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ROSEMEAD PLAZA DEDICATED - City officials and members of the community gathered to dedicate a new public plaza at the Rosemead City Hall. The plaza is located between the County Library and Rosemead City Hall. The plaza iwll be used for many civic functions and celebrations._ Photo by Dave Barron

Geranium Festival Debuts in Monterey Park

Election Day is Tuesday,November 4

Voters will have an opportunity to vote for state offices ranging from the governor to local assembly seats, numerous state propositions and local elective offices on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. About half of the voters are expected to vote by mail.

Locally, Democratic incumbents are expecting re-election. Congresswoman Judy Chu, State Senator Ed Hernandez and Assemlyman Ed Chau are facing only light opposition.

In the city of Alhambra, there is a highly competitive battle for City Council. Long-time couuncil member Steven Sham is facing opposition from challenger Eric Sunada. Sunada has won support from the Alhambra Democratic Club and the County Democratic organization.

On the same ballot voters will be voting for Governor. Incumbent Jerry Brown is expected to be re-elected as his opponent is not considered a strong competitor.

Voters will also cast votes for many state offices, judges and several controversial ballot measure..

Plaza Dedication

Several hundred local residents joined in the first celebration of the Geranium Festival held at Barnes Park recently.

The event featured many contests and activities, as well as information booths.

As part of the festival, a pageant was held to honor adults and children.

Three children were named winners of the “Lil Miss Geranium” contest. The winners in the photo at right, were Naomi Johanna He-ling Chang, 3red place; Daisy Rodriguez, 2nd place first place Shan Shan LU, first place,

Selected as winners of the Ms. Geranium contest were Catherine Wills, first place; Teresa Gallardo, 2nd place; and Virginia Mason-Greene, third place.

- Photo by Margie Ramirez

Journal ScheduleThe Monterey Park and West

Valley Journal are being published bi-monthly during a reorganization period. Next issue will be published in December.

Deadline for the December edition is Nov. 20.

Yes, there is a drought - see page 3.City to Co-Sponsor Special Olympics - Page 3Beachcomber - how to save water - Page 2Monty Manibog - Page 4

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October-November 2014

Editor: David BarronWriters:Shel Segal, Troy Platt, G. Monty Manibog,Rebecca Lien, Vincent Chang, Angela ChengAdministration:Mary Ellen Barron, Leticia PlattDistribution:Sergio Medrano and Bill Ziegler

Member: Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce

I had a long conversation with meandering Jack Hallin who walks miles and miles of streets throughout neighborhoods in Monterey Park.

We were kicking around ideas for water conservation. There is a drought you know. If you waste water, you might get a ticket from a code enforcement officer – not the police, they have bet-ter things to do.

But, being men of practical experience (Jack is an engineer) and longevity, we have seen everything, and some things mul-tiple times. We’ve seen been around the block a couple of times and have experienced previous California droughts.

After all, Southern California was basically a desert until Mulholland figured out how to import water from the north and then we raped Owens Valley.

But while were discussing various strategies to save water we came up with some interesting stuff.

In some cities, you are told to water your lawn on certain days depending on whether you have an odd or even house ad-dress.

And then you have all heard the joke expression “Save water – shower with a friend.” How about the old standby, “flush on two, not on one.”

Well we thought of a couple of other ones. Mind you, we thought these up over the phone and not in a bar, although that’s not a bad location for coming up with ideas over a pitcher of brewsky.

For example, and this sounds terrible, if you have an odd home address, you can only flush on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Sunday’s are free days and you can flush away.

The same system would be used for designating days for washing clothes and dishes. Certain clothes would not be washed every week but we won’t go into nasty details.

How about bathing your dog? Big dogs like my 75 lb. pooch, would only get a bath every other month. Even then, it would be only with a hose that has an automatic shut off nozzle. And…never, never in the family bath tub, no matter how small the pet is.

We would never wash our car with water! We would “blow wash” it. I once visited Catalina Island when they were in the midst of a lengthy drought. Cars were “washed” only by using compressed air at gas stations. We could also just use a tarp or car cover to protect our cars from the birds.

Football teams, baseball leagues, cheerleaders and other such groups would be prohibited from raising funds by having car washes. Lots of water is wasted at those fun events. In fact, lots of water winds up on the kids instead of the cars.

How about prohibiting hairstylists from washing the cus-tomers’ hair? I suggest they be permitted to spray a mist to loos-en up the hair.

Of course, restaurants should not be permitted to serve any water-based drinks! No cokes, no cold or hot teas. You could have a choice of beer, wine, or milk. If you have some silly ideas, post them on Facebook and Friend me.

About Conserving Water

We are in the Midst National Newspaper Week.But there isn’t a lot to celebrate about. Many community newspapers have ceased to exist. Others publish and distribute a small quantity because they survive only on legal notices.Some people say printed newspapers are dinosaurs because of the Internet age. Other people say we can’t have freedom without independent community newspapers. We join in the celebration of a Free Press.Newspapers launched the revolution that resulted in the United States of America.We believe newspapers bring a community together. We believe newspapers inform people – without an agenda or keeping secrets., but with the hope of making a small profit and providing a medium to deliver marketing information.According to research, newspapers in America deliver more news and information to Americans (131 million) in

Do We Celebrate National Newspaper Week? Of Course -- Celebrate a Free Press

a week, than Google does in a month (126 million)Yes, there are so-called newspapers being published by government agencies and commercial organizations. These are pre-designed to deliver propaganda to you. They are then printed and mailed with your tax dollars.Propaganda isn’t all bad. Its about dates and places of events, money-making recreation classes and some times school news paid for by school boards and lots of feel-good features. But they only tell you what their publishers want and never about the real news behind government agenciesThe bad news is left up to independent newspapers. You go there to read about water

rates doubling or obituaries for your neighbors, or elected officials acting like bad boys.We congratulate the Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Pasadena Weekly, and the volunteers here at the Journal for working hard to deliver news to you. It is news in a printed format that you can read at your leisure with assurance that the information is accurately prepared by trained professionals.Please support your local newspaper.How? Support us with your subscriptions, advertisements and editorial contributions. An occasional encouraging word is also appreciated.

- Dave Barron, Editor, owner, delivery boy, clean-up guy.

Revised Journal ScheduleWhile we are revising our software and reorganizing our

newspapers, the Journal will be published in a bi-monthly basis -- every other months.

The next edition of the Journal will be published in December. We hope to resume regular monthly publication in January 2015.

However, we will continue with daily updates in our news website at www.sgvjournal.com.

Deadline for the December Edition will be November 15 for both editorial and advertising submissions.

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This Newspaper’s BallotRecommendations for Nov. 4th Election

INCUMBENTS: We recommend Coungresswomen Judy Chu, Congressman Adam Schiff, State Senator Ed Hernandez, Assemblyman Ed Chau and Governor Brown be re-elected to office. They face virtually no opposition.

STATE OFFICES- Superintendent of Public Education: Tom Torklakson- Secretary of State: Alex Padilla- Controller: No recommendation- Treasurer: John Chaing- Attorney General: Kamala Harris- Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones- Board of Equalization: Jerome Horton

COUNTY OFFICES- County Assesor: JeffreyPrang- Sheriff: Jim McDonnellBALLOT MEASURES- County Meaures P: Vote Yes- State Measure 1: Vote Yes- State Measure 2: Vote Yes- State Measure 45: Vote No- State Measure 47: Vote No- State Measure 48: Vote No

Monterey Park City Council approved participation in the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, but sidestepped a state proposi-tion that would have eased penalties for what some consider “minor crimes.”

The meeting was highlighted by a brief farewell speech by May-or Anthony Wong who is completing his nine-month term as Mayor. Councilman Hans Liang will succed him in the mayor’s post. He will be installed at ceremonies scheduled November 3.

The Council unanimously approved the city joining Alhambra as co-host for the Special Olympics.

Although City of Los Angeles is the official host of the Special Olympics, many other cities are providing housing and facilities to be used during the games.

The council set aside $10,000 for any costs related to marketing and hosting events within the city.

State Proposition 47 was briefly debated when the council consid-ered a resolution opposing its passage on the November ballot.

City Police Chief Jim Smith recommended the council oppose the Proposed State measure because it would reduce penalties and endan-ger the community.

Delario Robinson, president of the city’s Democratic Club, op-posed the proposed resolution and supported passage of Proposition 47. He said the Monterey Park Democratic Club had taken a position supporting Proposition 47.

In the end, the council took no action for or against Proposition 47 and agreed to urge the state legislature to review criminal penalties.

City Council also adopted the “Healthy Community and Sustain-able Community Elements” of the city general plan after nearly two years of community meetings and hearings. State law requires the gen-eral plan element.

In other actions, city council approved final payments on the $3.4 million improvements at seven city parks. Council members noted that the amounts were above previously approved budgets and authorized additional funds.

The council adopted a resolution calling for the March 3, 2015 General Municipal Election for council members Anthony Wong, Mitchell Ing and Teresa Real Sebastian will be up for re-election.

At the end of the meeting Councilman Peter Chan announced he and Wong would be traveling to visit the City’s Sister City in China. He will also visit the Hong Kong Fire Department to arrange and ex-change program for the city fire department.

MP to Co-SponsorSpecial Olympics

Local and state officials are agreeing that there is a drought in California, but at the same time, they want residents to keep their lawn green.

During the month of July, Monterey Park Code Enforce-ment officers issued 114 Notices of Violations to residents; most were for “property maintenance issues involving yellow, dry, dead and bare dirt areas on front lawns.”

“Residents are caught in a tri-ple whammy, “ one resident says referring to increased water rates in September, code enforcement citations and lastly, the statewide drought.

Thomas Wong, local resident and representative on the San Ga-briel Valley District Board says that there is indeed a drought, but not a water shortage.

“We are now well into the third year of an unprecedented drought throughout California, including here in Monterey Park. Through investments in water reliability and concerted efforts to encourage water conservation over the years, we’ve been able to ensure water supplies throughout the drought.”

“However, if the drought continues, as it seems likely, our water supply will be seriously strained and could result in price increases and mandatory restric-tions on water use,” Wong added.

Monterey Park has its own water department and gets most of its water from Wells located just outside the city in Rosemead. The city bought the water rights many years ago, well before the city of Rosemead was incorporat-ed. (A small corner of the city is served by the San Gabriel Water Company.)

Rosemead is served by six separate private water companies, some of which also have a rights to the underground water storage.

If the aquifer runs dry, Monterey Park and other cities will have to buy expensive water from the state water project.

Early this summer, the city substantially increased water rates to city customers to permit rebuilding the city’s aging water pipes. The increased water rates could encourage many water us-ers to reduce their consumption.

The city has a water conser-vation ordinance that was adopt-ed 2010 that is still in effect and posted on the city website.

The ordinance provides for written warnings with a $25 fine after the third violation. Subse-quent violations can result in fines as high as $1,000.

There are many water activi-ties prohibited including washing down a sidewalk, driveway or parking area. You can only wash your car at commercial car wash that recycles its water or by using a water hose equipped with an au-tomatic shut-off valve.

The same ordinance also pro-hibits watering lawns or plants

between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. the hottest times of the day when water easily evaporates.

With its hundreds of res-taurants, the ordinance prohibits restaurants from serving drink-ing water unless requested by the customer.

At a recent council meeting, the city council asked the public works department to come up with ideas to assist residents with water conservation measures. The city staff is expected to report at the next council meeting.

A recent city article in the Cascades public relations bulletin said the city has a list of approved drought resistant and native plant materials that can be used to re-place a lawn. The list can be ob-tained through the city’s planning department.

The Cascade also stated that “aim of Code Enforcement is not to issue notices or citations. The goal is to achieve volunteer compliance with the city’s Prop-erty Maintenance Code (MPMC 9.54.030) and maintain property values in the city. Monterey Park has one of the highest property values in the West San Gabriel Valley south of San Marino.”

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State, City Officials Call for Water Conservation and Green Grass

ALHAMBRA CITY COUNCIL: Eric Sunada

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Two Montebello Unified School District students have another special achievement to add to their growing resumes. After attending the annual Na-tional Teen Leadership Program (NTLP) camp this summer, where more than 350 students attended, Michelle Mkhlian of Montebello High School and Shantell Gomez of Bell Gardens High School were honored with the Over-all Achievement Award and the Perseverance and Determination Award, respectively.

Montebello Students Win Awards

9-11 Ceremonies in local cities drew local crowds as officials observed the tragic terrorists attack on the United States. Above, a Monterey Park Fireman tolls the traditional bell for all the victims. Below, Rosemead officials speak before their 9-11 monument. -Top photo by Dave Barron. Photo below by Dave Munoz.

Point of Law

Attorney G. Monty Manibog

Death of Joan Rivers - Medical Malpractice?

The one of a kind, likely irreplaceable female comedian, Joan Rivers, died September 4, a week after her heart stopped during a minor throat procedure at an outpatient endoscopic center in New York. With her passing, the uniquely hilarious style of stand up comedy by a woman comedian will be a most difficult act to follow or recreate.

Joan Rivers’ comedy often appeared offensive, raunchy and self critical, bringing a new inimitable style that often raised controversy as her audiences continued to roar with laughter. If a “Laugh Queen” title were to be awarded, Joan Rivers would be a hands down winner.

It is reported that her family is consulting medical malpractice lawyers about a lawsuit against the New York endoscopy center which performed a minor throat procedure, during which time her heart and breathing stopped. Rushed to a major hospital, she died a week later after life support systems were disconnected.

Many questions arose, what brought on this sad and unexpected demise of this uniquely funny and well loved woman comedian? Was the small outpatient clinic equipped with appropriate life saving equipment? These and other relevant issues are being raised as attorneys prepare a medical malpractice lawsuit against the medical providers involved in the surgical and recovery procedures.

Although we live under a set of laws, rules and standards designed to make ours a safer and more civil society, human imperfections often surface to the detriment of society. Of growing concern, today is medical malpractice which, simply put, is the breach of that certain standard required of the medical profession constituting negligent conduct in performance and use of medical skills and knowledge.

New York authorities, therefore, are investigating all the circumstances that might have led to Joan Rivers’ death and the hospitals and medical personnel connected with Rivers medical procedures. There should be no surprise if a heavy medical malpractice suit would be filed shortly.

A few years ago, our office represented a couple, whose baby was born with a crushed skull, requiring a specialist to immediately take over to repair the damages. In our malpractice lawsuit against the doctors and hospital, we were able to show that the obstetrician, an elderly foreign trained doctor, used “high forceps” in a very difficult delivery when he should have performed a C-section (cesarean birth). The child sustained brain injury that would affect him for the rest of his life. The end result was a hefty monetary damages award which would provide the needed care for the child during his lifetime.

If you ever suspect an improper medical care causing you or a family member serious injuries or death, do not hesitate to contact a medical malpractice attorney right away.

BPA HonorsMonterey Park Council Woman

Rosemead city and the Rosemead Center’s Contract Class In-structors will host a Trunk or Treat on Friday, October 31, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The Community Center is located at 3936 N. Muscatel St.

The event will include trick-or-treating from car trunk to car trunk, class registration, awards for best male and female costume, family activities inside the center, the Haunted Hallway, and a photo booth. Additional treats will be for sale.

The event is free of charge and open to the public.For more information about the Trunk of Treat, call the Rose-

mead Parks and Recreation Department at (626) 569-2160.

ROSEMEADTrunk or Treat Set for Halloween

The East Los Angeles-Mon-tebello Business and Professional Women has selected Teresa Real Sebastian, as its 2014 “Woman of Achievement.”

She is scheduled to be hon-ored at a dinner at the DoubleTree Hotel Restaurant, 888 Montebello Blvd., Rosemead on Wednesday, October 22nd.

Real Sebastian is a Past May-or of Monterey Park and currently the only woman on the Monterey Park City Council. She represents the City of Monterey Park on Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Trans-portation Committee, and 710 Coalition. She serves on the San Gabriel Valley Council of Gov-ernment as 2nd Vice President.

As Councilwoman and May-or, Real Sebastian launched the “Beautify MPK” program with quarterly park clean-up days, had the City of Monterey Park recognize “Denim Day,” brought the City Police Chief to do a pre-sentation on domestic violence to the City Council on October 1st and started the “Holiday Snow Village” and the “Geranium Fes-tival.”

Real Sebastian was raised in Monterey Park. She graduated from Sacred Heart of Mary High School, has a Bachelor of Sci-ence in Business Administration with an emphasis on finance, real estate and law from California Polytechnic University, Pomona and a Juris Doctorate degree from Whittier College School of Law.

Real Sebastian was elected to the Monterey Park City Coun-cil in . She served as Mayor from April 10, 2013-January 20, 2014. During her mayorship, she out-reached to the community with a quarterly “Walk with the Mayor.”

She and her husband Armen have been married for more than 16 years. -Prepared by Linda Wilson

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Why Should You Vote Democratic in November

Vote Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014

GOVERNOR - JERRY BROWNSound, Fair Financial Policies

LT. GOVERNOR - GAVIN NEWSOM Bright, Intelligent & Experienced

ATTORNEY GENERAL -KAMALA HARRISAnti-Crime, Pro-California

SECRETARY OF STATE - ALEX PADILLA

Ensuring That Your Vote Counts

CONTROLLER - BETTY YEEA Financial Pro - Not a Politician

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION - TOM TORLKSON

Working for all Students and Parents

CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY CHU, SENATOR ED HERNANDEZ, ASSEMBLYMAN ED CHAU

Representing Your Interests in Washington and Sacramento

ASSESSOR - JEFFERY PRANGEqual Rules and Treatment for All

PROPOSITION 1 - YES to Clean, Safe WaterPROPOSITION 45 - YES From the guy who

brought you Prop. 103, reasonable health insurance rates.

MEASURE P - YES - Continue support for County Parks and Museums

ALHAMBRA CITY COUNCIL - Eric SunadaIntelligent Development for Alhambrans - not just

developers.

PAID FOR BY THE ALHAMBRA DEMOCRATIC CLUB

Community Calendar

MERCI TREES OF ENCHANTMENT DEC. 7MERCI will be hosting its 25th Annual Trees of Enchantment Brunch

at Luminarias Restaurant in Monterey Park on Sunday, Dec. 7. The non-proft organization servers developmentally disabled persons. For Ticket information or Tree Sponsorship call (626) 289-8817.

Los Angeles, CA -- California State University, Los Angeles is not only included again in this year’s Washington Monthly College Guide’s ranking, the University jumped a significant 11 points.

Ranked at #7 overall in the top master’s universities category, Cal State L.A. has moved up from last year’s ranking of #18. The rankings are based on social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge schol-arship and Ph.D.s), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

Cal State L.A. has also moved up two notches from last year to #4 nationally, specifi-cally in the category of social mobility, which is tied in part to how a university exceeds a predicted graduation rate based on the socioeconomic status of the student population.

The University is among the top 15 percent in number of students participating in community service and the total number of service hours performed, and the top 25 per-cent in the number of bachelor’s recipients who go on to receive PhDs.

Cal State L.A. Ranked No. 7Nationwide by College Guide

MP TO INSTALL NEW MAYOR NOV. 3Monterey Park will install Councilman Hans Liang as mayor and Peter

Chan as mayor pro tem at ceremonies scheduled at the council meeting of Nov. 3. Current Mayor Anthony Wong will be demoted to a regular council position. Council members rotate as mayor and serve for 9 months.

The Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce has promoted former Vice President Ra-fael G Salazar as club president and elected Randall Avila as the new vice president.

Salazar replaces Damien Orosco who resigned suddenly last month because of per-sonal reasons.

The new officers were elected at a meeting last week.Salazar has spent 25 years in the entertainment Industry, producing concerts

and events internationally for 15 years. Salazar has been with the Monterey Park Cham-ber since September 2013 and was influential in bringing the MPk Night Market to the city.

Randall Avila, a local resident, is a senior account executive with the Irvine based Quimby Group Consulting and represents the Monterey Park based non-profit the East Los Angeles Pregnancy Center on the chamber board.

Current members of the chamber Board of Directors are Dora Leung, treasurer from CSC Tire and Auto Service; Jack Ng, secretary; Anna Chu - Project NEO; Gloria Guer-rero, LAMP Optimist; Richard Lam, Kim Phuoc Jewelry; Dominic Lombardo, The Ven-ice Room; Cindy Ota Lee, Global International Investments; Laura Ramirez, East Los Angeles College; Armen Sebastian, Boston Private Bank; and Mary Wong, Exact Tax.

Rafael Salazar New PresidentOf Monterey Park Chamber

GUADALUPE CENTER DINNER2014 “Angel of Life” fundraising dinner will be held Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Double Tree Hotel in Rosemead. The event raises funds for the Guadalupe Pregnancy Center in Rosemead. For information contact by email: gps.pregnancy@ymail.com

All Souls World Language Catholic School, will host over 30 vendors as well as offer multicultural food and children’s activities to create a Holiday Extravaganza on Saturday, Nov. 15,10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

A spokesperson said the Holiday Extravaganza offers unique gifts – from handmaid scarves to homemade jams and candles to photography – for those hard-to-please people on your list. Crafters will have booths set up inside the hall and outside in the parking lot.

This family event will include something for everyone! Children can play all day in the Kids’ Corner and take part in holiday and cultural crafts. There will be face and hair painting for kids to celebrate the season in style. Music lovers can enjoy the sounds of Christmas with a D.J. spinning holiday tracks. Other events include live dance perfor-mances and raffles. A variety of food such as tamales, hot dogs, dumplings, egg rolls, and more, will tempt every palate. Sweet treats from the bake sale will satisfy dessert lovers. For the over 21 crowd, there will be a beer garden.

Unwrap the joy of a day filled with holiday excitement! All Souls World Language Catholic School, offering dual language programs in Spanish-English and Mandarin-English, is located at 29 S. Electric Ave., Alhambra, CA 91801. For more information or to sign up to be a vendor, go to www.facebook.com/allsoulsholidayextravaganza.

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Alhambra Camera, 121 E. Main Street, Alh.(626) 282-6365. 1-1/2 Blk east of Garfield Ave.

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Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce(626) 570-9024. www.mpkchamber.comRosemead Chamber of Commerce: (626) 288-

0811. www.rosemeadchamber.orgAlhambra Chamber of Commerce: 282-8481.

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2525. www.Sangabrielchamber.org.Montebello Chamber of Commerce: (323) 721-

1153, www.montebellochamber.org

Monterey Park, 318 S. Ramona St. (626) 307-1333. www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/library

Rosemead, 8800 Valley Blvd., Rosemead (626) 573-5220. www.colapublib.org/libs/rosemead.

San Gabriel, 500 So. Del Mar Ave. San Gabriel. www.colapublib.org/libs/sangabriel

Alhambra Public Library; 101 S. 1st St. Alhambra (626) 5008. www.alhambralibrary.org.

Montebello Library: 1550 W. Beverly Blvd. Montebello. (323) 722-6551. www.colapublib.org/montebello.

East Los Angeles Public Library: 4837 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, (323) 264-0155.

Mr Rooter Plumbing(323) 721-1243, (626) 280-2454

Auto RepairsCSC Tire & Auto Service2101 W. Valley Blvd., Alhambra Ave. (626) 281-

2501.Rick’s Auto Service. 705 Monterey Pass Road,

Monterey Park. (323) 269-1354.

LAMP Optimist Club. Meets twice monthly at Monterey Park City HallFor meeting information call (626) 572-7450.

Eastside Optimist Club. Meets monthly at local restaurants. For meeting information call (626) 282-9210

Rosemead Kiwanis. Meets on Thursdays at noon in meeting room of the Church of the Open Bible, 7915 Hellman Ave., Rosemead. For meeting information call ( 626) 572-7450.

Monterey Park Kiwanis Club. Meets Weekly at Capital Seafood Restaurant, 755 Garvey Ave., mnterey Park. For meeting information call (626) 840-5240.

Monterey Park Lions Club: Meets weekly at Lions Manor, 215 N. Chandler.. For Information call 626) 428-1877.

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Taihei Restaurant, 2115 lS. Garfield Ave. M.P. Authentic Japanese food. Cost ***

Armando’s Mexican Restaurant at E. Garvey Ave. M.P. and 232 W. Valley Blvd. San Gabriel. Cost ***

Mexicatessen, 830 S. Atlantic Blvd, M.P. Limited seating, indoors and outdoors. Cost: **

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Monterey Park is offer-ing Business License Amnesty Through October 31

If you didn’t renew your business license this year, Monterey Park is giving a break – forgiving penaties.

Program is designed to pro-vide a business friendly way to encourage individuals and busi-nesses to be in compliance with business tax rules while helping the city fund its essential ser-vices

Monterey Park, Calif. – September 30, 2014 – The City of Monterey Park is offering an amnesty period to allow in-dividuals and businesses to get an active business license and have any associated penalty fees waived.

To qualify for amnesty, the following requirements must be met between September 1, 2014 and October 31, 2014: • Busi-nesses that have been previous-ly licensed, but whose license has expired, simply pay for the principal business license fees without penalty • If previously unlicensed, an agency approval process must be completed to comply with the city’s require-ments to start a new business.

City OffersBusiness LicenseAmnesty

Around the Town in Photos

Geranium Pageant Winners were honored by the City Council. From left they are Council members Peter Chan and Anthony Wong; third place winner Virginia Mason Greene, first place winner Catherine Wills; and second place winner Teresa Gallardo. At right is Councilwoman Teresa Real Sebastian. The three ladies were winners of the Geranium Festival Pageant.

MPk Mayor Anthony Wong presented the “State of the City” speech before the Monterey Park Chamber.

Assemblyman Ed Chau took the ALS Pledge and got an icy shower at the YMCA.

PROJECT NEO Leaders Anna Chu, Mary Wong and Stan Yonemoto welcomed a large crowd to a fund-raising Mascarade Ball held to benefit the non profit-organization.

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3rd Quarter Construction Update – 2014

www.sce.com/trtp or call our toll-free line (877)795-8787

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Southern California Edison’sTehachapi Renewable Transmission ProjectSegments 6 – 9 & 11

Project Update – Southern California Edison (SCE) contractors are continuing construction-related activities along portions of Segments 4 – 11 of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP). Upon completion, the project will provide added capacity to deliver enough power from renewable and other generators to power three million homes, helping enhance electricity reliability in the region and help meet California’s renewable energy goals.

Construction Activities – Upgrades to the electrical system during the next three months will include the following:(Please note construction schedule is tentative and may change depending on weather and other factors)

San Gabriel Valley Edition

Segment 6:Northern Duarte and the southern portion of Angeles National Forest

Major construction is complete Install FAA safety marker balls (helicopter activity)Site stabilization is underway

Segment 7: Access road work:

From Duarte (north of Las Lomas Road) through Montebello Hills at various sitesRestoration:

Throughout segment 7 of the project routeInstallation of electrical transmission conductor (wire)

Montebello (north and south of 60 Fwy)

Segment 8: Access road improvements, clearing / grading, and site preparation

La Habra Heights (west of Fullerton Road) Rowland Heights (east of Fullerton Rd and west of 57 Orange Fwy) Tonner Canyon (southeast of Diamond Bar)

Installation of electrical transmission structures (towers) and conductor (wires)Pico Rivera (south of 60 Fwy / west of 605 Fwy)Industry (south of 60 Fwy / east of 605 Fwy Unincorportated Los Angeles County and Hacienda Heights (east and west of Colima Road) La Habra Heights (several locations east and west of Hacienda Blvd, north of Powder Canyon, and west of Fullerton Rd)Rowland Heights (east and west of Fullerton Road, Pathfi nder Park) Additional areas of unincorporated Los Angeles County, including Sanitation District and Puente Hills Landfi ll Native Habitat Preservation Authority

Installation of marker ballsSeveral locations throughout Segment 8

Segment 11: City of La Canada-Flintridge and Angeles National Forest

Access road improvements and work site development (11C)Demolition of existing electrical transmission conductor (wires), structures (towers) and foundations (11C)Installation of foundations for new electrical transmission towers, including site preparation (11C)Assembly and installation of new electrical transmission towers utilizing both conventional equipment and helicopters (11C) Installation of new electrical transmission wires (11C) Major construction is complete on Segments 11A, 11B & 11D (between La Canada-Flintridge and Monterey Park)

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By Rebekka LienAs I drove in traffic in the LA highways, I

thought about what the communal energy was. The energy was probably that of stress- “I have to get to work on time, I am stuck in traffic, I have to pay my bills, and work sucks”.

What if we thought about our work as a conduit of love? What if we actually did what we love out of love for ourselves...and we refused to compromise our values for money? Recently, I started teaching yoga and meditation and spoke at 3 different events this month.

I taught young teens how to start their own business and I was genuinely shocked by how easy teaching a big group of people was. I felt pure love and expansion in my heart for these mere strangers. I thought about how strange it was that even though I was not getting paid for it, my heart felt strong and powerful. I also noticed that as I teach out of pure love of wanting to help others, I have been receiving more monetarily and even getting more opportunities to grow in my career.

Pure love makes money flow with ease and grace. Money is not apart from love, ac-tually money is one way in which we can love others and show them that they are worthy of their talents and skills. When our greed and selfishness for gain gets in the way, our relationships are also distorted. Business is crooked because we start to focus more on the money than on the people that we are doing business with. That is why you see very suc-cessful people with horrible relationships, but also people who are poor also have jaded values of what money means. Some people think that money is evil, no, it is the greed that is evil. When we put money above people, that is evil.

My goal was to become successful by helping people. At one point, I found myself wanting money more than helping people. My greed got in the way of my heart and I be-came constricted and fearful that people were going to rip me off because as a freelancer I have had many people rip me off. I have designed and created fashion pieces only to have the woman never pay me. I have experienced injustice towards the young, people taking advantage of interns because they are supposedly inexperienced and are not worth the money.

You must know that you are worthy. You must know that everything that needs and wants to be expressed in the external world first begins internally.

You must have faith as well. You must keep trusting and believing when times gets tough and your dreams have not come into fruition. You must keep envisioning and be-lieving when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. You must also know that the journey is the end goal, no the dream itself. The journey is the people you walk near and past, the people you love on in that season of life. You experience an abundance of love when you see life as a spiritual path versus an end goal.

Work is a conduit of love. The world is interconnected in all regards. One person’s thoughts create the energy around them. You can become an agent of change by remem-bering to live in love. What does that look like? Search and you will find.

Rebekka Lien is an Entrepreneur, Speaker & Author. Buy the Ebook “How To Make Money Doing What You Love” here www.Rebekkalien.com/lovemoneywork. Lienre-bekka@gmail.com.

Rosemead Library is presenting its first Veterans Resource Fair! Veteran resource fair on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Representatives of organizations in Los Angeles County will be available to provide information, outline their services and programs, and answer ques-tions.

Participating organizations include the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, L.A. County Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs, Veterans Upward Bound and the East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program.

The Rosemead Library is located at 8800 Valley Blvd.

Veteran’s Resource Event PlannedNov. 15 At Rosemead Library

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Army Pvt. Dong Gao of Monterey Park has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in ba-sic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Gao is the son of Zheng Gao of Monterey Park, Calif.

Pvt. Dong Gao Graduates from Training