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The Rockit Scientists will take the stage on Wednesday, August 19 at Temple City Park’s Performing Arts Pavil-ion. Get set for a fast paced good time Rock ‘n Roll show with the biggest hits from the 50s and 60s. The Rockit Scientists promise to deliver a retro rock performance filled with great family entertain-ment! Get ready to dance, dance, dance to songs when Rock ‘n Roll was young! Take a trip down memory lane with your favorite tunes by Chuck Berry, Elvis, the Beach Boys, Temptations and even Buf-falo Springfield! Don’t miss out on welcoming the Rockit Scientists to Temple City!

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Temple City Park. Pre-concert activities start at

Trip Down Memory Lane With The Rockit Scientists

6:30 p.m. Get moving with Shape Up TC– all ages are welcome to join TC Parks & Recreation staff during a mini-exercise demonstra-tion. Be the first to purchase a “Sounds of Summer” – Concert in the Park t-shirt! $6 each - quantity limited! Concert t-Shirts can be pre-purchased at City Hall or at each concert.

Temple City Park is locat-ed at 9701 Las Tunas Drive. Popcorn, hot dogs, candy, soda, shaved ice and much more will be available for pur-chase as well as Temple City merchandise. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, your dancin’ shoes and get ready for a trip down memory lane.

For further information, please call (626) 285-2171 ext. 2328.

A warm summer eve-ning, great food and company can mean only one thing in Temple City. It’s time once again for Dining Under the Stars, with this year’s theme as Hollywood.

This year the organizers pulled out all the stops includ-ing the red carpet for arriving guests that included several city council members as well as city commissioners, along with many residents.

Upon check in, the VIP’s

with their All Access Back Stage passes got a chance to listen to the Ernie Marchain Quartet while they dined on a large and eclectic mix of foods from around the world. The sold out event was off to a grand start.

As guest entered via the red carpet, they were greeted with names of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Si-natra, Bing Crosby carefully placed along Temple City’s “walk of fame”.

The VIP’s made their way to individual stations for

a wide variety of food which was then consumed at taste-fully decorated tables around Temple City Park.

Participating restaurants included, Alex DiPeppe’s Ital-ian Restaurant; Applebee’s; Baskin Robbins; Beto’s Grill; Cabrera’s Restaurant; Café Roule; Casa Del Rey; Ed-ible Arrangements; El Super Burrito Jr., Olympic Bakery; Pino’s Place Italian Restau-rant; Rose’s Donuts; Star-buck’s; Subway and Susie’s Kitchen. The food ranged from subtle Italian delicacies

to sublime delights such as organic cheesecake.

As the cool evening air set the band featured a tribute to Sinatra sung by Bill Chico. The 200 plus guests listened intently as they feasted on dessert delights from the four corners of the world.

The evening featured café style seating and local vol-unteers who worked the room as ever-vigilant servers. As in many communities, Temple City volunteers work tirelessly at events throughout the year

Temple City Draws Sell Out Crowd

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It was the best of times and it was the worst of times, all depending with whom you spoke Tuesday evening in Alhambra. The meeting Tuesday was perhaps a mi-crocosm of the nation's pulse on the issue. Amid scattered cat calls and the occasional “recall Schiff”, 29th District Representative Adam Schiff hosted a boisterous and spirited town hall meeting moderated by NBC4’s Dr. Bruce Hensel.

Through the cheers and the jeers, Rep. Schiff attempted to provide an update on the health care proposal (H.R. 3200) cur-rently under consideration in Congress. But opponents would hear nothing of it and hundreds in the audience expressed their disgust with

THOUSANDS OF MINDS, HUNDREDS OF SIGNS, AND A CONGRESSMAN

BY TERRY MILLER BY TERRY MILLER AND JOHN STEPHENSAND JOHN STEPHENS

the plan in no uncertain terms.

One African Ameri-can gentleman who held an altered image of President Obama depicted as Adolph Hitler was in attendance as a representative of the Lyndon H. LaRouche movement, which had no shame in lik-ening the Obama adminis-tration's health care reform proposal to the genocidal policies of Nazi Germany's Third Reich dur ing the 1940's.

LaRouche is a long time political figure in the U.S., having run for the office of President in no less than eight elections since 1976, once as a U.S. Labor Party candidate and seven times as a candidate for the Dem-ocratic Party nomination. The volunteers peddling Hitler-moustached Obama

BY TERRY MILLERBY TERRY MILLER

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Following the removal of former city manager Charles Martin in May, the city is working with an executive recruitment firm to find a new city manager.

The application period closed in mid-June and result-ed in about 40 applicants, said Cathy Burroughs, interim city manager. The city is working with Bob Murray and As-sociates, a Roseville-based executive recruiting and con-sulting firm, who will review the applications and conduct preliminary interviews.

The council held a closed session special meeting on July 30 where they met with the firm’s president, Bob Mur-ray, to discuss what qualities and desired traits they want to see in a city manager. “Most importantly they’re looking

Temple City Seeks Strong Leader for Manager

BY SAMEEA KAMALBY SAMEEA KAMAL for a capable leader, a strong leader with a background in local government who brings vision to the community,” Murray said. “They’re look-ing for someone who is acces-sible to the community … and is sensitive to the diversity of the community.”

According to Murray, the ideal candidate’s area of expertise would be rede-velopment and downtown revitalization.

“The city has infrastruc-ture needs like waste col-lection and water that need investment … so ideally it’s someone that been a city manager or assistant manager or in the redevelopment or financial department,” Mur-ray said.

Murray and his firm will be reviewing all the ap-

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PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT:

Summer Concerts – Temple City welcomes a new band to the stage this Wednesday. “Rockit Sci-entists” will be performing your favorite hits of the 50’s and 60’s. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Temple City Park.

Temple City Anni-versary - The City’s 50th anniversary is quickly ap-proaching. The Parks and Recreation Commission will be working with City staff and community volun-teers to plan and coordinate a variety of events and ac-tivities to commemorate this special event. If you would like to be involved, you are encouraged to attend the next Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on August 19th at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 5938 Kauffman Avenue.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT:

The next Planning Commission meeting will be held on August 25, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at the Civic Center, 5938 Kauff-man Ave.

PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT:

Public Safety Volun-teer – The City of Temple City is looking for people interested in becoming a Public Safety Volunteer. Two programs are avail-able in the Public Safety Volunteer program. They are the Resident Safety Vol-unteer Patrol (RSVP) and the Temple City Emergency Radio Team (TCERT). Ap-plications and additional information for the RSVP or TCERT programs may be obtained from the Pub-lic Services Department at the Civic Center, 5938 Kauffman Avenue, by call-ing (626) 285-2171 or by e-mailing Public Safety Offi-cer Bryan Ariizumi at [email protected].

WATER CONSERVATION TIP:

Upgrading your sprin-kler system with a “smart irrigation controller” that automatically adjusts water-ing times can save about 40 gallons of water per day!

M A NAG E M E N T SERVICES DEPART-MENT:

Yard Sales: Temple City residents wanting to conduct a yard sale MUST have a permit. They are available from the recep-tionist desk at City Hall, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, dur-ing normal business hours, which are Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. City Hall is closed on Fridays. The permits are FREE, and residents may only conduct one yard sale within a six-month period.

Free Yard Sale Adver-tising: If you get your yard sale permit by Thursday noon (or earlier) the week prior to the sale (i.e. about nine days prior to your sale), you’ll get the sale listed in that week’s Temple City Tribune newspaper in the “Temple City Spotlight” section for free. The Tem-ple City Tribune comes out every Monday, and is available at many popu-lar locations throughout Temple City.

If you have any ques-tions, please call the recep-tion desk at (626) 285-2171.

YARD SALE PERMITS:

The following is a list of Yard Sale Permits issued for the weekend of August 21-23, 2009. (Information is current as of 12:00 noon, Thursday, August 13, 2009. Yard sale permits issued af-ter this time are not listed.)

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9642 Live Oak Ave.

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10258 La Rosa Dr.

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5728 Hallowell Ave.

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9509 Flaherty St.

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G’Day Temple City! It’s hard to believe that the four weeks I’ve spent in Australia have already come to an end. The saying goes “time flies when you’re having fun,” and the month I have spent here has been nothing but fun!

Although it’s hard to imagine that attending school during the summer is enjoy-able, I’ve had the most fun getting to know new friends and indulging myself in Aus-tralian education. I am going to miss feeding baby lambs in Agriculture class and be-ing taught how to “properly” eat a meat pie during lunch. On my last day attending school, saying goodbye to friends was one of the hard-

G’Day Temple City!Memories Of Australia

BY JENNIFER DER est things I have ever done. The friendships and bonds formed through this program are indescribable, and we have already made plans for trips to see each other in the future.

During the final week, apart from school, I have also stepped on the shores of the famous Bondi Beach, Darling Harbor, and the old, historic town of Windsor. However, with each new adventure, I have learned that it’s not only the places I have been to that have been so amaz-ing, but the people as well. My host family, the Langs, are the most selfless, funny, smart, crazy, and all-around fun people. It has truly been a pleasure to get to know them and be a part of their

family. I amazed myself at how willing I was to take out the dish washer or help with lighting the fireplace, things I don’t usually jump the gun to do at home. My favorite memories with them were eating prawns on the veranda, or singing “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor at the top of our lungs.

The experiences and sights I have gained in Aus-tralia have been a highlight in my life, and I know I’ll take a part of it with me back home, as well as an expanded Australian vocabulary. I am so blessed to be part of such a wonderful organization, as this trip has really made an impact on me and have opened my eyes to a whole new world down under.

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Australia is a very beau-tiful place. As an American exchange student, I and my fellow Americans have visited many wonderful places and have had a great time doing so. For example, we have been to the Sydney Opera House, Centrepoint Tower, walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, gone to Muru Mittigar (an aboriginal cultural center), and spent two days and one night in Canberra, Australia’s capital, learning about their govern-ment. I really have enjoyed the people, sites, culture, and food. The Australians are very nice and laid back. They are also big fans of Chinese and Indian food. There are so many Indian restaurants here; it’s super cool. Overall, I have to say I have had the best time of my life here and I hope someday to visit again.

America and Australia are very different countries. To start off on how Australia and America are different, the first thing I noticed was the license plates. They had L’s and P’s on them and I couldn’t understand why. Their driving system is very different from ours. In Aus-tralia, when you are 16 years and 9 months old, you can get your L’s which is like a learning permit for us. You

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, August 18Kiwanis Club

City Council Meeting

Wednesday, August 19Pre-Concert Activities

Concerts in the Park -

Rockit Scientists 50s & 60s

Parks & Recreation

Commission Meeting

Thursday, August 20Library - Summer Reading Program

Friday, August 21Temple City Library -

Summer Reading Program

High Twelve

Saturday, August 22Temple City Library -

Family Film Matinees

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My Adventure and Findings in Australia

BY: DESIREE E. DAVISBY: DESIREE E. DAVIS

Young Exchange Students Speak From Australia

have it for 12 months and you have to drive 120 hours, during which you learn how to park, drive on the freeway and all of the techniques. Af-ter learning and doing all of the procedures, you go in for a driving test and if you pass it, you get your red P’s. Your red P’s is basically a license, but you still have restrictions. A person would have to have their red P’s for 12 months and are not allowed to have more than one person in the car after 11 p.m. They also receive 4 points on their card, just like us. However, if you get in trouble while driving and lose points, you cannot get those points again until you get your green P’s. After 12 months, you take another driving test and if you pass that, you get your green P’s. You have your green P’s for two years and the restriction is you can’t go over 100 kilo-metres per hour. You also re-ceive 6 points on your license. Then after two years, you get your black license, which is pretty much our regular license. You get 12 points and can lose them from traf-fic offences. The reason why they came up with this system is because a lot of kids were driving their mates around and they would get into car accidents, often resulting in

death. To keep the road fa-talities down, they passed the system, and to their credit, it brought the fatalities down. They dropped somewhere around 75%. So in a way, they did a very good thing for all drivers in Australia.

Another difference is their shortage of water. Sure California has a little water shortage, but Australia’s is much worse. They are cur-rently in a water shortage due to lack of rain and a growth in population. Thirty years ago, Kathy, my Australian mother, had lived without a worry in the world about water. It rained often and the dam was always full. Nowadays, it’s another story. Since there is a water short-age, they are trying to build Desalination Plants. These plants will clean salt water and recycle sewage water into fresh, drinkable water. How-ever, these plants will be able to help everyone, but will also cost a great deal of money to build and use. Currently, the water that comes out of the

faucet is recycled water and it is cleaner than most water out there, due to the cleaning process.

Last but not least, every-thing is very spread out, such as homes from works and sites from public. From Bligh Park, where I am currently living, it takes about one hour to drive to Sydney and two hours on the train. Also, from Rich-mond to Canberra it is about a four-hour drive. Since only the outer edge of Australia is inhabitable, it makes it hard to have much of anything in the middle other than the outback. The only major site in the middle of Australia is Ayers Rock. Since every-thing is so far apart, it is very costly to drive from one place to another with the gas prices on the rise and the tour sites not close together.

In conclusion, to every-one out there wanting to take a trip overseas should come to Australia. It is a quaint little country full of magnificent sites and delightful people with awesome accents.

For parents who have 1st – 6th graders and need a place to let their kids grow up with a focus on God, First Baptist Church of Temple City is the place. Pastor Sam has a Friday afternoon/evening schedule that will help point your child in the right direction. Starting at 4:30 p.m. your child can be a part of the His Kidz choir that performs two musicals a year, at Christ-mas and Spring. This free pro-gram runs until 6:00 p.m.

Starting at 6 p.m. is the eve-ning program of games, dinner,

Fun Friday Nights at First Baptist Church of Temple City

Pictured (L-R) Emily Wong, Calista Ortiz, Emma Kangas, Julia Rardin

Bible study, big-movie, snacks and fun prizes, all for $5.00 per night. A special price reduction for large families and discount-ed monthly rates are available but you have to come down and find out how they work. We want every child here on Friday nights; we start Sept. 11th so plan your week around God. Pastor Sam can be reached at: [email protected] or 626 286-3125 X16. The church is located at 6019 Baldwin Ave., Temple City. Fall in love with Jesus and make Him Lord!


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August 26th is National Dog Day. It is a day to cel-ebrate with your canine com-panions. It is a time to let your dogs run jumps, romp, sniff, bark and drool.

This day is set aside to acknowledge family dogs and those dogs that work selflessly each day to save lives, keep us safe and to bring us comfort and good health. Dogs put their lives on the line every day - for their law enforce-ment partner, for their blind companion, for a child who is disabled, for our freedom and safety by detecting bombs and drugs and pulling victims of tragedy from wreckage. Yes, they truly can be man’s best friend!

As a dog lover, and for-mer owner I am well aware of how dogs can affect our lives and so I am quite sure that the following true story will touch you also.

A family crisis… that’s what my wife’s sister “Sue” called it! Her year old York-shire puppy “Baby Doll” was lost.” Her little pet was so pampered that it did not know the life of a dog. She only knew her very own bas-ket for a bed, her traveling handbag and the voice of her faithful master. Sue and Baby Doll were inseparable. They played together, ate together, took long walks and even knit tangled yarn together.

Baby Doll had never been out of the yard on her own. But she would look long-ingly out the patio window through the gate at the wide wonderful world outside. On stormy days when a long ex-ercise walk was not possible, Sue would watch her dog

She Lost Her Baby Doll stroll around in the wet grass in her yard sniffing and ex-ploring all that was available. When this excursion around the gated yard was complete, an authoritative call “Baby Doll Mommy Wants You!” and the Yorkshire dog would literally jump five feet into the arms of her faithful master.

One day as dog and mas-ter began their daily stroll, Sues’ cell phone interrupt-ed their routine. While Sue searched in her purse for her cell phone, Baby Doll slipped out the gate and disappeared. Sue’s search for her precious dog was in vane. Her dog that was about the size of a tiny rabbit was nowhere to be found.

As Sue’s search turned into days, the possibilities of this tiny pup being alive was doubtful. She began stopping children passing her house as they were on the way to school, to see if they had seen her dog. One of the children had remembered, seeing a scraggly brown and white dog eating out of a pizza box that morning. Sue knew it could not be her Baby Doll, as her dog would only eat chick-en. But her venture past the nearby pizza parlor revealed another clue. She asks a work-man eating his lunch on the patio there, if he has seen her brown and white Yorkshire puppy. The man pointed and said, I’m not sure lady, but I saw two big dogs chasing what looked like a light brown rab-bit, toward the mountain.

Frightened, but ever faithful that her Baby could still be alive; Sue continued her search one more day. This time she began searching the

Tundra of the Pasadena Hills. She shouted and listened, shouted and listened for any faint clue. After several hours, Sue was tired and bewildered from the search. As she sat down to rest on a craggy rock she quietly murmured, “Oh Dear Lord please helps me to find my treasure.” Once again she resumed her search. As her last weary plea, “Baby Doll Mommy Loves You,” was being shouted into the mountain, an echo of her shout was interrupted with a whinny cry that could only be her “Baby Doll”. She ran toward the sound, and once again heard another mourn-ful cry. She shouted as loudly as her lungs would allow, “ Baby Doll Mommy Loves You.” Then like a miracle, a scraggly, wet and exhausted dog appeared. However a five-foot rocky ravine sepa-rated the two. The little dog appeared unable to jump over the ravine, so excitedly laid down wagging her tail. Baby Doll waited and waited for her faithful master to retrieve her. Begging shouts with arms up-raised to catch the dog was all that Sue could offer. Then she remembered the keywords that she had used so often, “Baby Doll Mommy Wants You!” The little dog faithfully responded with a five-foot high jump into the safety of her waiting arms. Baby Doll was safe at last. Together, tears flooded their eyes, as they both cherished that pre-cious moment. Kissing nose to nose these two were united once again.

It was a reminder that …that Dogs are a Man and Woman’s Best Friend.


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So I probably haven’t gone more than two days in a row without doing some seri-ous cardio exercise since I was old enough to go out and play, locked and loaded with only training wheels and a vivid imagination.

When you’re a kid, run-ning around comes naturally. If you were growing up back in The Day like me, Sheriff John conducted the video games and they were called cartoons. Don’t know about you guys, but for me, the Mouse and the Duck wore out their welcome in about 15 minutes; Goofy was good for one toon and out. I needed to be outside; I had places to ride and people to annoy.

My shingle had been hanging out here in Temple City for only about two months when I came home one night

Cardio Dazefor Saturday dinner and saw my Dad die in a matter of minutes from a massive heart attack.

I’ll never forget that awful March 6; doubt I’ll ever really recover from it.

Years later, I remain a car-dio fiend (and you would too if women were always comment-ing on your “tiny” wrists every time you picked up a weight.) Always privately thought exer-cise was my shield; my armor against stuff like heart disease and diabetes (both of which can be found in my family history.)

And even though Dental Assistant Extraordinaire Dani laughs at the mere mention of my ever having played basket-ball, I played roundball almost every day of my life from age 12 to 30.

But approaching appre-hensive patients with a handful of experience, power tools, and jammed fingers didn’t seem like the formula for inspiring confidence…or returned visits. So I took up tennis. My idol was John McEnroe.

McEnroe was a little guy

and a world-class athlete…with an All-Universe mouth. He dictated the points with a great serve and volley game. He was creative and smart. He didn’t like practicing. He was a punk and he got away with it. I thought we had sooo much in common.

McEnroe’s nemesis (and mine) was Ivan Lendl. Lendl was mechanical, methodical, and relentless. He wasn’t as physically gifted as McEnroe but he was superbly condi-tioned. He had no visible personality and if he had ever smiled the words “cock-eyed teeth” would have come to mind.

So I guess even though I wanted to be McEnroe, I was way more like Lendl. Right down to our crowded chop-pers.

While I could hope to match McEnroe on the court as a world-class mouth, my athleticism has always been a distant cousin to my condition-ing. I’ve always had to work hard and while I definitely have punk potential…I never seem to get away with it.

And until Temple City’s own Doc Fong won his Orth-odontic Nobel Prize for unrav-eling my teeth, my computer Silent Hal had a more pleasing smile than either Ivan or me. As it turns out, Silent Hal was also at less risk for an early heart attack.

Crowded teeth turn out being safe havens for anaero-bic bacteria, the most virulent microbes causing periodontal disease. And in a study pub-lished in Circulation, April of 2008, periodontal disease was the sole link associated with the incidence of fatal coronary heart disease among younger men who otherwise had no cardiovascular risk factors.

The New England Jour-nal of Medicine, March 2007, has also published research showing marked improvement in vascular function only 60 days following proper peri-odontal treatment.

So pink gums and straight teeth matter. And the stakes for some could actually be length and quality of life…even if you’re a young guy with less body fat than a bowl oatmeal.

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CITY MANAGER’S WEEKLY REPORT For the Week Ending Noon on Thursday August 13, 2009

Cathy Burroughs, Interim City Manager

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1.Mayor Pro Tem Yu has requested copies of the meeting minutes from 2003 and 2005 when the Council approved the Athens contracts, as well as all rate adjust-ments since 2002. A copy of the requested minutes has been provided with your City Council agenda packet this week. We have also included staff reports for three of the agenda items.

2.I have been contacted by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) in regards to Temple City rejoining SCAG. According to their records, Temple City is the only city that is not a member of SCAG. I have requested infor-mation from them, including membership fees. When the information is received, a copy will be placed in the Council office for your review. If, after reviewing the information, any Councilmember would like to include consideration of membership on the agenda, please let me know. In reviewing past records, it appears Temple City was a member of SCAG in the 1990’s.

Administration

1.The Management staff and I interviewed the top four candidates for the Pub-lic Services Manager position this week. I expect an offer of employment will be made next week with the expectation that the new Public Services Manager will be on board by mid-September.

Community Development & Housing Authority

1.The Community Development & Housing Authority will receive an update on the City’s efforts to adopt a State certified Housing Element next Tuesday. We realize that some Councilmembers may be very familiar with the Housing Element and the City’s efforts over the years to gain State approval, but for others this may be relatively new. Your Council packet includes a detailed staff report, however if there are any items contained in the staff report that individual Councilmembers may have questions on, or you would simply like further information, please contact Joe Lambert.

The indicated writers have submitted the following items. All have been reviewed and approved (but may have been edited) by the City Manager.

Department of Parks & Recreation (Dir. of Parks & Recreation Director Burroughs)

1.The Parks and Recreation Commission, at their regular meeting next Wednes-day (August 19th) will begin discussions on the City’s 50th anniversary celebration. Councilmembers Chavez and Sternquist have been provided with a copy of the agenda and staff report as the Council’s representatives to this committee.

2.The “No Smoking” in City parks ordinance takes effect next week (August 20th). Signs will be posted late next week. Parks & Recreation staff have been in-formed of the new ordinance and will enforce as needed.

Department of Community Development (Community Development Manager Lambert)

1.HSBC Bank is proposing to locate a branch at 9601-9605 Las Tunas Drive, which would also include the property known as 5910 Temple City Boulevard (existing restaurant). This location is within the City Center (CC) District of the Downtown Specific Plan area, where a bank or financial institution is a permitted use. HSBC has been planning to locate at the subject location for quite some time, as they have been in contact with Staff for approximately one year. The property owner, Erwin Sokol, contacted Staff last year to ensure that HSBC would be a per-mitted use. HSBC submitted plans for Building Plan Check in early 2009, and they currently have a permit to perform interior improvements. The exterior improve-ments, which are significant, are still in the Building Plan Check process. Although the improvements at the site are only noticeable lately, this has been in the works for quite some time.

2.In a related note, since Avant Garde is now studying development along Las Tunas Drive, and have identified the Las Tunas Drive/Temple City Boulevard area as a specific point of focus, Staff will give special consideration to any business license, façade improvement, or other discretionary application in that area. The

specific area I am referring to is Las Tunas Drive from Primrose Avenue to Camel-lia Avenue, and then extending up and down Temple City Boulevard to the alleys. Although there has been talk of additional restaurants (besides the ones already approved by Planning Commission) in this area, no one has come in to apply for one. Before accepting applications for a sensitive or significant use in this area, we will certainly use our discretion as to whether they need a closer look.

Department of Financial Services (Financial Services Manager Molina)

1. As of July 31, 2009, total cash on hand for the City of Temple City is $31,768,998.69. This is a $773,616.37 decrease from the previous month. Cash reserve balances f luctuate month to month. More revenue is received on certain months and other months more expenses are made. In July, a few of our annual expenses were made. These expenses included payment to California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA) for worker’s compensation and general liability deposits.

Temple City Redevelopment Agency total cash on hand as of July 31, 2009, is $4,681,588.80. An increase of $80,399.71 in cash reserves is due to minimal ex-penses during the month. The semi-annual bond payment will be made in August and will be ref lected in August or September Treasurer’s report.

Department of Public Services (Public Safety Officer Ariizumi)

Division of Public Safety

1. As requested by City Councilmember Wong, a memo listing alternate options for animal sheltering services is included with this Manager’s Report.

2. The Crime Statistics Report for August 2 – 8, 2009, is included with this Manager’s Report.

3. An offer of employment has been made to the top two candidates for Parking Control Officer. Both applicants have completed the medical exam and background check. If all goes well, we should have 2 new Parking Control Officers next week.

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plications and interviewing the top 10 to 12 candidates to provide a ‘short list’ to the Council to interview, which will be presented as a recom-mendation at a special meet-ing on August 25. Burroughs stated she is not interested in the position on a permanent basis.

The council plans to conduct interviews early in September, and select some-one by mid-October.

In October of 2008, the IRS flagged the city of Temple City for paying gov-ernment employees as inde-pendent contractors, which included city manager/city attorney Charles Martin. The city complied with the audit and revised their contracts. Martin, who had already sent out a memo regarding a po-tential February retirement, offered to work as a volunteer

Temple City Seeks Strong Leader for Managerfor as long as needed, but the council decided it would be best to move ahead with the replacement.

The city council decided at a January 6 meeting not to replace Martin until after they had settled the charges against the mayor and coun-cil members. According to Burroughs, the bribery alle-gations will not significantly impact the search for a new City Manager.

According to Murray, the number of applicants is fairly typical for a city the size of Temple City, despite a general shortage of city managers. “Many of the City Managers that have been in their positions for 20 plus years are now retiring--the Baby Boomers,” Burroughs said. “There may not be as many individuals going into public service as there were

20 to 30 years ago. And the ones that are, do not seem to stay with it as long.”

Many city employees opt to stay as assistant manager rather than city manager due to the salary being close to what a city manager makes, Murray said. “The percep-tion amongst government is that it’s not as stressful or it’s not as volatile (to serve as assistant manager),” he said. According to Burroughs, typi-cally the city manager posi-tion requires someone with a Masters Degree in Public Administration or a related field, and significant previous experience as a city manager, assistant city manager or de-partment head depending on the size of the city.

“Based on the résumés we have seen, I think the city has some very strong candi-dates,” Murray said.

At a time when budget cuts are affecting school dis-tricts all over the state, Tem-ple City is no exception.

The departure of Tem-ple City High School’s for-mer Dean of Activities, Kyle Douglas, provided an op-portunity for restructuring some positions within the district in order to adapt to state budget cuts, district of-ficials said.

“The District is trying to maintain the programs and services for our stu-dents while staying fiscally solvent,” said Karen Reed, assistant super intendent of the district’s personnel services.

In an effort to deal with the reduction in state funds, the district decided not to re-place the dean, who accept-ed a promotion within the Alhambra Unified School District as an assistant prin-cipal.

Former Assistant Su-perintendent of Education-al Services, Dr. Christina Luna, was laid off. Accord-ing to the Imperial Valley Press Quick News, Luna was hired as the superinten-dent of the Calexico Unified School District.

Temple City School District Restrucutres Staff In

Response To Budget CutsBY SAMEEA KAMAL Kate Franceschini, for-

mer assistant principal of the high school, was promoted to the position of Director of Instruct ional Services for the district, which was made official at a special meeting on July 29. Before serving at the high school, Franceschini worked as a Curriculum Coordinator for the Instructional Services department.

Though the director position was vacant when the budget was being made, the district deemed it too im-portant to do without, said David Jaynes, chief busi-ness official for the school district. The position was also a lower level position as opposed to the assistant superintendent post, which would save the district mon-ey, he said.

“This will basically help us do the work that we need to complete at the district of f ice and focus on our curriculum,” he said. “The assistant pr incipal f rom the high school will know the curriculum well.” The vacant assistant principal position at the high school has not yet been filled. The application period will close on August 20, Jaynes said.

Rather than replace the

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dean of activities, a current teacher at the high school will be selected to take on the duties of advisor for the Associated Student Body for a yearly stipend of $2,100. The teacher will have three periods of courses within their credentialed area, one period of leadership and one preparation period for each for the two different courses, Reed said.

Stephanie Dang, next year’s student body presi-dent who is entering her se-nior year, said that having a teacher as an advisor rather than a dean of activit ies would not have a significant impact. “With a teacher, it might even be more com-fortable because we have more of a relationship with teachers, so it could be bet-ter,” she said.

According to Dang, an ideal advisor would be some-one who is open to criticism and to the many different opinions and perspectives present in a leadership class. “We’re all going through a transition and it’s going to be hard at first,” she said. “The teacher is not going to know much at first, but we’re going to be learning together, and as we get used to it, it’ll be great!”


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Do you remember the old lime-green travel agency at 9661 Las Tunas? You may have known the cute little old couple that ran a travel agency business out of it for 25 years or more. Now, that building is their pension fund.

One day a few years ago, as we passed it to get our after-noon coffee, we noticed a little handwritten sign on the back door that said: FOR SALE BY OWNER, call John.

My partner needed an art studio, but we knew we would never qualify for a bank loan, but what could we lose? I picked up the phone and called John.

The first thing I learned is that they insisted on carrying paper. I couldn’t have enticed them with all cash offer or a juicy bank loan if I’d wanted to. They wanted to play the role of the juicy banker.

Seller financing, selling on an installment sale basis, was a major part of their retire-ment plan. They owned the property free and clear, and they wanted 20% down and would carry at 7.5%, amortized over 30 years, due in 15.

They placed a 25% pre-payment penalty on it for the first 10 years so I couldn’t pay the loan off early, because if they got paid off early, they would have a big capital gains liability, and it would defeat their reason for carrying paper in the first place.

At the time, bank CD’s

were paying all of 2-3%, so the strategy made a lot of sense.

Here’s what we ended up with:

Sales price: $370,000Down payment: $50,000First note and deed of

trust: $320,000Interest rate: 3.75%, then

7.5%Term: amortized over

360, due in 180Mont h ly pay ment :

$1,481.97 (for the first 18 months, $2,206.28 thereafter)

So, they got $50,000 down and now they get $2,206.28 ev-ery month. If they’d have sold for all cash, they’d have paid about $70,000 in capital gains, and had $300,000 to stick in a bank CD at 2.5%. Let’s see:

Principal: $300,000 Interest rate: 2.5%Monthly interest: $625Instead they only paid

about $12,000 in capital gains, had enough money left over from the down payment to pay off the remaining mortgage on their home.

Now, I’ve got the prop-erty up for sale.

I’m offering it as a sale-lease-back, because we still need to use the upstairs unit for another couple of years, but I’d like to increase my cash flow from the property.

But remember that pre-payment penalty? And guess what? I have no intention of paying capital gains. So here’s the current description on my listing:

Defering Capital Gains“Owner will carry. No

bank financing needed. Beau-tiful 2-story commercial build-ing in the heart of Temple City. Owner is looking for a sale-lease-back, intending to retain leasehold of the 2nd level for approx 3 years. Seller must carry, terms flexible. Open to lease option, contract for deed, or partnership in a title holding (land) trust to preserve existing tax basis and defer capital gains.”

Here’s how the deal could end up looking:

Purchase price: $947,000Down payment:$150,000Rema in ing amount

(which ‘wraps’ the existing financing): $797,000

Interest rate: 7%Term: amortized over

240, due in 60Mont h ly pay ment :

$6,179.13And out of that $150,000

down payment, I won’t pay a lick of capital gains. That sounds kinda nice. If you're a property owner and you think you're ‘stuck,' think again. There are so many ways to achieve the benefits you're looking for regardless of market conditions.

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The Tax-Man, He ComethBY FRANKLIN J. RUEDELBY FRANKLIN J. RUEDEL

Summertime Tax TipDo you need to Amend

your Return? You’ve discovered an

error or determined that you are entitled to a previously unclaimed credit or deduc-tion, after your tax return has been filed. Do you need to amend your tax return?

The IRS usually cor-rects math errors or requests missing forms – such as W-2s or schedules – when pro-cessing an original return. In these instances, do not amend your return.

However, you should file an amended return if any of the following were reported incorrectly:

Your filing status Your dependents Your total income Your deduct ions or

credits You may also elect to

amend your 2008 return if you are eligible to claim the new first -t ime home-buyer credit of up to $8,000 for a qualified 2009 home purchase. The amended tax return will allow you to claim the homebuyer credit on your 2008 return without waiting until next year to claim it on the 2009 return.

U s e Fo r m 10 4 0X , Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, to cor-rect a previously filed Form 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ submitted electronically or by mail. Be sure to enter the year of the return you

are amending at the top of Form 1040X. If you are amending more than one tax return, prepare a 1040X for each return and mail them in separate envelopes to the IRS processing center for the area in which you live. The 1040X instructions list the addresses for the centers.

The Form 1040X has three columns. Column A is used to show original or adjusted figures from the original return. Column C is used to show the cor-rected figures. The differ-ence between the figures in Columns A and C is shown in Column B. There is an area on the back of the form where you explain the spe-cific changes being made to the return and the reason for each change.

If the changes involve other schedules or forms, attach them to the Form 1040X. For example, if you are filing a 1040X because you have a qualifying child and now want to claim the Earned Income Credit, you must attach a Schedule EIC to show the qualifying per-son’s name, year of birth and Social Security number.

If you are filing to claim an additional refund, wait until you have received your original refund before filing Form 1040X. You may cash that check while waiting for any additional refund. If you owe additional tax for 2008,

you should file Form 1040X and pay the tax as soon as possible to limit interest and penalty charges. Interest is charged on any tax not paid by the due date of the origi-nal return, without regard to extensions.

Generally, to claim a refund, you must file Form 1040X within three years from the date you filed your original return or within two years from the date you paid the tax, whichever is later. To be sure of your prepara-tion always ask an Enrolled Agent for assisitance.

Any U.S. tax advice con-tained in the body of this arti-cle was not intended, or writ-ten to be used, and cannot be used by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding pen-alties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions.Do keep in mind that these var ious suggest ions are meant to be a broad base of advice and may not be proper for all taxpayers and should be reviewed with your EA or other tax profes-sional prior to acceptance for your individual situation.

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swag at Tuesday’s event were there as representa-tives of the Larouche PAC, a political action committee dedicated to, among other things, the fight against what they call “Obama’s Nazi Health Plan” and a “Cam-paign Against Green Fas-cism”, as well as broad eco-nomic reforms in the wake of the global credit melt-down. While Larouche’s supporters have described him as the “greatest living

economist” and “a political leader in the tradition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Martin Luther King”, his critics maintain him to be an extremist, conspiracy theorist, and little more than the leader of adevoted po-litical cult.

Speaking with one of the group’s representatives, it became less clear why the group chose to compare President Obama to Adolf Hitler. Mark, a twenty-some-thing LaRouche act iv ist from Los Angeles spoke intelligently about a broad range of global issues from behind a table filled with pamphlets, the cover of which bore a Photoshop-altered image of Obama and Hitler knocking around like old pals in a Nazi bunker. But the issues all seemed unrelated, the group’s focus unclear. That thinking, I was told, was exactly why I “didn’t get it”.

To be sure, extremes on both sides of the issue were out in force Tuesday evening in Alhambra. Several peo-ple held signs saying things like, “Obama’s world, No

Health Care for Granny”, while others thanked Schiff for supporting the Presi-dent’s plan.

Someone held up a drawing of a fish with the words “There’s something fishy going on here”, while a retiree held up a sign that read, “I lived in Canada. Guess What? It worked!”

For his part, Rep. Schiff pointed out that the pro-posed Health Care Plan would not affect anyone’s current insurance circum-stances, presuming they were happy with their cur-rent provider. He also point-ed out that seniors “would not be left to die”, as many have been lead to fear or believe. The democrat ic congressman attempted to allay fears by pointing out that there has been a lot of heated rhetoric and even more misinformation about the proposed reform.

We spoke with Rep-resentative Schiff during a brief respite from jury duty on Wednesday afternoon. When asked about the mas-sive turnout for his Town Meeting on Health Care

Reform, Schiff exclaimed that the event had been a “fascinating evening!”

“Initially”, said Schiff, “we went from a modest expectation of 250 attend-ees, to the outdoor event it became with approximately 2000 people in attendance. Each one brought their pas-sion with them.”

Schiff added that he was pleased with the crowd’s enthusiasm but glad they didn’t manage to drown out the carefully selected panel of distinguished doctors and professionals in the field of health care.

Mr. Schiff went on to say, “I think the crowd was about 50 percent against, perhaps with a little more on our side”, referring to those in favor of the bill.

When asked if he was surprised by the huge turn-out , possibly the largest in California thus far on this issue, Schiff replied, “I think it is the nature of this particular issue - a reflection of a dedicated campaign to turn up the volume.” Over-all, Schiff said he thought

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POLICE BLOTTERSTEMPLE CITY

MONROVIA During the last seven day period, the Police

Department handled 579 service events, resulting in 100 investigations. Following are the last week’s highlighted issues and events:

Burglary / Suspects Arrested . On July 30 at 1:32 p.m., security at a

business in the 1600 block of South Moun-tain reported that two subjects walked out with rental equipment valued at approxi-mately $3,400. The suspects asked where the items were kept, and once shown the area, selected the items and placed them on the ground. Immediately after selecting the items, a female suspect approached and distracted the employee. The two suspects exited the side door with the items, placed them inside a waiting vehicle, and fled. A few minutes later, the suspects returned for the female and they all left in the vehicle. Security called police and officers were able to locate the suspects at Shamrock and Ever-green. One less suspect was in the vehicle and the stolen property was missing. An area search was conducted for the property, but it was not located. The suspects were arrested for burglary and the investigation is continuing.

Animal Problem . On July 31 at 10:13 a.m., a resident in

the 300 block of Madison called to report seeing a mountain lion to the rear of his residence. An officer checked the area and discovered tracks, but the mountain lion had left the area.

Mental Evaluation. On August 3 at 3:27 p.m., a male sub-

ject returned to his home in the 200 block of West Colorado and began destroying prop-erty in the front yard. He entered the house and ordered his niece to get out. Fearing for her safety, the niece exited the location and called the police. Further investigation de-termined the subject has mental problems. An officer took the subject to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation.

Grand Theft. On August 4 at 12:15 p.m., an officer

was dispatched to a robbery in progress at Huntington & Myrtle. The female victim and her male companion were walking east in the north crosswalk of Huntington. The suspect approached the victim from behind and took her cell phone from her back pocket. The suspect fled in a waiting vehicle driven by a second suspect, which was parked near Huntington and Primrose. Witnesses followed the vehicle and obtained the license plate. An officer went to the registered owners address and contacted the juvenile driver. The juvenile admitted to being the driver; he was arrested, trans-ported to Monrovia Police Department and released to his parent on a citation. The investigation is continuing.

Public Assist. On August 4 at 4:40 p.m., an officer

was dispatched to a 9-1-1 hang-up call at a residence in the 100 block of West Colorado. Upon arrival, the officer found an elderly female suffering from an anxiety attack. The elderly woman’s daughter was pres-ent and expressed a strong interest in the Project Life Saver Program for her mother. The program is available through the Police Department. The program provides a track-ing system for family members who could possibly walk away from home and become lost, due to problems such as Dementia or Alzheimer’s.

ARCADIAFor the period of Sunday, July 26 through Sat-

urday, August 1, the Police Department responded to 977 calls for service of which 152 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, July 26:Units responded to Westfield Mall

around 11:22 a.m. in reference to a commer-cial burglary that occurred at 9:55 p.m. on July 25. An African-American suspect, 30’s, bald, 6’1”, 210 pounds, entered the Wireless Champs kiosk, pried open storage cabinets and stole 63 cellular telephones.

Between 9:15 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., a resi-dential burglary occurred in the 900 block of West Huntington. Unknown suspect(s) entered the home through an open sliding glass door and stole four laptop computers and an iPod.

Monday, July 27:At 1:30 p.m., units were dispatched to

Wells Fargo Bank located inside the Albert-son store, 298 East Live Oak, regarding a fraud in progress. A 56-year-old Hispanic was taken into custody trying to cash fraudu-lent money orders totaling $1,970.

A service manager from a company came to the station around 2:28 p.m. in file a grand theft report. The company leased an industrial ice machine to the racetrack, and the machine was stolen between 11:00 a.m. on July 16 and 10:00 a.m. on July 20.

Tuesday, July 28:Around 4:58 p.m., officers responded

to 24-Hour Fitness, 125 North First, in ref-

erence to an employee detained for theft. The loss prevention manager advised that a patron found an employee/suspect wear-ing his watch. A 19-year-old male Hispanic was confronted, and he admitted to stealing the watch and cash from the “lost property” drawer and cash from membership ac-counts. A private person’s arrest was made, and the suspect was taken into custody for commercial burglary, embezzlement, and grand theft.

A traffic stop was initiated at 7:14 a.m. for excessive speed and a 21-year-old male Hispanic was contacted. Record checks re-vealed that he was driving on a suspended license and he also had two outstanding warrants totaling $50,000. He was taken into custody without incident.

Wednesday, July 29:Shortly after 10:00 a.m., while on rou-

tine patrol, officers saw two men at Terra Verde Park, located at Camino Real and Second. Consensual contacts were made and record checks indicated that a 32-year-old African-American had a $50,000 out-standing felony warrant and 3 outstanding misdemeanor warrants totaling $40,688. The man was arrested at the scene without incident.

A 90-year-old victim came to the sta-tion around 2:00 p.m. to file a theft report. While looking over her bank accounts, she discovered about $30,000 missing. Appar-ently a caretaker had been writing checks to her son and others over an 18 month period. A 65-year-old female Hispanic was arrested for grand theft and elder abuse/theft by care-taker. Further investigation revealed that the suspect may have absconded as much as $86,000.

Thursday, July 30:Around 1:47 p.m., a male African-

American suspect was seen leaving a home in the 1800 block of South Sixth where a burglar alarm was activated. A 29-year-old suspect was detained during a traffic stop, and he was found in possession of a large amount of U.S. currency and Asian coins. The man was arrested for residential bur-glary and receiving stolen property.

An auto burglary occurred at 24-Hour Fitness, 125 North First, between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the trunk by unknown means and stole two purses.

Friday, July 31:Loss prevention personnel from H&M

detained a man and woman for theft around 2:40 p.m. The suspects concealed merchan-dise in a shopping bag and then left the store without making payment. Private persons’ arrests were made, and a 20-year-old female Caucasian and a 19-year-old male Hispanic were taken into custody for commercial burglary. Additional stolen items from Cali Fashion were recovered.

Three Honda vehicles were stolen from the Westfield Mall parking lot between 5:50 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.

Saturday, August 1:Around 2:17 a.m., a traffic stop for a

code violation was conducted at Second and Huntington. While the two occupants were looking for their paperwork in the glove compartment, two boxes of shotgun am-

munition were seen. Upon closer inspection through the window, officers saw a shotgun in the backseat. The African-American suspects, ages 18 and 20, were arrested for carrying a loaded firearm.

Westfield Mall security personnel de-tained a male juvenile at the Peacock park-ing structure around 7:50 p.m. The juvenile was found standing by a Honda vehicle, with its alarm activated. Due to the large num-ber of stolen Honda vehicles from the mall, the juvenile was detained and marijuana was found in his pocket. A private per-son’s arrest was made, and the 15-year-old African-American was taken into custody for possession of marijuana. He was later cited and released to his mother.

SIERRA MADRE During the week of Sunday, July 26th, to

Saturday, August 1st, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 274 calls for service.

Sunday, July 26th:6:14 PM – Vandalism, 501 East Sierra

Madre Blvd., Pioneer Cemetery. Part of a grave headstone was removed at the cem-etery. The crime occurred between 8:00 am on Saturday, July 18, 2009 and 9:00am on Friday, July 24, 2009. The damage was estimated at $10.00.

9:49 PM – Theft from vehicle, 00 block South Lima Street. A wallet, driver’s license and several credit cards were stolen from the center console of an unlocked pick-up truck. The crime occurred between 8:00 pm on Saturday, July 18, 2009, and 12:00pm, on Sunday, July 19, 2009. No estimated dollar loss was available.

Monday, July 27th:4:13 AM – Arrest, Suspended Driver’s

License, 1700 block of North Santa Anita Avenue. A motorist was stopped for hav-ing a current registration tab on a license plate that actually had expired registration. A records check revealed the driver was driving on a suspended/revoked license for DUI. The driver admitted to buying a current, 2010 registration tab for his car to avoid paying fees to DMV. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days and the driver was issued a written promise to appear for the violations.

8:13 AM – Residential Burglary, 00 block Suffolk Ave. The rear sliding glass door was found open when the resident arrived home this morning, Monday, July 27, 2009. A Toshiba laptop, two gold rings, a pair of gold earrings and an IPOD were missing. The crime occurred between 5:00 pm, Friday, July 24, 2009 and 8:00 am, Mon-day, July 27, 2009. The loss was estimated at $970.00.

Tuesday, July 28th:8:39 PM – Arrest, False Personation

of Another, Santa Anita Canyon Road, Chantry Gate. A motorist was stopped at the gate. A DMV records check revealed the car’s registration was expired, but the tab on the license plate was current. The driver was arrested and transported the station for booking. At the station, it was determined the driver had presented false identification and had actually used another person’s personal information. The driver

Burglary:August 2, 2009 9400 block Las Tunas

VehicleAugust 4, 2009 6000 block Kauffman

ResidentialAugust 5, 2009 9000 block Hermosa

ResidentialAugust 6, 2009 4800 block Robinhood

ResidentialAugust 6, 2009 5700 block Alessandro

ResidentialAugust 6, 2009 9600 block Woodruff

Residential

Robbery:None reported.

Grand Theft Auto:August 3, 2009 6300 block Rosemead

August 7, 2009 4900 block Arden

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Thursday, July 30th:10:54 PM – Commercial Burglary, 141

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Friday, July 31st6:35 AM – Auto Burglary, 400 block

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the glove box had been rummaged through. The crime occurred between 10:00 pm on Thursday, July 30, 2009 and 6:30 am on Fri-day, July 31, 2009. No loss was reported.

8:51 AM – Arrest, False Persontation of Another, 200 block of West Sierra Madre Blvd. A motorist was stopped for a traffic violation. A records check revealed the driv-er was unlicensed. During the investigation, the driver admitted to using a relative’s per-sonal information and he had an outstand-ing warrant. The driver was transported to the Pasadena Jail for remand.

Saturday, August 1st:2:28 PM – Vandalism, 160 North Canon

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Don Mills

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Legion posts

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and Nov. 2

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a raffl

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the

chance to w

in a bicy

cle, sk

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basketb

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ashball

equipment and

other fun priz

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be

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ted by

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be donate

d to th

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Armed

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s YMCA at

Cam

p

Pendleton.

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MCA sees

Halloween

as

a grea

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spend fu

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ogether,

mak

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costumes,

walking th

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and m

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Executi

ve Offic

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olaluca.

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oween

candy s

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o last

for week

s. We

want to en

courage h

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ids, and help

them

trade

unhealthy b

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healthier

,

more act

ive lif

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. At t

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we’re gi

ving the c

ommunity an op-

portunity

to remem

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our men an

d women in

the a

rmed

service

s,” he s

aid.

Joining the S

AFYMCA in sp

on-

soring th

e Hallo

ween Candy b

uy back

are Cham

pions for C

hange, fo

rmerl

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known as th

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ion Netw

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and local

dentist, D

r. Paul G

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DDS.The S

AFYMCA is locat

ed at 501

S. Mountai

n Ave.,

Monrovia. For

more inform

ation, ca

ll (626)

359-9

244

or visit

www.safym

ca.org.

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The Temple City Unified School

District’s Board of Education

honored Jerry Jambazian with

a Public School Award, the most es-

teemed recognition given by the District,

School District Honors Jerry Jambazian

Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith presents Public School Award to Jerry Jambazian

Filing Begins

Soon for Next

Municipal

Election

The City will hold its next Munici-

pal Election on March 3, 2009. City

Councilmembers are elected for four

year terms. The City staggers the terms

of its five City Council members, with

two terms ending in 2009 and three

terms ending in 2011. Council mem-

bers whose terms are ending in March

2009 are: Mayor Cathé Wilson and

Councilmember Kenneth Gillanders.

To be eligible to run for the office of

City Council, you must be a registered

voter and resident of Temple City for

at least one year preceding the date

of the election, and be nominated by

qualified voters of the city. The filing

period for City Council office begins

November 10. For more information,

please contact City Clerk Mary Flan-

drick at (626) 285-2171.

The State of California mandates

that each city maintain a General Plan,

which is the long-range planning docu-

ment for the City. The Zoning Code

implements the General Plan, and must

be consistent with the General Plan.

Some refer to the General Plan as the

“constitution” of the City. The General

Plan is comprised of a minimum of

seven separate elements, one of which

is the Housing Element. It is further

mandated that the Housing Element

be updated every five years.

Temple City’s entire General Plan

was updated in 1986-1987. Subse-

quently, the City’s Housing Element

was amended in 1992 and again in

2000. However, the State Department

of Housing and Community Devel-

opment did not certify these Housing

New Updates

Considered for

Housing General

PlanTemple City must plan for the

construction of 978 additional

housing units

HOUSING on page 2

Kiwanis Honors Cloverly Elementary School

Students Mary Zhang and Katie French

Kiwanis Club of Temple City was

pleased to have honored three out-

standing students from Cloverly Ele-

mentary School on November 4, 2008.

Pictured with the proud students is

their long time teacher, Mr. Ron Lee.

Mary is an 11-year-old and enjoys

drawing, hiking, and chatting with

friends. Mary said, “The best things

about Cloverly [is that] the teachers are

nice and funny, the campus is clean,

pretty, and safe.” According to Mary,

the best thing that ever happened to her

was Christmas 2007 when she received

an Apple iPod. If she could change

one thing it would be to have an older

sibl ing. Personal

goals are to build

a train that could

run under-water,

to become an art-

ist, to earn enough

money for an Ap-

ple iTouch, and to

at tend Stanford.

K a t i e i s a n

11-year-old, has an

older sister and en-

joys math, reading,

singing, dancing,

and act ing. Ka-

tie said, “The best

things about Clo-

verly are chorus, the

students and teach-

ers are nice, and I

love recess.” The

best thing that ever

happened was being

accepted in the High

School production of

Bye-Bye-Birdie. Personal goals are to go

to UCLA, become an Olympic swim-

mer, and become famous from singing.

Each week, the Temple City Ki-

wanis Club is pleased to recognize

outstanding students and their teachers

at their Board meeting on October

22, 2008. Board Members Rachel La-

Sota, Janet Rhee, Bob Ridley, M

att

Smith, Joe Walker and Superin-

tendent Dr. Chelsea Kang-Smith

thanked and congratulated Jerry for

his many years of outstanding and

dedicated service to the District

and

its students.

For over 30 years, he has been

an active member of the Temple

City Kiwanis Club, an organization

that supports the youth of our area.

Among other youth-oriented en-

deavors, Jerry oversees

the Kiwanis

Student of the Week Program that

recognizes TCUSD students as th

ey

strive for excellence.

erything happening throughout TCUSD,

including Teachers of the Year, Classifie

d

Employees of the Year, th

e High Twelve

Club’s Public School Recognition Night,

the Learning Center’s Patriot Day, all

school promotions and graduations,

countless events at school sites, and

more! On February 15, 2006, Jerry

received

the Association of California School Ad-

ministrators Golden Apple Award and

was honored by the Temple City Council

PTA by receiving the 2007-2008 Golden

Oak Award.

In his “spare” time, Jerry serv

es as

a member of the Temple City Chamber

Board of Directors. From the Chamber

of Commerce, he has rec

eived the 2002-

2003 Director of the Year Award, the

2003-2004 Camellia Award, and 2005-

2006 and 2006-2007 Community Service

Awards. Also, the Temple City Kiwanis

Club presented him with 2002-2003 and

2004-2005 Community Service Awards.

You can see Jerry Jam

bazian all over

town attending various functions while

volunteering as the “official” photog-

rapher for TCUSD, City, and Chamber

events. Jerry photographs just about ev-

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The Temple City Unified School

TTDistrict’s Board of Education

TThonored Jerry Jambazian with

TTblic School Award, the most es-

ed recognition given by the District,

School District Honors Jerry Jambazian

perintendent Chelss Kang-Sma eaaeeee

ith presents Public School Award to Jerry Jambazian

Filing Begins

Soon for Next

Municipal

Election

The City will hold its next Munici-

pal Election on March 3, 2009. City

Councilmembers are elected for four

year terms. The City staggers the terms

of its five City Council members, with

two terms ending in 2009 and three

terms ending in 2011. Council mem-

bers whose terms are ending in March

2009 are: Mayor Cathé Wilson and

Councilmember Kenneth Gillanders.

To be eligible to run for the office of

City Council, you must be a registered

voter and resident of Temple City for

at least one year preceding the date

of the election, and be nominated by

qualified voters of the city. The filing

period for City Council office begins

November 10. For more information,

please contact City Clerk Mary Flan-

drick at (626) 285-2171.

The State of California mandates

that each city maintain a General Plan,

which is the long-range planning docu-

ment for the City. The Zoning Code

implements the General Plan, and must

be consistent with the General Plan.

Some refer to the General Plan as the

“constitution” of the City. The General

Plan is comprised of a minimum of

seven separate elements, one of which

is the Housing Element. It is further

mandated that the Housing Element

be updated every five years.

Temple City’s entire General Plan

was updated in 1986-1987. Subse-

quently, the City’s Housing Element

was amended in 1992 and again in

2000. However, the State Department

of Housing and Community Devel-

opment did not certify these Housing

New Updates

Considered for

Housing General

PlanTemple City must plan for the

construction of 978 additional

housing units

HOUSING on page 2

Kiwanis Honors Cloverly Elementary School

tudents Mary Zhang and Katie French

Kiwanis Club of Temple City was

ed to have honored three out-

ding students from Cloverly Ele-

ary School on November 4, 2008.

ured with the proud students is

long time teacher, Mr. Ron Lee.

Mary is an 11-year-old and enjoys

ing, hiking, and chatting with

friends. Mary said, “The best things

about Cloverly [is that] the teachers are

nice and funny, the campus is clean,

pretty, and safe.” According to Mary,

the best thing that ever happened to her

was Christmas 2007 when she received

an Apple iPod. If she could change

one thing it would be to have an older

sibl ing. Personal

goals are to build

a train that could

run under-water,

to become an art-

ist, to earn enough

money for an Ap-

ple iTouch, and to

at tend Stanford.

K a t i e i s a n

11-year-old, has an

older sister and en-

joys math, reading,

singing, dancing,

and act ing. Ka-

tie said, “The best

things about Clo-

verly are chorus, the

students and teach-

ers are nice, and I

love recess.” The

best thing that ever

happened was being

accepted in the High

School production of

Bye-Bye-Birdie. Personal goals are to go

to UCLA, become an Olympic swim-

mer, and become famous from singing.

Each week, the Temple City Ki-

wanis Club is pleased to recognize

outstanding students and their teachers

at their Board meeting on October

22, 2008. Board Members Rachel La-

Sota, Janet Rhee, Bob Ridley, M

att

Smith, Joe Walker and Superin-

tendent Dr. Chelsea Kang-Smith

thanked and congratulated Jerry for

his many years of outstanding and

dedicated service to the District

and

its students.

For over 30 years, he has been

an active member of the Temple

City Kiwanis Club, an organization

that supports the youth of our area.

Among other youth-oriented en-

deavors, Jerry oversees

the Kiwanis

Student of the Week Program that

recognizes TCUSD students as th

ey

strive for excellence.

erything happening throughout TCUSD,

including Teachers of the Year, Classifie

d

Employees of the Year, th

e High Twelve

Club’s Public School Recognition Night,

the Learning Center’s Patriot Day, all

school promotions and graduations,

countless events at school sites, and

more! On February 15, 2006, Jerry

received

the Association of California School Ad-

ministrators Golden Apple Award and

was honored by the Temple City Council

PTA by receiving the 2007-2008 Golden

Oak Award.

In his “spare” time, Jerry serv

es as

a member of the Temple City Chamber

Board of Directors. From the Chamber

of Commerce, he has rec

eived the 2002-

2003 Director of the Year Award, the

2003-2004 Camellia Award, and 2005-

2006 and 2006-2007 Community Service

Awards. Also, the Temple City Kiwanis

Club presented him with 2002-2003 and

2004-2005 Community Service Awards.

You can see Jerry Jam

bazian all over

town attending various functions while

volunteering as the “official” photog-

rapher for TCUSD, City, and Chamber

events. Jerry photographs just about ev-vv

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On Saturday, N o v e m b e r 1st, the An-nual Kick-off Breakfast was held in the Communit y

Room at City Hall. The Camellia Fes-tival of Temple City will be led this year by General Chairperson Ann Seitz who announced “Backyard Adventures”, as the theme for the 65th Annual Camellia Festival. The theme was selected from over 170 entries. This year’s theme winner is Matthew Keelin a third grade student at Longden Elementary School. Matthew was in attendance at the breakfast and thrilled to have received a $100 cash prize for his winning entry. Matthew will also be riding in the Camellia Festival Parade on Saturday, February 21st.

Youth groups from Temple City and the surrounding areas will design, build, and decorate floats based on the theme. The camellia decorated floats will be pushed in the parade for parade view-ers to enjoy. All local youth organizations are encouraged to pick up an application and enter a float or walking unit in this year’s parade.

Workshops will be available to assist organizations in designing and building their floats. They will be held on Tuesday, January 6th and 20th in the Community Room at City Hall. Each organization that builds and decorates a float will be reimbursed $100, with cash awards and trophies presented to the winning floats.

A Camellia Festival Royal Court of first graders will reign over the weekend’s festivities. The Royal Court is selected at the Play day which will be held on Janu-ary10th at Live Oak Park Community Center. Applications for the Royal Court will be sent out through the schools and are also be available at the Camellia Festi-val office located at City Hall, 9701 Tunas Drive. All royal court applications must be returned to the Camellia Festival of-fice by Friday, December 19th. All first graders living in Temple City or within the Temple City Unified School District are encouraged to submit an application and participate in the Play day.

Camellia Festival Kick-Off Breakfast

Too many guests and not enough food. That’s a dilemma Foothill Unity Center is hoping to avoid as it prepares for its annual Thanksgiving food distribution. The question now is whether or not the community can contribute enough food and funds to feed the center’ more than 4000 clients as well as local, low income families which include many senior citi-zens and children. The answer must be a resounding “Yes We Can.”

Every year, Foothill Unity provides bountiful Thanksgiving food boxes to families from the eleven local cities it serves: Altadena, Arcadia, Azusa, Bald-win Park, Bradbury, Duarte, Irwindale, Monrovia, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and South Pasadena. This year, the center

Foothill Unity Needs Help for Biggest Thanksgiving Distribution Ever

needs more help than ever. Last year, 800 families were given

Thanksgiving feasts with all the fixings. This year, the center has already registered over 1,100 families in need of Thanksgiv-ing assistance. Meanwhile, economic woes are driving donations down.

“The economy has had a huge im-pact on the number of people seeking our services,” Executive Director Joan Whitenack said. “This Thanksgiving, we could easily be looking at over 1,200 families — the largest attendance ever for this event.”

“Monetary donations help us the most, because we’re able to buy items at lower prices,” Whitenack continued. “But we’re grateful for food donations anytime.

Right now, we’re especially desperate for frozen turkeys and stuffing; canned cran-berry sauce, yams, pumpkin and soups; Jell-O, dessert mixes, pie fillings and desserts.”

The Center is also looking for volun-teers to help sort and pack the food and distribute the boxes to clients. Sorting and packing will take place at the former Sweda building, 475 East Duarte Rd. in Monro-via. Sorting is ongoing now through No-vember 21; boxes will be packed on Sat-urday, November 22. Some help will also be needed at the distributions themselves on November 24 and 25.

Donated funds may be mailed to the organization at 415 West Chestnut

By Susan Motander

FoothillUnity on page 2 Breakfast on page 7

Although the numbers were few and the lack of young veterans very apparent, Temple City WWII vets , Korea and Viet-nam managed to put together a special

Temple City Veterans Celebrate a Special Day at the American LegionLight in Attendance but Heavy in SpiritBy Terry Miller

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On Tuesday Mark Co-lasuonno appeared in a Pasa-dena court for the beginning of his trail for Grand Theft by embezzlement. But that trial did not begin. Instead Colas-uonno was arrested, yet again, on three additional charges. In the courtroom, Monrovia Police Detective Sergeant Glen Coleman arrested the “Tax Doctor” on three more felony charges.

As for the first matter - the charges for which Colasuonno was originally scheduled to appear on Tuesday - the pro-ceedings were trailed (delayed) until this afternoon (Thursday). Colasuonno is currently in custody, and he most likely will stay there, having told Monrovia Police Detective Rich Doney that he does not have funds necessary to meet the $307,000 bail.

But this may just be the beginning.

“We believe there are as many as 38 victims, with losses totaling approximately $8 mil-lion,” said Doney, who went on to say that “around half [of the victims] were senior citizens”. Coleman added they were in-vestigating the cases of several other victims but that “it takes a great deal of time to document all the information.”

In this new case, Cole-man arrested and Monrovia

More Charges Filed against Monrovia’s Mini Madoff

Mark Colasuonno Detained Indefinitely, Won’t Post $300K Bail

BY SUSAN MOTANDER


Police booked Colasuonno on three new counts including 470(a) Forgery, 368(d) Fiduciary Abuse of an Elder, and 487(a) Grand Theft. The victim in this new case is John Greco, who was born in 1936. The amount alleged to have been stolen from Greco was almost $240,000.

Greco’s wife, Marie, con-tacted this newspaper in Febru-ary following our original story which first cast public light on the charges against the former Tax Doctor. In a story which ran in our March 5 edition, Greco recounted the painful story of how she and her hus-band had become victims of Colasuonno.

“We knew Mark for 20 years,” Mrs. Greco related. “My husband and I had gone out to dinner with him and his wife. He has eaten in my home.”

Greco said that Colas-uonno had worked with her husband, the victim in this new case, and that they had gone to him when he had opened the Tax Doctor because of their long time association.

At that time, the Grecos were still unable to believe that their trusted friend and tax preparer could have commit-ted such crimes against them and so many others. “I trusted this guy, said Mrs. Greco. “We can’t believe he did this to us.”

The new case alleges that the money which Greco re-moved from savings to invest with Colasuonno was not in-vested into a common, lower risk annuity, as Colasuonno had promised. The Tax Doc-tor claimed that he could get a 12 percent return on their investment. Not only was there never any return on their invest-ment, but according to Detec-tive Doney, the original capital was also lost.

Colasuonno was arraigned on the three new counts late on Wednesday and pled not guilty. According to Deputy District Attorney Melanie Buccat who is handling the first case, as of Wednesday, the new case has not been assigned to a Deputy D.A., but that she hopes it will be assigned to her based on her familiarity with the case.

This first charge of em-bezzlement was enhanced with the allegation that more than $100,000 was stolen. In the first case the victims were the Lopez brothers one of whom, Paige, said he lost his home as a result of Colasuonno’s actions. According to Buccat, the old case will move forward despite the new charges and she does not expect the two cases to be consolidated.

Buccat said she anticipat-ed that the Lopez case to go to trial fairly soon, either by the end of this month or beginning of September.


Photos by Terry Miller

Annual Dining Under the Stars event – “Hollywood Nights”


Photos by Terry Miller

the evening went “very well” and was pleased there were no incidents, threats or ar-rests.

Health care for illegal aliens also seemed to be a hot topic for some and Vic-toria Jackson (a Saturday Night Live Alumna) held a sign atop her head that read “Fishy! What’s the Rush? Afraid We’ll READ the Bill?”

Whether or not Ms. Jackson has herself read the 1000 page proposal was not immediately clear. But it can be assumed from the language in her sign that she was in need of more time to complete the task.

The town hall also in-cluded a panel discussion with local health care ex-perts. However, with the sheer number of people who attended with their strong and divided opinions in tow Rep. Schiff and the other panelists had somewhat of a difficult time engaging in conversation with the crowd of thousands.

Dr. Benjamin Chu, President Southern Cali-fornia Region, Kaiser; Dr. Richard Brown, Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy and Research and Leeba Lessin, President Ca-reMore Health Plan were part of the panel that at times people had difficulty hearing due to the raucous audience.

Frequent interruptions didn’t seem to deter Con-gressman Adam Schiff, and he even joked and told the audience not to be shy about the issue.

The Alhambra Police dept. had its work cut out for them with numerous small altercations amid the swelling crowd, but for the most part it was a relatively peaceful gathering of two deeply divided factions.

On the home f ront , Rep. Schiff has been hard at work already on smaller health care initiatives.

On July 24 the House passed the Departments of Labor, Health and Hu-man Services, and Educa-

t ion, and Related Agen-cies Appropriat ions Act (H.R. 3293), which included funding Rep. Schiff helped secure for two non-profit health care service provid-ers in the 29th Congressio-nal District. The funding will help provide critical health care services to local residents.

“During tough econom-ic times like these, many parents struggle to afford health care for their kids and for themselves,” said Schiff. “These funds will help pro-vide a small patch to help those in need, while we in Congress work to overhaul our health care system to ensure all citizens receive the care they need.”

T h e C o m m u n i t y Health Alliance of Pasa-dena (CHAP) will receive $100,000 for its Education & Counseling Center. The funds will be used to reno-vate space at the Center and provide an alternative

to hospital emergency room usage by families who lack the financial means to pay for health services. The center provides individual counseling, group support and education to low income families. There are more than 200,000 residents in CHAP’s primary service area which covers Pasa-dena, Altadena and Sierra Madre. It is estimated that about one-in-four residents lack health insurance, with many living below the pov-erty level.

“Federal support for the CHAP Education and Counseling Center will posi-t ively impact the overall health of our community’s low-income, uninsured and unemployed residents, said Margaret B. Martinez, CEO of CHAP. “The integration of behavioral health services with primary medical care will help our chronically ill patients better manage their conditions.”

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