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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 VOLUME 2, NO. 36
SG Mission Fiesta Royal Court Crowned
Fiesta Queen Victoria Haddad and her date, pictured Saturday at the annual San Gabriel Mission Fiesta. - Photos by Terry Miller
Final Summer Concert of the Season - a Rockin’ Good Time
-Photo By Terry Miller
Hundreds of people attended the final summer concert of the season at Temple City Park last Wednesday evening. With warm temperatures and a little relief from the smoke of the Station Fire, the popular band The Answer kept spirits high and feet tapping. Many immediately got up to dance to the band which devoted the evening to sup-
porting the troops. The Stars and Stripes attire went one step further with the drummer’s Ludwig drums being decorated in the colors and stars of Old Glory. During the entertaining show, the band jettisons free t-shirts and other goodies into the audience via something that resembles a surface to air missile (albeit a lot less lethal).
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The San Gabriel Mission’s 238th Annual Fiesta Royal Court members were recently selected. The newest members of this long standing tradition are Queen Victoria Haddad of Santiago High School, and Princesses Marissa Sanchez of San Gabriel Mission High School, and Jennifer Perez of San Gabriel Mission High School. The Fiesta Royal Court represented the San Gabriel Mission last weekend at its annual Labor Day weekend fiesta. They court will now go on to represent the Mission at internal and community events throughout the year leading up to next year’s fiesta. During the fiesta, there was a traditional blessing of the animals and also a children’s’ costume contest in which just about everyone one some sort of prize. Queen Victoria Haddad is a 16 year old student who attends Santiago High School in Corona. A long time member of the parish, she was baptized and made her first communion and was confirmed at the San
in memory of Arnaldo Quinones and Tedmund Hall of the Los Angeles County Fire Department who died in the line of duty on Sunday. Pasadena Fire Department personnel also are wearing black bands across their badges in honor of their fallen brothers. The 53 homes destroyed included some forest cabins, said U.S. Forest Service
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County Puts Swine Flu and “Regular” Flu on Watch WHO’S AT RISK—YOU OR THE PIGS? BY BILL PETERS
spokesman Dennis Cross. At the time, he did not know how many of those destroyed were full-time residences. New reports from fire officials late last week confirmed that the fire is now believed to have been an act of arson, and the Governor has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest
The H1N1 virus, the “swine flu” has resulted in the issuance of notices from state and county health officials declaring a watchful eye will be necessary against an outbreak of that virus but also warns that regular f lu could be just a s da ngerous t h is coming season. In spite of a rad io repor t by N PR that pigs at county fairs across the country could be endangered by contact with humans who may be infected w it h t he H1N1 virus, Los Angeles County Fair officials appear not to be concerned. They say its decades old pig races and its popular pig patio will continue in full force during the current run of the fair in Pomona which opened Sept. 5. The State of California in its report states that the H1N1 virus level has been downgraded to “regional” by the California Department of Public Health. But state and county officials remain on guard and say they will continue monitoring any outbreaks of this flu but also say they remain cautious about the “regular” flu season. A regional outbreak is defined by the department as one in which less than half the state is affected. L a t e la st week , Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding, Director of P ubl ic Hea lt h and Health Officer for Los Angeles County released three documents between Aug. 19 and Aug. 28 which included a message to the public that the department remains vigilant; a message to county school administrators that offers guidelines for flu containment; and a policy statement that leaves school closures in the hands of local district administrators. Dr. Mark
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Station Fire Burns Consumes 154,000 Acres - Arson to Blame Though the state has spent $43.5 million battling the Station Fire, and over $108 million since the first of July, it will be nearly impossible to calculate monetarily the cost of California's largest fire since 1897. With over 154,000 acres of forest and 53 homes already destroyed, thousands displaced by mandatory evacuations, untold damage to Angeles Forest flora and fauna and the loss of two firefighters, the true toll of the Station Fire is far from tallied. Two firefighters - Capt. Tedmund Hall, 47, of San Bernardino and Firefighter Specialist Arnaldo “Arnie” Quinones, 35, of Palmdale - were killed when their vehicle fell off a mountain road on Sunday as they veered to avoid a burst of flames. Quinones' wife is expecting a child in two weeks and Hall has a wife and two adult children. Flags at all Pasadena fire stations have been at half-staff
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