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• 45,000 homes- Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, East Lakewood, Norwalk & La Palma • Vol. 20 No. 34 • October 9, 2009 • www.loscerritosnews.net •

Craver Forced Out as Artesia’s Football Coach After Three Games

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By Loren Kopff Sports Editor

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n a stunning sequence of events dating back to the fall of 2008, Aaron Craver was forced to resign from his position as head varsity football coach at Artesia High School on Sept. 28. Craver cited that on Sept. 14, Artesia principal Sergio Garcia wanted to have assistant principal Ryan Zerbal assume all of the play calling and decision making for the remainder of the season.

“They told me two weeks before the Gahr game that Ryan Zerbal, the vice principal, was ‘going to come in and run everything and you’re just going to help out’,” Craver said. “I told Mr. Garcia I didn’t agree with that because that’s not what I came here for. He said that’s how it’s going to be.”

Craver went on to say that the administration used the word “resigned” rather than him being fired and that Garcia ‘knows how a football program should be run.

Assistant Joe Veach takes over the head coaching duties and becomes the fourth football coach under Garcia’s watch since he became Artesia’s principal prior to the 2005-2006 school year.

Interference Artesia opened the season Sept. 4 at Edison, a 36-0 loss, then fell to Millikan 42-13 on Sept. 11. The team had its bye week the following Friday before hosting Gahr on Sept. 25, a 44-7 setback. Craver said he coached the team the week of the Gahr game but that Zerbal constantly gave his input to the players no matter what Craver would say.

Craver added that ‘it was a bad situation’.

“The whole two weeks leading up to the Gahr game were just a lot of distractions,” Craver said. “It was not an environment that you would like to have to get your team ready to play a game.”

“Towards the end of the game, the vice principal came up to me and told me what we should do,” See ARTESIA on Page 14

Inside St. I's Jog-a-thon Oct 16

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Rendering of the sculpture as it would look when placed in front of the CareMore building. The sculpture is composed of two linear stainless steel structures, the tallest being 38 ft. tall and the second approximately 36 ft. tall.

By Jerry Bernstein The Cerritos City Council approved a Fine Arts and Historical Commission recommendation for a long-term loan of a sculpture from the California Arts Council and Department of General Service. Entitled “Angelic Duet” it

would be located in front of the “Care More” building on Park Plaza Drive as you enter the city from the 91 freeways on the Shoemaker off ramp. In approving the agreement, the Council agreed the location, one of the main entrances to the city, was the perfect site.

Chinese Moon Festival at Senior Center

Assistant City Manager Kathy Matsumoto said James T. Russell who created the Cerritos Veterans Memorial in the Cerritos Civic Center created the sculpture. She said the piece was initially commissioned by the State in 1978 as a part of their Art in Public Places program, and was installed at the See SCULPTURE on Page 13

Burbank Elementary School Teachers Recipients of Wal Mart Foundation Teachers Reward Program

Right-Ten Burbank Elementary School Teachers were recipients of a $100 awards from the Wal-Mart. A spokesperson for the store in the Cerritos Towne Center said the reward cards are meant to help offset teachers’ out of pocket expenses for school supplies purchased for their classrooms. The 10 teachers include Ranida Delarosa, Toni Flores, Walter Matera, Debi Melnnos. Stacy Transue, Liz Caballero, Lynn Bartos, Hector Ruiz, Linda Baas, and Karen Farley.

Sports Football• Glenn Eagles lose league opener Volleyball• Cerritos spikers barely tested Track/Field• Lady Dons fall to La Mirada again • Norwalk boys easily win first cluster meet

Index Left –Burbank Elementary School teachers awarded a bag each of school supplies for use in their classrooms by representatives from the Cerritos Wal Mart store in the Towne Center. Pictured are Susan Ahn, Paul Centejas, Steve Downing, Erin Nawa, Karen Koch, Ji Lim, Ari Keester, Tricia Minnehan and Ann Kim. On average teacher spend $512 a year out of their own pockets for classroom materials and supplies, audio-visual aids and incentive and motivational items.

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David Shaffer Holds Fundraising Dinner

Approximately 100 supporters of David Shaffer, candidate for the ABC School Board gathered at a local Chinese restaurant recently at a fundraiser dinner to meet the candidate. Shaffer, who has volunteered the past five years as a basketball and soccer coach for the Cerritos Recreation Department is Award of Merit recipient from the city for his efforts. A resident of Cerritos he and his wife Vivian of 14 years have a son attending the ABC schools. He said his goals, if elected, include maintaining a balanced budget, retain and seek quality teachers, ensure high educational standards are met, and maintain and improve the District’s relationship with all district cities, colleges and universities.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Marketing, Master’s Degree in International Business and has an international business background from living in Canada and Asia.

He also speaks Chinese.

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St. Irenaeus Kicks Off Jog-A-Thon Fundraiser

Jog-A-Thon Coordinator Lisa Sambrana with students representing K-8 at St. I’s ParIsh School with a grand prize basket containing items for Anaheim Angles Fans.

By Shelly Henderson Photo by Shelly Henderson The overcast sky did nothing to dampen the spirits of the students as they gathered around St. Irenaeus’s flagpole to celebrate the opening of the annual Joga-thon fundraising event. The theme this year is baseball, and many children were adorned with caps of their favorite teams.

Each grade level, too, wore brightly hued T-shirts, which only added to the excitement and color despite the morning marine layer. To add to the baseball feel, Father Patrick Moses, pastor of St. Irenaeus Parish, played a role as a stadium vendor, tossing prizes to a lucky few students in the crowd.

The assembly opened with the national anthem, the pledge of allegiance, and a prayer before getting down to business.

Mrs. Lisa Sambrano, head of fundraising, addressed the students, motivating them

with the prizes that await the families that raise the most money: baseball-themed baskets. The grand prize, which received a rousing cheer from the students, is an Angels basket full of commemorative memorabilia and other assorted spoils.

Finally, the students participated in a cheer competition between the classes, from the eighth grade all the way down to kindergarten. Each class, or ‘team,’ performed some sort of chant or fight song, some involving rhythmic clapping or waving pompoms. The winners, Mrs. Maua’s Mini Dynamites, received a small baseball trophy for their efforts and creativity, but everyone enjoyed the contest, to judge by their enthusiasm. And, by the time everyone left, the clouds had parted, and the sun mirrored their verve in its brightness.

The Jog-a-thon event is scheduled for the evening of Oct. 16. Students will be campaigning for sponsors every week until then.

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ABC School Board Votes To “Join The Club" Cuts Board Member compensation.

By Shelley Henderson In an action that continued a long-standing spirit of exemplary cooperation and support among the ABC School District Board of Education and the District’s administration, faculty and staff, the members of the Board voted 6-0 to cut the amount of money that each member receives for serving on the Board in an amount proportional to the cut taken by the District’s faculty and staff in contract negotiations approved at the June 23 Board meeting.

Board member David Montgomery was absent. However, in an email sent to Board member Mark Pulido and read into the record, Montgomery expressed wholehearted support of the proposal by invoking something his own mother had taught him: Don’t ask others to do something that you are unwilling to do yourself.

The budget approved at the June 23 meeting assumed that the student population will shrink by 150, that new flexibility legislated by the state will allow transfer of $3.6 million in categorical funds, that the district will have available $5.4 million in state fiscal stabilization funds from the federal stimulus program, that $1.8 million will be available from federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funds and that employee furlough days will provide approximately $2.2 million in savings.

The approved budget further assumed delayed rehiring of non-classroom personnel, reduced contracts and operating expenses, and elimination or modification of class size reduction programs.

Also approved at the same June 23 meeting were labor agreements that called for

a reduction of the work year and consequent reduction in compensation for teachers, staff and administrative personnel that explicitly included four unpaid furlough days.

Total net revenues in the approved budget came to $163 million and total expenditures of $165 million for a deficit of $1.5 million. The deficit will be made up from the district’s reserve fund.

Superintendent Gary Smuts opened discussion of the agenda item by praising the hard work and foresight of those who put the budget and labor agreements together under the cloud of the California state budget crisis. Because of that hard work and foresight, no further cuts are currently needed to bring the School District’s budget into line with the current state budget.

In his comments, District Chief Financial Officer Toan Nguyen stressed that changes to the budget may be forced later in the year should promised funding from the state be further reduced. That promised state funding depends on state revenues meeting projections in the current state budget. On August 10th, California State Controller John Chiang released information stating that state general fund revenues dropped eight percent in July 2009 when compared to July 2008. Personal income tax revenue dropped 11.5 percent ($335 million) year-over-year. Revenue from corporate taxes rose 9.1 percent ($18.9 million) and sales tax rose 20.8 percent ($185 million), not enough to make up for the drop in personal income tax.

Gavin Riley, representing the ABC Federation of Teachers, Local #2317, spoke in favor of the proposal, expressing the consensus that all bargaining units were treated in a similar fair manner that would avoid long--term animosity. Especially appreciated was that no permanent employees have been laid off. He expressed gratitude for the Board members willingly voting to “join the club.”

Following the close of discussion, the proposal was approved by voice acclamation.

COMMUNITY NEWS GROUP • OCTOBER 9, 2009 It will result in a small but highly symSHORT SALE bolic savings of $1,510 to the District genSPECIALIST eral fund.The headquarters for the ABC Unified School District is located at 16700 Norwalk Blvd. in the city of Cerritos. For more information call the District’s main telephone number at 562-926-5566 or visit the official District website at www. abcusd.k12.ca.us.

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to the latest attempt to further muddy the waters in the health care debate by those who would have us believe that malpractice tort reform is the simple solution to lowering cost, I noted that thirty-six (36) states have already enacted such laws dating back decades and it has had virtually no impact on lowering health care costs.

In a response letter (LCCN 10/2/09) John Transue seems to acknowledge this but cites Florida as a state without tort reform and consequently supposed problems.

Mr. Transue should have done his homework because Florida’s Malpractice Tort Reform Act was signed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Today Florida’s law is generally viewed as the “holy grail” of malpractice reform from the standpoint of the insurance industry.

The Florida law has the obligatory caps on malpractice judgments and attorney fees but then goes on to look like a bill of rights for insurance interests. Among the gems in it are shielding HMO’s from any lawsuits, requiring that plaintiffs in court cases prove not only negligence but “reckless disregard” in order to win a judgment, and limiting plaintiff witnesses in such court cases to only those with firsthand knowledge of the case, but allowing the defense to continue using paid expert testimony. It includes a three strikes law for doctors protecting them from losing their medical license until they have lost three malpractice claims. It even went so far as to allow insurance companies to retroactively modify previous court malpractice cases and settlements to comply with the new capped guidelines. Fortunately, this latter provision was quickly declared illegal because as any middle school history student has learned, an “ex post facto” (after the fact) law is a violation of the Constitution.

About the only thing not in the Florida law was a freeze or rollback of malpractice premiums which as Mr. Transue correctly notes continue to rise. Oddly, they are not rising because of claims which have dropped in number but to maintain profits because doctors increasingly have found this new law conducive to dropping malpractice insurance altogether. A recent study found that two out of every three doctors in South Florida are uninsured. The unintended consequence that physicians have exploited is this legislation coupled with Florida’s homestead law protecting personal property from any seizure and the state’s bankruptcy laws allowing individuals to shield most of their financial assets as well from court action, all combine to make them almost immune from financial liability. (Guess why O.J. moved to Florida?) If sued for malpractice it has become cheaper to simply declare bankruptcy and open a new office than pay malpractice premiums.

The Florida Malpractice Reform Act is a classic example tort reform run amuck. It protects insurance profits, provides unnecessary new security to doctors, does nothing to lower health care costs and, as usual, leaves patients vulnerable. It is the poster child for the kind of damage bad tort reform can inflict on our health care.

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Wal Mart Donates to Burbank Teachers The scene was a Fine Arts class for the teachers at the Burbank Elementary School Library, where the school’s teachers were studying techniques and principals of art to creative expressions. The school’s 20 teachers meet once a month on Wednesdays after the school day has ended with specialists who come to Burbank to train them in techniques in the principal of art to creative expressions.

The program is called Meet the Masters.

The lessons learned will then be carried back to the classroom. On this particular day they were studying techniques used

by Vincent Van Gogh in his paintings.

Burbank is a Visual Performing, and Folk Arts Magnet School and the Meet the Masters come under the Magnet umbrella.

Present were two representatives from the Cerritos Wal Mart in the Towne Center, Jessica and Brett, who were about to conduct a drawing for 10 $100 Wal Mart gift certificates and 10 bags filled with school supplies for use in their classrooms through the Wal Mart Foundation’s Teacher Rewards Program. Principal Beth Bray drew names of each teacher for the gift certificates followed by a drawing for the bags.

Brett explained the Teachers Rewards Program is replacing the Teacher of the Year, which allowed stores to select one local teacher to be recognized. He said WalMart believes this year, as economic needs of students grow, it is essential to provide financial support to more teachers; The Reward Certificates can be used at any Wal Mart or Sam’s Club store.

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Sergio Mendez Sambas While H2O Raps at Cerritos

By Glen Creason It certainly was what I expected when Brazilian music mainstreamer Sergio Mendez took the stage at the Performing Arts Center with his ten-member ensemble and began the bossa nova/samba grooves that typify his successes here in the states. I can remember far, far back when I was a wee lad the gently pulsating rhythms of Brazil 66 and a hit that reached high on the charts. That one song, called “Mas Que Nada” placed the Sergio Mendez name in the musical books for all time and then there were some other hits in the following decades that pushed him out of South America alone and into the global action. Not one to let the Pop music grass grow between his toes Mendes has always reached out beyond boundaries and has reinvented his music and himself in recent years, even teaming up with the Black Eyed Peas in recent vintages.

At this performance in Cerritos Mendez was all over the musical map and crossed more genre than You Tube as he surprisingly made a young rapper named H2O a central figure in the proceedings.

H did make the show lively and pumped up the crowd on songs that morphed form bossa nova to hip hop but Mendez, sitting calmly at his keyboard kept an even keel that steered the sounds firmly within the Brazilian current even when it was spiced

by the rappers exhortations and gyrations.

The enthusiastic crowd reacted to the old standbys like “the Girl from Ipanema,” “Samba Da,” “Berimbau,” the sensual “Let Me” and the swinging samba of “Minha Terra” but they still had time to wave their hands in the air and bounce in their seats a bit.

Strange things were happening in the hall as my reviewers pen was stolen from my press kit at the intermission but I was saved by the House Manager once more and was able to make notes on the much more eclectic second half. The music began with a genuine 1980’s musical melodrama “Never Going to Let You Go” sung by vocalist Giuseppe who followed with a less potent but equally sentimental John Legend composition “Please Baby Don’t.” H2O took over again and got the audience hip hopping as high as middleaged folks can hop but then returned them to yesterday with the lush, samba version of “Fool on the Hill” that was hit for Sergio Mendes in the late sixties. One of the most enjoyable parts of the concert was the steadying influence and sweet Portuguese singing of Mrs. Mendes, aka Gracinha Leporace who shone amongst two other backup singers probably half her age. Mendes did have a strong band which he allowed plenty of space to work including a fine bassist, spotlight loving percussionist and drummer Mike Shapiro.

The show closed with the pair of blockbusters: a revved up “Look of Love” that went from bossa nova to party-rap-groove with H2O pumping up the jam and the expansive and throbbing “Mas Que Nada” that went far beyond the mellow sounds the emanated from transistor radios back in the day.

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Treatment will vary according to the severity. The first steps will be good oral hygiene instruction and frequent monitoring. Regular cleanings of the bacteria encrusted surfaces of your teeth is a proven method to stop the destruction caused by these bugs. Surgery may be needed from the periodontist. Maintenance is required because these bugs can double in population every twenty minutes. I have seen periodontal disease that has been in remission only to suddenly (within 6 weeks) strike up again. That is why frequent monitoring is crucial.

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Cerritos Community Prayer Breakfast to be Held Oct. 21

By Jerry Bernstein The Cerritos Community Prayer Breakfast will be held Oct. 21 at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel beginning at 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Keynote speaker will be Matt Luke, two year All American, 1991-92. Luke helped the University of California Bears to an NCAA regional final in 1991 and to the College World Series in 1992. He is also a two-time All-PAC- 10 selection, set a school record with 105 hits while batting .393 in 1991. He finished with a career average of .365 and is the school record holder with 15 career triples.

Luke was drafted and signed by the New York Yankees in 1992, He played 10 years in the major leagues for both the Dodgers and Angeles. During 11 professional seasons, Luke won a World Series title with the 1996 Yankees and was part of four minor league championship teams.

During the last five years he has focused on a Real Estate Career.

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Founded in 1979 Su Casa provides services to families affected by domestic violence. Since its founding, the organization has remained true to its philosophy that every individual has the right to live free from domestic violence or threat of violence.

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The Assemblywoman added that some organizations have been forced to close down some of their shelters because of budget cuts, adding that the shelters are the only thing keeping the victims and their children off the streets.

Congresswoman Roybal-Allard said the work being done by agencies Advisory Board Member Volunteer of the Year Gloria Kappe holds plaque presented like Su Casa is invaluable to victims of domestic violence. She described domesto her by Su Casa Board President Jamie tic violence as one of the great tragedies Hamilton. of American society.

“Domestic violence weakens our economy,” she stated, “by incurring a loss of eight million days of work each year due to abuse. This loss is the equivalent of more than Representing service organization attending the Su Casa Gala are 32,000 fullDeana Porter, Bellflower Soroptimist Club; Pat Law, Artesia-Cerritos time jobs and Soroptimists; Rick Renaker, Cerritos Optimist Club; Marla Burillonearly 5.6 Chavez, Lakewood Rotary, Su Casa Vicki Doolittle, Executive director; million days Maynard Law, Past President Cerritos Optimist Club; Henry Ward, of household Lakewood Lions, Rick Cook, Bellflower Lions and Su Casa Treasurer. productivity.”

She said Shelter that was completely renovated last the Center for Disease Control and Preyear. vention reports that annually 7.7 million Guest speakers include Congresswom- individuals experience assaults from an an Lucille Roybal-Allard [34th District] intimate partner resulting in over 1,500 and California Assemblywoman and Madeaths, and an estimated cost of more than jority Whip Fiona Ma [12th District]. Ma $8 billion in medical treatment, mental said the legislature had passed a bill re-

health care and time away from work.

The Congresswomen said children who witness and suffer from this violence are the greatest risk of passing violent behavior from one generation to the next with boys being twice as likely as girls to become abusers Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Alla in adulthood. continued support of Su Casa in prov She said by domestic violence. Making the pre one major Hamilton and Su Casa Executive Dir obstacle is the lack of financial resources which puts victims in the position of having to choose between either living with the abuse or leaving the abuser without the means to provide for themselves and their children. This is where organizations like Su Casa come into the picture, by providing a safe haven for these victims of domestic violence and why she has introduced a bill called the SAFE ACT to help these people achieve economic independence from their abuser.

The Act makes it possible for victims who are fired as a result of the abuse to receive unemployment, find a safe place to live, see a doctor or go to court without fear of losing their job. She thanked Su Casa and its fellow advocate for their support, which she said is essential to passing it into law.

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By Loren Kopff If there was ever a time for John Glenn’s football team to have a statement game, it was last Friday night when the Eagles hosted La Mirada at Excelsior Stadium. Both teams were sitting at 3-1 and the Eagles wanted to show they were worthy of the fast start to the 2009 season.

But a dropped touchdown pass early in the second half led to just a field goal for Glenn and after that, the Matadores scored 27 unanswered points en route to a 41-24 victory under a full moon. La Mirada has

now won at least 11 straight games over Glenn and has scored at least 39 points six straight seasons.

“We definitely deserve respect,” said John Glenn head coach Anthony Wilson. “In the past, they never respected us. I don’t understand why a team can line up against an opponent and not respect them. We’re demanding respect.

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While La Mirada was scoring on its next four possessions, the Eagles ran 12 plays until they put together their longest drive of the game. Down 41-10, senior quarterback Jose Escobar found Bernard for an eight-yard play, then senior wide receiver Rhamad Green three times for 44 yards. Four plays later, Green caught a 13-yard pass and with Escobar converting on the extra two points, it was 41-18 with 3:03 remaining in the game. When Glenn got the ball back, it took one play for Bernard to redeem himself as he caught a pass from Escobar and jaunted 93 yards down the right sideline for the last score of the game.

“I don’t think it changed the complexion for us,” Wilson said of the dropped touchdown. “We still had our opportunities but if he catches that, it’s 14-14 and they have to change their game plan.”

After a sluggish first half, Escobar came back strong in the second half, especially the fourth quarter and finished with 240 yards passing. Green caught half a dozen for 78 yards while Kelly picked up 60 yards on 14 carries.

Defensively, the Eagles couldn’t find a way to contain Matthew Haltom, a former Glenn player. He led La Mirada with 126 yards on 18 carries and scored the game’s first touchdown. The Matadores had close to 400 yards of total offense and 100 more than Glenn.

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The senior middle blocker began slowly with only four kills in the first game.

But she received contributing help from junior outside hitter Cherise Kam (seven kills), senior outside hitter Jackie Trimble (four kills) and junior middle blocker Jessica Wu (three kills). Ho also served six straight points to push the lead to 11-3 and moments later, senior setter Samantha Adams finished off the first game with 13 consecutive points, including a pair of aces.

“There’s a lot on her shoulders,” said Cerritos head coach Khanh Vo of Ho. “There’s one rotation where she plays right side, there’s one rotation where she plays middle and there’s one rotation where she plays outside. There’s going to be a lot of weight put on her shoulders but for right now she’s carrying us pretty well.”

Cerritos put the pressure on very early in the second game as Trimble reeled off seven straight points to make it a 9-1 contest. Four of those points came from Ho while Trimble had three aces. Trimble again would do wonders when she served 10 straight points after a side out to begin the third game. When it was all said and done, Cerritos had 56 kills and 13 aces. Kam and Wu added 12 and 11 kills respectively while Trimble and senior middle blocker Jade Garrett each had five kills.

“There’s not much I can say,” said Norwalk head coach Ismael Nunez. “Cerritos, with Vo there, has a strong team. I’m not going to take anything away from them.

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In the first of two cluster meets this season, La Mirada had five runners finish in the top seven to help the Matadores defeat Cerritos 24-33 last Thursday at Cerritos Regional Park. Cerritos had runners finish in third, fourth and fifth places but freshman Taylor Jones (19:38) and junior Celinda Manzo (19:41) helped pace La Mirada once again.

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no experience and nothing but doubts on themselves.”

As for the Lancers, who fell to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the league, they were only able to put together consecutive points three times in the entire match. The best rally came in the second game when a kill from junior outside hitter Jessica Gomez gave senior defensive specialist Amanda Rosa the serve where she was aided by a double hit violation on Cerritos, a kill from senior middle blocker Alexis Love and an ace. No one from Norwalk had more than two kills and in fact, of the 22 points scored, 10 came from Cerritos miscues.

Last Saturday in the Garden Grove Tournament, Norwalk would sweep through pool play but fell to Bolsa Grande 25-14 in the playoffs. The Lancers visit John Glenn today and Artesia on Wednesday.

“I’ve said it before, it’s our moral,” Nunez said. “When these girls have an attitude and they don’t believe in themselves, there’s not much I can do. I can’t do much more. They need to believe in themselves.”

When Cerritos, now sitting at 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the circuit, began the match, it was the fourth ranked team in the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-A polls. When the new polls came out this past Monday, the Lady Dons had moved up one spot with league nemesis La Mirada in fourth.

“To be honest, I’m always more concerned about my team,” Vo said. “If we play the right way, I think we’ll compete with a lot of teams.

“It’s nice to get some attention,” he added. “At the end of the day, it’s just win or lose. The number four ranking gives the media and other coaches some idea of how consistent we are as a program, which is good for the girls. But I always

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TO ADVERTISE CALL 800-901-7211 suns that were supposed to scorch the crop and create drought. His skill earned him a pill containing the elixir of life. He was advised to quickly swallow this pill, but first prepare through prayer and fasting for a year.

Unfortunately, his wife Chang-O was lured to the pill too soon and, after swallowing it, was sent into the sky. Although Yi sped after her, he could not catch her.

Chang-O finally landed on the moon, where she ordered a hare to pound another pill so she could return to her husband.

The hare is still pounding today, but once a year, when the moon is full, Yi is able to visit his wife.

SCULPTURE

Continued from page 1 Junipero Serra State Office Building in Los Angeles, which was subsequently sold to the federal government. The sculpture was removed, crated and stored in Sacramento since 2003.

She said the City was being offered the sculpture at no cost to the city for a period of 30 years, with options available to renegotiate the contract prior to the agreements expiration date. However, the City would have to pay for shipping, insurance and installation, including the engineering, lighting, pedestal and foundation costs estimated at $50,000.

The funds would come from the Art in Public Places Trust Fund.

City Manager Art Gallucci said the city would need to obtain permission from Care More for placement of the sculpture.

In other business the Council approved a resolution in opposition to a proposed increase in pension benefits by the Metropolitan Water District for its employees.

In a report to the council, Senior Assistant City Manager Vince Brar said MWD rates have continued to increase for the last several years. He said the latest increase was approved by MWD earlier this year and will increase the cost of purchasing water from the agency by more than 20 percent.

He explained that while the city has tried to minimize the impacts of the rate hikes by pumping more water and buying less MWD water, there was a practical and operational limitation to how much the city can pump.

Brar said the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the District and its unions will change the formula for calculation of pensions from two percent @ 55 to 2.5 percent at 55 years. There are also changes in salary, retiree medical benefits, paid holidays and matching 401K contributions that will result in some savings.

“However, these reductions are minor compared to the cost of the change in pension formula passed through to the ratepayers,” which he said would result in additional financial hardships on the City, its residents and businesses.

Communication System The Council took under study a report on mass communication systems for delivery of city information via text messages, e-mail messages and telephone calls and instructed the staff to do further research on the Nixie Communication System.

It was noted that Nixie offers a communications information service that permits government agencies to distribute information through text messages to mobile phones, e-mail messages to computers and smart phones, and over the Nixie website to people who have subscribed to the service.

Members of the Council however, expressed concern about the company’s policies regarding subscribers’ use of the Internet and use of subscriber’s personal contact information for marketing purposes.

To address thee concerns the City Attorney’s office prepared an Agreement By and Between Nixie LLC and the City regarding privacy and use of subscriber information.

It stipulated that Nixie and its affiliates would not engage in behavioral profiling of subscribers to the city’s information. It also stated Nixie not disclose Cerritos subscribers personal information, or the use of

the information for marketing purposes.

Director of Administrative Service Denise Manoogian reported Nixies’ Chief Executive Officer indicate through his staff that the terms in the agreement was not acceptable to the company.

At the same time the Council instructed city staff that ALERT LA COUNTY Service be put on the city’s TV 3 and Web Page. The system is designed to alert resident and businesses by phone, text and email of emergencies in their area. Recorded and written alerts provide information on the nature of the emergency and necessary actions such as evacuations or shelter-inplace.

She said the Sheriff’s Emergency Operations Bureau and the Sheriff’s Communications Center Radio Room Operation jointly serve the system coordinators and oversee the operation of ALERT LA COUNTY. The system may be requested by an Incident Commander of the Cerritos Sheriff Station, or by his or her designee.

There is no charge to the City to use the system.

LA MIRADA

Continued from page 11 place respectively as a team. In the first cluster meet last season, La Mirada edged Cerritos by one point and with the next cluster meet on Thursday at La Mirada Regional Park, more of the same can be expected.

“We’ve actually improved four minutes on most of our times from this year on almost every race,” Watanabe said. “It’s not the fact that we’re not getting better, it’s just that [La Mirada] keeps finding new talent and keeps building on that.”

On the boys side, Norwalk picked up 38 points and cruised to a 19-point victory over La Mirada. Cerritos came in third place with 71 points while Bellflower put together 85 points. Norwalk seniors Emanuel Ramirez and Johnny Arellano finished five seconds apart for third and fourth place with Ramirez coming in at 17:04.

“Their program is definitely a lot better and again, they’re really young too,” Watanabe said. “They’re going to be a program that’s going to be strong for the next couple of years.”

The top Cerritos runner was senior Ryan Joo (17:19), who finished in sixth place.

But four seconds later was Norwalk freshman Martin Perez. Cerritos had three runners finish from sixth to 12th however, the top five Norwalk runners all finished from third to 13th with La Mirada’s fifth runner crossing the line in 25th place. Artesia had only three runners compete, led by junior Issac Rosales (18:00) while John Glenn’s leading runner was Jose Romero (18:49).

“We’re trying to run more of a pack style this year, which we obviously had to do, and today our pack split up,” Watanabe said. “That’s one of the biggest problems.

We’ve been dealing with some health issues recently and once we start moving guys back up…it will probably will change things up a little bit and give us a better opportunity to challenge everyone.”

COMMUNITY NEWS GROUP • OCTOBER 9, 2009 13 knowledge that drivers will leave valuable items in the passenger compartment of their vehicles. This allows the would-be thief a “sure shot” when breaking into your car. They have the opportunity to see exactly what they want to take and will September 28 to October 4, 2009 do so if you give them the chance. If you Cerritos Station personnel investiabsolutely must have valuable items in the gated twenty-two Part I felony crimes last vehicle, make sure that they are locked in week, up by two from the week before. the trunk. If you do not have a trunk, take Robberies and residential burglaries the property with you or leave it at home. increased slightly, commercial burglarVehicle thefts remained the same at ies and vehicle thefts remained the same, three thefts last week. All three last week and vehicle burglaries dropped. Calls for were stolen from high-volume commercial service went up to 340 compared to 308 parking lots.

One was an SUV, one was a the previous reporting period. The current Honda, and one was a Toyota. The 2009 2009 weekly average in calls for service is 325. weekly average in vehicle thefts is now A robbery was reported on Thursday 4.6.

October 1 at 12:45 p.m. when a woman We always promote the use of steering was walking in a lot in the 13300 block of wheel locking devices as great visible deSouth Street. A male suspect grabbed her terrents, but also endorse the use of trackpurse and pushed her to the ground. He ing devices that can lead to the speedy fled to an awaiting car, which exited the recovery of your stolen vehicle. lot.

Weekly Crime Summary

Four residential burglaries were recorded. There were two the week before.

An unlocked door, two pried front doors, and a shattered window were used as entry points last week. Laptop computers, jewelry, video games, and a MP3 player were taken. The 2009 weekly average in residential burglaries is now 2.4.

Sturdy deadbolt locks are very useful in preventing front doors from being kicked in or pried open. If you have double doors, consider a device that would also brace the two together from the inside. For the third consecutive week there were no commercial burglaries reported. The 2009 weekly average in commercial burglaries is 1.5.

Vehicle burglaries dropped from ten cases to five last week. High-volume commercial parking lots were involved in four of the crimes. Four targeted SUVs that resulted in the theft of third-row seats, cash, a suitcase and a stereo. Pants, a wallet, and ID were stolen from a sedan.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHAEL BRADLEY FRAHM CASE NO. BP118734 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MICHAEL BRADLEY FRAHM. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by JOHN FRAHM in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOHN FRAHM be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/30/09 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

ARTESIA

Continued from page 1 Craver continued. “I said, ‘you got to let me coach the team; I’m the coach and this is how I’m going to do it. We’re going to start working as much as we can these next couple of series and see who else is going to help us’. We needed to find out who our players were going to be; who our go-to guys were going to be. I guess Mr. Zerbal was upset about that.”

Craver said he talked with Garcia three times during the weekend after the loss to Gahr and that Garcia never said anything about the game or his job status. On Sept.

28, Garcia called Craver and said he wanted to talk to him at 11:30. Once he arrived at the high school, Craver was told to come back in the afternoon because Garcia wanted to talk to ABC School District superintendant Gary Smuts first. Craver came back at 12:30 but it wasn’t until 1:15 that Garcia finally called Craver into his office and said the following: “I want to reiterate what I said before,” Craver said of Garcia’s conversation with him. “Ryan Zerbal is going to run the team and you can only be the coach in name, only. That’s it. Those were his exact words.”

It was then that Craver walked out and went straight to the district office where he spoke with Superintendent Gary Smuts for about 45 minutes. Smuts said that Craver explained the situation as being the head coach at Artesia and that he didn’t like the circumstances that were happening. About two-thirds through the conversation, Smuts said Craver had told him he was going to resign.

“I wouldn’t agree with Craver’s description of the events and I certainly would endorse any changes a principal makes,” Smuts said.

“Obviously the superintendant had an idea of what was going on,” Craver said.

“Someone over there asked him, ‘do you know what’s going on [at Artesia]’? I think Mr. Garcia knew he was going to make a move and he knew that the move was kind of an odd type of move and I think he wanted to clear it with the superintendant first. I’m sure the superintendant had to tell him how to word it or what they would have to say to try and make this legit. But I can’t say that; I can’t say that it was a smoke screen.”

Craver came to Artesia before the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year when he heard of an opening as head varsity football coach. Craver said that initially, Garcia told him he wanted Craver to be the coach but that Vince LaRosa was going to be an interim coach for the 2008 season and that the school needs a coach when LaRosa leaves. Craver was also the track and field coach in the spring of 2009 where several athletes advanced past the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section divisional finals.

Once the football season ended, Craver was promoted to head coaching status as the school bypassed a formal interview process, thus not posting the opening. Smuts said in most cases, schools have their own interview process but didn’t know the details to Craver’s promotion.

Craver suspects the reason why Garcia was making sudden changes was the way the program was being handled last spring and during the summer. Craver stated that

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IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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the team played in 15-20 passing league games during that time but most of the kids weren’t allowed to practice in the summer because on June 22, the kids were told they had to have ASB cards first.

“We were handcuffed,” Craver said.

“Players in passing leagues during the summer do not need physicals for that. Once summer camp, or two-a-days begin, that’s when you have to get your physicals before you can practice. Also, ASB cards are not necessarily required until school starts.

Craver went on to add that because of the cost of the ASB cards ($50), administration knew that it would be very difficult for the kids to get the cards and that would lead to limited practices. A lot of the kids who had 6th period football during the spring of 2009 quit the team.

“I had to go to the superintendant’s office because something over here is not making sense,” Craver said. “[Garcia] said, ‘since you’re not going to be coaching anymore, just go ahead and turn your keys in and if you want to get anything from the [football] office, then we’ll have to escort you to the office’.”

Later on Sept. 28, Craver said that numerous parents confronted Garcia and wanted to call a booster club meeting. It wasn’t until the night of Sept. 30 that the parents met with Garcia and expressed their displeasure with what he was telling them. Eventually, over 100 people met at the Starbuck’s down the street from Artesia High School and told Craver they were not happy with Garcia making ‘random decisions that changes everybody’s lives and at the same time trying to be very critical about how I ran the team when I got no support at all’.

Threats Made “They said they asked Mr. Garcia about track and he said he was going to try to find the best track coach possible,” Craver said.

“I said he never told me that I wasn’t the track coach, so I guess I’m fired from being the track coach. So now that’s another topic because that’s not supposed to be related to football.”

Craver said that a petition with close to 500 signatures has been circulated demanding his reinstatement as head coach. He said that some of the players didn’t want to play in the Oct. 2 home game against Villa Park but were threatened by Garcia and Zerbal, who allegedly told the players if they didn’t play, they would forfeit the rest of the season and that the juniors wouldn’t be allowed to play next season. Craver went on to say that the players weren’t mentally ready for the Villa Park game, a 28-6 loss.

“I think they’re most angry because they feel like they have no voice,” Craver said.

“He’s definitely not about athletics and not necessarily strictly about academics. To be honest, I think he’s about personal gain.

The athletic program is the only program that can stop him from going anywhere he wants to go. He can get the API scores up and all of the test scores up. If there is some type of football controversy or some type of football corruption or basketball corruption like they had in the past that can only hurt his reputation.”

“I’m disappointed that we haven’t found people to stay [at Artesia] a long time,” Smuts said. “I’m also disappointed at the negative attention. We have to find the right people. I don’t regret the decisions that were made but I do regret that decisions had to be made.”

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CERRITOS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cerritos Redevelopment Agency will conduct a public hearing on October 22, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter: A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 2009-10 THROUGH 2013-14 FOR THE LOS CERRITOS AND LOS COYOTES REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASSEMBLY BILL 1290 AND CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33490.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CERRITOS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTING A FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 2009-10 THROUGH 2013-14 FOR THE LOS CERRITOS AND LOS COYOTES REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS. This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, Bloomfield Avenue and 183rd Street, Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos website at www.ci.cerritos.ca.us.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING CHAPTER 22.22, RS – SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES, OF THE CERRITOS MUNICIPAL CODE AS IT RELATES TO PERMITTING WALL EXTENSIONS CONSTRUCTED OF MASONRY BLOCK TO EXISTING BLOCK WALLS THAT ABUT A SECONDARY ARTERIAL STREET.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANTHONY DAVE SOONG CHO CASE NO. VP012654 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ANTHONY DAVE SOONG CHO. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TIMOTHY CHO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TIMOTHY CHO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/03/09 at 8:30AM in Dept. L located at 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA 90650 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner PAUL JAY FUKUSHIMA - SBN 065868 ATTORNEY AT LAW 12749 NORWALK BL #111 NORWALK CA 90650-8376 10/9, 10/16, 10/23/09 CNS-1704161# LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS

Public Hearing Instructional Materials Compliance A Public Hearing will be held at the ABC Unified school District Office on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. as part of the School Board meeting. The location of the Public Hearing is in the Board room at 16700 Norwalk Boulevard, Cerritos, California. The Public Hearing is held in compliance with State guidelines to determine the adequacy of instructional materials in the District.

DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 2009-1*

*Pursuant to Section 15303(e) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is exempt from CEQA review.

This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, Bloomfield Avenue and 183rd Street in Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos web site at www.ci.cerritos.ca.us.

If you challenge the above mentioned Development Code Amendment and related actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to Planning Commission, at, or prior to the public hearing.

Any person interested in this matter may contact the Department of Community Development at (562) 916-1201, for additional information and/or appear at the hearing in person or by agent and be heard.

Dated: October 9, 2009 /s/Torrey N. Contreras Torrey N. Contreras Director of Community Development Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 10/9/09 CITY OF NORWALK REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) NO. 10-343 LOAN SERVICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Norwalk is seeking a loan services contractor to administer the City’s loans generated under the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Act and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for increasing, improving, and preserving low-income housing within Norwalk. The contractor will also perform wage compliance services that comply with the requirements set by the Davis Bacon Act. The successful Proposer will be required to comply with Equal Employment Opportunity and all applicable federal, state, local laws, and requirements.

Proposals must be in writing and must be received by the City of Norwalk Purchasing Division by 11:00 am, on Friday, November 6, 2009 via U.S. Mail, FedEx, UPS or courier or in person. Bids received after the above listed date and time will not be considered, regardless of postmark.

Copies of the RFP may be obtained from the Purchasing Division, 12700 Norwalk Blvd., Room 6, Norwalk, California 90650.

All contacts concerning this RFP must be referred to the City of Norwalk Purchasing Division, (562) 9295712.

Dated: October 9, 2009

Office of the Superintendent Oct. 7, 2009

/s/Christine Roberto, Administrative Services Manager Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 10/9/09

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 10/9/09

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