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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 07 - november 13, 2013 - Volume 1, No. 14
Two days at the races:
30th Annual Breeders' Cup brings exciting racing to Santa Anita
Neil stays in Sierra Madre Rooster rescued by terry miller
by SHEL SEGAL The three candidates endorsed by the San Gabriel Teachers Association were elected to the San Gabriel Unified School District Board of Education in Tuesday’s election. Gary Thomas Scott led all vote getters with 29.58 percent of the vote, Philip Hu received 28.96 percent of the vote and Ken Tcheng got 23.93 percent of the vote. Not making the cut was Maribel Arreola-Gonzalez, who received 17.63 percent of the vote. Tcheng said he is excited to now be on the board. “I’m really happy with the result,” he said. “I’m happy and excited to get rolling. Priority number one is to get our arms around the local
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Just ask Neil the pig: Flattery will get you on page one! According to our friends over at Sierra Madre Tattler, John Crawford’s post Sunday, our cover story on Neil was a hit. “There is some very good reporting on the Neil the Pig story in this week's Sierra Madre Weekly. Our guy who edits the paper, Terry Miller, did some digging and came up with the guilty parties. And as many had suspected, the blame
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West Covina man jumps to death from chopper A West Covina man jumped to his death from a helicopter Tuesday in Orange County Gregory McFadden, 61, jumped out of the helicopter after he opened the door of the chopper above the water in Balboa Chuck Street, a longtime helicopter pilot and local traffic reporter, said in published reports that his son, Corbin, was flying the helicopter. KCAL-TV reported that his son grew suspicious when McFadden asked the pilot to fly higher and higher. When the helicopter neared the pier, McFadden took his seat belt off and began to open the door. Street said his son grabbed McFadden but it was too late.
Gary Stevens wins Breeders’s classic -Photos by Terry Miller
by terry miller Record crowds filled the stands at Santa Anita for the 30th annual Breeders’ Cup Classic thoroughbred horse races – one of the most prestigious events in the horse racing industry. Climaxed by a Breeders’ Cup Classic that “typified everything that’s right
about Thoroughbred racing--the beauty, the drama and the rhythmic oneness of both horse and rider” --Mucho Macho Man was a near-unanimous choice as Horse of the Meet in Santa Anita’s Autumn Media Poll, by virtue of his thrilling nose victory over Will Take Charge in the $5 million Classic at 1 ¼ miles on Nov. 2.
It was the second Grade I win at the meet for Mucho Macho Man, who won the Awesome Again Stakes by 4 ¼ lengths on Sept. 28. Each time the 5-year-old bay horse was ridden by 50-year-old Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, from Sierra Madre, returned to the saddle in January after a seven-year retirement. Owned by Dean and Patty Reeves and trained by Kathy Ritvo, Mucho Macho Man earned $2,750,000 for his Classic victory, more than double his previous career bankroll of $2,590,410, and increasing it to $5,340,410. “I’m happier for my horse,” Ritvo said after the exciting triumph, in Please see page 6
is with City Hall and the ladies running it.” Thanks John, it was a fun story to write and luckily it had a happy ending, or did it? Of the many letters and comments we received following this story, people wanted to know of the Rooster’s fate - ultimately the catalyst in this story. We contacted Ricky Whitman at Pasadena Humane Society. Whitman told us that the Rooster Please see page 3
Public’s help needed to identify attempted kidnapping suspect who tried to kidnap a 15 year old girl On Monday, October 28, 2013, at 1530 hours the victim, a 15-year-old student from Gabrielino High School (1326 San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel), took Public Transit Bus 20 from the school to the corner of San Gabriel Blvd. and Broadway. The victim exited the bus and walked eastbound on Broadway past Walnut Grove Avenue on the southside of the street. A 2011 to 2013 White Toyota Camry 4-door abruptly pulled in front of the victim and blocked her path. The above pictured suspect attempted to kidnap the victim. An unknown witness assisted the victim in getting away from the suspect.
Any information related to the above suspect or vehicle, please contact Detective Rivera at (626) 292-3364.
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