December 2013 Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show

mont creates pottery for blossoming violets with her functional art called “Violet Perfection by Gini.” Other ex-hibitors within the area hail from Riv-erside, Corona, Fullerton, Whittier, La Mirada, Ontario, West Covina, Hemet, Cerritos, Corona, and Clare-mont.

Fundraising for the community is also a big component of the showcase celebration. Each year approximately 1,500 pounds of non-perishables are collected to benefit the GAP Food Bank Ministries, and Steven’s Hope for Children receives funds from host-ing the bag and parcel check to help assist families of seriously ill or in-jured children.

“You can’t help but get in the holiday spirit the moment you walk through the door – with holiday deco-rations, interactive activities, enter-tainment, and a wide variety of art-istry on display.” says Nancy Glenn, Harvest Festival Show Manager. “Gift items are all originals, created

by artists who love sharing their pas-sion.”

Ever since the 70s when the Har-vest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show burst on the scene as a cre-ative way to showcase top artists and craftspeople, the organization has continued to build upon its industry precedent for quality and innovation. Nine shows now crisscross California and Nevada with a loyal following. What: Pomona Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft ShowWhen: December 6-8, 2013Where: Fairplex in Pomona, Build-ing #4, 1101 West McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768Hours: Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Tickets: Adults: $9,Seniors (62+) $7 Youths (13-17) $4 Kids 12 and under are freeBenefactors: Steven’s Hope for ChildrenNature of Art For KidsGAP Food Bank Ministries Kids Are 1stInfo: Info and tickets are available at www.harvestfestival.com or call 800-346-1212

Pomona — Check off your holiday shopping list at the Harvest Festi-val® Original Art & Craft Show in Pomona where shopping and enter-tainment combine for a winter won-derland of fun December 6-8. The Fairplex in Pomona comes alive with hundreds of artisans showcasing more than 24,000 handcrafted origi-nals, stage entertainment, crafting demonstrations, a Kidzone, strolling performers, contests, specialty foods, and more.

Unique reigns supreme at the hol-iday celebration revered as the west coast’s largest and finest indoor craft show, a winter tradition now 41 years

in the making. Exhibitors hail from throughout North America, specializ-ing in “made in the USA” handcraft-ed items at affordable prices. Patrons who bring a donation of non-perish-able food items to support the GAP Food Bank Ministries will receive $2 off both adult ($9) and senior ($7) admission. A raffle drawing includes a chance to win a Randy Polk original ring and bracelet design with Mother of Pearl, diamonds and orange sap-phires valued at close to $5,000.

The festive holiday-themed atmo-sphere makes exploring the array of exhibits an exciting discovery of beau-tiful jewelry, blown glass, ceramics, hand woven clothing, photography, candles, wood carvings, garden de-signs, homemade sauces and soups, antique treasures, children’s accesso-ries, sculptures, holiday ornaments, and more. Patrons appreciate the op-portunity to interact with the artists, get items personalized, or even learn some helpful tips through crafting demonstrations.

Local artists gear up for this event with originals reflective of their pas-sions. To Catherine Cowles of Pasa-dena, her ceramic leaf sculptures incorporate pressed leaves and fall-themed prints that encase candles, sconces and lamps. Kathy Snell of Upland provides a personalized ap-proach with ornaments for every occasion and activity. Rancho Cu-camonga resident Keri Dempster specializes in photography, captur-ing one life moment at a time, while Masashi Shito of Chino Hills creates breathtaking jewelry by carving art on stone and Gini McCanne of Clare-

December 2013

Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show Harkens in the Holidays at The Fairplex

‘Taste of La Verne’ Draws Crowds to Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center

In a spacious ballroom lined with booths from some of the best restaurants in the area, more than 400 people from throughout the foothill communities gathered at the Sheraton Fairplex Confer-ence Center on Nov. 5 to nibble on samples of fine food, taste top-flight wines and tequila, bid on exciting auction items, and so-cialize at Taste of La Verne. This

was the 13th year for the event, which gives restaurants a chance to show off their wares, as well as a fund raiser for the La Verne

Chamber of Commerce, which or-ganizes it.

“We had a wonderful turnout and tremendous support from the

membership and the community,” said event chair Arun Tolia, own-er, Investors Team Realty. “The venue has been great. This is a showcase for the restaurants, and we do an exit interview with each one to make sure they got out of it what they should.”

Both established eateries and newcomers vied for booth space at the event. “We came to get our

name out,” said Ken McKinley, owner of Lordsburg Taphouse & Grill. “We’re a new restaurant that just opened in June and we

want everybody to know what we have to offer.”

The Chairman’s Award for best in show was awarded to a lo-

cal favorite, Corner Butcher Shop.Food samples were provided

by:• Bowl of Heaven• Café X2O• Caffé Allegro• Caral Peruvian Grill• Chase’s LLC• Chelsea• Costco• Finish Line• Hillcrest• Jersey Mike’s• L&L Hawaiian BBQ• Lordsburg Taphouse & Grill• Mi Ranchito• Modern Mayhem Sweets• Pappas Artisanal• Pine Haven Café & Catering• Pomona Valley Mining Com-• pany• Red Blossom Bakery• Round Table Pizza• Saltillo Grill• Sierra La Verne Country Club• Sinfully Sweet Apple Company• The Corner Butcher• Tiffany’s CateringThe event also featured offerings by:• Aguirre Tequila Imports

Jerry D. Mead’s New World International Wine Competition

• La Verne Brewing Company• Packing House Wines• Third Street Wine ShopThank you to the sponsors:• Event Level Sponsor - San Di-

mas Community Hospital• Chef Level Sponsors - Univer-

sity of La Verne and Hillcrest• Sous Chef Level Sponsors -

System Resolutions Investors Team Realty Foothill Credit Union, and La Verne Dental

• Server Level Sponsors - Sheryl Fox/ Melodie Benson Real Estate, Dr. Steven Takamatsu and Atlas Spinal Care

• Sommelier Level Sponsors - Sowing Seeds for LifeExciting Windows LLavished Inc., Howard HawkinsM.K. Stark and Co.Lone Hill Collision CenterLeRoy Haynes Center and La Verne Community News

In-kind gift donors:• Annette Leonard-Precious time• Foothill Credit Union-Publicity

artwork• Jeff Bassler - Glass engraving• La Verne Town Center Clean-

ers - Donation• Lavished Inc. - Printing of all

promotional items

Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Mickey Rehm and event chair Arun Tolia present Will Fueling of Corner Butcher Shop with the

Chairman’s Award.

Ken McKinley and Chef Rolando of Lordsburg Taphouse & Grill with event co-chair Nikki Hoar

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13 David & Margaret Youth and Family Services is ringing in the holi-days with events that have become a mainstay of December activities in the community.

The agency’s Annual Holiday Open House will be held on Satur-day, Dec. 7, 3-5:30 p.m. The afternoon features tours of the cottages, which are decorated in keeping with themes chosen by their residents, girls ages 11-18. Attendees can vote for their favorite one as they sample cookies and other festive treats prepared by the residents of each cottage. Santa will be on hand, as will the popular local duo Michael Beatty and Tracy G., who will provide the sounds of the season for attendees to enjoy while they munch on light re-freshments and delicious 50-cent tacos by TacosandHotDogs.com.

As evening approaches, the agency will light its beautiful Christmas tree on the porch of the Whitney Building and hold a gift-basket opportunity drawing for attendees who bring a gift or gift card. A donation of $100 or more will enter the donor into an opportu-nity drawing for a new Google Nexus 10 tablet, valued at $400.

The Michael Beatty Band with special guest Tracy G. will again play to benefit David & Margaret Youth and Family Services at their 8th An-nual Acoustic Christmas. The event, which begins at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, is moving to a new and exciting lo-cation: Beer Belly Deli in Claremont’s

Packing House, 590 W. First St. The concert is free, and attendees are en-couraged to bring a donation of cash or a gift card valued at $15 or more to help make the holidays brighter for the

children in David & Margaret’s foster care program.

David & Margaret Youth and Family Services serves approximately 1,000 clients annually through a com-prehensive range of services, includ-ing a residentially-based program for adolescent girls, shelter care for ado-lescent girls and boys, a foster family agency, adoption assistance, mental health services, treatment for learning disabilities, a transitional living pro-gram, school- and community-based education and mentoring programs. Additionally, it has a chemical pro-gram that is certified by the State of California for residents who are recov-ering from substance abuse. Its Joan Macy School, a specialized nonpublic on-grounds school, opened in 1989 and serves agency residents, as well as students referred from surrounding school districts.

For more information on the Holi-day Open House, contact Associate Development Director Jessica Bell at (909) 596-5921 ext. 3217 or [email protected]. For details on the 8th Annual Acoustic Christmas, contact Publicity Coordinator Julie Griffith at (909) 596-5921 ext. 3180 or [email protected].

Santa at last year’s Annual Holiday Open House with members of the San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley Harley Owners Groups

(HOGS). The HOGS each year ride their bikes en masse through David & Margaret Youth and Family Services before the Holiday

Open House for the enjoyment of the residents and bring donations for the holidays.

David & Margaret Youth and Family Services Rings in Holidays with Fun Community Events

Make a Lasting, Positive Impact this Holiday Season Give Family and Friends Gifts from the Arbor Day Foundation

Nebraska City, Neb. – Cel-ebrate this year’s holiday season with friends and loved ones while supporting conservation and tree planting with the help of the Ar-bor Day Foundation.

Returning for the fifth season in a row, Give-A-Tree cards from the Arbor Day Foundation offer a unique holiday giving opportu-nity with conservation benefits that will endure for generations. For the first time this year, Give-A-Tree cards can be purchased individually and with customized text.

Purchasing the Arbor Day Foundation’s specialty coffee helps preserve rain forests in Central and South America. The Foundation’s Specialty Coffee is shade-grown under the canopy of Latin American rain forests. Un-like sun-grown coffee plantations, this traditional shade-grown method gives the coffee a rich and delicious flavor, while preventing the destruction of forestland.

The Foundation’s Trees in Cel-ebration program allows the giver to honor loved ones while support-ing crucial conservation efforts. For each dollar donated, one tree is planted in a high- need forest, and recipients are given a cer-tificate showing them where the trees were planted.

By giving friends the gift of membership to the Arbor Day Foundation, recipients will also be sent 10 free trees, which will be shipped at the right time of year for planting.

“The holidays are a time for thinking about others, and as you do, take a moment to think about what you can do to protect the beauty and splendor of the Earth,” said John Rosenow, founder and chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “We encourage ev-eryone to give gifts that will have a lasting impact for generations to come.”

To purchase holiday gifts that give back to the planet, visit, ar-borday.org.

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Feeding the Beast: A Healthy Diet for Your Lawn

We all know that a well-bal-anced diet rich in vitamins and nutrients is essential to maintain-ing good health. Did you know your lawn also requires a proper diet and needs to be fed regularly? Fertilizers supply the food your lawn needs, and it’s important to feed it the right balance of key nutrients. Different types of grass have different needs; a lawn’s spe-cific needs and the time of year are factors that determine which blend of fertilizer is required.

Choosing the Right Fertil-izer

If you’ve ever shopped for lawn fertilizer, you know that making a selection is not that simple. One major home improvement store offers over 40 products for feed-ing lawns! Just as not all food is equally nutritious, not all fertil-izers are equal in quality. While synthetic fertilizers may produce the quick results you’re looking for, over the long run they are not healthy for the soil or the organ-isms in it. A person who doesn’t eat healthy may lack energy, be less productive, and is more vul-nerable to illness. Occasionally taking vitamins and guzzling en-ergy drinks is not a healthy way to address these problems. The same goes for your lawn. Organic-based fertilizers improve the soil, provide richer food sources for the grass plant’s overall health, and will help your lawn thrive.

Avoid the Yo-Yo Dieting Ef-fect

Putting down fertilizer ran-domly and inconsistently is like yo-yo dieting. Did you know that feeding your lawn sporadically can create other problems and actually cause more harm than good? This approach to lawn fertil-izing wastes your time and money because it’s not going to be ben-eficial to your lawn over the long haul. Establishing a healthy, lush lawn requires a regular fertiliza-tion schedule.

Anytime is the right time to start eating right. And for South-ern California lawns, any time of year is a good time to begin a reg-ular feeding schedule. Remember, a healthy lawn will help crowd out weeds naturally and be able to fight weather stresses and dis-eases better.

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2014 NHRA INTERNATIONALSTICKETS ON SALE TODAY

GLENDORA — Tickets for the 54th annual NHRA Winterna-tionals, the season-opening event of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, are available for purchase today.

The tradition-rich event will be contested Feb. 6-9 at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, and will be every NHRA fan’s first opportunity to see all of the new cars and paint schemes as well as meet all of the drivers who will be racing at speeds of more than 320 mph in an attempt to add their names to the NHRA record book’s list of NHRA Winternation-als champions. A win at this event can mean great momentum for every driver on the circuit as they chase NHRA Mello Yello world championship glory during the 24-event season that crisscrosses the United States.

The event will feature thrilling competition in three of NHRA’s professional categories, including the 8,000-horsepower, nitro-fu-eled Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car classes, along with the 200-mph Pro Stock category. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Courtney Force (Funny Car) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) are the defend-ing winners of the event, which will be televised on ESPN2 HD.

Many more stars in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Rac-ing Series will join the defending event winners at the NHRA Win-ternationals, including 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force, 2012 Top Fuel champ An-tron Brown, Matt Hagan, Cruz Pedregon, Ron Capps and Pro Stock world champ Jeg Coughlin, among others.

For the first time the event will feature two days of qualifying to

set the fields for final eliminations on Sunday. Two rounds of quali-fying will be held Friday and Sat-urday to lock in the 16-car ladders for Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations. Lucas Oil Series sportsman racing will still be featured on Thursday during the event weekend.

To purchase general admission, reserved seat or Top Eliminator Club tickets for the NHRA Winternationals, please visit www.NHRATIX.com or call the NHRA Ticket Sales Center at (800) 884-NHRA. Tickets for children 12 and under are free in general admission with any paid adult ticket. For more information about NHRA, please visit www.nhra.com.

Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA is the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States. NHRA presents 24 national events featuring the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Se-ries. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Rac-ing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. NHRA also offers the Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and oper-ates five racing facilities: Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville in Florida; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapo-lis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, You-Tube and Twitter.

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54th Annual FreeL.A. County Holiday Celebration

Your L.A. Tradition!

• Seasonal Music and Dance Spectacular December 24• Broadcast Live on KCET-TV• Performed at the Music Center• Streamed Live at KCET.orgWHAT:

The 54th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration – your L.A. tradition! Perfect for the whole family, more than 20 music en-sembles, choirs and dance com-panies from the many neighbor-hoods and cultures of Los Angeles celebrate the season during this free, three-hour holiday show. Even the parking underneath the Music Center is free. Highlights include Aditya Prakash Ensem-ble, blending classical Indian mu-sic with jazz and Latin rhythms; the Gypsy Allstars, featuring sons of internationally recognized Gipsy Kings; Grammy Award®-winning Chicano rock band Quetzal; and Grammy Award®-winning Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea. Dance highlights include Ate9 dance company , directed by former Batsheva dancer Danielle Agami; JazzAntiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, presenting a piece inspired by classic gospel hymn, “Blessed Quietness;” Gran-deza Mexicana Folk Ballet, cele-brating the Aztec roots of Mexican culture; and Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy performing a traditional Korean drumming dance. Choral groups singing holiday songs include Artemusica, performing in Baroque style; Col-burn Children’s Choir and Young Men’s Chorus, singing in Hebrew and English; Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles; and Immaculate Heart of Mary Children’s Choir, performing traditional Filipino songs. Watch it live on KCET-TV and KCET.org from 3-6 p.m., and again from 8-11 p.m. See it free at the Music Center, 3-6 p.m.

WHEN:Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Doors open at 2:30 p.m. (al-though the line forms much earli-er, and entertainment on the Mu-sic Center plaza begins at noon.)• Patrons may come and go throughout the three-hour perfor-mance• Reservations for tickets to the show or parking are not necessary• Those who can’t make it to The Music Center can watch the live broadcast from 3 p.m.-6 p.m. on KCET-TV or stream it at www.kcet.org. The KCET broadcast repeats from 8 p.m.-11 p.m., and again on Dec. 25 at 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.

WHO:• Over 20 performing artists from across Los Angeles County• Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors• Produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Live telecast on KCET is pro-duced by CDK Productions.

WHERE:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at

The Music Center135 N. Grand Ave.Los Angeles 90012

HOW:Information hotline: (213) 972-3099 or www.HolidayCelebration.org

ADMISSION:FREE

PARKING:FREE in the Music Center park-ing garage

OTHER:• The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has sponsored this admission free show for the people of the County every December 24 since 1959. The Holiday Celebra-tion has taken place at the Doro-thy Chandler Pavilion since 1964. The program honors the spirit of many cultures and holiday tradi-tions through music, song and dance.

Roynon’s Heart of La Verne Casino Night and Silent Auction!

On Saturday, March 1, 2014, Roynon Elementary PTA will host Roynon’s Heart of La Verne Casino Night and Silent Auction at Hill-crest, 2705Mountain View Drive, La Verne. This extraordinary event will feature 17 casino gaming tables, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, music, a photo booth and great prizes. Roynon PTA will be donating 100% of the proceeds of this fundraising event to the school’s technology needs. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to update existing equipment as well as purchase new technology.Tickets are $35.00 eachSilent Auction items and Sponsors needed


Superintendent’s Message

Dr. Gary Rapkin

keep the buildings and grounds clean and in good repair.

“The School Age Care program provides a safe environment where students can study and play before and after school. The Food Services staff provides breakfast and lunch, ensuring that the nutritional needs of our students are met, enabling them to focus on their studies with-out being hungry. Bus drivers are required to maintain certification by the California Highway Patrol to ensure they provide children a safe means of travel to school and extra-curricular events. Classroom instructional aides work in part-nership with teachers to provide students with the additional in-structional support they deserve.

“Campus supervisors provide security and campus supervision for the students. The variety of clerical staff welcome parents and visitors, administer first aid, pro-cess reports, answer phone calls, and often are the people that par-ents and children rely on the most for comfort and support. Classi-fied employees provide some of the most important services to the residents of our communities by taking care of our number one pri-ority, their children. The outstand-ing work performed by our classi-fied employees is one reason why our communities are great places to live and raise children.” (Bonnie Perez)

As Superintendent of Schools, I am thankful and appreciative of the classified staff who serve our students and families throughout the school district at the highest levels.

Gary Rapkin, PhDSuperintendent

Classified Staff: A Driving Force

One of the key components of the engine that drives the suc-cess of our Bonita Unified School District schools and district office is the important work performed each day by our classified staff. California School Employees As-sociation Chapter 21 President Bonnie Perez summarizes the great work of our classified staff with these words:

“Living within the community where I work, I know first-hand that when families with children consider moving to La Verne or San Dimas, besides checking the academic ranking of the schools, they drive around to look at the schools. The ‘look’ of the schools is the direct result of the classified employees.

“From 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily, a classified employee is working on each school campus. The custodians open the schools in the morning, clean them through-out the day, and secure them at night. The maintenance and grounds personnel work in the heat, rain, and all conditions to

News from the Bonita Unified School DistrictSCHOOLS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Student leaders at Lone Hill Middle School welcome new students through an award-winning program called Where Everyone Belongs.

The National School Board Association named Lone Hill’s W.E.B. program a Golden Bell Award winner.

Country music artist Amy Scruggs performs at Lone Hill and at the San Dimas Veterans Memorial dedication ceremony in November.

Lone Hill Middle SchoolLone Hill Receives Golden Bell Award

Lone Hill Middle School is proud to announce that the Cali-fornia School Boards Association

Ed Jones Educational Center

At Ed Jones Educational Center’s Renaissance Program Rally in October, students participated in a Halloween costume contest.

Red Ribbon Week Lone Hill Middle School cul-

minated its Red Ribbon Week on October 31 with ASB and W.E.B. students hosting a variety of ac-tivities and speakers for the entire student body. Over 20 speakers addressed students regarding the

Country Music Artist Amy Scruggs Performs to Support Veterans

On November 7, Amy Scruggs, a country music artist and San Dimas native, made a special visit to Lone Hill to thank the students and staff for their donations to the Pennies for Veterans campaign over the previous three years. All donations were given to the San Dimas Veterans Memorial Fund to help support the building of the Veterans Memorial.

Scruggs sang the National Anthem, visited the Lone Hill Advanced Band, and toured some classrooms. The band performed one of the songs they will be play-ing at Disneyland later this school year. Scruggs and her son Ryan, who is her lead guitarist, played an acoustic version of her song “Coming Home” for the band. The song is a celebration of our mili-tary heroes.

(CSBA) has selected the school’s leadership program, Where Ev-eryone Belongs (W.E.B.), as one

of the 2013 Golden Bell Award winners. The Golden Bell Awards recognize programs throughout the state that promote exemplary education.

A group of eighth graders are selected each year to participate in W.E.B., learning principles of tolerance, diversity, and conflict management to help sixth grad-ers transition into middle school. “The goal is that from the very start, sixth graders get the mes-sage that, at Lone Hill, everyone belongs,” W.E.B. program leader and teacher Marlise Martinez said.

Martinez and others from the W.E.B. leadership team will at-tend a luncheon to receive their Golden Bell Award at the CSBA annual conference December 7 at the San Diego Marriott.

perils of using alcohol and drugs while encouraging students to make positive choices to ensure a healthy lifestyle.

The speakers represented a wide variety of backgrounds and professions including law enforce-

ment, civilian volunteers, Nation-al Transportation Safety Board, community members, and scholar athletes. Students were highly engaged during the presentations and ensuing discussions.

Scruggs played a free concert at the San Dimas Veterans Me-

morial dedication ceremony on Monday, November 11.

Bulldogs Win First Ever Ed Jones Football GameThe Chaparral High School

and Vista School Bulldogs played their first football game in the San Gabriel Valley Continuation School Sports League with a 34-6 win over the Canyon Oaks Bob-cats. The Board of Education re-cently approved a sports program for the continuation high school that will include football, basket-ball, soccer, and softball.

School Board Trustee Glenn Creiman honored the athletes at the November board meeting: “Many of the Chaparral students haven’t had the opportunity to play team sports before, so this is giving them opportunities they wouldn’t have had otherwise. They’re learning teamwork, lead-ership, and good sportsmanship, as well as athletic skills. These are

life lessons they can take back to their comprehensive campuses and through life.”

Student Recognition Program in Full Swing

The Renaissance Program pro-motes good attendance, student achievement, parental involve-ment, and community relation-ships through student recognition. Students achieve status levels through credit earning, GPA, at-tendance, and good citizenship. The four Renaissance levels from lowest to highest are: Bulldog, Sil-ver, Gold, and Platinum. Current-ly, 31 percent of the students are “Gold” and 19 percent are “Plati-num.” These percentages are up significantly from this time last year when less than one percent of students qualified for “Platinum” and only 15 percent “Gold.”

The October Renaissance Rally began what is called the “Make Dreams a Reality Program,” de-signed to link community busi-nesses with students who want to make a simple wish come true for someone they know. While most of the students made requests to provide dinner or flowers for their parents or group home ad-vocates, one request came in that moved the hearts of the Renais-sance class. Student Michael Soza wished for a cure for cancer for his 3½-year-old cousin Jacob. The Renaissance class chose to give Jacob a $100 gift card provided by Glendora Chevrolet as a gesture of support.

Welcome New StaffChaparral High and Vista

schools welcome Sammy Soy-ring as instructional aide football

coach, Alejandra Gonzalez as in-structional aide, and Elba Monka as the new front office clerk.

Joe Hanson was selected for the new administrative position of Dean of Students. Hanson has been a strong, innovative leader. He has launched the Renaissance Student Recognition Program and an athletics program.

Heidi Azevedo served as a long-term sub last year and is now teaching all subjects at the 30-day shelter program for David and Margaret Group home for girls. Mike McCormick from Bo-nita High School is the new senior English teacher. Mike comes with both teaching and administrative experience and is a tremendous asset to the students.


Ekstrand Elementary SchoolSDHS Hosts Fifth Annual Leadership Camp for Elementary Student Leaders

The ASB Leadership Team from San Dimas High School provided an outstanding “Lead-ership Academy” for the Fifth Annual Leadership Day. The ASB Leadership students from Ekstrand, Shull, and Gladstone elementary schools came to-gether to learn about being good leaders, organizing spirit days, making posters, and designing

teambuilding activities. Leadership Day “was very fun

and exciting,” said William Con-treras, Ekstrand’s ASB presi-dent. “We are definitely going to take those ideas and use them at our schools.” Thank you to all the teachers who helped to organize this day to make it successful, memorable, and fun!

Elementary school student leaders from Ekstrand, Shull, and Gladstone gather for the Fifth Annual Leadership Day hosted by San

Dimas High School ASB officers.

Art, Art, and More Art!Ekstrand students filled the

Bonita Unified School District’s boardroom as they received rec-ognition for their artwork entries in the San Dimas Wildlife Art Festival. Eleven Ekstrand stu-dents placed in the contest—that’s about a third of all the winners!

Three students, Bethany Starks, Melanie O’Connell, and Lois Um, swept first, second and third place in the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce Citrus La-bel Contest in honor of the citrus grove history in San Dimas.

Art instruction at Ekstrand happens primarily in the home-room. Each month, the students learn about an artist through a “Meet the Masters” program, which is built around three com-ponents: an introduction to the artist, a workshop in the artist’s style, and time to be creative. This trimester, Ekstrand stu-dents studied M.C. Escher. “The outcomes are fantastic,” Principal Lucinda Newton said.

Bethany Starks, Melanie O’Connell, and Lois Um displayed their winning San Dimas Chamber of Commerce Citrus Labels honoring

the history of the citrus groves in San Dimas.

Oak Mesa Elementary SchoolStudent Council Elections

Oak Mesa Makes Healthy Choices

In October, Oak Mesa dedi-cated a week to making healthy choices. The PTA kicked off the celebration by passing out sliced apples to all of the children at re-cess. On Tuesday, students and staff wore orange as a symbol of their support of healthy choices. Hoopapalooza, a hula hoop as-sembly sponsored by the PTA got all of the students grooving, twist-ing and turning.

Congratulations to Oak Mesa’s newly elected Student Council officers. From left to right in the back row: Treasurer Kaden Martin, President Jeffrey Plumley, Vice President Logan Corthell, and Teacher Sandra

Dunville. Front row: Historian Tyler Crowell, Spirit Rally Michael Manougian, and Commissioner of Grounds Jake Patterson. Not

pictured, Secretary Ella Bell.

Shull Elementary School“Walk on the Wild Side” Includes Chrysler’s Drive for the Kids and SoCal Jungle

News from the Bonita Unified School DistrictSCHOOLS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

In November, 45 Oak Mesa students ran for seven Student Council positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Commis-sioner of Grounds, Spirit Rally, Historian, and Treasurer. Each student candidate gave a speech to an assembly of fourth and fifth grade students and parents, and the students voted later that day at lunch.

Led by teachers Sandra Dun-ville and Jim Symonds, the Student Council provides oppor-tunities to develop and display leadership skills and to encour-age school unity and pride. All students who ran for office are invited to participate in monthly meetings.

Peaches the Boa snake made a visit to Shull Elementary School on Walk-a-Thon Day. Animals from So. Cal Jungle were part of an

assembly during the day’s events.Each year Shull Elementary

students and parents raise funds through a walk-a-thon. This year, Shull’s PTA was contacted by Chrysler Corporation with an idea to add an additional fund-raiser to the yearly event. Before and after the walkathon, parents, teachers, and community mem-bers were invited to take a test drive of some of Chrysler’s cars. For each test drive, the school re-ceived $10. The school was given a bonus if there were at least one hundred and fifty participants to do the test drives. Shull more than met their quota, raising over $2,300 for school needs.

Drive for the Kids™, is a unique fundraising opportunity that com-bines exposure for Chrysler mini-vans with support for schools in communities where Chrysler does business. Since 1993, Chrysler and its dealers have worked with parents and educators in commu-nities across the country, making direct cash contributions totaling over $4.5 million to local schools. Parents and staff from Shull told the PTA board members that they

enjoyed this simple way to raise funds for Shull Elementary. They learned a little more about a prod-uct and helped the school a whole lot.

While parents were driving minivans, students enjoyed an as-sembly, which featured an animal show by So. Cal Jungle Reptile Parties. Owner Josh Price showed the students a large Boa named Peaches and a Tortoise named Waffles. Students enjoyed seeing classmates and teacher Beatrice Shinn hold Peaches as a demon-stration of how to conquer a fear of snakes. Price also told the story of the Tortoise and the Hare with the moral of the story being to per-severe. Students were motivated to finish their forty-five minute fundraising walk. In fact, many of them ran!

In total, Shull School’s walk-a-thon raised about $23,000. Pledg-es to students equaled $19,000, $500 was donated by Kohl’s, and $2,300 was donated by the Chrys-ler Drive for Kids. Oak Mesa Elementary Students get their groove on for Hoopapalooza,

a hula-hoop inspired exercise and jam session to celebrate Healthy Choices Week.




Citrus College Holds 8th Annual Saluting Our Veterans Celebration Community Veterans and Alumni Recognized for Service

GLENDORA — In commemo-ration of Veterans Day, hundreds of students, faculty and communi-ty leaders gathered at the Citrus College campus to celebrate the men and women who have served the United States and helped pre-serve its freedoms at the eighth annual “Saluting Our Veterans” event on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Citrus College and Azusa Pa-cific University (APU) partnered with the cities of Glendora and Azusa to pay tribute to members of all branches of the U.S. military and celebrate the contributions they have made to preserving America’s freedoms.

“It is our job as educators and citizens to honor these individuals who have fought for our freedoms and salute them for the sacrifices they have made, and this momen-tous celebration is just one way to do that,” said Superintendent/President Geraldine M. Perri, Ph.D. “Citrus College is commit-ted to giving back to our veterans for their loyal, dedicated and cou-rageous service.”

Congresswoman Judy Chu, a champion of veterans’ issues, delivered remarks in which she thanked the veterans for their service and called attention to the importance of strengthening veterans’ benefits and expanding support programs for them.

“Veterans of all ages have giv-en so much to protect this nation and preserve our values,” Chu said. “It’s a debt that must be re-paid, and you at Citrus College are leading the way. Your work goes a long way to helping veter-ans transition to civilian life.”

Citrus College alumni U.S. Navy veteran Ashley Solano and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Fer-nando Salazar, Jr., gave the key-note speeches and said they were thankful for Citrus College being a trailblazer in the San Gabriel Valley and the nation for building a foundation under which return-ing veterans can thrive.

With the help of the college’s Veterans Center, Solano is trans-ferring to Cal Poly Pomona. Salazar, who is responsible for reactivating the student Veterans Network on campus, received the prestigious recognition as 2013 Citrus College Man of the Year and was named Veteran of the Year by 48th District State As-semblyman Roger Hernandez. Salazar currently attends Cal State Los Angeles.

In commemoration of Veterans Day, hundreds of students, faculty and community leaders gathered at the Citrus College campus to celebrate the men and women who have served the United States

and helped preserve its freedoms at the eighth annual Saluting Our Veterans event on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013.

This year’s celebration also in-cluded the recognition of commu-nity veteran honorees, including Spc. 4th Class Rose Sayre, a 16-year Citrus College employee who enlisted in the Army in 1978. She is currently the evening coordina-tor at the Owl Bookshop.

The other veterans recognized during the event were Spc. 4th Class Robert Nelson, a Glen-dora resident and former Citrus College student who served in the Vietnam war; Capt. Gabriel Higerd, a graduate of APU who served in Iraq; and Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Hostetler, an Iraq war vet-eran from Azusa.

Thursday’s event also featured a performance by Gladstone High School’s marching band, an AM-VETS Honor Guard, military ex-hibits, a patriotic musical tribute by the Citrus College group Night Shift, and a moving salute to fall-en veterans.

The patriotic occasion is just one way that Citrus College dem-onstrates the community of sup-port it has fostered for returning veterans, who are offered a wide array of services through the state-of-the art Veterans Center, including support counseling, tu-toring and G.I. Bill information.

G.I. Jobs magazine recently designated Citrus College as a Military Friendly School for the fourth consecutive year, rank-ing the college among the top 15 percent of all higher education in-stitutions in the nation providing services to veterans.

The designation was published in the magazine’s annual “Guide to Military Friendly Schools” com-pilation. It provides military stu-dents seeking higher education a listing of the colleges, universities and trade schools across the coun-try that have most demonstrated a strong desire to recruit return-ing veterans, while also bolster-ing academic opportunities and providing on-campus support for them.

“Citrus College has developed a culture that welcomes our re-turning veterans who are transi-tioning to civilian life and adjust-ing to academic challenges,” said Susan M. Keith, president of the Citrus Community College Dis-trict Board of Trustees. “These are our nation’s heroes and Citrus College is proud to provide them with a place to call home.

HOLIDAY SAFETY TIPSAs the winter holidays near,

bringing with them decorations and cheer, there are some impor-tant fire safety tips that the La Verne Fire Department would like to remind you of to insure an enjoy-able end to the year. “Based on data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), an estimated 240 home fires involv-ing Christmas trees and another 150 home fires involving holiday lights and other decorative lighting occur each year. Together, these fires result in 21 deaths and $25.2 million in direct property damage.” Follow these few simple guidelines to avoid a fire this holiday season:

When choosing a Christmas tree, needles on fresh trees should be green and hard to pull back from the branches, the trunk should be sticky to the touch, and needles should not fall off if the tree is bounced. The tree should not be placed close to a heat source, including a fireplace or heat vent. Do not put your live tree up too early or leave it up for longer than two weeks, and keep the tree stand filled with water at all times.

Be sure to inspect holiday lights each year for frayed wires, bare spots, gaps in the insulation, bro-ken or cracked sockets, and exces-sive kinking or wear before putting them up. Do not link more than three light strands, unless the di-rections indicate it is safe. All deco-rations should be nonflammable or flame-retardant and placed away from heat sources.

Wrapping paper in the fire-place can result in a very large fire, throwing off dangerous sparks and embers that may result in a chim-ney fire. Also, make sure candles are in stable holders and place them where they cannot be easily knocked down.

Finally, ensure that trees and other holiday decorations do not block an exit way. In the event of a fire, time is of the essence. From everyone at the La Verne Fire De-partment, we wish you a merry and joyous holiday season.

CITY NEWSFROM THE CITY OF LA VERNEVETERANS AND ENLISTED HONORED IN LA VERNE

On November 4th, the La Verne City Council welcomed ten residents into the Military Ban-ner Recognition Program. There are currently 251 community members in this program which honors the active military service of La Verne residents. This pro-gram is funded solely by the gen-erous donations from community members and businesses. To date $50,855 has been raised to sup-port the program.

On November 11, 2013, the City of La Verne joined with the Veterans of Foreign War Post 12034 “Band of Brothers” to host a traditional military ceremony to celebrate Veterans Day. Ap-proximately 500 community members, including students and faculty who walked in procession from the University of La Verne, participated in a touching tribute to the men and women who have and continue to serve our country.

The La Verne Veterans Me-morial Committee is in the final stages of fundraising to pay for the recently completed La Verne Veterans Memorial. With less than $7,500 needed to pay off the loan to construct the memorial, the committee members will be conducting a “Fill the Helmet” event on Foothill and Fruit Street/White Avenue on December 7, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please come out and show them your support.

CITY HALL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

Members of the community were invited to the annual Christ-mas Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 2, 2013. The event ushered in the holiday season with Christmas carols sung by the La Verne Chamber Singers, the lighting of the Christmas tree, and a visit from Santa.

FREE CHRISTMAS LUNCHEONS FOR SENIORS

The La Verne Rotary Club is sponsoring a Christmas luncheon on Thursday, December 12th at 11:30 a.m. for all seniors 60+. The event will be held at the La Verne Community Center and includes a special lunch and entertain-ment. The luncheon is catered by YWCA Intervale and is free for all seniors, courtesy of the La Verne Rotary Club. Those in at-tendance of this special luncheon will be entertained by the Bonita High School Choral Group sing-ing Christmas Carols. Reserva-tions must be made by 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 10th by calling (909) 596-8778.

Also, on Monday, December 23rd the City will be sponsoring a Christmas luncheon for seniors 60+. Santa will be visiting the seniors courtesy of Inter Valley Health Plan. Lunch will be at the La Verne Community Center at 11:30 a.m., but arrive early if you would like to take your picture with Santa Claus. Reservations for the December 23rd luncheon need to be made by 11a.m. on Thursday, December 19th by call-ing (909) 596-8778.

FREE HHW ROUNDUPThe next Household Hazard-

ous Waste (HHW) Roundup in La Verne will be held on Saturday, December 21st, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bracket Field (Fairplex Dr. @ McKinley Ave.). In addi-tion to the typical HHW (unused pesticides, old batteries, used au-tomotive fluids, unused cleaning products, etc.), you can also bring ewaste items such as computers, old televisions, and broken cell phones. All L.A. County residents are welcome to participate. If you can’t wait until December, there is a roundup nearly every weekend in L.A. County. The entire sched-ule is posted at www.888cleanla.com.

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING AVAILABLE

As part of the City of La Verne’s curbside recycling pro-gram, Christmas tree recycling will be available again this year. Tree can be set out for recycling on Monday, December 30, 2013, and again on Monday, January 6, 2014. Before placing your tree at the curb, remove all decora-tions, lights, garland, tinsel, and the stand. Please note that if the stand is not removed, the tree will not be picked up for recycling. Residents must cut trees larger than 6 feet tall in half. Place your Christmas tree at the curb next to your recycling bins.

A separate truck will pick up the tree and take it to be recycled. Trees are chipped and used as al-ternative daily cover at the land-fill. Alternative daily cover is used in the place of clean soil to cover the trash at the end of each work day, eliminating blowing litter. Participation in the Christmas tree recycling program helps the City of La Verne meet California requirements to divert thousands of tons of materials from area landfills.

For more information on this or other recycling programs, call La Verne Customer Service at (909) 596-8744 or visit www.ci.la-verne.ca.us.

Old Town La Venre Holiday Events

The Old Town La Verne mer-chants are once again hosting some very special “old fashioned” family oriented holiday events, that you won’t want to miss.

The annual Holiday Open House is scheduled for Sat-urday, December 7th from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., with most ac-tivities at Mainiero Square at D Street and 3rd Street, just one block south of Bonita Avenue. FREE Santa photos will be avail-able, so bring the youngsters by to chat with jolly old Saint Nick and receive this photo keepsake. This year’s event will also feature holiday jazz music from our lo-cal students at Ramona Middle School, dance performances by children from a local dance school, and dancers from Bonita High School. There will also be free holiday craft booths for children and refreshments. Finally, the event will conclude at dark with a Christmas band and carolers, a

Christmas story, and the official lighting of Old Town La Verne’s Christmas tree. This is an event that has grown every year, and is expected this year to be the best ever!

Be sure to SAVE THE DATE of Saturday, April 26, 2014 for Old Town’s second “Sip of La Verne” Wine Walk event. Last year’s event sold out a week prior to the event, so be sure to get your tickets when they go on sale start-ing next February, at Oldtown-winewalk.com.

SPARK OF LOVE TOY DRIVELa Verne Fire Department

is participating in the “Spark of Love” Toy Drive. The community is invited to participate by donat-ing new unwrapped toys. The Fire Department distributes these toys to needy children in our local community to families in need. Toys may be dropped off at the Fire Department at 2061 Third Street or any of the La Verne Fire Stations. For more information, please call 909-596-5991.


DRUG EDUCATION CLASS FOR PARENTS

The La Verne Police Depart-ment in conjunction with the Youth and Family Action Com-mittee will be hosting a drug education class aimed at parents of middle school and high school age children. The class will be a powerful presentation conducted by agents of the Drug Enforce-ment Agency (DEA), La Verne Police Detectives, and narcotics task force officers. The class will include information on current drug trends such as Prescription Drugs, Designer Drugs (Bath Salts and Synthetic Marijuana), Methamphetamines, and Mari-juana. It will educate parents on what symptoms to look for if they suspect a child is using drugs as well as what type of parapher-nalia a parent can expect to find. Information will also be provided on how and where parents can get assistance and find resources.

The class will be free to any parent wishing to attend. The Youth and Family Action Com-mittee will offer refreshments. The class will be held on March 4, 2014 at 6:30pm in the City of La Verne Community Center located at 3680 “D” St. Parents are en-couraged to attend this program and educate themselves on what is currently happening with drugs and school age children. There will be an opportunity for parents to ask questions of the present-ers and to see some of the actual drugs that will be on display. For more information, please contact Captain Paz at 909-596-1913.

BRIGHTEN UP THE HOLIDAYS

San Gabriel Children’s Center, Inc. will be hold-ing their annual holiday toy and gift card drive through Friday, December 13, 2013. Unwrapped gifts and/or gift cards can be delivered to our offices at 2200 East Route 66, Suite 100 in Glendora or 4740 N. Grand Avenue in Covina.

San Gabriel Children’s Center is accepting gifts for teenage males, newly emanci-pated female and male young adults, young children, and family oriented gifts. If you would prefer to receive a spe-cific wish for a specific child, that request can be made by calling Amanda Behnke at (626) 859-2089, extension 209 or by emailing [email protected].

San Gabriel Children’s Center is a non-profit mental health and behavioral skill development organization. We provide help to those in need by developing skills tai-lored to the child and fam-ily. Established in 1991, we have been providing these much needed services to chil-dren and families through-out Southern California. We have successfully assisted children and families by col-laboratively providing an ar-ray of mental health services

that include traditional and evidence based treatments and skill development in the home, community, and resi-dential settings.

“The holidays can often be a more stressful time for our

children and families that are struggling to incorpo-rate a set of skills to manage their stressors,” said Porfirio Rincon, CEO. “Many of you in the community have assist-ed us to help ease the stress.

Your generosity has made all the difference in many fami-lies.”

To learn more about San Gabriel please visit www.sangabrielchild.



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Swedish meatballs and a cup of Yuletide cheer Janice Masters

Christmas Eve when I was young was filled with Swed-ish tradition. The tinkling

angel chimes spinning mer-rily over white candles, the brightly colored Dala horses on the kitchen ta-ble, the festive

green and red banner on the wall that read “God Jul” (Good Yule)—all meant Christmas to my siblings and me. But it was our traditional Swedish supper that really clinched it. Swedish meatballs, rice pudding (if you got the hidden almond, you were next to get married), pickled herring (my siblings wouldn’t touch it, but I was a weird kid), some piping hot Glögg for the adults, and a scrumptious ar-ray of Swedish Christmas cook-ies for dessert. Best of all, there was no lutefisk. Even I wasn’t that weird.

Whether or not your ances-tors were Vikings, these reci-pes for Swedish meatballs and Glögg may come in handy for holiday gatherings. The meat-balls can be baked without the cream, but go for the holiday splurge. The Glögg is guaran-teed to warm up your party in more ways than one, so be sure to keep the fire extinguisher nearby. And if for authentic-ity’s sake you simply must have dried fish that’s soaked in lye and literally disappears when you boil it too long (my personal preference), you’ll need to look elsewhere for that lutefisk rec-ipe.

God Jul, Merry Christmas, and a very blessed New Year to all.

Swedish Meatballs• 1.5 lbs. each lean

ground beef and lean ground pork• 1/2 cup cracker meal• 1/2 cup evaporated milk or half & half

• 1/4 cup butter• 2 eggs• 1 T. minced onion• 1/4 tsp. ground allspice• 1/4 tsp. black pepper• 1 ½ tsp. salt• 1 pint light whipping cream

In a large mixing bowl, soak the cracker crumbs in the beat-en eggs and evaporated milk by whisking them in gradually. Add onion, meat, and season-ing. Use your hands to mix it (you can do it!). Be careful not to over mix—like pastry dough, ground meat can become tough if you overwork it. Form into small balls and brown them on all sides in a frying pan with butter (don’t cook all the way through). If making ahead of time, you can freeze them at this point by placing in a single layer in a large baking dish and covering tightly with foil. Thaw before baking. Add the cream to the baking dish and heat slowly at 300 degrees (don’t preheat), basting occasionally. Start checking for doneness after 30 minutes. Serve them in the pan juices or make a thicker gravy from those creamy drippings if you wish. If you and cream simply don’t mix, you can bake the meatballs on a cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 min-utes. To ensure juiciness, watch carefully and start testing after 10 minutes. You can serve them as is or make a sauce using 1 jar of grape jelly and 1 bottle of Heinz chili sauce. Makes about 80 small meatballs.

Glögg• 2 cups red wine• 2 cups port• 1 Tbl. lemon or orange peel, cut up• 5 cardamom seeds• 1 stick cinnamon• 6 cloves• 1/4 lb. almonds• 1/4 lb. seedless raisins• 1/4 lb. cube sugar• 2 cups brandy

Pour the red wine and port into a large pot. Put spices and peel in a cheesecloth bag and

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simmer in the red wine and port for 20 minutes. Add al-monds and raisins, simmer 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and remove the spice bag. Put sugar cubes in a metal strainer and place over the wine mixture. Light the brandy as it is poured over the sugar cubes (without lighting any part of yourself or your kitchen on fire). Serve in hot mugs.

For more great holiday and any-day recipes, Google LA One-Pot Meals.

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Retired Teachers ®Holiday MeetingOn Dec. 11th the California Re-tired Teachers Association will feature the Bonita High School Chamber Singers at their Holiday meeting.


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Most people hold back on tell-ing others about their great idea because they hope to patent it, or sell it to some company and make a bundle. But they never “get ‘er done.” The idea just sits and eventually they forget about it and mankind may have lost a real benefit.

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Now here is my new approach … send your idea/suggestion/design/invention/ (or even an ex-pression of a “need” for someone to work on), and I’ll edit and con-dense your input for potential use in future articles. You’ll have your validation on “Shorty’s List” (yet to be designed web site) and you’ll have a lot of people reading about it with the prospect that someone will want to take it on and make a profitable venture out of it. I may even have the time to pass it along to some one or some firm that I think might be interested. Once under way you can conduct your own negotiations as to how you are commissioned or paid some royalty.

To get it started I’m going to “kick it off” with a couple of my own ideas in the next article so you can see how it might work. Together we may be able to produce some benefit for mankind. We can fol-low the lead of software develop-ers who have long provided their product for free while receiving “donations” from those who have used it and appreciated the help. Of course you may also end up with a full-fledged business deal with cash in advance! If it sounds like something you would like to do, just send your information to [email protected] and I’ll try to get back to you quickly. And don’t forget to read next month’s article for more information.

House of Ruth Hosts Annual Holiday Store House of Ruth is hosting its Annual Holiday Store from December 2nd through December 23rd.

The House of Ruth’s Annual Holiday Store provides new toys and gifts to women and children affected by domestic violence, at no cost. For many families rebuilding violence free lives, House of Ruth’s Holiday Store is their only source of gifts and food during the holidays. The Holiday Store is designed to give mothers the opportunity to pick out gifts for their children, and children the opportunity to pick out the perfect holiday gift for their mom. Community members are more than welcomed to make a contribution to our Holiday Store, and help House of Ruth create an enjoyable holiday experience for the many families we serve each year.

House of Ruth began in 1977 as a graduate studies project, by a group of students from Claremont Graduate School. They assessed the need for domestic violence services in the Pomona Valley and the re-sponse was overwhelming. House of Ruth Incorporated in 1978 with a 24-hour hotline, referrals to ser-vices and crisis counseling. In 1981, an 18-bed shelter was opened and within 24 hours it was full. Thirty-five years later, House of Ruth has become a domestic violence agency providing direct services to women and children.

Since its humble beginnings 36 years ago as a 24-hour hotline which operated around a kitchen table of a female Claremont Gradu-ate University student, House of Ruth’s mission has been to advocate for and assist women victimized by domestic violence and children ex-posed to violence in transforming their lives by providing culturally competent shelter, programs, op-portunities and education. In the past year, House of Ruth served a total of 4,110 people through vari-ous programs and services which include, but are not limited to, an Emergency Shelter and Transi-tional Shelter, a Child Abuse Treat-ment Program, and a 24-hour Emergency Hotline. In addition, staff and volunteers provided Com-munity Education services to a total of 21,654 people.

Please join us in creating an en-joyable holiday experience for wom-en and children affected by domestic violence, by making a contribution to House of Ruth this holiday sea-son. Donations should be new, toys must be non-violent, and all gifts must remain unwrapped. Cash and gift card donations are also wel-comed. Donations can be delivered to House of Ruth Outreach Center located at 599 N. Main Street, Po-mona, CA from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please call House of Ruth’s Community Services Director Me-lissa Pitts at (909)868-8021 if you need to make special arrangements to drop your items off at a differ-ent time. A holiday wish list can be viewed on House of Ruth’s website www.houseofruthinc.org.Contact: Pat Bell – Director of De-velopment(909) [email protected] .

Senate GOP Leader Says Budget Priorities Should Be Funding Schools, Paying Down Debt

Sacramento — Senate Re-publican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) offered the following reaction to the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) fiscal forecast for Cali-fornia’s 2014-15 State Bud-get:

“The good news is that California is no longer run-ning multi-billion dollar bud-get deficits. That said, the LAO stressed a clear need for continued spending re-straint, as well as paying off budgetary debts and un-funded public employee re-tirement and health liabili-ties. The Proposition 30 tax hikes have generated more revenue than what support-ers claimed was needed to simply protect school fund-ing. If that money is spent on new state programs, Califor-nia could easily slip back into budget deficits from $6.5 - $8 billion in the event of a mild

recession. “Californians deserve a

government that works for them, and Sacramento can adopt policies that help peo-ple get jobs and grow the economy. The LAO recom-mends a cautious approach of building a strong rainy-day reserve, paying for past commitments, and limited ramp up of new spending. We agree. The focus should be on keeping the promise to help schools improve our children’s education and in-vesting in California’s criti-cal infrastructure needs. There will be other pent-up spending demands by many that can’t be fulfilled. But we can sustain this recovery and protect vital services all Cali-fornians care about as long as we work together to make that happen.”


It’s all about the CoreJordan Nichols, CSCS

When it comes to weight loss the most often discussed topic is how do I improve my core and lose

those inches around my waist. So much of how i n d i v i d u -als and even trainers view the core is in-fluenced by

marketing. We see these fancy charts and histograms highlight-ing certain areas of the stomach that somehow need to be isolated to achieve any significant prog-ress. But what science tells us is that the brain does not respond at all to isolated movements, in fact our bodies are meant to move all at one time having everything en-gaged at once. Before we can talk about training the core we have to first look at the anatomy of the core. The core is primarily made up of the hip joint which is a ball and socket joint, the pelvis and the lumbar spine (lower back). We also have tendons, ligaments, fascia and muscle all surround-ing it, allowing you to move freely. Notice how we didn’t mention anything about the abdominals which usually gets all of the atten-tion but has next to zero impact on how your core operates.

To really understand how your core works we need to understand the hip joint and lumbar spine. When we ask movement from your core the last thing we want is movement from your lumbar spine. The lumbar spine is limited to only fifteen degrees of move-ment and is a stable segment meaning it’s not meant to move. So when we ask the core to move we want it to come from your hips, which are mobile and the driver of your body when it comes to producing force and power. Forc-ing yourself to constantly flex the spine (like while doing crunches) will set you up for disc problems, tight hip flexors, loss of glute func-tion, poor posture and you will de-velop poor core sequencing.

The biggest problem that in-dividuals face is that we are a sit-ting society. If we are not standing on our feet for a minimum of six hours a day, our hips are degen-erating and causing you to lose a lot of mobility from your hips. A compensatory reaction to this is too much movement from your lumbar spine because your hips are no longer doing their job.Now we are using our back in every-thing and we develop back pain which will limit our movement quality. So as we talked about the core and you can understand that your abdominal muscles need to be trained as anti- rotators and any movement must come from the hips. When we are looking for a great core exercises we want to look for one that is functional and your spine has no movement whatsoever. The saying “feeling the burn in your core” means little to nothing. For example, if we were to do muscle testing on the best core exercises we would find that farmers carry (holding a 30-50 lb weight) and walking up and down the floor would draw the most core out of any other exercise but yet we get very little muscle burn. Remember, you can never

out train a bad diet so if you are soft around the middle you need some nutritional coaching, so eat smart and train correctly!

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America’s Christian Credit Union Gears Up For Holiday Basket Program

Glendora — America’s Chris-tian Credit Union is partnering with the City of Glendora and the Glendora Community Coor-dinating Council (GCCC) in their annual Holiday Basket Program. Donations are being accepted through Friday, December 20, 2013 at America’s Christian Cred-it Union’s Glendora branch.

During the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons each year, Glendora’s Holiday Basket Pro-gram provides food baskets for over 400 families in need in Glen-dora and surrounding communi-ties. Those who wish to contribute may do so by donating non-perish-able food items and/or monetary contributions. The food is assem-bled into baskets for those in need, and the money is used to purchase gift cards which are included with the donated food baskets.

“In an effort live out our mis-sion ‘To Reach, Serve and Teach’ I encourage our staff, members and community to join in supporting this program that uplifts so many residents in need in our commu-nity. By doing so, we are fulfill-ing the call and promise of God in

Isaiah 58:7-9,” said President and CEO of America’s Christian Cred-it Union, Mendell L. Thompson.

In addition to ACCU, there are four other food drop-off locations for this program including Glen-dora Public Library, the Glen-dora Police Department, La Fetra Senior Center, and the Timothy Daniel Crowther Teen & Family Center.

About America’s Christian Credit Union

America’s Christian CU pro-vides a broad range of financial so-lutions to individuals and minis-tries that empower them to reach their stewardship goals while ex-panding God’s Kingdom. Founded in 1958 and currently managing nearly $500 million in assets, ACCU serves the financial needs of its individual, family, ministry and business members. Funds entrusted to the credit union are reinvested in Kingdom purposes, supporting the Church world-wide. For additional information, visit www.AmericasChristianCU.com.

2nd Story Art Gallery Open During Christmas Extravaganza

The 2nd Story Art Gallery in the Walker House will be open on Saturday December 7th from 2-5 p.m. during the Christmas Extravaganza. The photography of noted photographer Ray Green will be featured for viewing and sale. Pursuing his passion he has been a full-time professional photographer for many years. Although weddings, events and commercial properties are the staple of his business, he loves to capture images of wildlife, nature, landscapes and especially birds. Following his photography pas-sion has allowed him to travel often, recently through Colorado, Montana, Arizona, Utah and Coastal California. Much of this will be on display. The San Di-mas Historical Society museum will also be open. Come to the his-torical Walker House for a special time in viewing the history of San Dimas in the museum and seeing the beauty of landscapes and na-ture photography, December 7th, 2 - 5 p.m. 121 N. San Dimas Ave.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY — At the Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich presents “Hello,” a 4-year old Terrier Mix, one of many pets available for adoption now.

For more information about adopting a pet, please call the Los An-geles County Department of Animal Care and Control at 562-728-4610.

Annual Food DriveCalifornia Preferred Properties is conducting their annual food drive

for the holidays. The Realtors of California Preferred Properties would like to encourage others to donate unopened non-perishable food items at their office from now through Christmas. In previous years the com-munity has responded with great enthusiasm and California Preferred Properties would like to thank all of those who donated and made it such a great success in the past! The food pantries are always in need of donations and no amount of food is too small. If you would like to make a donation, you may drop off food or clothing items at California Preferred Properties office located at 1150 Via Verde in San Dimas on Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The donations will be delivered to Shepherd’s Pantry of Glendora.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Golden State Water Company Donates 9,000 Turkeys for Families in Need This Holiday Season

Company Teams with Elected Officials and Non-Profits across the State for Operation Gobble

SAN DIMAS — Golden State Water Company (Golden State Water) announced it will donate and distribute more than 9,000 turkeys to deserving non-profit or-ganizations this holiday season as part of its annual Operation Gobble outreach program. This year, the company has also developed a first-of-its-kind donation event with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Ralphs/Food 4 Less, which was held at Dodger Stadium.

“Golden State Water Company provides water service to more than 1 million Californians, so we feel it is important to give back to the communities we serve,” said Presi-dent and CEO Robert J. Sprowls. “This year is the 23rd year we have participated in this annual giving event, and we are proud to have donated and distributed more than 200,000 turkeys since we started participating in this program.”

According to Feeding America, a non-profit organization that com-bats hunger, California has more counties with children who are food-insecure than any other state . Operation Gobble, a philanthropic partnership of Golden State Water, the California Water Association and local and state elected officials, addresses the important issue of hunger in California.

“Golden State Water employees are excited to continue the Opera-tion Gobble tradition this holiday season,” said Ronald Moore, a Golden State Water senior regula-tory analyst and Operation Gobble project leader. “Many Californians will go without a meal this Thanks-giving. We hope to provide for those in need, while raising awareness of the issue of hunger in California.”

Operation Gobble, a non-denom-inational and non-partisan effort, has been a Golden State Water tra-dition since 1990.

American States Water Compa-ny is the parent of Golden State Wa-ter Company and American States Utility Services, Inc. Through its utility subsidiary, Golden State Wa-ter Company, AWR provides water service to 75 communities through-out 10 counties in Northern, Coast-al and Southern California (ap-proximately 255 connections). The Company also distributes electricity to over 23,000 customers in the Big Bear recreational area of Califor-nia. Through its contracted services subsidiary, American States Util-ity Services, Inc., the Company pro-vides operations, maintenance and construction management services for water and wastewater systems located on military bases through-out the country.


BackPainFree.orgIf you twisted your back, I’ll get you back on your feet in 5 days!

Before we notice, Christmas is right around the corner. In the transition of the seasons, I often

have more pa-tients coming in with head-aches. They come with severe head-aches. Most of them don’t respond to

pain medication any longer. The seasonal type of headache is caused by the wind, air pollution, or the season change. The treatment is as simple as a couple of needles placed in the hands or feet. The headache disappears in seconds after insert-ing the needles. The headache is completely cured after several treat-ments. However, the most comon reason for headaches is caused from the neck ---- the cervical syndrome. Especially now days, since the com-puter has invaded our lives. Every-body experiences a sore neck once in a while. I treat the neck for this type of headache. It takes 5-8 treatments to cure the headache.

A boy was brought to my clinic by his mom with severe shoulder pain. The boy was injured while playing baseball. He complained of pain in his shoulder when he threw the ball. I examed his shoulder. He felt pain when he rotated his shoul-der. I inserted one needle in his thigh and asked him to move the shoulder again. He responded with a big smile, the pain was gone. His mom asked if it would be alright for him to play in a game the very next day. I told her that he might feel a little sore, but should not cause a problem. Four days later, he told me he had hit a homerun the next day, his shoulder was completely healed.

Back pain is the most common problem seen in my clinical experi-ence. There are many things you can do to prevent back pain. Fol-lowing any period of prolonged in-activity, begin a program of regular low-impact exercises. Walking or swimming 30 minutes a day can in-crease muscle strength and flexibil-ity. Yoga can also help stretch and strengthen muscles and improve posture. Always stretch before ex-ercise or other strenuous physical activity. In addition, you can join our back pain free program after we cure your back pain.

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Financial Resolutions for the New Year Submitted by Cindy BollingerEdward Jones Financial Advisor

About 45% of Americans usu-ally make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only 8% of us actually keep our resolutions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolu-tions involve things like losing a little weight or learning a foreign language. But when we make fi-nancial resolutions — resolutions that, if achieved, could significant-ly help us in our pursuit of our important long-term goals — it’s clearly worthwhile to make every effort to follow through.

So, what sorts of financial reso-lutions might you consider? Here are a few possibilities:• Boost your contributions to your retirement plans. Each year, try to put in a little more to your IRA and your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plans. These tax-advantaged ac-counts are good options for your retirement savings strategy.• Reduce your debts. It’s not al-ways easy to reduce your debts, but make it a goal to finish 2014 with a smaller debt load than you had going into the new year. The lower your monthly debt pay-ments, the more money you’ll have to invest for retirement, col-lege for your children (or grand-children) and other important objectives.• Build your emergency fund. Work on building an “emergency fund” containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses, with the money held in a liquid account that offers a high degree of preser-vation of principal. Without such a fund, you might be forced to dip into your long-term investments to pay for emergencies, such as a new furnace, a major car repair, and so on. You might not be able

to finish creating your emergency fund in one year, but contribute as much as you can afford.• Plan for your protection needs. If you don’t already have the prop-er amounts of life and disability insurance in place, put it on your “To Do” list for 2014. Also, if you haven’t taken steps to protect yourself from the considerable costs of long-term care, such as an extended nursing home stay, consult with your financial profes-sional, who can suggest the appro-priate protection or investment vehicles. You may never need such care, but that’s a chance you may not want to take — and the longer you wait, the more expen-sive your protection options may become.• Don’t overreact to market vola-tility. Too many people head to the investment “sidelines” during market downturns. But if you’re not invested, then you miss any potential market gains— and the biggest gains are often realized at the early stages of the rally.• Focus on the long term. You can probably check your invest-ment balance online, which means you can do it every day, or even several times a day — but should you? If you’re following a strategy that’s appropriate for your needs, goals, risk tolerance and time horizon, you’re already doing what you should be doing in the long run. So there’s no need to stress yourself over the short-term movements that show up in your investment statements.

Do whatever you can to turn these New Year’s resolutions into realities. Your efforts could pay off well beyond 2014.

This article was written by Ed-ward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Sends Relief to Typhoon Haiyan Survivors Charitable foundation ships 200,000 instant rice meals, 30,000 blankets to Philippines

relief according to the specific needs of disaster survivors.

According to Tzu Chi De-partment of Religious Affairs Deputy Director Wang Yun-jing, “We have established command centers in both Ma-nila and Cebu. Since Cebu is closest to the disaster area, Tzu Chi can use our local of-

fices in that area to store relief goods and make arrangements for volunteers’ transportation into the disaster area.”

Disaster relief on such a massive scale is not new to Tzu Chi, whose volunteers in the United States have pro-vided relief after 9/11, Hur-ricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, among other ma-jor and minor disasters. In just the first two months af-ter last October’s devastating Hurricane Sandy, volunteers provided nearly $10 million in emergency cash aid and

more than 9,000 blankets to approximately 16,000 affected families throughout New York and New Jersey. Following the principle of “first to arrive and last to leave,” volunteers con-tinue to support especially vul-nerable communities even one year later.

Tzu Chi National Head-quarters in San Dimas, CA, invites donations of relief funds and kind thoughts from individuals across the Unit-ed States to send to disaster survivors in the Philippines. Please make checks payable to “Tzu Chi” and write “Disaster Fund” on the memo line. Ques-tions may be directed to your local Tzu Chi office, via email to [email protected], or to the donor hotline: (888) 989-8244 (9 a.m.-6 p.m. PST).

Celebrating 70 Years of Cutting-Edged Clay: Scripps College Ceramic Annual

Claremont — The annual Scripps College Ceramic — the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States — will celebrate its 70th year with its opening on Jan. 25. Traditionally an “artist’s choice” event, this year’s exhibition – which continues through April 6 – will bring together a large number of past curators from the show’s long his-tory to celebrate art in clay. The Jan. 25 opening reception will begin with a lecture at 4 p.m. in the Scripps Col-lege Humanities Auditorium given by Peter Held, curator of ceramics at the Ceramics Research Center at Arizona State University. Held’s talk will be fol-lowed by live music and refreshments at the Gallery from 7 to 9 p.m. These events are free and open to the public.

The show has encouraged ceramic development over the decades and has offered a place for new artists and trends to gain a foothold. For example, in 1995, Cai Guo Qiang, now a highly respected international artist, first ex-hibited his work in the United States at the Ceramic Annual. In addition to supporting ceramic artists, it has al-ways been the annual’s goal to expand public appreciation of contemporary

ceramics and inspire excitement for the material of clay in new genera-tions.

In recognition of the artists who have always organized this exhibi-tion, this exhibition will present ap-proximately 60 works by artist cura-tors from throughout the history of the event. This group includes past Scripps professors of ceramics from 1945 to 1995: William Manker, Rich-ard Petterson, Paul Soldner, and No-buho Nagasawa. It also includes guest curators such as: Kathleen Royster, Adrian Saxe, Wayne Higby and many other notable ceramic artists. For a full list and more information on the exhi-bition, please visit “Upcoming Exhibi-tions” on the Gallery website at rcwg.scrippscollege.edu.

Scripps College was founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, a pio-neering philanthropist and influential figure in the worlds of education, pub-lishing, and women’s rights. Today, Scripps is a nationally top-ranked lib-eral arts college and women’s college with approximately 950 students, and is a member of The Claremont Col-leges in Southern California.

San Dimas — Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most pow-erful typhoons ever recorded, left behind a wide swath of destruction in the Philippines on November 8, with the high-ly populated city of Tacloban hit hardest. Currently, death toll estimates reach as high as 10,000, and as rescue efforts

have been slowed by the enor-mous scope of the disaster re-gion, casualties may continue to rise. In addition, countless people have been left without homes, in dire need of food and clean drinking water.

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foun-dation has already launched its disaster relief effort and prepared 200,000 individ-ual servings of instant rice meals and 30,000 blankets to be shipped to the disaster region. On November 12, the first shipment of 30,000 blan-kets and 60,000 instant rice meals departed for the disas-

ter region via C-130 military transport aircraft.

From November 13, disas-ter assessment and medical teams comprised of 40 Tzu Chi Philippines volunteers will fly from Manila to Cebu and then to the disaster re-gion to begin the first stage of disaster assessment and re-lief for survivors. The disaster assessment team will be car-rying 1500 packs of toiletries and daily necessities to meet the immediate needs of di-saster survivors. The medical team, comprised of 10 doctors and nurses from Tzu Chi In-ternational Medical Associa-tion (TIMA), will help provide immediate medical services to those who need them. Fol-lowing initial assessment, vol-unteers will provide care and


Personal TechnologyWhat are those funny squares?By Mitchell Crawford

You may have noticed symbols like these in magazines, on bill-boards, cars, and even on t-shirts:

These are QR Codes, or Quick Re-sponse Codes. In this case, the code on the left is for the San Di-mas Com-munity News

Website and on the right the La Vern Community News Website.

If you have a smart phone, and a scanner app, you can scan the codes, and depending on what the code contains, a world of informa-tion can open-up.

For example, I recently in-stalled a new flush valve in one of our toilets. This new valve is designed to save water with each flush, provide a more power-ful flush, and only refill the tank when the toilet is flushed (not when there is a slow leak into the toilet bowl).

The installation is a little more complicated than most flush valves. In reading the installation instructions I noticed a QR Code and scanning it with my smart phone took me to a video that pro-vided step by step narrated, visual installation instructions. Having access to the video made the in-stallation much easier.

QR Codes are published regu-larly in the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, and on the shelves in home improvement stores. They were also posted around this year’s Los Angeles

County Fair to provide additional information for the Fair visitors.

One of the most innovative uses of the QR Code I have seen is from the wonderful artist BJ Lane. She was one of the visiting artists this year at the Millard Sheets Gallery at the Los Angeles County Fair. In her display area at the Gallery was a sign with a QR Code on it, and an invitation for you to scan it to join her mailing list. Scanning the QR Code took you directly to the mailing list page, making it easy to sign-up.

Now, you could get to most of the same Web destinations with-out scanning the QR Code – if you knew they existed, by typing in the Web address. Scanning al-lows you to get there quickly, and without having to bring-up a Web browser and type-in the address.

This is such a simple, inexpen-sive, elegant technology, I am sure we will continue to see wider use of it, and to all of our benefit.

You can learn more about the Quick Response Code by visiting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

Have an idea, comment or question? You can e-mail me with your questions, comments or ideas for future columns at mlcrawford@lavernecommunity news.com. You can also visit the La Verne Community News at wwwlavernecommunity news.com. In addition visit the official City of La Verne Web site www.ci.la verne.ca.us and the La Verne Chamber of Commerce Web site at www.lavernechamber. org.

Mitchell Crawford

Hollywood Pantages Invites Southland High Schools to Participate in the 3rd Annual Jerry Herman AwardsAll High Schools In The Greater L.A. Area Eligible To Participate

The Nederlander Organization and Hollywood Pantages have extended an invitation to high schools in the greater L.A. area to participate in the 3rd Annual JERRY HERMAN AWARDS to be held Sunday, June 1, 2014 at Hollywood Pantages in Los Angeles. Tickets for this awards celebration will go on sale to the general public on Monday, March 31st at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets will be just $20.

THE JERRY HERMAN AWARDS is a local celebration dedicated to recognizing, encour-aging, and rewarding achieve-ments and excellence in high school musical theatre. It is the lo-cal award ceremony for THE NA-TIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MU-SICAL THEATRE AWARDS, also known as The Jimmy’s™, which will take place at the Mins-koff Theatre on Broadway in New York City on Monday June 30, 2014. Every year two students are sent to New York to represent Los Angeles at The Jimmy’s to participate in a week long work-shop and compete for the coveted Jimmy Award, named after the owner of the Hollywood Pantages: James M. Nederlander.

Instituted by The Nederlander Organization, THE JERRY HER-MAN AWARDS is an initiative with the goal to stimulate new partnerships between theatres and the schools in Los Angeles while engaging entire families in the activities of their children and contributing to the development of future audiences for live per-forming arts.

THE JERRY HERMAN AWARDS will focus much needed attention on the meaningful work being done by today’s dedicated teachers and celebrate kids with wide ranging talents on and off the stage.

High schools honored last year during the 2nd Annual JERRY HERMAN AWARDS included (listed in ABC order) Agoura High School, Arcadia High School, Chaminade High School, Claremont High School, John Burroughs High School, Martin Luther King High School, Milken High School, Oak Park High School, Ramon Cortines High School & Santa Susan-na. The award for Best Musi-

cal was awarded to Hollywood High School’s production of In The Heights. Students Antho-ny Nappier from Arcadia High School and Natalia Vivino from Santa Susanna High School were named Best Actor and Actress re-spectively; and were granted the honor of competing at

“The Jimmy’s”. Additional participating high schools includ-ed Academy of Music at Hamil-ton High School, Calabasas High School, Charter Oak High School, El Camino High School, Fullerton Union High School, Huntington Beach High School, Irvine High School, Los Angeles High School of the Arts, Notre Dame Acad-emy, University High, Ventura Community Charter Early Col-lege High School & Walnut High School.

HOW DO I REGISTER MY SCHOOL’S PRODUCTION?

Authorized High School repre-sentatives may still register their musical theatre productions for consideration by visiting www.JerryHermanAwards.com and filling out the participation form. Much like Broadway’s Tony Awards™, during a designated judging period, each school’s pro-duction will be attended by desig-nated judges who will rank each school’s production on a series of pre-determined criteria.

ABOUT THE JIMMY AWARDS™

The National High School Mu-sical Theater Awards is a national celebration of outstanding student achievement in high school musi-cal theater. Established by the Pittsburgh CLO and Nederland-er Alliances, LLC, this program recognizes individual artistry in vocal, dance and acting perfor-mance, as well as honors teachers and their schools’ commitment to excellence in performing arts edu-cation.

The 2012 National High School Musical Theater Awards were celebrated by PBS, which produced Broadway Or Bust, a three-part documentary series that delved into the real life sto-ries of America’s top high school musical performers, vying in the ultimate competition to find the nation’s best young theatre stars!

“A GEM & A SUPERNOVA” Pasadena Master Chorale presents The Glory of Christmas,Featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria & Bach’s Magnificat Orchestra Camerata will join the Chorale

Pasadena — After over 25 years studying, performing, com-posing and conducting choral mu-sic, there is not much Jeffrey Ber-nstein, founder and artistic director of the Pasadena Master Chorale (PMC), does not know about the genre’s greatest works. But, until very recently, one “fun tidbit” of information about Vivaldi’s Gloria – which PMC will perform, along with Bach’s Magnificat, at The Glory of Christmas on Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church in Pasa-dena – escaped him.

“Robert Downey Jr. is my favor-ite actor,” Bernstein confides. “And in one of my favorite movies, Two Girls and A Guy, he sings to him-self somewhat extensively. What he is singing, as it turns out, is ‘Cum Sancto Spiritu’ from the Vivaldi Gloria – which I never knew until we began rehearsing the piece.”

This is one of the reasons that Bernstein describes his preparation for The Glory of Christmas as “an exciting and fresh journey.” Prior to this upcoming December per-formance, he had never conducted either the Gloria or the Magnificat. Indeed he chose the pieces not only because of their energy and spirit but because he wanted to share his journey of discovery with PMC’s audience. “Quite simply, they’re not performed as often as other baroque choral works,” says Bernstein.

“But they’re old friends to me now,” Bernstein continues. “And I can’t wait to introduce them to oth-ers. Vivaldi’s Gloria, for instance, is a gem. It’s rhythmic and vital, like much of Vivaldi’s music, but it is also chock full of gorgeous choral writing, fresh ideas, and some truly shocking moments of dissonance and poignancy.”

Bach’s Magnificat, meanwhile, Bernstein characterizes as a “super-nova of a piece.”

“Accompanied by an orchestra that includes timpani and trum-pets, it’s a work full of bombast and joy – perfect for the holiday season!” Bernstein explains. “We are thrilled as well to welcome back Orchestra Camerata, which our audience first met last year when PMC performed Handel’s Messiah.”

The Magnificat is also a super-nova of a challenge for the choir itself, which sings in five parts throughout the entire work. “But PMC is more than up to the task,” Bernstein asserts. “We are so con-fident, in fact, that we are casting the numerous and substantial solo parts from within PMC’s ranks. Now, what better tribute to the quality and depth of talent of our singers is there than that?”

Tickets for The Glory of Christ-mas are available for $25 online or at the door. Visit https://pmc-1314christmas.eventbrite.com or call (626) 208-0009 for more infor-mation on purchasing tickets. To learn more about the Pasadena Master Chorale and its upcoming season, visit www.pasadenamas-terchorale.org. The First Congrega-tional Church is located at 464 East Walnut Street in Pasadena, 91101..

Hillcrest is Becoming Known as a Center of Business and Civic Engagement in La Verne

Hillcrest is a remarkable senior living community nestled in the heart of La Verne and has been serving its residents for nearly 65 years. Located north of Bonita and east of Wheeler, the Hillcrest campus sits on more than 50 acres. Hillcrest blends into the surround-ing neighborhoods so well that many La Verne residents aren’t aware of the existence of Hillcrest, let alone the fact that they are driv-ing right by a retirement commu-nity with 400+ residents.

However, Hillcrest is changing from one of La Verne’s best kept se-crets to being known as a “center of business and civic engagement” in La Verne. Since the dedication of the Meeting House approximately seven years ago, it has played host to a wide variety of community meetings, school banquets, Cham-ber of Commerce events, just to name a few. Hillcrest has also been the site of numerous annual

La Verne Mayor’s State of the City and Bonita Unified School District Superintendent’s State of the Dis-trict addresses. The Cultural Arts Society of La Verne utilizes Hill-crest as its venue to hold its entire season of events. Many local non-profit organizations use Hillcrest as location for their board meet-ings, trainings, and fundraisers.

The 5,808 sq. ft. Meeting House accommodates up to 400 guests (auditorium style) and 50 to 272 guests for fine dining. Hillcrest’s wonderful and talented Catering Services Team, led by Chef Chris-tian Laire, features a wide variety of entrees for both formal and ca-sual events and can include either self-service buffets or formal table-service in a number of price ranges.

Anyone interested in having an event or meeting at Hillcrest is welcome to call (909) 392-4375 for more information.

SGVEP Outdoor Billboard Ad Promotes Region as a Great Place to Do Business

Irwindale — The San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership has re-cently expanded its marketing efforts beyond print and digital advertis-ing into outdoor billboard advertising. Located on the Westside of Los Angeles County at Santa Monica Blvd. and Carmelina Ave., a billboard advertisement promotes the San Gabriel Valley as a great place to do business.

Conveniently located near all areas of Southern California, the San Gabriel Valley boasts a skilled and diverse workforce with various hous-ing options and is accessible to numerous colleges and universities. The region has business friendly cities, lower lease rates with room to ex-pand and offers several transportation options.


LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCEHelpful Holiday Cleaning Hints from My Cleaning Lady

Whether you celebrate Christ-mas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa or something you made up yourself, sometime this holiday season, you will likely entertain guests. Do you know how to effortlessly prepare? No need to take it to the extreme—replacing floorboards or cordoning off entire sections of your house. Believe it or not, it is possible to have a clean home without going overboard. And if your schedule is typical, that in-formation is probably a relief. The secret is simple. Turn your atten-tion to the right place.

Here are 3 tips about where you should focus your holiday housecleaning energy: 1. Entryways—anyone who en-ters your house will need to get in through a door. So your time isn’t wasted if you spend it at the en-trance, to guarantee a good first impression.2. Kitchen— “No matter where I serve my guests, they seem to like my kitchen best.” The adage is true. People gather around food—especially during the holidays. 3. Common Areas—whether you host company in the living room or family room, it’s worthwhile to spend time deep cleaning party central.

If you’d rather focus on enter-taining instead of taking time to clean the house yourself, call My Cleaning Lady, referral agency. We would love to help get your house ready for the holidays and could even help clean things up after your guests have gone. For a free estimate, call (909) 593-6690.

Relieve Stress at La Verne Massage

A new massage spot called La Verne Massage has sprung up in our neighborhood located on 2100 Foothill Blvd. Suite C. Located across the street from In-N-Out and next to Opus Bank on Foot-hill, it is the best place to come treat yourself to a mini vacation. Prices are affordable!

This Center has six individual massage rooms to provide you with the best privacy, with taste-ful decorations and relaxing at-mosphere that is always kept spotlessly clean. Not only do they have a well trained staff that of-fers all kinds of different massag-es, this place is also fully staffed with Federal and State licensed personnel who work hard to en-sure you walk out feeling new and refreshed.

To provide their neighborhood residents even better service, La Verne Massage is now offering special deals every morning, Mon-day thru Thursday. Contact them for the details. Walk- ins are al-ways welcome.

You can call 626-316-3376 to set up an appointment and ask any question you might have. They are excited to be in La Verne and look forward to meeting you. A holiday gift certificate is a great idea to give a family member, friend or co-worker. Ask about it and they will be glad to help you out.

Start your mini vacation now, you will never regret the decision you made. La Verne Massage is the best stress relief spot in town!!

California Pest Management has relocated its offices to La Verne. CPM is owned and op-erated by Jim & Gail Harmon. Jim has been in the pest control industry since 1983 while attend-ing Purdue University where he got his BS in Urban Entomology. Then his Masters of Science in En-tomology from Virginia Tech and finally an MBA in Finance from Cal Poly Pomona. Jim is LEED AP certified, an avid Arborist and Turf Specialist. California Pest Management provides traditional pest control services for homes and businesses as well as advanced Integrated Pest Management programs for sensitive locations such as assisted living facilities, museums, schools and healthcare settings. California Pest Manage-ment also has a Landscape divi-sion that services many local golf courses, nurseries, colleges, cem-eteries and many other locations for gopher and ground squirrel control, fire ant eradication, weed control, tree health services and even lake management.

California Pest Management

As a small business, Jim Har-mon feels that CPM can react quickly to almost any type of prob-lem and still give a professional service to their clients with a per-sonal touch. They have been in business since 2008 and a good corporate citizen through their services for local charities and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Los Ange-les. Giving back to the community is strong facet of their business philosophy. California Pest Man-agement is also fiercely devoted to sustainability and the quality of the environment through not only their service programs, but also through service in the US Green Building Council. Lastly, Califor-nia Pest Management focuses re-sources on the next generation of community through very afford-able service programs for Charter and local school districts.

As your only local, La Verne based pest services corporation and Chamber of Commerce mem-ber, California Pest Management would invite you to Shop Local and give them a call! 909-599-0125.

Want Help Buying or Selling Your Home?

My name is Lucinda Marie. I started out working for Dr. Guido, the local Optometrist in town. I am now a full time Realtor for Centu-ry 21. I’ve been in Real Estate over 2 years and worked in La Verne for over 7 years building relation-ships with families, business own-ers, and chamber members. My first few months in Real Estate were very successful closing 3 list-ings in a hard market with over 10 transactions! I thank God for my prayers being answered, help-ing families achieve their goals. If you’re thinking about selling, buy-ing, or not sure where to start, I’d love to help you out! Feel free to contact me any time Cell 909-579-9176 Email [email protected] or visit my website : LaVerne-HomeLiving.com.

An Interesting Twist on the HolidaySeasonMicky’s Jewelry StudioHoliday Scavenger Hunt

From December 5th - Decem-ber 16th Micky’s Jewelry Studio will host a 12 Days of Christmas Event, hiding jewelry pieces and gift cards valued from $50.00 – $1,000.00 around town.

Elves will hide the jewels around town and Micky will post clues each morning on their face-book page.

How To Participate:1st. Like us on our facebook page @ Micky’s Jewelry Studio

2nd. We will post clues each morn-ing on our facebook page hinting at where the item is hidden.

We will kick off the event on December 5th, hiding a jewelry item around town, then continue thru December 16th for the 12 Days of Christmas.

This is a fun way to give back to the community that has done so much for us.

Happy Hunting!Micky’s Jewelry Studio2210 Foothill Blvd.La Verne, Ca. 909-593-0748

CHAIRMANS MESSAGE

SHOP LOCAL, SHOP LA VERNE

Shopping for the Holidays… studies have shown that when you buy from an independent lo-cally owned business, significant-ly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses and service providers.

Keep our community unique: Where we shop, where we eat and have fun -- all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-akind businesses are an in-tegral part of the distinctive char-acter of our city.

Get better service: Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know custom-ers.

Invest in community: Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s fu-ture. So when making your list…

Think of our La Verne Busi-nesses First.Merry Christmas!Micky Rehm0Micky’s Jewelry Studio

Acupuncture Doctor Jolin Wang attended

the University of Dong-guk in Los Angeles California where she completed her acupuncture stud-ies and received her California

Board Certification and License. Prior to opening her practice here at La Verne Family Medical Cen-ter she trained in ShenYang, Chi-na at ShiHua Hospital under the supervision of the renowned acu-puncture doctor YuZhong Lu. She further refined her training and technique at T&L Medical Group in Valencia, California under the supervision of Doctor Chien-Liang Lin.

Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points located near or

on the surface of the skin which have the ability to alter various biochemical and physiological conditions in order to achieve the desired effect. Acupuncture points are areas of designated electrical sensitivity. Inserting needles at these points stimulates various sensory receptors that, in turn, stimulate nerves that transmit impulses to the hypothalamic-pituitary system at the base of the brain.

The substances released as a result of acupuncture not only re-lax the whole body, they regulate serotonin in the brain which plays a role in human and animal dis-position. This is why depression is often treated with acupuncture.

We can provide relief from:*Neck & shoulder pain*Headache & migraine*Lower back pain*Stress & injuries*Chronic fatigue*Asthma*Bell’s palsy*Allergies*Tinnitus

Acupuncture can also help with:*Infertility

*Insomnia*Menopause*P.M.S.

*We accept Insurance *Call for details

W&J MEDICAL GROUPlocated atLA VERNE FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER2100 Foothill Blvd.Suite A.La Verne ,CA 91750Open: Tue,Thu and Sat.Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Jolin Wang


City of La Verne’s Military MembersWho are Currently Serving as of November 13, 2013

ARMY **In Memory of Cory F. Hiltz-Army****In Memory of Jose O. Belmontes-Army**

Steve P. Acuff Jr.Christopher T. AllanBrent ApodacaDennis M. AscencioBrett E. BabbMichael C. BadetJared A. BehounekAndrew D. BissellJoseph R. BockDaniel BoutCody A. BoardmanJames BunsoldDavid M. CabotAaron B. CastroJason CheneyDonovan CobleLogan Coble Michael CrossFrancisco CruzAllen T. Dade Jr.Stephanie Daly LongRose Anne DelacerdaJoseph C. DunkenSean M. EllingsonJordan FankhauserBrandon T. FloresLuis M. Gamboa Jr.Leonard GarciaNick J. GarryIan T. GoetzRemberto GutierrezLuke F. HallJennifer HaskellDaniel J. HeadPatrick J. HeskettAlan J. HoffmanDerek C. Houston-BrownAlex I. JamsaChristen H. JamsaScott P. JeffersonJake S. KausenRobert KirklandBenjamin J. KnightAlexander KurdoghlianKarl KurtzMichael LiscanoJordan J. LongChristopher R. LopezThomas MadridMichael MagdalenoAmber M. McIntireLoran McClungAndrew McKindleyCharlene M. MoralesBrent R. MorenoMichael S. MorenoJared S. NelsonTrisha M. NewtonJohn A. OliverRichard G. PalafoxErik R. PereyraRobert PerezMichael PorrasRobert QuinnRicky RickordsKelly R. RojasMariah M. RojasErnie SanchezAlexander B. SandonaKyle J. SandovalRyan SinclairMichael StitelerMarco StogsdillDavid A. TaylorTimothy P. TimminsBenjamin A. TiradoJulian J. Torres-PalominoJoshua M. TroutMark A. VinciLouis N. WerrickJoe WilliamsStephen V. Williams IIBrent A. Wilson

Christopher A. WoodsMARINESRonald M. AlbercaJoshua M. AlbertMichael Arballo Jr.David A. BarreraJohn BeaucarRobert BellevilleMario BlancasMichael E. BoggsRyan J. BurkovichSteven Bustillos Jr.Jonathon CardinalChristopher CassinelliJoshua CastanedaRyon J. ClarkJoseph E. Davis IVBrian DrechslerMatthew R. DumaisGerard M. FillionDavid R. FlickingerKevin R. FlickingerGeorge L. Frey Jr.Kenneth V. FuquaDaniel D. GabaldonAnthony M. GodinezFrank P. GonzalesDaniel J. GrantJustin W. GrimmDonald J. HaddenAmede HansonDane HansonDiana M. HernandezBrian Higeons DewhurstMichael R. JacobellisJason LauBrian LinkMichael LopezAnthony J. MagallanesFernando E. MirandaAndrew MoralesMichael D. MoralesJered M. MundtChristopher L. NegretteJustin J. PelotBrandon M. PeraltaAlfred PerchezNick H. RhoadesXavier C. RiesPatrick A. RomeroRyann SartorTimothy W. SchendelAaron Joseph SernaAndrew D. SerranoMatt ShauppIsaiah M. TelnasRyan M. TorrezRyan A. ValenzuelaAlexander W. VanceDaniel D. VargasEric J. WagnerDarin H. WestMichael L. Yslas

AIR FORCENathan V. AndersonBrent A. BakerJeffrey W. BakerEric R. BarriosPhilip BartooLaural E. BernardBradford C. BrooksChristopher BuckleyJoel CarreraGustavo F. CastilloScott ChalmersCole M. ConnorsDerek DreyfussEric C. FleuryAnthony L. Fox IIEdmundo Gamiao PenaScott GarciaMichael A. GomezMaria Gomez-McKinneyCourtney X. HawkinsSamantha HeggAaron Matthew HunterMichelle C. LaymanBrian A. Leon

Robert A. LeybaJimmy LopezKimberly A. LueraRyan P. McKeeWesley J. MooreKassidy MorikawaMichael L. NarmoreSean V. OrmeDylan M. OrnelasDesiree R. PattersonBrian PetersJoshua S. PettusArdi B. PribadiEarle L. RojasJacquelyn RuffinoChad J. RyanAndrew J. SaldanaBranden N. ShepperdHeath L. ShepperdDaniel J. SullivanGarrett R. TolleAllison N. Ziolkowski

NAVYJoseph A. AldanaChristian A. ArteagaBrett A. AugartenRonald D. Ballenger IILuz C. BautistaRay A. BernalTiana BrownerMichael S. BuckhannonVenessa V. BurgosKristopher E. CervantesSteven I. DavisMarquis K. DawsonGary L. DealScott D. DennisChristy A. DismukesMatthew F. EspinaPaul A. EspinozaRobert R. EspinozaDan FarnsworthChristopher J. FinchTravis M. GarciaKimberley GlaeserDavid C. HalbergShawn HardenMark D. HellerWesley T. KnudsonCurtis L. LaceyPeter A. LazosCameron LinkJesse Loera IIIChristopher D. LuceroChristopher C. LuptonDavid A. ManuelRenee M. MartinezSamuel A. MartinezShelby A. McWilliamsAriana J. MedinaDean NusbaumMichael J. OrtegaDavid E. PalfreyBruce PetersonNitesh R. PymagamEthan M. ReiferNathan S. RhodesPeter RodriguezCameron RosenQasim ShakirSam ShwetzDerek StogsdillJonathan L. StremelJames L. TiffieJulie R. TorresAndrew ToucheJohn V. TrapaniErik N. UrsuloKenneth ValmonteLouis O. Velarde III

COAST GUARDDaniel R. AlmadaNathaniel M. BatoonSean T. DawsonAustin M. KingAaron M. LeeKevin A. MorrisDan E. Miller

The renowned choir will perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Part I – a cantata composed specially for Christmas Day – plus carols and holiday favorites

The evening, which is suitable for families and children ages 7 and up, will also include an audience sing-along.

Los Angeles — For his official portrait in 1746, Johann Sebastian Bach followed the example set by members of the Leipzig town coun-cil and posed with an item that he felt best depicted who he was. But, to the surprise of many, the virtuoso keyboardist did not choose to be shown at the organ or clavier. In-stead he held in his hand a sheet of music – a canon from his Christmas Oratorio, Part I, which the Angeles Chorale will perform at Divine Joy: A Christmas Celebration in Music on Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena.

“This will be a great opportunity to hear what some scholars claim is Bach’s finest cantata work,” ex-plains Dr. John Sutton, Artistic Di-rector and conductor. “The Christ-mas Oratorio, however, is not an oratorio as we traditionally think of one. Like Handel’s Messiah, its parts are bound together but, un-like Messiah, it was never meant to be presented all at once. It is really six different cantatas set for perfor-mance over six days of the Christ-mas season, with Part I composed for Christmas Day.”

While Sutton concedes that the Christmas Oratorio is “somewhat unknown,” he is confident that audi-ence members will recognize many of the melodies. “As they fall on your ear, you’ll think, ‘that sounds like something I know,’ and it probably is,” he says. “It’s going to be an excit-ing, jubilant performance.”

The Christmas Oratorio is also “exciting” in that it is extraordinari-ly challenging for singers. “Bach, more than any other Baroque com-poser, began to treat the voice like an instrument,” Sutton explains. “We see things for a vocalist to do that typically violins, oboes or other wood instruments would be doing.”

“All those notes on the page. That sort of tells the story right there,” adds Executive Director Rae Macdonald with a smile. “But I think people will find the Oratorio more than fascinating historically. They’ll be overwhelmed by the beauty, power and joy of the music.”

For the second half of the concert Sutton deliberately chose tradi-tional holiday fare familiar to most everyone. The program will include songs ranging from Mel Torme’s iconic Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) to Deck the Halls and Silent Night.

One carol, however, may well be unfamiliar to the Chorale’s au-dience – a traditional African carol entitled African Noel, arranged by Andre Thomas.

“It’s a piece that will rock the room,” Sutton promises.

The evening will also include what has become an Angeles Cho-rale tradition, a sing-along.

“I don’t even think of this as a concert anymore,” admits Sutton. “To me, those days are kind of gone and past us. Our mission is to pro-vide a musical experience that al-lows us to engage with our audience

and our audience, in turn, to engage with us. An amazing dynamic takes place when the audience shows up and the choir feels its energy. That’s when the best music is made, after all – when our hearts are shared.”

Tickets for Divine Joy: A Christ-mas Celebration in Music are avail-able for $25/person. To purchase tickets or learn more about the Angeles Chorale, visit www.ange-leschorale.org or call 818-591-1735. First United Methodist Church is located at 500 East Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena.

The Chorale thanks the Los An-geles County Arts Commission for its help in supporting this concert.

ABOUT THE CHORALE

The Angeles Chorale is a 100-voice, auditioned, professional-level, volunteer choir rehearsing and performing in the Los Angeles area.

Our mission is to perform world- class music – from classical master-works to groundbreaking new com-missions – that will enrich the lives of the diverse community of music lovers who call Southern California home.

The Chorale was founded in 1975 by Bill and Ada Beth Lee, who led the organization until 1987 when John Alexander as-sumed the mantle of Artistic Direc-tor. In 1996, Donald Neuen, Direc-tor of Choral Activities at UCLA, stepped to the podium and led the Chorale for the next thirteen years. Under his direction, the Angeles Chorale became best known for its productions of classical mas-terworks for chorus and orchestra. The 2013-2014 concert season, the Chorale’s 39th season and the fourth under the direction of Dr. John Sutton, celebrates three of the world’s great composers: Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven.

The Angeles Chorale has per-formed with many local orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philhar-monic, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and the American Youth Symphony.

The Chorale appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2012 under the direction of Gustavo Du-damel as he conducted Mahler’s 8th Symphony, the Symphony of a Thousand, at the Shrine Audi-torium. That season, the Angeles Chorale also was honored to per-form with Barbra Streisand at the Hollywood Bowl and with Julie Andrews at the annual Holiday Sing-Along at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, part of the LA Phil-harmonic’s “Deck the Halls” con-cert series. The Chorale will again perform with Julie Andrews and the LA Philharmonic at a Holiday Sing-Along at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on December 21 and December 22, 2013.

For the past five years, the An-geles Chorale has worked with Immediate Music, one of the larg-est leasing libraries for movie pre-views and television commercials. Chorale voices can be heard in many Hollywood movie trailers, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Tangled, Meet the Parents: Little Fockers, and Prince of Persia.

One Cantata and Lots of CarolsAngeles Chorale opens its 39th season with “Divine Joy: A Christmas Celebration in Music”


Sweet Life Along Southern CoastStory & Photos By Stan Wawer

The road to Mandalay or, in this case, the road to San Diego is a journey through time and ex-citement.

Pack the bags, buckle up the kids in the back seat of your vehicle and take off for a few days or a week along

Southern California’s seashore.From Long Beach to the Coro-

nado Peninsula, you can touch history, catch the sea breezes along one of the best stretches of beaches in the world and find ro-mance and fun along the canals

and byways of Long Beach.There aren’t many places

where time stands still in this fast-moving world of the 21st century. Historical Hotel del Coronado, however, is such a place, marked in time by its indelible architec-ture.

The Del has stood in Victorian splendor across the bay from San Diego since Feb. 19, 1888. A Na-tional Historic Landmark, Hotel del Coronado has been visited by 12 U.S. Presidents and thousands of celebrities, foreign dignitar-ies and travelers from around the world. “Some Like It Hot,”

the classic 1958 Billy Wilder film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown, was filmed at The Del.

The Hotel del Coronado is con-stantly riding the crest of tech-

nology by offering the latest in hotel, restaurant and convention facilities. All of this has happened over the years because the private ownership, which has changed hands only a handful of times in 125 years, has insisted that the hotel adapt itself to the demands of a changing world without losing its turn-of-the-century charm.

The oceanfront Windsor Lawn is transformed into an ice rink with daily skating sessions through Jan. 5. Sunday Brunch with Santa dates are Dec. 8, 15

and 22. For more information, go to www.hoteldel.com.

The San Diego area offers a plethora of family entertainment — The San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park, San Diego Wild Animal Park in Escondido, Old Town San Diego, Sea World in Mission Bay

and many other attractions.Just up the road are the trendy

shops of La Jolla, horse racing in the summer at Del Mar (“Where the turf meets the surf”) and ho-tels, inns and B&Bs to fit almost every pocketbook.

A little farther up, you can walk the pristine beaches of San Clem-

ente or visit San Juan Capistrano Mission, founded by Fr. Junipero Serra on Nov. 1, 1776.

Laguna Beach has its Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters, which takes place from early July to

late August at Irvine Bowl Park. The Pageant, presented nightly at 8:30, recreates classical and contemporary works of art posed as living tableaux by citizens from area communities. The pageant of the Masters is an in-credible show. Bring binoculars and a jacket. It gets cool in the bowl after the sun goes down.

If you prefer something a little more upscale, with a big touch of ro-mance, try The Fairmont Newport Beach (www.fairmont.com/newport-beach). The hotel has a number of year-round packages. What dis-tinguishes The Fairmont Newport Beach from many other resort hotels is the quality of food, ambience and hospitality.

In Long Beach, you can take a romantic sojourn along the canals of Naples or rent an electric boat with a bunch of friends or family for a picnic on the water. Pelican Joe’s Bay Boat Rentals in Seaport Village has 18-foot and 21-foot Duffy boats for rent. Power your own boat through the ca-nals of Naples of Alamitos Bay. Peli-can Joe’s Bay Boat Rentals outfits its floating lounges with complimenta-ry ice and picnic linens and also can provide platters of gourmet snacks for guests. For more information, go to www.pelicanjoeboatrentals.com.

Gondola Getaway is at 5437 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach (www.gondolagetawayinc.com) and is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week. Each cruise is about one hour. Priced at $125 for a gondola for up to four persons. Gondola Get-away has a new pizza cruise at $40 per person, with a table set for up to 12 with plate ware, glassware and tablecloth. Bring along your own soft drinks, wine, beer or champagne.

Upscale homes line the canals in Long Beach’s Naples district where Gondola Getaways takes you on a romantic interlude.

One thing is certain, the southern coast of California never disappoints.

All information is accurate at the time of publication but prices, dates and other details are all subject to change. Confirm all information before making any travel arrange-ments.

Travel Editor Stan Wawer is a La Verne resident, a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and editor of his own travel blog, www.travelwithstan.blogspot.com. Address all travel-related questions to his blog.

The lobby at the Grande Colonial in La Jolla.

Shamu breeches at SeaWorld in San Diego.

The spa at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad.

Sunrise at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes.

V-J Day kiss in front of the USS Midway in San Diego. It is now a museum and well worth the visit.

A yoga class on the beach in Laguna.

San Dimas Community Hospital Earns “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®” Recognition from The Joint Commission

Ontario — Prime Healthcare Services announced that 11 of its hospitals were named Top Per-former on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in nation. One of these hospitals is San Dimas Community Hospital.

The hospitals in California are: Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Encino Hospital Medical Center, Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center, Hunting-ton Beach Hospital, La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, Para-dise Valley Hospital, San Dimas Community Hospital and Shas-ta Regional Medical Center; in Kansas: Saint John Hospital; in Pennsylvania: Roxborough Me-morial Hospital; and in Texas: Harlingen Medical Center. The Hospitals were recognized for ex-emplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions. The clinical processes focus on care for heart attack, pneumonia, surgery, chil-dren’s asthma, stroke and venous thromboembolism, as well as in-patient psychiatric services. New this year is a category for immu-nization for pneumonia and influ-enza.

“Prime Healthcare is physi-cian-driven and patient-focused system, concentrating heavily on quality of patient care,” said Prem Reddy, M.D., FACC, FCCP, Chairman, President and CEO of Prime Healthcare Services. “This is well deserved recognition of the physicians, nurses and staffs at these hospitals who maintain the highest standards of quality care in the country.”

San Dimas Community Hos-pital is among the 1,099 hospitals in the U.S. earning the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for attaining and sus-taining excellence in accountabil-ity measure performance. The rat-

ings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2012 calendar year.

“San Dimas Community Hos-pital and all the Top Performer hospitals have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to qual-ity improvement and they should be proud of their achievement,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and chief executive officer, The Joint Commission.

Each of the hospitals that were named as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures must: 1) achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures; 2) achieve performance of 95 per-cent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there are at least 30 de-nominator cases; and 3) have at least one core measure set that has a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that mea-sure set all applicable individual accountability measures have a performance rate of 95 percent or above.

In addition to being included in the release of The Joint Com-mission’s “Improving America’s Hospitals” annual report, these hospitals will be recognized on The Joint Commission’s Qual-ity Check website (www.quali-tycheck.org). The Top Performer program will be featured in the December issues of The Joint Commission Perspectives and The Source.

Providence Medical Center and Saint John Hospital – in Kansas, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center – in Nevada, Lower Bucks Hospital and Roxborough Memo-rial Hospital – in Pennsylvania, Dallas Medical Center, Harlingen Medical Center, Knapp Medical Center and Pampa Regional Med-ical Center – in Texas.

Stan Wawer


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