ pensions. By creating a level debt service payment over the life of the bonds – instead of allowing for in-creasing annual payments to PERS – the City is sav-ing $2.4 million.

More specific to the agreement with the MPOA, the bonds allowed the City more flexibility to negotiate salary terms while still accounting for the true total compensation factors of salary as well as benefits.

The POBs impact the fate of the proposed bal-lot initiative because the revenue generated by the voter-approved property tax for retirement costs is pledged to the bondhold-ers to pay the bond debt service. Eliminating this revenue stream triggers a fundamental tenet of con-stitutional law.

City Manager Scott Ochoa explained that, “Ar-ticle I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution contains the ‘contract clause’ which prohibits the government from impairing a contract between parties. Neither the City, nor even the elec-torate, may enact a law that somehow impairs or dam-ages the terms of an exist-ing contract.”

Ochoa continued, “We believe that any ini-tiative or other proposal put forth subsequent to the execution of a contract, like the POBs, that would somehow alter, injure or materially change the City’s ability to honor the contractual obligations set forth in the POBs would be deemed unconstitutional.”

With the issue of pub-lic disclosure among local governments so important in the wake of the City of Bell scandal, Monrovia of-ficials were quick to point out the exhaustive public record surrounding this matter.

Mayor Lutz recounted that the POBs were public-ly discussed and authorized in the summer of 2008 dur-ing the City Council’s con-tentious contract negotia-tions with the MPOA; the Council’s deliberations were broadcast live during their regularly scheduled meetings, repeatedly writ-ten about in City Manager

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feature 47 floats, 22 eques-trian units and 22 marching bands. One of the newest additions to the Parade is the Ronald Reagan Library sponsored by, who else but Jelly Bellies! For those of you too young, Jelly Bellies were the sweet of choice for Presi-dent Ronald Reagan in the Oval office.

Jelly Belly became the favorite candy of Ronald Reagan, who eventually made the beans a staple in the Oval Office and on Air Force One after he was elect-ed 40th president. President Reagan’s passion for jelly beans inspired Blueberry flavor, which was cooked up so he could serve red, white, and blue beans at his inaugural parties. Diplomats and world leaders clamored to have Jelly Belly beans on hand whenever Ronald Rea-gan visited.

“Welcoming Honda as Presenting Sponsor of the 2011 Rose Parade is an or-ganic evolution of our long-standing partnership,” said Throop. “For five decades, we have worked side-by-side with Honda to develop the Rose Parade into what it is today, and we are proud Honda is such a significant member of the Tournament family.”

In support of this new step in its partnership with Honda, the Tournament of Roses will launch a new trademark composite logo recognizing and incorporat-ing the Honda brand logo. In addition, Honda will have the lead float in the Rose Parade each year along with full usage of Tournament of Roses rights and marks as the official Presenting Spon-sor.

“Innovation, creativ-

ity and community service are values we share deeply with the Rose Parade,” said Tetsuo Iwamura, president and chief executive officer, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “Elevating our role to serve as the Presenting Sponsor was a very natural decision for us. For the past 50 years, we have worked with the Tournament of Roses to bring entertain-ment and tradition to people around the world and to en-hance the Southern Califor-nia communities where we all work and live.”

For the 2011 Rose Pa-rade, Honda and the Tour-nament of Roses are em-ploying Honda’s innovative environmental technologies to help the Rose Parade function more efficiently and reduce its carbon footprint. For the first time, Honda will power its Rose Parade float with a specially-configured hybrid, low-emissions power plant. In addition, Honda’s fuel-efficient CR-Z will be used as the Pace Car for the Parade.

The 1960s: Honda’s partnership with the Tourna-ment of Roses began in 1961 when the company first sup-plied two-wheeled vehicles for the 1962 Rose Parade operations.

The 1970s: Honda en-tered the company’s first float, themed “Visions of Tranquility,” in the Rose Parade in 1977. Since then, Honda float entries have highlighted iconic images, including astronauts, trains, fire-breathing dragons, ro-bots and space ships. Hon-da’s entries have garnered awards in 15 of the past 16 Rose Parades, including con-secutive wins in the last 12.

. The 2000s: In 2005, Honda made Rose Parade history with its entry “Fami-

lies Across America.” This was the longest float ever entered -- 30-feet high, 207-feet long and featuring a full fireworks display.

Honda began opera-tions in the U.S. in 1959 with the establishment of Ameri-can Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda’s first overseas sub-sidiary. Honda began U.S. production of motorcycles in 1979 and automobiles in 1982.

The 122nd Rose Pa-rade presented by Honda, themed Building Dreams, Friendships & Memories, will take place Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at 8 a.m.

Another bit of publicity recently involved Amadeus Spa whose owner was in-dicited on Federal charges of stealing $26,000 from his employees.

The Tournament of Roses has a 20-year relation-ship with Joe Wong, the owner of the spa which does the girls’ hair each year prior to the big parade. Each year the stylists of the Salon donate their time to do the Rose Court hair. The tradi-tion will continue according to TOR Communications spokesperson Caryn Eaves who said “It’s a very unfor-tunate situation, “ she added “We’re very, very support-ive of him and the salon,” she said. “We have no inten-tion of leaving them or the stylists who donate their time to do the girls’ hair.” The owner of Amadeus is out on $50,000 bond and will is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Oct 19, 2010.

The parade is held each year - rain or shine - on Jan. 1 in Pasadena unless that par-ticular day falls on a Sunday. The Rose Parade Presented by Honda has a “never on a Sunday” policy.

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Pod creatures sneaked into Sierra Madre in April of

1955 taking on the phys-ical characteristics of local residents. Aliens

although they looked the same as the bodies they invaded, in fact displayed no emotions and had only one goal: to multiply and take over the planet Earth. Only one man knew the truth, Dr. Miles Ben-nell, uh, that is, Kevin McCarthy, who starred in the now classic film “Invasion of the Body

Snatchers”. McCarthy died last week.

McCarthy died on Sept. 11 of natural causes at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyan-nis, Mass., at the age of 96. He is best remembered for his starring role in the sci-ence-fiction film filmed large-ly, though not completely, in Sierra Madre.

In addition to location shots at the Sierra Madre Hotel and the then existing Goya’s Nursery located above Carter Ave. near

Michillinda Ave., Kersting Court and Sierra Madre Blvd. are also prominently featured.

The good Dr. Ben-nell, the town doctor of

Santa Mira (rather than Si-erra Madre), becomes con-cerned when patients seem changed to him. Then he realizes what is happening. Frantic, McCarthy as Ben-nell crosses Kersting Court, running right onto Sierra Madre Blvd. shouting, “Stop and listen to me! They’re not human! Can’t you see? Everyone! They’re here al-ready! You’re next!” Not

exactly flattering to Sierra Madreans.

While downtown Si-erra Madre merchants were pleased that a movie com-pany would use their town, even with signage changes as the plot of the movie re-quired, the Sierra Madre News reported in its March 17, 1955 story “Town Divid-ed on Movie Site Subject” said that many merchants seemed to think the public-ity would make up for any inconvenience the 100-plus

film crew might cause. But, the story continues, “an ultra-cautious minority in town…wants to weigh the exact cost in dollars and cents.”

The low budget horror

film ($416,911 according to some sources) spent 19 days on location, about two weeks in Sierra Madre, com-pleting on April 18, 1955. In addition to McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Caroline Jones, and Sam Peckinpah are in the cast. Years after the film had been seen internationally and termed a hit; wags in Sierra Madre obtained some of the prop pods used in the

movie. According to Deb-bie Henderson, Assistant Li-brarian at the Sierra Madre Public Library, pods were placed in Kersting Court with the names of city coun-cilmen on them.

Other Sierra Madre filming locations :“Seven Lit-tle Foys”, “Family Plot” and “Legally Blonde”, but in film history Sierra Madre will be most remembered due to Kevin McCarthy’s compel-ling performance in “Inva-sion of the Body Snatchers”.

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Kersting Court and Sierra Madre Blvd. was prominently featured in the 1955 film, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”.

Other locations for the science fiction movie included Goya’s Nursery which was located above Carter Ave. near Michillinda Ave.


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Huell Howser, popular television personality, and host of KCET’S California Gold will serve as emcee. Christian Perry, head chore-ographer of “Dancing with the Stars”, will present a spe-cial performance featuring his professional Rose City Ballroom dancers.

Zest! will feature an evening of exuberant festivi-ties, fine dining and honor for longtime community leader, Maggie Jagels, recog-nized for her dedication to the Pasadena Senior Center.

Highlights of the celebration include cocktails and maria-chi music provided by Abel Ramirez of El Portal restau-rant, and dinner catered by Peggy Dark and The Kitch-en for Exploring Foods. Throughout the evening, musical guests, Art Deco and His Society Orchestra will perform music of the past 50 years for dancing.

A live auction will take place featuring such items as vacation get-a-ways to the beautiful locations of St.

Malo Beach, Maui, Hawaii and Little Cayman, in the Cayman Islands. A $2,500 gift certificate from Asanti Fine Jewellers, a unique, New Year’s Day extrava-ganza, original works of art, and more, will also be a part of the auction.

Tickets for the Zest! benefit gala are $175 per person. All proceeds from

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Friends of the Monrovia Public Library announce the Friends annual Fall Sale, October 8-10, 2010 in the Community Room of the Monrovia Public Library and at a booth in Library Park. During the sale, several thousand books and media will be available for purchase. On October 8, current members of the Friends are invited to shop the collection from noon to 5 p.m. Memberships may be renewed or purchased at the door.

October 9-10, the sale will be open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun-day, October 10 will feature the famous and now extended “$2 a Bag” sale. Purchase a bag for $2 at the door beginning at 3 p.m. and then fill the bag with your selections.

The sale tables will be restocked daily giving all customers an opportunity to find excellent bargains. 100% of the proceeds benefit the Monrovia Public Library.

While at the sale, take time to visit the Monrovia Association of Fine Arts 47th an-nual fine arts festival “Celebration of the Arts” in Library Park. This is one of the longest running art festivals in Southern California.

The Friends of the Monrovia Public Library promote the Library by stimulating a greater use and appreciation of the literary, educational, and cultural advantages the library offers throughout the community.

Monrovia Public Library 321 South Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016. For more information, call (626) 932-5555, Ext. 3124 or visit www.friendsofmonroviapubli-clibrary.org

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This year’s annual fund-raising event is liter-ally close to our hearts! Pro-ceeds will go to the hospi-tal’s nationally recognized comprehensive cardio-care program.

Methodist Hospital is a STEMI (ST-elevation myo-cardial infarction) receiving center approved by the Los Angeles County Depart-ment of Health Services’ Emergency Medical Ser-

vices Agency. When para-medics identify a patient as having a heart attack, they may transport directly to an approved STEMI receiving center such as Methodist Hospital. The hospital’s highly qualified chest pain team, which has been treat-ing STEMI patients well within the 90-minute time-frame cath labs strive to achieve, recently set a hos-pital record for unblocking

a heart is a door-to-balloon time (interval between the patient’’ arrival and the opening of a blocked ar-tery with an angioplasty balloon) of only 14 min-utes.

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her 17th trip to Afghanistan, working under the radar of the Taliban, International Women’s Health Care ad-vocate Taraneth Salke will bring shocking and enlight-ening true life stories and pictures of her life in the vil-lages of Afghanistan, Iran and Sierra Leon (Africa).

Salke is the founder and executive director of Family Health Alliance (FHA), a female-led non-profit, nonpolitical organi-zation focused on the repro-ductive health and rights of women in countries with few, if any, resources. Sal-ke is a frequent lecturer at UCLA and California State University at Northridge.

Space is limited. A Thanksgiving lunch will be served – cost $20 mem-bers, $25 nonmembers. $10 and $15 is tax deduct-ible and will be donated to the health organization for medical supplies.

The event is hosted by Arcadia Woman’s Club, 324 S. First Ave. For res-ervations, send Checks to P.O. Box 661675, Arcadia, CA 91066. For more infor-mation, call Floretta Lau-ber, (626) 355-6945.

Arcadia’s Host Lions Club members (l-r) George Taylor, the driver; Richard Giors and Peter Ulrich, at their eye-screening with the Lions Eye Mobile, September 18th, held in Duarte. another project, the club recently served 400 teachers and staff of Arcadia’s Unified School District for the 20th year, their hamburgers, chips and dessert for the “Back to School BBQ.” Take a bow Lions.

Celebrating the start of the 15th year for Beacon Media (for-merly Core Media), owner and founder Von Raees and his lady, Sarah Culbeson (author of “A Princess Found”), enjoy music of Cold Duck at Taste of Arcadia on September 20th.

Taste of Arcadia

“One Community, One Book” began more than a decade ago as a book club for the entire community to enjoy to-gether simultaneously. Dozens of cities all across the country, from Pasa-dena to New York, have started similar programs with great success.

At the suggestion of Arcadia School Board member Lori Phillipi to bring the idea to Arcadia, the Arcadia’s Best web site/community event or-ganization, in partnership with Sho Tay and Carol

Libby, the Arcadia Histori-cal Society’s fall member-ship program, the Arcadia Chinese Association and Arcadia Masonic Center, is inviting everyone in town to read or re-read the delightful and riveting Pu-litzer Prize-winning classic novel by Harper Lee, and then join hundreds of oth-ers at 6 p.m., Friday, Oc-tober 22, at the Masonic Center, 50 W. Duarte Rd., for a fun and interactive discussion of the book.

A community pot luck dinner will kick off the eve-ning’s free festivities.

Community Invited to Citywide Event, Oct. 22

Alice Wang, Arcadia commissioner, police volunteer and for-mer president of Arcadia Chinese Association, at Taste of Arcadia, shows approval with the grand muse Jodie Chang.

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The Pasadena Federal Credit Union (PFCU) cel-ebrated its 75th anniver-sary Thursday evening by unveiling a 90-square foot mural that it commissioned from production designer, art director and artist Jerry

Ortega. An alumnus of Pasadena City College and Art Center College of De-sign, Ortega is well known for his work in film and television.

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and Los An-

geles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich attended with PFCU Senior Vice President of Real Estate and Operations George Salardeau. Ortega and oth-er alumni from Art Center College of Design, whose

work is also on display in the Credit Union’s lobby.

After 75 years the PFCU is a staple in the community. It opened in 1935 and, since then, the not-for-profit institution has served more than 13,000

members, exceeding $130 million in assets. The credit union is the official credit union for the cities of Pasa-dena, San Gabriel, Sierra Madre, and South Pasa-dena as well as more than 100 local companies and

organizations, including the Art Center of College of Design, Pasadena Hu-man Society, Friends of the Pasadena Public Library, and Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles.

Pasadena Federal Credit Unveils New 90sq Ft Mural

A plaque honor-ing Art Battaglia will be dedicated next Tuesday, October 5 at Monrovia High School. Art was a long time Monrovian and

worked for 25 years as a campus aid at Monrovia High School. The cel-ebration will be held in the main hall of the high school at 3:30 p.m. with

a short reception to fol-low. Those who remem-ber “Mr. Battaglia are in-vited to attend.

Long Time Monrovian Art Battaglia RememberedThe Sierra Madre

Chamber of Commerce is relocating to 20 W. Monte-cito Ave., Ste. C in Sierra Madre. The new location is just two doors from Baldwin

Ave., and the opportunity for improved signage and visibility in the downtown area was one of the factors in the decision. The Cham-ber will be in its new loca-

tion as of October 1st. The Chamber moved to its Au-burn Ave. location in Janu-ary, 2007. The Chamber’s phone number remains the same, (626) 355-5111.

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The Apaches will now prepare for their game first League game against Pasadena. Quarter-back Miles Carr scored four the the touchdowns in last friday’s game. Arcadia (1-2), Temple City (0-3) preseason - Photo by Terry Miller

Alverno High School Cross Country Team con-cluded its tune up compe-titions with four runners, two varsity and two junior varsity, capturing medals at the 37th Annual Bell-Jeff Griffith Park Cross Country Invitational held Saturday, September 25th at Griffith Park.

Varsity runners Eryn Blakely and Audrey Davy improved their race times and finish over their 2009 performance. Blakely, a sophomore placed 4th clocking in at 21:20 and Davy, a senior, in 19th place with a time of 23.27. Only 106 runners had their times officially recorded in this race, even though there were more entries.

Francesca Rueda, a freshman, and Sahhara As-safiri, senior, earned medals in the junior varsity race. Rueda posted a time of 30:11 and Assafiri came in at 31:31. In this race there were more entries than the 62 runners’ time that were officially recorded.

More than 3,000 run-ners representing over 80 schools, some from as far away as Santa Maria and Mammoth Lakes, partici-pated in this year’s 37th Annual Bellarmine/Griffith Park Cross Country Invitia-tional. Bellarmine/Griffith Park or Bell-Jeff Griffith Park, by whichever name you want to call it, everyone agreed that it was hot and dusty, hot and dusty. Tem-

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All of the Jaguar run-ners that ran completed their race. Competing for the varsity team were Mi-randa Akkari, Eryn Blakely, Audrey Davy, Ashley Hay-lett, Kelly Janzen, Jessica Lo-pez and Adrianna Martinez. Junior varsity runners were Sahhara Assafiri, Holly Coates, Bella Daniels-Cam-pos, Madi Daniels-Campos, Reagan Dowd, Victoria Pin-tado, Nicolette Rodriguez and Francesca Rueda.

Alverno begins their quest for a Horizon League

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Alverno High School is the independent, Catholic, college-prep high school for girls in Sierra Madre, cel-ebrating 50 years of empow-ering exceptional women. Its college-prep curriculum, leadership program, arts and sports attracts students from public and private schools throughout the San Gabriel Valley.

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Jaguar runners medal at Bellarmine/Griffith Park Invitational. left to right. Francesca Rueda, Eryn Blakely, Audrey Davy and Sahhara Assafiri.


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Ironically, circulators of the initiative petition have been among the po-lice union’s most ardent supporters and even call out this support in their lit-erature. Indeed, one of the petitioners actually partici-pated in the Council meet-ing when the POB’ were originally discussed by the Council, at which time the Council gave direction to staff to prepare the neces-sary documents for the bonds’ issuance.

In authorizing sale of the bonds in August 2008, the Council instructed the City staff to execute the transaction at the most op-portune time – keeping in mind that the goal was to stabilize the pension cost as well as save money. Yet, as the fall of 2008 witnessed the collapse of the financial markets beginning with the failure of Lehman Bros. in September, the City’s abil-ity to secure a favorable interest rate stretched out

nearly two years.Finally, in July 2010,

the POBs were sold at an attractive 6.5% interest rate, generating a savings of $2.4 million in City pen-sion costs over the next 18 years. Once again, the bond sale was written about and published by the City and reported on by the press.

Mayor Pro Tem Tom Adams said, “The sale of these bonds made good financial sense; I don’t believe the initiative does. It’s obvious to me that all it would do is create financial chaos. It doesn’t fix anything.

“This City Council – and previous Councils – has held Fiscal Respon-sibility as their number one priority. And we have been moving forward on pension and compensa-tion reform before it had become so fashionable re-cently,” Adams continued. “The changes to the system are already being made. If anything, this initiative would get in the way and

slow down the work we’re already doing.”

City Councilmember Joe Garcia said that the Council hadn’t taken a position on the initiative before now because, “…frankly, we haven’t been able to figure out what the petitioners were trying to accomplish. They’ve claimed to support the MPOA contract, which is predicated on the bonds. They watched this entire process unfold. They should know that you can’t just stop paying for something because you suddenly decide you don’t want to anymore. The world doesn’t work that way.”

Councilmember Clar-ence Shaw agreed. “Even if this was constitutionally possible, and I don’t be-lieve it is, it’s still not the right answer. To cut off $4 million per year for an ongoing obligation is going to mean coming up with $4 million from someplace else. I hear from parents and families who enjoy

our services and programs; they don’t want to see us eliminate programs they depend on.”

And Councilmember Becky Shevlin added, “In times like these, I think the community wants to pull together to find solutions, not simply tear things apart simply to see what would happen. Based on our sur-veys, program evaluations and our daily interactions with folks, people want to see Monrovia succeed, not fail.”

The Mayor and each member of the Council joined in pointing to Mon-rovia’s 2009 Citizen Satis-faction Survey that showed only 7% of Monrovia’s residents saying that “lo-cal government and taxes” were high on their dislike lists.

“Our residents are very happy with the way their community is run,” said Mayor Lutz. “The sur-vey done last year by the Rose Institute – during the worst part of the recession, mind you – showed that

95% of Monrovians were quite satisfied and that Monrovia is headed in the right direction.

At this point, the City will facilitate the standard process of verifying signa-tures and will work with the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder to re-view the validity of the signatures gathered. Any substantive issue relating to the petition itself would be reviewed at a later date. “We will continue to ob-serve the process for the time being,” Ochoa stated.

Ultimately, the City Council members re-mained reserved and un-ruffled by the submission of the petition.

“Nobody likes taxes,” Lutz said, “but our citizens have said time and again that they’re willing to pay for the value they receive – from saving our hillsides, to improving our schools, to building our beautiful new public library – and they tell us themselves that they are getting great value for their dollars.”

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Cyrus Kemp, to whom some refer to a local gadfly , has some perspective on recent press reports in another paper and felt some clarification was needed: Kemp runs a watchdog website : monroviavotes.com

The following is Mr. Kemp’s response to that article and the city’s publicity releases on the Bell Scandal and the Ini-tiative.

“ You made the com-ment that the benefits re-ceived by the City Employ-ees are in their contracts. While this is true, their contracts are only for a specific period of time. In the case of Monrovia, their last contract period was for the period of 2008 to 2010. That means their contracts are currently being renego-tiated. The City of Mon-rovia should be cutting salaries, overtime and ben-efits to bring their salaries more in line with that of the private sector. Fire De-partment Overtime should be heavily restricted much like with the Monrovia Po-lice Department.

You repeated Scott

Ochoa’s comments that he is trying to disqualify our initiative on constitu-tional grounds. Mr. Ochoa apparently doesn’t under-stand Proposition 218.

a. In general, the intent of Proposition 218 was to ensure that all taxes and most charges on prop-erty owners are subject to voter approval. In addi-tion, Proposition 218 seeks to curb some perceived abuses in the use of assess-ments and property-related fees, specifically the use of these revenue-raising tools to pay for general govern-mental services rather than property-related services.

b. Proposition 218 eliminates any ambigu-ity regarding the power of local residents to use the initiative by stating that residents of California shall have the power to repeal or reduce any local tax, assessment, or fee. In ad-dition, the measure forbids the Legislature and local governments from impos-ing a signature requirement for local initiatives that is higher than that applicable

to statewide statutory initia-tives. As a consequence of these provisions, the only limits on local residents’ ability to overturn local revenue raising measures appear to be those in the federal constitution, such as the federal debt impair-ment clause.

c. Mr. Ochoa seems to forget that we live in a Democracy rather than a Dictatorship. Why is it constitutional to ap-prove a tax through the initiative process (it only passed by 79 votes in 1950 by the way) , but not to re-peal one? Mr. Ochoa has demonstrated time and time again that the rights of Monrovia residents are only considered when Mr. Ochoa agrees with the out-come.

d. People like Mr. Ochoa seem to forget that they work for us, not the other way around. This ar-rogance is what created the colossal debt that threatens our nation.

e. 561 registered voters in Monrovia have signed a valid petition ask-

ing we be given a chance to repeal this property tax. The only thing Unconstitu-tional would be looking for loopholes to dismiss this initiative rather than letting the voters decide.

You mentioned that Scott Ochoa said this was an unpopular initiative as it took a long time to get the required signatures. The only people who find this initiative unpopular are the employees of the City of Monrovia. If I were you, I would ask Mr. Ochoa where he gets his informa-tion.

a. 90% of the peo-ple I spoke with were in favor of this initiative.

b. We gathered 561 signatures going door to door. That is about 8.5% of the residents who voted in the last municipal election, so I am unsure what Mr. Ochoa is talking about.

c. As for the time required, one month was lost due to the Elected City Clerk and City Attorney refusing to review the ac-tual petition. The County of Los Angeles requires

all initiative petitions to be reviewed prior to gather-ing signatures. Two writ-ten refusals and 1 month later, we began the signa-ture gathering process. As Monrovia Votes is a grass roots PAC with money, we chose to gather signatures door to door so as to prop-erly communicate our po-sition. This process does take time, but we filed the initiative well before the deadline with 38% more signatures than required.

4. You mentioned that Scott Ochoa said I have offered no alterna-tive way to pay the budget shortfall if this initiative passes. This is actually un-true. I have spoken to the City council on several oc-casions on how they could reduce their payroll cost. The 4 points below will re-duce payroll costs by over $4.6 million without reduc-ing headcount.

a. City employees pay 50% of their PERS con-tribution.

b. All Overtime should be cut by 50% in-cluding Emergency Servic-

es. In Addition, Emergen-cy Services OT should be monitored for abuses. (In 2009, 2 employees made over 100,000 in overtime, 32 made over 30,000 in overtime.)

c. Employees should contribute towards Medical benefits for their families, and taking In Lieu Of Medical payouts should be eliminated.

d. Scott could start paying the full payments on his loan to the City of Monrovia. Currently Mr. Ochoa is paying only 2% per Annum on his 30 Year 5% Promissory note with the City of Monrovia. This has resulted in $12,000 per year loss to the general fund. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how I cal-culated any of the amounts above. I can provide doc-umentation for all of it.”

Cyrus Kemp’s com-ments and others are avail-able at:monroviavotes.com

- See page 1 of this newspaper for the City’s point of view

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“Pay What You Can” tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis based on availability, with a limit of two per person. Tickets must be purchased in person at the box office, 234 S. Brand Blvd.), after 2 p.m. on the day of the per-formance with cash only. ($10 minimum suggested.)

“Blithe Spirit,” by Noel Coward, opens at A Noise Within Saturday, October 9 and closes Friday, Decem-ber 17, 2010 (previews begin Saturday, October 2.) Dam-aso Rodriguez directs Cow-ard’s masterpiece, a quint-essential ensemble work, in which novelist Charles Condomine and his wife, Ruth, get more than they bargained for when an after dinner, led by local spiritual-ist/eccentric Madame Arcati, produces an uninvited guest from the great beyond to crash the party, prompting a delightfully cosmic clash of personalities, both worldly and otherwise. In this glitter-ing comedy of the soul that ponders the eternal essence of what it is to be in a rela-tionship, Coward’s mastery

of comedy is on display with extraordinary wit, talent for crafting an exquisite story and sense of timing.

A Noise Within is lo-cated at 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204. To purchase tickets or for a full season brochure, call (818)240-0910 ext. 1 or visit www.anoisewithin.org.

Set in the back room of a failing church in the high plains of Texas, “The Bird House” delves into the lives of a minister and his two sis-ters as they sort through the snarls of the past and adapt to loss and the uncertain fu-ture of their home and fam-ily. The Cast includes Ellen Dostal as Clovis, and Native Voices founder/producing artistic director, Randy Rein-holz (Choctaw) as Jonathan Logan/Reverend Hawk, a part written specifically for him.

Author Diane Glancy is professor emeritus at Ma-calester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was the 2008-2009 Richard Thomas Professor of Creative Writ-ing at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Her latest poetry collection, “Stories of the Driven World,” was pub-lished by Mammoth Press in 2010. She published two books in 2009, “The Reason for Crows,” a novel of Kateri Tekakwitha, SUNY Press, and “Pushing the Bear, After the trail of Tears,” University of Oklahoma Press.

In 2009, she and Chris-tina Wright received an Expressive Arts Grant from the National Museum of the American Indian to write a

play, “The Catch,” on the history of native education.

The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Mu-seum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is an intercultural history center dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences and per-ceptions of the diverse peo-ples of the American West.

Located in Griffith Park, The Autry’s collec-tion of over 500,000 pieces of art and artifacts, which includes the collection of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, is one of the largest and mot sig-nificant in the United States. The Autry Institute includes two research libraries – The Braun Research Library and the Autry Library. Exhibi-tions, public programs, K-12 educational services, and publications are designed to examine critical issues of society, offering insights into solutions and the con-temporary human condition through the West historical experience.

Suggested donation is $10, Autry members are free. Native Voices at the Autry is located at The Au-try National Center, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027. To pur-chase tickets, call (323) 667-2000, ext. 354, or visit www. NativeVoicesattheAutry.Org.

A Noise Within Announces ‘Pay What You Can'Date for its Production of ‘Blithe Spirit'

Among the largest crowd ever at this year’s fabulous Taste of Arcadia, are (l-r) Richard Vethamani, Barb Kovacic (three-time first lady of Arcadia), Cary Andres (Monrovia), and Craig and Diane Lucas, long-time community leaders in Arcadia.

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Angela (Betty) Cary Reed died peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 21. She was at home, as she wanted, in Si-erra Madre.

Born and raised in California, she started at U.C.L.A. at the age of 16 and graduated at 19. Bet-ty and her husband Jim moved the family to Sierra Madre in 1959. Their 3 children went to Ascen-sion Parish Day School, P.H.S., and LaSalle. After her children left home she had a successful local re-alty career for thirty years

and donated her time to several charities.

Betty loved reading, playing tennis, and bridge. She joined the Friends of the Library and was ac-tive for many years. She started playing tennis in the 1930’s and continued until injuries from a car ac-cident caused her to quit in 1997. Her husband of 51 years, Jim, died during her 6 month recovery. An avid and expert bridge player, she played until 2004 when she felt she could no lon-ger play to the level she wanted for her self and her partners.

Betty then lived qui-etly at home reading the paper in the morning, watching the evening news at dinner, and enjoying the seasons pass by until she died at the age of 87. She was cared for by her son, Jay, in her last decade. Her three children, Steve Luder, Lisa Reed, and Jay Reed, loved her very much and miss her.

There will be no ser-vices and the date of the disposition of her ashes is unknown at this time. If any remembrances are de-sired please donate to the Friends of the Library.

Angela (Betty) Cary Reed1923-2010

Obituaries

Raymond V. McCar-ville, 85, died on Septem-ber 21, 2010. This man was a quiet power who loved one woman, Phyllis, his whole life and loved many things in that life. He loved his children, Marsha and Michael, he loved his alma mater, Monrovia High School, he loved his unit in the military, the 1st Cavalry, and he greatly loved his church, Immacu-late Conception.

Many of the things he became involved with he did together with his wife Phyllis who preceded him in death in 2004. Phyllis had been the City Clerk of Monrovia and a member of the City Council. To-gether with Ray, they were instrumental in implement-ing “Make a Difference Day” here each year.

As a result of this and many other activities Ray was named Senior Volunteer of the Year several years ago. While his health has curtailed some of his activities in recent years, he could still be found each Tuesday morning at the Monrovian where he joined the other “Old Cats”, Monrovia High graduates from the war years.

The last time I saw Ray he was with other members of the Southern California 1st Cavalry As-sociation of which he had been the president for many years. They were at Arcadia County Park to help celebrate local service personnel and veterans. Ray was proud of his ser-vice in the !st Cav. during W.W.II

He saw action in the South Pacific where he occasionally met up with his older brother, Rob-ert who was a pilot with the Black Panther Squad-ron, 1st Marine Auxiliary Wing. According to the stories he told his buddies, his brother on was able to drop more than the usual supplies to his little broth-er. Sgt. Ray was, therefore, popular with his comrades as his big brother Robert was able to supply him with a bottle or two, now

and then. Another of the stories told about Ray dur-ing those years was that while he was trained as a Browning Automatic Rifleman, he wasn’t the best shot in the unit. That distinction belonged to a young man from the hills of Kentucky. As Ray told the story, he was the spot-ter for this young man. In essence Ray was a bird dog for that sharp shooter.

More than anything else, Ray was a man of faith. Many people talk about their faith, Ray acted upon his. Father Francis Cassidy who celebrated the funeral mass for Ray on Monday, told a short story about him. Several year ago Father Cassidy

was diagnosed with pros-tate cancer. As he told the story, the doorbell rang in the rectory. It was Ray announcing that he was taking the priest to City of Hope. Despite having no appointment, Father Cassidy said that within a hour or so he was talk-ing to the doctor who later performed his surgery. He said that Ray was a man of actions.

Another of those ac-tions was befriending and assisting the order of nuns assigned to Immaculate Conception. Currently that order is the Sister Dis-ciples of the Divine Master, and when they moved, it was Ray and his daughter Marsha who rented trucks and helped the sisters with their move.

He was active in the Monrovia Alumni Associa-tion and served as mem-ber of the Alvord Ashby/Lancaster alumni College Scholarship Committee which awarded scholar-ships to Monrovia and Du-arte High School students. He was also a member of the Monrovia Rotary Club, the Gad-A-Bouts and the Monrovia Old Cats.

He will be greatly missed by his daughter, Marsha McCarville; son and daughter in law, Mi-chael & Mara McCarville; sister, Mary Ruth McCa-rville, and his grandchil-dren, Justin, Shane & Ka-tie.

Following the funeral mass on Monday, Ray was laid to rest with full mili-tary honors at Live Oak Memorial Park beside his beloved wife Phyllis.

Ray McCarville, A Member of the Greatest Genera-tion and a Monrovia Old Cat has Died

BY SUSAN MOTANDER

Jerrold Eldon Mars-den, the Carl F. Braun Professor of Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems, and Applied and Computational Mathemat-ics at Caltech, passed away on the evening of Septem-ber 21, 2010, with his wife and daughter by his side. He was 68.

Marsden was one of the leading world experts in mathematical and theo-retical mechanics. His work spanned a variety of fields, including fluid mechanics, geometric me-chanics, elasticity, control theory, dynamical systems, and numerical methods. By focusing on geometric foundations, he was able to unite different disci-plines, connecting math-ematical theory with physi-cal models and practical applications. His work has, consequently, influenced geometers and physicists alike. His research has led to advances in many areas, including spacecraft mis-sion design, turbulence modeling, and the design of underwater vehicles. Marsden’s influence was felt around the globe, in no small part because of his countless international collaborations.

“Jerry was an amazing intellectual, a gifted pro-fessor, and one of the fin-est colleagues that I have met,” says Ares Rosakis, the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics

and professor of mechani-cal engineering, and chair of the Division of Engi-neering and Applied Sci-ence. “He was a great men-tor to many of our Caltech students and our younger colleagues.”

Born in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada, Marsden graduated from the University of Toronto in 1965 with a BSc in math-ematics. He received his PhD in applied mathemat-ics in 1968 from Princeton University. He then joined the faculty at the Universi-ty of California, Berkeley, before coming to Caltech in 1992 as a Fairchild Dis-tinguished Scholar. He was appointed professor of control and dynamical sys-tems in 1995, and in 2003, he was named the Carl F. Braun Professor. In 1992, he helped found the Fields Institute, a mathematical research institute at the University of Toronto, where he was a director until 1994.

Marsden was an ac-complished educator and mentor, having written six undergraduate math textbooks, which are used worldwide, and 14 mono-graphs, many of which are the definitive references in their fields. He has had more than 40 PhD students and postdocs. In 2006, Caltech’s Graduate Stu-dent Council awarded him its Teaching and Mentor-ing Award.

He received numer-ous other awards that rec-ognized his contributions as a researcher and edu-cator: the Jeffrey-Williams Prize, the AMS-SIAM Norbert Wiener Prize, two Humboldt Prizes, a Fair-child Fellowship, the Max Planck Research Award, the SIAM von Neumann Prize, and the United Tech-nologies Research Award. In 2006, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey. He will posthumously be awarded the 2010 Thomas K. Caughey Award this coming November in Van-couver.

He was elected a For-eign Member of the Royal Society in 2006 and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Ameri-can Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara; his children, Christopher and Alison; grandchildren Eliza and Isaac; and sister Judy.

The family has re-quested that, in lieu of flow-ers, contributions be made to the Jerrold E. Marsden Scholarship Fund, which is an endowment that will be used to support students in Caltech’s Department of Computing and Math-ematical Sciences. Alterna-tively, contributions can be made to the Pasadena dog rescue, Mutts and Moms.

Jerrold E. Marsden, 68 Cal Tech Professor of Engineering


POLICE BLOTTERSArcadia PD

For the period of Sun-day, September 19, through Saturday, September 25, the Police Department respond-ed to 938 calls for service of which 115 required formal investigations. The follow-ing is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, September 19:Units were called to Bar

Twist, 48 East Huntington, around 2:01 a.m. regarding a fight in progress. A 22-year-old male Hispanic suspect was found in the alley, and a record check revealed that he had a $20,000 outstand-ing misdemeanor warrant. The man was arrested and during the booking search, a baggie containing a white crystalline substance resem-bling methamphetamine was found in his sock.

Around 8:16 p.m., JC Penney loss prevention per-sonnel detained a male ju-venile for theft. The suspect removed sales tags from a pair of jeans, concealed the item in a shopping bag, and left the store without making payment. A private per-son’s arrest was made, and a 17-year-old Caucasian was taken into custody for com-mercial burglary.

Monday, September 20:Between 3:30 p.m. on

September 17 and 6:30 a.m. on September 20, a com-mercial burglary occurred in the 1300 block of Glen-coe. Unknown suspects cut the lock on a fence that surrounded a house under construction and stole two bathtubs and various tools. The total reported loss was approximately $3,604.

Around 12:39 p.m., units responded to the 1500 block of South Fifth in ref-erence to a grand theft that occurred between 9:00 p.m. on September 1 and 9:00 a.m. on September 17. The elderly victims claimed that two gold rings were miss-ing, and they believed that hospice caregivers may have taken the rings.

Tuesday, September 21:Officers observed a

motorcyclist driving in a reckless manner near Santa Anita and the 210 Freeway around 9:25 a.m. Due to the excessive speed, no attempt was made to pursue the mo-torcyclist but a radio broad-cast was made. A short time

later, Monrovia PD detained the suspect in the 100 block of Violet, and a 23-year-old male Caucasian was taken into custody by APD for reckless driving.

Around 9:40 a.m., a woman notified police that her ex-boyfriend was follow-ing her and there was a valid restraining order. A 23-year-old male African-American was stopped at Baldwin and the 210 Freeway and was ar-rested for disobeying a court order. During an inventory search of his car, the victim’s cell phone was found so he was also charged with receiv-ing stolen property.

Wednesday, September 22:A commercial burglary

was reported in the 900 block of Fallen Leaf around 7:46 a.m. Unknown suspects entered the fenced construc-tion site between 5:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on September 21, and several new appli-ances worth almost $7,000 were stolen.

Shortly before 7:30 p.m., units responded to Westfield Mall regarding an assault on two security guards. Investi-gation revealed that security personnel were following a suspicious man who was looking into parked vehicles. Believing that he was possi-bly involved in auto burglar-ies, the security guards tried to contact him but he ran to avoid detention. When the suspect was cornered, he tried to cause bodily injury to the guards by swinging his elbows at them. Once he was detained, he pro-vided a false date of birth to police in order to delay his identification. A private per-son’s arrest was made, and the 38-year-old Hispanic was taken into custody.

Thursday, September 23:A victim came to the

station at 11:56 a.m. and reported that unknown sus-pects acquired their credit card account information by unknown means and made seven unauthorized purchas-es totaling $1,532. The pur-chases were made between August 14 and 17.

At 2:35 p.m., officers were dispatched to the alley south of Southview Road where three male juveniles were observed loitering. Upon contact by Arcadia of-ficers, two were found to be in possession of marijuana and one was in possession of a large felt tip Sharpie. Fif-

teen feet away was a fresh graffiti tag.

Friday, September 24:Officers were dis-

patched to Chase Bank, 700 West Huntington, around 2:28 p.m. regarding a possi-ble fraud in progress. Inves-tigation revealed that a male subject applied for a finan-cial job online and was in-structed to open a new busi-ness checking account. The employer made a $300,000 deposit into the account and then the man was directed to wire $285,000 to a bank in Russia. Shortly thereafter, the bank’s fraud depart-ment informed the bank manager that the $300,000 deposit was fraudulent and the account was frozen.

At 5:49 p.m. a vehicle burglary occurred at the Westfield Mall parking lot between Macy’s and Just Tires. Items taken were a skin scan-ner worth $1,000 and E l i zabe th Arden gift bags worth $1,200.

Saturday, Septem-ber 25:

In the early morning hours, a traffic stop was ini-tiated at Colorado and San Luis Rey when a passenger was seen throwing a lit ciga-rette from a car. When the occupants were contacted, officers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath and per-son. A field sobriety test was conducted and it was deter-mined that the 26-year-old male Caucasian driver was operating the vehicle while impaired. He was arrested for DUI without incident.

At 11:00 p.m., officers conducted an area search for two 16-year-old male ju-veniles who were reported as missing. The juveniles, one Hispanic and one Cau-casian, were eventually ap-prehended. One juvenile had an outstanding no bail warrant for burglary, so he was transported to the East-lake Juvenile Detention Cen-ter. The other juvenile, who is a ward of the State, was re-turned to the McKinley Chil-dren’s Center in San Dimas.

Monrovia PDDuring the last seven

day period, the Police De-partment handled 549 ser-vice events, resulting in 116

investigations. Following are the last week’s highlighted issues and events:

Residential BurglaryOn September 17 at

1:39 p.m., an officer went to a residence in the 400 block of Park Rose regarding a burglary. The victim told the officer he had filing boxes with old checks, receipts and documents from an old business that no longer exits. The boxes were kept near his front door, which is kept open a lot. Someone appar-ently entered the residence and took the boxes. Nothing else was taken.

Residential BurglaryOn September 17 at

3:10 p.m., a resident in the 500 block of West Foothill re-ported she had just returned home from work and some-one had broken into her home. An officer responded and cleared the location. Entry was made through

a side door. Some jewelry and old checks were taken, but the

victim was unsure if

anything else was taken. Investigation continuing.

Commercial Burglary - Suspects Ar-rested

On September 17 at 3:51 p.m., officers respond-ed to a business in the 500 block of West Hunting-ton regarding a male and a female in custody for shoplifting. The officer de-termined the subjects had committed burglary; both were arrested and taken into custody.

Driving Under the In-fluence - Suspect Ar-rested

On September 18 at 1:08 a.m., an officer noticed a vehicle traveling south on Myrtle that was following an-other vehicle too closely. He noticed the driver was also swerving on the roadway. He stopped the driver and during the investigation, de-termined the driver was un-der the influence. The driver was arrested.

Domestic Violence / Bat-tery on a Peace Officer

On September 19 at 2:28 a.m., officers were dis-patched to Hidden Valley Rd. regarding a domestic violence incident in prog-ress. When they arrived, the

husband was attempting to restrain his wife, who was in-toxicated and violent. As an officer entered the location, he was pushed by the wife. The officers were able to re-strain the wife and she was taken into custody without further incident. The hus-band was bleeding and had sustained visible injuries. He did not desire medical treat-ment. The wife was not in-jured.

Recovered Stolen Vehi-cle - Suspects Arrested

On September 19 at 7:20 p.m., an officer on pa-trol located a stolen vehicle in the area of Californian Avenue, near Duarte. He followed the vehicle into a parking lot in Duarte. Ad-ditional Monrovia officers were requested to assist in a high-risk traffic stop. Two suspects were arrested and later interviewed. After in-vestigation, the female driver was charged with grand theft auto and receiving stolen property. The male passen-ger was released, pending further investigation.

Mountain Lion SightingOn September 20 at

10:20 p.m., police received the report of a mountain lion sighted in a backyard in the 700 block of Oak-glade. Officers were able to direct it back into the hills.

Sierra Madre PDDuring the week of

Sunday, September19th, to Saturday September 25th, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 310 calls for service.

Sunday, September 19th:08:40 AM- Vandalism,

149 North Baldwin Ave. Unknown suspects broke a day care classroom win-dow on the northwest side of Bethany Church some-time between Friday, 09-17-2010 and Sunday, 09-19-2010.

10:05 AM-Auto Burglary, West Bonita Ave. Unknown suspects smashed the driver’s front side window, entered the car and took a $550 GPS from the car. The suspects left in an unknown direc-tion.

Tuesday, September 21st:11:41 PM- Arrest, Driv-

ing Under the Influence of Alcohol, Baldwin Ave. An officer stopped a motorist af-ter learning a traffic warrant

was attached to the vehicle. Investigation revealed the motorist was driving under the influence of alcohol. The motorist was arrested for DUI and transported to the Pasadena Police Jail for booking.

12:23 PM- Assault with Deadly Weapon, Mountain Trail. The suspect assaulted the victim and then threat-ened suicide. As the suspect was leaving, police arrived and the suspect, armed with a knife, ran back to the apartment and shut the door. When the victim then tried to prevent the suspect from closing the door, he kicked her several times and forced her outside. Officers forced the door open and took the suspect into custo-dy. The suspect was taken into protective custody for a psychiatric evaluation. Two officers were injured during the call and were treated at a local medical center.

05:22 PM- Fraudulent use of Credit Card, Sierra Madre area. San Bernardi-no Sheriff’s Department notified Sierra Madre Police Department that a Victor-ville resident had his debit card stolen. Unknown sus-pects used the victim’s debit card at an unknown ATM in Sierra Madre.

Wednesday, September 22nd:8:06 PM- Arrest, Pub-

lic Intoxication, Auburn Ave. Officers went to the Auburn Avenue parking lot in response to a call of a possible drunk man who had fallen down. Investi-gation revealed the man to be under the influence of an intoxicating liquor and unable to care for himself. He was arrested, booked into Pasadena Jail and later released.

07:58 AM- Child Abuse, Sierra Madre Area. This case involves an alle-gation of emotional abuse.

Saturday, September 25th:

09:01 AM- Arrest, Pos-session of Methamphet-amine. An officer stopped a motorist for a Vehicle Code violation. He found a clear plastic bag contain-ing a white crystalline sub-stance while searching the car. The officer later deter-mined the substance to be methamphetamine. The driver admitted to buying the methamphetamine for his girlfriend. The driver was arrested and transport-ed to the Pasadena Police Department Jail for book-ing.


PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-09-252221-BL Order # 090133555-CA-MAI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/1/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LINDA CHUNG, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 8/8/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1756576 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 10/13/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,029,445.70 The purported property address is: 6217 Ivar Avenue Temple City, CA 91780 Assessors Parcel No. 5386-010-021 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Litton Loan Servicing LP 4828 Loop Central Drive Houston TX 77081. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has not obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does apply to this notice of sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 9/16/2010 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: (800) 247-9727 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3738880 09/23/2010, 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 437041CA Loan No. 3014611911 Title Order No. 137093 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10-10-2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10-14-2010 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 10-17-2007, Book , Page , Instrument 20072363341, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: PAUL E. HARPER, AN UNMARRIED

MAN, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOULEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT 153 IN TRACT NO. 16286, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 373, PAGES 3 TO 6 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $512,228.66 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 5623 COCHIN AVENUE ARCADIA, CA 91006 APN Number: 8572-004-020 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. DATE: 09-17-2010 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3740419 09/23/2010, 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 732897CA Loan No. 3018555171 Title Order No. 3206-213535 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11-13-2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10-14-2010 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 11-21-2007, Book , Page , Instrument 20072584854, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: THU N. NGUYEN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set

forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOULEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: THE NORTH 66 FEET OF THE SOUTH 147.75 FEET OF THE WEST 182.42 FEET OF THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTH ½ OF LOT 104 OF ARCADIA ACREAGE TRACT, IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 10, PAGE 18 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,714,132.53 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 1626 SOUTH 2ND AVENUE ARCADIA, CA 91006 APN Number: 5790-004-016 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 09-17-2010 DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55.CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3741349 09/23/2010, 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S No. 1260241-14 APN: 5773-016-161 TRA: 01887 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx7618 REF: Choi, Ki Sook Lee IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED March 14, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On October 13, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded March 20, 2006, as Inst. No. 06 0585997 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Ki Sook Lee Choi, A Married Woman, As Her Sole and Separate Property., will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 200 South 3rd Avenue Unit A Arcadia CA 91006 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $565,332.91. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused

said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defined in civil code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to civil code sections 2923.52. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: September 03, 2010. (R-341518 09/23/10, 09/30/10, 10/07/10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 20100134003352 Title Order No.: 100383322 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/19/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 08/10/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1907207 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: CHRISTOPHER W. MOORE AND ANGELA MOORE, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 10/20/2010 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD., 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1613 MAYFLOWER AVENUE, ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA 91006 APN#: 8510-030-022 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $479,452.69. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730-2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 09/30/2010 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison, Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 ASAP# 3739660 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010, 10/14/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0013734 Title Order No. 09-8-050346 Investor/Insurer No. 71723519 APN No. 5790-015-001 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/16/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JESSICA ALARID, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 07/16/2005 and recorded 07/27/05, as Instrument No. 05 1776262, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 10/28/2010 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 534 EAST NORMAN

AVENUE, ARCADIA, CA, 91006. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $860,943.15. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 05/20/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3745384 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010, 10/14/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0051054 Title Order No. 09-8-156398 Investor/Insurer No. 1706343827 APN No. 8573-021-032 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/01/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GLORIA RAQUEL GUERRA, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 02/01/2008 and recorded 02/20/08, as Instrument No. 20080291889, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 10/28/2010 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11009 DAINES DRIVE, TEMPLE CITY, CA, 91780. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $461,908.90. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 07/30/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3752085 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010, 10/14/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. GM-196436-C Loan No. 7427631064 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/1/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state

or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:RAMONA RUIZ, AN UNAMARRIED WOMAN Recorded 3/7/2006 as Instrument No. 06-0487038 in Book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:10/18/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California Property Address is purported to be: 10153 GREEN STREET TEMPLE CITY, California 91780 APN #: 8585-003-014 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $977,113.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 9/16/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Ileanna Petersen, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3740182 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010, 10/14/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0017043 Title Order No. 09-8-055946 Investor/Insurer No. 101558674 APN No. 8517-008-001 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/07/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JANE BRAVERMAN, A WIDOW, dated 10/07/2005 and recorded 10/14/05, as Instrument No. 05 2476564, in Book -, Page -), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 10/28/2010 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 401 SOUTH SHAMROCK AVENUE, MONROVIA, CA, 910163027. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $465,621.32. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 05/19/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3749676 09/30/2010, 10/07/2010, 10/14/2010

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IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02-21-2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10-21-2010 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-05-2003, Book , Page , Instrument 03 0631947, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: LERMA PATTUGALAN, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BOULEVARD, POMONA, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,525,177.03 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 707 CARRIAGE HOUSE DR ARCADIA, CA 91006 APN Number: 5769-009-038 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 09-29-2010 SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT Exhibit DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Name: Ann Thorn Title: First Vice President CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 P749438 9/30, 10/7, 10/14/2010

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALEPursuant to Government Code Section6066 and Civil Code Section 1988

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT on October 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., Huntington Oaks Delaware Partners, LLC, the owner and landlord of the Huntington Oaks Shopping Center shall sell at public sale all moveable trade fixtures and equipment located in the premises commonly known as 678 W. Huntington Drive, Monrovia, California 91016 (the “Premises”). The sale will take place at the Premises. The minimum bid for a bulk purchase of all items must include storage costs of $3,853.00 and costs of sale of $155.00. For information concerning the sale, please contact Charles R. Sullivan, The Festival Companies at (949) 548-0638 ext. 204 or email [email protected]. The equipment to be sold consists of tables, chairs, filing cabinets, wallboards and other miscellaneous office items.Dated: September 24, 2010 King & Associates140 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250 Newport Beach, California 92660Attorneys for Huntington Oaks Delaware Partners, LLC

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Sixty golfers from Main-land China along with nine-ty Chinese-American golfers will be participating in this competition. This event will allow overseas Chinese golf enthusiast to demonstrate their golfing skills as well having the opportunity for cultural exchange with Chi-nese-American golfers. This event serves to bridge Chi-nese golfers internationally in celebrating the birthday of their motherland. It will be held on October 3, 2010 at Industry Hills Golf Club in the City of Industry, Cali-fornia.

The event will hold three firsts:

The People’s Republic of China was first established in 1949 and this will be the first time that this National Day is celebrated through a golf tournament in Southern California. The event will re-flect 30 years of reform, new and continuous economic growth in China, the cross-cultural relations between the U.S. and China, and the increasing numbers of golf enthusiasts in China.

China Council Gener-al, Chen Yun, will tee-off the tournament. This will the China ambassador’s first time demonstrating his sup-port for overseas Chinese in a sporting event. His par-ticipation serves to represent the rise of Chinese affairs in different fields while reflect-ing the support of China from overseas Chinese.

The purpose of this competition is to meet fel-low golfers and to establish friendship through the sport of the game. The reward for this competition is equally dignified. To recognize the effort of these excellent golf players, the organization will award more than $15,000.00 in rewards that includes in-ternational airline tickets and other exquisite local gifts. The event committee has transferred $2,500.00 from a donation given by Time Warner Cable TV Ltd. to the Chinese Ameri-can Golf Foundation, the largest Youth Golf Organi-zation in California.

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all parents hope for, that if our children ever need help their companions will make the right decision and call 911. This bill will encourage our teens to make the right choices.”

There have been sever-al incidents of young Califor-nians who have died due to suspected alcohol poisoning – including a young South Pasadena man last Decem-ber - where no one called for help. The inaction has been attributed to a fear of pros-ecution. AB 1999 offers lim-ited immunity to the victim and one or two young peo-ple who call “911” and stay with the underage drinker until help arrives.

Research done at Cor-nell University has shown that “911 Immunity” poli-cies are successful in getting more teenagers to call 911. In addition, college campus-es that have implemented this policy have also seen an increase in the number of students who seek help for drinking problems.

The idea for AB 1999 came from local PTA presi-dent Kathy Hernandez who

became aware of three other states which have adopted 911 immunity for teenag-ers, Texas, New Jersey and Colorado. Kathy contacted Assemblymember Portan-tino on Facebook suggest-ing the idea that California adopt similar legislation. Portantino, a public school dad and PTA member, has had a long history cooperat-ing with the PAT on local issues, researched the idea and immediately introduced the bill.

“Certainly having re-cently witness the tragedy of Aydin Salek and hearing about other teens in Cali-fornia, I was very apprecia-tive of Kathy for bringing this idea to my attention. Nothing can bring the teens back to us that we have lost to tragic circumstances but when we have the opportu-nity to save a life in the future you we have to take those opportunities,” concluded Portantino.

Salek was an intern in Assemblymember Portan-tino’s Pasadena office. AB 1999 will go into effect Janu-ary 1, 2011.

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Dances from around the world will be per-formed at the first-ever Old Pasadena Cultural Dance Festival, Sunday, October 10, from 1pm to 6pm at Memorial Park and Lineage Performing Arts Center in Old Pasa-dena. This free festival of multi-cultural costume, music and movement will feature dance troupes per-forming traditional Mexi-can, Russian, African, Irish, Spanish Flamenco, East Indian and Chinese dance, amongst others.

Over 50 dancers grace the stage during the Old Pasadena Cultural Dance Festival, spotlight-ing a unique range of tra-ditional cultural dances. The grand finale to Pasa-dena Art Weekend, the inaugural year’s program

kicks off with a dynamic flamenco performance by Mojacar Flamenco. Oth-er exciting performances taking place at Memorial Park include the world-renowned Nigerian Talk-ing Drum and Dance En-semble, the vibrant East Indian classical folk dance of Ramya Harishankars Arpana Dance Company, and the Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian dance of En-semble Barynya, amongst others. The festival will conclude with a very spe-cial performance celebrat-ing the Mexican Bicenten-nial by the oldest existing professional Mexican folk dance troupe in Southern California, the 22 mem-ber Danza Floricanto.

The Old Pasadena Cultural Dance Festival is one of the few dance fes-

tivals in the world where the audience is encour-aged to participate in the show. Following each per-formance, the dancers will teach movements from that culture, so audience members can get moving too!

Attendees are also encouraged to visit the Lineage Performing Arts Center for free dance workshops throughout the day. All-ages and levels are welcome to take part in learning traditional Ko-rean, West African, and Rumba/ Tango dance. The Lineage Performing Arts Center will also host two performance show-cases featuring a variety of unique cultural dances.

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On September 6, 1990, The Wellness Community-Foothills opened its doors in Pasadena with the mission to provide professionally led support services for people affected by cancer. Since that time, the organization has provided support groups for people diagnosed with all types of cancer, for caregiv-ers of cancer patients, and for those who have lost a loved one to cancer. Educa-tional workshops and mind-body/fitness classes are also available year-round to resi-dents of the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys.

During the 20th Anni-versary celebration on Oc-tober 6, 2010, founders of The Wellness Community-Foothills will be honored for their visionary leadership. The Wellness Community – Foothills Founders include Marguerite Marsh, PhD, Ar-lene Harder, MFT, Deborah Bolton, RN, and Paul Tay-lor. Marguerite Marsh was helping in the office of a local oncologist in the late 1980’s when she heard about origi-nal The Wellness Commu-nity which was operating in Santa Monica. She decided to meet with Dr. Harold Benjamin, who developed

The Wellness Community model for psychosocial can-cer services and after their meeting, she devoted her-self to gathering a group of like-minded professionals, and getting a Wellness Com-munity established to serve Pasadena and the surround-ing communities.

Another highlight of the Anniversary event will be the change of name from The Wellness Community to Cancer Support Commu-nity. President of the Board, Gaurav Malhotra, noted “only our name is changing, the same great programs will be available free of charge to all people affected by cancer at Cancer Support Commu-nity.” Cancer Support Com-munity resulted from the re-cent merger of The Wellness Community with Gilda’s Clubs. Beginning in 2011 a new program designed for children with parents diag-nosed with cancer and their families will be launched at the Pasadena facility.

The 20th Anniver-sary celebration, led by Co-Chairs, Meg Symes and Clay Marquardt, and Hon-orary Chairman, Mayor Bill Bogaard, will welcome all those who played a role

in helping The Wellness Community-Foothills be-come the successful, effec-tive nonprofit organization is today. Guests will include board members, program participants, donors, friends and staff members who have supported the organization in many ways through the years. “We invite everyone who feels concern for people facing cancer to come to this event and recognize 20 years of service by The Wellness Community. With one in four Californians forecast to be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime, this or-ganization is relative to all of us!”

Members of Mid Valley Arts League have donated framed paintings that will be available for purchase dur-ing the event. Catering is being donated by Kitchen for Exploring Foods, Happy Trails Catering, Green Street Restaurant, and Central Park Restaurant.

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merman, Mr. John Craw-ford, Mr. John Hermann and Ms. Anita Delmer:

Thank you for your September 13, 2010 let-ter requesting the Council conduct another public hearing and Proposition 218 process for the pro-posed water rate increases.

As stated in your cor-respondence, the Council did not take action to in-crease water rates at their July 27th meeting. The Council also has not given direction or discussed any proposals to increase water rates since their July 27th meeting. Accordingly, at this time it would be pre-mature to schedule any public hearings, or to per-form a subsequent Propo-sition 218 ballot process, since we do not know what increase the Council would like to adopt or even if they intend to adopt an in-crease. Once staff receives formal direction from the City Council regarding whether and how to in-crease water rates, a de-termination will be made regarding the procedural

steps necessary to imple-ment the Council’s direc-tive. In the meantime, I will keep your correspondence and will take it under con-sideration, if and when the Council provides direction regarding water rates.

Thank you again for your correspondence and please let me know if I can be of any assistance in the future. As you’re aware, I am always available to meet to discuss any City, or water department relat-ed questions, and I appre-ciate receiving your input and recommendations.

Sincerely,Elaine AguilarCity Manager

Elaine Agular added in a correspondence with this newspaper that her response was a direct re-sponse to the letter’s de-mand. The letter was a demand that the, “Council conduct another public hearing upon the proposed rate increase...” Elaine Aguilar also said that her response replied directly to that demand, by stating

that “it would be prema-ture to schedule any pub-lic hearings, or to perform a subsequent Proposition 218 ballot process, since we do not know what in-crease the Council would like to adopt or even if they intend to adopt an in-crease.” If and when the Council provides direction regarding water rates, a de-termination will be made regarding the necessary steps, according to city manager Aguilar.

The 1996 ballot initia-tive amended the state’s constitution requiring local governments to obtain ap-proval from property own-ers before applying a tax.

City Attorney Sandra Levin said she was confi-dent the city has complied with constitutional require-ments.

A projected water rate hike, if approved, could raise water rates between about 33 percent and 37.5 percent over the next five years, depending on the water meter and the amount of water used.

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