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Monday edition of the
Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 - FEBRUARY 13, 2011 VOLUME VII, NO. VI
Sample Prostestors’ Arraignment Postponed Until February Voting 18– Legal Action Possible Against County of Los Ballots to Angeles and Sub Contractors for Tree Removal Temple City Residents
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Monrovia City Logo Causes Controversy
Over 17,000 Ballot Booklets Mailed for March election At the request of City Council Member Tom Adams, the new city logo which Mayor Mary Ann Lutz had unveiled recently at the State of the City Address was a hot topic at the Council Meeting on Tuesday. Earlier in
Starting today, Temple City residents will receive their Sample Ballot booklets in the mail for the upcoming March 8 municipal election where six candidates will vie for three city council seats. “The booklets con-
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Hit and Run Kills 19-Year-Old Female in Rosmead On January 31, 2011, at 10:37 PM, the victim, female 19 years old, Yihang Ma was walking in the street on Walnut Grove Avenue, between Marshall Street and Valley Boulevard. She was struck and killed by a vehicle which was driving northbound on Walnut Grove Avenue. The driver of the vehicle did not stop to render aid or identify themselves. Temple Sheriff’s Station Traffic Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the vehicle and driver involved in this incident. Witnesses describe the vehicle involved as a light colored minivan, possibly a Nissan Quest or Toyota
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Julia Posin in flanked by Cam Stone on the left and John Quigley on the right. Posin and Quigley were two of the protestors who sat in trees last month hoping to save the 11 acres of Woodland in Arcadia. - Photo by Terry Miller
Official arraignment of the people arrested for climbing into one hundred year-old trees in an attempt to prevent the county of Los Angeles from destroying those trees in Arcadia last month was postponed. The new date, February 18, will give the de-
fendants’ attorney time to gather some additional needed information for the proceedings to begin. Only two of four activists in Arcadia woodlands appeared Thursday in Alhambra Superior Court. John Quigley Julia Jaye Posin appeared before the
judge as ordered. Andrea Bowers was also scheduled for arraignment Thursday but was not present for her first appearance. Julia Posin again described in vivid detail how the county workers and subcontractors destroyed the trees around her and
came within inches of hurting her with the giant wrecking machines that destroyed the trees. “We were screaming at the top of our lungs…they finally stopped a few inches away from us. I was really scared for my
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Deputy Herb Howland Named Temple City Deputy of the Year for 2010
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eputy Herb Howland is currently assigned to the city of Temple City. He is one of two deputies patrolling the city on Motorcycles. If you live or work in Temple City, chances are pretty good that you have either met Deputy Howland or have at least seen him greeting fellow drivers on the streets of Temple City. If you have had the pleasure of meeting him, hopefully it was at one of the many city events that he has participated in and not while he is standing at the side of your car asking for your autograph. Deputy Howland has been a Deputy Sheriff for
30 years. He has spent the last 17 years assigned to Temple Sheriff’s Station. While at Temple Station he worked in the cities of Rosemead and South El Monte before being assigned to Temple City as a motor in June of 1998. Prior to being assigned to Temple Station, Deputy Howland worked at Lakewood Station, Pico Rivera Station and Transportation Bureau. In addition, he was assigned to the Narcotics Bureau two times early in his career. In conjunction with his patrol duties, Deputy Howland is a motor training officer and a
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Photo by Bill Harrington
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Schiff Distressed by Peaceful Protest Turned Bloody in Egypt Recently Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the following statement: “I was deeply distressed to see the peaceful protest of Egyptian citizens demanding a better life turn into a bloody melee, as organized goon squads -- some allegedly paid, others plain clothes police officers -- attacked the demonstrators. “President Mubarak’s willingness to mobilize or tolerate such an attack on his own people has only further delegitimized his government. It is time for him to heed the call of the Egyptian people by leaving office and giving way to a transitional government that will put one of the world’s great civilizations on a new path toward democracy and respect for human dignity, and restore Egypt to its rightful place as the leader of the Arab world.”