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Fun for Kids this Winter in Arcadia The Recreation and Community Services Department is offering a variety of winter activities this season. A Winter Kids Camp is held at Longley Way Elementary School, 2601 Longley Way. This camp is open to elementary school age children in grades 1-5 and provides a safe, supervised, kid friendly retreat during winter vacation. The dates are December 26-28, 2012 and January 2-4, 2013 from 9am-5pm for a cost of $20 per day. Sign your child up for one day or all six. The camp is filled with fun group activities including crafts, cooking, board games, movies, snacks and more. Supervision is generally on a ratio of one Recreation Leader for each group of 10 children. Groups will be organized by age and grade level.
Kids Night Out held at the Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive is on Friday, December 21, 2012 (Winter Wonderland) and January 11, 2013 (Happy Penguins). Kids Night Out provides kids a night of fun and play so mom and dad enjoy an evening out or a quiet evening at home. Recreation Staff and Volunteens offer themed games, movies, dinner, snacks and supervision for children ages 4 and above. Accommodations cannot be made for special dietary needs. The cost is $15 per child and is held from 6-11pm. Letters to Santa - Santa’s Elves will be delivering your wish list to the North Pole. Santa will respond to every child who writes him. Send a self-addressed and pre-stamped envelope
to: Santa Claus, c/o Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department, P.O. Box 60021, Arcadia, CA 91066-6012 – postmarked between November 23rd and December 7th! Pre-registration is mandatory for all of our activities and a $2 registration fee is applicable for those participants not registered in any other winter classes. For Arcadia residents, registration begins on-line starting Monday, November 26th. Mail-in, walkin and fax-in registrations begin Monday, December 3rd. Go to the city’s website at www.ci.arcadia.ca.us under the Recreation and Community Services Department or come by our office, 375 Campus Drive. For more questions, please contact the Recreation Department at 626.574.5113.
Monrovia Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony Kick off the holiday season on Thursday, December 6 and enjoy the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Parade. The evening begins with the Tree Lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. at Li-
brary Park, on the corner of Myrtle and Lime Avenues. The Holiday Parade will begin at 7 p.m., traveling north on Myrtle Avenue from Chestnut to Palm Avenue. This year’s parade theme
is “All that Glitters is Gold” in celebration of this year’s Grand Marshal, Kim Rhode, U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist. The parade is sponsored by the Monrovia Old Town merchants.
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Stroke and Osteoporosis Screenings Coming to Arcadia Residents living in and around the Arcadia, California community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture. Arcadia Elks Lodge Post # 2025 will host Life Line Screening on 12/5/2012. The site is located at 27 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia. Richard Bennet from Woodland Hills, CA, participated in a Life Line Screening event in March 2008 and learned he had an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He writes, “I feel as though Life Line Screening saved my life and can’t
thank you enough!” Four key points every person needs to know: Stroke is the third leading cause of death and a leading cause of permanent disability, 80% of stroke victims had no apparent warning signs prior to their stroke, Preventive ultrasound screenings can help you avoid a stroke, Screenings are fast, noninvasive, painless, affordable and convenient, Screenings identify potential cardiovascular conditions such as blocked arteries and irregular heart rhythm, abdomi-
nal aortic aneurysms, and hardening of the arteries in the legs, which is a strong predictor of heart disease. A bone density screening to assess osteoporosis risk is also offered and is appropriate for both men and women. Packages start at $149. All five screenings take 6090 minutes to complete. For more information regarding the screenings or to schedule an appointment, call 1-877-237-1287 or visit our website at www.lifelinescreening.com. Pre-registration is required.
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solicits community feedback to build a roadmap for Monrovia for the next five years. Using a new comprehensive community engagement website, developed by MindMixer, citizens can engage, communicate and collaborate with city leaders and other residents on future planning for the city. Plan Monrovia is about understanding and voicing the highest priorities for the community and developing City services that meet those needs. Along the way, the Plan Monrovia website will be used as an online tool to generate new ideas and feedback from citizens to help the city prioritize projects. The goal is to obtain widespread input because as the city moves forward, leaders want to know what is important to every citizen in Monrovia. Feedback from the engagement website will be used by the city manager and other planners in order to create a roadmap for Monrovia’s programs and services for the next five years. While Monrovia’s budget is structurally balanced, since 2008, the City has seen a 17% reduction in staffing positions, a $2 million cut of expenditures to some of the city’s key programs. Sales tax revenues have been down 25% and property taxes remain flat. This means that the city must prioritize the programs and services it provides and take a new look at what Monrovia could be doing. “We are looking to the community to help answer
the question, ‘What are the most important things the City should focus on over the next five years,’” said City Manager Laurie Lile. “Like most cities in California, our resources are more limited now, which means we may not be able to provide all of the services we used to or perhaps not in the exact same way. The purpose of this process is to engage our residents, businesses, students, and all Monrovians in discussion about how City resources should be allocated to the community.” Plan Monrovia gives contributors a chance to share new ideas, second others’ ideas, expand upon existing ideas and give feedback on initiatives, working with the city on a variety of topics online anytime, anywhere. The discussion will start with topics like these, and branch off from there based on contributor input: - What are your priorities for Monrovia? - For every $1,000 of city funds, how would you divvy up the money? Plan Monrovia measures and tracks participation, identifying the most interested citizens and most compelling topics. MindMixer’s tools make it easy for administrations to communicate back with citizens, and they deliver measurable results and invaluable insights for the city. “Monrovia is committed to making this process transparent and interactive. We are listening and eager to hear your thoughts and ideas,” says Mayor Mary
Ann Lutz. “I hope everyone in our community gets involved in this process, and I encourage all Monrovians to sign on to PlanMonrovia.org. All of the ideas and community voices expressed go into how the City Council makes decisions about programs and services in our upcoming 2013-2015 budget.” Nick Bowden, CEO of MindMixer, says, “Our tools go beyond just technology. Our mission is to build community contributors. Ideas, voices and perspectives are shared to facilitate deeper and better conversations that yield actionable insights and a stronger community.” As part of its service, MindMixer consults and collaborates with clients to identify issues that are critical to stakeholders in order to update topics and content for their websites. Apart from the PlanMonrovia.org, the City of Monrovia is offering a myriad of high and low tech ways for Monrovians to get involved and discuss what they value about Monrovia: “What are the most important things the City should focus on over the next five years?” Go Online - www. PlanMonrovia.org, Community Workshops December 11, 2012 Tuesday, 7-9pm, Monrovia Community Center, 119 W Palm Ave, Monrovia, CA, January 12, 2013, Saturday, 9-11am, Calvary Chapel Monrovia, 123 W Pomona Ave, Monrovia, CA or email us - PlanMonrovia@ ci.monrovia.ca.us Call us (626) 932-5555 x1402.