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By Karen BabineeauGLENDORA - Glendora

Community CoordinatingCouncil met on Monday, Octo-ber 8, 2012 to honor Hector"Eli" Kistermann with the pres-tigious Tim Crowther YouthRecognition Award.

Eli is a very involved GlendoraHigh School student and BoyScout. In Scouting he hashelped with many EagleProjects including but not lim-ited to painting fire hydrants,painting and cleaning the GNLLsnack bar, and making a benchand sign for the Colby Trail.

For Glendora Youth Soccerhe is a volunteer referee andtrains new referees, a volunteerboard member and is in chargeof all the setting up and tearingdown of all fields for all 9 divi-sions.

He has participated for 3years in the "Special Needs Car-nival" volunteered to help cleanRubel Castle, helped serve andperform for the homeless shel-ter at St. Dorothy's'

Eli sings in his church choir,helps with Mormon HelpingHands and helped with the co-ordination and planning of YouthConference which includes ar-ranging workshops, activitiesand a dance for all the youth ofthe GLendora Stake.

Eli has helped with countless

By Karen BabineeauGLENDORA - The Board of

Directors of Glendora Commu-nity Coordinating Council se-lected Mrs. Renee Welker asHumanitarian for October 2012.

Renee has been involved withLa Fetra PTA for 16 years.since her first child began kin-dergarten. Her sixth child is nowin 4th grade so she still has 2more years to serve. Renee hasbeen on the board of GoddardPTA and is on her third year atGHS. She has served in manycapacities, includingfundraising, hospitality, bookfair, Little League Board andsoccer coach.

In addition, Renee has servedin her Church in various posi-tions. She has spent many yearsworking with the youth ages12--18. At this time she is theGlendora Stake Young Womenpresidency. She works withover 100 young women plan-ning camps.

But that is not all. Renee hasgiven the gift of life to her hus-band Steve. Steve has been ondialysis for a few years andneeded a transplant. When asuitable donor could not be

Renee Welker Honored As GCCC Humanitarian For October

October Humanitarian Renee Welker with GCCC president Linda Hermann.

found, Renee donated a kidneyto her husband. This happenedin the past few months. This isclearly an example of love anddevotion.

It is with pleasure and honorthat Glendora Community Co-ordinating Council recognizesthis outstand woman with theOctober Humanitarian ServiceAward.

If you know someone thatyou feel should receive thisaward, please e-mail your sug-gestion tofemalevike@aol.com.

The Glendora CommunityCoordinating Council has pro-vided service for over 81 years.We honor youth, adult humani-tarians, children with summercamperships, and holiday bas-kets.

Come join us the secondMonday of each month at theGlendora Continential Restau-rant, 316 Route 66 in Glendora.Lunch begins at 11:45 a.m. at acost of $13. You need not be amember to attend, however,business and single member-ships are appreciated so that wecan continue to honor the greatpeople of Glendora.

GCCC Youth Recognition Award

Honoring Eli Kistermann is Donna Crowther, widow of TimothyCrowther, former Glendora Police Lt. and name sake of this awardand the Timothy Crowther Youth Center and GCCC President LindaHermannprojects including helping peoplemove in and out of the area,yard work for many in and outof ward boundaries, clean thechurch buildings, aid in helpingneighbors with everything fromunloading groceries to cleaningtheir pools. He also goes out tovisit and administer sacramentto many of the elderly or illmembers of his church someof whom live in care facilities.

With all of the above heworks at Albertsons in Glendoraas a customer service clerk.

The Glendora CommunityCoordinating Council is mostpleased to present this outstand-ing young man the October

Youth Recognition/TimCrowther Award to Hector "Eli"Kistermann.

If you are aware of an out-standing youth that you wouldlike GCCC to consider for theYouth Recognition Award, sim-ply e-mail your suggestion torgmerkly@verizon.net

The Glendora CommunityCoordinating Council honorsyouth and adults for awardseach month at the GlendoraContinental Restaurant 316 W.Route 66 in Glendora. The gen-eral membership meeting will beNovember 12th, 2012. Lunchstarts at 11:45 for $13.00

DUARTE - Rev. CasperGlenn has been an inspirationto the Duarte Kiwanis Clubsince 1994. Casper had beena Presbyterian Minister, serv-ing in Tucson Arizona and evena Missionary serving in Africaduring his tenure. His tenureas a member of the DuarteKiwanis has always been ahighlight for the club. Casperhas provided a number of pro-grams inspired by his own ex-periences, along with his wifeVernilla. For many years,Casper and Vernilla served asvolunteer tutors for local kidsneeding help with their school-work and served as inspira-tional leaders in the act of "ser-vant leadership".

This year, the DuarteKiwanis Club wanted to honorCasper's service with a Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation Tablet ofHonor. This award honors in-dividuals that have "exempli-fied service to Kiwanis, theirclub or their community."Casper is certainly an appro-

Duarte Kiwanis Member, Casper Glenn,Presented with Tablet of Honor

Dr. Diane Hernandez, Duarte Kiwanis Board Member, Rev. CasperGlenn and Tina Carey, Duarte Kiwanis President.priate reflection for this honor.

Dr. Diane Hernandez pre-sented the award at the annualInstallation Dinner. When re-searching Casper's back-ground for personal anecdotes,Diane was surprised to find aletter from Casper to Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. listed in thearchives of The King Center.Casper's letter was in responseto hearing Dr. King's speechat the Lincoln Memorial inAugust of 1963 and ends with

the note, "You may recall meas the Presbyterian ministerwho took you around (Tucson)in his station wagon when youwere here in 1958."

The Duarte Kiwanis Clubhas lunch meetings the first,third and fifth Tuesdays of themonth at Westminster Gar-dens. For further informationon speaking or joining the club,contact Dr. Diane Hernandezat drdiane@drhernandez-optometry.com.

By Jayam RutnamGLENDORA - Wednesday

October 3, 2012 was the daychosen for the National Walk toSchool Day. Students from allover the United States, walked

Sellers Elementary StudentsParticipate in School Walk

to school instead of riding incars or buses. Although it wasnot mandatory that ALL the stu-dents walk to school, most ofthem did. They were very or-derly and they were accompa-

nied by parents. It seemed thatall Glendora schools partici-pated as the streets were full ofstudents, some carrying plac-ards, walked to school.

Sellers Elementary students gathered at the home of one of the parents in the 1000 block of EastSierra Madre Avenue. Moms Erin Beyer and Colleen Burson get ready to walk to school.

AZUSA - Think Together, anafter-school program servingthe Azusa Unified School Dis-trict, unveiled its new food cartat Gladstone Street Elementary

Eating HealthySchool. The focus is on teach-ing students to eat healthy andhow to make snacks that tastegood and are good for you.Senator Ed Hernandez stopped

by the event to talk to students.The carts are also being used atMountain View and Valleydaleelementary schools in the Dis-trict.

Think Together Instructor Roxana Polio along with students Brandon Perucho, Angel Ramirez, RubenCabral and Axel Flores.

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During Halloween, people ofall ages are intrigued by spookytales and ghost stories, but isthere still an interest with theparanormal after? Ask the Para-normal Housewives!

This all female paranormalteam consists of four woman,Erin Potter, Jennifer Graham,Marsha Covert and KirstenThorne PHD, who all jugglehusbands, work, ghost huntingand raising kids. The girls are agroup of professional paranor-mal investigators who came to-gether to form a first-classteam. They go to the mosthaunted places in SouthernCalifornia and uncover the se-crets behind the stories and thesites. They are seeking the truthbehind paranormal activity andthe answers to age-old ques-tions: what happens to the spiritor the soul after death?

During the investigation, theyuse a combined approach ofscientific study using K2meters, audio recorders, Lasergrids, EMF detectors and alsopsychic 'impressions'. Theylike to employ as many meth-ods as possible to correctly de-termine whether a place is'haunted' or not.

The girls come from all overLos Angeles and OrangeCounty. Jennifer Graham is a

After Halloween, Do TheSpirits Still Linger?

local in Glendora. Jennifer, thenewest member of the Paran-ormal Housewives has alwayshad an interest in the paranor-mal. As a child she loved hear-ing ghost stories from friendsand as a young adult, had herfirst real experience with aghostly encounter. After that,her fascination with the paran-ormal grew. She was hooked!!She also realized that after talk-

ing to numerous people, thateveryone seemed to have a ghoststory, or knew someone whohad experienced the phenom-ena.

Do you have a ghost story?Do you need answers? Talk tothe girls!

For more information, youcan visit the girls at www.Paranormalhousewives.com

Jennifer Graham of Paranormal Housewives

The Glendora Rotary Fo-cometer Project began over tenyears ago when the GlendoraRotary President, at the time,attended a Rotary InternationalConference in Texas and visitedthe booth set up to demonstratethe Focometer developed by Dr.Ian Berger.

Dr. Berger originally devel-oped the hand held device forNasa and then expanded the useto other organizations. TheFocometer’s reliability and va-

DUARTE - Duarte resi-dents with family memberscurrently serving in the militarywill have the opportunity tohonor their loved one's servicein the United States ArmedForces with a Military Recog-nition banner placed along theCity's main corridor, Hunting-ton Dr.

City of Hope, which will cel-ebrate its Centennial in 2013,has partnered with the City ofDuarte to launch the bannerprogram and has providedfunding to underwrite the first30 Military Recognition ban-ners. These banners will bemade available at no-cost tothe first 30 military personnelwho complete a program ap-plication, provide necessaryverification documents and aredeemed eligible. Additionalbanners may be purchased orsponsored for $155 each.

The program is designed tohonor current military person-nel who reside in the City orunincorporated county area ofDuarte, or an immediate fam-ily member of a Duarte resi-dent. The military banner pro-gram will be launched on Vet-

City of Hope and City of DuartePartner to Launch MilitaryRecognition Banner Program

Duarte families will be able tohonor family members servingin the armed forces with a soon-to-launch Military Banner Rec-ognition program along Hun-tington Dr. City of Hope will un-derwrite the cost of the first 30banners.erans Day, Nov. 12, in conjunc-tion with the City's annual Vet-erans Day ceremony atThorsen Park. The public cer-

emony honors both veteransand those currently serving inthe military.

Each banner will have thename and branch of theserviceperson and the currentsponsor's name or logo. Uponcompletion of active duty, thebanner will be presented to thehonoree. The City websiteaccessduarte.com will alsofeature a special military ban-ner program section and list itsparticipants.

Applications are availableon the City's website,www.accessduarte.com, andat City Hall. Completed appli-cations must include a copy ofthe military personnel I.D.along with a California I.D. ora utility bill showing a Duarteaddress of the military servicemember or his or her immedi-ate family member. Immedi-ate family members are con-sidered wife, husband, son,daughter, grandson or grand-daughter.

For additional information,call Karen Herrera at DuarteCity Hall, (626) 357-7931, ext.221.

Glendora Rotary Focometer Projectlidity is excellent and requiresno electricity. It can diagnosesingular vision needs but doesnot detect ocular disease ordamage.

Our Glendora Rotary techni-cians were trained at the Uni-versity of Houston School ofOptometry and began going intoMexico in 2002 to fit the chil-dren of Tijuana for glasseswhere they would help up to150 children per day. When

going into Mexico became toodangerous our Glendora Rotarybegan serving the Seniors of theGlendora area. Most Seniorswill walk out of the La FetraCenter, after their appointment,with free glasses in hand.There is absolutely no cost forthe exam or the glasses.

We typically help up totwelve seniors per day on thethird Saturday of each monthbetween the hours of 10 A.M.

and 1 P.M. by partnering withthe La Fetra Senior Center at333 E. Foothill Boulevard inGlendora. We will be dark dur-ing the months of Novemberand December and will resumeappointments on the third Sat-urday in January. To schedulean appointment you may callthe La Fetra Senior Center at(626) 914-8235 and check tosee if you qualify for this pro-gram.

Rotary Technician Dr. Guadalupe Corder examining a Glendorasenior with the Focometer.

Rotary Member Alfonso Corder assembling a pair of glasses for apatient.

By Jayam RutnamSAN DIMAS - The Direc-

tors of Arrow MontessoriSchool were honored by beingawarded Best CommercialBuilding by the San DimasChamber of Commerce attheir Annual CommunityAwards and Installation Din-ner held at the beautiful ViaVerde Country Club recently.

Arrow Montessori Schoolused to be on Arrow Highwayfor nineteen years till directorsAesha Jayasinghe and Ann deSilva decided it was time tobuild their own facility. Thestate of the art school buildingis located on Gladstone Streetclose to the Costco store in San

Arrow Montessori School in San DimasAwarded Best Commercial Building

The award winning state of the art building of Arrow MontessoriSchool in San Dimas.

Dimas. All their teachers areMontessori graduates and theyaccomodate children from tod-dlers to Middle School;. Manyof their students have gone onto be valedictorians at the HighSchools they attended. ArrowMontessori has a beautifulswimming pool, where childrencould learn to swim. They alsohave a large, well equiped com-puter department, sciencelaboratory and also a large playarea. Their teachers areknown for their dedication andhave been with the school forover twenty years. To contactthem, you may call 909-599-0025.

Aeshea Jayasinghe and Ann de Silva, Directors of ArrowMontessori School receive Award from Mayor Curtis Morris.

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are appraised for $10, by NilesGrace (appraiser from "The In-curable Collector"). Admissionis $20. For tickets call: 626-963-7851. Tickets purchasedat the door are $25. We lookforward to seeing you at thisexciting event.

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AZUSA - BeatriceHernandez passed away onThursday, October 25, 2012 inNorwalk, California at the ageof ninety. She was married toa former Azusa City Council-man, Joseph A. Hernandez.She was born in PinelandTexas and was a twenty fouryear resident of Azusa andforty six year resident ofClaremont, California. Shegraduated from El Paso HighSchool and held a real estatesales license.

Beatrice was a great per-son who volunteered manyyears to community service,holding honorable positions inall of them, such as the Ameri-can Cancer Society, City ofClaremont Police Department,Pomona Valley Hospital &Medical Center, Claremont/Guanojuato Mexico - SisterCity Program, Parents Teach-ers Association, CatholicDaughters, Disabled AmericanVeterans Women's Auxiliary

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and American LegionWomen's Auxiliary.

She has also worked for theState of California, unemploy-ment division in Whittier, aswell as working at the law of-fice of her son RichardHernandez as interpreter/translator and administrativecoordinator in West Covina.Richard Hernandez is a popu-lar and well liked attorney inthe San Gabriel Valley andother areas.

Beatrice Hernandez is themother of twelve children, 7boys and 5 girls, a grandmotherof 32 grand children and 3great grand children. She wasalso preceded in death by hergranddaughter, LindaHernandez Vaca, on Septem-ber 11th of this year and her

baby grandson, Roger JohnHernandez, in 1990. Also pre-ceding her in death were sib-lings; Alfredo Barrera, MaryRivera, Alice Macias, CarmenCox, Estella Park, RichardTerrazas and RosendoTerrazaz.

She is survived by her 12children; Joseph Jr., Arthur, Ri-chard, Helen, Alice, MaryAnne, Beatrice, Anthony, Mar-guerite, George, John andJames, as well as her grand-children, great-grandchildrenand great-great grandchildren.Also, her sister Bertha Collinsof Houston TX, brothersManuel Terrazas of El OasoTX, and Refugio Terrazas ofKingsville TX as well as manynieces and nephews.

Services are pending but willtake place at Our Lady of theAssumption Catholic Churchwhere she has been an activeparishioner since 1966, withburial at Oak Park Cemeteryin Claremont. Todd memorialChapel is in charge of arrange-ments.

Beatrice will be sorelymissed for her love and devo-tion for country, community,church and her compassion tothe less fortunate, and more soby those who have known herand have loved her dearly.

Beatrice Hernandez

By Jayam RutnamARCADIA - A beautiful man-

sion in Arcadia, a perfect

Appreciation of Doctors in San Gabriel Valley

At the Cocktail and Dinner party were businessmen Pradeep Gunaratna, Denzil Ratnasoma, the hostDr. Lakshman Makandura, Dr. Hector Weerasinghe, Dr. Sarath Gunatilaka and Covina Travel AgentUpul Dharmadasa of Upul's Travels

evening, excellent food, goodmusic and a bunch of wonder-ful people, mostly from the SanGabriel Valley. This was an

occasion when Dr. LakshmanMakandura of Arcadia, who hashospitals and clinics in mostparts of the San Gabriel Valleyincluding West Covina, saidthank you to all his colleagues,employees and entertained closefriends to a memorable event.Dr Makandura's wife was a per-fect hostess to the more thanone hundred select guests whoattended.

By Joan HallidyGLENDORA - Glendora

Library Director Robin Weed-Brown will present an updateon the "Glendora PublicLibrary's Recent CentennialCelebration" at the next meet-ing of the Glendora Woman'sClub on Tuesday, November 6,at the clubhouse, 424 N.Glendora Avenue.

The club day will begin witha business meeting at 11 a.m.followed by a catered luncheonat noon and the library pro-gram.

The afternoon program willinclude a display on theHistorian's Table that will fea-ture the Glendora Public Li-brary, its Centennial, and boththe City and the Library rec-ognition plaques honoring theGlendora Woman's Club forfounding the Glendora Library100 years ago in 1912. The ac-companying print media cov-erage will also be included inthe display.

Another display will includethe members' participation art

Glendora Woman's Club PresentsRobin-Weed Brown, Library Director,And "Library's Centennial"

Glendora Library Director RobinWeed-Brown, guest speaker atGlendora Woman's Club.

display that features a differ-ent theme each month, saidproject chair MarilynMcLamore. The theme thismonth will focus on theThanksgiving Holiday, withitems featuring "Turkey andPilgrims."

This month, the Woman'sClub will again be participat-ing in the Glendora Coordinat-ing Council's Annual Holiday

Basket Program that servesGlendora families and individu-als who are in need. Membersare asked to bring donations offood items to the meeting forthis annual service project.

For another service project,the Glendora Woman's Clubmembers have been continu-ing to donate food items eachmonth for the Shepherd's Pan-try that serves 10 area cities,according to project chairGloria Liddle. At the Novem-ber meeting, tables designatedfor donations for both projectswill be located in the clubfoyer.

New members are welcomeat the meeting, said Club Presi-dent Sue Bauer. For member-ship information and luncheonreservations, call (626)335-8911 or 335-7010, and visit theW e b s i t ewww.glendorawomansclub.org.

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By Jayam RutnamGLENDORA - The Repub-

lican Party Headquarters on Ver-mont and Foothill was the lo-cation that Stephanie Kayser,student at USC University ofSouthern California used for her

GLENDORA - Brian WoodAutomotive will welcomeNHRA Top Fuel Funny CarDriver Cruz Pedregon by host-ing an event on Tuesday, No-vember 6, 2012 from 4:00 pmto 7:00 pm at 200 West Foot-hill Blvd. (located on the cornerof Foothill Blvd. & VermontAve.) in Glendora.

Cruz was born September 19,1963, his hometown isBrownsburg Indiana. He issponsored by Snap-On Tools,drives a Toyota Camry, CrewChief is Lee Beard, and has 33career wins.

At this event sponsored bySnap-On Tools you will have achance to meet Cruz, get an

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USC Student StephanieKayser's Project

project known as USCATV.org.Stephanie interviewed Republi-can Party volunteer Kara We-ber who is a Citrus College stu-dent. Stephanie Kayser is origi-nally from Seattle, Washington.

USC student Stephanie Kayser interview volunteer Kara Weber.

Brian Wood AutomotiveWelcomes NHRA TopFuel Funny Car DriverCruz Pedregon

signed photo, take photos andenjoy some food and drinks.

For more information aboutthis event please call BrianWood Automotive at (626)852-3700.