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Protecting local funds from state raidsCerritos Council endorses ballot initative.

By Jerry Bernstein

The Cerritos City Council unanimously approved a resolu-tion in support of a ballot initia-tive that will prevent the State from raiding local government transportation and public transit funds.

In a report to the council, Assistant City Manager Kathy Matsumoto said over the years California voters have over-whelmingly passed separate ballot measurers to keep local funding sources essential for lo-cal services and prevent the State from raiding local government transit and transportation funds. “Despite this, the State recently passed a budget that borrows and takes approximately $5 billion in city, county, transit, redevelop-ment and special district funds this year. For Cerritos, these costs are estimated to be $14.1 million in redevelopment funds over the next two fiscal years. “

The Resolution is in support of the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Pro-tection Act of 2010, a ballot mea-sure sponsored by the League of California Cities. If approved by the voters, it will prevent the State from borrowing, raiding or otherwise redirect local govern-ment, transportation and public funds, including:

• Adding new constitu-tional restriction that prohibits the State from taking tax increment funds collected within a redevel-

Cerritos High School Cheerleaders participate in London parade

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Carmenita and South - Storm winds knocked down a tree that fell on a car in Cerritos. The vehicle was headed southbound on Carmenita Road and was struck just north of South St. at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday. The tree was blown down from the center median and into traffic. The driver appeared to be out of the vehicle and uninjured. The vehicle appears to have sustained most front-end damage, with the bulk of the tree lying across the open engine hood. A Cerritos Sheriff was pulling up to the scene at the time of the photo. Photo by Anthony D. Morrow

By Jerry Bernstein

Editor’s Note: The following is an interview with Cerritos High School Junior and Varsity Cheer-leader Marin Chattong prior to her trip to Great Britain as a member of the United States Cheerleading Team that participated in the New Years London Parade. She and four other Cerritos Cheerleaders were among those selected from throughout the United States to go to London and represent the United States in the Parade. She also kept a journal of her trip to London.

Marin Chattong is a typical high school student. She likes Volley Ball and “I can only be on one varsity team,” she explained. I chose cheerleading. However, I am on the junior varsity vol-leyball team, which is my favor-ite sport.” She said she has been playing volleyball since she was in the third grade.

“I really love where I am,” she exclaimed. I love volleyball and love being a cheerleader. I’ve been on the cheerleading varsity team three years.

This is the first time I’ve been

Four hundred high schools girls from throughout the United States were selected to represent the country in the annual New Year Lon-don Parade. Five were from Cerritos High School. Approximate 70 students were chosen from the Western United States. Twenty of them, including the five Cerritos girls, got together and had their picture including the five Cerritos girls, got together and had their picture including the five Cerritos girls, got together and had their picturtaken with the London Bridge in the background.

chosen to the go London. I’m re-ally excited.

Marin was selected to try out for the cheerleading trip while doing routines. Judges were go-ing around selecting candidates. Once chosen cheerleaders were given a routine to do. You do have time to practice and put your own interpretation on it, and then perform it in front of judges, she said. They then select who will be on the team. She said five girls from Cerritos were chosen to be on the 400-member team and par-ticipate in the New Year Parade in London. She described it as being similar to our Rose Bowl Parade and was televised.

Marin said they were given three uniforms a red jacket, a blue and white jacket that comes with skirt and a long sleeve jacket. I’ve never been in snow before, she said, except for a visit to Big Bear. She thought it might snow while she was in London. Cerri-tos has 11 cheerleaders who per-form at school sport events. “I’ve been to three National Events, she said.

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Storms inflict property damage in Cerritos

Rain storm causes tree to fall onto townhouse - Workmen saw limbs off a 30-year old eucalyptus tree that fell onto a Sundance townhouse facing Bloomfield Avenue just north of 166th Street Tuesday, Jan. 19. A workman said the heavy rains that soaked the earth combined with strong winds was too much for the tree, No one as hurt and it looked like damage was limited only to that section of the roof although a final determination wouldn’t be made until the tree is removed and a closer examination can be made. Photo by Jerry Bernstein

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STATE BUDGET CRISIS CONTINUES TO HAUNT DISTRICT.

By Jerry Bernstein

Seniors enrolled in the Water Aero-bics program at Cerritos Park East got their request to keep the program in place at the ABC School Board meeting Nov. 14.

Superintendent Gary Smuts an-nounced that after considerable discus-sion with the City of Cerritos, the city has agreed to reduce the maintenance cost to help the District keep the pro-gram in place. “However, the fee will be increased from the present $25 to $45 per trimester starting with the second tri-mester. “We are very fortunate to have a strong partnership with the City of Cer-ritos,” he said.

“As you are aware, the recent state budget crisis has had a major impact on ABC Adult School. The challenges are enormous as we look ahead into the future.” Dr Smuts said in order for the

Cerritos awards contract for Valley View water line relocation adjacent to I-5 freewayBy Jerry Bernstein

Work on the long awaited I-5 corri-dor Improvement Project at Valley View Avenue in Cerritos took its first tenta-tive step forward with the approval by the Cerritos City Council at its Nov. 8 meeting of a contract with Psomas Engi-neering in Los Angeles in the amount of $55,937 for the design and relocation of a 12-inch water line located in the vicin-ity of Valley View Avenue

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By Larry Caballero

There usually is an unwritten rule when it comes to city councilmembers publicly accusing another councilmem-ber, city staff or resident of wrongdoing. This was not the case at the Nov. 16 La Palma City Council meeting.

“During the last election cycle,” said termed-out Councilmember Larry Herman, “one of the candidates, Steve Hwangbo, was viciously targeted for his ethnicity. With three minority candi-dates, tolerance was reduced to a peck-ing order. Racism appears to be alive and well in La Palma.”

Herman continued, “I know Steve and his family well and this underhanded attack was an example of dirty politics at its lowest level.”

One issue was the stealing of cam-paign signs. More than 40% of Hwang-bo’s signs were missing by the end of the campaign. Another issue was a let-ter that Hwangbo sent only to first gen-eration Korean voters asking them to get involved in the election by registering to vote and sending in their absentee ballots if they weren’t able to get to the polls on election day.

Seniors enrolled in the Water Aerobics classes at Cerritos Park East attended the Nov. 14 meeting of the ABC School Board to learn if the classes will be cancelled or continued. The classes are offered through the ABC Adult Education Program at the District.

La Palma Councilmember speaks out on campaign irregularities

“This letter was turned into an attack on Hwangbo through a false translation,” said Herman. “The false translation in-cited hatred and insults toward an entire group of La Palma citizens—the Korean population.”

Herman said, “Every boundary of common decency has been crossed.”

Hwangbo caught up with the person who was delivering the flyers to the resi-dents and had “a long conversation with him. Several people in these Council Chambers tonight are aware of the shady details.”

Herman said, “Decent people in La Palma are outraged at these unethical practices and want answers. An apol-ogy is not enough although one person has already apologized to Hwangbo for stealing his signs.”

Herman stated that the persons need-ed to be exposed and held accountable for their illegal actions. “There is a ten-dency of some people who desire power to choose the dark side of political cam-paigns. I also wonder how many Brown Act violations occurred during this last election cycle.”

La Palma resident Sharon Gutjar ac-

ABC’s water aerobics program receives reprieve

ABC girls team place first in Lego League Robot Competition

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Cerritos All Girl LEGO Team, known as “The Young Pupils,” hold their first place certificates for all to see. They are Melanie Tran, Li Mei Su Vera, Michelle Hyun, Tricia Hyun, and Allison Lau.

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In July, Artesia's world famous Por-tuguese DES Hall finished a major and much-needed renovation. Most of this renovation was completed by the power of volunteerism and service.

Paul Barcelos is the current president of the DES Hall, and commented on the construction.

"Various contractors did the con-struction work - but former Mayor John Martins and Tony DeFreitas of DeFrei-tas Electrical were the Project Manag-ers. Their work was 100 percent free of charge. Their role was to keep the project moving, sourcing and selecting contrac-tors and coordinating their work."

The Hall was completely replaced by a new building (you can see the demo-

lition of the old one on Youtube), with a new "state-of-the-art" kitchen, a new banquet room, a built-in A/V system, a portable stage and dance floor.

"It is perfect for business events, seminars, meetings, class reunions, and memorial services as well as weddings, quinceaneras, and our own DES events," said Barcelos.

The decision to renovate was built upon the changes in the community since the Hall was first built in 1983. Barcelos said the kitchen, sound and design of the building made it more difficult to play host to the diverse needs of the local Por-tuguese community.

The renovation of the Hall took about 10 months.

Mark your calendars and start deco-rating your home for the holidays! It is now time to start thinking about how to make your neighborhood look like Candy-Cane Lane. Please exercise cau-tion when decorating your house at this time of year.

On December 16 starting at 6 p.m., several judges from the Beautification & Maintenance Commission will drive down every street in Artesia, and judge the winners for this year’s Holiday Home Decorating Contest.

Upon his death, former mayor, councilmember, and dedicated Navy veteran Larry R. Nelson chose to donate $14,000 toward a Veterans Memorial in Artesia.

His donation, and his contributions toward veterans, as well as initiating Artesia's annual Veterans Day event, has

prompted a tremendous response from area veterans to donate.

The plans for the Memorial were 'unveiled' at this year's Veterans Day Event on November 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Artesia Park. For more info, call (562) 860-3361.

The City of Artesia received a $220,000 grant from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighbor-hood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002, that will replace playground equipment at Artesia and A.J. Padelford Parks.

Images can be seen on the city's

website. Go to www.cityofarteisa.us to see mock-ups of the equipment to be installed at Artesia and A.J. Padelford Parks. These playgrounds are a hybrid play system which is universally assess-able for children of all abilities.

The project is expected to be com-pleted by January 2011.

Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff John Rose was the guest speaker at the second Artesia Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Bombay Gardens Res-taurant in Artesia where he addressed the questions of business owners on crime prevention.

“There are things you can do to de-ter the rational criminal who is plan-ning to rob your business,” said Rose, “and there probably is not a lot you can do if the criminal is being irrational.”

Nevertheless, Rose recommended that business owners be more proac-tive and not make it easier for a crimi-nal to select their property by cutting

back shrubbery in front of their build-ing, have plenty of lighting, plan for wider aisles in their stores, expand their parking lots and never keep more than $20 in the register.

“Design to deter should be your motto,” said Rose. He used 7-11 stores as an example to show how crime was reduced when they began to imple-ment some of these suggestions in the 1990’s.

Artesia Chamber President James Kang thanked Rose and all of the guests in attendance and said that the Chamber’s role was to improve the sales volume of local businesses.

[l-r] Felix Lopez, Sgt Greg Knapp, President James Kang, Manu Patel, and Dinesh Gandhi.

The newly renovated Artesia D.E.S. only took ten months to complete.

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Get ready for this year’s Holiday Home Decorating Contest

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Ribbon cutting opens Cerritos College Veterans Resource Center

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Cerritos College held a grand open-ing and ribbon cutting ceremony for the

newly established campus Veterans Re-source Center Nov. 16.

College President Dr. Linda Lacy said there were 421 veterans enrolled at Cerritos College. With enrollment of vet-erans expected to increase in the future. As they return from the war zones they need an entry point into the academic world, stated Dr. Lacy. We are here to support our veterans and their families as they transition back into civilian and college life.”

Dr. Lacy said in October the col-lege received the federal "Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success Grant" in the amount of $392,423. The

college was one of only 15 schools, out of 277 schools that applied throughout the nation, to receive the highly com-petitive grant. She said the funds would be used to implement plans to expand and coordinate focused services to help these men and women transition back into civilian life, and into the campus community.

The event began with the posting of the colors by the AMVETS Color Guard. Master of Ceremonies was the Cerritos College Foundation Executive Director Steve Richardson who was joined by Dr. Linda Lacy, Cerritos College Board of Trustees President Dr. Bob Hughlett, and members of the College Board of Trustees. "It is challenging for veterans to navigate through the process of tran-sitioning from the military to a civilian said Board Member Bob Epple who re-called Vietnam veterans were not wel-comed when they returned home. “I’m glad to see that has changed. Whether you’re for or against a war, we all should be for our veterans.” Cerritos City Coun-cilmember Jim Edwards, a Vietnam vet-eran, said when he came home, he was told to take his uniform off and change into civilian clothes. He refused. He said he was proud of his uniform and what would be would be.

Norwalk Mayor Gordon Stefenha-gen, a Korean War Veteran, said it was important that when our veterans come back home, they have the capabilities to help them return to civilian life. “This Center will be very important to our re-turning veterans.” He said veterans and their families call city hall, many not knowing whom the mayor is, and insist on speaking to the mayor. They’re look-ing for guidance and help.

Dr. Lacy said the Resource Center will serve as a central entry point which will refer students to various support ser-vices programs on campus such as vet-erans admission services, DPS, financial

aid, counseling, student health services, career services and academic support,

Certificates of Commendation were presented to Trustee President Dr. Hughlett by Erin Sibel, representing Supervisor Don Knabe, Cerritos Coun-cilmember Jim Edwards, Norwalk past Chamber of Commerce President, and Norwalk Mayor Gordon Stefenhagen in recognition of the college’s support for the returning veterans.

"Community colleges are a great place for veterans who return from ser-vice to move toward the completion of their academic goals," said Dr. Lacy. "And we are here to support these veter-ans and their families as they transition back into civilian and college life.

For more information about the Vet-erans Resource Center at Cerritos Col-lege call (562) 860-2451 ext.3716 or visit www.cerritos.edu/va.

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By Larry Caballero

More than 60 supporters gathered at the home of Artesia Mayor Tony Lima to help Cerritos Mayor Joseph Cho kick-off his campaign for re-election to the Cer-ritos City Council. Keynoting the event was Assemblymember Tony Mendoza.

Other elected officials present included Artesia Mayor Tony Lima, Hawaiian Gardens Councilmember Mike Gomez, Cerritos College Board Member Tina Cho, ABC School Board of Trustees

James Kang and Mark Pulido, as well as former Cerritos Mayors Sherman Kappe and Gloria Kappe.

Many commissioners from both the cities of Cerritos and Artesia were pres-ent at the event. “Joseph Cho has done a great job in the last four years represent-ing the residents of Cerritos on the city council, and he deserves to be re-elect-ed,” said Assemblymember Mendoza. The election will be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

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our concern for our family’s health. It’s a most fitting way to give thanks for our own life, health, and happiness.

The 270 million turkeys killed in the U.S. each year have nothing to give thanks for. They breathe toxic fumes in crowded sheds. Their beaks and toes are severed. At the slaughterhouse, work-ers cut their throats, and dump them into boiling water, sometimes while still con-scious.

Consumers, too, pay a heavy price. Turkey flesh is laced with cholesterol and saturated fats that elevate the risk of chronic killer diseases. Labels warn of food poisoning potential.

This Thanksgiving, I won’t be calling the Poultry Hot Line, or wondering how that turkey lived and died. Our Thanks-giving dinner may include a "tofurky," lentil roast, mashed potatoes, corn stuff-ing, stuffed squash, chestnut soup, can-died yams, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and carrot cake. An internet search on vegan Thanksgiving and a visit to my local supermarket will provide me more recipes and delicious turkey alternatives than I can possibly use.

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too. They are a health hazard; did you know there is a plastic garbage “eddy” off the northern California coast the size of Texas? LCCN is running an informal poll on our website at www.loscerrito-snews.net. So please vote and give us your opinion.

Put your money where your mouth is

The incoming majority in the House (and minority in the Senate) has made a priority-among other things such as making Obama a one-term president-to repeal the landmark healthcare bill they call “Obamacare”.

“Socialist takeover of healthcare, too much government control of our health-care system, we are heading toward sin-gle-payer”, they all scream.

Do you know what kind of health-care the House and Senate have? The best healthcare in the world according to some Republicans; Rush Limbaugh has said, so it must be true.

That plan is a government run, single payer system, very similar to Medicare.

So if they are trying to kill Obama-care then logically they should cancel their own healthcare and sign up for the system they will presumably champion in a few months. Stay tuned.

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Publisher's RantCity contributions to Defined Benefit Pension Plans (DBPP)

LCCN has learned that all cities in our area (Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, La Palma, and Norwalk) are paying the entire employees’ share of the contribution to their DBPP. The average percentage contribution is 7%.

According to La Palma resident Rob-ert Carruth, in La Palma this amounted to over $400,000 per year (2008-2010), almost $6,000 per employee. We asked a few city managers and they said that the cities must pay this to retain good employees. That is all well and good but LCCN questions whether this is proper. The funds that cities use to pay the con-

tribution presumably come from local, county, and state taxes.

Logic says that local taxes could be used for contributions (maybe some resi-dents might object) but county and state? If any readers have a take on this please let us know.

LA County Supervisors vote to ban plastic grocery bags in unincorporated area of LA

By a 3-1 vote the LA County Super-visors (Don Knabe was absent) voted to ban plastic grocery bags in all markets.

LCCN supports the ban and urges Ar-tesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Nor-walk, Lakewood and La Palma (Orange County) to pass ordinances banning bags


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Dianne Cheney appointed Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Executive Director

CERRITOS, CA – The City of Cerritos has appointed Di-anne Cheney the new Cer-ritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) executive di-rector. Cheney is responsible for program-ming and daily management and operations of the venue.

C h e n e y joined the CCPA in October 2003 as the theater administrator. In this posi-tion, Cheney managed all administra-tive and financial operations for the CCPA. She prepared and analyzed the theater’s budget, implemented a new ticketing system for the Ticket Office, and assisted with rental operations and individual and corporate giving to the CCPA Endowment Fund.

Prior to working at the CCPA, Cheney was the manager of ticketing services for five years for the Wharton Center for Performing Arts on the cam-pus of Michigan State University. In ad-dition to overseeing all ticket services and ticketing staff for the Wharton Cen-ter, Cheney briefly served as the interim director of marketing for the theater.

Her extensive experience in the-ater management includes four years as general manager of the Post Theatre Company at Long Island University in Brookville, New York. During this time, Cheney also was an adjunct fac-ulty member at the university, teaching courses in theater, stage management, and arts management. Cheney’s experi-ence is complemented by an additional marketing and sales background in the television and retail industries.

Cheney received her bachelor’s de-gree in advertising/business communi-cations from California State Univer-sity, Fullerton and a certificate in arts administration from New York Univer-sity.

The CCPA is considered one of the Southland’s premier performing arts and conference facilities, offering great performances in music, dance, and the-ater. Owned and operated by the City of Cerritos, the CCPA presents an eclec-tic mix of performers throughout each season.

Dianne Cheney has been appointed the new Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) executive director.

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Weekly crime summaryNovember 8-14, 2010

Part I felony investigations increased from sixteen to twenty-one last week. Commercial and vehicle burglary, along with vehicle theft rose, residential bur-glary remained the same, and robberies declined. Patrol deputies handled 295 calls for service last week, up from 269 the previous period. The current 2010 weekly average in calls for service is now 299.

GREAT NEWS! There were no rob-beries reported to the Cerritos Sheriff’s Station last week.

Four residential burglaries were in-vestigated last week, the same amount as the previous one. Open/unlocked doors or windows were involved in three crimes. A rear window was shat-tered in the fourth. Jewelry, credit cards, cash, a TV, and laptop computers, were taken. The current 2010 weekly average in residential burglaries is 2.9.

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The Womans Club of Artesia-Cerri-tos hosted its Awards Dinner Nov. 11 at Cerritos Park East to honor six Cerritos College scholarship award recipients who received $750 each for achieving academic success through its Re-Entry Program.

Womans Club President Nancy Sousa welcomed members and guests, and said the Club was fortunate to have members willing to work very hard throughout the year to raise money for so many worthy causes.

“Cerritos College is proud to assist students to overcome personal chal-lenges and hurdles in achieving their career and personal goals,” said Cerritos College Foundation Executive Director Steve Richardson.

The Woman's Club of Artesia-Cer-ritos was organized in 1915 to provide support to members and to promote mor-al and social welfare, civic improvement, and education. Having celebrated its 90th Anniversary in 2005, the Club has a

current mem-bership of almost 100. Among its past members is the late, former First Lady, Patricia Nixon.

R e m a i n -ing true to the vision of its founding m e m b e r s , the Woman's Club inter-prets the or-ganization's mission in terms of to-day's woman. M e m b e r s support the philanthropic, cultural, and educational organizations of the community, includ-ing, but not limited to:•Rio Hondo Temporary Shelter•Cerritos College Scholarships•Su Casa Family Crisis and Support Center•Community Family Guidance Center•Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

Cerritos College Foundation Executive Director Steve Richardson presented scholarships to six Cerritos College Re-Entry Program students at the Womans Club of Artesia-Cerritos Awards Dinner. Accepting the awards were (l-r) Anita McLaughlin, Patricia Perez, Martha Ruiz, Samantha Navarro, Victoria Ramos and Danielle Thomas.

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What is a hip replacement surgery?

Hip replacement, also called arthro-plasty, is a surgical procedure to replace a damaged hip with a prosthesis (an ar-tificial joint). This surgery may be con-sidered following a hip fracture (break-ing of the bone) or for someone who has severe arthritis.

Various types of arthritis may affect the hip joint. Osteoarthritis, a degen-erative joint disease that affects mostly middle-aged and older adults, may cause the breakdown of joint cartilage and ad-jacent bone in the hips. Rheumatoid ar-thritis, which causes inflammation of the synovial membrane and results in exces-sive synovial fluid, may lead to pain and stiffness. Traumatic arthritis, arthritis due to injury, may cause damage to the articular cartilage of the hip.

The goal of hip replacement surgery is to replace the parts of the hip joint that have been damaged and to relieve hip pain that cannot be controlled by other treatments.

A traditional hip replacement in-volves an incision several inches long over the hip joint. A newer approach that uses one or two smaller incisions to per-form the procedure is called minimally invasive hip replacement. However, the minimally invasive procedure is not suit-ed for all candidates for hip replacement. The physician will determine the best procedure for a person, based on that in-dividual's situation.

Joints are formed where bones meet. Most joints are mobile, allowing the bones to move. The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint, which allows back-ward, forward, sideways, and rotating movements. The ball part of the hip joint

is the head of the femur (thigh bone), and the acetabulum is the socket, a cup-like structure in the pelvis.

A hip joint consists of the following:•cartilage - a type of tissue that covers

the surface of a bone at a joint. Cartilage helps reduce the friction of movement within a joint.

•synovial membrane - a tissue that lines the joint and seals it into a joint capsule. The synovial membrane se-cretes synovial fluid (a clear, sticky fluid) around the joint to lubricate it.

•ligament - a type of tough, elas-tic connective tissue that surrounds the joint to give support and limits the joint's movement.

•tendon - a type of tough connective tissue that connects muscles to bones and helps to control movement of the joint.

•bursa - a fluid-filled sac located be-tween bones, ligaments, or other adjacent structures that helps cushion joints.

•femur - thighbone or upper leg bone.

•acetabulum - a socket or cuplike structure that holds the femur head.Why should I consider this procedure?

Hip replacement surgery is a treat-ment for pain and disability in the hip. The most common condition that results in the need for hip replacement surgery is osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis is characterized by the loss of joint cartilage in the hip. Damage to the cartilage and bones limits move-ment and may cause pain. Persons with severe degenerative joint disease may be unable to do normal activities that in-volve bending at the hip, such as walking or sitting, because they are painful.

Other forms of arthritis, such as rheu-matoid arthritis and arthritis that results from a hip injury, can also lead to degen-eration of the hip joint.

Also, hip replacement is one method of treating a hip fracture. A fracture is a traumatic event that may result from a fall. Pain from a fracture is severe and walking or even moving the leg is dif-ficult.What are the risks of the Procedure

As with any surgical procedure, complications can occur. Some possible complications may include, but are not limited to, the following:

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surgery•nerve injury resulting in weakness

or numbnessThere may be other risks depending

upon your specific medical condition. Be sure to discuss any concerns with your physician prior to the procedure.After the ProcedureIn the hospital:

After the surgery you will be taken to the recovery room for observation. Once your blood pressure, pulse, and breath-ing are stable and you are alert, you will be taken to your hospital room. Hip re-placement surgery usually requires an in-hospital stay of several days.

It is important to begin moving the new joint after surgery. A physical thera-pist will meet with you soon after your surgery and plan an exercise program for you. Your pain will be controlled with medication so that you can participate in the exercise. You will be given an exer-cise plan to follow both in the hospital and after discharge.

You will be discharged home or to a rehabilitation center. In either case, your physician will arrange for continuation of physical therapy until you regain muscle strength and good range of motion.

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Last week I was in my office on break and eating a peanut butter cracker snack. As I was chewing the cracker got caught in the back on my throat and I was begin-ning to wonder if I was ever going to be able to swallow. At that very moment my mouth began to water up and the food bolus slid easily down to make room for another cracker. Once again saliva came to the rescue.

Dentists have a love-hate relationship with saliva. While saliva is always “in the way” during dental procedures we wish there was more saliva for our pa-tients with dry mouth. Let’s look at the functions of saliva to get an appreciation

of this important lubricant and discuss ways of dealing with dry mouth.

During chewing the saliva is lubri-cating the movement of food from our mouths to the esophagus. Salivary en-zymes (amylase and lipase) begin the digestion of starch and fat in our foods (remember the peanut butter crackers?). Saliva also aids in taste by trapping the thiols (flavor chemicals) contained in food and allowing taste buds to operate. Mucous is the ultimate body lubricant and is especially important to facilitate food movement. Interestingly, mucous is not digestible and once swallowed will pass through with the feces.

Saliva also protects and buffers the teeth from food acids and harmful bacte-ria. Dry mouth promotes bad bacteria be-cause the pH levels become acidic. As it turns out a high acidic level turns on the bad bacteria and the incidence of cavities dramatically increases.

Other enzymes include lactoferrin, lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, and immuno-globulin A which aid the body’s immune response system. Furthermore, since sa-liva reflects what is going on in the rest of the body doctors can use saliva as a diagnostic medium. Wouldn’t it be great if you can spit into a vial rather than hav-ing blood draws or spinal taps to screen for disease? Saliva tests may ultimately be used to determine biomarkers for Al-zheimer’s and heart disease. Research is continuing in this area.

Xerostomia is a condition of inad-equate salivary output. It is characterized by an excessively dry pasty feeling in the mouth, difficulty with chewing and swallowing, burning oral tissues, and increased cavities and gum disease. Xe-rostomia is brought about by a lack of production from the salivary glands due

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When you walk into AJITO, your first impression of the décor will not scream Japa-

nese restaurant. AJITO does not have the typical Japanese décor and they do not have sushi chefs standing by the bar. But what you will see is décor that is modern and hip. The entire restaurant is set up, along with the modern Japanese house music, to make you feel right at home.

AJITO means Secret Hangout. Sit down at this hangout and take time to read the extensive menu. While AJITO specializes in yakitori (different meats on a skewer that is either marinated or lightly seasoned), they also have a great list of fresh and delicious salads, mouthwatering appetizers, amazing entrees, noodle dishes, and much more great traditional dishes.

Appetizers include Garlic Tuna Yukke (8$)-they call it Luxury Poke

Tuna; and the Soy Paper Castle ($8) topped with your choice of Spicy Tuna, Albacore, or Smoky Philly. Moving to the Grilled and Baked section, you

hot stone bowl served with soup or salad. Beef, shrimp and

mixed veggies, and tuna, salmon, al-bacore, and snapper. Prices range from $8-$10.

Simple fresh and healthy meals (called SSAM) include three different Lettuce Wraps, Miso Glazed Pork ($8), BBQ Tri-Tip ($8), and Miso Glazed

Shrimp ($9) with the tradi-tional condiments.

On to the Yakitori. Ya-kitori is made from several bite-sized pieces of chicken meat, skewered on a bamboo skewer and barbecued over charcoal. Ajito will give you five choices of spicy-from not very to “lethal inges-tion” (my favorite). Prices range from $1.25-$3. The yakitori ranges from chicken, chicken gizzard, heart, skin, and meatball, pork, Kurobuta pork sausage, spicy pork;

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While enjoying the freshly made traditional but modern Japanese cuisine, AJITO waiters really want to make this place a special hideout just for you. With friendly service, countless food items and drink specials, you will want to hangout at Ajito. Mr. David Jung, the owner of AJITO Japanese Grill & Yaki-tori, wants nothing but the best for his customers – top quality food, top quality service, and the best overall dinning ex-perience. Jung says, “Having grown up in the city of Cerritos, I wanted to create a family restaurant within this commu-nity that was different for the people. Not only did I want my food to taste fresh and delicious, but I also wanted to create an ambiance that is modern, yet homelike.” He did just that.David Jaelin Jung, CEO

Adult School to plan for the future, it is necessary for the District to make some very difficult decisions.

Dr. Smuts said in order to keep at-tending the Water Aerobics classes; par-ticipants should complete their second trimester registration with the ABC Adult School. Those who have already com-pleted their registration should pay the [additional] $20 fee to Maggie Madueno on the first day of the second trimester, which starts Jan. 1. He also announced that Todd Tabon and Diane Jhun would continue to be the class instructors.

At the same time Dr. Smuts said the current state budget report is not good. “Not only was the budget 100 days late but is already $6 billion in deficit. He said the governor has called a special session to consider what they can do to reduce the deficit. He said the legislative analyst has predicted next year’s budget will be approximately $19 billion in deficit for a total over $25 billion. “As you know Proposition 98 is tied to the budget with direct funds to the schools. This means a further reduction to the schools in the amount of $2 billion. He said, “We are not out of the wood yet. We have some of our most difficult days ahead of us and face some very difficult challenges in the immediate future and next year.


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stunts and visually breathtaking stories about everyday people in an everyday world. Colorful, captivating costumes and catchy choreography underscore a dynamic and original repertoire of Jazz, Salsa, Ballroom, and Pop beats. “If you want a lively, genial and highly skilled entertainment that multiple generations will surely enjoy, prepare for Illumina-tion,” noted the Chicago Tribune.

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A Cerritos evening with Robert CrayBy Glen Creason

The last time the Robert Cray band visited Cerritos back in 2008 they took some paint off the walls with stirring blues music centered on Cray’s power-house guitar. The Robert Cray band is a tight and economical group without weaknesses including the barefoot bass man Richard Cousins, the big drum-ming platform of Tony Braunagel and the rich organ of Jim Pugh who looks like your accountant but plays in the spirit of Jimmy Smith. Of course, this is the Robert Cray band and it is that young man who raises the bar with his sizzling Stratocaster and understated vocals which croon, rather than shout the blues. However, Cray is the man keeping the genre healthy and the blues fans happy, as was evidenced on Satur-day night at the Performing Arts Center. The big hall is ideal for this kind of guitar centered sound and indeed when Buddy Guy visited just a few years back he made the crowd sweat just watching him play. The venue has proven to be perfect for the genre as in the shows of Buddy Guy, Keb Mo, Gatemouth Brown or even Delbert Mc-Clinton but it seems like the artist really needs to attack the music and offer it up raw and at full speed. Certainly in this show Cray had many a head bobbing and lower lips be-ing bitten as the hungry for blues crowd ate up the stinging solos and amazing fingering-pyrotechnics put on display by this master of the electric guitar.

The only really bad thing about the same crowd was the inability of some to recognize that the audience should come to hear the artist play and not to shout inebriated banalities at the stage. All of this can affect a sections concentration on the music streaming from the strat on stage instead of the bellowing buffoon in the seats. Robert Cray did not seem to be distracted however, and fired up some of his good numbers like “Phone Booth,” “Anytime” and the throbbing “Some Pain Some Shame” which all placed the lyric in a background to the stinging, pungent guitar licks flowing from Cray’s ax. There were other well known tunes such as “No Chicken in the Kitchen” and “Smoking Gun” which got a few folks up in their seats a bit but the energy never boiled over as it did back in 2008. Jim Pugh’s organ was a little bit too much in the background but did surface on “Bad Influence” and “I Can’t Fail” yet the sound strayed a degree to fuzzy in the middle portions which is unusual at this hall. This was a show that took a while to get up to speed for some reason. Robert Cray kept playing and singing without changing course and his vocals were their best on the self-deprecating “Right Next Door” and encores that gave each band member a time to shine, especially the amped up guitar of the leader on “That’s What Keeps Me Rocking” that seemed to finally get the hall in fourth gear.

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ROBOTICS from page 1OLF students pick up the pace in Jog-a-Thon

By Christine M. Oliveira

Our Lady of Fatima school held its annual Jog-A-Thon on November 5th. Kindergarten through 8th grade stu-

dents participated in the school's main fundraiser, competitively running laps in their class colors and proudly donning their class mascots, which were charac-ters of Disney-Pixar'sToy Story.

Students had ambitiously collected donations from friends, family and com-munity members since the start of the school year. Pledges were handed in weekly, the winning class receiving a prize. Then, students hit the ground run-ning on this final day with their teachers, principal and family cheering from the

Parents cheer on students of Our Lady of Fatima school during 2010 Jog-a-thon

world math and science to solving prob-lems collaboratively, and present their analyses to judges during tournaments, including the one held in Irvine on Sun-day.

This year's theme, "Body Forward," challenged young people to identify a body part or system and tackle a prob-lem related to that body part, developing a biomedical engineering solution. Kids were tasked with researching existing solutions and talking to experts in the field. Teams also competed to complete various "missions" on a uniform play-ing mat. The missions, involving Lego "syringes," "pace makers," and red and white "blood cells," included program-ming the team's robot to repair a broken bone and apply a cast, or activate a pros-thetic hand or insert a stent.

All teams had the same playing mat, but the design and specific operations of the robot were entirely left up to the creativity of the participants. During tournaments, teams have two-and-a-half minutes to complete as many missions as possible. The competition is intensified by four identical tables with playing mats so that four teams run their robots simul-taneously. All of this is projected onto the big screen so team members, coaches, and supportive parents can cheer on their teams. There is much at stake: only the top teams will advance to the regional championships at Legoland.

One Team DifferentAt Sunday's qualifying tournament,

boys in oversized lab coats competed against those in tie-dyed and neon col-

sidelines.This year's Jog-A-Thon started with

a parade from the classrooms to the field. Students chanted their class mas-cots: Buzz Lightyears! Slinky Dogs!Sheriff Woodys! Teachers pumped their students up, parents snapped pictures of their athletes, and spectators secured their spots on the course. A prayer was then led by Principal Juan Nagore, who was dressed as Buzz Lightyear to the delight of many. Finally, music teacher Joel Aguinaldo filled the air with fast paced tunes from the DJ booth. With no chance of running on empty, OLF stu-dents sprinted, raced and jogged for one hour.

During the hour, there were hydration breaks, anxious tallies of laps completed and holding hands while pacing with "buddies." When asked if she was hav-ing fun, kindergartener Reese Veron re-sponded: "I like running with my buddy [Jacob Tucay, 7th grade]! It's fun!"

Students triumphantly concluded the Jog-A-Thon fundraiser and achieved generating money for their 2010-2011 and future wishlists. Our Lady of Fatima school would like to thank everyone who contributed to making this year's Jog-A-Thon a success and most importantly, for "assisting our students in developing cooperation and leadership skills and a positive self-image" (OLF Goals 3).

Our Lady of Fatima school is located in Artesia at 18626 Clarkdale Avenue.For further information, please call us at (562) 865-1621 or visit us at www.fati-machargers.com.

ored t-shirts emblazoned with team names like Body Builders and and Bi-onic Bots. Older boys carried boxes of extra Legos in case their robot needed additional pieces while others carried vi-sual displays of the nervous system. But one team was different. It wasn't only that the team was made up entirely of Cerritos residents who attend ABC Uni-fied School District schools.

This team stood out because it was the only one made up entirely of girls.

"I like being on a team of all girls. We not only learned a lot, including program-ming, application of math principles, and time management, we are a great team that supports each other," said Michelle Hyun, a member of the team and a fifth grader at Cerritos Elementary.

Teammate LiMei Su Vera agreed. A fifth grader at Wittmann Elementary, "We worked hard, we spent almost ev-ery Friday afternoon after school and Sunday afternoon together building our robot, programming it, researching a so-lution to myopia, and writing a skit."

The Girl Scouts of Greater Los Ange-les sponsors all girls' teams each year to participate in FLL. For the Girl Scouts, it is a way to encourage girls to explore careers in science and engineering.

The girls from Cerritos, who called themselves The Young Pupils, spent the day discussing their research, challeng-es and innovative solution, and fielding questions from two panels of judges. The Young Pupils designed a helmet with a drop-down screen and goggles that would allow the eyes to relax at reg-ular intervals rather than stay focused on close objects (computer screens, books, video games). They called the helmet "Exereyes."Learned thru Research

"We learned through our research that 80% of Asian children develop myopia by the time they enter college," said Al-lison Lou, a fifth grader at Leal Elemen-tary. "We are all Asian American and we wanted to do something to slow the pro-gression of myopia."

After all the teams had made their presentations, answered the judges' questions, and competed in three rounds of the robotics competition (each team is given three chances to complete as many missions as possible), all partici-pants, coaches, and families gathered in the theater for the awards ceremony. The Young Pupils were thrilled to receive the Aspirational Award from the Society of Women Engineers. The final award was the Championship Award. The win-ner had to have excelled in all elements of the competition. The Young Pupils squeezed each other's hands as the em-cee announced, "And first prize goes to...the Young Pupils!" The girls bounded to the stage and received a trophy as well as high fives from all the judges.

"I was so passionate about FLL throughout the season," said Melanie Tran, a sixth grader who also attends Wittmann. "I not only enjoyed the ro-bot, I really liked presenting our research and ideas to the Optometric Society and hearing their reactions. I already had a great time, but by the end of the competi-tion, I was really hoping we would win something. I can't believe it was first prize overall."

Now the girls will take their innova-tive biomedical engineering solution, their skit and their song, as well as their positive energy to the Legoland annual regional championships on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Between now and then, they have their work cut out for them. "Right after they won, the girls were ready to get back to work," said Robert Hyun, the team's coach. "I am so proud of them."

If you are interested in sponsoring The Young Pupils as they move on to the next level of competition, please contact Tricia Hyun at: [email protected].


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SUBURBAN LEAGUE FOOTBALL

John Glenn denies Cerritos trip to the playoffs, Eagles end season with momentumBy Loren Kopff

At the beginning of last week, three Suburban League teams were tied for the fourth and final automatic spot for the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Southeast Division playoffs. Two of those three teams, Cer-ritos and John Glenn, met at Excelsior Stadium last Friday but it was Bellflower that clinched that playoff spot courtesy of Glenn sophomore tailback Steven Reed.

He rushed for a team-high 197 yards on 16 carries and scored a pair of touch-downs as the Eagles knocked the Dons out of contention with a 34-20 victory. Days before the final regular season game, Bellflower had won a coin flip among the three teams involved, elimi-nating Glenn from any chance of the playoffs and putting the fate in the hands of Cerritos. Had the Dons won, they would have gone to the playoffs for the first time since 2001. But despite a 218-yard rushing performance from senior quarterback Jimmie Guevara, the Dons were flagged 14 times for 135 yards, thus halting drives that could have resulted in touchdowns.

“It was a huge factor,” said Cerri-tos head coach Chad Reed. “We played horribly. Penalties on offense killed us. They’ve been bothering us all year and we got penalties all the time. Again, we didn’t keep our composure.”

The Dons (3-7 overall, 2-4 in the league) were coming off a 12-7 win over Bellflower the previous week but quickly fell behind 14-0 early in the second quar-ter on a 32-yard touchdown run from se-nior wingback Dejon Bernard on the last play of the first quarter and a 51-yard pass from junior quarterback Anthony Escobar to senior wide receiver Gabriel Cedeno shortly into the second quarter. But Cerritos responded on the very next play when senior running back Aaron Francis busted loose for a 74-yard score.

However, Steven Reed increased the lead to 20-7 at the 9:06 mark of the stan-za when he scored from five yards out. With so much focus being put on Ber-nard, Glenn’s biggest offensive threat all season long, Eagles head coach Ray Niemann decided to utilize Reed more as a decoy and the plan worked. He had 53 yards on seven carries by halftime while Bernard had touched the ball only three times, all in the first quarter, for 32 yards.

“We knew we had Reed and a couple of other kids,” Niemann said. “They’re enough of a threat to make everybody worry about what’s going on. That was the plan from the start.”

“We were double covering [Bernard] a lot and that ruined the integrity of our defense a little bit,” Chad Reed said. “We relied on our secondary guys to try to tackle him and they did not.”

With 3:27 left in the first half, Gue-vara scored from 32 yards out to make it a 20-13 affair and by halftime, the Dons still had the edge in the numbers except for the score. Cerritos already had 260 yards on the ground while the Eagles 188 total yards, the majority coming through the air. But three penalties on the first possession of the game for Cerritos re-sulted in the drive ending on downs at the Glenn 25-yard line. Then a false start

infraction, followed by a sack left the Dons at the Glenn 21-yard line midway through the second quarter.

Steven Reed’s 23-yard scoring run with 1:18 remaining in the third quar-ter put the game away as the Eagles increased their lead to 27-13. Although Guevara added a nifty 69-yard score down the left sideline early in the fourth quarter, a critical personal foul penalty killed another scoring threat when Cer-ritos got the ball again. As a result, the Dons were stopped at the Glenn 28-yard line and the Eagles turned that into a 10-yard rushing score from Bernard with 1:39 remaining.

“We all knew what was at stake and that’s why we practiced really hard in practice,” Steven Reed said. “We didn’t mess around. We brought it [tonight].”

Bernard would finish with just 47 yards on six carries while the defense posted 10 sacks, three from junior line-man Nick Game. Senior linebacker Christian Banuelos had five and a half tackles while junior linebacker Henry Gomez and senior defensive back Ed-win McConnell each had three and a half tackles. Glenn concluded the season with two straight wins and outscored Artesia and Cerritos 64-47. Through the first eight games, Glenn had scored 60 points.

“We had a lot of injuries earlier and we couldn’t get our rhythm,” Niemann said. “Kids started to come back and we were on all cylinders towards the end of the season.”

“We started off soft but came back really hard to end the season,” Steven Reed said. “Tonight we had a really good game. We all worked hard.”

Junior defensive back Kyle Williams led the Dons with seven tackles while on offense, the team ended with 388 yards on 41 carries from only three players.

Francis added 124 yards and junior Mar-quis Moss pitched in with the other 46 yards. Credit also has to be given to the starting offensive line of senior left tack-le Alejandro Sosaysilva, sophomore left guard Brandon Juhn, senior center Kevin Vaca, junior right guard Paul Luevano and senior right tackle Austin Khym.

“He was okay; we broke some long runs,” Chad Reed said of his quarter-back. “He didn’t make a lot of mistakes, though. He did have some good moments but it wasn’t good enough to win.

“It was a big game and we needed to play a big game,” he added. “I thought we had a good week of practice.”

“Our tackles are young, so when they were coming down and pulling down and then pulling around on us, it just opened [the holes],” Niemann said. “That’s what we had to stop. We made the adjustment at halftime and slowed him down a little

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at halftime and slowed him down a little bit so he wouldn’t get the big gains. But he still marched on us because of our youth.”

Valley Christian squanders several leads, ousted in second round by Palm SpringsBy Loren Kopff

It was definitely a tall task but one that the Valley Christian girls volleyball team was ready for last Thursday night in a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division II-A second round match. The Lady Crusaders were hosting Palm Springs, the champions from the Desert Valley League which brought a 23-2 record into the small gymnasium, having lost only six sets all season long.

V.C. had its chances to pull off a major upset against the seventh ranked team in the division, holding leads of four points in the first set and six in the third set. But the Lady Crusaders ran out of steam and were swept 25-22, 25-18, 25-23 to end their season at 14-10.

“We didn’t know much about them other than what their record was,” said V.C. head coach Erica Streelman. “They hadn’t gone five and we told our girls [that]. We were mentally and physically prepared to take that strive.”

V.C. got off to a strong start in the first set as senior outside hitter Delaney Davis spiked a side court, and then a back court kill to give her team an early 6-3 advan-tage. It was still leading 14-10 following

the fourth kill from sophomore opposite hitter Morgan Haner before the wheels began to fall off.

That’s when Palm Springs went on an 11-1 run with Jennifer Iacobini posting half a dozen kills and Sarah Lake serv-ing a pair of aces. But the Lady Crusad-ers would crawl back and it began when the Indians served into the net. That was followed by a block from senior middle blocker Ally Streelman, consecutive aces from Davis and another Streelman block, making the score 23-21. But both teams traded serving errors before Lake ended the set with a block.

The Lady Crusaders, who missed the playoffs last season, were coming off a grueling five-set victory over Warren two days earlier in which they rallied from two sets down. But Erica Streel-man indicated her team wasn’t tired by the time last Thursday approached.

“Look at us on Tuesday; we fin-ished,” Erica Streelman said. “We could have shut down, we could have ended and we didn’t. We finished that match. We finished strong.”

Back to back aces from junior out-side hitter Cassie Palmer and Haner’s sixth kill put V.C. in front 16-15 in the second set. But another kill from Iacobi-ni would lead the way for Lake to serve four straight points and put the set away. Through the first two sets, the Indians had recorded 32 kills and seven aces while V.C. had 20 kills and five aces.

The Lady Crusaders were on target to keep the match from going three when they garnered a 10-4 lead in the third set when senior opposite hitter Saman-tha Hundertmark posted her second ace during a three-point swing. They would continue to lead and with the score 17-16, Ally Streelman had a kill to give the serve to Haner. From there, another block from Streelman, an ace and kills from Streelman and junior outside hitter Alexa Chandler gave V.C. its largest lead

of the night. But the Indians scored the final six

points of the match including a question-able double hit violation call to end the match.

“It was a legitimate call but at game point [in the playoffs]…if he had not have called it, who knows what would have happened,” Erica Streelman said. “Would it have been fair to the other team? Probably not. Life isn’t always fair, I guess, and that’s kind of where you end.

“You have to learn to finish a match,” she continued. “When you’re up by five or 10 points, you have to finish the match. If you don’t finish the match, it will come back to bite you.”

Palmer and Haner, the latter who has been one of the biggest surprises for the Lady Crusaders all season long, each led the team with nine kills. Haner was brought up from the junior varsity team shortly after the season began when Chandler and senior middle blocker Amy Sybesma both went down with injuries. Davis finished with half a dozen kills as the team bid a farewell to five seniors, including setter Delayne Rock.

“The look on our faces…it stings,” Erica Streelman said. “It hits you right in the heart. We have five seniors who will always have a special place. I’ve grown with them, they’ve grown up, I’ve watched them through high school and it’s sad to see them go out in that sort of way.”

This was the best season Erica Streel-man has had in her four years at V.C. Not only did she get her team back in the playoffs, the Lady Crusaders finished in second place in the Olympic League for

the first time since 2006 when the team went 20-8 and advanced to the semifi-nals. The team had gone 21-22 the previ-ous two seasons.

“I think it’s the leadership of my girls,” she said. “The leadership is defi-nitely stronger this year. It was with more desire and wanting to finish in the top of the league. To play two CIF matches at home was great. Unfortunately we didn’t have [many] fans to help motivate us. But that’s what happens when you have a football game on a Thursday night.”

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS #: CA-08-210942-TC Order #: 080064417-CA-DCI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/25/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and au-thorized 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, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MARIA P. GONZALES, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 8/8/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1881822 in book, page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 12/13/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $711,559.38 The purported property address is: 10803 166TH ST CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7016-026-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common des-ignation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to OneWest Bank, FSB 2900 Esperanza Crossing Austin TX 78758 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: (877) 908-4357 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have pre-viously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3808843 11/19/2010, 11/26/2010, 12/03/2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. 05-FWA-99112 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/13/1993. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On De-cember 10, 2010, at 10:30 AM, AT WEST SIDE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD., 12720 NORWALK BOULEVARD, in the City of NORWALK, County of LOS ANGELES, State of CALI-FORNIA, REGIONAL SERVICE CORPO-RATION, a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by HO VI LAP AND NIT-TAYA PICHEDVANICHOK, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustors, recorded on 7/20/1993, as Instrument No. 93 1387839, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, or cashier's check (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) without warranty express or implied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following described property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to-wit: TAX PARCEL NO. 7024-014-001 From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no representation or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 12538 ANDY STREET , CERRITOS, CA 90703. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is $93,823.57. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c), the mortgagee, trust-ee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one or more of the following methods: by telephone, by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting or the borrower has surrendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent and that the compliance with Civil Code Section 2923.5 was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this Notice of Sale. The mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: it has obtained a final or temporary order of exemption and said order is current and valid as of the date of the Notice and the time frame set forth in California Civil Code 2923.54 does not apply or California Civil Code 2923.54 does not cover this loan. DATED: 11/18/2010 REGIONAL SER-VICE CORPORATION, Trustee By JEAN GREAGOR, AUTHORIZED AGENT Agent for Trustee: AGENCY SALES AND POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 Telephone Number: 800-542-2550 Sale Information: 714-730-2727 or http://www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 3787826 11/19/2010, 11/26/2010, 12/03/2010

.S. No.: 2010-03329 Loan No.: 70965181NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALEYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/14/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci-fied in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.Trustor: JOYCE D HENDRICK, A SINGLE WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Recorded 2/21/2007 as Instrument No. 20070369944 in book ---, page --- and rerecorded on --- as --- of Of-ficial Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 12/16/2010 at 9:30 AMPlace of Sale: At the West Side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, Directly facing Norwalk Boulevard, 12720 Norwalk BLVD, Norwalk, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $408,956.39 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 12511 Fallcreek Lane Cer-ritos, CA 90703 A.P.N.: 7010-007-165 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. Pursuant to Cali-fornia Civil Code §2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it 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 Notice of Sale is filed and/or the timeframe for giving Notice of Sale Specified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. Date: 11/12/2010 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee c/o 18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210 Huntington Beach, California 92648 For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (866) 960-8299 Robin Pape, Trustee Sale Assistant 11/19/2010, 11/26/2010, 12/03/2010

security of the door. Most of the resi-dences in Cerritos had a regular single cylinder knob lock installed at the time the home was constructed. Take a look at yours. If you do not have a solid core door with a good deadbolt, it is time to update.

There was one commercial burglary reported after none for two consecutive weeks. A lock was removed on a stor-age unit and generators were stolen. The suspect was arrested a short time later in possession of the stolen property after a car stop was conducted by deputies. The 2010 weekly average in commercial bur-glaries is 2.3.

Vehicle burglaries rose from one to eight last week. High-volume com-mercial parking lots were the scenes in five of the crimes. Seven of the targeted vehicles were SUVs. Stereo items were stolen in one case and s GPS units in another. Other property taken in these

incidents included purses, cameras, MP3 players, tools, a jacket, and cash. The 2010 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is now 6.9.

Your visible property attracts attention. Your vehicle’s window can be smashed, and the items stolen in mere seconds. Don’t leave the above items or anything else of value in your vehicle. Leave them at home, or lock them in the trunk if you absolutely must have them in the car.

Vehicle thefts also in-creased from three to four cases last week. All four were in high-volume park-ing lots. One involved an SUV, one a Nissan, a trac-tor/trailer, and the fourth, a Toyota. The 2010 weekly average in vehicle thefts is 4.5.

It is very important that you use some form of an anti-theft device to re-tain your vehicle. Visible deterrents, such as a steer-ing wheel locking device, are the most obvious and tell the would-be thief to look elsewhere. A great deal of success has been demonstrated by tracking devices that can lead law enforcement directly to the location of a stolen ve-hicle. These systems cost a little more and require a monthly fee, but are very effective.

Go to www.safercer-ritos.com for an extensive library of crime prevention tips, disaster preparedness information, and a variety of links to other pertinent sites.

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The many geysers – albeit less glamorous than Old Faithful – are all in various stages of eruption. One perky little devil bubbles over constantly and has done so for over 20 years – peaking at 5 or 6 feet but entertaining nonethe-less. While walking the trail of one geyser basin one could see the traffic on the winding road a half mile or so away come to a total stop – a very frequent occurrence in the park, particularly just after you come around a sharp bend. The cause for the delay was a mom griz-zly complete with cub walking lazily across the adjoining meadow. At least that was what it appeared to be from close to a mile away. We used Pat’s super binoculars and are sure that they were brown, warm and fuzzy bears.

Big Red took us home to the Grey Wolf Inn in West Yellowstone – very cool décor – and we had yet another dinner at what the concierge assured us was the best food in town. When we reminded him that he had referred us to another place the day before claiming it to be the best he responded with “well, that was Tuesday”. Can’t argue with

that Wyoming logic. The next morning the Grey Wolf offerings looked pretty dismal so we drove off to Mickey D’s for an Egg McMuffin that surely was made in heaven. Celebrating one week on the road, we didn’t stop for 295 miles which put us in the middle of Twin Falls, Idaho. Well we, did idle for a while at Craters-of-the –Moon National Monument (it’s as bizarre as it sounds although the air is likely better) and Pickle’s Place in Arco for lunch. Arco established its place in history by becoming the first city to be powered by nuclear generated electricity and Pickle’s Place is known as the ham-burger – and, yes, pickle – place to go in Idaho. At least that’s what the sign said. We blew past the place but were called back by the name and a huge green rock-ing chair with a seating capacity of two strategically placed outside by the front door. We noshed on our burger of choice along with a half dozen graying mem-bers of a motorcycle club who had also hearkened by the place’s allure before buying a green, of course, Mr. Pickles hat and a bottle of home made seasoning for our future enjoyment. Our final stop before Twin Falls was at the Shoshone Ice Caves in the middle of nowhere. The subterranean caves complete with ice and treacherous footing was yet another source of wonder at Mother Nature’s handiwork as well as terror for our claus-trophobic traveler, Mr. Law. He was heard to whimper when they turned off the lights for the effect of total darkness but survived nonetheless.

Read about the phantom Chinese Res-taurant in Hines Nevada and haunted Inn in Winchester Bay as we conclude our road trip next time. Let me know what

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portion is complete, the City will act as lead agency in the water line relocation. At that time staff will bring a similar Utility Agreement with Caltrans along with a rec-ommendation to award a contract for the water lines relocation.

Cerritos Assistant Engineer Kanna Vancheswaran said construction should be-gin during the first quarter of 2011 and take about 90 days to complete. Asked when Caltrans might begin work on the I-5 corri-dor improvement he said they should begin work on the project sometime in 2012. This includes widening the Valley View Avenue Bridge over the I-5 freeway from two lanes to four lanes. He said the bridge would also be longer than the present span and go over the railroad tracks.

On May 27 2010, the Council approved a freeway agreement with Caltrans for con-struction of the I-5 corridor improvement project. Over the past several years Cal-trans has been working with the I-5 Joint-Powers Authority [JPA] on the design, right-of-way acquisition and construction of the project, which encompasses the I-5 Corridor for a distance of approximately nine miles from SR-91 in Orange County to the I-5/I-605 interchange in Los Angeles County,

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cused Herman of using “strong words” and was concerned with the allegations of racial discrimination.

Former La Palma Mayor Ed Byrne said that five days before the City elec-tions he started receiving reports from residents “that a late night hate mail campaign flyer was being dropped on the door steps of our homes.”

Byrne also informed the Council that one of his yard signs was stolen from his property on the Sunday before the day of the election. “This was an outrageous act as well as the corruption by certain individuals to change the election out-come for our Council.”

Byrne believed the implications of civil or criminal misbehavior and the ethical ramifications alone “leave little doubt in my mind that any individual involved with this hate mail campaign scheme cannot possibly represent the cit-izens of this community on the La Palma City Council.”

Byrne challenged the Council to pass a motion that directs the City Attorney, among other things, to have the City’s le-gal firm establish an independent inves-tigative team that would be authorized to review all allegations “and interview all individuals identified during the investi-gation.”

Byrne said, “For the City Council this evening to do any less than this is to tell our community that you are intending to sweep this matter under the rug with the hope that it eventually goes away. Gen-tlemen, this issue is not going away.”

Former La Palma Mayor Keith Nel-son said the false translation of the letter “was a cowardly and gutless act. Who-ever is responsible for this didn’t have the courage to say it openly and is hid-ing behind a piece of paper.” Nelson was

also disturbed that the La Palma Police Association has actively gotten involved in endorsing and funding candidates in recent elections when Council members “have always supported the police in this City.”

Nelson said it bothered him about the Police Association’s motivation for doing so. “I don’t understand.” He also requested that any Councilmember who has received money from the Police As-sociation should not be voting or partici-pating in future negotiations over police salaries or benefits.

The Association endorsed Lew and Charoen this year, and endorsed Shana-han and Waldman during their elections, which, on the surface, seems to present a conflict of interest when the 2011 nego-tiations begin.

Anaheim Union High School Board Trustee and long-time La Palma resi-dent Brian O’Neal felt the allegations of wrong doing “were deplorable. How could anyone stoop so low?”

Councilmember Mark Waldman said that sign stealing is a crime, but he wasn’t sure about the translation on the flyer. City Attorney Kuperberg said it “could be deplorable but not illegal.”

Councilmember Rodriguez said un-fortunately campaigns aren’t always truthful, but that doesn’t necessarily mean criminal behavior. “Yet the flyer stirred up emotions not about Hwangbo’s value, work ethic or position on the issues, but his ethnicity. We should all share some shame in this last election.”

Councilmember Henry Charoen said that rain had “wiped out” some of his signs and perhaps that was how Hwang-bo and the other candidates lost some of theirs.

Mayor Shanahan said the gardener threw his yard sign in the trash and didn’t feel that sign stealing had any effect on the election.

He agreed with Rodriguez “that re-

pairs need to be done, and we have a long road of recovery ahead.”

Herman responded, “I’m glad I’m leaving the Council soon because I would have trouble serving on this Council af-ter tonight.”

Councilmember-Elect Hwangbo said, “I love this city. It has great people, and we are bigger than this.” When Charoen asked Hwangbo how many absentee bal-lots he had helped voters fill out, Hwang-bo said none. “Nobody contacted me,” said Hwangbo.

Gutjar returned to the podium to ex-press outrage at the lack of respect to-wards candidates, especially at the recent Candidates Forum before the election, and said, “I don’t like personal attacks.”

That may have been the only state-ment all night that everyone in the room could agree.

Residents were encouraged to file a report of any lost yard signs with the Po-lice Department.

to age, disease, radiation therapy, and medications (to name a few).

Unfortunately, there is no cure-only treatment. Occasionally, discontinu-ing certain medications will reverse the condition. Otherwise, your dentist will recommend over the counter remedies to help stimulate salivary output. For more serious cases a prescription of pilo-carpine mg in a lollipop can be provided. This lollipop can be sucked on for 10-20 seconds and be placed back into its case for future use. The pilocarpine stimulates the tiny salivary glands to pump out more saliva. This has been very satisfying for my chronic dry mouth patients.For answers to your dental questions, contact Douglas Urban, D.D.S. Cerri-tos, CA 90703 562 924-1523 www.DrDouglasUrban.com

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