Vol. 52, No.22
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
June 11, 2014
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Local Girl’s Road to Success by JoAnne Disney El Monte
Caroline RodriquezBernal’s family came to El Monte in 1968 and she attended New Temple School, Dean L. Shively Jr. High, and Mt. View High School. She was a very active student in academic and sports clubs. Caroline was a Mission Valley League Medalist in softball and volleyball as well as Captain of her teams. She continued her studies at Rio Hondo
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College while working two jobs, McDonalds and Junior Recreation Leader for the City of El Monte’s Parks and Recreation. At the age of 19, McDonalds offered her the opportunity to enter their Management Program. She accepted and during this time she married and had her first child. At 21, Caroline was “one of the youngest McDonalds store managers in the Los Angeles McOpCo Corporate stores, managing a high volume location on Washington and Hill.” It seems from there her career began jumping in leaps and bounds. Caroline’s education “continued through McDonalds Hamburger University and other programs her company provided for her.” Over a 15 year period she worked “many different Operational Management positions in Los Angeles, overseeing as many as 35
corporate owned locations, including the locations in El Monte.” It was amazing how her career always seemed to bring her back home. Caroline was even involved with the sale of the South El Monte and El Monte McDonalds between Franchise owners, “bringing her own experience and history to the new owners of the positive community they would be doing business in.” Eventually, her career with McDonalds led her to Sacramento, “taking on a Franchise Director role where she led a team of consultants that supported all franchise stores, covering most of Northern California and Northern Nevada. Caroline had accomplished a lot at 34, being a mother of 3, a growing career and then she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. Today, after a courageous fight, Caroline
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has been cancer-free for over 15 years. After working in Sacramento, McDonalds offered Caroline an “executive
position in Orange County working with a small team for a West Division PresiLocal Girl continued on page 9
by JoAnne Disney National
History tells us that the Father’s day “campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm” as celebrating mothers. On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event honoring fathers, “a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah.” However, it was only celebrated once. Then, in 1909, a woman
from Spokane, Washington by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd tried to establish a day to honor fathers. She was successful, but the sources vary as to the first Father’s Day celebrated. According to Ellen Jackson, “Father’s Day was first observed on June 13, 1910 in Spokane, Washington.” But the website www.History. com says “Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on July 19, 1910.” In 1916, President Wood-
row Wilson “honored the himself.” day by using telegraph Throughout the 1920’s and signals to unhurl a flag in 1930’s there was a moveSpokane.” In 1924, Presiment to do away with both dent Calvin Coolidge “urged Mother’s Day and Father’s state governments to observe Day. An activist and radio Father’s Day.” But, many performer, Robert Spere men did not favor this idea. wanted to have a “Parent’s Some felt it wasn’t “manly” Day.” But the Great Depresor another attempt “to comsion came and the idea lost mercialize a day to sell more ground. Retailers rallied in products that the father Father's Day continued on page 9 often ended up paying for
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