2012_10_04_El Monte Examiner

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Thursday, OCTOBER 4 - OCTOBER 10, 2012

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Jose Eber Gives the Star Treatment to Cancer Patients at City of Hope

Volume XVII, No. XXXX

Public Works Begins Revegetating Process to Compensate for Bulldozed Trees BY JIM E. WINBURN The County of Los An- 330,000 cubic yards of sedigeles Department of Public ment from the dam. The Works is currently involved removal of material from in a revegetation project for behind the dam and the the Santa Anita Dam flood storage of this sediment on control facility to create an placement sites downstream oak woodland habitat as has all been part of the 1927 part of a mitigation process dam’s riser modification for removing 11 acres of and seismic upgrade protrees a year and a half ago. cess to meet state standards. Since cutting down According to Public nearly 180 coastal oaks and Works representative Keith 70 sycamores from the flood Lilley, the bulldozing of control facility in Arcadia on the woodland area in the Jan. 12, 2011, Public Works has removed approximately Please see page 5

BY TERRY MILLER For more than four don the pun. decades, José Eber, the Kara Fox and Evvy likable and charismatic Shapero, founders of celebrity hair stylist, has Glamour Project, and been in the forefront of the Linda Klein, operations beauty world. He created manager at the Sheri & influential looks through Les Biller Patient and Famthe decades that have en- ily Resource Center along dured the test of time and with Eber greeted City of become true classics and Hope patients and fit and his client list has included styled them with wigs and such stars as Farrah Faw- make-up, and provided incett, Cher, Jaclyn Smith, dividualized professional Elizabeth Taylor and the hair and make-up consultaWho's Who of Hollywood. tions. He remains a leading One of Eber’s clitrendsetter in hair and fash- ents on Monday was an ion throughout the world. 8-year-old young lady with So on Monday when Jose perhaps the widest smile Eber and his Beverly Hills we’ve ever witnessed. Arsalon team took over the pine was fitted personally visitors’ center at City of by Eber with a pig-tail wig Hope in Duarte there was Please see page 13 quite a buzz, if you’ll par-

Breeders’ Cup Post Time and Wagering Menu Announced

One of Eber’s clients on Monday was an 8-year-old young lady named Arpine. She was fitted personally by Eber with a pig-tail wig which she loved until she saw a really rather modern purple doo. She took both home courtesy of Eber. -Photo by Terry Miller

Garvey Superintendent Lawsuit Filed Against Monrovia Business Over Seeks to Extinguish Tensions Handicapped Access After Heated Board Meeting BY SUSAN MOTANDER The Copper Lamp and the Copper Lamp does not its property owners were have a handicapped parking served with a lawsuit this space. week alleging a violation of As a handicapped indithe Unruh act. This act is vidual, Ho alleges that he has the California equivalent of had prior bad experiences the Americans with Disabili- parking in spaces that are not ties Act. In this case, the suit in compliance with the law claims the plaintiff, John Ho or in regular handicapped visited the Copper Lamp in February of this year and that Please see page 18

BY JIM E. WINBURN With tensions run- Sandra Johnson spoke to ning high between admin- members of the local press istrators and members of outside Temple Intermedithe teachers’ union after ate School in Rosemead on Thursday night’s board Monday to express a willmeeting, Garvey School ingness to work with teachDistrict officials called an ers who supposedly staged emergency press confer- a walkout on Friday, Sep. ence to retain the public’s 28, following a late-night support and confidence. Superintendent Dr. Please see page 14

Opening Day last week saw exciting race action gearing up for the Breeders’ Cup in November. -Photo by Terry Miller

Santa Anita’s winter meet is already in its second week and excitement is building for next month’s Breeders’ Cup rarces. The Breeders' Cup announced Tuesday the wagering menu and post times for the 29th Breed-

ers' Cup World Championships, to be held on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at Santa Anita Park. This year's wagering menu on the 15 Breeders' Cup races features an abundance of betting opportuniPlease see page 6


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