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Monday, April 4 - April 11, 2010 Volume III, No. XIV
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Golden Easter Eggs Found in Temple City Carole Rodenbucher
Named a “Woman of the Year” in the 29th Congressional District
This year’s annual Easter Egg hunt sponsored by the City of Temple City Parks & Recreation Department and the Temple City Kiwanis Club brought out hundreds of kids this past Saturday. The morning consisted of having breakfast with the Easter Bunny, the massive egg hunt that included 3 golden eggs, Easter crafts, and photos with the Easter Bunny. - Photo by Andrea Olivas
Homebuyers to Receive $10,000 New Duarte Cellular Towers to Tax Credit in New Program Fund Basketball Court Renovation By Bill Peters
Gover nor A r nold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly bill 183 designed to kick-start California real estate sales during the all important spring season when home sales get into high gear. Determined to encourage home ownership and at the same time promote job creation, the
Governor signed the $200 million bill to provide new and first time homeowners with a tax credit that could reach as high as $10,000. A previous program with a $100 million cap on the 2009 tax credit was successful, but the cap came before many interested homebuyers were Continued on Page 4
As a result of a lease agreement between the City of Duarte and AT&T and T-Mobile to improve cel lu la r ser v ice i n t he a rea , t he ca r r ier s w i l l replace two 30 foot high, existing basketball court light poles at Royal Oaks Park with two 51 foot high poles with antenna. New energy-efficient lighting f i x t u re s fea t u r i ng i m -
proved optics to reduce glare onto adjacent properties will be mounted on t he poles. The new lighting will include an automated control system that allows both remote and manual clock programming of the court lights. In exchange for the Continued on Page 4
Carole Rodenbucher holds a sign promoting the recent Temple City Camellia Festival. - Photo by Jerry Jambazian, Temple City Chamber of Commerce
On Saturday at a re- chance to give back to ception in Pasadena, Rep- their community to the resentative Adam Schiff extent that Carole has,” honored Carole Rodenbu- said Schiff. “Carole has cher for her commitment helped develop our next a nd ser v ice to Temple generation of bright and Cit y by na m i ng her a g iving Americans, and “Woman of the Year.” we are fortunate to have “Few people take the her leadership in our comContinued on Page 3
TCUSD Students Win Arbor Day Contest
(Stephanie Shih, 3rd Place State winner)
Two TCUSD fifth grade students won top awards in this year’s National Arbor Day Poster Contest. Nigel Ho from Michelle Conzonire’s class at Emperor Elementary School took second place, and Stephanie Shih from Erin Wahbe’s class at Longden Elementary School placed third from all entries submitted throughout the State of California. Cloverly, Emperor, and Longden Elementary School fifth grade students participated in the contest. Schools selected three posters each and submitted them to the City of Temple City for judging. The City in turn forwarded top posters to the State. First place posters were judged at the national level. This year’s theme was “Trees are terrific and energy wise!” The poster contest is designed to increase knowledge about the importance of trees in the production and conservation of energy.
(Nigel Ho, 2nd place State winner)