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Cerritos Council Approves Redevelopment Sumto State Pending Supreme Court DecisionBy Jerry Bernstein

The Cerritos City Council, at its Aug. 11 meeting, reluctantly voted to pay $9,339,030 to the State in order to main-tain the citys Redevelopment Agency.

Under AB 27 the payment would be paid in two equal installments due on Jan. 15 and May 15, 2012. However the California Supreme Court, in a case brought on by the California Redevelop-ment Association and the League of Cali-fornia Cities, ordered a stay on the legis-lation until the court decides in January whether the legislature violated the state constitution in eliminating the agencies.

City Attorney Mark Steres said the

Stolen car plows into house at Clarkdale and 183rd in Artesia

Hawaiian Gardens Plans Stalemated for New Veterans and Safety Services MemorialsBy Larry Caballero

A Request by Hawaiian Gardens City Staff to approve conceptual plans for a new Veterans Memorial Plaza located at the Civic Center and a new Public Safety Services Memorial Plaza located at the Public Library was tabled Aug. 9 when Councilmembers disagreed on whether the projects should be approved as one item or separate items.

Councilmember Michi Oyama Cana-da, the deciding vote, was unable to at-tend the Council meeting.

When it became apparent that there was no consensus among the four mem-bers, Councilmember Farfan expressed disappointment that the completion of the projects had been stalemated.

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One suspect arrested near City Hall, one flees on foot and remains at large.

By Randy Economy

A stolen vehicle driven by a teenage male plowed into a house located on the

Artesia Council Awards Bid forDowntown Revitalization Project By Jerry Bernstein

The Artesia City Council awarded a bid of $1,994,678.60 to Griffith Com-pany of Tustin for the Artesia Down-town Revitalization Project consisting of sidewalk and roadway improvements, landscape center medians, curb-side landscaped planters, new entry monu-ments, new street trees, new pedestrian benches, trash receptacles and bike racks,

The project improvements are along Pioneer Boulevard between 183rd Street and 188 Street.

Work is expected to begin sometime in September.

The Council sent a proposal by the Parks and Recreation Commission

Norwalk Forced to Cut Back on Funding for Local Community GroupsBy Randy Economy

Local Norwalk community based or-ganizations that serve the needs of the homeless, battered women, seniors, and the disabled will have to find more pri-vate funding resources due to mandated reductions from the United States De-partment of Housing and Urban Devel-opment.

In a report to the Norwalk City Council on Tuesday night, Planning and Community Development Director Kurt Anderson told the city council that the recently adopted city budget would have to be revised and updated due to newly projected federal funding shortfalls.

Anderson said that $299,720 in previ-ously projected expenditures would have

Front of the house in Artesia that was struck by a stolen truck. The truck went into the living room, destroying most of the room but leaving a Virgin of Guadalupe statue intact. Two people sleeping in the house were shaken but unhurt.

corner of 183rd Street and Clarkdale Avenue Tuesday morning, according to members of the Lakewood Sheriffs Station.

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Hawaiian Gardens Residents Hold Re-election Barbecue for Mayor and Councilman

Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Mike Gomez and Councilmember Victor Farfan and son, ABC School Board member James Kang with Hawaiian Gardens residents Sung Bin Lee, Yei Whan Kim, Yoon Joo Lim, Young Kyun Kim, and Jae Soon Lee at bar-becue held Aug 13 in support of Gomez and Farfans re-election to the city council.Story on page 11.

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Cerritos Ironwood Womens Golf Club winners of the July ace of the month were (l-r) Yvonne Payne, A flight winner; Judy OLeary, B flight winner; and Mary Kim, C flight winner. Each month the ladies compete for the lowest net score to become Ace of the month. At the end of the year the winners from each month compete for the title Ace of Aces in which the winner in each flight receive a piece of crystal at the clubs award banquet. The group plays each Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. Anyone interested in coming a member should contact Sharon Hamel at (562) 598-6165 or Mary Turner at (562) 869-6441.

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By Randy Economy

The deadly West Nile Virus case load here in Cerritos and throughout Los Angeles County is now being called an epidemic by officials at the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District.

During this past week, three more dead American Black Crows found in Cerritos have been confirmed as carriers of the WNV, bringing the season case totals to 21 within the 90703 zip code.

In addition to the bird deaths, nine active mosquito pools have been confirmed here in Cerritos, more than any other municipality throughout Los Angeles County.

In addition active mosquito pool totals are rising in Norwalk (four pools), Lakewood, (four pools) and one active mosquito location has been found in Hawaiian Gardens.

Cerritos now accounts for 21 of the total 45 overall cases confirmed here in Los Angeles County, according to statistics released Monday. In just one week, GLACVCD has reported another 9 WNV positive dead birds and 60 WNV positive mosquito samples col-lected from all over the Districts 1,330

square mile service area.Cerritos now accounts for more than 50% of the cases countywide.

Mosquitoes breed more rapidly in warm weather, says Public Informa-tion Officer Crystal Brown. With a higher abundance of mosquitoes comes a higher risk of West Nile virus trans-mission.

Officials also pointed out that this weeks case totals were the first con-firmed cases of West Nile Virus in Los Angeles City, La Habra Heights, Hacienda Heights, Los Feliz, South El Monte, Sunland, and West Hills for 2011.

This brings the Districts total to 45 WNV positive dead birds, 174 WNV positive mosquito samples, and four sentinel chickens with antibodies so far this year.

Getting the Word OutWere using every available me-

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Officials also warned that residents throughout Cerritos, Norwalk, Lake-wood and Hawaiian Gardens should take note of the significant increase in West Nile virus activity this week and make sure to follow the simple steps to prevent mosquito bites.

Residents are reminded if they see a dead bird on your property to immedi-ately call the Vector Control offices in Santa Fe Springs at (877) WNV-BIRD.

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The field of candidates for the up-coming November 8th Consolidated Election have been finalized for local school and college boards of trustee and one of two lo-cal city council elections has been deter-mined due to a lack of legally qualified chal-lengers.

A r t e s i a City Council

Only two people filed for the two open four year terms in Artesia. On We d n e s d a y, Aug. 17, as of 5 p.m., in-cumbent City C o u n c i l m a n Tony Lima and popular c o m m u n i t y leader Miguel Canales had met the legal requirements to run and will be declared Duly Elected by county election officials later this Fall.

One possible candidate Steven Bur-dett Rorick decided at the 11th hour not to file for the campaign after pulling nomination papers late last week. Since Lima and Canales are the only two qual-ified candidates, both will be deemed duly elected after certification by city and county election officials.

Canales, when notified by the Los Cerritos Community News late Wednesday afternoon that his potential opponent had dropped out of the cam-paign responded, Fantastic. We have been campaigning for eight months. We worked hard and took this campaign se-riously, Canales said.

Canales said he looked forward to putting together aggressive business recruitment and to meet the many eco-nomic challenges that face Artesia. It is very surreal, he added.

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city council seats. Incumbent Mayor Mike Gomez and Councilman Victor Farfan will be challenged by hopefuls Mauricio Arroyo, Adrian Avelar, Janeth Arias and Kathy Trimble.

ABCUSD School Board Unex-pired Term

Voters will be electing five new school board members in two different races.

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In the un-expired term campaign, the candidates are Lynda John-son, Cindy Yen Chen, Mansour Mei-sami, and Soo Y. Yoo. All four of the candidates are residents of Cerritos.

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Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

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Rio Hondo CollegeIn the election for Area 4 with the

Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees that represents the area of Norwalk (north of Imperial Highway, and Santa Fe Springs, and Los Nietos area), in-cumbent Gary Mendez will face chal-lengers Margarita G. Macendonio, Ronald Gonzalez Lawrence, and Frank Francis Vasquez.

The Los Cerritos Community News will be having non-stop election cover-age on our website at www.loscerrito-snews.net.

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Tony Lima and Miguel Canales celebrate the declaration of "duly elected".

Mendoza, Knabe Supporters Clash Over County Redistricting PlanMendoza calls for more Latino Districts.

By Randy Economy

Hundreds of local community leaders, residents, and organizations swarmed into the Kenneth Hahn Board of Supervisors Hearing Room last week and demanded that the board maintain the current district boundaries for the next 10 years and that only slight modifications are implemented.

The Board of Supervisors are in the process of selecting between one of two proposed redistricting plans and both couldnt be more different.

One plan, known as S1 would shift as many as 3 million voters into differ-ent Supervisorial districts and would, supporters claim, create two new Latino majority voting districts.

The other proposed plan, known as A2, would unite some current commu-nities of interest and would have a much less dramatic impact on the total number of voters being shifted into a new dis-trict.

Latino activists, including Assembly-man Tony Mendoza, the Chairman of the California State Assembly Latino Cau-cus spoke out against keeping the status quo and in support of Plan S2. Mendoza, who represents the Cerritos, Artesia and Norwalk area in the State Assembly took on Supervisor Knabe during the packed

public hearing last week and claimed that a member of one of the Supervisors staff told him directly that theres noth-ing that currently prevents a Latino from running for, and being elected as super-visor of any of the five county supervi-sor seats.

Then Mendoza said that I spent 10 years on the Artesia City Council and five years in the State Assembly and I know what the political realities are. Even a well-known Latino cant win against Supervisor Knabe when the main goal (of redistricting) is to re-elect Supervi-sor Knabe by approving a district that is dominated by coastal communities that dont share anything in common with the San Gabriel Valley cities.

No Latino can win there against an entrenched incumbent, and the sad part is, that in his heart the Supervisor (Knabe) knows this, Mendoza testified. The third term Assemblyman, who is not eligible to run for a fourth two year slot in the State Assembly in 2012 due to voter mandated term limits, asked when is politics as usual enough?

Knabes motion for the A2 Plan would unite Silverlake into the First District; unite unincorporated Florence/Firestone into the Second District; unite Playa del Rey into the Fourth District, and unite Unincorporated West Whittier and the City of Santa Fe Springs in to the Fourth District.

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Artesia in Action will take its first project of a property clean up at 11825 168th Street this Saturday, August 20, from 8 a.m. to noon. The property, a warehouse, is filled with junk, trash, trees, and other debris that badly needs to be cleaned up. Leading the project is New Life Community Church.

Artesia in Action is a conglomerate of churches that aims to bring restoration and hope to the community by building partnerships between churches, busi-nesses, residents, and city government. It owes part of its inspiration from a simi-lar organization in Comption, called The Compton Initiative.

In 2005, a church in Paramount had a

good idea to help neighboring Compton. While that church initiated the program, the people of Compton took ownership of it. The mayor, city council, local busi-nesses, civic and religious organizations all partnered to form one united force for change in Compton. This is the goal for Artesia in Action, for citizens to take ownership of their city and care for it.

Mayor Victor Manalo said, I cant stress enough how much the City ap-preciates volunteer groups like Artesia in Action. More then ever, volunteer efforts from our citizens are showing us that they are the true face behind what makes a city a community.

Artesia in Action isnt a religious organization, it is a citizens volunteer group. As such, all citizens are invited to participate in making Artesia a better, and cleaner, place. To sign up for future clean-ups with Artesia in Action, visit www.nl-cc.org/CommunityImpact.

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Weekly crime summaryAugust 8-14, 2011

Part I felony investigations rose from sixteen to twenty-two last week. Increases were noted in residential and vehicle burglaries. Robberies and com-mercial burglaries remained the same, and vehicle thefts declined. Calls for service were lower again at 259 after 267 were handled by patrol personnel the previous week. The current 2011 weekly average in calls for service is 272.

There was one robbery reported. A female victim was robbed at gunpoint by lone suspect on Friday August 12 at 8:25 p.m. while in a lot in the 11800 block of Del Amo Boulevard. Her purse, rings, watch, and shoes were taken.

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Vehicle burglaries increased from five to seven last week. In an unusual occurrence, only three were from high-volume commercial parking lots. Four SUVs were targeted. Property stolen included third-row seats (from SUVs), cameras, a stroller, purses, wallets, and a charger. The 2011 weekly average in vehicle burglaries remained at 6.2.

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Vehicle thefts were down again from three to one last week. An SUV was stolen from high-volume commercial parking lot. The 2011 weekly average in vehicle thefts is 2.9.

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Cerritos Residents Pack Town Hall MeetingBy Larry Caballero

Cerritos Sheriffs Captain Joe Gon-zales was pleased at the huge turnout Aug. 17 in the Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park for a Neighborhood Watch Town Hall meeting where residents would hear a recap of crime in Cerritos.

Gonzales also promised residents that they would have the opportunity to speak to law enforcement and Com-munity and Safety Services personnel about any safety concerns they may have.

There was much data that the resi-dents could be proud of, especially in the Violent Crimes section, that showed a drop of -50.4% over a 5 year period in the YTD Crime Rate 2011/2010 and a -27.7% one-year change in YTD Crime Rate 2011/2010.

Additional data over the same periods included: Criminal Homicide 0.0% 0.0% Forcible Rape 0.0% 0.0% Robbery -54.6% -17.6% Aggravated Assault -41.0% -36.8%

Property crimes were also way down over these periods that included: Larceny Theft -2.7% -4.0% Grand Theft Auto -53.7% -39.6% Arson -72.6% -80.4%

Then Gonzales began to address the 80-pound gorilla in the roomBurglary that showed a 45.0% increase over five years and a one-year change of 32.6%. Residents were advised to call the Sheriffs Station at any timeday or nightto report a possible crime.

We are on duty 24-7, seven days a week and on holidays, said Gonza-les, in order to protect you and your property. He reminded residents that they are the eyes and ears of the com-munity.

Deputy Jeff Deedrick has a mother who lives in Cerritos, and of course, he is even more motivated to keep Cer-ritos safe. Yet it isnt always easy since Cerritos is like a sweet fruit tree that is ripe for picking by criminals who enter Cerritos from other areas.

Deedrick said that even if Cerritos has the fastest response time in Los An-geles County, they could do even better with the residents help.

Neighbors need to know their neighbors, said Deedrick, and you

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He was shocked to learn that his mother would not answer the door if a stranger knocked, and she would not say anything, hoping the stranger would just go away. He told her that she had been lucky no one had broken down her door to enter, thinking that no one was at home.

You should always say something, said Deedrick, such as to come back later or that you are busy and cannot open the door.

Gonzales informed residents that the highest number of calls come to the Sheriffs Station between 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm, June through September.

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question is whether the court will make a decision on or before Jan. 15. He said he believed the councils action in adopt-ing the ordinance is prudent since the city doesnt know which way the courts deci-sion will go.

Councilmember Joseph Cho asked where the $9 million would come from to pay the state. City Manager Art Gallucci said $3 million will be borrowed from the Redevelopment Agency and $6 million, with no pay back from Housing Funds We have been advised not to make a pay-ment until this has been resolved by the court.

Councilmember Mark Pulido asked what the sunset dates were for the citys Redevelopment Agency? Gallucci said Los Coyotes District will expire in 2014 plus 10 but with no new development and the Redevelopment Agency in 2028.

In other business the council approved turf improvement at the Sports Complex for approximately 25,000 sq, ft. of GN-1 Hybird Bermuda to repair the Sports Com-plex sport fields. Parks and Trees Super-intendent Tod Kuh said the park includes approximately 29 acres. Cost of the turf replacement is $12,072.50 that includes installation of the sod.

RedistrictingThe council reviewed the preliminary

final Assembly, Senate and Congressional Districts maps by the Citizens Restricting Commission authorized by the voters with the passage of Proposition 11 in November 2006. On June 23 of this year the council reviewed the maps first draft that aligned the city with Orange County cities.

The council rejected the maps and asserted Cerritos should remain with its neighboring Los Angeles County cities, which it historically has had close re-gional ties through common goals, proj-ects and association. Councilmembers generally approved the preliminary final maps, citing the opinion while they were not perfect Cerritos was placed in districts with cities it historically has had a work-ing relationship with.

The new preliminary final maps are listed below:

Assembly: Cerritos, Artesia, Bell-flower, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Downey, Montebello and Pico Rivera.

Senate: Cerritos, Artesia, Bellflower, Commerce, Downey Hawaiian Gardens, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, Monte-bello, Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs and Whittier and Buena Park in Orange County.

Congressional: Cerritos, Artesia, Ha-waiian Gardens, Lakewood, La Mirada, Montebello, Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, South El Monte, Whittier and La Palma in Orange County.

REDEVLOPMENT from page 1reducing the Cinco de Mayo special event budget to $1,700 down from $2,500.

Mayor Victor Manalo said the Commission would like to reduce the budget to $1,200 and have the council members contribute $100 each from their expense accounts to make up the $500 needed to reach $1,700.

He said he was not in favor of making the cut but if the Commission wanted to discuss a cross the board cut to save money the council would be open for discussion.

The council also approved a Parks and Recreation Commissions the routes for the Artesia Express, the local bus service operated by the Old-timers Foundation within the bound-aries of the city.

The Express operates within the boundaries of Alondra Boulevard to the north, Del Amo Boulevard to the south, Valley View on the east and Bellflower Boulevard on the west Monday through Friday between the hors of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The shuttle also serves 16 satel-lite points outside the city limits that includes medical centers, Social Security office in Norwalk, St. Marys Medical Center in Long Beach,

Lakewood Regional Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente on Imperial Avenue and on Rosecrans Avenue.

Mayor pro tem John Lyons in-quired if their were additional sites the shuttle went to additional to serve seniors.

The city manager replied if there is a need the shuttle service can be con-tacts and arrangements can be made.

In other business the Council ap-proved the purchase of a Ford Escape hybrid from Huntington Beach Ford in the amount of $30,504.37.

The new vehicle will replace the citys green van which was de-scribed as being in a state of erosion.

The city has appropriated funds for the vehicle replacement in its restricted fund item from the Southern California Air Quality Management District for budget year 2011-12.

The council approved a request permitting a new 2,834 sq. ft. restau-rant located at 18616 Pioneer Blvd. located in the Old Downtown Area.

Applicant is Vankatesh Kokand has agreed to pay an in-lieu parking fee for parking not provided on site.

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Back in the day my little sister was quite the socialite when my family moved to Orange County for several strange years. As a third grader she was a stylish trendsetter with her RCA Victor portable record player and one single, sensational record that sped on the turntable at 45 r.p.m.s. That same disc became the center of action at THE social event of the year a Twist Party. Every kid in her class attended and gyrated to a sweaty fare thee well at Chubby Checkers hit record of 1960. When parents came to collect the young hipsters they might have been ordered to get down to Wallachs Music City and put down the $1 to buy a copy. Since that day, Chubby Checkers song has been played at least a trillion times on top-40 radio and in homes across the globe. Recently, a poll listed the humble tune as the favorite pop single of all-time. But that was 1960 and even with my math skills that makes it 51 years old and the singer something beyond those years. The question was can Chubby still twist?

Surprise number one was seeing the old twister looking so healthy and fit, even wearing skinny jeans believe it or not. Second surprise is that he can still sing, moreover, he can still rock pretty darn good. The show was so stimulating that many of the Boomers present felt compelled to get up on the stage and you guessed it, twist. Chubby Checker

is a seasoned pro and he did what has always made him an enduring and en-dearing figure in pop: he sang one good song after another without as much as a heartbeat in between. They came in breathless succession: Good Lovin, Little Bitty Pretty One, Pony Time, Limbo Rock, and I Heard It Through the Grapevine all evergreens from pop history along with nice imitations of other masters like Fats Domino (Im Walking and Blueberry Hill) and even Elvis (Stuck on You). Yet the crowd came to twist and Chubby sang all of those songs including Twisting U.S.A., Lets Twist Again, Twist It Up and the very grand finale of the Twist that saw many come dangerously close to a chiropractic visit in the near future. This was a good natured and energetic show with the Wildcats accompanying with strong rhythm and blues backing, even with a couple of guitarists that probably never saw a turntable, let alone the one with the .45 spindle. Also there was a generous amount of audience par-ticipation including one woman of the Boomer vintage whose hucklebuck brought the house down. The audience loved it and gave the man two standing Os at the conclusion.

The afternoon concert was opened by comedian Scott Wood who was very funny for just the right amount of time, working clean and clever throughout. Danny and the Junior performed some pretty frisky Doo Wop as the curtain raising act including some real clas-sics from the Rock and Roll vault like Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay, Pony Express, and the classic At the Hop that made some memories stir in many a chair at the Center.

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The show kicks off with THE CON-TOURS FEATURING SYLVESTER POTTS, revered for its dazzling choreog-raphy, impeccable harmonies, and time-less Motown grooves. THE SPANIELS, best celebrated for the hits Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight and Baby Its You, is considered the first successful Midwestern R&B group credited with originating the trend of using Tap dance routines in live shows. .

KATHY YOUNG was discovered in the audience of an L.A. teen dance program headed by deejay and game-show host Wink Martindale. Weeks later,

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Formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960, THE VOLUMES sailed into the spotlight with its hit I Love You.

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Members of the Cerritos Special Olympic Swim Team were acknowledge for their hard work and accomplishments by the Cerritos City Council at its Aug. 11 meeting with a proclamation citing their achievements in competition.

Mayor Carol Chen cited the swim teams numerous awards at competition events, including gold, silver and bronze medals. She said several members were selected to compete in the Special Olym-pics Southern California Summer Games at California State University in Long Beach on June 11 and June 12.

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Tom Tislow, parent of one of the team members, thanked the council for taking the time out of their meeting to recognize the team members. It means a lot to the kids, he stated, and to the parents who have encouraged their children to partici-pate in the Special Olympics.

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stolen from a location in Lakewood. According to Sgt. Christopher Neeper of the Lakewood station, an hour later a call dispatchers received a call that a car matching that same description had crashed into a house located on the corner of 183rd Street and Clarkdale in Artesia.

According to Sgt. Neeper the driver of the stolen vehicle was apprehended at the scene, and was placed under arrest. Since the 17 year old suspect is a minor, his name is being withheld. At least one other passenger riding in the stolen vehicle was seen fleeing the crash location and heading away from Clarkdale. He is described at a male Hispanic approximately 18 years of age.

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Luckily no one was at home inside the house, or this could have been very tragic. Sgt. Neeper said.

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to be slashed from the cities 2011-12 Community Development Block Grant funds and an additional $69,690 would also have to be cut from the HOME Program.

An additional 13% reduction in city provided funds to group such as the Little House (substance abuse services), Low Cost Community Counseling Center Su Casa Domestic Abuse Network, the Southern California Rehabilitation, LA CADA (substance abuse) and from Com-munity Family Guidance.

Given the current economic need in the community, the Social Services De-partment wished to maintain the $50,000 funding level for Emergency Assistance, Anderson said is his report to the City Council. He also told the city council that the remaining $114,489 would be available for funding the Social Service Agencies and would represent an approx-imate 13% reduction in funding to each local community based organization that receives these funds annually.

Vice Mayor Cheri Kelley said that these funding reductions were going to make it more difficult for our local groups to do more with less.

West Nile UpdateCrystal Brown, Public Information

Officer with the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, also gave the Council a 15-minute update on the West Nile Virus epidemic.

Brown said that during the past week, four active pools of mosquitoes in-fected with the deadly West Nile Virus (WNV) have been confirmed within Nor-walk. She said that officials from Vector Control converged on a one square mile area of Norwalk over this past weekend going door to door to educate commu-nity members about the dangers of the vi-rus. (See additional update in this edition of the Los Cerritos Community News).

Brown also said that Vector Control is going to continue to closely moni-tor neighborhoods throughout Norwalk during the next several weeks to deter-mine where any additional mosquito hot spots might develop. She urged Nor-walk residents to eliminate all unwanted puddles of water, including back yard swimming pools that may been contain stagnated water.

We are now dealing with a West Nile epidemic here, and now is the time for the entire community to become aware of the

situation, Brown told council members. All City Band A Hit in NYCThe Norwalk All City Band also gave

a video and slide presentation on their re-cent trip to New York City. The famed local musical marching and concert band performed at several New York City landmarks, including near the historical Broadway Theater district, Ground Zero and other venues throughout the Big Apple.

Councilman Marcel Rodarte, and Councilman Leonard Shryock, both for-mer members of the Norwalk All City Band during their high school days, said it makes all of us in Norwalk proud when our young people can be a positive role model representing Norwalk as musical ambassadors.

Vista Verde Park ImprovementsThe Council also approved a plan that

will improve existing facilities at Vista Verde Park, located on Ratliff Street. The approval now allows for the Norwalk Parks and Recreation Services Depart-ment to begin the bidding and ultimate construction of a new mens and womans restroom at the park, and improvements to the current office building at the popu-lar neighborhood park. Dave Verhaaf, Di-rector of Recreation and Parks Services said that first phase of the project will be advertised with a bid opening date of Oct. 4.

Verhaaf said that the funds for the proj-ect and construction of the 1,000 square foot building will come from Roberti Z-Berg Harris grant funds from the state of California, and from Norwalks General Fund.

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Knabe said that his current revisions to the A-2 Plan would actually increase the Latino population in the Fourth Dis-trict to over 43%. Knabe, who is also a former Cerritos City Councilman, May-or and Planning Commissioner said that A-2 would minimize disruptions and preserves the ability of cohesive mi-nority groups to elect candidates of their choice, but does not use race as a pre-dominate factor in adjusting the bound-aries.

Norwalk Mayor Mike Mendez tes-tified that he supports the A-2 plan and said that Supervisor Knabe has been a champion for everyone in this region, and that includes Latinos. Mendez even questioned the political motives of those who support carving up Los Angeles County during the current eco-nomic challenges throughout the county and nation.

Other area elected officials and com-munity leaders who testified in support of the A-2 plan included Cerritos Mayor Carol Chen, Cerritos Councilman Jim Edwards, Signal Hill Mayor Larry For-rester, Vivian Hansen, Executive Direc-tor of the Norwalk Regional Chamber of Commerce, Catherine Gaughen, Ex-ecutive Director of the Cerritos Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Along with Mendoza, those also speaking in support of the S-2 plan in-cluded representatives from the Mexi-can-American Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Association for the Ad-vancement of Colored People (NAACP). Most of those groups promised legal ac-tion and law suits if the S-2 Plan was not adopted.

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who is the only African American mem-ber of the Board, said We need to do all that we can to comply with the Vot-ing Rights Act, while avoiding a (costly) lawsuit.

The Board voted 5-0 to continue the item till September 6th.

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in the Suburban League, last place16-36 overall last five seasonsHead coach: Joe Veach (second full season, 1-16)Lost 10 seniors out of 30 from 2010 opening day roster2011 scheduleSept. 2 @ Huntington Park (3-7 last season)Sept. 9 Whittier (0-10)Sept. 16 @ Long Beach Wilson (6-5)Sept. 23 Gahr (5-5)Sept. 30 @ Norwalk (7-5)Oct. 7 @ La Mirada (7-4)Oct. 14 BYEOct. 21 Bellflower (5-6)Oct. 28 Cerritos (3-7)Nov. 4 @ John Glenn (2-8)Nov. 11 Mayfair (8-5)

Normally, coaches and players would want to forget about a winless season. But not Artesia head coach Joe Veach. Despite a Suburban League team go-ing 0-10 for the fourth time since 2003, Veach still found one good thing from a very young squad that only had 30 play-ers on the opening day roster.

I totally want to remember the 0-10 record and I have it painted all over our weight room walls, Veach said. I tell

the kids all the time, if you want to get that off the walls, win a game. We [also] have it inside our racks in the weight room. We talk about it before practice and after practice of what happened last year and how we dont want anything like that to happen again.

The Pioneers will again field a small team but the experience of the sopho-mores and juniors from last season should help in putting together some victories. Artesia hasnt made the playoffs since 2008 and has only three winning seasons since 2004, all resulting in trips to the postseason.

Going into this year, I feel a lot bet-ter than I did going into last year, Veach said. Were not going to have the talent that they have at a lot of the schools in the area. But we have 28-32 guys who I think are totally committed to play and work their butt off and to get better. Thats what were out here for.

OFFENSEArtesia scored just 117 points in 2010

and scored no more than one touchdown in five of its first six games. In fact, it was tough to get the Pioneers going as they scored seven first half points in the first seven games of the season. When the offense finally got going, junior quarter-back Francisco Galan was getting a feel for what varsity high school football is all about. Of the six touchdowns Galan threw, four came in the eighth and ninth games combined. He will be the teams number one signal caller with junior Jere-my Gaskin his backup. Gaskin threw two touchdown passes in the early part of the season.

We really put him behind the eight-ball, Veach said. There wasnt a whole lot of success that he could have had. But I think last year right around the Cerritos game (Oct. 22), we saw a turnaround in him where the light went off in him. We saw him get better from that point on ev-ery single week. I expect him to take a huge leap forward.

Protecting Galan and Gaskin on the line will be sophomore left tackle Lene Lauti, senior left guard Mose Anipale, sophomore center Fidel Palomo or junior Daniel Sanchez, senior right guard Orse Monroe and senior right tackle Adrian Mendoza. Only Mendoza is a returning lineman.

The ground game will be led by se-nior James Leblue, junior Brian Stewart and sophomore Jose Soto. Stewart moves from the left tackle spot he occupied last season. The strength of the offense will be in the receiving department where the Pioneers return seniors Jerry Bumpas and Darius Pyles and junior Jason Latchison. Joining the crew is senior Cesar Soto.

Were set pretty good out there, Veach said. Darius is still unpolished but he has made huge strides from last year.

He catches the ball a hundred times better that he caught the ball last year. Jerry is somebody who doesnt have a lot of top end speed but runs his smart routes well and catches the ball and has decent size.

DEFENSEAs bad as the offense was, the defense

was even worse. The Pioneers allowed 505 points with every opponent scoring at least 30 points. The Pioneers found them-selves trailing by at least two touchdowns in the first quarter in the first seven games. The line will be occupied by pretty much the same players as on the offensive line as well as Pyles. Seniors David Murphy, Darrell Potts and Darren Potts (corner-back), sophomore Anthony Roldan, Cesar Soto (free safety) and Jose Soto will be in the secondary while Bumpas, Gaskin, Latchison, Leblue, Marquez and Stewart will be the key linebackers.

SCHEDULEThis seasons non-Suburban League

slate is a much more favorable one than what was staring Artesia in the eyes the past two seasons. Gone are the likes of Edison, Millikan, Villa Park and West-minster. The Pioneers scored a total of 40 points against those teams in six games over the past two years. Veach said that the Huntington Park match-up is more comparable because the two schools are similar in population and size. He added that it will be a good game for us in zero week.

Something will give when the Pio-neers open their home schedule against the Cardinals. It will be the first meeting with Whittier since 2006, a 19-13 Artesia victory. Artesia is 5-7 against Gahr in the last 12 meetings and after that, two road games to open up league action await the Pioneers. In the past six games, Artesia is 3-3 against Norwalk at Excelsior Sta-dium. Bellflower is the last league op-ponent the Pioneers have yet to face on homecoming night in the past 13 years. Artesias best success in league the past 13 seasons has come against John Glenn as it has won 10 games against the Eagles since 1998.

Making those three preseason games, I wanted two that I knew we could play with, compete and have some success with, Veach said. And then I wanted to put one in there that was going to be a tough game. But I didnt want a Mission Viejo or an Edison.CERRITOS DONS

3-7 overall last season, 2-4 in the Suburban League, tied for fourth place8-42 overall last five seasonsHead coach: Chad Reed (third season, 4-16)Lost 12 seniors out of 51 from 2010 opening day roster2011 schedule

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Speaking to supporters Mayor Mike Gomez and Councilmember Victor Farfan-in their re-election campaign to the Hawaiian Gardens City Council-Mayor Gomez said un-

like some of their neighboring cities Hawaiian Gardens has a balanced budget, there has been no layoffs of city personnel or furloughs nor cuts to city programs. The Mayor said the council has voted to increase the

Veterans Memorial, and one had been ap-proved by the Veterans Memorial Com-mittee that provided high visibility from Pioneer Street, proximity to the Civic Center main entrance and the ability to accommodate larger groups for ceremo-nies and events.

The five-wedge star pattern Memo-rial would encompass 4500 square feet, about16 feet in diameter and 42 inches in height with accent lighting and an Inspi-rational Wall.

Councilmember Reynaldo Rodriguez was anxious to have the project com-pleted as soon as possible. I would like to get this started, said Rodriguez, after noting that the project has been in the planning stages for over a year.

Yet Rodriguez did not support only one bid on the project. We could get a

better deal with separate contracts, said Rodriguez. Councilmember Barry Bruce agreed. There are two separate projects for two separate reasons.

Farfan wasnt so sure and supported one bid because from a cost perspective, we may be over budget on the project.

Bruce argued that it was absurd to work on two projects at the same time. That was a mistake on Staffs part, said Bruce, and he accused staff of using poor judgment.

City Engineer Ismile Noorbaksh sup-ported only one bid because otherwise its going to cause problems. It makes good sense, said Noorbaksh, to stay with one bid.

Bruce said, It was crazy not to sepa-rate them, and said that Mayor Mike Gomezs concern is that the Public Safe-ty Services Memorial wont get built if it wasnt attached to the Veterans Memo-rial Project.

Bruce accused Gomez of wanting to piggy back on the Veterans Memorial

Project and attempting a stalling proce-dure.

Gomez countered that he wanted them both to go forward as soon as possible. While Bruce also favored the projects as well as Farfan and Rodriguez, there was no consensus on the bidding process. The first motion of only one bid failed by a 2-2 vote, and the second motion for separate bids failed by a 2-2 vote.

So the Request will be discussed again at the Aug. 23 meeting when Councilmember Canada will be present to break the tie.

Funding for the Veterans Memorial was not approved until Jun. 28. Esti-mated cost for the VA Memorial is about $310,000 and about $168,000 for the PSS Memorial. The final costs will be determined after the actual bidding pro-cess is completed.

Under the 2011-2012 budget, the City Council has appropriated funds in the amount of $500,000 for the two proj-ects.

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ABC School Board Member James Kang spoke to residents attend-ing a barbecue Aug. 13 held for Mayor Mike Gomez and Council-man Victor Farfan who are seeking re-election to the city council. He said the two incumbents have shown strong support for the school district over the years, noting the citys commitment in keep-ing the schools open for summer school and the Sports Complex nearing completion at Fedde Middle School.

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The Mayor said the city is a safe city now. He said Hawaiian Gardens

has partnered with the ABC Uni-fied School District and by working together we are ensuring our youths future.

School Board mem-ber James Kang said he was present because he wanted to demonstrate his support for the city and its rela-tionship with the School District.

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Farfan said the city also provides box lunch program for residents who qualify. An Arts and Crafts program and Senior Excursions at a minimum cost. He said the citys busses are wheelchair equipped. He concluded by saying, We are always open for suggestions for new programs.

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Sept. 2 @ Gabrielino (4-6 last season)Sept. 9 @ Morningside (1-9)Sept. 16 @ Gahr (5-5)Sept. 23 BYESept. 30 John Glenn (2-8)Oct. 7 El Monte (4-6)Oct. 14 Mayfair (8-5)Oct. 21 @ La Mirada (7-4)Oct. 28 @ Artesia (0-10)Nov. 4 Norwalk (7-5)Nov. 10 @ Bellflower (5-6)

Walk inside the Cerritos High weight room, look to your right and youll see a grease board that has a countdown of how many days until the first game of this season. Even more important is the countdown underneath that-how many days until Cerritos faces John Glenn. Thats all everyone associated with Dons football has been talking about as it was

Glenn which knocked Cerritos out of the playoff picture in the last week of the 2010 season. Despite a 3-7 record, Cerri-tos accomplished a lot with a young team and broke through several barriers that it hopes will continue this season.

I think we were on track for year two, Reed said. The first year I was just happy to be here. In the second year, we played in some close games and figured out how to win and hopefully in the third year, well progress. I thought last year was a good stepping stone.

Cerritos had just over 50 players on its varsity squad last season, had its best record since 2006 and had its high-est league placing since 2003. But now, the Dons took a huge hit and will field a much smaller squad due to the defec-tions of several key players that helped Cerritos turn the page. Reed says he an-ticipates around 33 players on the varsity

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On the positive side, which was bet-ter than this year, was the number of kids who were playing football, Reed said. We had all three levels and had 55 on varsity. Now, are numbers are horrible this year which I dont understand. But that was a positive last year; a lot of kids were playing.

The attention to detail still hadnt come around 100 percent, he added. Last year we figured out the kind of physical commitment of football-show-ing up every day, being on time, putting in the work at practice, how to practice. Ive emphasized that with the kids this year.

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Young is not back. So, taking his spot will be his backup, senior Bo Nelson with junior Nicholas Lee as the second stringer. Lee was primarily a tight end last season. Nelson should have several experienced targets to throw to as seniors Markel Hawkins, Montel Hawkins and Kyle Williams are the key wide receiv-ers. Add Lee and senior Jason Tompkins to that list and Reed expects to the spread the ball out more this season.

We are going to throw the ball and hes going to be a big focal part of our of-fense, Reed said of Nelson. If he lives up to his potential, I believe he can be an all-league quarterback.

The ground game suffers a bit be-cause of several players not returning but seniors Branden Wilson and Eric Pranad-jaja figure to get the bulk of the carries. If he comes back from an injury towards the end of the season, add junior Elijah Leonard to that mix. The offensive line will have one returning starter with senior Paul Luevano, who moves from right

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DEFENSECerritos will be small on this side of

the ball this season with a relatively new line up front. Along with senior Joseph Wu, the same players who will be on the offensive line will also be defensive line-men. The rest of the defense figures to be more solid with the brothers Hawkins, Tompkins and Williams in the secondary while Lee, Luevano, Pranadjaja and ju-nior Jose Mayarol as the top linebackers.

SCHEDULEReed says the Dons play better on the

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