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Volume 22, NO. 29
MONROVIA’S OAK CREST INSTITUTE DOING MORE THAN CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
Susan MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
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he Oak Crest Institute of Science is not just in the process of doing cutting edge research for such entities as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the National Institute of Health, and the National Science Foundation. While they are doing this research, they are also teaching community college students as both unpaid and paid interns who learn by working side by side with the various professional scientists and researchers. They are learning by doing. For example, they work on projects as diverse as so called “green rust” which is found deep in the earth’s crust. Oak Crest is able to create this substance in their laboratory. JPL and others believe that this may be a building block of life and could provide a clue to the potential of life on other planets. Other researchers there have developed a “vaginal ring” that can be used to prevent the spread of HIV and as a contraceptive device. This devise was designed especially for use in Sub-Saharan Africa. The
(Left to Right) Vincent (Vince) Aguirre; Marc M. Baum, PhD, CEO, president and founder of Oak Crest Institute of Science; and Paul Webster, PhD, Senior Faculty. – Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
SEE OAK CREST PAGE 11
MONROVIA CITY COUNCIL AND MUSD SCHOOL BOARD HOLD JOINT MEETING
Monrovia City Council Receives Several Important Reports At Its Study Session Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
City staff, including the City Manager Oliver Chi, presented the City Council with three reports on very diverse issues. The council also discussed the information they received on the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (COG) Homeless Response Plan, the
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proposed improvements to the Library and Library Park, and possible modifications to the GoMonrovia program. A full report was given to the Council on the city’s sixprong approach to homelessness. They received an update on the city’s efforts to assist those in the community who are homeless. To date the city has aided 12 individuals to alter their situations. At
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the time, the city’s homeless count was only approximately 36. This was done through what Chi called “relentless contact” with the homeless. Other facets of the program include: -Expanding the community coordination of assisting the homeless. -Further promoting the use SEE STUDY SESSION PAGE 11
Susan MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
As has become customary, the Monrovia City Council and the Monrovia Unified School District Board of Education meet on Monday to discuss matters of mutual interest. After reviewing the results of the Monrovia Day events and awarding trophies to the winning parade
entries, the two groups then heard a report on the School Resource Officer (SRO) program and then moved on to a discussion of the city’s proposal to make Ivy and Primrose one-way streets. The city reported that the festivities around Monrovia Day actually made a profit this year. According to the report from Monrovia city staff, the sales of ride-tickets
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and wristbands were far greater than anticipated and that as a result a profit of approximately $15,000 was shown for the event. According to City Manager Oliver Chi, these funds will be used as “seed money” for next year’s Monrovia Day. After a recap of the SRO program by Chief of Police SEE JOINT MEETING PAGE 10
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