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January 11 - January 17, 2010
FamilyAffair By Wally Hage
A Christmas Card
As I was helping to take down the Christmas tree and decorations I was drawn once again to the beauty of the various Christmas cards we had received from family and friends. It was an opportunity to once again enjoy the thoughtful notes that had been written. It was wonderful to re-read about family and
friendships we had made over the years and to see pictures of their grown children and to be reacquainted with what was happening in their lives. One card in particular drew my attention. It was a very unusual drawing of a smiling reindeer face. The card appeared somewhat typical of a commercial Christmas card that had been sent by our family Ophthalmologist. Though I was pleased to receive the thoughtful Christmas Greetings, I had not explored the card in detail. However, this time as I turned the card over there was the picture of the card artist. Shane Smith age 15, who is a recovering Lymphoblastic Leukemia patient. It
was a touching moment as we had lost a Grandchild at the age of five with a similar cancer condition. I thought to myself, how easy it is, in our busy daily lives, to unintentionally overlook the needs of the people around us. A child’s cancer illness can have a devastating emotional and economic impact on a family. And here was Shane Smith, giving back to Cancer Research through his artistic talents, “Kids helping Kids”. This outreach program sponsored by the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation of Irvine, California, (PCRF) has been very successful in bringing encouragement and hope to recovering Child Cancer patients.
Cancer Research has truly led the way in improving both survival rate and quality of life for survivors of childhood cancer. The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) needs your help. May is “Cure Children Cancer Month” which is endorsed by the California State legislature and many others to raise awareness of the need for funding pediatric cancer research. They can be reached at 1-800-354-7273 or for additional information see www.pcrf-kids.org to lend your support. Funding children’s cancer research is critical. Our hope is that one day, there will be a cure for every child with cancer. Comments wallygoodlife@att.net
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Oak Avenue, and the Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center. Kiwanis treats students and their teacher to lunch. Students receive a certificate, a letter for their parents, a bumper sticker, a gift certificate from The Hat Restaurant, and a photograph of them receiving their award. Their photo will also be displayed in the Temple City Unified School District lobby. Temple City Kiwanis has
been serving our community since 1939. Members are dedicated men and women who desire to make a difference in the quality of life for the youth of Temple City. Kiwanis meets at 12:00 noon each Tuesday at The Bahooka Family Restaurant. To find out more about Kiwanis, please call Jerry Jambazian at (626) 286-2444. You can also visit their website at www. templecitykiwanis.org.
monthly membership dues. Classes such as Spinning, Yoga, Pilates Mat, Core Fitness, Ballet Barre, Step Aerobics, Toning Plus, Easy Does It are scheduled throughout the week, everyday from open to close. A full schedule is available on the gym’s website, sierrafit.com. And of course, the widely popular Sierra Fitness “Original” Bootcamp class is still offered. The next session starts Monday, January 11 and the eight-week session meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 and 6 a.m. All this and more are just a few of the ways Sierra Fitness is celebrating their 15th year in the community. So tie up your pup outside with that brand new Shabby Dog handfree leash and stop by to see what all the fuss is about. All those fit, smiling faces surely can’t be wrong. In the words of Tom Gammill, long-time Sierra Fitness member and artist
behind the Doozies comic strip, “Without Sierra Fitness, I’d be a fat, pathetic mess. Thanks to them, I’m only a slightly overweight, pathetic mess.”
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Continued from 2 upstairs. The response to the expansion has been extremely positive. “I knew it was a risk at the time, but the mood among our members is just great now,” said Lewis-Duvall. Sandy told us that, in the past, many of her members have been women and that the lack of amenities such as a larger free-weight area may have been keeping some of the men clinging to their Gold’s Gym memberships. “With the free weights addition, a lot of our female client’s husbands are now starting to come in and take memberships. I think that’s an aspect that we were kind of missing,” said Lewis-Duvall. Even more popular than the free weights, however, is the wide variety of workout classes Sierra Fitness offers all of its members, all of which are included with their
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things about Oak are the great helpful teachers, the large library, and clean campus. The best thing that ever happened was being born. Personal goals are to end all wars, build a soup kitchen, go to college, get a good job, and to succeed in life. Each week the Temple City Kiwanis Club is pleased to recognize outstanding students and their teachers from Cloverly, Emperor, Longden,
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was when she got a laptop computer with a webcam. Personal goals are to prevent global warming, build a home for orphans so they can have a happy life, get straight A’s, go to college, and give some money to charity. Christopher is 12 years old and has one older brother. He enjoys history, science, airplanes, and computers. Christopher said, “The best
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