In Memory of Louie Pompei - San Gabriel Valley Examiner

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In Memory of Louie Pompei
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LENDORA —
To honor one of
their own fallen
officers and to
assist the families of other fallen officers in
times of need, field officers and
management of the Glendora
Police Dept. has presented the
California Peace Police Officer’s
Memorial Foundation with a
check for $3,576, in a ceremony
on the steps of the Glendora Police Department headquarters.
“We’re making this donation
in Louie Pompei’s name,” said
Glendora Police Sergeant Jamie
Caldwell, of his fallen fellow officer, indicating a nearby monument in front of the Glendora
Police Department, on which
Pompei’s name is inscribed.
“It’s been 10 years since Louie
died in the line of duty and we
don’t want him to be forgotten,”
Capt. Rob Castro said. Pompei,
a Glendora police officer was
shot and killed in the line of duty,
while trying to foil a San Dimas
grocery store armed robbery.
Pompei’s name also is included
on the California Peace Officer’s
Memorial Foundation monument
in Sacramento that commemorates officers who have died in
the line of duty. That statue is
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IN MEMORY OF LOUIE: Sgt. Jamie Caldwell (left) and Capt. Rob Castro (center) present Mark Nichols,
president of the California Peace Officer's Memorial Foundation, with a check for $3,576 from the
Glendora Police Dept.'s field and management recently on the steps of the Glendora Police Dept. headquarters. Castro holds a miniature replica of a 25-foot-high statue at the California Peace Officer's
Memorial in Sacramento. An accompanying statue depicts families who have lost law enforcement
loved ones in the line of duty.
Raffle For Priest’s Truck
GLENDORA — The generosity of one man is a gift to another who served his community. On January 30th, 2006 Mr.
Ziad Alhassen, the owner of
Clippinger Chevrolet, Clippinger
Ford, Hummer of West Covina
and West Covina Jeep and
Chrysler, donated a reconditioned, 2001, blue Ford F150
crew cab truck to Father Bernard Njeru, Associate Pastor at
St. Dorothy's Church in
Glendora.
This vehicle was to be
shipped to The Republic of
Kenya, compliments of Mr.
Alhassen, where Father Bernard
Njeru was returning home after
his five years of service to the
Glendora parish. Father Bernard
had gained a reputation in the San
Gabriel Valley as a calming and
healing presence. Unfortunately
after an exhaustive dialog with
officials within the government
of Kenya, Father Bernard's request to bring a left hand drive
vehicle into a country where only
right hand vehicles are allowed,
was denied.
With this disappointment at
hand, Monsignor Michael
Meyers, Senior Pastor at St.
Dorothy's, suggested that the
church take delivery of the vehicle and hold a raffle that will
help raise the badly needed funds
for Father Bernard to purchase
a vehicle in support of building
his new parish in Kenya. With
little hesitation, Mr. Alhassen volunteered to manage and process
the transfer of ownership to the
successful winner of the raffle
that will be held through the second half of February and the first
two weeks of March.
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Army Racing Champ Schumacher
Loses to Teammate Melanie Troxel
By George Ogden
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U.S. Army Dragster, had a reaction time of 0.101 seconds with
a time of 4.530 seconds and at a
speed of 321.96 MPH. The winning difference was about 5 feet
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Schumacher makes his run against Troxel, who won the race by a fraction of a second. Troxel went on
to win the finals.
Joe Rocha Honored Free International
Adoption Seminar
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AZUSA — A free interactive
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placing agency.
Attendees will also learn about
the adoption process and costs,
foreign country requirements,
The first political convention held
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with dancing and singing, thanking the teacher for his 35 years of
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Students from Charles H. Lee elementary school (Mrs. Reid’s Room
8) sing “The United States” song honoring Joe Rocha.
By George Ogden
AZUSA — On Feb. 15th,
dent to honor of one of their favorite teachers, Joe Rocha.
Charles H. Lee Elementary
School held a special event to
honor a retiring teacher after 35
years of service to the students.
Joe Rocha was honored by the
students, teachers and guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Rocha were presented with flowers as the students performed some skits and
musical number.
There were a number of presentations made from the PTA,
School Board and Azusa Mayor
Chagnon, for his outstanding 35
years of service.
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“Annie” Coming To The San Gabriel Civic Auditorium
By Carol Campbell
George Ogden
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY —
Pictured is some of the talented
orphan cast of Shakespeare
League of Pasadena's 60th annual
musical "ANNIE" which will be
playing at the San Gabriel Civic
Auditorium on March 24th, 25th
and 26th.
The production will be directed
by Bill Shaw with choreography
by Nikkei Logo and the orchestra conducted by Richard Allen.
Shakespeare League members
Donna Scranton and Sue Hertz
are this year's producers. Proceeds from the show will benefit Villa Esperanto and Wellness
Community-Foothills of San
Gabriel Valley.
There is a large cast of actors
and actresses who will put in
more then 7 weeks of rehearsals
5 to 7 days per week. In fact,
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From top left to right: Tory Freeth, Roberta Ahrens, Michaela Trimmer; middle left to right: Rebecca
Thomas, Maegan Wang and Micaela Lin. Center: Alissa Anderegg, who stars as Annie and Meeska
the dog, will portray Annie’s dog, “Sandy.”
The San Gabriel Valley
will also appear in this play and
have 5 character appearances.
This will be his first "live audience" performance and that
should also be very entertaining
for those of you who know him.
The kids as well as the adult actors have worked very hard up
to this point.
Alaska Underage, who stars as
Annie is just absolutely outstanding as an actress. Her supporting co-stars (the other orphans)
are just as impressive.
We will continue to follow the
progress of this production as we
have some special information
on the actors and actresses from
our area.
Come see this family musical and
hear familiar tunes such as "Tomorrow" and "It's a Hard Knock
Life."
Tickets are on sale now by calling (626) 281-6053. Great entertainment for the entire family.
Rehearsing for the Boylan Sisters from left: Sue Purciel, Lani Ridley,
Kristine Brock and the famed Richard Allen on the keyboard jokingly
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Glendora Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
GLENDORA — Our member, Dr. Pat Bushman, won
$656.00 in our 50/50 and
promptly donated $328.00 to the
Glendora Kiwanis Scholarship
Fund. Last year, at the end of the
school term, our club distributed
$12,000.00 to local students. Our
major fundraisers for scholarship money are, Flashback to the
50s, Bandorama, and Kasino
Night. The Glendora Kiwanis
Club will award in 2006:
1) $1,000 in grants at
Whitcomb High School's graduation ceremony on June 13,
2006.
2) $2,000 in grants at the St.
Lucy's Priory graduation ceremony in mid-May of 2006.
3) $1,000 in grants to students at Citrus College in the fall
of 2006.
4) $6,000 in grants to seniors
at Glendora High School at their
awards breakfast in early June
of 2006.
5) $2,000 in grants to seniors
at Charter Oak High School in
their award ceremony in early
June of 2006.
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