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Thursday, November 5, 2015 - November 11, 2015
Veteran’s Day November 11, 2015
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 19, NO. 45
Nov. 11, 1918 - The End of ‘The War to End All Wars’ BY TERRY MILLER
Numerous Veterans Day ceremonies will take place locally next Wednesday, however some cities have events on Friday and some on Sunday. See the story for details. – Photo by Terry Miller
Monrovia City Council Continues Moratorium on Demolitions BY SUSAN MOTANDER Despite protests from a few citizens, on Tuesday evening, the Monrovia City Council voted to continue its ban on issuing permits for the demolition of houses built before 1940. City staff had recommended the continuance of the ban until a full report and recommendations regarding changing the city’s municipal code to prevent the building of so-called “McMansions” in Monrovia. Two homeowners objected to the continuation
of the moratorium. Both of them said that the ban on building permits and the related ban or demo permits had prevented them from making improvements to their properties and that they had looked forward to the bans expiring this month. They both said the city was denying them their property rights. Dwight Betkey, one of the two homeowners to object to the continuation of SEE PG. 19
Monrovia continues its ban on demolition of houses built before 1940 – Photo by Terry Miller
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World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov, 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America
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Monrovia Street Fair Hosts Thank a Vet in November In the cold and unforgiving hills of Afghanistan, scorching 100+ degree days in the Iraqi desert, and steamy jungles of Viet Nam, they all reached the same conclusion. War is an ungodly hell not soon forgotten! The emotional trauma of injuries received and comrades lost never healed. He has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); they just said he was “shell shocked.” War-scarred and
traumatized, unlike others who successfully stepped back into life, these are the walking wounded whose terrors trumped a healthy recovery, job, and a place to call home. They sleep on park benches, in alleys, under freeways, and in the canyons with no cover from the elements. And El Nino is coming. Who will protect those who protected our SEE PG. 18