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Commission Members Turn DownChanges in Cerritos CommissionsBy Jerry Bernstein

A proposal by Councilmember Joseph Cho that the Council consider a reorganization of

the city’s commissions and commit-tees and their duties and responsibili-ties at the Mar. 12 city council meet-ing has drawn cool response from members of said commissions and committees.

City Management Analyst Ryan Carey reported to Planning Commis-sion members at their meeting Mar. 18 that the proposal recommends that the Fine Arts and Historical Commission that was formed in 2001 be dissolved and its responsibilities be transferred to the Planning Commission. He said only a decision by a majority of the commissioners would be reported back to the council. Carey said the consensus of the other commissions

by Loren Kopff, Sports Editor

When she was at Cerritos High School, Lauren Kamiyama may not

have had the senior season all 12th graders dream of when they are in high school. But she made up for it in historic fashion after recently completing her college career at Chapman University.

Over the past five years, Kamiyama has battled through three torn ACL injuries, two of

Hawaiian Gardens Cuts City Budget by $372,000by Jerry Bernstein

The Hawaiian Gardens City Council completed a mid-year budget review Mar. 3,

authorizing adjustments that in-cluded expenditure cuts totaling $372,243 for the fiscal year end-ing June 30, 2008. At the same time the Council voted increas-es in legal services, $155,000; Administration Department’s contract services, $50,000; and CDBG purchases, $93,029, and Senior Citizens Center’s excur-sions by $10,000. Major decreases include the city’s summer lunch program, $40,000; building and ground maintenance at the city’s Library/Public Safety Center, $10,000; contract servic-es, $100,000; Utilities/electricity, $10,000; and special supplies, $10,000. Community Outreach

by Jerry Bernstein

The Whitney Foundation raised approximately $15,000 at its annual fund-

raiser dinner Mar. 21 at the Cer-ritos Center for the Performing Arts. Celebrating its 20th anniver-sary, the theme for the night was a Hawaiian Luau. An estimated 630 guests attended the festivities.

The Foundation is currently conducting a $3 million fundrais-ing drive in matching funds for construction of a modern multi-media training facility that will feature state-of-the-art audio/video production systems, per-formance and production studios, a graphics lab, classrooms and a 5,000 seat tiered auditorium.

In March 2008, the school ap-plied for Career Technical Educa-tion money under Proposition 1D, and the application was approved for $3 million. In order to receive the Grant, the school must match it. The ABC School Board voted

Members of the ABC School Board welcomed back fellow Board Member Captain Armin Reyes from his second tour of duty in Iraq at Mar. 24 meeting with a cake, which he shared with Board Member Celia Spitzer who celebrated her 55th birthday. Thanking them for their warm welcome, he said he believed he was back permanently. Said Board President Olympia Chen, “We now have a full Board.” Members include [l-r) Supt. Gary Smuts, David Montgomery, Sophia Tse, Reyes, Board Vice President Spitzer, Mark Pulido . Maynard Law and Mrs. Chen.

Cerritos Planning CommissionOverides Decision on House Colorby Jerry Bernstein

Once again the city code governing colors used to paint the exterior of a

residential home has come to the forefront of discussion. At its meeting on Mar. 18, the Cerritos Planning Commission, in a split decision, overrode staff findings that a color used to paint the front exterior of a house at 19943 Grid-ley Rd. was not comparable with the city’s residential color palette and would have to be replaced.

City Advance Planning/Rede-velopment Manager Robert Lo-pez said under city code, a hom-eowner must obtain a city permit before he/she can repaint

Whitney Foundation Raises $15,000at Annual Fundraiser Dinner

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Martinez, Jr., Ph.D., Superinten-dent/President of Rio Hondo College was named one of the Top 25 Latino in Educa-tion by Latino Leaders Magazine in the September 2008 issue. The publication is distributed eight times per year throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The magazine features interviews with major Latino players in all fields of expertise with editorials that focus on social, politi-cal, and business leaders. Other educators selected for this honor include France Cordova, Presi-dent, Purdue University; Elsa A. Murano, President, Texas A & M University; and J. Michael Ortiz, President California State Polytechnic University. “The Board of Trustees extends our congratulations to Dr. Martinez for this much deserved honor,” said Angela Acosta-Salazar, president of the Rio Hon-do College Board of Trustees. “We are very pleased with our decision to appoint Dr. Martinez as the eighth Superintendent/President of Rio Hondo College, for his accomplishments and for his commitment to meeting the needs of our community.” The magazine praised Dr. Marti-nez for his commitment to creating and fa-cilitating collaboration within the college itself, and with the communities it serves. They describe him as being focused on all of the elements of student success,

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Captain Michael Rothans Receives Champions of Exploring Award

Learning for Life, an affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America honored Michael Rothans, Captain of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Pico Rivera Station with the Champions of Exploring Award on Tuesday, November 18, at the Whittier Radisson, Whittier, California. Learning for Life serves young men and women, between 14 and 20 years of age, who participate in Explor-ing, part of the program’s career educa-tion activities. Its purpose is to instill core values that prepare participants in making ethical choices which help them to achieve their full potential throughout life. The organization recognizes com-munity leaders whose commitment to the principles of Exploring is exemplary and whose personal and professional charac-ter lend themselves to the core values of Learning for Life. Learning for Life Director, Greg Salce stated, “Captain Rothans’ commit-ment to public safety and civic service has made him well-deserving of this award. As this year’s recipient, he has been instrumental in positively affecting thousands of young people in Los Ange-les and surrounding communities through his support of Learning for Life School-based programs.” Captain Rothans has been associ-ated with the sheriff’s department since 1984 and was assigned to the Pico Rivera station in 2004 where he was promoted to Captain in 2006 and serves 100,000 residents in the City of Pico Rivera and unincorporated areas of Whittier. Rothans has been an executive board member of Learning for Life since 2004 and was Chairman of the Los Angeles Area Learn-ing for Life Exploring Division from 2004 through 2007. He was also the recipient of the LA Sheriff’s Department’s Dis-tinguished Service Award in 1997; the Exemplary Service Award in 2001 and 2005, and the Meritorious Service Award in 2008. According to Salce, in the Los

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5th Annual Community Business and Health Expo. A huge success.

Salsa contest winners

The Salsa contest drew 10 contestants this year. The winners from left are Third Place Ronnie Winans $50.00, Second Place Diana Aguayo $75.00 and for the second year in a row Teresa Martinez won the top prize of $150.00

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Judges for the Salsa Tasting Contest were, from the left, Director Judy Gilleland -Tri-Cities ROP, Director Vera Diaz Powers - John R. Diaz & Associates, Director and

Event Chair Alex Saulus - HealthFirst Medical, Director David Briano - State Farm In-surance, Chamber President Koko Judge - Crowne Plaza Hotel and Ambassador Omar

Martinez - Farmers Insurance

The Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce held its 6th Annual Community Business & Health Expo on November 5, 2008 at Pico Park 9528 Beverly Blvd. in Pico Rivera. This years theme was: “The Chamber is 50 and Still Red Hot”! Over 40 exhibitors were at the event that was very well attended by both residents and businesses.

Platinum Sponsors were: ALMA Family Services, Vernola Towing and Washington Mutual-Chase. Gold Sponsors were: HealthFirst Medical and Crowne Plaza. Silver Sponsors were: Bright Health Physicians, AltaMed Health Ser-vices and Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill. Exhibitors offered services such as: blood pressure tests (HealthFirst Medical), bone density readings (MD Care & PR Clinica Medica Familiar), glaucoma testing (Lion’s Club of Pico Rivera), And CareMore Medical offered free flu shots. Food vendors: Café N Stuff, Casa Gamino, Edible Arrangements, Magic Bakery and Java Jo’z. offered tastes of their cuisines. Downey Plumb-ing, Heating & Air Conditioning and

Central Basin Municipal Water Dis-trict offered water to all attendees. The “Salsa Tasting Contest” brought out 10 local residents: Linda Martinez, Teresa Martinez, Ronnie Wi-nans, Maria Juarez, Hilda Juarez, Hilda Rodarte, Diana Aguayo, Mary Conchola, Rocio Davalos and Flor Osorio. The 3rd place winner of $50 was Ronnie Winans; the 2nd place winner of $75 was Diana Aguayo and the 1st place winner of $150 was Teresa Martinez (second time in a row). 50 Chili’s (door prize tickets) and numerous door prizes donated by the exhibitors went to very happy attendees. The 50/50 raffle of $150 went to a lucky winner and the best decorated table win-ner of a $100 gift card to Staples was Edible Arrangements. Congratulations to all the winners.

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President’s MessageNovember’s elections have come and

gone, and we are heading quickly toward the holiday season.

It seems like everyone I talk to can’t believe that it is almost the end of another year. We are all busy trying to see how we can fit all the events into our schedules, as well as into our budgets and still have a great holi-day! On behalf of the Norwalk Chamber of Com-merce, I would like to extend best

wishes for a healthy, successful, and joy-ous Holiday.

As we approach the final weeks of 2008, we are busy planning our chamber events for 2009. We need to know what you would like to see more of next year. Every suggestion we receive from our membership is valued and welcomed. To better be able to serve you, we need to know what you enjoyed attending and what you felt we could improve upon. Hearing from our membership on how we can be a greater value to yourself and your business is crucial to our chamber. The more input we have from our membership, the more effective our 2009 will be.BUT WATCH OUT FOR 2009!!! Mark your calendars to GET INVOLVED IN THE JANUARY 2009 NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES!! NETWORK LUN-CHEON, THURSDAY JANUARY 22ND.

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Message from the Membership Services Directorby Bryana Mason

It’s typical for the vast majority of small businesses to be local not only in location but in marketing focus. The wider your marketing base, the more people you are likely to reach. In hard times, looking be-yond the regular geographical boundaries of your business is good business. Do not be afraid to market on a larger scale, but while utilizing cost-efficient marketing.

When a recession or other difficult times hit, the marketing function of a busi-ness is usually the first to go. Remember with less advertising and marketing, the funnel of incoming prospects is reduced creating even more revenue decreases and setting up a vicious cycle that you do not want to get caught in. One key to salvage any business in hard times isn’t to reduce your marketing activities but to replace them with low-budget marketing. Low-budget marketing included tactics such as PR, NETWORKING, PUBLIC SPEAK-ING, AND MORE. Get involved in the community, for example, join your local Chamber of Commerce, these organiza-tions are not in it for themselves, but for you and the future of your business. They want to help you create contacts and busi-ness relationships with other business own-ers in your area.These meetings can create strategic partnerships that can help further your business and clientele base. This goes back to the LOWBUDGET marketing I mentioned earlier.

Surviving hard times requires going BACK TO THE BASICS, back to the fundamental principles of business. Some things to remember: make sure you are doing regular financial checks, providing sales training, and managing your customer relationships; these basic steps can help retain customers and create a rapport with new clientele.

Have a Happy Holiday Season!!!

On Friday, November 8th the Nor-walk Chamber of Commerce had their annual Casino Night. With over 70 attendees, this event was fun for all! You could hear people really enjoying the various gaming tables available for them , whether it be Blackjack, Roulette, Texas Hold’em or Craps; everyone was having a good time.

We had over 30 raffle items to give away, they were donated by: Teri Bazen, Bally’s Total Fitness, Whaley House, Birch Aquarium, Casino Concepts, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Applebee’s, Dr. John Larcabal, Sizzler, Golf N Stuff, Hearst Castle, Sunstone Vineyards, Karen Codman FSC, Laemmle Theatre, Legoland, L.B. Symphony Orchestra, Norwalk Chamber, NLM Plumbing, Norwalk Toyota, Paintball USA, Pechanga, Primm Nevada Terribles, Spirit Cruis-es, La Mirada Curves, and Wal-Mart. The Norwalk Chamber and the attend-ees to the Casino Night would like to

extend a big THANK YOU for the donations to this event; you helped create this success of an evening!

The Casino Night had different levels of sponsorship that were avail-

able to Cham-ber members to participate in and we would like to also extend a very big THANK YOU to these members who contributed to this cause. Wal-Mart, AFLAC, Big Truck & Equip-ment Sales, Com-munity Family Guidance Center, Dr. Ethan Allen, State Farm Insur-ance, Gordon Ste-fenhagen, Norwalk La Mirada Plumb-

ing, Mary Jane McIntosh and Nor-walk Auto Auction. Your sponsorship donations are greatly appreciated, you help keep the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce moving forward in help-ing the local Business Community continue to thrive!

We look forward to the upcom-ing events, and hope you mark your calendars to attend!

Employee who quits job may be eligible for unemployment insur-ance.

One of my employees quit to go to work for one of my competitors. After a few months she got laid off from her new job and now she’s col-lecting unemployment insurance from my reserve account. How can she do that when she’s the one who decided to quit my firm?

Many employers believe they will have to pay unemployment insur-ance (UI) only when an employee is fired or laid off. Surprisingly, there are many circumstances where an employee who quits a job can collect UI.Any employer the employee works for in the “base period” of the claim may be liable to pay benefits, even if they were not the last employer.

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Some examples include quitting to take a better job, to more a substantial distance when a spouse’s job is trans-ferred, or when the employer relocates and the new commute distance is unreasonable.

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An employee who quits her job for a substantially better job and then is laid off from the new job due to lack of work may be eligible to collect UI from the first employer’s reserve ac-count.

An employee also would be eli-gible for UI benefits if she quit her job for a substantially better job and then, for reasons beyond her control, the new job did not materialize. This might occur when an employee quits her job based on being given a definite start date by the new employer, who then rescinds the job offer or delays the start date.

For more information about what factors are used to determine UI eli-gibility, go to EDD’s “Benefit Deter-mination Guide” online at www.edd.ca.gov/UIBDG/ This is an excellent resource when responding to a former employee’s UI claim.

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Much to the amazement and enjoyment of the audience Whitney students perform the Bamboo Stick Dance from the Philippines

Whitney Senior Zach-ary Abelson played a Saxophone solo.

Members of the Whitney Chinese Club perform a Circus dance.

to donate $1 million when the balance is raised.

Entertainment was provided by 60 Whitney performers that included a strong performance by Senior Zachary Abelson

who played the Saxophone. An-other favorite was the Bamboo Stick Dance in which the student danc-ers awed the au-dience with their dexterity.

For the past 10 years the Whitney Foundation has awarded schol-arships totaling $5,000 to graduating Whitney seniors. This year’s recipients are Jonathan Yang, $1,000; C.J. Wang and Andrew Yang, $750 each; Richard Kim, Andrew Park, and Monka Volo-darsky, $500 each; and Jenny Ham, Jessica Ma, Karleigh Mer-cado, and John Tung, $250 each. With them are Whitney Principal Patricia Hager and Foundation Chair Cindy Yen Chen.

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Carver students, families and teachers gather at the entrance of the Getty Museum for a visit to the museum, Earlier they attended a Family Art Night sponsored by a Grant from Target, where they learned about landscapes and painting techniques of master artist Nicholas Poussin. They also practiced sketching using his style and technique, finishing the evening with a completed drawing portraying the elements of foreground, middle ground and background. Those who participated were eligible to attend a field trip to the Getty Museum to see the works of Nicholas Poussin. The 17 families also saw landscape paintings from a variety of artists including Monet and Van Gogh, toured the museum’s gardens and visited the “Family Room” where art was brought to the student’s level through hands-on-activities.

The month of March has been designated “Safe Communities” month and the City of Hawaiian Gardens in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Depart-ment encouraged students to participate in the first “Unity through Community “ Es-say and Poster Contest .The essay contest was open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Top-ics included “What has made a positive difference in your community and what do you think are the best alternatives to a negative lifestyle? Who do you think are the best role models for children and how

do you see unity in your committee? Par-ticipants in the poster contest had to be in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade with the posters illustrating how the participants saw unity in their community and a personal view of a positive and safe community.The top three essay finalists and poster winners were recognized at the Mar. 24 City Council meeting and presented with Certificates of Recognition and Gift Baskets of Goodies that the family could enjoy.

"The case brought by an employee of the City of Norwalk against the City and Council Member Mike Men-dez was settled Mar. 25 by the insurance pool providing coverage to the City," said Ed Richards of Kutak Rock, the defense attorney representing the City and Mendez. "The settlement was finalized dur-ing an executive committee meeting of the California Joint Powers Insurance Au-thority."

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Hawaiian Gardens Recognizes Student Essay and Poster Winners

Poster Finalist were all from Hawaiian Elementary School. They were: Michelle Randall, third grade; Lorena Tinajer, fifth grade; Luis Badajoz, fifth grade; and Saul Ocampo, fifth grade. Essay Finalist were Carlos Hurtado, sixth grade, Melbourne Elementary; and Richard Randall, eighth grade, Fedde Middle School.

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name on the float and let that business association come up with the balance of the money. Then it will be the " The 2009 Businessmen's Association of Cerritos, Rose Parade Float.

Now there's a plan, have the people who want to be part of the parade pay for it, not the people in the city they live in.

Then the city can put that remaining $245,000.00 to work on more sensible projects with benefits for many different people in Cerritos. If the "Parade People" decide not to go to the parade Jan 1st 2009 put the $15,000.00 back on the books. With the economy going in the tank we will need it. Not a parade float.

Unless the city council thinks they deserve to go to the parade or "its just fun" well IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY it belongs to the City, it belongs to us so stop wasting it.

Craig PhinneyCerritos

dollar. With tax at .0825 per dollar in L.A. county, one million dollars worth of cars sold at Cerritos Auto Square will bring the City of Cerritos approx. $825.00. It would take over 300 million cars to get back our money to break even for the rose parade float. (Editor's note: Cerritos re-ceives 1 cent per dollar spent, $1 million in cars generates $10,000.)

How many people from Arizona, Ohio, Sacramento, China, Italy, Maine, are going to go to the Cerritos Auto Square because they heard it mentioned while watching the Rose Parade? This same concept is correct when you men-tion The Cerritos Center for the Perform-ing Arts or the Cerritos Mall. We should concentrate on (realistic potential retail customers) coming to Cerritos to SPEND.

Target [area] cities and you will get much more "bang for your buck" if the

people you are advertising to can actually stop by Cerritos and spend money, buy some lunch and gas.

To say they get the money back in the 1% of the total tax dollars collected in the city of Cerritos is an insult to the city voters. You get nothing for the City of Cerritos but a Trophy and about every float in the parade gets some kind of men-tion or trophy.

I think $260,000.00 is an extremely large amount of money for a small group of city representatives and their support groups to take from the city account, go to dinners, meetings, possibly stay at hotel's, party and enjoy other Rose Parade gifts and perks.

Drop the Rose Parade Float. Its a bad investment for our city. Perhaps the city of Cerritos could donate $15,000.00 to any business association here in town (that wants to pay for a float) to use the city

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Float Worth It?Dear Editor:

This is a reply to "Publishers Rant" and his apparent support of what appears to be the expenditure of over $1.2 million in the last 6 years, from the city of Cer-ritos check book; for the participation of a select group of city officials and their sup-port groups to take part in the Pasadena Rose Parade.

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An estimated 20 percent of eligible taxpayers nationwide do not take advan-tage of the Earned Income Tax Credit [EITC] when they file their income taxes said Congresswoman Linda Sanchez. That’s equivalent to one in four taxpayers she asserted.

Speaking in a conference call from her office in Washington D.C. to local reporters Mar. 23, she said in Southeast Los Angeles County an estimated 10,000 taxpayers don’t take advantage of the tax credit. Asked why, she guessed they don’t know they are eligible for it. “Generally speaking if you earned under $41,646 in 2008 you should qualify depending on the number of your children and your filing status.” She said single workers

and those without children are eligible as well as workers who don’t owe taxes and who aren’t required to file a tax return are eligible, but they need to file and fill out EITC questions in order to receive credit.

She said workers who don’t have a child or don’t live with their own child might be eligible for credit but don’t realize it. Students who work, but whose parents don’t claim them as dependents may be eligible. Military families also have options that may be beneficial for them. She reiterated that she was discuss-ing a pretty significant tax credit.

“I’ve been told there were about 53,000 EITC filers in the 39th Congres-sional District last year with the average filer receiving a $2,000 credit. For the Long Beach Region which includes the Cerritos area estimates more than 10,000 people are eligible who don’t file for it. They’re losing out on this credit,” she stated, which would be money in their pocket.

This is money that could help with

gas, groceries or education. It’s more money in their pocket which means more money to stimulate local businesses that keep the local economy going and jobs in place.

Asked why she thought people don’t apply for the EITC, Rep. Sanchez answered that they may feel they are not eligible to receive the tax credit because they don’t believe they earn enough, or it seems complex to them and they don’t know they’re eligible for it, so they don’t file a claim. They also may not file a tax return.

Garcia added that there are also language barriers. Another factor, she said, were grandparents who are raising grandchildren and don’t realize they may be eligible for the tax credit.

She said the average credit is $2,000 but it can go as high as $4,800. She reiter-ated that about 10,000 taxpayers in the Long Beach Region should be filing for EITC.


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It is sad but sometimes the old time big names hide diminished talent and offer lackluster concerts. In rock and roll music this can be particularly disappointing be-cause it sort of mirrors the fade of youthful glory in all our lives. At Cerritos on a fine Friday night the opposite was in fantastic evidence as John Mayall and Dave Mason just lit up the big hall with loud, lovely blues and rock and roll, played the way it should be done with passion tempered by experi-ence. It did the big boomer crowd’s collective heart good to see both men in such fine fettle, singing like it was 1968 and playing the guitar to teach the few youngsters in the house a lesson.

Mayall opened the show, his mane of hair now snowy white but his voice not much different than when he growled “California” back when gas was twenty-seven cents a gal-lon. The opening blues jam spiced as were most of the Mayall set by fiery guitar solos from Rocky Athas and a solid young band that had to run to keep up with the old pro. There were the famil-iar ones that we heard back in the 60’s like “Chicago Line,” “the Bear,” the aforemen-tioned “Ca-a-a-a-lifornia” and the ever-green “Room to Move” that were so strong and so fine they had folks standing up and dancing. The organ playing of Tom Can-ning was electrifying but when Mayall blew his trademark blues harp time seems to stand still.

After a brief interlude to allow the au-dience to take a whistle-stop Dave Mason

took the stage, he of the early 1970’s clas-sic pop-rock and roll albums. Mason has never been much for showmanship but on this night he just let his guitar do the talking and it came through very loud but quite clear. Mixing the old with a few new ones Mason just put on a master’s class with his telecaster, sending notes in bush-els over the spellbound crowd. There were tunes representing the major scenes in his career including the beautiful “World In

Changes,” Only You Know and I Know” and “Look at Me, Look at You” from the truly classic “Alone Together” album that sounds as good to-day as it did when I snatched it off the shelves of “the Sound Seller” in 1970. There were some great hard rocking Traffic tunes including “40,000 Headmen” and “Dear Mr. Fantasy” with high decibel exhilara-tion pumped up by the

organ magic of Bill Mason, the thunder-ing bass of Gerald Johnson and the pow-erhouse drumming of Alvino Bennet. The highlight of the entire night may just have been the face-melting guitar solo of Johnne Sambatoro that exemplified the spirit of hard rock and roll. Dave Mason had the guts to throw in several new songs which were well received, especially “Let Me Go” which preceded a finishing romp of the poignant “Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave” and a totally rocked out “All Along the Watchtower which showed Mason to be at the peak of his powers and in no way looking down any hill.

Old School In Session: John Mayll and Dave Mason at Cerritos


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Homeowner Clarence Lucky admitted he had not been sure a permit was needed and checked into it after he had painted the front of his house. Lucky said he and his wife had noticed that there were several homes painted a similar color in Cerritos. He said they had first seen the color. known as “Sahara Shade,” while on vacation in Europe, primarily in France and Belgium

Commissioner Diana Needham com-mented that European homes have a vari-ety of colors and are usually painted with brighter colors than homes in the United States.

Vice Chair Naresh Solanki said the city council had approved the color palette in 2004, which includes color standards for stucco, trim and siding and until the palette

was changed it should be followed. He said he would have to vote no on the appeal.

Commissioner Nick Heung Kim said he visited the property and described the color as unique and bright. “However, when I looked at the houses in the neigh-borhood the color stands out. I’m not nec-essarily against the color. Cerritos might think about having more in the way of a variety of colors for the residents to select from.” Since the color was not permitted in the city code, was that the only reason it could not be approved.,” he asked. Lopez answered yes. He said the color was not close enough to the colors in the palette.

Commissioner Cindy Chen asked if there had been any complaints from the neighbors about the color. Lopez said none had been received. He added that if the Commission determined the color was comparable to the colors in the pal-ette it could give its approval to the owner to paint the rest of the house. Chen also asked since the owner had painted the front of the house without a permit, was there a fine. Lopez said no.

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altors look at a house; they look to see if it has curb appeal. “This house has curb ap-peal.” She described the house as having a semi-Tuscan look. “ I think its good for a neighborhood too have more variety and I would like to approve the color. I’d also like to see this color on other houses in the city.” Commissioner Kim said he agreed with Commissioner Needham.

Commissioner Chen said while she agreed with Mrs. Needham and Mr. Kim on the need to have more variety in the color palette, she was concerned approval might set a prescient to other residents that they could paint their homes a color not in the palette and later have it approved. She asked how this could be addressed. “We need to establish a penalty of some type so the residents who are following the city code don’t feel a precedent has been set. “ She said maybe it was time to be thinking about increasing the colors in the palette. “We could really add more colors and get more variety. We should also decide how we meet similar situations in the future.”

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By Linda Bock

Now that’s a pretty big claim, but GQ Magazine stands by their belief that Five Guys Burgers and Fries offers the best $5 burger a man can eat. Recently, GQ wrote an article about the 50 reasons that Americans should have ac-tual, legitimate, genuine hope in the future. In their view, which was a little tongue in cheek, the growth of Five Guys Burgers was the Number One reason to have hope and look forward to the future. In fact, the ability to have a second Five Guys burger was their Number Two reason to look forward to the future.

Of course, I had to see for myself for just how good these burgers were and why GQ was so impressed. One bite of their burger and I knew the answer – Freshness. Phil Ratner, one of the owners, pointed out that their burgers are never frozen. They are always made fresh, and

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The publisher took his family last Sun-day as a taste test for Five Guys versus In and Out. His daughters are both huge In and Out burger lovers. As he said the

first time he ate a Five Guys, “this is bet-ter than In and Out, I’ve got to bring my kids.” We’ll he did and they agreed, the burger is better than In and Out.

I love lots of gooey, melted cheese on my burgers, but usually you have to hunt for the cheese. I was really delighted to find lots of melted cheese oozing from my burger coating all the onions and mush-rooms. It was so good!

Their $4.49 burger actually contains two beef patties, so it is a great value. Their portion of fries is huge! A single patty burger is called a “Little Burger.” Don’t let the term fool you. This is a good size burger and its only $3.29. By the time you add all the free toppings you want, you’ve gotten a great value meal that’s as tasty as they come.

In addition to burgers, you can order kosher style hot dogs, cheese or bacon dogs, ba-con cheese dogs, or a veggie or grilled cheese.

Not only is the food delicious, the service is very friendly. Since you may have to wait an extra couple of minutes for the freshly cooked food, Five Guys offers free peanuts as an appetizer for you. Secret Shoppers come to the store regularly and the staff receives a bonus if they get high marks on how they treated their customers. It’s nice to see the return of customer service.

Five Guys is located in the South Street Promenade at South Street and Gridley. They have taken over the old Payless Shoes location opposite Target. This means you’ll find plenty of parking. They are open from 11a.m. to 10p.m 7 Days a Week. The restaurant is spacious and kid friendly. It also offers plenty of room for clubs and organizations to hold a gathering. Phil Ratner is the man to call if you are looking for fund raising opportu-nities. You can call him at 562-809-0055. The fax is 562-809-0066.

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West African Drumming in ABC Magnet Schools

As part of African American His-tory Month in February, three magnet schools in ABC Unified School District learned about West African Drumming through the Living Rhythms Program. According to Dr. Mary Sieu, Deputy Superintendent, Fedde Academy of International Studies, Stowers Magnet School of International Stud-ies and Burbank School of Visual and Folk Arts each provided their schools an opportunity to learn about the culture, music and dance of West Africa.

Living Rhythms, under the Direc-tor Bill Scheidt began each class period with a brief history and purpose of the West African drum, called a djembe

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Cerritos Sheriff’s Station investigated twenty-six Part I felony crimes last week. There were thirty-two the previous week. Vehicle burglaries rose slightly, robber-ies and vehicle thefts remained the same, and residential and commercial burglar-ies dropped. 334 calls for service were handled by field personnel up from 311 the week before.

The current 2009 weekly average in calls for service is now 314. There was one robbery reported. A female juvenile was robbed of her cell phone at gunpoint by two male suspects on Tuesday March 17 at 3:05 p.m. while in the 11000 block of Artesia Boulevard. The two suspects ran to an awaiting vehicle driven by a third suspect. As of the day of this Crime Summary, two of the suspects have been arrested by detectives and the third was being sought. There were no residential burglaries reported last week. Two cases had been reported for the three consecu-tive weeks before. The 2009 weekly aver-age in this category is now 2.3.

There have been past reports where safes are taken from residences that were easily portable and had not been properly secured. If you choose to use this method of safekeeping property, make sure that the receptacle is firmly bolted into a foundation such as concrete, or connected to a structure support where prying it off is impossible.

There were no commercial burglar-ies recorded last week. Three had been investigated the previous week. The 2009 weekly average commercial burglaries is 1.3. Vehicle burglaries increased by one crime over the last reporting period with eleven last week. There was a notice-able shift from high-volume commercial parking lots where only four occurred. The other seven were in residential neighborhoods and were committed in the late night or early morning hours. Three victims reported GPS units stolen. Other items included purses, briefcases, jewelry, car seats, tools, wallets, cell phones, and ID.

The 2009 weekly average in vehicle burglaries now stands at 8.7. As men-tioned above, the crime scenes last week were primarily in residential areas. Please note the property that was left over-

night in the vehicles that were targeted. Thieves will walk up on a driveway to see what has been left and that quarter-inch of glass separating your valuables from a greedy vehicle burglar is not nearly adequate protection. Make sure your property is in the trunk or in the house. Vehicle thefts remained the same at three cases last week.

All three were from high-volume commercial parking lots. One Honda and two SUVs were reported stolen. The 2009 weekly average in vehicle thefts is now 6.6. It is very important that you use some form of an anti-theft device to retain your vehicle. Visible deterrents, such as a steering wheel locking device, are the most obvious and tell the would-be thief to look elsewhere. These are important especially of you own one of the two most stolen makes in California, which are Honda and Toyota.

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A group of girls scouts came into LCCN offices this past Wednesday to thank LCCN for service to the organization. Our thanks here at LCCN, eight boxes of different cookies. Editor Jerry Bernstein was the first to grab the cookies exclaming, "S'mores are the best, I'll take that box!" General Manager Linda Bock did not hesitate grabbing the Trefoils saying, "I like to dip these into my tea, Bo (her dog) likes them to". Publisher Brian Hews took the rest "for his daughters"...yeah right!The girls are shown here outisde LCCN offices they are: back row- Kiara Jones, Mon-ica Bravo, Julia Bravo, Karmelle Yin, and Sydney Wilburn. Front row- Elise Gibbs, Essence Gibbs, Faith Gandy, Sydney Gandy.

Hawaiian Gardens Donates $5,000 to Little League

The Hawaiian Gardens Little League was presented with a $5,000 check by the Hawai-ian Gardens City Council at its Mar. 24 meeting. Present were players, coaches and Little League parents and supporters, including Mary Lou Landes Community Director at Tri City Regional Medical Center in Hawaiian Gardens. According to the league’s President and Boys Coach Frank Amaro there are 120 boys participating in its pro-gram.

Rodarte Demands Recount of Norwalk Council VoteHe must pay an estimated $8,000 for the recount.

Marcel Rodarte has officialy de-manded a recount ofr the Norwalk City Council race that occurred in March. In an email to Norwalk City Clerk Theresa DeVoy, Rodarte requested a hand recount of the March 3rd Norwalk City Council Election.

The actual amount was $8,019.64, itemized as Staff: $1,183.36, Professional Services $3,250, Deputy: $1,155.68, Boards: $2,000, Admin Costs: $430.60. The city asked Rodarte to bring in a ca-shiers check by last Friday.

Rodarte disputed the amount, re-searching other cities and coming up with a number much less than the $8 thousand. DeVoy countered in an email saying pursuant to Elections Code Setion 320, I am the Elections Official for the City. Under Elections Code 15624 you, as the voter requesting the recount, must pay "a sum as required by the Elections Official to cover the cost of conducting the recount for each day." The determination of how the recount will be conducted and staffed is in my discretion, based on consultation with the City Attorney and our election consultant.

Rodarte is disputing that statement and said in their view there is a direct conflict of interest by your request to require the committee to pay for the services of the city attorney and an election consultant since both of these entities took part in consulting you directly in what fees you could and could not require as part of the requested recount.

The challenge relating to these fees stem from advice sought from Alex Olve-ra of the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office and independent counsel. Both stat-ed the fees associated with legal represen-tation for the city, an election consultant, and a deputy sheriff are unprecedented in the County of Los Angeles.

Rodarte intends to seek further advice related to this issue from the Secretary of State's Office to clarify whether the dis-puted costs are justifiable. His Committee intends to seek legal recourse as it feels these fees are excessive and are intended to discourage the recount effort.


The Hawaiian Gardens City Council presented a donation in the amount of $1,800 to the ABC Adult School for the 13th Annual Parent Leadership Conference held Mar. 7 at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel. More than 300 ABCUSD parents, school and community groups and volunteers attended Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts discussed the District’s budget and what is being done to maintain academic excellence in the District. Commu-nity and District service groups addressed resources in the community including after school activities, drug and violence intervention programs, Education enhancements activities and more. Accepting the check was Martha Noz, Adult Education School As-sistant Principal.

Members of the Artesia High School Chorus sang three selections from the musical “Sound of Music” at the Mar. 24 meeting of the ABC School Board under the direction of Artesia High Teacher Dana Lindsay. The Chorus will hold a Dinner Concert at the school’s Fine Arts Center April 28. For more information contact the school.

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Aloha School Holds Nutrition Night Educate students and parents about eating healthy and being physi-cally active .

In a community where over 30% of students are affected by childhood obesity, and where 1 in 2 children are predicted to develop type 2 diabetes, parents came to learn how to help their children make healthy choices in each of the food groups; fruits, vegetables, meats & beans, grains, and dairy.

Students participated in interactive ac-tivities such as measuring how much sugar was in their favorite bever-ages. “It was an eye opening experience for many parents, said Julie Yabumoto, Principal of Aloha Elemen-tary. “Students and parents did not realize how much sugar their children were con-suming until they saw this visual.”

Stacey Woodbridge, a parent of two children who attend Aloha Elementary, echoed that sentiment. “After seeing how much sugar and fat is in certain products, I have eliminated them from my house,” said Woodbridge. “I also learned that brown rice has much more fiber, and even made it last night for dinner.”

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“Something must be done to fight this obesity epidemic,” said Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, Program Coordinator of the Net-work for a Healthy California program at ABC Unified School District. “We want students to understand the benefits of eat-

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Aloha teacher Mrs. Zaldivar shows students how to calculate much sugar there is in popular beverages at.More than 200 students and parents attended Aloha Elementary School’s Family Nutrition Night, Mar. 19, organized by ABC USD’s Network for a Healthy California.


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is that no significant changes be made and the proposal calling for the addition of new commis-sions and some of the existing ones be merged with another commission was not supported by any of the boards that considered them.

Commissioner Nick Heung Kim said he noticed some of the planning commissions in Cerritos neighboring cities that were surveyed meet once a month where Cerritos’ meets twice a month. He said meeting twice a month expe-dites resident’s requests whereas meeting once a month would make them wait on home remod-eling, repairs etc.

Commissioner Cindy Yen Chen questioned the 536 hours per month attributed to the com-mission meetings. She asked how that total was made, when the commission meets twice a month for one or two hours. Director of Com-munity Development Torrey Contreras said that includes staff time required to present a proposal to the commission. “Every report prepared for presentation to the commission includes research time, preparing the packets to be presented to the commissioners etc.

Commissioner Diana Needham agreed with her fellow commissioners that there was no need for the proposed changes. She said each coun-cil has made some changes. “When I was on the council we added the Parks and Recreation Commission [1986]. Since then the Economic and Development Commission which now meets quarterly was added. The newest commis-sion is the Fine Arts and Historical Commission, “ which she described as doing an excellent job. “It its not broke, we don’t need to fix it,” she as-serted.

Needham said concerning a Senior Citizens Commission, most of the commissions and com-mittees have senior citizens on them. “I’m happy with what we have. I see no need to change it.”

Commission Vice Chair Naresh Solanki agreed. “All the commissions and committees are doing a fine job and I don’t see the need to change anything.

Commissioner Chen said she had no objec-tions to combining the Planning Commission

and the Fine Arts and Historical Commission. Concerning having a Senior Citizens Commis-sion and/or Committee, she said she would fa-vor the proposal. “Even though there are many senior citizens on the different commissions, they all have specific topics to discuss,” she said. “Such a commission/committee would help us provide more services to our seniors. I’m open to more discussion on the matter,” she concluded.

Solanki said the functions of the planning commission and the Fine Arts and Historical Commission are entirely different. They have nothing in common. The Fine Arts and Histori-cal Commission are doing a good job. I don’t see the need for change.”

Kim agreed with Commissioner Chen about a Senior Citizen Committee. “The number of Se-nior Citizens is growing in Cerritos. I think it is a good idea.”

Upon making his proposal for change, Councilman Cho said he saw two deficiencies in the current commission system. The first was some commissions cancel regularly scheduled meetings due to a lack of issues to discuss. He specially noted the Economic Development Commission and the Fine Arts and Historical Commission. The former meets quarterly and the latter monthly. He also said some of the commissions have too narrow scope. He cited the Property Preservation Commission as an ex-ample and said it was just a part of the code en-forcement procedure for personal and business property maintenance.

Cho said although there were deficiencies in the existing system, there was also a need for commissions or committees to handle new and important issues such as improving communica-tion between the City and its residents, resolving diversity and cultural conflicts, maintaining the city’s senior citizen’s well-being and keeping up with new trends in youth programming.

None of the committees/commissions dis-cussed the city’s continued participation in the Rose Bowl Parade although they were told they could make recommendations on other commis-sions and committees as deemed appropriate.

Services will reduce the equipment budget $5,000; contract services, $100,000; and staff development, $2,500. The budget ad-justment also transferred several projects among CDBG Fund, Capital Project Fund and Redevelopment Agency for manage-ment purposes.In other business the Council amended the city code lowering the business license fees for public self-storage businesses in the city.Community Development Director Joseph Colombo said recently City Administrator Ernesto Marquez received an inquiry from a local owner of a self-storage facility re-garding business fees charged self-storage facilities. The owner indicated, in his opin-ion, the fees were higher that those charged by other cities in the area. Colombo said under the direction of the City Administra-tor, staff did a survey of nine cities, com-paring them to business fees charged by Hawaiian Gardens. Except for one, El, Segundo, the City’s self-storage fees were much higher at $7,533.14.Colombo recommended that in order for Hawaiian Gardens to implement a business tax that was fair and which will not fluctu-ate up and down with the business cycle, the council implement the methodology used by the City of Norwalk which taxes storage facilities at a rate of $1.50 per unit. He also recommended a fee of $1.000 per unit of the current fee of $7,533.14, a sav-ing of 6,708.14.The council awarded a contract in the amount of $33,921 to Vizion’s West, Inc. of Quail Valley for the removal of asbes-tos and lead paint and the demolition of property at 22327 Arline Ave., 22402-04 Clarkdale Ave, 22328-34 Pioneer Boule-vard, and 22407-09 Violeta Avenue.The Council also approved the transfer to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District recent storm drain improvements completed by the city. Colombo said it is common practice for a City to transfer

ownership of those drains to the County Flood Control District for operation, maintenance, repair and improvement if needed.The Council approved the first annual Adult Scholarship Program for all quali-fying residents in the City. The program will award $5,000 in scholarships to low-income residents who are interested in pur-suing a higher education.Applications will be available at the C. Robert Activity Center beginning Mar. 31 through July 31. All applicants must be a legal Hawaiian Gardens residents with intentions of attending college or higher learning institution upon graduation. The deadline to submit complete applications is July 3.The goal of the program is to identify low-income adult residents who are enrolled in college, vocational or trade school or plan-ning on returning to an institution of higher learning. Scholarship recipients will be in-troduced and awarded at the council’s Aug. 25 meetingThe scholarship finds will be applied to the Financial Aid Office at the college/school of enrollment. They cannot be used for personal expenses. They will also be dis-tributed per semester for units at one insti-tution upon proof of enrollment and will be distributed per semester for units in one institution upon proof of enrollment. The scholarship will expire two years from the award date.

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Winter Ends With Gahr Boys Basketball, Valley Christian Girls Soccer Falling Short of Championships by Loren Kopff

Every high school athletic team wants to play for a championship and that's what was facing the Gahr boys basketball and Valley Christian girls soccer teams this past season. While they failed to win a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section championship, they each played two more games in hopes of capturing an even bigger title. Artesia and Norwalk girls soccer finally ended their playoff absence while the same was said for the Norwalk boys basketball team. Here are the Los Cerritos Community News 2008-2009 Winter All-Area Teams.BOYS BASKETBALLFIRST TEAMRay Roazol (CER)Joseph Vitug (CER)Devin Golston (GHR)Anthony Holliday (NOR)Michael Dykema (V.C.)SECOND TEAMAnthony Owens (ART)Andrew Quan (CER)Gipson Lyles (GHR)Kevin Olivares (NOR)Blake DeJong (V.C.)THIRD TEAMRobert Griffin (ART)

Ryan Moore (CER)Davon Potts (GHR)Trevor Koolmees (V.C.)Jase Reyneveld (V.C.)HONORABLE MENTIONJulian Green (ART)Jarion Henry (GHR)Stephen Renteria (GLN)Manuel Castaneda (NOR)Cammie Lewis (NOR)PLAYERS TO LOOK FOR IN 2009-2010Raymond Gholar (ART)Christopher Keseloff (CER)Derek Jones (CER)Aaron Wright (CER)Cameron Bell (GHR)Anthony Martinez (GHR)Javonte Sales (GHR)Jose Escobar (GLN)Jeffrey Montoya (NOR)Chris Hunt (V.C.) Co-Players of the Year: Even though Gahr's underclassmen exceeded many expectations, it was senior Devin Golston who helped the Gladiators advance to the Division III-A championship game. All Golston did was average nearly 22 points per game, score at least 30 points four times and limited to single digits only once. On the other side of town, Cerritos senior Joseph Vitug may have led the Dons in scoring (16.2 ppg) but it didn't stop there. He shot 86 percent from the free throw line and dished out 136 assists, both tops on the team.Coach of the Year: When you finish in third place in your league and enter the postseason with a 14-14 record, much isn't expected after that, especially with a team that started two sophomores. But Gahr's Bob Becker silenced the critics around Southern California and guided his Gladi-ators to five more victories in their next seven games. The only two losses in that stretch were to Harvard-Westlake.GIRLS BASKETBALLFIRST TEAMNaomi Perkins (ART)Symone Brown (GHR)Rachel Porter (GHR)Alexis Love (NOR)Andrea Campbell (V.C.)SECOND TEAMKristy Kanamoto (CER)Karla Roacho-Cota (CER)Lachelle Robinson (NOR)Taylor Cotton (V.C.)Kari Korver (V.C.)THIRD TEAMJoelle Daniel (ART)Erika Jackson (GHR)Sharae Moten (GLN)Vimi Sainz (NOR)Jamie Perez (V.C.)HONORABLE MENTIONSabrina Rembert (ART)Katey Kanamoto (CER)Jessica Kanemaru (GHR)Arlene Gomez (GLN)Darnika Moses (NOR)PLAYERS TO LOOK FOR IN 2009-2010Alyssa Gasporra (ART)Elaine Young (ART)Emily Lou (CER)Leighann Tomita (CER)Kyrese Montgomery (GHR)

Monica Martinez (GLN)Sarai Robles (GLN)Karina Rodriguez (GLN)Karla Tinoco (NOR)Jelissa Holder (V.C.) Player of the Year: Last season, Artesia's Naomi "Nikki" Perkins was part of a one-two scoring combination that included Mollie Williams. But this sea-son, the senior was virtually a one-person scoring machine, averaging 25.7 points per game, or 47 percent of Artesia's scor-ing output. Perkins never scored fewer than 13 points in any game and reached the 30-point plateau five times.Coach of the Year: In her first season with Valley Christian, former Brea Olinda and Troy standout Katie Hardeman turned around a Lady Crusader program that finished one game below .500 last season. Valley went 18-12 this past winter and advanced to the Division V-AA semifi-nals. Hardeman loses only two players to graduation, so next season should be just as good, or better. BOYS SOCCERFIRST TEAMGK-Rudy Morales (NOR)Ruben Gonzalez (ART)Jose Ramirez (ART)Ramiro Rodriguez (ART)Ernesto Mora (NOR)Luis Reyes (NOR)Juan Rodriguez (NOR)Jeriah Dunk (V.C.)Josh Sutherlin (V.C.)Brandon Talsma (V.C.)Jacob Woodhead (V.C.)SECOND TEAMGK-Isaac Rosales (ART)Daniel Garcia (ART)Jorge Valle (ART)Justin Fagundes (GHR)Gerardo Navarro (GHR)Alex Gutierrez (GLN)Gustavo Limones (GLN)Garrett Obeso (NOR)Cesar Soto (NOR)Tyler Boer (V.C.)Tanner Miller (V.C.)HONORABLE MENTIONGK-Charlie Martinez (V.C.)Jesse Navarro (ART)Alvin Garcia (CER)Lumineaux Kim (CER)Oscar DeLeon (GHR)Myles Lafaye (GHR)Edgar Aceves (NOR)Luis Cortez (NOR)Luis Jeronimo (NOR)Johnny McTigue (V.C.)Robbie Sutherlin (V.C.) Co-Players of the Year: A pair of Suburban League seniors share this honor. Artesia's Ruben Gonzalez and Nor-walk's Juan Rodriguez combined to score 25 goals overall and 17 in the league. Gonzalez led the second place Pioneers with 13 goals and scored the lone Artesia goal in its two games with the Lancers while Rodriguez tallied 10 goals in league action.

Coach of the Year: Winning the Suburban League isn't new to Norwalk, but head coach Vinson Pluma had the Lancers primed for a serious run through the playoffs until the team lost the final regular season game, then a first-round home playoff game. Still, Norwalk went 16-3-2 with 11 of those victories coming in league action. The three setbacks were the fewest since the 2002-2003 season and the league championship was Pluma's second in the past four seasons. GIRLS SOCCERFIRST TEAMGK-Michelle Mellinger (V.C.)Itzel Gonzalez (ART)Tania Nunez (ART)Gaby Zamarripa (ART)Etajha Gilmer (GHR)Jennifer Vega (NOR)Camila Veron (NOR)Kylee Crossen (V.C.)Leezett Del Toro (V.C.)Haley Haagsma (V.C.)Jacqueline Lara (V.C.)SECOND TEAMGK-Andrea Lomeli (NOR)Martha Rodriguez (ART)Cecilia Sepulveda (ART)Bianca Frontino (CER)Amanda Farah (GHR)Amber Hordyk (GHR)Diana Jimenez (GLN)Desiree Flores (NOR)Joanna Macias (NOR)Kailie Gulmatico (V.C.)Caryann Parrish (V.C.)HONORABLE MENTIONGK-Lydia Carrasco (GHR)Nancy Cuyan (ART)Jazmine Meza (ART)Maria Zamarripa (ART)Christina Alarid (CER)Jessica Sunio (CER)Raquel Ochoa (GLN)Jazmin Del Castillo (NOR)Brittany Meza (NOR)Alisha Del Toro (V.C.)Natalie Lara (V.C.) Player of the Year: Despite missing the last two games to join her club team, Valley Christian junior Haley Haagsma was a spark in the Lady Crusader's of-fense, especially late in the season. Of her team-leading 16 goals, 10 came since Jan. 16, a span of 13 games.Co-Coaches of the Year: Artesia's Octavio Marquez and Wendy DeVries of Norwalk finally put their respective teams in the playoffs for the first time in school history, and concluded with non-losing campaigns. Marquez, who has flirted with a playoff berth before, guided the Pioneers to a 10-10-2 record and a third place tie in the Suburban League. DeVr-ies turned around a program that had won six games each of the past two seasons to a 10-10-3 mark this past winter and a road playoff victory.


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which cut her last season at Cerritos short. But on Feb. 21, in her last regular season home game at Chapman, all of the years of playing hurt, diving for every loose ball and taking charges while friends and fam-ily members constantly held their breath, finally paid off. And it was her father, Ed, who put it the best when he said that her "chapter if now complete".

"The last home game was kind of spe-cial," Kamiyama said. "I was super excited for the game; I couldn't sleep last night. I tried to use the excitement and energy and save it for the game. I didn't want to use it during shoot-around."

The 22-year old Liberal Studies major, who stands at 5' 1", made the most of her regular season finale and it all began when she told Chapman head coach Carol Jue moments before tip-off that she was go-ing to take the opening jump opposite 6' 4" Ashton Marez of La Sierra University. Who could say no to that, as Kamiyama was mo-ments away from breaking the school's all-time record for assists? She would get that mark, her 408th at that time, with 13:14 remaining in the first half. She would play in 25 minutes against La Sierra, score five points, grab six rebounds, added eight as-sists and had five steals. While some of those numbers may not look that impres-sive to someone who thrives on scoring in double figures, Kamiyama leaves Chap-man as the school's all-time leader in as-sists, steals and three-pointers. She departs the NCAA Division III institution from Orange with 424 career assists, 242 career steals and 174 career three-pointers. In ad-dition, she ranks fifth in points scored and fourth in games played. This past season, Kamiyama was third on the team in scor-ing (9.7 points per game), had 117 assists and 86 steals. Even though she was on the bench for the final 6:36 with her team com-fortably ahead, she said she didn't mind be-cause she wanted to see everyone have a

chance to score. Chapman won the game 63-35 as 14 of 16 players who saw action scored.

"She is Chapman University," Jue said. "She is the star athlete, the model student and now a grad student. When I was writing her thank you card today, I just couldn't believe I'm finally going to say good-bye. I don't want to say good-bye."

But Jue won't have to say good-bye to the special bond she has built with Kamiyama over most of her life. In fact, Jue, who already has two sons, says she gained a daughter she never had. And when Kamiyama's mother, Sue, suddenly passed away after a bout with cancer in Oct. 2004, never getting the chance to see her only daughter play a single collegiate game, Jue became that mother figure. But Kamiyama has always had that will and determination to battle through just about anything both on and off the court.

"She's had a tremendous influence on me," Lauren said of Jue. "Coming in as a freshman, it was hard. I don't think I would be the person I am today without her, even though many people do look at it at times as unfair because we're so close. But she teaches life lessons and that's what is most important when you're coaching basket-ball or any team in general. I actually call her my mom sometimes."

"I know her mom would have been really proud of her," Ed Kamiyama said. "We're all proud of her. I think everybody came tonight who has known her since she was a baby. She made them happy and they saw a little bit of her mom in her tonight."

Kamiyama's playing days may be over for the time being but her love for the game will always live on. In addi-tion to being the president of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, she is cur-rently coaching eighth graders and has been for four years. Her brother Darin is trying to convince her to play in Japan but bone spurs have been growing in her feet and she's looking to get those removed before thinking about playing anywhere.

Kamiyama has expressed coaching in the past and those thoughts are still very much alive. She adds that she loves develop-ing girls and would entertain an offer to coach at the freshman level, or higher, in high school. Last summer, North Torrance and Cerritos High Schools asked her if she would be interested. She declined, only to finish out her Chapman education but don't be surprised if you see Kamiyama donning that black and gold apparel she was accus-tomed to for four years.

"I don't really think I could have got-ten to this point without the help of a lot of other people to keep motivating me to go out there and make this the last year and make it a good year," Kamiyama said. "There were times where you go to prac-tice every single day and sometimes you do get discouraged. I never thought I could move laterally or up and down the court as well as I can now. It's amazing because the knees are perfect; they don't even hurt."

While Kamiyama's name will forever be etched in the record books at Chapman,

she says in her usual unselfish way that a record is just a record and she doesn't even consider the assist record hers because in order to get an assist, somebody has to make a basket. She continued to say that it's not always about the pass or how it got there but who puts it in. But no matter what lies ahead for Kamiyama in the future, you can rest assure she will be spending a lot of time on the basketball court.

"It's almost like you want to be that pro team where you can always have her forever, like John Stockton with Utah," Jue said. "But as I wrote her today, I said, 'it was time for you to fly and make your own niche'. I would take her on my coach-ing staff in a heartbeat but she needs to go away and come back and then maybe one day take over here. She is just that spe-cial."

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 08-22515-SP-CA Loan No. 0009891078 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED07/10/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier's check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an "as is" condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: LUCILA ORNELAS, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 07/21/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1611479 of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California. Date of Sale: 04/17/2009 at 10:30 A.M. Place of Sale: At the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $311,224.52 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 11618 208TH STREET, LAKEWOOD, CA 90715 A.P.N.: 7059-013-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi -ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst pub-lication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, benefi ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or benefi ciary pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.5(b} declares that the mortgagee, benefi ciary or the mortgagee's or benefi ciary's authorized agent has either contacted the borrower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5. Date: 03/27/2009 NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85016 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-259-7850; as of 6/23/08 714-730-2727 Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRESEN-TATIVE ASAP# 3032340 03/27/2009, 04/03/2009, 04/10/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-08-210942-TC Loan # 1006111650 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/25/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings asso-ciation, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest there-on, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFI-CIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MARIA P. GONZALES, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 8/8/2005 as Instru-ment No. 05 1881822 in book -, page - of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 4/17/2009 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $620,444.51 The purported property address is: 10803 166TH ST CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessors Parcel No. 7016-026-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Date: 3/23/2009 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fi delityasap.com Reinstate-ment Line: (877) 908-4357 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder's rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative credit report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfi ll the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3036927 03/27/2009, 04/03/2009, 04/10/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No.: 2008-01404 Loan No.: 1006848138 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/17/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings asso-ciation, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor: SALVADOR CERROS AND CECI-LIA CERROS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Atlantic & Pacifi c Foreclosure Services, LLC Recorded 3/30/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0679784 in book , page and rerecorded on - as - of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 4/17/2009 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, Cali-fornia Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $638,321.58 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 12729 ANDY STREET CERRITOS, California 90703-000 A.P.N.: 7030-016-021 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designa-tion is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a writ-ten request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. We may report information about your account to credit bureaus. Late pay-ments, missed payments or other defaults on your account may be refl ected in your credit report. This communication is for the pur-poses of collecting a debt, and information obtained will be used for that purpose. This notice is required by the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and does not imply that we are attempting to collect money from anyone who has discharged the debt under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. If you have been discharged from personal liability on the mortgage because of bankruptcy proceedings and have not reaffi rmed the mortgage, this letter is not an attempt to collect a debt from you, but merely provides informational notice that foreclosure proceedings to enforce the lien against the property to satisfy some or all of the debt are commencing. Date: 03/27/2009 Atlantic & Pacifi c Foreclosure Services, LLC 1610 E. Saint Andrew Pl., Suite 150F Santa Ana, CA 92705 Automated Sale Information: 714-730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com for NON-SALE information: 888-313-1969 Tai Alailima, Foreclosure Manager ASAP# 3035234 03/27/2009, 04/03/2009, 04/10/2009

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CITY OF CERRITOSNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cerritos City Council will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING CHAPTER 22.22 OF THE CERRITOS MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF GARAGES, DRIVEWAYS AND WALKWAYS ON PROPERTY ZONED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 2008-5*

*Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is exempt from CEQA review.

This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, Bloomfi eld Avenue and 183rd Street in Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos web site at www.ci.cerritos.ca.us.

If you challenge the above mentioned Development Code Amendment and related actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Cerritos City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Any person interested in this matter may contact the Department of Community Development at (562) 916-1201, for additional information and/or appear at the hearing in person or by agent and be heard.

Dated: March 27, 2009 /s/Josephine Triggs Josephine Triggs City Clerk

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 3/27/09


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Each option has a cost and fee associ-ated so treatment alternatives can be made to fit your budget. Obviously, this will require a discussion with your dentist and/or the surgeon who will be placing the im-plants. Ask questions and be involved. Af-ter making your decision you can expect a lot of planning prior to the day you get your new teeth. In the long run, however, your dentist will better meet your expecta-tions if the proper steps are taken and you are involved in the decision making?

Questions? Contact Dr. Urban at 562-924-1523, offices at 10945 South St. Ste. 200A Cerritos 90703.

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NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISIONJOHNSTON COUNTY FILE NO: 08 SP 756

IN RE: CRYSTAL JENNIFER ARCE (full name by which adoptee is to beknown if adoption granted)

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: THE UNKNOWN FATHER of the adoptee, Crystal Jennifer Uribe, a female child, born January 1, 1996 at Pioneer Hospital in Artesia, California to Marlene Uribe (date of birth: 8/23/77).

TAKE NOTICE that a petition seeking to adopt the above-named child has been fi led in the above-captioned action. This Notice is being served, pursuant to NCGS 48-2-401(c) on any biological or possible biological fathers who are unknown or whose whereabouts are unknown. “John Doe” biological father may identify himself based on the name and date of birth of the mother, the date of birth and place of birth of the child stated above, and .

YOU ARE REQUIRED to fi le a response to said Petition not later than May 6, 2009, said date being 40 days from the fi rst publi-cation of this Notice in order to participate and to receive further notice of the proceeding, including notice of the time and place of any hearing. Your failure to respond will impact your parental rights. Any parental rights that you may have will be terminated upon entry of the order of adoption.

This the 24th day of March, 2009.

BY:_______________________________ Dionne L. Fortner Attorney At Law PO Box 708 Smithfi eld, NC 27577 (919) 934 4000 State Bar No.: 22174

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 3/27, 4/3, 4/10/09

ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTNOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ABC Unifi ed School District will receive up to but not later than 11:00 AM on April 9, 2009 sealed bids for:

Bid # ABC – 1347 FOR RISO SUPPLY

All bids shall be made and presented on a form furnished by the District. Bids submitted conform to the terms and conditions stated on said form. Bids shall be received in the offi ce of the Purchasing Department at 16700 Norwalk Blvd., Cerritos, CA., 90703 and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above stated time and place.

Bids and specifi cations may be obtained from the Purchasing Department at the above address on March 26, 2009 or later

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CITY OF NORWALKNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TAXICAB OWNER’S PERMIT APPLICATION

Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009Time: 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heardPlace: City Council Chambers, Norwalk City Hall, 12700 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk, CA 90650

Description: Notice is hereby given that an application for renewal of a taxicab owner's permit has been fi led with the City Council of the City of Norwalk by Administrative Services Cooperative, Inc. DBA: Fiesta Taxi, Roel Mazariegos, President, a California corporation, 2129 W. Rosecrans Avenue, Gardena, CA 90249. Public Comment: Interested persons are invited to attend this hearing and be heard regarding this matter. Written comments may be submitted to the City Council prior to the time set for the hearing. Address written comments: Attention City Clerk at the address noted above. More Information: Questions concerning the public hearing matter should be directed to William F. Clark, Business Development Assistant at (562) 929-5914. Accessibility: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City meeting or other services offered by this City, please contact the City Clerk’s Offi ce at (562) 929-5720. Notifi cation at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or time when services are needed will assist the City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service. Assisted hearing devices will be available at this hearing without prior notifi cation.

Dated this 27th of March 2009.

/S/ Theresa Devoy, City Clerk


CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENSLOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

ORDINANCE NO. 527

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.06.330 OF TITLE 5 OF THE HAWAIIAN GARDENS MUNCIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHED FEES FOR PERSONS CONDUCTING ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC SELF STORAGE BUSINESS.

Section 1. Legislative Intent and Findings. A. The City of Hawaiian Gardens through Title 5 of the Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code imposes upon the businesses, trades, professions, callings and occupations certain business license fees and taxes. B. The City Council of the City of Hawaiian Gardens from time to time reviews and deter-mines proper amendments to the fees imposed on businesses, trades, professions, callings, and occupations in the City to determine and insure that the City fees are competitive in the market and business friendly. C. The City Council of the City of Hawaiian Gardens fi nds that the license fee associated with public self storage facilities is signifi cantly higher than surrounding cities. D. To insure that the City of Hawaiian Gardens remains a business friendly municipality, the City Council of the City of Hawaiian Gardens wishes to amend Section 5.06.330 of the Hawaiian Gardens Munici-pal Code thereby reducing the fees associated with public self storage facilities in the City. E. The City Council fi nds that Proposition 218 which requires any general tax which is being imposed, increased, or extended be submitted to the electorate for approval is not applicable in this case as the existing fee is being reduced.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 5.06.330 is hereby amended as follows:

Every person conducting, engaged, or carrying on the business of any type of public storage shall pay an annual license fee of $1.00 per storage unit including outdoor spaces or units. as follows:

A. Indoor Storage, $.072 per square foot of rentable storage space.

B. Outdoor storage, $.036 per square foot of rentable storage space.

. SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such deci-sion shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the fi nal passage thereof.

SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fi fteen days from the adoption hereof the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in the manner described by law.

PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Hawaiian Gardens City Council on this the 10th day of March 2009.

/s/______________________________ MICHAEL GOMEZ Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/______________________________ LUCIE COLOMBOACTING CITY CLERK

CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS

CITY CLERK’S OFFICEC E R T I F I C A T I O N

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SSCITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS )

I, Lucie Colombo, Acting City Clerk/Acting Records Manager of the City of Hawaiian Gardens, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 527, was duly and regularly introduced and placed upon its fi rst reading at a Regular meeting of the City Council on the 10th day of March, 2009, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a Regular meeting of the City Council on this 24th day of March, 2009, by the following votes as the same appears on fi le and of record in the Offi ce of the City Clerk.

AYES: HECKERMAN, SCHULTZE, OYAMA-CANADA, FARFAN AND GOMEZNOES: NONEABSENT: NONEABSTAIN: NONE

/S/_________________________________________LUCIE COLOMBOACTING CITY CLERK / ACTING RECORDS MANAGER


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGIn connection with

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL REFUSE RATE INCREASEPURSUANT TO FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

Dear Property Owner:

Consolidated Disposal Service, Inc. (“Consolidated”) collects and disposes refuse from single-family residences and mobile home park units within the City pursuant to an agreement with City. The fees charged by Consolidated are subject to approval by the City and are collected by the City on your property tax bill. The cur-rent monthly rates for single-family residences ($19.10) and mobile park units ($17.12) were last increased in 2007.

Consolidated is proposing to increase the rates for refuse collection by 10.14 percent effective July 1, 2009. Consolidated’s request is based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consum-ers in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metropolitan area for the most recent 24 month period and on an increase in disposal fees.

A public hearing has been scheduled for 7 p.m., Monday, May 11, 2009 in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California so that you may provide comments concerning the follow-ing proposed rates:

Existing Monthly Rate Proposed Monthly Rate

Single Family Residences Service includes: 96 gallon cart (trash) 64 gallon cart (recycling), and 64 gallon cart (green waste) $19.10 $21.04*

Mobile Home Park Units 64 gallon cart (trash) $17.12 $18.86*

*subject to CPI increases in future years

Pursuant to law, the City caused a written report to be fi led with the City Clerk which contains s description of each single-family residential parcel and mobile park unit receiving refuse collection and disposal services and the proposed amount of the charge for each such parcel for fi scal year 2009-2010.

If you have any questions regarding the proposed increase, or the amount of the proposed rate for your particular property, please contact the City Clerk’s Offi ce at Artesia City Hall, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, California, (562) 865-6262.

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