2010_07_01_Monrovia

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Thursday, July 1 - July 7, 2010

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Residents Mount Opposition to Proposed Pot Shop By Terry Miller Two Monrovia men who have faced agonizing adversity, severe physical injuries and years of pain and rehabilitation may now be facing the toughest battle of their lives: their neighbors. It’s not the self-serve car wash, diesel fuel tanks or propane sales that have these neighbors concerned about renovation plans for an old gas station property on unincorporated county land bordering Arcadia and Monrovia. Rather, these two men say they want to help alleviate pain and suffering in patients who could benefit from legally prescribed medical cannabis. The property owner and developer Leon San Blas, 52, plans to turn one of the buildings behind the gas station/car wash into a medical marijuana dispensary with his friend and business partner Bob Doolittle.

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Lourdes San Blas is flanked by her brother Leon San Blas and his partner Robert Doolittle at the location of their proposed marijuana dispensary at Arcadia Carwash on Live Oak Avenue in unincorporated Arcadia. - Photo by Terry Miller

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Parents File Suit against Montecito School A large parents group has filed suit against a fine arts school that suddenly shut its doors last year. 77 allegedly defrauded parents and students filed a lawsuit against Trisha Ying Zi Zhang and Edgar Kuckelkorn, the former president and vice president of Montecito Fine Arts School and its related entities (“Montecito”). The complaint was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The Plaintiffs are represented by the nonprofit civil rights organization, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of the Asian American Center for Ad-

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Monrovia Mother Awards Friends of Gold Line Foothill Extension Scholarship in Son’s Name Arcadia Breaks Ground in Arcadia By Kristie Tom On June 17 Monrovia High School seniors sat in their seats at Citrus College, anxiously awaiting the moment in which they could finally throw their graduation caps in the air, officially commemorating their leave from MHS. T h roughout t he n ight , many were awarded with honors of national merit, gold seals, and silver seals, but only one was awarded the first Anthony King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Diana Ortiz, who wrote an essay on the subject of “Seeing it Through.” The scholarship, founded in memory of Anthony King, 400 S. Baldwin Ave. Arcadia CA 91007

Jr., focuses on graduating high school students in the San Gabriel Valley, offering a financial award to help them purchase their books during their first year of college. Anthony was born on April 6, 1983, graduated from MHS in the Class of 2001, and went on to Citrus College before transferring to Benedict College, a historically black college in South Carolina. On July 22, 2009, at the young age of 26, Anthony suffered from a bilateral pulmonary aneurism. His death was instantaneous. As a junior at Benedict

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Library Donate $40,000

By Bill Peters At the Arcadia City Council meeting on June 15, Carolyn Garner-Reagan, Director of Library and Museum Services, reported to the Council that the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library is donating a total of $40,000 to the Library to support programs for children, teens and adults and for the purchase

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Approximately 600 light rail enthusiasts packed Newcastle Park last Saturday for the groundbreaking - Photo by Terry Miller Story on Page 10

Family Flicks on The Promenade Join Westfield Santa Anita every Wednesday now through July 28 for free outdoor movies. For a complete list of showings and event details, visit westfield.com


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