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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 VOLUME 2, NO. 38
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Ramadan Event Features Talks on Diversity, Healthcare, Immigration BY SAMEEA KAMAL
In a slow paced game with many time outs and Alhambra injuries, Alhambra finally got the upper hand after the first half at Temple City High. -Photos by Terry Miller
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Townhall Highlights Concerns with Temple City Development
Pasadena Plinther Ponders Pottery, Poetry and Pigeons Across the Pond
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dinner portion of the night, the program commenced in the banquet room where mosque leaders thanked friends, law enforcement officers and the congresswoman for sharing in the experience of Ramadan. This is Chu’s second time participating in the annual interfaith dinner, which began about eight years ago, said secretary of the mosque
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Two Brothers Start School Year with Digital Upgrade
Duarte’s Route 66 Parade a Big Hit
BY SAMEEA KAMAL Close to seventy people gathered at the Live Oak Park Community Center last Tuesday for a public meeting to voice questions and concerns over plans for the new city development. “The purpose of the meeting was to get recommendations for the economic revitalization of Temple City, and to explore the feasibility of the expense of projects and areas of opportunity,” said Robert Paz, program director for the consulting firm Avant Garde, who was hired to manage the project in May. According to the consultant, the firm wants to look at the different developments and the effects they might have. “The goal is to maximize the dollar,” he said. “For every dollar spent we should make three to five dollars,” Paz said. The event was the first of three public meet-
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There was a flurry of activity in the parking lot of the San Gabriel Mosque as the clock neared seven p.m. on Saturday. Table settings were laid out in four rows on the floor where mosque members and friends sat, prepared to end the day of fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan. A s a ca l l to prayer marked the time to break the fast, guests began feasting on plates filled with dates, fruit and garbanzo beans topped with onions, tomatoes and spices, for appetizers. Though the mosque provides meals to break the fast daily throughout the thirty days of Ramadan, the guests that day included many members from outside the Muslim community there to celebrate an interfaith dinner – including Congresswoman Judy Chu. Following the prayer and
humanity.” Pasadena artist Frank Gallagher, said he was up to the challenge when a friend pointed out the Gormley’s brainchild. Gallagher (All Industrial Arts) is a wellread, charismatic Irish artist who spends a lot of time in England and Ireland. He decided he’d try out for a spot on this coveted Fourth
The Duarte Route 66 Parade & Classic Car Show featured a generous sprinling of vintage cars, marching bands, equestrian units, costume characters including Darth Vader. The parade is one of the year's biggest events in Duarte and a car show and picnic followed the parade. Despite the near triple digit temperature the parade and Royal Oaks Park found hundreds of residents celebrating. Festivities surrounding the picnic and car show included live entertainment throughout the day; games, food, an arts and crafts show, and exhibit booths sponsored by local nonprofit groups and organizations.
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Frank Gallagher is pictured outside his studio in San Marino where he is preparing for his London debut on the fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square -Photos by Terry Miller
BY TERRY MILLER This summer, sculptor Antony Gormley invited people in the UK to help create unique living monument. He asked people to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth located at Trafalgar Square in London, a space that is normally reserved for statues of Kings and Generals, in an image of themselves, and” a representation of the whole of
Joshua Schery, 6th grade, and his brother David, 8th grade were the first two area kids to receive computers in the Beacon Media/Priceless Computer Back to School Computer Giveaway. On Monday the delighted boys came to Beacon’s offices in Monrovia to claim their prizes. -Photos by Terry Miller
BY JOHN STEPHENS & TERRY MILLER When Fidel Schery told his two sons last week that they had won our first essay contest, they thought he was kidding. And when he went on to say that they had each won a computer and monitor to
keep as their own, Schery said that was when they “knew” he was lying. “When we got the call, we were completely shocked” said Schery. Until now, the Monrovia resident said that his son’s access to a computer was limited to whenever they
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