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Monday, February 1 - February 7, 2010 Volume 3, No. 05
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Temple City Celebrates Temple City Man Dies in Fire at Home Chinese New Year By Terry Miller
One of the highlights of the Temple City Chinese American Association’s New Year Celebration this Saturday was the Chinese acrobat husband and wife team. Monisha also known as ( Xinmeng Yi) performed spectacular feats of body contortions seemingly without effort. She then performed with candles on her head, feet and hands while still managing to contort her 21 year old body into shapes no unlike a Gumby character. Hundreds of community members, council members and others attended the annual event whuich included traditional foods, dance and art - bridging the gap between the two cultures. The local Lunar New Year celebration has for years been publicly associated with Judy Wong, who has longstanding ties to the Chinese American community. She was first elected to the council in 2003, at that pointTemple City was not involved in the event. Wong made it a priority to get the city to co-sponsor the celebration with the Temple City Chinese American Association. She (Wong) has successfully battled opposition by other city officials to cancel the celebration. Wong has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges, including bribery and perjury, stemming from accusations she accepted bribes in return for support of developer Randy Wang’s $75 million Piazza at Temple City mall project. She faces a maximum sentence of 10 years, four months in prison if convicted. Since her indictment in June, Wong has repeatedly said she will not resign. Councilman Tom Chavez has voiced his disapproval of Judy Wong being in public celebrations in the city until the legal matters are solved. Many members of the Chinese community in Temple City support Wong, said Chinese American Association President Rae Shiau.
An elderly Temple City man who was hospitalized with burns over 80 percent of his body Friday has died of his burns and smoke inhalation. Wayne Weber, 86, died at the hospital about six hours after the 2:50 p.m. fire at his house on Bogue Street in Temple City. The temple city senior suffered third-degree burns. One Sheriff’s deputy, Deputy Reynaldo Lainez, was hospitalized for smoke inhalation and later released. The blaze was reported at a single-story about 2:50 p.m. at 10165 Bogue Street, opposite Live Oak Park
Monisha, also known as Xinmeng Yu performs some truly stunning contortions during her acrobatic show at the Chinese New Year Celebrations at Temple City Park on Saturday. Yu, 21, works with her husband and travels the US performing feats that defy logic. After the performance, the couple jetted off to Arizona for an evening performance. Photos by Terry Miller
TCUSD Counselor is Finalist for Award Oak Avenue Intermediate School Counselor Donna Cleman was recognized by the American School Counselor Association as one of seven semi-finalists for the 2010 School Counselor of the Year Award. The School Counselor of the Year program honors the “best of the best” school counselors running top-notch, comprehensive school counseling programs at the elementary, middle or high school levels. Lawton Gray, Oak’s Principal, nominated Donna for the award and commented that “her commitment to her job and to the students at Oak Avenue has helped to make it an amazing school where students feel safe, comfortable and supported”. For more information about Oak Avenue Intermediate School, call 626548-5060.
Oak Avenue Intermediate School Counselor Donna Cleman
Liu Bill Would Increase Flow of Federal Funds to Local Cities Sen. Carol Liu introduced legislation last week that seeks to help California cities, counties, education institutions, and nonprofit organizations apply for and receive federal dollars. SB 907 establishes a streamlined Office of Federal Funding Information and Assistance within the state Office of Planning and Research. This new office will increase the ability of government and non-government organizations to receive money from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and a range of other federal programs for which they are eligible. “This federal funding can create jobs, speed up transportation projects, protect the environment, improve
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