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The El Monte City Coun-cil approved last week the much-anticipated El Monte Norms Restaurant Project to be located at the south-east corner of Valley Boulevard and Santa Anita Av-enue, a cornerstone develop-ment for one of the City’s busiest intersections. This brings a $4 million invest-ment to the City’s center that meets the dining needs of El Monte residents and visitors.

“This is a huge win for

our community,” said Mayor Andre Quintero. “We hear all the time from residents

their desire for new res-taurants and retail shops in El Monte. This is a good project at the right location

and will bring many benefits to the City.”

The proj-ect consists of 6,890 square feet

of new indoor and out-door restaurant space and 172 public parking spaces, 44 spaces to be built on what is currently a vacant City-owned parcel. One requirement is Norms must continuously employ 40 El

Monte residents for a five-year period, with 20 of these employees from low- to moderate-income house-holds.

Norms was founded in 1949 by Norm Roybark and has been family-owned and operated for 60 years. There are currently 18 Norms loca-tions, all located in Southern California. Norms offers 24-hour sit-down service and last year was voted “Best Family Restaurant” by Los Angeles Times readers.

“Norms is such a family-friendly restaurant and we

Norms Restaurant Coming Soon to El Monte

by Chelsea DickersonEl Monte

Much-Anticipated Project Represents a $4

Million Investment to Downtown El Monte

Recently, Jo Anne joined the Mid Valley News as an Assistant Editor and Feature Writer.

Jo Anne is an alumna of San Gabriel Mission High School. Upon graduation from Cal-State, Los Angeles, Jo Anne secured a position as Administrative Operations Analyst with the university and remained there for 29 years.

During that time, Jo Anne served as Chapter Presi-dent for the California State Employees Association for 10 years as well as the Newsletter Editor for “CSEA Open Form.” She also served on numerous campus committees, including the appointment to the Strategic Planning Committee by the University President, James Rosser.

Upon her early retirement from Cal-State Los Angeles, she became a caregiver for her mother. During this time Jo Anne has also pursued a freelance writing career. She

has been a contributing writer to various publications includ-ing, Temple City Life, The University Employee, The Tidings, and the Wyvernwood Chronicle. She has worked for local newspapers, the most recent was the San Gabriel

Valley Weekly. There she held the position of Calendar Edi-tor and Feature Writer for two years.

Currently, besides working at the Mid Valley News, Jo Anne works part-time at San Gabriel Mission High School as an Alumni Relations Assis-

tant. The responsibilities for this position includes writing press releases, serving as the advisor to the students that have become Writing Interns for the Mid Valley News, as well tutoring English. In ad-dition, she writes a monthly

events calendar for St. Luke Italian Catholic Federation Branch #326 that appears in the Bollettino, the Italian Catholic Federation News-paper based in Northern California.

Jo Anne’s love for writing came during her sophomore year at SGMHS. Now she hopes to foster and discover budding writers as she tu-tors fellow Lady Pioneers.

When she is not work-ing, Jo Anne loves to visit

Disneyland. She enjoys writ-ing, walks along the beach at Morro Bay, and college football games. Jo Anne is a long-time resident of Temple City and attends St. Luke Catholic Church.

SGMH Alumnae Jo Anne Disney Joins Our Family

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Rendering of the Norms building by

Britton Design Group

Arroyo High School senior Emily Van has been selected as the Los Angeles County Public Library Vol-unteer of the Year for 2013.

According to a library spokesperson, volunteer of the year honors represent the most outstanding vol-unteers. They are selected based on service accom-plishments and are support-ive of the County's values of compassion, commitment, a

"can do" attitude, account-ability, integ-rity, profes-sional-ism, respect for diver-sity and respon-sive-ness in

service. The spokesperson

went on to say vol-unteering "is vital to the health of your library and your community by pro-viding much needed support to the youth and adults who rely on library services. You will also gain skills and knowl-edge that will help

Arroyo High Student Named L. A. County Library Volunteer of the Year

by Anne Donofrio-Holter

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El Monte

Emily Van

El Monte by Clark Moseley

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San Gabriel Mission High School cordially invites you to attend the 4th Annual Benefit Luncheon on Sat-urday, April 27, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the SGMHS auditorium.

There will be a variety show including: “Dance Around the World with the Mission Stars,” performances by the drama class, and music pro-vided by SGMHS students. A silent auction will take place along with a raffle. Lunch, prepared by Autunno’s, will be included in this marvelous afternoon for the cost of only $35.00 per person. In addi-

tion, wine connoisseurs will enjoy the wine tasting that will be available for $10.00 per person. A portion of the wine sales will be donated to SGMHS.

As part of the fundrais-ing, on-line voting will take place for the 10 Dance Teams. Show your support for your favorite team. The cost is $1.00 per vote and you can vote as many times as you like until April 20, 2013. The website is: www.sgmhs.org. If you don’t have a computer, you can send your votes along with your check to the school, c/o the Alumni Relations Department. Remember to

include the team or teams you are voting for.

Proceeds will support the Students Scholarship Fund, the Fine Arts Department, and the Catholic Education Foundation will match dollar for dollar.

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Around Townby Mavis Hansen

April 17, 2013 Page 3

The 57th Annual Conven-tion of the General Fed-eration, CFWC, San Gabriel Valley District of Women’s Clubs was held on April 12 – 13, 2013 at the Radisson Ontario Airport Hotel. Local clubs within the San Ga-briel Valley District that were represented were: Baldwin Park W.C, Charter Oak W.C, Covina W.C, Diamond Bar W.C, Duarte W.C, GFWC Federated East Valley W.C, El Monte W.C.; Hacienda Heights W.C.; La Cres-centa W.C.; La Puente W.C.; Montebello W.C.; Monterey Park W.C.; Pasadena W.C.; Pio Pico W.C.; Sierra Madre W.C.; South Pasadena W.C.; Walnut W.C.; West Covina W.C. and three affiliate clubs: Alumnae, Parliamentary and Past Presidents.

Opening ceremonies began with the Presentation of Colors conducted by the Monrovia-Arcadia VFW Post 2070, Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Public Issues Chairman Sandra Taylor, “God Bless America” was sung by vocalist Zona Wilt and the Inspiration was given by Alice Slaughter, CFWC Community Improvement Program Contest Chair-man. Convention Chairman Patsy Wilson welcomed extended greetings to the San Gabriel Valley District of Women’s Clubs. Greetings were extended by the Honor-able Mayor of the City of Ontario, Paul S. Leon, who also presented a Certificate of commendation for commit-ment to community improve-ment by volunteerism for more than a hundred years of service.

First Timers to the conven-tion were given a special recognition and reports were then given by the Executive Officers: President Mavis Hansen, First Vice President Paulette Wright Pope, Second Vice President Rosemary Morabito, Third Vice Presi-dent Patsy Wilson, Recording Secretary Mary Jo Kolakoski, Corresponding Secretary Dixie Coutant, Financial Sec-retary Diana Wood, Treasurer Cheryl Linnborn and Parlia-mentarian Margery Spillman.

The Meal Blessings for both lunch and dinner for all four sessions were given by the Inspirational Values Chairman Shirley Lane. Following lunch the Proces-

sional of the Clubwomen of the year, which was conducted by Chairman Pat Borchard. Nominees were: Trudy Garnier, Baldwin Park W.C, Mary Matson, GFWC Federated East Valley W.C, Jane Myring, El Monte W.C, Gayle Lewis, Hacienda Height W.C, Mary Dea Mc-Crory, La Crescenta W.C, Janell Barr, La Puente W.C, Ruth Wheeler, Montebello W.C, Celia Ponce, Monterey Park W.C, Priscilla Rodri-guez, Pio Pico W.C, Karlene Englert, Sierra Madre W.C, Barbara Hahn, Walnut Valley W.C. and Patti Hennings, West Covina W.C. The Dis-trict Winner was Kimberly Plater of the Covina W.C.

The Keynote Speaker for the afternoon was Ms. Pam Ament, California Federation of Women’s Clubs Area C Vice President. Ms. Ament gave a very enlighting and humorous talk on being either a Super Woman or a Wonder Woman.

The evening session hon-ored the District Leads Chair-man, Alice Slaughter and Club Presidents: Diana As-mundson, Baldwin Park W.C, Gloria Edgar for Jane Bock, Charter Oak W.C, Shirley Lane, Covina W.C, Rosette Clippinger, Diamond Bar W.C, Pat Borchard, GFWC Federated East Valley W.C, Lorene Gutierrez, El Monte W.C, Scarlet Treu, Hacienda Heights W.C, Carol Hunt-work, La Crescenta W.C, Janell Barr, La Puente W.C, Anita Dean and Ruth Wheel-er, Montebello W.C, Barbara Rush, Monterey Park W.C, Denise Bressler for President Cynthia Rosedale, Pasadena W.C.; Alicia Lopez, Pio Pico W.C.; Mary Carney, Sierra Madre W.C.; Sally Earheart for President Beverly Pas-son, South Pasadena W.C.; Terry Lee Perkins, Walnut Valley W.C.; Sandra Taylor, West Covina W.C.; and the affiliates: Alumnae, Esthela Torres DeSiegrist, Parlia-mentary, Mary Jo Kolakoski and Past Presidents, Paulette Meadows.

See you soon, somewhere AROUND TOWN

Los Angeles

Arcadia

by Dina Franks

by Toni D. McKiernan

Death is inevitable, and we as humans fear the moments surrounding the action. Al-though we fear what would happen to us as we die (will we see “the light,” or sim-ply just not exist anymore)? One must question why we fear death with such ap-prehension. I believe we, as normal humans, fear becom-ing nothing, of melting into

the crowd with the many indistinguishable faces. We fear when we die we will no longer be alive to others, but forgotten.

Throughout history, so many faces are forgotten. These faces belonged to people who had lives that were significant to not only themselves, but to their families. These people may

not have done something of grand recognition in history, but they had a purpose in their lives.

Let us make a pact, you and me. Promise to do some-thing with great importance for others, not only for our own satisfaction. Make it count, big or small.

Oblivionby Yesenia Melgar

Student's Corner

More Local Events

Yesenia Melgar, contributing student writer from San Gabriel Mission High School.

To broaden its commit-ment to members pursuing higher education, Los An-geles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) is now opening up its Jack C. Mathews College Scholarship Fund to current college students as well as high school seniors planning to attend a college or uni-versity in the Fall of 2013. Applicants will be evaluated on their academic transcripts; letters of recommendation; extracurricular activities and community service; verification of acceptance into an accredited college or trade school in an accredited college, university or trade

school; and an essay with a credit union focus.

Established by Los Ange-les Charitable Association (LACA) in 2010, the schol-arship is designed to help LAFCU members and their families offset the increas-ing cost of education amidst a challenging economy. It is named in honor of the late Jack C. Mathews, a former active and longstanding LAFCU Board member who passed away in February 2013.

LAFCU will award four scholarships of $1,000 each. The deadline to submit an application is April 30, 2013,

and the winners will be notified by May 15, 2013. LAFCU members under age 18 must ask their par-ent or guardian to open their membership prior to submit-ting an application at www.LAFCU.org/site/scholar-ships.html

Anyone who lives in Southern California can join LAFCU and take advantage of its financial services. For more information about LAFCU, visit www.LAFCU.org, call (877) MY LAFCU (695-2328), or stop by one of their branches.

LAFCU Scholarships Now Open to College Students

On Saturday, April 27, from 8am-12noon, the Rec-reation & Community Ser-vices Department present the first annual “Open House” where many Recreation classes and programs will be showcased. Families can come out to the Community Center and visit a variety of booths for more informa-tion on summer classes, programs, and Library & Museum events. They can also experience live demon-

strations from many of the instructors, and have their questions answered. Classes offer something for everyone in the family from Art, Zum-ba, Yoga, Karate, Tennis, Soccer, Golf, Cooking, Pho-tography, Baton Twirling, Piano, Guitar, Acting, Ballet, Line Dancing, Salsa and more! Are you looking for a summer activity for your children or yourself? Check out the Summer Day Camp, Sports Camp, The Zone, The

Pit, Swim Program, Museum events, Library Summer Reading Program and Fun n’ Play Playgrounds. Repre-sentatives will be available to answer your questions or provide more information for all. No registration neces-sary. For more information please call 626.574.5113 or go on-line to the City of Arcadia’s website: www.ci.arcadia.ca.us.

Open House Arcadia Community Center

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Chalk Talk

EL MONTE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

EVERY STUDENT, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY DAY

CALENDAR4/26 – 12 Week Progress Report

5/01 – Board of Trustees Meeting/6 pm

by Anne Donofrio-Holter

by Anne Donofrio-Holter

by Anne Donofrio-Holter

The El Monte Union High School District proclaimed March 18-22 Adult Educa-tion Week. Students and staff participated in a variety of activities to celebrate the contri-butions of the adult school to our local neighbor-hoods.

"Hun-dreds of students and com-munity members attended the opening of the Scholastic book fair titled Story Laboratory: Reading Gives You Superpower!" said Assistant Principal Sara Shapiro. "Students and staff members enjoyed browsing the aisles, looking at gifts and games and checking out the book titles."

According to Shapiro, the book fair usually generates thousands of dollars in sales of which the profits are used to buy scholastic books for adult school students.

The week's activities also included informative displays showcasing student work and programs. Teachers selected student honorees to receive outstanding student award certificates and El Monte-Rosemead Adult School t-shirts.

"The California Council for Adult Education raffle of spring baskets generated funds for adult school schol-arships helping our students

continue with their educa-tion," said Shapiro.

Staff members Paul Diaz, Mary Segovia, Lisa Ton and others barbecued hotdogs for students and staff.

"The District values adult education and recognizes its importance to individuals, families and communities by offering literacy classes, ESL instruction, secondary educa-tion opportunities, career training, parent education and older adult classes," said

Superintendent Nick Salerno. "Community members are

invited to visit us at any time to check out our course offer-ings and become acquainted with the El Monte-Rosemead Adult School," added Shap-iro.

Adult Education Week Celebrated

Congratulations to El Monte High School art student Julie Hang whose acrylic painting of George Wash-ington took first place in the Women's Club district level annual music and arts competition for high school students. Placing second were Arroyo High School students Brittnany Nguyen for her pencil drawing and Brandon Hernandez for an acrylic painting with an honorable mention to Yesenia Ramirez for her pencil drawing.

"Each year, our panel of judges select the best pieces of artwork from an array of

outstanding entries," said one of the judges.

"It is wonderful to see so many great entries from our local schools," said another of the judges. "The community should be very proud of its

many talented students."Hang's painting will go on

to the state com-petition which will be held in May.

"Congratulations to our students and teachers for their participation and to all the judges for their hard work," said Su-perintendent Nick Salerno. "We are very proud of the

many talented students we have in our district and wish Ms. Hang well in the next level of competition."

El Monte High Student Wins Women's Club District Art Contest

Mountain View High School senior Melissa Va-lenzuela has been awarded a $500 Los Angeles County Bi-

lingual Director's Association Scholarship. The Association, which is comprised of bilin-gual directors from school districts throughout Los An-geles County, annually awards scholarships to high school bilingual seniors who will be pursuing a college education in the field of bilingual educa-tion, teaching or counseling

and to bilingual classified per-sonnel enrolled in or planning to enroll in courses leading towards a teaching credential

in bilingual education. Valenzuela has been a

member of the Mountain View High School Teacher Preparation Academy for the past three years. She is an AP student and has been ac-cepted to several colleges.

Recently, Valenzuela, along with other Teacher Preparation Academy stu-

dents, participated in the Dr. Seuss Read Aloud Week by performing a play for stu-dents from local elementary schools.

"We congratulate Melissa on her scholarship and wish her the best in her future en-deavors," said Principal Keith Wheeler.

Mountain View High Student Awarded Scholarship

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The city of El Monte hosted Nyombi Thembo, the State Minister of Information Technology from Kampala, Uganda, Africa. He was elected to the Ugandan Par-liament in 2001, represent-ing Kassanda County South, in the Mubenbe District. In 2001, he was appointed Min-ister of State for Education and Sports. In 2006, Minister Thembo, was re-elected to

parliament and was ap-pointed to his current cabinet position of State Minister of Information Technology.

Kampala is located in East Africa, with the popula-tion of approximately 2.5 million people. El Monte’s

population is approximately 114,296. Kampala is also the home of the world’s larg-est fresh water lake, Lake Victoria. The size of the lake is approximately the same size of all the Great Lakes of Michigan put together.

The Minister’s visit was to help bridge the gap of

culture and communica-tion between the two cities: El Monte, California and Kampala, Uganda. Minister Thembo was presented with a certificate of appreciation from City Council Member, Bart Patel. The following were in attendance: Mayor Pro-Tem, Norma Macias: Council Member, Bart Patel; Council Member, Juventino Gomez; staff member, Perla

Hernandez; Chief of Police, Steve Schuster; and Battalion Chief, Jeff Kaliher. Minister Thembo presented Juventino Gomez, Steve Schuster, Bart Patel and Jeff Kaliher with gifts of good will and friend-ship. After the reception,

Minister Thembo was given a tour of the following: El Monte’s City Hall, the Police Station, the MTA Bus Sta-tion, Fire Station #166, the El Monte Union High School District, the Aquatic Center, the Public Works Mainte-nance Facility and Gibson-Mariposa Park.

Uganda Delegate Visits El Monte

by Devette Johnsonby Jo Anne Disney

El MonteSan Gabriel

San Gabriel Mission High School is pleased to an-nounce that the recipient of the 2013 Christian Service Award is senior Gabriela Quintana. Ms. Quintana has actively made a difference in her community by volunteer-ing at Guadalupe Homeless Project (GHP) as well as Dolores Mission, both located in Boyle Heights. It all started at a young age when she began helping her mother who used to work at GHP. Ms. Quintana helped serve food to the homeless and pass out towels to those waiting to shower.

Ms. Quintana was presented with the Christian Services Award at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on March 19, 2013. According to Christy Aneja, the Christian Service Coordinator at San Gabriel Mission High School, “there were 3 other students who exceeded their service hours and attended the awards

ceremony to support their fellow Lady Pioneer: Alyssa Lamas, Nancy Mattazaro, and Jackie Abing.” Ms. Quintana completed 743 ser-vice hours during her 4 years as SGMHS. The combined service hours given by the 4 students totaled 2,048!

According to Ms. Raquel

Cagigas, Assistant Principal and Dean of Student Life, “Gabriela was our choice hands down and really not because of the hours, but because of the depth of her service and the integrity of her calling to help those who nurtured her growth as a woman of character.”

Among her many service hours, Ms. Quintana also helped disabled students with catechism classes at Dolores Mission as well as being a volunteer at LA Voice Pico. LA Voice Pico serves the needs of the community and discourages gang violence with summer programs for

young children.Ms. Quintana

comes from a single parent family with 7 children; she has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. She considers her mom to be her role model. Ms. Quintana ex-plained that since her family has received help,

she wanted to repay the com-munity for their assistance. She feels that it is a way for her to get closer to her faith and it makes her feel good to help others. Ms. Quintana plans on becoming a social worker or an immigration attorney.

SGMHS Announces Christian Service Award Recipient for

2013

in your professional career and your personal life. Stu-dents can gain community service credit and valuable job experience."

"Volunteers like Emily help provide the services needed in order to keep

facilities open to the public during these trying econom-ic times and we at Arroyo High School are very proud of her accomplishments," said Principal Oscar Cisne-ros.

Arroyo High Student continued from pg 1

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Earth Day is Coming, Are You Doing Your Part?

On Tuesday, April 2, the El Monte City Council vot-ed to approve a multi-year strategic plan to reduce its municipal and community-wide energy use and green-house gas emissions to meet state targets set by AB 32.

The Energy Action Plan outlines the electricity pro-file of the El Monte commu-nity, gives an inventory on what municipal and commu-nity uses emit greenhouse gas emissions, and provides goals, policies and actions that will reduce electric-ity use and greenhouse gas emissions to meet reduction targets.

“The City’s Energy Action Plan is a fantastic roadmap for our City to reduce en-ergy usage and greenhouse gas emissions to improve the health of El Monte fami-lies,” said Councilwoman Victoria Martinez. “This is a huge milestone that will help El Monte be known as an eco-friendly commu-nity.”

Strategies include in-creasing the knowledge of energy use and improving energy efficiency in existing residential developments, reducing the energy needed for new construction, and maximizing the use of shad-ing and cooling to sustain a comfortable and energy-

efficient urban environment. Water conservation efforts and financing opportunities for renewable energy will also be a priority.

Over the last year, city staff attended several com-munity events to engage the community on this topic and collect feedback through Personal Energy Efficiency Surveys. The respondents’ feedback on what would motivate them to make en-ergy efficient improvements to their homes served as a foundation for the policies set forth in the Energy Ac-tion Plan.

“I am very proud that this plan was developed using residents’ feedback in mind,” said Councilman Juventino “J” Gomez. “The strategies outlined in this plan are aligned with what our residents are willing and able to do to make their homes more energy effi-cient.”

The City also worked with Southern California Edison and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments to develop the Energy Action Plan.

City staff will now execute the recommended strategies and report on the progress of implementation.

El Monte City Council

Develops Energy Action Plan to

Reduce Greenhouse Gas

Emissionsby Chelsea DickersonEl Monte

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Rosemead San Gabriel Temple City Rosemead San Gabriel Temple City

'TIME JOCKEY'Golden Bridge

by Joe Castillo

An Engineering Feat …. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is one of California’s greatest tourist attractions. It represents the symbol of the City by the Bay and is its most recognizable site and image in a city filled with iconic symbols. But it not only took hard work and years to build, but it also incor-porated new and innova-tive engineering designs to complete. After voters approved bond funding a bridge to be built spanning Golden Gate Strait and connecting San Francisco and Marin counties, Joseph Strauss was selected as the Chief Engineer for the proj-ect. Strauss’ specialty was drawbridges and his design called for a suspension span, though he never had built one. Named in 1929, Strauss began to pick his team of engineers, includ-ing a local architecture firm named Morrow & Mor-row. In spite of the Great Depression, construction began on the bridge proj-ect as the need to con-nect San Francisco with Marin County to the North outweighed the Bridges’ cost. As many projects were stalling during this time period, Strauss tried to correct the situation before finances would affect the project. Strauss met with Bank of America chairman of the board, A. P. Giannini and tried to persuade him to buy the $35 Million in Bonds which was still outstanding. After a long debate Giannani asked Strauss how long his bridge would last. Stauss replied “Forever”, to which Gian-nani replied that he would buy the bonds because California needed the bridge. The rest is history. Strauss’ design called for 4,200 foot long suspension span, a span that had not been attempted before. The design also called for two towers standing 500 feet above the roadway, and would be the first built in open water. The foundation for the towers sits more than 1,100 feet from the shoreline. There are two main cables running down

from the south tower and 250 suspender ropes made of vertical steel strands which encase the main cable. The Art Deco design, originally applied by Irving Morrow, included the Inter-national Orange color and design architecture which was highly popular in the 1930’s. Construction began on January 5, 1933 and opened to automobile traf-fic on May 28, 1937. The bridge is 1.7 miles long and has a weight of 887,000 tons. The diameter of the main cable is 36 inches and is 7,650 feet in length. Over 83,000 tons of steel and 339,000 cubic yards of concrete were used. Since 1937, approximately 1.9 billion cars have crossed the bridge. The original cost of $35 million plus $39 million in interest was repaid in 1971 from rev-enues generated from toll charges. In spite of chal-lenging working condition, including stiff cross winds and freezing temperature, the bridge was successfully completed. Its impressive image is a memorable site to see and serves as a monument to the engineers and construction workers who worked on the project for nearly eight years. In-deed this was a remarkable engineering feat….

Guam to Saigon: Ghosts of War (Part 2)

• Dwain C. Crum •

Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun. My ship, the Pacific Princess, arrived in Japan at Osaka. Osaka is Japan's 3rd largest city, after Tokyo and Yokohama. As we approached the dock in the early hours of the morn-ing you could hear a band playing. A band from a lo-cal middle school was there

to greet our arrival.With a population of more

than 127 million, Japan has far more people than any nation that I had seen previ-ously on this trip. More people than Peru (30 mil-lion), Australia (21 million), Ecuador (15 million) and New Zealand (4 million) put together. In many ways

the first mod-ern nation of Asia, I found Japan to be as clean and efficient as it is usually described.

From Osaka, I took a tour of Kyoto and nearby Nara. While many people know that Kyoto had been the for-

mer capital of Japan, far fewer realize that it had been Nara even before that. Home to the larg-est wooden building in the world, I found Nara to be a wonderful place to take a step back from modern Japan and look at her roots.

While my father had been sent (care of the United States Army) to Yokohama at the end of World War II, I would

be going tomor-row to Hiroshi-ma. The place where the war had ended.

The Durfee Warriors have once again taken a stance to end cancer, more specifically leukemia and lymphoma. For the last three years, students at Durfee School

have aggressively raised funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), through their "Pennies for Patients" program. These efforts started when one of

their own, a Durfee alumnus named Hector Sanchez, was diagnosed with leukemia. Hector is now cancer-free, and the Durfee Warriors continue this philanthropic effort in his honor, and in memory of Bea Barney and Mr. Lindenmyer Bea Barney was a phenomenal

teacher at Norwood School, and Mr. Lindenemyer was the beloved husband of Mrs. Lindenmeyer, a 4th grade teacher a Durfee School. Both lost their battle with leukemia a few year ago. In total Durfee students raised $5,276. Who say's kids can't make a difference?

Durfee Warriors Raise $5,276 for Pennies for Patients

by Ronald Sais El Monte

Pictured are Durfee teacher, Ron Sais, Principal Dianna Mercado, and Asst. Principal Carlos Salcedo along with students who have raised more than $25 dollars for LLS. Those students are as follows: 1st Grade - Jonah Ramos Tavares, Valeria Acevedo and Jazmine Valdivia. 2nd Grade - Christan Alejo & Nathan Cisco. 3rd Grade - Aaron Marti-nez, Tristan Tran & Ashley Houng. 4th Grade - Isabel Ortiz, Arturo Ruiz, & Tara Ta. 5th Grade - Zuleyma Diaz, Rodger Faustino, & Samantha Quezada. 6th Grade - Edwin Rocha. 7th Grade - Leyna Thong, Kather-yn Huynh, Alex Amador, Emily Trejo, Carina Avila, George Gudino, Tina Lam, Devanna Cabrera, & Ashley Choung. 8th Grade - Lindsey Gumar, Julianna Cativo, Elaine Huynh, Christian Alarid, and Sophia Ngo.

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FANVIEWBy Joe Torosian

Absolutely!Did I like the movie “42”?Yes.Is it a great movie?No...but it was really good.We have eight movies for

a fictional teenage wizard. We have four/five (lost count) Twilight/Breaking Wind movies about vam-pires and werewolves.

We have a huge trilogy about a powerful ring...We have a prequel trilogy in the works about the same ring.

We have six movies about what happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

Yet we only have one movie about Jackie Robin-son?

Didn’t work for me. How can you take Jackie Robin-son and squeeze him into 128 minutes?

What Robinson accom-plished before joining the Dodger organization is a movie. Breaking the barriers in 1947 and 1948 is a movie. The years 1949 through 1955 covering when he got to fight back and the 1955 World Series is a movie. What he did after, until his death is a movie.

This is why “42” is a good movie but not a great one. You’d like to think someone in Hollywood would have ponied up the dough to back at least a trilogy.

Do schools teach about Jackie Robinson? My daughter did a report on him in grade school. Do young people know about him? If they don’t then this movie serves a great purpose.

All I saw though was the filming of all the stories I heard growing up a Dodger fan, reading books, and see-ing Ken Burns documentary on the game.

I knew about the gas sta-tion incident, I knew about Leo Durocher hammering the team about the petition they signed. Knew the Eddie Stanky story. Knew about Pee Wee Reese affirming publicly. I just wanted to see something more.

The untold story of Jackie Robinson, hidden behind the movie and great images of him with his wife, is that this guy went through hell and died young. I think what dropped this movie from great to good was the over blown, hyped, closing scene. No spoilers here.

Robinson paid a huge

price in his health, it took a toll on his children, its heartbreaking because in the pantheon of American heroes he’s right there...and at the end of his career he was sold to the Giants.

They flirted with back up catcher Bobby Bragan’s story but never went the distance. They never shared how he went on to become one of Robinson’s best friends on the Dodgers and served as an honorary pall bearer at Robinson’s funeral.

They needed three movies to really tell this story.

They needed three because while Bragan’s life chang-ing is a great story, Branch Rickey’s is off the charts.

Which brings up another problem. “42” is the story of Jackie Robinson but in 128 minutes of film he shares most of the spotlight with Branch Rickey.

I don’t know if it was Ebert, Siskell, Roper, some film reviewer shared that an inherent flaw in all films dealing with race the strug-gle to overcome racism and segregation is the sympathet-ic white character generally becomes the story.

In “Cry Freedom” the story of Steven Biko fighting apartheid in South Africa, the story drifts back to the white crusading reporter played by Kevin Kline. In “Glory” the story of 54th Massachusetts, all black, regiment becomes the story of its white commander played by Matthew Brod-erick. They even used “To Kill a Mockingbird” as an example

In “42” I felt like I was seeing Harrison Ford playing Branch Rickey...Not a bad thing, but I wanted to see more of Robinson.

This is why we needed three movies.

With three movies they could have done a whole stretch on “The Boys of Summer” and chronicled all the pain that Brooklyn baseball team went through before finally beating the Yankees in 1955. Now that would be a great movie.Contact joe at Joe@midval-

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“It’s not black history, it’s not African American history, it’s American history.”---Chadwick Boseman

Thursday morning Luke Marquardt and a few other graduating APU Cougars worked out for NFL scouts at a Pro Day event. Marquardt headlined as many got to see him on the field for the first time since the end of the 2011 season. He missed all of 2012 to injury.

Azusa Pacific University Hosts Pro Day For Marquardt & Others

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There was lots of local interest as KABC’s Curt Sandoval interviewed APU’s Luke Marquardt following his pro day work out. Sandoval’s first question: ”How tall are you?”Photo by Joe Torosian

The highlight of the workout was the hands drill (battle) between Marquardt and his position coach NFL Hall of Famer Jackie Slater. Photo by Joe Torosian

Physical Cougar cornerback Darrell Wilson also worked out for the scouts. Here he is seen running the forty. Photo by Joe Torosian

APU offensive lineman Robby Pala-cios said it was a dream come true to workout for the NFL scouts. Photo by Joe Torosian

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As part of its commitment to education, the Arcadia Rotary Club awarded more than $2,500 in teacher mini-grants to the Arcadia Unified School District .

"Of the many things we are proud to be a part of, the mini grant program is the ultimate way of pay-ing it forward for the Arcadia Rotary Club," said President Eric Barter. "Helping the education of our com-munity's youth is an important investment in our future."

Mini-grants are awarded to teachers without a funding source for their proj-ects or would have to use their own personal funds to bring their projects to fruition. The mini-grants can be used for any

activity, project or conference that will enhance the learning process providing there is no funding available from any other source.

"I don’t know of a single teacher who has not reached into his or her pocket and used their own funds to purchase items for their classroom and students. There is always something that does not fit in the budget," said Arcadia Rotarian Rob Grang-er. "The mini- grant program is a way to help teachers help our students. There is something very spe-cial about having the opportunity to give

a teacher the tools they need to make an immedi-ate and lasting impact on our next generation of

leaders.""It’s fantastic that mini-grants

fund as many teachers as pos-sible each year. We are delighted to be able to offer this important resource knowing that school budgets are always going to be tight," said Arcadia Rotarian Steve Pelletier. "We love hearing about the teachers' projects and how they impact their students."

"On behalf of the Arcadia Unified School District Board, please accept our sincere ap-preciation for your generous contribution in support of the students of the Arcadia Unified School District," said a board spokesperson.

"With the awarding of mini-grants, as in all we do, the Arca-dia Rotary Club hopes to make a positive difference," added Barter.

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couldn’t be more proud to welcome it to the City,” said Mayor Pro Tem Norma Macias. “The City Council’s leadership has been crucial to ensure that residents will enjoy new dining options. It’s a true catalyst project that will ensure success for our downtown revitalization efforts.”

The proposed concep-tual design for the El Monte location will be in the retro, post-WWII era style in which many Norms are built, including the most recent location in Claremont. This includes upswept roofs, curvaceous geometric shapes and a bold use of glass, steel and neon.

Members of the El Monte/South El Monte Chamber of Commerce and the Down-town El Monte Business Association (DEMBA) have voted to support the project, citing that the project will provide more than $100,000 in new tax revenues to the City.

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Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, U.S. Repre-sentative for California’s 32nd congressional district, attended the Grand Opening of Foothill Family Service’s new El Monte South Family Center on April 2, 2013.

After taking a tour of the facility and hearing about the programs and services being provided to children and families in El Monte and South El Monte from Foot-hill Family’s counselors and therapists, Napolitano joined Foothill’s Chief Executive Officer Helen Morran-Wolf in the ceremonial ribbon-cutting, after which both Napolitano and Morran-Wolf addressed the roomful of guests and other political representatives.

As co-chair of the Con-gressional Mental Health Caucus, Napolitano has hosted Congressional brief-ings on children’s mental health. Of particular interest to Foothill Family Service is Rep. Napolitano’s Mental Health in Schools Act, which aims to provide youth with the mental health services they need by increasing federal funding for therapists and mental health services in schools.

Napolitano thanked

Foothill Family Service for providing mental health and social services to children and families in the greater El Monte area, and pre-sented Morran-Wolf with a Congressional Certificate of Recognition.

With Foothill Family cur-rently offering its services in 46 El Monte-based schools, the agency also received cer-tificates of recognition from the El Monte School District, Representative Judy Chu, Assemblymember Ed Chau, the City of El Monte, the El Monte/South El Monte Chamber of Commerce, and Senator Ronald Calderon among others.

The El Monte South Fam-ily Center is located at 11204 Asher Street in the city of El Monte and currently serves clients from the cities of El Monte, South El Monte and La Puente. Through its Early Head Start and Wraparound Programs Foothill Fam-ily Service provides early child development services consisting of high quality educational, health, mental health, nutritional, social and family support services to infants, toddlers, pregnant women, and their families.

Foothill Family Service has been providing services

Representative Grace Napolitano Presents Foothill

Family Service A Certificate of Congressional Recognition

Pasadena by Lisa Vandergriff

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'Kiwanis News' by Jerry Jambazian

Mayor Pro Tem Carl Blum spoke of his 3year odyssey with the Rosemead Improve-mentProject.

This is a major project for our citythat covers 2 miles from the rail-road tracks to Callita. This is a 20 million dollar proj-ect with one million by the city and 19 million fund-ed through 14 different Federal, State, and County agencies. The actual construction cost are about 13 million with the balance going to engineering and design.

This project will provide

many improvments includ-ing distinctive design, safety, better traffic control, plants and trees, art objects, and a dedicated bike lane that will be the envy of the nation.

The city is providing weekly construction updates with continuing progress, closures, and areas to avoid. The City has met with South

Pasadena as they are going through their project on Fair Oaks. The secret is to hold the contractor to a tight work schedule. If you give them 2 years to finish a 18 month

project they will take the 2 years and work on other projects.

Our city is fortu-nate to have Carl Blum and Vince Yu ramrodding this proj-ect. Carl in his posi-tion with the County did this for a living, and Vince brings his architect skills.

Collectively, they have had over 80 meetings bringing

this project to fruition. Also, City Manager Jose Pulido brings his skills after going through the same thing in San Fernando.

Rosemead ImprovementProjectRosemead

At the April 2 City Coun-cil meeting our club was recognized for donating $400 supplying carts for seniors riding Dial-A-Ride.

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bucher, Councilman Fer-nando Vizcarra, Councilman Tom Chavez, Mayor Cynthia Sterquist, Mayor Pro Tem Carl Blum, Jerry Backstrom, and Councilman Vince Yu.

Dial-A-Ride Donation

Temple City Key Club paid a visit fresh from winning seven awards at the Key Club Convention. President Simon Chau, Vice President Claire Chow, and Betty Wang, Lt. Governor

of Key Club Division 10 North. We are very happy to sponsor such an elite group of young leaders.

Seven Awards at the Key Club Convention

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It's been a tough week for Southern California sports fans. The Lakers lose Kobe Bryant for six to nine months with a torn Achilles tendon, the Dodgers lose Zach Gre-inke for two or three months with a broken collarbone while also losing two out of three at Arizona and the Angels have started off like...well like the Angels.

Hanley Ramirez is out with an injury suffered in the World Baseball Classic, prob-ably the only WBC he will ever play in, and Greinke goes down in a rare bench clearing brawl. Matt Kemp always has a big April except this year. Kemp is hitting .174 with no home runs and four RBIs in the first 12 games. Do you already get the feeling that it might not be the Dodgers' year?

Grenke can't really be blamed for throwing a shoul-der into Carlos Quentin. I mean, can you imagine the backlash if he ran away from Quentin or pulled an Ole'. Sure he might still be healthy but sometimes your reputa-tion is over the long haul is more important. Although I wouldn't have minded seeing A.J. Ellis take Quentin out before he reached Greinke.

As for Quentin himself, he can be blamed. He's been hit by more pitches than any-body else in the league and the count was 3-2 in a one run game. No, he shouldn't be out as long as Greinke as Don Mattingly suggested but 20 games sounds about right. MLB had a chance to review the play and research Quentin's history. A long suspension seemed to be a no brainer. It wasn't a surprise that Quentin dropped his ap-peal of his eight game suspen-sion.

The prevailing thought when the season started was this will be Mike Scioscia's last year if the Angels don't win. A couple more weeks like this and Scioscia will be gone before the All-Star break. It's not just that they are losing but the the way they are losing. They weren't even competitive against Oak-land getting outscored 28-11 and basic fundamentals have gone the way of the Edsel.

The A's were taking extra bases on bad throws from the outfield and in a loss last Fri-day to the lowly Astros, Josh Hamilton forgot how many outs there were on a pop up, and took off for second before getting doubled off first to end

the game. After pumping up the payroll to record levels, the question becomes just how much rope will Moreno give Scioscia.

I don't necessarily agree with El Monte OC Brian Tabatabai that the Kobe Era as we know it is over, but I can see his point. An Achil-les injury can take up to nine months to heal and by then Bryant will be 35. And at that age, coming off that type of injury, he can't be expected to be the Kobe we've all come to know and love.

But this is after all, Kobe Bryant. He works harder than anybody in the game and he won't let it end this way. I just don't see him allowing the last memory being one of him agonizing on the floor in pain. In my mind he'll be back. And I’m sure in his mind too.

I don't know why these things tend to linger on so long. I guess it's the all the pa-per work, the announcement to the players and other red tape but after all that former Workman coach Scott Morri-son is the new head coach and AD at La Puente. Morrison takes over for Brandon Rorher who resigned last month to take over as HC at Etiwanda. Good for LP. I'm just not sure why it wasn't announced a month ago.

“42” works. The story of Jackie Robinson was extreme-ly accurate and Chadwick Boseman did an excellent job of portraying Robinson, the first black player in baseball. Harrison Ford absolutely nailed Brooklyn Dodger GM Branch Rickey. The ending left a little to be desired but “42” is well worth seeing.

That's my principle. Tim can be reached at tim@

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Gerald ”Citos” Marinez, who was the offensive coor-dinator last year at Redlands East Valley, was named the new head coach at Gladstone today sources say.

Marinez guided an East Valley Redlands offense last year that averaged over 28

points and 167 yards per game on the ground. The Wildcats finished 5-5 overall and tied for first at 4-1 with Eisenhower in the Citrus Belt League.

Marinez takes over for Albert Sanchez who stepped down after 14 years at the

helm. In Sanchez’ final sea-son the Gladiators went 10-2 overall and won the Mont-view League title.

Marinez was announced and introduced to the team Thursday at 12:30 p.m.

Gerald Marinez Takes the Reins at G-Stone

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Monrovia’s Mason Bryant concluded a brilliant prep ca-reer and capped it off with his third straight CIF Champion-ship. Bryant is now off to Penn with a future so bright he has to wear shades.

We just thought this was a cool picture of Bryant. Some-times words aren’t necessary. Doesn’t this say it all?

As Fun as a Three Ring Circus

There are few cases when scoreboard and stats don’t matter, this is one of them.

After his tragic injury in early February that caused him to lose four fingers (a fellow female student lost all five) in a tug-of-war con-test, Pablo Ocegueda returned to the field on Wednes-day for the South El Monte Eagles.

Mt. View won the contest 5-4.

Ocegueda entered the game in the sixth inning to run for Fernando Calderon. He stole

second base and scored on a hit by Jimmy Luera.

“It felt like my journey to recovery was reaching its first step,” said Ocegueda. “It gave me a sense of nor-malcy if even for a little while.”

On Friday against Rose-

mead Ocegueda made his first plate appearance and earned a walk. The Eagles won 6-0.

Pablo Ocegueda Returns to The FieldSouth El Monte

Monrovia

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1. Monrovia 13-32. Baldwin Park 12-43. Arcadia 12-64. Sierra Vista 10-45. Alhambra 9-56. Rio Hondo Prep 9-77. Duarte 8-88. South El Monte 7-89. Arroyo 6-710. La Puente 6-8

Mid Valley News Baseball Coverage Area Top 10

1. Duarte 11-32. South El Monte 9-43. Sierra Vista 9-44. Monrovia 9-85. Arcadia 8-46. Rio Hondo Prep 8-27. Temple City 8-88. Arroyo 7-59. San Gabriel 8-810. La Puente 7-4

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What's in the Stars??

ARIESHasty actions will get you in trouble when the Moon con-juncts Uranus in Aries on Tuesday.

TAURUS

A cherished wish may finally come true on Monday, Taurus. Remember to say thank you to the Universe.

GEMINI

The boss could give you a promotion on Monday, and the

corner office could be part of the deal! A new friend might bounce

into your life on Wednesday.

CANCER

Persistence is the key to suc-cess on Monday. Extra effort will be required to get a job done.

LEO

Power issues with a colleague will erupt on Tuesday. Tempo-rarily toss your ego aside so you can work together.

VIRGO

Keep your options open on Monday. If you agree to an outing early on, you’ll want to change plans later.

LIBRA

A rival may suddenly burst on the scene on Tuesday. Rely on your smarts to outwit this person.

SCORPIO

Demonstrate your leadership skills on Tuesday. Don’t be afraid to take charge of a certain matter.

SAGITTARIUS

A loved one may try to monopo-lize your attention on Monday. Let this person know that you’re on a tight schedule!

CAPRICORN

Life at home looks busy, and could also be disruptive.

AQUARIUS

Your income will increase substantially on Monday. It’s possible that you’ll have the Midas touch!

PISCESYour head will be lost in the clouds when the Moon con-juncts Mercury in Pisces on Monday.

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DOWN1. Maple syrup precursor2. Reunion attendee3. Lariat, e.g.4. Used in some liquors5. *Earth Day founder6. Please get back to me7. 17th letter of Greek alpha-bet8. Rent again9. Delivered by a mare10. *Its emissions are regu-lated11. Pharma product12. Grammy of sports15. Tower of London guard20. Render harmless22. *Corn holder, often left behind to protect soil quality24. Most aerial25. Indian state26. Harry Belafonte's daughter27. Focused or riveted29. "Yes, ___"31. One who fabricates32. _____ colony, middle ages33. *An earthly body34. *Earth to ancient Romans36. *Prop pusher38. Do it "or ____!"42. Beach souvenir45. To give up or bow out49. Up and down nod51. *______ earth54. Mercantile establishment56. Kate Middleton's head gear57. Barack's David58. One wafting59. Possible indoor allergy cause60. Voyeur's glance61. Impulse62. "____ your manners"63. Assortment66. *Clean ___ Act68. Congressional title

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Do You Know Who This Guy Is?

On this date April 17, 1973 El Monte alum Doug Griffin banged out two hits for the Boston Red Sox in a 6-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

A second baseman, Griffin was part of El Monte’s class of 1965 and played parts of eight seasons in the big leagues. Briefly with California Angels in 1970, and then for the Red Sox from 1971 to 1977.

In 1972 he won a Gold Glove. His career numbers were 524 hits, seven home runs, 165 runs batted in, and a .245 batting average.

On September 6, 1974 Griffin and fellow El Monte alum Fred Lynn would play in the same game for the Red Sox against Milwaukee. The Brewers would win 2-0.

Griffin is now retired and lives in Fresno, California with his family.

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to children and families in El Monte for more than 10 years. In addition to the Early Head Start and Wrap-around Programs available at the El Monte South Family Center, Foothill provides Mental Health Services, Ear-ly Child Development, Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-ment, Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment and Teen Parent Families and Youth Development at five additional sites, including the El Monte Family Center, located at 11429 Valley Bou-levard in El Monte, and in

Duarte, Pasadena and West Covina.

Foothill Family Service fulfills its mission to build brighter futures – empower-ing children and families in our community to overcome challenges and achieve suc-cess in relationships, school and work. Last year, approx-imately 21,000 clients ben-efited from Foothill Family Service’s life-changing ser-vices. For more information, please call (626) 564-1613 or visit www.foothillfamily.org.

Sav- Now Pharmacy - A new Chamber Member located at 9814 Garvey Ave. Units 24-25, El Monte

Brian Thai and his family and friends celebrate the Grand Opening of his pharmacy.

Please stop by and visit this new business in town!

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TRUSTEE SALENOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-11-456111-EV Order No.: 5644351 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/31/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION 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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings as-sociation, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RUBEN MOLINA AND MA-RIA MOLINA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 4/17/2008 as In-strument No. 20080669840 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 5/8/2013 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain lo-cated at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $335,863.86 The purported property address is: 12426 CLINTON ST, EL MONTE, CA 91732 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 8108-019-002 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auc-tion does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be respon-sible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this prop-erty by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more

than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgag-ee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applica-ble, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-11-456111-EV . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re-flected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the sched-uled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the prop-erty address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be enti-tled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previ-ously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report re-flecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-11-456111-EV IDSPub #0048738 4/17/2013 4/24/2013 5/1/2013 MID VALLEY NEWS

TRUSTEE SALENOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-09-324351-AB Order No.: 090772753-CA-DCO YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/29/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci-fied in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining princi-pal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFI-CIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): YING JIN, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 1/4/2007 as Instrument No. 20070016223 of Official Re-cords in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 5/8/2013 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $212,596.44 The purported property address is: 4501 PECK ROAD, UNIT 73, EL MONTE, CA 91732 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 8570-029-101 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can re-ceive clear title to the property. You are encour-aged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of

trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the Cali-fornia Civil Code. The law requires that infor-mation about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regard-ing the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-09-324351-AB . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informa-tion is to attend the scheduled sale. The un-dersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designa-tion is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Pur-chaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgag-ee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real prop-erty only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. THIS OFFICE IS AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-09-324351-AB IDSPub #0048711 4/17/2013 4/24/2013 5/1/2013 MID VALLEY NEWS

File No. 2013056716. ORIGINAL FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DETROIT AUTO PARTS, 2444 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD, EL MONTE, CA 91733, LA COUNTY. Registered Owner(s): RENE TAYLOR, 2754 BEECH STREET, LA VERNE, CA 91750. This business is con-ducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name on OWNER.

Notice – This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious Business Name Statement expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before that time. The filing of the state-ment 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).

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TRUSTEE SALENOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S No. 1374619-27 APN: 8252-017-010 TRA: 04385 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx6377 REF: Vil-larreal, Rosalee IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED January 08, 2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, 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. On April 23, 2013, at 9:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust recorded January 15, 2008, as Inst. No. 20080080047 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the of-fice of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Roselee P. Villarreal, A Widow, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check 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 speci-fied in section 5102 of the financial code and authorized to do business in this state: Behind the fountain located in civic center plaza, 400 civic Center Plaza Pomona, Cali-fornia, 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 described as: Completely de-scribed in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 15552 Blackwood Street La Puente CA 91744 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbranc-es, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the No-tice of Sale is: $257,002.91. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The benefi-

ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bid-ding on this property lien, you should under-stand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that informa-tion about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (619)590-1221 or visit the internet website www.rppsales.com, using the file number assigned to this case 1374619-27. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web Site. The best way to verify postpone-ment information is to attend the scheduled sale. For sales information:(619)590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corpora-tion, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: March 23, 2013. (R-428054 04/03/13, 04/10/13, 04/17/13) MID VALLEY NEWS

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