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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 - OCTOBER 10, 2010 VOLUME III, NO. XXXVIII
Rams Earn Santa Anita to return to Dirt Track after Horns, Controversial Synthetic Track Complaints Deputies Honored Final Score: 27 - 6 By Andrea Olivas
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he first year match up of South El Monte and Temple City had some ups and some downs. With both teams scoring in the first quarter it was anyone’s game but as the game progressed the Rams went on attack. The Eagles’ only score came on a 96-yard kickoff return by Bryan Aguilar in the first quarter. Leading the Rams was running back Joshua Simagunsong carried the ball 20 times and rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown. As well as Carlos Mota who added 69 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown. Serious injures did hit the field, however, in the fourth quarter where Rams’ Austin Esparza was treated and transported by paramedics from the field after what looked like a possible broken ankle and tibia. During halftime at Fri-
Trainers, jockeys and horseowners have been complaining for years that the state mandated synthetic track was dangerous The work to replace the track will begin next week -Photo by Terry Miller
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anta Anita officials announced on Tuesday that construction will begin on a new all-natural dirt main track on Oct. 11. Crews will begin removing the existing synthetic material at that time and it is estimated the track will be ready for training by Dec. 6, with Santa Anita’s traditional winter/spring meeting
set to begin on Dec. 26. “Our Chairman, Frank Stronach, has made it abundantly clear that Santa Anita will install a state of the art, all natural dirt surface, that our best customers feel most comfortable with and that a majority of our owners, jockeys and horsemen feel more comfortable competing on,” said Santa Anita President
George Haines. “This has been quite a process, one of great expense. We want to sincerely thank the City of Arcadia for expediting our requests for permits, which are needed in order to embark upon a project of this nature. “Our project manager, Ted Malloy, met with horsemen here on Tuesday and
we are close to a consensus as to what the composition of the soil is going to be. Ted has overseen the installation of tracks in several different locations around the country and he is a big asset for us on this project. “We stand on hallowed ground here at Santa Anita
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Temple City Unified Receives Governor's Challenge Award
O day’s football game vs. Temple City, South El Monte honored Temple Station Sheriff’s Department. The high school chose the game against Temple City, where the station is located, to honor all the deputies including Captain Joseph Fennell on behalf of the Department for their commitment to the city. Also in attendance was South El Monte’s Sergeant Gus Stilgenbauer as well as
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n behalf of Temple City Unified School District elementary students and teachers, Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith accepted a 2010 Spotlight Governor’s Challenge Award from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 17, 2010. “It is an honor to be the only school district in the Los Angeles area to receive this award”, commented Dr. Kang-Smith. “This Award recognizes students and staff for positively impacting the physical activity and fitness levels of California’s children
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and youth. I’d like to extend special congratulations to Cloverly and La Rosa Elementary Schools and Physical Education instructor, Scot Drew, for the District receiving the 2010 Spotlight Governor’s Challenge Award. This is an outstanding beginning to TCUSD’s 2010-2011 ‘Team Healthy’ theme - healthy diet, minds, relationships, and environment.” The Temple City Unified School District is a high-achieving district serving approximately 5,600 students in kindergarten through high school.
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Portantino’s 12 New Bills for 2011 As the 2010 legislative session ended at Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) continues his effective legislative accomplishments with 12 bills signed into law. Among the bills that will go into effect January 1, 2011 are: AB 52 Cord Blood – moves the public cord blood collection program to the University of California to provide more access to stem cells for all Californians. The approval of this law is the culmination of four years of advocacy for a public umbilical cord blood collection program in California. AB 1662 – provides immediate state income tax breaks for those who lost homes and property in the 2009 Station Fire and subsequent winter mudslides. (urgency measure – goes into effect immediately) AB 1999 “911”Youth Immunity – encourages
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Festival Of Authors Delights Duarte Readers One of the Big draws at Duarte’s annual Festival of Authirs on Saturdat was Father Gregory Boyle whose book (Tattoos on the Heart ) examines his 20 plus years of working with gang members and the is the founder of Homeboy Industries which is noted as one of the largest gang intervention agency in the country. Boyle has devoted his life trying to heal wounds of foremer gang members and make jobs, not jail, his ultimate goal. The Duarte Festival of Authors, held annually on the grounds of West-
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