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The Pasadena Mara-thon got off to a slightly wet start on Sunday. However this drizzle didn’t deter nor or damper Marathon regis-tered participants’ enthusi-asm who numbered about 8300 and started off with the bike tour with ever- fashion-able Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard leading the way.

Even though this was

Runners, Cyclists, Strollers and Wheelchairs Take to the Streets

By Terry Miller

The sights and sounds of the annual Black History parade filled Fair Oaks on a brisk winter morning. - Photos by Terry Miller

Hundreds Celebrate Black History in Parade

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Continued on Page 17Buffalo Soldiers, three of who rode here in Saturday's parade, originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The nickname was given to the “Negro Cavalry” by the Native American tribes they fought. - Photo by Terry Miller

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only the second Marathon in Pasadena, to many it is the third. The very first was cancelled due to danger-ous smoke in the air. The rescheduled Marathon was then hit with a powerful rain storm and the third…well as they say: The third time is the charm.

As far as key winners for Sunday, Pasadena na-tive Many Grantz, a gradu-Andrew Koenig and his father Walter talk about the case outside

Superior Court in Pasadena. - Photos by Terry Miller

Activist Missing in Vancouver

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Paragon At Old Town, the new complex on Myrtle Avenue between Olive and Walnut Avenues, is set to open in the beginning of April, but is already rent-ing units. Very soon traf-fic on Myrtle Avenue will return to normal. Part of the snarls have been cre-ated by the city of Monro-via which is upgrading the west side of the street to match the improvements the developers are making to the east side with the new complex.

The Paragon will an-chor the south end of Old Town. Fitt ingly, the de-velopers are putt ing in a large gateway over the street. The structure will read “Myrtle Avenue” over larger lettering reading “Old Town Monrovia.” According to Craig Jime-nez, a Monrovia Planner, there is no firm date for the installation of the gateway,

Monrovia’s Paragon Now Renting

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The S ier ra Madre Rose Float Associat ion has selected “Suenos de California”, designed by member Charles Meier, and has been approved by the Tournament of Roses as Sierra Madre Rose Float Association’s 2011 parade entry.

“Suenos” depicts an early California mission scene including a mission, a fountain, burro & cart. Highlighting the scene will be palms, butterflies and up to four princesses and one male rider. The initial plans call for a large float measuring 55 feet long, 28 feet tall and 18 feet wide with potential animation including moving butterfly wings, rotating cart wheels

SMRFA Selects 2011 Float Design

Arcadian Olympic Skater Mirai Nagasu did her very best short pro-gram of the season Tues-day at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Following the stellar per-formance, the young skater wound up in sixth place and only one-point out of fourth place.

Although not ranked among the select few skat-ers of the world, Nagasu came into Tuesday’s first of two competitions to deter-

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The Doozies By Tom Gammill

Dorothy's Place

(I have decided to rerun a column I did in April, 1999. While working on my income taxes yesterday, I was reminded of it.)

I paid our income tax last week. I was feeling a little blue. If the IRS said I we owed so much, how come we didn't have more left?

I was trying to see the bright side. I was trying to convince myself things were good. I said, “Self, be thankful you owe some-thing. It means you earned something.”

I have a roof over my head. You can tell by look-ing at me, I'm not hungry. I'm able to get warm in winter and cool in sum-mer.

I have a new car, small, middle-of-the-line but it looks classy and I like it.

Life is pretty good. Still, I had to pay the IRS for that goodness. So, I have a right to feel sorry for me.

A not her woman I know appears to have ev-erything. Her home is gor-geous. She has a cleaning crew to keep it spotless. Her lawn is a perennial showcase, thanks to the hired gardeners.

The h i red ma inte -nance company keeps the pool clean and clear. She just swims or has catered parties around it.

Multi-tasking ... This term may be new to some people as its origin is from the Computer World and is defined as ... the concur-rent performance of several jobs by a computer.

However, in my wife’s case she may have been way ahead of her time and just not given credit for “multi-tasking her house-work”. For example, she would vacuum the f loor while carrying a fussy baby and to break the house-work monotony she would watch an old movie or a TV soap opera, all at the same time.

Her experiences over the years while vacuum-ing have made her a real vacuum cleaning pro. She can use either hand equally well, while practicing a new dance step to the hum of the vacuum motor.

The vacuum has al-most become a member of the family. While our children were very young one of them developed a fondness for the humming sound of the motor. Soon he would not take a nap without the whirring sound of the vacuum cleaner out-side of his room to soothe him deep into dreamland. Yes, at bedtime too, in-stead of a night-light in his room or music playing, my “Cleaning Genie” would put him to bed with the vacuum cleaner running. Even to this day when he visits, if my wife is vacuum-ing, which is an everyday occurrence, he gets that special glint in his eye, and slight curl in his lip as he begins to yawn.

My wife’s fondness for the vacuum cleaner is very evident. To her it is a very personal item. She buys a new model every two years whether she needs to or not. She is constantly swooning over the new models. She claims by trading her ma-chines every two years or three thousand miles she gets a better trade-in. Not long ago, when I was trad-ing in one of her old mod-els, I told the salesman that it had very low mileage and belonged to a little old lady. He laughed and said, “yaa I know, and she only drove it to the store and back.” Well, that was pretty close to the truth.

You see...it was late one Halloween night when we heard a knock at the door

Multi-tasking Tax Time Blues (or) The Rats Ate My Cadillac

The exercise room is well equipped. She has a personal trainer. And, treat of all treats, she has a masseuse who gives her regular massages.

Her wardrobe looks like something straight out of the top fashion maga-zines. Her hairdresser keeps her dyed, dr ied, curled and coiffed at least twice a week.

Her tax man came to her house. He figured her taxes. She owed the IRS. She said she can't understand. If she owes that much, how come she doesn't have more left? She was feeling a lit t le blue.

I have to admit, I had a little trouble feeling sorry for her. Then she told me a story that I consider to be about the ultimate.

This same woman be-lieves in trading her car ev-ery other year, just because it is two years old. That is how she's always done it. Last time, she bought a new Cadil lac. Then shortly thereafter she de-cided to take a trip around the world. Her mechanic came out to the house and removed the battery from her new car.

She was gone a year. She had a house sitter but not a car driver. It sat in the garage while she was gone. When she came home, the mechanic returned to re-place the battery. He lifted

the hood.Inside that beautiful

garage attached to that lux-urious home, common rats had gnawed all the wiring of her elegant Cadillac.

I still have a little trou-ble feeling sorry for her, but I'm not feeling so blue any more. Meaning has returned to my life.

I'm going to spend what I have left to print a bumper sticker. I'll put it on my classy little car. It will read “The Rats Ate My Cadillac.”

Who will know the difference?

(I didn't have to get

the sticker printed. My Heart-son and wife got it for me. It is now 2010 and I'm still tool-ing around town in that same classy little car. It is still wearing that same sticker.)

down my wife’s best cinna-mon bread dough?

Today our vacuum cleaner requirements are numerous. We have a vacuum cleaner for the grandchild’s bedroom for when he stays overnight. Individual machines for the rugs, drapery and a sofa cleaning, a hobby craft paint sprayer machine, dog drying tank type model and the usual garage wet and dry multipurpose vac-uum.

Our t h ree - ca r ga -rage has been reduced to parking one vehicle and 7 vacuum cleaners. Our vacuum cleaner purchases and repair costs have re-ally soared. Fortunately we receive a special rate from our vacuum cleaner serviceman whenever we bring in two or more for repairs.

Recently my “Vacuum Expert” set up a work area in the garage for vacuum repairs. She claims that she is now saving me money by charging me only half of the normal costs for vacu-um repairs.

Well I really don’t mind relinquishing my garage parking spot to her eve-ning vacuum cleaner repair work, but the constant whir-ring sound coming from the garage puts me to sleep on the sofa during my favorite evening TV show. So, now I guess you might say I am multi-tasking also.

My wife’s birthday is coming up soon and since she has been looking long-ingly at the latest model Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, iRoomba 580, with the new Wireless Command Center that allows her to effortless-ly steer the robotic iRoom-ba while sitting across the room. It’s the perfect gift for her, and in my garage, there will always be room for ... just one more vacuum cleaner.

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and giggling voices chant-ing the traditional “Trick or Treat”. Upon opening the door, I was greeted with a 5 lb bag of confetti. One half of the million particles launched into the house, while the other half was gently distributed by a slight breeze onto the drive-way. Shocked yes, but not nearly as much as the neigh-bors and passing motorists as they watched with unbe-lieving eyes, as my wife was meticulously vacuuming the driveway and the litter on down the street. Often, I worry about her unusual affection for vacuum clean-ers. Particularly when she looks so longingly at the lawn sweepers and pool vacuums while walking through the local hardware store. I really got worried the first time I saw her run to the front window of our house to catch a glimpse of the City of Arcadia’s street cleaning vehicle.

Her diversity in the use of the vacuum was appar-ent when I saw her blow dry our French Poodle after giving it a bath and the unusual art deco mural she spray painted in our bedroom with her vacuum cleaner attachments.

My experience with her quirky vacuum cleaner indulgence has not always been pleasing. During the early years of our marriage, perhaps I should call it marr-age as her coordina-tion was not very good. A vacuum in her hands would dent and scar everything in its path.

Today other problems have surfaced. Lost socks, missing underwear and occasionally “whoosh” my necktie will show up in the garbage tattered from the days cleaning. Her most unforgettable incident oc-curred while baking bread as somehow she knocked the bread dough batter onto the floor. Calling on her ingenuity...you guessed it, slurp slurp and the gooey dough was safely hidden in the vacuum bag. Now the gooey mess was carefully laid to rest in the land of vacuum fuzz, where the dough could rise in peace. Somewhat later,

I was startled when I looked at the parked vacu-um cleaner, to see the fat-test vacuum bag purring in great contentment. But then what vacuum cleaner wouldn’t purr after slurping

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Can someone do an ar-ticle on what happened to all the live music in Sierra Madre?!!!

I moved to this town two years ago because it reminded me a litt le of Austin Texas. Small town, nice people, always see someone you know when you go out, good local tal-ent at Bean Town and the Bucaneer Lounge. Now I hear there is no more music at the two venues! I also miss the Sierra Madre Brewery (on a side st.) that was soooo Austin. Beer in a real outside beer garden. Why isn't anyone letting bands play?

Thanks!Dee Ann Galen, Sierra Madre

The current Canyon Residential Zone Commit-tee appears to be one-sided and noticeably absent of differing views which gives the appearance that equal representation is not impor-tant. It is purported this cur-rent committee group was selected with the express view not to allow ‘builders’ and ‘architects’ to serve. One would think that di-vergent views and expert advice would be a good thing from people who deal with zoning as a matter of profession on a daily basis, thus providing pertinent perspective to the Com-mittee’s agenda. Otherwise it would seem unfair and unwise to the total Canyon population.

Citizens have a strong sense of fairness and this Canyon Zone Commit -

tee appears lopsided in its make-up which could be interpreted as not represent-ing a true sampling of the views and opinions of fellow Canyon residents. Why else would builders or architects be purposefully shunned? If the current committee is at-tempting make the canyon zone solely with their own ideas, and lock out other views, it is fundamentally unfair in its representation of all citizens of the Canyon. Obviously, it is assumed any group endeavoring to create a new canyon zon-ing would be interested in achieving well-rounded representation of the en-t ire community. Group think should be avoided in developing a new zoning ordinance.

The establishment of this Committee to preserve

the Canyon’s “unique resi-dential setting and (its) rus-tic and historic character” seems honorable, but how did the Canyon become this unique setting, this rustic sylvan paradise we have all enjoyed all these years without such a com-mittee? Why is what we have had for countless years no longer sufficient? Micro-managing the properties of Canyon citizens could become more of a problem than a solution. We do not need more local intrusive government intervention. We can be trusted to man-age our own properties under current ordinances without a select group tell-ing us we need more regu-lation. Where is the outcry for such changes, other than from a micro group of un-solicited advocates?

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Sierra Madre’s Canyon Zone Committee Appears Lopsided

Why not first put to vote whether the Canyon residents want a zoning re-vision and more local gov-ernment supervision? Why do we need this Canyon Residential Zone Commit-tee? Why is this advocacy group necessary for main-taining the Canyon in its present state? If it can be proven we are losing our uniqueness, that the Can-yon is disappearing as we know it, then maybe we could organize a represen-tative group of concerned citizens to tackle the issues; otherwise it appears to be an oligarchy dictating more regulation just because they think they know better than the rest of us.

It is understood there will be public meetings (Feb. 22 and March 22) where we can challenge and question the proposals of this Committee, but who will write the final draft? If the current group writes the draft, will other opinions and input be represented? The appearance of a bi-ased canyon zoning panel does not bode well for fair representation of all. Who-ever gave their blessing to this group could have been more sensitive in creating a more balanced cross seg-ment of our community which is a basic right. It is hoped that we could do a better job at administering a local government for all Canyon residents.

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and/or nodding burro head. Finally, walkers maybe add-ed to accent the float. The float will utilize fresh flowers and dry material to highlight the float details including 11,000 vialed flowers, 8,000 flowers for floral sprays and up to 12,500 orchids to represent bougainvillea vines.

Charles Meier has an outstanding track record of designing award winning floats for the Association in-cluding “Bollywood Dreams,” “Valentine’s Day,” and “Our Wonderful Wistaria.”

The Sierra Madre Rose Float Association received over 33 outstanding designs from the Association volun-teers, members and friends.

SMRFA Selects 2011 Rose Float Design

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mine the three winners of Olympics medals. When the competition was over, Mirai was in position to skate in the final top group of skaters which heads into Thursday evening’s challenge.

Mirai’s Skating Club in Pasadena watched Mirai at Matt Denny’s Ale House in Arcadia Tuesday evening. The excited club members were able to see Mirai’s prac-tically unblemished performance.

Matt McSweeny , owner of the popular Matt Den-ny’s, said he’ll be airing the competition Thursday, es-pecially since she wound up among the top contenders and may well win a medal.

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Streets of Northwest Pasadena Fill for Black History Parade

Pa s adena’s B l a ck History Parade was held Saturday, Feb. 20, and featured celebrity grand marshals Michaela Pereira and Gayle Anderson of KTLA-TV.

The parade’s community grand marshals were Gregory Mosley and Juanita West-Tillman.

Mosley’s local volunteer involvement has included the Robinson Park Master Plan Committee, W.D. Ed-son Neighborhood Improvement Association, Pasa-dena YMCA and Pasadena Neighborhood Housing Services.

West-Tillman is chairwoman of the Pasadena NAACP’s Education Committee, treasurer of the Pasa-

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Anderson has been a reporter with the KTLA Morning News since 1993. She is the recipient of seven Emmy Awards and is ac-tive in several charitable organizations including the Los Angeles Public Library Foundation and the Watts-based Mama Hill’s Help.

E que s t r i a n u n i t s , pastors, local educators and Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard were just some of the many participants in a glorious parade celebrating the lives of influential black individuals throughout the world.

The parade started at 10 a.m. at Charles White Park and continued to Rob-inson Park, where a family festival took place for the rest of the afternoon.

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard waves to the crowds on Fair Oaks Avenue Saturday morning as he drives south on the parade route in this vintage 1952 MG-TD.


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Our faculty is treat-ed once a month with a delicious lunch buffet prepared by the parents. When the dining hall is again serving the Friday staples of grilled cheese and tomato soup, this buf-fet is a gift from heaven ev-ery time. The diversity of our student body provides an incredible array of dish-es, and they are presented beautifully too.

This past Friday car-ried the theme of Mardi Gras and I cannot even begin to describe what all was served, including a delicious shrimp bisque. As everyone piled their plates before headed to various lunch t ime du-ties, I spied my favorite salad in a gorgeous blue bowl, and it was calling my name. Over the aroma of gumbo, I was captured by the glimpse of my fa-vorite Chinese slaw dish. Though I was not sure its role I the theme of Mardi Gras, I grabbed the serv-ing spoon and helped myself generously. I came st ra ight determined to make this dish for my hus-band. I hoped he would like it but if he did not, oh well, more for me.

You’ll Need:1 bunch green onions1 pkg. broccoli slaw1 cup roasted sunflower seeds1 cup slivered almonds, toasted2 packages low-fat flavored ramen noodles, crushedGrilled chicken, sliced and chilled (optional)

Dressing:1/4 cup balsamic vinegar1/4 cup sugar1/2 cup oil1 pkg. ramen noodle seasoning

Directions:The directions are even easier. Mix salad ingredients together and make the dress-

ing to pour over the salad. Stir well and chill until served. Place chicken slices on the salad for serving if desired.

You may want to double this recipe because it really goes quickly.

Directions:Again mix and chill the ingredients for an incredible

salad. You can add chicken to this salad as well but both are delicious and healthy on their own.

The faculty at my school feels appreciated once a month instead of once a year and it feels good in these times of cutbacks in education to have the parents show their appreciation. I love what I do but I also love how it feels to be thanked for the extra things we do every day.

Broccoli Slaw

Another new favorite salad we were served this month was a del icious salad. So I have two recipes for you this week!

Black Bean and Orzo SaladYou’ll Need:

1/2 pound of cooked orzo1 red pepper, finely chopped1 yellow pepper, finely chopped2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained1/4 cup chopped parsley3 T lime juice1 1/2 T white wine vinegar2 garlic cloves, minced1 teaspoon cumin2/3 cup olive oilSalt to taste


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London, a ga s t ro -pub, opened this week on Myrtle Avenue across the street from the Krikorian Theatres. But what is a gastropub? According to the owners, husband and wife Jim and Jaime Read, it is “a gastropub concen-trates on quality food” and “is a combinat ion of pub and gastronomy.” Basically it is a restaurant within a pub.

Here the emphasis in not just on the beer and spirits menu, but also on the food. During the first week there will be a rela-tively limited menu with Scotch eggs, carne asada tacos, flat breads with vari-ous toppings and grilled Reuben sandwiches. Later a much more extensive menu i s planned w ith gourmet cheese plates, fr ied Sici l ian green ol-ives, sofrito spiced wings, charred onion Havar t i hamburgers and more.

This does not mean that the owners have ne-glected the pub portion at all. There are 24 beers

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lightest of India Pale Ales to the darkest of porters, something for everyone’s taste. Their bottled beers are equally as excit ing. They have three Chimay beers brewed by Trappist monks in Scourmont Ab-bey in the Belgian.

They even have Old Speckled Hen, an ale first brewed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory in Abing-don, Oxfordshire. It was named after the Feath-erweight Fabric Saloon car which was used as a run around vehicle at the factory and was often parked outside the paint shop where it was became a paint spattered mess. It was therefore cal led the “Owld Speckl’d Un” which in turn was changed into Old Speckled Hen when the beer was intro-duced.

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A friend and I began a getaway to last year’s tourna-ment at the Desert Springs Marriott Resort & Spa lo-cated in nearby Palm Desert. Here we checked a luxuri-ous seventh f loor room, overlooking the four-star resort’s 450 acres of lushly landscaped grounds and lagoons. One of 884 deluxe accommodations (including 51 suites), the room featured a private bath with separate tub and shower, mini-bar, a Sony CD player, big flat screen television, Internet ac-cess, and private balcony.

Because the hotel is only about five miles from the Tennis Garden, it served as a perfect home base to go and from the tournament.

After unpacking and relaxing at the hotel for a while, we drove to the Tennis Garden to watch a Saturday afternoon match featuring Russian superstar Maria Sharapova playing in the16,000-seat stadium are-na. After the match (which she lost) Sharapova told me that because of the weather and local beauty, Indian Wells has become one of her favorite spots to play.

From the main stadium we walked to an outdoor practice court to watch world #2 ranked Rafael Nadal pre-pare for an upcoming match. Surrounded by hordes of excited fans – mostly young women – Nadel displayed the power that would even-

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Set on 55 acres at the base of the breathtaking San-ta Rosa Mountains, $77 mil-lion Tennis Garden opened in 2000. Besides the Paribas Open, the venue boasts a year-round, world-class ten-

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The 2010 BNP Paribas Open runs March 8 – 21 and will offer $18 million in prize money. The tournament will feature top-ranked players such as Roger Federer, Ma-ria Sharapova, last year’s winner Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, defending women’s champion Vera Zvonareva, and Just ine

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Dawn Rickabaugh is a RE Broker, Own-er Financing Coach and Note Buyer. Reach her at (626) 292.1875 or www.notequeen.com. Always consult with your CPA, tax attorney and/or finan-cial advisor before selling property or paper.

I'm just about to close a note deal where the Buy-er's / Payor's credit score is below 600. Ouch. Why can I even work with this? (Normally this would be a note I couldn’t even con-sider buying).

Because there was a 10% down payment, there is almost 3 years of seasoning (the buyer has been mak-ing monthly payments for

Even with Owner Financing, Low Credit Scores Will Wipe Out Opportunities

almost 3 years), and we're only buying a partial (only the next 60 payments), which keeps the risk accept-ably low.

What if the Payors had credit scores over 700? Ka-ching . . .

The note holder / seller would be walking away with several thousand dol-lars more if they had been helping their Payors im-prove their credit scores over the last several months before trying to sell their note.

The note I am buying / brokering is secured by a property in Alaska, but the principles apply anywhere.

Lots of people have credit scores that have re-ally taken a beating over the last couple of years. That won't stop them from buying property with owner

financing, but with better credit scores, they could greatly expand their oppor-tunities for buying because prospective sellers would have notes they would feel good about holding or sell-ing.

In fact, here in our lo-cal market, I could buy a properly structured note without any seasoning, meaning I could buy it for a reasonable discount right after it was created if I was involved in underwriting the transaction (putting the deal together) right from the start.

The whole credit scor-ing system is a just a game, but if you don't know the rules, you can't possibly hope to win, and it will cost you a lot of money and lost opportunities whether you’re a buyer, or a note

For over two decades Reni Rose has been the top producer for Prudential Cali-fornia Realty’s Sierra Madre Office. Reni joined the firm in 1989 and has not only been the Top Producer for this office, but has earned the “Chairman’s Circle Award” as well as the “Legend” award which places her in the top 1% of Prudential agents nation-wide. There are 62,000 Pru-dential agents nationwide, so these awards are truly a mark of consistent hard work.

Reni credits her success with staying in contact with her present and past clients, resulting in recommenda-tions with an ever-increasing

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A veteran Realtor with a broad knowledge of the community, Reni has been representing clients in the Foothill cities for over 23 years. Reni says: “Clients become friends and friends become clients.”

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His name is Phil Tirone, and I've asked him to be a guest on my blog at http://notequeen.com. He’ll be sharing the ‘right’ way to do credit repair. A lot of credit repair companies in-advertently do their clients damage because they don’t really understand the nu-ances involved.

We all need to know how to get and keep the highest credit score pos-sible, it can save us thou-sands, but if you fit in any of these categories, you really need to pay attention to his message:

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Andy Bencosme, Man-aging Broker of Century 21 Village Inc. in Sierra Madre recently announced that the Village office and real estate agent Nazee Rix will be proud sponsors of the fourth Annual Persian New Year to be held on March 11 at the Pasadena Scottish Rite Cathedral. The event will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

“Norooz in Pasadena” is a celebration of the Per-sian New Year, which was brought to Pasadena through the vision of Dr. Nazanin Rofagha. The mission of this event is to familiarize non-Iranian communities of Pasadena and the greater San Gabriel Valley with the rich and ancient culture of Iran. The word “Norooz” means new day and refers to a new beginning, a new year. Filled with Persian food, traditional music and dance performances, the 3000 year-old celebration marks the beginning of spring in the Iranian calendar. A few of the other sponsors of this event have been Wells Fargo, AT&T, Southern California Edison, Macy’s & the Univer-

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Andy Bencosme Man-aging Broker at Century 21 Village Realty recently presented the annual home sales awards to the office’s top sales producers. The an-nual awards breakfast was held at the beautiful San Gabriel Country Club.

The 2009 “Top Sales Award” went to the 10 time Centurion Award Win-ning agent Emily Duggan. The 2nd Top Producer award went to the office’s 2 time Grand Centurion, Nazee Rix and the 3rd Top Producer was first time

Centurion Award Winner, Nathalie Marles. “Not only did these three agents have a successful year in real es-tate but all three also quali-fied for the Quality Service Pinnacle Award which is compiled by survey of all of the clients they helped.” “In addit ion” remarked Bencosme ”due to their achievements in 2009, Em-ily, Nazee and Nathalie will be receiving the coveted Century 21 President’s Award which is bestowed on sales associates who earn both Quality Service

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Bencosme presented plaques to the three “Top Producers” for 2009 and thanked all of the agents and staff present for their hard work, professionalism and complete dedication to their clients. Bencosme stated that “In a difficult year for the Real Estate Market, due to the efforts of the sales associates, we managed to have a very successful year. And the outlook for 2010 is outstand-ing!”

Village Recognizes Top Sales Producers for Previous Year

Every year, the Arca-dia Association of Realtors hosts several events includ-ing the weekly 50/50 raffle, Bingo, the Annual AAR Golf Tournament, Bumper Bowling, and the Day at the Races. The proceeds of these charitable events are gathered up and distributed to local charities at the end of each year.

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When my mother excit-edly came to me with her plans to remodel her home and add a second story, I realized that it was time to have “the talk” with her. The talk that every child dreads. The talk that involves the sometimes uncomfortable notions that the parent needs to consider their future, and plan for any decreased mo-bility down the road.

Naturally, my mother was a bit uneasy realizing that now was the time to think about aging in place. But since she was remodel-ing, it made sense to add a few convenient design elements, so that down the road, she could ease into her golden years at home, and not have to retrofit too much if the need arises.

Aging in Place with Grace

A little extra effort in the planning stages of remodelling a home to be more elderly friendly can make later necessary adjustments lest painful and less costly.

While she is in good shape now, my mother still has some early signs that her mobility could become decreased down the road, such as limited bending and a small amount of arthritis in her hands and feet.

I had learned about Universal Design in design school, and even did a school project for an imaginary cli-ent who had made the choice to age in place. But when it came down to implementing it for my own mother, it was real, and I had much more in-vested; our creativity soared

when we sat down together in front of the plans.

In this series, I will be sharing some of the ideas we had that seamlessly added a few universal and accessible design elements to her home, without it looking like an in-stitutional environment.

From bathrooms to the kitchen to her master bed-room and other areas of her home, we would make it chic and convenient. Our selec-tions were both stylish and practical, and will allow her to gracefully enter her golden years in her own home.

As we sat down together with the architect’s plans, with a red pen in hand, I made some adjustments that would not only benefit her now, but certainly in the fu-ture. We wanted her home to be accessible for all the years to come.

The second story would be an enhancement to her post-war, one story home. She’s always wanted a large bedroom, and this was her chance to finally have the room of her dreams.

But what if one day, those stairs became difficult

to climb? I made adjustments to the width of the staircase so that at some point it could be fitted with a motorized chair lift; this would allow her to reach her second story bedroom without the haz-ards or difficulty of walking up the stairs if she had mobil-ity issues.

This adjustment to the stairs didn’t require too much extra space, so if she didn’t need to install the lift, the staircase didn’t look too large.

It was also important to keep her current master bedroom on the first floor completely intact, in case she had to live on the first floor one day down the road. The room would be a perfect guest suite for years to come, but easy to move into if need be in the future.

This also meant keeping the master bathroom (soon to be the guest bathroom) the way it was, and retrofit-ting it now in some easy and stylish ways.

The bathroom tub and shower combo would need a grab bar to make it safe and accessible one day. But because my mother is still ac-tive and didn’t want an ugly steel bar in the tub, we used the Kohler Belay Handrail, which is a concealed installa-

tion and is recessed to blend with any tile environment. It simply looks like a tiled recessed element. Nothing institutional about this great design!

I also added a bench at the end of the tub so that, if need be, she could sit and shower (this also included the installation of a hand-held shower head that could be detached and used at the bench). The bench was designed to look like it was a seamless part of the shower, and not a separate element.

Because she wanted new cabinetry, I designed standard cabinetry, but with one half at a lower height. For now, it was a nice vanity area that we would acces-sorize with a pretty vanity stool on which guests could perch while doing make-up. Down the road, it could be converted to hold a sink at a lower height, if my mother had to sit because of de-creased mobility.

More aging in place de-sign elements were added to her new second story master bedroom and bath, and even her kitchen. But you wouldn’t know we were preparing her home for her golden years sometime down the line.

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Andrew Koenig, the actor and activist who be-came well known for try-ing to address Chinese Hu-man Rights violations at the Pasadena Rose Parade in 2008 and was arrested for “interfering” with that Rose Float is now missing according to police, family and friends. Koenig played Richard “Boner” Stabone to Kirk Cameron’s Mike Seaver in more than two dozen late-1980s episodes on the sitcom “Growing Pains,” has been missing for a week. His father, Walter Koenig of “Star Trek” fame as well as friends and the police are very concerned.

According numerous sources including the Los Angeles Times and his fa-ther’s web site, Koenig was last seen Feb. 14 in Vancou-ver; He was to have flown out Feb. 16 but was not on the flight.

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Following his arrest and spending 9 hours in Pasadena police custody on New Year’s Day 2008, actor, filmmaker and political ac-tivist Andrew Koenig spent another morning in Superior

court for his civil disobedi-ence in stepping in front of the Beijing Rose Parade float on that New Year’s Day.

Standing beside his well known actor father, he was asked if he was disappointed about the Judge’s ruling that Monday in March 2008. Koenig said “No, I’m not up-

set – this still helps us get the story out and keep it alive.”

“I broke a law, but I didn’t commit a crime,” said Koenig, regarding the few seconds he had spent holding up a sign before being taken away and arrested.

Former Mayor Bill Pa-parian, Koenig’s attorney,

initially tried arguing that the city violated his right to free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Best known for his role as the colorful Richard “Bon-er” Stabone on TV’s “Grow-ing Pains,” Koenig is also an activist for victims of military actions in Burma, which is ruled by a dictatorship sup-ported by the People’s Re-public of China.

Koenig and his father Walter Koenig, who played Lt. Pavel Chekov in the “Star Trek” television and movie series, went to Burma with a human rights group to film some of the refugees who had been forced from their homes. The elder Koenig has been at his son’s side in the courtroom in full support of his actions.

Human rights groups and victims of Chinese gov-ernment oppression began widespread protests last sum-mer as plans moved forward for a Rose Parade float cel-ebrating the upcoming Sum-mer Olympics in Beijing. Ac-cording to Walter Koenig’s web site back in 2008, “Wal-ter Koenig is working to bring world attention to the Burmese political crisis and

to the thousands of refugees suffering because of it.

The current military dictatorship has imprisoned Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected president of Burma and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, for fourteen years.

At the invitation of the humanitarian group U.S. Campaign for Burma, Wal-ter toured refugee camps along the Burmese-Thai border in July 2007.

On January 1 2008, An-drew Koenig walked into the Pasadena Rose Parade, stood directly in front of the Beijing Olympics float, and held up a sign declaring: “China - Free Burma” - in both English and Chinese. “The elected presi-dent of Burma and Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, - who has never been allowed to assume au-thority and remains under house arrest by the mili-tary government - was once asked what people outside of Burma could do to help their cause,” said humanitarian Andrew Koenig, who has vis-ited refugees in that region. “Her response was ‘Use your freedom to promote ours’. So that’s what I did.”

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ate student at Caltech, topped her female competitors in the marathon with a finish time of 3 hours, 1 minute, 5 seconds.

Mike Davies, also a graduate of Caltech who lives in Santa Monica, beat all his competitors with a time 2 hours, 42 minutes, 51 seconds.

The undertaking: either the event’s 26.2-mile mara-thon, the 13.1-mile half-marathon, the 5K, a 26.2-mile bike tour or a Fun Run/Walk was indeed grueling for some.

About 7900 people finished the race(s) according to Is-rael Estrada, executive director of Pasadena Forward, which organized the massive event. Estrada said the economy this year hit everyone hard and feels this is one reason the numbers were a bit lower than anticipated. Also some date changes and the LA Marathon coming up also played a role in keeping registration down.

Estrada estimated that more than 8,300 finished one of the races this year compared to 7,900 last year.

Many of the runners enjoyed the mild rain in the open-ing hours of the race. In fact, some said it was “perfect” marathon conditions due to the heat they were about to build up during the 26 miles.

Putting on such an event has been 5 years in the making for Estrada, a former Marine whose specialty is logistics.

Dealing with civilian government compared to mili-tary confines is considerably different Estrada said in a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon. Estrada said there are many more people with whom you have to deal

Continued from the First Page and different departments who need to check with other departments. The process of getting the Pasadena Marathon off the ground was Herculean according to many who work with Estrada.

Complaints from local residents were considerably less this year and the porta potties were plentiful and welcome sight especially for those who consume mass quantities of energy drinks prior to a race. The number of portable toilets this year was double that of the inaugural event.

First-responders stationed along the route had a rela-tively easy day keeping an eye on the events, which kicked off with the bike tour at 6:15 a.m.

The Pasadena Fire Department responded to just four calls on the marathon route, but none of the injuries was serious, according to Pasadena Fire PIO Lisa Derderian.

Estrada said that one of the people involved with Race Central, a company that does Marathons for a living year in year out, told him that this was one of the best organized Marathons he’d seen in a while. High praise indeed!

With about 900 volunteers including some 150 plus students from Blair High School, Israel Estrada said the event was unquestionably a success and did a little better than break even this year. He noted that while a Marathon is not a spectator sport as such, many friends and family members do contribute to the overall feel of excitement at the races. “Logistically speaking, this year was considerably easier…” Estrada told the Pasadena Independent. He said that Pasadena Forward had a lot of the same people from last year and many previous issues had been resolved.

We Asked Estrada if he’s planning on doing another Marathon next year to which he replied, “We’ll have to see.”


A bill authored by Santa Anita Family YMCA’s Youth and Government delegation to the 62nd annual Model Legislature and Model Court in Sacramento is awaiting signature by the governor. Youth Governor, Oliver Mittelstaedt that is.

The seven member delegation, all Monrovia High School students, returned jubilant over the passage of their bill to require high school students to complete a minimum of 60 hours of community service to be eli-gible for graduation.

More than 2,000 high school students represent-ing YMCA Youth and Government delegations from throughout California participated in the YMCA Model Legislature and Court. The students take over the official offices of the state capitol over the long President’s Day weekend filling roles, including assembly members, state senators, pages, lobbyists, judges and journalists.

This is the third time in last five years that a SA-FYMCA’s Youth and Government delegation has suc-cessfully authored and passed a piece of legislation at the Model and Legislature and Court.

“It was an awesome experience, a bit intimidating at first because there were so many delegations larger than ours,” said delegation president, Diana Ortiz, 17. “But although small, we were a very powerful delegation. We had a lot of leaders in our delegation who were very strong in making their proposals and arguments before committees,” she said.

Other members of the SAFYMCA delegation were: Alexis Palacio, 16; Andy Alonso, 17; Mariela Velez, 17, Angie Urena, 18; Carolina De Loera, 18, and Liliana Escobar, 17.

Escobar served as an assembly member and speaker for the delegation’s bill, an act to amend section 51225.3 of the Education Code relating to high school gradua-tion. Under the bill, students would have to complete 15 hours of non-paid, non-graded, non-punitive hours of community service per grade level. De Loera was also an assembly member, while Urena served as a state senator, Alonso worked as a page and Velez was a member of the press, working on the daily newspaper and in charge of the video yearbook.

Palacio and Ortiz were assigned to National Issues Committees. Palacio’s committee discussed a proposal that would have government financial consultants as-

Youth and Government Delegation Gets Bill Passed in Sacramento

Taking over Sacramento – The Santa Anita Family YMCA’s Youth and Government delegation pose in front of the state capitol during their participation in the California YMCA’s 62nd annual Model Legislature and Model Court. From left: Christina Huggins, advisor; Alexis Palacio, Diana Ortiz; Angie Urena, Carolina De Loera; Andy Alonso; Mariela Velez; Liliana Escobar; and Nancy Rosa, lead advisor.

sist nonprofit organizations. Ortiz’s committee studied a proposal to give undocumented students who had lived in the United States for a minimum of five years the right to financial aid. It was good experience for Ortiz, who would like to have a career in public policy and law after graduating from college.

“We’re so proud of what our delegat ion ac-

complished,” said Nancy Rosa, lead adviser for SA-FYMCA’s Youth and Government program. “Not only have they have grown intellectually and matured through this process but they are so much more confi-dent. This experience has given them life skills to be better people, to be more engaged in everything that they do,” she said.

More than 130 community residents, civic and business leaders attended a din-ner at the Monrovian Restaurant to help kick off the 2010 support campaign to raise $150,000 to fund the Santa Anita Family YMCA’s Financial Assistance Program. Funds raised in the annual campaign help the YMCA provide programs and services for youths, teens, families and seniors re-gardless of their ability to pay full fee.

“The need keeps growing. Last year the SAFYMCA awarded more than $120,000 in financial assistance to de-serving kids and families,” said returning campaign co-chair, board member, and Monrovia chiropractor, Todd Adamson.

“These tough economic times are tak-ing a toll on families in our community. Kids are especially at risk. Thanks to our generous donors, the YMCA can be there for them to provide a place where they can enjoy being a kid, swim, camp, play a sport, or get help with their homework,” said Adamson.

Duarte City Councilwoman, Tzeitel

Paras-Caracci is co-chair of this year’s sup-port campaign with Adamson. Together they will head up a support campaign team of 90 community volunteers in an effort to meet the fund-raising goal.

“I have a heart for the YMCA because I’ve seen the difference it can make in the life of a child who experiences the joy of summer camp for the first time. Or a troubled teen whose life is transformed because of the programs and support sys-tem they receive from our Youth Alliance program,” said Paras-Caracci.

In 2009, the Financial Assistance Pro-gram enabled 2,698 kids to experience the joys of the outdoors, learn valuable lessons and participate in Day Camp and After School programs. A total of 1,822 youth participated in YMCA youth sports and mentoring programs. Some 1,110 families were awarded scholarships to support their participation in YMCA values-based programs and health and fitness member-ships. And 1,697 senior improved their health through fitness classes.

Chiropractor Todd Adamson and Duarte Council Member to Co-Chair SAFYMCA Support Campaign

The Santa Anita Family YMCA honored Carolyn Demcak of Monrovia (at right) for 50 years of volunteer service, including her 10 years as a member of the SAFYMCA board of directors. She is currently the SAFYMCA’s liaison to the Y’s Men, a club in partnership and support of the YMCA’s mission. Joining in the salute, from left: Monrovia City Council Member, Becky Shevlin, Monrovia Council Member and SAFYMCA board member, Clarence Shaw, and SAFYMCA Chief Executive Officer, Damon Colaluca.

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There will be 163 resi-dential units of one and two bedrooms. In addition there will be 3 to 4 com-mercial spaces available. All the apartments have full amenities including dishwashers, refrigerators, washers and dryers as well as large amounts of storage space, many with walk-in closets. The is also a large heated elliptical pool and a spa. The pool area has a fireplace and a complete barbecue area with two gri l ls and a bar space. There will be lounge chairs as well as umbrellas in the pool area. All residents will have access to a resident’s lounge with a fireplace, flat screen television, and bar. The complex even has a pool room and fitness cen-ter eliminating the need for a gym membership.

All the apartment floor plans are named for local historic figures including Monroe and Spence and Sinclair. The smallest one bedroom apartments are called Reid, after Hugo Reid who first settled Ran-cho Santa Anita which he later sold to Lucky Baldwin (af ter whom the small -est 2 bedroom units are named).

The largest apartments are named Huntington for Henry Huntington who was instrumental in estab-lishing the Pacific Electric Railroad, fitting as the lo-cation of Paragon is that of the old Red Car station in Monrovia. At the corner of Myrtle and Olive the devel-opers the Urban Housing Group of Palo Alto has put in a public art plaza which will feature a sculpture of a

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Just adjacent to the Art Plaza will the largest retail space which according to Dan Bacani is ideal for a restaurant. Bacani Vice President of N.A.I. Capital Commercial of Pasadena is handling the rental of the retail spaces. There are two other retail/office spaces, one of which and easily be divided into two separate spaces, Bacani noted. He said he hoping to rent these spaces out to businesses which would benefit the residents of the complex

Currently the residen-tial spaces are being han-

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RueDell Eakin Willey, a 28 year resident of Sierra Madre, passed away on January 6, 2010, after a brief illness in her home, and was surrounded by her family.

RueDell was born August 15, 1929 in Apache, Oklaho-ma, the youngest of 5 children. She married Samuel Mowery in 1948 in Oklahoma, and had 2 sons. After their divorce, RueDell married Clarence Willey in 1955 in Oklahoma, and he adopted the boys a short time later.

RueDell and Clarence lived in many cities around Central and Southern California, including several years in Pasadena when the boys went to Pasadena High School. At that same time, both RueDell and Clarence worked at Bur-roughs Corporation. After moving to the Redondo Beach area for about 10 years, they moved back to Sierra Madre in 1982 to be closer to their only grandson Patrick, and have lived here ever since. She loved interior design, and had once considered making it her vocation. But her first love was be-ing a grandmother!

She is survived by her husband Clarence of Sierra Ma-dre; son Michael Willey of Los Osos, CA; son Terry Willey and wife Linda of Snohomish, WA; former daughter-in-law Cheryl Willey of Arroyo Grande; and grandson Patrick Wil-ley of Los Osos, CA.

Per her request, no services were held. Notes and thoughts about RueDell can be emailed to the family at: [email protected].

James W. “Jim” loving husband of Rosemary ( Danner) for 58 years; wonderful brother of Lois Ernst (Jack), Judy Bru-eneman (Dick), and Ken Morton (Nan) and brother-in-law of Susan Paston (Richard); beloved father of Laurie Morton, Jeff Morton (AJ), Bill Morton (Trish), and Julie Bolger (Ryan), dear grandfather of Joshua, Samantha, Mackenzie, Luke, Allysa, and Heatherlee; also survived by many family members and friends. Died Jan. 19, 2010. Age 80. Memorial Service scheduled for March 6, 2010 , 11am, St. Rita Catholic Church, corner of Grandview and Baldwin, Sierra Madre.

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NOtice OF trustee’s sAle loan No: 85-000158 t.s. No.: GWb-065723 title No: 4266926 YOu Are iN DeFAult uNDer A DeeD OF trust DAteD 2/7/2008. uNless YOu tAKe ActiON tO PrOtect YOur PrOPertY, it MAY be sOlD At A Public sAle. iF YOu NeeD AN eXPlANAtiON OF the NAture OF the PrOceeDiNGs AGAiNst YOu, YOu shOulD cONtAct A lAWYer. A public auction to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check/cash equivalent or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the united states), will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, or all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of trust described below. the sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of trust, advances there under, with interest as provided in said Note, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Deed of trust. the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of sale is reasonably estimated to be: $324,134.22. the amount may be greater on the day of sale. trustor: irene chang, a single woman Duly Appointed trustee: standard trust Deed service company recorded: 2/15/2008 as instrument No. 20080275103, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles county, california. Date of sale: 3/4/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of sale: at the West side of the los Angeles county courthouse, southeast District, 12720 Norwalk blvd., Norwalk, cA street Address or other common designation of real property purported to be: 2000 south 2nd Avenue, Arcadia, cA 91006 A.P.N.: 5790-006-018 legal Description: As more fully described on said Deed of trust. regarding the property that is the subject of this Notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defined in Civil code 2923.53(k) (3) declares that the mortgage loan servicer has not obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this Notice of sale is recorded. the time frame for giving a Notice of Sale specified in civil code section 2923.53 subdivision (a) does not apply to this Notice of sale pursuant to civil code sections 2923.52 or 2923.55 the undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. We are attempting to collect a debt and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. For trustee’s sale information please call (925) 603-7342 Date: 2/3/2010 standard trust Deed service company, as said trustee 2600 stanwell Drive, suite 200 concord, cA 94520 (925) 603-1000 (925) 685-3735 – fax Amy rigsby, Assistant secretary (rsVP# 186849)(02/11/10, 02/18/10, 02/25/10)

NOtice OF trustee’s sAle ts No. 09-0164949 title Order No. 09-8-508763 APN No. 8503-022-016 YOu Are iN DeFAult uNDer A DeeD OF trust, DAteD 01/09/2007. uNless YOu tAKe ActiON tO PrOtect

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Pursuant to state law, the Planning commission hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held to deter-mine whether the following request should be approved, conditionally approved, or denied:

Application No: Zone change No. Zc 09-01

Applicant: charles huang, Dexter huntington, llc

location: 728 W. huntington Drive

request: to change the zone of the subject property from c-O & D (Professional Office) to R-3 (Multiple Family) to make it consistent with the General Plan land use designation – Multiple Family residential (24 du/acre).

environmental Document: refer to the Notice of intent to adopt a Negative Declaration that accompanies this notice.

time of hearing: t u e s d a y , February 23, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

Place of hearing: city council cham-bers at Arcadia city hall240 West huntington Drive, Arcadia, california

The application file and plans of the proposed zone change are available for review at the Planning services office.

All interested persons are invited to ap-pear at the public hearing and to pro-vide evidence or testimony concerning the proposed zone change. You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge any action taken by the Planning commission with respect to the proposed zone change, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objections which you or someone else raised at or prior to the time of the public hearing.

Persons wishing to comment on the proposed project may do so at the public hearing or by writing to Plan-ning services prior to the February 23, 2010 public hearing. For further information regarding this matter or to submit comments, please contact lisa Flores, senior Planner, at (626) 574-5445 or via email at [email protected]. comments may also be mailed to 240 West huntington Drive, P.O. box 60021 Arcadia, cA 91066-6021, or faxed to (626) 447-9173.

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YOur PrOPertY, it MAY be sOlD At A Public sAle. iF YOu NeeD AN eXPlANAtiON OF the NAture OF the PrOceeDiNG AGAiNst YOu, YOu shOulD cONtAct A lAWYer.” Notice is hereby given that recONtrust cOMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of trust executed by ceciliA ONuNKWO, A siNGle WOMAN, dated 01/09/2007 and recorded 01/19/07, as instrument No. 20070107874, in book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the county recorder of los Angeles county, state of california, will sell on 03/25/2010 at 1:00PM, At the front entrance to the Pomona superior courts building, 350 West Mission blvd., Pomona at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of trust, in the property situated in said county and state and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of trust. the street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 437 West sceNic DriVe, MONrOViA, cA, 910161509. the undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. the total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of sale is $795,357.56. it is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. in addition to cash, the trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state. said sale will be made, in an “As is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of trust. if required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the california civil code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of trustee’s sale duly recorded with the appropriate county recorder’s Office. DATED: 02/06/2010 recONtrust cOMPANY, N.A. 1800 tapo canyon rd., cA6-914-01-94 siMi VAlleY, cA 93063 Phone/sale information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer recONtrust cOMPANY,N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Fei # 1006.86600 2/25, 3/04, 3/11/2010

t.s. No.: 0901724cA loan No.: ****6941 NOtice OF trustee’s sAle YOu Are iN DeFAult uNDer A DeeD OF trust DAteD 11/25/2005. uNless YOu tAKe ActiON tO PrOtect YOur PrOPertY, it MAY be sOlD At A Public sAle. iF YOu NeeD AN eXPlANAtiON OF the NAture OF the PrOceeDiNG AGAiNst YOu, YOu shOulD cONtAct A lAWYer. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by

a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of trust described below. the sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. the amount may be greater on the day of sale. trustor: Daric W. Wong and Julie Wong, as trustees of the DJKs Wong 2001 trust, Dated January 12, 2001 Duly Appointed trustee: seaside trustee, iNc. recorded 12/7/2005 as instrument No. 052994115 in book, page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles county, california, Date of sale: 3/18/2010 at 1:00 PM Place of sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona superior courts building, 350 W. Mission blvd., Pomona, cA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $197,598.00 street Address or other common designation of real property: 19 W Naomi Ave Arcadia, cA 91007 A.P.N.: 5782-010-032 As required by california civil code section 2923.54, the current beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent has declared one of the following: 1. the timeframe for giving this notice of sale as specified in subdivision (a) of section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to california civil code section 2923.52 or 2923.55 2. the mortgage loan servicer has obtained a [mal or temporary order of exemption from the commissioner pursuant to section 2923.53 and it is current and valid as of the date this Notice of Sale is filed. 3. The requirements of california civil code section 2923.52 have been met. As required by california civil code section 2923.5, the current beneficiary has declared to Seaside trustee inc, the original trustee, the duly appointed substituted trustee, or acting as agent for the trustee, that the requirements of said section have been met by one or more of the following: 1. borrower was contacted to assess their financial situation and to explore the options for the borrower to avoid foreclosure 2. the borrower has surrendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary or authorized agent 3. Due diligence to contact the borrower was made as required by said section 2923.5 the undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. if no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of sale. Date: 2/18/2010 Jessica Weber Vice President. trustee sales information (877) 317-8782 www.westcoastposting.com P.O. box 426, Oak View, cA 93022. this is AN AtteMP tO cOllect A Debt AND ANY iNFOrMAtiON ObtAiNeD Will be useD FOr thAt PurPOse. WcPP16097 2/25, 3/4, 3/11/2010

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The Foothill Communi-ty Democrats will hold their next meeting at 7:00pm at the Peach Café (141 East Colora-do, Monrovia) on Thursday evening, February 25, 2010. Featured speaker Brian Ulm will speak about the Mon-rovia Community Services Commission. The group will also consider endorsing Democratic candidates for the Sierra Madre city council election coming up in April. Updates about the club are posted to its website at www.FoothillCommunityDemo-crats.org.

Arcadia Mayor pro Tem Peter Amundson announced the schedule for his campaign kick-off. Featured speakers will include former NFL Football player and candidate for Secretary of State Damon Dunn and Retired State Senator Dick Mountjoy.

The kick-off reception will take place on Sunday, Feb-ruary 28th from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Arcadia Women's Club, located at 324 South First Avenue in Arcadia.

“The kick-off is great chance for me to interact with the community”, said Amundson. “As someone who was born and raised in Arcadia, I’m thankful to have such great support,” Amundson added.

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Join in on the Opening Day fun as Sierra Madre Little League starts its sea-son on Saturday, Febru-ary 27.

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FaNTasTIC arCaDIa home $1,999,000Stunning 4,300 sq. ft. Santa Anita Oaks Estate situated on a 1/2 acre, features a gourmet kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 4-1/2 baths, Formal Living Room & Dinning Room, family room, pool & spa, 3car garage and much more! (ARB)


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BeauTIFuL home oN LarGe LoT $859,000. Located in Sierra Madre this 1,986 sq.ft. one owner home is situated on a 11,800 sq.ft. lot and features 4 bedrooms, dining room, family room, nicely updated kitchen with built-ins, laundry room, central air & heat, 2 fireplaces, swimming pool and 2 baths. View of the mountains, double attached garage. (W315)


GreaT INCome ProPerTY $1,700,000Located north of Foothill in the heart of Monrovia on two lots, 7 units, each with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. 6 of the units are apartments in a two story building and the 7th unit is a town home in its own separate building. Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. lot Close to Myrtle, shopping, entertainment and transportation. (S121)


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