Vol. 51, No.34
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
August 14, 2013
Special Section
Local Events
Entertainment
Sports
Business Spotlight
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Arcadia
Family Friendy Touch-A-Truck Rolls into Town
Southern California Children’s Museum (SCCM) announces its fall special event “Touch-a-Truck” – just in time for the beginning of the new school year. We are excited to offer Southern California families and young children the chance to get up close to some of their favorite types of large trucks and other vehicles. This hands-on experience will allow children to learn about a variety of specialized vehicles – from
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“big-rigs” and backhoes to the ordinary trash truck – and their purposes. Presented by Advantage Ford Lincoln, this is the San Gabriel Valley’s first Toucha-Truck. There will be dozens of vehicles for children to climb, sit in the driver’s seat, touch and see. There will even be a beach ball dump and Cozy Coupe carwash. The California Highway Patrol helicopter will greet Toucha-Truckers with a flyover between 11 am and 12 pm.
Goody bags will be available while supplies last. Touch-aTruck is sure to be one of the area’s most popular family events. Touch-a-Truck will be held Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia from 10 am to 3pm. Tickets are $5 each or $15 for a family of four. To buy tickets and get additional information, visit www.socalkids.org. In addition to checking out trucks, guests at September’s Touch-a-Truck will learn
about the museum’s current happenings and enjoy refreshments from food trucks. Guests will also have the opportunity to contribute to the Founder’s Campaign. In addition to Advantage Ford Lincoln, SCCM thanks the following supporters: Arcadia Fire Department, Arcadia Police Department, Athens Services, California Highway Patrol, CalPortland, Los Angeles County Fire Department, Nestle Waters of North America, Pasadena Hu-
by Catherine Welch
mane Society & SPCA, Santa Anita Park, and State Farm Insurance. For additional information about Touch-a-Truck or the Southern California Children’s Museum, please visit www.socalkids.org. To schedule an interview, please call Catherine Welch at 626-6570357 or email catherine@ socalkids.org, or Lisa Muñoz Bruchey at 310-728-9620 orlisa@socalkids.org.
Von’s Credit Union Helping Veterans El Monte
On Friday, August 9, El Monte American Legion Auxiliary Unit 261 and El Monte American Legion Post 261 members held a very special event: a fundraiser to help Veterans and their families. Once again, our local El Monte Von’s Credit Union, located at 4455 Arden Drive in El Monte, graciously invited El Monte’s Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members to barbecue and sell hamburgers and hot dogs, which were purchased and eagerly consumed by Credit Union employees, customers, and a host of guests and passersby from all over El Monte and points beyond. Von’s Credit Union donated the complete barbecue setup, including propane tanks and a very experienced barbecue instructor. Von’s Credit Union went even further by donat-
by Esthela G. Torres Siegrist
ing all the hamburger meat, the hot dogs, buns, ice, water, sodas, chips, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and eating utensils. Major assistance in the event came from the green-shirted Von’s “Youth” members, who arrived early, worked the event, and helped, clean up after.
Vice Commander Gil Ramos, Treasurer Joyce Delgado, Education/Community Service Chairman Barbara Romero, Parliamentarian Mary Jo Kolokoski, President Esthela Torres de Siegrist, 1st Vice Commander David Siegrist, Secretary Sally Farinella, and Post 261 Commander Tony
Pictured from left to right in the back are officers from El Monte American Legion Auxiliary Unit 261 and El Monte American Legion Post 261: Americanism/Membership Chairman Betty Ramos, 2nd
Farinella. Kneeling in the front row are five wonderful, hardworking “Youth” members from Von’s Credit Union, who contributed much time, energies, good humor, and their winning smiles towards
making the event a notable success. Also helping out, but not pictured were four EMUHSD American Legion 2013 Girls’ State Delegates: Maria Nguyen (Arroyo); Erica Chen (Rsoemead); Wendy Galvan (El Monte); and Daphne Lynn Lu (Mt. View). Also assisting were EMUHSD American Legion 2013 Boys’ State Delegates Sergio Mora (Mt. View), and RJ Lozano (Rosemead). These Delegates donated baked goods and helped with setting up the event and working it. On behalf of all El Monte American Legion Auxiliary Unit 261 members and El Monte American Legion Post 261 members, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude and profound thanks to Von’s Credit Union’s management, employees, youth volunteers, and customers for their great generosity and support for our nation’s Veterans and their families. Thank you, one and all at Von’s Credit Union! You were/are simply GREAT!