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Sixteen seems to be the magic number for soft-ball player Jenna Rodri-guez of the University of Hawaii.

When she was just 16 -years-old, Rodriguez was named Most Valu-able Player for the Pacific League for the first time, and helped lead her team to a conference champion-ship.

As the lowest seed in the tournament, No. 16, UH had a slim chance of making it far in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Region-als, let alone making it to the NCAA Women’s Col-lege World Series.

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Jenna Rodriguez, 2007 AHS gradguez’s 16th homer of the season in the game against No. 1 Alabama that helped lead her team to the NCAA Women’s College World

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Arcadia mayor, Peter Amundson (right), installed on June 29th Edward Wong (center) as new president of Arcadia Chinese Association, shown here with Pearl Chen, immediate past president.

The Arcadia Chinese Association hosted its in-stallation and a delicious summer buffet in the Sunset Room at Santa Anita Golf Course on June 29th. Of-ficers all wore orchids, and the theme for the eveing was “Get to Know You.”

The event was attended by all five Council Members and some spouses, the city manager and many de-partment heads. The large turn-out from City Hall was in honor of the Chinese As-sociation for their efforts to bring together the Chinese community into the main-stream of Arcadia, and for their volunteer efforts for over 20 years.

Mistress of Ceremonies, Angeline Chen, was assisted

Edward Wong Installed as President of Arcadia Chinese Association

by Polly Ho and outgoing president, Pearl Chen.

Sherry Tay did a beauti-ful rendition of “God Bless America.” Mayor Peter Amundson presented a congratulatory certificate

and served as installing of-ficer for the entire board of directors.

The new president, Ed-ward Wong, gave a mean-ingful acceptance speech in his direction to continue

to bring the community together and continue their efforts of volunteering and assisting new residents.

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Arcadia Gold Line Station Relocated

By amy leongAdding to the one of

many new developments and dramatic changes in Arcadia, the Gold Line’s Relocation breakthrough was decided at the end of June to create easier transportation for nearly everyone involved. Af-ter months of planning, the City of Arcadia was

informed that the Gold Line station is relocating from the eastside of First Avenue to the westside of First Avenue. However, the extension not only affects the Gold Line, but the parking lot located on the Westside will also be extended to four levels instead of the or ig inal

Concert producer Pasa-dena Entertainment and the Pasadena Convention Cen-ter have teamed to present the first in their “Summer Soundzz” concert series this Friday, July 9 which will feature a blast from the musical past..

Producer and local res-taurateur André Vener will

Summer of Musical Tribute Starts Friday

be presenting Beatles “trib-ute band” The Fab Four at 7:30 p.m. at the newly renovated sprawling out-door plaza in front of the Pasadena Civic Auditorium located at 300 E. Green Street in Pasadena.

Most notable of all the bands the part icipating

From Left: Uncle Sam fiddles down Sierra Madre Blvd July 5-Photo by Terry Miller; Fireworks at Monrovia courtesy Rick Keshishi from Photoworksbyrick.com and children enjoying the water spray from SMFD during the July 5th parade. - Photo by Terry Miller.

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That opened my memory box.

I never knew my grandfathers. They both died before I was born so I only know of them what was told to me over the years.

Though both of my grandmothers died while I was young, they did leave me a few memories. They are special.

There are two in par-ticular that stick with me about Grandma B. She belonged to the Free Meth-odist Church. When I went to services with her, we had to kneel on a kneeler which hurt my knees. I didn’t like that, so I tried to avoid stay-ing over Saturday nights

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June, didn’t do very well in school. Grandma bribed her by telling her that she would give her a dollar for every A she received on her report card. In those days a dollar was considered a lot of money, but that prom-ise never cost Grandma a cent. When I heard about the deal though, I got very excited. I was willing to stay over a Saturday night to show her my card with all A’s except one B. I mentally counted my about- to- be fortune. When I proudly showed my card to Grandma, she knitted her brows and said, “And why is it, Dorothy Lou, you let yourself receive a B?” I didn’t have an answer for her but I had learned a les-son. Sunday morning, as I knelt on that hard kneeler, I informed God that I didn’t think life was fair.

I have two special memories about my Grandma M. One is that she had the most beautiful snow-white hair. The other is a promise she extracted from me. On the day of her death, she called me to her bedside. She asked me to promise her that when I grew up I would be a proper young lady and not smoke or drink. At 5 years old, I was willing to promise.

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By terry MIller

There were several things different about this year’s Fourth of July parade. First, and perhaps foremost, it was not held on the fourth, presumably as to not to offend those at-tending church.

Indeed, the crowd was also considerably lighter this year and a little of the June gloom seemed to have crept all the way into early July. The beer garden was considerably less well-attended and beer sales were down enormous-ly. Perhaps this was due to the choices available: Bud Heavy and Bud light. Most beer aficionados will not drink that stuff! I also think the beer garden may have been boycotted by those in support of the FD as they traditionally spon-sor and man the beer gar-den as a fundraiser. This year it was for the Sierra Madre Little league. Not really sure how beer and little league seems more politically appropriate than Firefighting and hops, but I digress. These are deci-sions for those much wiser than I may ever be.

Despite official calls for a “No water Zone” along the parade route Monday – a rather tremen-dous almost magical thing happened at the July 5th parade. The volunteer firefighters apparently over-looked the newly imposed limitations, as if to say, “Hey, the kids just want to have fun. This is a day for freedom from the tyranny of those Red Coats in city hall!

I did hear one city official, who shall remain nameless for the time being, say that he took pictures of the offending firefighters and will be addressing the issue with the Fire Chief! I for one sure hope that was tongue in cheek and not simply a towing of the party line, as so many in local govern-ments do to protect their precious derrieres.

With Sierra Madre water rates possibly going up, residents’ temperatures too are rising exponen-tially. It therefore seemed only natural that some-thing had to be done. And that something was a clear message to the city: at least

a 40% increase in water be-ing enjoyed by hundreds of kids along the parade route over last year. Indeed, it might be said that Sierra Madre’s firefighters have had a love/hate relation-ship with certain city offi-cials for some time now.

Even the choice of Lew Watanabe as this year’s Grand Marshal was ironic, methinks, as one of Lew’s specialties is water sculptures! And the Sierra Madre City College float was a send-up of the city’s plan to raise the water rates and offered a rather clever solution “Sinko De July”…drink Cerveza!

Traditionally, the parade has been a wonder-ful eclectic parade of water fest where kids vs. firefight-ers enjoyed friendly (and safe) water play to cool off in the summer heat. No one ever got hurt, but someone did complain a few years ago and the city set some rather unpopular and seemingly unneces-sary rules and regulations as a result of potentially litigious grumpy parade goers. Note to City of-ficials: Ban the water ban; in fact, ban all the restric-tions entirely. Do what one of the most successful and popular parades - the Doo Dah – does and restrict nothing. When virtually anything goes, nearly ev-eryone has fun.

And we were some-what confused as to why the Sierra Madre Police Dept. wasn’t in this year’s parade. Or if they were, we missed them.

This is what the City’s website had to tell resident prior to the parade:

“Traditionally, water has been squirted back and forth amongst viewers and partici-pants during the parade. How-ever, this year the City has estab-lished a new set of Water Play Zone Guidelines. Sierra Vista Park is now the only designated water play zone (west side of the park on the grass lawn). The Sierra Madre Fire Department will be spraying water into Si-erra Vista Park for children and families to play in. Only water/squirt guns will be permitted at the water play zone. Absolutely no water balloons or use of water hoses will be tolerated at the wa-ter play zone or anywhere along the parade route.

Absolutely NO water will be allowed along the parade route. Parking signage will ex-hibit a “No Water Zone” notice along Sierra Madre Blvd.”

As I recall, a father was arrested a few years ago for shooting water at a police officer during the parade. Now if that wasn’t bad enough, a couple of years later, a business owner was arrested for spraying his sidewalk clean of dog poop in prepara-tion for customers coming in for a spot of tea. Now, admittedly, he was arrested for allegedly “threatening a code enforcement officer” but it nevertheless came about, you guessed it, be-cause of water.

I have covered more parades in Sierra Madre than I can remember and this is the first time I’ve ever heard so much nega-tivity towards city officials for such harebrained ordi-nances. If it’s not the inane parking regulations, it’s the hosing off of sidewalks. If the fourth is on a Sunday, we’ll parade around on the Fifth and restrict about every enjoyable thing the kids have come to expect about a parade. Candy, balloons, and yes WATER!

For once, I agree (dare I say it) with “The Tattler” blog’s wordsmith, John Crawford who recently posted this comment on the aforementioned water restriction:

“… the last thing any parent enjoys seeing is their kids subjected to the same tedious and politically correct over regula-tion of everything fun that we as adults face. Childhood, and cer-tainly during as festive an occa-sion as a parade celebrating the birth of our American freedoms, should be a refuge from such petty tyranny. But alas, that no longer seems to be the case with our 4th (or 5th) of July Parade. It is quite an unfortunate lesson for children, if you think about it.”

Well said, sir! Did I just agree with Mr. Craw-ford? Yes, I bloody well did, because he’s bloody well right!

How quickly the city forgets how the firefighters helped during the Station Fire, or any fire in recent history. How they (the firefighters, who are mostly volunteers) put on the an-nual egg hunt for the kids and are always are there when you need them in a million different capaci-ties. These are talented, extremely well-trained and dedicated caring men and women who choose to serve. For this, can we not please let our firefight-ers pull out their hoses on

the Fourth of July and help them help the kids enjoy one of the few freedoms left in this country?

One Sierra Madre resi-dent, Mr. Bob Matheson, wrote this to our newspa-per this week:

“Sierra Madre put its best foot and fire hose forward again this year as our townsfolk cel-ebrated the birth of our country in grand, Sierra Madre All-American fashion. The parade, the jazz band and activities for the kids in the park, and of course the Beer Garden, are the traditional 4th of July treasures of Sierra Madre. Kudos to the always fabulous Fourth of July Committee, headed now by Matt Bosse, for pulling everything together. It’s a time and place that we all keep coming back to, year after year...a celebration that singularly embodies the “Spirit of Sierra Madre.” It’s why we enjoy living here!

Amidst all this great fun and success is there the risk of criticism? I saw a Fire Department engine occasionally stop and, very judiciously, spray a narrow pattern of water directly ahead. Common sense called for the water spray!

The kids had a thrill they’ll cherish for their lifetime. I can’t imagine anyone being critical of do-ing the right thing!

So while our Fire Department was in the parade, our terrific Police, Water and Public Works Department employees should have been, too! They help keep things run-ning 24/7, and deserve the same applause of an appre-ciative crowd. And talking about great people helping others, how lucky we are to have the fabulous Search & Rescue Team in our town, and in the parade, too!”

Our phone calls to city officials for a statement on the water matter were not immediately returned. But one official comment did come from my good friend, Sierra Madre Fire Chief Steve Heydorff.

Heydorff enlightened me saying that actually the ban on water was at his insistence due to a safety concern he had at last year’s parade. “I saw a bunch of kids running up to and in front of a rolling

fire engine and got very concerned for their safety. If water was sprayed on the engine’s windshield the operator might not have been able to stop in time.” Heydorff went on to say that he loves water and that since he’s an Aquarius, it is literally in his blood to be one with water (perhaps this is why he turned to firefighting).

The ban on water could be resolved if there are safe solutions next year, and the Chief said he’d welcome any ideas the community might have to continue a tradition that many in town love. He wants the kids to enjoy the fun of water while at the same time ensuring their safety. Seems logical to me, but there’s got to be a way to make this work.

Let us know what your thoughts are on how to keep the water flowing while keeping our kids safe.

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By Wally Hage

Happiness Is a Choice

International Happi-ness Day is July 10, 2010. The good things we do today for someone can become your happiness for tomorrow. It is said that if you make at least one person happy every day the reward is that you will experience an even greater happiness within yourself. It is just a simple formula. Psychologists tell us that your thoughts and actions can have a significant ef-fect on your happiness. Happy people have good friends, and supportive relationships. They are optimistic, keep a positive outlook toward their daily

problems and are happy and thankful with what they have and do not pon-der thoughts about what they don’t have!

Research states that happiness is a state of mind or a feeling charac-terized by contentment, love, satisfaction, and pleasure.

Religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life in a close relationship with God. That to experience happiness in your life you must think on good things and practice having good thoughts throughout the day. Don’t replay your problems and mistakes over and over or make them your topic of un-happy conversations with others.

I remember, as a four-teen year old boy grow-ing up alone with only a mother, that I was sad, lonely and unhappy as my father had died when I was eight and World War II conscripted my two older brothers. The sadness of these two life changing events began to shape my personality as my outlook

toward daily life was un-happy.

One day while work-ing around the neighbor-hood doing odd jobs and mowing lawns to help my mom meet the expenses of school clothes and school activities I met a neighbor who was a store window decorator for a large shoe store chain. He recog-nized my unhappiness and invited me to accompany him while he was decorat-ing a store window. I was thrilled that he offered me a job to vacuum and to help tidy up the retail store for several hours each Sun-day afternoon. The money was exciting and the work was fun. After several weeks helping my neigh-bor, the shoe store owner liked my enthusiastic work progress that he offered me a job on Saturdays to work in his shoe store as a stock boy.

The store owner, who I referred to as Uncle Ben Goldman, became fully aware of my home life and realized that I had very minimal parenting. As an act of kindness, he took a personal interest in my

development. He began by teaching me how to run the cash register at the wrap counter. I caught on quickly and soon on busy occasions I was allowed to assist in selling shoes. His wife treated me as though I was a relative and packed a lunch for me each Saturday. Uncle Ben was very kind always in a good humor. Customers loved him as his positive attitude was so infectious. He was a natural motiva-tor.

One day when I was having a noticeably bad day, having lost two sales which meant the loss of the sales commissions, I dis-played a very bad attitude toward him and the cus-tomers. Quickly he took me aside, and I was sure that I would be fired for my bad manner. Instead Uncle Ben encouraged me to forget that situation and to look at the positive side of those incidents. That perhaps those people were also having a bad day and that they would not have bought shoes from anyone.

It was so pleasing that he was treating me as

though he was my real fa-ther. His constant “Happy Nature” in all of the stores difficult situations made me so curious. One day, I asked Ben, “How do you stay so good natured all the time?” Ben replied, it’s now habit, Wally, “each morning when I awake I say to myself, you have two choices today Ben. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can let troubles bother you and choose to be in a bad mood. Each day I choose to be in a good mood. When something unpleas-ant happens I can choose to be a victim or I can point out the positive side of the problem. I choose the positive side of life always. “Yeah right Uncle Ben”, I said, “but it’s not as easy as you say.” “Ben quickly replied, Wally, it takes daily practice! Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation in your life is a choice. With practice, you will choose just how to react to each situation. You choose how people and things affect your feel-ings and mood. At that

point, you can make the choice to be in a good or bad mood as a result. Real happiness and joy comes from your personal choices in how you live your life.” For the next two years Ben mentored me into becom-ing a happy teenager.

I often reflect back upon that “Life Experi-ence” that Ben shared with me. I am so thankful for the mentoring that he gave to me as a young teenag-er. Today, I still practice the concept of positive thinking to help me make “Happy” choices about life. I try vigorously to not let negative thoughts and difficult situations, dictate my daily happiness!

I still remember vividly, Ben’s happiness statement ... “Choose not to worry about tomorrow, for worry does not change anything. After all today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday and that did not change a thing. Be happy by think-ing about the good things that God has blessed you with and know that He has much more in store for you each new day”!

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Betty the Mannequin to Replace Megan Fox in “Transformers 3”

Fo l low i ng Meg a n Fox’s messy exit from the Transformers franchise last month, rumors swirled regarding who action mae-stro Michael Bay would select as his next leading lady. Well, after a week long casting-couch search (no doubt fueled by a highly-lethal combination of Levitra and Red Bull), Bay announced today that he had selected Betty the Mannequin, best known for her role in the 80s hit “Mannequin,” as his re-placement for Miss Fox.

Fa nboy s i m med i -ately hit the chat rooms to debate Bay’s choice. Basement -dwel ler and all-around creep Hermit Thaddeux ca l led it “a breakthrough for inani-mate objects everywhere. Dr. King’s dream is f i -nally coming to fruition.”

Others though, had a de-cidedly negat ive slant . Jackson Frots, the creator of the fringe blog Pigsare-Peopletoo, blasted Bay for his “stale and predictable choice.”

“I just feel l ike Mi-chael could have really taken a stand and thought out side the box. I f he was going to pick a non-human, I really wish he would have considered

my pet pig, Shondra. He wouldn’t even let her au-dition. It just goes to show you, you can put lipstick on a pig but you can’t mar-ry one.” Frots has started a petition to boycott the film which has already been signed by seven members of his immediate family. “I figured I would have trouble getting my older brother Cletus to agree. He’s a big fan of robots and crappy movies. But he could see the pain I was in and well, after I gave him the last piece of meatpie, he signed right away.”

Bay defended his pick, praising Betty as “a true chameleon of cinema. She has far more range than Megan. Plus, whatever I ask of her, she’ll do it. ‘No’s’ not even in her vo-cabulary.”

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After a strong, albeit purely ironic resurgence in the late 1990s and early 2000s The Mullet has now apparently died its second, final death.

Despite positive reviews, a multi-million dollar market-ing campaign and Burger King hologram cup contract, The MacGruber Mullet was dead on arrival, posting just $1.6 million on 2,551 screens nationwide.

According to sources fa-miliar with the matter, these numbers indicate MacGru-ber made only $627.20 per screen, give or take one small popcorn. With its mullet-heavy cast, dialog and plush mullet giveaway campaign,

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most mullet experts and enthusiasts had predicted the movie would have much greater success.

“It’s really concerning not only for the mullet in-dustry, but for other mullet-related businesses as well,” says Ricardo Svornsen of the Shoulderlength Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. “My fear is that we’ve become so reliant on mullets that our economy may not be pre-pared to handle a softening in the mullet markets.”

But not everyone has been so quick to jump off the mullet wagon. Walrus, former Beatle and all around bon vivant Paul McCart-ney issued a statement early Saturday morning urging caution on what he termed “betting against this hair.”

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David Bowie and Jerry Springer were listed as signa-tories to the strongly worded statement.

Despite the rally of sup-port, early morning trad-ing saw The Mullet plunge across multiple exchanges, with median lengths rising 2.3 inches, or 5.76%.

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Ford Amphitheatre Plans Full Summer Season of Family Events

Arcadia’s DreamDance presents “Falling Petals” at Ford Amphitheatre in September.

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The Ford Amphithe-atre 2010 summer season is already underway. In fact , the more than 50 performances planned at the Los Angeles County facility across the street f r om t he Ho l l y wood Bowl, wi l l cont inue to Oct. 14.

A mong t he l o c a l g roups per form ing a t t he Ford a re t he Kul -tura Philippine Folk Arts dance company based in Altadena, Monterey Park’s Taikoproject and DreamDance Contempo-rary Arts from Arcadia.

The Taikoproject will perform at the Ford Am-phitheatre at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Ju ly 10 and Sunday, July 11 with Ar-tistic Directors Bryan Ya-mami and Masato Baba in new works with marim-ba, koto ( Japanese harp) and yokobue (bamboo f lute). Tickets for this event are $35 and $40; s tudent s and ch i ldren $12; discounts for early ticket purchases.

In format ion: (323) 461-3673.

DreamDance Con-temporary Arts will ap-pear at the Ford at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3 w ith Chinese - f lavored

contemporary dance in a program entitled “Falling Petals”. Choreographer Ting-Ting Chang com-bines balance and har-mony with inspirat ions f rom European pa int -ings, Chinese poetry, and Asian disciplines. Tickets are $25, general admis-sion; students and chil-dren, $12; discounts for early ticket purchases. In-formation: (323) 461-3673.

The full list of pro-grams can be found at www.FordTheatres.org. The Ford Amphitheatre is located at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., East, Hollywood, On-site stacked parking is $1 per vehicle.

The new band shell erected by the Pasade-na Symphony and and POPS for its new location for 2010 POPS Summer Ser ies crea tes a g rea t backstop to an otherwise dreary location, Lot H, outside Pasadena’s Rose Bowl. The tables with white linens turned the grass area into a festive party-like atmosphere for the estimated 2000+ that showed up for the opening concert of the Pasadena POPS Orchestra summer series to watch the two-hour event that included a sharp sounding orchestra, a vaudeville juggling and acrobat ic dance group, video close-ups of stage act ion on large screens at both sides of the band shel l, and a wonderful fireworks display at the end. There was something for everybody.

Conductor Rachael Worby selected a program of music of familiar clas-sical favorites that could have come right out of a 1950’s Time-Life or Read-er’s Digest compilat ion recording. There were pieces of Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1 and 2; Tchai-kovsky’s “Nutcracker” ballet and the Scherzo from his Symphony No. 4 and “Swan Lake”; Boro-din’s “Polovtsian Dances” from his “Prince Igor”; two Khachaturian num-bers including, of course, “Sabre Dance” from the “Gayuneh” ballet suite; Respighi; De falla; and finally Stravinksy’s finale to the “Firebird” suite.

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The music was col-orfully punctuated with members of the Cirque de la Symphonie, a group of acrobats, jugglers and s t r ong men — a c i r cu s /vaudeville act of six that presented adroit feats and body-bending rout ines that left most of the au-dience in giggles. Their work was seen up-close by the audience on two large video screens book-ending the band shell.

The v ideo screens also provided a nice looks at orchestra members per-forming and the sound system was absolutely ter-

rific and well-balanced—that is, the best balanced sound was heard from the rear of the fenced off event area, the area desig-nated for sand-chair and blankets. Worby extolled the virtues of attendance at l ive musica l per for -mances to the audience. But, the truth is that all the audience heard was the amplified sound of the on-stage performers. The mic-ing was so close to prevailing studio record-ing techniques that mem-bers of the percussion section of the orchestra could be seen wearing

headphones when t he large videos screens fo-cused on them.

The orchest ra per -formed under Worby’s athletic conducting style with eagerness and ex-actness. There appeared to be significant changes in orchestra personnel, including the assignment of Assistant Concertmas-ter Amy Hershberger as concertmaster of the eve-ning rather than the Sym-phony’s Amy Kreston. No exact list of personnel was provided but many throughout the st ands seemed younger. A pret-ty spectacular round of fireworks display was set off to an almost out-of-control speed-y version of Sousa’s “St a r s and Stripes Forever” to end the evening.

T he even i ng wa s pleasant and entertain-ing. But a warning: the bot tom of t he Ar royo Seco gets chilly even be-fore the sun goes down. We think even the next concert , Saturday, July 17, could require an ex-tra sweater even though the music will be hot. Ra-chael Worby brings the orchestra, singers Doug La Brecque, Lisa Vroman and The Donald Brinegar Singers, to the Lawn Adja-cent to the Rose Bowl with “I ♥ New York”. Tunes by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Frederick Loewe, Mancini and Gershwin on the Pops side and a small taste of Aaron Copland and Anto-nin Dvorak on the classic side, and more. Gates open for picnicking at 5:30 p.m., concert is at 7:30 p.m.

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Someday when I want to get away from the city and forget about life for a while, I will return to Kirkwall, Scotland. I’ll rent a small room near the shore and spend a few days watching sheep graze, boats come in and out of the small harbor and admiring ancient ar-chitecture. I did this last summer and left with a memorable getaway.

Located off the of f t he nor t hern coa s t of ma i n l a nd S co t t l a nd , K irkwall is the capita l and largest town of the Orkney I s lands . Wit h about 8,000 inhabitants, the island may be large by Orkney s t andards , but to me it is a Scottish hideaway lost in t ime. The town began around 1046 as the settlement of Rögnvald II, Earl of Or-kney. The name comes f rom t he Nor se word Kirkjuvagr (Church Bay).

My last journey to the island began with a visit to the 11th century St . Magnus Cathedral, which was named after

Kirkwall: A Scottish Hideaway Lost in Time

Saint Magnus Erlends -son, Earl of Orkney from 1108 – 1117. The church was built to honor Mag-nus a f ter he was mur -dered by a t ra i torous cousin.

The huge cathedral is highlighted by Roman-esque and Gothic archi-tecture melded together in beautiful arches, pil-lars and rocket - shaped peaks made of red and yel low sandstone, and m i xed w i t h co lo r f u l sta ined glass windows. The building is f lanked by an eer ie g raveyard with tombstones dating back to the 17th century.

Next to the cathe -dral are the storybook remains of The Earl’s Pa lace, bu i l t i n 1606 ,

and Bishop’s Palace, con-structed in the 12th cen-tury.

Besides historic ca-t hedra l s and pa laces , Kirkwall is full of 17th and18th century Norwe-gian styled houses and other s t ructu res , w it h tiny windows and gables. Many of the buildings are now home to great shops and restaurants.

The main drags for shopping are Bridge and Albert Streets. Both nar-row and beautifully me-d ieva l , the st reet s a re perfect for walking, but unfortunately also have cars on them, so visitors have to be extra careful. While strolling through the shops, I discovered an old Woolworths store

and a great place for fish and chips.

For an incredible ex-cursion of f the island, I t ook a boa t r ide to nea rby Ska ra Brae , a prehistor ic v i l lage dat -ing from the Stone Age. Still in remarkable condi-tion, the neolithic settle-ment of Skara Brae lies near the white beach of the Bay of Skai l l. The archeological site is the best preserved g roups of prehistoric houses in Western Europe.

U n c o v e r e d b y a storm in 1850, the village is a vivid picture of life around 5,000 years ago. Visitors can experience a prehistoric village and see ancient homes fitted with stone beds, dressers and seats.

But my favorite thing to do while in Kirkland was to walk a long the coast and enjoy the en-chant ing Scott ish scen-ery. I could spend hours strolling past rolling hills l i ned w i t h sheep and cat t le, watch ing sma l l f i sh ing boat s br ing in their catch, or the ferries leave for another island in the Orkneys.

For more info on Kirkwall, see: www.visitscotland.com, or visit Holland America for cruising info at: www.hollandameri-ca.com.

Lynda Linforth, own-er of Train Inc in Arcadia, saw a need for specia l t raining for her cl ients who had in excess of 50 lbs to lose when three of her clients came to her prior to them receiving Bariat-ric surgery, or Lap Band as it is more commonly known. Her clients were embarrassed to go main stream gyms and enjoyed the f r iendly and more personal atmosphere at Train Inc.

Lynda launched Fit-ness Rx a program specifi-cally for pre and post Bar-iatric surgery patients and for people who had been advised by their physician to lose weight for health reasons. “Our clients had difficulty with balance and upper body strength and we incorporated exercises to help these issues” said Lynda. She also noticed that because of their lack of cardio stamina, some clients would attend her Br ide and Bik ini Boot Camp class only once and then not come back. “They didn’t want to get left behind or to hold up the class, so they would just quit instead which was upsetting for us and for them”.

Fitness Rx is a 30 min-ute, smal l g roup class that addresses weight loss, mobility, balance, muscle strength and cardio stam-ina. The class is for men and woman of all ages and fitness levels and is low in cost. “I don’t feel like a Plus size spectacle and ap-preciate the private atmo-sphere” said Susan D. who

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Train Inc also offers nutritional programs and more information on Fit-ness Rx and their private studio can be found at www.fitnessrxsite.com or by calling Lynda on 626 447 1049. Lynda Linforth and Train Inc were recent-ly featured on the cable TV show “Dining with Dills”, as host Peter Dills, was training to improve a shoulder injury.

Lynda Linforth is a certified personal trainer, licensed nutri-tionist and owner of Train Inc., a private personal training studio in Arcadia specializing in weight loss, post-rehab exercise, post-cancer exercise and nutrition. She can be reached at [email protected]. Lynda has been a nationally certified trainer since 1998.

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The Bridge Party returns to West Pasadena on the following night that is July 10th, proceeds benefit the Pasadena Historical Society, many local restaurants will participate, plus a great car show and two different live music stages. Call (626) 441-6333. Event starts at 6 p.m. and goes till 10 p.m.

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AltaMed’s Fifth Annual celebration returns better than ever with an expanded courtyard in one of Los Angeles most historic settings – Union Station. This year, the event also presents some of Baja California’s best wineries to showcase wines from the Valle de Guadalupe region in commemoration of Mexico’s Bicentennial celebration. The event will feature the diversity of Los Angeles’ Latin cuisine and fine wine from Latino-owned or –operated Napa Wineries through 60 wine and food pairing stations.

East LA Meets Napa speaks to the ongoing preference among aficionados to pair wine with Latin food instead of beer or margaritas. Confirmed Participating Restaurants (Partial list):

Birrieria Chalio ,Casa de Moles “LaTia” , Cook’s Tortas , Dorados, El Portal, El Tepeyac Café, Guelaguetza, Homegirl Café, La Casita Mexicana , La Parrilla Restau-rant Mama’s International Tamales,Palate Food + Wine , Phlight Restaurant, Porto’s Bakery & Café ,Rivera Restaurant, Setá ,Señor Fish ,Tamayo Restaurant ,Teresitas Tila’s Kitchen.Confirmed Participating Wineries (Partial list):

Mi Sueño ‘Ceja Vineyards, Madrigal Vineyards, Robledo Family Winery, Maritas Vineyards.

Ticket Info: To purchase your tickets today please visit www.eastlameetsnapa.com or for questions please call (323) 889-7342.

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Perhaps it’s all part of a plot and some kind of strange providence or irony that a wonderful British Pub is closing in Pasadena around the time America celebrates its in-dependence from the Red Coats. Perhaps the greedy landlords of the world have finally realized that we Brits are slowly taking back the colonies and resent that ever-so-subtle attempt.

For those of you who may never have experi-

Ladies and Gentlemen, Last Orders PleaseLegendary Brits Pub and Eatery to Pour Final Pint this Sunday after World Cup Match

By Terry Miller enced Brits Pub and Eat-ery: Its success is a com-binat ion of ingredients not unlike like a splash of “Rovers Return” ( the central pub in the longest running soap opera in the UK – Coronation Street); a dash of ”Fawlty Towers” with characters from Mon-ty Python flying in periodi-cally for a pint of Holy Ale; add a pinch of Ted Danson in “ Cheers” and a good helping of cheeky British Birds ( women) as well as the ever-present seaside smell of malt vinegar on a

plate of perfectly prepared Fish and Chips. Mix those ingredients with a warm welcome and a funny story and I think you’ll find this is about as close to the UK as you’ll find anywhere in Los Angeles County.

Perhaps it has some-thing to do with England’s poor showing against so many great football play-ers from around the globe in South Afr ica. Brit s are understandably disap-pointed but good losers

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The Social Whirl

By Floretta lauBer

Beckham Gril l was the setting for the instal-lation of officers for San Gabriel Valley Alumnae Panhellenic. Marty Wetzel will serve as president and will be supported by vice presidents Nancy Balance, Linda Goluskin and Rita Lopez. Secretary duties will be shared by Sandy Killian, Kathleen Kerger and Benita Schwartz. Pat Myers will be treasurer.

Membership includes residents of communities throughout the San Gabriel Valley and is open to alum-nae members of college sororities affiliated with the National Panhellenic Con-ference. The object of the organization is to promote interfraternity friendship and to provide monetary awards to deserving high school senior women plan-ning to attend a college or university.

Altrusa Brunch Goes Poolside

“Broadway Under the Stars” will be held in the San Gabriel Mission Ar-bor on July 18, at 7 p.m. Enjoy a family fun-filled evening of art, magic and the music of Broadway’s best hits by some of our most talented local Broad-way performers in a beau-tiful concert “under the stars.”

General admission is $20 (box lunch an addi-

tional $15), $10 for seniors, students and children’s admission. VIP table seat-ing is $95 and includes a three course elegant din-ing experience. Limited seating available.

The San Gabriel Mis-sion Arbor is located at 320 S. Mission Dr., San Gabriel. For more infor-mation regarding reser-vations and seating op-tions, call (626) 282-1440.

The City of Arcadia Recreation & Community Services Department, Se-nior Services Division, is offering summer classes for adults (50 years of age and older), beginning Monday, July 12th. Course offerings include yoga, strength train-ing, line dancing, oil paint-ing, water color painting, zumba gold, and aerobics.

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The membership is small, but Altrusa International, Inc. of Arca-dia, is mighty. I am always amazed at the accomplishments of this ser-vice club attains.

Installat ion, poolside, and a delicious brunch was held in the cabana area (the hot spot) at the Doubletree Hotel in Monrovia on June 12th. Every guest had a gift

tea cup with tea from Africa, rep-resenting their ongoing work there with a mission.

Second vice governor, Judy So-rensen, did the honors as installing officer, using wines in a most un-usual way in the ceremony. Eleven district officers attended.

Terri Weeks is the new president and sums up her theme for next year,

“Reaching Out with Altrusa; Reach Out to Each Other, Out to Family and Friends Who Support, Reach Out to Our Community and Other Lands.”

Taking office with Weeks are Nancy Ely, Mickey Ball, Ruth Gilb, Beau Stocking, Denice Gilb, Monty Lindsey, and Marianne Cherkas. Keep up the good work.

San Gabriel Valley Alumnae Panhellenic Installs Officers

San Gabriel Valley Alumnae Panhellenic officers and committee chairmen installed. (Front) Bea Chute, Lauragen Swenson, Marty Wetzel (president); (middle) Benita Schwartz, Kathleen Kerger and Pat Myers; (back) Nancy Balance, Margie Totten, Ritz Lopez.

Tuesday, July 6th, and will be held at Arcadia Com-munity Center, 365 Cam-pus Dr.

For more information, call Arcadia Senior Ser-vices at (626) 574-5130.

Arcadia Altrusa Service Club seats new board. Seated from left are Ruth Gilb, Terri Weeks, Nancy Ely and Mickey Ball. Standing from left are Monty Lindsey, Marianne Cherkas, Beau Stocking and Denice Gilb.

President of the Arboretum Foundation, Burks Hammer, presents Barbara Kaise and Eileen Hubbard with lifetime family membership to the Arboretum and an emerald studded pin for their 25 years of service. Perry Minton and Joyce Travis also earned the distinction but were not in attendance.

From left, first row, new Los Voluntarios board, Bonnie Bishop, Sandy Snider (new president), Dorothy Collister. Standing, Vince Foley (installing officer), Bill Collister standing in for Dale Carter, and Linda Clelland. Foley used flags as the theme of the installation (it was Flag Day, June 14th), picking one from an early day naval ship (Don’t Tread On Me). Very clever.

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(L-r) Dick Martinez, master of ceremonies and chair of the 89th Rotary Installation, with awardees Frank Griffith and Mike Real.

Siby Minton was honored for her 35 years of service. Here she is receiving a handsome award from director of L.A. County Parks & Recreation Russ Guiney, a camphor tree will be planted at the Baldwin Adobe in her honor.

Phyllis Chapman is presented the first ever 40-Year Prestige Service Award from Russ Guiney, director of L.A. County Department of Parks & Recreation. She was also presented a gold oak leaf pin at Los Voluntarios luncheon.

(L-r) Sue and Steve Pelletier (he won Outstanding New Member award) chat with new president, Matt Weaver and member Jack McRae with wife, Sophia, during Rotary pre-dinner cocktail reception poolside at the Doubletree Hotel Monrovia.

Imy Dulake (outgoing president) presents the president’s pin and gavel to Matt Weaver, newly installed Arcadia Rotary president, as Bill Gleason and Jack Pam look on.

The community is invit-ed to a summer party on Au-gust 8th, 5:30-8:30 p.m. En-joy a Country Western band and barbecue by Stonefire Grill. The event takes place

at Arcadia Woman’s Club, 324 S. First Ave., Arcadia.

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two, which also creates safety to those who are crossing the parking lots to the station platforms.

As far as the station pla t form des ig ns , t he once chosen color scheme of plain vanilla is now in the process of being ap-proved, instead to ref lect element s of t he Santa Anit a Pa rk. Added to the station canopy (roof-top) and station platform benches as well, the thor-oughbred horse theme is tentatively to be funded by Santa Anita Park.

In add it ion to t he new d rama t ic re loca -tion, a major agreement wa s f i na l ly s igned by Metro and the Foothil l Extension Construct ion Author ity on July 2 to formalize the schedule of funding (totaling $810 mi l l ion) over the next n ine years and to lay-out the working relation-sh ip between t he two agencies. During Phase 2A, L.A. County’s Mea-sure R half-cent sales tax approved in November 2008 will adhere to many transportat ion improve-ments in the county, the Gold Line being the first and is also likely to be the single largest public works contract awarded in 2011 anywhere in the nation.

Arcadia Gold Line Station Relocated

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Site Plan: City of Arcadia Station, Option A

(Source: Gold Line Foothill Extension – Pasadena to Montclair Final EIR, dated February 2007)

With the new expan-sion in progress, the new Gold Line Bridge will be extended an addit ional 11.4 miles from the Si-erra Madre Villa station in Pasadena. Designed by a Minnesota ar t ist , t he Gold L ine Br idge is expected to bring in $1 bi l l ion in economic output during construc-tion, $40 million in tax revenues, and 7000 jobs with 2600 in const ruc-t ion a lone. Because of the artist’s inspiration of the area’s frequent snakes a nd Chuma sh Na t ive Americans, the structure was designed to include four basket-shaped col-umns that light up.

As one of the f i rst projects to be state fund-ed, a major dedicat ion ceremony was held on Saturday, June 26 at New Castle Park in Arcadia. Fi l led with more than 700 at tendees , includ-ing of f ic ia ls that t rav-eled f rom Washing ton D.C. and Sacramento, hundreds awa ited t he brand-new iconic freeway structure production to begin. Five-hundred and eighty-four foot long, the bridge is to be built from ac ros s t he ea s tbound lanes of the Foothill Free-way to the area north of New Castle Park. A week after the ceremonial dedi-cation, the master Coop-erative and FTA agree-

ment signing took place. Because of the multiple expansions and phases, the date of completion is adjusted to fall of 2014.

A lt hough many of us look forward to the new const ruct ion t ak-ing place, there are also complications which may even delay or prevent the extension. Some of these challenges include gaining permission from t rack owners Burl ing -ton Northern Santa Fe Railway to share use of the tracks east of Arca-dia with Metro as well as an environmental re-v iew and purchase of land for the Maintenance and Operations Facility. However, Phase 2B - the foothil l extension from Azusa to Montclair will include stops in Glendo-ra, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona and Claremont and is scheduled to be completed in 2017.

As far as the relo -ca t ion goes , t he Gold Line may take numer -ous amounts of weeks, months, and years be -fore it even comes close to completion, but with Skanska USA Civil West and AECOM Technical Services, these two com-panies will do the best they can to beg in the “Iconic Freeway Struc-ture” and follow through with their contract with an $18.6 million bid.

As soon as the de -signs, acquire permits, and hire contractors are finalized and approved, Metro believes that the bride construct ion wil l generate 500 engineering and const ruct ion jobs, looking toward a brighter future for Gold Line pas-senger s , counc i l , a nd employees tak ing par t in this exciting, new cre-ation.

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Summer of Musical Tributes Starts Friday in Pasadena with The Fab Foursuch classics as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Penny Lane,” “Here Comes The Sun,” and “Hey Jude.”

What’s more, the so-called “Party on the Plaza” will feature more music, en-tertainment, dancing under the stars, food and drink.

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And this season, Ro-driguez has done spectacu-lar for her team. After win-ning all three games in the NCAA Regionals against UC Davis, Stanford, and Texas Tech, UH was able to advance to the Super Regionals the following

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weekend.In their f i rst game

against Alabama, UH was mercied, 8-0, and was only able to get two hits off the Alabama pitcher. In the second game, the Rainbow Wahine were able to come back and win 8 -7, with five runs in the second in-ning, ending Alabama’s 28-game winning streak. In Game Three, howev-er, UH struggled to fight back against the 3-4 hold that Alabama held over them—that is, until late in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs, when Rodriguez launched her two-run home run off Ala-bama pitcher Kelsi Dunne, sending it barely right of the left foul pole in the outfield, scoring two runs for her team and winning the game, 5-4. Her walk-off home run helped add to UH’s 156 home runs this season, a new NCAA record, and was ranked as ESPN SportsCenter’s sixth-best play of the week-end.

“I knew it had a chance of going foul,” Rodriguez said in a post-game press conference. “I stood there and watched it because I had to know if it was foul or fair.”

Leading her team to its first appearance in the Women’s College World Series, Rodriguez also took the time to appreciate how much recognition her team was now receiving, and she realized exactly “how many people were watch-ing that game. There were people from my old school (Arcadia High School) who

watched. I know people that got up at 7 (Hawaii time) to watch the game.”

Megan Leahy, one of Rodriguez’s biggest fans and lifelong friends, now coaches Varsity Softball at Arcadia, and is “thrilled to hear [Rodriguez] is getting the publicity she deserves,” because of all the countless hours she has put into soft-ball and the sacrifices she has made in order to keep playing. Her entire life has been dedicated to softball, and for Rodriguez, this mo-ment embodied over a de-cade’s worth of hard work.

“It’s been the most ex-citing day,” UH Coach Bob Coolen said to ESPN. “You aspire as a coach to make it to the World Series and this team really showed resilience and fortitude out there.”

This upset proved to be the most stunning of the entire tournament—UH had a 14-12 record against teams participating, and thus not many expected them to make it very far. This was the f irst t ime since the 2003 incorpora-tion of the Super Regionals to the NCAA Tournament that the No. 1 seed (in this case, Alabama) did not ad-vance to the World Series. The game is nominated for the 2010 ESPY Awards, under the category of “Best Upset.”

I n t he Wor ld Se -ries, UH went on to win against Missouri, 3-2, lose to UCLA, 5-2, and lose to Arizona, 1-5, but for Ro-driguez, making it to that point alone was “a great experience.”

The inaugural “Little League Opening Day” for District 17 was held Sat-urday, June 26th at Sierra Vista Park in Sierra Madre, hosted by Sierra Madre Little League with Pete Si-berell serving as President and Rick Caldwell as Dis-trict Administrator.

Twelve Participating leagues in the order of their original charter in the 50’s are Central Altadena Lit t le League, East Al-tadena Little League, West Altadena Little League, Arcadia American Little League, Arcadia National Little League, Santa Anita Little League, Pasadena American Little League,

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This division, 11 and 12 year-olds, is the age group that can progress to the Little League World Se-ries held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The program consist-ed of an introduction of all the players, coaches, League Presidents, and Board Members. Each player received a District Pin for part icipating in

the tournament and each league received a banner to use during the tourna-ment to identify their par-ticipation.

The ceremony includ-ed a violin performance of the National Anthem, the Little League Pledge, the Parent Volunteer Pledge, the First Pitch, and the Tournament Director de-claring the opening of the tournament. Indeed a successful Opening Day for the Tournament of Champions.

Tournament games are held at Sierra Vista Park, Heasley Field, from Saturday June 26th to Thursday July 22nd.

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The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library will hold a Bargain Book Table Sale inside the Library, Monday, July 19 through Saturday, July 24, during the Library’s open hours. This month’s featured topics will include Fiction, Mysteries, Biographies, Health and Medical, California History, Specialty and Children’s books. Books are replenished daily, and are $1.00 each. These every-other-month book sales provide funding for Library resources and programs.

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Or perhaps it is just a trend in business that the small, mom and pop op-erations are being rapidly ousted by the big guys. Either way you look at it, small businesses are being hurt by the big boys!

On July 11, Brits Pub and eatery located at 1770 East Colorado Boulevard will close that popular lo-cation as the owner of the building wants to more than double the rent and replace the pub with a corporate cookie-cutter business.

The pub with its Royal chef and loyal subjects had just celebrated its 7th year when the unscrupulous landlord (we’ll call him scrooge) presented the owners with an offer they had no choice but to refuse.

The pub has been a popular speakeasy for dip-lomats and British locals and those visit ing from across the pond when they felt homesick for a good Cornish Pasty or a really

Legendary Brits Pub and Eatery to Pour Final Pint this Sunday

corny English joke. What-ever your reason for pop-ping into the pub, it was always special and unlike anything this reporter has ever experienced.

Sadly it seems the trend in business is to get as much money as you can for real estate and it seems corporations are willing to pay any price for vis-ibility on Colorado Blvd. This, however, leaves small business in a huge bind and consequently kills the mom and pops that have

worked so hard for years to develop a customer base and provide a service for those who don’t want to go to a corporate bar and grill where no one knows your name.

On any g iven day you’ll find characters like Les Cotton, the President of GASP ( Guinness Ap-preciation Society of Pasa-dena) discussing the art and science of photography with local photojournalists while posing with some of the most wonderful Guin-

ness Girls on the planet. On a given evening you might find musicians such as the always wacky Snotty Scotty and The Hankies or the wonderfully talented Belles of Bedlam with the ribald costumes and lyr-ics. Truly, there was never a dull moment. You might f ind a local newspaper editor fishing for stories as CalTech students unwind after discovering the latest theory of relativity or note the California Culinary Arts students sampling

some of the best British food anywhere.

The owners of Brits, like many small publicans, have established a niche market where expats and Anglophiles alike can meet and discuss English poli-tics or have a bloody good laugh while enjoying excel-lent and traditional English foods that you’ll find in few places. Where else might you f ind a Scotch egg? Bangers and Mash? Or a decent pint of cold, draught Old Speckled Hen?

The owners assure me that in a few months they wil l re open once a suitable locat ion has been confirmed. So in the meantime, pop by the pub at 1770 East Colorado Friday July 9 for a farewell pint and a plate of fish and chips, watch a game or two of the finals.

We look forward to the next chapter in the life of Brits Pub and Eatery. Good luck and thanks for a Great 7 Years in Pasadena. Keep us posted!

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NOtiCe OF truStee’S SAle t.S No. 1252050-10 APN: 5385-023-002 trA: 09251 lOAN NO: Xxxxxx8891 reF: ly, Steven iMPOrtANt NOtiCe tO PrOPertY OWNer: YOu Are iN DeFAult uNDer A DeeD OF truSt, DAteD January 26, 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. On July 14, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of trust recorded February 04, 2008, as inst. No. 20080204301 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County recorder of los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Steven t. ly, A Married Man As His Sole and Separate Property And Kenneth Yu And Annie Duong, Husband And Wife, All As Joint tenants, 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: 2105 South Baldwin Avenue Arcadia CA 91007-8171 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: $424,504.77. 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. DeClArAtiON PurSuANt tO CAliFOrNiA CiVil CODe SeCtiON 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer, or authorized agent, declares as follows: 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 and I the timefrarne for giving notice of sale

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NOtiCe iS HereBY GiVeN that on tueSDAY, July 20, at 7:00 p.m., in the Arcadia City Hall Council Chambers, 240 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, the Arcadia City Council will conduct a PuBliC HeAriNG tO reCeiVe iNPut ON tHe utiliZAtiON OF PrOPOSeD GrANt FuNDiNG FrOM tHe DePArtMeNt OF JuStiCe, Bu-reAu OF JuStiCe ASSiStANCe, eDWArD BYrNe MeMOriAl JuS-tiCe ASSiStANCe GrANt (JAG) PrOGrAM, iN tHe AMOuNt OF $16,012.

All interested persons are invited to appear at the public hearing and to provide evidence or testimony con-cerning the allocation of JAG funds. You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge any action taken by the City Council with respect to the proposed allocation of such funds, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objec-tions which you or someone else raised at or prior to the time of the public hearing.

For additional information, please contact Senior Management Analyst Nancy Chik at (626) 574-5136 in the Police Department, Monday through thursday, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City Council meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (626) 574-5455 at least three (3) working days before the meeting or time when special ser-vices are needed. This notification will help City staff in making reasonable arrangements to provide you with access to the meeting.

Arcadia City Hall is open between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through thursday, and between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on alternate Fridays. City Hall will be closed on July 16, 2010.

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specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55 the undersigned loan servicer authorizes Cal-Western reconveyance Corporation to execute the Notice of Sale on its behalf containing or attaching the above declaration required by California Civil Code Section 2923.54 regarding its exemption from California Civil Code section 2923.52. Citimortgage inc. By: Aaron Menne, title: Vp 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: June 04, 2010. (r-321559 06/24/10, 07/01/10, 07/08/10)

NOtiCe OF truStee’S SAle tS No. 10-0038175 title Order No. 10-8-148651 APN No. 5782-006-021 YOu Are iN DeFAult uNDer A DeeD OF truSt, DAteD 05/03/2006. 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. Notice is hereby given that reCONtruSt COMPANY, N.A. , as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of trust executed by MAttHeW A. POturiCH, A MArrieD MAN, AS HiS SOle AND SePArAte PrOPertY dated 05/03/2006 and recorded 05/18/06, as instrument No. 06 1093916, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County recorder of los Angeles County State of California, will sell on 07/19/2010 at 1:00PM, At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, los Angeles, CA 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 designa-tion, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 59 WeSt lA SierrA DriVe, ArCADiA, CA, 91007. 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 $1,652,657.19. 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 with out covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebted-ness secured by said Deed of trust, advances thereunder, with interest at provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of trust with interest thereon at provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of trust. if required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 06/20/2010 reCONtruSt COMPANY, N.A. 1800 tapo Canyon rd., CA6-914-01-94 SiMi VAlleY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale information: (800) 281 8219 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. Fei # 1006.101933 6/21, 6/28, 7/08/2010

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For the twenty-third consecutive year, nineteen high school students from Germany will arrive in South Pasadena on Thursday, July 15 as part of a four-week academic home stay program co-ordinated by the local non-profit group, International Education & Exchange (IEE). The program aspires to promote international understanding and good-will through local “citizen diplomat” programs. In fact, IEE is still actively seeking local families to volunteer as hosts for a few more students.

The students, ages 14 to 18, are all proficient in English and will attend morning classes in English and American Culture at an Academic Center in South Pasadena. The program, spanning July

15 through August 12, will include those classes, afternoon trips to local venues, and several full-day excursions to places like Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Sea World. Highlights of their visit in-clude a four-day trip to San Francisco and an optional two-day whirlwind tour of Las Vegas. Members of host families are invited and encouraged to attend any outing, simply paying the group admis-sion price.

Although it is often fun for a visit-ing student when his or her host family includes another teenager, it is definitely not a requirement; in past years students have enjoyed their experiences with re-tirees and families with young children or no children at all. And as much as

possible, the local coordinator matches students to families based on interests. This year’s group has hobbies ranging from the predictable, “listening to Jus-tin Timberlake” and, “going shopping,” to the more adventurous, “visiting the penguins on the South Pole” and, “Latin dancing.”

“Browsing their individual profiles, it becomes obvious what a diverse collec-tion of young people this is,” said Cait-lin Taylor, the program’s Coordinator, “From musicians to Formula 1 fans, these kids run the gamut.”

As the most valued part of the pro-gram, host families are asked on a volun-teer basis to offer a bed, meals with the family, and transportation to and from

the local Academic Center. Carpooling is commonly arranged between host fam-ilies, and, being from Germany, many of the students are familiar with public transportation and good old-fashioned walking. Aside from those basics, hosts should be ready to learn about another culture through the simple act of sharing family life. Speaking of her experience as a host, one local mother said, “We all enjoyed the experience – our children loved having a ‘big sister’ and it was ex-citing to experience our everyday lives through someone else’s eyes.”

Any interested families should con-tact Local Coordinator Caitlin Taylor at (213) 537-6673 or [email protected].

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For the period of Sun-day, June 27, through Satur-day, July 3, the Police Depart-ment responded to 826 calls for service of which 119 re-quired formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, June 27:

1. Between 11:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., unknown suspect(s) entered an un-locked vehicle parked at CVS Pharmacy, 1401 S. Baldwin Avenue, and stole a wallet containing cash and credit/debit cards from inside a purse.

2. Sometime between 03/22/10 and midnight on 06/23/10, the ex-boyfriend, a male white, 29 years of age, of the victim used the victim’s debit card account information to make unau-thorized purchases totaling $1,220.83, in violation of fraudulent use of access card.

Monday, June 28:

3. Between 12:15 a.m. and 12:50 a.m. on 06/28, the victim got a ride from her friend, a black male, 26 years of age. During the ride, the two argued and once they ar-rived at the suspect’s house, the suspect proceeded to choke the victim. They then left the house together and while inside the vehicle, the suspect punched the victim in the face approximately 10 times. Fearing for her life, the victim jumped out of the moving vehicle near the intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boule-vard and ran to an Arco Gas Station for help. The suspect fled the area.

4. At approximately 12:15 p.m. in the 600 block of Encino Court, unknown suspect(s) entered an open garage and took two men’s mountain bikes, valued at $800. An area check for suspects was met with nega-tive results. The bikes were later found discarded at the Peck Road Water Conserva-tion Park

Tuesday, June 29:

5. Sometime between 4:00 p.m. on 06/28 and 8:00 a.m. on 06/29, unknown suspect(s) cut the pad lock

from the victim’s storage unit in the 900 block of West Duarte Road. A suitcase and a stroller were stolen.

6. At approximately 8:00

p.m., unknown suspect(s), two male blacks in their 20’s, entered Ben Bridge Jewelers at 400 South Baldwin Av-enue and demanded the keys to the jewelry cases by dis-playing a handgun. The sus-pects then used a hammer to open several cases and stole approximately $35,000.00 worth of diamond rings and fled the location to a third suspect who was waiting for them in a getaway vehicle.

Wednesday, June 30:

7. Sometime between 4:00 p.m. on 06/29 and 1:00 p.m. on 06/30, workers re-moved the tent covering a home in the 1000 block of Diablo Drive, which had been fumigated. They dis-covered an open window and ransacked master bed-room. Toxic chemicals were still present and officers were unable to access the interior.

8. At approximately 3:30 p.m., a J.C. Penney em-ployee, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue, was arrested for commercial burglary after an internal investigation revealed the employee had been stealing clothing then returning the items for re-funds between May 9, 2010 and May 16, 2010. Suspect is a Chinese female, 59 years of age, who was placed under private person’s arrest.

Thursday, July 1:

9. Sometime between 4:45 p.m. on 06/30 and 7:15 a.m. on 07/01, unknown suspect(s) cut the soccer nets and removed them from 2 goal posts. The suspect(s) took the nets to the basket-ball courts and set them on fire using a spray lubricant as an accelerant.

10. At 8:45 p.m. two

suspects, a male Hispanic, 16-17 years of age, and a male black, 16-17 years of age, stole the victim’s purse while she was sitting at the bus stop adjacent to the south curb line of Huntington Drive east of First Avenue. Her purse was recovered; however, her money, miscellaneous credit cards and Identifica-tion Card were still missing.

Friday, July 2:

11. At approximately 3:00 p.m., in the 1700 block of Alta Oaks, a male white, 21 years of age, used his cell phone to make a video recording of his friend, the victim, while she was chang-ing in violation of disorderly conduct. The phone was taken into evidence.

12. Between 6:30 p.m. and 6:44 p.m., a female black, 19 years of age, en-tered Hollister, 400 South Baldwin Avenue, with the in-tent to steal perfumes. When she was confronted by loss prevention, she fled from the store. She was detained by loss prevention and a private person’s arrest was made for burglary.

Saturday, July 3:

13. Between 12:30 a.m. and 12:36 a.m., the suspect, male black, 28 years of age, approached the victim as she left Garden Café, 850 South Baldwin Avenue. The sus-pect robbed her of her purse and other property at gun-point. The suspect fled the scene and an area check led officers to locating the vehicle and subsequently detaining the suspect in the parking lot of Chase Bank at 60 East Huntington Drive. He was arrested for robbery.

14. Between 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., officers re-sponded to a report of a brush fire north of Bonita Skate Park, 100 S. Second Avenue. The investigation by an Arcadia Fire Depart-ment Arson Investigator revealed the fire was inten-tionally set.

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During the week of Sun-day, June 27th, to Saturday July 3rd, the Sierra Madre Police Department respond-ed to approximately 330 calls for service.

Thursday, July 1st:

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