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Monrovia Kid With a Big Heart Creates Homemade ‘Hannah’s Hound Houses’
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 20, NO. 50
BY TERRY MILLER
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hat does an eight-year-old girl want for Christmas? For most kids, it’s usually some kind of toy, gadget or video game that they can immerse themselves in or perhaps the latest iPhone …anything that even remotely smells like technology. But for one remarkable Monrovia girl, Hannah IIer, these items are of little consequence this year. The third-grade student who attends St. Rita’s in Sierra Madre faced acute surgeries in 2016 to reconstruct her jaw. Subsequently she had to take a leave-ofabsence from school while battling the complications therein. The extensive surgeries and resulting hospital stays took a toll on her parents Scott and Erin. But for Hannah, she seemed to take it in her stride and made many new friends at Children’s Hospital. Her mom said all she (Hannah) really remembers about the hospital stay was that the food “was gross…” The extensive jaw surgery and subsequent recovery at Children’s Hospital SEE PAGE 13
Hannah IIer (right), age 8, wanted to create a unique fundraiser to help kids and canines this Christmas. Her idea for the project came from reading a book and experiencing multiple surgeries at Children’s Hospital. – Photo by Terry Miller
Old Town Report
Crime Rates Going Up in Monrovia
BY PAM FITZPATRICK Last week I was commenting that nothing much was happening with Old Town businesses as far as opening (or closing), and that
very day I saw a coupon for a major name/business change in the 500 block. Obviously SEE PAGE 13
At a community meeting last week to warn citizens of the potentials of holiday theft, representatives of the Monrovia Police Department shares crime statistics for the city that showed a
marked increase in criminal activity. In his weekly City Manager’s Update, Oliver Chi wrote, “crime rates in Monrovia are up 25 percent in 2016, when compared against 2015 crime levels.”
He went on to write “Of particular note, crime rates are up in every community in our region and law enforcement personnel SEE PAGE 12