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Rosemead School Wins First Place

INSIDE- MP Police Chief Com-ments on Police Deaths - Page 2- Bitely Students Win Na-tional Prize - Page 3-Sports for All Column - Page 5- June Crime Stats - Page 11- Keppel Grad List - Page 4

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Monterey Park Police Department’s Officer Peter Palomino and his Canine partner Robin provided a demonstration of how the Monterey Park Police Departments’ K9 Unit works to an audience of over 300 Boys & Girls Club members. Above in photo, Officer Palomino and Robin answer questions from the children. The Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley currently has 3 sites in Monterey Park, Ramona Gardens Housing Project, and La Puente. They currently serve over 4,000 youth in not only the surrounding San Gabriel Valley Communities, but also La Puente, Boyle Heights and Baldwin Park. -Courtesy Photo

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Anaheim, CA - Clothing recycler USAgain has an-nounced Bitely Elementary School in Rosemead won first place in their ninth annual Earth Month Challenge. Across California, 120 schools participated in the chal-lenge and together collected 72,034 pounds of textiles, which helped prevent 1,080,510 pounds of carbon emissions.

Earth Month Challenge is USAgain’s annual textile recycling competition that encourages students to col-lect clothes and shoes for rewear, reuse, and recycling. The month-long competition started on March 15th. The winners were chosen based on the total pounds of textiles collected in the USAgain bin placed at the school premises.

Principal Jeff Koenig gave credit to the students, staff, parents, and community members as they routine-ly recycled clothing. “Nothing warms your heart more than helping the others and the environment,” said Mr. Koenig. “We practice habits of scholarly character ev-ery day on our campus and in our classrooms, but it is so rewarding to witness practical applications, such as this one, of what we want students and the community to embrace - a heart for caring and service.”(Continued on Page 3)

Monterey Park residents headed for LAX last week to campaign against the noise of scores of commercial airplanes that fly over the city and drown out conversa-tions and television sounds as they roar over the city’s hillsides and canyons.

Anti-airplane noise activist Margaret Leung said the residents will try to get the LAX management to change the flight paths of airlines that fly over the city as they prepare to land or tack off from Los Angeles International Airport.

More than 50 residents boarded a city-paid bus to head for a meeting at Los Angeles International Air-port/Community Noise Roundtable to see what could be done. Before embarking on their pilgrimage, Mayor Mitchell Ing said he hoped that the Roundtable will ac-cept proposed short term and long term solutions to the airplane noise.

Mayor Pro Tem Teresa Real Sebastian, Councilman Hans Liang and City Clerk Vincent Chang attended.

Monterey Park Group Protests NoiseFrom Low Flying Air Planes

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OPINION

If you are not Mr. Nice Guy (like me) I’d like to appoint you my city hall re-porter. I’d like to have you ask the hard questions about sometimes funny things, sometimes unusual things that go on at city hall.

As you may have discovered, reporters can’t really be nice “guys,” because peo-ple will ignore them and not answer their phone calls, unless they are really softball questions.

For example, as your editor, I’d like you to ask this question: “How come the city council quickly came to a unanimous decision to hire two more police officers and still have a balanced budget but not allocate $250,000 for a Centennial Rose Parade float? “

The answer is simple: “Politics.”A group of people came to the city council to demand police protection because

of the increased number of burglaries in our peaceful town. Some people suspect that the group of protestors were organized by one or more city council members. This is a common tactic used by council members and groups wishing to get the council to act in their direction.

Many years ago, then Councilman Sam Kiang bussed hundreds of Asian seniors to come in and fill the council chambers to get support for something I don’t really recall.

Years ago, when a city manager threatened the position of a key Senior Citizen Center, supporters brought in scores of seniors to fight the battle. The battle was ex-panded by the presence of “my son the lawyer.”

Another time recently resulted in a number of U.S. Military veterans coming to the city council to object to paying gym usage fees for their basketball program.

The recent Rose Bowl Float fiasco could have easily been decided in favor of roses. The lone councilman proposing the float had lost the outside funding he had envisoned. Evenso, he is in the minority group in the council voting and really can’t be expected to win many political battles. He should have bussed in supporters wav-ing roses in the Council Chambers.

Maybe the councilman could have won that battle, but he had burned too many bridges already.

So if you want to be my city hall reporter, here’s a couple of more questions to ask. But you have to listen carefully. Sometimes you think you hear something but you need to double check your facts.

For example, the other day, I thought I heard a councilman complain that he was refused a concealed gun permit. I viewed the video and found that my assumption was wrong. Apparently, all he was asking was to be able to use the police firing range to practice using his weapon.

The idea brought back some memories, I recalled that former Councilman Cam Briglio had once shot up a fish aquarium at a Chinese restaurant in an attempt to stop a robbery. I don’t know if the fish survived, but I do recall the shooting made lots of news headlines.

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Lawmen Leave their Families to Protect Ours

By Jim SmithPolice Chief, City of Monterey Park What happened in Dallas is a National tragedy and one that every American

should be upset about. The officers were there to ensure that a group that was protesting not just

specific officer involved shootings, but protesting police officers in general (yes, even those there protecting their rights to protest).

When the shooting started, the Officers, not only those that were murdered, but the other officers at the event, immediately went into action to protect the protesters and other civilians in the area.

Some paid the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives. But they didn’t run from their duty, they didn’t abandon their posts due to the danger, they instead protected the persons that were protesting them.

It is a troubling trend of officers being attacked. This is the most difficult time in American history to be a police officer. Officers today are under great scrutiny by the public, the focus of erroneous and often inaccurate reporting by social me-dia and at times, the mainstream media, and facing a pop culture of disrespect for the law and for those members of our communities that protect us all.

Police Officers in the United States do not fear the scrutiny or the calls for transparency.

I would argue that our profession has been more transparent than any other in government or the public sector for much longer than the word transparency has been trendy.

Police Officers are tasked with taking care of society’s ills, solving problems they did not create, responding to situations and problems that no one else can or is willing to take care of. I don’t believe that in the history of American law enforcement there has been a more trained and better educated work force.

The demands on the profession are greater than ever and in many instances officers remain overworked and under paid for the demands placed on them. However, every day police officers across the country will leave their families to protect people, that includes people who do not like them and wish to do them harm.

There needs to be a national dialogue on this issue, but more importantly, there needs to be a community dialogue. Law Enforcement officers take their jobs seriously. While there are times when an officer is in a position that he/she feels he must use deadly force, those times are minute when compared to the millions of contacts made daily in the U.S. by law enforcement officers that go flawlessly.

Over the course of the competition, Bitely Elementary School collected 2,769 pounds securing the first position and was closely followed by McPherson Elemen-tary School, Napa and Killybrooke Elementary School, Costa Mesa securing second and third positions, respectively.

“Congratulations to all of the participating schools for their impressive work. It’s great to see schools so enthusiastic about the competition, and we hope it has inspired them to be keen recyclers,” said USAgain CEO, Mattias Wallander. “Reus-ing and recycling resources are the best ways to begin building a more sustainable environment.”

Wallander noted that 11 million tons of all unwanted clothing in the U.S. is thrown into the trash and buried in landfills each year, according to the U.S. EPA. Nevertheless, the 15 percent of clothing that does get a second life is equivalent to taking one million cars off the road for a year.

USAgain offers educational resources and other tools that help schools learn about the impact of textile recycling. All participating schools will earn funds based on the pounds collected. USAgain is anxious to share their successes with the broader community with the hope that it will inspire other schools to reinvigorate or initiate their recycling programs.

USAgain, a leader in the textile recycling industry since 1999, is a for-profit company that collects clothing, shoes and other textiles. Its mission is to provide con-sumers with a convenient and eco-friendly option to rid themselves of excess cloth-ing, which is diverted from landfills and put back into the use-cycle, saving natural resources. USAgain offers fundraisers for schools and non-profits through recycling programs. USAgain maintains more than 10,000 collection bins in 15 states and has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. For more information, visit www.usa-gain.com to learn more and locate a recycling container near you.

Bitely School Wins Prize forCollecting Unwanted Clothes

PRIZE CHECK -- Bitely School children hold giant replica of $250 check which they received for collecting unwanted clothes for recycling. - Courtesy photo.

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Editor’s Note: This article was written before the incident in Baton Rouge.

Filing has begun for Alhambra City Council and Alhambra Unified School Dis-trict with some elected city officials termed out of office.

While the election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 8, candidates who declared their intention for city council and school board offices have until August 12 to file their required nomination forms.

Incumbent council members Steve Placido and Gary Yamauchi are termed out of office and cannot run for re-election.

Seeking to replace Yamauchi in the Third Nominating District are Jeff Maloney and Mark Nisal. Hoping to replace Councilman Steve Placido in the Fourth District are David Mejia, Efren Moreno, Jr. , Karsen Johann Luthi and Ken Huat Toh.

At the same election, three incumbent members of the Alhambra School Board are facing opposition in their re-election bid

First Nominating District board members Adele Andrade-Stadler is being op-posed by Onica Vale Cole. Christopher Wong opposes Second Nominating District board member Jane Anderson. Incumbent Patricia Rodriguez-Mackintosh is being challenged by Yvonne West-Palma.

While candidates must reside in nominating districts to qualify, voting is dis-trict wide. Alhambra Unified School District includes elementary schools and high schools in Alhambra, Monterey Park, and Rosemead.

Filings Begin for AlhambraCouncil, School District Posts

The search for digital critters from the mysterious Internet creation, “Pokemon Go,” has spread to cities and counties throughout the United States where thousands are involved in the hunt. It has finally arrived in San Gabriel Valley in the form of scores of people wandering around parks, streets, city halls looking for the prize catches and gain points.

At Monterey Park City Hall, hundreds of people who would never normally come near the council chambers and police station, were wandering around the front lawn and baseball field, ignoring press conferences, baseball games and police cars departing with the sirens on they persevered in their search. Hunters were also seen searching for the “Pokeballs” at police stations, hospitals and churches as if they were trying to find the Internet Holy Grail.

At the Monterey Park city hall lawn, the surreal scene looked more like an adult Easter Egg Hunt with people scattered throughout the city hall lawn looking down at their lighted smart phones..

They were looking for the imaginary “critter thing” that starts with downloading the game from an App store. You can start playing when you have the game in your smart phone, Ipad or Ipod, anything that has a digital connection, The players hurl balls to capture Pokemons which could take many forms.

As the players collect these Pokemon they earn points which allow them entry into higher levels of the game. The Pokemon Go game is so popular that it has sur-passed many other games and social media with record downloads.

Pokemon Craze Arrives in SGV

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Looking back at one of the highlights of the high school sports season for 2015-16 is Monte-bello High School boys varsity baseball team who had a “storybook season” as the team played in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) South-ern Section Champion-ship semi-finals for the first time in 54 years.

The excitement grew so much during the sea-son that Montebello Head Coach Manny Arana said at the CIF semi-final play-off game that Montebello hosted and lost, Monte-bello fans were tailgating on the street by the base-ball field. He said students, staff, and many alumni came out to support the team. “Our players and coaches really appreciate the support on campus and in the community,” said Arana, who is in his 16th year as coach and third year as head coach at Montebello High School.

“Every coach dreams about this type of season,” continued Arana.

“The ride was awesome for everyone. Our team is young, there are a lot of sophomores. Montebello only has three seniors who recently graduated. Their name and college they will be a student athlete in a few weeks are Christian Beltran, Cerritos Com-munity College, Adam Richie, University of La Verne, and Edjar Ve-lasquez, Compton Com-munity College.”

Montebello played rival El Rancho in the CIF playoffs quarterfi-nals, winning 4-2 before what Arana said was a big crowd that sparked a lot of interest in baseball. Ve-lasquez was the winning pitcher, right fielder Noel Fuerte scored two runs and had two runs batted in, and left fielder Marta Esparza was 3-3 at the plate to lead Montebel-lo. Arana said he is glad this shouldn’t just be a one-season wonder as there are many freshmen and sophomores on the team to help it keep the success continuing.

Arana said Monte-bello developed an overall great team chemistry and had a goal to win Almont League and two games in the playoffs. Montebello posted a 14-1 record in Almont League play to win its second straight championship and then won all the way in the CIF Championship Playoffs until losing in the semi-finals. He emphasized the team’s overall record was 21-12, the first season winning 20 or more games in many years. “Our pre-season was pretty tough to get ready for league and playoffs,” stated Arana. “We learned from tough opponents to help us get better.”

* * * * * There appeared to be

more high school coach

jobs than usual available after this past school year. For example, Alhambra (also looking to hire ju-nior varsity and frosh coaches), San Gabriel, Cantwell Sacred Heart. Rosemead, Gabrielino and El Monte started searches for a new girls basketball head coach. Rosemead and San Gabriel also had available new head coach jobs in soccer and volley-ball, and Rosemead also had open a boys and also girls head coach positions in wrestling.

Coaching has be-come basically a year around job in high school except for a three weeks rest time required by Cali-fornia Interscholastic Fed-eration (CIF) Southern Section, and coaches are only paid during their sea-son of sport, for example, basketball coaches are NOT paid usually from March or whenever they are finished with their sea-son until October.

Coaches give of their time for practice, plan-ning season schedules and working with athletic di-rectors to schedule games, get snacks for fundraisers and organize that and oth-er fundraisers, and more. And at public schools the students that come to the school are the ones that make up a team. Private schools have the luxury of recruiting students for academics and sports.

So the next time you see a coach say hi and think about simply saying a sincere thank you for giving these young people an opportunity to be part of something that means a lot to the students, and especially the “lower level” coaches that coach freshmen or frosh soph or junior varsity who are so important in helping the younger students to learn skills for that sport while enhancing the student’s respect, sportsmanship, integrity, accountabil-ity, loyalty, determination, teamwork, improving their health and more.

End of SeasonBrings ManyChanges to Prep Sports

AIR PLANE NOISE group gathers for photo at press conference before they headed to LAX to protest noises from low flying aircraft. (see story on Page 1. -- Barron photo.

SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, Asian Youth Center (AYC) was honored as the Nonprofit of the Year, representing the 49th Assembly District, during a celebra-tion at the State Capitol in observance of California Nonprofits Day.

“I am thrilled at the opportunity to honor the Asian Youth Center,” said As-semblymember Ed Chau (D- Monterey Park). “It has been my pleasure to work with AYC on numerous occasions, and today’s celebration presented a good chance to show its entire team that the community appreciates the exceptional work that they are doing.”

AYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering low-income, immi-grant, and at-risk youth and families, of all communities, to overcome barriers to success through the provision of culturally and linguistically competent education, employment, and social services. AYC provides services throughout Los Angeles County.

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Vianney, the live production per-formed by Leonardo Defilippis of Saint Luke Productions, will be presented in the Church on Thursday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m.

It is a story about Saint John Vian-ney, the humble priest who according to religious history battled the devil to save souls.

Filled with all of the elements of pro-fessional theater, the production runs 90 minutes and is suitable for ages 9 and up. Admission is $15 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and under. For tickets and additional information, contact the par-ish office at 323-725-7578 or visit www.olmmparish.com.

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By G. Monty Manibog(Editor’s Note: Former Monterey

Park Mayor Monty Manibog is a regular contributing columnist offering legal tips as well as his perspective on high profile legal issues and events.)

The Donald Trump name has cre-ated a lexicon of it own as the name has pervaded universal conversations with wide-ranging speculatios to its effect on

the presidential ambitions and prospects of his own as well as those of former first lady, secretary of state and U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

There appears little question as to Clinton’s experience, background and qualifications for the highest office in the land. Donald Trump’s successes in the business world also fortify his own back-ground and ability to effectively steer our Ship of State through rough waters

POINT OF LAWComparing the U.S. Presidential Candidates

and making America “great again” as he pledged in his announcement for the presidency.

There will be those who will prefer Hillary with her experience in govern-ment and politics, both domestic and in-ternational, while others will lean toward the dizzying experiences and successes of Trump in the business world.

This divide among the electorate ap-pear to be a close one and the constantly changing poll numbers give us no clear indication whether it will be a President Trump or a President Clinton.

Take your pick folks – business and commercial predominance or domes-tic and free world political leadership. The alternative prospects between both candidates creates an interesting divide among the electorate and the constantly changing opinion poll numbers do not currently give us a very strong indication of which way the strongest political wind will blow.

Just keep your hat on, or your skirt, lest they get blown away.

Atty. Monty Manibog

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Deadline for the August 201 6 Journal is Au-gust 10 for ad-vertising and

news.

Eastside Optimist has honored Police Agent Danny Salazar of the Monterey Park Po-lice Officer of the Year and Paramedic/Engineer Justin Birrell as Fire Fighter of the Year. Chief Jim Smith described Agent Salazar as a dedicated law enforcement officer who is involved with the community through his volunteerism, which includes being an active board member of the Boys and Girls Club.

Most notably, recently while off duty, at a local high school in the City of La Verne, he saw a young teen collapse at the school’s field. He quickly responded by performing CPR saving the teen’s life Chief Scott Haberle described Paramedic/Engineer Justin Birrell as an employee who exemplifies teamwork spirit and dedication to duty. He said Paramedic/Engineer Birrell has a “can do” attitude, always thinking of the best way to overcome chal-lenges, which may face the department

“Paramedic/Engineer Birrell has displayed the highest level of professionalism and has certainly been a credit to the Monterey Park Fire Department and the fire-fighting profession, “ the Optimist group said.

Eastside Optimist ClubHonors Policeman, Firefighter

G. Monty ManibogFIREFIGHTER OF YEAR -- Justin Birrell (center) was honored as the Fire-fighter of Year by the Eastside Optimist Club. Above, Optimist Jones Moy (left) and Fire Chief Scott Haberle present plaque to Birrell

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Santa Anita Park - Day at the Races O C T O B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 6

$75 includes Admission to Club House/Turf Terrace, Racing Program, Bistro Buffet and General Parking. Tables of six available. Proceeds will benefit the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] or (626) 307-1269.

JOURNAL Q & A

What’s Happening With the Chamber ofCommerce in Monterey Park?WHAT IS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?The Greater Monterey Park Chamber is an association of small and large businesses, which have joined together, to prosper and improve the community. We currently have 150 members and two hundred support persons.

HOW DOES THE CHAMBER HELP BUSINESSES?Through its many programs, the Chamber helps business-es by providing an opportu-nity to exhibit their products and services, network with fellow business people and potential customers and as a resource for city information.

WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS

DOES THE CHAMBER OF-FER?The Chambers schedules regular monthly business mixers; business workshops and, business expos and events intended to help busi-nesses exhibit their prod-ucts and services. Examples are the monthly “Dim Sum & Donuts” business mixer, “Lunch and Learn” business workshops, a Lunar New Year Dinner and recognition events for local businesses. The Chamber also serves as your consultant for starting a new business, using local media and social media.

WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER?Chamber members range from small to large business-

es. Small businesses include “mom and pop” retailers and home businesses. Large businesses include large retailers and restaurants and major corporations such as Southern California Edison and the Gas Company.Small businesses also in-clude Home Occupation businesses such as lawyers, consultants, etc

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO JOIN THE CHAMBER?Annual membership range from as low as $150 a year to $500 a year, depending upon the size of the business and number of employees.

HOW DO CHAMBER MEM-BERS GET THE MOST FROM

THEIR MEMBERSHIP?Chamber members get the most from their membership, by regularly participating in workshops and mixers, as-signing a business liaison to the chamber. When possible, serving in program commit-tees gives the business high visibility before fellow busi-nesses, potential customers and city officials.

For more information contact the Chamber at (626) 570-9429 or emailing to [email protected].

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July, 21, 8:30 a.m.Dim Sum & DonutsMorning Mixer.Thursday, July 21.Featuring Olympics speaker. - $10 per per-son.August 24, 4 p.m.Trip to Pageant of Mas-ters, Laguna Beach. Starts with Wine Tasting, etc and reserved seat on a bus and Masters. $60 per person before August 1.Sept. 10-11Moon FestivalBarnes Park. Food, Music, Entertain-ment. Free Admission.

REV. ALBERT HUNG of Trinity Church leads prayers during a vigil at City Hall for the five police officers killed in Dallas, Tex., by a shooting during anti-police demonstrations. About fifty people attended the vigil. - Journal photo.

RIBBON CUTTING EVENTOfficials from the city and Greater Monterey Park Chamber joined in the

ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand re-opening of Tiffany’s Catering at 2099 South Atlantic Blvd. , Suite J, Monterey Park. Tiffany Darrell (center) with Dora Leung, president of the Greater Monterey Park Chamber were joined in the cel-ebration by then Mayor Peter Chan and City Clerk Vincent Chang. Friends and customers joined in the ribbon cutting. The chamber of commerce offers Ribon Cuting services to new businesses and grand reopenings to local businesses. For information call (616) 570-9429. - Journal photo

Monterey Park City Council ap-pointed two new trustees to the city Library Board and one new member to the Personnel Board at a meeting held Thursday, June16, in second-floor con-ference room at city hall.

Jason Dhing, an IT Consultant, and Gloria Guerrero, a previous member of the Library Board, were appointed by a unanimous vote. Laine Kwan, a recruit-

ment and classification supervisor for the city of Garden Grove was appointed by unanimous vote to the city personnel board.

The library and personnel board are the only two city commissions where applicants must be appointed by the the entire council. Other city commission-ers are "at will" and can be apointed or removed by individual council persons

who are allocated certain appointments on each commission.

The Personnel Board reviews chang-es in job classifications at the city and sometimes sits as the decision maker in reviewing any appeals from city employ-ees who have been hired or disciplined by city departments. Kwan is currently employed in the personnel department at the city of Garden Grove.

The Library Board is an independent board under the state constitution which manages the city library services and ap-points the city librarian. Guerrero pre-viously served as a Library trustee and is active with the LAMP Optimist Club and Chamber of Commerce. This will be the first term for Dhing, who is active as co-president of the Mark Keppel High PTSA and is a city volunteer.

Retiring from the Library Board will be Trustees Jane Yu and Katherine Fos-ter.

New Library Trustees and Personal Commissioners Appointed

Almost nine out of ten Americans (89%) receive unwanted calls each month according to a recent survey which has also revealed the top 5 types of scam people have fallen victim to. The YouGov survey, commissioned by call blocking specialists CPR Call Blocker, also showed that 11% of US adults have been a victim of a tele-phone scam. Of those who have been scammed, 20% said they had lost be-tween $500 and $10,000 as a result. The survey revealed that from a list, victims have been scammed most by: IRS scams (33%)

Credit/Loan scams (31%)Lottery/Sweepstake scams (27%)Banking scams (22%)Automated message scams (16%)

‘IRS Call’ Tops Five Phone ScamsListed in Study

Greater Monterey Park Chamberof Commerce Presents

DD&P Morning Mixer

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Learn About SoCal’s BidFor The Olympics

Thursday, July 21, 20168:30 a.m. to

10 a.m.$10 Donation per person

Come & network with other local businesses and learn about the United States bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Los Angeles successfully hosted the Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984, and now the city is ready to reimagine a New Games for a new era.

At the Historic El Encanto700 El Mercado Ave.

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Historic Tours El Encanto Building offered to all groups. Call (626) 570-9429 for reservations.

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2525. www.Sangabrielchamber.org.Montebello Chamber of Commerce: (323) 721-

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Alhambra Public Library; 101 S. 1st St. Alhambra (626) 5008. www.alhambralibrary.org.

Montebello Library: 1550 W. Beverly Blvd. Montebello. (323) 722-6551. www.colapublib.org/montebello.

East Los Angeles Public Library: 4837 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, (323) 264-0155.

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Rotary Club. Meets weekly. For meeting information contact David Anantasin at (213) 268-5911 or [email protected].

LAMP Optimist Club. Meets twice monthly at Monterey Park City Hall. For meeting information call (626) 572-7450.

Eastside Optimist Club. Meets monthly at local restaurants. For meeting information call (626) 282-9210

Rosemead Kiwanis. Meets on Thursdays at noon in meeting room of the Church of the Open Bible, 7915 Hellman Ave., Rosemead. For meeting information call ( 626) 572-7450.

Monterey Park Kiwanis Club. Meets weekly at Capital Seafood Restaurant, 755 Garvey Ave, Monterey Park. For meeting information call (626) 840-5240.Monterey Park Lions Club: Meets weekly at Lions Manor, 215 N. Chandler Ave. For Information call 626) 428-1877.

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By Sheila Yonemoto, P.T. Strength training targets muscle. It stimulates the body to

add more muscle fibers in a muscle unit, making it easier to pro-duce more power in a single contraction. Lifting weights stimulates the muscle by giving it a bigger load than normal. This tells the brain that more muscle fibers are needed to lift the load.

For maximum strengthening, you lift the weight closest to your maximum potential for 3-5 repetitions. Maximum strength training requires precise coordination in the messages between the brain and the body, to get all the muscle fibers in a muscle unit con-tracting at the exact same time for maximum lift. It then takes a day to replenish the energy stores in the muscle.

Typical strength training programs involve light to moder-ate levels of resistance. Workouts are scheduled every other day to allow the body to replenish stores of energy into the muscle. Work-out routines should include all aspects of the body for a balanced strengthening program. It’s important to start at an appropriate level to minimize the risk for injury.

A personal fitness trainer, physical therapist or exercise physiologist can help you determine a specific strengthening pro-gram. Watch for signs of straining and possible injury. The old ad-age “no pain, no gain” is not true. Pain usually means injury has occurred or is imminent if the activity continues. Your body will adapt and make changes, because it wants to avoid pain.

Since muscle is metabolically more active than fat, increas-ing muscle mass will utilize more energy overall, making fat loss occur faster or allowing the intake of more calories. You also have increased ability to do physical activity and have more energy and will even burn more calories when you are sleeping.

Muscles will also pull on the bone more, stimulating the bone to increase bone density and add more bone cells. This com-bats osteoporosis and helps prevent pain, weakness and fractures.

Exercise should be considered a lifelong habit, something incorporated into our daily routines, just like brushing our teeth. The strength and health of the body will be reflected in how you feel and are able to perform tasks. Attention to quality will produce healthier states of being. Perhaps that’s the attitude we need to cul-tivate in all aspects of our lives.******************************************************Sheila Yonemoto, P.T., has been a physical therapist for more than 30 years, specializing in integrative manual therapy, utilizing a holistic approach. She can be reached at Yonemoto Physical Therapy, 55 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 100, Alhambra, CA 91801. Call (626)

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MONTEREY PARK – Today, Assemblymember Ed Chau (D–Monterey Park) presented to local con-stituent and veteran, Peter Aston, with a California Explorer Vehicle Day Use Annual Pass that was do-nated by the California State Parks Foundation. The pass was presented to Peter Aston for his advocacy on AB 1972, which would allow disabled veterans to receive the Distinguished Veteran Pass, regardless of whether the disability is related to military service during wartime or peacetime.

“While we can never properly thank members of our military for all they have done, I believe that we should honor those who were disabled during their time of service by granting them access to our beautiful state parks at no cost,” said Assemblymem-ber Ed Chau. “I want to thank Peter Aston for bring-ing this issue to my attention and look forward to helping all other veterans like him with the passage of this legislation.”

The California State Parks currently offers the Distinguished Veteran Pass, which is a special and free lifetime pass for qualifying veterans, to use all basic facilities in state parks at no charge.

Assemblyman PresentsAnnual Parks Pass toVet’s Advocate

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Scudder Scholarships PresentedTo Two Local Nursing Students

Two young women received $3,000 scholarships to continue their education, thanks to the Laura Scudder Foundation, with the support of the Monterey Park His-torical Society.

The two scholarship winners are Tanya Limon and Imelda Orta. Both are cur-rently nursing students. Limon, a Schurr High School graduate, is studying at East L A. College, and Orta at Cerritos College.

John Scudder, grandson of Laura Scudder, presented the scholarships. The local scholarships are awarded annually to two students who have returned to college or training schools to advance their careers. They typically are either business or nurs-ing students.

Laura Scudder, founder of the Scudder Potato Chip Company, began her business in Monterey Park and established factories here. She was a former nurse and attorney who ventured into the business world at a time when few women were welcomed.

She pioneered the packaging and retail sale and distribution of snack foods. Her company also processed and distributed peanut butter.

At one time she was known as the Potato Chip Queen of the west. Later the company was sold to Borden, Inc.

SCHOLARSHIPS: John Scudder, grandson of Laura Scudder presents scholar-ships to Sandra Limon and Imelda Orta at recent scholarship luncheon.

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