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September 24 - 30, 2009
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STRIVING FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE
September 24 - 30, 2009
Glendora Day At The L.A. County
Fair Was Great And Fantastic
by Lynda Siminske
Honor American Legion / B1
Ray Bradbury
Festival of Authors / A2
INDEX
City Notices
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Classifieds
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Financial/ Consumer
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Legal Notices
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Los Angeles Zoo may have
lions and tigers and bears oh
my... but L.A. County Fair has
chocolate covered bacon, zucchini wienies, heavenly cupcakes, and deep fried Krispie
Creme chicken sandwiches. It
is not easy to determine how
many Glendorans visited the
L.A. County Fair on Glendora
Day, but there were a lot. Plans
for this special day have been
in the works since February
when a group of about 30
people, fair employees and
Glendora community leaders,
got together to start making
things happen. Two key workers on the Glendora Day at the
Fair got there at 7:00 AM; these
were Pam Richards, chairman
of the Big Yellow Bus Program,
and Fred Sparling, chairman of
the Expo. Pam and her committee had worked hard all summer to line up the more than 45
buses that brought students
from all Glendora Unified
Schools to the Fair. (The
Glendora Big Yellow Bus Committee also made arrangements
and paid for buses to bring students at Willow and Washing-
Glendorans and Fair attendees check out the different offerings Glendora’s Expo booths had at the Fair on Wednesday September 16.
ton School s in Charter Oaks
and St. Dorothy's and Hope
Lutheran Schools later in the
week.) Buses were lined up at
each school before 8:30am, and
people who drove past may
have wondered where this mass
evacuation was going. The Big
Yellow Bus Committee raised a
whopping $ 41,175 to take
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Glendora Woman's Club New
Fire Fighters Recognized by West
Officers Ready For Fall Season Covina Council for Saving Life
By Joan Hallidy
officers, with Gerry McIntosh
as the new club president.
The day's events will begin
with a business meeting followed by a catered luncheon
and a musical program. The
program will feature the Southern Star Band, directed by Mark
Bernet, playing Country West-
ern music, according to club
program vice president Jan
Flanders.
New members are welcome
and are asked to call (626) 3357010 for reservations and more
information, or visit the Website
at www.glendorawomansclub.org.
Photo By Rose Myers
GLENDORA - The Glendora
Woman's Club will hold its first
meeting of the Fall season at
11:00 AM on Tuesday, October
6, 2009 at the clubhouse, 424
N. Glendora Avenue in
Glendora. Greeting members
and ready for a new club year
of activities will be the club's
The Glendora Woman's Club new officers for 2009-10 gather for a group picture following installation ceremonies. Serving with Club President Gerry McIntosh, (fourth from left) will be front row from
left, Rose Myers, house chair; Marge Burroughs (standing in for Gisela Ewing, treasurer; Donna
Henderson, first vice president; Club President McIntosh; Barbara Maslowski, assistant treasurer;
Jeanette Gulli, philanthropy chair; Carolyn Cunningham, third vice president; Linda Price rentals
chair; and second row from left, Sue Bauer, recording secretary; Jan Flanders, second vice president, Gloria Liddle, corresponding secretary; and Mary Moore, installing officer. Not pictured was
Gloria Thomas who assisted installing officer Mrs. Moore with the Blue Ribbon-themed installation
ceremonies.
By George Ogden
WEST COVINA — Recently at Big League Dreams, a
team that was playing softball
at one of the diamonds had a
number of fire fighters on the
team. When everything was
going well and everyone was
having fun, suddenly things
quickly went down hill.
The team’s pitcher came to
bat and the 64-year-old player
hit a fly ball into left field and
suddenly dropped to his knees
complaining of shortness of
breath. Fire Fighter Eric
Calderon and Utility Driver
Santos Luna quickly jumped
into action. They assessed the
condition of the man and he
started clutching his chest.
Things did not look good.
Calls were made to 9-1-1 by
the stricken man’s daughter
who was also on the co-ed team
and works as a nurse.
As the man’s condition continued to worsen. The fire
fighters started performing CPR
on the man. Calderon did
mouth to mouth resuscitation
and Luna worked on chest com-
Fire Fighter Eric Calderon and Utility Driver Santos Luna were honored at a recent West Covina City Council meeting. From left,
West Covine Fire Chief Paul Segalla, Santos Luna, Eric Calderon
and Mayor Roger Hernandez.
pressions until West Covina’s
parmedics arrived.
The stricken man was transported to the hospitial and was
found to have a 100 percent
blockage, and underwent a triple
bypass. He will survive and is
Glendoran Joins Maui Channel Swim
Happy Birthday To
Glendora Newcomers
By Lynda Siminske
Glendora Newcomers will
be celebrating their 47th Birthday on Wednesday, October 7,
2009 for lunch at Glendora
Country Club. Past Presidents
will be honored. Social time
begins at 11:00 AM with lunch
at 12:00 noon. For lunch you
have a choice of two delicious
salads; Mandarin Chicken
Salad or Cornucopia Salad.
Cost is $25.00. Following lunch
a choral group from Western
Christian High School will perform. The choir is directed by
Jason Bradley who will share
his experience of performing
at the White House during the
Bush Administration.
New members are always
welcome. You do not need to
be new to Glendora or even
live in Glendora. Our club is for
ladies who want to have fun
and a nice social time at lunch
once a month with interesting
speakers or programs. Please
mail your check/reservations to
Jacki Boardman, 145 Verdugo
Ave., Glendora, Ca. 91741 before September 26th. On your
check please indicate what
kind of salad you wish.
HAWAII — On September
5, local Glendora resident Jim
Dougherty, along with the other
members of the Rose Bowl
Aquatics Masters Swim Team,
participated in a Maui channel
swim which spanned an astounding 9.5 miles and
stretched between the Hawaiian islands of Lanai and Maui.
The collection of swimmers
from the Rose Bowl called themselves "Old & In The Way," but
by the end of the race it was
clear that they were anything
but!
Teams from Australia, Taiwan, Texas, Wisconsin, New
York, and Hawaii all partici-
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pated, but our own "Old & In
the Way" placed an impressive
7th in their age bracket. This
year's, Maui channel swim is
recovering.
Calderon and Luna are credited with saving the man’s life
with their quick actions and
were recognized at a West
Covina City Council meeting.
the 37th of its kind and it continues to maintain its rank as the
longest open water relay swim
in the world.
Travel by Thumb
A True Story By Alfred Kinstle
Where did all the hitchhikers
go?
I was in the Air Force, partly
in WW II, and the Korean War.
Never in that seven years did I
buy a public transportation
ticket. I just put a thumb out.
Californians were patriotic and
hospitable.
Once, in my travels (usually
to visit Mom, family, and
friends), I was left on Hwy. 101.
It was summer - hot, but bearable. I waited with thumb out.
Traffic was light, but along
came a Greyhound bus, slowing down, and coming to a stop.
The driver was waving to me
to come. I did not have the fare,
but he said someone was paying.
I'm certain there are thousands of similar stories of the
generous people that picked up
G.I.'s. God bless them all. If
you look, you will see and experience good, for the scene
changes, but the Good Samaritan is here to stay.
NEWS
Ray Bradbury to Headline 7th
Why Vincent?…
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Annual Duarte Festival of Authors
DUARTE — The legendary
Ray Bradbury, Pulitzer Prizewinning Los Angeles Times
columnist and author Hector
Tobar, and best-selling author D.
J. MacHale, will headline the 7th
annual Duarte Festival of Authors on Saturday, Oct. 3, from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Presented by the Friends of
the Duarte Library, the festival
will take place in the park at
Westminster Gardens, 1420
Santo Domingo Ave. Admission
is free.
As always, the festival will
showcase a rich sampling of the
diversity of literary talent who
live and work in Southern California, offering books to appeal
to a wide variety of tastes: fiction and non-fiction, adventure,
suspense, romance, travel, mystery, inspirational, spiritual, poetry, educational, historical,
young adult and children's titles.
Tobar, author of "The Tattooed Soldier," and "Translation
Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the SpanishSpeaking United States" will lead
off the festival's main speakers
at 11 a.m. MacHale, whose
young adult following of readers is legion for his bestselling
fantasy series of novels,
"Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure Through Time and
Space," will speak at 12:30 p.m.
The ever-inspirational Bradbury,
author of the "Martian
Chronicles," and "Fahrenheit
451," as well as dozens of other
books and hundreds of short
stories and plays, will speak at
3:30 p.m. His latest book is
"We'll Always Have Paris," a
collection of 22 short stories.
Other authors scheduled to
appear are Elizabeth Pomeroy,
"Pasadena, A Natural History;"
Patricia Kokinos, "Angel Park:
A Novel"; Mystery writer/magician, Gerald Schiller, "The
Man Who Defied Death;" Paul
Eremenco," My Doctor, My
Predator;" Jeff Sherratt, "The
Brimstone Murders;" Kwei
Quartey, "Wife of the Gods;" S.
Kay Murphy, "Tainted Legacy,
The Story of Alleged Serial
Killer, Bertha Gifford;" Anne
Carter, "Point Surrender;" Gayle
Carline, "Freezer Burn;" and
Ona Russell, "The Natural Selection," set against the backdrop of the Scopes trial.
There will also be a host of
other treats for festival-goers.
Stewarts Antiques of Beverly
Hills will offer an appraisal clinic
Ray Bradbury
for antique books, jewelry, art artists. The festival will also
and other small treasures from offer a variety of special activi10 a.m. to 12 noon. The public ties for children. Food and reis invited to have their items freshments will also be available.
appraised for a $5 donation per
For more information, call
item collected to benefit the (626) 357-4151 or visit
Duarte Library. Art lovers will w w w . f r i e n d s o f t h e enjoy an exhibit by local fine duartelibrary.com.
by Jayam Rutnam
I was there when Vincent's
body was found off the Colby
Trail in Glendora last week.
There was a feeling of relief in
finding him, although most
were hoping that he was still
missing and would eventually
be found alive. Seeing a young
man of seventeen take his own
life is not only difficult to
handle, one gets a feeling of
hopelessness.
Vincent's family and friends
went through feelings of confusion, hope, despair and anger,
which is expected in a situation
like this.
I attended the funeral of
Vincent Giovanazzi last Saturday, not because I was there to
write a story, but because, in
my own way, I felt the loss
myself. Maybe it was a feeling
of loss that the family had. I
had to be part of it, not only to
pay my respects to the family,
but to feel the loss of this young
man.
Lieutenant Tim Staab and
Vincent Giovanazzi
Mayor Karen Davis, were at the
funeral, just as they both had
been there during the search,
then the sad discovery and now
to bid farewell. The large
church was filled with people,
standing room only.
The service was held at St.
Dorothy's Catholic Church,
which sits right opposite
Glendora High School where
Vincent was a Senior student.
Monsignor Mike Myers, who
knew the Giovanazzi family
well, conducted a beautiful service. A booklet of family pho-
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tos and letters to Vincent was
handed out. The service started
with the casket being brought
in to the church to the strains
of Andrea Boccelli's music.
There was a full mass with
communion.
Monisignor
Myers spoke of the Mystery of
Life and how God IS compassionate. Members of Vincent's
family and his close friends
spoke. They spoke of how
wonderful this young man was,
popular, full of fun, a prankster,
who loved his family. Then
WHY did Vincent take his life?
All his friends were at the
Church. None of them could
control themselves. They were
visibly sobbing, and were not
shy about it. Vincent was popular! Vincent was loved!
Not the kind of boy, who
would take his own life. At this
time of loss, there is no point in
speculating WHY Vincent did
this to himself, his family and
friends. We just have to make
sure that it will never happen
again.
San Dimas Annual Wildlife Art Show
The San Dimas Festival of
Arts invites you to the 13th Annual Wildlife Art Show and Sale
on October 17th and 18th. The
weekend begins Friday evening
with a Premier Opening. The
6:00 p.m. Social Reception is
followed by a Gala Dinner at 6:30
p.m. ($25.00 and reservations
are required), This is the only
event at the show that requires
reservations. The admission is
FREE on Saturday and Sunday
and there is plenty of free parking. There will be 23 nationally
recognized wildlife artists exhibiting original art as well as
prints for viewing and to purchase. Now don't barrel through
the exhibit as though you have
a plane to catch, linger awhile
and enjoy the many the many
fine pieces of art available. You
may find there is something you
just cannot go home without!
The artists are delightful to engage in conversation and it is
fascinating to hear how they
have developed their skills and
where they obtain inspiration.
Have you a budding artist in your
family or among your friends?
Here is an informal opportunity
to freely mingle with professional artists. You will definitely
want to include the seminar
given by Keven E. Pack on Saturday at 10:30 A.m., the seminar will be held on the patio. Art
collector prize Kevin's vibrant
paintings of game fish, bird,
fishing and hunting scenes. His
deep appreciation for nature is
apparent in his work. In addition to the fascinating art, children will enjoy Story Telling by
Dream Shapers on Saturday at
12:00 noon. The story time is
followed by the Wildlife Learning Center, which uses rescued
and captive-born wildlife to interest and educate children in
natural sciences. On Sunday,
October 18 Animal Encounters
will entertain and educate with
their captivating live animals.
The Elementary and Middle
School children of Bonita Unified School district will display
their artwork. You will be
amazed at the fine work the
children enter in the show. The
awards ceremony for the Student Art will be at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday afternoon. If you have
not been to the previous shows
at the Historical Walker House
in San Dimas you are in for a
true visual treat. Between the art
and the house there is eyecandy everywhere you look!
The restored Walker House is
on the national Registry for Historical buildings and houses the
San Dimas Festival of As, the
Historical Society and the excellent Saffron Restaurant. For
more information call (909)
599-5374 or visit our website:
www.SanDimasArts,com.
Our Hats Are Off To The Presidents
By Lynda Siminske
Glendora Community Coordinating Council held their Fall
"Kick Off" Meeting and Luncheon recently at Glendora
Continental Restaurant. New
President, Pat Loukota, was
well-organized and ran an orderly meeting. Traditionally at
the September meeting the program is made up of various
Presidents of different Glendora
clubs and organizations highlighting some of their exciting
programs for the coming year.
Each person was given a minute
to publicize their group. Some
of the interesting programs included Holiday Baskets, Serrano
Chapter DAR Constitution
Week and cooling scarves for
our
troops
overseas,
Kiwaniannes Antique Appraisal,
Glendora High School in the top
5% of the nation's high schools
as chosen by Newsweek,
Kiwanis Flashback to the 50's
making money for scholarships, Foothill Presbyterian Hospital annual "Home tour", Citrus College, "Taste of Autumn",
Shepherd's Pantry serving food
to over 13,000 people, Azusa
pacific celebrating 110 years.
Foothill Presbyterian Hospital
foundation Golf Tournament
and Helicopter Drop, very high
API scores predicted for
Glendora Unified School District, Glendora Police Department about to start one of its
exciting Citizen's Academies on
Wednesday evenings to train
Glendora citizens in how our
outstanding Police Department
functions and "Literacy in the
Laundromat" sponsored by
Delta Nu Chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Glendora Community Coordinating council meets the second Monday at noon at the
Glendora Continental Restaurant.. Many clubs and organizations send representatives to
tell what their group is doing and
learn what others are doing.
Many individual citizens interested in the activities in Glendora
also attend. You may purchase
a group or an individual membership. Each meeting has a
special program. In the coming
months at each meeting a student will receive the "Youth Recognition Award" and an adult will
receive the "Humanitarian Service Award." If you know
someone deserving these
awards contact Pat Loukota at
(626) 335-8164.
Skate Boarders Invited to Compete
in SAFYMCA Skate Spectacular at
Monrovia Skate Park
MONROVIA - Local skate
boarders are invited to show off
their best tricks in competition
at the Santa Anita Family YMCA
Skate Spectacular event at
Monrovia Skate Park, Saturday,
Oct. 3 from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
The Monrovia Skate Park is located at 843 E. Olive Ave. in
Monrovia.
The Skate Spectacular will
feature Vertical Speed, High
Ollie, and 50/50 Grinder challenge competitions from 12:20
p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Prize Packs
will be awarded to the fastest
time in the Vertical Speed competition, single highest Ollie, and
longest Grind. There will also
be a skate competition for mulThe San Gabriel Valley
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tiple age divisions and open division from 3:25 p.m. to 4:45
p.m. Prize packages will be
awarded to the top scores of
each division.
Pre-registration is required,
anytime up until competition
day at the SAFYMCA, or from
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the
event. Registration is $10. Registration fee includes entry in
one challenge competition and
participation in skate competition. Additional challenge entries
are $5 each. Financial assistance is available.
All skate park rules will be
applicable. Competitors will be
required to wear elbow, knee,
and helmet safety equipment.
Lending their sponsorship
support to the Skate Spectacular event are Stix Ride Shop,
Monrovia; Advantis Rideshop,
Arcadia; Boarders; Immortal;
Target; Wendy's, and Monrovia
Weekly.
In between the challenge and
open skate competitions, from
2:45 p.m. to 3:25 p.m., the band
Zentonic will perform in concert. Entertainment will also be
provided by DJ Roy Mix.
For more information, call the
SAFYMCA at (626) 359-9244,
or visit the website at
www.safymca.org.
The
SAFYMCA is located at 501 S.
Mountain Ave. in Monrovia.
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Aubrey's Beads Now at
Downtown Glendora
Glendora
Day At The Fair
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loads of students from Glendora to the
Pomona Fair, a distance of about 10
miles, for a 5 hour block of time. (each
bus cost about $500). Once at the fair,
the students went in groups with their
classes or smaller groups to various
parts of the fair including the Fairview
Farms, Going Green, California Heritage Square, and lastly to the wonderful Exposition. Teachers had been pregiven learning packets and materials to
make this day a wonderful educational
experience. To many children, this is
the most fun, most special, and most
educational day of the year. We thank
the many Glendora citizens and businesses who contributed to the Big Yellow Bus and Fair Kids Program.
At the same time as Pam Richards
was checking in buses, Fred Sparling
was making sure his committee and
the various Glendora organizations
were arriving and setting up their
booths at the Exposition. Something
new was taking place this year at the
Expo. It had a new more visible location and was no longer just a morning
event for school kids.
The traditional Expo of Glendora
Clubs, Organizations, churches,
schools, and hospital took place in the
morning. Each child walked though the
Expo and received valuable information, souvenirs, coloring book pages
and got to talk and learn valuable information from club workers at each
booth. Students went back to their respective schools, and the Expo
changed its look and local Glendora
businesses set up for the remainder of
the day. Here at this one area of the
fair, Glendorans and other fair
attenders could learn more about its
city and its important organizations:
some exhibits and booths were up all
day to answer questions and give information. Some sold products. There
were 25 booths in the morning and 25
in the afternoon. Some of the booths
were Foothill Presbyterian Hospital,
Azusa Pacific University, Citrus College, Save our Schools (SOS), Habitat
for Humanity, Glendora Unified School
District, Glenkirk Church, Village
Blue Chair Children’s Books was one of the businesses from Glendora that had
a booth at the Fair.
Books and Blue Chair Books,
Southland Properties, the Trails Committee, Glendora Community Church,
Longaberger Co., Shepherds Pantry,
Petsmart Hotel, Undercovers, and
Chocolate by Imagination.
Fair committee workers and city
leaders were treated to a lovely lunch
at Sheraton Fairplex. At the lunch different fair staff were introduced including Fairplex CEO Jim Henwood,
who thanked everyone for their hard
work preparing for Glendora Day and
proudly told of the wonderful improvements made in the fair over the
last five years. The fair is very clean,
a class act, runs for a month now, is
closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and
services many more people. Glendoran
Art Ludwick is a Fair Director and
greeted Glendora friends. Randy and
Cindi Stoll were introduced and
thanked for their many years of being
chairmen for Glendora Day at the Fair.
Four wonderful singers, Augie's Side
Effect, entertained at lunch. At one
point they called for audience participation. It was a unanimous choice by
those at lunch to send three Glendora
Unified School District Administrators
up to sing with them. The song they
chimed in on was humorously titled,
"Get a Job."
The new singers were Glendora
Unified School District Superintendent,
Catherine Nichols, President of
Glendora School Board, Doris Blum,
and Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, Eric Andrew. Follow-
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ing lunch community leaders had an
opportunity to visit the fair at their leisure. One stop many made was to see
the Habitat for Humanity House that is
under construction, and will be moved
to Glendora after the fair. The 3:00 PM
Horse Race in the large grandstand was
dedicated to Glendora. In the afternoon
a reception was held, followed
by a fun parade featuring
Glendora High School Band and
Pageantry, two fair floats...a Pirate Ship and Old McDonald's
Farm carrying community leaders who threw out hundreds of
gold Mardi Gras style necklaces
to fair attendees along the parade
route, fire trucks carrying
Glendora's Hometown Heroes,
flatbed trucks carrying Glendora
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, a convertible with Citrus College President, Dr. Geraldine Perry, and
Citrus College Board of trustees,
Dr. Pat Rasmussen, and convertibles with Glendora Red Hat Ladies, the Casual T's.
The Day concluded at the
Pepper Street stage with the honoring of Glendora's Community
Heroes, Katie Russell, Roger
Boyar, and Leonard Pihlak.
Glendora High School Band entertained along with GHS Royal
Stuart Singers. Sandburg and
Goddard Middle School's Allegro
choir also entertained. Other
Glendora youth entertained
throughout the day on this stage.
This year's Glendora Day at the
Fair was most successful and fun
or as the title of this article says,
"Great and Fantastic."
Aubrey's Beads has moved to down
town Glendora! They are offering
beginner's jewelry-making classes, and
paper bead making demonstrations the quite addictive form of craft that
turns ordinary magazines into beautiful wearable jewelry. They specialized
in beginner's class at a very affordable
fee of $15.00 for 2 or more people and
$25 for one person. The beginner's
class of basic beading and basic wire
wrap can have you make beautiful jewelry in 2 hours; you will go home with
a finished earring, bracelet or necklace.
The Holidays is just around the corner, and anyone will be delighted to
receive a piece of jewelry hand made
by you. Aubrey's will guarantee that
you will make beautiful beaded jewelry in no time. The many projects
we have available can be viewed at our
shop. If you just want to start with
something simple we have classes for
$5.00 for an hour like: beaded book
marks, stretch bracelets and simple
earring construction.
Aubrey's does also carry the famous
bamboo paper bead roller kit and different sizes and shapes of paper beads
hand made from the Philippines. To
view some of the paper beads jewelry
and how to you can go to their
websites: www.janicemae.etsy.com,
www.paperbeads.org,
and
www.aubreysbeads.com. Check out
our ad also for Sales that we have going on at our store and find some really nice gem stones and crystals at a
discounted price. If you are already
making paper beads and would like to
share your work, we would be happy
to show case them at our blog:
www.paperbeads.org. We also offer
one corporate gifts such as book
marks, paper bead eye glass holder and
badge holders. So why not show your
"green side" and give something that
is thoughtful and earth friendly.
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Infant Inducted To Azusa Tree Planting Committee
By Jorge V. Rosales
AZUSA — On Saturday,
September 12, at about
8:00am., over 50 community
members, including long term
members of the Azusa Tree
Planting Committee, joined
Azusa Mayor Joe Rocha, Council Member Robert Gonzales,
and Urban Forester Ross Montes on 8th Street between
Soldano and Pasadena Avenues
to plant twelve trees.
That morning was special
because the grandson of Greg
and Barbara Ahern and son of
their daughter Megan, little
Braylon was inducted into the
Azusa Tree Planting Committee which has been in existence
under the direction of Mayor
Rocha and guidance of Montes
for over twelve years. During
their existence they have
planted throughout the city
over 1,200 trees.
A shovel was modified for
little Braylon, who is currently
5 months old. His first assignment was to dig a hole with
grandpa's assistance to plant a
Crape Myrtle tree on 8th Street,
near the southeast corner with
Soldano Avenue.
It took less than two hours
for the Committee Members
and volunteers to dig holes for
all twelve trees, remove from
the holes all river rock, remove
the trees from their 24-inch tree
boxes, plant them, backfill the
dirt and compact it around the
trees, staking and tying the
trees. A total of eight Crape
Myrtle trees, three Chinese Tallow trees, and one Camphor
Tree were planted that morning.
Crape Myrtle trees provide
year-round beauty; it is one of
the best ornamental trees for
residential landscapes. The tree
gets its name from the appearance of the flower petals that
are crinkled, resembling crape
paper. Colors are vibrant, nearly
electric, in pinks, lavenders and
whites. The flowers are truly
Proud Grandfather, Greg Ahern, helps his five month old Grandson, Braylon, dig dirt with a shovel to plant his first tree as the
youngest member of the Azusa Tree Planting Committee. They
are flanked by mother Megan, left, and Grandmother Barbara.
outstanding. Trees bloom continuously from spring through
fall.
The Chinese tallow a popular ornamental are its fast
growth rate, attractive fall color,
and its ability to resist damage
from pests. It is a small to medium-sized tree that grows to
about 20 feet tall. Chinese tallow trees are deciduous with a
strong, deep taproot. This enables young trees to withstand
periods of drought.
A Camphor tree is an evergreen tree with oval to elliptical
leaves, arranged alternately on
the stem. Slender twigs are initially green but change to red-
dish brown. Buds are sharply
pointed, roughly 1/2 inch in
length. Camphor tree bark is
variable, from scaly to irregularly furrow with flat topped
ridges. The camphor tree habit
ranges from small to medium,
25 to 40 feet tall.
The Azusa Tree Planting
Committee meets the first Saturday of every other month to
plant trees types and in areas to
be determined by Urban Forester Montes. The next tree
planting date is scheduled for
Saturday, November 7. For
more information, contact
Mayor Joe Rocha at (626) 5232506.
A group of volunteers and members of the Azusa Tree Planting Committee backfill around a newly
planted Crape Myrtle tree while member Stephanie Mills holds the tree stakes in place.
Urban Forester Ross Montes (2nd from L), Azusa Mayor Joe Rocha (4th from L), Councilman Robert
Gonzales (2nd from R) next to Braylon, the youngest member of the Azusa Tree Planting Committee
pose with all the volunteers who helped plant 12 trees along 8th Street between Soldano and Pasadena Avenues.
Azusa Mayor Joe Rocha, flanked by three youth members of the
Azusa Tree Planting Committee stand proudly in front of one of the
twelve trees planted along 8th Street between Soldano and Pasadena Avenues.
It’s Official, Wells
Fargo Is Open in
West Covina Heights
SGV
Examiner
From left, we have City Councilman and former Mayor of West
Covina, Mike Touhey, Wells Fargo District Marketing Director, Andy
Wong, District Manager Evelin Martinez, Branch Manager, Dina
Zaklama and West Covina Chamber Director (and former Mayor
and Councilman) Mike Miller handling the Ribbon Cutting at the
new Wells Fargo in the West Covina Heights.
By George Ogden
West Covina — On Thursday, September 17, Wells Fargo
made it an official Ribbon Cutting ceremony during their Customer Welcome Week. The
event was well attended and included West Covina’s City Manager, Andy Pasamant, Councilman (and former mayor) Mike
Touhey, former Mayors, Nancy
Manners and Mike Miller (who
is the Chamber Director).
The event had representatives
who made presentations to the
bank’s manager, Dina Zaklama,
were; from Congresswoman
Judy Chu’s officer, Field Director Bryan Urias, from the
Senator’s office, Field Representative, Sierra Jenkins, a recognition from L.A. Co. Super-
visor Mike Antonovich was
made early and a presentation
by West Covina Councilman
Mike Touhey.
Zaklama was excited about
the opening of the bank and the
many services offered to the
community. They also made a
number of donations to a number of nonprofit organizations
that serve the community.
There was plenty of good information on services and
people to answer questions.
And, we must not forget, plenty
of good food.
If you want to visit the new
branch or for more information,
you can visit Wells Fargo at
2322 S. Azusa Ave. West
Covina, CA 91792, Phone
(626) 581-1225.
The San Gabriel Valley
Examiner