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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - SEPTEMBER 26 , 2010 VOLUME III, NO. XXXVI
Book Bonanza Residents Convince Commissioners to Reject CUP request for Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Arcadia/Monrovia on Live Oak Slated - Oct 23 The Fr iends of t he Temple City Library will be hosting its Fall Book Sale on Saturday, October 23 from 10:30 am until 4 pm, in the Library’s Meeting Room. The Library is located at 5939 Golden West Avenue, Temple City, adjacent to Temple City Park. All books will be sold at greatly reduced prices. There will be a wonderful selection of fiction, non-fiction, coffee-table and children’s books in paperback and hardback form. Lynne Best, Secretary/ Treasurer of the Friends of the Library and Fall Book Sale organizer, states that “we want to sell all of our stored books, so that we may once again begin taking in donations for our on-going book sale, as well as our two other sales during the year.” She says that “donations have been turned away for the past 18 months because of lack of storage space and we hope that through this sale, we will be able to resume receiving donations by the end of the year.” President Manuel A.
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New READ Poster Features Arcadia Rose Queen Natalie Innocenzi
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ver the last several years, the Arcadia Library has created a series of READ™ posters patterned after the enormously successful American Library Association READ™ posters, that feature celebrities reading their favorite book. These posters are designed to encourage children to read, while celebrating the city of Arcadia and Arcadians. We’re pleased to say that our very own photographer, Terry Miller, has shot all of the READ posters in recentyears for the city of Arcadia’s Library.
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Protestors grew in numbers over the past few weeks and demonstrated their dislike of the proposed facility last Saturday - Photo by Terry Miller
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lanning Commissioners denied Leon San Blas’ application for a Conditional Use Permit ( CUP) for a medical marijuana dispensary Monday night. The hearing, held a at Pamela Park was attended by a gathering of
approximately 350 people, the majority of whom were perceptibly vociferous against the proposed facility. The final vote: 4-0 One commissioner Ester Valadez was not present. The Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission
collectively rejected the per m it for a d ispensa ry at 4332 E. Live Oak Blvd. in an unincorporated area in A rcadia. Leon San Blas made an emotional plea to the commissioners but they were not overwhelmed.
Commissioners said they were “disappointed” in San Blas’ presentation and that while some of the commission members favored medicinal use, they said San Blas did
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Kiwanis Honors Emperor School Students Michelle Hubbard, Amber Wong, and Joshua Kelly Kiwanis Club of Temple City was pleased to have honored three outstanding students from E mperor E lement a r y School on September 14, 2010. Pictured with the proud students is 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Shelly Scanlan. Michelle is 11 years old and in Mr. Giangregorio’s class. Michelle has an older sister and enjoys playing softball, card games, magic tricks, and fishing. Michelle said, “The best
things about Emperor are the loving principal that cares and wants us all to succeed, the amazing teachers and trust they give us.” The best thing that ever happened was the whole 3rd grade making a huge get well card when she had surgery and the principal coming to visit her in the hospital. Personal goals are to be the best student she could be, to give back to the commu-
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation To Visit Temple City In an effort to join the battle against childhood cancer, local Temple City residents and the San Gab riel Valley Noblettes, will host an Alex’s Lemonade Stand on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 10am to Noon at 6229 North Encinita Ave, Temple City. Members of the community were inspired to get involved with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation after seeing a local news story about Alex’s Lemonade Stand and Strawberry Shortcake. After finding out how easy it was to get involved, organizers decided to hold a lemonade stand of their own. The San Gabriel Valley Noblettes is a women’s group that supports the slogan “To Serve A Child.” They are a small but dedicated group and work hard to support children’s charities and organizations. The object of this club is to do charitable work to serve a child as directed by the club. The group was founded or organized in February, 1952. Today we have approximately 36 members. Originally, this women’s group came together because husbands, fathers, sons, or brothers were masons or members of the Mystic Shrine but today are more open to members and if you believe in helping children support their slogan and motto, which is friendliness, you will be considered and welcomed into the Noblettes. High school children are encoraged to get involved. A l e x’s L e m o n a d e Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004).
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