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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 16, 2009 VOLUME 14, NO.99
Wildcats Prepare for Championship Game
FILING PERIOD SET TO OPEN FOR THREE ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL SEATS Potential Candidates Must Declare Before January18 BY SAMEEA KAMAL
With the filing period for candidacy just around the corner, Arcadia’s City Council will have three seats up for election. After serving two consecutive four-year terms, Mayor John Wuo’s seat will be open, while councilmembers Robert Harbicht and Peter Amundson are eligible to run for a second term. Amundson, who currently serves as Mayor Pro Tem, confirmed to Beacon Media that he does indeed plan to run for re-election. “I think I bring a mindset and talents that are espe-
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Number 4, Nick Bueno, Monrovia High’s Junior Quarterback will be a tough man for San Dimas to catch Saturday night as the Wildcats vie for the CIF Championship at Citrus College. -Photo by Terry Miller
BY SUSAN MOTANDER
On Saturday night Monrovia High School Wildcats will face the Saints of San Dimas in the CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division Final. In the fourth game of the season Monrovia defeated the Saints in a non-league game, 36-17. But Maddox is quick to point out that was
early in the season and that his team has improved each week since. “They are a good team and I’m sure they have worked hard to improve themselves as well.” According to Monrovia’s Director of Athletics, Randy Bell, this will be the ninth time MHS has played for the championship which it has never
succeeded in winning. This may make the Wildcats more determined than ever to win. In the 90s, Monrovia went all the way to the final game three years in a row, ‘97, ‘98 and ‘99. Being so close so many times and never quite reaching the top is frustrating, but perhaps it can also be motivating. Coach Maddox pointed
out that San Dimas will be motivated as well say they are “going to be looking to avenge themselves” for their earlier defeat. He said “It will come down to whom makes the least mistakes.” One factor to be figured into Saturday’s game is the possibility, or rather the ex-
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Mixer to Offer Sneak Preview of 2010 Rose Parade Entry
STUDENTS HELPING OTHER STUDENTS AND THEMSELVES
Admission Fees to Benefit Community Rose Float Effort
Area Colleges Team with High School in “Pro-Active Tutoring” Program
T he Sier ra Mad re Chamber of Commerce will host their annual December Mixer on Thursday, December 10 at the Sierra Madre Rose Float Association Barn, located at 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. The event will take
place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Admission is $10 for members of the Chamber and $15 for non-members. All of the proceeds from the admission fees will be donated to the Sierra Ma-
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BY SUSAN MOTANDER
A t Mon r ov i a H i g h School there is a unique tutoring program going on. Students, some from local colleges including Citrus, Cal Poly Pomona and PCC,
and some from the high school itself, are helping other students. The tutoring takes place after school in the library. Students looking for help show up, sign in and sit down to start studying. The
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Arcadia Locks in Plans for Gold Line Arrival
The Arcadia Gold Line station will be located southeast of the intersection of N First Ave. and E Santa Clara St., a short block away from the main commercial area on Huntington Drive. BY SAMEEA KAMAL
After years of searching for funding for the project, the Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority has secured money to begin the eastward extension of the rail line to Azusa, with construction slated to begin in June of next year, with a goal completing the project by sometime in 2013. The extension will travel from Sierra Madre Villa station, the line’s current northeast terminus, to Arcadia, Monrovia and eventually to the Citrus College
campus in Azusa. Two weeks ago, Monrovians celebrated the project’s recent gains, but before passengers can begin boarding the train at Monrovia’s depot, the City of Arcadia has some hurdles of its own to surmount. In Arcadia, the new Gold Line station site will be located at the intersection of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street, said Phil Wray, Assistant Development Services Director
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