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Learn about Smiles for Life. See Page 3April 2015

Newly-elected Councilmembers (l-r) William Man,Cynthia Sternquist and Nanette Fish.

Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park) recently unveiledhis 2015 legislative bill package which focused on protecting con-sumer privacy, providing Californians with greater access tohealthcare providers, ensuring adequate language assistance in ac-cessing basic health care services, and building affordable housingto achieve greenhouse gas reductions.

Privacy - Assembly Bill (AB) 964 will strengthen California pri-vacy laws by requiring businesses to notify individuals whoseunencrypted personal information was stolen in a data breachwithin 30 days. The bill would also clarify statute by defining “en-crypted.”

AB 195 will make it a crime to solicit someone to knowingly andwithout permission gain access to a computer network orsmartphone. This includes offering to obtain or assist in locatinghacking services.

Assemblymember Chau’s agenda addresses cyber security“At a time when cyber security is becoming a growing issue of

concern in our society, there are Hacker-for-Hire Web sites thatpromote a culture in which people are connecting withcybercriminals to commit illegal activities,” said AssemblymemberChau. “AB 195 seeks to ensure that the services being advertisedare legitimate by making it a crime to assist in the solicitation of ahacker for illegal activities.” (To learn more about Cyber Security,attend the Chamber’s Seminar, April 20. See flier Page 6)

Healthcare Access - AB 41 would codify the federal law protec-tion that prohibits health plans from discriminating against anyprofessional category of healthcare provider when making deci-sions about what type of providers to include in networks or whichservices to cover.

Language Access - AB 389 would require general acute hospitalsCONTINUED ON PAGE 6

Astronaut Steven Lindsey will joinspace legends like Neil Armstrongand Buzz Aldrin as one of just fourspace shuttle astronauts inductedinto the United States Astronaut Hallof Fame as it celebrates its historic25th anniversary in May.

A veteran of five space flights, Mr.Lindsey has logged more than 1500hours in space.

Born in Arcadia, Mr. Lindsey con-siders Temple City his hometown,having graduated from Temple CityHigh School. He currently lives inClear Lake City (Houston) with hiswife Diane Renee Lindsey (néeTrujillo) and three children: Jessica,Jason, and Jill.

After his commission as a secondlieutenant at the United States AirForce Academy, Colorado Springs,

Temple City’s Steven Lindsey nowAstronaut Hall of Fame inductee

Colo., in 1982, Mr. Lindsey received hispilot wings at Reese Air Force Base,Texas, qualifying in the RF-4C Phan-tom II and assigned to the 12th Tacti-cal Reconnaissance Squadron atBergstrom Air Force Base, Texas.

As he logged more than 4500 hoursof flying time in more than 50 differ-ent types of aircraft, he was nicknamed“Pinto” due to his resemblance to thecharacter played by actor Tom Hulce(“Amadeus”) in the movie “AnimalHouse.”

After a distinguished career in theAir Force, he was assigned to NASA asan astronaut candidate in March 1995and became an astronaut in May 1996,qualifying as a pilot.

Mr. Lindsey has flown five missionsin space for NASA, serving as pilot of

CONTINUED ON PAGE 2Astronaut Steven Lindsey

Soon-to-be Mayor Tom Chavez greets residents before themeeting. Within a few minutes the City Council Chamberwas standing room only.CONTINUED ON PAGE 2PHOTOS BY PETER CHOI

Council electsMayor Chavez

At its March 17 reorganization meeting following theMarch 3 election, City Council members elected TomChavez as Temple City’s mayor and Vincent Yu as mayorpro tem. The election returned incumbent CynthiaSternquist to office and added new members Nan Fishand William Man to the council.

Previous Mayor Carl Blum, who opted not to runfor re-election, and Council member Fernando Vizcarra,whose service was limited by the city charter to twoconsecutive terms, retired from office on the same night.

“Public service is one of the highest honors, and Iam proud to represent our wonderful city as mayor,”said Mayor Chavez, a six-year member of the council.“I look forward to working with my fellowcouncilmembers as we continue to make Temple City agreat place to live.”

As mayor pro tem, Council member Yu has the dutyof filling in as mayor at city functions in the mayor’sabsence. Mr. Yu is currently serving his sixth year onthe council.

New members William Man,Nan Fish take seats withCynthia Sternquist, Vincent Yu

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Best year-round weekend coed basketballclasses in the San Gabriel Valley

Coach Richard Marquis of the Play Smarter Basketball ClassProgram has traveled throughout Mainland China with parentsand students of his Play Smarter International Basketball Camp.

• Saturdays in Temple City and Alhambra• Sundays in San Gabriel

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The Play Smarter International and Local Basketball Camps and Classes werefounded by Coach Richard Marquis more than 40 years ago. These camps havebeen called the best youth training basketball camps and classes held throughoutthe West Coast and around the world by such publications as The Sporting News.All local classes and international classes are taught on weekends, year round.This allows the program to host and train foreign teams and programs while con-ducting local Play Smarter San Gabriel Valley class programs. This summer thecoaching staff and students from around the San Gabriel Valley will traveland experience different parts of China on August 1.

The most recent visiting group from China and the Play Smarter local students are shown at the San GabrielAcademy in March 2014. (They also play at the Nazarene Church of Temple City.) This summer the coaching staffand students from around the San Gabriel Valley will travel and experience different parts of China on August 1.

Play Smarter staff and students plan China trip August 1

Play Smarter Basketball Classes

STS-87 (1997) and STS-95 (1998)and commander of STS-104 (2001),STS-121 (2006) and STS-133 (2011).

Highlights include piloting thefirst flight of the AERCam Sprint, afree-flying robotic camera duringSTS-87 and commanding STS-121,the second flight after the Columbiadisaster (STS-107) - considered oneof the two return to flight test mis-sions before resumption of normalshuttle operations. Also of note, STS-133 was the last flight for SpaceShuttle Discovery.

Amoing his awards are the Distin-guished Flying Cross, the Defense Su-perior Service Medal, the DefenseMeritorious Service Medal, threeNASA Space Flight Medals, the NASAOutstanding Leadership Medal, theNASA Exceptional Service Medal, the

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Mayor Chavez will lead thecouncil during a year of changein the city. Las Tunas Drive, thecity’s main downtown thor-oughfare, is set to have its revi-talization plans completed inearly 2016. “The revitalization ofLas Tunas Drive will attract a lotof business and improve ourquality of life,” the mayor said.“I’m really excited to see the fi-nal result.”

Ms. Sternquist received thehighest number of votes in theelection and was reelected to an-

other four-year term. During herprevious term she also served asmayor. A former educator, Ms.Sternquist was elected to fill theterm of a former council mem-ber and then was elected a yearlater. Prior to her five years onthe council, she served as Parksand Recreation Commissioner.

The Council welcomednewly-elected members WilliamMan and Nanette Fish, whoseelections were certified at thereorganization meeting. Mr.Man is a civil engineer with theL.A. County Department of

Public Works and previouslyserved as chairman of the Gen-eral Plan Advisory Committee.Ms. Fish previously served onthe Parks and Recreation Com-mission and as director of thecity’s annual Camellia Festival.

Mr. Blum reflected on hispast year as mayor in address-ing the council. “I’m proud tosay that the council has, for themost part, accomplished themajor tasks that it set out to do.I’m happy to have had the op-portunity to serve with four in-telligent, dedicated and

hardworking colleagues.”Mr. Blum cited among his

proudest accomplishments therestoration of public confidencein city government, initiatingthe Citizen’s Academy programand completing the city’s stra-tegic plan.

After wishing the new coun-cil continued success, Mr.Vizcarra said a few of his fond-est accomplishments includeenshrining the Walter Templebust in Temple City Park andestablishing the weekly farmer’smarket.

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Air Force Distinguished ServiceMedal, the Air Force Commenda-tion Medal, the Air Force Achieve-ment Medal and the Aerial Achieve-ment Medal.

Mr. Lindsey retired from NASAin 2011 and currently heads theDream Chaser space craft program.The Dream Chaser is a reusablecomposite spacecraft designed tocarry from two to seven people and/or cargo to orbital destinations suchas the International Space Station.The vehicle would launch verticallyon an Atlas V rocket and land hori-zontally automatically on conven-tional runways.

Mr. Lindsey was presented theDistinguished Eagle Scout Award bythe San Gabriel Valley Council, BoyScouts of America, Nov. 10, 2012.

Temple City Sheriff ’s CaptainCoronne L. Jacob congratulatesoutgoing Mayor Carl Blum.

Steve Lindsey is Astronaut Hall of Famer


City Council reorganizes; Blum, Vizcarra retire

[email protected] www.templecitychamber.com 3APRIL • 2015 • TEMPLE CITY LIFE

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Support Smiles for LifeWhen teeth-whitening

débuted back around 1990, Itried it out on friends, family,and team members (shucks,most of mi famiglia had alreadysurvived my early clinical foraysin dental school.)

And yeah, at first, I thoughtteeth-whitening was pretty su-perficial stuff. But before long, Ichanged my mind. Teeth-whit-ening really worked and it wassafe.

I had no idea where whiter,brighter smiles would lead. Butbecause of teeth-whitening, wedetected oral pre-cancers, diag-nosed periodontal disease, andscreened for hypertension.

Patients reconnected withoral health; we even saved a fewlives. But we were clueless abouthow many lives we could reallytouch.

This year is the 17th year ofSmiles for Life (SFL). And since1998, participating practiceshave raised more than $35 mil-lion.

SFL began March 1 and con-tinues through June. With thesupport of Crown Council andUltradent Products, we’ll indeedbe providing teeth-whitening for

patients at reduced fees with allthe proceeds going to helpingsick, disabled, and disadvan-taged children.

This year, half of the fundswill again be distributedthrough the Crown Council tocharitable organizations like St.Jude Children’s Research Hospi-tal and Kids Cancer Care Foun-dation. The other half of theproceeds will go to an organiza-tion chosen by the participatingdental practice.

This year, we’ll be looking tocreate whiter, brighter, flashiersmiles while, for the third year,we raise funds for our own lo-cal/national/global treasure,City of Hope.

During the past three years,cancer and diabetes claimed thelaughter, spirit, and love of toomany of our amazing TempleCity Dental Care friends andfamily. And we do hold a grudge.

Please join us in holding can-cer accountable.

Why not have the SoCal smileyou deserve ... and somethingfulfilling to smile about?

Please phone us at 626-285-3161 or Crown Council at 800-276-9658.

La Rosa Elementary School will host a Goodwill donation dropoff fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 11. The event is open toanyone who wants to drop off unwanted items, including clothesand toys. For more information, phone Tiffany Brodbeck, La RosaPTA president, at 626-278-4936 (cell) or e-mail her [email protected].

La Rosa School tohost Goodwillfundraiser, April 11


Our Mission StatementThe Temple City Chamber of Commerce sets the standard

for excellence in member services, community collaboration,business growth, networking and achieving a high quality oflife in Temple City. We exist to be a clear and persuasive voicein providing advocacy, promotional and benefit solutions forour members.

Officers and Board of Directors2014 – 2015

EXECUTIVE BOARDPeter Choi ................................................................ President/CEOJane Chavez ................................................ Chairman of the Board

Executive Director, Pregnancy Help Center SGVEd Chen ........................................................................... Vice Chair

Athens ServicesMargaret Healy ...........................................Chief Financial Officer

Quality BookkeepingSean Yee ............................................................................. Secretary

Meditor, Inc.Rita Padilla ....................................................................... Past Chair

Dilbeck Real Estate

BOARD MEMBERSBrian Barreto ...................................................... Board MemberJudy Huie Mena .................................................. Board MemberGabriel Lynn ....................................................... Board MemberJim Walden.......................................................... Board Member

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERCouncilmember Cynthia Sternquist ..... Liaison for City of TC

Temple CityChamber of Commerce

An organization working

to build the community through

its businesses and residents

Chamber NewsFor Pete’s Sake –

Temple City Life is a monthly publication produced by theTemple City Chamber of Commerce and distributed to homes andbusinesses in Temple City and vicinity. Articles submitted andprinted in the Temple City Life do not necessarily reflect the opinionof the Temple City Chamber of Commerce or its Board of Directors.Information is published to inform the public and stimulatediscussion.

Temple City LifeA publication of the Temple City Chamber of Commerce.Temple City Life is published at 9050 Las Tunas Drive,Temple City, CA 91780. 626-286-3101Peter Choi ................................................. Editor and PublisherPhuong Mac Grinstead ......................... Assistant to the Editor

Philip Pettus ....................... Managing Editor, Graphics, Design

Sheryl Rubin ............................................................ Copy Editor

Joselito Lasin ............................................................ Distribution Eat &Meet

By Peter Choi, PresidentFrom Chamber mail to discounts at Office

Depot, the Chamber is selective about the valueadded programs we offer to our members. It’s allabout helping your business without wasting yourtime. Certainly the success of our lunchtime net-working mixers are testament to this philosophy.You gotta eat lunch, right? Why not join your fel-low members of the business community andmake new friends between bites? This monthwe’re enjoying Szechuan cuisine, April 16 atChuan’s Restaurant (see flier on this page).

We’re also offering two informational seminarsthis month, also at lunchtime, in our Chamberboardroom. The first, April 20, concerns CyberSecurity: how to keep your computer informa-tion safe (see flier on Page 6).

Two days later we’re continuing our ConstantContact series with a helpful course on how tobuild your online marketing toolkit with emailand social media (see flier Page 15).

Take advantage of Chamber seminarsThe news you can use is not just limited to

these seminars, we hope you will join us for thefabulous trip to China we are offering this fall (seearticle on Page 5).

Enjoy the sights, sounds and spectacle of mod-ern China over nine days while learning about itsculture and history. To learn more about the trip,you are invited to attend a free information ses-sion with Citslinc tour owner Leo Liu at 5:30 p.m.,April 16.

Finally, Vice Chair Ed Chen is heading the Elec-tion Committee as the Chamber looks for a fewgood men and women to join our Board of Di-rectors.

Nomination deadline is April 30. For more in-formation on the time commitment or to chatwith Mr. Chen, please contact the Chamber of-fice.

And that’s it. Short and sweet, but full of meat.Have a great April and I look forward to seeingyou at one of many events this month.

Chamber members Miles Yoshisato(Vista Cove at San Gabriel) and JuliCostanzo (San Gabriel Hilton) withChamber President Peter Choi.

AYC supports youth activitiesChamber President Pe-

ter Choi and Vice Chair EdChen attended a specialluncheon sponsored by theChinese Professional Soci-ety and co-hosted byChamber member theAsian Youth Center and theSan Gabriel Rotary Club.

The Feb. 25 event at theAsian Youth Center raisedmoney to benefit the AYCafter-school education pro-grams.

For more information,visit www.asianyouthcenter.org

Fun times and delicious Oaxacan cuisine livened up the Chamber’s Eat & MeetLunch Networking Mixer at El Ruizenor Grill on March 18. More than two dozenChamber members and guests kept owner Norma Perez and her staff busy at ourpopular monthly lunch Mixer sponsored by Temple City Animal Hospital and Relayfor Life. Join us on April 16 as we meet up at Chuan’s Restaurant.

Veterinarian Dr. Carol Crittenden and her staff fromTemple City Animal Hospital with El Ruizenor Grill ownerNorma Perez.

Chamber Board Chair Jane Chavez flanked by BrandonGreene and Andres (Andy) Trujillo of AMR (www.amr.net)

L-R: New member Melanie McShane (Broker/Realtor), ArthurCrittenden (TC Animal Hospital), Adam Hsu (Field Rep forAssemblymember Ed Chau), Lauren Worsley (American Can-cer Society), Bruce Bertram, Franklin Ruedel (Tax Expert),Srini Santhanam (CIAM) and Tu-Uyen Phan (CIAM).

Munir Bhatti (Friends of TC Library), Helen Chen Marston(Realtor), Cynthia Vance (Relay for Life), Elizabeth Powell(HealthCare Partners), Christy Miyagisihima (HealthcarePartners) and Donna Georgino (Relay for Life).

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A fascinating mix of the ancientand the modern, China is both oneof the world’s fastest growingeconomies and one of the world’searliest civilizations.

“China is a rich, complex landcontaining more than 100 citieswith a population of more than onemillion,” said Peter Choi, presidentof the Temple City Chamber ofCommerce. “In China’s case, seeingis believing. That is why I am ex-cited to announce a special invita-tion from the Temple City Cham-ber of Commerce to join us nextOctober 8, to Discover China.”

Through a partnership withCitslinc International, the Cham-ber is offering a nine-day, all-inclu-sive trip to China departing on Oct.8.

This fully escorted trip is de-signed to be an introduction to thepeople, history, culture, and dailylife of this exciting country withopportunities to visit top historicand cultural sites in four cities:Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, andHangzhou. The cost is just $2,499.for two-person shared accommo-dation (single occupancy is avail-able for an additional charge).

As an extra incentive, the some-times complex visa applicationprocess will be handled for an ex-tra $155 charge. Deadline for reg-istration is Aug. 1.

Your trip includes: RoundtripInternational airfare from Los An-geles; 4-and 5-star hotel accommo-dations; three meals per day; alltour fees; deluxe in-country trans-portation and local airfare; all taxesand airport fees.

Accompanied by an English-

Discover China with your Temple CityChamber of Commerce tour, Oct. 8-17

speaking tour guide the entire trip,this amazing journey throughChina begins in Beijing with visitsto such world renowned sites as thefamed Tiananmen Square, the For-bidden City, and, of course, theGreat Wall of China, said to be theonly man made structure visiblefrom the moon.

You will also visit the beautifulcities of Suzhou, known as the“Venice of China” for its beautifulcanals, gardens and bridges, andHangzhou, home to the ancientLingyin Temple’s beautifulgrounds and majestic buildings.

Your final city will be Shanghai,an amazing, modern, and cosmo-politan city known as the “NewYork City” of China.

Explore the world famous wa-terfront Bund district and the OldTown Bazaar.

Shopping? All along the wayyou will have opportunities to shopfor jade, pearls, silk, detailed em-broidery, carpet, ceramic and lac-quer ware and more.

Food? All of your meals are in-cluded. Culinary highlights includea traditional Peking roast duck din-ner and a visit to a tea plantation.

The Chamber will host a freeinformational meeting from 5: 30-7 p.m., April 16, in the Chamberof Commerce boardroom (9050Las Tunas Drive, Temple City91780) where Leo Liu, owner ofCitslinc, will answer questions re-garding the trip.

For more information, pleasephone the Temple City Chamber ofCommerce office at (626) 286-3101 or inquire by e-mail [email protected]

Attend informational meeting April 16

Chamber CalendarThursday, April 13, 12 noon to 1 p.m., Chamber Board Meeting, Cham-

ber BoardroomThursday, April 16, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., Eat & Meet Lunch Networking

Mixer, CHUAN’S Restaurant, 5807 Rosemead Blvd., Temple City, CA91780

Thursday, April 16, 5:30 to 7 p.m., China Trip Information Seminar, Cham-ber Boardroom

Monday, April 20, 12 noon to 1 p.m., Cyber Security Seminar, ChamberBoardroom

Monday, April 20, Submission deadline for Temple City LifeWednesday, April 22, 12 noon to 1 p.m., Constant Contact Seminar, Build-

ing your Online Marketing Toolkit w/Email and Social Media.

Relay for Life Temple City leadershipteam, in conjunction with the AmericanCancer Society, has been taking a breakand now is ready to restart for its July11-12 event at Temple City High School.Businesses and residents are being askedto help raise $60,000.

This money is used by the AmericanCancer Society to fund cancer research(47 Nobel prize winners) and patientservices, while keeping administrativecosts at a low 6 to 7 percent.Please join in the following events:

Yard Sale: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 18,Health Care Partners, 9810 Las Tunas,Temple City, featuring Cindy’s FashionCorner. Phone Mary Saxon 626-353-4327 or [email protected] tomake donations. To donate clothing,phone 626-292-1447.

Bunco For Life-Rolling For A Cure:5-10 p.m.,May 9, at 5825 Rowland,Temple City. Dinner, prizes, raffle prizes;$25 for tickets. Phone Kim Wunner 626-

Relay for Life preps for July event

688-4986 [email protected] The Town Purple: June 6

Survivor Luncheon: June 27 Cancersurvivors are our VIPs and we treat themwith “tender loving care.”

Team Building: Any group can forma team. Businesses, clubs, churches, fami-lies. Friendly competition betweengroups is fun and it is a great way to shinea community light on your organization.We promote and advertise our sponsors.Contact Ms. Wunner 626-688-4986;[email protected]

For more information phone teamleader Mary Sneed at 626-446-5790 [email protected] or online atwww.RelayForLife.org/TempleCityCa.


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to post their language assistance policies on theirWeb sites and require the Department of PublicHealth and the Office of Statewide Health Plan-ning and Development to post hospital languageassistance policies online.


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CYBER SECURITY SEMINAR

Affordable Housing - AB 744 would allow de-velopers who request a density bonus from a cityto also request that the city eliminate minimumparking requirements for a development if it iswithin 1/2 mile of transit, a senior-only project,or serves special needs individuals.

Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park) recently unveiled his 2015 legislative bill package to variousmembers of the media.

Chau’s bill package focuses on protecting consumer privacy

Local artists selected forLos Angeles art show

Chamber member Min W of Min W Fine Art & School andthree of her students (Angela Chen, Athena Zahn, Tiffany Wang)had their paintings juried and accepted by El Pueblo de Los An-geles Historical Monument Committee for an exhibit titled“From Her 2015” art exhibit by women about women show.

The exhibit was on display March 5 through March 22, at thehistorical Pico Building, 424 N. Main St., Los Angeles. It is opento the public from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,Tuesday to Sunday.

Please stop by Min W Fine Art Gallery & School for addi-tional information regarding this exhibit, art lessons or to viewour gallery of excellent paintings.

Students of Min W Fine Art & School

Tiffany Wang

Athena Zahn

Angela Chen

Min W ofMin W Fine Art & School


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Temple CityNeighborhoodWatch areas

Next Neighborhood Watchmeeting is April 16, for Area 4

Residents from all areas welcome

The current format ofTemple City’s NeighborhoodWatch Program is in its fourthyear and has gained much at-tention throughout surround-ing regions.

The next meeting is in Area4 on April 16 at First LutheranChurch, 9123 Broadway.

Deputies from the TempleCity Special Assignment Teamdiscuss crime trends and pre-vention while the City’s PublicSafety personnel talk about di-saster awareness and prepared-ness.

These meetings are forums for resi-dents to learn about good preventivemeasures and/or to voice concerns.

This year’s topics include communityinvolvement/burglaries, identificationtheft and scams, traffic safety, disastershelter options, and other awareness/preventive tips.

Fresh-made soft tacos and beveragesare provided for everyone. Meetings arefrom 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the third Thurs-day of the month, and are open to resi-

dents of all 10 areas.To receive the latest crime prevention

tips, alerts, announcements, and newsdirectly from Temple Sheriff ’s Station,register to their Nixle account atwww.nixle.com, follow them on Twitter@TEMLASD, and like them on Facebook/TempleSheriffsStation.

Or visit the City’s Web site,www.ci.temple-city.ca.us/204/Neighborhood-Watch, or phone the City’s Public SafetyDivision, 626-285-2171.

Temple City residents at the March 18 Area 3meeting.

Students from kindergarten to 18 years ofage who attend school in the Temple City Uni-fied School District or live within Temple Citycity limits are eligible to be a contestant in the2016 Camellia Parade Theme Contest.

All entries must be received at the TempleCity Camellia Festival Office, City Hall, 9701 LasTunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780 by 6 p.m.,

2016 Camellia Parade Theme Contest deadline is April 13

Children’s ProgramsEnglish Chinese Bilingual

Storytime, every Tuesday,10:30-11:30 a.m.

Family Place Workshop, ev-ery Monday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Baby Bounce Storytime, ev-ery Wednesday, 10:15-10:45a.m., except April 15

Toddler Storytime, everyWednesday, 11-11:45 a.m., ex-cept April 15

Evening Playtime, 6:30-7:30p.m., Thursday, April 9

Untidy Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 15

Pajama Storytime, 7-7:30p.m., Thursday, April 23

Dia de Los Ninos Storytell-ing, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Saturday,April 25

Teen ProgramsTeen Hip Hop/Kickboxing

Fitness Class, every Saturday,10:30-11:30 a.m.

Teen Advisory Board, 3-4p.m., Saturday, April 4

Create Your Own SucculentTerrarium, 2-3 p.m., Saturday,April 18

April 13.Applications are available at Temple City

Unified School Sites, the District Office, and theCamellia Festival Office in City Hall.

The theme winner will receive $100 cash andwill ride in the 72nd Annual Camellia Parade.For more information phone the Camellia Fes-tival Office at 626-285-2171.

Teen Game Day, 4-5 p.m.,Tuesday, April 21

Teen Book Club, 4-5 p.m.,Tuesday, April 28

Adult ProgramsCitizenship Class, 3-4:30

p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 8, 15& Friday, April 3, 10, 17

Book a Librarian: BasicComputer Skills, 10-11 a.m.,Monday, April 6

Housing Law Clinic, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Friday, April 3 & 17

Botanical Art Exhibit, ev-ery Monday and Tuesday, 2-4p.m.

California Backyard Gar-den: Botanical DrawingClass, 12-2 p.m., Saturday,April 4

Bingo Game, 3:30-4:30p.m., Friday, April 24

Grace Yang, Teen/Adult ServicesLibrarian, County of Los AngelesPublic Library, Temple City Library,5939 Golden West Ave., Temple City,CA 91780, 626-285-2136.

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“shrewd guy,” or “that guy” inyour daily leadership practice?Here are eight researched tactics present this analysis?

The shrewd guy moves:Repudiating: Declaring your

ignorance. Jim, I’m just horriblewith numbers, and you’re awhiz. I think that you may be theonly person here who can dothis.

Indirecting: Getting Jim todo something without asking forit directly. If Jim is responsiblefor the financial analysis buthasn’t started, start working onit yourself, but let him notice.

Redirecting: Giving the issuea different focus. Jim, if I can getyou to do this financial analysisit will help me to convince theboard to give you the promotionI told you about last month.

that are useable in different cir-cumstances. If one doesn’t work,try another. In this hypotheticalscenario, you are trying to getJim, your direct employee, to complete an important financial

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Longden student earns tripto state Geography Bee

Max Bhatti (in photo) is Longden ElementarySchool’s 2015 Geography Bee Champion. He earneda trip to the State Geography Bee competition whenhe and 40 Longden students took a preliminary ge-ography test. The top 12 students then competedin Longden’s Geography Bee competition, Jan. 13.After three rounds and several tie breaker questions,Max triumphed as Longden’s geography champion.Next, Max completed a written test which qualifiedhim for the State Geography Bee. Max and his fam-ily were scheduled to travel to Fresno to compete atthe State level, March 27. Nice going, Max.


Temple City Patriotic NewsBlue Star honors military at home, boosts morale for duty

Honoringthose whoprotect us24/7/365

By Monique WeilandThe Temple City Blue Star

Banner Program exists to recog-nize our residents who are serv-ing or have served in the armedforces.

If you have a family memberwho has just signed up in anybranch, please phone SharonJohnson at 626-285-5852 so arecognition banner can be dis-played in his/her honor.

We owe our gratitude to thesebrave fellow citizens who risktheir lives to make sure we canenjoy amazing freedoms and lib-erties not afforded to citizens inmany other countries.

If you want an idea of whatthese soldiers endure on our be-half, take a look at the moviesUnbroken and American Sniper.The hardships the troops face isthe reason for the deep commit-ment of the Blue Star BannerProgram supporters.

Spring cleaning season ishere, just in time for the annualBlue Star Banner Program rum-mage sale from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

May 2. Sweep off the cobwebsand blow off the dust of thoseunused items. The yard sale willbe at the Alta Dena Dairy on thenortheast corner of Las TunasDrive and Encinita Avenue.

Deliver your donated itemsby 7 a.m. when the yard salestarts. Stop by to snap up trea-sures at amazing prices. The pro-ceeds support care packages orrecognition dinners.

The Blue Star Bunnies arehard at work packing Easterboxes for our active military per-sonnel from Temple City. Theywill be filled with Girl ScoutCookies, Sees Candies, and other

miscellaneous Easter goodies.Many thanks to all of our donorsfor their contents: PasadenaMotors, Larry Brady, KiwanisClub, Kathy St. Pierre, andAlyson Fox from Girl ScoutTroop 1654 of the Charter OakArea, and of course the Blue StarBanner Program.

Volunteers are always wel-come to help fill care packages,donate items for the yard sale,serve sundaes and nachos at theconcert in the park series, andwork at either of the two annualrecognition dinners. If you areinterested in helping out, pleasecontact Sharon Johnson.

Registration deadline is April 20The Temple City Unified School District will

host a free community health fair and 5K and 10Krun/walk, May 2, at Temple City Park, 9701 LasTunas Drive in Temple City.

Check-in for the run/walk will begin at 6:30 a.m.with the run/walk beginning at 7:30 a.m. The run/walk is free and runners and walkers will receive at-shirt (supplies are limited).

Participants can pick up their t-shirts from 3-7p.m., May 1, at the TCUSD District Office, 9700Las Tunas Drive, Temple City.

Registration forms should be dropped off at theTCUSD District Office front desk, 9700 Las TunasDrive. The deadline for registration is April 20. Reg-istration forms for the run/walk are available at theDistrict Office, all TCUSD school sites, City Hallin Temple City, and Live Oak Park.

Late registration on the day of the event will betaken but t-shirts are limited to those who registerin advance.

A free community health fair is scheduled for8-11 a.m. in Temple City Park.

The fair will include a variety of health screen-ings: dental, grip strength, body fat, blood pressure,and more. Vendors will provide information aboutacupuncture, mental health services, smoking ces-sation, etc. Fun activities include Temple City HighSchool’s Jazz Band, Longden Elementary School’sDrill Team, and more.

The run/walk and health fair are sponsored bythe Temple City Unified School District Local Edu-cation Agency, a health community outreach orga-nization. For more information, phone Jeanne St.Pierre at 626-548-5000, ext. 1904 or HelenRedmond at 626-548-5069.

TCUSD Community health fair, 5k and 10k events May 2

School News

Longden Elementary School’s 2015 Odyssey of the Mind Teams are(l-r) front row: Ethan Do, Johnny Wu, Architha Arunraj, DominiqueBhatti, April Wu; middle row: Tyler Voong, Brandon Wong, MartinLeung, Max Bhatti, Rosalind Tran, Serena Ong; back row, Mr. DavidLiu, Kailey Fung, Cindy Chen, Nicholas Kong, Tiffany Wang, Mrs.Karen Wang. Not pictured was Eric Sun.

Members of the Oak Avenue Intermediate School’s Odyssey of the MindTeam (l-r) are Barbie He, Christina Zhang, Eddie Li, Hanna Yip,Gabriella Djuarna, Amanda Huang, Grace Ji.

TCUSD students earn highhonors at Odyssey of the Mindregional competition

Longden Elementary andOak Avenue IntermediateSchools’ Odyssey of the Mindteams competed in the Los An-geles Basin Odyssey of theMind Regional Tournament atSan Marino High School, Feb.28.

Oak Avenue’s team(Gabriella Djuarna, Barbie He,Amanda Huang, Grace Ji, EddieLi, Hanna Yip, and ChristinaZhang) placed third in theirdivision.

Longden’s fourth gradeteam (Architha Arunraj, Domi-nique Bhatti, Ethan Do, Nicho-las Kong, Brandon Wong, AprilWu, and Johnny Wu) tookfourth place, the fifth gradeteam (Martin Leung, Eric Sun,and Tiffany Wang) took ninthplace, and the sixth grade team(Max Bhatti, Cindy Chen,Kailey Fung, Serena Ong,Rosalind Tran, and TylerVoong) took tenth place intheir divisions.

Forty-four teams from thesurrounding areas attended thecompetition. Each team se-lected one of five problems andprovided a creative solution.

The teams were judged onthree levels: an 8-minute pro-gram outlined in the problem,the style in which it was pre-sented, and a spontaneousproblem solved at the compe-tition.

Odyssey of the Mind is a

world-wide creative problem-solving competition for stu-dents of all ages. Winning teamsmove on to state, national andinternational competitions.

The program promotes cre-ativity by challenging teams tosolve divergent problems. Byworking in teams, participantslearn teamwork, the apprecia-tion and understanding of oth-ers, and that a group is a morepowerful thinking force than anindividual. Students develop asense of self-respect and respectfor others through preparatoryactivities, such as brainstorm-ing and role-playing.

While the ultimate goal formost teams is to present theirsolutions in official competi-tions, this is not a requirement.The purpose of the program isto provide students with an ex-citing, challenging and funlearning experience.

Longden Elementary Schoolserves students in grades tran-sitional kindergarten throughsixth grade. Oak Avenue Inter-mediate School serves studentsin seventh and eighth grades.For more information aboutTCUSD schools, phone 626-548-5120. The Temple CityUnified School District is com-mitted to 21st century academicexcellence to ensure that stu-dents are ready for the chal-lenges of tomorrow.


Valley Community ChurchPastor Gary Clouse3039 Santa Anita Ave., El Monte, Ca 91733626-443-3063www.myvcc.orgFriday Spanish Service 7:30 p.m.Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.Wednesday Worship Service 7 p.m.Spanish Translation Available (11 a.m. service only)

Sunrise Community ChurchNondenominational: Conservative ChristianAndrew Kikkert, Pastor9642 E. Live Oak Ave. • 626-287-6120Sunday Worship: 8:45 a.m.Sunday School 10:30 a.m.Friday Game Night 7 p.m. - 1st and 3rd FridaysFriday Night Fellowship 6:30 p.m. - 2nd and 4th Fridays

St. Luke Catholic ChurchFr. Mark A. Strader, Pastor5605 Cloverly Ave.626-291-5900www.stluketemplecity.orgSunday Masses: 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m.Saturday Evening Mass: 5:30 p.m.Weekday Masses: 9:00 a.m.

San Gabriel Community ChurchSteve Balentine, Senior Pastor117 N. Pine St., San Gabriel626-287-0486www.sgucandcs.orgSunday Worship: 9 a.m.Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.Wed. Bible Study, 7 p.m.Wednesday Night Youth Program, Jr. & Sr. High, 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church of TCJim Walden, Senior Pastor6019 Baldwin Ave. • Temple City, CA 91780626-286-3125web site: www.templecitybaptist.orge-mail: [email protected]@templecitybaptist.orgSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship: 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

First Lutheran Church9123 Broadway, Temple City 91780Office 626-287-0968Sunday Worship:8:30 a.m. Traditional worshipBible Study - Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.web site: www.firstlutherantc.orge-mail: [email protected]

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Westminster Presbyterian ChurchCharles Castles, Pastor9642 Live Oak [email protected] • www.tc-presbyterian.orgSunday Worship 10:30 a.m.All Children Welcome • Nursery • Children's ChurchBible Studies on Tuesday and Thursday eve-nings. Phone for information.

Temple City United Methodist ChurchRev. David Palmer, Pastor5957 N. Golden West Ave.Temple City, CA 91780626-286-3129Sunday School 8:45 a.m. • Worship 10 a.m.E-mail: [email protected]@templecityumc.orgWebsite: www.templecityumc.org

Temple City Church of ChristJonathon Hinckley, Minister5272 Sereno Dr., Temple City626-286-6676Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.All Children WelcomeNursery

Temple City Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)Dr. Bryce Gayhart, Pastor9723 Garibaldi Ave (at Golden West)626-286-0581e-mail: [email protected]’s Class 9:10 a.m.Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

San Gabriel Mission Catholic ChurchFr. Bruce Wellems, CMF, Pastor428 South Mission Dr., San Gabriel 91776626-457-3035 –– www.sangabrielmissionchurch.orgWeekday Masses6:30 a.m. (Eng.), Noon (Eng.), 6:30 p.m. (Spanish)Saturday Masses (English) – 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.Sunday Masses: (English) 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:15a.m., 5 p.m.; (Spanish) 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 7 p.m.;(Vietnamese) 3 p.m.

Faith United Methodist ChurchPastor Matthew Chong5957 Golden West Ave.Temple City, CA 91780626-286-312910 a.m. Worship Service in Mandarin11:30 a.m. Praise service in English

New Hope Church (PCUSA)David Pak, PastorMariko Yanagihara, Associate Pastor700 S. Rosemead Blvd.Pasadena, CA 91107-5613449-8644 (English) • 577-0191 (Korean)[email protected] Web Site: nhcpcusa.orgSunday: 8 a.m. • 11:15 a.m. Korean Worship9:30 a.m./ 1:30 p.m. English Worship

Immanuel Church of the NazareneCharles Lin, Senior Pastor9953 Las Tunas Drive, CA 91780626-285-3832www.go2icon.orgSunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. (English; Mandarin)Wednesday Youth Night: 7:00 p.m. (English)Friday Youth Night: 7:30 p.m.(Mandarin) www.myhym.org

March 29

The United MethodistChurches of Temple City

Invite you tocelebrateEasterSunday

5957 Golden West AVE.TEMPLE CITY, CA 91780

Sunrise Service7:30 a.m.

Easter Service10 a.m.

Egg Hunt event11:30 a.m.

April 5, 2015

Churches Celebrate Easter April 5 St. Luke Catholic Communityannounces Holy Week services

Saint Luke the Evangelist Catholic Community in Temple Cityannounces its Holy Week and Easter Services Schedule.

On Holy Thursday, April 2, Celebration of the Lord’s Supper willbe held at 7:30 pm. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will follow.

On Good Friday, April 3, the following services will take place:Traditional Stations of the Cross, noon; Reflections on the Seven LastWords of Christ, 1 p.m.; and Celebration of the Lord’s Passion withCommunion, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

An Easter Vigil Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. on April 4 (HolySaturday). Masses on Easter Sunday, April 5, will take place at 6:30,8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Children ages 10 and under are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt inthe Parish courtyard following the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Easter Sun-day. The Easter Bunny will be there, so bring your cameras. Bringinga basket is also recommended.

All services will be held in the church, 5605 Cloverly Ave., TempleCity. For more information, phone the Pastoral Office at 626-291-5900 or visit www.stluketemplecity.org.


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for Best Essays on Water ConservationSunny Slope Water Company is offering a $500 scholarship to winning graduatingcollege bound students attending Del Mar, Gabrielino and Temple City high schools. Tocompete for this award, an applicant must write a 400 to 500 word essay about “HOWDO YOU PROPOSE WATER CONSERVATION BE ENFORCED?” and mail it to thecompany office along with the student’s name, school and the college they plan to attend.Entry forms can be printed on our website at http://www.sunnyslopewatercompany.com.Essays must be received at the office by April 30, 2015 for consideration in thiscompetition. One scholarship will be awarded per school. Sunny Slope’s Board ofDirectors will review the essays and announce the winner by May 11, 2015.

Contact: Karen Maas, [email protected] or 626-287-5238 ext.124, 1040 El Campo Drive Pasadena, CA 91107.

The coaching staff and students fromthe popular local youth basketball devel-opment Play Smarter basketball pro-gram will travel to China, Aug. 1

For the past 10 years, Coach RichardMarquis of the Play Smarter BasketballClass Program has traveled throughoutMainland China with parents and stu-dents of his Play Smarter InternationalBasketball Camp. The participating boysand girls learn the fundamentals of bas-ketball from the outstanding coachingstaff as they compete throughout Main-land China.

The Play Smarter international andlocal basketball camps and classes werefounded by Coach Marquis more than40 years ago.

These camps have been called the bestyouth training basketball camps andclasses held throughout the West Coastand around the world by such publica-tions as the Sporting News.

For the last nine summers, CoachMarquis and his coaching staff have con-

Play Smarter Basketballstudents, coaches preparingfor summer trip to China

ducted these camps and competitionsacross Mainland China.

All of their local classes are held onweekends throughout the year. The in-ternational classes are held in the UnitedStates year round as well.

This allows the program to host andtrain foreign teams and programs whileconducting their local Play Smarter SanGabriel Valley class programs. CoachMarquis and his staff have hosted manyschools, teams and coaches clinics fromdifferent parts of China.

As part of these exchanges, CoachMarquis has some of his local class stu-dents compete with the visiting kidsfrom China.

This year alone, the Play Smarterclasses have already hosted six differentyouth groups visiting his local classtraining program. To inquire about join-ing a class or for further information,contact Coach Richard Marquis [email protected] or visit the Website playsmarterbasketball.com.SEE ADVERTISMENT, PAGE 2

Coach Richard Marquis

Play Smarter Basketball classes take place:Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at T.C. Nazarene Church, 9953 Las Tu-

nas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780.Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. at Emmaus Lutheran School, 840 S. Almansor

St. and Los Higos in Alhambra.Sundays, 10 a.m. -12 p.m. at San Gabriel Academy, 8827 East

Broadway, San Gabriel, CA 91776.Sundays, 12:30 p.m. -2 p.m. at San Gabriel Academy.

The Cream of the Crop Advanced Training class takes placeSundays, 2-4 p.m. at San Gabriel Academy, 8827 East Broadway,San Gabriel, CA 91776 [email protected]

PHOTO COURTESY OF JERRY JAMBAZIAN, TEMPLECITYPHOTOS.COM.

PTA honors Kiwanis Club with Golden Oak awardTemple City Council PTA held its annual

Founders Day Dinner and awards presentation onFeb. 26. Nearly 200 individuals attended this year’srecognition event and enjoyed the evening’s cheerfulfiesta theme. Council PTA President Mary Saxonemceed the evening’s festivities.

A Golden Oak Award, the highest award possiblein PTA, was presented to the Kiwanis Club of TempleCity. Kiwanis has been a fixture in the communityfor more than 75 years and strives to build a bettercommunity through service to youth, TCUSD, andthe City.

Each year, Council PTA and school PTAs selectindividuals to receive awards.

The following were honored for their service tothe children of our District:

Honorary Service Awards: Tiffany Brodbeck, Jo-seph Hsu, Teresa Huang, and Anne Kosanovich(Cloverly); Missy Augustyn, Maria Garner, AnnaMcKinnis, Josette Schwartz, and Nancy Wong, (Em-peror); Leigh Cobb, Nickie Oh, Amy Riker, and Ja-son Rose (La Rosa) Amy Besaw, Barbara and RonDorazio, May Ho, and Kelly Kilmer (Longden); Jes-sica Lynn Westgate Goold, Louise Huff, Randy Marsh(Oak); Phil Bailey, Bessie and Walter Chavez, SuzieJackson, and Sandee Kidd, (Temple City HighSchool); and Deputy Scott Wengert (Council PTA).

Continuing Service Awards: Bert Ferntheil(Temple City High School), Kathy Perini (Superin-tendent); and Terry Welder (Emperor).

For more information about PTA membership, phoneGina Aparicio at 626-548-5120.

Instructional Resource Specialist Jeanette Johnson accepts a donationcheck from Kiwanis President Matt Smith. Oak Principal Lawton Grayand Superintendent Kathy Perini gladly witnessed the event.

Oak Ave. Intermediate School seeksdonations for Character Garden

Oak Avenue Intermediate School’s newest vision is to create aCharacter Garden where students are surrounded by messages fo-cusing on character and staff have a unique environment to teachlessons that reinforce Oak’s six character traits: respect, responsi-bility, integrity, compassion, perseverance, and honesty.

Oak’s Character Garden will pay tribute to three exceptional Oakemployees who over recent years lost their battles with cancer: OfeliaArroyo, Bill Schmidt, and Donna Wherry. Students will be inspiredby the lives of these amazing individuals.

The school needs to raise $11,000 to pay for cement work,CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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TEMPLE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUYER’S GUIDE

Unless otherwise indicated all business directory addresses are for:

Temple City, CA 91780

St. Luke Catholic School (TK-8)Yvette Jefferys - Principal5521 N. Cloverly Ave.626-291-5959 / FAX 626-285-5367www.stluketemplecity.org

TC High School Associated Student BodyGayle Schaffer9501 E. Lemon626-548-5040TC Schools FoundationKathy Chambers9700 Las Tunas Dr.626-548-5000

TC Unified School District9700 Las Tunas [email protected]

ELDER CARESincere Care Services, Inc.747 N. Lake Ave. Ste. DPasadena [email protected]

EMPLOYMENTCHOICESSJoe Donofrio348 East Foothill Blvd.Arcadia [email protected]

ENTERTAINMENT & MUSICIrwindale Event CenterBob Klein500 Speedway DriveIrwindale, CA 91706626-358-1100626-357-4227bob@irwindaleeventcenter.comwww.irwindalespeedway.com

T. M. StudiosMobil D.J. Service & Entertainment626-286-3715

FFINANCIAL PLANNING

EH Financial Group, Inc.Emmy Hernandez419 S. Mission Dr.San Gabriel 91776626-943-8833

Morgan StanleyGabriel Lynn, Financial Advisor301 N. Lake Ave., Penthouse SuitePasadena, CA 91101TEL: 626-683-4611FAX: [email protected]

FLORISTSFanny’s FlowersBruce Wataru, Fanny Wataru5947 Oak Ave.626-287-1653 G

GROCERY SUPERMARKETSSam’s Club4901 Santa Anita Ave.El Monte 91731626-652-6901

Super A FoodsRichard Harb5595 Rosemead Blvd. 626-248-0383

Valu-MartKorey Khaledi6340 N. Rosemead Blvd.626-291-5969

HHEALTH & WELLNESS

Carey Business ServicesWellness Products & Square Foot GardeningJoAnn Carey6649 Cloverly [email protected]

Cheers Alano ClubAA & Related 12 Step Meeting5934 Temple City [email protected] www.cheersalanoclub.org

HEATING AIR CONDITIONING

Air-Tro, Inc. (Cooling-Heating)John Helbing1630 Myrtle Ave.Monrovia 91016626-357-5311

Connor AirWayne Connor4931 N. Encinita626-286-3157www.Connorair.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTAgosta Plumbing & HeatingBob Agosta5929 N. Oak Ave.626-286-9500

Air-Tro, Inc. (Cooling-Heating)John Helbing1630 Myrtle Ave.Monrovia 91016626-357-5311

Modern LightingMike Kowalski9034 Las Tunas Dr.626-286-7462

HOTELSDoubleTree Hotel Rosemead888 Montebello Blvd.Rosemead, CA 91770323-722-8800Sharon [email protected]

Hilton San Gabriel Juli Costanzo225 West Valley Blvd.San Gabriel [email protected] Inn Express Pasadena3500 E. Colorado Blvd.Pasadena, 91107626-792-1363 I

IMPORT/EXPORTNi-Star Worldwide, Inc.951 Arcadia Ave.San Gabriel, CA 91775Joanne Zhang626-286-9877626-237-0180 Fax [email protected]

INSURANCE, FINANCIAL ADVISOR

Holtzen & Bauermeister Insurance Daniel Holtzen455 North El Molino AvePasadena, CA 91101-1403626-574-1480www.holtzeninsurance.comThe Tyre Agency Life-Medi-cal-Small Group-IndividualTony J. Tyre5703 Temple City Blvd.626-285-7033www.tyreinsuranceagency.com

JJEWELRY

Cal’s JewelersEddie Cebrowski5824 Temple City Blvd.626-286-7474

Embellished CharmsCarol Burton, Owner/Designer10406 Miloann [email protected] Antique & Jewelry, Inc.Ronald Wang9611 Las Tunas Dr.626-237-0168Fax [email protected]

LLAMPS, LIGHTING, SHADES

Modern LightingMike Kowalski9030-40 Las Tunas Dr.626-286-7462

LOCKSMITHLou’s Lock and KeyPat Kleman5954 Temple City Blvd.626-286-0142

MMANUFACTURING

Flexrake Hula HoRichard McGuire9620 Gidley St.626-443-4026

MARTIAL ARTSS.K. Tae Kwon Do School9569 Las Tunas [email protected]

MEDICAL SERVICESAmerican Medical ResponseAlex Mendoza5257 North Vincent Ave.Irwindale, CA [email protected] Medical AssociatesDr. Francisco Rodriguez330 West Las Tunas Dr. Ste. 1San Gabriel, CA 91776626-284-3300info@dreamweavermedicalassociates.comwww.dreamweavermedicalassociates.comHealth Care Partners9810 Las Tunas Dr.626-309-7600

Methodist Hospital - Arcadia300 W. Huntington Dr.Arcadia 91006626-445-4441Pregnancy Help Center SGV5626 N. Rosemead Blvd.626-309-0788

MORTGAGE CO.California Consumer LendingVivian Chan and Michael Ly9124 Las Tunas Dr. 626-281-2030vivian.chan@cclfi nance.commichael.ly@cclfi nance.com

MORTUARYPierce Brothers Turner & StevensEric B. DuBois1136 E. Las Tunas Dr.San Gabriel, Ca. 91775626-287-0595

MUSEUMSan Gabriel MissionFr. Bruce Wellems, CMF, Pastor4285 Mission Dr.San Gabriel 91776626-457-3035www.sangabrielmission.org

Temple City Historical Museum5954 Kauffman Ave.626-451-0833Open 12-3 p.m. on 1st and 3rd Sundays each month

NNEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

Mid Valley NewsClarke Moseley11401 Valley Blvd. Ste. 2008El Monte 91731626 443-1753 or [email protected]

Temple City Life TC Chamber of CommercePeter Choi9050 Las Tunas Dr.626-286-3101info@templecitychamber.orgwww.templecitychamber.org

NONPROFIT Asian Youth Center (AYC)100 West Clary Ave.San Gabriel, CA 91776Kevin Lian626-309-0622626-309-0717 - [email protected]

Blue Star ProgramSharon Johnson626-285-5852

CHOICESS348 East Foothill Blvd.Arcadia 91006626-359-3300Joe [email protected]

Friends of the TC LibraryManuir [email protected]

Historical Society of TC and Museum5954 Kauffman Ave.626-451-0833

Northeast San Gabriel Valley WorkSource CenterJack Ng2550 West Main St.Alhambra [email protected]

San Gabriel Japanese Community & Cultural Center5019 Encinita626-286-9850

TCHS Vocal Arts Boosters9501 E. Lemon626-548-5053

TC Schools FoundationNadine Wittry9700 Las Tunas Dr.626-548-5000

NOTARYFranklin J. Ruedel, EA, Corp.Franklin J. Ruedel626-286-9662Fax [email protected]

OOPTOMETRY

Bright iCare Optometry5810 Temple City Blvd.Lin Chiao626-287-9725626-287-9727 – [email protected]

TC Square OptometryPaulina Han, O.D.5803 N. Rosemead Blvd.626-287-8505

Derek Tong, O.D.Center for Vision Development Optometry2700 E. Foothill Blvd. Ste. 207Pasadena 91107626-578-9685www.tongvision.com

PPEST CONTROL

So Cal Termite SolutionsGlenn DuggerState License [email protected]

PET BOARDINGHeavenly Pet Resort, Inc.Gloria Landaverde5011 Encinita626-285-4441www.heavenlypetresort.com

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TEMPLE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUYER’S GUIDER

REAL ESTATEAmerican Heritage, RealtorsCecelia Rudar, Broker and George Rudar, REALTORS®626-445-3000 (Direct)[email protected]

Arcadia Association of RealtorsAndrew Cooper601 S. First Ave.Arcadia 91006626-446-2115

Bodkin Co. RealtyBob Bodkin5912 Encinita626-285-9991

Brokerln Trust Real Estate - Melanie [email protected] Jo Pyle, BrokerCentury 21 Ludecke, Inc.20 E. Foothill Blvd. #105Arcadia, CA 91006WWW.LindaJoPyle.ComLindajo2u@gmail(626) 688-4767

Grandmark Realty, Inc.Herman WongRealtor Associate5401 Baldwin [email protected]

IRN Realty556 W. Las Tunas DriveSuite 101Arcadia, CA 91007Amanda Lam626-447-5100626-372-5196– Direct [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/amanda-karmalam

Jackson Wong Listing AdvisorJackson Wong1225 South Baldwin Ave.Arcadia, CA 91007Cell: 626-286-8168Text: 626-823-1032Fax: 626-286-1881ackson@jacksonwonghomes.comwww.templecitylistings.com

Keller Williams RealtyHelen Chen Marston317 East Foothill Blvd. 205Arcadia 91006Cell – 626-353-9665Offi ce – [email protected]

The Olson Company - Linden WalkPeter Shelton & Lucie Nguyen, Home Advisors9250 Lower Azusa Road (Linden Walk location)3010 Old Ranch Parkway Suite 100 (Business location)Seal Beach, CA 90740Tel: 562-370-9504Cell: [email protected]

Rita PadillaRealtor AssociateDilbeck Real Estate8 E. Foothill Blvd.Arcadia 91006626-462-2460

West San Gabriel Valley Association of Realtors1039 E. Valley Blvd. Ste 205BSan Gabriel 91776626-288-6212www.wsgvar.comYunicorn LendingRichard Wang9611 Las Tunas Dr.626-789-3199Fax [email protected]

RESTAURANTSCafé RouleEileen Li9153 Las Tunas Dr.626-872-1188

Chuan’s Chinese Restaurant5807 Rosemead Blvd.626-677-6667Clearman’s GalleyDrew Hopkins7215 N. Rosemead Blvd.San Gabriel 91775626-286-9402

Clearman’s North Woods Inn7247 N. Rosemead Blvd.San Gabriel 91775626-286-8284

El Ruizenor GrillNorma PerezVincent Ruiz5818 Temple City [email protected]

Guppy HouseDavid Li5743 Rosemead [email protected]

The HatDave Smith5505 Rosemead Blvd.626-292-1000

McDonald’s9831 Las Tunas Dr.626-292-1711

Phoenix Kitchen9225 Las Tunas Drive626-285-0988www.phoenixfoodboutique.com

Rose Donuts/Sandwiches/YogurtCharles Yip6276 N. Rosemead Blvd.626-287-1488

Starbucks5705 N. Rosemead Blvd.626-614-8004

Subway 43179441 Las Tunas Dr.285-7280

The Tea Station9578 Las Tunas Dr.626-291-5688

UR Space9619 Las Tunas DriveMichael [email protected]

RETAIL7-Eleven6262 Rosemead Blvd.626-292-5834

Cal’s JewelersEddie Cebrowski5824 Temple City Blvd.626-286-7474

Direct TV EM ServicesElia Maalouf626-243-3645 or 866-706-3178www.swapmeetprices.com

Min W. Fine Art & SchoolMin Wang9908 Las Tunas Dr. Unit [email protected]

Modern LightingMike Kowalski9034 Las Tunas Dr.626-286-7462

Office Depot5533 Rosemead Blvd.Temple City, CA 91780626-309-7594www.offi cedepot.com

Sam’s Club4901 Santa Anita Ave.El Monte 91731626-652-6901

ROOFINGB & G RoofingJunior Guy4930 Arden Drive626-679-1284

TRS RoofingThe Roofi ng SpecialistLouie Rios and Amanda Sanchez5812 Temple City Blvd., Ste. 304626-444-7555626-810-0102trsroofi [email protected]

SSECURITY SERVICES

San Marino SecurityPhil Raacke 2405 Huntington Dr.San Marino 91108626-285-7778

SECURITY GUARD SERVICECity Security Company, Inc.Robert Rysdon430 South Garfi eld Ave., Ste. 401Alhambra, CA 91801TEL: 626-458-2325FAX: [email protected]

SPORTSTC Amateur Softball AssociationMargaret HealyP.O. Box 931909-720-3841JAL TennisJoselito LasinP.O. Box 556626-789-6453

PET CAREHeavenly Pet Resort, Inc.Gloria Landaverde5011 Encinita626-285-4441www.heavenlypetresort.comheavenlypetresort@yahoo.com

San Gabriel Valley Humane SocietyPat Brayer851 East Grand Ave.San Gabriel 91776626-286-1159Fax: [email protected] Animal HospitalBruce Carlson, DVMCarol Johannsen-Crittenden, DVM Neil Bodie, DVM5406 Rosemead Blvd.San Gabriel 91775626-287-1173

PHOTOGRAPHYGP Wedding & Photo StudioHerbert Chan9636 Las Tunas Dr.626-284-8961

PHYSICAL THERAPYTurning Point Physical Therapy9627 Las Tunas Dr. 626-292-1793Yonemoto Physical TherapySheila Yonemoto, P.T.55 S. Raymond Ave. 100Alhambra, CA 91801626-576-0591 www.yonemoto.com

PHYSICIANSDreamweaver Medical AssociatesDr. Francisco Rodriguez330 West Las Tunas Dr. Ste. 1San Gabriel, CA [email protected] www.dreamweavermedicalassociates.com

Health Care Partners9810 Las Tunas Dr.626-309-7600

PLUMBINGAgosta Plumbing & Heating5929 Oak Ave.626-286-9500

Gorham Plumbing5812 Temple City Blvd. 417John Gorham626-625-5205

PROPERTY MANAGEMENTCALAC InvestmentsSusan Lew(858) 565-8333

George M. Arnerich626-287-7025626-222-6201

Planet PreschoolJudy Huie Mena4977 Santa Anita [email protected]

S & S Associates310-479-7669Public ServicesCity of Temple City9701 Las Tunas Dr.626-285-2171www.ci.temple-city.ca.us

Los Angeles County LibraryJing Li5939 Golden West626-285-2136www.colapublib.org

TC Chamber of Commerce9050 Las Tunas Dr.626-286-3101info@templecitychamber.orgwww.templecitychamber.org

U.S. Post Office5940 Oak Ave.(800) 275-8777www.usps.com

West S.G.V. Consortium DBA Career PartnersMirna Delira-Lopez3505 Hart Ave.Rosemead 91770626-572-7272 ext. [email protected]

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To contact the Temple City [email protected] • www.templecitychamber.com

Play Smarter Basketball ClassesRichard Marquis626-482-8267marquis@playsmarterclasses.comwww.playsmarterclasses.com

T TAX PREPARATION

H&R BlockRobert Best5781 Rosemead [email protected]

LA First Tax & Financial ServicesNatalie Lee, EA9067 Las Tunas [email protected]

Quality Bookkeeping ServicesKathleen Chambers, EA9633 Las Tunas [email protected]

Rex Dondlinger & Assoc.5819 Temple City Blvd. 626-287-0903

Franklin J. Ruedel, EA, Corp.Franklin J. RuedelVoice 626-286-9662Fax [email protected]

The Tyre Agency, Inc.Steven S. Tyre, CPATony J. Tyre, Attorney at Law 5703 Temple City Blvd. 626-285-7033 626-309-9753 fax

TERMITE CONTROLSo Cal Termite SolutionsGlenn DuggerState License [email protected]

TUTOR Medtor, Inc.1055 E. Colorado Blvd.Suite 500Pasadena, CA [email protected]

TUXEDO RENTALFriar Tux Shop1000 S. Baldwin Ave.Arcadia 91007626-445-0540 U

UTILITIESAthens ServicesDennis ChiappettaP.O. Box 60009City of Industry 91716626-336-3636www.AthensServices.Com

California American Water8657 Grand Ave.Rosemead 91770888-237-1333

Golden State Water Company110 E. Live OakArcadia 91006626-446-5176The Gas Company800-427-2200www.socalgas.com

Southern California Edison800-655-4555www.edison.com

Sunnyslope Water Company1040 El Campo Dr.Pasadena 91007626-287-5238

VVeterinarian ServicesTC Animal HospitalBruce Carlson, DVMCarol Johannsen-Crittenden, DVM Neil Bodie, DVMSheeba Thomas, DVMLisa Nguyen,DVM5406 Rosemead Blvd.San Gabriel 91775626-287-1173

VIDEO & DIGITAL IMAGINGMyra D. LopezBusiness Consultant1012 W. Beverly Blvd. Ste. 876Montebello 90640323-869-8867 W

WEDDINGChapel of RosesJohn and Pearl Northcott 61 N. Hill Ave.Pasadena [email protected]

GP Wedding & Photo StudioHerbert Chan9636 Las Tunas Dr.626-284-8961 [email protected]


WE’RE READY WHEN YOU ARE

Absolutely Delightful9153 Las Tunas Drive

Temple City626-872-1188

Great BeveragesDelicious SandwichesWonderful Treats & Snacks

Friendly ServiceMore than you can imagine

Open Daily 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

Lunch SpecialHot Sandwich w/Fries

Tomato Soup & Mixed Salad

benches, planters, trees, a display case, and plaques.The Temple City Kiwanis Club kicked off Oak’s

fundraising efforts with a $250 donation: $150 for theCharacter Garden and $100 for the library bookshelfreplacement project.

No amount is too small. Please send your donationto Lynn Frontuto at Oak Avenue Intermediate School,6623 Oak Ave., Temple City, CA 91780. Oak Avenue’scharacter education program uses a multifaceted ap-proach providing students with many opportunities tolearn about the importance of character.


Oak Avenue School seeks support for Character Garden

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