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El Monte in Rosemead Retired Army Rifleman Keeps Promise to Army the News Buddy Returns Ring to Family after a 59 Year Search By Dena M. Burroughs
All it took was a little help from his wife and the little search engine that could
National Park Hearing this Saturday at the Senior Center A public hearing will be held this Saturday October 29 at 1 pm at the El Monte Senior Center (3120 N. Tyler Ave) to discuss Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s idea to designate the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers as a new National Recreation Area to be managed by the U.S. National Parks Service. The meeting will present the idea to the commu-
Peter Herzing
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Upcoming El Monte Community Events
By Dena M. Burroughs Free Mammograms for females over 40 – November 2 The Woman’s Breast Center and the Los Angeles County Public Health are offering free mammograms to all females of the area, low Please see page 3
Dave and Beverly Mills pose for a picture in their Rosemead home. It was Mrs. Mills’ persistence with Google that ultimately found her husband’s army buddy’s family. – Photo by Terry Miller
By Terry Miller In November 15, 1952 Rosemead resident Arvin David Mills received his draft notice to report to Fort Snelling in Minneapolis. From there he was transfered to Fort Knox, Kentucky where he was to specialize in rifle training. During those 16 weeks of training Mills made many
friends but one in particular stuck in his memory all these years. This man, Peter Herzing was from St. Mary’s PA. After completing basic training they received their respective orders, Mills was the only one who was ordered to stay stateside. He was an Expert Rifleman and was ordered to teach stateside. It was a tense time in military lives as the Korean War was taking center stage and
San Gabriel School Board Candidate Assaulted at School Carnival Files Police Report Against Scott Svonkin
Scott Svonkin, pictured here at a Los Angeles County Schools Teacher of the Year event allegedly assaulted school board candidate Andrew Ammon Saturday -Photo by Terry Miller
San Gabriel School Board Candidate Andrew Ammon, 25, attended a school carnival at Coolidge Saturday afternoon, not as a candidate running for school board but this where his cousin teaches and wanted to support her and the school. As he was leaving, former school board member Scott Svonkin called out “ Andrew”…. he then allegedly pulled Ammon’s arm forcefully and in a threatening manner “ he was trying to tower over me” said Ammon. According to candidate
Ammon, the now Community College School Board member said “ Have your supporters stop taking S____ about me. I can do worse to you. It is illegal to campaign on school grounds. We are going to get you!” Ammon assured Svonkin that he was not campaigning and had simply attended the carnival. He had no buttons or campaign literature. An eyewitness who agreed to talk with Beacon Media on the condition of Please see page 4
most men drafted assumed they were going into combat - with a very strong possibility they might not come back. Bonds were quickly formed and trust and honor was not an exception, it was the unwritten rule. Herzing treasured a ring,( which his sisters had given him as a Christmas gift) - hovever it had to be repaired and was sent to a local jeweler.
When he get got his orders to ship out to (ultimately Germany) Herzing gave Mills the claim-ticket and asked him to pick it up for him if it wasn’t ready in time before he had to ship out for duty. Three days later Herzing was sent overseas, albeit without the ring. Mills had made a promise to Herzing that he’d get the ring back to him. He just didn’t know,
Dave Mills
at the time, it would take 59 years. Not knowing if and when they would see one another again, Mills held on to the ring trying periodically to find Herzing. He’d call up the post offices in various towns where he though Herzing might live. He attempted to get telephone books. Up until very recently all efforts Please see page 7
City of Hope Receives $1.2M NCI Grant National Cancer Institute Award Furthers Development of Immunotherapy for Brain Cancers The National Cancer Institute has awarded City of Hope a five-year, $1.2 million grant to investigate and develop a cancer treatment that targets a cellular pathway associated with both brain tumors and diabetes complications. Behnam Badie, M.D., chief of the Division of Neurosurgery and director of the Brain Tumor Program, is principal investigator on the grant, which supports research into turning the body’s own defenses
against brain cancers such as glioma. “Current treatment options for brain tumors can be limited due to the sensitive location of the cancer and the body’s natural protective barriers,” Badie said. “My team’s research has focused on using the immune system to fight cancers, and one of the ways we are trying to do that is by investigating an inflammatory process most often associated with diabetes.”
In people with diabetes, too much sugar circulates in the blood, and harmful substances called advanced glycation end products (AGEs) form when this excess sugar binds to molecules in the body. AGEs can then activate what are called receptors for advance glycation end products, or RAGE. Activating RAGE can kick-start inflammation, part of the immune sysPlease see page 3