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No. 95445
December 18, 2014
Council reinstates emergency committee
Season of cheer
By Jay Seidel La Habra Journal
Jay Seidel/La Habra Journal High Five: One of the many children greets Santa Claus at the Cruisn’ for a Cause event last week at the CVS parking lot. The annual event hosted by the La Habra Lions brought dozens of classic and restored cars, community vendors and live music to raise money for the Police K9 Foundation.
Oil lawsuit dropped, another opened By Daniel Hernandez La Habra Journal
LA HABRA HEIGHTS
A recent vote by La Habra Heights council members to change verbiage in an initiative the city calls “Measure A” sparked a local advocacy group to file a lawsuit against the city, a Heights Oil Watch (HOW) board member stated. The HOW suit was filed after attorneys representing California Resources Corporation — or what was Occidental Petroleum — dropped its own lawsuit following the city council’s decision at a special meeting on Dec. 1 to use the new wording. The HOW lawsuit aims to change the words back to the original intent or what the group calls more “impartial” verbiage. “They’re just trying to make sure that the initiative stays as impartial as possible,” Kathy Steele, a HOW board member. Oil companies succeeded in persuading La Habra Heights city officials to tone down the wording in “Measure
A,” or the “Healthy City Initiative,” after it filed a lawsuit, which officials said could have cost the city more than $50,000. Council members voted 4-1 for the change at the Dec. 1 special meeting. At the regularly scheduled Dec.11 meeting, city attorney John Brown asserted that the suit filed by CRC representative James Pigott had been dropped. Councilman Roy Francis was the lone representative to vote against changing the verbiage in the initiative question. However, other councilmembers did not pretend that giving in to the changes would end litigation with this matter. “Whatever we decide, it comes back to the essence of the question, if it’s biased or not,” councilman Kyle Miller said. “We certainly are under no illusions that if the language we adopt, or if we leave it the same, that the parties that aren’t happy with that will just accept it. I don’t think that’s
going to happen.” The suit filed on behalf of Pigott on Nov. 24 by the firms Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross and Leoni LLP and Latham and Watkins LLP, contends that the verbiage “high-intensity petroleum operations” is politically loaded and biased against the oil industry. Instead of spending the city’s money on an expensive lawsuit to keep these words, Heights council members decided to adopt the initiative change. The one-sentence ballot question is what the voters view first when voting on an initiative. Instead of the term “high-intensity petroleum operations” in the question, the words have been altered to read “Shall an ordinance be adopted that prohibits land use for any treatment of oil or gas wells that is designed to enhance production or recovery, any new oil and gas wells, and reactivation of idle wells?” See OIL Page 4
When Michael Blazey was appointed mayor of La Habra in early December, he explained that one of his main priorities was to make sure that La Habra was prepared for any and all types of emergencies. One of the ways in which to do this, he explained, is to re-establish the La Habra Disaster Council. The city council unanimously approved at its meeting Monday to re-establish the committee. The council was first established in 1950 as part of a nationwide civil defense preparedness initiative. However, with the demise of the Cold War, what was left of the council had just faded away. Blazey is looking to reinstate the council as a way to help the city best prepare for all natural and non-natural disasters. The duties of the disaster council is to develop and recommend emergency and mutual aid plans and agreements. The mayor, chief of police and fire chief are members, along with council members and representatives from the public. The Mayor is authorized to pick and approve the members of the committee. In total, there will be seven members of the committee. Some of the initial responsibilities will be to develop and implement a volunteer disaster service worker program. They will promote emergency preparedness in the community to include the CERT training program, Citizens Police Academy and others. The committee will also help develop and recommend budgets for the city’s emergency preparedness and advise the city council on disaster preparedness. More will be discussed at the council’s January meeting.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Shop Local, Win Prizes! Today is the last day to turn in your receipts dated November 28, 2014-December 18, 2014 for a chance to win some great prizes. Bring in your La Habra receipts to the LH Chamber of Commerce by today in exchange for your raffle tickets. Good Luck!
Friday, December 19, 2014
A Christmas Carol-Scrooge & Marley Together Again playing at the Mysterium Theater at the La Habra Depot Playhouse-311 S. Euclid Ave. This play goes through Sunday, Dec 21st. For showtimes and tickets go to www.mysteriumtheater.com or call (562) 697-3311. The Magic of Christmas, a Christmas musical for the whole family is at the La Mirada Theatre-14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada. Performances go through Sunday, Dec 21st. For showtimes and tickets go to www.lamiradatheatre.com or call (562) 944-9801.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Dinner & Dance at the Elks Lodge-541 E. Whittier Blvd., La Habra. No Host Bar at 5 p.m., Dinner at 6 p.m. and dancing at 7 p.m. Cost is $25 per person. For more info call Dave at (714) 458-1044 or Les at (714) 331-4646. Holiday Deer Hike at Arroyo Pescadero Trailhead-7531 Colima Rd., Whittier. This is an easy guided tour (under 2 miles) through the Deer Loop Trail. Who knows, you might see a deer or two! Hike is from 9-11 a.m. For more info call (562) 9459003.
complete schedule and times. Candlelight Services at Emanuel Lutheran Church-150 N. Palm St. La Habra. Family & children service is at 7 p.m. and the traditional service is at 11 p.m. See their ad in this issue of the LH Journal for more details.
Thursday, December 25, 2014 Merry Christmas!
Thursday, January 1, 2015 Happy New Year!
Saturday, January 3, 2015
La Habra Little League Baseball and District 56 Challenger sign-ups are today at Portola Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Be sure to bring a COPY of the original Birth Certificate and three different proofs of residency. For more information please visit www.lhcll.com or call (714) 529-8951 before 9 p.m.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Target Free Day at the La Habra Children’s Museum. Celebrate the year of the Goat. Paint Chinese Lanterns and experience traditional musical performances. Free sessions are 1-2:45 p.m. and 3:15-5.
Monday, January 5, 2015
La Habra City Council Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Sonora High School’s Open House is tonight from 6-8:30 p.m. This is a great chance to tour the school with your in-coming high schooler. For more information see their full page ad in this issue of the LH Journal.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Saturday, January 10, 2015
La Habra City Planning Commission Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. La Habra Heights Planning Commission Meeting begins at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church will be having a Christmas Vigil today beginning at 4 p.m. See their ad in this issue of the LH Journal for a
NEWS BRIEFS
La Habra Heights City Council Meeting begins at 6 p.m. La Habra Little League Baseball and District 56 Challenger sign-ups are today at Portola Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Be sure to bring a COPY of the original Birth Certificate and three different proofs of residency. For more information please visit www.lhcll.com or call (714) 529-8951 before 9 p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 900 W. La Habra Blvd., La Habra (562) 691-0533
Christmas 2014 Mass Schedule Christmas Vigil - Wednesday, December 24 4:00 p.m. – English (Family Mass) – Church 4:00 p.m. – English – Msgr. Coleman Center 9:00 p.m. – English (Gloria Dei Choir) 12:00 Midnight – Spanish (Spanish Choir)
Jay Seidel/La Habra Journal Seasonal shopping: Sonora Cheer team held their annual seasonal boutique last week at Sonora. The team brings in a variety of vendors with the proceeds going to help the team cover expenses.
Giokaris retires as high school district superintendent
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By Suzette Eschberger La Habra Historical Museum
Can you name some famous actresses from La Habra? How about published authors? Famous musicians? Increase your knowledge of La Habra’s talents by spending a Saturday afternoon at the La Habra Historical Museum. Our current exhibit, Small Town, Abundant Talent, features over 50 local talents from the past, present and future. We also have on display two very special quilts. One, made by the Friendship Square Quilt Guild, is filled with messages of encouragement to veterans and will be donated to the Veterans Hospital at Camp Pendleton. The second one, made by life-time
La Habra resident and member of the Old Settlers Historical Society, Linda Bennett, and some of her quilting friends, has been two years in the making. During the museum’s 2012 Defenders of Our Freedom exhibit, veterans signed blocks of material with their name, branch of service and dates served. These blocks have been assembled into a beautiful, patriotic quilt in honor of our veterans. The museum is open every Saturday from 12:00 – 4:00 during the rest of December and January. For special group tours, please call (562) 999-6453. Bring the kids, young or old, to visit during their winter break! There is no admission charge; however, donations are accepted. The exhibit runs through March 28, 2015.
A look at language: Phrase origins
By Michael Tye For the La Habra Journal
Imagine yourself a soldier, stationed in Alaska in 1860. You would do whatever you had to do to stay warm, right? You couldn’t walk to the nearest liquor store to get a bottle of brandy, alcohol was forbidden. Well, you gotta do what you gotta do. They made crude firewater to warm their innards and dull their senses.
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Today’s politically correct environment didn’t exist then but it still creates pause as to why they named the swill after the local tribe which they mispronounced Hoochen. Nevertheless, the name stuck and was shortened during the Klondyke gold rush 30 years later and became common during prohibition. Whether you call it booze, moonshine or firewater, those predecessors called it Hooch.
LH shows that it really is a truly caring community The motto of La Habra is a Caring Community. Most days this often gets lost among our busy lives and just clumped in with other traditional city things like the city flower or seal. However, this time of year it really comes to the forefront of events in the city. Just take a look at the pages of this issue. Nearly every page highlights some kind of charitable act or event. From a 65-year-old woman who has donated countless amounts of platelets to help an unknown number of cancer patients, to four high school athletes who decided to do something and help make sure kids in the community have shoes and a special Christmas. The entire campus of Whittier Christian High School rallying around a student battling an aggressive form of cancer. The students helped raise money and the head of the school and teachers shaved their heads as a show of support. There was the annual Cruise for a Cause car show that the Lions held last week to raise money for the K9 Foundation. There is also the launch of their eyeglass donation collection centers. Senor Campos Restaurant holds a breakfast and toy giveaway for children from the Boys and Girls Club. The Children’s Museum of La Habra also holds two weekends of breakfast with Santa, for children to come and enjoy the season. There are also two annual events that are happening this weekend, the city’s Operation Santa Claus that helps
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needy families in the community have a merry Christmas. Also, Sonora High School’s annual food drive is happening Saturday. Each year the students give up their first day of winter break to put together family care packages of food, necessities and homemade crafts to needy families in La Habra. And these are just the ones that we at the La Habra Journal know about. There are countless others through various community organizations and churches that echo what the city and local schools are doing. It really is an amazing time of year that demonstrates the large amount of caring in this community. You can drive down La Habra Boulevard and see the volunteers working on the Habitat for Humanity Homes. You can pass one of the many parks in the city and chances are you will see a community-built playground all done by local volunteers. Looking at it as a whole really shows the true caring nature of our community. Try to take it all in and appreciate the heart that this community has. In the future, when you or someone you know thinks, “oh, it’s just La Habra, nobody cares,” take a moment to remember this time and the amount of love this community can show. From all of us at the La Habra Journal, we wish you very happy holidays and a joyful new year!
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OIL: One lawsuit dropped, one more pending From Page 1
The HOW suit claims that council adopted the exact language proposed by Pigott and his attorneys. HOW claims that “the new ballot question contains inaccurate language that will mislead voters as to the purpose and intent of “Measure A” and the city could have used other options. “The city had in mind caving in as fast as possible, making it impossible for the initiative proponents to defend the ballot question,” Michael Hughes, a person named in the HOW lawsuit, said at the Dec. 1 special meeting. Hughes contended that if the city did not make a deal to change Pigott’s verbiage, than HOW would have had a chance to challenge the suit while the city takes a back seat. Now, representatives on behalf of HOW have prepared a lawsuit, which is dated Dec. 12.
Shauna Clark, city manager, said the city has not seen an official lawsuit yet (by press time). “I have heard rumors they are suing us, but nothing has been filed,” Clark said. But she also affirmed the deadline for printing the ballots is Dec. 29. And the city also needs the ballots translated, which has a deadline of Dec. 22. The HOW lawsuit was prepared by the Advocacy Group Earthjustice, and a copy of the suit has been published on its website. It claims to be the nation’s first and largest nonprofit environmental law organizations. Steele and other members of HOW assert that the ideas in the initiative were hatched by residents of La Habra Heights and that the advocacy groups did not “swoop down” and take control of the HOW initiative, despite the help it is receiving from these groups.
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LOCAL NEWS
30th Wedding Anniversary
Local couple celebrate three decades
Bruce and Renee Verbeck shared their thirtieth wedding anniversary this year. They have two children,Courtney 27 and Brandon 24, both who attended La Habra high School. Bruce is the former owner of Park Place Salons in Whittier and La Habra for almost 25 years and now does home remodeling /design. Renee is the administrative assistant to the superintendent of curriculum for the Lowell Joint School District for the last 17 years. They both grew up in the area, Bruce in La Habra attending Lowell Joint Schools and Renee Forquer in Whittier attending Whittier Christian schools and then graduating from La Habra High after begging her parents to go to Lowell High School, but it closed the following year. Bruce and Renee were introduced by a good mutual friend never thinking that it would be a love connection as they were both
Happy Couple: La Habra residents Bruce and Renee Verbeck celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary this year.
in two year relationships each. From the day they met they never spent a day apart except for an already planned week in Hawaii Renee took just two weeks after they met. Bruce said he knew he better grab her up quick because she is one in a zillion and he knew if he didn’t someone else would. Bruce and Renee enjoy antiquing, auto performance and racing, jet skiing, traveling, home remodeling and gardening. They have a dog “Sasha” and three cats. For a present, they decided instead of a trip they would buy a vacation home in Big Bear as a gift to each other and decide what they are going to do for the next 30 years.
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COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Bethany Romanian Baptist Church 1431 W. La Habra Blvd. La Habra, CA 90631 (562) 690-3844
Beth Shalom 14564 Hawes Street, Whittier, CA 90604 562-941-8744 Erev Shabbat Services every Friday at 7:30 pm Shabbat Services every Saturday at 9:45. Calvary Chapel 1370 South Euclid Street La Habra (714) 446-6222 Services: Sunday 9 a.m., & 11 a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. www.cclhabra.org Calvary Chapel Into the Light 217 North Walnut Street La Habra (562) 690-3000 Services: Sunday (English) 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (Spanish) 10:30 a.m. Casa de Oracion 150 E. 1st Ave. La Habra, CA 90631 (562) 278-4282 Services: Thursday 7 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m., 6 p.m. Church of Christ 1621 West Lambert Road La Habra (562) 697-4115 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 2351 E La Habra Blvd. La Habra (562) 691-1212 Community Bible Church 401 E. 1st Ave. La Habra (562) 691-2798 Service: Sunday 11 a.m. Crossroads Community Church 222 N. Euclid La Habra (562) 691-6674 Service: Sunday 10 a.m. Emanuel Lutheran Church 150 N. Palm Street La Habra (562) 691-0656 Service: Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Family Bible Church 123 E. 2nd Ave. La Habra (562) 694-9900 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Friday 6:30 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. Facebook: Family Bible Church of La Habra
Green Hills Baptist 2200 West Imperial Hwy. La Habra (562) 943-7291 Services: Sunday (English) 8, 9:30 & 11 a.m. (Spanish) 11 a.m. (Korean) 1 p.m. Heights Worship Center International Ministries 2000 West Road La Habra Heights (626) 893-9963 Service: Sunday 8:30-10 a.m. Friday: 7 p.m. Youth worship & Adult Connection Rev. N. Jaren Lapasaran, Jr. - Sr. pastor www.hwcim.org Hillcrest Congregational 2000 West Road La Habra Heights (562) 947-3755 Service: Sunday 10:30 a.m. Inglesia Bautista 700 W. La Habra Blvd. La Habra (562) 691-8162 Services: Sunday 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Bible Sudy, prayer service Wed. 7 p.m. Bilingual services Korean Gospel Presbyterian Church 1751 West La Habra Boulevard La Habra (562) 694-6214 Services: Sunday 9 a.m., 11 a.m. La Habra Christian Church 400 Bella Vista Drive La Habra Heights (562) 691-0514 Services: Sunday 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. La Habra Foursquare Mission 324 E. 1st Ave. La Habra (562) 694-2224 Services: Sunday 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. La Habra Hills Presbyterian 951 N. Idaho Street La Habra (562) 691-3296 Service: Sunday 10 a.m. La Habra United Methodist 631 N. Euclid St. La Habra (562) 691-1797 Service: Sunday 10:30 a.m. Lighthouse Landmark Missionary Baptist Church 550 N. Euclid St. La Habra (562) 697-1364 Service: Sunday 10:45 a.m. Lutheran Church of the Master 1601 West La Habra Blvd. La Habra (562) 697-2884 Service Sunday 9 a.m.
Morningstar Christian Chapel 16241 Leffingwell Road Whittier, CA 90603 (562) 943-0297 Service: Sunday 8:30, 9:45, 11:30 a.m. Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m. Young Adults (18-25): Friday 7:00 p.m. Jack Abeelen Senior Pastor www.morningstarcc.org
Potter’s Christian Fellowship 740 East Lambert Road La Habra (562) 690-7020 Service: Sunday 10 a.m.
Mission Presbyterian Church 1901 E. Lambert Rd. Suite 105 La Habra (714) 448-3305 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.. mid-week study
St. Paul Lutheran Church 111 W. Las Palmas Drive Fullerton, CA 92835 714-879-8290 Services: Sunday Liturgical 8.a.m. and 11 a.m. Praise: 9:30 a.m.
Na Sung 1620 Fullerton Road La Habra Heights (562) 690-7979 Services: Sunday 8 a.m., 11 a.m. New Life Church of La Habra 740 E. Lambert Rd. Unit E La Habra (562) 694-5534 newlifechurchlahabra.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.; Our Lady of Guadalupe 900 West La Habra Boulevard La Habra (562) 691-0533 www.olglahabra.org Call or visit for service information
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Rehoboth Reformed Church 501 South Idaho Street #120 La Habra (626) 820-9390 Service: Sunday 10 a.m.
Vineyard North Orange County 615 S. Palm St La Habra (562) 697-4600 Services: Saturday 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. The Warehouse Foursquare Church 16200 E. Amber Valley Dr. Whittier (562) 690-5109 Services: Sunday 9 a.m., 11 a.m.
Is your religious center or place of worship not on here? Did your services change? Having a wedding? Let us know. news@lahabrajournal.com
LOCAL NEWS
7 OBITUARY
Elaine Rodriguez Corral 1950 - 2014
Elaine Rodriguez Corral, 64; Loving wife, mother, grandmother
By Yajira Perez La Habra Journal
The La Habra Police Department and Lt. Mel Ruiz hosted the first-ever Coffee with a Cop on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Casa Adelita’s restaurant to welcome the La Habra community. Coffee with a Cop provided a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the department’s work in La Habra’s neighborhoods. The community trickled in and out of the restaurant to chat with LHPD officers. One of the many who stopped by to have a cup of coffee with the officers was Jason Ho. “I came here looking to get more information on how to apply for the Reserves program with LHPD,” Ho said. After he talked to Ruiz, he said he received a lot of useful information on how to obtain a career with the department. “I’m glad I came in because I made a good contact here on how to move forward with my application.”
Although not all who attended the event were seeking career opportunities. Long-time La Habra residents Mark Lawton and Paul Jaramillo shared some suggestions. “You should put a group together for bike rides to speak to the youth at parks,” Lawton suggested. He explained how this may help the youth feel more comfortable with authority figures. “The youth can also help paint houses where it’s needed most,” Jaramillo added. David Gonzalez, the public administrator for the police department, shared that they will soon be launching their own mobile app that will share stories, send alerts and share tips with the community. Coffee with a Cop is a national initiative supported by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The program aims to promote community policing through relationship-building between police officers and community members.
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A giving soul in the local community
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There is a saying that people should do nothing out of selfish ambition or out of vain conceit. Rather, in humility they should value others above themselves. La Habra resident Lorna Badame lives that belief. For the last 21 years, Badame has traveled to the City of Hope in Duarte to donate her platelets to help cancer patients. She has given more than 370 units of platelets and continues to donate. “I just like helping people,” Badame explained. She started donating in 1993, after her daughter Cyndi was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. She survived and has been in remission for 28 years. “She found out 10 days before her sixteenth birthday,” Badame said. “They said she had a 50-50 chance of not having children. Now she’s the mother of two teenagers.” Cyndi was treated at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and while Lorna donates to the City of Hope, she helps support CHOC too. For the last 20 years she has participated in the annual CHOC Walk, and raises between $1,500 – $3,200 for the hospital each year. However, her biweekly commitment to the City of Hope is something that she continues to hold dear to her heart. Even though her
daughter has long since recovered, Lorna continues to make the trip. But she is not alone. Her husband Pete drives Lorna to and from each of her visits. The process can take up to three hours each visit. Pete admitted they have a system. “I drive her and when she is getting the procedure, I go do the laundry,” Pete said. “Sometimes he’ll treat me by taking me to Sprouts on the way home,” Lorna added with a slight chuckle. The Badames don’t stop with donating. The two are active members of the Lions Club and Elks Lodge in La Habra. Pete is also active with the American Legion and various other groups in the community. Lorna has also donated her time to help at the Gary Center, The Boys and Girls Club and Help for Brain Injured Children. Lorna, 65, added that she knows that it’s important for people like her, who are able to donate, do so and to such a dedicated place. “The City of Hope does such marvelous things,” she said. She added that one of the reasons she donates is to help places like City of Hope that treat cancer patients, defray the cost of some of the needed supplies. She explained that only about 45 percent of blood and blood products are donated. The rest they have to purchase from places like the Red Cross. She added that they can cost anywhere from $300-3,000 a unit. “Since I can’t afford to donate financially,
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A giving couple: La Habra residents Pete and Lorna Badame share a smile. Lorna has donated more than 370 units of platelets to the City of Hope in Duarte to help cancer patients.
then this is the best way for me to do it,” she said. Platelets are blood cells whose function is to control bleeding. These platelets are needed by cancer patients who are going through treatment because their bodies are unable to produce enough to maintain their health. Because cancer patients aren’t able to take in the amount of whole blood needed to replenish the platelets, the donor’s blood must be broken down. The donation process includes what is called apheresis where the blood is drawn out and run through a centrifuge that takes out the platelets
and a little plasma and sends it to the donor bag. The remaining blood is then returned back to the donor. Since only part of the blood is removed, there is less recovery time needed. Lorna explained that she is limited to 24 times a year. She will reach 400 units donated sometime in 2016. That would make Lorna only the second person to donate that many units. But if you ask her, she doesn’t see that number as a stopping point. “I want to keep going,” she said with a humble smile. “I’ll keep donating as long as I can.”
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Senor Campos helps make holidays special for Boys & Girls Club By Yajira Perez La Habra Journal
Twinkling white lights, Christmas garland hung, and red ribbons adorned Señor Campos & Tillie’s restaurant. They are busy preparing for a holiday season full of Christmas parties, including a special one on Dec. 13. For the past 21 years, the restaurant has invited children from the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra to a breakfast and visit from Santa Claus. The children invited are members of the club ranging between the ages of 5 to 8 years old. After seating the 44 children for breakfast, Mark McGarvo, La Habra Boys and Girls club board member, led them in a prayer before their first bite. Next, the boys and girls dug into their eggs and chorizo with beans and rice. They sang, “jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way” as they finished their breakfast. The mood was set for the visit from Santa Claus. As the children sang the last of the lyrics, Santa walked in and helped them finish strong. There was gasps heard all around the room from the children. John and Tillie Campos, the previous restaurant owners, started the tradition more than two decades ago, but Tillie passed away and John sold the restaurant. However, Lulu Serrato, Suqui Garduno and Daniel Alvarez, the new owners of Señor Campos restaurant, wanted to keep
up the tradition because they like to keep Tillie’s tradition alive. They took over the restaurant two years ago, and have not broken the breakfast tradition. This year the event happened to have landed on Tillie’s birthday. “Last week we were so busy with Christmas parties that we had to postpone the breakfast until this week,” Serrato said. She mentioned they like to have the event on the first week of December just like Tillie, but for some reason, it couldn’t happen this year. “It couldn’t have gone any better though, today on Tillie’s birthday,” Garduno said. Campos and his family get to enjoy the smiles on kids’ faces when they are invited back for the holiday tradition. “Tillie always had a heart for the children,” Campos said. The children lined up, ready to sit on Santa’s lap. “Have you been a good little girl,” asked Santa. The kids were in awe and most simply nodded their heads trying to say yes. The boys were given a “rev-up” monster truck set and the girls were given a colorful backpack with supplies. As the kids moved down the line, Santa said goodbye until next year. The children waved goodbye with a glow in their eyes. Mark Chavez, Boys & Girls Club executive director, and his staff know this wouldn’t be possible without Señor Campos restaurant. On a count of three, the children yelled out, “Thank you Señor Campos!”
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Breakfast time: Students from the Boys and Girls Club enjoy a hot fresh breakfast at Senor Campos during the restaurant’s annual toy giveaway for the children.
The nice list: Santa was on hand to give each boy and girl a toy to go home with at Senor Campos during the restaurant’s annual toy giveaway for the children.
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12 Sonora seniors give some soles to community children By Gigi Gradillas La Habra Journal
Children with painted faces smiled and laughed as they grabbed their pairs of shoes and ran to meet their parents in the parking lot of the Salvation Army in Santa Fe Springs. The children and their parents maneuvered around tables collecting their brand new shoes thanks to some local heroes. Four seniors from Sonora High School collected shoes for less fortunate children through Soles4Souls, an organization which collects donated shoes for a cause. Seniors Jake Rosander, Christian Rhodes, Ben Rico, and Christian Miller, along with the help of their family and friends, were able to hold their own shoe distribution for the children. Rosander started collecting shoes when he was in eighth grade. “Back in 2010, the earthquake hit Haiti,” Rosander recalled. “I was watching TV, watching all of the people walking around without shoes on and it just made me wonder how they could possibly walk around the crumpled streets with rubble, glass, and trash. I looked up any organizations that would help that cause and
I found Soles4Souls.” In 2013, Rosander, who is heading to Brown University, and his grandmother traveled to Haiti through Soles4Souls. “Making those relations with those kids made me want to continue,” Rosander said. Since his first shoe drive, he has continued to collect them. During his freshman year, three of his best friends, Rhodes, Rico, and Miller, joined him in his shoe drive success. Together, along with Rosander’s previous collections, they have raised over 10,000 pairs of shoes. Their distribution helped 100 needy children. In addition to the shoes, the kids also received books, beanies, mittens, and sack lunches provided by Lunch4LA, a nonprofit organization that was started by Ben Rico’s older brother, Christian. The organization, started by this Sonora alumnus, collects food to distribute to the homeless in Los Angeles’ Skid Row. In addition, the teens were able to work with Lomeli’s Italian Restaurant who donated a pasta lunch for all the families. The extra donations collected came from the senior boys’ families and friends. “Family and friends donated and it just turned into this big thing,” Di-
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Helping with soles: Sonora seniors Christian Miller, Ben Rico, Andrew Sakuda, Christian Rhodes and Jake Rosander stand with some of the children who received donated shoes last week.
anne Rosander, Jake’s mother, says of the overwhelming amount of support the four boys have received. Heydi, 9, of La Puente was one of the children receiving a new pair of shoes. “I got shoes but they’re being decorated right now with ladybugs,” she said. This is just a step in the charity efforts. Rosander, with the help of his friends, is continuing to collect shoes. He explained that if they reach the 25,000 mark of shoe collections, Soles4Souls will send him back to Haiti. Soles4Souls is a global not-forprofit institution dedicated to fighting the devastating impact and
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Whittier Christian shaves for a cause
By Jay Seidel La Habra Journal
Gasps and applause filled the campus of Whittier Christian High School Monday as a sophomore armed with electric shears cut locks of hair off the main official at school. Students gathered at lunch to watch head of school Carl Martinez, along with three other teachers, get their hair lopped off for a good cause—to help raise money and awareness for WCHS sophomore Abbey Schemmer. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2012 and has since undergone numerous surgeries and treatments such as helmet therapy treatment for $22,000 a month. Her fellow classmates created the “Shave it for Schemmer” campaign last week to help raise money to help offset some of Schemmer’s medical costs. “It’s really cool that they did that for me,” Schemmer said with a smile. Students and some faculty pledged to have their hair cut as different amounts were raised. Martinez was joined Monday by teachers: Brett Esslinger, Joel Nunnally and Gary Bowman, who shaved his beard. Martinez pledged to cut his hair if students and faculty raised $5,000. As Martinez was having Schemmer shave his hair in front of the school, he announced they had reached more than $16,400. “It really is amazing,” Martinez said. “And it is to help such an amazing girl.” Schemmer had her first surgery to remove the tumor from the frontal lobe of her brain on Jan. 8. The doctors were confident that they got it all, but then found another mass in her brain that would need to be removed. The tumor was sent to the Mayo Clinic, UCSF, and finally to Johns Hopkins. The pathology report
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A caring crew: Whittier Christian students and faculty gather in support of Sophomore Abbey Schemmer (center with hat) who is battling cancer. The Heralds raised more than $16,000 to help offset medical costs. To help raise awareness many of the faculty, including the head of school, shaved their heads.
revealed that is was grade IV glioblastoma multiforme, a very aggressive form of cancer. A week later, Shemmer was readmitted and the other mass was removed. It was at that time that her parents were informed that she had a second cancer called primitive neuroectodermal tumor, or PNET. Found primarily in the cerebrum, this cancer spreads throughout the central nervous system. Doctors said Shemmer’s is in the lining of her brain tissue and in her spinal column, and just like the glioblastoma, it is extremely aggres-
sive and difficult to treat. To date, Schemmer has completed 42 consecutive days of chemotherapy, and 33 treatments of radiation to the brain with 21 treatments to the spinal column. She still has more treatments ahead. The campaign started last week during the school’s weekly chapel. Schemmer’s two older brothers and three other students shaved their heads to kick off the campaign. Three female instructors, Debra Clark, Nicole Nicolaides and Allison Kleinsasser, are next to be shorn.
They pledged that they would shave their heads if funds reached $10,000. “I really didn’t think it would get this big,” Schemmer said. “But it did.” Some knew it would take off. “Abbey is such an exceptional girl who has gone through a lot,” said Katie Hunter, the college adviser at the campus. “I knew this campaign was going to raise some money to help.”
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The Sonora Raiders basketball team cruised through their first two games of the North Orange County Tournament. The Raiders started with a 71-54 win over Diamond Bar, and then dominated Long Beach Wilson winning 79-32. The Raiders could be playing up to 5 games in 6 days, if they continue to play this well. Much of the Raiders success can be attributed to the hot shooting from seniors Josh Rodriguez and Christian Rhodes. In the two games, Rodriguez has scored 43 total points and Christian Rhodes has scored 49 points between the two games. Christian Rhodes was shooting especially well against Wilson scoring 30 points in just three quarters. “It’s always fun when you’re shooting like 90 percent from the 3 point line,” Rhodes said. Rhodes wanted to go after the school record of 43 points, but Murphy had different plans. “You know with Christian the school record would probably be 60 if I let players play all four quarters in games like this,” Murphy said
describing a conversation with his shooting guard. “Christian Rhodes was just on fire, he just had a remarkable game,” Rhodes got off too a quick start, knocking down his first two three pointers and ended up with 12 points in the first quarter. “I always have confidence, but normally I’m a pass first kind of player, and so tonight I was feeling it so then I became a shoot first, and they just kept going in,” Rhodes said. He continued his hot shooting adding 13 in the second quarter, though most of these came from easy layups as the Raiders were able to get out in transition. The pace the Raiders played at was indicative of the pace they’d like to play moving forward. With Rodriguez and Rhodes creating a constant outside threat, they were able to open up the inside game where Steven Murphy was able to finish three untouched layups. “Dude its ridiculous, like nobody can guard us if we make shots, its literally impossible,” Rodriguez said. “I was so happy for Steven,” Mike Murphy said as he compared how strong his performances were down the stretch last year. “He started to break out a little bit against Woodbridge, and then
tonight Josh found him four or five times with some great passes, and Steven finished really nicely,” Murphy said. In addition to their red hot shooting, the Raiders played lock down defense forcing tough shots the entire game. “Our team is a high powered offense, so most of the time our practices focus on defense, and our offense is always going to be there, but our defense keeps increasingly getting better, that’s just only going to help us out in the long run for playoffs,” Rhodes said. The Raiders led after the first quarter up 23-8, and were up 44-17 at halftime. The Raiders struggled with foul trouble in the first two quarters, but you would never have noticed based on their body language. “They responded way better, their body language was much better, we’ve been talking about it, Murphy said. After Friday’s game against Woodbridge, Murphy wanted to make sure they paid attention to their emotions. “They’re 16 and 17 year old kids, and they’re emotional and they play with a lot of emotion, and that’s what makes us good too, the fact that they care so much and they play with that intensity,”
With the game under control Murphy let the bench get some valuable minutes together, allowing Sophomores Bryce Rutledge, Austin Carter, and Kevin Marlow to develop some chemistry together. The Raiders next step will be in the knockout rounds, where they will start on Thursday night.
uation, they will need to find new scoring options. “Instead of having one girl score 30 goals this year, we could have one girl have 30 assists,” Sanger said. This year instead of running their offensive attack through one player, they will run their offense through Darriell Franklin, who will be the playmaker on this team. “We’ve actually changed up our formation to give her more freedom offensively,” Sanger said. The arrival of Franklin will be very helpful, after she was lost for the season with an ankle injury she suffered during the first Sonora La Habra game. Another change this season will be a new formation which will help allow
them to filter their offense through multiple players, one of them being Sara Weiland who will move from the defense to attack. “She’s very athletic, very strong, has a fantastic shot, she’s just never played the position before,” Sanger said. Coach Sanger mentioned an incoming freshman Talia Carter, who will look to be a difference maker for the next four years. Last year the defense was anchored by goal keeper Katelyn Phinney who will again be leading the defense. “Katie’s a stud, she is just a stud. If I were playing against her, I wouldn’t want to challenge her for a ball,” Sanger said. Jessica Garcia, Samiya Washington and Rebecca Hernandez who were
first year varsity players last year will be leading up the middle. Catalina Norris who had a breakout year last year suffered an injury, and her status this season is unknown. This year the La Habra Girls soccer program looked to be more organized, which has allowed them to make changes and give players specific roles. The biggest transition this year will be the evolution of their offensive attack. Sanger’s hope would be to see five or six players with 10 or 15 goals. “We’re going to create more chances than we did last year,” Sanger said. With the way they finished last year, in a playoff for third, it’s conceivable that La Habra could take a step forward, but with some of their changes, they could also take a step back.
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Driving: Sophomore Kevin Marlow takes the ball down court during Sonora’s 71-54 win against Diamond Bar High School Monday afternoon.
Lady Highlanders ready for soccer season By Erik Markus La Habra Journal
The La Habra Girls soccer team will have some big expectations to fill, but are poised to capitalize on a strong finish to last season. Last year the La Habra Lady Highlanders finished tied for 3rd place and competed in CIF playoffs. Their run in playoffs was short, getting knocked out in the first round to Long Beach Wilson, but provided valuable experience for many returning starters. “We had a really young team last year, but that being said, we still have nine starting returners,” head coach Sanger said. Last year’s team was led by Brooke Mays, who shouldered the scoring responsibilities, but with her grad-
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