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El Monte Centennial Committee Calls on Volunteers for Choir
Temple Tribune CITY
Monday edition of the
Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, JUNE 13 - JUNE 19, 2011 VOLUME XX, NO. XVIII
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Nikki Chan Crowned Miss Temple City 2011-2012 El Monte Marijuana Bust Uncovers $1 Million in Stash BY SARAH WOLFSON
Do you love to sing? Are you excited about the City’s upcoming centennial anniversary and looking for a way to participate in the historical celebrations? Then the El Monte Centennial Committee encourages you to join its Centennial Choir! The El Monte Centennial Committee, in preparing to celebrate its 100-year of incorporation next year, is reaching out to residents over the age of twenty-one to participate in the official “El Monte Centennial Choir.” The volunteer choir will be comprised of twenty-five individuals, and will be led by Patriotic Commissioner, Domingo Delgado. The choir will be showcased throughout the City’s Centennial Year, which runs from November, 2011 through November, 2012. The Committee, chaired by Councilwoman Emily Ishigaki, is eagerly looking forming the Choir, which will be featured in the kickoff Centennial Celebration planned on November 12 of this year, the day of the City’s incorporation in 1912. The celebration will include a parade, festival, and firework show, and will provide a sneak peek into the spectacular activities planned for next year’s anniversary. In preparing for the Centennial Year, Committee members are collaborating with all City schools, El Monte pioneers, famous El Monteans (including El Monte Olympians), and community members to ensure the 100year celebration encompasses the diversity and beauty of the City and its residents, past and present. If you are interested in taking part in the “Centennial Choir” or would like additional information, please contact the Parks and Recreation Office at (626) 580-2200.
When Los Angeles Deputies picked-up a call of suspicious activity early Saturday morning in El Monte, they had no idea the burglary-inprogress would lead to the biggest marijuana bust in the
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Nikki Chan, a 16-year old was selected as Miss Temple City. First Runner Up was Esther Wong, also 16-, and Second Runner Up, Yan Chen a 16-year old junior. -Photo by Jerry Jambazian
BY JEANNE MURSET The 43rd Miss Temple City Ambassador Pageant, held on Thursday June 2, at the Parish Hall of St. Luke’s
Catholic Church in Temple City, was quite a success, with an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 300.
Temple City's La Rosa Receives Title 1 Award
La Rosa School won the Title 1 Academic Achievement Award during a special ceremony last Friday at the Pacific Palms Conference Center. Pictured is Interim County Schools Superintendent John R. Gundry presenting the award to Principal Michael Lin and Dr. Chelsea Kang-Smith, Temple City School Superintendent – Photo by Terry Miller
La Rosa Elementary School is one of only 209 schools throughout the State of California to receive a prestigious 20102011 Title I Academic Achievement Award! Award winning schools throughout Los Angeles County were honored at a reception and banquet on June 3, 2011. “I’d like to extend warm congratulations to La Rosa’s administrators,
students, teachers, staff, and parents,” commented TCUSD Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith. “The La Rosa family has demonstrated its exceptional commitment to learning and has achieved impressive results!” The Title I Academic Achievement Award is given only to schools receiving Federal Title I funds as
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Sponsored by the Temple City Chamber of Commerce, top honors of the evening went to Nikki Chan,
a 16-year old attending Temple City High School who has aspirations of teaching as
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cil held a special luncheon on Thursday. “It was a pleasure to honor Mike,” said Coun-
On the evening of May 25, 2010, two males were driving a vehicle in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Zanja Street when they stopped and exited the vehicle to make an engine adjustment. After re-entering their vehicle the victims began driving away, when a male black emerged from behind a residential wall and fired multiple rounds from a handgun striking the driver, male 19, and the passenger, male 20, both Pasadena residents. Both victims were transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital, unfortunately the passenger died as a result of his injuries. The unknown suspect fled the scene prior to officers’ arrival. After months of intensive investigation by the Pasadena Police Department’s Homicide/Assault unit, Omar Wright, male 21, a Temple City resident, was identified as the homicide suspect. On May 26, 2011, members of the Criminal Investigations Division arrested Mr. Wright in Los Angeles and he subsequently confessed to the murder.
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Asian Gang Members Arrested in Temple City/San Gabriel in Connection with Trafficking 3000 Ecstasy Pills On June 8, 2011, at about 5:00 PM, deputies assigned to the Sheriff’s Department Asian Gang Team of Operation Safe Streets Bureau stopped a vehicle for minor traffic violations in the “Valu Mart” parking lot near the corner of Rosemead Boulevard and Longden Avenue
in Temple City. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, Jimmy Chau (22) of San Gabriel, appeared very nervous and displayed some unusual behaviors prompted the deputies to investigate further. A check
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El Monte Senior Presidents' Council Honors Michael Shively The El Monte Senior Presidents’ Council is proud to announce Michael Shively as the 2011 Senior of the Year! To honor Michael, the Coun-
Temple City Man Arrested for Murder – Held on $3 Million Bail