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What’s Happening Here?49ers men’s volleyball coach Andy Read looks for reasons for an 0-2 start. Page 7B

By Ryan ZumMallenSTAFF WRITER

Heading into the thickest part of the Big West Conference schedule, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team is cruising. The 49ers have won eight of their last nine, in-cluding 15 straight regular season conference games dating back to last year. The four seniors that de-fi ne this team’s identity — Casper Ware, Larry An-derson, T.J. Robinson and Eugene Phelps — are playing strong, error-free basketball and snapping school records like toothpicks. Simply put, like a hot shooter in NBA Jam, they’re on fi re. But that will all be on the line in the next week, with a pair of the ultimate put up or shut up games. Long Beach will travel to Cal Poly SLO on Thurs-day and then UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, two crucial games against the top contenders for the 49ers’ regular season throne. They’ll have to do it with freshman guard Mike Caffey on a fragile ankle, reserve guard Peter Pappageorge out with a hand injury, forward Edis Dervisevic still sitting for academic reasons and a lineup that head coach Dan Monson keeps tighter than a drum. Long Beach thus far has passed every test and

weathered one haymaker after another from confer-ence foes hell-bent on taking down the defending champs. Yes, sometimes the 49ers have come out lackadaisical, rotate too slowly on defense or shot more three-pointers than the dude at your gym who swears he almost went pro. But above all, they’ve always found ways to win. Caffey led the 49ers on a deciding run late in a close game against Poly a few weeks ago. Against UC Davis, Phelps posted a career night and led the team in points, rebounds, assists and blocks. And perhaps most surprising, the normally Shaq-like 49ers shot 35-39 from the free-throw line to wrestle a nail-biter away from Pacifi c. “Good teams don’t just win the same way every time, you have to win some games when every-thing’s not perfect,” Monson said after the Pacifi c game. In the immortal words of “Jurassic Park” char-acter Ian Malcolm, they will fi nd a way. That’s the sign of a team you can rely on. In Poly and UCSB, Long Beach will come face to face with the biggest obstacles in the path to achiev-ing their ultimate goal of winning the Big West Con-

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—Gazette photo by Jim CayerSCRAMBLE. LBSU’s Casper Ware tries to pass the ball Saturday as he struggles to defy gravity during a nail-biter against Pacifi c.

By Mike GuardabascioSPORTS EDITOR

The athletes of Wilson High School have always taken Long Beach’s motto “The International City” a little more se-riously than most. Because of the way the school has excelled in swimming, water polo and volleyball, there are always a handful of Wilson alums competing every time the Olympics rolls around. Sure enough, London in 2012 looks to feature Jessica Hardy, Lauren Silver and Cynthia Bar-boza, among others. Well, in 2011, four athletes took it on themselves to get a head start on their international careers. Chris Betts, Chase DeJong, Nick Hoy and Rebecca Strehlow all took off the cardinal and gold to don the red, white and blue, representing their country on foreign soil. Betts played for the Under-14 USA Ju-nior National team in Venezuela, where he started at catcher and was America’s best hitter in the tournament. For his efforts, he brought home a shiny gold medal, as did the other baseball player in the group, Chase DeJong. DeJong spent his Thanksgiving in Co-lombia, where he was one of the aces in the bullpen for the Under-18 USA Junior National squad. While there, he pitched in two games, going 1-0 and giving up just two hits in six innings, striking out six batters. Hoy, a water polo standout, went to

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By JJ FiddlerSPORTS EDITOR

It’s apropos for the Poly girls’ soccer team to dub freshman goalkeeper Imani McDonald “the goalie ninja” because much like a camoufl aged combatant, her skills and dominance have come out of no-where. Young for her grade and already enrolled in the highly touted PACE academic acad-emy at Poly, the 14-year-old McDonald enjoyed her birthday just two months be-fore suiting up for her fi rst varsity game in goal for head coach Terri Collins and the Jackrabbits. “When she got here (to Poly during the summer), she was under a very scrutinizing eye,” says Collins, who’s had a string of veteran goalkeepers over the last few sea-sons. “Immediately, I saw her goalkeeping skills were very advanced, but I was more impressed with her maturity.” Pleased as punch to be at the highest level — and to be recently measured above 5 feet tall — McDonald immediately grav-itated towards senior defensive captain Elliot Gentile for guidance during the summer. “She stepped in so well and was never afraid to tell a senior where to go and what to do,” says Gentile, who will attend Cal next year. “The defense needs leadership, and it starts in the back with the goalkeeper. (McDonald) will talk to me like she would to a 13-year-old club teammate, and at the same time she’ll also ask what she can do to improve herself.” After bouncing around a few local youth soccer clubs as a 10-year-old, McDonald ended up at North Huntington Beach FC with coach Rich Gomez, who she credits with teaching her how to communicate during the game as a goalkeeper. As a middle school student at Stanford, her parents moved her to the local Beach

Futbol Club, where she met Gentile. But her birthday and grade level had her play-ing with kids younger than her. In other words, when she arrived at Poly over the summer, she went from playing with 12- and 13-year-olds to 17-year-old high school seniors.

“My brother went to Poly. I always knew I was a Jackrabbit,” says the extremely well spoken McDonald of her decision to leave her Stanford friends who went to Wilson. “The biggest difference playing with the older girls is the shots. Everything is faster,

Young Goalie Ninja Leads Poly

—Gazette photo by Kevin OulesTAKING COMMAND. Goalie Imani McDonald shouts out directions during Poly’s battle Tuesday against Millikan.


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ference Tournament and reaching the NCAA Tournament. They pose unique challenges: Poly is the nation’s slowest offense and boasts a suffocating defense, while Santa Barbara is a squad of solid defenders and streaky shooters led by one-man wreck-ing crew Orlando Johnson. It’s like following up a heavyweight bout by running a marathon. So the 49ers will need to pull

even more tricks out of their hat, in order to win their second con-secutive conference title and earn the top seed in the Big West Tour-nament. But if you ask them, it’s got nothing to do with gimmicks or magic. This is simply a team that has spent the better part of four years learning how to win, and are now reaping the rewards. “This team is playing unselfish right now and trying to do what we ask, but the best thing that I saw was a team that was frustrat-ed but played through it,” Monson

said. “And that’s going to bode well for the future. It does a lot more than a 30-point win for our character.” After the Pacific game, in which Long Beach trailed by six with five minutes to play and eventu-ally won by 10, Ware said that the attitude in the locker room was not one of disappointment. Or elation. Or, really, anything. “A win is a win,” he said. “Be-ing seniors, we’ve been through this so many times, and I believe that helped us a lot during this game.” The 49ers started out hot and led in that game. Then they trailed. Then they “did what we do,” in the words of T.J. Robin-son, and pulled out the win. This is a team that, after several seasons of giving games away, is very comfortable in close and even precarious situations. While it may worry fans and critics that Long Beach isn’t blowing out their clearly inferior competi-tion, all that matters to the players themselves is a check in the col-umn marked “W.” And they won’t have a chance to grab two more important Ws this regular season than they do this week.Box Score Scribbles Have you noticed that the Pyra-mid has been curiously quiet over the last few weeks? Dervisevic, the power forward with a strong motor and an always-running mouth, has been nearly invisible since his indefinite suspension due to unspecified academic reasons. But he joined the team, on the bench and in street clothes, for the Pacific game and Mon-

son said that he “took a night off from studying” and it’s possible he could re-join the 49ers on the court sooner than later. Dervisevic’s absence left Long Beach with just a six-man rota-tion, and a glaring hole in their post defense once Phelps and Robinson head to the bench. En-ter redshirt-freshman Shepherd, a 6’9” pogo stick dripping in po-tential and causing 49er diehards to drool onto their keyboards. Monson has given Shepherd more

time in recent weeks, and the re-sults are mixed. Despite a promising back-to-the-basket jump hook, his offen-sive game is still in the juvenile stage. But defensively, Shepherd can contribute right now. The ex-tra playing time is allowing him to work on timing and consistency, and once those areas are sharp-ened, his blocks will increase and the fouls will decrease, and Long Beach could have a long-term post enforcer to rely on.

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Basketball

—Gazette photo by Kevin OulesSMACK DOWN. Eugene Phelps blocks a shot last Thursday against UC Davis during the 49er victory.

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Puerto Rico with the United States Cadet National Team, starting in goal and helping his team to the Gold Medal game, where they lost to a Brazilian team that fea-tured half of that nation’s Olym-pians. For his effort, he brought home a silver medal. Strehlow didn’t medal in Can-ada over the summer, but in fair-ness, she was also playing much higher above her age than the other Bruins. Strehlow was part-nered with Long Beach State’s Tara Roenicke in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Junior World Championships, playing compe-tition that went up to 21 years of age. She’d previously competed in Portugal in the 2010 FIVB Beach event, and for our photo she sported the two national championship medals she won in Atlanta and Reno, with the Sports Shack Volleyball Club. So what do four of the city’s most elite athletes talk about, when asked to pose together with their hardware? About what you’d expect. DeJong was teased about

the comparative flimsiness of his medal, which did in fact break during the photo shoot, as if on cue. Given that the Junior Nation-al players who won in Colombia will also be receiving nice-sized championship rings, however, he may have the last laugh. They swapped travel stories, and man, the four of them know more about international travel than your average 35-year-old, the result of dozens of hours of flight time between them. Strehlow and DeJong compared flight lengths, while Betts told Hoy about the green eggs (no ham) that he ate for breakfast in Venezuela. De-Jong ate cat in Colombia. Stre-hlow was at a U21 tournament in a country with a legal drinking age of 18, and had to dodge par-ties en route to playing. Other stories included one athlete trying to find a way to communicate to hotel staff that a teammate had vomited in their hotel room, and one competing international team not being shy about the fact that prostitution was legal in the tournament’s host country. The shared experi-ence, of course, was bigger than

the unique stories that unfolded across the five nations these ath-letes have competed in. All four of them wore their nation’s colors in a foreign land, and heard their national anthems, and learned a meaning to that anthem that regu-lar students, regular athletes, may never grasp. DeJong still gets emotional de-scribing the experience of listen-ing to that anthem at the top of the medal stand, thinking about the time his grandfather, Lou Ad-kins, had spent as a prisoner of

war in the Korean War. Now back in Long Beach, the athletes have their attention fixed on what’s in front of them. Only Betts, a fresh-man, has more than a few months at Wilson. Soon, Strehlow will be off to UCLA, DeJong to USC, Hoy to likely either Pepperdine or UCLA. But Wilson will travel with them, as will “Long Beach, CA,” listed as their hometown on game programs in the NCAA level, and beyond. “This doesn’t happen very of-

ten, does it?” one of the athletes asked, standing in front of the entrance arches to Wilson. No, it certainly does not — it’s a rarity for a high school to have even one international competitor, much less a quartet. Wilson has long maintained the claim that they’ve produced more Olympians than any other prep program in the country. This year, they started early on that process. Call it The Interna-tional City’s International High School, perhaps.

—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanBRUINS PRIDE. Wilson HIgh School athletes (from left) Nick Hoy, Chase DeJong, Rebecca Stre-hlow and Chris Betts are international competitors.


Wilson’s Best

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I was never an athlete, but I end-ed up around athletes. I was stu-dent manager of my high school water polo and swimming teams, covered high school and college athletics for the school newspa-pers and served two semesters as Sports Editor of the Long Beach City College Viking.

The reason for this was simple — I was a wimpy kid. I was not too tall, not too well built, and I couldn’t see worth a darn without my glasses. I did sail, however, both Naples Sabots as a young-ster and later in Sea Scouts. And I learned to row. Our Sea Scouts only had rowboats in which we could get around over at Catalina Island, so I rowed all the time. I became a very good

oarsman. I was not tall enough to row in college, but I was quite competent in a small boat. And, oddly enough, I developed unexpected strength in my arms and shoulders. Not only could I row long distances, I could climb a rope faster than anyone in my Scout group and almost as fast as my peers in high school P.E. Later, when I worked on a sail-ing ship out of San Pedro, I was strong enough to pull myself hand-over-hand into the rigging. The point of all this is not to brag about my physical prow-ess — I assure you, at my age, there is not enough of it left about which I can brag — but to explain why the fact that the Long Beach Rowing Association has teamed up with Powerhouse Fitness to of-fer indoor rowing classes sounds to me like a great opportunity. Rowing is a remarkable form of exercise. Not only is it low-impact and exercises almost the entire body — arms, legs and torso — but it also is an excellent aerobic exercise. And it does burn the calories — 800 per hour, by one estimate, equivalent to that burned swimming laps, cycling at speed or even playing soccer. And the best part of this deal is, you can do it indoors on the mod-ern, state-of-the-art Concept2 rowing machines in the Pete Archer Boathouse on the his-toric Marine Stadium. Yep, that’s right: no need to get up on a rainy morning to launch a shell and row it around Naples. You can do this exercise in the Boathouse and not have to worry about capsizing the boat if you catch a crab (which is a rowing term for burying your oar so deeply that it can upset the boat). The program is administered by Powerhouse Fitness, an out-fi t right here in Long Beach that matches folks wanting to exercise and improve their health with in-dividualized training in a group environment. Besides indoor rowing, they offer programs in “boot camp” fi tness and Zumba, the dance-based exercise pro-gram, as well as spinning classes on stationary bicycles. This is not free; there are fees involved. There are morning and evening sessions at the Boathouse most days as well as sessions at “the Warehouse,” the headquar-ters of Powerhouse Fitness near the intersection of Anaheim Street and Redondo Avenue. If your goal is getting out on the water in a rowing boat, this is a great way to get started. If your goal is to burn calories in a waterside setting with others, this would be a great way to do that. And it would be a chance to see and use the Pete Archer Boat-house on Marine Stadium. If you are interested in this pro-gram, or all the programs of the Long Beach Rowing Association, visit, www.longbeachrowing.org. There is informaiton online about classes available for adults or youngsters. Or, you can call the Long Beach Rowing Association offi ce at 438-3352.

“Wimpy Kid” Turned Athlete On Water


—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanJordan goalie Carina Martinez, a sophomore, makes an incredible save with her foot against Wilson last week. The Bruins won the game, but Martinez may have made the save of the year.

DRAMATIC SAVE

and well-placed, so I’ve had to adapt… And given my height, it’s been a big adjustment.” Well, so far, so good. McDon-ald is averaging almost six saves a game while allowing only 12 goals in 17 games started this season. More impressively, the freshman has only allowed one goal in six Moore League games and has eight shutouts. “She’s far surpassed any ex-pectations,” Collins says. “Her goal kicks, her punts, her distri-bution of the ball… she’s just so comfortable and she’s picked up our system, it’s not us adjusting to her. Our 2009 team had 18 shutouts and that’s the season re-cord. I think Imani will challenge that before she’s done here.” The biggest test for a fresh-man is how they perform under the pressure of the “big games,” and for Moore League girls’ soc-cer this season, the big games are Lakewood, Wilson and Millikan. In an early season test at Lake-wood, McDonald picked up a shutout with six saves while two Gentile free kicks earned Poly a 2-0 victory. “She was making over seven saves a game early in the season because she was staying on her line a little too much,” Collins says. “But we talked about it once, she made the adjustment, and is

doing a much better job being ag-gressive.” That was on display during last week’s game against Wilson. “I was extremely nervous,” McDonald says of her mindset before the game last Tuesday. “You can’t really know how in-tense and hard fought that game is until you’re playing in it.”

But as the local derby got go-ing, it would’ve been easy to mis-take the freshman with a veteran. She organized her defense, made seven saves and only gave up one goal. After Poly senior Sam Shier scored the go-ahead goal with 19 minutes left, McDonald showed how good she is at being in the right position at the right time. She protected the lead as the Jackrabbits beat the Bruins for only the second time in eight years. Finally on Tuesday in the fi nal game of the fi rst round of league play at Millikan, McDonald came up huge in the opening minutes as she charged off her line to make an imperative stop. In the second half with the game still score-less, she made three consecutive punch saves to keep her clean sheet intact and keep her team atop the Moore League.

Cool, calm, confi dent and in control. That’s what every soccer coach wants his or her goalkeep-er to be, and Collins has to keep reminding herself, with a smirk, “Yeah, I get her for another three years.”


Goalie


By Tyler HendricksonStaff Writer

in the 1970s, the rock group Bachman-turner Overdrive had a smash hit called “takin’ Care of Business.” though nearly four decades old, it would be a fitting theme song for the 49ers’ men’s basketball team as they make their way through their confer-ence schedule. it hasn’t been pretty, but they are living up to the song’s title. in two wins over the bottom feed-ers of the Big West, Long Beach didn’t always look dominant, but they defended their home floor and remained undefeated in con-ference. the ‘Niners are winners of eight of their last nine games, while extending a pair of winning streaks. they’ve won 17 straight home games, which is now the seventh longest home-court win-ning streak in the country. the Beach hosted UC Davis on friday night, a team in search of their first win over a Division 1 opponent. though it was a rela-tively close affair at halftime, 35-29, the ’Niners avoided the massive upset by outscoring the aggies 51-29 over the final 20 minutes to get the 28-point win. it was eugene Phelps who stole the show for Long Beach, play-ing perhaps the best game of his career. He posted a career-high 23 points, shooting 11/16 from the field, and also pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. He also tied for a game high with four as-sists and didn’t turn the ball over. it was a dream performance for Phelps (literally) who claims that he foresaw his monster game the night before. “i had a dream last night that i’d play a great game, and i woke up, and just knew,” Phelps said af-ter the victory. Head coach Dan Monson like-ly is hoping his big man sleeps well the remainder of the season, knowing his importance to the team’s success. “He’s the X-factor for this team,” Monson said of his senior forward. “i can’t remember the last time he played well and we lost.” in Saturday’s televised contest against Pacific, fans had to be itching for the ’Niners to blow the doors off and show off for the cam-eras with quick transition offense and dunks galore. instead, Long Beach was sucked into another grind-it-out type game, where the 49ers won it down the stretch at

the free throw line. that’s right. Won it at the free throw line. Pacific slowed the ’Niners with their zone look, and seduced them into shooting too many threes. the temptation for triples meant that the offense lacked rhythm

and sputtered to just 24 first-half points, and a two-point deficit at the break. Luckily for Long Beach, they attacked the basket enough—and coaxed Pacific into enough fouls in the final minutes of the game—to bring the 49ers

a whopping 33-second half free throw attempts. astonishingly, the 49ers, not noted for their charity stripe acu-men, sunk 20 of 21 free throws down the stretch, shooting 35 of 39 for the game Some of the standout free throw shooters in-cluded: Casper Ware (5/5), James ennis (8/8) and Larry anderson (10/10). the Beach made it look better on the final score sheet with

the 76-66 win, but the tigers cer-tainly made them sweat it out. Pa-cific led by six with five minutes remaining, but Long Beach used the aforementioned free throw shooting and a monster four-point play from Casper Ware to end the game on a 23-7 run. it’s important to remember that these are the two worst teams in the Big West, playing in the Pyra-


—Gazette photo by John FajardoJUST OUT OF REACH. LBSU Men’s Volleyball players Taylor Crabb, Jim Baughman and Srdjan Nadazdin are unable to get to the ball during an upset loss at Pepperdine.

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mid. The ‘Niners took care of business again this week, but they have serious tests ahead of them on the road. The 49ers (12-6, 5-0) are on the Highway 101 swing as they head north to play Cal Poly on Thursday and UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. Long Beach fought to a five-point win over Cal Poly back on Jan. 5, and the Mustangs will surely be looking for some revenge tonight, Thursday. And of course, UCSB requires little introduction to 49er fans. The

two-time defending LBSU heart-breakers in the Big West Tour-nament will be tough to beat at home. The game against the Gau-chos will be televised nationally on ESPNU, with tipoff at 8 p.m. Saturday.Women’s Basketball With several players missing time with injury throughout the year, it’s been difficult to find a consistent rhythm for these 49ers, and the inexperienced squad has struggled away from home. This past week, the road was cruel, featuring big losses to both Pacif-ic (93-56) and UC Davis (78-62). There were some bright spots

on the trip, however. First, the 49ers regained the presence of a true post player as freshman Devin Hudson finally returned from her injury. She played in both games, starting against UC Davis and recording a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds in that contest. Additionally, senior Tipesa Moorer set a new career high in points as she posted 24 against UC Davis, thanks to her shoot-ing 10 for 14 in the game. Moorer

continues to be the scorer for Long Beach, and with the inside presence of Hudson, perhaps the 49ers are approaching offensive consistency. The 49ers (7-11, 2-3) are back in Long Beach for a pair of games this weekend. They host UC Santa Barbara (7-8, 2-2) at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Cal Poly (6-10, 3-1) at 4 p.m. on Saturday.Men’s Volleyball After a strong start to their schedule, the 49ers met a pair of MPSF foes on the road and things

did not go well. Long Beach was authoritatively swept at USC (25-17, 25-16, 25-18) before dropping a hard-fought four-set match at Pepperdine (25-22, 14-25, 26-24, 26-24). Super sophomore Taylor Crabb led the team with 25 kills and 21 digs on the trip. The 49ers (2-3, 0-2) will be at Cal State Northridge (1-4, 0-2) on Friday, and then finally be in the Pyramid on Wednesday the 25th as they host Cal Baptist at 7 p.m. in a non-league match.

—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanFLUSH IT! Eugene Phelps goes up high for the finish during a career-best effort in a home win against UC Davis.


LBSU Notebook

COASTAL ALLIANCE COASTAL ALLIANCE


By Tyler HendricksonStaff Writer

following an 0-9 start, it would have been easy to write off the Vikings’ men’s basketball team

from any type of contention this season. they struggled in close games, lacked ideal size, and weren’t able to find the win col-umn for more than a month of the

season. But the Vikings have gone 6-2 since that dismal start, and are looking strong in the CCCMBCa South Coast South Division. With wins this week at La trade tech

and at home against el Camino, LBCC is up to 6-11 overall, and 3-1 in league. after getting a solid 78-66 win in La, the Vikings came home to have some fun in dismantling el Camino 94-69. it was just a five-point game at the half, but Long Beach outscored the visitors 51-31 in the second frame to run away with the win. it was an up-set for the Vikings, as el Camino was ranked 17th in the state com-ing into the matchup. But the Vi-kings played spoiler using a bal-anced scoring attack along with a harassing defense that double-teamed and sometimes triple-teamed el Camino star Cameron Gray. the Vikings played a very clean game, shooting 55% and winning the turnover battle 22 to 10. they also had a whopping 10 players who scored at least six points, with four different Vikings in double figures. Once again, ray-nard tyler was the leading scorer with 15, but Jared Garber, tyler tuliau and Will ervin weren’t far behind with 12 points each. the offense thrived in many facets, in-cluding points off turnovers (26), points in the paint (48) and bench scoring (42). it was a welcome sight for a team that’s been looking to string a few wins together. it won’t be a winning streak until the Vikings get their third straight, and they’ll have their chance to do it in the Hall of Champions as their homestand continues. they’re in action at 7 p.m. friday night hosting Pasa-dena.Women’s Basketball One thing we’ve learned about

this team is that they don’t lose on the road. So the task now is to work on defending their home floor and moving up the state rankings. the #14 Vikings got a 72-42 win at La trade tech this week, which makes them 8-0 on the road this season. then they returned home for a 48-44 win against el Camino, giving them a 5-4 record in Long Beach. it looked as if the Vikings would lose on their home court for the fourth straight time, but a fever-ish second half rally earned them the W. LBCC trailed 31-18 at the half, but forced 20 turnovers and held their opponent to 17% shoot-ing in the second half to outscore el Camino 30-13 over the final 20 minutes. Kaaron King was the top per-former for Long Beach, as she had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, team highs in both categories. Point guard Kala amico had a balanced game with seven points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals. it was the first home win since Nov. 23 for LBCC, who has now won three in a row to improve their record to 13-4, 5-3 in conference. a big game awaits the Vikings this weekend as they host Pasade-na in a rematch of LBCC’s 54-51 win back on Dec. 7. Starting the second round of conference play, it’s imperative that Long Beach begins on the right foot. it starts with getting another win over Pasadena before going on the road to face east La (a team that previously beat them 66-54) next Wednesday. the game against Pasadena is at 5 p.m. friday in the Hall of Champions.

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—Photo courtesy AYSO FlexLong Beach’s own U12 Girls AYSO Flex team, led by St. Anthony soccer coach Brett Minter, among others, won the Mayor’s Cup Soccer Tournament at Heartwell Park recently. Pictured are:(Laying down, L-R) Makena Werling, Carly Simpson and Izzy Hal-lock; (Middle Row) Fiona O’Leary, Kalia Toumasis, Sophie Abboud, Juliana Skjonsby, Rhiannon Lang and Trisha Torre; (Back Row) Hannah Sees, Lily Slater, Coach Cheryl Hallock and Madison Del-rosario.

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O N T H E W E B~ If you missed the latest home stand for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team, you missed the 49ers taking over fi rst place in the Big West Conference with wins over UC Davis and Pacifi c. But never fear, go to GazettesSports.com right now and you can watch the highlight vid-eos from both of those games, which includes James Ennis’s incredible dunk and Casper Ware’s and-one three pointer. You can also watch any video on our YouTube Channel under GazettesSports.~ Make sure you listen to SportsNight live at noon every Thursday on the KBeach Global Radio airwaves. SportsNight is the one and only sports talk show in Long Beach where we will have the latest reports for the Long Beach State men’s basketball road trip plus a mailbag full of your questions, which you can leave in our comment section, or send to fi [email protected].~ Don’t have a question for SportsNight, but want to make your voice heard around the LBC? The comment section on every story is a perfect place to do so. Send a good luck to your favorite team on a game pre-view, shout out a player on a game recap, or ask Mike and JJ a question about the week in Long Beach sports.

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By Mike Guardabascio and JJ Fiddler

SportS EditorS

it was a strange week for Moore League boys’ basketball, but in the end no upsets went down. poly didn’t make a single field goal in the first quarter of their game against Lakewood, but still

ended up winning with a running clock in the fourth quarter. A day after their win over the Lancers, the Jackrabbits hit the airport for a flight to Seattle, where they played a game against rainier Beach. Since poly is ESpN’s No. 26 team in the nation and rainier Beach was No. 27, it was bound

to be a close game—and it was, with poly winning 64-58. once again it was roschon prince who led the ‘rabbits with 20 points, to go along with 8 boards and a pair of steals. Jordan Bell had 13 points, 13 boards and four blocks in the win, which had the Seattle tV announcers saying during the broadcast that the state “should be honored to have such a prestigious program on Wash-ington soil.” Cabrillo also topped the Lanc-ers this week, 59-44, for their first Moore League victory in 20 tries. tylen douglas led the Jags with 20 points to help make a little Ca-brillo history.Girls’ Soccer poly, Millikan and Wilson wins in last week’s late games set up a huge showdown between the Jackrabbits and rams, both un-beaten in the Moore League, on tuesday evening. As is often the way with soccer, nothing was de-cided by the time the two teams departed the pitch, following 80 minutes of tight soccer, that end-ed in a 0-0 tie. the rams indeed fought off a total of nine shots on goals by poly, as their junior keeper olivia Bedard turned away all attacks. on the other side, poly’s fresh-man imani Mcdonald recorded seven saves, including two fan-tastic challenges in the first half. And while poly Coach terri Col-

lins wishes her team could have broken through with one of their long bombs, she said, “the con-soling factor is we didn’t give up a goal, either.” that leaves poly, Millikan, and Wilson all up near the top of the standings—Millikan will play Wilson twice in the next week, which will play a big part in de-fining the shape the rest of the league season will take.Boys’ Soccer it was a wild week in the Moore League, which saw everything and nothing decided at the same time. Compton upset the Wilson Bruins, who later in the week up-set the then-unbeaten poly Jack-rabbits, thanks to a 71st minute goal by Justin Erikensen. that meant that the huge clash between nationally-ranked Mil-likan and Cabrillo was just as important as it usually is, and the game lived up to the hype. At this point, somebody needs to file an injunction to move the rams/Jags boys’ soccer games into primetime. More people should have had the chance to see Millikan, on their home field, fight back from down 2-0 to tie it with less than 30 seconds left in regulation, and salvage a 2-2 draw against their crosstown rivals. “there’s no quit in my guys,” said Millikan coach rod petk-ovic. “they’re all heart. they didn’t want to lose ... you can’t teach someone that.” Both teams wanted it, and it was obvious from the beginning that more than just two points for the win were on the line. two minutes into the game, Cabrillo’s Jerry Gaskins blasted a shot at Millikan keeper Steven Barrera, who made the most acrobatic save we’ve seen this year, jumping up and picking the ball out of the air just below the crossbar. But Cabrillo wouldn’t be de-nied, and in the 17th minute, they struck first on a corner taken by Franklin Aguilera, who tapped it forward to Jose Vaca, who flicked it in front, where it lay for a sec-ond between three Millikan play-ers, before Leo Cuevas bumped it into the net for a 1-0 lead. Coming out of halftime, the biggest question was whether or not Cabrillo would continue to push forward, or sit back and try

to hold their lead. Vaca had a fu-rious run down the right sideline 10 seconds in that answered that question: the Jags wanted to keep the pressure on. A minute later, Francisco Contreras crossed the ball across the box, and Vaca hit it in with a diving header, making it 2-0 Cabrillo. All thoughts turned to that same field a year earlier, when the Jags had trailed 2-0, but came back to tie it at two in the final five min-utes with a furious rally. Could Millikan do the same? “oh i was definitely thinking about that game,” said Cabrillo coach pat Noyes. “one hundred percent. We talked about it at halftime — if we go up 2-0, that’s not the end of the game.” Sure enough, it wasn’t. After the second Cabrillo score, Milli-kan came on hard, and in the 51st minute, it paid off after Millikan’s Luis Cervantes dribbled past three defenders in the box, and then short-side drilled the ball into the net past Cabrillo keeper Manny reyes. But with 20 minutes left in the game, Cabrillo did something very un-Cabrillo like. they pulled men back, and packed their de-fense in behind the rams, trying to limit Millikan’s ability to use their speed to find space. Until the final seconds of the game, it looked like that would be the case. thirty seconds beyond the 80-minute mark, however, Millikan somehow pulled off magic. Miguel Hernandez booted what seemed like a harmless ball from midfield, and it bounced at the top of the Cabrillo box after a high arc. the ball hit the ground and bounced up, as things crystal-ized for Millikan’s Luis ortega. “Everything slowed down,” he said after the game, smiling. “the ball just rolled to me.” ortega drilled it, and it deflect-ed off a Cabrillo defender, and into the goal, just seconds before the rams would have taken a loss on their home field, something they’ve done fewer than a dozen times in the last 30 years. the next time they meet will be Feb. 1 — and hopefully it won’t be played at 3 p.m. Soccer this good deserves to be seen by all.Girls’ Basketball the status quo has ruled in Moore League girls’ basketball, pointing poly and Millikan to-wards their showdown this week. the Jackrabbits took care of Lakewood 66-18, and Millikan survived a close game with Wil-son, 73-60. the two top 10 CiF-ranked programs will play for first place this week. the week’s most exciting game was the one not featuring the CiF-ranked Jackrabbits or rams. Ca-brillo guard Mariah Gross led all scorers with 15 points and led her team to a 46-39 double overtime win over Compton at home on Friday. Gross opened the second overtime with a transition layup and then back-to-back three pointers sealed the deal. Compton guard Breanna Brewster (10 pts.) scored the first four points in the first overtime and it looked like the tarbabes were going to ride the momen-tum to victory. However, Cabrillo guard tiki Sanford (8 pts.) put back an offensive rebound and turned a steal into a layup on back-to-back frantic possessions with less than 30 seconds remain-ing.

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Welcome back to By the Books, where we break down how all the Long Beach teams are doing in polls both local and national.Boys’ Basketball things are stable this week af-ter the monumental CiF poll up-heavals last week. Mater dei is still No. 1 in division 1, and poly is still No. 2 right behind them. Compton’s win over nationally-ranked Windward last Saturday has done wonders for their poll status, as they’re up to No. 11 in the LA Times’ SoCal poll (they were No. 23 last week). the Jackrabbits are No. 20 in the nation and No. 2 in the state according to Maxpreps.com, and on ESpN’s top 50, poly clocks in at No. 26. We’re going to have to wait a week to see how the Jackrabbits’ win over Seattle’s nationally-ranked rainier Beach on Mon-day is going to affect their status in the national polls.Girls’ Basketball there’s no denying that poly’s girls’ basketball team is back, as they’ve now moved all the way up to No. 2 in the nation on Max-preps.com’s poll. ESpN has them at No. 22 in the country, but con-sidering that poly started the year unranked, it’s still an impressive jump. Millikan and St. Anthony remain the other Long Beach ranked teams in CiF.Boys’ Soccer Millikan’s nationally-ranked team hasn’t been punished as of yet for their tie against Cabrillo last week, perhaps because of the spectacular fashion in which it occurred. Millikan remains ranked at No. 27 in the country in the ESpN top 50 poll. Ca-brillo isn’t nationally ranked, but have shown in recent results that they could be — they’re certainly good enough. the problem for Millikan is that since the Jags are unranked,

national rankings services might still dock them in next week’s polls.LBSU Basketball the 49ers are up and down this week. in rankings done by actual human beings, like the MidMajor top 25, they’re up. Anyone who’s watched their perfect start to con-ference knows they’re among the best non-BCS schools in the country. Accordingly, the MidMajor poll has adjusted, having them move up five spots from No. 16 to No. 11. Now for the bad news. in the computer-calculated rpi rank-ings, crucial in seeding the NCAA tournament, the Big West Blues continue for the Black & Gold. thanks to how low the rpi of their conference foes are, the 49ers have dropped from where they were at No. 11, all the way down to No. 54, almost officially eliminating them from an at-large bid to the NCAAs. it highlights the problem that the Big West is hoping to eliminate by adding high-rpi teams like San diego State. the 49ers have started 5-0 in conference, but the conference is so week it’s still dropped them 43 spots.LBSU Volleyball As expected, the 49ers are tak-ing a hit in the American Vol-leyball Coaches Association poll this week after a pair of confer-ence losses last week. the 49ers began the season ranked No. 6 in the country, and after a strong start had risen to No. 5. But after losing matches at USC (a sweep, no less) and pepperdine (in four sets), the 49ers have fallen to No. 8. that may not seem like a lot, but as there are so few division 1 men’s volleyball teams in the country, that represents the big-gest drop of any team in the na-tional rankings. they have a chance to stop the slide this week, as they play on the road at No. 11 Northridge. A loss there would likely pull them out of the top 10 for the first time this year.

Victor Robbins, Compton Basketball Robbins, a senior, is the top unsigned hoops senior in the state of California, so it’s no surprise that he led his team to three vic-tories last week with three strong performanc-es. First they took down Wilson on Wednes-day, and then Robbins dropped 18 points on Cabrillo for a Friday victory. The next night, against nationally ranked Windward, Robbins exploded for 25 points and 16 boards to help the Tarbabes pull off the upset.

Sam Shier, Poly Soccer Going into Poly’s huge Moore League clash with nationally-ranked Wilson last Tuesday, senior Sam Shier hadn’t scored a goal all year and her Jackrabbits were 5-5-5, perhaps seeming headed for a second-place finish to the Bruins. But with one swing of her foot in the 71st minute, Shier flipped that script, scoring the game-winning goal to put Poly on top of the Moore League, over their rivals. Not a bad time for your first goal of the season.

Eugene Phelps, LBSU Basketball The senior Phelps picked a nice time for his best-ever game as a 49er, leading his team to a runaway win against UC Davis. Phelps led Long Beach State in points, rebounds, assists and blocks. His 23 points were a career high, and his 11 rebounds were not only a team high, but were a third of the Aggies’ team to-tal. He also didn’t commit a single turnover in 62 minutes of action in two games.

Taylor Crabb, LBSU Volleyball It’s been a surprisingly rocky start for the No. 5 ranked 49ers, who started conference play 0-2, and are now just 2-3 overall. But the sophomore Crabb, a preseason All-American candidate, continues to be steady. Even in the 49ers’ second MPSF loss, on the road at Pep-perdine, he had 15 kills and 14 digs. Earlier in the week, Crabb led the 49ers’ offense with 10 kills, along with two aces, 7 digs and a block.

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THURSDAYMoore League Girls’ Soccer, Wil-son @ Lakewood, 3 p.m. it’s the first day of the second round of league play and the Bruins will be finishing a busy week when they travel to Lancer land. Wilson will face Cabrillo on tuesday, Millikan on Wednes-day and then Lakewood today as they continue to re-enter players recovering from early season in-jury. Meanwhile, Lakewood and head coach Scott Manson hope that the second round brings bet-ter luck for the Lancers. they were beaten by goals in the late minutes against Wilson, poly and Millikan in the first round of play.Moore League Girls’ Water Polo @ 3 p.m. the league schedule continues today when poly hosts Millikan in a matchup with major play-off implications while first-place Wilson hosts Jordan.Moore League Wrestling, Lake-wood @ Millikan, 6 p.m. the Lancers had a lead on poly last thursday and were six bouts away from facing Millikan to-night for the Moore League title. But the Jackrabbits came storm-ing back for the victory, and since the Millikan beat poly in december, that means a win to-night will make the rams back-to-back Moore League champs.FRIDAYMoore League Boys’ Soccer @ 3 p.m. the top of the league is a bit muddled with Millikan and Ca-brillo tied atop the ladder with one tie, poly behind them with one loss and Wilson and Comp-ton behind them with two losses. that makes today very interest-ing with Cabrillo hosting Wilson and Millikan hosting poly. What-ever happens, it will end the first round of league play and leave us all wanting more, which we will get starting Monday when poly travels to Compton for a massive

matchup for the standings.Moore League Girls’ & Boys’ Bas-ketball @ 5 and 6:30 p.m. the best doubleheader of the day will be in the ron palmer pa-vilion on the poly High campus as the Jackrabbits host the Millikan rams. on the girls’ side, poly is No. 2 in the nation with just one non-league loss on the season as senior destiny King (#34) leads the way with 12 points, eight re-bounds, four steals and three as-sists per game. Meanwhile the rams (11-5, 3-0) can really shoot the ball this season with senior raneisha duncan (#2) averag-ing 16 points per game and ju-nior forward Basha Brulee-Wills (#11) averaging a double double with 11 points and 10 rebounds per game. on the boys’ side, the young rams will try to knock off the highly touted Jackrab-bits. ranked No. 2 in the state by Maxpreps, poly struggled with the pace of the game last week at home against Lakewood, so they hope the more athletic Millikan squad will let them get out and run more. Which, obviously, will make for a much better highlight video that you will find at Ga-zettesSports.com on Saturday.SATURDAYLBSU Women’s Basketball vs. Cal Poly, Walter Pyramid @ 4 p.m. After winning their first two Big West games at home, the 49ers (7-11, 2-3) lost their next three conference games, the last two coming on the road by a combined score of 171-118. Long Beach State returns to the friendly confines of the Walter pyramid this week against UC Santa Barbara (thursday) and Cal poly today. the Mustangs (6-10, 3-1) have found their stride as of late with Kristina Santiago (#12) leading the way. the 6’2” redshirt senior from Santa Ma-ria, who had to sit out all of last season with a knee injury, leads her team with 23 points and 10 rebounds per game to go with a staggering 17 blocked shots and 26 steals on the season.

Last Friday morning, St. An-thony announced that they’d hired a new football coach, some-one they hope will lead them in a return to glory. Former Wilson head coach Ma-rio Morales will assume his new duties at Clark Field immediate-ly. “Staying in Long Beach was really intriguing to me,” Morales said. “the timing was right, and i

feel a lot of support there. they’re ready to take the program to the next level.” that level includes more fund-raising, facilities improvements at Clark Field, and higher num-bers of participation. “they’ve been very aggressive in trying to renovate the field,” Morales said. “Seeing the first renderings was impressive. it showed me

that they’re willing to get this go-ing.” St. Anthony principal Mike Schabert and athletic director Brian Walsh, who also was the previous coach for the Saints, conducted the hiring process. the two reviewed more than 90 applicants, and hired Morales from a finalist pool of eight. “We are very excited to wel-come such a high caliber of coach as Coach Morales to the growing St. Anthony High School com-munity,” Schabert said. “Coach Morales brings a strong passion for football and shaping student-athletes on the field and in life.” Morales will remain a teacher at Lakewood while coaching. He jokingly noted Lakewood is actually closer — much closer to Clark Field than Schabert, Walsh and the rest of the St. Anthony faculty are.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2012 007349

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:Esfandi & Gipoor General Partnership, 524 W. 17th St., Long Beach, CA 90813, County of Los AngelesRegistered owner(s):Cyrus Gipoor, 262 Grand Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803Jahanguir Esfandi, 718 Warner Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024Catherine Gipoor, 262 Grand Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803Edna B. Esfandi, 718 Warner Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024This business is conducted by a General PartnershipThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/15/2011I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)S/ Catherine Gipoor, General PartnerThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on January 12, 2012NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Original1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9/12

CNS-2244712#


The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:Yukon Realty, 5318 E. Second Street #599, Long Beach, CA 90803, County of Los Angeles.Registered owner(s):Todd E. Lewis, 5318 E. Second Street #599, Long Beach, CA 90803.This business is conducted by an individual.The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)S/ Todd E. Lewis, OwnerThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 13, 2011.NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Original1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/12

CNS-2238053#

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 2011145939

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:Corks Away, 194 Marina Drive #101, Long Beach, CA 90803, County of Los AngelesRegistered owner(s):Corks Away LLC, 194 Marina Drive #101, Long Beach, CA 90803This business is conducted by Limited Liability CompanyThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/AI declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Corks Away LLCS/ Shane Cianclolo, ManagerThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 8, 2011.NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement

generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).New Filings1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26/12

CNS-2236052#


The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:KPASTA, 6218 E. Pacifi c Coast Hwy., Los Angeles, CA 90803, County of Los AngelesArticles of Incorporation or Organization Number: AI #ON: 2392186Registered owner(s):El Tapatio Inc., CA, 6218 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Los Angeles, CA 90803This business is conducted by a CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/aI declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)El Tapatio Inc. DBA KPASTAS/ Enrique Perez, PresidentThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 21, 2011NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Original12/29, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19/12

CNS-2231650#


The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:Enriques Mexican Restaurant, 6210 E Pacifi c Coast Hwy., Los Angeles, CA 90803, County of Los AngelesArticles of Incorporation or Organization Number: AI #ON: 2392196Registered owner(s):El Tapatio, Inc., CA, 6210 E Pacific Coast Hwy., Los Angeles, CA 90803This business is conducted by a CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/AI declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)El Tapatio, Inc., DBA EnriquesS/ Enrique Perez, PresidentThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 21, 2011.NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Original12/29, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19/12

CNS-2231641#


The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:

BIS Italian American Sport Cafe, 3819 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807, County of LARegistered owner(s):Robert Bologna, 1169 W. 24 St. Apt. A, San Pedro, CA 90731Alessandro Colaiacomo, 1625 Hile Ave., Long Beach, CA 90804This business is conducted by a General PartnershipThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/AI declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)S/ Robert BolognaThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 21, 2011.NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).Original12/29, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19/12

CNS-2231289#

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

JIMMIE DURIOCASE NO. NP014789

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JIMMIE DURIO.A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CAROL DURIO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CAROL DURIO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 03/01/12 at 1:30PM in Dept. G located at 415 W. OCEAN BLVD., LONG BEACH, CA 90802IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for PetitionerWILLIAM C. PRICE, ESQ.PRAY PRICE WILLIAMS & PICKING555 E OCEAN BLVD #810LONG BEACH CA 908021/19, 1/26, 2/2/12

CNS-2243564#

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:FRANCES MAE GEWECKE

CASE NO. BP132461To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the lost WILL or estate, or both of FRANCES MAE GEWECKE.A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BARBARA

GOLDEN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BARBARA GOLDEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests the decedent’s lost WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The lost WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/06/12 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for PetitionerK. KEVIN LEVIAN - SBN 227734LEVIAN LAW1875 CENTURY PARK EAST, STE 1460LOS ANGELES CA 900671/12, 1/19, 1/26/12

CNS-2240951#

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:GLENN ISAAC GEWECKE

CASE NO. BP132462To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GLENN ISAAC GEWECKE.A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ELIA D. HILGENBERG in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ELIA D. HILGENBERG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/06/12 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters

as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for PetitionerK. KEVIN LEVIAN, - SBN 227734LEVIAN LAW1875 CENTURY PARK EAST, STE 1460LOS ANGELES CA 900671/12, 1/19, 1/26/12

CNS-2240949#

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0117273 Title Order No. 11-0097702 APN No. 7253-008-021 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/19/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by BLANCA NAVIDAD GLADDEN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 06/19/2007 and recorded 7/2/2007, as Instrument No. 20071574402, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 02/14/2012 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1360 GRAND AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CA, 908042920. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $288,646.35. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 01/19/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.150969 1/19, 1/26, 2/02/2012 1/19, 1/26, 2/2/12

CNS-2244911#

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0118997 Title Order No. 11-0099568 APN No. 7258-011-026 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A

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