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Pomona real estate broker Al Castro and his long-timefriend, the late Candelario “Cande” Mendoza – creatorsand co-publishers of the old “La Voz” newspaper, thepredecessor of La Nueva Voz – stamped their names onthe fabric of Pomona forever when they createdPomona’s only community newspaper.

La Nueva Voz, now approaching its third anniversaryin Pomona following the original paper’s successful 28-year run, is attempting to continue to carry the torch of apublication launched in 1981 by these two visionaries.

But when La Nueva Voz caught up with Castro for thefirst time this month, a modest Castro repeatedly said hewanted to give the credit – either forthe concept or for the day to dayworkings of the newspaper itself – tohis friend Cande.

Mendoza, a long-time member ofthe Pomona Unified School DistrictBoard and a past president of theschool board, died in 2008 – whileserving on the board – at the age of89.

He was also Pomona’s first Mexi-can-American teacher and first Mex-ican-American principal. A 1942gradu-

Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothmansaid the city of Pomona is on a roll –with anticipated new projects rang-ing from a Target shopping center inthe old Pomona auto mall to newhousing developments and even anew retail development alreadyunder construction along East HoltAvenue.

Speaking this month at Pomona’s“State of the City” address at thenew Fairplex Conference Center,Rothman said, “Pomona remains a

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plex es testimonio del poder de laasociación,” dijo Rothman. “Ver-daderamente pienso que los recur-sos más grandes son firmeza encarácter, la determinación, la aso-ciación y la gente maravillosa.”

“Juntos estamos trabajando acti-vamente para asegurar el futuro de

Nuevos proyectos y establecimiento económico, dice el alcalde de Pomona

Mayor cites new projects, recent accomplishments in ‘State of City’ address as city makes its economic recovery

El alcalde de Pomona ElliottRothman habló sobre prometedoresproyectos y la construcción denuevas viviendas en su discursosobre el “Estado de la Ciudad.”Rothman dijo que Pomona continúasiendo un buen lugar para vivir, tra-bajar y para entretener.

“El centro de convenciones Fair-

great place to live, work andplay.”

“Today’s venue, the Fair-plex trade and conferencecenter, is a testimony to thepower of partnerships,” headded. “I truly believe thatPomona’s greatest assets areits grit, determination, part-nership and wonderful peo-ple.”

“Together we’re activelyworking toward securingPomona’s future and the city’seconomic recovery,” Roth-man said.

He illustrated his pointusing a Fairplex video on theconstruction of the new con-ference center, in which thenarrator pointed out that Fair-

plex and the city of Pomonahave been “steadfast commu-nity partners” for 90 years.

And, with the addition ofthe conference center, thevideo added that Fairplex is“taking our place as a regionaldestination for the 21st cen-tury” as Fairplex has “steppedup its game and its commit-ment to invest in the region,”resulting in both a unique,new facility for meetings andconferences and a job gener-ator for the city of Pomona.

Rothman himself, quoted in thevideo, said “whenever it is good forthe fair, when the conference centerand the fair is doing well, then we dowell.”

Following the video, Rothmansaid the city looks forward to whatthe facility has to offer Pomona andcongratulates the Fairplex on itshuge success.

In other areas, the mayor said incollaboration with the state and fed-eral government, “we built thelargest capital improvement project

POMONA CHAMBER PRESIDENT – Pomona Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Keating, ofWestern University of Health Sciences, at this monthʼs Pomona State of the City address, said“the level of excitement that you are experiencing in the room . . . gives you an idea of the sort ofexcitement that we have working at the Chamber of Commerce this year.” Pictured, at left, is Keat-ing with Frank Garcia, Executive Director of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce.

STATE OF CITY ADDRESS – Mayor Elliott Rothmanpauses during his “State of the City” address this monthto pose for the La Nueva Voz camera.

Pomona real estate broker Al Castro, co-publisher of the original La Voz, credits his long-time friend, the late Cande Mendoza, for success of newspaper

ORIGINAL LA VOZ CO-PUBLISHER AL CASTRO – Al Cas-tro, co-founder and co-publisher of the original La Voz news-paper in Pomona, stands next to the old “La Voz Publications”sign in front of his building at 699 West Mission Blvd. which foryears was the home of La Voz. Castro, who with his friend andco-publisher Candelario Mendoza created a newspaper thatinstantly became an important part of Pomona, today continuesto operate his real estate company out of the building. Despitehis years in the newspaper business, he told La Nueva Voz thiswas the first time his photograph has appeared in the paper.

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“Basic refraction, giving glasses,seeing their optic nerve... we learnedmost of that so it is pretty fast paced,”said Gharabeki, who only startedschool in August and plans to remainin the area after graduating to practicehere.

She said an optometrist can do “waymore down here than in Toronto.”

How was her experience workingwith Atiz?

“She’s amazing,” she said. “She’sreally good with the patient and withher profession. She’s like somebodylike I would want to be just like her ina few years.”

“She treats you more like a col-league rather than like a student,”Gharabeki added.

Atiz said Gharabeki, who is contin-uing to come back into the office fromtime to time to try new things shelearns, is doing very well.

“She is putting her skills to workhere,”Atiz said, in her first “real world”application outside of the clinic “takingthe classroom into the real world.”

How does Atiz believe Gharabekiwill work out as an optometrist?

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An optometry student at WesternUniversity of Health Sciences has justcompleted an eight-week “clerkship”experience at All Eyes Optometry inPomona in what turned out to be a“win-win” project for everyone con-cerned.

Sharis Gharabeki, 23, a first-yearstudent at Western University’s Collegeof Optometry and a resident of Sun-land, completed her undergraduatestudies at the University of Torontowhere she majored in molecular biol-ogy.

She said 80 students each from thefirst, second and third year classes par-ticipated in the program working fourhours a week for eight weeks begin-ning in the first week of January.Fourth year students, she said, work inan “externship” program for the entireyear.

She added that students used a lot-tery system to pick their clerkship lo-cations, which were from Beverly Hillsto Riverside to Panorama City.

And, while she was only 67 out of83 students, she was able to select a lo-cation right here in Pomona.

“I picked this site and I was veryhappy with it,” she said, adding thatstudents did vision screening at variousschools in Pomona in the fall.

From the sound of it, Gharabeki re-ceived a comprehensive look at what

happens every day in the world of op-tometry – she was involved in every-thing from pre-testing and visual fieldtesting to using an auto-refractor whichprovides the doctor with a rough esti-mate of the patient’s prescription.

“And then we take them inside andI do their visual acuity test to see withtheir glasses and without their glasseshow their vision is,” she said.

The next step, she said, is she callsDr. Michele Atiz in to see the patient.

Western University optometry student completes ‘clerkship’ working with patients at Pomona’s All Eyes Optometry

WESTERN UNIVERSITY OPTOMETRY STUDENT PRACTICES ON STAFF – Sharis Gharabeki,a first-year student at Western University of Health Sciences in the College of Optometry, demon-strates what she is learning in school during a visit to All Eyes Optometry in Pomona where shecompleted an eight-week “clerkship” experience. Pictured, from left, are All Eyes Optometrist Dr.Michele Atiz; Mayra Ramos, an eye care professional at All Eyes Optometry; and Gharabeki.

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She’s excellent – she’ll be a reallygood optometrist when she gets out be-cause that’s half of it,” Atiz added, “be-cause the patients don’t know what youare doing in there. They could care lesswhat you know technically about themachines and all of that. They want torelate to you and be able to talk to youand trust you with their eyes.”

Atiz said she is a believer in theclerkship program.

“This is great because we never didthis when I was in school,” Atiz said.“We touched patients in our third year,so they are already starting in their firstyear.”

She also said the program helps herbecome more familiar with the doctorsat Western University “which will helpme because they have other things(such as diagnostic tests) that I couldrefer patients to.”

Atiz said she also works on her con-tinuing education at Western Univer-sity.

The College of Optometry at West-ern University is three years old andwill see its first graduating class fromthe four-year program next year. Thecollege was “pre-accredited” and wasgoing through the final accreditationprocess this month.

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NEW IRISH PUB ANDRESTAURANT – Mark Drury,owner of OʼDonovanʼs, a newIrish pub and restaurant openingsoon in the historic Mayfair Hotelin downtown Pomona, serves upa sample of his Irish stew atTaste of the Pomona Valley.Drury formerly was manager ofMcKinleyʼs Grille at the SheratonFairplex Hotel in Pomona. Pic-tured, from left, are office man-ager Miriam Ramos andoptometrist Michele Atiz, of AllEyes Optometry; Jeff Mann,Drury and Alexandria Oddo.

DRAWING FOR RAFFLEPRIZES – Pomona State Farmagent Nona Tirre shows off a raf-fle prize as Amir Mertaban, groupsales manager at Pomonaʼs Fair-plex, announces the winner atthe Taste of the Pomona Valley.

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ʻTASTE-TESTINGʼ THE TACOS – Frank Garcia, marketing manager for Pomona Valley HospitalMedical Center, is ready to taste-test a taco prepared by Rincon Azteca in Claremont, at thismonthʼs eighth annual “Taste of the Pomona Valley,” sponsored by the Pomona Chamber of Com-merce immediately following the State of the City address at the Fairplex Conference Center. Pic-tured, from left, are Juan Carlos and Yolanda Aguilar, owners, and Garcia. The restaurant is locatedat 586 E. Baseline Road in Claremont.

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“I am extremely proud of ourschool for being acknowledged as aCalifornia Distinguished School,”said Cynthia Sanchez, principal ofthe Diamond Bar campus. “Our fac-ulty, staff and families have workedvery hard to ensure that students aregiven the best education possibleand this award very well reflects ourefforts.”

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“The new Mission / 71 overpassis key to decreasing traffic through-out the region and drawing increasedinterest to the area,” he said. “Notonly does this improve circulationbut decreases pollution from stopand go traffic and further supportsthe city’s dedication to the environ-ment.”

“The city’s all new fleet of naturalgas trash trucks will soon be servingour neighborhoods and will mark theend of the use of diesel fuel,” headded. “Pomona is also home to theregion’s first heavy duty electric busroute thanks to our partnership withFoothill Transit.”

He said the new Ecoliners arebuses that can drive 30 miles on onecharge and quickly recharge at thecity’s transit center in downtownPomona.

The first three electric buses werebilled as the world’s first zero emis-sions electric buses when they wereplaced into service as part of a $6.5million project fully funded underthe American Recovery and Rein-vestment Act.

“If you would like to see one inaction, take a ride on the FoothillLine 291 and experience it firsthand,” he said.

“Even our streetlights are moreefficient,” Rothman said, “with ournew lighting project earning us theEnergy Savings Impact Award of2011.”

The award was presented by theSan Gabriel Valley Energy WisePartnership (SGVEWP), an alliancebetween the San Gabriel ValleyCouncil of Governments and South-ern California Edison.

He said the city – in conjunction

with Edison – also was awarded theSan Gabriel Valley Green Leader-ship Award by the Partnership, andadded that Edison also is providing“much needed” jobs in Pomona at itstwo new buildings that employ 600people at Cal Poly Pomona’s Inno-vation Village.

The mayor cited new housing de-velopments under construction inPomona, such as The Arbours onBonita Avenue between Garey andTowne Avenues where two thirds ofthe houses have already been soldand the project is still not completed.

“Projects like these continue tomake Pomona a great place to live,”he said.

He added that over the last severalyears, the downtown area has be-come a “must visit” destination witha thriving renovated Fox Theater, avariety of entertainment venues, andthe Art Walk.

“We are looking forward to the re-opening of the historic MayfairHotel,” he said.

He said the city is “thrilled” thatthe Pomona Christmas Parade isback.

“A special thanks to the DPOA(Downtown Pomona Owners Asso-ciation) for all their hard work,” hesaid. “People are visiting and enjoy-ing downtown Pomona and I wel-come them.”

“What’s next for Pomona? Weare on track for a new bank, anotherBig 5 Sporting Goods and a new gro-cery store on Foothill Boulevard,” hesaid. “A new grocery store andrestaurant are scheduled to open atthe Phillips Ranch Plaza soon. Atthe corner of Holt (Avenue) andCaswell (Street), we have a 20,000square foot retail building under con-struction to include an apparel store

and additional shopping.”And, he said, the Pomona Unified

School District plans to constructnew stadiums at Garey, Pomona, andDiamond Ranch High Schools.

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Estado de la Ciudad... de la pág. 1Pomona y el restablecimientoeconómico de la ciudad,” dijo Roth-man.

Rothman ilustró su punto de vistacon un video sobre la construccióndel nuevo centro de conferencias, endonde el narrador habla sobre lamanera en que Fairplex y la ciudadde Pomona han sido “socios comu-nitarios firmes y constantes por másde 90 años.

El video demuestra que Fairplexesta tomando su lugar como el des-tino regional del siglo 21, pues estacomprometido en invertir en laregión lo cual ha resultado en un es-tablecimiento singular para juntas,reuniones y conferencias y ha gen-erado trabajos para los ciudadanosde Pomona.

Rothman también mencionó lacolaboración con el gobierno estataly federal con el proyecto másgrande en la historia de la ciudad: laconstrucción del puente Mission/71.

“El nuevo puente Mission/71 hasido la clave para disminuir el trá-fico y ha incrementado el interés enel área,” dijo Rothman. “Ha mejo-rado la circulación del tráfico y dis-minuye la contaminación del medioambiente.”

La ciudad de Pomona, junto conEdison, fue premiada con el Re-conocimiento de Gran Liderazgodel Valle de San Gabriel. Edison haproveído trabajos en Pomona consus nuevos establecimientos ubica-dos en Innovación Village de Cal

He added that the city is workingwith Lewis Retail Centers on “anenormous project” that would bringa Target-anchored shopping center tothe Rio Rancho auto mall area.

“One of the most remarkablethings about Pomona is the manycaring, involved people who makePomona a great city, and that’s all ofyou here today,” he said.

Poly.El alcalde también mencionó la

construcción de nuevas viviendas enPomona, tales como The Arbourssobre la Avenida Bonita entre lasAvenida Towne y Garey.

“Pomona continúa siendo unagran ciudad para vivir,” dijo Roth-man agregando que el área del cen-tro de Pomona se ha convertido enel destino que todos deben visitarcon el recién renovado Teatro Fox yel Camino de las Artes, entre variosotros establecimientos de espec-táculos y diversión.

“Esperamos ansiosamente la granreapertura del histórico Hotel May-fair y estamos contentísimos que de-spués de una pausa, el DesfileNavideño de Pomona ha regre-sado,” dijo Rothman.

“Un agradecimiento especial a laAsociación de Propietarios del Cen-tro de Pomona por su arduo labor,”dio Rothman. “Todos están visi-tando y disfrutando el centro dePomona y yo les doy la bien-

venida.”“¿Qué sigue para Pomona?

Vamos por buen camino – un banconuevo, una nueva tienda de deportesBig 5 y una nueva tienda de abar-rotes sobre el bulevar Foothill,” dijoRothman. “Una tienda y un restau-rante están próximos por abrirse enla Plaza Phillips Ranch. Y en la es-quina de la avenida Holt y la calleCaswell, tenemos un edificio bajoconstrucción de 20,000 pies cuadra-dos que incluirá una tienda de ropay demás.”

Y, dijo Rothman, el Distrito Es-colar Unificado de Pomona tieneplanes de construir nuevos estadiosdeportivos en las escuelas Garey,Pomona y Diamond Ranch.

“Una de las cosas más notablesde Pomona son las muchas personasque se preocupan y se involucranpara hacer de Pomona una gran ciu-dad, y son todos ustedes que se en-cuentran en esta noche aqui y queestán haciendo la diferencia,” con-cluyó Rothman.

Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothmanpresented a proclamation to thePomona/Claremont chapter ofSoroptimist International this monthproclaiming Arbor Day in Pomona.

“The celebration of Arbor Dayencourages the planting of trees inurban forests and wild land areas toencourage appreciation, protectionand renewal, as well as a healthyecosystem,” Rothman said.

He added that trees and shrubsimprove the quality of urban envi-ronments by preventing erosion,controlling the wind, reducing noiseand air pollution and enhancing theaesthetic quality of life.

Pomona has been named a “TreeCity USA” for many years throughits tree-planting efforts.

Rothman presented the proclama-tion at the city’s “Soroptimist Red-wood Grove,” a 7.5 acre site onMcKinley Avenue across from themain entrance to Pomona’s Fairplex.The grove, created by Soroptimistsin cooperation with the City ofPomona in 1971, has grown to in-clude more than 300 trees.

The club has celebrated ArborDay on the site every day for thepast 40 years.

The tree project was one of sevenprojects of Soroptimist International


ARBOR DAY ART CONTEST WINNERS – Winners of an Arbor Day art contest sponsored by thePomona/Claremont chapter of Soroptimist International this month show off their winning art workand their awards. The theme of the competition – which included producing the artwork and writ-ing a paragraph – was “What a tree means to me.” Pictured, front row from left, are winner ValeriePlascencia, an eighth grader, and winner Araceli Soto, a fifth grader, both students at Harrison El-ementary School; winner Savannah Diaz,.a pre-schooler at Fairplex Child Development Center;and “honorable mentions” Anthony Castro and Jacob Silva, both fifth grade students at HarrisonElementary School. Back row, from left, are art contest coordinator and Soroptimist member MartiGutierrez, a San Dimas artist; Claremont/Pomona Soroptimist president Penny Ellis; Pomona Uni-fied School Board President Jason Rothman; and Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman.

Arbor Day observed in Pomona

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PREPPING THE BATTERʼS BOX – Parent Tony Chapa, who has two of his three kidsplaying in Pomona Pony Baseball, prepʼs the batterʼs box between games at thismonthʼs first annual family day event at Palomares Park in Pomona. For more infor-mation on the new league or to become a sponsor, contactwww.leaguelineup.com/pomonapony.


More than 300 representatives ofSouthern California businesses andSouthern California Gas Company em-ployees attended the Gas Company’sBusiness Expo in Pomona last month towitness the signing of a new environ-mental pact, hear how $30 million in re-bates and incentives can help theirbusiness and receive energy efficiencyawards from the Gas Company.

“Natural gas is there every day . . .and it is very reliable,” said Hal Snyder,the Gas Company’s vice president forcustomer solutions. He added that gasprices are actually 30 percent less ex-pensive than they were five years agowhile other energy resources have sky-rocketed in price.

Snyder, speaking at the event held inthe new Fairplex Conference Center,said the discovery of additional suppliesof natural gas in the last 10 years havehelped bring down the cost.

“It’s American,” he said. “That’s aresource we need to use and use moreof.”

Even so, he added, “it’s not just aboutgas, it’s about the efficient use of gas.”

Snyder said the E3 program, whichwas launched by a charter signing at theexpo, highlights “economy, energy andthe environment” and includes compre-hensive elements including energy effi-ciency, financial assistance, workforcedevelopment, business development andmore – all to help the manufacturingcommunity move forward to a goal ofsustainability.

Matt Bogoshian, senior policy coun-sel with the U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency’s office of chemical safetyand pollution prevention, said the E3 ini-tiative “is not a program, it is a frame-work” for a “bottom up effort around thecountry.”

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARD – Gas Com-pany Vice President Hal Snyder, at left, pres-ents an “Energy Efficiency Excellence” awardto Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge.

he said. “We need to make things in thiscountry. Manufacturers in this room cantoday get started on an E3 tune-up” sothey can begin to eliminate waste in theirfactories.

Snyder honored Riverside MayorRon Loveridge, a member of the citycouncil since 1979 and mayor since1994, with the energy-efficiency excel-lence award for his years of efforts toimprove the environment in Riverside

SIGNING E3 CHARTER – Participants at last monthʼs Gas Company Business Expo inPomona signed the new E3 initiative, officially making them part of a new effort to en-courage efficiency, eliminate waste and work toward sustainability. Pictured, from left, areMatt Bogoshian (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Jim Watson (California Manu-facturing Extension Partnership), Christine Terry (North Orange County Community Col-lege District), Sayareh (Sara) Amir (California Department of Toxic Substances andControl), Michelle King (Small Business Development Center- Santa Monica College),Hal Snyder (Southern California Gas Company), Romel Pascual (Deputy Mayor for En-vironment and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles), and John Parsons (South Bay Work-force Investment Board).

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Loveridge said Riverside is a “greencity,” boasts of having the “greenest Mc-Donald’s, and is a leader in SouthernCalifornia in compressed natural gas ve-hicles.

“Sustainability in my judgment is theover-arching goal of the 21st century,”Loveridge said.

The expo included workshopsthroughout the day on topics rangingfrom “Greening your operation” to “Un-derestimated uses of natural gas,” “Cashfor your business,” and “Exporting: Eas-ier than you think.”

The Gas Company is making morethan $30 million in rebates and incen-tives available this year to business cus-tomers for qualifying energy-efficiencyprojects.


POMONA VALLEY SPECIAL OLYMPICS RECEIVE CHECK FROM POMONA EAGLES – Members of the Pomona Eaglespresented a $15,000 check this month to the Pomona Valley Special Olympics representing funds raised in last yearʼs golftournament. Eagles President Frank Howe said the presentation represented the 27th year the organization has supportedthe local Special Olympics. Nearly 100 athletes, parents and volunteers attended this monthʼs recognition dinner at the Ea-gles lodge in Pomona. Pictured, from left, are Pomona Valley Special Olympics Area Director Russ Evans, Eagles Califor-nia State President Vic DeVries, Pomona Eagles President Frank Howe, Eagle Richard Marquez, Eagles Peggy and AlEvanson, and Eagle Chaplain Janet Homonnay.

POMONA EAGLES PRESENT CHECK TO INLAND VALLEY HOPE PARTNERS -- Members of the Pomona Eagles Aerie#2215 presented a $6,400 check to Inland Valley Hope Partners (IVHP) this month at its annual Special Olympic presenta-tion and birthday dinner. IVHP provides food, shelter and supportive services to those in need. Pomona Mayor Elliott Roth-man, an Eagles member, presented a proclamation to the organization in recognition of its 76th anniversary in Pomona.Nationally, the Eagles are credited with founding Motherʼs Day, serving as the driving force in the founding of the Social Se-curity program, helping end job discrimination based on age and more. Pictured, from left, are Eagle Peggy Evanson; EagleChaplain Janet Homonnay; Wytske Visser, Executive Director of IVHP; Eagle Al Evanson; Frank Howe, Pomona Eagles pres-ident; Mayor Rothman; Eagle Terry Hoover; Eagle Bobby Estrada and Eagle Fred Metz.

Students at Pomona Catholic on the “Fi-delian” yearbook staff, inspired by theschool’s original motto “Always faithful,”decided recently to do something about it –they assembled and shipped care packagesto the troops deployed overseas.

The same motto – “Semper fidelis” or“Semper fi” in Latin – is also the motto ofthe United States Marine Corps.

With the help of Sgt. Pedro A. Jaurequi,USMC/US Army, the girls also sent coffee,something that is considered a luxury forthe troops.

Jaurequi, who operates a program called“Christians for Troops, helped the studentsassemble 10 packages with hygiene items,magazines, hand written cards from the stu-dents and several Pomona Catholic t-shirts.

The students also participated in the“Cup of Joe for a Joe” program, in whichstudent contributions were matched dou-bling the amount of coffee they could do-nate.

“We wanted to extend our gratitude tothose currently serving in our armed forcesand what better way than through care pack-ages and the Cup of Joe program,” saidChristine Perez, yearbook advisor.

“A good cup of coffee goes a long wayhere and, more importantly, knowing thatwe have the support of those back homemakes it easier to endure the separationfrom our friends and families,” said Lt. Col.Ray Jensen, U.S. Army, Bagram,Afghanistan, in one of the responses theyreceived.

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8 • Thursday, April 26 , 2012 • La Nueva Voz

ate of what was then La Verne Col-lege, he was the only person of Mex-ican ancestry in a class of 68.

He began his career in educationafter serving with Gen. George Pat-ton’s 3rd Army in World War II.

“One of the reasons that we cametogether . . . is that we wanted to cre-ate a positive image of the Latinocommunity because the mainstreampaper . . . every time a Latino sur-name would come up, it would be inthe negative form,” Castro said.

He recounted how he told Men-doza that the community included alot of people who have progressed.

“They are leaders in the commu-nity, so let’s focus on this type ofthing,” Castro said. “A lot of us aregetting married but we never see ourpicture in the newspaper.”

He said he believes they accom-plished that goal.

Castro said he viewed the news-paper as another venture. Workingin the real estate business, he said hehad several including a nightclub inPomona in an area now occupied byWestern University of Health Sci-ences.

“But mainly, Cande was the onethat was instrumental in putting thispaper together,” he said, while Cas-tro took the photographs and soldsome of the advertisements.

Al Castro, agente de bienes yraíces en Pomona, y su amigo demucho tiempo, el difunto Candelario“Cande” Mendoza – creadores y co-editores del periódico “La Voz,” ante-cesor de La Nueva Voz – estamparonsus nombres en el tejido de Pomonapara siempre cuando crearon el únicoperiódico comunitario de Pomona.

La Nueva Voz, aproximando sutercer aniversario en Pomona sigu-iendo el exitoso recorrido de 28 añosdel periódico original, intenta llevar laantorcha del periódico La Voz que sefundó en 1981 por estos dos visionar-ios que fueron Castro y Mendoza.

Cuando La Nueva Voz se encontrócon Castro por primera vez, elmodesto Castro repetidas veces dijoque le daba todo el crédito a su amigoCande, ya sea por el concepto del per-iódico o por el diario labor del mismoperiódico.

Mendoza, miembro por muchotiempo de la mesa directiva del Dis-trito Escolar Unificado de Pomonafalleció en el 2008 a la edad de 89años.

Mendoza fue el primer educador yel primer director de escuela mexico-americano. Se graduó del Colegio LaVerne en 1942 siendo la única personade ascendencia mexicana entre 68 es-tudiantes.

Cande empezó su carrera en edu-cación después de haber servido enlas fuerzas armadas bajo el GeneralGeorge Patton en la Segunda GuerraMundial.

“Una de las razones por las que nosunimos para crear el periódico fueporque deseabamos crear un imagenpositiva de la comunidad Latina puessiempre se publicaban historias oartículos de forma negativa cuandoaparecían apellidos hispanos,” dijoCastro.

Castro le mencionó a Mendoza queen la comunidad existían muchos his-panos de progreso y éxito.

“Eran líderes de la comunidad yqueríamos enfocarnos en esas histo-rias positivas,” dijo Castro y él creeque lograron su meta.

Castro consideró el periódicocomo otra aventura más pues apartede trabajabar en bienes y raíces, porun tiempo también fue dueño de unclub nocturno en Pomona en el áreaque ahora es habitado por la Univer-sidad Western de Ciencias de Salud.

“Cande fue el que jugó el papel in-strumental en traer a cabo este per-iódico,” dijo Castro, mientras que él

He said the old La Voz would fea-ture one particular business in eachissue.

Castro said he bought out Men-doza and eventually sold the paperto a school district foundation,where the publication operated forfive years before going out of busi-ness in 2009 – six months before LaNueva Voz began publication inSeptember 2009. It has publishedon the fourth Thursday of eachmonth since.

Castro’s real estate company,American Realtors, continues to op-erate in the old La Voz Publicationsbuilding he has owned since 1967 at699 West Mission Blvd., Pomona –a building that was home to La Vozfor years.

How does Castro see the Pomonaof today?

“A lot of change,” he said, addingthat the change has been positive.

“Of course, like everything else,we go up and down – it’s just thebusiness cycle,” he said, adding thatthis is particularly true in real estate.“This is the worst I’ve seen it as faras real estate is concerned.”

He said nine out of 10 houses forsale in Pomona are bank-owned.

Despite the current condition ofthe economy, is he optimistic aboutthe future?

“We have to be,” he said. “Infact, I’m thinking, well at this age,why don’t I go out and prove it tomyself that I can bring the businessback.”

Castro, now 78, said he operateswith a team of four salesmen.

“And they’re in the same predica-ment, but things are happening,” hesaid, citing an anticipated new Tar-get shopping center slated for the oldRio Rancho auto center mall.“Hopefully it will gel.”

“You can see downtownPomona,” he added. “If it wasn’t forWestern University, I can just imag-ine what it would be.”

He added that there was an ele-ment opposed to Western Universityin the beginning, claiming the cityneeded housing there instead.

What advice would he give LaNueva Voz in today’s world?

“From what I see, I think youguys are doing fantastic,” he said.“It looks really good, Dora’s (DoraCruz has served as layout artist andtranslator for both the old La Vozand La Nueva Voz) working hard,and I see all those big ads.”

Castro, who has held a real estatelicense since 1964 and a broker’s li-cense since 1969, said he’s finallyready to take down the old “La VozPublications” sign in front of his of-

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fungia como fotógrafo y como vende-dor de anuncios.

Unos años después Mendoza levendió su parte del periódico a Castroy finalmente Castro vendió la publi-cación a una fundación del distrito es-colar, donde se operó el periódico porcinco años antes de cesar la publi-cación en 2009. Seis meses después,en Septiembre del 2009, resurgió lapublicación, ahora llamada La NuevaVoz. Se publica el cuarto Jueves decada mes.

Castro continúa operando su nego-cio de bienes y raíces, American Re-altors, en el edificio ubicado en el 699W. Mission Blvd, Pomona del cual éles dueño desde 1967 y es el mismoedificio donde se producía el per-iódico La Voz por muchos años.

Y ¿qué piensa Castro del Pomonadel presente?

“Mucho ha cambiado, pero demanera positiva,” dijo Castro. “Dehecho, como todo, tenemos altos ybajos, pues así es el ciclo del comer-cio.”

¿A pesar de la condición actual dela economía, es usted optimista sobreel futuro?

“Tenemos que ser optimistas. Dehecho, pienso que a mi edad debo decomprobarlo a mi mismo,” dijo Cas-tro ahora de 78 años de edad, quienaún opera su negocio junto con 4agentes de ventas. “También ellos seencuentran con los mismos apuros,pero ya pasarán estos tiempos adver-sos.”

Y ¿qué consejos le daría usted a LaNueva Voz?

“Por lo que veo, su trabajo de ust-edes es fantástico,” dijo Castro. “Seve muy bien. Dora trabaja ardua-mente. (Dora Cruz trabajó por 18años con el diseño y las traduccionesde La Voz y sigue su labor con LaNueva Voz). Y con todos los anunciosque se publican en La Nueva Voz,pues eso demuestra que van por buencamino.”

Castro, quien ha mantenido su li-cencia de bienes y raices desde 1964,dice que finalmente bajará el anunciode La Voz frente a su oficina y lareemplazará con el nombre de sucompañía American Realtors.

Para más información, llame aCastro en American Realtors al (909)623-8410.

Nota del Editor: La “familia” deLa Nueva Voz felicita a Al Castro y asu buen amigo, el difunto Cande Men-doza por su buena obra.

Al Castro, co-fundador de La Voz, le da el crédito a su amigo Cande Mendoza por el éxito del periódico

fice and replace it with the name ofhis real estate company.

For more information, contactCastro at American Realtors, by call-ing (909) 623-8410.

Editor’s Note: The entire LaNueva Voz “family” congratulatesAl Castro and his good friend, thelate Cande Mendoza, on a job welldone.

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Farrell J. Chiles, aresident of Pomona, wasnamed “Veteran of theGame” for his service tothe country by the LosAngeles Dodgers lastweek during pre-gameceremonies at the annualJackie Robinson Daycelebration.

Chiles, a retired Armywarrant officer whoserved 38 years in themilitary on active dutyand in the Army reserve,served two terms in Viet-nam after being draftedinto the Army in 1970.He was also mobilizedin 2004 for a year in sup-port of Operation Endur-ing Freedom. He retiredin 2008 as a Chief War-rant Officer Four.

Chiles, a long-time admirer of Jackie Robinson, has an extensive collec-tion of Jackie Robinson memorabilia, portions of which are displayed at theAfrican American Museum of Beginnings in Pomona.

Chiles serves on the Board of Directors of the Tuskegee Airmen Schol-arship Foundation and as its Vice President for Resource Development.

Jackie Robinson broke into the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers onApril 15, 1947, becoming the first African American to play in the majorleagues in the modern era. Each year on April 15, all major league playerswear number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.


GRAND RE-OPENING AT 135 EAST – A ribbon-cutting was held this month at an of-ficial grand re-opening at 135 East, formerly Angeloʼs Restaurant and Sports Bar, at135 East 2nd St. in Pomona. The restaurant has been completely remodeled, offersa new menu, live entertainment, a full bar and features 135 varieties of martinis. Pic-tured at the ribbon cutting are owner Michael West, at left, and Pomona Mayor ElliottRothman. Looking on, at rear from left, are servers Dana Avila and Evan Snyder; bar-tender Dina Martinez; and Vanessa Wiarco (behind Rothman), representing Cong.Joe Baca.

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Free Head Startpreschool program takingapplications for fall classes

A free, quality preschool programfor families with limited incomes isnow taking applications to fill a selectnumber of student enrollment slots inLos Angeles County – including lo-cations in Pomona – for fall 2012.

The Los Angeles County Office ofEducation Head Start preschool pro-gram accepts applications for chil-dren from infancy to age four,including those with disabilities. Ap-plications are also being acceptedfrom pregnant women.

At no cost to families, Head Startis designed to help nurture and pre-pare children for success in school byproviding services including earlychildhood education, health and den-tal assessments and referrals, healthymeals, mental health counseling andparent training.

Half day programs range fromfour to five days a week. Full dayschool programs are available insome areas.

For more information, contact theLos Angeles County Office of Edu-cation Head Start program toll free at(877) 773-5543.

For information on locations inPomona, contact the Pomona UnifiedSchool District Head Start program at909) 397-4740, ext. 5631.

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GO LIONS! – Volunteers work up a mural on the side of a portable classroom building at Kingsley Ele-mentary School in Pomona this month as part of the Inland Empire United Way school revitalization event.The mural depicts a lion, the Kingsley mascot, visiting the school library to emphasize the importance ofreading. Kingsley is the oldest elementary school in Pomona. Pictured, from left, are volunteers CherryPerez, of Redlands, part of the Chase Bank volunteer team, and volunteer Hector Gutierrez, of Rancho Cu-camonga. The program is part of the Inland Empire United Wayʼs commitment to helping disadvantagedyouth to succeed in school. The massive event served as the local kickoff for National Volunteer Week. TheUnited Way event also included revitalizing a school in Redlands, hosting a food drive at an Ontario grocerystore, and assembling boxes of toys and books in Upland for seriously ill or injured patients at local hospi-tals. City Councilmembers Danielle Soto and Cristina Carrizosa and Pomona Unified School District Supt.Richard Martinez participated in the dayʼs activities.

HISTORY OF POMONA VALLEY MURAL – Volunteers put the finishing touches on a history of Pomona Val-ley mural on a wall at Kingsley Elementary School in Pomona this month as part of an Inland Empire UnitedWay school revitalization event. Some 350 community and corporate leaders participated at the event atKingsley. The mural included everything from Pomona native and boxer Sugar Shane Mosley to the Ferriswheel at the Los Angeles County Fair, the Fox Theater, an Arabian horse representing the horses at Cal PolyPomona and the goddess of Pomona. Volunteer artist Phyllis Russell, at right, who created the outline for themural, gives some last-minute pointers to the volunteers. Pictured, from left, are Pennie McGowen of Wright-wood, Erik Figueroa of Ontario and Jaime Gonzalez of Rialto, all part of a group of 35 volunteers from the An-heuser Busch sales office in Pomona working on the Kingsley project, and Russell.


SECOND JOB FAIR AT GAIN – A total of 309 job seekers – including 139 fromPomona – participated last month in the second job fair sponsored by the Los Ange-les County Office of Educationʼs GAIN job services program, according to GAIN or-ganizer David McElwain. Pictured above is Pomona Unified School Districtʼs adultschool representative Maria Padilla reviewing training opportunities with Rashid Man-zoor of Rowland Heights. Below, Derek Rojas, sales and marketing manager for Val-ley Vista Services, discusses job openings with Fred Flores of Pomona, who waslooking for warehouse or customer service work.

New York Stock Exchange mem-ber Primerica has opened offices inPomona to help families who wantto benefit from saving money ontheir insurance or building a full- orpart-time business without anymajor investment.

Mary Rilloraza, senior vice pres-ident of the Pomona office, said thecompany can help customers savemoney on auto, homeowners, lifeand long term care insurance.

“The powerful tool of replacingfamilies’ existing programs impactstheir lives in a very big way,” Rillo-raza said. “During the last 12months this office has had fourdeath claims of life insurance poli-cies.”

“We replaced these policies fromtheir other insurance company’scash value life insurance policies fora lot more insurance coverage andless premiums,” she added. “Wehelped them invest their savingsinto their retirement accounts. Inother words, we take care of themwhen they retire and we take care ofthem if premature death occurs.”

“Our mission is to help familiesbecome properly protected, debtfree and financially independent,”Rilloraza said.

A veteran of the financial serv-ices industry with more than 20years of experience, Rilloraza’s goalwithin the next five years is to helpsix to 10 families become Primerica

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The annual Western Universityof Health Sciences “Town &Gown Golf Classic” has beenscheduled for June as an annualeffort to raise funds to benefitscholarships for students at theuniversity.

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said. Councilmember Steve Atchley called DeVry a “unique school” that showcasestechnology in a most unusual way, adding that it also accommodates a lot of highschool students. Also pictured, from left, are Ken Chan, director of community relationsfor DeVryʼs Pomona campus; Pomona Chamber Executive Director Frank Garcia;Pomona City Councilmember Steve Atchley; Rothman; and Jill Reiff, of Valley VistaServices, president-elect and membership vice president of the Pomona Chamber ofCommerce. At left, Atchley performs a card trick as one of several magic tricks he per-formed at the event while Chan, at left, also a magician, looks on. Kristy Amos,DeVryʼs associate director of career services, takes a card.


100 YEARS OF GIRL SCOUTS – Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman, at left, presenteda proclamation from the city to the Girl Scouts at a city council meeting last month pro-claiming Girl Scouts Week in Pomona and recognizing the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.on their 100th Monumental Anniversary. Pictured, from left, are Rothman; LindaVahrson, a mission delivery manager for membership; and Mercedes Garcia, a mis-sion delivery specialist for membership. The two are based in the Girl Scouts Span-ish Trails office in Montclair.

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SPRING FLING AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH – Hundreds of kids, parents, grandparentsand more attended last weekendʼs three-day “spring fling” annual festival at PomonaʼsSt. Joseph Church. Included were food booths, games, live entertainment, carnivalrides and more. Pictured enjoying the merry-go-round is Jazlynn Sanchez, 4, of Chino.

PVW, formerly the Pomona Val-ley Workshop, will sponsor its firstannual Fun Run/Walk on Saturday,May 5 at Fairplex to support their ef-forts to serve adults with disabilities.

In addition to walkers, help isneeded in gathering sponsors for theparticipants and volunteers areneeded for the event itself.

Registration begins at 7 a.m., a 1Kfor kids begins at 8 a.m., a 1K for dis-

abled participants begins at 8:15 a.m.and a 5K run/walk begins at 9 a.m.

Participants should enter Fairplexat Gate 1.

Prizes will be awarded for the topthree fundraisers in each cagtegory.

For more information, contactSharon Armagost, director of mar-keting, at (909) 624-3555, ext. 239,or by e-mail at [email protected].

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OPTIMISTS NAME STUDENTS OF THE MONTH – The Pomona Breakfast OptimistClub recognized two sixth graders at Alcott Elementary School as this monthʼs stu-dents of the month. Selected students demonstrate progress in all academic areas,attend school on a daily basis, have no tardiness during the month and have no be-havior referrals during the month. Pictured, from left, are Alcott Principal Shirley Mar-tinez; student of the month Andrea Noguez; and Pomona Breakfast Optimist ClubPresident M. Joyce Bakersmith. Not pictured is Leslie Molina, the other student of themonth. For information on becoming an Optimist Club member, contact Vernon Price,(909) 336-8007.

Michel Baudry, PhD, dean of theGraduate College of BiomedicalSciences at Western University ofHealth Sciences, will publish his re-search next month in a major med-ical journal on the critical role ofoxidative stress in Alzheimer’s dis-ease – and a potential treatment forthe disease itself.

The article, co-authored by Col-lege of Osteopathic Medicine of thePacific Associate Professor Xiaon-ing Bi, MD, PhD, will be publishedin the May 2012 issue of the Journalof Alzheimer’s Disease.

Oxygen free radicals are ubiqui-tous because they are a consequenceof the way we live – in an oxy-genated environment, Baudry said.We take in oxygen to burn food inorder to produce energy, which isused by cells. But in the process weleak oxygen free radicals. Cells havedeveloped a strong defense mecha-nism to prevent the accumulation ofthese reactive oxygen species be-cause they produce a chain reaction.If the radicals are not eliminated,they damage proteins, lipids andDNA, further increasing their pro-duction by damaging mitochondria.

The brain is very susceptible toexcessive formation of reactive oxy-gen species. Alzheimer’s diseasemay create a vicious cycle with theamyloid beta peptide, a peptide pre-sumably involved in the disease, im-pairing mitochondrial function,resulting in the creation of these re-

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active oxygen species, which thenresults in further cell damage.

Baudry, in collaboration with Dr.Bernard Malfroy, now CEO ofMindSet Rx, Inc., discovered a se-ries of manganese complexes,EUKn, that act like enzymes to fightreactive oxygen species. EUKn can-not be swallowed in pill form be-cause they get destroyed in thestomach, so they must be injected.

The goal of the study was to ex-amine whether reactive oxygenspecies are critically involved inAlzheimer’s disease and to test theeffectiveness of one of the EUKn,EUK-207, in protecting againstsymptoms of the disease and pro-gression of these symptoms.

Mice modeling humanAlzheimer’s disease (AD) were

treated with EUK-207 for fivemonths starting at four months be-fore the appearance of AD symp-toms. The non-treated mice hadincreased oxidative stress (lipid, pro-tein and DNA oxidation) and ADsymptoms (impaired cognition andbrain pathology). The treated micehad none of these markers of oxida-tive stress, and were protected frommost of the pathology associatedwith Alzheimer’s disease, Baudrysaid.

“This suggests the increased for-mation of reactive oxygen species iscausally related to the disease,” hesaid. “If you block oxidative stress,you block the appearance of the dis-ease.”

The study was supported by theAlzheimer’s Association.

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Representatives of the KennedyAustin Foundation have an-nounced that White Ribbon Daywill be held Saturday, April 28, asa day to bring the community to-gether to tie white ribbons aroundcity allocated trees and poles fromCity Hall to Ganesha Park – theroute of the sixth annual MillionMothers March scheduled for May19.

The march itself is designed as atribute to loved ones who havebeen lost and to honor those whoserve their communities, according

Kennedy Austin Foundation announces White RibbonDay, calls for participation in Million Mothers March

to Ethel Gardner, founder andboard chairman of the foundation.

During the march, volunteerswill remove the ribbons signifyingthe commencement of a day of re-membrance, honor and celebrationto be held at the end of the marchin Ganesha Park.

White Ribbon Day is scheduledfor 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

For more information, times andlocations, visit the web site atwww.kennedyaustinfoundation.orgor contact the foundation at (909)480-3357.

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A technician will be sent out tolocate and mark where all under-ground public utility lines are buriedat a work site or home.

Depths of underground lines varyand there may be several linesburied in one area, officials added.

Professionals or “do it yourself”property owners can use the freeservice to obtain the informationneeded.

For more information, visit theweb site at www.sce.com/safety.

Southern California Edison offi-cials – during national “Safe Dig-ging Month” – reminded customersand the public to call 811 beforestarting any construction, home im-provement or gardening projects thatinvolve digging because of the dan-gers involved in striking an under-ground electric line.

“SCE wants people to be safe, es-pecially around electric wires,” saidWilliam Messner, SCE director ofcorporate health and safety. “Dig-ging without knowing the locationof underground utility lines cancause serious injuries and result inelectric service disruptions and re-pair costs.”

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TACOS TO BENEFIT PONY LEAGUE – JuanCarlos Candelario, at right, serves a plate oftacos to Miguel Gonzalez, of Pomona, at thePomona Pony Baseball “family day” this month.Gonzalez said he has three daughters playingin the new league. Candelario and his father,Sergio Candelario, owner of Candelarioʼs Mar-ket at Towne and La Verne Avenues inPomona, said all profits from the day would bedonated to the league.

WARMING UP – Left fielder Jazmine Valadez,14, of Pomona, who plays for the Pomona LadyRockets softball team in Pomona Pony Base-ball, warms up at Pomonaʼs Palomares Parkfor the big game this month against the UplandSwag Babies. Their match was one of severalgames at the leagueʼs first annual “family day”event featuring booths offering everything frombaseball gear to tacos. Pomona Pony Base-ball was created last year as a league thatwould represent the entire city of Pomona.Membership has grown 50 percent in the sec-ond year. For more information, visit the website at www.leaguelineup.com/pomonapony.

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Live music, food booths, ven-dors and more will highlight thesixth annual Tractor/Car Showand Strawberry Festival cele-brating the peak of strawberryseason on Saturday, May 12, atthe Farm Store at Cal PolyPomona.

The festival, which also in-cludes a petting zoo, face paint-ing, horse rides and tractorrides, runs from 10 a.m. to 3p.m.

Admission is free but parkingcosts $3 in parking lots B and C.

Strawberry Festival set for Farm Store at

Cal Poly Pomona


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HOUSE OF RUTHSi usted ha sido abusada o maltratadapor su pareja y usted necesita ayuda,por favor llame a nuestra Línea deEmergencia las 24 horas del día (909)988-5559El nuevo Programa para elTratamiento de Abuso de Niños deHouse of Ruth provee servicios y ter-apia gratuita para niños que han sidoexpuestos a la violencia o que hansufrido cualquier tipo de abuso. Elabuso no tiene que estar relacionadoa la violencia doméstica.

HOUSE OF RUTHIf you have been abused or mis-treated by your partner and youneed help, please call our Emer-gency Hotline 24 hours a day(909) 988-5559The new Child Abuse TreatmentProgram at House of Ruth pro-vides free services and therapyfor children who have been ex-posed to violence or who havesuffered any type of abuse.Abuse may not be related to do-mestic violence.

A new La Nueva Voz publishes each monthon the fourth Thursday of the month.

Pick up your free copy of La Nueva Voz at these locationsand dozens more:

• Pomona City Hall lobby• Pomona library• Claremont library• Claremont City Hall lobby• La Verne City Hall lobby• La Verne Senior Citizens Center• La Verne library

• The UPS Store, 168 W. Willow St., Pomona• Pomona Chamber of Commerce, 101 W. Mission Blvd., Pomona• Downtown Pomona Owners Association, 119 W. 2nd St., Pomona• Pomona Unified School District administration building lobby• Western University of Health Sciences Administration Building and Pa-tient Care Center• Boys and Girls Clubs of Pomona Valley, 1420 S. Garey Ave., Pomona• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center main lobby, maternity lobby• Gold Strike Market Carniceria, 412 N. Park Ave., Pomona• My Bakery Group, Inc. Panaderia, 782 E. Arrow Highway, Pomona• Jicamex Tacos Y Carniceria, 604 E. Mission Blvd., Pomona• Central Market, Towne Avenue and Phillips Boulevard, Pomona• Fairplex Chevron, Fairplex Drive and San Bernardino Freeway, Pomona• Discount Market, Philadelphia Street and Towne Avenue, Pomona• American Legion Post #30, 239 E. Holt Ave., Pomona

KICK-OFF PARTY FOR ʻRELAY FOR LIFEʼ – More than 50 volunteers attended a kick-off party last week at the Pomona EaglesLodge for this yearʼs American Cancer Society “Relay for Life” cancer fundraiser, set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, to 10 a.m. Sun-day, June 24. More than 70 volunteers have signed up for this yearʼs event, with 13 “teams” already signed up. Chairperson Vir-ginia Madrigal said the goal this year is 20 teams. Madrigal urged participants to “celebrate, remember, fight back!” “We have allbeen touched by cancer in one way or another,” she added. There were three teams in last yearʼs event. Pictured above, fromleft, are Madrigal and Melody Ramquist, of the American Cancer Society. Relay co-chair Rick Elias, at left, told the group he seesthe event “growing and looking more positive than anyone can imagine.” The event is billed as the worldʼs largest grass rootsfundraising movement. For more information, contact Madrigal at (909) 627-4450.

La Nueva Voz reaches50% more readers inPomona each month

than the local suburbandaily newspaper.

The Pomona Eagles are signingup sponsors and golfers for their20th Annual Charity Golf Classicset for next month to raise fundsfor the Pomona Valley SpecialOlympics.

The group has helped raisemore than $200,000 for the Spe-cial Olympics athletes over thepast 20 years.

“Our goal has been to exceedthe $15,000 raised last year andfinding the major sponsors hasbeen tougher this year,” saidPomona Eagles President Frank

Howe. “The athletes and familiesof Pomona Valley SpecialOlympics have become part ofour Eagle family and we don’twant to let them down.”

The tournament – a four-personscramble – will begin at 12:30p.m. Friday, May 18, with a shot-gun start at Los Serranos CountryClub’s south course. Registrationbegins at 10 a.m. Price is $125per player.

For more information, contactHowe at (909) 657-7786 or PegiEvenson at (909) 618-3164.

Pomona Eagles seeking sponsors for annual golf tourney to benefit Pomona Valley Special Olympics

The California ConservationCorps, in partnership with theU.S. Forest Service, is invitingveterans ages 18 to 25 – both menand women – to apply for work inwildland firefighting and forestryand wildfire education projects.

Successful candidates will beenrolled in the CCC Veterans Pro-gram full-time and receive U.S.Forest Service training in wild-land firefighting, chainsaw, tooluse, safety and crew organization.

Participants who complete this

California Conservation Corps offers training positions for wildland firefighting

program may be eligible for theU.S. Forest Service WildlandFirefighter Apprenticeship Pro-gram which may lead to full-timepositions with the U.S. ForestService.

Pay and benefits include a liv-ing stipend, basic health insuranceand more. Uniforms, safety gearand tools are provided.

For more information, contactCathy Gonzales, (909) 708-8485or by e-mail at [email protected].


Great Vision and Healthy EyesWe are offering a Wellness Eye Exam and a complete pair of

standard single vision glasses for $98.

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That’s a savings of 72% (valued at $350). If patient wishes to get another typeof frame they will receive a $75 credit towards that frame. Lenses are standard

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Open house everyWednesday at 3 p.m.

EASTER AT FAIRPLEX – Easter at Fairplex, presented by Pomona First BaptistChurch, filled the grandstand as hundreds gathered for services on Easter Sun-day. Pictured above are Aubrey Netherton and Jeremy Surmi.

JOINING IN SONG – Jarret LeMaster and Amy Baergen of Pomona FirstBaptist Church, above, perform at Easter services at Fairplex.

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PASTOR GLENN GUNDERSON – Pastor Glenn Gunderson of PomonaFirst Baptist Church, at right, delivers an Easter Sunday message at Easterat Fairplex.


GRAND RE-OPENING AT POMONA WALMART – Pomona officials, Walmart representatives and the Garey High School march-ing band were on hand to cut the ribbon last week at a grand “re-opening” at the Pomona Walmart at 80 Rio Rancho Road inPomona. The highlight of the remodeling of the store is the addition of a full scale grocery department featuring fully stocked re-frigerated and frozen food cases, according to store manager Sivo Aisabonghi. “The store looks great, our customers are goingto love what weʼre doing with the store,” he said. Larry Ezell, market manager for Walmart stores from Glendora to Lake Elsinore,said the re-model added a lot of new items for customers to come in and experience. Pictured at the ribbon-cutting are, from left,Frank Garcia, executive director of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce; Aisabonghi; Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman; PomonaCouncilmember Steve Atchley; and Ezell.

WHAT IS ACADEMIC MENTORING?Academic Mentoring incorporates a more intentional effort to exert a positive influence on a child’s academic success. Theactivities between the mentor and the mentee are determmined jointly by our staff and the academic mentor. AcademicMentors help youth with class work and/or special projects on a regular basis. The mentoring pairs read together, dohomework, talk about being successful in school, and so on.

PROJECT: CARING & SHARING’S ACADEMIC MENTORINGOur Academic Mentoring Program is designed to provide caregivers and parents with a quality academic enrichmentmentoring program. Our program matches children who have incarcerated parents with screened and trained mentors.

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM?• Our Academic Mentoring Program offers students the chance to develop a relationship with one or more adults, otherthan parents and teachers, who become friends, role models and advocates for them;• Our Academic Mentoring Program typically takes place immediately after school hours and may take various forms,including tutoring, game playing and sports;• Our Academic Mentoring Program typically ask the mentor for a commitment of at least one semester for the schoolyear; and• Our Academic Mentoring Program requires mentor screening and ongoing support and supervision.

HOW DOES OUR PROGRAM WORK?Caregivers complete an application for a child to enroll in our academic mentoring program. The caregiver makes anappointment to set up a time to meet with our staff. Our staff will start working on matching the child with a mentor.Enrolling in our academic mentoring program is as easy as one, two, three.

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Family Empowerment Programs:Mrs. Latita Taylor, Program Coordinator

985 West Holt Avenue * Pomona, CA 91768Office: 909.438.1045 * Cell: 909.838.4641

Children & Youth Empowerment Programs:Mrs. Cynthia Brown, Program Coordinator

260 South Garey Avenue * Pomona, CA 91766Office: 909.438.1045 * Cell: 909.732.3310

Re-Entry Empowerment Program:Rev. I.R.F. Brown, Program Coordinator

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VETERINARY MEDICINE OPEN HOUSE AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY – PomonaʼsWestern University of Health Sciences held its seventh annual College of VeterinaryMedicine open house last weekend with more than 1,000 boy scouts and girl scoutsand hundreds more children and their parents from all over Southern California con-verging on the Western University campus. Students and clubs hosted booths on petcare and provided tours of the college and the pet hospital, a training facility for the uni-versity. This yearʼs theme was “The Animal Kingdom,” and students from PomonaUnified School District elementary schools participated in a coloring contest on thattheme. Pictured, from left, at the college “store” where t-shirts, Frisbees and morewere available, are, back row, volunteer Lisa Lua, director of operations for the Collegeof Veterinary Medine; Jazzmine Ximenez, 9, with her face painted in leopard make-up;and Anthony Waring of Ontario. In front are Haylee Waring, 4, and Jason Waring, 8,a cub scout, and their dogs, Marley, at left, and Sky.


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P3 HOLDS TOWN HALL MEETING ON UNDERAGE DRINKING –P3 (Partnership for a Positive Pomona) – holding its first town hallmeeting this month – addressed the topic of underage drinking. Or-ganizer Sara Cooley, pictured at right, said underage drinking is thenumber one problem for teens in Pomona. She added that thosewho start drinking before the age of 15 are 6.6 times more likely thanthose who start at 21 to develop serious alcohol problems. In addi-tion, they are also much more likely to use other drugs. While ille-gal alcohol use by those under age 21 has declined steadily since2002, more than one out of every four young people reported drink-ing in 2010. An audience of parents, business owners and con-cerned adults participated in the program at the Boys and Girls Clubsof Pomona Valley. P3 is a community coalition established to pre-vent destructive behavior in Pomonaʼs youth by making Pomona adrug-free community. Pictured, from left, above, are program pan-elists Precious Ozaeta, a Pomona police Explorer; Jamie Holes, ofthe National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence; Corpo-ral Brian Hagerty of the Pomona Police Department; Charles Porter,of the United Coalition East; and Dr. Joycelyn Whiten, of the Los An-geles County Department of Substance Abuse Prevention and Con-trol.

The fifth annual Nancy McCrackenLearning Expo will be held nextmonth at Pomona’s Fairplex, show-casing outstanding students in aca-demic achievement and booths frombusinesses and organizations to enablestudents to expand their horizons.

The Expo is scheduled from 1 to 4p.m. Sunday, May 6. Admission isfree.

Fifth annual Nancy McCracken Learning Exposet for next month at Fairplex

Organized by the Promoting Aca-demic Achievement Task Force, partof the Pomona Youth and FamilyMaster Plan, the event has involvedthousands of Pomona students andtheir families in the past.

For more information, contact fa-cilitator Sarah Ross by calling (949)525-1415 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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