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ents began to meet on a regular basis for three months before the Cypress Unified School Dis- trict, on January 2010, decided it would be beneficial if Luther stayed open. During that time they had their own website with almost 100 supporters of their Save Our School (SOS) parent support group, and they were meeting at La Palma Park to La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4 of Commerce Busines La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4 Your City Coupons w.yourcitycoupon La Palma Intercommunity Hospital We are a full service, general acute care hospital and have been a part of the community since 1972. CONTINUED ON 7 See Luther By Brian Hews On February 22nd, after months of hard work and plan- ning, the City of Cerritos Girl Scout Troop #2153 donated 655 new and gently-used books to the Friends of Children Health Cen- ter in La Habra. Inspired, after reading about the Reach Out and Read Program in a magazine, 10 year old Girl Scout, Purvi Bhakta, decided she and her troop should get in- volved. Purvi’s mother, Sushma Bhakta, says her daughter has al- ways had a love for reading and wanted to do a community ser- vice project that would highlight the importance of early literacy. Purvi and her fellow Girl Scouts started collecting cans and bottles to be recycled last summer. The girls used the $235 they raised to purchase 55 new books. The troop also put out a call to action to other local Girl Scouts, which resulted in the collection of 600 gently-used books. After spending 2 hours clean- ing and preparing the books to be distributed, Troop #2153 went to the La Habra clinic to drop them off and read to children. The girls will be receiving the Bronze award for their community ser- vice project with the ELP, the highest award given to Junior Girl Scouts. Local girl scout troop donates more than 650 books By Larry Caballero La Palma resident and par- ent Brian Nakamura is not the kind of guy who sits by the wayside and let’s other people do all the work. He’s always ready to get involved to make things better for ev- eryone. When he became aware that La Palma’s Steve Luther Elementary School might have to close because of lack of enrollment and district budget cuts, Nakamura jumped right in to see what he could do. He was asked by neighbor Betty Lau to attend a neighborhood town hall meeting to talk over the options available to them, and he soon re- alized that “they had a lot of good ideas of what should be done, but they needed someone to step for- ward and organize them.” So Nakamura and other par- He’s fired up and ready to go! Brian Nakamura showing off as the Luther Lion mascot. make decisions on how to ap- proach the school board mem- bers with their issues in hopes of convincing them that Luther de- served to stay open. Nakamura felt that experience moti- vated him to get even more involved with the school, and now he’s thinking of be- coming the school’s mascot—the Luther Lion. He also is ac- tive in the school’s PTA and will be its Corresponding Sec- retary next year as well as this year’s Co-Chair for its Si- lent Auction at the Spring Festival May 1. Nakamura is also hoping to encourage a green-friendly en- vironment at Luther with the recycling of newspa- pers as a potential fundraiser and Family Mart opens in La Palma Joining in on the celebration and ribbon cutting for the Grand Opening Mar. 31 of Family Mart in La Palma at 4941 La Palma Avenue were Councilmember Larry Herman, Chamber member Steve Hwang- bo, Chamber Executive Director Esther De Leon, Mayor Steve Shanahan, Owners Sunny and Moon Kim, Congressman Ed Royce's Representative Ryan Holmes, Chamber members Noella Lew and Carol Miyake and Activist Ron Mac Iver. • La Palma’s Only Community Newspaper • Delivered to 4,500 La Palma homes every month • www.lapalmanews.net • May 2010 • Vol. 1, Issue 6 La Palma COMMUNITY NEWS Y Y La Palma COMMUNITY NEWS By Jerry Bernstein ABC Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts told the Board of Education at its April 20 meeting that the State Appellate Court has unanimously ruled in favor of the City of Cerritos on the proposed Senior Apartments to be constructed on the site where the District Administrative of- fices are presently located on the Southwest Corner of Norwalk Boulevard and 166th Street.. He said the court ruled the 247 apartments could be built and did not have to go before the residents in an election as con- tended by the opponents of the project, the Cerritos Taxpay- ers Association. The Court also ruled there was no merit in the contention it was illegal. The. Court rules in favor of senior apartments on ABCUSD administrative site Judgment also affirmed the city could recover their costs in the litigation. “It is time to move out of this facility and start the revenue stream,” he asserted. At the same time he said the project would not cost the taxpayer any money. Board President Celia Spitzer said the opponents could still ap- peal to the State Supreme Court. They can ask the court to hear the case, although there is no guarantee the court will do so. Dr. Smuts noted the present District offices are in need of major repairs. To emphasize his point he noted two wastebaskets located below the podium and CONTINUED ON 7 See ABCUSD

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ents began to meet on a regular basis for three months before the Cypress Unified School Dis-trict, on January 2010, decided

it would be beneficial if Luther stayed open. During that time they had their own website with almost 100 supporters of their Save Our School (SOS) parent support group, and they were meeting at La Palma Park to

La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4La Palma Chamber of Commerce Business News-See page 4

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By Brian Hews

On February 22nd, after months of hard work and plan-ning, the City of Cerritos Girl Scout Troop #2153 donated 655 new and gently-used books to the Friends of Children Health Cen-ter in La Habra.

Inspired, after reading about the Reach Out and Read Program in a magazine, 10 year old Girl Scout, Purvi Bhakta, decided she and her troop should get in-volved. Purvi’s mother, Sushma Bhakta, says her daughter has al-ways had a love for reading and wanted to do a community ser-vice project that would highlight the importance of early literacy.

Purvi and her fellow Girl Scouts started collecting cans and bottles to be recycled last summer.

The girls used the $235 they raised to purchase 55 new books. The troop also put out a call to action to other local Girl Scouts, which resulted in the collection of 600 gently-used books.

After spending 2 hours clean-ing and preparing the books to be distributed, Troop #2153 went to the La Habra clinic to drop them off and read to children. The girls will be receiving the Bronze award for their community ser-vice project with the ELP, the highest award given to Junior Girl Scouts.

Local girl scout troop donates more than 650 booksBy Larry Caballero

La Palma resident and par-ent Brian Nakamura is not the kind of guy who sits by the wayside and let’s other people do all the work. He’s always ready to get involved to make things better for ev-eryone. When he became aware that La Palma’s Steve Luther Elementary School might have to close because of lack of enrollment and district budget cuts, Nakamura jumped right in to see what he could do.

He was asked by neighbor Betty Lau to attend a neighborhood town hall meeting to talk over the options available to them, and he soon re-alized that “they had a lot of good ideas of what should be done, but they needed someone to step for-ward and organize them.”

So Nakamura and other par-

He’s fired up and ready to go!

Brian Nakamura showing off as the Luther Lion mascot.

make decisions on how to ap-proach the school board mem-bers with their issues in hopes of convincing them that Luther de-

served to stay open.Nakamura felt

that experience moti-vated him to get even more involved with the school, and now he’s thinking of be-coming the school’s mascot—the Luther Lion. He also is ac-tive in the school’s PTA and will be its Corresponding Sec-retary next year as well as this year’s Co-Chair for its Si-lent Auction at the Spring Festival May 1.

Nakamura is also hoping to encourage a green-friendly en-vironment at Luther

with the recycling of newspa-pers as a potential fundraiser and

Family Mart opens in La Palma

Joining in on the celebration and ribbon cutting for the Grand Opening Mar. 31 of Family Mart in La Palma at 4941 La Palma Avenue were Councilmember Larry Herman, Chamber member Steve Hwang-bo, Chamber Executive Director Esther De Leon, Mayor Steve Shanahan, Owners Sunny and Moon Kim, Congressman Ed Royce's Representative Ryan Holmes, Chamber members Noella Lew and Carol Miyake and Activist Ron Mac Iver.

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ABC Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts told the Board of Education at its April 20 meeting that the State Appellate Court has unanimously ruled in favor of the City of Cerritos on the proposed Senior Apartments to be constructed on the site where the District Administrative of-fices are presently located on the Southwest Corner of Norwalk Boulevard and 166th Street..

He said the court ruled the 247 apartments could be built and did not have to go before the residents in an election as con-tended by the opponents of the project, the Cerritos Taxpay-ers Association. The Court also ruled there was no merit in the contention it was illegal. The.

Court rules in favor of senior apartments on ABCUSD

administrative siteJudgment also affirmed the city could recover their costs in the litigation. “It is time to move out of this facility and start the revenue stream,” he asserted. At the same time he said the project would not cost the taxpayer any money.

Board President Celia Spitzer said the opponents could still ap-peal to the State Supreme Court. They can ask the court to hear the case, although there is no guarantee the court will do so.

Dr. Smuts noted the present District offices are in need of major repairs. To emphasize his point he noted two wastebaskets located below the podium and

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April26-30 Bulky item Spring clean-up28 State of the City Luncheon-11:30am La Palma Communty CenterMayTeen Battle of the Bands 6-10pm Central Park Amphtheaater31 Memorial Day-Offices ClosedJune5 Teen Aloha Dance 7pm La Palma Community Center

June 21-Aug 27 Club La Palma Day Camp Registration forms available April 26.

NorwalkSoroptimist International Of Norwalk P.O. Box 125, Norwalk, CA 90650 • (714) 412-0183Alondra Senior Citizens Club 11929 Alondra Boulevard Norwalk, CA 90650 (562) 865-7774Tere Kopriski, President 2nd & 4th Wed 1:30 p.m. Social Services Center (562) 929-5844Golden Trowel Norwalk Masonic Lodge #273 12345 E. Rosecrans Ave Norwalk, CA 90650, 2nd Thursday 7:30 p.m. Norwalk Lions Club P.O. Box 1712 Norwalk, CA 90650 Custodio Celeste, President 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 4th Thursday Board Meetings 7:00 p.m. Bruce's Restaurant 12623 Imperial Hwy.American Legion Post #359 11986 Front Street, Norwalk, CA 90650 562-864-9021 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 8:00 p.m. Legion HallAmerican Legion Post #35911986 Front St.Drawing, Cake Walk, and KaraokeEvery Saturday evening in Post Hole ClubDrawing is at 8:00 p.m. RECURRING EVENTS:STEAK LUNCH Every Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pmKARAOKE Every Saturday 7:30pmPOST MEETINGS 3rd Thursday of each month 7:30pmAUXILIARY MEETINGS 2nd Wednesday of each month 7:30pmRotary Club of Norwalk P.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, CA Meets Mondays, Noon Norwalk Marriot HotelKnights of Columbus Council #3678 Tom Sandoval, Grand Knight 12138 Front Street (714) 952-4724 • Norwalk

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7138 12186 Front Street (mail) Norwalk, CA 90651 (562) 864-9246Elks Lodge-BPOE #2142 13418 Clarkdale Ave. Norwalk CA 90650 (562) 868-6603 Jim Duckett, Exhaulted Ruler (562) 868-1924 Thursdays 7:30 p.m. at Elks LodgeRotary Club of Norwalk P.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, Sara Karsgens, President Mondays, noon, Norwalk Marriott Hotel (562) 921-0033 for info. Norwalk Woman's Club Place: Masonic Lodge 12345 Rosecrans Ave. Time: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.Norwalk Community Coordinating Council William Clark, President Helen Brown, Vice President Meets 4th Wed. during the school year. P.O. Box 521 Norwalk (562) 921-4218 www.nccconline.us 1:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Changes every 2 years in May - June - August.City Council Meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers 12700 Norwalk Blvd.Norwalk Redevelopment Agency 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 5:00 p.m., U.S. Constitution Room/#4, Norwalk City Hall. 12700 Norwalk Blvd.Norwalk Housing Authority 3rd Tuesday of each month 5:45 p.m. Council Chambers, Norwalk City Hall. 12700 Norwalk Blvd.Planning Commission 2nd and 4th Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Norwalk City Hall. 12700 Norwalk Blvd.Southland Harmony Chorus of Sweet AdelinesNorwalk Masonic Center12345 E. RosecransTuesdays at 7 PM

CerritosAAUW (American Assn. of University Women) Saurabh Deedwania (562) 404-4488 Meets every 3rd Thursday, Skyline Room-Cerritos Library.CERRITOS SENIOR Gadabouts meet the second, third & fourth Mondays at the Cerritos Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park, 12340 South St. Judy Mendes, President 562-860-2151HUBERT HUMPHREY DEMOCRATIC CLUB CoCo’s 7pm. 3rd Monday. Nikki Noushkam 562.7124072.CERRITOS REPUBLICAN CLUB Cerritos Library 7p.m 2nd Tuesday. Allen Wood 865-7294.OPTIMIST CLUB Off Street Cafe 7a.m. 1st, 2nd, 4th Thursdays, 7 p.m. 3rd

Thursday. ROTARY CLUB Hometown Buffet noon Mondays VFW POST 1846 Heritage Park, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. 18600 Bloomfield Ave. Jeffrey Enomoto 714-292-2985SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL Coco’s Restaurant 6p.m. 2nd Wed. & 12p.m. 4th Wed. WOMEN’S CLUB CPE 2nd Thursday. Gail Grossman at 562-926-8487LIONS CLUB 11514 E. 178th Street, Artesia. 1st & 3rd Tuesday. Milton Hicks 926-3792.CONTACTS Business Networking Group Wednesdays, 7a.m. at Mimi’s Café, Cerritos Towne Center. Larry Massa 562-920-0554.CONNECTIONS Business Networking Group. Thursday, 7:30 a.m. at Coco’s Restaurant. Barbara 869-7618.CERRITOS LEADS CLUB Tuesdays 7–8:30 a.m. Mimi’s, in the Towne Center. Call 1-800-767-7337.TOASTMASTERSThe Cerritos Cheerful Chatters Toastmasters Club meets at Noon every other Wednesday at the SELACO Workforce Investment Board: 10900 E. 183rd > Street, 3rd Floor. Have fun and work on your speaking skills. Visitors are welcome! Call Tammy: (800) 481 - 6555 ext. 1213.ECLECTIC DIALECTIC TOASTMASTERS Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. at the Avalon at Cerritos, 1000 Falcon Way, Cerritos,. Ron Jung 924-1808. GOLDEN SANDS CHORUS An award-winning Sweet Adeline Chorus. Women of all ages and experience levels welcome. Rehearsals Wednesdays 7 p.m., Lakewood Masonic Center, 5918 Parkcrest St., Long Beach. (562) 630-8445GOOD SAM Camp outings 2nd weekend each month. Howard Remsen 714-521-1076.JOURNEYS Mondays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Pathways office, 3300 South Street #206, Long Beach Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Lakewood Regional Medical Center, 3700 South Street Classroom A, Lakewood Call Cindy Skovgard at 562-531-3031MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) A program for mothers with children under the age of five, meet 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 9 to 11:15 a.m. at New Life Community Church, 18800 Norwalk Blvd., Artesia. CERRITOS AGLOW LIGHTHOUSE, “A Network of Caring Christian Women” Hometown Buffet in Cerritos 11471 E South St. Call Charyl, 562-865-5311.SELF HELP FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED Long Beach/Lakewood Chapter, second Thursday of each month at the Weingart Senior Center, 5220 Oliva Avenue in Lakewood at 6:30 p.m. free. 429-7099CALIFORNIA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSN (CRTA) Meets at 12p.m. the third Friday of alternative months at the Ebell Club, Third and Cerritos, Long Beach. 925-1938.IRONWOOD WOMEN’S GOLF CLUB 16449 Piuma Avenue • Cerritos, Ca 990703 • Irene Orozco,

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On Saturday, March 27th, the Alon-dra Library put on a one-man show titled “Dawn’s Light: the Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi” starring Blake Kushi. It is a true story written by Jeanne Sakata and directed by Leslie Ishii.

The story reveals how during World War II a young Japanese American Uni-versity of Washington student agonizes over the U.S. government orders to forc-ibly remove and put into camps all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he fights to reconcile his country’s betrayals with his Constitutional beliefs, Gordon journeys toward a greater un-derstanding of America’s triumphs and failures. It is at times humorous, sad, and

Alondra Library presents one man showabout Japanese internment camps

[l-r] Annette & Phil Bliss, Blake Kushi, Stella Asawa-Yano

Fullerton Arboretum hosts annual herb weekend

Go to the Potting Shed, located on the grounds of the Arboretum, May 15 & 16, 2010. For those who like to cultivate, cook, smell, taste and enjoy the beauty of herbs, this event has everything to offer. A large variety of herbs will be for sale.

This year, herb aficionados will not only find the largest variety of herb plants available in the region, but all the herbs they need to spice up the kitchen and beautify the garden. Visitors will also be treated to many varieties of specialty herbs that can be used to create different types of gardens. The Potting Shed will offer herbs for sale to help create the perfect herb garden for you. Whether it is an herbal kitchen garden or just beautiful perennial herbs you are looking for, this is the event you don’t want to miss.

Annual High School awards applications due May 3

Each year, the La Palma City Council recognizes four graduating high school seniors who are La Palma residents. Students must demonstrate outstand-ing conduct in activities that serve the community or the City of La Palma. Each award recipient receives a framed City proclamation and is granted a $500 scholarship.

Applications for the 2010 La Palma Scholarship Program are due to City Hall no later than Monday, May 3, 2010. Applications are available at the City's

heart-wrenching but mostly it reveals the strong ties that binds, especially during hardships.

As the nation’s premier Asian Ameri-can theater organization, East West Play-ers produces outstanding works and edu-cational programs that give voice to the Asian American experience.

East West Players began in the early 70s with nine artists who wanted a theater where they could strive for artistic excel-lence, have control over their own careers as Asian American artists and tell the sto-ries of their own community. Over the years the organization has provided op-

AYSO Region 154 Offers ‘Special Needs’ Players Fun at All Levels!

Cypress-- Parents of special needs children are invited to join the AYSO Region154 Fall V.I. P. Soccer program. Registration is free for players from La Palma, West Garden Grove, Buena Park, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Cypress. Sign-ups begin Sunday, April 25 from 11 am-5:00 pm at Season Ticket Family Pizza, 6038 Ball Rd. in Buena Park. Additional sign-up dates are: •Thursday, May 6 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.•Sunday, May 16 from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.•Thursday, June 3 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.•Sunday, June 13 from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Online registration is also available at http://www.eayso.com . For help, contact V.I.P. executive director Jim DiRosa at (562) 572-9358 or [email protected]

Registration open for V.I.P. fall soccer

For your everyday cooking you will want to try:

Herbs strong enough for accent -- sweet basil, dill, mint, sweet marjoram, tarragon, thyme.

For that special summer evening light dinner you will want to try:

Herbs for blending -- chives, parsley, summer savory.

For flavoring meat and poultry, you will want to try:

Strong herbs -- winter savory, rose-mary, sage.

So get ready for the best herb garden you have ever grown. Herb gardens are beautiful and beneficial and they will delight your senses for months or years to come.

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St. Irenaeus Catholic Church is known as a church of “Many cultures, but One Community Under God.” Pa-rishioners will come together as a com-munity at their annual Parish Fiesta that is planned for Friday, June 25, Saturday June 26 and Sunday, June 27. There will be games, carnival rides, food booths, Bingo, music and entertainment for families to enjoy. The public is cordially invited to come and enjoy all the activi-ties of the St. Irenaeus Fiesta in June!

This year, the Fiesta Committee selected the theme of “A Tribute to Hol-lywood” as a focus for decorating booths and winning honorary awards. The Fiesta Committee is already hard at work selling pre-sale ride and game tickets, raffle tickets and collecting raffle ticket

St. Irenaeus Fiesta scheduled for June 25, 26 & 27

Pictured are St. Irenaeus parishioner Patrick Kirby, at left, with Fiesta Committee Chairmen George and Christine Welsch ready to collect raffle ticket returns for theSt. Irenaeus Fiesta in June. Prizes will be awarded on June 27, 2010.

Painter, Laurie was born Laura Lynn Vicencia on July 27, 1965 to Former Speaker Pro Tem Frank and Lili Vicen-cia. She graduated from St. Dominic Savio grade school in Bellflower and St. Joseph's High School in Lakewood. She married Robert Painter May 7, 1988. Laurie and Rob have two children, Corey Michael age 16 and Allyson Lorraine age 13. Laurie was Vice-President at Vicencia and Buckley Insurance Ser-vices, Inc. She was a loving and a fiercely dedicated wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She died peacefully Sunday March 7, 2010. She is survived by her husband and two children, her mother, her

brothers Steve, Dave and Michael Vicen-cia, her sister Michele Jondle, her nieces and nephews and extended family. Laurie

will be lovingly remembered for tireless service to family and friends, her love of base-ball and softball, her commit-ment to faith, her wry sense of humor and candid per-spective. Rosary was held on Thursday March 11 and Mass of the Christian burial was March 12. Both were held at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church. Donations are requested to be sent to the Painter Chil-dren Education Fund C/O

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return. The committee will have tickets available after each Mass in the church’s patio area on Saturdays and Sundays except after the Sunday 6:30 p.m. Mass. Game tickets are being sold at a dis-count price of 12 for $10.00 and ride tickets at 10 for $6.00. Raffle tickets are available for a donation of $2.00 for each ticket for a chance to win a Grand Prize of $10,000, a 1st prize of $3,000, a 2nd prize of $1,500 or a 3rd prize of $500. The prizes will be awarded on June 27, 2010. Parishioners who sell a complete book of 20 tickets are entitled to a “special seller’s ticket” for a chance to win $25 in the Early Bird Drawings that will be held each Sunday before the

Play Soccer This Fall Region 54 soccer registration is coming

Open to all boys and girls ages 4 - 18! TWO DATES and locations to better serve our community!

Tuesday May 4th

6:30 – 8:30pm La Palma Central Park

7821 Walker Street La Palma

Sunday May 23rd

11am – 1pmBellis Park

7171 8th Street Buena Park

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Registration

Fee $110!

Registration fees include: Uniform (jersey, shorts and socks), picture, participation trophy, Soccer Accident Insurance. Best Fields – Best Coaches – Best Refs in the area!!

(Regular registration is $125.)

Early Registration

Fee $110!

PRE-REGISTER ONLINESave money! Save time filling out paperwork and standing in line!

Go to www.eayso.org, print and sign one copy of the registration formand bring to the “Express Checkout” line on your chosen registration day.

New players & non fall 2009 players, please bring: o Birth certificate o Tennis shoes or soccer cleats o Positive attitude

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Player evaluations are required for all new players to the Region (U8-U14). Evaluations will be held at the time of registration. Please bring tennis shoes or soccer cleats for a small skills evaluation.

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to be cut – not realizing that - times of instability should be one of the most valuable times for business to promote themselves to consum-ers and the commu-nity as a whole.1. Most consumers (59%) think that be-ing active in the local chamber of commerce is an effective busi-ness strategy overall.2. If a company shows that it is highly in-volved in its local chamber (e.g. sits on the chamber board) consumers are 12% more likely to think that its products stack up better against the competi-tion.3. When a consumer thinks that a company’s products stack up better against the competi-tion because the company is highly involved in it local Chamber of

Commerce, it is because he or she infers that the company is trustwor-thy, involved in the community and an industry leader.

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age businesses to promote the value of your chamber membership and use the resources that come when belonging to your local chamber of commerce.

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President’s Message

I would like to thank everyone for their welcome, support and encouragement that has been offered to me since I stepped into the president’s position.

As we continue to move forward as a Chamber I welcome any and all ideas and

suggestions to make Your Chamber a stronger organization. If you have any questions or concerns regarding member-ship, please feel free to contact any of the board members or myself, or check our website for more information. There are many benefits that can enhance the busi-ness needs with the community. Please remember to check our website as it is continually being updated.

If we do not have your email address please send it to us via our website, call it in, fax it in, or email us. Your email address is very important to us as we send email remainders. Remember to visit website frequently for all upcoming events, resources and information as it is updated often. Don’t forget:

• May 5 Toastmasters Cinco De Mayo Mixer

• May 22 Car Show • On May 9th I send out a Happy

Mother’s Day! Thank you all again for all your help

and support and I look forward to seeing you all soon and don’t forget to SUP-PORT LOCAL BUSINESS.

Amanda RinconPresident

Chamber President Amanda Rincon

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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTDrive-Thru Teller?

Jim Bang, Vice-President and Branch Manager recently announced that they are now offering Drive-Thru Teller services. Unbelievable but true. This is a service you just don’t see! It’s great for us busy people running around with pets, kids, frantic schedules and just don’t have time to get in line and get everyone down at the bank. Now you can drive-thru.

If you didn’t know California Bank and Trust (CB&T) has been in La Palma for about 32 years. Some of you may

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remember when it was Sumitomo Bank. In 1998 it merged with two other insti-tutions and formed California Bank & Trust.

“We have been helping Californians and their businesses grow and prosper by combining the responsiveness of a local bank with the comprehensive services of-fered by major financial institutions.

In addition to regular personal bank-ing services, CB&T now offers CB&T Wealth Management services. These ser-vices are for those seeking professional

investment services at a cost that makes sense and you can afford.

“We endeavor to diversify portfolios very broadly in order to mitigate risk. In addition to domestic stocks and bonds and, where appropriate and permitted, unregistered investments such as private equity and hedge funds of funds.

Have questions, pick up the phone and call Jim Bang, Vice-President and Branch Manager at (714523-9090.

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Right now our nation is faced with untold economic challenges. While there are aspects of the economy outside out control, there are a few things that we business can do to continue to achieve success.

When volatility hits our markets, it causes anxiety as well as a lack of consumer confidence and when the economy starts to slow, consumers and business start to pull back and begin to re-evaluate what expenses going out the door are really neces-sary to do business.

Many times memberships in organizations, marketing/advertising and employee education are the first

The real value of joining and being involved in a local Chamber of Commerce

ers and the commu-nity as a whole.1. Most consumers (59%) think that be-ing active in the local chamber of commerce is an effective busi-ness strategy overall.2. If a company shows that it is highly in-volved in its local chamber (e.g. sits on the chamber board) consumers are 12% more likely to think that its products stack up better

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more likely to purchase goods or services from the

company in the future.Now, more than ever, is the

time that business needs to under-stand the value of a Chamber mem-bership and why it is so important to be part of this organization that advocates for business. We encour-age businesses to promote the value of your chamber membership and

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La Palma Professional Center7872 Walker St., Suite 107

La Palma, CA. 90623Telephone:

714.228.1214Fax:

714.228.1218 [email protected]: www.lapalmachamberofcom-

merce.com

Board of Directors Amanda Rincon

PresidentBarbara Rincon

Vice-PresidentNoella LewSecretary

Amanda RinconInterim Treasurer

DirectorsCarol Miyake

MembershipJohn SciaccaCypress College

Eloisa VelasquezResident/Past PresidentDeven Solanski and Shamaine Almanza

Business Representation: SubwayLa Palma Chamber

Jr. AmbassadorsFBLA (Kennedy High School Fu-ture Business Leaders of America)

StaffEsther De Leon Hernandez

Executive DirectorBill Meil

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The La Palma Chamber of Commerce offers you the “Hometown Spirit” and your GATEWAY Chamber

connecting you to its surrounding cities and Chambers. We are a

Partnership of Civic Government, BUSINESS and the Community. As a member you also have access to the Conference Room for meeting with clients, organization or club.

Notary Services are now offered at the Chamber office. Please call the office

to make an appointment.

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If you are contemplating a home based business and wonder about insur-ance here are some questions you should ask your insurance agent:

• Does my homeowners policy cover my liability and/or property for my home based business?• I have customers come to my home, am I covered if they are injured on my premises?• I have stock/samples at my residence, are they covered if damaged?

• What additional coverage can I add on?• Should I have a separate policy to cover my business activities?

Most homeowner’s policy can be endorsed to include some business activi-ties. However, your business will need commercial insurance if you conduct business as anything but a sole propri-etor, or conduct any business outside your home.

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The remaking of California’s businessesCourtesy of the California Chamber of Commerce

There have always been five basic ob-stacles to business in any environment. They include no need, no hurry, no desire, no money and no trust.

California’s business leaders have overcome these obstacles by creating a vi-sion that is easily articulated. They also have a passion about what they do and en-sure that their vision is made a reality.

As we begin the up-swing in our eco-nomic recovery, a part of the solution re-mains in the business community’s ability to bring about change through innovation. The state also has a large role in assist-ing in businesses growth by working with the federal government to have banks and other lending institutions provide imme-diate access to capital.

The federal government must be a partner in the recovery. California ranks 43rd in reimbursements from the federal government, receiving 78 cents for every dollar we send to Washington.

There are signs of improvement. In November, California created 15,000 new jobs in several sectors including Profes-sional and Business Services; the Infor-

mation Industry; Construction; and Min-ing and Logging.

Unemployment rates throughout the state have stabilized and many economists believe that the tide will turn and a return to pre-recession numbers is likely by the end of 2010.

Businesses have an opportunity to work with their elected officials at this time to look at policies that help with job growth and revamp old laws that hinder development. A recent Time Magazine ar-ticle noted that California remains a state with promise.

You would be hard pressed to find anywhere in the world that offers the same natural luxuries our state provides

But, our tax system is out dated. Main-taining a level of taxation that is fair to business owners is another priority. The state legislature must either provide incen-tives or reductions to keep our business community humming. Incentives will play a major role as California angles itself to become a world leader in the development of green technology. The state is a prime location to develop a green economy and related job opportunities.

The spark our state needs right now to rebound can be found in the work that you do. As business owners you are the en-gine that runs our state.Your input on what is important to you is vital. What will help you grow, how can the state help, and how can we work together are the types of con-versations that should be taking place.

Combat Fraud forum hosted by Rep. Ed RoyceInformation on identity theft, mortgage loans and lending, investment scams, charity fraud and medicare fraud.

On Friday, May 7, 2010 Rep. Ed Royce will host a Combat Fraud Forum: Information on Identity Theft, Mortgage Loan and Lending, Investment Scams, Charity Fraud, and Medicare Fraud. The event will take place at the Cypress Community Center located at 5700 Cypress Avenue from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Fed-eral Bureau of Investigation will be on hand to provide valuable information to combat fraud.

The event is free of charge and open to the public. For additional information please contact Representative Royce's office at (714) 744-4130.

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Local clubwomen attend annual 54th LCD ConventionBy Helen M. Brown

One hundred clubwomen attended the Los Cerritos District (LCD) from thirteen (13) cities comprising the district. The convention was held at the Holiday Inn in Buena Park Sunday, April 4th thru Tuesday, the 6th. This was the 7th year the convention was held at this site.

There was a reception for the District President Winnie Baker Sunday eve-ning with the theme “A Small World.” The ladies were encouraged to attend in costume; it was very interesting with costumes ranging from Sweden to the Philippines. The reception was hosted by the district executive board.

Monday morning session began with the Presentation of Colors by the Ameri-can Legion Color Guard led by Captain Don Collins. Honorable Mayor Pro-Tem Fred Smith gave the members a warm welcome to his fair city.

Keynote speaker of the day was CFWC State President Vicki Holden followed by Sandy Chu, clinical Direc-tor of Rio Hondo Temporary Home, the President’s Project. Following a delicious lunch the club presidents gave their an-nual reports.

Monday evening brought the Parade of Presidents followed by dinner. After dinner entertainment was provided by the

All Star Brass Band from Mayfair High School conducted by Jeff de Seriere. This group specializes in brass, jazz, sym-phonic, wind ensemble, and orchestra, an extraordinary talented group of young adults.

After Presentation of Awards was the Installation of New officers with Ste President Vicki Holden serving as

Installing Officer. New officers included President, Suzanne Seager; 1st VP Dean, Barbara Briley Beard; 2nd VP Member-ship, Laura Orapeza; 3rd VP Programs, Allison Babcock; Ways & Means, Betty

Bates; Recording Secretary, Phyllis White; Barbee Heiny, Correspondence Secretary; Treasurer, Jean Barrera; Financial Secretary, Joanne Witt; Public Relations, Helen Brown; Parliamentar-ian, Alice Allen. Naomi Passillas of the Norwalk Woman’s Club will serve as President’s Aide.

Tuesday was another day of work-

shop with CFWC 1st VP Kathy McGraw speaking on the upcoming changes GFWC is bringing into practice during GFWC National President Carlene Gard-ner’s reign. Her talk was on “Change is

good,” she proclaimed. “Change is seeing opportunities and embracing them.”

After lunch followed by a Fashion Show put on by Draper’s & Damon’s there were more awards given out. These awards are based on the point system with Downey winning the Spirit Award; Norwalk the Chimes, and Paramount go-ing home with Perpetual Clock Award.

The District and Clubs wish to thank the entire staff of the hotel for their many courtesies. An extra big thank you goes to the male staff, along with Sam McDou-gal, who served as escorts for the models onto the runway during the fashion show. Sam is the very accommodating hus-band of former district president Betty McDougal. We give him extra kudos for being such a good sport.

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Wednesday’s La Palma Community Center7901 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 906236:30 p.m.

May 5thCINCO DE MAYO MIXER

LA PALMA TOASTMASTERSCharter CelebrationCity of La Palma Council Chambers6:30 p.m.

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Upcoming Chamber EventsMay 22CAR SHOW

Central ParkLa Palma, Ca

June 5 thru Jun 6RELAY FOR LIFE

2010 Buena Park/La PalmaSat. 10 a.m. Opening Buena Park Jr. High Track6931 West Orangethorpe Ave.Buena Park, CA 90620

July 21QUARTERLY NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Hosted by: La Palma Intercommunity Hospital7901 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

AugustLEGISLATIVE MIXER

OctoberCASINO NIGHT

October 12CANDIDATES NIGHT

La Palma Community Center7901 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623

October 20QUARTERLY NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Hosted by: La Palma Intercommunity Hospital7901 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 906237:30 – 8:30 a.m.

December 18CHRISTMAS FOOD & TOY DRIVE

EmploymentSocial Secretary

(This is a part-time volunteer position)Assists the director in the coordination of events, networking functions, sends

invitations, and arranges decorations and other details as needed.

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LCD Treasurer Betty Walter; Former LCD President Lynn Hutton; Former State President Geri Boone

portunities to Asian Pacific American art-ists by producing classic plays, Broadway musicals, and stories specific to the Asian American experience. In 1998, East West Players moved to its current 240-seat home, the David Henry Hwang Theater at the historic Union Center for the Arts in downtown Los Angeles Little Tokyo district. The theater now serves more than 10,000 people each year through the main-stage production and arts educational pro-grams serving youth and under-represent-ed Asian Pacific islander communities.

This East West Players Theater for Youth Tour is made possible by the gen-erous support of Southern California Edi-son.

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said when it rains the roof leaks.The agreement with Cerritos calls for

the city to lease the entire District prop-erty for 55 years. The plan is to build 247 affordable senior apartments, a senior

center similar to but smaller to the one on 183rd street, and develop a park im-mediately to the east of the senior center. The development will be called Cuesta Villas. In addition Cerritos has purchased two properties fronting on 166th Street to house the District offices and on Moore Street where the warehouse and nutrition services will be located and which will be

remodeled to meet the district needs. The new District site will have ap-

proximately 172 parking spaces and 2.8 acres of land. The warehouse and nutri-tion services will have 47 parking spaces.

During the construction period needed to build Cuesta Villas, the District will not have to pay rent on the new district of-fices nor on the warehouse and nutrition services building. The city will renovate

the two properties on 166th Street for an estimated $4 million before the district moves into the buildings.

At the end of the 55-year lease, all properties and buildings will revert back to the school district. ABC also can pur-chase its new location on 166th Street and Moore Street if it so wishes in the future.

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Fiesta after the 11:30 a.m. Mass starting on Sunday, April 18th. Proceeds from the raffle drawings will help to defray church expenses and support the church’s charitable activities.

Besides selling tickets and collecting ticket returns, the Fiesta Committee is currently looking for volunteers to help staff the game and food booths and also for businesses who wish to sponsor a booth. Businesses who wish to sponsor a booth are asked to call Josie Ninofranco at 714-761-6375. Persons who wish to help work in the game or food booths are asked to contact Christine or George Wel-sch, Chairmen of the Fiesta Committee, at 714-402-9755.

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to encourage parents to apply for match-ing grants money from their employers. He’s also hoping to improve on the PTA’s website.

“These are just some of the ways to get more community involvement, bring the parents closer together and keep them informed so we can stay a close-knit com-munity.”

Nakamura was born in Los Angeles in 1968, grew up in Walnut, and wanted to be an architect like his father—or maybe even an engineer. “While other kids liked tearing things a part, I always liked build-ing things or putting things together and seeing how they work.”

While most kids were playing conven-tional sports, he preferred riding his BMX bike at high speeds just for the thrill of it all. When he was a freshman in high school, his father unexpectedly died. “That was a tough time for me,” said Na-kamura, but it didn’t stop him from stay-ing active.

He attended community college, but money was tight, so he started working full-time as a manager for a transport com-pany. Eventually, he would become gen-eral manager of a local trucking company, get married to his beautiful wife Lori in 2000, and begin raising his two children Ryan and Lauryn.

Yet he still needed to keep active so he started boating with his family, and he now owns a 23-foot open bow pleasure boat that can hold up to 12 people. He had the opportunity to show it off as part of the Luther float in last year’s La Palma Days parade that was celebrating its Silver Jubilee.

He also loves all forms of dirt bikes and skydiving—he’s jumped over 150 times.

When he wasn’t enjoying extreme sports, he was volunteering his time as a friend of children at the Orangewood Home. “That experience made me feel bad that they didn’t have the great life that I had, and I was grateful for my wife and family.”

Los Cerritos Center adds Lazy Dog Cafe to expansion line-up

Just weeks from its anticipated open-ing date of May 7, 2010, Los Cerritos Center today announced that another new name, Lazy Dog Cafe, will join the line-up for the center's new expansion.

When the expansion opens on May 7, Los Cerritos Center will introduce a new, 139,000-square foot Nordstrom store and 36,400 square feet of new in-line stores, including already announced retail-ers, True Religion, M.A.C Cosmetics, Foreign Exchange, Love Culture, Carlton Hair and Vision Shoes. Lazy Dog Cafe plans to open in 2011.

"Our expansion at Los Cerritos Center is about more – more fashion, more dining, more brands – in response to strong demand from this market. Lazy Dog Cafe will help us offer a more complete experience for shoppers and another great dining option," said Ken Kraus, property manager for Los Cerritos Center.

The Lazy Dog Cafe at Los Cerritos Center will be the eighth location of the Southern California concept that com-bines a comfortable, contemporary atmo-sphere with an internationally-inspired menu.

Los Cerritos Center continues to demonstrate a strong draw for new retail-ers. Most recently, Forever 21 chose Los Cerritos Center for one of its largest stores to date, a new, 86,000-square foot department-store concept that opened in January 2010 in the former Mervyns space. Once Nordstrom opens in its new location, the original Nordstrom building at the shopping center also will offer new opportunities for additional retail uses.

The new stores will open at 10 a.m. Friday, May 7. The shopping center will celebrate the new expansion with a "Light Up Cerritos" event at 7 p.m. on Friday to introduce a new sculpture by Brian Tolle, a well known creator of public art who is a faculty member at the New School in New York City. Shoppers may also enter a $10,000 sweepstakes at www.InspireYourStyle.com through May 24, and enjoy gift-with-purchase offers and a special Spring Essentials Savings Guide May 7 - 9.

Nakamura has also participated in the Special Olympics and the LA Marathon as a way to provide community service and to give back to society. “I’m always ready to go and help out when I can. We should all do our part to make people’s lives a little better.”

Rendering of the proposed 247 low to moderate income senior apartments to be located on the southeast corner of 166th Street and Norwalk Boulevard. Named “Cuesta Vil-las” the apartments will be a gated community. Cost of the project will be financed by the Cerritos Redevelopment Agency.

Gahr High School to host car show

In conjunction with Gahr High School, the athletic department will be putting on a car show and hopping contest Saturday, May 15 at the school at 11111 Artesia Blvd. Roll in is from 8:00 a.m.-noon while the car show is from

noon-6:00 p.m.Donations of $20 for cars and trucks,

$15 for motorcycles and $10 for bikes and pedal cars. 50/50 raffles, first and second place trophies, a DJ and live entertainment.

For more information, call Henry at (562) 403-0076 or Ray at (951) 567-9727. You can also visit www.Reflection-sCC.com.

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