Vol. 51, No.24
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
June 12, 2013
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BOSCO TECH Hosted Baccalaureate and Cemmencement Exercises Rosemead
Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) will host its baccalaureate and commencement exercises for the graduating class of 2013 on Friday, June 7, at 6:00 p.m. on the school campus. The ceremonies will honor the graduates who earned acceptances from universities and colleges across the country. Ninety-nine percent will begin their post-secondary education in the fall, with the majority majoring in Science,
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Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) related fields. “We’re so proud of the graduating class,” said Bosco Tech Principal Xavier Jimenez. “These young men have certainly applied themselves to the educational opportunities offered to them and they’ve used their experiences to better themselves and their community. We are certain of their successful future.” Graduating senior Allan
Huang will give the valedictorian address. The salutatorian will be Patrick Williams, a member of the junior class, in keeping with Bosco Tech tradition. The baccalaureate Mass will begin at 6:00 p.m. on the campus mall, with the traditional conferral of diplomas following. An alumni reception will be hosted immediately after the graduation festivities for past students.
Mountain View High School Teacher Presents at AVID National Conference El Monte
Mountain View High School social science teacher Christopher Lewis was selected to present at the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) National Conference held recently in San Diego. Established in 1980, AVID is a non-profit, proven college readiness system that is designed to increase school wide learning and student
Celebrating Father’s Day
Temple City
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
by Anne Donofrio-Holter
performance. Lewis was one of 48 selected to present from over 100 applicants. "More than 2,000 national attendees including superintendents, school board members, district and site administrators and other educational leaders discussed and shared best practices on opening access to rigorous curriculum for all students," said an Mt. View Teacher continued to page 4
photo courteous from Frank and Pat Buccola
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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 Woodrow Wilson “honored the day by using telegraph signals to unhurl a flag in Spokane.” In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge
photo courteous from Keefe Family
“urged state governments to observe Father’s Day.” But, many men did not favor this idea. Some felt it wasn’t “manly” or another attempt “to commercialize a day to sell more products that the father often ended up paying for himself.” Throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s there was a movement to do away with both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. An activist and radio performer, Robert Spere wanted to have a “Parent’s Day.” But the Great Depression came and the idea lost ground. Retailers rallied in support of Father’s Day to get people to shop for gifts. Then, when WWII began, advertisers pushed Father’s Day as “a way to honor American troops and support the war effort. By the end of the war, Father’s Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution.” Then, in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson made Father’s Day a national holiday. Finally, “in 1972 President Richard Nixon signed
a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday at last.” In our own neighborhood, we honor on this Father’s Day, Francis (Bud) Keefe. He was born in Minnesota and joined the Navy during WWII, settling in California. That is where he met the love of his life, Renee Windsor. They were married on September 16, 1944. They moved to Temple City in the early 1950’s. The family started off in a small house on Hart Street that Bud built and then moved to a two story house, where he finished the entire upstairs. Versatile doesn’t even begin to describe Bud’s numerous talents! Bud and Renee had 7 children: Larry, Kevin, Ann Marie, Karen, Brian, Elaine, and Carol. He has 10 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Bud and Renee were happily married for 64 ½ years. Sadly, Renee Father's Day continued to page 4