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Protecting local funds from state raidsCerritos Council endorses ballot initative.

By Jerry Bernstein

The Cerritos City Council unanimously approved a resolu-tion in support of a ballot initia-tive that will prevent the State from raiding local government transportation and public transit funds.

In a report to the council, Assistant City Manager Kathy Matsumoto said over the years California voters have over-whelmingly passed separate ballot measurers to keep local funding sources essential for lo-cal services and prevent the State from raiding local government transit and transportation funds. Despite this, the State recently passed a budget that borrows and takes approximately $5 billion in city, county, transit, redevelop-ment and special district funds this year. For Cerritos, these costs are estimated to be $14.1 million in redevelopment funds over the next two fiscal years.

The Resolution is in support of the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Pro-tection Act of 2010, a ballot mea-sure sponsored by the League of California Cities. If approved by the voters, it will prevent the State from borrowing, raiding or otherwise redirect local govern-ment, transportation and public funds, including:

Adding new constitu-tional restriction that prohibits the State from taking tax increment funds collected within a redevel-

Cerritos High School Cheerleaders participate in London parade

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Carmenita and South - Storm winds knocked down a tree that fell on a car in Cerritos. The vehicle was headed southbound on Carmenita Road and was struck just north of South St. at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday. The tree was blown down from the center median and into traffic. The driver appeared to be out of the vehicle and uninjured. The vehicle appears to have sustained most front-end damage, with the bulk of the tree lying across the open engine hood. A Cerritos Sheriff was pulling up to the scene at the time of the photo. Photo by Anthony D. Morrow

By Jerry Bernstein

Editors Note: The following is an interview with Cerritos High School Junior and Varsity Cheer-leader Marin Chattong prior to her trip to Great Britain as a member of the United States Cheerleading Team that participated in the New Years London Parade. She and four other Cerritos Cheerleaders were among those selected from throughout the United States to go to London and represent the United States in the Parade. She also kept a journal of her trip to London.

Marin Chattong is a typical high school student. She likes Volley Ball and I can only be on one varsity team, she explained. I chose cheerleading. However, I am on the junior varsity vol-leyball team, which is my favor-ite sport. She said she has been playing volleyball since she was in the third grade.

I really love where I am, she exclaimed. I love volleyball and love being a cheerleader. Ive been on the cheerleading varsity team three years.

This is the first time Ive been

Four hundred high schools girls from throughout the United States were selected to represent the country in the annual New Year Lon-don Parade. Five were from Cerritos High School. Approximate 70 students were chosen from the Western United States. Twenty of them, including the five Cerritos girls, got together and had their picture including the five Cerritos girls, got together and had their picture including the five Cerritos girls, got together and had their picturtaken with the London Bridge in the background.

chosen to the go London. Im re-ally excited.

Marin was selected to try out for the cheerleading trip while doing routines. Judges were go-ing around selecting candidates. Once chosen cheerleaders were given a routine to do. You do have time to practice and put your own interpretation on it, and then perform it in front of judges, she said. They then select who will be on the team. She said five girls from Cerritos were chosen to be on the 400-member team and par-ticipate in the New Year Parade in London. She described it as being similar to our Rose Bowl Parade and was televised.

Marin said they were given three uniforms a red jacket, a blue and white jacket that comes with skirt and a long sleeve jacket. Ive never been in snow before, she said, except for a visit to Big Bear. She thought it might snow while she was in London. Cerri-tos has 11 cheerleaders who per-form at school sport events. Ive been to three National Events, she said.

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Storms inflict property damage in Cerritos

Rain storm causes tree to fall onto townhouse - Workmen saw limbs off a 30-year old eucalyptus tree that fell onto a Sundance townhouse facing Bloomfield Avenue just north of 166th Street Tuesday, Jan. 19. A workman said the heavy rains that soaked the earth combined with strong winds was too much for the tree, No one as hurt and it looked like damage was limited only to that section of the roof although a final determination wouldnt be made until the tree is removed and a closer examination can be made. Photo by Jerry Bernstein

Wal-Mart to expand Cerritos Towne Center store

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By Jerry Bernstein

The long awaited expansion of Wal-Mart in the Cerritos Towne Center took a step forward with the Cer-ritos Planning Commission recommend-ing approval at its Nov. 3 meeting. The proposed project would add approxi-mately 25,208 sq. ft. of new floor space primarily for grocery use on the eastern portion of the existing building in an area originally intended for future expansion. It now goes to the City Council for final approval.

Wal-Mart was originally approved on June 18,1992, one of three anchors to be built in the Cerritos Towne Center. The other two were Smiths Market now Kohls Department Store and a 10-screen Edwards Cinemas along with shops and freestanding restaurants. The store was to be built in two phases with the sec-ond phase adding approximately 30,000

Members of the Cerritos Prayer Breakfast Committee gather together following the Annual Cerritos Community Breakfast held Oct. 28 at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel. They are Alan Wood, Jerry Kamashian, Roger Garrett, Marlene Carlin, Julie Knabe, Keynote Speaker Phil Downer, Chairperson Anna Titus, Jim Ed-wards, Rosemary Economy, Chris Haldersen, Hedy Harrison-Anduha, and Merri Wheaton.

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The Cerritos Prayer Breakfast Com-mittee hosted Phil Downer as Keynote Speaker at the annual Cerritos Com-munity Prayer Breakfast held in the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel Oct. 28; and he certainly was no downer.

Injecting humor throughout his talk,

he related incidents ranging from high school, to his time in Vietnam as a gun-ner, to married life after college.

He began by talking about growing up in Colorado, initially describing him-self as a rebel who didnt like to follow rules.

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Smile! Two local girls pose for the costume contest at the annual Halloween Festi-val at Cerritos Regional Park.

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Halloween is a night of trick and treat, where youngsters dressed in cos-tumes knock on your door and ask trick or treat. Many are accompanied by their parents who wait on the sidewalk while their youngsters receive their treats. Sometimes the door to the house

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Veterans of the Korean War and family members attended a luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Norwalk, formerly the Marriott Hotel, in honor of Dr. Soo of the Sae Eden Presbyterian Church in Korea. The church hosted 39 area veterans and members of their families on a June visit to South Korea. Dr. Soo is visiting the United States on business. It is a pleasure to see you again, he said. South Koreans will never forget what you did for our freedom. Today South Korea has one of the fastest growing economies in the world and thanks to you we can help other countries. I will pray for your health and happiness. Thank you.

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Daniel Hernandez Youth Foundation equipment truck stolen

Over the past weekend the Daniel Hernandez Youth Foundation had their truck stolen.

Everything from pop-ups, genera-tors, fishing rods, registration forms, wristbands, kids raffle prizes, cooking equipment, kids goodie bags and much, much more were taken. This is a very sad day for us and for the kids we serve said Dan Hernandez founder of the youth foundation. We were shocked and sad-den when we arrived Monday morning to our office and our truck was missing. All our equipment that we use for each event was gone.

We have two events left for this year, the first one is on November 20th with more than 1,500 kids expected to attend, now that event is in danger of not hap-pening, added Hernandez.

The truck stolen was a all white GMC 1992 box truck. Anyone with informa-tion about this theft is asked to contact the Cerritos Sheriffs office. Anyone that would like to donate items for the foun-dation is asked to call their office at (562) 865-3764.

People can make cash donations on the foundations website at www.dan-skids.org. The Daniel Hernandez Youth Foundation has been serving the commu-nity of Southern California for over ten years; its a 501 (c) 3 non- profit. It has introduced tens of thousands of kids to the sport of fishing and has hosted events thought out Southern California; includ-ing parts of downtown Los Angeles like MacArthur Park were others have re-fused to go.

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Cerritos Observes Veterans Day Nov. 11

The public is invited to attend the City of Cerritos Veterans Day Ceremony Thurs., Nov. 11 near the Cerritos Veterans Memorial in the Cerritos Civic Center. The event is being held in honor of those who have defended our nation's freedom by serving in the United States Armed Forces. Prelude music by members of the California National Guard 40th Infantry Division will begin at 9:45 a.m., followed by a formal ceremony at 10 a.m. Parking will be available at the Civic Center and Cerritos High School. For more informa-tion, contact the Community Participation Division at (562) 865-8101.

By Jerry Bernstein

Responding to concerns over the pos-sible closing of the ABC Adult School Water Aerobics Program, Superinten-dent Gary Smuts told the 315 seniors at-tending the Nov. 4 school board meeting the Board has asked him to explore all avenues to keep the program going.

He said many of ABCs neighbor-ing school districts have been forced to close down their Adult Schools and put the money into K-12 education. Our Board of Education chose not to strip our Adult School and make it a self support-ing program. He said the Adult School funding was cut 20 percent across the board by the State of California, adding he cut their budget by 10 percent for a total 30 percent reduction in their opera-tion funding.

He said this was a very well attended class and a very expensive class. The Board has asked me to see if we can come up with a realistic budget to keep the program going.

He added , We also have a partner-ship with the City of Cerritos and we are working on developing a community partnership with a mutual purpose to serving our students. He emphasized that they were trying to find someway to continue the program admitting they werent there yet, but they should have a program worked out by the Nov. 16 Board Meeting. He urged the seniors to come back on that date and he will pres-ent his report on a game plan to keep the program going.

Eight seniors, representing all the seniors present, responded to his com-ments. Cathy Scott asked the Board if they had considered asking the federal government for money from the New Health Program for Preventive Medi-cine. She described the program as be-ing therapeutic. She also asked why they would want to disband one of the most successful programs in the District.

Marian Nishi said she was from Cypress. She said she joined the pro-gram in 2007 with severe back pain and was in pretty poor health. She said in the four years of enrollment, she was much improved. She went on to say many in the program have mobility problems and can only do their needed exercise in the water. Others have had back sur-gery, have arthritis, etc. There are a lot of health issues involved which a lot of the needed exercises can only be done in the water. She added the program also afford the participants a social outlet that involves mental health.

David Russell told the Board each class has an enrollment of approximate-ly 80 students at any one time. He urged the Board members to look out at the

Seniors outraged over ABCs possible closing of water aerobics program

An overflow crowd of over 300 seniors attended the ABC School Board meeting Nov. 3 to protest the closing of the Water Aerobics Program sponsored by the ABC Adult School at Cerritos Park East.

audience, saying these were the faces of the students enrolled in the Water Aero-bic Classes, if you cut this out it will impact everyone of them. It will be very, very difficult if the program is ended. Its the only exercise many of them can do. He said many have been able to stop taking medication because of this class. Many have trouble walking and take this class because they have mobility in the water and do the needed exercises.

Dianne Welch told the Board the pro-gram has helped their quality of life, both physical and mentally. She said she was glad to see there was some room to keep the program going.

Joyce Moore, who submitted a peti-tion with 310 signatures to the Board to keep the program going said for 20 years ABC has provided a water program for participants to take advantage of. She said there are 536 members presently en-rolled. Their major concern is that while the class is open to everyone, about 85 percent are in their 60s or over. Many have had hip and/or knee replacements, have arthritis etc. Water is the only way they can support their weight and main-tain their mobility. All of the speakers urged the Board to find a solution so the program can continue. The also agreed they would be willing to pay additional dues to maintain the program.

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AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT, enacted in the first month of President Obamas term, to jumpstart our economy, create and save 3.5 million jobs, give a tax cut to small business and 95% of American workers, begin to rebuild Americas road, rail, and water infrastructure, and make a historic commitment to educa-tion, clean energy, and science and tech-nology, with unprecedented accountabil-ity. (Signed into Law)

SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT, land-mark legislation providing $12 billion in tax relief for small businesses by enacting 8 more small business tax cuts on top of the 8 already enacted by this Congress; creating up to 500,000 jobs, by leverag-ing up to $300 billion in private sector

lending for small businesses through a $30 billion lending fund for communi-ty banks; fully paid for doesnt add a dime to the deficit. (Signed into Law)

TEACHER JOBS/STATE AID/CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES, cre-ating and saving nearly 320,000 jobs; providing $10 billion to save 161,000 teacher jobs and $16 billion in Medic-aid aid, with the effect of creating/sav-ing 158,000 jobs, including police offi-cers, firefighters, nurses & private sector workers; fully paid for by closing loop-holes that encourage companies to ship American jobs overseas; cutting deficit by $1.4 billion. (Signed into Law)

STUDENT AID & FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, making the largest investment in college aid in history increasing Pell Grants, mak-ing college loans more affordable, and strengthening community colleges while reducing the federal deficit by ending wasteful student loan subsidies to banks. (Signed into Law)

HIRE ACT, creating up to 300,000 jobs, by providing a payroll tax holi-

day for businesses that hire unemployed workers and a tax credit for businesses that retain these workers; also unleashes tens of billions of dollars to rebuild in-frastructure; fully paid for by cracking down on offshore accounts for wealthy. (Signed into Law)

CASH FOR CLUNKERS, jump-start-ing the U.S. auto industry, providing consumers with up to $4,500 to trade in an old vehicle for one with higher fuel efficiencyspurring the sale of 700,000 vehicles. (Signed into Law)

U.S. MANUFACTURING ENHANCEMENT ACT, to help U.S. manufacturers compete at home and abroad by temporarily suspending or re-ducing duties on intermediate products or materials these companies use that are not made domestically. (Signed into Law)

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXTENSION, extending unemploy-ment benefits to millions of American families through November 30, 2010; every dollar of unemployment benefits creates at least $1.61 in economic activ-ity. (Signed into Law)

JOBS FOR MAIN STREET ACT, to boost small business and to rebuild high-ways and transit; paid for by redirecting TARP funds from Wall Street to Main Street. (Passed by House)

PERMANENT ESTATE TAX RELIEF at the 2009 level to ensure that 99.8 percent of estates never pay a dime of taxes and offer certainty and stabil-ity for farmers and small businesses. (Passed by House)

WALL STREET REFORM, historic reforms to end taxpayer-funded bail-outs and the idea of too big to fail, and protect and empower consumers to make the best decisions on mortgages, credit cards, and their own financial fu-ture. Lack of accountability for Wall Street and big banks cost 8 million jobs. (Signed into Law)

CREDIT CARDHOLDERS BILL OF RIGHTS, providing tough new protec-tions already saving consumers moneylike banning unfair rate hikes, abusive fees, and penaltiesand strengthening enforcement. (Signed into Law)

AIRLINE PASSENGER SAFETY, to improve airline passenger safety, by sev-eral steps including strengthening com-mercial pilot training requirements, re-quiring a minimum of 1,500 flight hours required for an airline pilot certificate. (Signed into Law)

HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM, landmark legislation putting American families and small business ownersnot the insurance companiesin control of their own health care; lowering costs for middle class and small business; hold-ing insurance companies accountable to prevent denials of care and coverage, including for pre-existing conditions; strengthening Medicare and lowering prescription drug costs; creating up to 4 million jobs; and reducing deficit by largest amount in almost two decades. (Signed into law)

HEALTH CARE FOR 11 MILLION CHILDREN, to finally provide cost-effective health coverage for 4 million more children and preserve coverage for 7 million children already enrolled. (Signed into Law)

ENSURING SENIORS ACCESS TO THEIR DOCTORS, by blocking scheduled 21% cut in Medicare physi-cian payments through November 30,

2010 and also updating payments by 2.2%. (Signed into Law)

DISCLOSE ACT, to fight a corporate takeover of our elections, requires them to disclose they are behind political ads; bans foreign-controlled corporations from putting money in U.S. elections. (Passed by House)

NATIONAL SECURITY/TROOPS AND VETERANS FY 2010 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, authorizing 3.4% troop pay raise, strengthening military readiness and military families support, focusing our strategy in Afghanistan and redeployment from Iraq. (Signed into Law)

REPEAL OF DONT ASK, DONT TELL, to provide for the repeal of this outdated policy, contingent on the certi-fication that military review completed and that repeal would not impact readi-ness. (Passed by House)

FY 2010 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION-VA APPROPRIATIONS, strengthening quality health care for 5 million veterans by investing 11% more for medical care, benefits claims processors, and facility improvements. (Signed into Law)

COPS ON THE BEAT, putting an addi-tional 50,000 cops on the street over the next 5 years. (Passed by House)

A lot has been made that the "people have spoken", and they want smaller government, less regulation, less taxes.

Did we not just experience that same ideology during the Bush years? They owned the White House and Congress and look where that got us; the worst economic recession since the great de-pression.

And certian voters in America are celebrating....really?

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Protest over ABCUSD closing adult swim school classes

Over 300 senior adult school stu-dents stormed the ABCUSD's board meeting last night to protest the district's decision to close all the adult school's swimming classes effective the next semester.

After listening to the senior citizen concerns regarding the planned closure of classes, the board wisely postponed the final decision. What district admin-istrators need to remember is that adult school funding is not "their money" it's the public's tax money that is set aside to fund life long learning for adults.

It appears that the district has been using adult school funding as a piggy bank to "bail" itself out of it's large deficits.

The district has over 3000 less students than it did a few years ago but continues to operate with the same number of principals and even more district administrators than it had when enrollment was high. The district's aver-age total revenue per student is $7,000 per student and 7,000 X 3,000 fewer students = a 21 million dollar hole.

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Weekly crime summaryOctober 25-31, 2010

Part I felony crimes reported to Cerritos Sheriffs Station dropped from thirty-three the previous week to twenty-two this reporting period. While robberies were up, all other categories in this summary declined. Calls for ser-vice slightly increased from 306 to 310 last week. The 2010 weekly average in calls for service remained at 299.

Two robberies were investigated. Two male suspects confronted a male juvenile at 193rd Street and Bechard Avenue on Monday October 25 at 7:40 p.m. One suspect displayed a handgun and the victim was robbed of cash and a cell phone. The second case occurred on Thursday October 28 at 11:40 a.m. in a lot located in the 13300 block of Alon-dra Boulevard. A male suspect grabbed a money bag from a female victim and fled on foot.

Seven residential burglaries were logged compared to eight the week be-fore. Open/unlocked doors or windows were involved in two crimes. Three front doors were kicked open, and two windows were pried. Jewelry and a laptop computer were the only items taken. The current 2010 weekly average in residential burglaries is 2.8.

All of the residential burglaries last week could have been prevented in one way or another. Leaving a window or door unlocked or open makes entry entirely too easy for the burglar. Physi-cal force and prying could have been overcome by installation of hardware that holds the sliding glass window or door tightly to the frame. This prevents movement that is necessary to affect en-try and can be accomplished by the use of locking pins. Remember, burglars do not like to attract attention and rarely smash a residential window to gain entry. Make it more difficult for them to make you a victim.

There were no commercial burglar-ies reported. Two were investigated the week before. The 2010 weekly average in commercial burglaries is 2.4.

Vehicle burglaries dropped from ten to four last week. All four were in high-volume commercial parking lots and involved SUVs. A GPS unit was stolen along with checkbooks, gym bags, wal-lets, and a Social Security card.

The 2010 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is now 7.0.

Window smashes continue to be the most frequent means of entering the vehicles in these thefts. Remember that only a very thin layer of glass separates the thief from your valuable property. Your visible property can be seen, the window smashed, and the items stolen in five seconds or less.

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The Our Lady of Fatima school community took a stand against drug use during Red Ribbon Week. OLF observed Red Ribbon Week during October 26th to October 29th with the theme: Drug-Free, I Have the Power!

To power the first day up, students and staff unified and wore red. The second day was a powerful Crazy Hair Day, a fun way students showed that they could use their heads against drugs. In a power play on the third day, teachers and students dressed in black to "black out drugs." On the final day, the OLF family exercised its power over drugs with the theme: "Hocus Pocus; Drugs Aren't My Focus" and wore Hal-loween costumes to commemorate.

Kindergarten through 8th grade classes also participated in Red Ribbon Week by creating banners. Each banner displayed the class's drug-free pledge. Kindergartens pledge was to Bee Smart and Bee Drug Free, and 1st grade's was Pot Makes the Brain Rot Like Potatoes. The determination and creativity of the

students were unveiled all week long. The highlight of the week was a

visit from Sergeant Greg Knapp and fellow officers of the Lakewood Sheriff Station. Sergeant Knapp talked to 3rd through 8th graders about the impor-tance of being drug-free. His most important message was not to submit to peer pressure. Moreover, he gave authentic accounts of the drug abuse he has witnessed in his career. Finally, to the delight of many students, Ser-geant Knapp and the officers revealed the many weapons used in their fight against drugs. Ms. Taylor Hillis, 4th grade teacher, said of Sergeant Knapp: "He was really great with the kids. I was really impressed!"

Red Ribbon Week was a reciprocal event in which the Our Lady of Fatima school community showed its intoler-ance for illicit drug use in return to achieve power over drugs.

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Vehicle thefts dropped ten to four last week. Two of the crimes were in high-volume parking lots and two were in residential areas. All four last week involved SUVs. The 2010 weekly average in vehicle thefts is 4.6.

It is very important that you use some form of an anti-theft device to retain your vehicle. Visible deterrents, such as a steering wheel locking device, are the most obvious and tell the would-be thief to look elsewhere. A great deal of success has been demonstrated by tracking devices that can lead law enforcement directly to the location of a stolen vehicle. These systems cost a little more and require a monthly fee, but are very effective.

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There are many ways you can take care of yourself. You can brush your teeth to prevent cavities. You can put on sun-screen so you wont get burned. You can drink water to stay hydrated when exer-cising. There are also ways you can take care of yourself to prevent or minimize complications from type 2 diabetes.

Even if diabetes runs in your family, you can make diet and exercise lifestyle choices to help delay the onset of diabe-tes or prevent potentially serious compli-cations. Prevention starts with you tak-ing care of yourself by setting goals and gradually making changes so you can achieve long-term health success.

One of the most important ways to prevent type 2 diabetes is to lose weight if you are overweight. Aim for a loss of 5 to 7 percent of current weight; that would equal 10 to 14 pounds for a 200-pound person. This goal goes hand-in-hand with the next healthy choice, exercise. Try to get 30 minutes of moderate physi-cal activity at least five days a week. If you have not been active, start slowly to reach your exercise goal. Choose ac-tivities you enjoy that help get your heart rate up, such as walking, swimming, bik-ing, or dancing.

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Program for Norwalk and John Glenn high school students.

Norwalk Rotary Club in affiliation with Coast Plaza Hospital is proud to conduct their second annual Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Program for both John Glenn and Norwalk High school students.

The Norwalk Rotary Club and Coast Plaza Hospital have begun their second annual Diabetes Awareness and Preven-tion Program which provides parents, faculty and students with free educational material on Type 2 Diabetes followed by free Glucose screening at both campuses. Last year they piloted this program spe-cifically offering it to the freshman stu-dent body. However, with the successful turnout of both students and parents and the determination of faculty, this year Norwalk Rotary in affiliation with Coast Plaza Hospital will once again be offer-ing this program not only to the fresh-man class but to the entire student body currently enrolled at both John Glenn and Norwalk High schools.

Brochures on What ever parents should know about Type 2 Diabetes ac-companied by permission slips will be mailed out to all parents, providing each parent with pertinent information about the disease and its risk factors. This will give them the opportunity to be informed and grant permission for their student to have their glucose screened. Unfor-tunately, children and adolescences are being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes at such alarming rates, that it has been clas-sified as an epidemic. For that reason, early detection is the absolute best way to help prevent the onset or help manage this disease that eventually affects all the major organs in the body. Thus we en-courage all parents to take advantage of the opportunity to have their child tested

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Just on size and might of sound the Moscow State Orchestra is quite impres-sive.

Visiting the Performing Arts Center on Friday night with violinist Jennifer Koh, the Muscovites literally filled the great hall with sweet Romantic sound as the vigorous conductor Pavel Kogan roused them to stirring heights. In their 65th year the orchestra specializes in classic Russian composers going back to Shostakovich and Prokofiev among oth-ers. This is a large orchestra with a full string section including two harps and enough power to propel the building into sonic super space. Theirs is a traditional approach but not without contemporary nuances.

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The Cerritos Optimist Club celebrat-ed its 40 anniversary with a dinner at the Rio Hondo Country Club in Downey Oct. 30. Toastmaster Jack Evans told those present the Cerritos Optimist Club has 40 years of service raising of thou-sands of dollars for the youth of our community. We made a difference, he asserted.

Present at the affair were 24 past presidents who reminisced with the club members, wives, and friends about the early years of the club when the late Tra-vis Snodgrass was inaugurated first club president in 1970. In those days, he said, the members were younger and full of vim and vigor. Today many of our mem-bers are older and wiser, but the vim and vigor of the clubs early members is still here. Thats what keeps our club young along with our new members who are carrying on the tradition.

In 1999 Sunny Armstrong became the clubs first woman President. Ellen Latino followed her in 2004. Although inaugurated earlier in October, the clubs 2010-11 president, Jamie Hamilton, was officially sworn in by Zone 1 Lt. Gover-nor Jan Neighbors as the Cerritos Opti-mist Clubs 40th President. Supervisor Don Knabe presented Hamilton with a proclamation congratulating her on be-half of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors n her accession to the clubs presidency.

Past President Maynard Law pre-sented a slide show of the clubs history with scenes from the past. On tables set aside in the room, club pictures from the past and present were on view. Several Past Presidents spoke about their terms in office and various events that took place, Some were funny and others were serious. All in all, the celebration re-newed old memories and a heritage that will guide the club in the future

Cerritos Optimists Club celebrates 40th Anniversary

Los Angeles County Supervisor and past Optimist President Don Knabe presents proclamation, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, congratulating Jamie Hamilton upon her installation as the 2010-11 President of the Cerritos Optimist Club.

Past President [l-r] Leland Tipton, Gary Lee, Don Brown, Kay Fujimura, Randy Hyatt, Board Member James Kang, Waldo Ar-ballo, and President-elect Wayne Switzer.

Reminiscing are about past club events are [l-r] Optimists Gary Lee, Pete Sinclair, Patricia and Dean Lund.

Visiting at the Cerritos Optimist 40th Anniversary Dinner were [l-r] Patti Blyleven, Kathy Lovell, Pat Law, Clau-dia Dunn, and Pam Hickok.

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In his report to the council, Current Planning Manager Robert Lopez said the expanded store would maintain the same hours of operation as the existing Wal-Mart store, opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 11 pm. seven days a week, The store would employ approximately 55 addi-tional personnel. He said most of the new employment opportunities created would be entry level with both full-time and part-time positions.

Lopez said the faade of the proposed expansion would be designed to comple-ment the surrounding buildings, both within and outside of the Towne Center and would be consistent with the existing store incorporating at least 40 percent granite and limestone. In addition, ex-isting Wal-Mart bike racks would be re-placed to match the bike rack design that Vestar Property Management is currently working on.

He said Wal-Mart will be adding a low-profile roof-mounted solar panel system to its already extensive list of sustainable design features in an effort to reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions associated with its operation. Wal-Mart expects the new solar panel system will provide 29 percent of the electricity required for the store.

Starting his story during high school years, he said he preferred to party as opposed to study, barely making gradua-tion. Later he enrolled at Ohio University, where his father was student body presi-dent and mother was Phi Beta Kappa. Seventeen members of his family had attended and graduated from the Univer-sity. He said a great uncle gave a large sum of money to the college, which he believes was the main reason he was al-lowed to enroll. I lasted two semesters, admitting he liked partying at night and sleeping through his morning classes. I was 19 years old, hated to be told what to do and hated getting up early in the morning. Guess what I did? I joined the United States Marines Corp. Needless to say his Dad was very disppointed.

Downer said he joined the Marine Corp because he wanted to get away from his fathers rules. Big mistake, he added. Upon finishing boot camp, he called his dad and told him he was being sent to school. Great, his father said, what kind of school? Machine Gun School, he replied.

It was the mid-1960s, the time of Vietnam. In those days the M-60 ma-chine gun was the most powerful weap-on a rifle company had. Downer was part of a four man team; one who carried am-munition; second was the assistant to the gunner; third was the gunner who fired the machine gun (he was also the one the enemy fired upon, wanting to knock out the gunner); fourth was the man in charge. I was the machine gunner, he said.

He said once in Vietnam they were told to go out and find the enemy born and raised in Vietnam. They (the ene-my) just waited for us to appear and then opened fire on us. They had trenches so deep our bombers couldnt knock them out. He described the combat arena as horrible. We lost many men, he stated.

He said after he was promoted to headman, a fellow marine, John Atkin-son from Syracuse New York took over as gunner. He was in my place when we were going around the left flank of a battle. We charged onto an open area. The enemy was waiting for us again. I hit the ground when a weight fell on top of me. It was John Atkinson. I reached down for a pluse. He was dead in my arms. John was a good man, he said. He was a good Marine. He had a wife at home who was expecting their first child. He was a good friend.

He said they were ordered to stay on the left flank. Downer was ordered to man the machine gun. I had to make a deci-sion. Was I going to wallow in Johns death, run or freeze up or what? None of that works, he said. You have to go on the way you were trained to do, and the way to do that is to say Better him

than me. That was the only answer I had. It leaves a bitter guilt in your heart.

I had no answer. I had no idea who was in control. I had no idea where to put my guilt and my anger, my pain. When I came back to the States I was called a baby killer. I had no idea where to put that pain. He said he wasnt blaming the people here. Vietnam divided families, churches, and all kinds of people. It was a hard time.

After his discharged from the Marines he was admitted to Southern Methodist University, where he met his wife and where he earned his Bachelor of Busi-ness Administration in 1972. In 1975 he graduated from Emory University School of Law with a Jurist Doctor degree.

He still had the anger and pain in his heart, which almost destroyed his mar-riage. Then one day he found forgiveness and the pain and anger subsided. He re-alized it wasnt his time and although he felt guilty his good friend had died, it wasnt his time. He had found the for-giveness and understanding he had been longing for and now wanted to share it with everyone.

is opened by grownups in costume. For those who preferred a com-

munity activity the annual Halloween Festival at Cerritos Regional Park was where you went. Sponsored by the City of Cerritos in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, individuals of all ages, many dressed in costumes walked the pathways, with long lines waiting to enter Haunted House with its maze of wicket ghouls and ugly monsters. Only the bravest entered the house where thrills and chills of spooky events awaited them.. Children under eight years were not admitted unless accom-panied by an adult.

There was a two a story Clown House where the only way out was a slide from the second floor. Parents who accompanied their youngsters into the house displayed hesitation sliding down the curly slide. Their kids seemed to have no such qualms.

There were carnival booths, with games and food offered by various community groups at a nominal price, a teen zone, costume contests, and rides. There were contests and games in the gymnasium that had been converted into a Halloween fun house for the younger set. It was also a place for teenagers to meet and have a good time. All in all it was a fun night, with ghosts and goblins holding sway.

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John Glenns Bernard pulls out a late trick and gives Eagles a big treatBy Loren Kopff

Halloween came two nights early for John Glenns football team when they vis-ited Artesia last Friday in a battle of win-less teams and Dejon Bernard provided both the trick and treat. With 61 seconds remaining in the game, the senior wing-back scored the game winning touchdown as the Eagles rallied from 11 points down to edge the Pioneers 30-27.

After senior defensive end Danny Martinez recovered a crucial fumble at Glenns seven-yard line, Bernard took the pigskin from sophomore tailback Steven Reed on a reverse and raced down the left sideline for the biggest touchdown of the season. It was a play that caught the atten-tion of everyone at Atkins Stadium even before it began.

We were running Steven tonight with the inside run game and we said they had to respect that, said Glenn first-year head coach Ray Niemann. As soon as they started to bite on that stuff, we brought Dejon around and obviously his speed is amazing.

We told them [all week], before the game, at halftime and in the fourth quarter where we knew it was going, said Artesia head coach Joe Veach. I told our kids be-fore the game and all week that the team who makes more mistakes is going to lose the game. We made more mistakes.

Glenn (1-8 overall, 1-4 in the Subur-ban League) snapped a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season while the Pioneers (0-8, 0-4) fell for the 11th straight time overall.

The Pioneers were leading 27-17 en-tering the fourth quarter but Reed finished off an 11-play drive with a one-yard sneak with 7:23 left in the game. The extra point was unsuccessful, meaning Glenn couldnt settle for a potential tying field goal. Both teams then punted and with 4:01 remaining, the Pioneers got the ball at Glenns 35-yard line seeking a clinch-ing score. But on the sixth play, the hosts turned the ball over for the third time in the game, second in the past 12 minutes.

Artesia had one last chance after Ber-nards touchdown and had driven to the Glenn 40-yard line. But an incomplete pass, an intentional grounding infraction and a sack from senior defensive end Daniel Arevalo ended any chance for a dramatic rally.

We run an option offense, so every play theres danger that the ball is go-ing to go on the ground, Veach said. The safest play that we have is what we ran. It worked but we put the ball on the ground.

Both teams entered the contest with anemic offenses and defenses, so it came as no surprise that something had to give, and it did when they combined for 38 first half points. Following a 27-yard field goal from Glenn senior Luis Buenrostro, the Pioneers stormed back and took their first lead of the season when sophomore quarterback Francisco Galan found senior Deveon Isreal for a 15-yard connection.

Seven plays into the ensuing posses-sion, Bernard put his team back in front with a 45-yard run. He would finish the game with 202 yards on 10 carries, the majority coming in the second half.

The back and forth battle swung back in Artesias favor when it chewed up al-most eight minutes and concluded a 14-play, 55-yard drive when Galan scored from a yard out. Then 14 seconds later, Artesia senior linebacker Troy Sexton sacked junior quarterback Anthony Es-cobar, who fumbled and sophomore line-backer Brian Stewart recovered the ball in the end zone to give Artesia a 21-10 lead.

Its very frustrating because it didnt allow us to control the game, Niemann said of the fumble. Its mistakes that we made. It wasnt them coming up and play-ing real tough football. Its our mistakes that they capitalized on and thats the frus-trating part.

But the Eagles rebounded quickly when Escobar found Bernard for a 55-yard strike down the right sideline with 14.6 seconds left in the half. By the inter-mission, the Eagles, who had entered the game with 60 points in the previous eight games, had piled up 200 yards of offense. But Artesia had already set a season-high in points in just 24 minutes.

In the first half, we basically did what we planned to do, Veach said. We moved the ball. Our game plan was to keep [Ber-nard] from beating us. We doubled him the entire game no matter where he was on the field. We said let someone else beat us but he had three touchdowns.

Artesia increased its lead to10 mid-way through the third quarter when Galan threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to ju-nior wide receiver Darius Pyle. Of the 12 touchdowns Artesia has scored this sea-son, five have come through the air from Galan, plus another two on the ground.

Sensing that the game might be slip-ping away, Niemann made some drastic changes in the final 18 minutes which paid off in the end.

Thats when I realized some of our playmakers werent doing exactly what we were asking for, Niemann said of Ar-tesias final touchdown. We pulled a lot of the seniors out of there and played a lot of sophomores. They came up strong. Im so proud of those kids. Its simply incred-ible.

Reed added 63 yards on 15 carries while Escobar was five of 10 for 97 yards. Senior linebacker Christian Banuelos led the Eagles with eight and a half tackles

while sophomore defensive back Mat-thew Viera pitched in with five tackles. Glenn will have tonight off before host-ing Cerritos on Nov. 12 on homecoming night.

I think we got a little bit of respect-ability, Niemann said. I think the kids feel a little bit more proud and hopefully this is a turning point. This is where things begin to grow.

Galan completed 14 of 24 passes for 187 yards. On defense, senior lineback-er Sean Valenzuela and senior lineman Charles Moe each had five and a half tackles while Stewart added four and a half tackles.

The Pioneers will visit Mayfair to-night before hosting Norwalk on Nov. 12 to conclude the season.

Artesias long playoff drought finally endsBy Loren Kopff

Over a decades worth of frustration, embarrassment and ridicule will finally come to an end next week for the Artesia girls volleyball program. Known for its constant futility that has produced three winless campaigns since 1999 and half a dozen double digit loss seasons in the Suburban League since 1998, this sea-sons squad will be going to the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Sec-tion playoffs for the first time since 1996.

The Pioneers will host Bellflower to-day in the regular season finale and have already clinched fourth place in the league. Entering todays match, the Pioneers are 9-13 overall and 5-6 in the circuit. It will be the best league mark since going 5-7 in 2006. A win today will put the Pioneers at 6-6 for the first time since 2001. That was good enough for fourth place but at that time, only the top three teams earned automatic berths to the playoffs. It wasnt even that much of a surprise that the 2010 squad would be advancing to the postsea-son in head coach Micah Burpos third season at the helm. He sort of predicted that it would happen this season.

When you first come on and theres not a lot of thought, or expectations from anybodyI wanted there to be, Burpo said. I remember telling these girls [in 2008] its not going to happen now and its not going to happen next year. It will happen in your senior year. People will start to notice you and notice Artesia vol-leyball.

In all honesty, the Pioneers have had two good chances to advance to the play-offs in the past four seasons. In 2006 with Reggie Malauulu coaching his last sea-son at Artesia, his squad jumped out to a 5-3 league record with four matches to

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As a result, the Pioneers finished 3-12 overall. Had Jacques and Okaro been with the team this season, Artesia would have seriously challenged Cerritos for a poten-tial league title. In fact, Artesia has finished tied for fifth place five times since 2002 but could never get over the hump.

If we had Amalla [Okaro] and Lise [Jacques], yes, it would be an Artesia High School dream season, Burpo said. Across the board, Ive had the best teams in the country. So, Ive seen that level of play. But weve definitely gotten every ounce, every drop of good that we could out of the team we have. Theres no more we could squeeze out of them. They are giving their absolute best that each one has of their particular ability.

Burpo, who is also the owner and direc-tor of the So Cal Elite club volleyball pro-gram, remembers when he first took the job at Artesia. He recalls teachers would ques-tion if there was even a team. He had only four volleyballs to work with, all of them being flat, and there were broken wheels on the cart. He said he felt challenged but was in the early stages of developing a pair of franchise players in then sophomores Craw-ford and Geronimo.

Crawford, who had just moved to Artesia from San Diego, had played little volleyball, if that. Now, at 5 10, she is one of the better middle blockers in the area. Geronimo, who played on the junior varsity team her fresh-man year, was a defensive specialist half of her sophomore year, a setter last season and now an opposite hitter who has probably the best left arm in the league. Together, they have combined for 76 percent of the teams kills. Crawford entered the final week of the regular season with 396 kills, 357 digs and 92 blocks, all tops on the team.

A lot of people dont even know that an Artesia High School volleyball program even exists, let alone have a player like Ash-ley Crawford at the school, Burpo said. In truthfulness, she belongs at a Los Alamitos or Lakewood High School. Thats her cali-ber of play.

I really didnt think anything of it, Crawford said of her initial Artesia experi-ence. Since I never really played volley-ball, I thought I would just play it for good. I didnt think it was bad.

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team with 148 kills, third with 303 digs and leads the team with 50 aces. Her path to suc-cess has been a little different since she has had to play different positions in all three seasons as a varsity member. Last season, Holly Holtzer was just a freshman and was learning to be a setter but had to watch and learn from Geronimo. Because of that, she couldnt really showcase her arms strength for a 5 3 player who can even slam down kills from just inside the back line.

She never really had the opportuni-ties because Holly was not ready yet to be a setter, Burpo said. Holly is a huge part of Brigiths success. Holly has done a phenomenal job of stepping up and doing a really good job of delivering the ball to pri-marily those two players-Ashley and Brig-ith. Its allowing her to shine.

She has a great arm swing from the front row or the back row, he continued. She can play defense and she passes. Its always been there because when shes play-ing in club, shes been banging and attack-ing out of the back row. Shes an all-around great player and she just dreams shes a 6 2 player.

I think its because of the coaching, Geronimo said. Micah is a really great coach and I think without him, I wouldnt be as good as I am.

But it just doesnt stop with Crawford, Geronimo or Holtzer. The team has received solid play from its only junior, Marina Ra-mos, sophomore outside hitter Kim Lee and freshman middle blocker Kyla Kelly as well as freshmen opposite hitters Daisy Briseno and Faith Devera. Kelly has held down the front row whenever Crawford is in the back row.

Brian Kamper was the coach of Artesias last playoff team which defeated Whittier in the Division II-A first round before losing to St. Lucys in the second round. He coached at Artesia for 20 years and retired from the school a year and a half ago.

I remember the [1996] team well be-cause we werent expected to do much, Kamper said. We were not particularly tall but we played the most amazing defense. A couple of the kids went on to play college volleyball. It was a fun team to coach. They were just so scrappy.

[Whittier was] expected to win and I remember the Whittier coach asking me, how did you guys play the best defense Ive encountered all year long, Kamper recalled.

Kamper guided the Pioneers to three league championships and advanced to the playoffs four times in the 1990s. Although he says he doesnt know that much about this seasons team, he can relate to what its like to begin a progra