August - San Dimas Community News

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August 2013
www.sandimasnews.com
And all that Jazz
The Gem City Jazz cats performing at the “Event Of The Year”. This
event was held by San Dimas HEROES as a fundraiser to add two more
small walls for engraving names of San Dimas Veterans. An additional
walkway and engraved pavers will also be added.
Bertones Hitch a Ride
At the HEROES “Event of The Year”, Councilman Denis Bertone and
his wife Diana, were the top bidders for a ride on the Budweiser Clydesdale Hitch during the LA County Fair in September.
Senator Liu
Announces $47
million to Retrofit
Local Schools and
Funds to Support
Energy Savings
and Job Creation
Sacramento — Senator Carol
Liu (D- La Cañada) announces
that an estimated $450 million
will be available to fund energy
efficiency and clean energy projects, including roughly $47 million for schools in the 25th Senate
District. Additionally, nearly $50
million will be provided to fund
energy projects at California’s
112 community colleges. These
projects provide a triple benefit by
reducing energy bills, improving
school conditions and providing
needed jobs to help employ the
400,000 plus unemployed construction workers in the state.
As a main recipient of funds
from the Proposition 39 – California Clean Energy Jobs Fund for
the upcoming fiscal year, public
schools will benefit from longterm energy savings. Clean energy projects will help reduce energy
and utility bills due to inefficient
lighting, heating, insulation, ventilation, and air conditioning.
Each school district will be provided a funding allotment based
on the average daily attendance
(ADA) and weighted for poverty.
In order to ensure the projects
proposed meet energy efficiency
and clean energy requirements,
school districts will need to submit
an application to the California
Energy Commission prior to receiving funds. The Community
Colleges Chancellor’s Office will
allocate funds for community colleges based on the number of fulltime equivalent students.
Proposition 39, the California
Clean Energy and Jobs Act, was
approved by the voters in November with more than 60% support.
It closed a corporate tax loophole
that only benefited out-of-state
corporations. It will generate
about $1 billion a year for California. For the next five years, half
of the money will be going to the
state’s general fund and the other
half toward measures designed to
create jobs and save energy. The
Yes on Prop 39 campaign was coContinued page 3
Rodeo Awards Scholarships
Pictured from left to right:
Don Green (Rodeo Committee), Tammy Norman, Arlene McGregor,
Peggy Rankin, Rachel Abrahem, Amanda Avery, Daniel Cruz, Lindsey
Lange, Blake Wigglesworth.and Curt Morris, Mayor of San Dimas.
Rodeo Art Winners
Board Members present Davana Valentino, Tammy Norman, Don
Green, and Steve McGregor
1st Place is Devin Schwartzbauer
“Lone Ranger” - Grade 11 - San Dimas High School
2nd Place is Sofia Olivas
“The Hunt” - Grade 12 - Bonita High School
3rd Place is Darius Johari
“Clint Eastwood” - Grade 11 - San Dimas High School
Honorable Mentions
Nicolette Berdugo
“Cool Off” - Grade 12 - Bonita High School
Katherine Lizawaga
“Good Ol’ Boy - Grade 12 - Bonita High School
COMING: AUGUST NIGHTS
EVENT
Coming is the 3rd Annual August Nights event. An evening of
Art, Wine, Dinner, Music, Great
Folks & Fun! Silent and Live Auctions. $55 donation per person.
Hosted by the San Dimas Festival
of Arts, this has come to be a very
popular event. Live music. A large
dinner buffet. A variety of art
pieces during the live auction and
on the silent auction table. Saturday, August 24th, 5:00 p.m. at the
Corner Lodge, 350 N. Walnut Ave
(corner of Allen & Walnut), San
Dimas. Tickets may be obtained
by a Festival Board member or
call (909)394-4918 or (818) 8028532; e-mail: thefestivalsandimasarts.orçj. A fun evening is in store
for all — make reservations now.
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San Dimas Community News
August 2013
“Between the Sun and the Moon” mural at San Dimas City Hall
Juana Maria Cave Believed
Found
In the October 29, 2012 Los
Angeles Times, Steve Chawkins
reported the following: “A Navy
archaeologist and his crew are digging out a cave on San Nicolas Island that seems likely to have sheltered the woman made famous by
earthed notes written in a fine
script by a 19th century government surveyor, Schwartz now believes he’s found it.
“We’re 90% sure this is the Lone
Woman’s cave…. A crew of students has painstakingly removed
Rene Vellanoweth of Cal State L.A. shows a cave on San Nicolas
Island where Juana Maria may have lived.
[the 1960 book Island of the Blue
Dolphins by Scott O’Dell.]
“The 1879 government survey
map of San Nicolas Island was
quite clear: There was a big black
dot on the southwest coast and,
next to it, the words ‘Indian Cave.’
“For more than 20 years, Navy
archaeologist Steve Schwartz
searched for that cave. It was believed to be home to the island’s
most famous inhabitant, a Native
American woman who survived on
the island for 18 years, abandoned
and alone, and became the inspiration for Island of the Blue Dolphins.
“If he found the cave, he might
solve mysteries about the ‘Lone
Woman of San Nicolas’ and her
Nicoleno tribe, which was left devastated by a massacre in 1814 by
sea otter hunters from Alaska.
“With the help of recently un-
about 40,000 buckets, or a million
pounds of sand from a cavern at
least 75 feet long and 10 feet high.
“In a separate discovery that
also could shed light on the Lone
Woman and her people, researchers stumbled across two redwood
boxes poking through a steep, eroding cliff. The containers, probably
made from recycled canoe planks
and held together with the tar that
washes onto island beaches, hold
more than 200 stone blades, harpoon points, bone fishhooks and
other implements.
“It may never be known just
who left the cache of tools, he
said, but it’s at least a reasonable
hypothesis that it was the Lone
Woman, who is known to have
stashed useful items at a number
of places around the island.”
SPONSOR A
VETERAN
SAN DIMAS
H.E.R.O.E.S.
GOLF
TOURNAMENT
There are several ways to
participate in the Third Annual H.E.R.O.E.S. Golf Tournament, which will be held at the
Via Verde Country Club Golf
Course on Monday, September
9, 2013.
You may gather a foursome,
enter individually, sponsor a
veteran, contribute a raffle
prize, or be an event sponsor (or any combination of the
above).
A member of the La VerneSan Dimas Chapter of VFW, or
the Covina-San Dimas Chapter of the American Legion will
be selected, with your veteran
sponsor donation of $125.00.
Another way to contribute
to the success of the tournament is to sponsor specific aspects of the tournament (i.e.,
Green Fee Sponsor, Lunch
Sponsor, Cart Sponsor, Tee
Sponsor, Live Auction or Raffle
items, etc.).
For additional information,
please visit the H.E.R.O.E.S.
website at www.SanDimasHEROES.org, call (909) 542-8511,
or email [email protected] .
Your donation (or a portion
of) may be tax deductible, as
San Dimas Community Foundation/ HEROES is a nonprofit organization with a tax
exempt status (Tax ID #371591712).
August 2013
Adult Hospitalist Program
at Pomona Valley Hospital
to Focus on Caring for the
Hospitalized Patient
As the field of medicine continues to evolve producing new
technologies and treatments,
there are also changes in the way
physicians practice. Just as there
are specialists for children, heart
attacks and broken bones a new
physician specialist, known as a
Hospitalist, has emerged.
“Hospitalists are physicians
who specialize in the care of the
hospitalized patient,” said Heather Davis-Kingston, MD, Internal
Medicine and Critical Care, and
Medical Director and Lead Hospitalist of Pomona Valley Hospital
Medical Center’s Adult Hospitalist Program. “Traditionally physicians are torn between their office practice and the care of those
patients versus their patients who
were hospitalized. Hospitalists,
who practice only in the hospital,
are readily available to respond to
the needs of hospitalized patients
and the concerns of their family
members.”
The primary benefit of a Hospitalist is that they maintain no
office practice and therefore they
are solely dedicated to hospitalized patients. At Pomona Valley
Hospital Medical Center the Hospitalist is on campus 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
The origin of Hospitalists began with managed care in the
late 1990s. Currently, at Pomona
Valley Hospital, the Hospitalist
Program is focused on those patients who do not have a primary
care physician and have come to
the Emergency Department for
care. Also, a primary care physician may request a Hospitalist be
in charge of a patient’s care while
they are hospitalized.
Hospitalists are trained with
current clinical knowledge for the
best care and best practices in hospital care. They will collaborate
with other physician specialists,
nurses and other hospital staff
who might be involved in a patient’s care.
Additional benefits of the Hospitalist Program include rapid
follow-up by a Hospitalist should
your condition suddenly change.
There is also more frequent oneto-one contact with the Hospitalist which makes communication
between the doctor and the patient and the doctor and the patient’s family members more efficient and questions are answered
more promptly. Also, Hospitalists
can expedite discharge approvals when a patient is ready to go
home.
“Pomona Valley Hospital conducted an intensive selection process, interviewing several local
and national companies, and selected the Hospitalist Corporation
of the Inland Empire to oversee
our Hospitalist Program. They
were the group best positioned
for integration within the Medical Center and our community,”
said Debra Blankenship, director of Utilization Management at
PVHMC.
PVHMC’s Hospitalist Program
will include 10 Hospitalists. All
of the Hospitalists have been recruited to treat in-patients solely
at Pomona Valley Hospital. The
service began July 1. The program also includes six intensivists
who provide hospitalist services
for patients in the Intensive Care
Unit.
“Our Hospitalists are experts
in the care of hospitalized patients,” said Dr. Davis-Kingston.
“We are less distracted because
we concentrate on just the hospitalized patients and we’re pleased
to be part of Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.”
About Pomona Valley Medical Center Hospital
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is a 453-bed, acute care,
nationally accredited hospital
serving the greater Pomona Valley. It is the recipient of HealthGrades 2013 Patient Safety Excellence Award and has earned
a 2013 “A” Hospital Safety Score
from The Leapfrog Group’s Blue
Ribbon Expert Panel. For more
information please visit our website at www.pvhmc.org
San Dimas
Swim And
Racquet
Club Annual
Membership
Sale
The City of San Dimas Parks
and Recreation Department’s
Swim and Racquet Club annual
membership is the best deal in
town for your wallet and health.
The Swim and Racquet Club’s
membership sale is going on now.
The membership sale continues
to August 31. We offer Individual
and Family Memberships. Come
cheek out the Swim and Racquet
Club located at 990 W. Covina
Blvd. in San Dimas and sign up
for your membership.
Your annual membership entitles you to the use of our weight
and fitness room, racquetball
courts, lap swim (lap swim is
available for those who are 18
years and up) and group exercise
classes.
Information on the membership sale is in the summer edition
of the San Dimas Frontier City
Newsletter and Recreation Guide
recently mailed to all San Dimas
residents and available at San Dimas City Hall, at the San Dimas
Library and at www.cityofsandimas.com.
For further information call
the Parks and Recreation Department at 909-592-1430.
Commission
Vacancies:
The City of San Dimas City
Council is currently accepting applications from San Dimas residents interested in serving on the
Golf Course Advisory Committee.
There is one vacancy and the
appointment is for a two-year
term, with a limit of three terms.
For information and application forms, contact Debra Black
in the City Clerk’s Office, (909)
394- 6216 or visit the counter in
the Administration Department.
Applications are also available
on this website under: a) Public
Information, b) Applications and
Forms, c) Administration
Applications are due no later
than 5:00 p.m. on Friday,
August 30th, 2013.
Senator
Liu
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Library Highlights
San Dimas Library
County of Los Angeles Public Library
145 N. Walnut Avenue
San Dimas, CA, 91773
Telephone (909) 599-6738
Tuesday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Library Website http://www.colapublib.org/libs/sandimas/
The following programs are held in the San Dimas Library
Meeting Room, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED in the listing
For more information, please contact the San Dimas Library at
(909) 599-6738. All Library programs are FREE!
THE KIDS’ CORNER
READ AND PLAY STORYTIME!
Friday, August 2nd at 10:30 a.m.. For this program toddlers and
preschoolers will listen to stories, learn fingerplays and sing songs AND
have a period for play and social interaction. Join us for this fun NEW
take on storytime! Regular storytime will resume Friday, September 6,
at 10:30 a.m.!
ALL
AGES ART ACTIVITY!
Friday, August 2nd at 3:00 p.m. Join us for a fun art activity! This
art program is designed with our Summer Reading Program theme in
mind and will be a tasty treat for all! All supplies will be provided!
“READING IS SOOO
DELICIOUS!”
SUMMER READING PROGRAM!
Sign up at summerreadingLA.org or at the San Dimas Library!
August 2013
JOIN FRIENDS OF SAN DIMAS America’s
LIBRARY!
Christian
The San Dimas Friends of the Library offers support for library programs, activities, and purchase of materials. Meetings are usually held Credit Union
on the third Tuesday of every month in the Library Meeting Room at
9:30 a.m. All meetings are open to the public and we welcome you to attend! Friends are always in need of volunteers to help sort books for our Remembers
ongoing lobby sale and special book sales.
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Members
At Glendora
San Dimas Historical Society
Military
Introduce Your Family
Memorial
to San Dimas History
Glendora — On SaturThe Historical Museum and adjoining Gift Shop on the second floor
in the Walker House at 121 N. San Dimas Avenue, provide an excellent
family outing and introduction to San Dimas history.
Museum and Gift Shop
During office hours and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., fourth Saturday of
each month: second floor of the Walker House.
Walker House Tours
11 a.m. and 1 p.m., fourth Saturday of each month. Please call 909592-1190 for reservations.
SAN DIMAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY Office Hours
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays.
FESTIVAL OF ARTS - Second Story Gallery
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., second and third Friday and Saturday: Historical Society museum and gift shop are open 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
in conjunction with the Festival of Arts 2nd Story Gallery. Please call
909-599-5374 or check http://www.sandimasarts.com.
FOR KIDS
Saturday, August 10th, at 3:00 p.m. Reptiles for Parties! If you
love reptiles then join us for this live animal program where you will
meet a variety of reptiles and learn about their habitats. This program
will be held in the Library Meeting Room.
Wednesday, August 14th, at 3:00 p.m. Air Dry Clay Fun! Come
and join us for this art program where you will be given air dry clay to
create a work of art! Maybe a jeweled bowl or other item of beauty! This
program will be held in the Library Meeting Room.
FOR TEENS
Thursday, August 1st, at 3:00 p.m. Stay Safe Self-Defense. Arted out? Come to our last Teen SRP event and learn some excellent self
defense moves from the experts at Red Dragon Karate!
Saturday, August 17th, 9:00 AM - 12:00 p.m. SAT Practice Test.
The Princeton Review will be hosting a practice SAT test at the Library.
Come with your sharpened pencils….Score pickup night is Wednesday,
August 28th, at 6:30 p.m.
FOR ADULTS
Saturday, August 24th, at 3:00 p,m. Art Journaling! Come by the
Library and create a journal to spur your creativity!
BOARD GAME AFTERNOONS!
Saturday, August 3rd, at 3:00 p.m. Join us to play a variety of
board games. Come with your friends and make new ones! All ages are
welcome!
BOOK
PARTY Book Club
Wednesday, August 7th, at 10:30 a.m. In August we are con-
tinuing our To Kill a Mockingbird theme and will be discussing Scout,
Atticus, and Boo: a celebration of fifty years of To Kill a Mockingbird, a
collection of essays about the classic. Stimulating conversation and delicious refreshments each month! FREE! The Book Party is held at the
San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., in San Dimas. Copies of
the books are available for checkout at the San Dimas Library.
THIRD
THURSDAY Book Club
Thursday, August 15, 6:30 p.m. Join our Thursday evening book
club! We are reading books about travel to times past! Our August
book is The Little Book, by Selden Edwards. All are welcome! Books
are available for check out at the San Dimas Library.
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day, June 22, 2013, the city
of Glendora celebrated the
39 local soldiers who gave
the ultimate sacrifice while
in service to this nation
by unveiling the Glendora
Military Memorial. America’s Christian Credit Union
sponsored one of the many
plaques commemorating the
soldier’s who fought to protect this nation.
The families of the fallen
heroes, various service men
and women, city officials,
and residents of Glendora
attended the memorial. The
ceremony included the presentation of the colors, a 21gun salute, and speeches by
top city officials including
Glendora Mayor Joe Santoro.
Mendell L. Thompson,
President and CEO of ACCU
remarked, “This is a special
day for us to remember those
that have fought in service
to our country. Thanks to
our service men and women,
we can enjoy our freedom.
This monument serves as
a reminder to all for their
sacrifice. We are proud to
be a part of this memorial
and honor those who have
served.”
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August 2013
San Dimas Historical Society
Juana Maria: Lone Woman of
San Nicholas Island
By Paul McClure
Juana Maria is depicted in the
giant “Between the Sun and the
Moon” mural that hangs on the
west exterior wall of San Dimas
City Hall. The sculpture was commissioned by the San Dimas Festival of Arts, created by Steven Rieman, and dedicated in 1997.
Cast from polymer-based cement, the bas relief sculpture is six
inches deep, 7’6” high, and 45’ wide.
Construction and installation was
managed by Ken Sheffer, whose
committee included members of the
Tongva tribe.
women avenged their husbands by
killing the murderers as they slept.
By 1835, only about 20 Nicolenos
(some likely part Kodiak) remained
on the island. The padres in Santa
Barbara ordered all residents of
the Channel Islands removed and
brought to the mission to protect
them from Mexican, American, or
other Indian invaders.
The schooner Peor es Nada (Better than Nothing) went to collect the
Nicolenos. As they were boarding at
San Nicholas Island, one woman—
Juana Maria—thinking her child
Because of an approaching storm,
she was left behind. The other Nicolenos were taken to San Pedro and
then on to the San Gabriel Mission.
Alone on San Nicholas
Juana Maria found signs that
her child had been eaten by wild
dogs, perhaps ones left by the Kodiaks, and she stayed, stranded on
San Nicholas Island. She proved to
be very resourceful. During the day
she fished with hooks made from
green feathers into a finished garment that looked to have been
made of solid material.
Finding Juana Maria
In 1850, Father Gonzales of the
Santa Barbara Mission paid ship
owner Thomas Jeffries $200 to find
Juana Maria. Jeffries made a halfhearted, unsuccessful attempt and
kept the money, but returned with
tales of “frolicking seals and barking
sea otters.” These stories caught the
Santa Barbara Channel Islands
off the coast of Southern California
Juana Maria
on San Nicolas Island
The mural contains 1) a depiction of Juana Maria who lived in
isolation on San Nicholas Island in
the Santa Barbara Channel, 2) four
smaller panels representing the
seasons, and 3) eight panels picturing her daily activities.
Lonely Existence
Juana Maria was an abandoned
Indian woman who lived alone on
San Nicholas Island for 18 years
where she built a home, fed, and
clothed herself. In 1853, Captain
George Nidever brought her to Santa Barbara, where she died a short
seven weeks later.
Her story embodies the demise
of native peoples and their traditions following Spanish and American colonization. Her Indian name
was never known, but she was baptized Juana Maria on her deathbed,
and will be referred to by that name
in the following account.
San Nicholas Civilization
The three-by-nine mile San
Nicholas Island, known as Xaraashnga in Tongva, lies in the Pacific,
53 miles southwest of Los Angeles.
Inhabited for at least 8,000 years,
Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino named the island when he
sighted it on December 6, 1602.
With very few mammal and plant
resources on the island, the Nicolenos subsisted on the plentiful marine life that surrounded the island.
In 1811, Captain Whittemore,
under contract with a RussianAmerican
trading
company,
dropped off about 30 Kodiaks or
Russian Indians to hunt sea otter
on the island. When he returned
a year later to pick them up, the
Kodiaks had slaughtered almost
all of the native males, taken the
women as slaves, and disappeared.
History isn’t clear on whether they
simply left, or whether the Nicoleno
had been left behind, abandoned
ship, and returned to the island.
shell and bone, and at night she
slipped into seams in the cliff crags
to pick off eggs and birds in their
roosts.
She built a hut from whale bones,
and made garments from the feathers of cormorants (sea birds). She
sewed with a bone needle and seal
sinew threads. She crafted dresses
by matching and sewing the shiny
attention of Captain George Nidever, who sailed to San Nicholas to
hunt for otters and sea gull eggs.
In 1853, after several attempts,
Juana Maria was located. Captain
Nidever brought Juana Maria to
Santa Barbara to live with him and
his wife, Sinforosa Sanchez Nidever. When word spread of Juana
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Maria’s arrival, half the town came
down to see her, including the Fathers from the mission. She became
a local sensation as she attempted
to tell her story in sign language.
No one could be located that understood Juana Maria’s language.
Her fellow tribesmen, evacuated
from the island aboard the Peor es
Nada, had been taken to Mission
San Gabriel, and had all died. The
Chumash Indians from the other
Channel Islands could not communicate with her either.
Adapting to Civilization
On October 18, 1853, only seven
weeks after her rescue, Juana Maria died. Her fondness for green
corn, vegetables, and fresh fruit
caused severe attacks of dysentery.
Sinforosa Nidever tried serving her
dried whale meat, closer to her usual diet, but she refused and laughed
pointing to her teeth that had been
ground down from years of hard
food.
On her deathbed, a priest from
the mission gave her the name
Juana Maria. She received an ecclesiastical burial because there was
no one who could understand her
language and she was baptized conditionally by Father Sanchez. She
was interred at the Santa Barbara
Mission in an unmarked grave in
the Nidever family plot.
Juana Maria’s lonely but resourceful existence for 18 years on
San Nicholas Island, her charming nature when brought to Santa
Barbara, and her all-too-brief peek
at civilization made her an object of
sympathy and fascination. She is
viewed as a real-life Robinson Crusoe.
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NEWS FROM THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent’s Message
Dr. Gary Rapkin
In Support of
Students
Central to the work occurring
throughout the Bonita Unified
School District is that which happens in the classroom between
teacher and student. The importance of each student’s success
in school and achieving access
to their dreams is at the heart of
what we strive for as a school district.
There are a number of individuals both certificated and classified throughout the school district
who significantly support the important work that takes place in
the classroom each day.
I would like to focus at this
time on the Bonita Unified School
District classified employees. The
classified employees of Bonita
Unified School District provide
much of the key support services
that make our schools successful. The primary function of some
classified employees is clerical,
fiscal, or instructional, while others serve in maintenance and operations, transportation, and food
services. From early morning to
the close of the day, the classified
employees provide support for the
students of the Bonita Unified
School District.
This year’s 2013-2014 Classified Employee of the Year is Patty
Fletcher. Patty has been the secretary at La Verne Heights Elementary School since July 2007. In her
role as the school’s secretary, she
has gone “above and beyond” to be
a positive, productive, and dynamic presence at La Verne Heights.
She is not only a team player, but
also a team builder with students,
staff, and families. Patty has done
an exemplary job ensuring that
La Verne Heights is a welcoming, friendly, and supportive place
for the entire La Verne Heights
community. As an added bonus,
Patty’s grandson will be starting
kindergarten this August at La
Verne Heights.
There are innumerable classified employees who support the
students at Bonita Unified School
District. Long before others have
arrived for the day, the classified
staff quietly begin their work, preparing school grounds, cleaning
classrooms, welcoming students
to the School Age Care program,
cooking their breakfasts and
lunch, getting their buses ready to
pick them up, repairing the buildings, as well as other tasks.
Many adults remember a classified employee from their childhood who touched their lives—the
school secretary or health clerk
who comforted them when they
were sick and waiting to be picked
up, the custodian who opened the
classroom for them when they
forgot their homework, the cafeteria worker who provided the one
hot meal for them that day, the
instructional aide who worked
one-on-one with them until they
understood the concept, or the bus
driver who for twelve years, from
kindergarten through high school
graduation transported them to
school. These valuable employees
are an integral part of the Bonita
Unified School District’s educational team.
Gary Rapkin, PhD
Superintendent
History
in 3D Attracts 1,000 Visitors at Ramona MS
Ramona held their inaugural Sixth Grade “Museum Night” in May. Students created 3D replicas of famous ancient relics, dressed up in period costumes, and served as “guides” for the guests they brought with
them. The event attracted approximately 1,000 people who stood in line for 40 minutes or more to get in.
Heather Tolan, Eileen Goss, Adam Zeuli, Brian Williamson, and Brandon Olney, the teachers who coordinated the event, extended the end time for the event by an hour and a half to accommodate all guests.
From Rome, to Greece, to China, the ancient world was represented by projects developed for Ramona Middle
School’s 3D Museum Night. Over 1,000 guests stood in line for 40 minutes or more for a glimpse of the models
of relics and ruins created by sixth graders.
ATTENTION!!
An error was made in the July issue of this paper on the Bonita Unified School pages.
The Valedictorian for San Dimas High School year 2012 -2013 was Jaclyn Yangyuen and
not Alyx Tunno as stated. It was Miss Tunno who enhanced her speech with an original
composition and performance of a rap about the Class of 2013. Her classmates responded
by dancing in the aisles.
Summer School for English Learners shows growth across the grades
Second grader Hector says, “I feel so happy about summer school
because it is fun and you get to learn a lot about Egypt.” Hector
was one of 59 students to enroll in BUSD’s English Learner summer
program.
Fifty-nine
English-learning
students in Kindergarten through
eighth grade enrolled in a summer school program developed by
the Bonita Unified School District
for intensive English language development instruction. Students
were assigned to one of four class-
es based on their instructional
needs, and students in each grade
showed marked growth in reading comprehension, vocabulary,
and reading fluency.
“With careful clustering, small
class sizes, and support from
bilingual instructional aides in
each class, teachers delivered intensive English language development instruction and literacy
skills using the Voyager ‘Time
Warp’ program,” Coordinator of
School Age Care & Categorical
Programs Christine Black said.
“This program focuses on building
reading fluency and comprehension, vocabulary development,
instructional reading, phonological awareness, decoding and word
recognition, word analysis, and
spelling.”
The Voyager “Time Warp”
program studies various cultures around the world. “It may
seem counterintuitive to focus on
other cultures when you’re trying to teach English language
skills,” Assistant Superintendent
of Educational Services Nanette
Hall said. “The science behind
language development clearly indicates that students learn the intricacies of languages when they
are immersed in that language…
hearing it, reading it, speaking it.
The fact that the vehicle used in
this program doesn’t focus directly
on the structure of the language
makes the task that much more
in sync with the way our brains
naturally develop language skills.”
Classroom instruction was
enhanced with daily use of the
host school’s computer lab and
58 iPads, which allowed students
to engage daily with educational
technology and programs including Accelerated Reader, Ticket
to Read, Rosetta Stone and other
applications for English language
development.
“Given that it is our pilot year
with the EL summer school program, you never know from day
to day how much the students are
really gaining until you give that
post assessment,” teacher Jennifer Brazeau said. “It is amazing to see how many have shown
growth in just 19 days. Also, the
pride they have on their face when
they discover that they’ve grown
is greater than any words can describe.”
In addition to student classes,
the District offered a class to the
parents of the English Learner
students. Twelve parents attended the course which was designed to teach parents how to
support literacy and writing skill
development at home, monitor
their student’s progress in Accelerated Reader, implement effective homework support strategies,
and navigate and access information through District and school
websites. These parents had the
opportunity to improve their own
English through use of Rosetta
Stone in class and at home. Following the two-hour class, parents
were given the opportunity to
work alongside their children in
the classroom to practice the skills
they learned.
“Offering a parent class alongside our student summer school
program was a great way to familiarize the parents with some
of the key elements of our Language Arts curriculum while giving them equal opportunity to improve their own English speaking
skills,” bilingual instructional aide
in the EL parent class Griffith
said.
August 2013
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NEWS FROM THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Bonita High’s D Street Dancers Take First at State Championship
team was formed at the end of the
Bonita High School’s D Street
Dancers took first place at the
State Championship with Sharp
International in May. Not only
did they take first in their own
division, Senior Large Hip Hop,
but they were also named State
Champions of Hip Hop over all
teams and divisions that competed and earned the Judges’ Award.
“D Street represented Bonita
well and rose above many excellent teams to win this title, including last year’s champions from
a performing arts high school!”
coach and choreographer Kelly
O’Grady said.
The dance team is only in their
second year, but they have experienced tremendous success as
they qualified for the championship round after winning first and
second at two qualifying regional
competitions. The first D Street
2011/2012 school year and had a
three-month season in which they
also qualified for championships
and placed 5th out of 8 teams in
their first big competition ever.
While their season was short, this
first group introduced Bonita to
the idea of a competitive hip-hop
team. To secure a place on the second team, over 60 students auditioned at tryouts in May 2012.
“The difference between [D
Street] and everyone else [who
competed] was the fun they were
having on stage while they were
performing. They had presence on
that stage. They demanded everyone’s attention with it,” D Street
Parent Kristen Valenzuela said.
Coach O’Grady owned a performing arts school, has choreographed for musicals, live performances, tours, and music videos,
and also performs as a pop artist.
“Through every obstacle, sweatsoaked clothes, personal injuries,
etc., everyone has managed to
bond strongly together and never,
ever stop caring,” dancer Joanna
Mrsich said. “While what we did
[at the competition] is a reflection
of our extreme hard work, we could
have never done it without the encouragement, helpful criticisms,
and effervescent presence of our
amazing coach, Kelly O’Grady.”
To see D Street’s winning performance on YouTube, visit http://
youtu.be/vgg3SGFIaVg.
Nanette Hall Appointed Assistant
Superintendent for Bonita USD
Bonita High School’s D Street Dancers take top honors in State competition. The 2012-2013 D Street competition team consists of Justis Mireles-Torres (captain), Iman Ainsworth (captain), Alicia Blanco (captain), Ron
Martin Ang, Mairead Blaes, Crystal Flores, Joanna Mrsich, Melissa Fuentes, Amanda Wilkins, Daameonia Smith-Stokes, Daniella Hernandez, Danielle Camarillo, Kennedy Valenzuela, Jasmine Roberts, Eddie
Dominguez, Leslie Magana, Camille Trotter, and Cherry Huang.
Long time Bonita Unified administrator, Nanette Hall, has
been selected as the new Assistant
Superintendent of Educational
Services. Hall has served for three
years as the Senior Director of K-8
Education. Prior to that assignment, she served as Principal of
Gladstone Elementary School and
Assistant Principal at San Dimas
High School. She began her work
in public education as a teacher at
the high school level.
“I’m thrilled to be taking on
this new challenging opportunity,” Hall said. “I’m excited to keep
our vision moving forward as we
begin the implementation of Common Core State Standards, while
keeping our number one focus on
student success.”
A panel consisting of teachers, classified staff, parents, and
administrators interviewed nine
candidates for the position of Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. Superintendent
Dr. Gary Rapkin conducted final
interviews.
“I believe Nan will do an outstanding job in her new role as
our Chief Instructional Officer,”
Dr. Rapkin said. “Her diverse and
rich professional experiences have
prepared her well to assume the
role of Bonita Unified School District’s Assistant Superintendent
of Educational Services. Nan’s
passion for education, strong work
ethic, and desire to see students
excel will be central to her success
in this key position.”
Hall’s predecessor, Lois Klein,
was chosen for the Superintendent position at Mammoth Unified
School District as of July 1, 2013.
BUSD Elementary Students Place in Regional Track Meet
In May, elementary track and field athletes from 16 cities competed at Bonita High School. Students from San Dimas and La Verne that placed in the top four for their events qualified
for the Southern California Municipal Athletic Association Track and Field Meet which took place in June at Warren High School in Downey. Congratulations, athletes!
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Local
Activities for Summer
Sara Smola
Sara Smola
Whether the lazy days of summer
are getting a little too lazy, the kids
start complaining of boredom, you
need a mini vacation from your
regular routine, or perhaps all of
the above, this list of activities offers something for everyone. Perfect for residents who are looking
closer to home for entertainment,
these suggestions to beating the
summer heat are all in our local
community.
1. Feeling crafty? If you and your family like crafts, you’ll love the Mud
Shack in La Verne. Pick a ceramic piece and spend the day painting it.
When you’re done, they’ll fire it in the kiln for you and you can pick up
your finished product in a few days. These pieces are great idea for a
customized gift or to display in your home. They also offer pottery lessons if you’re feeling particularly ambitious. The ladies night, held once
a month for solely women, is also popular--bring your friends, snacks,
chat, and have fun painting. Mud Shack 2145 Foothill Blvd. La Verne,
CA 91750 (909) 392-4948
2. For much needed rest and relaxation, the Puddingstone Hot Tubs Resort offers customers a break from daily life. With a gorgeous view of the
lake below, in the right company, you’ll easily soak all your cares away.
Puddingstone Hot Tubs Resort 1777 Campers View Rd. San Dimas, CA
91773 (909) 592-2222
3. Visit the San Dimas Farmer’s Market. Located near the library
and city hall, many farmers, artisans, and food vendors gather every
Wednesday at 4 p.m. to showcase their products. With many offerings to choose from, including fresh fruit and vegetables, jewelry, and a
plethora of delicious food, it’s a chance to connect with our community.
4. Enjoy a night of music under the stars. San Dimas’ Music in the
Park series features a multitude of genres from electric to jazz. Come on
Wednesday Evenings from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Civic Park for an evening
of entertainment. Settle down on a blanket and sit (or dance!) under the
stars. Check out the city of San Dimas website for a list of upcoming
shows.
5. For a special night out, try McKinley’s Grille at the Sheraton Fairplex “table-to-farm” monthly dinner. Held at the site of the farm on the
fairgrounds, from a designated meeting point, you’ll be whisked away
to enjoy your meal in a beautiful setting. The menu showcases fresh
picked ingredients right from the farm. With 5 carefully planned courses, paired with generous local pours, this is a night you’ll never forget.
Visit www.mckinleysgrille.com for more information and upcoming
menus. McKinley’s Grille 601 W. McKinley Ave. Pomona, CA 91768
(909) 868-5915
6. Try a new experience courtesy of the San Dimas Library. The San
Dimas library hosts a variety of free workshops for all ages from quilting to cake decorating to ukulele lessons. In other words, if you’re open
to trying something new, stop by the library to pick up a schedule of
upcoming events. For those looking for a permanent hobby, join the library’s book club! It’s a great opportunity to meet other residents from
the community. San Dimas Library 145 N Walnut Ave San Dimas, CA
91773 (909) 599-6738
7. On the second and third Friday and Saturday of each month, The San
Dimas Festival of Arts hosts a complimentary viewing of the Walker
House’s second floor gallery from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Each month a different artist’s work is showcased. Artist receptions are held Friday evening
with refreshments. If you’re looking for more knowledge of the Walker
House (and its allegedly haunted past), schedule a tour from the Historical Society. For tour reservations and information call (909) 592-1190.
The Walker House 121 N. San Dimas Avenue San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 599-5374
8. Breathe in fresh air and enjoy the warm weather. Grab a sandwich
from a local eatery and head to Puddingstone Lake for an afternoon by
the lake. Enjoy a picnic in the shade near the water before hitting the
trail to hike off your meal. Bring your dog or bikes to peddle along the
water’s edge.
9. Kick up your heels at Montana’s, a dance club featuring country music. It’s a popular venue for anyone over the age of 21. Pull on your boots
and don a cowboy hat for a fun night of line dancing. Don’t worry if you
don’t know the steps. Come with a group of friends, order drinks to help
you let loose, and start dancing the night away. Montana’s 657 W. Arrow Hwy. San Dimas, CA 91773 (909) 592-2211
10. Escape from the summer heat by cooling off at California’s largest
water park, Raging Waters. With many exciting slides and play areas,
it’s an activity your whole family (even your teenagers) will appreciate.
Raging Waters 111 Raging Waters Dr. San Dimas, CA 91773 (909)
802-2200.
Glendora
Genealogy
Group
August 2013
San Dimas Corral of Westerners
September Meeting
The Glendora Genealogical Group
will hold their monthly meeting
on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in
the Elm Room at the La Fetra
Center, 333 East Foothill Blvd.,
Glendora. There will be a refresher class led by Pat Chavarria at
6 p.m. They will have their business meeting at 7 p.m., followed
by their speaker. The speaker
will be Mary Esther Jefferson, the
great-great-great granddaughter
of Thomas Jefferson. Her topic
is Thomas Jefferson and Sally
Hemings. She will tell her family’s story in both words and pictures. Thomas Jefferson was the
president of the United States and
Sally Hemings was a slave on his
plantation, Monticello.
Citrus College
Recognized as
One of Nation’s
Top Producing
Community
Colleges
by Stacy Armstrong
Community College Week
magazine has once again recognized Citrus College as one of the
nation’s leading two-year institutions.
Every year, the national publication releases a special report
highlighting the top degree and
certificate producing two-year institutions in the United States.
The report consists of 44 different categories, including associate
degrees awarded to minorities,
associate degrees awarded by discipline, and total number of twoyear certificates awarded.
“Community College Week
is a well-respected, independent
publication that serves community, technical, and junior colleges
throughout the United States.
Inclusion on their annual top
producer lists is truly an honor,”
said Dr. Geraldine M. Perri, superintendent/president of Citrus
College. “What makes this so
impressive is that we are being
compared with over 1,100 colleges
nationwide. The fact that we are
recognized as a top producer is extraordinary.”
Using data gathered from the
2011-2012 academic year, Community College Week ranked Citrus College 60 out of the top 100
producers of associate degrees
awarded to minority students.
Last year, the college was ranked
65 out of the top 100 in the same
category.
Citrus College’s ranking in
the associate degrees awarded to
Asian Americans category also
improved significantly. Last year,
the college was ranked 87 out of
the top 100. In 2013, Citrus College ranked 68 out of the top 100
– a jump of 19 spots.
In addition, Citrus College was
ranked number 38 out of the top
50 producers of associate degrees
Continued page 12
Bob Ihsen will present a program on World War II in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima at the San Dimas Corral of
Westerners meeting on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Atria
Rancho Park in San Dimas.
The Program We will visit
Wake Island, Corregidor, Midway
Island, Guadalcanal in the Solomons, Truk in Micronesia, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Saipan, Tinian, and
Guam among other major battle
sites. Bob has visited each of these
sites and will lend his personal observation of then and now.
The Speaker Bob taught AP
American and European History
at Covina High School for more
than 35 years, the same high
school he graduated from in 1950.
Though a lifelong resident (so
far) of Covina, Bob has managed
to get away occasionally. He has
visited 190 countries over the last
40 years – only seven more to go
to see every country in the world.
The Invitation Anyone with
an interest in local or western history is invited join us at the next
meeting of the Corral on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. The cost
is $13 ($15 for non members)
which includes the socializing,
speaker, and dinner beginning at
6 p.m. at the Atria Rancho Park
dining room, 801 Cypress Way,
in San Dimas. Seating is limited
and reservations are accepted on
a first-come-first-served basis.
For information or reservations please contact Vera Hoover
at 909-593-1585 no later than the
Saturday August 31, 2013.
August 2013
San Dimas Rotary installs 53rd
President
On July 10th, Alice Shiozawa was inducted by Rotary District Governor
Miles Petroff as the 53rd president of the Rotary Club of San Dimas.
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ROTATING ART SHOWS TO SHOWCASE TWO
ARTISTS
The rotating art shows in
the 2nd Story Art Gallery at the
Walker House will showcase the
works of two artists in August. To
continue the tradition, the art will
be displayed for viewing and sale
on the second and third Friday &
Saturday evenings of August 9,10
& 16,17 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Popular artists Bradford Smith and
Kruti Shah will again be featured
and will be available to talk to.
Brad Smith works in the
mediums of oil, watercolor and
graphite. He studied art at Cal
State Fullerton and has worked
as a commercial artist for Burger
King, Kellogg’s and Kohl’s. Brad
won first place in the Los Angeles
Regional Coca-Cola Art and Harmony contest and has done the visual development for an independent film company. The 30 year
old artist started his involvement
with the San Dimas Festival of
Arts as a first place art award
winning high school student in
the Western Art Exhibition.
Kruti Shah was raised in India
and migrated to the U.S. in the
1990’s. She currently lives and
works in Los Angeles and is inspired by the arts and culture that
the area melting-pot offers. Inks,
acrylics, canvas and paper are the
tools that enable her to reach her
goal of creating art that is inspirational and thought provoking.
Her explosive imagination and
love of color has been instrumental in creating a signature style to
express herself through her art.
Her admiration of Frank Lloyd
Wright’s architecture and Tiffany’
stained glass led her to explore
intricate geometrical designs.
Strong and vibrant colors define
her work. Shah holds Master Degrees from both India and the U.S.
Again, the works of these two
fine artists will be shown from
5:30- 8:30 p.m., August 9,10 &
16,17 in the 2nd Story Art Gallery
at the Walker House, 121 N. San
Dimas Ave., San Dimas. Hors
d’oeuvres will be served on the two
Friday evenings. For more information: (909)599-5374; www.sandimasarts.org; thefestivalsandirnasarts.org. There is no charge for
this event. Come & Enjoy.
Taj Mahal, India
Little Skipper
Yellow Peacock
Peacock acrylics
San Antonio Mission
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August 2013
DINING AND EN
Bon Appetit
Dog Haus Biergarten’s Inaugural
Hot Dog Eating Contest
Was A Smashing Success!
La
Villa Kitchen of San Dimas
By Sherry Breskin, Irene Acedo and Robin Lindenmayer
La Villa Kitchen in San Dimas
is one of the most inviting and delicious eateries you can find in the
Foothills communities. Located
in Via Verde Plaza (the Von’s
shopping center) for the last 28
years, La Villa Kitchen has served
outstanding Mexican food with a
smile—you must have been there,
La Villa was doing a brisk business each time we visited. Their
success has always been about the
hard work of founder Leo Ramirez
and the buenissima recipes of his
equally hard-working wife Lupe.
The Ramirez family, that’s Leo,
Lupe, their seven kids and us,
have become their ‘extended family’ they say. It is their pleasure to
greet each “family member” with
a smile and that ‘killer salsa’ and
warm chips upon being seated.
“It’s just tomatoes, onions, cilantro
and spices,” says “Coco” (Ramirez
daughter Socorro Perez) might
say. But Robin Lindenmayer of
La Verne, who partnered with
us for this article, thinks it’s better than that, “I want to pour
this bowl of salsa into a glass and
drink it. It’s so delicious, and can
you imagine how great it is for
you.” With those quotations and
chips we dug into the rest of the
menu.
Upon your arrival you may
notice bowls of La Villa’s famous
appetizer the shrimp ceviche
($8.50) on many tables; after that
their guests’ methods for partaking of this colorful combination
of shrimp, chopped tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, cilantro with its
tangy lemon and lime dressing
vary for what best serves their
taste buds. Some of the clientele
scoop the ceviche with chips directly into their mouths, some
spoon the ceviche onto warm corn
tortillas. Jerry Ramirez, Lupe
and Leo’s youngest, has another
idea; he prefers to overturn the
entire bowl onto a tostada for a
perfect layered meal.
When Jerry gets past the
mounded protein, vegetables,
fruit juice and spices at the corner
of fried tortilla shell and beans refritos he says with a smile, “These
beans are my Mother’s beans; they
are exactly what we eat at home.”
Good enough for us, Jerry.
Being that refritos are an indispensible part of every Mexican
meal, and that we were so happy
to encounter them as tasty as they
are at La Villa that one of us said
we already know what take-away
boxes are for: I’m having these
beans on these hot tortillas with
a several spoonfuls of fresh salsa
and some of my steak picado entrée rolled up and into my mouth
before the diced steak, caramelized onions, red and green peppers and spices forget how well
the excellent grillin’ of long-time
chef Enrique Vasquez can put
that taste treat together. We did
ask for extra napkins. The portions are generous at La Villa
Kitchen, so the rest of the Steak
Picado ($11.) went home happily
and was savored the next morning with fried eggs and juice. This
is food heaven.
Another heavenly neighborhood on the map at La Villa Kitchen is Guacamole; purists will love
it. La Villa guacamole is creamy
and smooth; Coco says we love the
Hass avocados in season for this,
and a hint of garlic and lemon.
“It’s not overdressed,” said Robin.
New on the La Villa menu is
Camarones a la Diablo ($13.25.)
This entrée raised temperatures
in our booth as ‘Diablo’ in the
name suggests, but underneath
that heat the skills of Enrique
Vasquez, praised earlier, left room
for the scent and flavor of a seafood broth at the base. Delicioso!
Now about that broth and others at La Villa; as we have stated
before, you can tell when a chef
loves soup, their soup is ordered
in all seasons. We usually order albondigas or Meatball soup
because of the rich seasoning at
La Villa, but the ‘Cocido’ or Beef
and Vegetables, Caldo de Pollo or
Chicken, and Tortilla Soups are
their equal ($5.00 as an appetizer,
as a Bowl $6-7.00, Soup’n Taco of
choice at $7.25.)
‘Mole Polblano’ on the menu
is grand, boneless chicken served
with rice, salad and tortillas at
$9.50, which is like all items on
the La Villa Kitchen menu--a
great price in our opinion. We
often order it since this concoction (molli in Nahuatl) can be a
two-day recipe with over a dozen
spices which is way too delicious
and complicated to miss for these
cooks. Very tender chicken and a
spicy sauce; don’t be shy, the chocolate flavor is simple and subtle
at countering the chili, not overwhelming. It is especially enjoyed
when you have that fiesta feeling,
or long for a traditional meal with
a beer or wine.
‘If you crave, you rave’ and that
is what is happening each Tuesday evening from 4-9:00 (dine in
only) at Taco Tuesday at La Villa.
Soft tacos with onions and cilantro, and Chicken or Carne Asada
at $1.50: enjoy your fill with a beverage—the cold case is waiting for
your enjoyment. ‘Welcome Amigos’ is at the top of the Ramirez
family menu, your meal will be
served with a smile from Coco,
her sister Liz Williams, or Jackie
Acosta. Catering is available.
La Villa Kitchen has warmed
many hearts and stomachs
with a wonderful and extensive
menu over the decades, Monday
through Saturday, 11:00 through
9:00. La Villa Kitchen is closed on
Sundays. 1144 Via Verde, in San
Dimas, 91773; 626-915-2129, 909599-5005. Parking is excellent,
and ADA facilities make it easily
accessible.
Jimmy “The Jaws” Walked Away With Top Dog
Honors After Three Way Tie led to an Eat Off
Pasadena — The highly-anticipated inaugural Dog Haus Biergarten Hot Dog Eating Contest was a
smashing success and it all went
down (literally) on Saturday, July
6, 2013.
Jimmy “The Jaws” Lin of Anaheim ate his way through some serious hot dogs to emerge the winner
tiebreaker.
The fun and festivities flowed in
a packed Haus from Noon to 4:00
p.m. and featured a DJ, a host of
patio games, prizes, cool Dog Haus
swag and visits from breweries
including Stone Brewing Co. and
Karl Strauss Brewery, both from
San Diego, LA’s own Golden Road
after a three way tie led to a eat off of
who could finish three hot dogs the
fastest.
Note these aren’t your typical hot
dogs. These are Haus Dogs which
come wrapped in grilled King’s Hawaiian Rolls…and a lot of them!
Eight contestants vied for Top
Dog honors in the competition that
called for them to eat as many as
they could in seven minutes. Rolls
and all!
After consuming eight hot dogs
each in the allotted time, contestants Naaber Reda of Victorville
and Orie Lupear of Highland joined
Jimmy “The Jaws” in three-way
Brewery, Angel City Brewery from
downtown LA and Bootlegger’s
Brewery from Fullerton.
Dog Haus Biergarten is located
at 93 East Green Street in Old
Pasadena. Accessible from Green
Street, there is 90 minute free parking at The Schoolhouse Parking
structure located at Green and Raymond as well as metered parking.
For more information about Dog
Haus, visit doghausdogs.com. Dog
Haus can also be found on social
networking sites including facebook (Dog Haus), Foursquare (Dog
Haus) and twitter (dog_haus).
Photo by Terry Miller
August 2013
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NTERTAINMENT
Education Comes Alive Onstage
with IVRT’s “Romeo and Juliet”
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company is making education
come alive for high school freshmen studying Romeo and Juliet
in English class. IVRT is currently
rehearsing for its September production of Shakespeare’s Romeo
and Juliet which will be the third
offering in IVRT’s 2013 season
of plays. The theater company is
producing the Shakespeare tragedy onstage at the Candlelight
Pavilion September 25 through
October 9, 2013.
One of William Shakespeare’s
most popular and well-known
plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the
story of two young star-crossed
lovers whose deaths ultimately
unite their feuding families. It is
among Shakespeare’s most popular, archetypal stories. IVRT’s production will feature sword fighting, sumptuous costumes, and a
story of unforgettable passion, all
told by the award-winning IVRT
company of actors. Since 1990,
IVRT has become a critically acclaimed regional theater company, garnering widespread honors
for its theatrical works.
IVRT recently received a
$17,000 grant from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission
and has hired David McCormick
from the Orange County’s Chance
Theater as fight director for the
production, which is directed by
IVRT Artistic Director Terre Gun-
kel. This is the first grant Inland
Valley Repertory Theatre has
received from the Los Angeles
County Arts Commission, and
IVRT is in good company with
arts organizations such as as Los
Angeles Opera, Center Theatre
Group and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The grant IVRT received is awarded based on an assessment of artistic achievement,
administrative strength, and fiscal stability. “This grant presents
an exciting opportunity for IVRT
to continue to attract top talent
and produce great theater while
reaching out to serve the community,” said Executive Director
Donna Marie Minano.
Tickets are being made available to students at a discount. In
addition, IVRT is working with
teachers to offer a question and
answer session with students, actors and directors. Performances
of Romeo and Juliet are Wednesdays, September 25, October 2
and 9 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee
at 2:30 p.m. on October 9th. Ticket
prices are $25 reserved seating.
$10 discount student tickets are
available by calling (909) 859IVRT. Regular tickets are available by phone (909) 626-1254 or
online at www.IVRT.org. No dinner is served at IVRT productions;
bar service and dessert menu are
available.
Cal Phil’s Summer Concert Thrills Thousands
Special Guests Included Acclaimed Singers Lori Stinson, Christopher Campbell, Cedric Berry And The Cal Phil Chorale Performing
Pieces From Phantom Of The Opera, La Boheme, Tosca, Sunset Blvd. And More
Arcadia – It was another memory-making weekend as Cal Phil
presented its second concert of the
summer season, the immensely
popular themed Andrew Lloyd
Webber Meets Puccini. Maestro Victor Vener, the acclaimed
orchestra and special guests entertained an appreciative audience of
more than 3000 at Festival on the
Green at Santa Anita Race Track
on Saturday evening and more
than 2000 during the sold out performance at Walt Disney Concert
Hall on Sunday afternoon.
The concert featured magical
moments from Webber, a master
of modern musical theater, and
Puccini, one of the most prolific
composers in Opera’s history.
Powerful soloists, soprano Lori
Stinson, dramatic tenor Christopher Campbell and award-winning bass baritone Cedric Berry,
joined Cal Phil and the 100 member Cal Phil Chorale in rousing
works from such musical masterpieces as Phantom of the Opera, La
Boheme, Sunset Blvd. and Tosca
as well as Nessun Dorma and the
finale to Turandot.
There was also a surprise appearance from the talented Children’s Chorus from the Claremont
Community School of Music.
Tickets are also going fast for the
next Cal Phil concert Rogers, Hammerstein & Gershwin which takes
place on Saturday August 10, 2013
at Festival on the Green at Santa
Anita Race Track and Sunday August 11, 2013 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Broadway sensations
Kris Holden and James Barbour
plus pianist Bryan Pezone — all
back by popular demand.
Oklahoma, Rhapsody in Blue,
Sound of Music,, American in Paris, South Pacific and Carosuel.
Festival on the Green at Santa
Anita Race Track gates open at
5:30 p.m. for pre-concert dining,
plus live jazz, a host of pre-concert
family friendly activities. Concerts
begin at 7:30 p.m. Table and lawn
seating on the plush green grass of
Santa Anita Race Track’s infield
concert lawn are available, complete with the area’s best unobstructed view of the beautiful San
Gabriel Mountains.
For those who prefer an indoor concert experience, Cal Phil
performs Sunday matinees of the
same concert at the incomparable
Walt Disney Concert Hall. Celebrating its 10th anniversary at Los
Angeles’ premier music venue, Cal
Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday performances start at 2:00
p.m., with the popular pre-concert
Talks with the Maestro beginning
at 1:00 p.m.
To purchase tickets for Festival
on the Green at Santa Anita Race
Track, call 626-300-8200 or visit
www.calphil.org.
Tickets for Cal Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall are available for
purchase through Ticketmaster at
800-745-3000 or online at www.
ticketmaster.com.
Page 12
Market Tip
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN
JUST ONE WORD
by Shorty Feldbush
A & M Mailing Services, Inc.
Woody Guthrie once said, “Any
fool can make
something
complex;
it
takes a genius to make
something
simple.” And
Shorty Feldbush
while I will not
lay claim to the word “genius,” I do
think I can shed some light on a way
to explain leadership fundamentals
in a much more simple and understandable fashion than is currently
fashionable.
My thoughts were churning after reading some of the recent writings on the art of management and
leadership. I enjoy reading just about
anything that relates to the subject
(and a wide range of other interests),
but some of these articles caused me
to reflect on my own experience over
many years as I tried to see how all
these suggested new approaches
might have fit my own life.
I considered the fact that, for
whatever reason, I have been fortunate to almost always be selected
as a “leader.” It began even before
kindergarten, continued through
my school years and athletic participation, accelerated during my days
with three large corporations, and
has been the foundation of my success in several small businesses that
I have owned. It seemed that I was
always being chosen as Captain,
President, Chairman or “Head” of
almost everything I became part of:
committees, boards, you name it. I
didn’t ask for it. I didn’t plan for it. It
just happened. You may be inclined
to think, “Wow, what a braggart!”
And while I wouldn’t blame you for
thinking that way, the fact is that
I have no reason to say this other
than to assist those who are honestly
seeking some clear path to becoming
a leader. I’m semi-retired, not seeking any accolades, and I only ask
that you hear me out. The interesting point in my mind, as I reflected
on this, was that all of these roles as
leader happened before I had the
opportunity to read any of these hot,
new ideas on what it takes to be a
leader.
I believe that we make too many
complex assertions in an effort to
explain something that is very basic and simple to understand. Wellmeaning articles that tout “the 10
ways,” or “the 15 keys”, or “the 25
steps to a new paradigm... employee
empowerment... a new mindset for
the next millennium...” and so on
(and on!). Oh, what a tangled web
we weave!
These claims only serve to cloud that
which I believe is simply the most
important fundamental concept.
What I am about to suggest can
be said in one word! It can be applied
at any level of leadership. It serves as
the foundation for leadership among
peers, employees, customers, family,
or any other situation in your life. It
produces personal accountability
and responsibility, and for full effect,
should be applied with a healthy
dose of logic and ethics.
I’m really not sure if it can be
taught in later life. I am almost convinced that it has to be ingrained in
youth at a very early age. But I will
concede that there are seeds within
everyone that can be encouraged to
flourish if the recognition factor is
heightened. What’s that one, magic
word? A leader is a gentleman.
And a corollary to this statement
naturally follows: A true leader is
a true gentleman.
The True Gentleman
‘The True Gentleman is the man
whose conduct proceeds from good
will and an acute sense of propriety,
and whose self-control is equal to all
emergencies; who does not make the
poor man conscious of his poverty, the
obscure man of his obscurity, or any
man of his inferiority or deformity;
who is himself humbled if necessity
compels him to humble another; who
does not flatter wealth, cringe before
power, or boast of his own possessions
or achievements; who speaks with
frankness but always with sincerity
and sympathy; whose deed follows
his word; who thinks of the rights
and feelings of others, rather than his
own; and who appears well in any
company, a man with whom honor
is sacred and virtue safe.”
-- John Walter Wayland
This is not some outdated, eloquent
notion that will soon be put to rest as
we move into a new decade. Instead,
this enduring concept will explain
how to retain customers, vendors and
employees who work hard, enjoy their
employment and stay with you for the
long haul.
It will give you a relationship with
customers who will extol your virtues
to others and provide the kind of referral base that you cannot buy with
advertising. And, when you apply it
at home, you will reap the joy that can
come from a balanced life that embodies the principles of a gentleman. It will
work equally well in all aspects of your
various “leadership roles.”
One other benefit that ensues from
the implementation of this principle
-- you will find that it is infectious. It is
amazing how most people will immediately respond to a gentleman by evidencing the same traits in very short
order. Finally, let me underscore the
fact that “lady” can be substituted for
“gentleman” and the results will be the
same. Leadership is truly non-sexist.
In terms of successful management or marketing results, one cannot ignore the need for knowledge,
experience, logic and good old common
sense. But, for the leader, being a true
gentleman (or a true lady) is the fundamental prerequisite. If you can master
only that, the rest becomes easy and
certainly a whole lot less complex.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shorty Feldbush has been active
in providing marketing and advertising services to organizations in the
San Gabriel Valley for over 43 years.
Should you wish to contact him regarding a “Marketing Tip” or other
business advice, he can be reached at
[email protected].
Citrus
College
Cont. from page 8
in nursing. In 2012, the college
was not included on this list.
“Seeing such significant improvements in these categories
serves as a validation of our efforts to increase college completion rates, empower students, and
support academic success,” Dr.
Perri said.
Three additional rankings
round out Citrus College’s Community College Week recognitions for 2013. The college was
listed number 36 out of the top
100 producers of associate degrees
awarded to Hispanic students, 23
out of the top 50 producers of associate degrees awarded in multi/
interdisciplinary studies, and 37
out of the top 50 producers of associate degrees awarded in parks,
recreation, leisure and fitness.
“Every year, Citrus College
looks forward to the findings highlighted in Community College
Week’s special report. We are
always delighted to be recognized
as a top producer, but this year’s
results have given us even more
cause for celebration,” said Mrs.
Susan M. Keith, president of the
Citrus Community College District’s Board of Trustees. “Being
included on their lists and experiencing impressive improvements
in several categories demonstrates our commitment to college
completion. It also illustrates our
success in meeting the needs of
the students within the communities we serve.”
HEALTHY LIVING
Ringing Ears Could be Sign of Serious
Hearing Problem
(StatePoint) In a world full of
noise -- from everything from city
traffic and lawnmowers to hairdryers and earbuds on personal music
devices -- hearing problems are a
growing issue. Chief among these
problems is tinnitus, a medical condition affecting 50 million Americans.
Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing sound when no external sound
is present, and is most commonly
caused by exposure to loud noises.
Typically, those suffering describe
it as "ringing ears," though others
describe it as hissing, buzzing, whistling or chirping. For some, it's a minor annoyance. For others, it can be
debilitating, causing hearing loss,
sleep disruption, changes in cognitive ability, anxiety and depression.
With this in mind, Starkey Hearing Technologies is helping educate
about tinnitus and related hearing
issues. If you’re concerned you may
have tinnitus, consult a hearing
professional to discuss treatment
options. To learn more, visit www.
TinnitusHearing.com.
These days, the good news is
that new treatment options, such as
innovative sound therapy solutions,
can offer relief to soothe those ringing ears.
August 2013
San Dimas Mason Receives
Hiram Award
Marty Wynne (center) presented with Hiram Award by Jack Rose,
Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge of California (left) and David
Goodman, Master, San Dimas Lodge (right).
George
Martin
“Marty”
Wynne, a United States Navy veteran, former local business owner
and Master Mason was awarded
the Hiram Award by the San Dimas Masonic Lodge. The Hiram
Award is the highest honor a Masonic Lodge can bestow upon one
of its own members. The Brother
“selected for this honor deserves
individual recognition for his numerous years of devoted service.”
During the Lodge’s more than
one hundred year history, only 14
Brothers earned this recognition.
Marty distinguished himself
as an outstanding Master of the
San Dimas Lodge and showed
great leadership particularly in
the Lodge remodeling project and
his vision to restore the San Dimas youth organization The Order of DeMolay. After his term as
Master of the Lodge, he continued
as the Chair of the DeMolay Advisory Board, leading the George
Washington Chapter to become
one of the largest and fastest
growing in the region.
George Martin “Marty” Wynne
continues to be active in the Lodge
as a Past Master and as the treasurer for the George Washington
Chapter, Order of DeMolay.
Los Angeles
County
Sheriff’s
Department
Working
To Improve
Motorcycle
Safety
Traffic Services Detail Deputies
to increase enforcement
aimed at dangerous riders and
careless motorists
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Risk Management Bureau / Traffic Services Detail will be conducting a specialized
Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation on July 23, 2013 in the City
of Lynwood in an effort to continue
lowering deaths and injuries. Extra
deputies will be on duty patrolling
areas frequented by motorcyclists
and where motorcycle crashes occur. Deputies will be looking for
drivers and riders who are under
the influence of drugs or alcohol and
cracking down on traffic violations
made by motorcyclists as well as
other vehicle drivers that can lead
to motorcycle collisions, injuries,
and fatalities.
After ten years of steadily increasing motorcycle fatalities in
California, increasing 175 percent
from 204 killed in 1998 to 560 killed
in 2008, the trend has changed.
Two consecutive years of fewer motorcycle fatalities – 394 in 2009 and
352 in 2010 – have resulted in a
37 percent decrease since the 2008
peak. This is positive trend that we
want to see continue.
In the area policed by the Los
Angeles Sheriff’s Department,
there was a 390 percent increase in
motorcyclists injured over the last
13 years with 47 injured in 1998
and 184 in 2011. There was a 300
percent increase in motorcyclists
killed over the same time period
with 2 killed in 1998 and 6 killed in
2011.
California collision data reveals
that primary causes of motorcycleinvolved crashes include speeding,
unsafe turning and impairment
due to alcohol and other drugs.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department is also reminding all
motorists to always be alert and
watch out for motorcycles, especially when turning and changing
lanes.
Some of the reduction in riders
killed can be attributed to fewer
improperly licensed riders. In
2008, 62.7 percent of motorcycle
operators killed under age 25 were
not properly licensed. In 2009, that
statistic fell to only 45.5 percent.
Riders, young and old, are encouraged to be properly licensed and to
seek training and safety information.
“The terrible trend of rising
motorcyclist fatalities has been reversed, though there is more that
everyone can do to save more lives.
Riders and drivers need to respect
each other and share the road,”
said California Office of Traffic
Safety Director, Christopher J.
Murphy.
Tips for Setting and Pursuing
Financial
Goals
Submitted by Cindy Bollinger
Edward Jones Financial
Advisor
You can get lucky by finding a parking meter with time
left on it. You can “luck out”
by having nice weather on
your vacation. You can even
be lucky at love. But when it
comes to financial matters,
you’re better off not counting
on Lady Luck — and focusing
instead on setting and pursuing goals.
Here are some suggestions
for establishing and pursuing
your financial objectives:
• Be specific. You probably
have a lot of ideas about what
you want to do, but if you’re
going to turn these wishes
into reality, you need to get
specific. So, for example, instead of telling yourself that
you want to retire early, set
a goal of retiring at, say, 62.
You can then use this target
number to help guide your
overall investment strategy.
To illustrate: You can determine that you need to invest a
certain amount of money each
year, and earn a certain rate
of return, to be able to retire
at 62. You can also estimate
about how much money you
can afford to withdraw from
your investment accounts
each year to sustain a retirement that begins at 62.
• Prioritize your goals. Of
course, you want to achieve all
your financial goals —and you
can have a better chance of doing so if you rank these goals
in terms of both importance
and timing. For example, you
may want to send your kids
to college, purchase a vacation home and still be able to
retire at age 62. How should
you allocate your resources to
each of these goals? Should
you invest more at any given
time for a specific goal? What
types of investments are best
for each of these goals? Prioritizing your goals can help you
answer these and other questions — and help direct your
overall investment strategy.
• Be prepared to change your
goals. Over time, your family
and financial circumstances
can change considerably —
which means you shouldn’t
be surprised, or alarmed,
if you have to change your
goals accordingly. And you’ll
find it easier to maintain this
flexibility if you’ve worked
diligently to create an investment portfolio with sufficient
resources to allow you to
change direction, as needed.
• Review your progress regularly. If you’re going to eventually achieve your goals, you
absolutely need to measure
your progress along the way.
Are your investments performing the way you had anticipated? Are your goals becoming more expensive than
you had initially envisioned?
To achieve these goals, are
you taking on too much — or
too little — risk? To answer
these types of questions, it’s
a good idea to review your
overall progress at least once
a year and then make whatever adjustments may be necessary.
As you can see, it will take
considerable effort to set, review and (hopefully) achieve
your goals. And it can be somewhat complex, too, so you may
want to work with a financial
professional — someone who
takes time to talk with you
about your goals, understands
your risk tolerance and family
situation, and has the training and experience necessary
to help you work toward your
objectives.
• But in any case, think hard
about your goals and how you
might accomplish them. And
don’t delay in taking action
— because goals are generally
easier to attain if you have
time on your side.
This article was written
by Edward Jones for use by
your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
Page 13
BackPainFree.org
If you twisted your back, I’ll get you back on your feet in
5 days!
By Yu Chen, L.Ac.
A patient walked into my clinic
with a cane and painful back
spasms. He began to feel severe
pain just a
a couple of
days before
his visit. He
stated that it
was a challenge for him
to walk from
Dr. Yu Chen
the elevator
to my clinic door due to his severe
sciatica pain. I suggested a daily
treatment plan for him. He felt a
lot better after 10 treatments. He
kept coming for another 6 treatments until the pain from sciatica
was completely gone. Sciatica is
one of the worst back pain of all.
Sometimes, you can’t find a painless position. It’s a nightmare
claimed by the patient. Acupuncture is the ultimate solution to
cure sciatica. However, you must
have faith and patience to complete the entire treatment plan.
There were a lot of patients
coming in with twisted backs
this month. Maybe it is because
of more physical activities over
the summer. For twisted back, I
strongly recommend treatments
everyday in order to completely
remove the pain as soon as possible. Usually, it takes 4 to 5 treatments to cure back pain. Taking
a treatment everyday allows the
patients to resume their normal
activities within one week without
any pain medication. Patients are
so satisfied about the acupuncture
treatment, especially after their
pain is gone. Their smile and
gratefulness really light up my
day every time.
Fibromyalgia is also a common
disease I treat, patients have pain
all over their body. The most common site are the upper and lower
limbs. The pain sometimes moves
around, and is very annoying. The
trigger points for the upper limbs
are in the neck and the trigger
point for the lower limbs are in the
lower back. Only a couple of needles properly placed can solve the
problem. It takes 12-20 sessions to
finish the treatment.
I Ching Acupuncture has been
used to treat back pain, sports injury, headache, heel pain and a lot
of difficult diseases for more than
40 years. My father, Dr. Chao
Chen, developed the theory. In
our clinic, more than 60% of my
patients suffered from back pain.
80-90% of them experienced great
relief after 8-12 treatments on
average. The clinic result shows
the patient’s age and cooperation
playing important roles in this
procedure. It is a lot easier to
treat the pain caused from a
trauma compared with a chronic
condition. Even when the pain is
caused from surgery, I Ching Acupuncture shows outstanding healing record.
Don’t worry if you have back
pain, knee pain, shoulder pain or
any sports injury, I can relieve it
in days or weeks.
40 years Sports Injury & Back
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August 2013
SAN DIMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CORNER
Top Things the San Dimas Chamber Connect With
Has Been Doing for Business
Others at
San Dimas Chamber of Commerce heated up over the hot
month of July. Here’s a brief overview of what we have been Chamber’s
doing this month:
Created a Summer in San Dimas Shop Local Campaign to Connection
promote the importance of shopping local and promote local
businesses and activities.
Coffee Hour –
Promoted the Chamber Chairman’s Circle program to give
businesses the opportunity to promote themselves all year long
August 13th
through the Chamber.
Hosted this year’s Citizen of the Year and Business Awards
Dinner to recognize the best of the year and celebrated the
installation of the Chamber’s new Board of Directors.
Attended and promoted a Multi-Chamber Mixer at San Dimas
Community Hospital with several other Chambers, which
gave members the chance to network with members from the
surrounding communities.
Promoted HyPE, the Chamber’s newest program, which is
geared to help new and emerging professionals learn how to
flourish into the next generation of future leaders through
community and Chamber involvement.
Offered opportunities for businesses and organizations to
promote their products and services during the San Dimas
Birthday BBQ through sponsorships or displays.
Began publicizing the great opportunities for businesses and
organizations to get involved in the San Dimas Western Days
Festival coming October 5th and 6th.
Offered training on how to create and use an Elevator Speech
effectively during the Chamber’s free monthly workshop.
Hosted a free Chamber Connection Coffee Hour to showcase
all of the great benefits the Chamber offers to help business
and organizations gain exposure for their business and get
involved.
Continued to conduct the launch of a new program called “Tools
for Business” on the Chamber’s website to give businesses the
resources they need to open and grow their businesses.
We encourage everyone to check out the Chamber’s website
and see all of the new things we have been doing, including
the new Tools for Business section. We are proud to serve
our community. Visit www.sandimaschamber.com for more
information about the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce and
see how we are always working to help businesses and the
community grow.
You Could Win $500 with
Summer in San Dimas Shop
Local Campaign
Shop San Dimas this Summer
and have a chance to win: Over
$500 in great prizes to be given
away over an eight week period.
Shop any San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce Member and double
your chances to win.
Here’s how it works:
Beginning July 8, 2013
through August 30, 2013 bring
your receipts to the San Dimas
Chamber Office. For every $150 in
receipts spent in the local community and submitted to the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce, you
will receive an entry form for the
Free Summer Shop Local Campaign Drawing. If any receipts
are from a San Dimas Chamber
of Commerce Business Member,
located in San Dimas or a surrounding city, you will receive an
extra entry form. Residents and
non-residents, ages 18 and older,
may participate.
Be sure to bring your receipt
in early and often as there will be
a drawing July 22, August 5, August 19 and the final drawing will
be held on September 2.
As a community we need to
support our local businesses. We
can do this by embracing, nourishing and always supporting the
local businesses that help create
jobs and financially help make
San Dimas a better place. If not,
it will be our local businesses that
won’t be here tomorrow, which
means our community won’t be
able to offer the quality of life in
which we have chosen to live,
have our families and grow old in.
During the campaign, the San
Dimas Chamber of Commerce
encourages everyone to visit the
Chamber’s website at www.sandimaschamber.com for additional
information about the campaign
and to learn how your local tax
dollars benefit the San Dimas
community and you. In addition,
there will also be special Hot Deal
discounts offered to help your dollars go a little further. Contact
the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce at [email protected] or call 909-592-3818 if
you would like additional information.
“Providing Networking
Opportunities”
The San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce is excited to bring
people and opportunities together
with this new event. You can call
it a social hour, a networking hour
or a great way to start the morning hour. No reservations needed,
as there is no set agenda. Just
come on down and visit with other
San Dimas Chamber members,
exchange business cards, talk
shop or just relax and enjoy the
coffee. You never know who you
might meet or what doors may
be opened unless you join us for a
morning coffee.
Our Chamber Coffee Hour will
be held on Tuesday, August 13th
at the San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce office, which is located
at 246 E. Bonita Ave. in San Dimas. Additional parking is available in the Albertsons and or Post
Office parking lot. Come anytime
between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
and enjoy a cup of coffee compliments of the Chamber.
This month’s Coffee Hour host
sponsor is Legal Shield.
Call us today and find out how
you can be the host sponsor of this
great new event. Only one host
per month so call 909-592-3818
now.
This is just one more reason
why being a San Dimas Chamber
Member just makes sense. We
are your resource, referral, advocacy, networking and marketing
tool that every business needs.
Welcome…
to our newest
Members
The following members have recently joined our Chamber. We
would like to say welcome and
thank you for the opportunity to
serve you.
Foothill Vineyard Church
100 E. Foothill Blvd.
San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 394-3023
www.foothillvineyard.org
Fred Ekstrand Elementary
400 North Walnut Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 971-8203
www.ekstrand.us
Lone Hill Middle School
700 South Lone Hill Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 971-8270
www.lonehillms.com
Wright Associated
358 E. Foothill Blvd. #200
San Dimas, CA 91773
(626) 610-1309
www.wrightassociated.com
Olive Garden
582 N. Lone Hill Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 599-5650
www.olivegarden.com
Warren Wilkins
(Individual Member)
San Dimas
Canyon Golf
Club to Host
Let’s Talk
the San Dimas
Marketing at
Chamber Mixer
Free Chamber - August 15th
Member Mixers Offer BusiWorkshop –
ness Networking Opportunities
Enjoy your summer at our next
August
28th
networking mixer being hosted by
What are you doing to market
your business or organization?
Attend the August 28 Marketing
Round Table workshop and learn
what is working and not working
for others and find out how the
Chamber can help.
The San Dimas Chamber
hosts free workshops on everything from technology, sales, customer services, social media, and
more. Take time to learn one new
thing this month that can help
you with your business. Additional discussion time will offer you an
opportunity to share your technology questions and answers too.
Free workshops are held on the
4th Wednesday of every month
from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. at the
San Dimas Chamber. Seating is
limited to 15. For more information or to make a reservation visit
www.sandimaschamber.com or
call 909-592-3818.
San Dimas Canyon Golf Course
on Thursday August 15th, which
is located at 2100 Terrebonne Ave.
in San Dimas.
The mixer starts at 5:30 p.m.
and offers door prizes and our
traditional Pot O’ Gold, which
is now at $175.00. Members are
encouraged to bring door prizes
to promote their business and
also bring lots of business cards to
share with new contacts. There is
no charge for our mixers and prospective members are always welcome and encouraged to come by.
The San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce is always striving to
help people connect. Mixers offer
members the opportunity to meet
new people and expad their network of friends, business contacts
and possibly even new clients.
Visit us at www.sandimaschamber.com for more information.
9th Annual
Free Multi
Chamber Mixer
hosted by
Fairplex and
the LA County
Fair
Join your fellow San Dimas
Chamber Members and your
neighbor members from Chino
Valley, Glendora, La Verne, Pomona, Upland and the Regional
Chamber of Commerce of the San
Gabriel Valley for one of the largest annual joint mixers of the year
on Wednesday, August 7, 2013
from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
The free evening event will be
held in the new Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center and be
catered with delicious finger foods
by the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel
and Award-winning wines from
the 2013 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition. There will be entertainment,
raffle prize opportunities, and a
free 2013 Fair admission ticket.
Free parking will be at Gate 3 on
McKinley Ave. (601 W. McKinley
Ave., Pomona, CA 91768). For
more information, contact Shanell
Santee at 909-865-4075 or the
San Dimas Chamber at 909-5923818.
You are invited
to the San Dimas
Birthday
BBQ
The City Turns 53 and We Are
Celebrating! Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 3rd for
the best family “Country Picnic”
Birthday Party in town. Last year
close to 2,000 of your friends and
neighbors came out to celebrate
our wonderful city. You don’t want
to miss our famous deep pit BBQ
beef with all the fixings. It is an afternoon and evening of family fun
with your friends and neighbors
for less than a trip to the movies.
The schedule includes kids entertainment and vendor displays
from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., dinner from
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., and entertainment from “The Answer” and
dancing from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
The event, which will be held
at City Hall 245 E. Bonita Ave., is
free with same day Dinner Ticket
sales available from 4 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. only $5 for children 3 to 12,
$6 for seniors and $7 for adults.
Beer, Wine, Water, and Soda
drink tickets are sold separately.
Early sponsors include San Dimas Community Hospital, Waste
Management, Golden State Water Company, Awards by Champion, L.A. County Fair’s International Wine Competition, Sanders
Lock and Key, and Sanders Towing for helping sponsor this event.
Please take a moment to call the
Chamber office at 909-592-3818
and ask how you can participate
at this year’s Birthday BBQ celebration.
August 2013
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SAN DIMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CORNER
Chamber Recognizes Excellence at Awards Dinner
Making a difference and standing out among others is what the
City of San Dimas and the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce
took notice of during their July Awards Dinner.
This year’s community honorees were:
Citizen of the Year – A.K. Patel
This year’s city business honorees were:
Citizen of the Year - AK Patel
Business of the Year- Costco
New Business of the Year- Panda Express
Businessman of the Year - Tim Hughes of Hometown Rentals
Businesswoman of the Year - Cheryl Panzer of Law Office of
M. Cheryl Panzer
Improved Commercial Building of the Year- San Dimas
Community Hospital
Installation of the 2013-2014
Board of Directors by Mayor Curt
Morris.
2013 Citizen of the Year, A.K.
Patel & his lovely wife, Dee Patel.
Businessman of the Year, Tim
Hughes with Carolyn Corrao,
Chairman of the Board San
Dimas Chamber of Commerce
Outgoing Chairman Elaine
Regus with Incoming Chairman
Carolyn Corrao
Carolyn Corrao,Chairman of the
Board San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce, with Businesswoman
of the Year: Cheryl Panzer
Carolyn Corrao,Chairman of the
Board San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce, with Gregory Britano,
San Dimas Community Hospital
New Commercial Building of the Year- Village Walk & Grove
Station
Improved Civic Building of the Year- San Dimas High School
San Dimas Vision Award- Pacific Development Group
This year’s chamber honorees were:
Elaine Regus – Outgoing Chairman Award
Theresa Contreras - Outgoing Board of Director
Casey Cox - Outgoing Board of Director
Mitchell Crawford - Outgoing Board of Director
Tim Hughes - Outgoing Board of Director
Rhonda Beltran – Volunteer of the Year
Mark Levy – Ambassador of the Year
Mark Levy – Creative Marketing Award
In addition to the awards, the Mayor of San Dimas, Curt
Morris, installed the officers and directors for the 2013-2014
San Dimas Chamber of Commerce, which include Carolyn
Corrao with Waste Management, Scott Hay with Exciting
Windows by Design, Laura Gallardo with L.A. County Fairplex,
Ken Salzman with Sanzman Productions, Dave Bratt as an
individual member, Elaine Regus with ERPR, Denis Bertone
as an individual member, Bob Cruz with The Gas Company,
John Standi with Golden State Water Company, Joe Fransen
with Awards by Champion, Michael Kelly with Bonita Unified
School District, Rick Hartmann with Government Contracting
and Consulting Services, Rhonda Beltran with McKinley’s
Children Center, and Amie Boersma with San Dimas
Community Hospital.
Western Days is Riding into Town
October 5th and 6th
Applications Now Available for Vendors, Little Miss, and Parade
Have you been looking for a
way to showcase your business to
thousands of people and have fun
in the process? On October 5 and
6, 2013, the 46th rendition of San
Dimas Western Days will take
place in our downtown district
giving businesses, organizations
and crafters the opportunity to
promote their products and services.
What is this event? Western
Days consists of various activities
for the entire family including
games and rides for the kids, live
entertainment on the main stage,
food vendors, crafters, business
and vendor displays, cowboy
reenactments, a community parade, Little Miss San Dimas competition, and so much more.
Why Does the Chamber host
Western Days? It’s so much more
than just a great event. It’s our
way of creating opportunities for
businesses and local organizations to network with others and
promote who they are and what
they do. With the event activities
and vendor sales we are generating commerce along with creating awareness of Western history. Best of all, we are promoting
San Dimas.
How can you participate and
Promote Your Business? Join the
fun and enjoy the activities and
most importantly take advantage of promoting your business
or organization by registering
to have a display booth. Double
your visibility and add to the
fun by being in the parade. Being seen and meeting others will
help create awareness for your
business and organization. The
event also allows you to sell—so
take advantage of the chance to
increase your sales.
Want to Show Your Commu-
nity Spirit, Promote Your Company, and Make the Event a Success? Become a Sponsor! Western
Days is the perfect opportunity
for your organization to promote
your business and support the
biggest San Dimas Chamber
community event of the year. We
have everything from the Title
Sponsor to General Supporter
options available.
Can I Help By Volunteering?
YES! An event this size needs
more than 100 volunteers to help
make everything work. Call and
ask where and when volunteers
are needed. It doesn’t happen
without volunteers.
Don’t miss out on this great
opportunity. For more information about Western Days, please
call the San Dimas Chamber
(909) 592-3818 or go online at
www.sandimaschamber.com.
Emerging
Professionals
Invited to
Chamber
HyPE
Glendora Chamber has
joined the San Dimas and the
LaVerne Chambers of Commerce new program for young
professionals. HyPE gives a
new generation of future leaders the opportunity to gain
leadership experience, meet
and interact with prominent
business and community leaders, and to develop professional
skills for advancement. HYPE
is also a great opportunity for
companies and businesses just
getting started to get involved
and allow new managers and
up and coming young professionals to learn about business networking and learn
more about their communities
through their Chambers of
Commerce.
A note from the
City Manager
We are having a busy summer
– here is what we have been up to.
We installed 2 motion activated pedestrian crossings on Bonita
Avenue – one at Exchange Place,
the other at Monte Vista. There is
no button to push, the pedestrian
walks up to the cross walk and
a motion camera picks up their
movement and turns on flashing
yellow lights to let traffic know
there is a pedestrian crossing the
street. The warning lights stay on
until the pedestrian walks all the
way across and is out of the camera range on the other side. We
encourage drivers everywhere to
always be aware of their responsibility to stop when pedestrians are
using crosswalks.
We have been busy with street
resurfacing work – we did some
work on Puente Street, but the
primary focus has been on streets
in the northern part of town. We
have divided the city into 7 zones
and circulate our maintenance
projects from one zone to the next
on a 7 year cycle. We have a little
bit more street maintenance to
do before the end of the summer.
Also, we just started our annual
street tree trimming – our maintenance plan is to trim the trees
once every 4 years. The current
cycle calls for trimming in the
north part of town.
The city processed permits
and final approvals for a 156 unit
apartment facility at the corner of
San Dimas Canyon Road and Bonita. The final phase of 76 condominiums behind Grove Station on
San Dimas Avenue will be completed before the end of the year.
We are also in the middle of
many summer recreation activities. The best way to see what
is happening is to check out the
city’s web page cityofsandimas.
com We have a calendar of events
and you can register for recreation
activities and events from our web
site. Sign up for our weekly e-mail
listing of city news that comes out
each Friday – click ‘Subscribe to
the Weekly e-dition’ icon on the
left hand side to sign up. Please
feel free to contact us at city hall
with any questions or matters of
interest 909-394-6200.
Blaine Michaelis
It is free to participate in the
HyPE program courtesy of the
2013 Annual Presenting Sponsors - Lavished, Inc., L & G
Enterprises, San Dimas Community Hospital, Gaston Termite and Pest Control, Leroy
Haynes and Palace Pet Salon.
Be sure to mark your calendar for HyPE’s next event on
August 22. HyPE’s monthly
“Happy Hour with a Twist”
Networking Mixers held on the
4th Thursday of the month at
Finish Line Sports Grill, which
is located at 2201 N. White
Ave., in Pomona (Gate 12) with
program topics geared to the
new and emerging professionals.
Visit
www.chamberhype.
com for more information.
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The Collapse Of Our Food And
Health Care System
Jordan Nichols, CSCS
The American Medical Association has just recently
classified obesity as a disease
which in my opinion is a big
mistake. By doing this we now
take the focus off our broken
down food system as well as
personal
responsibility. This
will lead to
more people
buying diet
pills, using
prescripJordan Nichols tion
drugs
and surgical intervention for
weight loss. Essentially more
money for corporations that
profit on us being fat and sick.
Let’s go back to the 1930’s
when twenty-four percent of
our income was spent on food
which is quite a considerable
amount but during that time
obesity was pretty much unheard of. During this time
people ate for nourishment
knowing that there were no
pills to bail us out from living
an unhealthy lifestyle. Even
in the sixties health care was
only four percent of GDP but
this is when things started to
change. Today health care is at
eighteen percent of GDP and
expected to rise to thirty-four
percent by 2040. The reality
is thirty-six percent of American adults and twenty percent
of American children are now
obese. We have completely outsourced our eating to corporations who can care less about
our health and well being. Our
vegetables travel an average
of 1400 miles before it reaches
a plate and eighty percent of
all antibiotics used are for the
farming industry. All of our
food is engineered from corn of
which eighty-five percent of it
is being genetically modified.
You may have heard about
genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the news. GMO
are organisms whose genetic
material has been changed/
modified. For example, Biotech companies found a way to
get into corn with cell invasion
technology to modify it to be
resistant to pests, herbicides
or harsh environments. Lets
discuss an example of how
they make GMO resistant to
pests. The Biotech company
tampers with the corn DNA
by inserting bacteria called BT
(Bacillus thuringiensi) and by
nature resists the root worm,
one of the biggest enemies to
corn. The worm would then
eat the corn and it would die,
thus protecting the crop. Make
no mistake genetically modified food is a benefit to the food
producer to maximize their
profits, lower their expenses
and take more market control.
People have started to demand to know what is really
in their food and this is why
the emergence of organic foods
has become so popular. Organic farms per square acre are
actually more profitable than
monoculture farms because
the farmers themselves actually work the land rather than
just working it once a year,
for example, during corn season. They will work different
crops year round building the
biodiversity of the soil which is
where all the nutrition comes
from. We have to get back in
the kitchen and start learning
to cook. Those who eat food
cooked/grown by humans are
healthier than people who eat
food made by corporations.
Pills are not the solution
to obesity. According to the
American Medical Association, 290 people in the United
States are killed by prescription drugs every day. Even if
prescription drugs do not literally kill a patient they also
have many side effects which
can harm the body. Coincidence that two new prescription weight loss drugs have
recently been released, and
two obesity vaccines are in
development. The relationship between pharmaceutical companies and corporations is downright frightening
since they only care about one
thing, getting you addicted to
their products to gain a profit.
Remember there is no such
thing as cheap food. It will be
charged to your health and
eventually paid for by you, the
environment and in the public
in the form of farm subsidies.
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August 2013
Personal
Technology
By Mitchell Crawford
A personal call of help from Microsoft?
If you haven’t already, you
might
receive a call
from someone
representing
themselves
from Microsoft or an
authorized
Mitchell Crawford
Microsoft
supporter for Windows operating
systems offering to fix problems
on your Windows computer.
Hang up!
According to Microsoft “Neither Microsoft nor our partners
make unsolicited phone calls (also
known as cold calls) to charge you
for computer security or software
fixes.”
Over the past three years I
have received about a dozen calls
from someone identifying themselves as being an employee from
Microsoft explaining that my computer has been reporting problems to Microsoft, and Microsoft
was here to help fix those problems, and for free to boot!
Unfortunately, with the Internet, if it sounds too good to be true,
it most likely is a scam.
Had I stayed on the line and
followed the callers directions he
probably would have directed me
to go to a Website and download a
program that would “fix” my computer. Most likely, the “fix” would
have given the caller remote access to my computer, and all the
files and personal data that might
be stored on the computer.
Now when they call I tell them
the computer that requires fixing
is located in another room from
where I am taking the call and I
place them on indefinite hold. After about 5 minutes they hang-up.
Because this Microsoft Windows scam is growing larger, Microsoft has become proactive and
created a Web page with information on how to avoid phone scams,
and software you can safely download to check your Windows security settings so your computer
is less likely to be compromised.
You can get to the Microsoft
Avoid Phone Scams Website by
entering
http://www.microsoft.
com/security/online-privacy/avoidphone-scams.aspx into your Web
browser.
You can also read the Windows Secrets article that details a
conversation between a scammer
and a savvy user by typing https://
windowssecrets.com/newsletter/
security-alert-bogus-tech-supportphone-calls/ into your browser.
Scroll down to the Top Story article.
The benefits the Internet provides are wonderful, but it also
provides yet another opportunity
to be scammed if you are not careful.
Have an idea, comment or
question? You can e-mail me
with your questions, comments
or ideas for future columns at
[email protected].
You can also visit the San Dimas Community News at www.
sandimascommunitynews.com.
In addition, visit the official City
of San Dimas Web site at www.
ci.sandimasca.us and the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce Web
site at www.sandimaschamber.
org.
Mt. SAC Students Awarded
Gilman International
Scholarships
Funds allow students to study in England for a semester
Walnut — Four Mt. San
Antonio College students
have recently been awarded prestigious Benjamin
A. Gilman International
Scholarships
sponsored
by the U.S. Department of
State.
Arianna Rivera (La Puente), Blanca Flores (La
Puente), Elizabeth Gutierrez (Montclair), and Jared Morales (Covina) were
awarded the scholarships,
which will allow them
to participate in a study
abroad program in England
for the fall 2013 semester.
Rivera and Flores received
$4,500 scholarships, while
Gutierrez and Morales received $3,000 in scholarship funds.
The students will attend
classes in London where
they will study British culture, philosophy, literature,
and art as participants in
the Southern California
Foothills Consortium for
Study Abroad, a cooperative venture among area
community colleges.
Rivera is an art history
major and plans to become
a museum curator. Flores
is a physical therapy major and plans to become a
sports physical therapist
or doctor. Gutierrez is a
medical allied field major
and plans to become a radiologist. Morales is also
a medical allied field major and plans to become a
physician assistant.
The Gilman Scholarship program provides
under-represented
students and students of limited financial means with
the opportunity to participate in study abroad
programs throughout the
world.
Seven
hundred
undergraduate students
from 270 colleges and
universities across the U.
S. received Gilman Scholarships this year.
Mt. SAC also will offer
upcoming study aboard
programs in Taiwan (international
business),
Hawaii (geology and astronomy), and Spain during the winter and next
spring.
Restaurant Dining
Tina Kerrigan
There has been a huge increase over recent years in away
from home eating. Many professionals associate the prevalence
of obesity and
higher rates of
type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,
some cancers,
and related
Tina Kerrigan
health problems with the vastly increased
consumption of fat, calories,
sugar, and sodium, along with reduced intake of fruits, vegetables,
fiber, vitamins and dairy products
at fast food and casual dining restaurant chains.
A major issue is why do restaurants not offer a wider variety
of “healthier” meal choices if the
public is really looking for them.
The American Journal of Preventative Medicine recently conducted an in depth survey of over
forty senior marketing and menu
development executives of major
restaurant chains in the United
States.
The survey asked what the
key issues of concern are and how
they affect the offered menus. Not
surprisingly, the responses were
sales and profits, meeting customer demand, followed by food
safety, labor issues, and ease of
preparation.
Questions were also asked
about the definition and perception of “healthier” foods.
The polled executives equated
“healthy” foods with low calorie
and low fat content and increased
percentages of fruits and vegetables. The down side was that they
perceived these offerings have
low sales (when offered) and limited appeal. In addition the costs
are higher for fresh products due
to spoilage, storage requirements
and employee training issues
Now please understand, I am
a fervent capitalist (and business
owner). I understand that restaurant chains are responsible to provide jobs for their employees and
profits to their owners or stockholders. That is why they exist
and providing product that meets
the requirements of their clients is
what drives their business.
We live in a consumer driven
economy. If more restaurant patrons make it known that they
want healthier food options and
are willing to pay for them, more
restaurant chains will (may?)
make these options available.
I honestly do not have much
hope for this however.
There were a lot of insightful
nuggets of data in this survey.
One was that the consensus of the
industry is that customers “want
indulgence” when dining out.
This is the basis of menu planning. High fat, calories, and sodium coupled with larger portions
and higher profits.
It’s the American way!
For those of us who care, remember to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every
day.
Tina Kerrigan is the owner of
Corner Office Healthcare Consultants of San Dimas and Jobs In
Dietetics. She can be reached at
fiberqueen @ earthlink.net or 909599-3354 for questions, comments
or ideas for future column.
August 2013
Wells Fargo Grants Line of Credit to Experiential
Learning Program at The University of La Verne
College of Business & Public Management
LA VERNE — Wells Fargo’s
Los Angeles Education and Nonprofit Banking Group has teamed
up with the University of La
Verne College of Business & Public Management’s Experiential
Learning Program for the second
year, providing a “line of credit”
grant for a student team’s business plan.
“Partnering with Wells Fargo
has been a monumental success,
which we look forward to continuing in the future,” Dean of the College of Business & Public Management Abe Helou said. “Our
students were able to start up
and effectively run a business that
gave all of its profits to charity
because of the line of credit grant
extended to the class.”
Founded in 1891, the University has been a Wells Fargo client
since 1979. In October 2011, Margot Golding, regional vice president for Wells Fargo, and Norm
Liversidge, portfolio manager for
Wells Fargo, attended the inauguration of the University’s president, Dr. Devorah Lieberman. At
the ceremony, the group discussed
potential opportunities for Wells
Fargo to play a greater role with
the university’s students. In May
2012, the team launched the inaugural Experiential Learning
Program course, part of the undergraduate Integrative Business
Curriculum and Practicum at the
College of Business & Public Management.
The partnership’s first year
(Spring 2012 semester) enabled a
group of eight students to prepare
a comprehensive business model
for their company, LV Tech Designs, to present to the loan committee, with the goal of securing
a $5,000 line of credit to provide
working capital. Due to the program’s popularity, it is now offered twice per semester, with a
$2,500 grant offered to each class.
The spring 2013 semester saw
Reverie Outfitters, the students’
business, produce several styles of
T-shirts to be sold on campus. The
students designed a new University of La Verne logo for certain
the designs. In addition, the students worked with two organizations – an on-campus sorority and
Megan’s Wings, a local charity in
Upland, California – to produce
custom designs.
“I had no idea how to start a
business before this class, and I
feel like I am leaps and bounds
smarter than I was before the
class,” said business major Matthew Monterroso. “The fact that
Wells Fargo is willing to give that
money to students and give them
that chance to learn is incredible.”
In March 2013, James Do, Relationship Manager in Wells Fargo’s Western Education and Nonprofit Banking Group, served as
the loan committee for the project.
After the presentation from the
students, he provided critique and
feedback on the business plan. Do
then analyzed the business plan
(assumptions, projections) and
granted approval for the $2,500
line of credit (including pricing,
covenants, reporting requirements). The goal was to show the
students how banks analyze credit requests and operate the business in accordance with the terms
of the credit agreement. The loan
will be repaid through cash flow,
and the students intend to give all
proceeds to charity.
In May, Do and Liversidge attended a final presentation of the
project’s results. The team generated more than $10,000 in sales,
with $4,000 in profit donated to
Megan’s Wings, the Upland, California organization assisting families with children fighting cancer.
The $4,000 donation from Reverie
Outfitters helps secure housing
for families while their children
are receiving treatment. (http://
www.meganswings.org/home.
aspx).
“I am so pleased with the
strong student reception and continued success of this program,”
said Liversidge. “We maintain a
long banking relationship with
the University of La Verne and
welcome any opportunity to support its students with hands-on
learning opportunities. The students’ meaningful contributions
to outstanding nonprofit organizations like Megan’s Wings is icing
on the cake.”
Wells Fargo in California
With deep roots in California,
Wells Fargo employs approximately 46,000 team members
statewide. Through corporate and
foundation giving, Wells Fargo
donated almost $58 million to
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Services Therapist Returns (Briefly)
to His Acting Roots
California non-profits and schools,
donated more than $19 million
through the annual team member
Community Support and United
Way Campaign, and contributed
nearly $5 million in team member
matching gifts to educational institutions, foundations, and Habitat for Humanity. Team members
contributed more than 187,500
volunteer hours with organizations in California.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company
(NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide,
diversified, community-based financial services company with
$1.4 trillion in assets. Founded
in 1852 and headquartered in
San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer
and commercial finance through
more than 9,000 stores, 12,000
ATMs, the Internet (wellsfargo.
com), and has offices in more than
35 countries to support the bank’s
customers who conduct business
in the global economy. With more
than 265,000 team members,
Wells Fargo serves one in three
households in the United States.
Wells Fargo & Company was
ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2012
rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is
to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed
financially.
About The University of La
Verne
The University of La Verne is
an independent university providing rich educational opportunities
for both the academic and personal
development of its students in a
friendly, engaged setting. Ranked
among America’s Best Colleges by
U.S. News & World Report and
Forbes, the university serves both
traditional-aged and adult learners at its main campus, at regional
campuses located throughout California, and online. La Verne fosters
learning and nurtures character
by stressing the importance of a
values-based education, provides
students a better appreciation of
the responsibilities and rewards of
serving the human and ecological
community, and promotes a continuing respect for differing cultural and philosophical perspectives.
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David & Margaret Youth and Family Services Intervention Program
Manager Brian O’Connor as Bottom in “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream,” staged last month at the Geva Theatre Center in New York.
One-time actor, writer and producer Brian O’Connor, LMFT, has
always had an affinity for humor
and young people. Now the Intervention Program manager at David & Margaret Youth and Family Services in La Verne, O’Connor
– best known as Schemer on the
award-winning series Shining
Time Station, which aired on PBS
from 1989-93 – was recently recruited back to his acting roots for
a brief turn on stage in New York.
He jokes that when his friend
Mark Cuddy, artistic director of
Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, called him earlier this
year asking if he was interested in
a ‘dream’ job, he assumed it was
the musical Dream Girls. It was
instead the plum role of pushy,
donkey-headed Nick Bottom in
Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. O’Connor
took a six-week sabbatical from
his job to return to his roots in entertainment, and the production
ran to good reviews during May
as part of Geva’s 40th anniversary
season.
“I moved to Los Angeles 20
years ago, when Shining Time
Station was still popular, and I
was doing personal appearances,”
the Massachusetts native says. “I
went back to school for fun – I’ve
always been interested in psychology, concentrating on people’s intentions and their preferred way
of living.” He ultimately earned a
master’s in Marriage and Family
Therapy, and has been a popular
therapist for the adolescent girls
in David & Margaret’s residential
foster program since 2010.
“I did things with Geva before
this, such as Waiting for Godot,”
O’Connor says. “I hadn’t done any
Shakespeare before, though. I enjoyed acting again, but I wouldn’t
want to return to it as a lifestyle.
Therapists think of other people
instead of themselves, and because of their craft, what actors
mostly do is think of themselves.
It was a paradigm shift – and I
didn’t want to stay there!”
David & Margaret Youth and
Family Services serves more than
1,000 clients annually through a
comprehensive range of services,
including a residentially-based
program for adolescent girls, shelter care for adolescent girls and
boys, a foster family agency, adoption assistance, mental health
services, treatment for learning
disabilities, a transitional living
program, school- and communitybased education and mentoring
programs. Additionally, it has a
chemical program that is certified by the State of California for
residents who are recovering from
substance abuse. The Joan Macy
School, a specialized nonpublic
on-grounds school, opened in 1989
and serves agency residents, as
well as students referred from
surrounding school districts.
For more information, visit
www.DavidandMargaret.org or
call (909) 596-5921.
Mt. SAC Health Career Students
Win Silver and Gold at Nationals
By Mike Taylor
Walnut — Mt. San Antonio College health career students recently
won four gold medals and four silver
medals at the Health Occupation
Students of America (HOSA) national competition in Nashville, TN.
More than 5,200 secondary and postsecondary students competed in 56
different health-related events at the
national leadership event held June
26-30.
Arnold Brown (Ontario), Gabriela Franco (Hesperia), Cecily
French (Pomona), and Irma Macias (Azusa) all won gold medals in
the biomedical debate competition.
Han Duong (West Covina),
Stephanie Gonzalez (La Puente),
Amanda Repato (Corona), and
Tenique Silcott (Fontana) all won
silver medals in the biomedical de-
bate event.
Teammates Michelle Alejandrez (Pomona), Darlene Cabrera
(Rowland Heights), Deborah Delgado (Upland), and Bryan Everage (Pomona) placed fourth in the
creative problem solving competition. Peria Borrayo (Ontario),
Jeremy Kurkowski (Chino Hills),
Blanca Tovar-Garcia (Pomona),
and Laura Wroth (Chino) placed
fifth in the creative problem solving
event.
“We had 16 competitors this year,
and all 16 ranked nationally as finalists. That is quite an achievement,”
said Mt. SAC psychiatric technician
professor and HOSA advisor Mary
Ellen Reyes. “Being involved in and
competing in HOSA is a life-changing experience for students.”
Page 18
BEST WESTERN SAN DIMAS
HOTEL & SUITES JOINS
WORLD’S BIGGEST HOTEL
FAMILY
SAN DIMAS, Calif., July 23,
2013-Best Western International
announces the opening of the
BEST WESTERN San Dimas
Hotel & Suites, located at 501 W
Bonita Avenue. Owned by Teresa
Porchia, this 100% smoke free hotel features 42 guest rooms and 17
guest suites.
Hotel amenities include a
full complimentary hot breakfast cooked to order, outdoor pool
and fitness center. Each room is
equipped with a 42” flat screen
television, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and free wireless Internet access.
For business travelers, the hotel offers a complimentary business center with printing and
faxing services, and free wireless
Internet access in all public areas.
Meeting space is available accommodating up to 18 attendees.
“We are proud to welcome the
BEST WESTERN San Dimas
Hotel & Suites to our chain,” said
Ron Pohl, senior vice president,
brand management and development for Best Western International. “This property gives guests
a quality lodging option when
traveling through southern California.”
The BEST WESTERN San
Dimas Hotel & Suites is located
off Interstate 57 with access to
the L.A. County Fairplex, Santa
Anita Race Track, the Rose Parade and Anaheim Stadium,.
Visit theme parks including Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and
Raging Waters. A large variety of
shopping and dining locations are
close by.
Rates start at $109.00* per
night. Travelers can contact the
property directly for special packages (909-592-0500).
Best Western Rewards is one
of the industry’s most generous
rewards programs and that is truly international. With more than
4,000 locations in 100 countries,
Best Western makes it easy for
members to earn points redeem-
able for global free room nights
with no blackout dates, dining,
shopping and entertainment gift
cards, gas cards, airline miles and
more. Now more than ever, Best
Western Rewards is helping our
leisure and business customers
travel “smart.” Learn more about
the program at www.bestwesternrewards.com.
Reservations may be booked by
calling Best Western International’s 24-hour, toll-free reservations
number at (800)-WESTERN.
Reservations are also available
from Best Western International’s
website at www.bestwestern.com.
ABOUT BEST WESTERN
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Best Western International,
Inc., headquartered in Phoenix,
Ariz., is a privately held hotel
brand made up of more than
4,000* BEST WESTERN®,
BEST WESTERN PLUS® and
BEST WESTERN PREMIER®
hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide.
Now celebrating 67 years of hospitality, Best Western welcomes
hundreds of thousands of guests
nightly. Best Western provides its
hoteliers with global operational,
sales, marketing and promotional
support, and online and mobile
booking capabilities. More than
15 million travelers are members
of the brand’s award-winning loyalty program Best Western Rewards®, one of the few programs
in which members earn points
that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western hotel worldwide. The brand’s partnerships with AAA/CAA, racecar
driver Michael Waltrip, and
Harley-Davidson® provide travelers with exciting ways to interact with the brand. In 2012, Best
Western won a record number of
awards, including AAA’s Hotel
Partner of the Year, CAA’s Partner of the Year and Compuware’s
Best of the Web Gold awards.
For more information or to
make a reservation, please visit
bestwestern.com.
*Numbers and rates are approximate and may fluctuate.
Mt. SAC Fall Semester Registration
By Mike Taylor
Walnut — Online registration
for Mt. San Antonio College’s fall semester credit classes began July 16.
Classes begin on Monday, Aug. 26.
New and continuing credit students must register for classes online at my.mtsac.edu. New students
must also submit an admission
application online. For students
who do not have computer access, computers and assistance are
available in the Student Services
Center during business hours. The
Admissions Office is open Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Before registering, new students
are required to activate their personal Mt. SAC portal account at
the same website, which provides
set-up instructions. Students will be
able to view a registration date and
time in their portal account and will
not be allowed to register before their
assigned time. New students must
also contact the Counseling Department to sign up for the required orientation session before registering
for classes. For more information
about required orientation sessions,
call the Mt. SAC Counseling Department at (909) 274-4380.
The enrollment fee is $46 per unit
for California residents, and all fees
are due upon registration.
For more registration information, call the Mt. SAC Admissions &
Records Office at (909) 274-4415, or
visit www.mtsac.edu.
August 2013
Pomona Valley Hospital receives two American
Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Get With The Guidelines Achievement Awards
~ Local Hospital earns Heart Failure Gold Plus and Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Awards ~
Pomona — Pomona Valley
Hospital Medical Center has received two Get With The Guidelines® Achievement Awards for
heart failure and stroke from
the American Heart Asociation/
American Stroke Association.
The Heart Failure Gold Plus
Quality Achievement Award
signifies that the hospital has
reached an exceptional goal of
treating heart failure patients
according to the American Heart
Association/American College of
Cardiology recommended care
guidelines. The Stroke Gold Plus
Quality Achievement Award recognizes Pomona Valley Hospital’s commitment and success in
implementing a higher standard
of care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according
to nationally accepted guidelines.
Pomona Valley Hospital has
been consistently recognized as a
recipient of the Heart Failure and
Stroke Gold award for the past
eight years.
Get With The Guidelines programs for heart failure and stroke
helps Pomona Valley Hospital’s
Stead Heart and Vascular Center,
along with various other ancillary
and clinical departments, to develop and implement acute and secondary prevention guideline processes to improve patient care and
outcomes. The program provides
hospitals with web-based patient
management tools, best practice
discharge protocols and standing
orders, along with a robust registry and real-time benchmarking
capabilities to track performance.
“Recent studies show that
patients treated in hospitals
participating in the American
Heart Association’s Get With
The Guidelines-Heart Failure
and Stroke programs receive a
higher quality of care and may
experience better outcomes,” said
Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., chair of
the Get With The Guidelines National Steering Committee and
director of the TeleStroke and
Acute Stroke Services at Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston, Mass. The Pomona Valley
Hospital Medical Center team is
to be commended for their commitment to improving the care of
their patients.”
Heart failure patients following
Get With The Guidelines–Heart
Failure treatment guidelines are
started on aggressive risk-reduction therapies, if needed, including cholesterol-lowering drugs,
beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors,
aspirin, diuretics and anticoagulants while in the hospital. Before
discharge, they also receive education on managing their heart failure and overall health, including
lifestyle modifications and followup care. Hospitals must adhere to
these measures at a set level for a
designated period of time to be eligible for the achievement awards.
“Pomona Valley Hospital,
along with the Associates in the
Stead Heart and Vascular Center,
are proud to again be receiving
this recognition from the American Heart Association’s Get With
The Guidelines–Heart Failure
program. We are dedicated to
making our care for heart failure
patients among the best in the
country. The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure program
helps us to accomplish this goal,”
said Rama Thumati, MD, director
of Cardiac Services at PVHMC.
“This recognition demonstrates
that we are on the right track.”
According to the American
Heart Association, about 5.7 million people suffer from heart failure. Statistics also show that,
each year, 670,000 new cases are
diagnosed and more than 277,000
people will die of heart failure.
However, many heart failure patients can lead a full, enjoyable life
when their condition is managed
with proper medications, devices
and with healthy lifestyle changes.
Following Get with the Guidelines-Stroke treatment guidelines,
patients are started on aggressive
risk-reduction therapies including the use of medications such as
tPA, antithrombotics and anticoagulation therapy, along with cholesterol reducing drug and smoking cessation counseling. These
are all aimed at reducing death
and disability and improving the
lives of stroke patients. As with
the heart failure achievement
award, hospitals must adhere to
these measures at a set level for a
designated period of time to be eligible for the achievement awards.
“May was National Stroke
month and receiving the American Heart Association/American
Stroke Association’s Get with
the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus
Quality Achievement Award is
testimony to the dedication of
Pomona Valley Hospital’s Stroke
team,” said Bhupat Desai, MD,
medical director of the hospital’s
Stroke Program.
According to the American
Heart
Association/American
Stroke Association, stroke is one
of the leading causes of death and
serious, long-term disability in
the United States. On average,
someone suffers a stroke every 40
seconds; someone dies of a stroke
every four minutes; and 795,000
people suffer a new or recurrent
stroke each year.
About Pomona Valley Medical Center Hospital
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is a 453-bed, acute
care, nationally accredited hospital serving the greater Pomona
Valley. It is a five-time recipient
of the HealthGrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award.
PVHMC has also been recognized
nationally as a 2011 Thomson
Reuters 50 Top Cardio Vascular
Hospital (nationally ) For more
information please visit www.
pvhmc.org.
About Get With The Guidelines
Get With The Guidelines® is
the American Heart Association/
American Stroke Association’s
hospital-based quality improvement program that empowers
healthcare teams to save lives and
reduce healthcare costs by helping
hospitals follow evidence-based
guidelines and recommendations.
For more information, visit heart.
org/quality.
Citrus College Students Recognized for National
Blood
Drive Effort
By Brandi Garcia and Paula Green
Citrus College has been recognized for its successful contribution to the annual Cesar E.
Chavez National Blood Drive
Challenge. The college, a recipient of the “2013 Most Successful
Blood Drive Award,” placed first
among California colleges and
third among the 245 colleges and
universities that participated in
the blood drive throughout the
United States.
This is the second consecutive
year in which Citrus College has
placed among the top participating colleges in the blood drive,
ranking 15th in 2012.
The Cesar E. Chavez National
Blood Drive Challenge is an annual competition organized by
the Immigrant Youth of America
and the American Red Cross. The
Associated Students of Citrus College (ASCC) and the college’s Inter Club Council spearheaded the
Citrus College effort.
“I commend the ASCC leadership and the students for taking such an active role in this
important community service effort,” said Dr. Geraldine M. Perri,
Citrus College superintendent/
president. “Their actions were
an outstanding demonstration of
service learning. I am confident
they will continue to give back to
their communities after they have
completed their education at Citrus College.”
Crescencio Calderon, former
Citrus College student trustee,
initiated the collegewide blood
drive as a tribute to Cesar E.
Chavez and as a means of galvanizing involvement among Citrus
College students, faculty, and
staff. Over a two-day period, 321
registered donors gave 264 pints
of blood. The local chapter of the
American Red Cross assisted in
the effort.
“I am very proud of our students and their efforts to serve
the community,” said Mrs. Susan
M. Keith, president of the Citrus Community College District
Board of Trustees. “Their commitment to saving lives is wonderful, and we look forward to their
future volunteer efforts.”
August 2013
Page 19
Travel Story
By Stan Wawer
The sign at the trailhead says
there are no easy fourteeners. As
my daughter, Mindy, and I started our trek to the 14,265-foot summit of Quandary Peak, we
looked at each
other
and
smiled.
We
had inside information. We
Stan Wawer
were originally told that Gray’s Peak (14,278
feet) was the “easiest.” A Colorado
friend, who hikes every weekend,
recommended Quandary for our
first attempt at a 14er. “It’s easier
than Gray’s,” he said. Three and a
half hours later, as we approached
the summit, I wondered why I
ever took Rich’s advice. I should
have gone to the Quandary website before taking the word of a
friend.
calves and thighs were screaming
for mercy upon my descent. When
I reached the trailhead more than
five hours later, I was walking like
a drunk.
Our goal was to hit the trailhead at 7 a.m. and be down by
1 or 2 p.m. At that altitude the
weather can change drastically
in the late afternoon. You want
to be back at the tree line by no
later than 2:30. Other hikers on
the trail are friendly and helpful. When my daughter reached
the summit, she was offered food
from hikers who thought she was
climbing alone. Nature is your
restroom. Once you get above the
tree line, you pretty much hope
that nature doesn’t call. There is
little privacy above the tree line.
The trail starts out moderately
but changes dramatically above
the tree line. In all, it’s a relent-
to whichever 14er you decide to
hike. My daughter and I spent the
night in Breckenridge just about 8
miles from Quandary rather than
make an hour and a half drive in
Local Kiddie Academy
Child Care Learning Center
is honored by the parent
company during their annual
national conference
Daughter Mindy and me share the experience of climbing one of
Colorado’s 54 14,000-foot peaks.
the morning. To get to Quandary’s trailhead from Breckenridge
drive south on highway 9 about
8 miles from the last traffic light
in Breckenridge to Blue Lakes
Road on your right. After turning
onto Blue Lakes Road, turn right
again onto No. 851 and proceed
about 1.1 miles to the trailhead.
There is not a huge parking lot.
Most hikers park parallel along
the road. Google Earth is a great
tool to examine the terrain of the
mountain.
Photo By Mindy Berge
Almost to the top of Quandary Peak.
“If this is the easiest, I wonder
what it’s like climbing the hardest,” my daughter said. That comment coming from a woman who
lives in Colorado’s altitude, swam
distances at an NCAA Division I
school for four years and now as
a mother of two, runs half marathons, competes in 24-mile bike
races and in sprint triathlons.
Colorado has 54 mountain
peaks above 14,000 feet. I got interested in hiking one earlier this
year when, on a trip to Colorado,
I saw a man wearing an “I hiked
a 14er” T-shirt. I wanted one of
those T-shirts, but I could not justify wearing one unless I climbed
a 14er. Enter my daughter. “Let’s
do it, Dad. Let’s pick a date,” she
said, with a little too much enthusiasm.
We picked a day in late June.
My training schedule included
daily six-mile walks and runs
in the hills of La Verne and two
weeks of altitude training in Colorado. Altitude training included a
hike to the tree line at Quandary,
a hike above Horsetooth Reservoir
in Ft. Collins at about 8,000 feet
and a five-mile hike at 10,000 feet
in the ski resort of Breckenridge
the night before our scheduled
Quandary ascent.
You need to be in great shape
to conquer Quandary. If you enjoy oxygen deprivation, this is the
hike for you. If you come from the
flatlands and do not train for a couple of weeks or more in altitude (I
suggest three weeks) Quandary or
any other 14er is not for you. Remember, altitude sickness could
lead to shortness of breath, dizziness, headaches or worse. I had no
trouble with the altitude but my
less ascent of about three miles
and an altitude gain of more than
up the sleeves and button them
above the elbow. I wear long nylon
hiking pants with the legs that zip
off and convert into shorts.
Sunglasses, sunscreen, a base-
What to Wear and Bring
The most important thing on
the hike is footwear. You will be
on your feet for about six hours.
Bad footwear is a killer. Make
sure you have comfortable hiking
ball cap, hand-held camera or
your cell phone camera. You will
more than likely see mountain
goats.
Gloves. I wished I had a pair.
My hands were freezing. I honestly thought I would lose a finger.
I don’t like to carry too much on
my back. It can weigh you down
and tire you out.
What’s Next?
We plan on hiking Gray’s Peak
(14,278 feet), Colorado’s ninth
highest mountain, in late August.
We will then take another trail
over to Torrey Peak, another 14er.
All information is accurate at
the time of publication but prices,
dates and other details are all subject to change. Confirm all information before making any travel
arrangements.
Travel Editor Stan Wawer is a
La Verne resident, a member of the
Society of American Travel Writers
and editor of his own travel blog,
www.travelwithstan.blogspot.
com. Address all all travel-related
questions to his blog.
A Summer
Reading Camp
For children kindergarten
through 7th grade, ages 5
3,100 feet. A thousand feet from boots or all-terrain shoes. If you to 12 years old, will be held
the summit the trail disappeared. buy new ones, make sure they are Monday, August 5 through
The winds reached more than 60 well broken in prior to your hike. Thursday, August 8, 9:00
miles per hour. We hiked over Underneath, you want a good pair a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the
huge rocks, snow (a real problem of hiking socks.
Shepherd’s Pantry, 657 E.
on the descent) and loose rock. At
A 2-liter hydration pack. You
times we felt as though the wind need between 2 and 4 liters of wa- Arrow Highway, Glendora,
would blow us off the mountain. ter. I have a 2-liter High Sierra CA 91740.
Photo By Mindy Bergen
Enjoying the moment and the view near the top.
The experience? Priceless.
The views of Blue Lakes and
other 14ers — Mt. Gray, Mt. Torrey, Mt. Lincoln and Mt. Bross
— are spectacular. The sense of
accomplishment is worth all the
hours of training and pain. My
daughter and I are now privy to
that Rocky Mountain High.
If You Go
Quandary Peak is south of
Breckenridge and about an hour
and a half from Denver. I recommend you spend the night close
Kiddie
Academy®
of La Verne
Receives
National
Awards
pack that I purchased at Costco
for under $30. The higher you go,
the more water you will drink.
When hiking a 14er, it is important to stay hydrated. Your hydration pack will have room for a rain
jacket/windbreaker (it’s hot at the
bottom and cold at the top), Swiss
Army Knife, first-aid kit and food
(trail mix, jerky, dried fruit and
other snacks).
I like hiking poles. They help
you on the tougher terrain.
I also like a quick-drying, longsleeved shirt that you can roll
All children are invited to join
for four days filled with fun, learning, and encouragement. Children
will be in small groups working on
reading and writing skills. Focus
will be on reading comprehension,
vocabulary, writing and a little bit
of science, math, music and art.
Snacks will be served each day.
Cost is $5.00. Scholarships
are available. There is limited
space, so first come, first served.
Sign up by calling Sara Moncayo
at (626)862-7827 or email [email protected] .
La Verne — Paul & Jessica
Pieroth and Steven & Brittney Paul,
franchise owners of Kiddie Academy® of La Verne, recently received
several awards from the parent company, Kiddie Academy, during their
annual national conference in Orlando, Florida.
The academy received the Kiddie Academy® Annual Recognition Award for Sales and Customer
Service, Best Practices, Community
Building/Family Involvement, Best
Practices, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Best Practices,
Health & Fitness, and Best Practices:
Technology Education.
“We’re proud to see the hard work
and dedication that Kiddie Academy
of La Verne brings to the child care
industry,” says Kevin Murphy, Vice
President of Operations at Kiddie
Academy. “We appreciate their support of the brand and congratulate
them on this achievement.”
Kiddie Academy, founded in
1981, began with an idea to combine
learning with child care and a commitment to be a leader in the industry. Kiddie Academy has developed a
comprehensive education-based child
care program for its academies. The
La Verne location utilizes the Kiddie Academy Life Essentials® curriculum, which promotes each child’s
intellectual, social, physical and emotional growth.
For more information about Kiddie Academy of La Verne please contact Paul & Jessica Pieroth or Steven
& Brittney Paul at (909) 392-3333 or
[email protected].
About Kiddie Academy®
For more than 30 years, Kiddie
Academy® has been a leader in education-based child care. The company
serves families and their children
ages 6 weeks to 12 years old, offering
full time care, before- and after-school
care and summer camp programs.
Kiddie Academy’s proprietary Life
Essentials® curriculum, supporting
programs, methods, activities and
techniques help prepare children for
school and for life. Kiddie Academy
is using the globally recognized Advanced accreditation system, signifying its commitment to quality education and the highest standards in
child care. For more information, visit
www.kiddieacademy.com.
About Kiddie Academy®
Franchising
Kiddie Academy Domestic Franchising is based in Maryland and has
nearly 120 academies located in 23
states, including two company-owned
locations. Approximately 70 additional academies are in development,
with 15 to 20 new locations slated to
open each year. For more information, visit www.kiddieacademyfranchising.com
Page 20
August 2013
La Verne Chamber of Commerce Wins “Spirit”
Award at July 4th parade
“We worked hard on our float
and we were rewarded with the
Spirit Award. There were over
110 entries in the La Verne July
4th parade and we were picked,”
Brian McNerney, CEO of the La
Verne Chamber, said. “I am so
proud of the people who helped
us and also the team who were on
the float working to support the
people attending and thanking
them for their support. This was
a great day for La Verne and our
members!!”
Pictured from left to right:
Brian McNerney, Jerry Enis, Carl
Harstine( retired WW II Marine),
Maya Gonzales, Katie Sedor, Brittany Ciauri and Xenia Levitski.
International E-Z Up, Inc/ World Headquqrters recently donated this
E-Z Up to the San Dimas HEROES.

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