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GLENDORA - At a cer-emony hosted by MothersAgainst Drunk Driving(MADD) on March 22nd, sevenGlendora police officers wereamong 514 Los Angeles Countylaw enforcement officers whowere honored for their ongoingefforts to combat drunk driv-ing.

Lieutenant Jamie Caldwell,Lieutenant Joe Ward, OfficerChristopher Farino, OfficerAlex Stein, Officer MichaelHowell, Officer Russell Ziinoand Officer Scott Salvage ar-rested a combined total of 160drunk drivers during the 2011deployment year. Also, for herwork as the Los Angeles CountyCoordinator for the "Avoid the100" DUI Task Force, GlendoraPolice Community ServicesOfficer Wendy Brewer receivedthe Distinguished Servicemedal.

Chief Rob Castro was onhand to warmly congratulatethe officers for their efforts,and to serve as a keynotespeaker for the ceremony. At-tended by over 640 law en-forcement officers, along withfederal, state and county offi-

Officers Honored for Anti-DUI Efforts

Lieutenant Rob Lamborghini, Lieutenant Jamie Caldwell, Chaplain Karen Davis, Officer Michael Howell, Community Services OfficerWendy Brewer, Chief Rob Castro, Officer Alex Stein, Officer Scott Salvage, Officer Russell Ziino, and Captain Tim Staab.

cials, Chief Castro gave an in-spiring speech on how regionalDUI enforcement efforts aresaving lives in Los AngelesCounty.

In 2011, Glendora policemade over 350 arrests for DUI,a 33% increase from 2010.

MADD, the California Office

of Traffic Safety, and the "Avoidthe 100" Task Force honors lo-cal law enforcement officersevery year for their efforts inthe fight against drunk driving.MADD is a nationwide, non-profit organization that works to

stop drunk driving, prevent un-derage drinking, and supportvictims, survivors, and familiesaffected by drunk driving.MADD commends the ongoingefforts and commitment of law

enforcement throughout LosAngeles County and recognizesqualifying peace officers witha specially designed recognitionplaque and pin that may be wornon his or her uniform.

By Jorge V. RosalesAZUSA - On Wednesday,

April 4, the City of Azusa anda dining room full of seniors cel-ebrated the 25th Anniversaryof the inauguration of theAzusa Senior Center locatedat 740 N. Dalton Avenue, cur-rently under the direction ofLenore Gonzales, RecreationSupervisor - Senior Services.

The celebration included afree lunch served to each per-son in attendance following thepresentation of Certificates ofRecognition by State SenatorDr. Ed Hernandez, O. D.,State Assemblyman RogerHernandez, and Azusa MayorJoe Rocha and CouncilmanRobert Gonzales to Ms.Gonzales. A video full of pastand present attendees wasplayed just prior to the toast ledby Mayor Rocha and Council-man Gonzales.

The Azusa Senior Centerhas for years provided a widevariety of social activities andservices, education programs,information, and health screen-ings in response to the needsof the local older adult popula-tion. In addition to monthly tripsor events, there are clubs suchas the Golden Age Club and

Azusa Celebrates the SeniorCenter's 25th Anniversary

Esperanza Senior Club orgames like billiard, bingo, andping pong.

Everyone 50 years old orolder is welcome to attend andto participate at the Center, re-gardless of race, creed, gen-der, or economic status.

The senior meals program isavailable to persons 60+ andtheir spouses. CongregateMeals are served at noon Mon-day through Friday. The sug-gested donation is $1.85 permeal. Guests under 60 pay $3per meal. Meals are also de-livered to Azusa residents whoare home-bound; they areserved the same meals as con-gregate participants.

Public transportation is pro-vided to and from the Centerevery day at minimal cost.Dial-A-Ride for Azusa resi-dents is $0.25 round-trip to andfrom the Senior Center.

The Case Management Pro-gram at the Azusa Senior Cen-ter is designed to assist the frail,older person to live an indepen-dent lifestyle, while remainingin their own home. This pro-gram assists frail clients withlong-term, complex problems.Service includes:

• Advocacy - The Case

Manager will assist clientswith translation and immigra-tion / naturalization problems,Social Security, SSI, Medi-Cal/ Medicare, and I.H.S.S. ap-plications or problems.

• Referrals to various com-munity agencies (i.e., Home-Delivered Meals, Dial-A-Rideand Access Services, Commu-nity Development (home re-pairs)

• Financial - Assist clientwith filing for low-income pro-grams such as H.E.A.P.,L.I.R.A. (electric company),Home-Owners Assistance(state), and Life-Line (tele-phone co.)

• Home Care - Refer clientto registry if client needs as-sistance with help in theirhome. Such help includeshousekeeping, laundry, cook-ing, some personal care, andother various domestic chores.

Lunch at the ceremony wasserved by Mayor Rocha, mem-bers of the Recreation andFamily Services Commission,and Senior Center employees.Everyone in attendance re-ceived a free aluminum travelcoffee mug embroiled with theSenior Center's 25th Anniver-sary logo.

The attendees at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Azusa Senior Center.

Assemblyman Tim Donnellywas honored to present Mrs.Rebecca Otwell with the 2012Woman of the Year Award forthe 59th Assembly District.

"Rebecca Otwell is the kindof proactive citizen that everydistrict needs. "Becky's" love forthe High Desert area is evidentin her tireless service to the lo-cal community. She is alwaysready to lend a helping hand and

Rebecca Otwell: 2012 Woman of the Year

I am proud to honor her today,"Donnelly stated.

Mrs. Otwell currently servesin a number of community or-ganizations including theHesperia Police ActivitiesLeague, the San BernardinoCounty Fair Board and the Vic-tor Valley Republican Club.

She has been honored as Re-altor of the Year in 2008, re-ceived the Hesperia Mayor's

Award for Community Serviceand was recently named one ofthe Daily Press' Most Interest-ing Women of 2012.

Honorees were recognized inthe State's Assembly Chambersand were presented with aframed certificate for their dedi-cation to the prosperity of thecommunities in which theyserve.

Rebecca Otwell, 2012 Woman of the Year Awardee for the 59th Assembly District is recognized inthe State's Assembly Chambers.

DUARTE - Our Neighbor-hood Homework House soundslike an opportunity for tutoring,but Executive Director andAzusa School Board Member,Dr. Barbara Dickerson sharedwith the Duarte Kiwanis, it isso much more! The mission ofthe organization is to "establishand sustain neighborhood basedlearning centers in Azusa whereat-risk children and their fami-lies are equipped to thrive aca-demically, socially and spiritu-ally." This is a good match tothe mission of Kiwanis Interna-tional - "changing the world onechild and community at a time".

The key focus of this orga-nization is Neighborhood Build-ing - right in the midst of themost at risk areas. Our Neigh-borhood Homework House pro-vides leadership training to par-ents within their neighborhood.The organization provides lit-

Duarte Kiwanis Club Learns aboutOur Neighborhood Homework House

eracy training in home lan-guage, as well as ESL classesand GED opportunities. Thisis in addition to the one-on-onetutoring for K-5 and theirNeighborhood Teen projectwhich challenges the teen popu-lation to achieve their fullestpotential in Middle and High

School.The Duarte Kiwanis Club has

lunch meetings the first, thirdand fifth Tuesdays of the monthat Westminster Gardens. Forfurther information on speakingor joining the club, contact Dr.Diane Hernandez atdrdiane@drhernandezoptometry.com

Duarte Kiwanis President, Tina Carey, was pleased to present Dr.Dickerson with a remembrance of the club.

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YWCA San Gabriel Valley Announces Honorees forthe 2012 Women of Achievement in the Armed Forces

COVINA - Women servethroughout the world in allbranches of the U.S. ArmedForces. They represent over14% of the active duty force,17.5% of the National Guardand Reserve Forces, and 20%of new military recruits.Women veterans represent7.5% of the total U.S. veteran

Debra AndersonU.S. Air Force1975 to 1981

Raquel IppolitiU.S. Army

U.S. Air Force Guard1997 to Present

Maya BissoU.S. Army

2001 to 2009

Katie RobertsCalifornia StateMilitary Reserve

1972 to 1977

Ila DeLucaU.S. Coast Guard

1944 to 1946

Cristina ZamoraU.S. Navy

2006 to 2010

Luz GarciaU.S. Army

2000 to 2004

YWCA SGV Awards ofExcellence are as follows:

Cory's Kitchen, Inc.For Service to Veterans

Operation HomefrontFor Service to Military

FamiliesTo sponsor this event, or to

purchase tickets to attend, con-tact Lisa Brabo at 626-214-9443or go to the YWCA SGVwebsite at www.ywcagv.org.$10,000, and tickets to the eventare $40 each or a table of tenfor $400.

population.The YWCA San Gabriel Val-

ley is proud to announce sevenextraordinary women who haveserved or are serving in the U.S.Armed Forces as honorees forthe 2012 "Women of Achieve-ment in the Armed Forces: Hon-oring Courage and Commit-

ment" awards event. In addi-tion, two nonprofit organiza-tions serving military familieswill also be honored.

Honorees will be guests of theYWCA San Gabriel Valley(YWCA SGV) at the Women ofAchievement Awards presenta-tion on Thursday evening, June

21, at the Pavilion in the Indus-try Hills Expo Center (16200Temple Avenue, City of Indus-try). A no-host reception willbegin at 5 pm, with the awardsprogram at 6:30 pm.

The 2012 Women ofAchievement in the ArmedForces honorees are as follows:

By April ForondaMiss Philippines USA’s up-

coming coronation night onSunday, May 6, 2012 at theMarriott Burbank Airport inCalifornia is receiving a hugebuzz among the Filipino-American Community. Ac-companied with tremen-dous support from small busi-ness owners and the commu-nity, Miss Philippines USA’svision to empower througheducation is coming true. MissPhilippines USA will donate agenerous portion of thepageant’s proceeds to ABS-CBN FoundationInternational’s program forbuilding schools in the Philip-pines.

ABS-CBN Foundation, aMiss Philippines USA present-ing sponsor, is a non-profit,non-governmental organizationthat raises charitable funds tosupport and improve the livesof disadvantaged and abusedwomen and children in the Phil-ippines. The program that MissPhilippines USA is supportingis the Educational TelevisionProgram, where televisionbased educational systems areprovided in difficult to reachareas in the Philippines, for theless privileged children. Withthe collaboration of the ABS-CBN Foundation, Miss Philip-pines USA is proud to encour-age a sound educational sys-tem for their home country.

Miss Philippines USA is pag-eant of beauty, poise and intel-

Miss Philippines USA SupportsEducation in the Philippines

ligence, and its mission is to de-velop the finest ambassadorsof good will and role modelsfor the Filipino-AmericanCommunity. Their vision is tosupport Fil-Am local and pro-mote Filipino small businesses,art, fashion, and culture. Thestunning 24 delegates areproud to support the cause ofimproving education in thePhilippines and building astrong sense of communityhere in the U.S. The MissPhilippines USA team and del-egates are very grateful for themany top sponsors includingCareline Hospice by Amy Gill,Barrio Fiesta in Glendale, FirstNations Funding, Van Dichoso,Lavish Skin Care, TessMauricio MD, Estela Cottle,Monet Salon, IMProductions,Runway Icon, Law Offices of

Lam & Roxas, McLeod &Associates, Bamboo Bistro,Fiesta FastFood and more.

Presented by 24/7 Card,Pinoy Insider and Lou RazonCouture, Miss Philippines USAis pleased to contribute a gen-erous portion of the event’s pro-ceeds to ABS CBN Founda-tion International’s program forEducation. Be a supporter! Donot miss out this momentousoccasion when this year’s MissPhilippines USA will becrowned on May 6th, 2012 atthe Los Angeles MarriottBurbank Airport in California;doors open at 5pm. For tick-ets, please visitwww.missphilusa.com/tickets.For interested sponsors ormore information please call usat (818) 242-2088 or emailinfo@missphilusa.com.

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By Jorge V. RosalesAZUSA - Readers are Lead-

ers. I don't know who said that,but I do know it is true. If youlook closely at those who aresuccessful, they are not the oneswho sit around watching TV orplaying video games all the time.Seriously, if you are not invest-ing time every day to read andlearn, then you are just stuck ina rut. You must advance yourknowledge. To assume you al-ready know enough is arrogant.

A love for reading and booksis one of the most precious giftsparents, teachers, and adults cangive children. While knowinghow to read is essential for day-to-day survival, loving to readopens new worlds for children.Story time plays an importantrole in introducing children tothe magic of books. By read-ing, children can visit people indifferent lands, fight fire-breathing dragons to save aroyal princess, or learn how tobuild the perfect building. Thepossibilities are endless.

The Azusa Library staff isaware of how significant it isto children early in their lives athome, in school, and why notat the library. That is why LeilaHassen, Youth Services Librar-ian at Azusa's Library coordi-nated and scheduled with theAzusa Unified School Districtand City Leaders to participatein the "Readers are Leaders"program in anticipation of Na-tional Library Week scheduledApril 8-14, 2012.

On April , City of Azusa lead-ers treated more than 150 stu-dents from kindergartenthrough third grade to story timereading during the "Readers areLeaders" event at the Azusa Li-brary. The leaders read simul-taneously to students from Leeand Dalton elementary schoolswhile emphasizing to them theimportance reading and stress-ing the merits of getting an edu-cation and being good citizens.

Leaders who participated onthis event were Azusa MayorJoseph "Joe" R. Rocha, CityManager James Makshanoff,AUSD Superintendent CynthiaCervantes McGuire, Azusa Po-lice Lieutenant Steve Hunt, andSergeant Andy Sutcliffe.

Leaders Read to Childrenat Azusa Library

The "Readers are Leaders"program ended with the childrenreceiving a plastic bag with

Sergeant Andy Sutcliffe reads "Children Make Terrible Pets" byPeter Brown to school children at the Azusa Library during theLeaders Are Leaders event on Thursday, April 5.

Cynthia Cervantes Mcguire, AUSD Superintendent reads "ShermanCrunchley" by Laura Humeroff and Nate Evans to school childrenat the Azusa Library during the Leaders Are Leaders event onThursday, April 5.

school supply treats such aspencils and coloring pages.

GLENDORA - Have youever thought about helping an-other adult learn to read? Orhelping them to achieve theirgoals? You might enjoy beinga tutor with Glendora PublicLibrary's Adult Literacy Pro-gram: Glendora READS!There are adults right here inGlendora who can use yourhelp learning to read and write.We provide free, one-to-onetutoring for English-speakingadults who want to improvetheir reading, writing or spell-ing skills. If you would like togive another person the gift and

Change a Life: TeachSomeone to Read

power of reading, join us at atutor training workshop on Sat-urday, April 14 from 9:30 amto 3:30 pm in the GlendoraPublic Library Bidwell Forum.To register, or for more infor-mation, please contact MaryPat Dodson, Literacy Coordi-nator,

at (626) 852-4897.Glendora READS is funded

by Glendora Public LibraryFriends Foundation, CaliforniaLibrary Literacy Services anda Community DevelopmentBlock Grant.

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GLENDORA - The commu-nity is invited to "Corks &Forks", an evening of finewines, hors d'oeuvres, andmusic, presented by the CitrusValley Health Partners FoothillPresbyterian Hospital Auxiliary.This fundraising event will beheld on Friday, April 13 from6:00-9:00 pm at the GlendoraCountry Club. Proceeds willbenefit the group's scholarshipprogram and capital improve-ment fund.

Along with the wine, food,and music, the night will include

FPH Auxiliary Fundraiser

a silent auction, opportunitybaskets, and a wine toss. AGoodyear blimp ride for twoand the opportunity to be theGlendora mayor for the day areamong the many items to beauctioned off. Tickets are $40.For more information, call 626-857-3102 or visit our websitehttp://fphauxiliary.org

AZUSA - Last SaturdayApril 7, 2012, the FoothillChurch of Glendora sponsoredthe Easter Egg Drop with17,000 plastic eggs on the foot-ball field of Azusa Pacific Uni-versity. An additional 8,000plastic eggs were dropped by

In Celebration of Easterhelicopter for a total of 25,000eggs filled with prizes. An es-timated 3,600 enthusiastic andenergetic children and parentswere at hand to gather asmuch eggs as they could. Itturned out to be a fun and en-joyable day for all.

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By Jenny ParkGLENDORA - The Religion

Education Congress, whichtook place on Thursday March22 through Sunday March 25,was a quiet affair for a selectgroup of students from St. Dor-othy School in Glendora.

"The Los Angeles Archdio-cese had wanted to do this chat-room experience with the chil-dren about ten years ago, butthere were technical difficultiesand other issues that stood inthe way," said Mrs. DorothyMarquez, the computer andlearning center teacher from St.Dorothy School.

More than 37,000 partici-pants congregated for Mass,workshops, and exhibits at theAnaheim Convention Center forthe annual Religious Education

Students of St. Dorothy School Chat with Archbishop Gomez

Congress. However, 24 milesaway the student council of St.Dorothy School sat in front oftheir computers in the learningcenter, speaking to ArchbishopGomez via a chat-room from

10:15a.m.-11:00a.m. on a Fri-day morning.

"We were mentioned threetimes in the Religious Educationprogram, and so we knew it wasdefinitely going to happen this

year," said Mrs. Carol Burke,principal of St. Dorothy School.

Only students from the up-per grades 7-8 are allowed tobe in the student council andwere allowed to represent thecohort that spoke to ArchbishopGomez. St. Dorothy school tra-dition is to allow middle schoolstudents to campaign for a yearin advance and voting by theentire school, grades K-8, takesplace.

Students wrote their ques-tions ahead of time, and wereprepared for the online inter-view. At one point, students dis-cussed various miracles, Eas-ter, and birthday celebrations.

Archbishop Gomez thenasked students: "Have you everconsidered a vocation to thepriesthood or consecrated life?"

He then shared his own per-sonal journey of becoming apriest and also mentioned hisfavorite movie, A Man for AllSeasons.

Students asked him when hisbirthday was, and upon findingout that Archbishop Gomez'birthday was on December 26,Lauren C. responded immedi-ately: "That is the feast day ofSt. Stephen, the first martyr!"Students certainly responded tothe Archbishops comments, andwere able to share their knowl-edge of the Roman Catholic

faith and tradition.Archbishop José Horacio

Gomez is the fifth Archbishopof Los Angeles. On April 6,2010, Archbishop José H.Gomez was appointed Coadju-tor Archbishop of the Archdio-cese of Los Angeles, California,by Pope Benedict XVI. On Feb-ruary 27, 2011, he was installedArchbishop of the Archdioceseof Los Angeles. He is the firstHispanic to serve as Archbishopof Los Angeles, as well as thehighest-ranking Hispanic bishopin the United States.St. Dorothy School student council members chat with Archbishop

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GLENDORA - "That wasfun." "The food was great." "Ican't believe they didn't knowthe answer to that question.""How did they know the answerto that?" These are a few of thecomments people were makingat the 20th Annual Great TriviaChallenge held on Saturday,March 31st at Azusa PacificUniversity. As always, the com-petition was tough and it wasdown to two teams. TheGlendora Chamber of Com-merce, sponsored by AthensServices beat out twenty-fourother teams to win. DowntownDental was the runner up.

The Great Trivia Challenge isa yearly fundraiser for theGlendora Public Library spon-sored by the Friends Founda-tion. Over 460 people were inattendance and all proceeds goto support programs and ser-vices at the Glendora Public Li-brary. These funds will allow theGlendora Library to continue toprovide a multitude of programsincluding: Adult Literacy, Sum-mer Reading Clubs for infantsthrough adults, outreach to ex-pectant parents, SAT work-shops and cultural events. All ofthese programs, and more, areprovided free to the public be-cause of the community's greatsupport of the Friends Founda-tion fundraisers.

Sherry Heinrich, Develop-

Annual Trivia Challenge A Great Success!

First Place: Glendora Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by Ath-ens Services. From left: Bill Ruh, Daryl Overlock, and Linda Hermann

ment Office Coordinator, says,"This event would not takeplace without the tireless workof our volunteers. Judi Rudd,Trivia chairperson and her com-mittee of Guilda Asmar, DebbieDeal, Greg Gillham, JudyGillham, Tricia Gomer, BlaineLambertson, Sin-Yi

Lambertson, Pat Loukota,Robin Merkley, Daryl Overlock,Bonnie Petralia, Pam Richardsand Debbie Schmidt work manyhours organizing food donationsfrom 57 restaurants and gath-ering door prizes from 44 busi-nesses. There are over 50 vol-unteers who work behind the

scenes to make it all happen."For 20 years, Mr. Trivia,

Thom B. Hill, has entertainedthe audience and teams with hisquick wit and good-humoredinteraction. Team sponsors atthe 'Doctorate' level were Ath-ens Service (sponsoringGlendora Chamber of Com-merce), Azusa Pacific Univer-sity, Crestwood Communities,and Suncraft Development Cor-poration, while at the 'Profes-sor' level there was First Churchof the Nazarene of Pasadenaand at the 'Dean' level the teamswere America's Christian CreditUnion, Antoine S. Sayegh DDS,Clubhouse 66, Deccofelt Cor-poration, Downtown Dental,ERA Yes! Real Estate, Fairplex/LA County Fair Association,Foundation for Glendora UnifiedSchools, Glendora HistoricalSociety, Glendora Lions Club,

Glendora Rotary Club, In-N-Out Burger, Jan's Towing,Kiwanis Club of Glendora,MGM, Shepherd's Pantry, So-cial Model Recovery Systems,Soroptimist International ofAzusa/Glendora, SouthlandProperties, and Village BookShop.

"I always enjoy watching asthe Glendora businesses andservice clubs come togethereach year in this friendly com-petition", said Robin Weed-Brown, Library Director. "Whata great community event!"

Would you have been able toanswer the winning question?"Which fruit was originallyknown as a gooseberry?" Andthe answer is……."Kiwi". Start'honing your trivia skills' fornext year's event which will beon March 23, 2013.