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Thursday, JANUARY 5, 2017 - january 11, 2017 - Volume 5, No. 53
Pasadena Tournament Of Roses® Announces 2017 Rose Parade® Float Winners
The excitement as people come to look closer at these beautiful floats at the 2017 Rose Parade.
Footless Dog Meat Trade Survivor Liberty Gets Two Legs Up On the New Year L-R Marc Ching of the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation holding Dog Meat Trade Survivor Liberty whose feet were cut off, Liberty with her custom made American Flag prosthetics, Marc Ching with Liberty arriving home from receiving her prosthetics in Virginia at LAX. Liberty, the adorable
Dog Meat Trade Survivor whose feet were cut off in Cambodia, is starting 2017 on the right (and left) foot! Continuing to make tremendous strides in her rehabilitation process courtesy of leading animal activist Marc Ching and his Sherman Oaks, CA based non-profit The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation(AHWF),
Liberty is eagerly jumping into the New Year with both front feet; now clad in her own custom made prosthetics by Sterling, VA based Orthotist Derrick Campana. Liberty, accompanied by Ching and AHWF friend Karen Gifford, recently returned to Los Angeles from SEE PAGE 5
– Photos by Terry Miller
On Monday, The Tournament of Roses announced the 24 floats awarded official honors in the 128th Rose Parade presented by Honda. These awards recognize excellence in a variety of categories and specifications. The 2017 Rose Parade float award-winners are (alphabetically): 1. Northwestern Mutual 2. La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association 3. Netflix 4. 24 Hour Fitness 5. Western Asset Management Company 6. Lucy Pet 7. BDK, A Singpoli Affiliate 8. Downey Rose Float Association 9. Downey Rose Float Association 10. Farmers Insurance 11. China Airlines 12. The UPS Store, Inc. 13. Union Bank and The American Heart Association, Western States Affiliate 14. AIDS Healthcare Foundation 15. Sierra Madre Rose Float Association 16. RAGÚ Pasta Sauce 17. American Armenian Rose Float Association 18. The Bachelor 19. Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee, Inc. 20. Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee, Inc. 21. Dole Packaged Foods 22. Donate Life 23. Trader Joe’s 24. Torrance Rose Float Association
Hindus Seek Diwali Holiday in All 1,025 California Public School Districts Hindus are urging all 1,025 public school districts of California to declare official holiday on Diwali, the most popular of their festivals. They are also urging California’s all 1,222 charter schools, all about 3,170 private schools and all independent schools also to adopt Diwali as an official holiday on their 2017-2018 school year calendars.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement today, pointed out that it would be a step in the positive direction in view of presence of a substantial number of Hindu students at schools around the state, as it was important to meet the religious and spiritual needs of these pupils. Some school districts in New York, New Jersey and Maryland had reportedly already declared
Diwali as a holiday. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that schools should make efforts to accommodate the religious requirements of Hindu students and show respect to their faith by not conducting regular business and scheduling classes on Diwali. “We did not want our SEE PAGE 6