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Monday, October 12 - October 18, 2009 Volume 2, No. 41
Council Selects New City Manager in Two Closed Sessions By Sameea Kamal
Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Masters Degree in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. Former City Manager Charles Martin was fired in May due to an IRS flagging of the contract, following his announcement that he already had plans to retire. Parks and Recreation Director Cathy Burroughs has served as the interim city manager since then. Pulido, who was present at the meeting, expressed his pleasure at being selected to serve the current and coming generations of Temple City staff and residents. “I’m privileged to be
After what members called an arduous application process, the city council appointed Jose Pulido to serve as the new city manager at last night’s meeting. After an initial hour long closed session, followed by a brief second closed session, the council made the announcement that the former administrator for the City of San Fernando was selected for the job. Pulido served as a city administrator in San Fernando for eight years and for the City of Montebello for almost ten years before that. Pulido received his Bachelor’s degree in Social Science and Chicano Studies and a minor in City and Regional
Running Ruckle Hits Season Highs as Rams Rout Lancers
-Photo By Terry Miller
Lots of spirit and plenty of pompoms were on display as the Temple City High School Pep Squad conducted its annual fundraising Pep Clinic for the grades K -8. The clinic consisted of a full week of after-school practices at the high school where girls were
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Sad Day at Santa Anita Raises Questions about Synthetic Track One Horse Euthanized, Another Won’t Race Again
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Fun For The Whole Spirits Soar as Pep Squads Cheer Rams to Victory over La Salle Family Fall Festival
By Andrea Olivas
Monday Edition
grouped by age. In preparation for the home game against La Salle on Friday, they were taught different cheers and routines and given spirit spreading gear like t-shirts and pompoms to aid them in pumping up the crowd, and before the game the girls were invited to
a dinner with their Pep Squad buddies. As the game began, they were brought on to the sidelines where they performed and cheered for the varsity Rams until halftime. The clinic was organized by the Pep Boosters and their Pep Advisor, Marta Bourjeili and
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The City of Temple City and the Temple City Vocal and Theatre Arts Boosters have joined forces to bring you the much-anticipated Fall Festival on Saturday, October 17. The Fall Festival will be held at Temple City Park, located on the corner of Las Tunas Drive and Golden West Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wonderful live entertainment provided by the Temple City schools vocal arts groups, including the Brighter Side Singers, TCHS band and auxiliary, pep and choreo units will be on stage throughout the day. In addition to the entertainment, many local artisans have reserved their space for the Craft Faire and will be selling handmade jewelry, floral arrangements, Halloween and Christmas crafts, ceramics and more! Also included are a variety of food booths and a collector car show. Activities for children will include face painting, pumpkin patch, Super Jump & Bounce, free crafts and more! Don’t forget to bid on at least one of the many silent auction items or purchase a raffle ticket. All proceeds from the silent auction and the raffle will support the vocal and theatre arts programs at the various Temple City schools. For information on the Fall Festival, please call the Parks & Recreation Department at (626) 285-2171 ext. 2328.
Jockey Garret Gomez, pulls back the three year old colt Grazen (second from left) in the final stretch of race number 6 on Saturday. Gomez is credited for being very aware of his horse who suffered a a career-ending injury during the race. Bold Chieftan (second from left) went on to win the Cal Cup Classic. -Photo by Terry Miller
By Terry Miller The three year old colt named Grazen sustained a career-ending injury Saturday while initially leading in the stretch of the $200,000 California Cup Classic, a race
in which the long shot, Blackbriar, broke a bone and was subsequently euthanized as a result of the injury. Questions arose Sunday in racing circles about the track itself and what, if any
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Our Next Young Computer Wiz: Dadrian Tran
-Photo By Terry Miller
By John Stephens Temple City’s Dadrian Tran loves “The Simpsons,” and if this shared love (obsession) of ours’ were reason enough to give him a new computer, it surely would have been good enough for me. But of course, there are better reasons why this bright eighth grader from Oak
Ave. Elementary chose to send us an essay in hopes that we might help him out by providing him a tool that so many of us take for granted. Dadr ia n’s pa rent s both work for the California Department of Motor Vehicles and in his essay he explained that, due to
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