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Ronny and the Classics will kick off Temple City’s summer concert series on Wednesday, June 24 with the “Ultimate Oldies Show”. This new show brings togeth-er your favorites from Ronny and the Classics as well as a tribute to Buddy Holly per-formed by Steven Williams. Get set to enjoy an energetic performance of songs from the good old days of rock and roll and your favorite Buddy Holly tunes! “Blueberry Hill”, “Great Balls of Fire”, “Peggy

Ronny and the classics Kick off summer concert seriesSue”, “Rave On” and “That’ll Be the Day” will get you up and dancin’ in no time!

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Temple City Park. Pre-concert activities start at 6:30 p.m. Buy a ticket for the 50/50 Raffle Drawing! Get moving with Shape Up TC– all ages are welcome to join TC Parks & Recreation staff during a mini-exercise dem-onstration. Be the first to purchase a “Sounds of Sum-mer” – Concert in the Park t-shirt! $6 each - quantity

limited! Concert t-Shirts can be pre-purchased at City Hall or at each concert.

Temple City Park is lo-cated at 9701 Las Tunas Drive. Popcorn, hot dogs, candy, soda, shaved ice and much more will be avail-able for purchase as well as Temple City merchandise. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, your dancin’ shoes and get ready for a trip down memory lane. For further information, please call (626) 285-2171 ext. 2328.

With a class of over 450 students walking on to the field at Temple City High School last Friday, the screams of the graduates family and friends surrounded Arthur North Field. The program began with the ASB Vice President’s welcome by Susan Deng, fol-lowed by the ASB President’s message from Crystal Tung. Michelle Wong, the Salutatori-an, wished she could “…find the remote and press pause…” for the past four years. Christine Wang, the Senior Class Presi-dent, compared the evening to the movie Finding Nemo, and

2009 – IT’S OUR TIME TO SHINEBY ANDREA OLIVASBY ANDREA OLIVAS its nothing ventured, nothing

gained message. The Valedictorian, Paras

Savla, used the reference of “Jai Ho” from the movie Slumdog Millionaire and how it meant “victory to you” for all his fel-low classmates. He challenged the graduates to “go and make a difference in the world.”

Principal Mary Jo Fossel-man-King’s words of wisdom to the class were from Michael Josephson’s “If I could give you anything” commentary from his “Character Counts” program, one of the nation’s largest character education programs.

Graduate Sarah Pacino Cheering on her fellow graduates -Photos By Terry Miller

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Upcoming Events

Jo Ann Carey Recognized as Outstanding Older American of 2008

BY EMILY LITVACK BY EMILY LITVACK AND ANDREA OLIVASAND ANDREA OLIVAS

Photos by Andrea Olivas

TuesdayKiwanis Club

Planning Commission Meeting

WednesdayPre-Concert Activities (Concerts in the Park)

Concerts in the Park - Ronny & The Classics The Ultimate Oldies Show

TCUSD Board of Education Meeting

FridayHigh Twelve

Jo Ann Carey was rec-ognized Saturday in Temple City’s Community Room by Mary McCune from the city’s senior services department. She was presented with cer-tificates from Congressman Adam Schiff, Senator Carol Liu, Assemblyman Antho-ny Portantino, Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervi-sor Michael D. Antonovich, and the City of Temple City. She was surrounded by family and friends as well as dignitar-ies that came to recognize her achievement.

In her pursuit of adven-ture and freedom to explore what the world has to offer, Jo Ann Carey refuses to wait for opportunity. Rather, she seeks it. She fills her days teaching classes on comput-ers and digital photography at the Arcadia Senior Center once a week. And although Danny Redmond, who had nominated Carey, wrote of her to exemplify the learning of “new” skills, new is a relative term. Carey has been work-ing with computers since the 1970s, when she persuaded her late husband and his business partner to experiment with computing. At the time she was working as a bookkeeper but left to work with her hus-

band at Adventure Marketing Concepts, in her tried and true adventurous spirit. There she installed hardware and soft-ware, of which she claimed, “Back then I was a pioneer because there were no teach-ers, no books. It was kind of like the Wild West. It was an adventure for me in more ways than one.” Similarly, she plants the seeds of knowledge in others in more ways than one. In July, she will also teach photography and Square Foot Gardening at Live Oak Park in Temple City, as well as a class at the Los Angeles Ar-boretum on the square foot gardening method.

But contrary to what one may think about someone so busy serving the commu-

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TEMPLE CITY SPOTLIGHTTemple City Government Serving the Community!

June 22, 2009

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PARKS & RECRE-ATION DEPARTMENT:

Summer Recreation Programs – registration is currently being accepted at Live Oak Park for the Sum-mer Basketball program, Summer STARS Adven-tures, and Teen Zone, as well as fee and charge class-es. Additional information is available at Live Oak Park or by calling (626) 285-2171 ext. 2327.

Summer Concerts – The Wednesday night sum-mer concert series kicks off this week with Ronnie and the Classics perform-ing “The Ultimate Oldies Show” beginning at 7 p.m. in Temple City Park.

Camp-A-Palooza – If you’ve ever wanted to take the family camping, but weren’t sure how they’d handle it, now you can try it out, close to home. Bring your tent, sleeping bags and the family, and we’ll take care of the rest. Live Oak Park will be turned into a campground July 24-25. Fee is $40 per space and includes a BBQ dinner, con-tinental breakfast, movie, family scavenger hunt, tal-ent show and family com-petitions. Staff will be on duty throughout the night for security. Registration is currently being accepted at the Live Oak Park Com-munity Center. You may register for your family only. Space is limited so early reg-istration is recommended. For additional information, contact Frances Manzo-Pimentel at (626) 285-2171 ext. 2327.

COMMUNITY DE-VELOPMENT DEPART-MENT:

The next meeting Plan-ning Commission will be held on June 23, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Coun-cil Chambers at the Civic Center, 5938 Kauffman Ave.

PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT:

Parking Control Of-ficer – The City of Temple City is currently accepting applications for a part-time Parking Control Officer. Applications and additional information may be ob-tained at City Hall, 9701 Las Tunas Drive (626) 285-2171 or on the City’s website at www.templecity.us. Appli-cations must be submitted by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

Public Safety Volun-

teer – The City of Temple City is looking for people interested in becoming a Public Safety Volunteer. Two programs are avail-able in the Public Safety Volunteer program. They are the Resident Safety Vol-unteer Patrol (RSVP) and the Temple City Emergency Radio Team (TCERT). Ap-plications and additional information for the RSVP or TCERT programs may be obtained from the Pub-lic Services Department at the Civic Center, 5938 Kauffman Avenue, by call-ing (626) 285-2171 or by e-mailing Public Safety Offi-cer Bryan Ariizumi at barii-zumi@templecity.us.

WATER CONSERVA-TION TIP:

Turning off the wa-ter while you are actually brushing your teeth can save about three gallons of water per day.

M A N AG E M E N T SERVICES DEPART-MENT:

P L A N N I N G COMMISSION VACAN-CIES: There are currently 3 vacancies on the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission consists of five members appointed for two-year terms and act in an advisory capacity to the City Council. Commissioners must be residents and quali-fied electors of Temple City at the time of their appoint-ment and remain so for their entire period of service. The City Council is scheduled to interview applicants and make appointments at their Special Meeting of July 6. 2009. If you are interested in serving on the Planning Commission, please call (285-2171) or come by the City Clerk’s Office for an application. The deadline for receiving applications is Tuesday, June 30th at 6:00 p.m.

YARD SALES: Tem-ple City residents wanting to conduct a yard sale MUST have a permit. They are available from the recep-tionist desk at City Hall, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, dur-ing normal business hours, which are Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. City Hall is closed on Fridays. The permits are FREE, and resi-dents may only conduct one yard sale within a six-month period.

FREE YARD SALE ADVERTISING: If you get your yard sale permit by Thursday noon (or earlier) the week prior to the sale (i.e.

about nine days prior to your sale), you’ll get the sale listed in that week’s Temple City Tribune newspaper in the “Temple City Spotlight” section for free. The Temple City Tribune comes out every Monday, and is available at many popular locations throughout Temple City.

If you have any questions, please call the reception desk at (626) 285-2171.

YARD SALE PERMITS:The following is a list of Yard Sale Permits issued for the weekend of June 26-28, 2009. (In-

formation is current as of 12:00 noon, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Yard sale permits issued after this time are not listed.)

5116 Rosemead 06/26,27,28

9073 Hermosa Dr 06/27,28

4929 Heleo Ave 06/27,28

9664 Broadway 06/28

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BY DR. JACK VON BULOW

Spring Cleaning (It Is What It Is)

the lottery and simply reflect, “It is what it is” but when the bruins lose every year to USC, both sides pretty much agree, it is what it is.

And don’t get me started on “No-yeah.” Singing Dental Assistant Kolleen al-ways answers my questions with “No-yeah,” her first inclination toward anything coming from me being negative. And I’m starting to answer SDA Kolleen inquiries with “Yeah-no.” I take it I’m naturally positive…until I start considering the source (in this case Kolleen and I’m not saying I’m above subconscious payback. It is what it is.) In any case, our nega-tives seem to cancel out and positives seem to add up and that’s why it’s fun working with Kolleen.

But I digress. So I had an upset when the Tribune

condensed the last eleven paragraphs of “From Annoyed to Facebook and Beyond…” into one big Polish alphabet sausage and then left out the final four mesmerizing words that were, “…men get to choose.”

Picking up where that article left off, I’m choosing to do some spring cleaning, let-ting bygones be bygones. Human beings and even dentists aren’t perfect. They are what they are.

And it’s also cool to keep things in perspective. Because Editor J-Dawg, Trojan football starts in just 68 days and as sure as the Georgia Bulldogs won’t cross the Mississippi before the Piazza (coming soon?) goes up, the sun will rise in the east (You know the rest.)

While “It is what it is” can be a lame excuse or a sign of resignation, turns out “It” isn’t a bad approach for letting negative stuff go, leaving it in the past where it belongs. And using the one out five choices men get to make, I choose the latter.

So I realize it’s summer already and I guess after 8-9 months I still haven’t found my TC Tribune deadline timing. Mostly, the paper comes out over a week after I’ve written my column. Guess maybe like some past City Councils, I’m somewhat challenged at looking more than a few days into the future.

Anyway, I could be writing about Father’s Day but I should have written that column a week ago. And summer started last weekend and here I am still talkin’ about spring cleaning. But clearing the air should really have no seasonal constraints and my lousy sense of timing just is what it is.

So here it goes. And I definitely mean no disrespect to anyone working with the Tribune, especially anyone with a title or any of the other writers.

Last time I jokingly referred to Edi-tor Stephens and all of the controversy swirl-ing around his cartoons, my column wound up sleeping with or at least wrapped around the fishes. While my buddies Wally and the Dunnster had their stuff show up in near pristine form, Confessions of a Molar Jockey needed a few more “Our Fathers” or “Hail Marys” by printing time. And I get it; most of mi famiglia have “Don’t get mad; get even” in their DNA. I understand a message when I try reading one.

And it’s okay that Editor Stephens likes Wally and Dunnster better than me. Re-ally. It just is what it is and how can you argue with that logic?

Seems to me “It is what it is” is the cure all and excuse for every touchy social situ-ation. You can use the phrase when you look back on showing up late or leaving early; when you win or lose or even when ten more store fronts go empty on Las Tunas. Very few win

BY DAWN RICKABAUGH

But, ouch . . . selling at a ‘loss’ is hard to swallow, isn’t it? Wait, but they bought for $250K, so they’re actually up a hundred grand, right?

Nope, that’s not how they see it. In their minds, the property ‘should’ be worth $600K, so selling at $350K, they’d actually be taking a $250K ‘loss,’ which, of course, is unaccept-able.

I ran some numbers and showed them how they could possibly inch the purchase price closer to $400K if they were willing to offer terms to the next buyer by leaving their (very attractive) existing financing in place.

Using that strategy, they could have pocketed the $20,000 they wanted, and they would have had a positive cash flow of $500 per month. They could also have created an equity sharing agreement that would have let them participate in any appreciation down the road.

In my mind, it made a lot of sense. Most people shouldn’t sustain unnecessary negative cash flow when they’re moving into uncertain economic times, personally and globally.

Ultimately, they decided to do nothing, partly because if they put the house on the market, the tenant might move out a month too early and cost them $1,700 in lost rent. Hmmm . . . I must be bad at math.

And partly because they, like so many others, are determined to ride the market out until it ‘recovers’ so they don’t have to suffer the humiliation of a loss.

But let me ask you something . . . When you’ve ‘recovered’ from a hangover

after having too much to drink the night before, do you feel all tipsy and high, or do you just feel normal again?

Recovery is not the same thing as re-inflated bubble.

It’s highly probable that some time in the next 3 years this couple will find themselves under water, and not have any exit strategy (save a short sale) if they run out of money to subsidize their ‘investment.’ Bummer.

And even if the price comes back up to $450K, it’ll most likely be the result of infla-tion and won’t represent real appreciation, because by then they’ll be paying $19.50 for a cappuccino.

Always consult with your CPA, tax at-torney and/or financial advisor before selling any real estate.

Dawn Rickabaugh is a real estate broker with expertise in seller financing and real estate notes. www.NoteQueen.com 626.641.3931

Waiting for RecoveryI’m excited about the imminent recovery

of the Temple City commercial district based upon my conversations with Robert Paz, Di-rector of Economic Development with Avant Garde, Inc.

As you probably know, the city hired him to spearhead growth and shake a few things loose around here. Even with the hooyah sur-rounding the Piazza project, some great things are being put in motion . . . he’s greasing the cogs in places where they’ve been rusted out for 20 years or more.

So I’m feeling like it won’t be an eter-nity before we see some real progress here in Temple City. In fact, we may be witnessing obvious changes within a few short months. Recovery is in motion for the commercial sec-tions of town.

Do I think all residential investors should wait for recovery? It depends.

I recently consulted with a couple who are renting a home in Pasadena. They own a home in Tujunga, but instead of selling it when they moved last year, they decided to rent it out, even though it represented a negative cash flow of $500/month.

They thought they’d wait to sell until the market ‘recovers.’

Their loan broker referred them to me when he realized what they were trying to accomplish would be impossible through con-ventional means.

Given the economy, and the fact that his wife was struggling to build a new business for herself, they wanted to refinance the home (now investment property) so they could pull out $20,000 to put in savings for a rainy day. It would also help subsidize the negative monthly cash flow.

They bought the home for $250,000 and refinanced to a loan amount of $315,000 when the value exceeded $600,000 at the top of the market.

Loans can be hard enough to get for owner occupied dwellings, but investment property cash outs are even harder. And, of paramount importance is the fact that the value had dropped to $450,000 . . . or so they told me.

When I did the comps, I came out with a market value of $350,000 . . . oops. Yes, there was one new construction that sold for $450K, but several REOs and individually owned prop-erties were selling between $320K - $365,000.

If they put it on the market and sold at $350,000, they’d probably be able to pocket $10,000 and eradicate the $500 a month soak from their bank account.

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Jack Von Bulow, DDS practices at Temple City Dental Care, 9929 E. Las Tunas Dr. in Temple City. He can be reached by phone at 626/285-3161, e-mail jvonbulow@earthllink.net or his website at www.templecitydenta.com

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FAMILYAFFAIRBY WALLY HAGE

The Weekly Crossword

1 7 8 3 4 3 7 6 5 8 7 34 2 9 6 6 49 5 7 6 4 4 5 3 3 6

Sudoku“The numbers must only occur once”

Fill the 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 regions contain the digits from 1 to 9 only once.

Last Week’s Solution

Last Week’s Solution

3 2 7 6 8 1 5 4 95 6 8 7 9 4 2 3 19 1 4 2 3 5 6 7 84 7 5 3 1 2 8 9 62 9 3 8 6 7 1 5 46 8 1 4 5 9 3 2 77 3 6 5 4 8 9 1 28 4 9 1 2 3 7 6 51 5 2 9 7 6 4 8 3

Not long ago I was tricked into allowing my confidante of 60 years, to write a column for me, while I was away on a deep sea fishing vacation with our son. I miss read the twinkle in her eye when I agreed to have her contribute a column. My knowledge that she is a well-respected Artisan, Historian of her doll club and an occasional club speaker, I was certain that she would confine her thoughts accordingly and write an interesting column. Instead it was her outright opportunity to “get even” for my tongue in cheek stories about her many lifestyle idiosyncrasies.

NESTING ... The unusual column title she used may well need an explanation!

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines this word “Nesting” as … To create and settle into a secure refuge.... Those who occupy or frequent a place or environment. A place af-fording snug refuge.

So she writes: While my husband is away on a fishing trip, I have the unexpected pleasure to write this column in his absence.

Your weekly “The Good Life”, columnist, my perfect husband, has an unusual fetish for selecting storage places for things important to him.

He establishes these nesting locations though out our home. They may contain important documents, frequently used items, reminders of special occasions or just a simple shopping list. It seems only fair that I should describe many of these long term resting places that continuously occupy space in our home.

Lets take his bedside table, a great exam-ple of his clutter. Here he has his electric shaver and digital camera, and electric toothbrush all on battery chargers. Also he has saved at least 25 business cards of people he probably doesn’t even remember. He has various medi-cal apparatus to keep tab on his vital signs, and a mini-recorder used day and night to record special information and ideas for upcoming columns.

In the storage area of the table he has unopened tee shirts, shorts and socks stowed. I suppose, in the event of a fire. He also has a penny bank and several old pairs of glasses that he hasn’t used in thirty years. Oh, yes, he is also the alarm clock attendant and the telephone answering machine monitor.

Nesting In another glaring location in our bed-

room is a second table for his CD player, storage of upcoming travel plan reservations, and his daily valet which is usually piled high with tee shirts and socks that he has selected for wearing within the next three days. At this vital nesting center, also resides his wallet, watch, money, if he has any, lip chap and store coupons for his personal items.

Moving toward the laundry room he has a prime location on the dryer. Here he stores daily reminders. There could easily be 6 or 7 post-it slips with a variety of things he must do. Also stacked there are current bills to be paid, letters to be posted, luncheon plans, and vari-ous advertisements for heater repairs, car wash discounts and an assortment of other junk mail. His important sport section and TV guide for the shows to be taped also reside there. Oh yes, also in the laundry room is a large reminder board of all doctor appointments and special events that he may be planning.

His office is another nesting space for a mound of important clutter. Here he has every-thing that we have ever thrown away but that he has retrieved and tagged “just in case I need it stuff. All of his electronics or what I refer to as his toys are carefully arranged here. Computer, fax machine, calculator, a stereo CD player, two TV’s, two printers, and a large variety of other office equipment including a coffee machine. I won’t say he is a collector of junk, but I will say most of the house is taken up with “stuff “ ... that is things that he is just “Nesting”.

Well, I’ll say “Goodbye” for now … as I see him coming up the driveway and I’m sure this will be my last opportunity that he will give me to fill in as a guest writer for this column. Thank You for letting me introduce you to the real “Wally Hage, my writer, doctor, lawyer, cook and best friend, who is my humorous and wonderful husband, and has been for the past 60 wonderful years.

Well…upon my return from a very peace-ful and successful fishing trip I have read this diatribe column contribution from my wife. While I do agreed with most of her points of view about my “Nesting Behavior”, I take exception with that last line that she wrote, “HAS BEEN” … That just isn’t true! You See … I STILL AM!!!

Across1. Chuck5. Pretend10. Editor’s mark14. ___ breve15. Free laces, say16. Green land17. Bound18. Sums owing19. Coagulate20. Companion22. Flail24. Hawaiian city25. Elation26. Big step29. Fabric to make a button.down33. Twice, a comforting com-ment34. Tasteless35. Flight formation36. “Rule Britannia” com-poser37. Existence38. Hollow cylinder39. Slender bar40. Molten material

41. Neighborhoods42. Mosaic pieces44. Tiny bed45. Waterfall46. Libertine47. Ceremonial prayer50. Small circle54. Tel ___55. Close to57. Able was ___...58. Give up59. Employ again60. Bhutan’s continent61. Belgian river62. Discourage63. For fear that

Down1. Apply powder to oneself2. Bread spread3. Close with force4. Blue gem5. Tipple6. Diciembre follower7. Let ___8. Obtain, slangily9. Young bird

10. Concealed11. One with a glazed look, perhaps12. Archer of myth13. 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet21. Adjutant23. Cattle group25. Kofi Annan’s home26. Begin27. Pang28. Tears29. Thin glutinous mud30. Like Wrigley Field’s walls31. Sherpa’s home32. Farm birds34. Started37. Where to find the geese, chickens, and goats38. Attached to land40. Chow ___41. Make ___ for it43. Drivel44. Armor for the elbow46. Awaken47. Fine and delicate48. Folk singer Burl49. It may turn50. Defeat decisively51. ___ majeste52. Goddess and sister of Ares in Greek mythology53. Milk source56. Apian;

“Not so Hannah Montana” (aka Princi-pal Tiffany Haeberlein) rocked the La Rosa Elementary School campus on June 10.

As a school, Ms. Haeberlein challenged the La Rosa Rascals to read 250,000 pages outside of school hours. If they reached their goal, Ms. Haeberlein promised a “rock” concert.

Students successfully completed this challenge! The Rascals read an amazing 371,000 pages from February 25 through April 13.

For more information about La Rosa Elementary School, call 626-548-5076.

“Rock” Star performs at La Rosa

5 JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2009

Ages 6-14Boys and GirlsFlag, Tackle, & CheerScholarship patches awardedPractice at Live Oak ParkHome games @ TCHSAway games in SG ValleyCertified CoachesAll staff - DOJ cleared Tightly bracketed weight/age ranges to promote safety

Registration: 5/30 – 6/30$200 Tackle

$150 Flag $150 Cheer (plus the cost of uniform)

Family Discounts:3rd child = 25% off 4th child = 50% off

Purchase your fireworks from Temple City Youth Football & Cheer and we will pay your tax ! July 1,2,3 & 4th

Firework stand location: Corner Rosemead & Longden (by Liquor Mart).

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The next general meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be at 3p.m. Sunday, June 28 in the Historic Woman’s Club hall. Please use the entrance at 9704 Woodruff Avenue. The presenter will be Franca Scorsone with guest speaker Bob Travis. Travis’s program will be “Hollywood at the Arboretum”. The community museum hours are: Sundays, except holidays, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. General meeting days, closing time is at 2:30 p.m. to permit docents to attend the meeting. Entrance to the museum is 5954 Kauffman Ave. Admission is free. Group tours are available by appointment with three weeks advance notice. Leave a name and phone number on the museum phone at (626) 451-0833. Phone calls will be returned.

Gold Award

Historical Society to Meet June 28

While many of today’s teenagers are determined to avoid public service al-together, one Temple City teen is just as determined to make a lasting and beneficial difference in her community. Alexis Nowak, 17, has under-taken an ambitious project to assist Convalescent Aid Society (CAS) in acquiring medical supplies for local residents. An aspiring phy-sician’s assistant, Alexis, a member of Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Troop #8131, is currently working toward the prestigious Gold Service Award, the highest scouting honor available.

The Gold Service Award is granted to Scouts demonstrating exceptional leadership and organiza-tional skills, as well as a deep commitment to improving the lives of others. Scouts applying for the award must create a public service pro-gram promoting change within their communities, a project that generally takes anywhere from six months to a year to complete, and present their work to a com-mittee for review.

Alexis selected CAS as the basis for her project because the organization has had an effect on her own family. Alexis’s grand-mother, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, regularly borrows equipment from the CAS facility in Pasadena.

BY NURIA MATHOG

CAS, a non-profit organiza-tion dedicated to ensuring the health of San Gabriel Valley residents, provides in-house medical equip-ment loans free of charge, a considerable advantage for citizens otherwise unable to acquire such costly items. Impressed with the orga-nization’s altruistic aims, Alexis decided to direct her Gold Service Award efforts toward collecting equipment for CAS participants like her grandmother. Alexis, who describes her work with CAS as “a great opportunity” to help elderly citizens, be-lieves that the organization

has changed the lives of those who utilize its services. “That way, elderly people don’t get stuck in convales-cent care,” she said.

A lexis i s opt imist ic about the future of her proj-ect, confident that it will enable local residents to re-ceive the medical care that they need. To date, she has collected an electric wheel-chair, bed rai ls, oxygen tanks, walkers, and other important medical devices to assist the financially and physically disadvantaged. Alexis states that even the smallest contributions to her cause are appreciated. “Peo-ple can donate little things like canes, walkers, bedpans, and adult diapers,” she said. To prepare the equipment for donation, Alexis sanitizes all of the items she receives and makes necessary repairs to damaged devices before delivering them directly to CAS.

Though publicity for her project is currently limited to word-of-mouth, Alexis hopes that word of her endeav-or will eventually spread throughout the commu-nity, allowing her to collect enough equipment to benefit local residents for years to come. If you would like to donate any equipment to Alexis for her project please contact Beacon Media and we will relay the informa-tion to her.

CITY NEWS6 JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2009

CITY MANAGER’S WEEKLY REPORT For the Week Ending Noon on Thursday June 18 2009

Cathy Burroughs, Interim City Manager

TEMPLE CITYGeneral Council Information

1. You may have heard on the news the past week, that the State is planning to take away more money from the cities. This time the cities’ gas tax funds are at risk. On Thursday, the Budget Conference Committee approved a two-year grab of local HUTA funds (gas tax): $986 million in FY 2009-10 and $750 million in FY 2010-11. The vote was along party lines with Democrats voting YES and Republicans voting NO. According to estimates from California City Finance, Temple City stands to lose $577,560 in fiscal year 2009-10. One of the ripple effects of the state taking or borrowing HUTA funds is a potential violation of our storm water NPDES permits. A number of cities, including Temple City, use their HUTA funds for street sweeping and street maintenance. If HUTA funds are borrowed or taken, then the city will have to backfill the funds required to do street sweeping and maintenance from other sources. If cities cannot fund the street sweeping or maintenance, they may fall out of compliance with their NPDES permit fairly quickly.

Temple City also uses gas tax funds to pay for traffic signs and striping, street and sidewalk maintenance and administration and engineering for street maintenance and repairs. If the gas tax funds are taken by the state, reserves will need to be used to backfill the loss.

The League of California Cities, and the attorneys they have retained, believes that this recommendation, if enacted into law, would be unconstitutional. In fact, in both 1974 and 1998 voters enacted limitations on the power of the legislature to seize and use HUTA gas tax funds, allowing only loans to the general fund on a limited basis. The League has developed a sample resolution for cities that wish to direct their city attorney to cooperate with the League, other cities and counties in planning litigation challenging the constitutionality of the proposed theft of city and county funds. It does not commit the city to filing litigation, but it directs the city attorney to cooperate and work with the League and other local governments to advance the litigation. If litigation proves necessary in the next month or so, we anticipate there will be some lead cities and counties, along with the League. It may eventually prove desirable to have every interested city named in the litigation. We will add an item to the Council’s July 7th agenda to consider this resolution.

2. In other budget news, it appears the State may be backing down from their earlier threat to “borrow” local property taxes. On Monday, the Budget Conference Committee voted unani-mously to reject the borrowing of local property taxes through Prop 1A. While this is a posi-tive development, it pays to remain cautious. This idea can always resurface again if the budget agreement breaks down on other issues.

However, at the same time, the Budget Conference Committee voted to approve an ad-ditional take of $350 million in redevelopment funds (this means the $350 million they tried to take for FY 2008-09 that was blocked by the CRA lawsuit, and an additional shift of $350 mil-lion for FY 2009-10). Trailer bill language was included in the proposal that tries to work around the CRA lawsuit. Redevelopment attorneys that have reviewed the trailer bill language believe that a proposed redevelopment take remains unconstitutional. An additional lawsuit will likely be necessary to clarify this issue.

3. The monthly briefing with the Sheriff’s Department is scheduled for next Wednesday, June 24, at 7 a.m.

4. The family of former City Councilman and Mayor, Kenneth Briggs, has sent a letter to the City Clerk informing the city of his recent death, and provided a copy of his obituary. A copy of the letter and obituary is included with your packet.

Administration

1. Staff has been advised, by more than one source, that we are having a problem again with vendors selling fruit and other produce at certain locations in the City on the weekends. Code Enforcement staff and the Sheriff’s Department have both been notified and will follow up.

2 I have enclosed a copy of a letter from Supervisor Michael Antonovich to Governor Schwarzenegger regarding the Supervisor’s recommendation for structural reforms at the state level for your general information.

3. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has notified us that our request to use Proposition A funds to pay for 60% of our membership fees to rejoin the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, has officially been approved. As we indicated at the budget study session, the amounts due to the COG for previous years, will be paid from the 2008-09 budget. The membership dues for 2009-2010 will be paid from next year’s budget. We will process those payments now that we have received approval from MTA.

4. At last Tuesday’s Council Meeting, some Council members requested staff look into the possibility of having the agenda packets available prior to Thursday. The management staff discussed this issue and what procedures would have to change to accomplish this, and we have agreed that, with some deadline adjustments, the packets can be available late Wednesday. Any earlier than Wednesday would be a problem since the cut off for staff reports would have to be

the Thursday of the week of the prior Council meeting. This would allow two days for review (by the Finance Manager, City Attorney and City Manager) and copying.

Normally the Wednesday and Thursday following a Council meeting are devoted to fol-low up from the previous meeting. Staff might not have time to adequately prepare staff reports for items that had been brought up at the previous meeting if only two days were allowed. The City Clerk would not have adequate time to produce the minutes and prepare all the necessary follow up from one meeting, and the same week prepare the agenda and review staff reports for the following meeting.

We are hopeful the additional day will allow all City Councilmembers adequate time to review the packet and call me if there are questions on any agenda items. I should also point out that the agendas for the past several meetings have been very long. The June agendas are normally longer than other agendas due to number of items that need to be addressed at the beginning and ending of each fiscal year. I expect you will begin to see smaller agendas over the next several months.

The indicated writers have submitted the following items. All have been reviewed and ap-

proved (but may have been edited) by the City Manager.

Department of Management Services (Assist. to the City Manager Flod)

1. Since the City Council meetings will soon be broadcast over cable TV, I’ve provided some information about “What to Wear on Camera.” The information lists some good ideas about what to wear or not wear to look good on TV. Although Community Media of the Foothills (CMF) did video record Tuesday’s City Council meeting, it may or may not end up on Charter Cable TV Channel 55. If it does, it may not be on air until next week, because CMF is still editing the recording. This week’s coverage of the meeting was a practice run “freebie” by CMF to work out any problems for when they start in earnest on July 7.

Department of Parks & Recreation (Dir. of Parks & Recreation Director Burroughs)

1. The 2009 summer concert series kicks off next Wednesday with Ronnie and Classics per-forming in Temple City Park at 7:00 p.m. Concerts will continue every Wednesday throughout the summer through September 2. Complete schedules are available at City Hall or on the City’s website. New this year, we will be selling a limited number of Summer Concert t-shirts.

2. We are keeping a close eye on our year end revenues for 2008-09. Even with the lagging economy, we expect to meet our budget projection of $541,530 for recreation programs. Through June 15, the department has brought in just over $500,000. Registration for the summer session of fee and charge classes begins on Thursday. We fully expect to collect at least $45,000 in class revenue the remainder of this month. Compared to last year at this time, revenue has declined only about 4%.

A large part of the revenue for summer programs is collected in June, therefore, with the elimination of the summer swim and the summer day camp programs for 2009-2010, we will be under our revenue projections for those two program areas this year.

Department of Community Development (Community Development Manager Lambert)

At their next meeting of June 23, the Planning Commission will discuss the ‘Adequate Sites program’ portion of the Housing Element. This section of the Housing Element includes the sites that will be used to “make up” the projected housing shortfall of 224 housing units. As part of our Housing program, certain sites will have to be zoned to accommodate a minimum of 30 dwelling units per acre. We anticipate creating a new ‘R-4’ zone to accommodate these sites, and there are only four to five such sites that are being considered for this zone.

Last year, the Planning Commission confirmed that the preferred strategy for the sites that need to be identified and rezoned would be to rezone the sites first, and adopt the Housing Element later. This is in an effort to retain more control and have the power to review the R-4 developments when they are submitted in the future. On June 23, Staff will be asking the Plan-ning Commission to reaffirm this direction.

However, if the Housing Element is adopted prior to rezoning the identified sites, then ap-plicants will be able to build those projects in the future with minimal or no review powers by the City. Therefore, the current plan of action is to finish our rezoning actions first, then adopt the Housing Element when those actions are complete. This strategy will allow the City to retain some discretionary review powers for these future R-4 developments.

Department of Public Services (Public Safety Offi cer Ariizumi)

Division of Public Safety

On Wednesday, staff began recruitment for the recently approved Parking Control Officer positions. The recruitment will run for three weeks and close on July 9, 2009.

The Crime Statistics Report for June 7- 13, 2009, is included with this Manager’s Report.

Offi ce of the City Attorney

1. I have now attended two regular City Council meetings and my office has been actively working with City Staff to implement the policy direction of the City Council. We have helped to execute Council policy as to City contracts and have aided the Council in its responses to litigation and in its approach toward selecting a permanent City Manager.

2. We continue work on the Piazza litigation and are simultaneously assisting City Staff in working with the developer on its application for an amended project. We are also working with City Staff on medical marijuana issues raised in the context of the City’s moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries.

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Los Angeles Crest Highway Truck Ban Passes Senate Committee

A b i l l t o ba n commer -cial trucks and protect the trav-e l i n g p u b l i c u n a n i mou s l y passed the Sen-ate Transporta-tion and Hous-ing Committee today ( June 16, 2009), Senator Carol L iu an -nounced.

Liu is the principal co-author of AB 1361 by Assemblymember Anthony Por-tantino, D-Pasadena. The bill will prohibit commercial vehicles from the winding, two-lane mountain highway that dead-ends in downtown La Cañada Flintridge.

“This bill will save lives. I want to thank the Senate Committee members, the California Department of Transporta-

tion, California Highway Patrol, county of-ficials, and city officials who have worked together on this important legislation,” Liu said.

The bill now goes to the Senate Ap-propr iat ions Commit tee. La Cañada Flintridge Mayor Laura Olhasso also testi-fied in support of the legislation.

A 12-year-old girl and her father died and 13 others suffered injuries when a semi-truck traveling down Angeles Crest smashed into cars and rammed into a bookstore on April 1, 2009 at Foothill Boulevard, where the highway ends. A similar truck crash happened at the same intersection in September 2008, when a semi-truck lost its brakes and plowed into several cars.

Liu represents nearly 850,000 people in the 21st Senate District, which includes Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, San Gabriel, Temple City, and several City of Los Angeles communities.

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ARCADIAFor the period of Sunday, May 31,

through Saturday, June 6, the Police Depart-ment responded to 938 calls for service of which 137 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Depart-ment during this period.

Sunday, May 31:

1.An older model Honda Accord was stolen from the 800 block of Duarte Road overnight. As well as a 2008 Ford Mustang was taken from the 1400 block of S. Tenth Avenue between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

2.At around 4:30 p.m. a citizen alerted a po-lice officer to thick smoke coming from a nearby residence in the 600 block of Vaquero. The of-ficer arrived in moments and noted the rear of the home was on fire. The officer, along with the unaware homeowner, extinguished the fire with a garden hose that had been caused by smoldering barbeque coals.

Monday, June 1:

3.Shortly after noon a resident was in his home sleeping in the 900 block of west Foothill Blvd when he was awakened by a noise. When he investigated he discovered three male black suspects attempt-ing to break into a rear sliding door. The resident made himself known and the suspects fled in a white sedan that had been parked in his driveway. In a possible related case, a home in the 00 block of Orange Grove Avenue was burglarized and ransacked between 8:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

4.At about 2:00 p.m. a citizen reports a man with a gun getting into a vehicle in the 300 block of west Huntington Drive. Officers locate the vehicle and conduct a high-risk traffic stop. The male driver is arrested for possession of a loaded firearm.

Tuesday, June 2:

5.An auto burglary occurred overnight in the 500 block of S. First Avenue. A window was smashed out and a portable GPS device was stolen.

6.At about 11:30 a.m. an 81-year-old woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s decease was report-ed missing from the 800 block of Fairview Avenue. About an hour later the woman was located and officers reunited her with her family.

Wednesday, June 3:

7.Shortly before noon officers contacted a suspicious person in the 1500 block of S. Tenth Avenue. No criminal activity was discovered, however, the 25-year-old male was arrested for two outstanding arrest warrants.

8.Around 4:30 p.m. a male suspect stole liquor from a liquor store in the 00 block of east

Duarte Road. The store owner attempted to stop the male and the suspect told him that he had a gun – the clerk let the suspect leave with the stolen merchandise.

Thursday, June 4:

9.At about 10:30 a.m. suspects attempted to burglarize a home in the 800 block of Hampton Avenue. The suspects smashed a window setting off the alarm. Suspects discontinued their efforts after the alarm activated and fled the area unde-tected. In a possible related case, a home was burglarized in the 1800 block of Wilson Avenue between 10:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. where numerous electronic items were taken.

10.An investigation conducted by the School Resource Officer resulted in the arrest of a 14-year-old female student for possession of ecstasy tablets and marijuana.

Friday, June 5:

11.Shortly after 11:00 a.m. a suspect entered a home in the 200 block of Haven Avenue by removing a window screen and sliding open the unlocked window. The resident, who was home at the time, confronted the male Hispanic suspect who fled out the front door.

12.Around 4:45 p.m. two cars drivers engaged in a road rage incident which escalated to the point that one driver assaulted the other with a collapsible police style baton. A citizen intervened, stopped the assault, and detained the assailant. Police ar-rived and arrested the suspect for assault with a deadly weapon. The suspect was also charged with possession of narcotics as ecstasy tablets were discovered in his vehicle.

Saturday, June 6:

13.Around 2:45 a.m. officers stopped a vehicle in the 500 block of west Duarte Road for a traffic violation. Investigation led to the arrest of the 25-year-old driver for driving under the influence of alcohol. The suspect’s blood / alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

14.Shortly before 9:00 p.m. a male juvenile was detained by Macy’s security for theft. Officers arrived and arrested the suspect for the crime.

SIERRA MADRE During the week of Sunday, May 31st,

to Saturday June 6th, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approxi-mately 201 calls for service.

Sunday, May 31st:

9:13 AM – Theft of Identity, City of Chula Vista, CA. A resident filed a theft report to Chula Vista PD of a stolen wallet while visiting in the City of Chula Vista. The resident later received a bank statement and discovered several fraudulent purchases made with her stolen credit card. The known lost at this time is about $318.00.

Tuesday, June 2nd:

2:01 AM – Arrest, Public Intoxication and Resisting Arrest, Mariposa Parking lot. Officers responded to investigate a disturbance to the rear of the Buccaneer Lounge. Officers found an intoxi-

cated man and tried to talk to him. The man was uncooperative and became combative with the of-ficers. The man was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest. The man’s mother was also arrested for public intoxication. They were both transported to the Pasadena police jail.

1:30 PM – Vandalism/Graffiti, 300 block North Mountain Trail Ave. A Verizon telephone equipment box was vandalized with a black per-manent marking pen. It was not known when the crime occurred and no repair estimate was available.

6:42 AM – Injured Person, 500 West Carter Ave., Bailey Canyon Debris Basin. A hiker lost his footing as he was crossing through an area separated by an orange safety fence. Police and Fire Department personnel responded to Bailey Canyon Debris Basin area. The hiker, who slid down the 60 foot embankment, was transported to the hospital for treatment.

Wednesday, June 3rd:

4:39 PM – Arrest, Reckless Driving, 1300 block of Santa Margarita Ave., Arcadia. Officers saw a motorist drive recklessly on Santa Margarita Avenue. Officers stopped the driver and arrested him for reckless driving. The driver was taken to the Sierra Madre Police Department and later released on a written promise to appear.

Friday, June 5th:

4:49 PM – Arrest, Domestic Battery, 600 block W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving a battery between a husband and wife. The woman was arrested for domestic violence and taken to the Pasadena police jail.

MONROVIA During the last seven day period, the

Police Department handled 586 service events, resulting in 114 investigations. Fol-lowing are the last week’s highlighted issues and events:

Grand Theft Auto. On June 4 at 3:10 p.m., an officer was dis-

patched to the 2500 block of South Myrtle regard-ing the theft of a vehicle. The victim reported his vehicle was stolen from the street in front of his residence. The vehicle is a 1993 Honda Accord with tinted windows and chrome rims. Investiga-tion continuing.

Vehicle Burglary. On June 4 at 3:43 p.m., an officer was dis-

patched to the 1300 block of South Mayflower regarding a vehicle burglary. The victim reported she parked her vehicle in the parking lot at 7 a.m. She returned at about 3:40 p.m. and discovered her stereo/navigation system had been stolen. The suspects punched the passenger door lock to gain entry. The alarm in her vehicle is out of order. Investigation continuing.

Grand Theft Person /

Suspects Arrested. On June 4 at 5:29 p.m., officers responded

to Shamrock and Colorado regarding a theft that had just occurred. On arrival, a female victim told officers two male subjects accosted her. One dis-

tracted her while the other subject walked behind her and took her cell phone from her hand and fled. An area search was made and both suspects were found and arrested. One of the suspects is a juvenile and the other just turned 18 years old.

Fire Assist / Structure Fire. On June 4 at 7:47 p.m., officers responded

to the 1300 block of South Magnolia to assist the Monrovia Fire Department on a structure fire at a residence. After the fire was extinguished, the Fire Department determined the residential fire was caused by a faulty water heater.

The residents and their pets had evacuated the residence and there were no injuries.

Vehicle Burglary. On June 5 at 7:09 a.m., an officer responded

to the 800 block of Chestnut to contact the victim of a vehicle burglary, which had occurred during the night. The victim reported his vehicle had been broken into and a set of golf clubs had been taken. The suspects had broken a passenger side window to enter the vehicle. Investigation continuing.

Grand Theft Auto . On June 5 at 8:29 a.m., officers went to the 400

block of East Foothill regarding a stolen vehicle re-port. The victim told officers she parked her silver, 1998 Honda Accord, on the street at about 9 p.m. She returned to her vehicle in the morning and saw it was missing. All keys are accounted for and no one had permission to take the vehicle. There was no broken glass on the street where the vehicle had been parked. Investigation continuing.

Commercial Burglary / Use of Forged Credit Card / Burglary Warrant /

Suspect Arrested. On June 5 at 1:55 p.m., a business in the 600

block of West Huntington reported a male subject using a fraudulent credit card. The suspect com-pleted a transaction using the fraudulent card and exited, leaving the area in a white van and driv-ing toward Huntington and Highway Esplanade. Police arrived, stopped the vehicle and detained the suspect. The driver was positively identified as the suspect and was arrested and booked on the above listed charges. He also had an outstanding warrant for his arrest out of Ventura County for burglary.

Suspicious Circumstances / War-rants / Suspect Arrested.

On June 5 at 4:10 a.m., an officer was on patrol in the area of Madison and Crescent when he heard loud banging sounds. He investigated and observed a male subject standing in a garage area. The subject was polishing a motorcycle with bug spray and had been banging a large plastic container with a stick during early morning hours. He approached the subject and detained him. The subject is a former resident of the location and still has some property there, but is no longer living at the location. There was no sign of attempt burglary or any other crime. A computer check revealed the subject had two outstanding warrants. He was arrested for the warrants and taken into custody. The subject has a history of drug offenses and mental problems. He was booked and taken to county jail due to medical problems.

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Traffic Collision / Driving Under the

Influence / Suspect Arrested. On June 6 at 11:45 p.m., an 18 year old driver

ran a stop sign at Maple and Myrtle, driving di-rectly in front of a vehicle going north on Myrtle. After the vehicles collided, the driver fled in his car. He eventually hit a curb and drove up over a sidewalk and crashed into a steel vent pipe across Mayflower. The subject was determined to be driving under the influence, and his blood alcohol level was found to be nearly triple the legal limit. He was booked for several DUI sections and Hit and Run. There were no injuries.

Assault with a Deadly Weapon. On June 7 at 12:37 a.m., two female subjects

followed a grey SUV they thought belonged to their cousin from the 210 off ramp on Mountain, west through several streets in Monrovia. The SUV drove to the cul-de-sac area of Fig and pulled over. The females pulled behind the SUV, when

they realized it was not their cousin’s car. They continued to drive past the car and heard loud popping sounds. They were unsure of what had happened at first, and as they drove away, they saw a police unit responding to the area. They followed the police car back to the area of

Fig and flagged him down. Upon investiga-tion, a bullet was recovered from the vehicle from next to the passenger’s foot area. The investigation is continuing.

Fraudulent Money Order / Burglary

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to a business in the 700 block of East Huntington regarding a suspect attempting to cash a fictitious money order. The suspect was still at the business when officers arrived and was arrested for burglary and fraud.

Outside Assist Glendora Police Department / Resisting Arrest. On June 7 at 2:10 p.m., Monrovia dispatch

was informed of a hit and run collision that oc-curred in Glendora. The license plate on the suspect vehicle returned to a registered owner that lived in the 500 block of Royal Oaks in Monrovia.

An officer driving north on Canyon at Olive spotted the vehicle. When he stopped the vehicle, he found a 15 year old juvenile driving his intoxi-cated father home. It is suspected the father was driving the vehicle and changed seats with the son after the collision. The father was verbally abusive and challenging toward the officers. He was arrested for being drunk in public and resist-ing arrest.

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Graduation from 1

Carey from 1

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nity, Carey still finds time for simple pleasures. Carey

created her own square f oo t g a r -den—w i t h 16 varieties of vegetables growing in

it—last November and said of it, “I’ve been having salads three times a week, and I’m not a salad person.”

She also enjoys going and speaking with various groups and individuals about starting their own square foot garden.

True to form, Carey pro-claims, “I want to be busy right ‘til the end.”

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