2012_11_19_El Monte Examiner

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E xaminer EL MONTE

Monday Edition of the

Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly Temple Tribune MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 25, 2012 VOLUME XVII, NO. XXXXVII CITY

FREE

California School of Culinary Arts Cordon Bleu Notice of a Study Session Program Graduates Over 600 at Santa Anita Before the Arcadia City Cold Winds Didn't Damper New Chefs' Spirits Council Regarding Recreational Vehicles On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at 5:30 p.m., at the Arcadia City Hall Conference Room, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, the Arcadia City Council will be discussing parking and storage regula-

tions in the single-family residential zonesfor motor vehicles, including recreational vehicles (RVs), trucks, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, motorbikes, buses, moPlease see page 2

San Gabriel Announces March Municipal Elections

Chef Tina Shamon, left, embraces her friend Chef Roxana Rivera as they placed their toques on for the first time Saturday after graduation. The high winds and cool temperatures made placing the newly aquired chef’s headgear atop the grads somewhat problematic. -Photo by Terry Miller

BY TERRY MILLER It was a cold and ex¬tremely windy day for a graduation, especially when Chef’s toques ( hats) went flying during the ceremony at Santa Anita on Saturday. Luckily there were some ex¬tra toques lying

around the ceremo¬nial podium where graduates received their Cordon Bleu medalions, signifying the completion of their courses. It was graduation day for Tina Shamon, Alfonso & Roxana Rivera and 600 classmates of Cordon Bleu

programs in Pasadena. As the newly appointed graduates waited paitiently to pose for a class photo in the bleechers of the race track others found their seats for the ceremony as they tried to keep warm with the sudden winds whipping around the track

South El Monte Council Recognizes Temple Station Personnel The city of South El Monte City Council recognized the efforts of the men and women of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Temple Station with a “Sheriff’s Appreciation B.B.Q.” Mayor Pro Tem Wilhans Ili, Councilwoman Angelica Garcia, Council Member Hector Delgado, City Manager Anthony Ybarra, and staff prepared a meal for Temple Station personnel and followed up with the presentation of a certificate of recognition signed by the full City of South El Monte City Council.

faster than Zenyatta at the 2009 Breeders’ Cup. After the speeches, the seemingly endless line of graduates waited for their names to be called while family and friends watched from the seats above the Please see page 6

BY JIM E. WINBURN We have now gone Sawkins, Vice Mayor De La from “get out the vote” to Torre and Councilman Da“keep your vote out!” The vid R. Gutierrez, have all filed November elections are over, their papers for re-election. now let’s get on with San GaSawkins was first elected briel’s municipal elections to the City Council in 2005 for Mar. 5, 2013. after serving seven years on The City of San Gabriel the City’s Planning Commisannounced that it has opened sion. His law firm, Sawkins its filing period to fill three and Albert, represents plainCity Council seats along with tiffs and defendants in a the City Clerk and City Trea- broad range of civil matters surer positions. including business disputes, The City Clerk’s office real estate matters, and other is now accepting applications civil litigation matters. from residents, and this elecDe La Torre was elected tion’s nomination period to the council in 2009. He is runs from Nov. 13 to Dec. 7. a licensed real estate broker Natalie Sanchez of the and business partner in CousCity Clerk’s office confirmed ins Realty, a family-owned that all three City Council Please see page 10 members, Mayor Kevin B.

Santa Anita CEO Resigns KISS Bass Player Gene Simmons May Be in Santa Anita's Future

BY TERRY MILLER

-Courtesy Photo

Temple Station Commander, Captain Christopher Nee accepted the honor for the personnel of Temple Station. He recognized the level of support from South

El Monte, and the pleasure of working for and with the community of South El Monte. He Thanked the council and the citizens of South El Monte for their support.

Mark Verge, (who by all accounts prefered to be called ‘The Guy’ ) who was hired to oversee Santa Anita Park as chief executive officer in March, has left the building. Verge was hired by Frank Stronach, chairman of the The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, to improve the track’s marketing and visibility. His resignation comes on the heels of Please see page 9

Mark Verge is the tenth CEO to resign under Stronach. -Photo by Terry Miller


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