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Temple Tribune Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 - OCTOBER 14, 2012 VOLUME XVII, NO. XXXXI
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Jose Eber Gives the Star Treatment to Cancer Patients at City of Hope BY TERRY MILLER For more than four operations manager at the decades, José Eber, the lik- Sheri & Les Biller Patient able and charismatic celeb- and Family Resource Center rity hair stylist, has been in along with Eber greeted City the forefront of the beauty of Hope patients and fit and world. He created influential styled them with wigs and looks through the decades make-up, and provided indithat have endured the test of vidualized professional hair time and become true classics and make-up consultations. and his client list has included One of Eber’s clients on such stars as Farrah Fawcett, Monday was an 8-year-old Cher, Jaclyn Smith, Elizabeth young lady with perhaps the Taylor and the Who’s Who widest smile we’ve ever witof Hollywood. He remains a nessed. Arpine was fitted perleading trendsetter in hair and sonally by Eber with a pig-tail fashion throughout the world. wig which she loved until she So on Monday when Jose saw a really rather modern Eber and his Beverly Hills purple doo, and of course she salon team took over the visi- had to try that too. Eber asked tors’ center at City of Hope in 8-year old Arpine which she Duarte there was quite a buzz, prefered. Although the pony if you’ll pardon the pun. tails were nice, she seemed Kara Fox and Evvy to take a shine to the purple Shapero, founders of GlamPlease see page 9 our Project, and Linda Klein,
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Temple City Unified School District Inspires Students
Saving More than $3.8 Million with Solar and Energy Upgrades Temple City Unified School District and Chevron Energy Solutions today announced the completion of a transformative solar and energy efficiency program expected to reduce energy costs at seven school sites and save the District more than $3.8 mil-
lion. The project added a 400-kilowatt solar photovoltaic power system mounted on parking shade structures at Temple City High School; replaced the boiler and chiller at Longden Elementary School; installed Please see page 6
Lawsuit Filed Against Monrovia Business Over Handicapped Access BY SUSAN MOTANDER The Copper Lamp the Copper Lamp in Feband its property owners ruary of this year and that were served with a lawsuit the Copper Lamp does not this week alleging a viola- have a handicapped parktion of the Unruh act. This ing space. act is the California equivaAs a handicapped inlent of the Americans with dividual, Ho alleges that Disabilities Act. In this he has had prior bad expecase, the suit claims the plaintiff, John Ho visited Please see page 3
2,000 Plants, $6 Million Home Grown Marijuana Found by LASD Narcotics Detectives 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
El Monte’s Councilwoman Martinez Just Says “No” to Measure H BY DENA BURROUGHS Towards the end of Part of the statement a very long El Monte City she read at the meeting and Council meeting Tuesday later posted on her Facenight, Councilwoman Vic- book page says that “upon toria Martinez announced further investigation” she that she will not support had found that “Measure H Measure H, which has be- has many unintended concome known as the “sugary Please see page 5 drink tax.”
Run, Don’t Walk, to the Polls BY JIM E. WINBURN Can voting be sexy, daring or adventurous? It is doubtful the experience can be as intense or exhilarating as those textbook illustrations of ragtag American Revolutionaries launched into a bloody fight for independence with little assurance given than that found in Thomas Paine’s The Ameri-
can Crisis: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” No, very few of us would describe our experience at the polls as being revolutionary. We assume it is important and necessary - to a democratic community and country - while not presuming Please see page 7
-Photo Courtesy of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.
Three search warrants were conducted in the City of Diamond Bar and unincorporated community of Hacienda Heights by Sheriff's Narcotics detectives on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. An investigation identified two suspects involved in the operation of
marijuana grows inside the homes: Binh Ly, male, 43 years of age, resident of Rosemead. Thank Chiem, male, 45 years of age, resident of San Jose. An elaborate marijuana grow system was discovered with more than Please see page 11