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By Andrew Perry Peering over his lowered glasses, Councilmember Jesse Luera offered harsh criticism about Caltrans’s failure to maintain the property it has acquiesced in Norwalk’s section of the Interstate 5 corridor. On Dec. 1, Norwalk City Coun- cil unanimously approved a Freeway Agreement with Caltrans regarding the I-5 Improvement Project, which will be widening the interstate in a few years. The agreement is a formality to record that both the City and Caltrans understand what will be taking place in the upcoming years. 45,000 homes every Friday • Serving Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, East Lakewood, Norwalk & La Palma • December 18, 2009 • Volume 20, No. 42 Los Cerritos COMMUNITY NEWS Sign Up to Receive FREE LOCAL COUPONS Sent to Your Email! www.YourCityCoupons.net Condition of I-5 Improvement Your City Coupons w.yourcitycoupon Hawaiian Gardens Transition: n n Victor Farfan Mayor, Michiko A. Oyama-Canada Mayor Pro Tem Victor Farfan and Michiko Oyama-Canda were elected Hawaiian Gardens Mayor and Mayor-Pro Tem by majority vote Dec. 15 at a regular meeting of the City Council. Farfan said he planned to work with all members of the council and offered congratulations to the two newly elected council members, Barry Bruce and Reynaldo Rodriguez. By Jerry Bernstein In a meeting marked by contentious- ness the Hawaiian Gardens City Council elected Victor Farfan Mayor and Michiko Oyama-Canada Mayor Pro Tem but not before several audience members called for naming newly elected members Barry Bruce and Reynaldo Rodriguez to fill their (Farfan and Oyama-Canada) positions. Former Mayor Kathy Navejas accused outgoing Mayor Gomez, as well as Farfan, of not being elected. She challenged them to show the number of votes they received from the people in the last election. She said a very clear line had been drawn in the sand and there was change coming to the city. Navejas also accused the Los An- geles County Sheriff Department of order- ing citizen background checks in the city By Jerry Bernstein Artesia Mayor Tony Lima and Mayor Pro Tem Victor Manalo were re-elected to office by their peers on the city council Dec. 14 in the council’s annual reorgani- zation which also saw John Lyons sworn in for a four-year term following a three year absence. Retiring Councilman John Martins praised his colleagues on the council for their dedication to the city told them it had been a pleasure working with them during his eight years on the council. “Serving with these people has been a unique plea- sure and an honor,” he stated. Martins said there were times he dis- agreed with the individual councilmem- bers and there were times he agreed with them, but the one goal we have always worked toward was what was best for the city and the fact we respect each other. He also praised the staff for their dedica- tion to the city and the hours they put into Tony Lima and Victor Manalo Re-elected Artesia Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem See ARTESIA Page 14 By Dr. Mary Sieu ABC Unified School District was hon- ored for exemplary programs in the 30th Annual Golden Bell Awards program of the California School Boards Associa- tion. The first award was won in the ABCUSD Wins Two Golden Bell Awards See TRANSITION Page 13 See BELL Page 14 Wellness category for the Net- work for a Healthier California under the direction of Dipa Shah, Program Coordina- tor. The purpose of the Net- work for a Healthy California Program is to promote healthy eating and regu- lar physical activity among low income While Luera was addressing the wrong person at the time he was focusing his attention on the City’s representative from the I-5 Consortium), his critique was what dominated the conversation, and ini- tiated a promise for a better working re- lationship between the City and Caltrans. The City Council and City Manager added to Luera’s criticism by expressing its disappointment at the condition of the properties that have been vacated. Councilmember Luera said, “You guys have failed to take responsibility for the maintenance of these properties. Imagine if you were living in a blighted area like this … while I hope you are treating other cities along the I-5 better, City Clerk Gloria Considine gives the oath of office for a four year term on the city council to [l-r] newly elected Artesia Councilmember John Lyons, and incumbents Sally Flowers and Victor Manalo at Dec. 14 meeting of the city council. Lyons replaced John Martins who retired after two terms to spend more time with his family. 2009 Golden Bell Awards Table Talk – Red Carpet Media Festival (l-r) Dr. Mary Sieu, Celia Spitzer, James Kang, May- nard Law, Greg Porter, Joy Husband, and Crechena Wise. See CALTRANS Page 14
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By Andrew Perry
Peering over his lowered glasses, Councilmember Jesse Luera offered harsh criticism about Caltrans’s failure to maintain the property it has acquiesced in Norwalk’s section of the Interstate 5 corridor.
On Dec. 1, Norwalk City Coun-cil unanimously approved a Freeway Agreement with Caltrans regarding the I-5 Improvement Project, which will be widening the interstate in a few years. The agreement is a formality to record that both the City and Caltrans understand what will be taking place in the upcoming years.
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Hawaiian Gardens Transition: Hawaiian Gardens Transition: Hawaiian Gardens TransitionVictor Farfan Mayor,
Michiko A. Oyama-Canada Mayor Pro Tem
Victor Farfan and Michiko Oyama-Canda were elected Hawaiian Gardens Mayor and Mayor-Pro Tem by majority vote Dec. 15 at a regular meeting of the City Council. Farfan said he planned to work with all members of the council and offered congratulations to the two newly elected council members, Barry Bruce and Reynaldo Rodriguez.
By Jerry Bernstein
In a meeting marked by contentious-ness the Hawaiian Gardens City Council elected Victor Farfan Mayor and Michiko Oyama-Canada Mayor Pro Tem but not before several audience members called for naming newly elected members Barry Bruce and Reynaldo Rodriguez to fill their (Farfan and Oyama-Canada) positions.
Former Mayor Kathy Navejas accused
outgoing Mayor Gomez, as well as Farfan, of not being elected. She challenged them to show the number of votes they received from the people in the last election. She said a very clear line had been drawn in the sand and there was change coming to the city. Navejas also accused the Los An-geles County Sheriff Department of order-ing citizen background checks in the city
By Jerry Bernstein
Artesia Mayor Tony Lima and Mayor Pro Tem Victor Manalo were re-elected to office by their peers on the city council
Dec. 14 in the council’s annual reorgani-zation which also saw John Lyons sworn in for a four-year term following a three year absence.
Retiring Councilman John Martins praised his colleagues on the council for their dedication to the city told them it had been a pleasure working with them during
his eight years on the council. “Serving with these people has been a unique plea-sure and an honor,” he stated.
Martins said there were times he dis-agreed with the individual councilmem-
bers and there were times he agreed with them, but the one goal we have always worked toward was what was best for the city and the fact we respect each other. He also praised the staff for their dedica-tion to the city and the hours they put into
Tony Lima and Victor Manalo Re-elected Artesia Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem
See ARTESIA Page 14ARTESIA Page 14ARTESIA
By Dr. Mary Sieu
ABC Unified School District was hon-ored for exemplary programs in the 30th Annual Golden Bell Awards program of the California School Boards Associa-tion.
The first award was won in the
ABCUSD Wins Two Golden Bell Awards
See TRANSITION Page 13
See BELL Page 14
Wellness category for the Net-work for a Healthier California under the direction of Dipa Shah, Program Coordina-tor. The purpose of the Net-work for a Healthy California Program
is to promote healthy eating and regu-lar physical activity among low income
While Luera was addressing the wrong person at the time he was focusing his attention on the City’s representative from the I-5 Consortium), his critique was what dominated the conversation, and ini-tiated a promise for a better working re-lationship between the City and Caltrans. The City Council and City Manager added to Luera’s criticism by expressing its disappointment at the condition of the properties that have been vacated.
Councilmember Luera said, “You guys have failed to take responsibility for the maintenance of these properties. Imagine if you were living in a blighted area like this … while I hope you are treating other cities along the I-5 better,
City Clerk Gloria Considine gives the oath of office for a four year term on the city council to [l-r] newly elected Artesia Councilmember John Lyons, and incumbents Sally Flowers and Victor Manalo at Dec. 14 meeting of the city council. Lyons replaced John Martins who retired after two terms to spend more time with his family.
2009 Golden Bell Awards Table Talk – Red Carpet Media Festival (l-r) Dr. Mary Sieu, Celia Spitzer, James Kang, May-nard Law, Greg Porter, Joy Husband, and Crechena Wise.
See CALTRANS Page 14
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By Dr. Steve Sherman
The Rotary Club of Artesia-Cerritos held its annual Christmas party for teen-age parents and their young children at Artesia Park. This is an annual program sponsored by the Rotary Club in coop-eration with the ABC School District. Teenage parents who are attending school in the district are welcome to attend with their infants and young children.
About 50 students, young children, and teachers from the CAL-SAFE Teen Parent Program at Tracy High School attended. This program is dedicated to teaching the young parents about prenatal health, childbirth, and parenting skills for infants and toddlers. Lunch was served, songs were sung, and of course, the highlight was Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. The children each received small presents. Also in attendance were Rotary and other community members
The CAL-SAFE Teen Parent Program provides these young high school students with a chance to continue their education, and at the same time, to learn to fulfill their role as young parents. The Rotary Club supports their efforts and is glad to sponsor this annual Christmas program. It has been an annual event for the last 15 years.
The members of the Artesia-Cerritos Rotary Club want to wish everyone in the community a very happy holiday season and prosperous New Year. The Rotary Club is dedicated to promoting local events and programs in the Artesia, Cer-ritos, and Hawaiian Garden area. For more information on the Rotary, contact Dr. Steve Sherman at 562 926-1097.
Artesia/Cerritos Rotary Club Holds Annual CAL-SAFE Teen Parent Program Christmas Party
Santa Claus (a.k.a. Chester Swort, esq.) pays special visit to teen parent Christmas party.
Cerritos resident Lowden Harrell, an 8th grade student at Carmenita Middle School, auditioned for and won a spot in the SCSBOA (Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association) Honor Band. He will be playing percussion in the Honor Band concert on January 17th, 2010 at Citrus College in Glendora. This was his first time auditioning for the SCSBOA Honor Band. Last year, Lowden participated in the ABC All Dis-trict Middle School Honor Band as first chair percussionist.
Lowden began taking piano lessons at the age of 5 at Accent Music in Long Beach. At 8 he began drum lessons there
also. Last year he started accordion and
guitar lessons as well. He is hoping
to have a career in the music field. At
Carmenita Middle School, he is in the
advanced band as well as the jazz band,
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Cerritos Student Drumming Way to Top
Lowden Harrell
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The Woman’s Club of Bellflower was founded in 1921 and was Federated two years later in 1923. It celebrated its Federated/Reciprocity Saturday Dec. 5th at their club-house at 9405 Oak St. in Bellflower.
President Peggy Belcher, Dean Jean Englebach, and Treasurer Shirley Myers were gracious hostesses and went out of their way to make all feel welcome.
Lunch was a delicious potato bar with all the trimmings with carrot cake for dessert. Representatives and board members from Norwalk, Downey, Paramount, Lakewood, Artesia/Cerritos, El Dorado, and Long Beach were present.
There was excellent entertainment provided by approximately 30 members from Mayfair High School Musical Band under the direction of Jeff Deseriere. He told how the musical band had grown from 45 last year to 160 this year.
Ruby Cure, president of the Lakewood Women’s Club has known Jeff for many years. She announced that Jeff and the band would be giving a Christmas Musical at her church on Sunday, December 20th at 5:00 p.m.. There will be soup and salad served by the ladies of the church. The Christ Presbyterian Church is located at 5225 Hayter Ave. two blocks west of Lakewood at Candlewood.
For more information on Musical contact Ruby cure at 562-421-8416.
Bellflower Women’s Club Celebrates 80 Years of Federation
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The Cerritos Senior Center was the scene of a gala birthday party held in honor of long time resident Charles Lee who celebrated his 70th year. In charge of the evening’s program was daughter Tru-lee and her husband Yoshi, and daughter Kelley who supervised the buffet.
An estimated 300 guests attended the celebration, including Chung-Chen Kung, Director General of the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office, representatives from Congresswoman Linda Sanchez office, Cerritos City Councilman Jim Edwards
Charles Lee Celebrates 70th! Birthday
Cerritos resident Charles Lee celebrated his 70th Birthday at the Cerritos Senior Center with friends and family. Preparing to blow out the candle, which replaces 70 candles, are members of his family: daughter Trulee, son-in-law Yoshi, grand-daughter Rea, his wife of 40 years Laura Lee, and daughter Kelley.
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2009 Children’s Art & Writing Contests Winners AnnouncedBy Larry Caballero
Friends of the Cerritos Library board members announced the 2009 Children’s Art & Writing Contests winners Dec. 7 at the Seventh Annual Awards Presenta-tion held at the Cerritos Library Skyline Room. More than 200 family members and friends heard Cerritos Administrative Services Department Librarian Padmini Prabhakar congratulate the elementary school students, from local surrounding schools, and encourage them to continue reading.
Cerritos Mayor Bruce Barrows also wished the winners much success in the future and reminded the families, “We have some of the finest schools of any found in L. A. County.”
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First PlaceGrade 3 David Ahn Wittman ElementarySecond PlaceGrade 3 Pavithra Kowligi Leal ElementaryFirst PlaceGrade 4 Abhishek Iyer Abhishek Iyer Abhishek IyerGonsalves ElementaryFirst PlaceGrade 4 Angelina Suh Cerritos ElementarySecond PlaceGrade 4 Susmita Bhat Susmita Bhat Susmita BhatWittman ElementarySecond PlaceGrade 4 Sean Chen HomeschooledSecond PlaceGrade 4 Sanjana Koushik Sanjana Koushik Sanjana KoushikGonsalves Elementary
First PlaceGrade 5 Rachel Soans Leal ElementarySecond PlaceGrade 5 Gary Liu Cerritos Elementary
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Ages 4 - 5First PlaceGrade K Michelle KimGrade K Michelle KimGrade KCerritos ElementarySecond PlaceGrade K Caleb S. LeeGrace Christian SchoolThird Place Grade K Kaitlyn BahngStowers ElementaryThird Place Grade K Eileen ChangGrade K Eileen ChangGrade KLeal Elementary
Age 6First PlaceGrade K Ashley JangGrade K Ashley JangGrade KFisler School Second PlaceGrade 2 Eric Han Gonsalves ElementaryThird PlaceGrade 1 Min-Joon KimGonsalves / Mahanaim ARTThird PlaceGrade 1 Jessica KimGonsalves / Mahanaim ART
Age 7First PlaceGrade 2 Keshav Sam Leal ElementarySecond PlaceGrade 2 Hunter Hayes Carver Elementary
Third PlaceGrade 2 Gabrielle Mallare Cerritos ElementaryThird Place Grade 2 Renee Ordono ILC School / Mahanaim ART
Age 8First PlaceGrade 3 Yoo Kyum Jeon Wittman ElementarySecond PlaceGrade 3 Sophia Kwack Sophia Kwack Sophia KwackJuliet Morris ElementaryThird PlaceGrade 3 David Kim Stowers ElementaryThird PlaceGrade 3 Eugene Kim Stowers ElementaryThird PlaceGrade 3 Joseph Kim Cerritos Elementary
Age 9First PlaceGrade 4 Sanjana Koushik Sanjana Koushik Sanjana KoushikGonsalves ElementarySecond Place Grade 4 Halli Kim Los Alamitos ElementaryThird Place Grade 4 Lauren Kim Luther Elementary
Ages 10 – 12First Place Grade 5 Tommy Ha Laguna Road ElementarySecond Place Grade 5 Alison Oh Fairmont Private SchoolThird Place Grade 6 Michelle Chin Sunset Lane Elementary
Art Contest winning entries on display in the Cerritos Library Skyline Room for fami-lies and friends to admire.
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Irish Tenors Bring Christmas Class to Cerritos By Glen Creason
It’s hard to imagine a better show, a classier presentation or a more uplifting holiday concert than the wonderful Irish Tenors Holiday Program presented on a chilly Wednesday evening at the Perform-ing Arts Center. The show splits in two sentimental halves with classics of the season being interspersed with ever-greens of the rich Irish vocal traditions being sung by three equally marvelous voices. Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns
and Karl Scully are the names but the triumvirate is very much a whole wonder-ful sound. Through two-dozen such gems the gents never wavered and had a full house absolutely enthralled and deeply moved throughout. With this repertoire it is necessary to take it up a holiday notch since the tunes are so familiar but the Tenors just don’t let down or get compla-cent. They seem as delighted singing these familiar songs as the adoring crowd was in thrilling to them.
The show opened with an ace, the tow-ering “Be Thou My Vision” with all three men reaching the back rows of the upper balcony with their three shades of tenor. The truly amazing musical phenomenon is that each man is unique in tone within the tenor voice. Each singer can make these songs their own private song property and when they join in three-part harmony the
effect can be breathtaking. The first half of the show featured such harmonies on “Red Is the Rose,’ the oft sung “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra” and good old “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” that the gentle-men polished to a fare thee well. Other very sweet moments came when each man took a solo turn including Wright’s achingly beautiful “When You Were Sweet Sixteen,” Kearns’ inspirational “Ave Maria” and Scully’s ethereal “My Lagan Love.” There were lighter moments like the cute “Fifty Years Ago,” and a calypso “Mary’s Boy Child” but the clos-ing “Amazing Grace” said everything the song was intended to convey. The second half was almost pure Christmas and purely perfect in the singing of these well-worn classics. “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and “Go Tell It On the Mountain” were done
to perfection. “Silent Night” was given a new look with the use of three different languages in the same song, making it come to life like it was written yesterday. If you saw a program set list here you might believe the songs have seen their season but not as sung by these extremely talented men. Still, the highlights were the more offbeat “Fairytale of Old New York,” the combining of “Drummer Boy” and “Peace on Earth” a la Bing Crosy and David Bowie along with the bittersweet “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Morning.” By this time the crowd was eating sugar-plums of song out of the tenors hands and a medley of classics and encores followed a soaring “O Holy Night” that elicited sighs of admiration and recognition. You can mail in the Ellsie award for holiday show right now to the Irish address of the Irish Tenors. This one is in Santa’s bag.
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Cerritos Resident Dan Nino Wins Pangasinan Brotherhood Presidency
Dan E. Nino, the founding president of Assn. of Mangatarem Overseas Resi-dents (AMOR) of Southern California, won the presidency of Pangasinan Broth-erhood-USA based in Cerritos. Nino, former chairman of the Board of PB-USA and current parliamentarian bested Sonny De Leon of Basista, 85-79.
De Leon, a retired postal worker is also the immediate past president of Pangasinan Association of Greater Long Beach and current Board chairman of PB-USA.
Nino had been considered the frontrunner because of his 26 years of uninterrupted membership with Pangasi-nan Brotherhood. However, the strong showing of De Leon who had eight years involvement with this community organi-zation surprised his supporters.
In an emotional speech, Nino thanked his supporters and pledged to institute reforms and carry out his advocacies and programs. He also thanked God for all the blessings that he has received through the years of his involvement as a com-munity leader and media man. “I won’t be here without His blessings. I will be your healing president,” he said in a choking acceptance speech.
In his campaign flyer, he said, “Let us not forget our roots. Our strong cultural heritage and family ties back home are deep-rooted and will always remain with us even in a distant land.” He unveiled his two-year plans that caught attention from the voting delegates, among them to register Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA as a 501 (C) (3) with the Internal Revenue Service so all donations to PB-USA can be a tax-write off, to revive Scholarship Program to college-bound students of
Pangasinensi descent, to revive Summer Mini-Olympics as a vehicle to promote fellowship and physical fitness among the Pangasinensi old guards and the youths, to reach out to inactive members and lure them back to the fold, to print a directory booklet of the Council of Presidents, past and cur-rent officers of PB-USA and to create electronic mail group where members of PB-USA can commu-nicate on-line among them.
De Leon’s platform on the other hand are to campaign for more member-ship, encourage active involvement of
members, raise funds for projects and programs, extend aids to less fortunate
“kabaleyans” and grant scholarship grants to deserv-ing students.
He said he was proud to be a member of the organization and proud to be a candidate for president. Your trust and confi-dence will always guide me in the management of our association.”
Lito Santarina, the Filipino-Amer-
ican mayor pro-tem of Carson City imme-diately swore-in the officers. The formal induction ball will take place sometime in July 2010.
Sonny S. De Leon and Dan Nino [l-r] flaking ballot box prior to vote count. Nino bested De Leon 85-79 in a close race for the presidency.
6 COMMUNITY NEWS GROUP • DECEMBER 18, 2009 TO ADVERTISE CALL 800-901-7211of bacteria will determine who will be at risk for developing dental diseases.
First, we all have bacteria in our mouths and it is impossible to sterilize your mouth. Second, there is no drug or antibiotic that will cure dental decay or gum disease. Maybe some day there will be, but not at the present. Let us see why this is so.
Research into both types of major dental disease has isolated over 32 types of bac-teria that can cause dental decay and even more bacteria that break down the gum and bone structures that hold the teeth soundly
in place. To compound the problem the list of bacte-ria keeps growing every few years as scientists continue their research. This means that dentists and dental hygienists look to prevention rather than a cure to limit the damag-ing effects of the millions of organized bacteria that burrow into the teeth and gums.
I haven’t seen any literature that states that bacteria do this on purpose or that they even have a brain. However, all liv-ing matter seems to have a will to exist and propagate. The damage occurs when too many unchecked bacteria overwhelm the hardened tooth structure and the immune system that protects us. The dental decay causing bacteria thrive in an acidic envi-ronment and the acids produced by them will eat away at the tooth enamel. The bac-teria associated with the gums will gener-ate a battleground of bacteria vs. immune cells. Bleeding, puffy gums, and bone loss are signs of this battleground.
If you desire to maintain the health of your teeth and gums you must help your immune system overcome this invasion. First, limit the food source. This means removing any easily digested foods-like sugar-from the teeth. Remember that bac-teria can divide into two bacteria in twenty minutes. They need something they can eat and digest really fast.
Second, brush each tooth for five seconds (about 2 minutes for the whole
mouth). Floss or use special brushes be-tween the teeth. This is most important. In my experience most dental disease occurs in these areas. Your hygienist or dentist may prescribe special toothpastes and oral rinses to help.
Third, try to maintain a healthy diet. Bacteria love junk food and sugar-our bod-ies do not. Limit the consumption of fruit juices and sodas. These beverages will make the mouth acidic and help to grow the harmful bacteria.
Fourth, see your hygienist on a routine schedule. This may vary from every three months to just annual visits. Your dentist will recommend a personal schedule de-pending upon your needs. Dental disease is chronic and mostly slow in nature. It will take a lifetime of good oral care to mini-mize the amount of dental work.
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NWC Gains Two New Members By Helen M. Brown
The Norwalk Woman’s Club (NWC) proudly welcomed two new members into their group due to the Act In October pro-gram.
Lydia Fierro was initiated into the Club in November. She is the grand-daughter of Arturo Sanchez, Sr. founder of the Nor-walk Halloween Parade. Her brother Arturo Sanchez, Jr. is owner of Sanchez Catering Service in Norwalk on 162nd Street where Lydia works part-time. She is happily mar-ried and the mother of three children and the grandmother of six. The Sanchez family has been an active part of Norwalk since the early 50s, before incorporation.
In December, at the annual Reciprocity meeting and Christmas cel-ebration, Mar-garet Bestwick, was initiated into the Club. Margaret was a military wife for many years before settling in Norwalk. She is a native Californian, born in Los Angeles and raised in Death Valley. Her husband, Michael, was a 20 year man in the U.S. Marine Corps. She is an active member of St. Linus Catholic Church on Shoemaker Ave. and a member of the choir. She is a retired school teacher from St. Linus and has worked as a principal at an inner city school. She and Michael, have 5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter and numerous grandchildren.
Both ladies attended the required two monthly meet-ings and the annual Membership Tea held at the home of Membership Chairman Betty Lou Larsen.
Reciprocity is a special meeting for all the district clubs. There are 13 clubs in the Los Cerritos District (LCD) and the host club invites the president and deans
from each club to attend their reciprocity meeting as their guest. December is the month for Norwalk to host the LCD.
There were eleven LCD district guests at the meet-ing. President Ruby Cure of Lakewood; president Peggy Belcher of Bellflower; President Joanne Witt and Dean Nancy Sousa of Artesia/Cerritos; President Ella Marie Bailey and Laura Oropeza from Paramount; LCD Officers attending included president Winnie Baker, Dean Suzanne Seager, Recording Secretary Phyllis White, Parliamen-tarian Alice Allen, and Treasurer Betty Walter. Downey President Barbara Beard sent in her RSVP but took sick that morning so was unable to attend.
The luncheon was catered by Ramón Puentes of Rosewoods with daughters Imelda and Aracella doing the serving. Grandmother Isabella brought in seven month old granddaughter Isabella Rose (Imelda’s daughter) all decked out in her Christmas finery. She got almost as much attention as the Choral Belles.
[l-r] Membership Chair; Betty Lou Larsen, Esther Alejandro, Lydia Fierro, and Donna Atwood.
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The California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) announced the names of the schools named to the 2009 Honor Roll. The Honor Roll includes 1,304 California public elementary, middle and high schools that have been recognized by California’s business community for having demonstrated consistent high student academic achievement and have made significant progress toward closing achievement gaps among all their stu-dents. The Honor Roll is made up of two different awards, the Star Schools Award (395 schools) and Scholar Schools Award (909) schools.
Star Schools are those with significant popu-lations of socio-economically disadvantaged students that have shown a sig-nificant increase in grade level proficiency and achievement gap reduction over four years. Scholar Schools are schools that are showing sig-nificant academic achievement levels but do not have a significant socio-economical-ly disadvantaged student popula-
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Gahr Dominates Third Quarter, Pulls Away From Cerritos to Remain UndefeatedBy Loren Kopff
The annual cross-town battle on the court between the Cerritos and Gahr boys basketball teams took on a different look last Friday night at Cerritos as the two came in with a combined 7-1 record. Cerritos was hoping to avenge a 16-point loss to the Gladiators just six days earlier and knock them from the ranks of the unbeaten.
By halftime, the Dons were feeling good about the prospect of knocking off Gahr for the second straight season but the visitors came out in the second half and shot 50 percent from the field in the third quarter, outscoring the Dons 34-7 and roll-ing to an 80-57 win to remain undefeated. It was the first time since 1999 that Gahr had been undefeated when meeting Cer-ritos. In contrast, the 3-1 start for Cerritos was the best since 2002.
“It’s hard to beat a good team twice,” said Gahr head coach Bob Becker. “So, early on, I kind of expected them to come out with a lot of energy. I didn’t expect to be down by that much but I expected it to be close.”
On Dec. 5, Gahr beat Cerritos in the championship game of its own tournament but last Friday, the Dons jumped out to first quarter leads of 10-2, 14-5 and 22-11, paced by senior Christopher Keseloff. He connected on all four of his attempts from the field and scored 10 points while junior Aaron Wright added six points. The lead grew to as many as 14 points early in the second quarter and by halftime, the Dons were up 39-26. Part of the Dons success in the first half was the containment of Gahr
senior Ervin Ware and junior Davon Potts, who combined for five points within the first 16 minutes. In fact, when Ware picked up his first foul just 40 sec-onds into the game, Cerritos head coach Jonathan Watanabe yelled out to his team, “that’s one, that’s one”, referring to Ware’s foul issues. That would continue a few more times in the half towards other Gahr players.
“Our plan was not to foul them out,” Watanabe said. “I just starting calling that out so hopefully Becker would take them out of the game because they’re so damn good.”
But it wasn’t just Ware who spent a lot of time on the bench in the first half as junior Javonte Sales and sophomore Michael Alvarez each picked up three fouls before halftime. That left the door wide open for junior Josh Perkins to keep Gahr within striking distance. He was six of six from the field and scored 13 first half points while pulling down seven rebounds.
“I’m hoping we don’t do that when we get in better shape,” Becker said of the foul troubles. “We’re going to have to play ourselves in better shape. Like everybody right now, it’s early. We don’t have a lot of practice time and we have a lot of stuff going on in our gym.”
Gahr sophomore Anthony Martinez began the second half with a pair of baskets and Perkins scored off a steal to make it a 39-32 contest. Eventually, the Gladiators would open the second half on a 15-0 run and took their first lead of the night with 4:47 left in the third quarter. Cerritos didn’t post a field goal until two minutes remained in the stanza but by that time, Gahr was up 49-43 and never looked back.
“We started off [good] in the second half, which is nice to be able to do that, but it would be nicer if we just came out in the first half and did that,” Becker said. “We settled down in the second half. Josh Perkins got a lot of rebounds and defended well in the post. [Cerritos] didn’t get too many lay-ups. I think we
held them to six points for a long time. So, that made a big difference.”
“We just couldn’t handle the pres-sure,” Watanabe said. “We did a great job in the first half and just couldn’t handle their pressure for the whole four quarters. It was two different ball games.”
Martinez scored 10 of his 12 points in the third quarter while Ware added eight more points. When the game had con-cluded, all five Gahr starters had scored in double figures, led by a career-high 16 points from senior Charles Nebo, who also had seven rebounds. Perkins had a career-high 15 points and 13 rebounds followed by Ware (14 points, five steals), Potts (13 points, seven steals) and Marti-nez (12 points).
“They ran their triangle and two on Ervin and Davon,” Becker said. “They were trying to keep the ball out of Ervin and Davons’ hands, daring the other three guys to beat them. Once Martinez hit a couple, it kind of broke them because now they have to come out and guard him which is going to leave Josh open inside.”
Keseloff led the Dons with a dozen points while Wright and seniors Derek Jones and Titus Walden also had 10 points. Gahr will compete in the Fresno Hoover Tournament beginning tonight. On Wednesday, the Gladiators will square off against Valley Christian. Cerritos continues its brutal preseason slate with games in the North Orange County Tour-nament, which began this past Monday against Brea Olinda. On Wednesday, the Dons will host North Torrance.
“I don’t know if there’s a better team than Gahr in our league right now,” Watanabe said. “I don’t know if there is a better team than…we’re playing Brea Olinda, then either Los Alamitos or Paramount. We’re scheduling high be-cause we want to win league. That’s our number one goal. It doesn’t matter what our preseason record is; we want to play these teams.”
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PREVIEWArea Teams Show New Looks in Starting LineupsBy Loren Kopff
Of the 30 regular starters from the area’s six boys basketball teams of last season, 21 have graduated, thus leaving some of the teams with a few concerns. Cerritos and Valley Christian will show-case brand new starting lineups while Gahr hopes it has enough to return to the divisional championship game. Artesia, Cerritos and Norwalk plan to stay near the top of what figures to be a more balanced Suburban League.ARTESIA PIONEERS12-14 overall last season, 6-6 in the Suburban League, fourth place, lost to Canyon Springs 60-46 in the Division II-AA first round.Head coach: Greg Taylor (second season, 12-14)Team’s record past five seasons: 114-42STARTERS LOSTLeighton BradfordSean Goudue (6.6 points per game)Anthony Owens (11.6)Devin Tanter (9.3)STARTER RETURNINGSr. Julian Green (7.7)OTHERS RETURNINGSr. Raymond GholarSr. Ryan Hicks
For the first time since the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons, Taylor becomes Artesia’s coach for consecutive cam-paigns. The 12 wins he coached last sea-son are the most since the Pioneers won 33 in the 2006-2007 season and he figures the team will be around that same number again, if not better.
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happen,” Taylor said. “There were going to be things that come up every day, some big and some small. But I prepared myself for that and rolled with the punches. We lost to Cerritos by two points and we lost to Mayfair by two points. When it was all said and done, there was still talent. Out-side looking in, I can see where [people] would say Artesia is going to fall apart. The reality was, it wasn’t all me. There was still a little bit of talent that I had to work with.”
Green will be Artesia’s leader this season and has the potential to score well into double figures. Taylor is planning on the league foes to double team Green in almost every game. So, with him being just one of three players coming back, the rest of the scoring will have to come from Gholar and possibly sophomores James Floyd and/or Santiago Fujardo. Senior Christian Upshaw might be a starter with Hicks coming off the bench.
“Comparing to last year’s team, those guys were most experienced basketball-wise,” Taylor said. “Their basketball IQ was higher. This group is a little more willing to listen but their basketball IQ isn’t where I would hoped it would be”
The Pioneers are in three December tournaments but do not have any non-league, non-tournament games. Taylor is hoping those games will prepare the young squad for league, which he is gun-ning for a league title instead of just one of the four automatic berths.
“I would have like to play over the winter break but I don’t think I would have had all of the guys there,” Taylor said. “They go away for Christmas and I didn’t want to deal with that this year. I think we’ll be alright. “CERRITOS DONS 18-10 overall last season, 8-4 in the Suburban League, third place, lost to Apple Valley 90-76 in the Division III-A first round.Head coach: Jonathan Watanabe (eighth season, 103-94)Team’s record past five seasons: 72-69Last time missed the playoffs: 2006-2007 seasonSTARTERS LOSTRyan CastroRyan Moore (7.9 points per game)Andrew Quan (8.4)Ray Roazol (13.0)Joseph Vitug (16.2)STARTERS RETURNINGNoneOTHERS RETURNINGSr. Anthony EnSr. Ian HolkeySr. Derek JonesSr. Christopher KeseloffSr. Shane MoonJr. Bryan SantosJr. Aaron Wright
Last season was one of the best chances of claiming at least a share of the Suburban League title for the Dons. With five senior starters, it couldn’t have been a better situation except for one thing-Mayfair and La Mirada continued to get stronger and the Dons couldn’t find a way to earn at least a split with those two.
“Our main goal was trying to win league and falling short…we were right there with both of them on different oc-casions,” Watanabe said. “We thought we would make it a closer race than it was
but of course we dropped to both teams. It was tough in that sense.”
The unexpected loss to Apple Valley in the playoffs still hurts Watanabe and the returning players but what lies ahead is a completely different and unknown situa-tion for Cerritos. Watanabe stated that this will be the biggest team in terms of size in quite some time while the scoring leader, or leaders, may not be evident until league begins in early January. Jones scored 95 points last season, followed by Keseloff (69 points) and En (44 points). Senior Titus Walden is a transfer from Artesia who spent last season on the junior varsity squad and figures to slide into a starting spot along with Jones, Keseloff, Santos and Wright. Cerritos will have 11 seniors, three juniors and one sophomore.
“We’re definitely going to get contri-butions from other faces,” Watanabe said. “The two that you’re really going to need to watch are [senior] Brett Hirata and [sophomore] Terrence Fulton.
“I don’t have the same comfort as I did last year where the guys had already been through it,” Watanabe added. “This year it’s different but our potential is actually higher than it was in the past because of the size and the talent that we do have. It’s just a matter of seeing how long it takes them to gel.”
Cerritos opened the season with Bell, Martin Luther King and Millikan in pool play action in the annual Cerritos/Gahr Tip-off Tournament. Also on the docket is the rivalry meeting against Gahr (Dec. 11), the North Orange County Tournament (Dec. 14-19), North Torrance (Dec. 23) and the Mt. Carmel Tournament at the end of the month. A respectable record would give Cerritos some hope of staying near the top of the league again as Watanabe admitted he would be surprised if anyone went 12-0 in the league this season.
“We’re inexperienced but we’re not young,” Watanabe said. “Our key players are a little bit younger but overall, we’re not very young. We have 11 seniors on our roster right now. We’re going to be inexperienced again next year. But our junior varsity coach Kevin Enomoto does a great job preparing our players for the varsity level.”GAHR GLADIATORS19-16 overall last season, 5-5 in the San Gabriel Valley League, tied for third place, lost to Har-vard-Westlake 87-75 in the Division III-A finals.Head coach: Bob Becker (fifth season, 80-40)Team’s record past five seasons: 95-54Last time missed the playoffs: 1996-1997 seasonSTARTERS LOSTDevin Golston (21.8 points per game)Gipson Lyles (12.3)STARTERS RETURNINGSr. Cameron BellJr. Davon Potts (11.7)Jr. Javonte Sales (7.3)OTHERS RETURNINGSr. Ervin WareJr. Jarion HenrySo. Anthony Martinez
Gahr’s late season run to the Honda Center and a berth in the divisional finals was one for the ages. To win a game in the state playoff sandwiched in between two losses to Harvard-Westlake was even better. For the team to make another visit
to the championship game, it will take even more work, given that as few as four players are back. Bell tore his ACL in the offseason and his return is uncertain and Henry, who averaged 8.7 points per game, was in Texas most of the summer and his status to play for Gahr this season is still up in the air. Becker says that all three returning starters are above average and Potts is as good as any junior he has ever had. Becker added that Potts is a shoe-in to be an NCAA Division I player.
“I think at least a day went by [after last season ended] before I started think-ing about who was going to be on the team, who was leaving the team and what type of team we could possibly have,” Becker said. “I hope what they got out of it was your season is never based on one game. Your season is based on the body of everything that happens in that season. That group pretty much exemplifies what I would say is a special year. No matter win or lose, they always came to practice and were working to get better. Some teams don’t get better; as the season progresses, they actually get bored with it. [My kids] wanted to be there and work every day and improve every day.”
Ware returns to Gahr where he played on the varsity team as a sophomore. Martinez shined as a freshman, scoring 84 points in limited action. Williams is slated to replace Henry while Alvarez is a trans-fer from Downey Calvary Chapel.
“We really missed Ervin last year,” Becker said. “Ervin is one of the most powerful, competitive kids I’ve ever coached. He’s extremely strong and is go-ing to bring a lot to the table.”
The Gladiators will again play a brutal but unusual non-league schedule. In the Cerritos/Gahr Tournament, the Gladiators will play Artesia, Diamond Ranch, in a re-match of last season’s quarterfinal playoff game and Long Beach Jordan. Gahr will also make two trips to Fresno for a pair of tournaments along with games against Clovis West and St. John Bosco early next month.
“One thing that we do here at Gahr is we play a lot of basketball,” Becker said. “Everybody knows our style; everybody knows what we do. When we get up to Fresno, it’s totally unknown. Nobody has a clue what we do.”JOHN GLENN EAGLES1-25 overall last season, 0-12 in the Suburban League, seventh placeHead coach: Darin Elisaldez (third season, 6-46)Team’s record past five seasons: 24-107Last time made the playoffs: 1999-2000 seasonSTARTERS LOSTJustin Hong (4.3 points per game)John Lopez (3.9)Steven Renteria (7.0)STARTERS RETURNINGSr. Jesus CervantesSr. Jose Escobar (8.2)OTHERS RETURNINGSr. Andy FigueroaSr. Carlos SilvaJr. Ed McConnellJr. Adrian Sedano
It was a very long season for the Eagles, who had their worst performance since the 2001-2002 season. The team
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wasn’t as cohesive as Elisaldez would have liked and the team was dealing with a mixture of year-round players and three-month players. This season, a group of 15 players hope to produce more wins and keep the team competitive in league.
“A lot of youngsters got a lot of minutes,” Elisaldez said of last season. “They got a lot of game experience they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. The year prior was senior laden and we were deep. Last year’s seniors were basically first-year lettermen.”
Elisaldez said he won’t establish a consistent starting five until league action begins. Escobar, who was a starter for most of last season, will most likely come off the bench. The best projection of a starting five will be Cervantes, Figueroa, McConnell, junior Hector Carrillo and senior Will Perez. The latter two are new-comers at the varsity level while Figueroa and McConnell combined to score 49 points last season.
“We are going for a playoff berth,” Elisaldez said. “If you’re not going to play for a playoff berth, we shouldn’t even suit up. We want to get a lot of early W’s, gain the momentum, gain our confidence and steal a few in league. I’m excited about our youth, excited about our athleticism and the core people that I’m going to go with.”NORWALK LANCERS13-12 overall last season, 4-8 in the Suburban League, fifth place, lost to South Hills in the Divi-sion III-AA first round.Head coach: Jim Webster (eighth season, 58-123)Team’s record past five seasons: 43-88Last time missed the playoffs: 2007-2008 seasonSTARTERS LOSTKevin Olivares (11.5 points per game)Victor Ramos (3.3)STARTERS RETURNINGSr. Anthony Holliday (20.5)Jr. Manuel Castaneda (5.1)Jr. Cammie Lewis (7.2)OTHERS RETURNINGSr. Jeffrey Montoya So. Terrance Traylor
Norwalk finally ended its playoff drought and had a season to remember. Trying to prove that last season wasn’t a fluke, the Lancers will be wondering if the program has finally turned the corner and
stay in the middle or near the top of the league.
“I would say mentally, we somewhat [turned the corner], and I think only because now we know more of what to expect,” Webster said. “I told them at the end of last year’s game against South Hills that we were pretty much happy just to get to the playoffs and losing that game kind of didn’t matter. I hope we can take it to the next step.”
Norwalk hopes this season will be a festive one with Anthony Holliday, who is being regarded as the best player in the league. But he can’t carry the Lancers all by himself. That’s why Webster is hoping for bigger and better things from Cas-taneda and Lewis. The other two returning players are solid but that’s it as far as the varsity experience. The top newcomer could be senior Terrance Millett, who will be a backup to Traylor.
“Individually, [Holliday] definitely has some room to improve,” Webster said. “There are a lot of little things that we’ve been working on in practice that maybe outside players and coaches don’t see that he needs to develop for the next level. I think he’s been focusing on that more this year because he knows this is it.”
Webster is concerned with the bench should the team get into foul trouble or have any type of injuries. If Norwalk goes beyond seven or eight deep, it could be a very long season. As for the schedule, the Lancers will be tested like never before. Norwalk opens with the Loara Tourna-ment where it will play the host school and Mater Dei, yes, that Mater Dei. A road trip to Santa Margarita and two meetings with Downey will prepare Norwalk for the Suburban League, where Webster hopes this time the purple and gold will claim one of the top two or three positions.
“The league is more wide open than it’s ever been since I’ve been here,” Web-ster said. “We just have to take one game at a time. We open with Mayfair and Cer-ritos and every game is going to be close. I think we can win probably win league but we can also finish fifth, or worse.”VALLEY CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS14-14 overall last season, 3-7 in the Olympic League, tied for fourth place, lost to Santa Clara
59-43 in the Division IV-A second round.Head coach: Bryan Branderhorst (fourth season, 63-25)Team’s record past five seasons: 78-64Last time missed the playoffs: 2005-2006 seasonSTARTERS LOSTJames BellBlake DeJong (14.6 points per game)Michael Dykema (15.7)Trevor Koolmees (6.7)Jase Reyneveld (7.8)STARTERS RETURNINGNoneOTHERS RETURNINGSr. Anthony BinfordSr. Chris HuntSr. Aaron PadillaSr. Dean Pollema
Like Cerritos, the Crusaders will see an entirely new starting lineup but for added measure, will return just four play-ers from last season. This season, Bran-derhorst says he will play more guys than ever before and the team will be deeper and quicker than before. He will be rely-ing on a lot of people for contributions.
“At the high school level, we don’t get to pick our guys,” Branderhorst said. “You play with the hand you’re dealt. We don’t expect the guys that we have now to replace the guys that we had before. This team has to have a completely new identity and a completely new style and personality.”
Hunt averaged a little over six points per game while Binford, Padilla and Pol-lema combined to score 41 points. Valley will have seven new varsity players with sophomores Cole Clark and Anthony Roldan as the players to keep an eye on. Valley will also have a balanced group with five seniors, four sophomores and the two sophomores.
“It’s nice to have continuity; to have guys that play two or three years on the varsity level,” Branderhorst said. “It’s certainly helpful but one thing I do every year is we commit to the seniors with the best team we have possible so we don’t worry about next year.
“The nice thing about having a new team and a young team is they usually improve quite quickly,” Branderhorst continued. “I don’t suspect the team we are when we play St. Margaret’s [Dec. 1] will be the exact same team when we start
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Cerritos Employees and Residents Help Families for the Holidays
More than 1,000 toys were donated by Cerritos employees and residents to help needy families this holiday season.
More than 360 toys and 46 gift cards (worth $700) were donated by the City of Cerritos’ employees, who were encour-aged to bring new, unwrapped toys or gift cards to the employee holiday luncheon. The gifts were given to the Cerritos-Arte-sia Holiday Basket Program, Rio Hondo Temporary Home, the Salvation Army and Su Casa.
Cerritos residents also donated toys through the Toys for Tots program. Eight donation barrels were placed throughout
the City, and many were overflowing. The Cerritos Library and Cerritos Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park each received hundreds of gifts. Toys for Tots donations will be distributed by the United States
Marine Corps.Residents and employees also donated
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She also said there were special inter-est groups in the city that have been able to “fund services” outside the domain of Hawaiian Gardens, “At the next meeting (Dec. 22) we will provide truth as to what has been going on in this city.”
Former Councilman John Heckerman refuted her statements. “It’s kind of funny how people move the facts around to suit their own purposes.” He pointed out that both Farfan and Gomez were the only two who filed papers in the prior council elec-tion. “By Unite States and California law, when two people run unopposed they are automatically elected.” He noted that in the proceeding election, Council Members Leonard Chadiz and Petra Prida were the only two that filed and were automatically re-elected to the Council. “In both cases, the people spoke. Nobody wanted to run. Those that filed were automatically elect-ed.”
Turning to accusations questioning what the council has done over the years, he said “Bullcrap, to put it bluntly.” He said the council has tried to be honest and aboveboard with the community as much as it could. “We’ve done our jobs and done it the best we could as human beings. To have people accuse us of corruption they need to show us proof don’t just throw it out there. Show us some proof.”
Resident Annie Rowe questioned state-ments made by Councilman Bruce in his newsletter that 70 percent of the adult males living in Hawaiian Gardens were
gang members. She also accused Nave-jas of malfeasance when she was Mayor, abusing her position as a guardian of the city. She urged Bruce and Rodriguez to do the right thing and work with the rest of the council to maintain Hawaiian Gardens good standing with its neighbors.
She concluded by saying they shouldn’t follow the agenda of a disgraced former council member. “Don’t try to fix some-thing that is not broken.”
Councilman Bruce replied that city hall wasn’t broken, it was shattered. He asked he be given rebuttal time on the agenda at the Council’s Dec. 22 meeting. He also asked the Council to go into closed ses-sion to discuss the packets presented to the council members by former City Attorney John Cavanaugh at the council’s last meet-ing. He said he has read what was in the packet and the council needed to discuss it. He said it says a lot about the council and the workings of the city.
Councilman Gomez said he disagrees with the accusations about wrongdoings by the Council.
Upon accepting the position of Mayor, Farfan praised his predecessor for lead-ing the city the past year. “We have seen growth. We have made public safety and education a major focus. Our crime rate is the lowest it has been in a decade and our city was able to help our schools in many ways, especially this summer by sponsor-ing the summer school program.
He said he was here to work with the new members on the city council and the entire council. “By working together Ha-waiian Gardens can become the best city of its size.”
and his wife, School Board President Olympia Chen, School Board Vice President Celia Spitzer and her husband, former Cerritos Mayors Gloria and Sher-man Kappe, Cerritos City Manager Art Gallucci and his wife, and Planning Com-missioner Cindy Chen.
Entertainment was provided by Laura Lopez who performed an Egyptian Latin Dance. Birthday Songs by the Cerritos Chirnese-American Senior Citizens As-sociation Choir; Chinese Opera; Beautiful Dream Behind the Curtain by Jacqueline Teng; Carnival Celebration with Sandera Teng; May Tsai, Linda Chen and Elke Shen; Rumba with Linda Yao and Mr. O7; Mambo performed by Rachel Liu and Jason Daly; and a Family Fun Feud with Laura Lee, daughters Trulee, Kelley, Rea and son-in-law Yoshi; karaoke and danc-ing finished the evening
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Norwalk Mayor's Prayer Breakfast February 10, 2010By Helen M. Brown
Vice-mayor Gordon Stefenhagen announced to the Mayor’s Prayer Break-fast (MPB) committee last Tuesday that the date of February 10, 2010 has been confirmed by the Marriott Hotel for the annual MPB. The planning committee has been meeting since September and is very pleased with the progress made thus far.
Chamber of Commerce CEO Vivian Hansen has agreed to act as Mistress of Ceremonies and Connie Costa will be the Keynote speaker. The breakfast will begin at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 10 and will end at 8:30 a.m.
Ariel Selena Rodriquez, a Santa Fe High senior, will honor us with her own rendition of the National Anthem. The California Highway Patrol will serve as Color Guard and will lead the assembly in the renewal of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Each year the committee strives to select well-known and active members of the community, city, and school board to take part in this wonderful and inspira-tional program. This is a most stressful time for our country with so many of our citizens out of work but this is also a time
for miracles. Tickets will go on sale in January. The cost will be $16.00. Remem-ber to mark your calendars. Come out and help our City unite in a morning of prayer for progress, prosperity, and unity during the upcoming year.Most of all remember to pray for our sol-diers and veterans, both home and abroad.May you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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what’s acceptable and standard for everyone. There are trees that should be removed or trimmed. There’s growth on the properties that needs to be maintained. We should work together in order to do what we need to get the area back in shape.”
Linda Wilford, a manager at Caltrans, expressed her willingness to cooperate with the requests of the City. “Until this meeting, I did not know we were not living up to our commitment,” she said. “We have set up a hotline for residents to call …”
Councilmember Mike Mendez responded. “I don’t think we need a hotline to say that it looks bad. I mean, it just looks bad. Whoever’s looking at it and thinks it’s okay, is not looking at it from the eyes of someone who lives there. It’s embarrassing for me and for people in the area who see it every day.”
Wilford said she would personally visit the sites on Dec. 2. “I share your frustration. Caltrans has a respon-sibility to the City, and my responsibility is to make sure my staff hold up to it.”
The City’s representative from the I-5 Consortium, Yvette Kirrin, gave the update to the City Council. Kirrin said that the construction will be “broken down into seg-ments – three phases.”
“There will be many impacts to the city because of ongoing construction until 2016,” said Kirrin.
Kirrin also said that she addresses most of the ques-tions from residents on whether their homes or businesses will be impacted. “I get a lot of calls from Norwalk residents, so the people here are very educated on the subject.”
The I-5 Improvement Project has no impact on the City’s General Fund, as the $1.2 billion project is funded entirely by Caltrans. Construction will begin sometime in 2013 or 2014, according to the staff report. In the meantime, Caltrans is currently designing the proposed I-5 improvements.
their work. He said no one knows the hours City Manager Maria Dadian puts in. “It’s just unbelievable what this woman does and the challenges she faces every day on the job.”
He also praised the sheriff and fire department for their public service to the commniity and said, “We also felt the Lakewoood Sheriff Department was like our own police department. You’re right there when needed. The same goes for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
He concluded by saying when he was elected he didn’t want to be labeled a politician, but whether we like it or not, that’s what we are. It goes with the job.” He added, when you are elected you do the best you can, unfortunately you can’t make everyone happy. “I love my community and care for its future. I’m glad I was able to give back to Artesia what it has given to me and my fam-ily.” He added, it was the least I could do for this country and what it has afforded him and his family.
families. The program began in 2004 in response to a
growing concern of childhood obesity among school
aged children.
The second award was in the Technology category
and was given to the Red Carpet Media Festival at Tet-
zlaff Middle School led by Greg Porter, Journalism and
Media Teacher. The Festival is a culminating event that
celebrates students who have demonstrated competence
in using technology and media productions to produce
video public service announcements, yearbook, photog-
raphy and web page design.
The highly respected Golden Bell Awards was
presented at a special ceremony during CSBA’s Awards
Luncheon at the Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego
on Saturday, December 5, 2009. The event was held in
conjunction with the CSBA’s Annual Education Confer-
ence. Attending the Awards Luncheon were staffs and
parents supporting the two programs as well as mem-
bers of the Board of Education including Celia Spitzer,
Olympia Chen, Sophia Tse, James Kang, Maynard Law
and former Board Member David Montgomery. Super-
intendent Dr. Gary Smuts, Deputy Superintendent Dr.
Mary Sieu also attended the Awards Luncheon.
The CSBA Golden Bell Awards Program promotes
excellence in education by recognizing outstanding
programs in school districts and county offices of educa-
tion throughout California. ABC Unified School District
has received eight Golden Bell Awards in the past seven
years.
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAUL M. VICENCIOCASE NO. BP119386To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PAUL M. VICENCIO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Aldwin Vicencio in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Aldwin Vicencio 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 ac-tions.) 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 on December 10, 2009 at 8:30 A.M. in Dept. “11” located at: 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Central District.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 deceased, 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 section 9100 of the California Probate Code. 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 formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal 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.Petitioner: Aldwin VicencioValerie K. deMartino, SB# 115671Attorney for PetitionerTHE LAW FIRM OF MARC S. ROTHENBERG4326 Atlantic AvenueLong Beach, CA 90807-2804Reporter# 106732Published in: Los Cerritos Community News Pub Dates: November 13, 20, 27, 2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-09-309814-AL Order # 196488 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/7/2006. UN-LESS 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 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 Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, 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) reason-ably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): SOOK JA KIMAS HER SEPERATE ESTATE Recorded: 7/13/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1545592 in book XXX, page XXX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 1/4/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $299,921.13 The purported property address is: 12933 DROXFORD ST CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessors Parcel No. 7030-023-019 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the prop-erty is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Washington Mutual Bank, FA 7255 Baymeadows Way Jacksonville FL 32256 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: 11/30/2009 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder's rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDI-TOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3341312 12/04/2009, 12/11/2009, 12/18/2009
Trustee Sale No. 737113CA Loan No. 3013469196 Title Order No. 3206-246241 Notice of Trustee's Sale YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/2/2007. 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. On 12/24/2009 at 10:30 AM California Reconveyance Company as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust, recorded on 04/10/2007, Book , Page , Instru-ment 20070854708 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: Hyo Soon Han, a married woman, as her sole and separate property, as Trustor, Washington Mutual Bank, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s 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. Sale 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 the Deed of Trust. 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, interest thereon, estimated 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. Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $687,824.26 (estimated) Street address and other common designa-tion of the real property: 12455 SUNNYCREEK LANE, Cerritos, CA 90703 APN NUMBER: 7010-012-020 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In Compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5 (c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to con-tact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT Exhibit DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to Cali-fornia Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pur-suant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. JPMor-gan Chase Bank, National Association Name: Ann Thorn Title: First Vice President Date: 11/25/2009 California Reconveyance Company, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com California Reconveyance Company is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Deborah Brignac, Vice President 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop N110612 Chatsworth, CA 91311 P640122 12/4, 12/11, 12/18/2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 09-04762 Loan No. 80478589 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/19/2006. UN-LESS 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 ap-pointed 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: REYNANTE GUANZON, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust recorded 12/29/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2893888 in book --, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 12/24/2009 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $348,337.20 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 12424 RANCHO VISTA DRIVE CERRITOS, CA 90703 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 7012-003-024 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 benefi-ciary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or the timeframe for giving Notice of Sale Specified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. Dated: 11/30/2009 Western Progressive, LLC as trustee by Law Offices of Les Zieve, as agent 18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210 Huntington Beach, California 92648 Automated Sale Information Line: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 Francesca Martinez, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ASAP# 3357576 12/04/2009, 12/11/2009, 12/18/2009
T.S. No. 2009350 Loan No.: 1545748186-11/MELO Notice of Trustee’s Sale under Deed of Trust YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 7/11/2006 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. Notice is hereby given that Unionban-cal Mortgage Corporation, as trustee, or successor trustee, or substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Rizaldy S. Melo and Gloria T. Melo, husband and wife as joint tenants recorded 07/21/2006 Inst. # 06-1610115 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 8/20/2009 Inst. # 2009-1281618 of said Official Records, will sell on 12/28/2009 at 10:30 AM: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA at public auction to the highest bidder for cash (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) (Note: Cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to UnionBanCal Mortgage Corporation) 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 described as: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12224 Eberle Place Cerritos, CA 90703 APN# 7056-015-007 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 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 $271,908.26. The Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full credit bid. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check 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 as-sociation or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said 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, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal of the note secured by said deed with interest thereon as provided in said Note, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The mortgage loan servicer, beneficiary, or authorized agent has not obtained from the com-missioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply because: The loan at issue is not the first mortgage or deed of trust that the property secures. Unionbancal Mortgage 8248 Mercury CT. M-520 PO BOX 85416 San Di-ego, CA 92186-5416 (858) 496-5484 UnionBanCal Mortgage Corporation By: Tony Scandlyn, Asst. Vice President P642509, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18/2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 435807CA Loan No. 3013489582 Title Order No. 602131475 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03/21/2007. 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. On 12/24/2009 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03/29/2007, Book -, Page -, Instrument 20070734833, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: ABBAS ALI RAHIMIAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's 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. Sale 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 the Deed of Trust. 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, interest thereon, estimated 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. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOULEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT 41 OF TRACT 32491, IN THE CITY OF CERRITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 853, PAGE(S) 75-77 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $776,076.71 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 12131 CAMINO VALENCIA CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7055-011-025 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11-25-2009 DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBO-RAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3357745 12/04/2009, 12/11/2009, 12/18/2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 432222CA Loan No. 3012557835 Title Order No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01/24/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/31/2009 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 01/31/2007, Book , Page , Instru-ment 20070204294, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: FRANCIS YOON AND, GRACE YOON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS., as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's 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. Sale 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 the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated 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. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOU-LEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT 42, OF TRACT NO. 25375, IN THE CITY CERRITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 805 PAGE(S) 15 AND 16 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL MINERALS, GAS, OIL, PETROLEUM, NAPHTHA AND OTHER HYDROCAR-BON SUBSTANCES, IN AND UNDER SAID LAND LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET FROM THE SURFACE, WITHOUT HOWEVER THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED OR EXPECTED IN A DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 26, 1971 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 405. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $834,276.09 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 17923 CHAPARRAL WAY CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7025-020-036 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DECLARATION PURSU-ANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. DATE: 12-08-2009 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3370072 12/11/2009, 12/18/2009, 12/25/2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-09-255255-ED Order # 090155468-CA-DCI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/26/2006. 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 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 to the Financial code and au-thorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): IN CHONG KIM AND HE KYUNG KIM, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 5/4/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0980794 in book --, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 1/4/2010 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $528,606.93 The purported property address is: 19707 RAY CIRCLE CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessors Parcel No. 7055-003-011 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Washington Mutual Bank, FA 7301 Baymeadows Way Jacksonville FL 32256. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has not obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does apply to this notice of sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. Date: 12/3/2009 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder's rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3365590 12/11/2009, 12/18/2009, 12/25/2009
Trustee Sale # CA0845202 Loan# 1007501941 Order # 090366411 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/14/2006. 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. On 1/11/2010
at 10:30 AM, MTC Financial Inc., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/20/2006 as Document No. 06 0863364 of official records in the Office
of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, Young Sook Choi a married woman as her
sole and separate property, as Trustor, Indymac Bank, F.S.B., a Federally Chartered Savings Bank, as Beneficiary,
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful
money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by 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). AT: At
the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA The property
heretofore described is being sold “as is”. 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 describing the land therein: APN # 7054-021-065
Lot 15 of tract no. 24841, in the City of Cerritos, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded
in book 825, pages 79 and 80 of maps, in the office of the county recorder of said county. Except therefrom all
oil, gas, minerals, and other hydrocarbons, below a depth 500 feet, without the right of surface entry, as provided
in the deed recorded August 31, 1973, as Instrument No. 1359, official records. The street address and other com-
mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12054 Phoenix Drive, Cerritos,
CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other
common designation, if any, shown herein. Said 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of
the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of 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 Trustee’s Sale is:
$545,401.51 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior
to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy
shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The
Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration
of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused
said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and
more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section
2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary’s agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code
Section 2924f have been met. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California
Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as
follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order
of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2.
Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 I Does X Does not apply pursu-
ant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 12/11/2009 MTC Financial Inc. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor
Trustee By: Desiree Rosiles, Trustee Sales Officer *TRUSTEE CORPS* 2112 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE,
2ND FLOOR, IRVINE, CA 92612 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)573-1965, (714)573-1965,
(949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 P644219 12/11,
12/18, 12/25/2009
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No.: 20090134008505 Title Order No.: 090638796 FHA/VA/PMI No.: - YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/03/2006. 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. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/13/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2496975 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUT-ED BY: ALLISON CASTELLANOS AND JOSHUA CASTELLANOS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BID-DER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 01/07/2010 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD., 12720 NOR-WALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3417 WOLFE STREET, LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90712 APN#: 7157-002-016 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of 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 $298,813.14. The benefi-ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730-2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. as Authorized Agent Dated: 12/11/2009NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3361721 12/11/2009, 12/18/2009, 12/25/2009
Trustee Sale # CA0837006 Loan# 1004357271 Order # 090180953 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/11/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 1/7/2010 at 10:30 AM, MTC Financial Inc., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/20/2004 as Document No. 04 1283790 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, Dele C. Silva, a single man, as Trustor, Indymac Bank, F.S.B., A Federally Chartered Savings Bank, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by 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 speci-fied in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situ-ated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 7010-018-022 Parcel 1 lot 45 of tract 26323, in the City of Cerritos, County of Los Angeles, California, State of California, as per map recorded in book 867, page(s) 52 to 55, inclusive of maps, in the office of the county recorder of said county. except therefrom all oil, gas, minerals and other hydrocarbon substances lying below the surface of said land, but without the right of surface entry, as reserved or granted in documents of record parcel 2 a non-exclusive easements over lots a through K. Inclusive, (the common area) as shown on the map of tract 26323, in the City of Cerritos, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in book 867, pages 52 to 55 inclusive of maps, in the office of the county recorder of said county, for ingress, egress and the uses and purposes set forth in declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions recorded November 22, 1976 in book M5522, page 709 of official records as instrument no. 4760. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16322 Stone Grove Lane, Cerritos, CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liabil-ity for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of 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 Trustee’s Sale is: $419,784.30 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary’s agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pur-suant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale speci-fied in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 12/18/2009 MTC Financial Inc. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: Paula Gutierrez, Trustee Sales Officer *TRUSTEE CORPS* 2112 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE, 2ND FLOOR, IRVINE, CA 92612 FOR SALE IN-FORMATION CONTACT: (714)573-1965, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 P647426 12/18, 12/25, 01/01/2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1186063-02 APN: 7039-022-017 TRA: 002018 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx1128 REF: Webb, Jasmine IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED December 05, 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. On January 06, 2010, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded December 14, 2005, as Inst. No. 05 3071668 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Jasmine C Webb A Married Woman, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check 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 asso-ciation, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, 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 described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19404 Amhurst Ct Cerritos CA 90703-6787 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured 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: $885,554.56. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. 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 it has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption 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 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to civil code sec-tions 2923.52. This California Declaration is made pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 and is to be included with the Notice of Sale. I, Jaimee Gonzales, of Wachovia Mortgage, FSB (‘Mortgage Loan Servicer’), declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the following is true and correct: The Mortgage Loan Servicer has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the ac-companying notice of sale is filed AND The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Civil Code Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 7/22/09 Name of Signor: Jaimee Gonzales Title and/or Posi-tion: Vice President. NOTICE OF TRUST-EE'S SALE EXHIBIT "A" Trustee Sale No. 1186063-02 Loan No. XXXXXX1128 Regarding Jasmine C. Webb, (hereinafter referred to as “borrower”) as required by Californian Civil Code Section 2923.5 ©, I, Denise Daywood, an officer of Wachvovia Mortgage, FSB, declare as follows: As indicated below, Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, made the following efforts to contact the borrower, but contact was not made. Use of autodialer to contact borrower, manually dialed call(s) to the borrower, Mailed cor-respondence to the borrower containing a toll free number for Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, and regarding the delinquency. Mailed brochure(s) to the borrower regarding op-tions to avoid foreclosure. The undersigned authorizes the trustee, foreclosure agent and/or their authorized agent to sign on behalf of the beneficiary/authorized agent, the Notice of Sale containing the declaration required pursuant to Civil Code 2923.5. I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: December 08, 2009. (R-280237 12/17/09, 12/24/09, 12/31/09)
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