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Gover nor A r no ld Schwarzenegger signed Assembly bill 183 designed to kick-start California real estate sales during the all important spring season when home sales get into high gear. Determined to encourage home owner-ship and at the same time promote job creation, the Governor signed the $200 million bill to provide new and first time homeowners with a tax credit that could reach as high as $10,000.

A previous program with a $100 million cap on the 2009 tax credit was successful, but the cap came before many inter-ested homebuyers were able to take advantage of the government assistance program.

Assembly Bi l l 183, signed into law on March 25, applies to buyers of new homes and first-time homebuyers of exist ing homes with sales contracts signed between May 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010 and closing escrow no later than Aug. 1, 2011. With action that must be taken by both buyers and sellers, the new program will allow buyers to receive a tax credit of 5% of the home’s purchase price up to $10,000, spread equally over three consecut ive tax years. To qualify, the homeowner must use the property as a principal resi-dence for two years after the closing of escrow.

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Governor Signs Bill, But Mass Transit Suffers

By Bill Peters

Don Mariconda died March 16 after a valiant fight against cancer. His death came more swiftly than any-one anticipated, but Don was optimistic right to the end. He asked his wife, Kris to share this thought with all his friends: “I’ve had a won-derful 78 years. Thanks for joining me.” But it is Don we should be thanking.

Don loved life. He loved his country, the deep fried hot dogs at Rutt’s Hut in his native New Jersey, his family, music (especially jazz and big band) and his adopted home town of Monrovia, but not necessarily in that order. On

Requiem for a Jersey Boy: Don Mariconda

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the fiftieth anniversary of his moving to California , his na-tive California friends voted to make him an honorary native Californian.

For over a century, kings, queens, sheiks and billionaires have coveted winning the world-famous Kentucky Derby run each year on the first Saturday in May in Louisville, Kentucky under the twin spires of Churchill Downs racetrack. This year you can add an All-American family living in the All-American city of Monrovia to the list of the Who’s Who.

Road to Kentucky Derby Begins in Monrovia

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The filing date for candi-dates for the June 8 primary in the 59th Assembly ended March 17 with a total of nine candidates, down from an expected 11.

Almost a dozen hopefuls had announced an intention to begin the election process to whittle down one candi-date per recognized party to take over the Assembly post Anthony Adams will step down from in December. Six of the candidates running are Republicans, one is a Demo-crat, two will run under the banner of Libertarian party and one will represent the American Independent par-ty in the primary contest.

The Registrar of Voters office did not receive filing papers from Donald Wil-

Nine Enter Primary for Adam’s Seat

Final Count:

By Bill Peters

Gov. Team Comes Out on Top in DebateA ver it able Who’s

Who of Arcadia turned out to the luxurious Santa Anita Inn Wednesday eve-ning for the last face to face meeting of the 6 candidates vying for 3 seats on the city council ahead of the April 13th election.

Sponsored by Arcadia Weekly and researched, planned and masterfully executed by the Arcadia High School Constitution Team, the debate featured discussions on a wide va-riety of issues facing the city including development around the coming Gold Line light rail station, the Shops at Santa Anita, cam-paign finance and special interest endorsements, to name but a few.

While the candidates debated the issues in an attempt to separate them-selves from the wide field of ballot choices and stand out as the night’s star, the real winners of the evening were the thirty members of the Constitution Team who raised over $5000 to-wards their upcoming trip

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Is life trying to tell me something? I seem to at-tract an awful lot of birds of every kind.

Actually it’s not so much the birds but their droppings. Birds of every species poop on me and my belongings.

Way back in the 1960s, my friends and I went to Capistrano to see the swal-lows. I don’t remember the swallows, but I remember the doves. One of them sat on my head. Everyone oohed and aahed until, you guessed it, splop.

Remember Dan Block-er, who played Hoss on the “Bonanza” TV show? He was there. That giant of a man who could look down on my top laughed so hard he scared the physically relieved dove away.

Shortly thereafter, one of my friends sent me a pop-up card with an um-brella and a little bluebird.

A Message?The verse said, “An um-brella for a friend, in case the Bluebird of Happiness is impolite.”

I’d like to think these are all little Bluebirds of Happiness following me around. I learned a long time ago that whenever you preface a sentence with “I’d like to think...,” it probably ain’t. I know they ain’t all little, they ain’t all blue and I ain’t always happy.

I get everything from saucy seagulls who bomb my car to perky peacocks who decorate my shoe.

Today a little sparrow sat on my jacket, which I had laid over the back of a vacant chair beside me. He/she was such a cute little thing. The tiny head bobbed from side to side and up and down.

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It was okay. I like be-ing unique. Some people have ring-around-the-col-lar, I’ll have poo-around-the-collar until I get home to the washer, then I’ll have neither. That may be unique, too.

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> A new underground light rail alternative underneath Little Tokyo has been added to the Regional Connector Transit Corridor Study.

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RE: Sierra Madre Election: Fodder for

Bloggers – Sierra Madre Weekly March 25

I absolutely concur with your assessment of John Crawford. I don’t know much about John. He’s an enigma. John claims he is an executive at Atlantic Records, although I’ve never been able to confirm the fact. I do know this much, John has a lot of time on his hands. Whether or not he is a busy record executive, he has plenty of time to write a nasty, spiteful political blog that mixes truth with fiction, and run a slanderous city council campaign full of more acrimony and lies. For John there is no common ground—you’re either with him, or you’re against him; he simply doesn’t have the capacity to disagree agreeably. In short, John is an egotistical delusional blowhard—truly a legend in his own mind.

Hail Hamilton, Sierra Madre

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Ok, I just read the Sierra Madre Weekly and Terry Miller’s attack on Mr Crawford. I have a few comments. First, I have always liked Terry Miller, thought he took some fantastic photos, and I’ve always admired Mr Crawford for his straight-forward approach to his writing. If memory serves me correctly; the Sierra Madre weekly used Mr Crawford’s aka, Eric Mundry’s articles all the time. Interesting that when it worked for them…they were all for it. Now that Mr Crawford is running

for city Council, they don’t want anything to do with him! Politics at BEST! Terry, The cumquat was not a “parody” as you put it, but an obscene, infantile attack on well respected folks. Do you really think Ms. Angus enjoyed the “parody” against her?Let us not forget that this all about free speech. I voted for Joe Mosca, because I believed he was going to preserve our town. I didn’t know then that he was a gay American and truth be told, I wouldn’t have cared. I still would have voted for him. I can guarantee you that on April 13, Mr Mosca will not have my vote and it’s NOT because he is a gay American, it’s because I think we need someone else who can preserve our town. It’s too bad that Mr. Mosca has decided to throw “homophobic” into the mix, or maybe you did that, Terry. I honestly expected more from both of you.I’m voting for Crawford, Alcorn and Watts. Thank you all for running.

Sarah, Sierra Madrevia sierramadreweekly.com

Wow…Hail, you admittedly don’t know “much about John Crawford” but you can go on such a personal attack? SHAME ON YOU! Do your homework. Mr Crawford cares about our town. He’s been at every city council meeting. Where were you? Oh, that’s right, you had a column to write. John has a real, respectable job. I really can’t say the same

thing about Mr Josh Moran. He was quoted as being an “Account Executive” of what? I did some investigation. What I discovered is that he either does reverse mortgages or is in some kind of real estate. Either way, they both seem to be quite a conflict of interest for our city council.It’s AMAZING that you can sit back and “claim that John is the biggest “blowhard” because you don’t agree with him — seems to me it makes you just as much as an “egotistical delusional blowhard” for your own column…funny how that works, isn’t it?If you dislike the way things are done…I suggest next election you take out papers to run for city council….but I doubt you have what it takes.

Tom, Sierra Madrevia sierramadreweekly.com

Terry Miller–Your article hits John Crawford and the Mayor right where it hurts. I appreciate that you have brought up the negativity, misinformation and fear that Crawford’s blog and his followers feed off. The comments are the highlight that really show the dysfunctional side of these supporters. I wouldn’t allow my children to behave the way that the Mayor and Crawford have.I have done my research and prefer to elect folks who are level-headed, work well with others, can see all sides, and know how to compromise to meet the needs of ALL

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Obama Appoints Beacon Editor John Stephens Top Speech-Wordsmither

JB Stephens here trying to evade the paparazzi after he was appointed to the Obama administration. -Photo by Crystal Chanda Leir Jet

Hi, we’re Matt & John and we know we play tough guys in the newspa-pers, but close friends have long known that when we get back to Shameless Ref-erence Manor we like to curl up with a good book and get our relax on in the patented cottony comfort of our official Shameless Reference Snuggie.There, we wrote our plug. Now Snugg ie manufacturer All-Star Products Group owes us as much dough as they dump-trucked on Cleveland Owner Dan Gil-bert for the souls of 20,000 innocent Cavs fans last Friday night.We all know

it takes a certain level of depravity and loneliness to pick up the phone at three in the morning to order anything for $19.95. So when spectators arrived at Cleveland’s “the Q” to find Snuggies placed under every seat in the house, they should have known they were being

sold like a special-edition Chia Pet. Mission accom-plished, guys. You just broke a Guinness Word Record that didn’t exist and will probably be listed just between the toenails guy and the most people to ever commit suicide wear-ing the same flavor Nikes.Large gatherings in long

In a spectacularly ri-diculous announcement, President Obama sa id Monday that Jack Ste -phens, Editor in Geek of Beacon Media Interna-tional would be tapped to head of his speech writing table-tennis department.. Reuter’s news agency asked why Obama picked Stephens for the mult i-million dollar contract.

“Look – Mr. Reuters - let me explain this as clearly as I can: John Stephens writes stuff and, well, it’s the stuff I need. He’s a funny chap and, frankly, I can bum ciga-ret tes from him.” The president said.

“What we need in this country is not more smokers, but more people off whom we can all bum smokes,” he cont inued to rousing applause at a gathering of tabloid and second-rate media during a hastily arranged press conference in the White House Crab Grass Gar-den.

Exhaus t ive ef for t s were made to contact Stephens, though he was unavailable do to an ex-tensive Mani-Pedi he was undergoing in preparation

for his move to the White House. Upon hearing the news, Stephens said, “I’m only going to the White House if I can bring my crack team with me”. We are under the assump-tion that he was referring to his colleagues at Bea-con Media International,

though he may have been reffering only to his house-plants, all of whom have names, assigned chores, and a general lack of any possible capacity to com-plete them.

Mr. Stephens has said a number of times that he has no intention of remov-

ing any of his plants from the chore wheel.

At that point, Photo-Bloke Ringo Mueller said his drums sounded better outside and they’ll go to volume # 11 in the open air.

Thus, the celbr ito -ry BMI band wore only

skimpy thongs to the cel-ebration held in, on and around Myrtle avenue. It was not a pretty sight.

L a t er, t he ba nd’s social directress, Susan Principlescribe, made the party a success with her Tigger colored cheese whiz and R ipple Van Winkle Vintage 1973.

Lead singer “I P Dai-ly” said this was the high-light of his career.” In fact, he said “I’ve never been this high,” referring of course to Stephens arriv-al via helicopter for a last number where the band did irreparable damage to the classic song “Free Bird,” which had since been outlawed in 38 of the 40 states that matter.

Business consultants Vera Very-Funny and An-nette “DBA” Ray were an-nounced as promotional consultants who will travel with the band extensively for the first year.

As news choppers be-gan to arr ive and hov-er over the BMI World Headquarters rooftop to see what all the fuss what

about, the new Fox News affiliate KGEM, was al-lowed unprecedented ac-cess due to the company’s obvious appreciation of ribald humor at the gut level (that plus a consider-able pay off)

Beacon CEO Von Raeesespieces was delight-ed with the performance and has signed the band up for a new promotion for his Merchant Card Processing business. The 2011 World Tour which opens in El Monte will be entitled “Capital BMI – What’s in your Pocket?”

Fortunately, the White House has a broom closet only slightly smaller than the current BMI off ice so the BMI staff and will now also be print ing a daily version of Stephen’s rantings called “Stephens’ Shameless and Seriously Slanderous Soliloquies.”

T h e r e w i l l b e a Pressed Rat and Warthog conference at noon East-ern time Saturday in the White House toilet to ex-plain just what the hell this article in even about.

Cavs Fans Get Fleeced

In a move described as “bloody stupid”, some twit decided he thought it would be funny to throw tea bags down Rep. Adam Sch i f f’s of f ice WC in Pasadena last week caus-ing the poor toilet to over-f low.

Well the joke is on the Tea Party.- CocaCola has purchased the rights now to a new creat ion inspired by the stupidity and vandalism the Tea Party Twits like so very much.

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Sierra Madre citizens. While the Mayor and Crawford continue to do whatever it takes to elect certain people to the City Council, our city’s long term plans suffer. Also, with this dysfunction, we are less able to attract good, qualified citizens to volunteer in our City.Some folks in town don’t want to speak up and tell the truth because Crawford and company can be very vindictive.By the way, I stopped reading your paper while Sir Eric Maundry aka John Crawford had a column. I couldn’t stand his negative, egotistical tone. I also remember when “Sir” was booted off the now defunct Foothill Cities blog for his negative, harassing comments.

Sierra Madre Native


__________Mr. Crawford has never pointed out Mr. Mosca’s sexual preferences, and quite frankly they have no

place in any campaign.It’s ironic to me that your would state that Mr. Mosca believes that there is a “homophobic smear campaign” against him. The only time I have read “homophobic” was in an article YOU wrote about Mr. Crawford. If that isn’t inuendo, I don’t

know what is.Politics are not always kind. Take a look at Whitman and Poizner going at it everyday. Obama and McCain weren’t any better. I honestly believe that no one cares about Mr. Mosca’s sexual preferences; we only care about our town and his commitment to it. Plain

and simple. You and Hail and everyone else are no better in regards to the “nasty comments” and mean spirited attacks. Mr. Mosca is on tape telling an elderly citizen

to “get a life”. Watch it, it’s on U-Tube. Folks are not voting on Mr Mosca’s sexual preferences; no they are voting on the promises he BROKE four years ago. It’s as simple

as that.Richard De La Mora Sierra Madre


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Slams Gavel Sierra Madre Weekly March 25

Hats off to Terry Miller for so accurately describing our town’s Bully Pulpit! Two generations ago, “bully” was an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. Now it describes some of our elected officials, they’re arrogant bullies on the pulpit that is our City

Council!! Remember when elected officials served as “humble servants” of their constituents? Well, there’s nothing humble about the outrageous behavior exhibited in Council chambers by certain, seated members. Watch some of the meetings!! It’s not difficult to identify the culprits, their demeanor is as embarrassing as it is

inappropriate. Now we have a clear choice in Sierra Madre, and a chance to clear the air the foul behavior that has tainted the civility of our City Council. Voters can reject others of this ilk and elect three candidates who, I know, will put responsibility before rhetoric and character before character assassination.

I’m voting for Moran, Mosca and Walsh. Thank you all for running, and for giving us a chance to

save Sierra Madre.

Robert Matheson , Sierra Madre via sierramadreweekly.com

___________Bwahaha!!! Joe will do anything to avoid talking about his lousy record in office. Even play the “homophobia” card. The scoundral has no shame

whatsoever.El Kabong , Sierra Madre

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__________It is disappointing that your paper has accused Mr. Mosca of injecting baseless and irrelevant charges of homophobia into a city council election. I am confident

you misquoted him.Richard De La Mora, Sierra Madre


_________The Mayor allowed Paul Hovsepian to ramble on and on and on. During her term as Mayor, Macgilvray has rarely limited public comment time. No speaker spoke for fifteen minutes. Get you facts straight. Why wasn’t the Mayor interviewed for this article? Our Council members should act as adults and be able to take

criticism.Trevor, Sierra Madre


__Why is it when someone feels they are part of a “minority”( gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc) and they don’t get their way, they play the “card”. ? In this case Joe playing the “gay card”. The people that spoke at the City Council meeting had all voted for him in 2006. People were mad because Mr. Mosca sought the endorcement of the Democratic Party. Candidates in our local election do not and have never sought endorcements from

political parties.

Mosca Voter 2006, Sierra Madre via sierra madreweekly.com

__Be prepared for 2-3 more crazies to bombard this website with attacks against Joe like they did on Tuesday night. Joe is a good man and a good councilmember. I voted for him last time, and I plan to vote for him this time. He has worked hard and produced results. Unfortunately, I also voted for Don and Maryann the last times. I will not be voting for them this time or in 2 years. They are an embarassment to Sierra Madre, but more importantly, an embarassment to

themselves.


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__________It would be nice if the city council would stop acting like they can control the whole city. I mean 5 people voting on things 10,000 people have to live with. Pasadena comes up with a smoking ban and Sierra Madre w/ the vote of 3 council people follows suit immediatley to do the same thing? Wheres the review for an actual need at the issues that are going to affect the citizens and not just the 100 people that go out at night or visit the city on Fridays or Saturdays. I mean where did the parking change from 3am to 2am come from? How does that make sense for people who have cars parked in front of friends houses that are coming home from outside the city that are coming from somewhere closing at 2? Of course they will get tickets, thats what the city wants I guess. Don’t fix something if its not broken. I’ve been a resident for five years and think Joe Mosca has done just as good a

job as any council member. And the past five years, I have seen the council do nothing. Thats pretty much what Sierra Madre wants,

so I’ll vote for him.

Peter Line Sierra Madre

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1. IMPEACH MACGILLIVRAY!Boorish, rude, impolite and completely unprofessional behavior should not be tolerated in elected officials, especially in one who deems herself “mayor”. Let’s do

away with her.2. MacGillivray’s unseemly temper tantrum in an official City Council meeting is the perfect reason for all Sierra Madreans to vote for Joe Mosca, Josh Moran and

Nancy Walsh.Cookie and Eric Sierra

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The video of the last council meeting is up on the KGEM site: http://kgem.tv/2010/03/sierra-m a d r e - c i t y - c o u n c i l -

march-23-2010/This article shines a light on the fact that the Mayor’s

primary goal is to get certain people elected to the city council. What happened with governing our city and

fulfilling long-term goals?Cookie and Eric–The Mayor’s behavior has upset a lot of people who were “on the fence” about the election. Instead of helping her, it has hurt her. These folks don’t want to vote for the folks that are associated

with her.

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RE: New Blood, Blue Blood Square Off

Arcadia Weekly, March 25

Unlike the Star News, thanks for this excel-lent article on the can-didates and the fo-rum, which I attended. I am most impressed with Paul Cheng for his clear and realistic view of the much deeper is-sues signified by the lack of compliance with our signage regulations. If there is still a chance for us to really come to-gether as a community, I feel he is our best bet!

Continued from the First Pageliamson, a former San Bernardino County Assessor who had indicated an interest in running as a Democrat; and Matthew Belgen, a respiratory care therapist from Twin Peaks who would have signed on as a Republican candidate.

The 59th Assembly District has been strongly Republican for many years and this year’s primary contest gives party members a choice of six candidates to replace the Republican Adams. The Republican can-didates are Claremont City Councilman Corey Calaycay; Anthony Riley, a former special projects coordinator for San Bernar-dino County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gary Ovitt and currently an owner of a public relations firms in Hesparia and who serves on the Hesperia School Board; Christopher Lancaster, an advertising salesman for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group and former Covina City Councilman, now of La Verne; Ken Hunter, a Lake Arrowhead real estate broker; Tim Donelly, a Twin Peaks businessman; and Iver Bye, a one-time Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney.

The lone Democrat candidate in the race is Darcel Woods, a Chaffey College professor who resides in La Verne. Dan Fernandes, a retired aerospace engineer of La Verne and Anthony “Tony” Tyler, a print shop owner from Hesparia have filed to run from the Libertarian party. Robert Gosney, a business-man from Hesparia will run as the American Independent party’s candidate.

Adams announced his decision not to run for re-election earlier this year. At the time he said, “Announcing my decision not to run for re-election at this time will give ample notice to potential candidates in Assembly District 59 and it will give voters plenty of time to sort out who will best represent them in 2011 and beyond.”

The 59th Assembly District is a highly gerrymandered district stretching over two-counties that includes cities in the High Des-ert, the San Bernardino Mountains, Pomona Valley and the San Gabriel Valley. Locally, the 59th Assembly District includes portions, or in some cases, all, of Arcadia, Sierra Ma-dre, Monrovia and Bradbury.

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I like to think we welcome everyone to our lovely city, but that does not mean we must stand by while it visually becomes another country or close our eyes to unsavory “businesses” that might be okay in an-other culture , but hey,…

this is America!

Mrs. L. Blocke, Arcadiavia Arcadiaweekly.com

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Thanks for the informative article. I have posted some thoughts on the Arcadia Police Officers’ Association Blog at http://arcadiapoa.

blogspot.com/2010/03/our-upcoming-city-council-

election.html.

The APOA stands firm in support and endorsement of Sho Tay, Mickey Segal, and Bob Harbicht. These candidates will look to the

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Peter Amundson knows it’s your money!

l Opposes utility tax increase

l Opposes pension spiking pay raises

“Peter deserves another term for his courageous stance against the giving away of taxpayer funds to spike pensions for employees.”

Tom Hudson, Executive Director California Taxpayer Protection Committee

“Peter knows how to stretch the tax dollar and ask the tough questions.”

Gail Marshall Former Mayor of Arcadia

Also endorsed by:

l County Supervisor Mike Antonovich

l Senator Bob Huff

l Senator Dick Mountjoy (ret.)

l Senator Bob Margett (ret.)

l Floretta Lauber, Former Mayor of Arcadia

l George Fasching, Former Mayor of Arcadia

l CA Taxpayer Protection Committee

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Former Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall and Peter Amundson

This family doesn’t pull up to Pavilions in a limo, they jog the streets of Hillcrest, Myrtle and Foothill and they are just another couple sitting next to you at Cafe Opera or the London Gastropub. Yet they are on the verge of be-coming a story, possibly THE story, of the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby.

The aforementioned dignitaries of the sport of thoroughbred racing have historically spent hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to buy or breed a Kentucky Derby winner. Many would settle for a strong Kentucky Derby contender, which is very hard to come by.

Imagine going to the Kentucky Derby with a horse that cost less than a Mint Ju-lep but the same price as the free souvenir glass it comes in? When it comes to the Kentucky Derby there is no doubt that dreams are free. In this instance the Kentucky Derby hopeful was free. Yes…free!

Enter Mike and Dana Machowsky. Dana, a mother of three daughters and a local real estate agent for Coldwell Banker in Arcadia, has been married to trainer Mike Machowsky for 10 years. Dana knew going into her marriage what the racetrack life was all about. Dana had been around horsemen her entire life when you consider her grandfather was also a trainer and her father Joe Cannon, DVM is one of the most respected thorough-bred veterinarians in the country.

Although Dana was familiar with the racetrack lifestyle but she may not have been prepared for the roller coaster ride of being the wife of a thoroughbred trainer. “I knew about the early morn-ings and no time off but I was not aware of the stress that is involved,” said Mrs. Machowsky. “I have learned over the years to deal with it. I know when he is stressed out at times it is best to leave him be. The business by nature is very streaky and it gets tough sometimes if you are on a cold streak. Things are great right now.”

The “free” horse that may put them in the rac-ing history books is named Caracortado, which is a loose translation of scar face in Spanish. The horse was bred by her husband after

a filly he was training for a partnership, that included the Machowsky’s, needed to be retired without ever racing.

The two other partners gave their shares of the filly, Mons Venus, to the Ma-chowsky’s and Mike told his wife Dana he thought the filly was worth breeding because he had detected talent in her while she was in training. A good friend of theirs then gave them a free breeding to the stallion Cat Dreams. The rest, as they say, is history.

“I do remember dur-ing one summer in Del Mar that Mike was really excited about a filly he had in his barn named Mons Venus,” recalled Machowsky. “Never did I expect to own her as a broodmare one day and could never have imagined that she would produce her second baby that has turned out this good. It’s been very exciting and we have had so much fun with the whole Kentucky Derby situation.”

It is no doubt a family affair when you consider that Mike Machowsky not only bred Caracortado, he trains him and owns him with his wife in partnership with Don Blahut . The “free” horse got his name due to the fact that when he arrived from the farm to the Santa Anita barn of his trainer, he had seven stitches on his forehead from a minor head injury. The stitches have been paid for many times over as Cara-cortado has now earned over $200,000 in his short career for his connections.

The Machowsky’s bred “free to free” and got a horse that started off running in a claiming race at Fairplex Park which is a Kentucky Derby route that is not trav-eled too often if ever. Cara-cortado won his first five races including the Grade 2 Bob Lewis Stakes which pro-pelled him into the Kentucky Derby limelight as one of the top West Coast hopefuls.

Caracortado will be running Saturday, April 3 in the prestigious Santa Anita Derby, the last California stepping stone to the Ken-tucky Derby. If Caracortado can finish in the top three po-sitions he will have punched his ticket to Kentucky and the Machowsky’s of Monro-via will be on their way to the Big Show with the Big Horse leading the way.

The local Monrovia cou-

Road to Kentucky Begins in Monrovia

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How’s th is for of f -beat: A fanged freak who drinks blood from a de-capitated cow, then sings about it in a prim accent he picked up by watch-ing the BBC. And we’re not talking about a poli-tician here, no, it’s “Bat Boy: The Musical”, the cult hit based on tabloid stories from the world-fa-mous Weekly World News about a child with needle teeth and Professor Spock ears who supposedly was discovered in an Appala-

chian cave in 1992. (Now, here we may be talking about a politician.)

In the stage version, the demonic-looking half-breed is taken in by a friendly family that tries to teach him to live in civilized society, only to discover that West Virgin-ia isn’t quite as civilized as they hoped.

The story i s f i l led with salacious shocks that might make even the likes of Jerry Springer blush, but it also has a serious,

even mythic side. It uses the trashy tropes of the tabloids to make a univer-sal statement about preju-dice and acceptance.

“It’s My Fair Lady meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” said one Midwestern newspaper when it opened in their small town theatre.

Bat Boy, after winning the Outer Critics Circle Award for best Off Broad-way musical in 2001, has become a popular choice at theaters around the

country. Now it’s Arcadia High’s chance to show off their amazing talents with this off the charts production.

Bat Boy: The Mu-sical is running now t h r o ugh S a t u r d a y, April 3rd at the AHS Lit tle T heater, 180 Campus Dr ive, Ar -cadia. Tickets are 10 bucks presale, 15 at the door. Call (626) 821-8370 ext. 1129 for tickets and info.

Students Present Bat Boy: The Musical, Now through April 3rd

There is something awe-inspiring about dance and art - the undeniable fascination of people creating an ethe-real world through imagina-tion for the sake of feeling good and producing beauty. This ethereal world of dance and art is housed by institu-tions who want to preserve the arts in our communities that seem to be dwindling due to the budget crisis. The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to eliminate nearly 50% of the Art Teach-ers (dance, music-general/vocal, instrumental, theatre, visual arts), for the 2010-2011 school year; not to mention the art and dance clubs that are closing down because of the crisis. However, there are still those who wish to preserve the arts and create a safe place to watch it grow. The Arts Studio, founded by Milly and Frank in Arcadia, CA, is the type of establish-ment that plans to do just that.

Milly and Frank Yang, new studio owners, have combined their passion for art and dance to form the Arts studio where they hope to create a warm, friendly environment for the commu-nity to explore their talents. The Studio offers the Japa-nese Floral Arrangement Art of Ikenobo, Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Hip Hop, Bal-let, Break Dance, Painting, Glass Blowing, Zumba Fit-ness, Latin Fitness, Ballroom Blast, Belly Dance, Ballet/Tap for kids, Yoga and more. Group classes and private lessons are offered for adults and children. “We want to create a safe and lively place for all the people who live in this community, and who have a passion to pursue their dreams. We want to contrib-ute to the beauty of this area and keep the neighborhood healthy and happy,” Milly says.

April 18th marks the day of their much anticipated Art Showcase, a debut event of all the talented artists that will be teaching and dem-onstrating their craft. Roy Gould, Chris Hogan, Ruth Read, Frank Yang are a few of the artists that will attend this night.

Roderick Smith, one of the art instructors will be offering a two day course on the art of “travel sketching in watercolor”. This will be a two part program with a slide presentation of his five week watercolor journey to Alaska. The class includes an

New Arts Studio Opens on Live Oak Ave.By nAtAlie AvAkiAn

introduction to painting ma-terials followed by a water-color sketching day trip to the Arboretum. The workshop is designed to help individu-als learn the techniques and means to enjoy watercolor sketching on their next travel adventure.

Christine Hogan, re-nowned artist and instructor, will be demonstrating floral paintings. In addition to her national claim, Chris has received recognition from foreign galleries. She has also exhibited at the Sen Memo-rial Gallery in Taiwan, and at the Shanghai Art Museum in Shanghai, China.

Roy Gould will be dem-onstrating how to use Max Oil paints for landscape painting. Roy began making beautiful landscape paint-ings from his slides and photographs taken while backpacking and mountain climbing in the High Sierras. Roy belongs to the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association (SOCALPAPA), in San Gabriel Fine Arts Assn., T.E.A.M., a national group of art instructors, and is a certified Master Instruc-tor by Alexander Art. Roy is a teaching partner with Chartpak, makers of the environmentally friendly Grumbacher Max Oil (Wa-ter Mixable Oil Color) paints and brushes.

For those that have heard this brand for the first time, Grumbacher Max Oil (Wa-ter Mixable Oil Color) is a new type of paint that has no hazardous solvents, no harm-ful vapors or odors, and can be cleaned up with plain old water. Chris Hogan will dem-onstrate floral painting and will introduce her new class

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“It’s My Fair Lady meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” said one Midwestern newspaper when it opened in their small town theatre. - Photos By Terry Miller

Milly and Frank Yang, new studio owners, have combined their passion for art and dance to form the Arts studio on Live Oak Avenue in Arcadia where they hope to create a warm, friendly environment for the community to explore their talents.

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“The Easter Feeling” captures all the feelings of the day and goes beyond the Easter Egg Hunt at your local park or church. The over-sized bunny at the mall seems somewhat scary to me and not even my braver child was the least bit interested. The “spirit of Easter” is for all of us who celebrate the magical feeling of spring. My precious second baby was born on Easter morn-ing so we certainly missed the Easter lunch that Sun-day. I have not missed on since of course.

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Asparagus-Almond CasseroleYou’ll Need:3 slices bread, toasted1 T butter, melted1/4 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, grated1 can cream of mushroom soup3 oz. slivered almonds1 can green asparagus, drained2 ha rd cooked egg s , sliced

Directions:Heat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 1 1/2 -quart casserole dish. Crumble

the toasted bread and mix with the melted butter; set aside. Combine the cheese and soup and heat until the cheese melts. Add the almonds to the mixture. Place half the asparagus in the casserole dish. Cover with the slices of one egg and half the soup mixture, Repeat to make a second layer and sprinkle with the bread crumbs. You will need to bake for about 30 minutes. This casserole serves about 6 to 8 but can be easily doubled for a large family gathering. I also like to substitute fresh asparagus and just cook it prior to putting together the casserole.

ham is not so difficult to solve, but what to serve with your ham may be more challenging. If you happen to have any eggs

lef t over after the kids have decorated and filled their baskets, use them in the two casseroles to follow.

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Asparagus-Water Chestnut CasseroleYou’ll Need:2 cans asparagus spears, drained1 can water chestnuts, drained1 can mushrooms, drained1 small jar diced pimentos4 hard cooked eggs, chopped1 can cream of mushroom soup1 can French-fried onion rings

Directions:Heat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 1 1/2 -quart casserole dish. Place the as-

paragus spears in the prepared dish. Mix chestnuts, mushrooms, pimentos, and eggs with the soup; pour over the asparagus. Bake the casserole for 20 minutes and then top with the onion rings for the last 10 minutes. This casserole also serves 6 to 8.

I hope your family will enjoy one of both of these casseroles with whatever Easter ham you decide to serve this year.

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Many years ago when I was volun-teering for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pasadena, I met Joe Caiel lo. He was also volunteering and helping to oversee the kitchen. It appears that he never lost his love for food. For it is twenty years later and he and son Joey are the owner of one of the most popu-lar restaurants in the region, Nikki C’s. The restaurant is lovingly named after Joe’s beaut i ful granddaughter. The menu at Nikki C’s is a blend of Italian classics with a dash of American f lair. Though the dining area is modest, the restaurant has managed to entertain broad appeal with its loyal patrons. On the walls you will find a collection of photos dedicated to the thoroughbreds that gallop a few blocks away. The vi-sion of those hard charging animals is contrasted with the warm and inviting candlelight that f loods the restaurant. The bar area parades several TV’s for the sports enthusiast. If you listen closely, you wil l soon discover that many of the patrons of Nikki C’s have come to understand that the restaurant pledges a friendly fraternity. Several of the frequent customers choose a place at the bar and forgo a traditional table. They gathered once again at a famil-iar stretch of wood, and they know that they will soon be regaled in the intriguing and enriching stories that keep them coming back.

Of course, it does help that there are two very attractive bartenders in Samia and Paulette.

The appetizers are legendary here and you will soon discover that scores of customers come for the tantalizing f lavors of the top left of the menu. In the past, I have sampled nirvana in the short rib tacos ($16). I know what you might be thinking, I just wrote about (.99) tacos at El Torito, those are okay; these are fantastic. I can make a further recommendation, the shrimp cocktail. It may seem like a safe and unadventur-ous choice, but it is a winner at $10.

This past week after a day at the races, a group of us, including the leg-endary Arcadia Real Estate agent Phil Daniels, headed to Nikki C’s. The res-

taurant was predictably crowded. On a night such as this is best to have a drink, sit back and enjoy some conversation before dinner. If you are in a hurry, it is wise to make a reservation; otherwise you should arrive anticipating a wait. The food is part of the entertainment here, and my guess is that since the Caiello’s are Italian, they know a few things about entertainment. I wanted steak, but one of the “Dills’ Ten Com-mandments” is to exclusively order steak at steak houses. Fallen creatures, as they say, so, I violated my own com-mandment. I ordered a Bone in Rib Eye ($28). I asked the server if there was such a thing on the menu. “Yes, there is” and it comes with shoestring fries. My steak was cooked to perfec-tion, I consider that an act of pardon from the chef. I do wish the restaurants wouldn’t serve the shoestring fries, they are good, but they get cold very quickly. I do have to issue a slight demerit on this trip. There was no bone in the Rib Eye. The prices are affordable here and I was rewarded in breaking my own set rule. The steak was as enjoyable as many of the pricey restaurants that I frequent in Pasadena.

If you are looking for a place where the people, food and atmosphere are ir-resistibly blended than you will enjoy Nikki C’s

Nikki C’s 470 S. Rosemead Pasadena (626) 792-7437. Parking in rear. As always, check out the website for hours and updates. www.nikkics.com

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53 schools in Pasadena raised at total of $34,837.86 through Fresh & Easy Mar-ket’s second “Shop for Schools” program. Schools participated in the fund-raiser through the Pasadena stores, with a total of 643 schools ac-tively participating through-out California.

More than $670,000 was raised through the Shop for Schools program for the over 950 schools that actively par-ticipated in the three states where Fresh & Easy stores are located – Arizona, California and Nevada. The top fund-raising school in California was Sunset View Elemen-tary in Point Loma, which received a $5,000 bonus in addition to their fund-raising efforts.

“At a time when school districts across the state are faced with difficult budget choices, it is important for companies like Fresh & Easy to step in and help. We are ec-static that Fresh & Easy is con-tributing more than $450,000 to California schools as part of their Shop for Schools pro-gram this year,” said Bonnie Reiss, California Secretary of Education.

Kindergarten through

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eighth grade schools located within a three-mile radius of any Fresh & Easy store were eligible to participate in the program. Shop for Schools al-lowed schools that registered to receive a $1 cash donation for every $20 spent at a local Fresh & Easy store from Sep-tember 15 through December 31, 2009. The schools can use the money they raised for whatever they need most.

Fresh & Easy launched its first Shop for Schools program last school year in response to local schools’ need for additional funding. Through the pilot program, schools raised over $130,000. This year, based on feedback from schools, Fresh & Easy in-creased the time schools had to raise money and added fund-raising events called

Shopping Nights for Schools. During these designated eve-nings from 4 to 8 p.m., 5% of a store’s sales were donated to a participating school.

“We received fantastic feedback from our pilot pro-gram and wanted to bring the program back in an even bigger and better way to help schools raise even more money,” said Roberto Munoz, Fresh & Easy Direc-tor of Neighborhood Affairs. “Schools continue to struggle for funding right now and we are proud we can be part of the solution and give back to our neighbors.”

Fresh & Easy plans to bring the program back again in Fall 2010 and will soon start accepting reg-istration forms from local schools.

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to Washington D.C where they will compete for the national title.

Another first for the evening was the participa-tion of Monrovia’s KGEM-TV community media production outfit. Volun-teering the time of an entire production team to cover the event on video was no small task, but the leader-ship of Travis Gray, Lance Mungia and Mark Clark of Community Media of the Foothills provided for a such a remarkable level of professionalism, that even the most outgoing candi-dates seemed a bit shy be-fore the litany of television cameras and professional sound equipment generous-ly donated by Pasadena’s JD Audio/Visual.

Said Editor John Ste-phens from his desk, to himself, circa 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning, “To discover the real winners of the night’s debate is a simple task: The AHS Gov. Team rose to new heights as they were able to raise not only community awareness of their fantastic

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efforts and achievements, but some much-need cash as well.”

“What’s more,” Ste-phens was not heard to say aloud to the empty newsroom, “is that the other true winners of the night were the citizens of Arcadia who were given a

chance to see the future of their city be discussed in an open forum hosted by some of the brightest young minds in the world.” Yes, the world.

Thanks to the volun-teer efforts of KGEM-TV and an agreement reached between the City of Arca-

dia and Arcadia Weekly, a full recording of Arca-dia’s “Great Debate” will be available to the public via the city’s cable access channel starting next week as well as online at www.arcadiaweekly.com and www.kgem.tv. The full-length video will be aired

until the city elect ions, slated for April 13.

Don’t take one word of summary or synopsis from a deadline-driven, dreary-eyed journalist. In-stead, watch for yourself. For as someone surely said at some time or perhaps another, “It is the voters,

not the candidates who make the decisions about our future; and even the most faultless candidate’s war chest or war stories are no match for the inexhaust-ible power of an informed and engaged electorate. No matter who wins, we run this town.”

Arcadia High School Constitution team teacher Kevin Fox was instrumental in the planning and production of Wednesday night’s debate. Here he confers with two of the evening’s student moderators during a break between questions.

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An exhibit in the Business Wing at Central Pasadena Library will feature paintings inspired by the people and cul-tures of Ghana, West Africa. Landscapes and still lifes by local artist Isaac Kobla Gavor feature vivid colors inspired by the traditions, beliefs, and daily ways of life in his home country.

Gavor was born in 1984 in the vil-lage of Vakpo, located in Ghana’s Volta Region. Starting at age six, Isaac helped support himself and his family by farming and harvesting maize, cassava, yam and beets. The local primary school offered a drawing period and exposed Isaac to illustrations in storybooks and newspa-pers. Isaac’s love for drawing began and if he was not drawing at school, he was sketching at home. Art materials were

not readily available in Vakpo, so Isaac collected charcoal from burned firewood and his mother brought cardboard from the local market on which her son could draw. At age sixteen, Isaac saw a paint-ing of an African woman holding a baby on her back and balancing a pot on top of her head. Village life in Ghana’s Volta region inspired sketching of clay houses, trees, fishes, figures, festivals, chieftaincy rituals, farming and childrearing.

Acrylic and oil paintings on canvas on view April 1-30, 2010 in the Business Wing at Central Library and May 1-31, 2010 in the Humanities and Business Wings at Central Library. The Pasadena Public Li-brary is located at 285 E. Walnut St. For more information, call the library at (626) 744-4062 or visit www.igavorart.com/

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PasaDeNa INCome ProPerTY $980,000 These 3units are located in a nice area, walking distance to PCC & 210 FWY, Front unit 2/1 + Huge Bonus Room that can be ext ra BR or P layroom, other 2 un i ts have 1bdr 1bth. Has project for 6 condo units, total 8127 SF with elevator (permit expires - easy to resubmit). (S167)


moNrovIa buILDers Dream! $339,000 Large high density lot! Room to build second home or 2-3 plex ( buyer must check with city of Monrovia to verify ). Nice 1910 California bungalow home with 3bdrms (2bdrm + 1 den) 1bth, will maintained, fenced front & back yard, 2car garage, excellent location. Sold as is due to short sale. (C824)


arCaDIa $637,000Wonderful single family home with 3bdrm 2bth, fresh paint inside, newer kitchen w/granite counter tops, wood floors, FP, fenced yard, 2 car detached garage, located near Highland Oaks Elementary & Foothill Middle School. Lease also available. (L209)


GreaT Curb aPPeaL $549,000This home was built in 1951 and is located on a large lot on a quiet street in monrovia. With an ample 1,371 sq.Ft. Of living space plenty of parking with a covered carport and two car detached garage. Not a short sale or reo. Hurry this one won’t last! (P226)

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FaNTasTIC arCaDIa Home $1,999,000Stunning 4,300 sq. f t . Santa Anita Oaks Estate si tuated on a 1/2 acre, features a gourmet kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 4-1/2 baths, Formal Living Room & Dinning Room, family room, pool & spa, 3car garage and much more! (ARB)

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WeLCome Home $649,000Light infused 1979, 3 bedroom, 2 bath contemporary in Marlborough Terrace with open split level design. Formal Dining area, breakfast bar, family room, fireplace, FA/CA, Laundry room and 2 car garage. Upper terrace and large Lower patio, too. (O245)


beauTIFuL ToWNHome $509,000This Townhome was built in 2005 and is located near downtown Huntington Beach, excellent condition with 3bdrms 2bths, gourmet kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, tiled floor, granite countertops, master suite w/balcony and huge walk-in closet, full 2car garage w/laundry hook ups, low HOA, fresh paint inside, very clean, looks brand new, GREAT BUY!!!. (C19116) CeNTurY 21 LuDeCke INC (626) 445-0123

uPDaTeD sIerra maDre Home $679,000Family room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath home with Large two side yards, fireplace, FA/CA, granite Counters, wood and Laminate flooring. 1497 sq.ft. measured, 7500 sq.ft. lot. (G262)


FabuLous ToWNHome! $579,900This beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bath newer home features living room and dining area, kitchen with granite counters and newer appliances, master suite w/retreat spa & two car garage with lots of storage. Washer/ dryer area is upstairs with a den/office/bonus area. Arcadia schools!!! (FAN)CeNTurY 21 earLL, LTD. 626-301-1888

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TemPLe CITY TurNkeY $598,800Fabulous family home with Temple City schools. Many recent upgrades and improvements. Newly remodeled kitchen w/ granite counter tops. Dining room features built-in china cabinets w/ granite tops, a large family rm w/ new carpet and fireplace. Patio w/ in-ground heated spa & waterfall. 3BR, 2BA and LR w/ hardwood floors and another fireplace. Quiet neighborhood on a cul-de-sac. (N9665)Century 21 adams & Barnes • (626) 358-1858

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GreaT 3 beDroom $749,000This home features 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. 1850 square feet living space. Located in a quiet neighborhood and close to Elementary School. Lovely low maintenance yard w/pool on 10,000+ sq. ft. lot. (LER)

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HurrY! $189,800Great starter home facing the green belt in condo complex. New paint and carpet is included in lender repairs. Complex includes pool and spa (gated). Living room has hardwood floors and fireplace. Downstairs 2 car garage with access in the rear. Don’ t de lay! Th is one won’ t las t ! (B1131)


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Just recently offered for sale at $12.8 million through Arcadia’s Century 21 Ludecke is a palatial estate known as the “Palo-mino Hacienda” that was Michael Jackson’s last Las Vegas home prior to his death.

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ment, which was used by Michael as storage for his vast collection of books, art and memorabilia. The basement was also used as his personal studio, in-cluding a clean art room, where he created some of his last works. A must-see-to-believe sort of place, the property is located in a neighborhood that is a virtual Who’s Who of the entertainment world.

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date to assure that funds remain in the program. Buyers and sel lers wil l need to jointly sign and submit a notice that they have entered into a sales contract between May 1 and December 31, 2010 to the California Franchise Tax Board. If approved, the buyer will be notified by the FTB and the buyer will then be required to finalize the credit deal by providing more informa-tion to the Tax Board to actually obtain the credit. The reserve provision in the new program is a new feature that was not pres-ent in the 2009 tax credit. That program, which al-lowed a federal tax credit of $8,000 will expire on April 30, 2010. Assembly Bill 183’s provisions begin on the date following the old program, May 1.

The bill is a part of the Governor’s California Jobs Initiative which he proposed in the State of the State address in Janu-ary. “I have been up and down the state pushing this

important housing bill that will get people off the fence and into homes while cre-ating jobs and stimulating our economy,” the Gover-nor said.

While the bill is good news for homebuyers, it remains contentious in the budget deficit facing Cali-fornia this year. The hope is that the tax credit will encourage real estate sales in the state and create jobs that will end up as revenue for the state. But with the huge deficit, and the need to support the homebuyer tax credit, the Governor also cut $1.1 billion from mass transit by diverting gasoline tax money to pay down the $20 billion short-fall. It has been reported that $400 million will be retained for public transit expenditures—hard to be-lieve, but with the support of transit agencies. They f igured that this would be a better deal than the complete elimination of state funding that Gover-nor Schwarzenegger had initially proposed.

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Aloha. Westwind danc-ers and music entertained 270 city commissioners and Silver Circle volunteers Thursday evening, March 25th, at the 2010 Recognition dinner hosted by the City of Arcadia.

The Community Center was transformed into a tropi-cal paradise. A delicious buf-fet was served on the terrace. Each guest was presented a colorful gift bag with a fresh pineapple, mango and Ha-waiian delicacies at the Mar-ketplace. Table centerpieces were exotic red tropical flow-ers, flown in from Hawaii. The ambiance of the room was awesome. Congratula-tions to the city staff for a remarkable evening.

All city council mem-bers were in attendance and thank-yous and introductions were made by Mayor Wuo, City Manager Don Penman and city department heads.

Hawaiian dancers shake it up in bright shades of red, from Westwind Productions at city’s Recognition Dinner, held at the Arcadia Community Center.

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ALA 40th for School Bell Rings a “10”Alan Jackson; Deputy District Attorney Major Crimes Unit for L.A. County

(L-r) Arcadia Rotary President, Imy Dulake, guest speaker Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson, and program chair, Eric Barter.

VIPs of the successful “Operation School Bell” 40th anniversary celebration (l-r) Karen Conrad, president; chair of the project, Susan Dahle; co-chairs of anniversary party, Glenda Vanni and Donna Rey.

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Over 300 members, friends and city VIPs over-flowed into the Assistance League’s clubhouse on March 9th to celebrate in style the 40th anniversary of their “Operation School Bell,” a program that be-came part of ALA in 1958. Its purpose is to clothe children in need. Tours were conducted through their store and a bountiful buffet was served. Mucho congratulations.

I covered Alan Jackson on March 12th at Arcadia Rotary. Most of us are familiar with one of Los Angeles County’s riveting case revolving around two trials for music producer Phil Spector. Traditionally Los Angeles has had trouble convicting celebrities. Think back to O.J., Robert Blake and many others. This time, Alan Jackson and County Deputy District Attorney Truc Do successfully prosecuted Phil Spector and received a convic-tion of second degree murder

Native Voices at the Autry, the nation’s only Equity theatre dedicated exclusively to producing new works by Native American playwrights and performed by Native actors, celebrated its 10th anniversary season with a festive post-performance party on March 13, following the West Coast premiere of Darrell Dennis” (Shuswap) acclaimed one-man show, Tales of an Urban Indian, directed by Herbie Barnes (Ojibway), in the Autry’s Wells Fargo Theatre.

Native Voices founder/producing artistic director, Randy Reinholts (Choctaw), and founder/producing exec-utive director, Jean Scott (real life husband and wife), said of their experience at the theatre company’s helm, “It’s

been an amazing journey. We get to watch art birthed.”Native Voices managing director, David Burton, who

is also the director of Government Affairs and Special Projects for the Autry National Center, thanked them for “bringing dignity to Native voices,” and described their tenacity and mentorship as creating important opportuni-ties for Native artists.

Among guests who attended the performance and anniversary party were VIPs from the Native American community, long-time supporters of Native Voices at the Autry and Native American actors from across the country.

Native Voices at the Autry Marked 10th Anniversary with West Coast Premiere of Darrell Dennis’ One-man Show “Tales of An Urban Indian”

in the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson.

Jackson is responsible for handling high profile and extraordinary cases. He is a seasoned prosecutor who thrives on arguing cases in court. After receiving his J.D., he worked with a small firm doing civil legal work, but his experience in private practice only fueled his desire to work as a prosecutor.

He spent more than five years in the Hardcore Gang Division before beingpro-

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Jackson claimed that “crime dropped during the depression and our present economic problems. Murders are not a social problem. You treat them as Crime.”

Other guests were Ted Jones, Assistant Governor 2009-2011, for Rotary District 5800, and from Tijuana Ro-tary, Fernand De Los Santos, Arcadia’s contact for all the work they do with orphanages led by Dick Martinez.

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(L-r) Caroline Chang (Monrovia), Native Voices production coordinator; David Burton (Glendale), Native Voices at the Autry managing director and director of Government Affairs and Special Projects for the Autry National Center, and Elena Finney, associate producer of Tales of an Urban Indian. Photo by Steve Cohen

( Below:L-r) Native Voices at the Autry, Jean Scott, co-founder/producing executive director; director of Tales of an Urban Indian, Herbie Barnes (Ojibway); Darrell Dennis (Shuswap), playwright, star of the one-man show Tales of an Urban Indian, and Randy Reinholtz (Choctaw), co-founder/producing artistic director. Photo by Steven Cohen

Talented cast of the Miss Saigon in Concert musical, due May 1st at San Gabriel Mission Playhouse; front row from left, Jennifer Hubilla, Louise Marie Cornillez, Linda Igarashi, and Gerald Sternbach; second row, Paul Wong, Ray Rochelle, Bonifacio Deoso, and Mike Dalager, performed at the invitation only for donors, March 15 cocktail soiree.

Musical Lovers Alert

Over the past 16 months, San Gabriel Valley Music Theatre has embarked on a vigorous campaign to bring Broadway musicals back to the legendary San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. In that time frame, they have made significant strides in increasing audience attendance and building a donor base by staging the hit musicals Forever Plaid, South Pacific: In Concert and two tremendous Big Band Concerts. Now they look to you to help them take a giant leap forward.

Bobby Hundley, producing artistic director, says, “Our continued success depends on the sponsorship of charitable patrons in order to enable us to expand our high quality programming and keep music theatre alive in the San Gabriel Valley. As your arts organization, you can trust us to remain fiscally responsible. SGVMT is proud to boast that we have never debt financed a performance, never plan to and currently are operating free of debt.

Now is the time for those of us who love musical produc-tions to step forward and pledge support. The SGVMT’s productions cost for the concert version of Miss Saigon is $50,000, they are not there yet. Help save musical theatre, one musical at a time. Call Sally Baldwin, president, at (626) 282-1440, or mail donations or pledges to San Gabriel Val-ley Theatre, P.O. Box 848, San Gabriel, CA 91778. Take advantage of many exciting sponsorship benefits.

Ray A. Rochelle, managing director of the Miss Saigon production, is also a talented singer. His Man From La Mancha brought thunderous applause at the soiree for SGVMT.

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Don worked hard in Monrovia . His wife Kris said, “He was never a for-mal person and was most comfortable when he was working, partying or listen-ing to jazz”

Don ran Mariconda Construction Company from 1958 through 2008. Don learned to be a master car-penter from his Uncle Char-lie in New Jersey . He took pride in quality craftsman-ship in both new construc-tion and restoration. Many of his nephews have followed in Don’s footsteps in the con-struction industry.

His nephew John Mari-conda, who has his own construction company in Ari-zona, said, “To say the least, Don has been one of the most influential people in my life. He has been more than an uncle to me; he has been father, brother, and mentor, and most of all he has been a friend to me.”

According to City Histo-rian Steve Baker, Don gave a major jump start to the his-toric preservation movement in the city when he moved into and renovated a Victo-rian home on Aspen . The house had been slated for the bulldozers when Don moved in and rehabilitated it. He did this despite the myriad of problems which included a huge hive of bees which “gifted” him with hundred of pounds of honey dripping out of the ceiling and walls. The bees themselves were easier to cope with than their rather sticky offering.

Don was also active with

Requiem for a Jersey Boy: Don MaricondaContinued from the

First Pagethree new homes and many students gained great skills.

One of those students, Jimmy Benken, whom Kris said was Don’s prize pupil went on to college and re-ceived his degree in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly Pomona. when. asked for a comment about Don, Jimmy said “I think I would just like to say that I miss his sweet whistle the most, because to me he was whistling more than Dixie .”

That whistle was in many ways his trademark. Everyone at whose home Don worked, knew when he arrived because the whistling would begin. He told people it was so that homeowners would know he was there. But it was probably because he truly loved working.

He also loved his coun-try. Old Glory flew in front of his house every day. But he was not a sunshine patriot. He served in the United States Air Force of the in the 108th Air Police Squad-ron, 108th Air Base Group, Godman Air Force Base, Fort Knox, Kentucky, from February 1951 to June 1952 during the Korean “conflict.” Later he was in the Air Na-tional Guard of New Jersey and the Reserves of the Air Force through July 1953.

There must have been something about that time in the Air Force that got into his blood because on his 70th birthday his celebration was parachuting out of a plane for the first time. And it was a perfectly good airplane.

The list of his honors goes on and on. This is mere-ly a partial list. He was Vol-unteer of the Year in 1999; received the “Best Teacher” award from his students in 2000; numerous recognitions from the Exchange Club for Americanism activities - Free-dom Shrines in schools & the museum, and distribution of

American flags at parades and community gatherings; Community Service for in-stallation of deadbolt locks for Senior Citizens; and Op-eration Kid I.D.

Don was born on June 1, 1931 in Passaic , New Jersey. He was preceded in death by his father, Donato Antonio (Tony) Maricon-da, and mother Stephania (Stella) Kaczmarek Mari-conda. He is survived by his wife Kristin (Valentine) Mariconda; his daughters: Janine Denise Baloga (Ben-jamin) of Altadena, CA; and Tracy Jean D’Amico (Joe) of Glendora,CA; and step-chil-dren: Janisse Cusick Corral (David) of La Grange, KY; Michael Cusick (Christine) of Monrovia, CA; Gregory Cusick (Tanya) of Monrovia; Elizabeth Helmuth Learn (Mick) of Portland, OR.

Then there are the grandchildren: Shannon Kennedy (Tiffany) of Duarte, CA; and Dawn Kennedy of Los Angeles; Joshua David Corral & Melissa Brieann Corral of La Grange, KY; Jesse Aaron Cusick of Mon-rovia, CA; Blake Alexander Cusick and Bryce Evan Cu-sick of Monrovia, CA. And the great-grandchildren: Shannon Lynn Kennedy and Trace Phillip Kennedy of Duarte, CA ; Betty Jean Blancharte of Los Angeles . There are too many other relatives and friends to list.

Those friends and rela-tives are invited to join Kris at a celebration of Don’s life on Sunday May 30 from 1 to 6 pm at the Monrovia Historical Museum , 742 East Lemon Ave in Monrovia ’s Recreation Park .

To help carry on Don’s spirit of giving back to his community, donations can be made to the Monrovia Historical Museum, or the Monrovia Schools Founda-tion.

the local Exchange Club. The group sponsored sev-eral freedom shrines, copies of milestone documents in American history, and Don was in charge of their instal-lation first at Monroe School and later with a traveling exhibit.

According to Spring, who was the principal of Monroe when Don installed the shrine there, she was concerned that the students would interrupt his work when they left classes for recess. She said he had all the perma-plaqued copies of the Declaration of In-dependence, Constitution, etc. spread out on the floor of the main hall with less than half and hour until the break. She wanted to warn the teachers. Don’s response was simply “No problem.” Spring said, “He had the whole thing installed long before the students came out of their classes.”

It was that same sort of dedication that he brought to the rehabilitation of the

building which had held the locker rooms for the Munici-pal Plunge. He almost single handedly turned that build-ing into the Monrovia Histor-ical Museum . His wife Kris, who was in charge of fund raising for the museum said, “As quickly as I could raise money, Don would spend it and then the work would be on hold again until I could raise more money.”

BUt all this is just the beginning of the things Don did in this town. Perhaps other than the Museum, the thing that may leave the most lasting impression on Monrovia was the ROP class he taught through Monrovia High School “Home Con-struction 101” was a hands-on learning experience for many students. The class, with Don acting as both teacher and general con-tractor on the projects built three homes from scratch. The city’s Redevelopment Agency supplied the land, a great many of the supplies were donated by members of

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Don Hopper who was the City Manager and Ex-ecutive Director of the Re-development Agency when the homes were being con-structed said that when the idea was first proposed he knew Don was the person to teach the class. “I decided there was no better person with the professional and personal skills to work with young people than Don,” Hopper said.

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Sunday, March 21:

1. Between 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., an auto bur-glary occurred in the 300 block of South First. Un-known suspect(s) smashed a car window and stole a note-book computer, guitar, and amplifier for a total reported loss of $1,850.

2. A residential burglary occurred in the 1100 block of Michillinda between 4:40 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Un-known suspect(s) broke a living room window to gain entrance into the house. The suspect(s) then ransacked rooms and stole cash, gold coins, and jewelry.

Monday, March 22:

3. Two vehicle thefts occurred between 6:30 p.m. on March 19 and 8:00 a.m. on March 22. A 1994 white Ford Probe was stolen in the 500 block of Fairview, and a 2006 white Ford Econoline van was stolen in the 11900 block of Goldring.

4. Shortly after 1:30 p.m., a female victim came to the station to report a domestic violence incident that oc-curred on Saturday, March 20, in the 1000 block of West Huntington. She advised that during an argument, her intoxicated boyfriend struck her numerous times across the face resulting in bruising. An emergency protection order was obtained. On March 23, at 7:20 a.m., of-ficers went to the residence and arrested the 26-year-old male Hispanic for inflicting corporal injury to cohabitant and the emergency protec-tion order was served.

Tuesday, March 23:

5. A victim came to the station around 2:54 a.m. to file an identity theft report. He advised that unknown suspect(s) had acquired his personal information and attempted to open several credit card accounts via the

internet and telephone.

6. A residential burglary occurred in the 2800 block of South Baldwin between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Un-known suspect(s) entered the home by unknown means and stole a laptop computer, gaming and computer equip-ment, and jewelry.

Wednesday, March 24:

7. Around 11:35 a.m., units responded to the 800 block of Murietta in refer-ence to a suicide in progress. A 34-year-old distraught fe-male tried to kill herself by cutting her wrists with razor blades and then threatened to stab herself with scissors. The woman was transported to a hospital for medical treatment and a psychologi-cal evaluation.

8. Officers contacted a male driver who was sitting in a vehicle that was parked next to a fire hydrant at Peck and Clark around 2:24 p.m. A record check revealed that the 51-year-old Hispanic had 5 outstanding misdemeanor warrants totaling $176,000, and he was also found in possession of marijuana. During the time of the arrest, a 27-year-old male Hispanic walked up claiming to be a friend of the arrestee. A re-cord check of this individual indicated that he had four outstanding warrants, so both men were taken into custody.

Thursday, March 25:

9. Around 12:11 p.m., officers found a vehicle with a warrant attached to the license plate, so a traffic stop was initiated at Duarte and Holly. The 38-year-old female Hispanic driver had a suspended/revoked license and a $30,000 outstanding warrant; a 24-year-old female Hispanic passenger had war-rants totaling $40,000. The women were arrested and booked at City jail.

10. Unit s were dis -patched to Baldwin and Arcadia around 4:28 p.m. regarding a multi-car non-injury traffic collision. A driver failed to yield to on-coming traffic while making a left turn and broadsided a vehicle, causing it to collide into a light pole. The light pole then fell onto another moving vehicle.

Friday, March 26:

11. Around 6:45 a.m., APD officers assisted the Probation Department in a probation compliance check in the 1000 block of Alta Vista. A 24-year-old male Caucasian was found in possession of ammunition, which violated his probation. The subject was taken into custody without incident.

12. Units responded to Residence Inn, 321 East Huntington, around 9:52 a.m. to investigate a de-frauding an innkeeper and fraudulent check incident. A male Asian suspect paid for his hotel stay with a $1,446 fictitious check.

Saturday, March 27:

13. Officers were dis-patched to the 1400 block of Loganrita regarding a grand theft that occurred between 2:00 p.m. on March 25 and 4:00 p.m. on March 26. Un-known suspect(s) stole three brand new ceiling fans and two decorative lights from a home that is being reno-vated.

14. Around 10:10 p.m., a car was observed swerving off the roadway and a traffic stop was conducted at Santa Anita and the 210 Freeway. A female driver was con-tacted and there was also a seven-year child passenger. Officers detected the strong odor of an alcoholic bever-age on the driver’s breath and person, and a field so-briety test revealed that she was operating the vehicle while under the influence. The 46-year-old Caucasian was arrested for child cruelty and DUI.

Sierra Madre PD

During the week of Sun-day, March 21st, to Satur-day March 27th, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 296 calls for service.

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During the last seven day period, the Police De-partment handled 593 ser-vice events, resulting in 149 investigations. Following are the last week’s highlighted issues and events:

Possession for Sale of Marijuana - Suspect Ar-rested

On March 18 at 12:13 p.m., an officer observed a motorcycle with no license plates and stopped the driver for the violation. A check for licensing and warrants revealed the driver had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. A search, incident to arrest, revealed a large container of marijuana and another container with rolled marijuana cigarettes, as well as an electronic scale. During the booking process, several other warrants totaling over $100,000 were revealed.

Foothill Special Enforce-ment Team Activation

On March 19 at 5:45 p.m., the Foothill Special En-forcement Team (FSET) was activated by the San Marino Police Department regard-ing a subject who stated he was suicidal and had pointed a gun at responding officers while barricading himself in his home. Monrovia FSET personnel responded. Addi-tionally, another Monrovia officer responded to assist with any possible translation, as the suspect and his family spoke Mandarin Chinese. The Pasadena Police De-partment Special Response Team and patrol officers from the San Gabriel Po-lice Department, as well as several fire agencies also re-sponded. Over the course of five hours, crisis negotiators were able to talk the subject out of the house and into surrendering. He was treated by paramedics and taken to a hospital, as he stated he had taken an overdose of prescription medication.

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On March 20 at 1:12 a.m., an officer on patrol in the area of Shamrock and Hurstview discovered a

vehicle which was reported stolen out of Glendale. The vehicle was a panel truck which contained merchan-dise. Glendale Police De-partment was notified and they requested the vehicle be held for fingerprinting.

Driving Under the Influ-ence / Hit and Run Traffic Accident - Suspect Arrested

On March 20 at 1:35 a.m., an officer was dis-patched to the area of Hun-tington and Monterey re-garding a hit and run traffic accident. The driver was last seen heading north on Monterey. The officer lo-cated the driver and, dur-ing the investigation, deter-mined the driver was under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested the driver.

Driving Under the Influ-ence - Suspect Arrested

On March 20 at 2:17 a.m., while officers were at the intersection of Hunting-ton and Monterey investi-gating the above mentioned traffic accident, they saw a vehicle driving west on Huntington with a flat tire. They noticed the vehicle had possible collision dam-age. An officer stopped the driver and determined he was driving while under the influence. Officers searched for collision damage in the area, but did not locate any. The driver was arrested for driving under the influence and the investigation is con-tinuing.

VandalismOn March 22 at 6:41

a.m., an officer went to an elementary school in the 400 block of West Colorado re-garding a call of vandalism. On his arrival, he was shown graffiti on the south end of the main building written in black spray paint. A report was taken and the investiga-tion is continuing.

Mental EvaluationOn March 22 at 7:22

a.m., an officer was in the process of releasing a female subject who was in custody for driving under the influ-ence. During the process, she told the officer she want-ed to hurt herself and was contemplating suicide. The female was not released and was taken to a hospital and held for mental evaluation.

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Driving Under the Influ-ence - Suspect Arrested

On March 22 at 3:49 p.m., we received a call from a concerned driver who was reporting a possible drunk driver. An officer responded to the area and observed the vehicle coming out of a gas station at Huntington and Monterey and stopped the vehicle. A field sobriety test was conducted and the driver was determined to be driving under the influ-ence. He was arrested and charged.

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Pursuant to Section 424 of the re-development Plan for the Central redevelopment Project Area, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the City of Arcadia City Council Chambers, 240 W. huntington Drive, Arcadia, to hear testimony of all interested persons for the purpose of considering revisions to Arcadia Redevelopment Agency resolution No. 172 (ArA 172), which creates use and design requirements and guidelines in the Central redevel-opment Project Area.

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Notice of a public hearing before the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33431 is hereby given concerning the proposed lease of land by the Redevelopment Agency to Paul P. rusnak, as trustee of the Paul P. Rusnak Family Trust, dated November 14, 1988, and Rusnak/Arcadia, a California corporation (“Lease”), said land being generally located at 21 Morlan Place in Arcadia. At the public hearing, the Redevelopment Agency will hear public testimony and receive evidence

concerning the proposed lease to Paul P. rusnak, as trustee of the Paul P. Rusnak Family Trust dated Novem-ber 14, 1988 for Rusnak/Arcadia, a California Corporation (“Operator”), for parking purposes. The Agency will also consider approving a Categorical exemption for this project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CeQA). the project is categori-cally exempt under Section 15301(a) (Class 1) of the Guidelines; leasing or minor alteration of public structures or facilities.

PUbLIC heArING DAte: Tuesday, April 6, 2010tIMe: 7:00 p.m.PLACe: City Council Chamber, Arcadia City hall240 W. huntington DriveArcadia, CA 91007

At the public hearing all persons will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on such matters. If you challenge the proposed action or actions described in this Notice in court, you may be limited to raising those issues that you or someone else raised at the joint public hearing described in this Notice. The draft lease will be available for public review in the Development Services Department at Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Hunting-ton Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007, during normal business hours. If there are any questions about this notice, contact the Arcadia redevelopment Agency at (626) 574-5409.

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CeNtrAL COUNtING PLACe The Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of Arcadia has au-thorized that the Council Chambers at Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Hunting-ton Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007, is des-ignated as the central place to count the ballots for the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, April 13, 2010./s/ Lisa MussendenChief Deputy City ClerkDated: April 3, 2010

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association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §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 encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of trust. the undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. trustor(s): ArthUr L hArrIS Jr, AND StePhANIe thOrNtON hArrIS, hUSbAND & WIFe AS JOINt teNANtS recorded: 03/31/04, as Instrument No. 04 0763542, of Official Records of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 04/09/10 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts building, 350 West Mission blvd., Pomona, CA The purported property address is: 221-223 WeSt LIMe Street, MONROVIA, CA 91016 Assessors Parcel No. 8516-014-019 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 Notice of Sale is $360,466.79. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. the purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or its authorized agent was recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office and reads substantially as follows: the mortgage loan servicer declares that (1) it has obtained a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code § 2923.52 and (2) the timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of California Civil Code § 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to California Civil Code § 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: March 17, 2010 NOrthWeSt trUStee SerVICeS, INC., as trustee Julian Ojeda, Autho-rized Signatory 505 N. tustin Avenue, Suite 243, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Sale Info website: www.USA-Foreclosure.com Automated Sales Line: 714-277-4845 Reinstatement and Pay-Off requests: (866) 387-NWtS thIS OFFICe IS AtteMPtING tO COLLeCt A Debt AND ANY INFOrMAtION ObtAINeD WILL be USeD FOr thAt PUrPOSe FeI # 1002.147692 3/18,3/25,4/1/2010

NOtICe OF trUStee’S SALe t.S No. 1177016-02 APN: 8505-006-014 TRA: 06218 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx9842 reF: Varela, richard IMPOrtANt NOtICe tO PrOPertY OWNer: YOU Are IN DeFAULt UNDer A DeeD OF trUSt, DAteD January 20, 2006. UNLESS YOU tAKe ACtION tO PrOteCt YOUr PrOPertY, It MAY be SOLD At A PUbLIC SALe. IF YOU NeeD AN eXPLANAtION OF the NAtUre OF the PrOCeeDING AGAINSt YOU, YOU ShOULD CONtACt A LAWYer. On April 07, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded January 31, 2006, as Inst. No. 060224086 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by richard A Varela An Unmarried Man, 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 At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk blvd., Norwalk, California, 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 described in said deed of trust the street address and other common designation, if

any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 509 S Alta Vista Ave Monrovia CA 91016 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness 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 encumbrances, 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 Notice of Sale is: $382,535.10. 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 beneficiary 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. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defined in civil code § 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to civil code sections 2923.52. This California Declaration is made pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 and is to be included with the Notice of Sale. I, Jaimee Gonzales, of Wachovia Mortgage, FSb (‘Mortgage Loan Servicer’), declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the following is true and correct: the Mortgage Loan Servicer has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the accompanying notice of sale is filed AND The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Civil Code Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 7/22/09 Name of Signor: Jaimee Gonzales title and/or Position: Vice President. NOtICe OF trUStee’S SALe eXhIbIt “A” Trustee Sale No. 1177016-02 Loan No. XXXXXX9842 Regarding richard A. Varela, (hereinafter referred to as “borrower”) as required by Californian Civil Code Section 2923.5 ©, I, Jaimme Gonzales, an officer of Wachvovia Mortgage, FSB, declare as follows: As indicated below, Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, made the following efforts to contact the borrower, but contact was not made. Use of autodialer to contact borrower, manually dialed call(s) to the borrower, Mailed correspondence to the borrower containing a toll free number for Wachovia Mortgage, FSb, and regarding the delinquency. Mailed brochure(s) to the borrower regarding options to avoid foreclosure. the undersigned authorizes the trustee, foreclosure agent and/or their authorized agent to sign on behalf of the beneficiary/authorized agent, the Notice of Sale containing the declaration required pursuant to Civil Code 2923.5. I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: 11/11/09 By: Jaimee Gonzales. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 east Main Street, P.O. box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: March 09, 2010. (R-301312 03/18/10, 03/25/10, 04/01/10)

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It all started one day when my wife Patricia, as a young girl, was browsing through a “Thrift Store” with her mother. Her Mom was riffling through the racks of old Victorian Era dresses in search of beaded items to be used on a Halloween cos-tume. While waiting for her Mom to shop, Patricia was playfully trying on various ar-ticles of clothing and rushing to a mirror to admire her new look. As soon she spotted an old black Victorian hat with a pink feather she pleaded with her Mom to purchase it for her. Her mother’s negative approval was then met with an immediate surrender of her long treasured quarter to pay for the old hat. Realizing that if that old hat meant that much to a little 4 year old girl, then she should have it. That old hat probably launched a whole new world of dreams for this very feminine little lady.

Playing dress-up in her mother’s old high heeled shoes, her Grandma’s old furs and her recently purchased Victorian Easter Bonnet, it simply captivated this little

In My Easter Bonnet

addition to making many other miniature items of la-dies apparel.

As a Charter member of the Cottage Industry Min-iature Trade Association, (CIMTA), Pat began selling hats and accessories at the various miniatures and doll trade shows. Soon she was recognized as a fine artisan. She recalls with great pride having had one of her hats selected at a Miniatures Trade show to be a gift for Carol Channing. Ms Channing had visited the CIMTA trade show during the time that she was performing the Broad-way hit show, “Hello Dolly” at

the Reno Hilton Hotel.It is no wonder, that Pat’s

decorating of three dollhous-es and her acquisition of a very unique collection of dolls and dollhouse furnishings, that I coined a very appropri-ate name for her as the “Doll House Lady”. Because of Pat’s talents and her insatiable doll and dollhouse interests we purchased a small dollhouse and miniatures business, and the Doll House Lady became the name of our very success-ful retail business for over 25 years, while being located in the San Gabriel and San Marino areas.

lass for many months. Pat would parade up and down the block in front of her house dressed in these old Victorian Fashions. It wasn’t long before she had several neighbor girls wearing cast off jewelry, hats and an assortment of old rags as they all modeled their way up and down her street.

Soon thereafter, this “Girlie Girl”, became infatu-ated with dressing her minia-ture dolls in various costumes from scrap materials. Her make believe tea parties for this array of coutured dolls be-came a daily event. It wasn’t long afterward that her older brother, contributed to her “make believe doll world”, by building her a crude doll-house for her dollies to live in. This surely was the beginning of her “Lifelong Hobby” of collecting and dressing dolls and decorating dolhouses with her collection of doll-house miniatures.

“Thank heavens for the Victorian era,” my wife, Pa-tricia says, and for all of those beautifully-styled ladies hats of that wonderful time. It was this introduction to the beauty of dolls that Pat began a very artistic career of doll dressing, wigging and hat making, in

Question #1: I am very concerned that our beautiful city is turning into the massage parlor capital of So. CA. What do you intend to do about the massage parlors if elected? Ted Dear Ted, Your concerns are valid. According to the LA Times over a 3 year period 700 massage licenses were given out. (LA Times, 10/28/08) We have an explicit ordinance that says that massages must not be the primary income of a business in Arca-dia. A simple search turns up numerous dens of potentially illicit businesses. What should we do about it? Enforce existing law: Enforcing current statutes governing massage parlor practices will shut many of them down. New ordinance to drive massage parlors out: Adopt laws prohibiting businesses offering massage from tinting their windows. Privacy is a main concern of illicit businesses. Overnight, many parlors will pack up and leave.

Question #2: I have read that we have a $90M surplus. You have stated that we are engaged in deficit spending. Can you reconcile the conflicting statements? Rodney Dear Rodney, I was also concerned when I read a mailer suggesting that we had a $90M surplus in the bank. That statement is simply inaccurate. There are two main types of reserves. Unrestricted and restricted. Our unrestricted reserves can be used any way that city council sees fit; not so with restricted reserves. For example, the $30M Water Fund can only be used for water purposes. Similar restrictions apply to sewer, redevelopment, transportation, housing, grants, asset seizure and others. Unrestricted reserves are generally set aside for a rainy day, like a natural disaster. The fact that we had to dip into those reserves in order to balance our most recent budget—as required by CA law—indicates there is a problem of fiscal management at hand that must be addressed. I will make this a top priority.Arcadia has approx. $23M in unrestricted reserves. In comparison, the City of Walnut has unrestricted reserves

of approx. $16M. Yet, Walnut is half our size, without many of the large businesses we have (Westfield, Penske, racetrack).

Question #3: I am highly concerned with the recent killing of a bear in the Northern part of Arcadia. I am wondering what you will do to make sure that this will not happen again. Concerned Dear Concerned, The death of the bear was painful for many. I am very concerned with preserving wildlife. However, I am even more concerned why the bears are coming in the first place. The bears come because many people are unable to keep the bears out of their trash. As such, I would like the City Council to allocate money for Bear Proof cans. The cost is minimal compared to the overall risk and cost of injury or loss of life, human or wildlife.

Question #4: I have lived in Arcadia for 25 years. Recently, there was a new tenant in our area. They do not take out the trash and have made their property uninhabitable. No one in city hall seems to care. What do you intend to do? SarahDear Sarah, One of the main concerns I have is that the City is not enforcing the laws on its books. We need to split up our code enforcement into two main groups, one specialized in commercial statutes, the other residential. We must be aggressive about code enforcement. Failure to do so is depressing our home values. Call me. If elected, I will make sure someone takes care of this for you asap.

Please remember to vote on April 13, 2010

Ask the Candidate is a supplement by Paul Cheng. Please send any questionsor comments to [email protected] or call 626-446-2200.

- Preserve Arcadia’s General Plan We are the Community of Homes. We must preserve our landmarks for the future. The illegal cash businesses in Arcadia have to go. We must stand firm against uncontrolled growth.

- Reduce Traffic Congestion Revamping our street lights is crucial. Diverting trucks from smaller streets and having large trucks take alternative routes would lessen the need to repave roads and allow for concision in travel.

- Increase Public Safety Our police and fire fighters do a superb job. Nonetheless, crime remains a problem in Arcadia, and they need our support. We can begin by restarting our Neighborhood Watch Programs.

- Decrease Unnecessary City Expenses The State of California—and the City of Arcadia—are running at a fiscal loss. We are spending more than we earn, and must create a Finance Commission of citizens to serve as a watchdog for city finances, monitor city spending, and help see where improvements can be made.

- Encourage Citizen Participation We are blessed to have citizens who believe in giving back to the community. To keep Arcadia vibrant we need more citizen participation. We need to create a Youth Commission to work directly with City Council, Police, and Fire departments to communicate their needs and their concerns.

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