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Thursday, july 2 - july 8, 2009 Volume 14, No. 53
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Arcadia Relay for Life Spreads Cancer Awareness By Nuria Mathog
- Photo by Terry Miller
The Campus Center and the Bookstore are being totally re-worked with a modern slant. The Campus Center has been completely transformed from a functionally obsolete building into a very modern facility thanks to Measure P funds.
It’s Moving Day at PCC By Bill Peters The $150 million upgrade to buildings and facilities at Pasadena City College continues on schedule and pretty much on
La Salle Junior Presents Research at International Conference During the last year, La Salle junior Wynton Kun had the opportunity to do research at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA), and submitted his work for presentation at the 12th International Conference on Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV). Kun worked with Dr. Thomas Keens (Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology and Biophysics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, as well as a physician at the Pediatric Pulmonology Division of CHLA) to produce his data and ultimately his research paper. Dr. Keens believed Kun’s work was important because it dealt with areas of health care utilization in a population of critically ill children who live at home on ventilators in order to breathe. Thousands of
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budget in a program that was approved by Pasadena Area Community College District voters in 2002 as Measure P. Many key projects are being completed this
summer. In an update on Measure P, the college has announced that the Industrial Technologies
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Over Ten Thousand American Idol Hopefuls Turn Out for Audition at Rose Bowl
On June 27, Arcadia held its 7th annual Relay for Life at the Santa Anita Racetrack. 531 Relay for Life participants took turns walking and running around the track for 24 hours—from 11 AM Saturday to 11 AM Sunday. At night, the teams slept in tents pitched around the racetrack. Volunteers provided free food, water, and other basic necessities from pavilions stationed by the track. The relay began on Saturday morning with the Survivors’ Lap. Cancer survivors and caregivers walked the opening lap to commemorate the progress attained through advancements in the medical field, as well as to signify the ongoing battle with cancer that many Americans face. At 8 p.m., the Luminaria Ceremony was held in remembrance of victims of cancer. Participants placed special luminaria bags—bags filled with sand, lighted by candles, and engraved with the name of a person affected by cancer—around the track to light the way for the walkers. The ceremony honored not only the people who had died of the disease, but those continuing to fight it. Alwyna Lau, an Arcadia High
- Photo By Terry MIller
By Terry Miller Approximately 11,000 young American Idol hopefuls, some of whom squeezed their way into re-
vealingly skimpy outfits and donned deliberately outrageous, albeit colorful, hairdos, lined up starting in the
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student whose grandfather passed away from cancer, described the Luminaria Ceremony as an extremely moving experience. “Holding the candle was a really unique feeling,”
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A Great Evening for Celebrating Independence, with Bubble Wrap and Cal Phil— and the Audience at Arboretum Aluminum Marshmallows By Bill Peters
American Idol Hopefuls, many of whom camped out for a couple of days near the Rose Bowl, finally get a chance to audition Tuesday morning.
Photo by Terry Miller
Andy Troncale (r) and Brian Ursettie of the Arcadia Fire Dept., were on hand to lend support for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life at the Santa Anita Race Track Saturday and Sunday. Troncale, who recently retired from the dept. after working for 30 years as a firefighter, was diagnosed with brain cancer recently. His colleagues decided a T shirt was in order to honor Troncale’s fight along with another firefighter, Firefighter Martin, who was also just diagnosed with cancer.
The California Philharmonic Orchestra under music directorconductor Victor Vener offered top-notch performances in the opening concert of the orchestra’s 12th season at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Arcadia. Last Saturday, the evening was warm and delightful, the grounds of the Arboretum, beautiful, and the crowd both plentiful and eager to enjoy the music. Against this background, the stage was packed with talented performers who responded to the audience’s enthusiasm by giving probably the best concert ever by this group. In addition to the Cal Phil top-rated professional orchestra, was the Cal Phil Chorale led by
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By morgan carpenter
Local festivities in Sierra Madre for the Fourth of July begin on Friday, July 3 and continue on Saturday, July 4. Beginning on Friday at Memorial Park, 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, the Beer Garden will be open at 5 p.m., with service provided by members of the Fourth of July Committee, Sierra Madre Friends of Little League, and Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce. There will also be a concert at Memorial Park on Friday, with The Sheds and the Aluminum Marshmallow. The concert will begin at 6 pm with The Sheds, and Aluminum Marshmallow is expected to take the stage around 6:30 pm. The 5th annual Bubble Wrap Fireworks Show will take place at approximately 8 pm on the stage at Memorial Park. On the Fourth of July, the Sierra Madre Woman’s Club will hold an
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