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Santa and His Sleigh Get Ready to Roll Around Norwalk By Randy Economy Santa Claus is coming back to Nor- walk for a three week jaunt around the Keystone City of Norwalk beginning Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 17. Jolly Ol’ St. Nick and his right hand, Mrs. Claus, and their favorite elves are making their annual circuit by spread- ing holiday joy and cheer as he makes 30 different stops to local schools and residential neighborhoods throughout the 10 plus square mile community of Norwalk. Founded by longtime Norwalk com- munity leaders Frank Napolitano and Councilman Luigi Vernola, 22 years ago, the “Santa Sleigh” program is now one of the most popular annual tradi- tions in Norwalk. This year according to event coor- dinators, Santa will be taking requests for “special Christmas wishes” and will also be posing for photos with children Controversy Marks Hawaiian Gardens Council, Bruce Accuses Opposition of Spreading Lies By Jerry Bernstein The Hawaiian Gardens city council met Nov. 22 following the re-election of Mayor Mike Gomez and Councilmem- ber Victor Farfan. To nobody’s surprise controversy marked the meeting. Pete Schnuffee, Union Representa- tive for AFSCME accused one of the defeated candidates of harassing a union member who supported the two incum- bents by saying if he won election the man would be fired. Schnuffee said if the candidate had won, the union member would not have been fired for supporting the opposition but for a “made up story” that he was not doing his job. “We are proud of our people who stand up to that kind of du- ress and AFSCME will not back down in his support,” he asserted. Hawaiian Gardens resident Valerie Mason asked if there was any type of policy to protect an individual from verbal abuse from a council member? She said she sat and watched a coun- cilmember abuse a worker, not physi- cally but emotionally, which she said was uncalled for. “If nothing is in place there should be, a person should have the right to support who they choose.” Assistant City Clerk and union mem- ber Lucy Colombo accused Councilman Barry Bruce of repulsive acts on Elec- tion Day. She said during the election union members were questioned and targeted as to whom they were going to vote for and why they were supporting candidates he disagreed with. She said one union member was called a traitor. “Our union members have a right to support whom they please,” she stated, and described the harassment as a violation of the Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] between the city and the union. “Any outside activity by union members is protected,” she added. She accused Bruce of an abuse of power and interference in the election. “You were out of line on Election Day and the union will not tolerate it,” she asserted. She said Bruce had told union mem- bers if he did not get his third vote on 21 year old Cerritos resident died after finishing Philadelphia Marathon By Randy Economy Jeffrey Lee, a popular 21 year old former graduate of Whitney High School collapsed and died after completing the Philadelphia Half Marathon recently in what officials are calling a "an apparent heart attack." Lee, a senior and nursing student at the Wharton School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, had just completed the popular race in the historical enclave on Sunday when he collapsed and died just moments after crossing the finish line. Another competitor also collapsed and died in the same race, according to published reports in the Philadelphia Inquirer. News of Lee's death has been report- ed around the country and globe during the past 24 hours. According to the marathon's website, Lee finished the race in 1 hour, 58 min- utes and 10 seconds. He had a pace of 9:02 and finished the first 10 kilometers in 53:45. The lifelong Cerritos resident was the recipient of the Whitney High School Foundation Scholarship in 2008 and had also been a past graduate of Assemblyman Tony Mendoza’s Young Legislator’s Program. Mendoza is in the process of preparing a statement for the media about Lee's passing. “I am deeply saddened to learn of Jeffrey’s passing. As one of the gradu- ates of my first Young Legislators Pro- gram class in 2008, Jeffrey proved himself to be a truly dedicated individual committed to making a difference in his community. Throughout the course of our 10 months together, I came to know him as a leader, a passionate advocate for social change and a friend. He will be greatly missed and my heart goes out to his family and friends during this dif- ficult time,” Mendoza said in a statement to Los Cerritos Community News. Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Jillian Russell reported that Lee collapsed at the finish line at 22nd Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway at the end of the annual event that attracts thousands of runners from all over the world. Serving Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, Norwalk, Lakewood, Pico Rivera, and La Palma • 45,000 homes every Friday • December 2, 2011 • Volume 22, No. 29 LCCN Media Group COMMUNITY NEWS LCCN Media Group COMMUNITY NEWS WIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO ANY ISLAND OF HAWAII! DETAILS ON PAGE 3 GREAT NEW DEALS See page 13 YOURCITY COUPONS YOURCITYCOUPONS.NET (562)531-2550 • www.LakewoodRegional.com Need to See a doctor tOday? For More Information Call (866) 797-3279 or go to www. askfor adoctor.com Monday - Friday Our family of physicians are available to care for you and your familytOday. Call now for a same day or next day appointment with a physician in your area. Your Health...Your Hospital [See CONTROVERSY page 13] [See JEFFREY LEE page 8] [See SANTA page 13] [See COMPUTERS page 8] Whitney Grad Jeffrey Lee Remembered at Memorial Service Lee was known by his teachers, advisers and peers as a dedicated student and iend who always had a smile on his face. “Nobody smiled like Jeff,” said Eileen Lake, who was Lee’s Nursing adviser. THIEVES STEAL 30 COMPUTERS FROM VALLEY CHRISTIAN By Randy Economy A sophisticated robbery took place in the middle of the night Wednesday at the Cerritos Valley Christian School campus and 30 high priced computers were carted off by the errant thieves. According to Richard Suttie, Super- intendent of Valley Christian Schools, the unidentified suspect or suspects went onto the private school campus located 10818 Artesia Boulevard in Cerritos somewhere between the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and “literally looted” all the computers in a lab that serves both 7th and 8th Grade students. Members of the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department responded to the campus on Wednesday morning after school of- ficials went to open the door of the com- puter lab when the robbery was discov- ered. According to Lt. Richard Harpham

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Santa and His Sleigh Get Ready to Roll Around NorwalkBy Randy Economy

Santa Claus is coming back to Nor-walk for a three week jaunt around the Keystone City of Norwalk beginning Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 17.

Jolly Ol’ St. Nick and his right hand, Mrs. Claus, and their favorite elves are making their annual circuit by spread-ing holiday joy and cheer as he makes 30 different stops to local schools and residential neighborhoods throughout the 10 plus square mile community of Norwalk.

Founded by longtime Norwalk com-munity leaders Frank Napolitano and Councilman Luigi Vernola, 22 years ago, the “Santa Sleigh” program is now one of the most popular annual tradi-tions in Norwalk.

This year according to event coor-dinators, Santa will be taking requests for “special Christmas wishes” and will also be posing for photos with children

Controversy Marks Hawaiian Gardens Council, Bruce Accuses Opposition of Spreading LiesBy Jerry Bernstein

The Hawaiian Gardens city council met Nov. 22 following the re-election of Mayor Mike Gomez and Councilmem-ber Victor Farfan. To nobody’s surprise controversy marked the meeting.

Pete Schnuffee, Union Representa-tive for AFSCME accused one of the defeated candidates of harassing a union member who supported the two incum-bents by saying if he won election the man would be fired.

Schnuffee said if the candidate had won, the union member would not have been fired for supporting the opposition but for a “made up story” that he was not doing his job. “We are proud of our people who stand up to that kind of du-ress and AFSCME will not back down in his support,” he asserted.

Hawaiian Gardens resident Valerie Mason asked if there was any type of policy to protect an individual from verbal abuse from a council member? She said she sat and watched a coun-cilmember abuse a worker, not physi-cally but emotionally, which she said was uncalled for. “If nothing is in place there should be, a person should have the right to support who they choose.”

Assistant City Clerk and union mem-ber Lucy Colombo accused Councilman Barry Bruce of repulsive acts on Elec-tion Day. She said during the election union members were questioned and targeted as to whom they were going to vote for and why they were supporting candidates he disagreed with. She said one union member was called a traitor.

“Our union members have a right to support whom they please,” she stated, and described the harassment as a violation of the Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] between the city and the union. “Any outside activity by union members is protected,” she added. She accused Bruce of an abuse of power and interference in the election. “You were out of line on Election Day and the union will not tolerate it,” she asserted.

She said Bruce had told union mem-bers if he did not get his third vote on

21 year old Cerritos resident died after finishing

Philadelphia Marathon

By Randy Economy

Jeffrey Lee, a popular 21 year old former graduate of Whitney High School collapsed and died after completing the Philadelphia Half Marathon recently in what officials are calling a "an apparent heart attack."

Lee, a senior and nursing student at the Wharton School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, had just completed the popular race in the historical enclave on Sunday when he collapsed and died just moments after crossing the finish line.

Another competitor also collapsed and died in the same race, according to published reports in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

News of Lee's death has been report-ed around the country and globe during the past 24 hours.

According to the marathon's website, Lee finished the race in 1 hour, 58 min-utes and 10 seconds. He had a pace of 9:02 and finished the first 10 kilometers

in 53:45.The lifelong Cerritos resident was

the recipient of the Whitney High School Foundation Scholarship in 2008 and had also been a past graduate of Assemblyman Tony Mendoza’s Young Legislator’s Program. Mendoza is in the process of preparing a statement for the media about Lee's passing.

“I am deeply saddened to learn of Jeffrey’s passing. As one of the gradu-ates of my first Young Legislators Pro-gram class in 2008, Jeffrey proved himself to be a truly dedicated individual committed to making a difference in his community. Throughout the course of our 10 months together, I came to know him as a leader, a passionate advocate for social change and a friend. He will be greatly missed and my heart goes out to his family and friends during this dif-ficult time,” Mendoza said in a statement to Los Cerritos Community News.

Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Jillian Russell reported that Lee collapsed at the finish line at 22nd Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway at the end of the annual event that attracts thousands of runners from all over the world.

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Whitney Grad Jeffrey Lee Remembered at Memorial Service

Lee was known by his teachers, advisers and peers as a dedicated student and friend who always had a smile on his face. “Nobody smiled like Jeff,” said Eileen Lake, who was Lee’s Nursing adviser.

THIEVES STEAL 30 COMPUTERS FROM VALLEY CHRISTIANBy Randy Economy

A sophisticated robbery took place in the middle of the night Wednesday at the Cerritos Valley Christian School campus and 30 high priced computers were carted off by the errant thieves.

According to Richard Suttie, Super-intendent of Valley Christian Schools, the unidentified suspect or suspects went onto the private school campus located 10818 Artesia Boulevard in Cerritos somewhere between the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and “literally looted” all the computers in a lab that serves both 7th and 8th Grade students.

Members of the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department responded to the campus on Wednesday morning after school of-ficials went to open the door of the com-puter lab when the robbery was discov-ered. According to Lt. Richard Harpham

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By Sarah Ko

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Ko is a se-nior at Whitney High School. Last sum-mer she spent 11 weeks in Cusco Peru where she worked in two different health centers. This is her story.

Last summer, I decided to partake in a mission to make a difference on the lives of many individuals, 4,000 miles away from home, using the Spanish language I had always loved. After months of searching, sifting and weighing portals of information, I encountered a medical pro-gram in Peru that offered everything I was looking for – one that would allow me to contribute service through leadership and personal initiative: something beyond myself!

After my application had been ac-cepted and my placement had been made, the day I had been awaiting arrived. Two flights later, I landed at the Cusco Interna-tional Airport and was greeted with kisses and warm hugs by every person I encoun-tered; however, I was soon absorbed into reality as I attended my first day of work.

During my 11 week stay, I worked at two different health centers in Cuzco. In the mornings, I worked at Centro de Salud de Ttio, a government-funded clinic for the impoverished. I administered ultra-sound to injured patients and to pregnant women, conducted urine tests, and cleaned stitches in the emergency room. In the evenings, I worked at San Juan de Dios, a rehabilitation facility that included an or-phanage for mentally and physically dis-abled children, many of whom were aban-doned by parents struggling to survive themselves. Here, I spoon-fed them lunch, assisted them in the bathroom, played with them, and ultimately “mothered” them.

As I am writing this, I remember the day when Clarissa, a charming six-year-old from the orphanage, (pictured left), yelled, “Bailar! Bailar!” wanting me to carry her on my back and dance to the songs played on television. As I carried her deli-cate body and spun her, I glanced at the face of each child, smiling and laugh-

ing with vivacity. After several hours, I put her to bed, even though she would beg me to pick her up again and resume dancing. When we finished putting each child to bed, we gathered our belongings and returned to our host family. On the walk home, I vividly remembered Clarissa weeping and bawling, along with a few other kids, pleading for me to stay for even a half hour more. I had to apologize, but I felt so guilty, promising her that I would return the next day. Every night, in bed, I constantly thought about what more

I could do for each child.My affection for them amplified, even

after returning to the United States. I de-veloped a project dedicated to the children at San Juan de Dios, a plan that eventually became my Girl Scout Gold Award Proj-ect. With the help of my Girl Scout troop, I made bibs, blankets, pillows, and other baby essentials using pastel-colored, baby-designed fabrics. This opportunity not only helped me achieve personal growth through experiencing humanitarianism, but also assured me of its place in my life.

By Larry Caballero

Vintage Cerritos, an independent and assisted senior living facility, celebrated the 101st Birthday of its oldest resident Margaret Sattler who was joined by her niece, great nephew and 70 residents for a birthday party of

food, drinks and live entertainment by Bruce Pulcini who performed “songs of Elvis, Frank, Dean and many oth-ers.”

Sattler was born Nov. 22, 1910 in Monticello, Iowa and was the eldest of six children raised on a large farm. Her main chore was gathering eggs, often

Vintage Cerritos Resident Celebrates 101st Birthday

Rev. Frank Remski, niece Janet Grings and great nephew Ahren Grings were present to help celebrate Margaret Sattler’s 101st Birthday at Vintage Cerritos.

Whitney Student Travels to Cusco Peru

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Members of the Nor-walk Sheriff’s Station are continuing their commit-ment to giving back to the community this holiday season by collecting non-perishable food items for a local food bank. “With the demand for assistance from families at the local food banks being so high, it is important that we help them keep up with the requests,” said Sgt. Brian Doyle.

Beginning this week and continuing thru Monday, Dec, 19 members of the community and clubs and service orga-nizations are being asked to bring non-perishable food items to the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station located at 12335 Civic Center Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650.

The Deputies and staff of the Nor-walk Sheriff’s Department will ensure that all food donations are delivered to

the City of Norwalk Food Bank that is coordinated by the Norwalk Social Services Department.

Doyle told Los Cer-ritos Community News this year’s drive is “more needed than ever” due to the current economic situation. Doyle also pointed out that

if you are unable to make it to the station, you can contact him directly at 562-466-5455 or e-mail him at [email protected] and a civilian volunteer will come to your home or business to pick-up the donations.

“This is the season of giving, so please help us keep the food banks supplied and able to meet the growing demands by donating to our food drive,” Doyle said.

Norwalk Sheriff’s Captain Pat Max-well is also asking the community “to help ensure that this holiday season is truly special for those in need.”

fighting the clucking hens for them. They had a large garden, and she used to can vegetables and fruit while also sewing her own clothes and playing the organ at her church.

She became the teacher for a small country school, walking a mile and a half back and forth each day. She eventually came to California, fell in love and married before settling in Long Beach where she and her husband

enjoyed more than 50 years together.Sattler moved to Vintage Cerritos

on Nov. 1, 2003 when she was 92-years old. She still enjoys good health and a sharp mind. She spends her time read-ing, playing cards, doing crossword puzzles and watching 60 Minutes and other news shows.

When asked what she credits her longevity to, she always says, “Mostly good genes.”

Norwalk Sheriff Station Collecting Non-Perishable Food Items

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La Palma Mayor Ralph Rodriguez was the guest speaker at the Nov. 21 Hubert Humphrey Democratic Club (HHDC) meeting where he proudly announced that La Palma has been nationally recognized as being one of the best small cities to live in according to either population or area. A prominent magazine recently labeled La Palma as the second best city in Orange County.

Rodriguez said 2011 was a year that Mayors dread since it was not only “a tough economic year, but we had to deal with labor negotiations.” Three of the four bargaining units settled quickly, but the La Palma Police Association (LPPA) leadership held out until two weeks ago.

The Mayor said he was pleased with the new three-year contract that could allow a salary increase to the City employees in the third year if revenues are up sufficiently to warrant it.

Rodriguez said that sales tax revenue to the City has increased this year, and the major La Palma businesses are making a profit. “I’m proud of that,” said Rodriguez.

He is also pleased to sit on a few regulatory boards and agencies including the Orange County Fire Authority and the League of Cities.

One of the major issues on residents’

Cerritos Democratic Club Welcomes La Palma Mayor

La Palma Mayor Ralph Rodriguez ad-dressed Hubert Humphrey Democratic Club members on transportation issues at their Nov. 21 General Meeting.Photo by Lou Delgado, SpotLight Photography

minds is the high-speed rail that originally had been estimated to cost $45 billion. “It’s closer to $100 billion now,” said Rodriguez.

A bond approved by voters has brought in about $10.6 billion, the federal government has provided about $3.5 billion and state bonds have provided a few billion dollars. “We have a long way to go before the rail is completed,” said Rodriguez.

Yet he is confident that it will be built because it will provide many jobs that are needed in the state. Unfortunately, Rodriguez said that money that will be allocated for the high speed train will be money taken away from bridge construction, street repair and rebuilding the state’s infrastructure.

Although La Palma is located in North Orange County, its new Congressional District will be the 38th CD that includes the Los Angeles County cities of Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Artesia, Lakewood, Norwalk, La Mirada, Whittier, Pico Rivera, Montebello and South El Monte.

Rodriguez said that the City was eager to begin working with Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, and she has already agreed to work with La Palma for a

bridge expansion on Del Amo Boulevard east of Bloomfield Avenue.

Water Replenishment District (WRD) Representative Lillian Kawasaki also attended the HHDC meeting to ask for a club endorsement for her election in Apr. 2012 to the Long Beach City Council’s 8th District. As a WRD Representative with 30 years of local government experience, she has worked closely with Cerritos and neighboring communities.

“I am honored to have the support of State Senator Alan Lowenthal in my candidacy for the Long Beach City Council,” said Kawasaki.“I appreciate his endorsement greatly, and I am especially pleased that he has recognized my commitment and expertise in the areas of job creation and the environment. These are some of the most important issues facing Long Beach today.”

She said the endorsement, along with the endorsements of County Supervisor Don Knabe and Long Beach Unified School District Supervisor Mary Stanton, “is very exciting at this early stage in my campaign.” Kawasaki received a unanimous HHDC endorsement and thanked the Club for supporting her through the years.

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The Holidays Take on a Tropical Twist With Na Leo A Hula Christmas at the CCPA on Sat., December 3, 8:00 PM

Celebrate the holidays Aloha-style with the acclaimed Na Leo Pilimehana at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) on Saturday, December 3, 8:00 PM. Tickets, ranging from $75-$30, can be purchased at the CCPA Ticket Office, by calling (562) 467-8818, or at www.cerritoscenter.com.

Na Leo Pilimehana brings the spirit of the islands to Cerritos in NA LEO A HULA CHRISTMAS, performing holi-day tunes and the group’s greatest hits. The spectacular also features a live band and Hula dancers.

One of the most popular and biggest-selling female Hawaiian groups in the world, Na Leo Pilimehana has won more than 20 Hoku Music Awards (Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammys), including honors for the hits Friends, Flying With Angels, Rest of Your Life, I Miss You My Hawai’i, Saving Forever, and the No. One song Local Boys. The trio’s Christmas Gift and Christmas Gift 2 garnered Hoku awards for “Christmas of the Year” album.

In Hawaiian, Na Leo Pilimehana means “voices blending together in warmth.” The band was the first female ensemble from Hawaii to reach the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary music chart. The group includes childhood friends Nalani Choy, Lehua Kalima Hei-ne, and Angela Morales, who had their first hit as high school seniors when they entered a Hawaiian youth talent contest with the original song Local Boys.

The tune ruled the top spot on music charts and won the prestigious Hoku Music Award, becoming one of the best-selling songs in the islands’ history.

The three women compose, record, perform, and run their own record label. However, “what they do best [is] make use of wonderful harmonies together to create textures of sound that feed into an easy listening, Adult Contemporary format,” praised the Honolulu Star-

Holiday Doo-Wop Features The Crystals, Frankie Ford, Kenny Vance & The Planotones, and The Penguins’ Cleve Duncan at the CCPA on Fri., December 2, 8:00 PM

Kick off the Yuletide season with Holiday Doo-Wop at the Cerritos Cen-ter for the Performing Arts on Friday, December 2, 8:00 PM. The evening’s lineup features

The Crystals, Frankie Ford, Kenny Vance & The Planotones, and The Penguins’ Cleve Duncan performing holiday tunes as well as their classic hits. Tickets are $85-$45 and are available at the CCPA Ticket Office, www.cerritoscenter.com, or by calling (562) 467-8818.

Get into the HOLIDAY DOO-WOP spirit with the genre’s biggest acts, be-ginning with THE CRYSTALS, one of the most successful female bands of the 1960s. The ensemble charmed audi-ences and critics with the timeless jew-els Da Doo Ron Ron, Then He Kissed Me, and the band’s No. One single He’s a Rebel. The Crystals helped redefine the girl-group style with raw songs like

He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss), which exposed domestic violence; and Uptown, about a man who finds strength and pride when he visits his love who lives uptown.

The evening also features FRANKIE FORD, the “New Orleans Dynamo” best known for the Top 20 hit Sea Cruise. Ford was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame, Louisiana Treasures Hall of Fame, and The Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The South Louisiana Music Association. A first-class act, Ford has performed in prestigious venues across the globe, including London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Hollywood’s Universal Amphitheatre, the New Orleans Super-dome, and The Lincoln Center in New York.

KENNY VANCE & THE PLANO-TONES rocked with the signature song Looking for an Echo. Vance, who was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002, was welcomed into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

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liars and spreading “street gossip”. Isn’t he a man of God?” she asked.VAL LYNDER,” I interjected, “Some-

times people say things they wish they had not said, although in this case I be-lieve he has no qualms about what he has said.”

I could see her temper rising as she slowly raised her purple poker-dotted umbrella. “VAL LYNDER, don’t do it,” I implored. It was too late. Down came her umbrella on my desk. I looked at her and quietly said, “I wish you wouldn’t bang your umbrella on my desk.”

“I didn’t break anything, did I?” she asked.

“”No,” I replied. “It’s just that I become very disturbed,

“she stated, “when someone takes an oath of office and then violates it by call-ing everyone who disagrees with him liars, puppets and worse; especially city council members who apparently aren’t interested in working for the residents who elected them but only for their own and others apparent goals.”

“VAL LYNDER,” I said, “The resi-dents in Hawaiian Gardens just re-elect-ed the Mayor and Councilman Victor Farfan to second four-year terms. The people aren’t stupid. They want their city to move forward, not backward. They let everyone know where they stand with their vote.” “You’re right,” she agreed, “but you can’t let your guard down.”

Thinking back to her previous visit, and what she had to say, I found myself agreeing with her observations.

Tonight [Dec. 2] at 5 p.m. Hawaiian Gardens will hold its annual Christmas Tree Celebration. This year the city re-ceived $50,000 for its Holiday celebra-tion from the Hawaiian Gardens Casino. The celebration, which traditionally has been one of the city’s most popular Civic events will transform City’s Civic Center into a winter wonderland including snow, a visit from Santa Claus, with school stu-dents providing entertainment and more.

VAL LYNDER grew silent. She was about to change the subject. “Tell me, she said, The ABCUSD will be reorga-nizing at its next meeting. My under-standing is that Armin Reyes was to be elected President of the Board, but with his being on active duty again, who do you think will be named President?”

“By rights, I’d say Olympia Chen. She’s been the Board Clerk this past year and would be next in line.”

VAL LYNDER looked at me. “How about Vice President?” she asked.

“My educated guess would be Celia Spitzer.”

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UNITED WE STAND...Many of us are here tonight because

we saw, heard, experienced and endured the wrath of Councilmember Barry Bruce on Election Day. I’m going to share a few of the stories that were appalling and repulsive acts experienced and witnessed by many of our union brothers and sis-ters, including myself, voters and other election officials. During the campaign season, a few union members were ques-tioned and interrogated as to whom they were voting for and why they were sup-porting candidates that he disagreed with and he did not want them involved in campaigning for other candidates. In fact, there were instances where Councilmem-ber Bruce involved wives in the matters relating to the union members and their activities. One union member was called a traitor and had his character questioned. Our union members have a right to sup-port or oppose any candidate and in fact it is a violation of our MOU to infringe upon that right as our employees have a right to a private life; therefore any activ-ity that is conducted outside of work is protected. Additionally, union activity is also a State and Federally protected right.

Councilmember Bruce your tactics, actions and behavior were inappropriate in so many ways and on so many levels. Some of our union members were not only being intimidated and harassed by you, but many were in-deed threatened with your comments “ wait ‘til tomorrow (after the election) because heads are go-ing to fly.” Another union member was told that he was “a gangster, hoodlum and shouldn’t be working for City Hall and that he was a stepford wife.” Another union member was told that “he was a nobody and a weasel” Not only is this an abuse of power, it is illegal for a coun-cilmember to do these things to our union members. You also said to union mem-bers “heads are going to roll, wait ‘til tomorrow (after the election), you’re go-ing to be fired and you’re going to pay.” The many stories continue—these were spoken with venomous and deceitful lips. You belittled, humiliated, harassed, insulted and slandered many of our mem-bers. The verbal and physical coercive, bullying tactics that were leading to in-terferences of the elections process were disturbing to the voters, poll workers, elections officials and union members. In fact, you even told me “you’re a no-body, you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re nothing... you’re just YOU!” My response to you then, was that I was an election official. Well, I, like my union

brothers and sisters, we are somebody… we are God’s children, and we are proud and united union members.

Councilmember Bruce on Election Day you were out of control and out of line in your actions and behaviors against our members. This abuse is not accept-able and will not be tolerated by our union--- it’s harassment, it’s union bust-ing and it’s illegal--- shame on you!

I understand that people from time-to-time may be passionate about something, even frustrated or angry; but someone in your position, must always treat people with respect, dignity and professionalism. Let us remind you that these are in fact the “core values” that you requested, sug-gested and adopted for the City; perhaps you should look at the back of your busi-ness card.

In your position we should be en-couraging and lifting people’s spirit; not breaking it! Perhaps, its time for you to pray, reflect and make changes. You also told our union members that you “would no longer be involved and the hell with the City” and that “if you didn’t get your third vote that you would “step down and resign.” WELL…. Do you truly mean what you say, or is this just a tactic and rhetoric? You often say that you speak the truth, well, do you? Perhaps you can let the union know what you’re answer is by the end of today’s meeting.

On behalf of the Union, we thank the City Council for your time.

An Oath of OfficeBy Jerry Bernstein

My friend VAL LYNDER, DEFEND-ER OF ALL THAT IS TRUE, said something on her last visit that has stuck in my mind. She pointed out that when a person testifies in court he/she has to take an oath to tell the truth so help them God. At the same time she asked, “Don’t newly elected councilmembers have to take an oath of office? “

“Yes they do,” I replied. “They basi-cally promise to protect the city and do the best they can for its residents, so help them God.” Webster defines “oath” as a solemn appeal to God to witness to the truth of a statement or the sacredness of a promise.”

VAL LYNDER looked at me thought-fully. “Then what happened in Hawaiian Gardens? At the Nov. 22 meeting Coun-cilmember Barry Bruce accused every-one who disagreed with him as being [See VAL LYNDER page 7]

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As residents of the City of Cerritos we are fortunate to live in a beautiful, thriving and caring community. The struggling national economy has affected many families who are experiencing

financial difficulties. Local charitable organizations offer many ways to help those in need, especially during the holi-day season.

The United States Marine Corps, in cooperation with the City of Cerritos, sponsors a “Toys for Tots” program to give gifts to local underprivileged chil-dren. You can donate toys, books and other items for infants, children and teens through Toys for Tots. New, unwrapped items are requested to help make sorting and delivery more efficient.

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VAL LYNDER looked at me. I could see she had more questions. “How about Board Clerk?”

“I would say Sophe Tse. She’s been on the Board eight years and was just re-elected for a third for year term. This last election she garnered the most votes; more than the three other incumbents. I’d say she should be named Board Clerk.”

“Well, if its not her than it should be James Kang, He’s been on the Board two years.”

“How about Lynda Johnson,” she asked.

“Lynda was just elected. She isn’t fa-miliar, not ready to take it. She probably would pick it up real fast,” I said, “but Sophie has earned it.”

VAL LYNDER began to raise her um-brella again. “VAL.” I said. “don’t do it.” It was too late. Down it came hard on my desk.”

“You know,” she said, “Local politics is just as bad as what’s going on in Con-gress. It’s my way or no way.” With that statement she stomped out of the office.

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Lee was a member of the Whitney High School Class of 2008, and as soon as word about his tragic pass-

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A memorial celebration of Jeffrey’s life was held inside the Whitney High School Gymnasium where more than 800 friends, elected officials, and com-munity members shared stories and memories of Lee.

ABC School Board Member Sophia Tse spoke emotionally at the gathering and shared an uplifting story on how she helped guide him into the nursing field. Tse, a Registered Nurse Practitioner has known the Lee family his entire life.

Several of Lee’s lifelong friends also attended the event that also was attended by past Cerritos Mayors Grace Hu and Laura Lee, ABC Unified School Board Member Olympia Chen, and Cerritos College Trustee Jeannie McHatton.

Cerritos City Councilman Joseph Cho remembered Lee at the last city council meeting pointing out that the Whitney grad was a two-time past re-cipient of the Jospeh and Dr. Lucy Cho Scholarship Fund. Cho told Los Cerritos Community News that Lee was "a true inspiration to many here in Cerritos."

"He will be greatly missed, and Jef-frey represented the best of Cerritos," Cho said. Mayor Carol Chen said the "community needs to remember Jeffrey during this upcoming holiday season" and extended her condolences to the Lee Family.

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“These type of crimes don’t nor-mally happen here in our community,” said Harpham.

“We can’t rule anything out,” he said that the crime appears to be a “crime of opportunity.”

“What is really disturbing is that this took place during the holiday sea-son, and the kids don’t deserve to have to go through this,” Harpham said.

Deputies and an investigator were on the campus for several hours, and no suspects have been identified.

“This is heartbreaking,” Superinten-dent Suitte told Los Cerritos Commu-nity Newspaper on Thursday.

It also appears that the part of the campus where the theft took place is out of view from the many security cameras that are placed on the sprawling campus that is nestled between the Cerritos Auto Square and a popular equestrian stable and riding trails.

“Those responsible obviously had to know the workings of our campus quite well,” Suitte said.“This hasn’t happened before here at Valley,” he said.

“Students are trying to understand why this happened, and many are walk-ing around with sad faces. You don’t think your campus could become a crime scene, but when it does, it is al-most surreal,” he said.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department at 562 860-0044.

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The Cerritos Regional Chamber of Commence held its Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel Thursday Serenading those in attendance were second grade students from Valley Christian School in Cerritos with a medley of Christmas songs that included Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, Jingle Bells and Feliz Navidad under the direction their music teacher Lenee Grebow.

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the council he would step down and re-sign. She said, “You often say that you speak the truth. Do you?”

One resident, Mary Corrales, coun-tered and accused Lopez and Farfan of vote harassment, saying Gomez stood on the corner across from the Lee Ware polling place.

Councilman Victor Farfan thanked the voters for their confidence in him and the Mayor. The residents listened and stepped up. “This really speaks vol-umes. They want to make the most out of Hawaiian Gardens a city which has so much potential.” He said he was very honored to be given a second four years and will do all he can to insure the city progresses.

Councilmember Reynaldo Rodriguez congratulated the Mayor and Council-man on their victory. Turning to AF-SCME Representative Peter Schnuffee, he said it is almost impossible to fire a member of the union. He accused the union of using tactics that were not true, citing the rumor that if the incumbents lost everyone would be fired. “You own the company store now,” he asserted, “and that is one reason I am going to step down from the Personnel Commit-tee. You don’t need me anymore.” He added, he would continue to work with them if needed.

Councilman Barry Bruce also con-gratulated the winners. Turning to the union, he said Lucy Colombo was quite clever in the use of words and so is the Community News. “Anyone wise

enough to see things clearly knows there was gross manipulation. “ He said there has obviously been people supporting one another politically and using the powers that are under their control. The union won this election.

In an apparent attempt to split the union, he said he agreed with Council-man Rodriguez that it was absolute gar-bage that we said we would destroy the union and would fire everyone, which we never said. “This is stuff made up for you guys, who obviously believed it and bought it hook line and sinker.”

He said he felt very disappointed with the union, which laughed at his re-marks. “You can laugh now, but I think you will find later on that it was the wrong decision. He also said Colombo’s statements were not true. “I never called anyone a traitor or gangster,” he assert-ed. He accused her of attributing state-ments to him, which he said he never uttered. Bruce said she didn’t know if he had said them but just believed every word she was told. “That is called gos-sip and should have no place being said by a city clerk.”

Bruce accused the Community News of printing anything they heard. He said the city isn’t moving forward, but backward, accusing the voters of believing gossip and lies. “It was shared by people in suit and ties and shared by the newspaper.,” he said. “That’s why I’m disappointed in the city of Hawai-ian Gardens.” He concluded by saying no one is speaking up for the other side because there is no reason to anymore. The majority has prevailed and that is the sad honest truth.”

Mayor pro tem Mitchi Oyama-

Canada congratulated Mayor Gomez and Councilman Victor Farfan upon their re-election. She said, “I have been on the council going on nine years. I am glad to see the union is united and the community is united.

ing his “Norwalk city tour” this coming Saturday, Dec. 3 at the annual City of Norwalk Tree Lighting Ceremony at the City Hall Lawn area beginning at 6:15 p.m.

The rest of his schedule including dates and locations is below:

Monday, Dec. 5 at Cresson Elemen-tary School at 6 p.m.; Vista Verde Park beginning at 7 p.m. at Gard Avenue and Elmhurst Drive at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dece. 6: Orr Elementary School at 6 p.m.; Studebaker Elemen-tary School at 7 p.m.; and Lakeside Middle School at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 7: Glazier El-ementary School, at 6 p.m.; and 12641 Kalnor Avenue at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8: Edmonson

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While Gahr hopes to make it back to the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section divisional championship game, it will have to do so without an integral piece to its suc-cess of last season. Artesia and Norwalk will also face the same situation as those two teams try to stay close to Suburban League favorite Mayfair. Cerritos will have eight varsity rookies while John Glenn, with a new coach, and Valley Christian hope to reach the playoffs.

ARTESIA PIONEERS14-14 overall last season, 6-6 in the

Suburban League, fourth place, lost to Crispi 70-42 in the Division III-A quar-

terfinals.Head coach: Greg Taylor (fourth season,

37-43)Team’s record past five seasons: 78-65

STARTERS LOSTPatrick Hart (8.3 points per game), Mi-cah Kahawaii (15.7 ppg.), SR Brandon

Hunt (17.2 ppg.)STARTERS RETURNING

SR Santiago Fajardo (7.9 ppg., 14 games), SR James Floyd (6.0 ppg.)

OTHERS RETURNINGSR Eddie Lindsey, SR Darius Pyles (2.6

ppg.)Despite beginning the season with-

out senior guard Santiago Fajardo, who eventually returned in time for league action, the Pioneers silenced a few crit-

ics and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2007. But head coach Greg Taylor is quick to warn everyone that one long run in the playoffs doesn’t mean the Pioneers are back on top like they were earlier this century. He stated that to be a powerhouse, you have to constantly have players coming in.

“Once [Fajardo] came back and was healthy and we started to win at the end of the season, then I got what I expected,” Taylor said. “But as far as the whole season went, it was still an up and down season.”

Fajardo is back again to give the Pio-neers a legitimate offensive threat. But the team also lost senior Brandon Hunt, who transferred to Dominguez High. With Hunt gone, more pressure will be put on senior guard James Floyd, who should complement Fajardo in the scor-ing department. Artesia will also have two other returning players and bring in six varsity newcomers including senior guard Anthony Gutierrez and senior forward Cameron McGlothen, who is slated to be a starter in the post.

“We don’t expect anyone to come in here and score 17 points [a game],” Taylor said. “But we’re hoping guys can make up Brandon’s weaknesses. I don’t think we’re going to find a 17-point scorer. You don’t have to win games by scoring 65-70 points a game. You can win by scoring 55 if you have a team out there that’s willing to sell them-selves out on defense.”

Where Artesia finishes in the Subur-ban League is up in the air. In Taylor’s first three seasons at Artesia, the team has sported only a 6-6 mark in league and has finished in either fourth or fifth place.

“It’s going to be a typical Suburban League,” Taylor said. “I think Mayfair is going to be one of the top teams in the area. As for the rest of us, I think we’re all going to have close games. It’s going to be who can make plays at the end of the game.”

CERRITOS DONS17-13 overall last season, 8-4 in the

Suburban League, second place, lost to Harvard-Westlake 73-58 in the Division

III-A quarterfinals.Head coach: Jonathan Watanabe

(10th season, 137-118)Team’s record past five seasons: 78-

64STARTERS LOST

Philip Kim (9.6 points per game), Chimdi Nnoli (8.2 ppg.), Bryan Wil-liams (7.9 ppg.), Aaron Wright (18.7

ppg.)STARTER RETURNING

SR Terrence Fulton (17.3 ppg.)OTHERS RETURNING

SR Jacob Badillo, SR Elijah Leon-ard, JR Dylan Hirata, Bryan TongCerritos is another team that advance

to the quarterfinals last season and lost a good chunk of its offense. The trip to the quarterfinals was long overdue for head coach Jonathan Watanabe who is

still searching for his first league title.“It was a nice run,” Watanabe said.

“Throughout the year, we had our ups and downs. We had a stretch at the be-ginning of the year where we lost six in a row. It just showed the character of that group that they were resilient and just kept getting better over that time period.”

Eight of the 13 players on this sea-son’s team are first-year varsity mem-bers but Watanabe is not calling this a rebuilding year. Senior guard/forward Terrence Fulton will be asked to lead a team that doesn’t have a lot of experi-enced scoring. Senior Jacob Padilla and junior Bryan Tong, both co-captains, will now take over the guard respon-sibilities as all five returning players are projected to be the starters. Badillo scored 84 points last season and Tong 71 points. Junior guard/forward Elijah Leonard missed all of last season due to an injury. The scoring should be bal-anced once you get past Fulton.

Of the newcomers, Watanabe says sophomore forward Ryan Shelton is the best rebounder he has seen in his 16 years associated with Cerritos basket-ball. Of the eight newcomers, three are seniors.

“We just get better,” Watanabe said about an encore from last season. “That’s just what we’ve done. Our team from this spring to now is a completely different team. They all have just gotten

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Artesia’s Defense Clamps Down in Second Half, Defeats Valley Christian going awayBy Loren Kopff

About a dozen years ago or so, an Artesia-Valley Christian girls basketball matchup would have been worth the price of admission to see. Both pro-grams were making it a habit of playing for, and winning California Interscho-lastic Federation-Southern Section divi-sional championships.

Artesia won three straight titles from 2001-2003 while V.C. took home the top prize in 2000 but made trips to the Wal-ter Pyramid in Long Beach three other times from 1998-2004 and two semifinal appearances in 2001 and 2003. Needless to say both programs had among the top talented players in this area but never faced each other until this past Tuesday night.

The talent may have dropped off but the names on the front of the uniforms

are still the same and Artesia got the bet-ter of the two, beating the visiting Lady Crusaders at their own game, which has been a staple for the longest time. Arte-sia had 19 steals and forced even more turnovers in knocking off V.C. 43-36 for its first win of the season. The Pioneers rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit and held the Lady Crusaders to five field goals in the second half.

“One word that I stressed in the be-ginning was effort,” said Artesia head coach Lonnie Hinchen. “We went to Whittier Christian last night and I did not get an effort from these young ladies that I thought that we have to prepare ourselves for. So, they gave me that [to-night].”

Both teams came out real sluggish in the opening quarter, combining for 17 turnovers and 10 steals. V.C. senior Kristen Lester had four steals but her

efforts were being overshadowed by the fast play of Artesia junior Angie Avila (four points) and the inside power of senior Dana Arrington (five rebounds). Artesia would jump ahead 9-4 but V.C., in its season opener, would end the quarter on a 6-0 run, then score the first basket of the second quarter off a Lester steal.

The Lady Crusaders played their best in the second quarter behind the play of Lester, who scored eight points, had three steals and a pair of rebounds. Meanwhile, Artesia was in a slump, connecting on two of 13 field goals. But the tide would quickly change in the third quarter. First, Avila turned one of her five steals into a basket almost two minutes in. Then with 5:39 remaining in the stanza, senior Tina Heng, who also had five steals, did the same. A three-pointer from Avila with 1:23 left

in the quarter tied the game at 27-27 and the Pioneers were finding their groove again.

“You win on defense,” Hinchen said. “With offense, you’re going to have off days. But defense, you can’t have any off days. My whole strategy is defense first. We have to play defense; we have to. [Lester] for Valley Christian was causing a lot of damage against us and I had to make some adjustments at half-time. I put Angie on her full court and made her work from baseline to base-line. I think that was a game changer.”

Artesia would regain the lead late in the quarter and early in the fourth, went ahead by three points after an offensive rebound and basket from senior Paige Culpepper. But the Lady Crusaders tied the game at 35-35 on a free throw from Lester and still trailed by a point with [See ARTESIA-VALLEY CHRISTIAN page 17]

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JOHN GLENN LADY EAGLES19-9 overall last season, 9-3 in the

Suburban League, second place, lost to Northview 53-36 in the Division III-A

first roundHead coach: Linda Parra (10th season,

136-104)Team’s record past five seasons: 78-58

STARTERS LOSTArlene Gomez (9.5 points per game),

Sharae Moten (10.6 ppg.), Mariam Per-ez (2.5 ppg.), Sarai Robles (9.3 ppg.)

STARTER RETURNINGSR Kimberly Orozco (4.9 ppg.)

OTHERS RETURNINGSR Moshannae Summerise (5.5 ppg.), SR Victoria Robledo, JR Ashley Perez, JR Lizeth Perez, JR Jasmine Robledo,

SO Myra GomezJohn Glenn was paced by six players

off a team of 12 last season and four of them have graduated. Because of that, the Lady Eagles finished in second place in the Suburban League with two of their three losses coming to champion Mayfair and the other a two-point loss to Norwalk. But because head coach Linda Parra used her starting five plus senior Moshannae Summerise over 90 percent of the time, a lot will be asked by the younger crew this season.

“League went well for us,” Parra said. “I thought the light bulb finally turned on in January. The preseason was a disappointment. But [the season] ended positively for us.”

Besides senior Kimberly Orozco and Summerise, the Lady Eagles got 10 points from the three other returning players. This season, the team won’t be as tall and will not have as many scoring threats. Parra says that sophomore Myra Gomez will play the majority of games and has come a long way from last sea-son. Juniors Angie Console and Jayme Leal have found a place in the playing time rotation with senior Patty Santana and sophomore Dominique Gomez rounding out the squad.

“I’m a coach that thinks those kids who put the time in and who are the most talented are the girls who will be playing during the game,” Parra said. “I tell all of the varsity girls just because you’re on the team doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed playing time. We’re going to play the best players during those 32 minutes.”

Glenn may not have the firepower to repeat as second place finishers but

where the team will end up is still a ques-tion. Parra won’t give any predictions on where everyone will finish but thinks the rest of the league has improved.

“At Glenn, for some reason, they think Mayfair is a powerhouse,” Parra said. “I told my girls they’re just normal high school kids.”

NORWALK LANCERS14-13 overall last season, 8-4 in the Suburban League, third place, lost to North Torrance 56-12 in the Division

III-AA first roundHead coach: Richard Drake (fifth season

at Norwalk, 54-54, 18th overall, 227-170)

Team’s record past five seasons: 63-69STARTERS LOST

Vanessa Ramirez (6.9 points per game), Giselle Sanchez (6.3 ppg.)STARTERS RETURNING

SR Nia Lateju (6.2 ppg.), JR Cristina Batarse, JR Maiya Griffith-McNair (3.8

ppg.)OTHERS RETURNING

SR Cyril Marasigan, SR Larissa Perez, SR Michelle Pulido

Before head coach Richard Drake arrived at Norwalk, the Lady Lancers were a floundering program, finishing either in sixth or last place. But Drake has resurrected the program and Norwalk has gone to the playoffs four straight sea-sons. After finishing in third place, Drake wants more and this season’s squad has the makings of at least second place.

“The way I look at it is you always give a coach three years to see where they’re at,” Drake said. “If you don’t see an improvement in three years then may-be that particular person really doesn’t have what it takes to build a program. Our program started winning as soon as my staff and I took over. Winning comes very difficult. You have to take baby steps and you have to earn the respect of your opponents first, which I think we’ve done.”

The scoring dipped a bit from the pre-vious season but senior Nia Lateju and junior Maiya Griffith-McNair are even better and could provide a double threat to opponents. Both stand at six feet tall and will be pacing the team. Drake adds that Griffith-McNair, who is capable of averaging over 14 rebounds a game, is ‘the real deal’ and is a blue chip athlete. He predicts she will be the number one player in league.

The difference in this season’s prog-ress, according to the dean of Suburban

League girls basketball, will be in senior Larissa Perez, who needs to score more from the top of the key.

“If Larissa can finally step up her sea-son this year, she changes what our team really is. She controls the ball well and she runs the offense.”

The junior varsity team was tri-cham-pions last season and the freshmen/soph-omore team also improved. Because of that, Drake feels the Norwalk program is heading in the right direction. Key new-comers will be senior guard Rainye Guti-errez, who is a perimeter threat and plans to average two to five three-pointers a game and junior forward Jazzlyn Gaxi-ola, another dominant rebounder, who will replace Lateju and Griffith-McNair should either one get in foul trouble. As far as improving from last season, Drake says anything less than 16 wins will be a huge disappointment.

“I think we’re a much better team this year than we were last year,” Drake said. “I think we are very capable of winning this league and we’re very capable of fin-ishing in fourth. It depends upon health, eligibility and things like that.”

VALLEY CHRISTIAN LADY CRUSADERS

19-11 overall last season, 8-0 in the Olympic League, first place, lost to

Oaks Christian 54-49 in the Division IV-A semifinals

Head coach: Katie Hardeman (fourth season, 61-31)

Team’s record past five seasons: 79-66STARTERS LOST

Jelissa Holder (9.6 points per game), Jamie Perez (8.2 ppg.)

STARTERS RETURNINGSR Kari Korver (25.5 ppg.), SR Nia Ar-cher (3.0 ppg.), SR Kristen Lester (4.1

ppg.)OTHERS RETURNING

SR Savannah Hanson, SR Ashlyn Lear, SR Savannah Mageo, SO Kenna Mageo

This was supposed to be the season Valley Christian gets back to the cham-pionship game following a semifinal exit last season. But plans changed for head coach Katie Hardeman over the summer when her prized player, senior Kari Ko-rver, tore her ACL. The UCLA signee is projected to be lost for the entire season. Best case scenario would be for her to return in time for playoffs. Hardeman recalls she was a little traumatized when she heard of Korver’s injury and the coach had to redefine what success is go-ing to look like.

“I told them the day after [Kari’s in-jury] we’re going to relearn our offense,” Hardeman said. “We’ll still have the same defense; they were really good at that and Kari was our ringleader in that. But it’s a totally new style of play. Girls are going to have to step up big time and they already have.”

Korver provided 44 percent of the scoring last season and with the gradu-ation to Jelissa Holder and Jamie Perez, the Lady Crusaders lost 75 percent of their scoring. Hardeman said the scoring this season will come from the seniors Kristen Lester and Savannah Mageo as well as sophomores Kenna Mageo and 6’ 1” Amanda Chamberlain. Lester has already stepped up and figures to be the floor leader. Two other newcomers to the team will be seniors Alexis Batiste and Alyssa Ivins. Hardeman has already insisted that this will be a different game and V.C. will be playing a different way than in the past.

“I’m not going to be unrealistic and say we’re going to be just as good or bet-ter,” Hardeman said. “We’re not going to be. We lost a phenomenal player.”

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Norwalk Lions Club P.O. Box 1712 Norwalk, CA 90650 Anthony Garcia, President 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 4th Thursday Board Meetings 7:00 p.m. Bruce's Restaurant 12623 Imperial Hwy.American Legion Post #359 11986 Front Street, Norwalk, CA 90650 562-864-9021 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 8:00 p.m. Legion HallAmerican Legion Post #35911986 Front St.Drawing, Cake Walk, and KaraokeEvery Saturday evening in Post Hole ClubDrawing is at 8:00 p.m. RECURRING EVENTS:STEAK LUNCH Every Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pmKARAOKE Every Saturday 7:30pmPOST MEETINGS 3rd Thursday of each month 7:30pmAUXILIARY MEETINGS 2nd Wednesday of each month 7:30pmRotary Club of Norwalk P.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, CA Meets Mondays, Noon Norwalk Marriot HotelKnights of Columbus Council #3678 Tom Sandoval, Grand Knight 12138 Front Street (714) 952-4724 • NorwalkVeterans of Foreign Wars Post #7138 12186 Front Street (mail) Norwalk, CA 90651 (562) 864-9246Elks Lodge-BPOE #2142 13418 Clarkdale Ave. Norwalk CA 90650 (562) 868-6603 Jim Duckett, Exhaulted Ruler (562) 868-1924 Thursdays 7:30 p.m. at Elks LodgeRotary Club of Norwalk P.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, Sara Karsgens, President Mondays, noon, Norwalk Marriott Hotel (562) 921-0033 for info. Norwalk Woman's Club Place: Masonic Lodge 12345 Rosecrans Ave. Time: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.Norwalk Community Coordinating Council William Clark, President Helen Brown, Vice President Meets 4th Wed. during the school year. P.O. Box 521 Norwalk (562) 921-4218 www.nccconline.us 1:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Changes every 2 years in May - June - August.

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Pharmaceutical Disposal Box at La Palma City Hall The City of La Palma now has a Pharmaceutical Collection Box located inside City Hall at 7822 Walker Street, La Palma. The box is provided as a free service to La Palma residents so they can conveniently and properly dispose of non-controlled pharmaceutical medicines, including expired or unneeded over-the-counter medications. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FoundationPhone: (714) 740-4000http://www.kpacfoundation.orgKennedy High School BandPhone: (714) 607-0600http://www.kennedyband.orgKennedy High School Choirhttp://www.kennedychoir.orgKiwanis Club of La Palmahttp://www.kiwanis30.org/Division30/webpages/Clubs/LaPalma.htmContinental Little LeaguePhone: (562) 533-5336http://www.lapalmalittleleague.com/La Palma Neighborhood Watch7792 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623Phone: (714) 690-3370http://www.cityoflapalma.org/neighborhoodwatchKennedy Center for the Performing Arts FoundationPhone: (714) 740-4000http://www.kpacfoundation.org La Palma Seniors Club7821 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623Phone: (714) 690-3350 http://www.cityoflapalma.org/seniorsclub

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better and better. I’m ready to go to war with this team. We’re happy with the team that we have.”

GAHR GLADIATORS26-8 overall last season, 8-2 in the

San Gabriel Valley League, second place, defeated Mayfair 63-48 in Divi-

sion II-A finals.Head coach: Ricky Roper (second

season, 26-8)Team’s record past five seasons: 115-

44STARTERS LOST

Davon Potts (20.6 points per game), Javonte Sales (13.7 ppg.), SR Michael

Alvarez (7.6 ppg.)STARTERS RETURNING

SR Anthony Martinez (14.0 ppg., 23 games), JR Brian Nebo (7.5 ppg.)

OTHERS RETURNINGSR John Benson (5.7 ppg.), JR Kyle

BentonA lot has happened since Gahr de-

feated Suburban League power May-fair in the Division II-A championship game. Senior Michael Alvarez, who would have been a second double digit scoring threat this season, transferred to Downey Calvary Chapel. Then head coach Ricky Roper lost his wife on Aug. 14, succumbing to leukemia. And just last month, Gahr was moved to Divi-sion I-AA, the highest division in the Southern Section. Since last season, Roper had been going back and forth to the hospital and didn’t coach the spring or summer leagues. With only four re-turning players, he says it’s still a work in progress and that championships are won in the offseason.

“Last year is kind of a blur,” Roper said. “I’m just taking every day one day at a time right now. Obviously winning CIF was great but the main thing is you want to come out and get better and try to reach our potential.”

Senior guard Anthony Martinez will

be the focal point of the offense while junior guard Brian Nebo will be the inside force. While Alvarez transferred out, the Gladiators received senior Davion Thomas, a 6’7” transfer from Crenshaw. Look for junior guards Bryce Hogan and Tyler Payne to make an im-pact as first-year varsity members.

“This is a whole new team and a whole new journey,” Roper said. “We have talented guys but we have guys who have changed positions this year and guys who have new roles. This is a whole different deal.

“We’re still trying to figure out our identity and how we want to play and what everybody’s roles are,” Roper add-ed. “I’m trying not to put a lot of pres-sure to reach last year’s expectations. I’m just trying to enjoy every day.”

JOHN GLENN EAGLES5-19 overall last season, 1-11 in the Suburban League, seventh placeHead coach: Barry Migliorini (first

season)Team’s record past five seasons: 24-

103STARTERS LOST

Andy Aguirre (15.7 points per game), Adrian Sedano (6.4 ppg.), SR

Nick Vasquez (4.1 ppg.)STARTERS RETURNING

SR Daryl Amirol (7.1 ppg.), SR An-thony Escobar (5.1 ppg.)

OTHERS RETURNINGSR Robert King, SO Ardale Encabo

In terms of winning percentage, last season was the best for John Glenn since the 2006-2007 season but that wasn’t good enough to stop a coaching change. Barry Migliorini, who was at Rancho Alamitos last season with the girls program and before that, Buena Park at the lower levels, becomes the school’s fifth head coach this century.

He inherits a team with only four re-turning players as the program seeks its first trip to the playoffs since the 1999-

2000 campaign.“I’m excited about the opportunity to

coach at John Glenn,” Migliorini said. “The fact that it has struggled doesn’t mean a whole lot to me. It’s high school, which means every four years the talent turns over completely. The fact that they have struggled in the past doesn’t mean they have to struggle in the future.”

Not a lot of offense returns and ac-cording to Migliorini, senior guard Daryl Amirol didn’t have a good sum-mer and needs to step up and change his game. He could be Glenn’s top scoring threat and could average in double fig-ures. The new coach also hinted that as many as four sophomores could be on the floor at the same time.

Senior Yash Barot, junior Dwaune Moore, a transfer from California High and sophomores Sunny Bedi and Erich Webb, all varsity newcomers, will be the key players for the Eagles.

“We have a quantity of bodies that hopefully will play hard enough where we will push into a team that can com-pete for a playoff spot,” Migliorini said.

During the summer, Migliorini set a goal for each player to sink at least 5,000 three-pointers. Barot led all play-ers with 8,373 perimeter shots followed by Bedi (8,287) and Webb (6,840).

“The culture will be to be the hard-est working team in the area, if not the state,” Migliorini said. “[The culture] will be to take more shots than anyone else in practice. It will be to work harder than anyone else in practice. When we get to game time, it will be to outplay anyone else.”

NORWALK LANCERS15-13 overall last season, 7-5 in the

Suburban League, third place, lost to Adolfo Camarillo 67-58 in the Division

II-A first round.Head coach: Jim Webster (10th sea-

son, 89-149)Team’s record past five seasons: 63-

71

STARTERS LOSTManuel Castaneda (18.0 points per

game), Cammie Lewis (12.7 ppg.), SR Terrence Traylor (12.0)STARTERS RETURNING

SR Angel Arevalo (5.7 ppg.), SR Ar-mando Holguin

OTHERS RETURNINGSR Ondre Rissling, JR Michael

RochaNorwalk had another successful sea-

son in the tough Suburban League but took a major hit when senior Terrence Traylor transferred to Dominguez High. With Traylor gone, head coach Jim Webster will have to change a different offensive approach that could see sev-eral players fly under the radar. None of the returning players have scored more than 13 points in a varsity game and the team lacks three-point shooting.

“It is different this year but it’s not like I haven’t experienced this in the past,” Webster said. “The good thing is they’re not all seniors. They’re young. I have four seniors and eight under-classmen. It’s kind of a two-year plan but we’re definitely hoping to make the playoffs again and keep that streak alive.”

Webster says he is expecting senior guard Angel Arevalo to be the leading scorer and that junior guard Michael Rocha, the starting point guard, is the best ball handler. He also added that sophomore guard Rashaad Penny could be the spark off the bench the Lancers will need as well as sophomore guard Alexis Vidana.

“We’re almost starting from scratch; changing the offense,” Webster said. “We did tailor the offense before to get [Anthony Holliday, Castaneda, Lewis] the shots. Now it is let’s get the open shot from anyone. We’ve done a good job of sharing the ball and being unself-ish.”

The Lancers have had three straight winning seasons and have gone to the

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No CA1100038796 Loan No 0359166652 Insurer No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/22/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made; but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: JULIO G. GONZALEZ JR. Recorded 07/01/2005 as Instrument No. 051559151 in Book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 12/20/2011 at 11:00 A.M. Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Property Address is purported to be: 13522 ABANA STREET CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN#: 7006-027-004 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $641,714.51, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Date: 11/17/2011 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dba ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 lleanna Petersen, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 4129387 11/25/2011, 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-10-375228-CL Order #: 100443046-CA-LPI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/20/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal sav-ings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remain-ing principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, un-der the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest there-on, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): GWENDOLYN BUTTON , AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 4/30/2007 as Instrument No. 20071034068 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 12/29/2011 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $740,692.45 The purported property address is: 19422 JACOB AVE CER-RITOS, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7054-021-044 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property ad-dress or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common des-ignation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written re-quest to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further re-course. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NO-TICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COL-LECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDI-TOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit re-cord may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obliga-tions. ASAP# 4141592 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011, 12/16/2011

Trustee Sale No. 450984CA Loan No. 3014505444 Title Order No. 850959 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/17/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/23/2011 at 09:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RE-CONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly ap-pointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 10/29/2007, Book NA, Page NA, Instrument 20072438810, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: DANIEL W. HAUGHTON, JR. AND DIANE HAUGHTON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and in-terest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pur-suant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, inter-est thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CEN-TER PLAZA, POMONA CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $817,699.17 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 12614 LUCAS STREET CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7012-018-017 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11/30/2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee MARCO RIVERA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconvey-ance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.prioritypos-ting.com P901398 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2011

Trustee Sale No. 439015CA Loan No. 0729426627 Title Order No. 219765 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/17/2006. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/23/2011 at 09:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RE-CONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly ap-pointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 08/31/2006, Book , Page , Instru-ment 06 1945104, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, Cali-fornia, executed by: CHRISTINE KIM, A MAR-RIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPA-RATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civ-ic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $817,514.37 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 12337 CARAVEL CIRCLE CER-RITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7024-008-009 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the fol-lowing methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11/28/2011 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee DEREK WEAR-RENEE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconvey-ance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.prioritypos-ting.com P901101 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2011

playoffs each time. Even though the team lacks the varsity experience, ex-pect Norwalk to head back to the play-offs once again.

“If we can improve throughout the season, we can probably be as best as second,” Webster said. “But if we don’t, we can probably be anywhere from six to seven. It’s really how this team improves and keeps their head on their shoulders.”VALLEY CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS

10-16 overall last season, 3-5 in the Olympic League, fourth placeHead coach: Bryan Branderhorst

(sixth season, 84-57)Team’s record past five seasons:

84-57STARTERS LOST

Joshua Castanos (9.0 points per game), Jeff Hing (10.0 ppg.), Connor

TienSTARTERS RETURNING

SR Anthony Roldan (5.9 ppg.), JR Caleb Miller (4.8.ppg.)OTHERS RETURNING

SR Cole Clark (8.5 ppg.), SR Nate Padilla, SR Jordan Rhodes

For the first time as head coach at Valley Christian, Bryan Branderhorst failed to make the playoffs. The Crusad-ers endured their worst season since the 2005-2006 campaign and barely missed a shot of the playoffs last season with a balanced team that was loaded with juniors.

“We were just a little bit away from being good,” Branderhorst said. “We did so many things right on most nights. But we just lacked a guy that can really score. We didn’t shoot the ball very well last year.”

The Crusaders will once again have more juniors than seniors but seven players will be first-year varsity new-comers. Senior guard Anthony Roldan is a legitimate three-point threat and can get off different shots. Branderhorst expects him to be the go-to guy. Senior guard Cole Clark along with Roldan, are potential double digit scorers. Junior center Caleb Miller anchored the de-fense last season and will be a lot more dangerous in the post. Branderhorst said senior guard Jordan Rhodes is the most improved player while senior forward Bruce Hudley is the most athletic on the team. Other newcomers, all of them juniors, will be guards Brandon Bynum, Wes Hoogenboom, Dylan Koolmees, Chris Miller, Nico Morandini and for-ward Clayton Granch.

“I would say out of all of the teams I’ve had so far, this is the most unpre-dictable as far as who is going to play how many minutes,” Branderhorst said. “I think I have good depth this year. I have 12 guys I really trust, which is a nice luxury.”

1:39 remaining in the game. After that, Artesia scored the final six points of the contest while V.C. managed to get only two shots off over the final half of the quarter.

Lester paced the Lady Crusaders with 13 points, seven steals and six rebounds while sophomore Amanda Chamberlain added nine points and five rebounds.

“One thing I know is not too many teams have worked hard as far as con-

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COMMUNITYSPORTSditioning like us,” Hinchen said. “I prepared them for this type of battle; to overpower and outlast the opponent as far as conditioning. We were able to keep our full court pressure. I saw [Les-ter] with both her hands on her knees and I knew that was the difference be-cause we kept the pressure on them.”

After scoring 21 points the previous night in a pool play game at the Whittier Christian Tournament, Avila led Artesia with 14 points. Arrington and Culpepper each added eight points with Heng chip-ping in with six points.

“Some people are just not made to score a lot of points but then again, she’s effective defensively,” Hinchen said of Arrington. “I would love to get a double-double from Dana every game. She gave me 17 rebounds tonight and 14 last night, so I have to take that.”

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 07-0039703 Title Order No. 07-8-160082 APN No. 7068-022-038 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/01/2006. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING 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 BEATRIZ LICONA, A SINGLE WOMAN, dated 05/01/2006 and recorded 5/10/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1029398, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/16/2011 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 22022 VIOLETA AVE, HAWAIIAN GAR-DENS, CA, 90716. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the un-paid balance with interest thereon of the obliga-tion secured by the property to be sold plus rea-sonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $597,032.94. 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 autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses 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: 12/01/2007 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1757 TAPO CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.12065 11/25, 12/02, 12/09/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 10-0058778 Title Order No. 10-8-237889 APN No. 7006-021-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/28/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING 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 CORA L KING, AN UN-MARRIED WOMAN, dated 02/28/2006 and re-corded 3/8/2006, as Instrument No. 06 0495292, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/16/2011 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 13661 ACLARE LANE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. 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 es-timated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $704,449.26. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total in-debtedness 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 feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness se-cured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid prin-cipal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. 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: 08/13/2010 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 # 1006.106601 11/25/2011, 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0079847 Title Order No. 11-0064140 Investor/Insurer No. 91845240 APN No. 7152-027-014 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/05/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOSE PENA AND JOCELYN PENA, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 04/05/2005 and recorded 4/14/2005, as Instru-ment No. 05 0865066, in Book , Page ), of Offi-cial Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/19/2011 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 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 inter-est conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2918 DEL AMO BLVD., LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. 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 reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $627,649.94. 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 feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/24/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4128119 11/25/2011, 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0080089 Title Order No. 11-0064342 Investor/Insurer No. 111262090 APN No. 7170-012-002 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, 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 pur-suant to the Deed of Trust executed by EDITH G. RAGONJAN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 07/01/2005 and recorded 7/13/2005, as Instrument No. 05 1646101, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Cali-fornia, will sell on 12/19/2011 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5532 GRAYWOOD AVENUE, LAKE-WOOD, CA, 90712. 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 un-paid balance with interest thereon of the obliga-tion secured by the property to be sold plus rea-sonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $420,369.57. 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 autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without cov-enant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/24/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.ASAP# 4120488 11/25/2011, 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0082978 Title Order No. 11-0066721 Investor/Insurer No. 0011098825 APN No. 7010-020-021 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/18/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, 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 pur-suant to the Deed of Trust executed by KENJI S. AOKI AND JOAN F. AOKI, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 11/18/2004 and recorded 11/29/2004, as Instrument No. 2004-3070701, in Book , Page ), of Official Re-cords in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/19/2011 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 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 refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16422 BEAR MEADOW CIRCLE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703-000. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability 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 esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $487,797.35. 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 feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/24/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose.ASAP# 4127663 11/25/2011, 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0069301 Title Order No. 11-0056434 Investor/Insurer No. 1044780592 APN No. 7160-002-053 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/21/2006. 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 RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DAVID C. WILLIAMSON AND JEANNIE J. WILLIAMSON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/21/2006 and record-ed 10/6/2006, as Instrument No. 06-2229979, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 12/23/2011 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auc-tion, 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 prop-erty situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 6152 OLIVA AVE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common des-ignation, 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 advanc-es at the time of the initial publication of the No-tice of Sale is $410,731.60. 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 autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without cov-enant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/01/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4127023 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011, 12/16/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0085797 Title Order No. 11-0069305 APN No. 7038-006-100 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/04/2009. 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 STEVEN DZURILLA, A SINGLE MAN, dated 08/04/2009 and recorded 08/26/2009, as Instrument No. 20091316743, in Book , Page of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California, will sell on 12/29/2011 at 09:00 AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 10718 DROXFORD ST UNIT 3, CERRITOS, CA 90703-9184. 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 $269,643.12. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. 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. RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By KIMBERLY ALBARAN, Team Member RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# FNMA4117480 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011, 12/16/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1263900-02 APN: 7010-004-033 TRA: 002493 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx2771 REF: Kim, David Y IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED February 23, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On December 22, 2011, at 9:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corpora-tion, as duly appointed trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust recorded March 06, 2007, as Inst. No. 20070486615 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Re-corder of Los Angeles County, State of Califor-nia, executed by David Y Kim and Debbie Kim, Husband And Wife, 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 behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it un-der 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: 16008 Sugarpine Ln Cerritos CA 90703-1900 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, pos-session, 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) se-cured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $527,598.92. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 dec-laration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. For sales in-formation: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: September 16, 2011. (R-392165 12/02/11, 12/09/11, 12/16/11)

CITY OF ARTESIANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City Council of the City of Artesia will hold a Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting in the City Council Chambers of the Artesia City Hall, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 to conduct a Public Hearing to consider the following item:

CASE NO. 2011-28 ARTESIA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN – CITY WIDE

City of Artesia, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, Ca. 90701The City of Artesia is proposing the adoption and implementation of the Artesia Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan (ABCSP) and related amendments to the General Plan Land Use Map, Zoning Code and Zon-ing Map within an approximate 21-acre area along Artesia Boulevard, between Gridley Road and Pioneer Boulevard in Artesia, California.If you challenge this action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Coun-cil at, or prior to, the public hearing. All interested persons are invited to attend this hearing and express their opinion on the matter listed above.

PUBLISHED: December 2, 2011 Gloria Considine, City Clerk

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 12/2/11

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Cerritos Community College District to receive public input and testimony regarding proposed trustee areas. The District has determined, pursuant to Education Code § 72036, to change its method of election of its govern-ing Board from “at-large” voting to “by-trustee area” voting, in which members of the Board are elected by the voters of the trustee area in which they reside. The Board will consider plans prepared by the District’s demographic consultant and based on the 2010 Census.

The public hearing is scheduled as follows:

DATE: TIME: LOCATION:

December 7, 2011 6:00 p.m. Cerritos College Cheryl A. Epple Board Room 11110 Alondra Boulevard Norwalk, California 90650

The public hearing will take place as a part of a regular Board of Trustees meeting. This is the second of two scheduled public hearings.

Please contact the President’s Office at (562) 860-2451 x2204 for more information.

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 12/2/11

NOTIFICACIÓN DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA

DISTRITO DEL COLEGIO COMUNITARIO DE CERRITOS

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que una audiencia pública se llevará a cabo por la Junta de Administradores de el Distrito del Colegio Comunitario de Cerritos para recibir aportación, opinión y testimonio con respecto a las áreas propuestas de administrador. El Distrito ha decidido, en conformidad con el Código de Educación § 72036, cambiar su método de elección de su Junta gobernante, de votación “en general” a votación de “área por administrador”, en el cuál los miembros de la Junta son elegidos por los votantes del área del administrador en la cuál residen. La Junta tomará a consideración planes preparados por el asesor demográfico de el Distrito y basado en el Censo del 2010.

La audiencia pública ha sido programada de la siguiente manera:

Fecha: Hora: Lugar: 7 de Diciembre del 2011 6:00 p.m. Cerritos College Cheryl A. Epple Board Room 11110 Alondra Boulevard Norwalk, California 90650

La audiencia pública se llevará a cabo como parte de la sesión regular de la Junta de Administradores. Ésta es el segundo de dos audiencias públicas programadas.

Favor de contactar la Oficina del Presidente al (562) 860-2451 ext. 2204, para más información.

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 12/2/11

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No

CA1100040573 Loan No 0359376532 Insurer

No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED

OF TRUST DATED 09/26/2006. UNLESS

YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC

SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION

OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING

AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A

LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest

bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a

state or national bank check drawn by a state

or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a

state or federal savings and loan association, or

savings association, or savings bank specified

in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and

authorized to do business in this state, will be

held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale

will be made; but without covenant or warranty,

expressed or implied, regarding title, possession,

or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation

secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned

Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-

ness of the property address or other common

designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:

CLIFFORD R PETTY AND M. RENEE

MORA-PETTY, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS

JOINT TENANTS Recorded 10/02/2006 as

Instrument No. 06 2187255 in Book XX, page

XX of Official Records in the office of the

Recorder of Los Angeles County, California

Date of Sale: 12/27/2011 at 11:00 A.M. Place

of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic

Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Property

Address is purported to be: 4929 COLDBROOK

AVE LAKEWOOD, CA 90713 APN#: 7173-

023-017 The total amount secured by said

instrument as of the time of initial publication

of this notice is $459,549.97, which includes the

total amount of the unpaid balance (including

accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable

estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the

time of initial publication of this notice. Date:

11/29/2011 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dba

ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street,

Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line:

714-730-2727 lleanna Petersen, TRUSTEE

SALE OFFICER ASAP# 4138630 12/02/2011,

12/09/2011, 12/16/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-10-406720-CL Order #: 100725622-CA-LPI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/4/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, ca-shier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or sav-ings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Finan-cial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): VALENTIN ROJAS AND SARAH A. ROJAS , HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 8/12/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1934097 in book xxx, page xxx of Offi-cial Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 1/3/2012 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the foun-tain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $640,250.21 The purported property ad-dress is: 11056 BIGELOW CIR CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7049-012-022 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Pur-chaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Ext. 3704 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NO-TICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COL-LECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDI-TOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit re-cord may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obliga-tions. ASAP# 4141590 12/02/2011, 12/09/2011, 12/16/2011

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Elementary School at 6 p.m.; Arthur F. Gerdes Park at 7 p.m. and Barnwell Street and Flatbush Avenue at 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 9: Morrison Elementary School at 6 p.m. and Mollette Street and Bechard Avenue at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 10: D.D. Johnston El-ementary School at 5 p.m., Spry Street and Curtis and King Road at 6 p.m. and 11243 Lakeland Road beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12: Chavez Elementa-ry School at 6 p.m., and 12839 Dilworth Street at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 13: Volunteer Avenue and Crewe Street at 6 p.m.; Paddison Elementary School at 7 p.m. and Lake-land Elementary School at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14: Sanchez Elementary School at 6 p.m.; 13523 Benfield Avenue at 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15: Silverbow Avenue and Sproul Street at 7 p.m. and Moffitt Elementary School at

8 p.m.Friday, Dec.r 16: Cheshire Street and

Belshire Street at 6 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 17: 14513 Devlin

Avenue at 5 p.m. and the final stop will be at 14314 Crossdale Avenue at 6 p.m.

Santa wants everyone to call his “Elves” at the Norwalk Recreation and Park Services Department at 562 929-5702 if you have any questions.

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