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VOLUME 20, NO. 34
MONROVIA POLICE CHIEF JIM HUNT TO RETIRE NOV. 2 Susan MOTANDER
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fter weeks of more than speculation, the very popular Chief of Monrovia Police Department, Jim Hunt, has announced his will retire this Nov. 2. Hunt said that he anticipated that City Manager Oliver Chi would make an announcement shortly regarding a new chief. Hunt has served for 26 years with the Monrovia Police Department. He started in July of 1991 as a police officer. He worked several specialized assignments during his career, including: bike officer, field-training officer, detective, Special Enforcement Team Sergeant, SWAT Team Sergeant, Community Policing Sergeant, and Regional Tactical Team Commander. Chief Hunt was also a Certified Drug Recognition Expert. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 2002 and to Captain in 2006, where he served as the Operations Division Commander and then the Services Division Commander. He was promoted to Chief of Police on May 1, 2011, and has served for 6.5 years as the Chief of Police here in Monrovia. Jim has a Master’s degree from the University of La Verne in Public Administration, is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy, and has received the California Commission on Police Officer
The affable Monrovia Chief of Police Jim Hunt enjoys a good laugh with Superior Court Judge Bruce F. Marrs at National Night Out August 2016. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
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From Dream to Reality: Foothill Unity Center Gives a Preview of its New Location
THE MONROVIA OLD TOWN REPORT Pam FITZPATRICK |
Since I ended last week’s column rather abruptly (or so says my youngest sister) with the comment, “I’m trying not to be nosey, but…”, I guess it’s only fair to admit I was nosey, and did find out officially (via the City of Monrovia), that the new Mama’s Juicery (where Press Café once was, just outside of Old Town in the Paragon building) does, in fact, share ownership with El Diablo, across the street. And, I was being even more nosey when I tried to listen in on a conversation this morning. I believe the two Old Town
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visitors were talking about Mama’s Juicery, with one saying, “And the juice is full of fruit and the servings are much larger than ___ (let’s just say, an out-of-the-District competitor).” Congratulations, Mama’s Juicery! And, it seems our fears were real: we’ve now totally lost Craft Hill (just north of the Krikorian Theater). Rumors abounded for weeks when they started closing on SEE PAGE 11
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Last week, the Foothill Unity Center gave a sneak peek of its new location to the public. The center that has long been centered in a rented facility in Monrovia with a satellite location in Pasadena is now looking to
move to a new, much larger building just down the street on Chestnut Ave. in Monrovia. For many years the center has been swiftly outgrowing its current Monrovia building. World Vision suggested purchasing one of its existing buildings with parking, just a few blocks away. What
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made the entire purchase necessary was an outpouring of support from the community and the very active support of World Vision according to the center’s Executive Director, Betty McWilliams. “We needed $6 million to purchase the building,” SEE PAGE 11
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