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• 45,000 homes- Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, East Lakewood, Norwalk & La Palma • Vol. 20 No. 36 • October 23, 2009 • www.loscerritosnews.net •

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By Jerry Bernstein

The long awaited Sports Complex at Fedde Mid-dle School to be built by the City of Hawaiian

Gardens took a step forward Oct. 19 when Mrs. Irving Moskow-itz, wife of the founder of the Irving Moskowitz Foundation, presented a check for $500,000 to members of the Hawaiian Gardens City Council and ABC School Board, to be used toward the construction of the said Com-plex.

The Foundation had pledged a total $1.5 million three years ago toward the project. Monday’s presentation fulfilled the pledge.

When complete the complex

Mrs. Irving Moskowiz presents check for $500,000 for the Sports Com-plex to be constructed on the Fedde Middle School athletic grounds to members of the Hawaiian Gardens City Council and Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts and members of the Board of Education Oct.19.

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Moskowitz Foundation Donates $500,000 Toward Construction of Sports Complex in Hawaiian Gardens

will house four baseball/softball diamonds, backstops, bleachers, drinking fountains, three foot-ball/soccer fields, one storage building, restroom, snack bar and multi-purpose room build-ing, modification of the irriga-tion system, parking lot improve-ments, sports field lighting and a multi-purpose athletic field.

“This is a huge undertaking for the city of Hawaiian Gar-dens,” stated Mrs. Moskowitz, “and we are delighted to be part of that development. To date we have given the city $1 million and I now have the pleasure of presenting to the city of Hawaiian Gardens a check for $500,000. All of us are looking forward to the completion and opening games at the Moskowitz Sports

Complex.”Superintendent Dr. Gary

Smuts described an Education Program consisting of a solid combination of Health and Class-room Instruction. “The Sports Complex will make a difference

to our adults and children in our community for many years to come,” he stated.

Estimated cost of the project is $8 million. The City will con-tribute $7.5 million and the ABC

By Jerry Bernstein

Supervisor Don Knabe celebrated his birthday Oct. 15 aboard the Queen Mary and an-nounced he would be a candidate for re-election in 2012. “I love my job”, Knabe told estimated

450 supporters and friends in the ship’s main ballroom.

He said the business down-

Supervisor Knabe Celebrates Birthday, Says He Will Seek Re-election in 2012

turn in the state was bad, but stated, We will come out of it.” He said, “We saw it coming and put aside money in a rainy day fund. We’re in a better situation than some other government agencies. At the same time each of our departments has had a 6 1/2 percent reduction in funding

and there have been no raises.

Supervisor Don Knabe celebrated his birthday Oct. 15 at his14th an-nual Oktoberfest and Birthday Celebration aboard the Queen Mary. Helping him blow out the candles on his birthday cake are his wife Julie and grandchildren.

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The Artesia Historical So-ciety held its sixth Annual Gala Fundraiser Oct. 10 celebrating the city’s 50th birthday. The fundraising festivities were held in the Albert O. Little Community Center across from city hall with the organiza-tion raising $11,000. All funds raised will be used to continue the many programs of the Society, including maintenance and contin-ued develop-ment of the museums, docent guid-ed museum tours for school children, which officials said is in a continuous growing mode.

Artesia Historical Society Holds Sixth Annual Gala

Greeting the guests was Society President Barbara Ap-plebury who thanked them for their continued support. She said they had come a long way, with the Artesia museum a going

concern and the restora-tion of old Fire Station #30 moving forward. Ap-plebury called Past President Veronica Bloomfield to the podium and comment-ed, “Veronica was president for 10 years. We owe a lot to her. I’ve been president for just a few weeks, and have thought about resign-ing twice.”

Bloom-field said when they

first organized there were just two or three members who met

Presiding over the festivities were Gala Chairperson Jenny Kubinaski and

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The Rotary Club of Artesia-Cerritos sponsored its annual dinner to honor safety, law enforcement, and businesses that hire mentally challenged people. The dinner was held at Frantones on Oct. 20. Approximately 50 people attended, including the honorees and their families, Rotary members, and other civic mem-bers.

Rotary President Manu Patel, , initi-ated the festivities. Artesia Mayor Tony Lima, also a member of Rotary, was the emcee. Erin Stibal represented Supervisor Don Knabe’s office.

The honorees included Gary Durian, a firefighter and paramedic in Cerritos; Matt Stiffler, a firefighter and paramedic in Artesia/Cerritos; Sheriff Deputy Doug Bingham of Crime Prevention in Cer-ritos; and Deputy Eric Coker, Special

Assignment in Artesia. Kevin Woyjeck, a certified Explorer who works with the Fire Dept. was also honored. Captain Joe Gonzalez received a plaque on behalf of the Cerritos Sheriff Station. Tom Hazel-ton, Battalion Chief, spoke on behalf of the Fire Department. Ralph’s Market in Cerritos was recognized for its contribu-tion to hiring mentally challenged people. The honorees received plaques and letters of commendation from the Rotary, City of Artesia, and Supervisor Don Knabe’s office.

Armin Reyes, ABC School Board Member and an active Rotary member, worked hard to coordinate the event. The Rotary Club of Artesia-Cerritos meets every Monday at 12 Noon at Hometown Buffet. For more information, contact Dr. Steve Sherman at 562 926-1097.

Artesia-Cerritos Rotary Club Honors Safety, Law Enforcement, and Community Business

Attending the Artesia-Cerritos Rotary Club annual Law Enforcement and Community Business meeting were (l-r) Eric Coker, Cerritos Sheriff Station Commander Captain Joe Gonzales, Artesia Mayor Tony Lima, Doug Bingham, Gary Durian, Kevin Woyjeck, Rotary President Manu Patel, Representing Supervisor Don Knabe Erin Stibal, and Tom Hazelton.

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“As a professor, she understands the crucial issues facing California higher education and community colleges today.”Ted Stolze. Cerritos College Faculty Federation President

“I am impressed with Dr. Liu for her expertise in teaching Distance Learners on-line. The college has had to turn away over 3,000 students so far—perhaps on-line courses can be a viable option to meet student and community needs.”

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“Dr. Liu can help parents understand that community college is an option, and she can be a good bridge between the parents and the college.”Laura Lee, Cerritos City Council Member

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Blind Start of America’s President and Founder Brian Tom wanted to hold his

premiere event Dinner in the Dark at the Cerritos Sheraton Oct. 10 in recognition of World Blindness Awareness Month. The event was branded by Tom as a spe-cial visionary experience…blindfolded to give guests a greater understanding of the plight and challenges that the blind and visually impaired experience each day.

“I hope this knowledge will empower us all to work together with BSA to make positive changes for thousands of Persons with Disabilities,” said Tom, who has been blind for the last seventeen years.

“Although I lost my sight, I never lost my vision to communicate with the world that we are not disabled, just differently

abled.”Special guests included Board of

Supervisor Don Knabe, Cerritos City Councilmember Jim Edwards, ABC School Board member Maynard Law and Los Cerritos Community News Publisher Brian Hews. Everyone enjoyed cocktails and a private wine tasting, entertainment by the International Peace Choir that sang several songs including “Let There Be Peace On Earth”, and lessons on how to eat blind before dinner was prepared by

Chef Carlos Garcia.

Many guests at-tempted to eat with their blindfolds while others were seen trying to peek over or under theirs. Com-missioner Lily Kuo and Financial Planner John Meinert are to be com-mended for Providing entertainment at the “Dinner in the Dark” was the Interna-

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On Tuesday, Oct. 13, when flipping through the TV station, I ran across the ABC School Board Candidate Forum hosted by the AAUW. Of the candidates I thought incumbent David Montgomery showed the most knowledge and was quite impressed by the performance of challenger David Shaffer. The other three candidates, incumbents Olympia Chen and Mark Pulido seemed knowledgeable, through Mrs. Chen looked as if she was in pain and Mr. Pulido seemed quite arrogant in how he responded to each question. I could barely understand a word challenger James Kang said, though what I did hear sounded like he wanted to divide up the various PTA’s into separate racial groups. This set off alarms, as that could decrease what unity there is in our communities.

When reading Larry Caballero’s article in the Community News my opinions were re-enforced. Of course I see Mr. Kang is making term limits an issue in this year’s election when it seems the most qualified and knowledgeable candidate would be term limited under his proposed change, just when we need experience leadership.

Since the forum, I went on youtube.com a few days later to see if there was a rebroadcast of this candidate forum. What I found was that a James Yee had a number of videos broken down by ques-tions from a September Republican Club candidate forum. On the fifth question, Mark Pulido admitted he plans to run for Cerritos City Council in about a year and a half after he is re-elected to the school

board, which means we may get just a year out of him before he turns his sights on a new office. Seeing this lead me to do a search on Mark Pulido to see what sort of person he is.

When I remembered how he ran the last two times for Cerritos City Council and lost, my search lead me to a document he sent to the Cerritos City Clerk threaten-ing a lawsuit unless a recount took place. This show of aggression with lawyers to back him up disturbs me greatly.

Then when talking to a neighbor of mine, she mentioned how she remembered hearing something about Mark Pulido and

Martin Ludlow being involved in something major within the AFL-CIO & the SIEU. My search on that brought me to this Laborers Union document in which it inferred how

Mark Pulido and Gregory Akili helped in violating campaign finance laws, by knowingly participating in hiding how much money organized labor spent in Martin Ludlow’s city council campaign. Both turned on Ludlow in order to save their skins. I wonder if Mr. Pulido is doing or has done the same with regards to his school board and city council races; that is hiding all that organized labor has spent on his behalf?

Given this evidence and my impres-sions from the ABC Unified candidate forums hosted by the AAUW and the Republican Club, I plan to vote for David Montgomery, David Shaffer, and probably Olympia Chen, as I wish to see all forms of corruption stamped from our public offices and do not wish to see any more division in our community than there already is, but instead wish to see unity.

Lemuel HaynesCerritos Resident

Seeing Through Blind Eyes

On Oct. 10 Whitney high School Key Club Secretary Yuni Kay, director of Fundraising Crystal Valino and Club Advisor Ms. Jenson attended Blind Start of America’s premiere event entitled “Dinner in the Dark” at the Sheraton Cer-ritos Hotel.

Blind Start of America [BSA] is a non-profit charitable organization founded by Whitney Alumni Brian C. Tom, whose mission is to aid blind and visually im-paired people by teaching them job skills in order for them to live productive and independent lives. Founder and President Brian Tom became blind at the age 21 at the peak of his studies at UCLA, due to an eye disease known as Glaucoma. Since 1992, he has been serving to empower others in similar situations through Blind Start with “Awareness, Education, and Independence.”

The involvement of the Cerritos Com-munity was spectacular. Beforehand, there were taste and smell stations for guests to get a hint of what it is like to be Blind. To be in solitary darkness and reliant on one’s other senses. The Braille Institute staff informed the guests about their services as well as demonstrated their names in Braille.

Whitney Mother and Community Relations Manager of Blind Start, Ofie Chanco, gave a heartfelt speech to the honoree and scholarship recipients whom have been influential leaders both in the Blind community and internationally. Oth-er activities and entertainment included vocal performances by Marleena Coulston and the International Peace Choir as well as a Center Piece Drawing Game and Live Auction.

Although the experience of eating din-ner blindfolded was frightening, Key Club representatives were reminded to appreci-ate their sense of sight for it is a precious gift. Inspired by Dinner in the Dark, Key Club plans to host a Blindfolded Meal at its New Student Orientations on Oct. 23. We hope to see you there! Also, Key Club looks forward to participating in future Blind Start of America events in an effort to continue spreading awareness and aid-ing the Blind, because “Independence is in Sight.”

Crystal Valino, 12th grade,

Whitney High School

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ABC Board of Education Member Armin Reyes presents flag that flew over the Multi-National Corp headquarters in Iraq to Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Mike Gomez and members of the city council. Holding a certificate that certifies the flag was flown over the headquarters signed by Lt. General Lloyd J. Austin III. LTG, USA Com-manding and Joseph R. Allen, CSM, USA, MNC-1,CSM. Reyes is a Major in the United States National Guard and served two terms in Iraq.

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Cerritos City Councilmember and for-mer mayor Laura Lee was honored with the A3M Human Spirit Award Oct. 18 at the 12th Annual Charity Concert and Din-ner benefiting A3M, Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches, at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.

A3M’s goal, in addition to rais-ing funds for their programs, is to raise awareness and add new registrants to the national Be The Marrow Registry. “It is my hope that, together with all of you, we will be able to help all patients who are looking for their matching donor who can help them live out their dreams,” said A3M Assistant Director Shin Ito.

Inscribed on Lee’s award were the words, “For making a difference in the lives of patients and giving hope to families around the world.” Lee said that it was “a great honor to receive this award, and I consider all of the many volunteers and donors as the true heroes in the fight against leukemia and other deadly diseases who have hosted more than 700 donor drives during the past year.”

Lee first learned of the organiza-

tion through a Cerritos resident whose husband was suffering from leukemia. The resident asked Lee to assist a fam-ily living in Arizona who had adopted a six-year-old Chinese orphan girl who was recently diagnosed with the disease. Data has proven that there can be up to an 85% bone marrow match if the patient and donor are of the same ethnic background. Since Cerritos has a huge Asian popula-tion, it made sense to ask Councilmember Lee to assist in finding a donor.

“I was glad to help. I find mo-ments like those to be the best part of being on council. It gives me an op-portunity to give support in so many ways.” Lee, a registered marrow donor, has partici-pated in numerous press conferences to draw attention to the urgent needs

of patients in their searches for a chance to live. When-

ever possible, she has also involved local politicians by conveying the importance of A3M’s work in the community and the potential the city of Cerritos holds in as-sisting to increase the diverse data base of donors in the national registry.

“Everyone should consider becoming a registered bone marrow donor. Who knows, you may be saving the life of a loved one. All life is precious,” said Lee.

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Lee holding A3M Human Spirit Award pre-sented to her Oct. 18.

Fedde Middle School Hosts First Annual Community RoundtableBy Larry Caballero

Fedde Middle School in Hawaiian Gardens invited school and community leaders “to work in partnership with the school commu-nity” at its Fedde International Studies Academy’s First Annual Community Roundtable Oct. 16. Interim Principal Carol Castro told participants “We want to answer any of your questions regarding the school and share with you our school plans for this year.”

Castro explained the school’s Instruc-tional Focus and shared its objectives of informing the com-munity stakeholders about the current state of the school and the goals for this school year, as well as work-ing in partnership with stakeholders to “create the best educational environment for our students.”

Classroom tours allowed community leaders to observe first hand the effective-ness of new teaching methods for promot-ing student achievement and were asked to share their experiences with the group. Castro believes that the school needs to do a better job in educating the commu-nity about the many improvements at the school. “There is a lot of untrue informa-

tion out there.”Fedde lost 120 students last year to

neighboring schools such as Haskell and Tetzlaff even while it was experiencing success with its International Studies Academy. Associate Superintendent Mary Seiu suggested starting a district community leadership team to serve as an advisory committee that could meet on a quarterly basis to promote student achievement and address community concerns. All the participants agreed that

Fedde Middle School students doing a class assignment in the school’s computer laboratory

Fedde was doing an admirable job institut-ing holistic learning and instructional practices and congratulated the school for reaching out to the community by hosting a community barbeque scheduled Nov. 12 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on campus.

Castro said, “We have been planning and discussing how best to show off our campus and programs during the event. We remain hopeful that this will continue a growing positive perception within the community.”


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No More Amalgam Fillings?

People have been devising filling materials for the cavities in teeth since the dark ages. Over the past thousand years

various concoctions of silver paste, stone chips, resins, cork, turpentine, soft lead and gold leaf have been used to fix holes in teeth. In 1883 two Frenchmen intro-duced amalgam into the United States. It has since been modified, improved and placed in millions of teeth.

Because amalgam has mercury the public has been very concerned about effects upon our health. Where do we now stand with amalgam?

Amalgam contains silver, tin, cop-per, zinc and mercury. Upon mixing the paste hardens very quickly and within an hour you can chew on your new filling. Unfortunately, the material will wear and degrade releasing some of these elements into your body. The FDA has published a regulation this year reclassifying amalgam as a moderate risk material due to the mer-cury content. However, they concluded that most mercury exposure is incurred during placement and not after the mixture hardens.

There is no hard science that can show harm from amalgam fillings. The FDA is correct in demanding good studies before issuing a more severe regulation. In my opinion the regulation appears vague and unhelpful. Some European countries have banned amalgam. Fortunately, there are extremely good alternatives to silver-mer-cury fillings that are safer and definitely look better. The question becomes “why do some dentists still use amalgam”?

Amalgam can be placed easily in moist environments. It has a slight anti-bacteria effect due to its corroded black

layer of silver-oxide. It seems to take a beating pretty well and it can be deliv-ered very economi-cally. If you ran a military or public health clinic this would be your mate-rial of choice. For de-cades it was the only alternative to gold and it was placed in all cavities. At first glance amalgam has done very well.

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wood and Thursday, Dec. 10, 7:00 p.m. at the home of Jim & Melanie Choura in Lakewood. There is no charge to attend the ceremonies.

The holiday season is a particularly difficult time of year for many families and “Light Up A Life” is a beautiful, emotional and sentimental ceremony that allows them a special opportunity to remember and honor those they love.

Pathways Volunteer Hospice is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization that provides hospice care, caregiver programs for the frail/elderly and bereavement programs throughout the community. To learn more about Pathways, or to receive informa-tion about the “Light Up A Life” program, please contact the Pathways office at 562-531-3031.

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Electronic equipment has become a mainstay of our way of life. In one way or another, it is an integral part of everything we do and own: TVs in our homes, GPS’s in our cars, cell phones and MP3 players in our ears, iPhones and video games in our hands, and computers in our laps and on our desks.

Will be held in the parking lot of Whitney High School on Saturday, November 14th, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Items that will be accepted for recycling include e-waste such as display units (CRT Monitors, Terminals, CRT TVs, LCD TVs, etc.), laptops, desktop computers and periph-erals (printers, fax machines, scanners, etc.), networking and telecom equipment (modems, routers, etc.), consumer elec-tronics (VCRs, set top boxes, etc.), printer cartridges, cell phones and chargers. All types of clothing and shoes, in any condi-tion, will also be accepted.Volunteers will help you unload the equip-ment from your vehicles and a receipt will be provided for tax purposes. All proceeds from this event will be used to support the ongoing activities of the Whitney Foun-dation. If you have any questions about this recycling drive, send us an e-mail at [email protected].

Upcoming events at Artesia Library for November 2009

Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17, 24, 7:00 p.m. Stories and art activities for children.

Homework Center is open Tuesdays through Saturdays. Free homework assis-tance. On Wednesdays, the Woman's Club of Artesia and Cerritos provides additional homework assistance.

Saturday, November 7, 14, 21, 11:00 a.m. English Conversation Practice for Adults. Practice speaking English in an informal setting.

Saturday, November 7, 2:00 p.m. Career Advice and Resume Workshop by Liz Mohler

Tuesday, November 10, 11:00 a.m. Artesia Adult Book Club. The Lady in the Lake, by Raymond Chandler

Saturday, November 14, 2:00 p.m. Native Beginnings Storytelling with Master Storytell Ruben Garfias! Program provided with support from Supervisor Don Knabe.

Thursday, November 19, 4:00 p.m. Cartoon Drawshop. Learn how to draw cartoons

Saturday, November 28, 11:00 a.m. myBook Club. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2. Book club for young readers, grades 4-8.

Free WiFi access is available during library open hours.

Artesia Library is open Tuesdays, 12 noon to 8:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays 12 noon to 6:00 p.m., and Fri-days and Saturdays 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. The library is located at 18722 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, 90701. www.colapublib.org. Telephone (562) 865-6614.


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As the world turns. A pretty sizeable crowd of Generation Xers initially moved ever so slightly at the Cerritos Center on Friday night as the Bangles, once the darlings of a hard to define 80’s musi-cal phenomenon romped through ninety very solid minutes of rocking pop-punk or folk-punk or Paisley Underground. All such descriptions from what they used to be called when they rejected the “me generation” by playing feisty and fresh rock and roll that stands up pretty well in this brave new world. Strange to see the youngsters getting all nostalgic and waxing philosophical about “back in the day of the twentieth century” but these Bangles play great and have plenty of sizzle left in their mini-skirted stage presence. The nucleus is the original trio of Susanna Hoff on rhythm guitar along with sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson on lead guitar and drums with all three ladies singing through a pretty big wall of sound. This is just straight up pop music with a strong beat and simple lyrics that talk about romance like it is a prize fight and disillusionment that means a little more this far down the road. They played straight through with no break and built up some momentum that increased the t e m p e r a t u r e s inside to match the outdoor oven on this night. It was great to see the Performing Arts Center shifting on its axis toward modern rock.

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the first four songs but those really were the warm up tunes for what was to come. Truthfully, “Hazy Shade…” is one of the rare covers that surpasses the original and Manic Monday being written by Prince makes it fascinating just on that origin. The three “boys” in the band on bass, key-boards and utility percussion were very good too but names got lost in that afore-mentioned wall of sound. In a way, the show was divided in three parts with the signatures in the beginning; some nice pop hooks in the middle and a rip-roaring ride to the finish. That middle part featured the joyful pop of Jules Shear’s “If She Knew What She Wants,” and old Big Star gem “September Gurls” and the energetic “Going Down to Liverpool” that showed the band at its best. “Single by Choice” demonstrated some of the punk sensibility of the sassy ladies who are now coupled up by the way but “Doll Revolution” and “Watching the Sky” kept up the good stuff. A final gallop to the finish increased the pace and length of songs starting with an undulating and sensual “Ride the Ride” spiced by Vicki Peterson’s fine guitar leads that continued in the equally engag-ing “Hero Takes a Fall” that had the X-ers stirring. Finally, “Walk Like an Egyptian” got the crowd to its feet and moving to the groove as it moved toward “Magic Bus” and into encores saluting the great Skye Sunlight Saxon. Properly stirred the big crowd begged for more, hopefully sending a message about bringing the Bangles back this way some season soon.

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Students and Parents Praise Cerritos College Board Candidate Liu at Fundraising ReceptionBy Larry Caballero

Cerritos College students Zachary Brambila and Ruben Miramontez were not so sure that community college was right for them until they met their com-puter technology teacher Dr. Shin Liu. She made the difference. Now, in front of about 100 guests who attended a recep-tion for her at the Quest Learning Center in Artesia Oct. 11, they are confident that their futures will be bright because of the passion Liu has for education and the time she took to work with them.

“Trust me, the course content is very difficult, but Dr. Liu takes us through it to make sure that we not only complete something, but understand it as well,” says Miramontez.

“My passion is to prepare my stu-dents for the 21st century,” says Liu. The parents agree. Both Sarah Brambila and Susan Miramontez praised Liu for mak-ing a difference in their sons’ lives. “I’m

happy with the success my son has had at community college. My son has a lot more confidence now, and I thank Dr. Liu for that,” says Brambila.

Miramontez praised Liu for motivat-ing her son to succeed and for preparing him to travel to Boston for the world-wide Imagine Cup contest, a computer technol-ogy competition sponsored by Microsoft, that included students from four-year universities such as Harvard and Oxford. “She provides a hands-on approach for their learning which enthusiastically moti-vates her students.”

Martin Schray, U.S. Director of the Academic Developer Evangelism program at Microsoft, congratulated Liu. “Stu-dents under the mentorship of Professor Shin Liu performed exceptionally well considering that they are freshmen and sophomores competing with top student talent from across the United States.”

Dr. Liu was also invited in 2008 to present her research at the Oxford Round Table, a non-profit group that meets at Oxford University in England to consider public policy issues bearing on education in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other selected countries.

Rio Hondo College Superintendent Ted Martinez described Liu as an “exem-plary faculty member, and I am pleased and proud that she was able to share both her personal expertise and research, but also share our programs at Oxford.”

Liu has the support of local elected school board members and city officials who unanimously agree that a change is needed on the Cerritos College Board, and they’re hoping that this will be the year that it happens.

“Community colleges were intended to be a bridge from high school to the university. They were and still are a jewel that makes California different from other states. They are affordable and acces-sible to all students. Not all teenagers are ready to move away from home to attend college; not all working students can go straight to a university; and not all students who are uncertain of their majors can afford to explore various fields of study at the university,” stated Dr. Liu.

“I want to train my students in cur-rent technology so they will be ready for today’s job market. I want all of my students to succeed, and I am willing to work as hard as I can to make that happen for them.”

By Helen M. Brown

The ladies gave a Kitchen Shower at their September meeting of the Nor-walk Woman’s Club (NWC) for the Orange County Ronald McDonald House (OCRMH). It was an overwhelming suc-cess as the ladies all participated with gen-erous gifts and donations. Centerpieces on each table consisted of baskets filled with a variety of supplies.

The guest speaker was Ms. Kathy Russell who took time off from her many duties at the OCRMH to spread the good word of just what the House provides for its many visitors each year. Families with sick children come from all over the world to get medi-cal help for their young. This home is their ‘home away from home’ while they are here. They may need to stay for a few days, a few weeks, or even a few years. What ever the need, the RMH provides it.

The Federation of Women Clubs (GFWC) headquartered in Washing-ton; DC has long supported the Ronald McDonald Houses in all 50 states and overseas. The NWC focuses on our lo-cal House in Orange. Our support goes there. While there are several Houses in California, the one in Orange is closest to our hearts.

The Ronald McDonald house program in 1974 when Philadelphia Eagles player, Fred Hill’s small daughter, Kim, was diagnosed with leukemia. Thanks to Dr. Audrey Evans, Jim Murray, the General Manager of the Eagles, Ed Rensi, McDon-ald’s Regional Manager, and Fred Hill himself, the first Ronald McDonald House was built.

Ten years later in 1984 the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) was established in memory McDonalds founder, Ray Kroc, a strong advocate for children. The following year, in 1985, the first overseas RMHC was opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Within eleven years there had been eighty-eight (88) houses built worldwide. By year 2007 there were 271 Houses in thirty-one (31) countries.

In November of 1989 the doors of Orange County Ronald McDonald House Charities were opened. The vision for it began in the early 80s when Ron Van Winkle admitted his nine year old son,

Patrick, to Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) for treatment of cancer. It would be three years, three months, and six days before the vigil for Patrick’s successful cancer treatment ended. In the meantime, Ron found himself sleep-ing in his car, on sofas in the hospital, or anywhere he could lay his head. One night when a security guard woke him in his car and had him return to a sofa back in the hospital waiting room that the need for a home for parents in Orange County was finally recognized.

The need was brought to the attention of Dr. Geni Bennetts. With her backing Ron was easily elected to the first newly formed board of directors. The board negotiated the purchase of the land and

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Since its opening in 1989 this Orange County House has provided affordable housing for over 8, 000 families from over 22 countries. The Norwalk Woman’s Club has proudly supported this project for many years. They plan to continue to do under the leadership of Chairperson Betty Lou Larsen. Showers, pull-tabs, and cash donations are just a sample of the ways in which we raise funds.

Pull-tabs is another exciting way in which the NWC raises funds. This allows you to meet a variety of people. Imagine going to a rally, fair, luncheon, ballgame, etc where you may know only one or two people. You ask your neighbor if you can have the pull tab from their can of bever-age they are drinking. Before you know it, everyone in sight is helping you collect pull tabs, plus you’ve talked to a dozen different people. Meeting new people, making new friends makes life more interesting.

The OCRMH is planning a fundraiser of their own, a High Tea & Fashion Show, to celebrate their 20th anniversary. It will be held Friday, October 23, 2009 at the Balboa Bay Club. If you are interested in sponsoring, advertising in this event, do-nating a raffle gift, or purchasing a ticket to attend you may contact Melanie Pollak at 714-516-3669.

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Due to the increasing number of cardiac patients being treated, LRMC found it necessary to expand the cardiac catheterization laboratory (cardiac cath lab) by 7,000 square feet. After 18 months of construction, the new cardiac cath lab opened two weeks ago. The new lab enables LRMC to not only increase the number of patients that can be seen and treated, but it also enhances the types of cardiac services LRMC can provide to patients.

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The expanded lab also has the capa-bilities to perform a full range of periph-eral vascular imaging and treatment.

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The cardiac care program at LRMC has seen tremendous advancements over the last few years under the leadership of several key physicians.

“Being able to offer the highest quality cardiac care to our patients has always

Pictured are Lakewood Regional Medical Center CEO, Mark Korth ( right of scissors), Lakewood Mayor, Todd Rogers (left of scissor), members of the medical staff and city officials at the ribbon cutting ceremony for new Heart & Vascular Center located at Lakewood Regional Medical Center.

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The newly expanded area gives the cardiac cath lab extra square footage needed to offer a full range of services. In-cluded in the redesign is a dedicated wait-ing area for family and friends, express admitting and reception area, a pre and post procedure recovery room, consulta-tion room for patients, a conference room and a completely remodeled locker room for physicians and staff.

Brown explained, “By adding these facilities, we are able to provide better service and even a higher quality of care to our patients.”

The design of the lab was created to make patients more comfortable while undergoing cardiac procedures. Also, the newly installed technology assists physi-cians in the diagnosis and treatment of advanced heart disease.

“Over the past several years, Lake-wood Regional Medical Center has made high quality cardiac care in this area possible. We will continue to do whatever it takes to make this facility and all the services we provide the very best for the people of this region,” said Korth.

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Activities at the Gala included a silent auction and an Opportunity Drawing. Din-ner was prepared by Vital Lourenco, who served Tri-Tip and Salmon. Will Donato provided musical entertainment.

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There was a time not too long ago when John Glenn’s football team couldn’t score against Norwalk in the hunt for the Mayor’s Trophy, a.k.a. “The Big Game”. As a result, this rivalry has been heav-ily dominated by the city’s western high school.

Last Friday night in front of yet an-other capacity-filled Excelsior Stadium, the home site for both schools, the “visit-

ing” Lancers needed all but one minute of the game to preserve a 42-35 hard fought victory that kept the team undefeated in six games this season. In addition, the top ranked team in the California Interscho-lastic Federation-Southern Section South-ern Division, has won seven straight in the series, the longest such streak in the history of these two city institutions. But wait, there’s more. The 77 combined points are the most ever, as are the 42 points scored by Norwalk and the 35 by Glenn. But, all of those records don’t even come close to easing the pain that is once again filled within everyone as-sociated with John Glenn High School. The Eagles never led but rallied from deficits of 22 and 21 points to keep the game from being a blowout.

“That trophy be-longs with us this year,” said John Glenn head coach Anthony Wilson. “We schemed and we exposed them. No one had scored 35 points on them this whole season and we held them to under 50. That’s tough to swallow because this whole week, we had high hopes. We had good feelings about this game because they were overlooking us. We thought we were going to squeak away with one.”

Norwalk began in typical fashion, scor-ing on its opening play which ended when senior fullback Davion Edwards went up the middle for a 35-yard touchdown run a little over two minutes into the game. It would be the only score of the first quar-ter; a sign of things to come as far as the Eagles defense was concerned.

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”It’s a rivalry, so anything is going to happen in a rivalry,” said Norwalk head coach Jesse Ceniceros. “But we were up 28-7 at halftime and to be honest, our kids just were out of shape. I don’t know if it was the humidity and I don’t want to make excuses but we came out [in the second half] and we looked dead out there. We looked tired. They’re a scrappy team and

I give them a lot of credit. They have a lot of good athletes there.”

Glenn (3-4 over-all, 0-3 in the Subur-ban league) opened the second half with an eight-play, 65-yard drive which was capped off by a 10-yard run from senior running back Bran-don Kelly. Then the first of three fumbles, a rarity for Norwalk’s offense, led to an 11-yard touchdown run from Kelly with 7:05 remaining in the stan-za. All of a sudden, it was a 28-21 lead for the Lancers but they promptly got one of the scores back on the ensuing kickoff when Gonzales took it back 55 yards on what appeared to be a trick play gone bad on Glenn’s part.

“They had their returner all the way up in the field and we tried to kick it way over his head and

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“They’re a much improved team but again, we gave them the big opportuni-ties,” Ceniceros said. “We gave them hope. I told the kids, anytime you give any team any hope, no matter what the records are, especially in a rivalry game, anything can happen.”

The Lancers doubled up on its lead ear-ly in the fourth quarter when Moore scored from a yard out, then added a two-point conversion. But again, the Eagles had more tricks up their sleeves and 34 seconds later, a wide open Escobar on the left side of the field caught a 39-yard pass from Bernard. After sophomore defensive back Vincent Watkins recovered the second Norwalk fumble on the first play after the Escobar touchdown, Glenn took two minutes off the clock to score again, this time an eight-yard pass from Escobar to senior wide receiver Rhamad Green. With 6:47 left in the game, it was now a one possession game and the Glenn faithful were sensing an upset.

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Norwalk leads series 29-16 (1983 outcome not available)2009-NOR 42-35-Most combined points ever, most points scored by Norwalk, Norwalk 462 rushing yards, Gonzales (NOR) 238 yards, 31 carries.2008-NOR 39-21-Guzman (NOR) 169 yards, 22 carries, Craig (NOR) 126 yards, 19 carries, Macias (NOR) 122 yards, nine carries.2007-NOR 35-7-Norwalk 321 rushing and total yards, Penny (NOR) 190 yards, 4 TD.2006-NOR 19-0-Norwalk 15:54 on two first half possessions, GLN 82 yards offense.2005-NOR 41-0-Most lopsided win in rivalry, Norwalk 292 rushing yards, Guerra (NOR) 118 yards, 16 carries.2004-NOR 7-0-Williams one-yard touchdown run in fourth quarter.2003-NOR 32-17-Yandall (NOR) 145 yards, seven carries, Rojas (GLN) 116 rushing yards in 1st half.2002-GLN 14-3-Briones (GLN) four-yard touchdown run first drive, Recinos (NOR) 109 yards, 11 carries.2001-GLN 27-21 (2 OT)-Stone (GLN) 127 rushing yards, Magallanes GW 1-yard touch-down run, Norwalk two fourth quarter touch-downs, tying one with 19 seconds left.2000-GLN 20-16-Bui (GLN) breaks up po-tential GW touchdown at one-yard line, Boler (NOR) 178 yards, 38 carries.Norwalk’s Homecoming game 2000, 2002John Glenn’s Homecoming game 2001, 2003, 2007


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“If we would have knocked them out like we should have and we normally do when we’re in shape and we’re on full steam, it could have easily been a 60-7 game,” Ceniceros said. “You have bad games and I’m glad we had our bad game and now we know what we need to work on and we’ll improve.”

Glenn had one more chance to tie the game after senior defensive back Ashtin Simmons recovered the third Norwalk fumble. But Escobar was incomplete on three straight passes and the Lancers took over with 61 seconds remaining in the game. Escobar was 10 of 21 for 211 yards and Green caught half of the completions for 101 yards. Norwalk had not allowed a 200-yard passer this season and the 339 yards in total offense from Glenn was the second highest allowed by the Lancers de-fense this season.

“You have to keep coming at them,” Wilson said. “They’re not very conditioned as they think. You have to keep smacking them in the mouth. They’re definitely not a number one ranked team.

“We wanted to throw the ball but we obviously wanted them to respect the run,” Wilson added. “They’re very vulnerable to the pass. Anybody that wants to beat [Nor-walk], they’re going to throw the ball and that’s what we did.”

The Eagles, who have finished the hard part of their schedule, will host winless Ar-tesia tonight on their homecoming. Glenn is seeking its first playoff berth since 2002 when the team went 4-6-1 overall and fin-ished in a tie for third place in the league.

All of Norwalk’s 462 yards came on the ground, led by Gonzales, who carried the ball 31 times for 238 yards. Edwards added 129 yards on 14 carries and Moore chimed in with 82 yards on 18 touches.

“He’s just a warrior,” Ceniceros said of Gonzales. “You look at him run and he’s 165 pounds and runs like he’s 265 pounds. I can’t say anymore about the guy. Tonight he just really impressed me and showed me and his teammates the way to play foot-ball.”

The Lancers visit Cerritos tonight in their final road game of the season.

Cerritos Spikers Sweep Mayfair, Remain in Total Control of Suburban LeagueBy Loren Kopff

At the rate the Cerritos girls volleyball team is going, the only team that can beat the Lady Dons are the Lady Dons them-selves. What was supposed to be a compet-

a pair of aces, two kills from Wu and two violations from the Monsoons. Following a Kristen Taylor block, the Lady Dons put the game away when senior setter Saman-tha Adams served nine straight points with Wu collecting three more kills and Adams putting down three aces.

The second game started out promis-ing for the Monsoons again, leading 6-4 but earning half of those points. After Ho tipped her seventh kill of the match, she was subbed out for senior defensive special-ist Janice Chung, who served six straight points. Seconds later, Adams propelled her team to the victory with seven consecutive points to make it a 19-7 advantage.

But, all was not clean and crisp by the standards of Cerritos head coach Khanh Vo, who had to call a timeout with his team leading 21-11 to regroup the team.

“We have to work on our mental ap-proach,” Vo said. “I felt at that point, we had a mental lapse and we let a few balls drop that shouldn’t have dropped. I let them know that if they wanted to compete, especially at the higher level, they just have to approach the game mentally stronger.”

Whatever he said immediately worked as senior outside hitter Jackie Trimble had a kill, followed by a Ho block of Dana Brown and a kill from senior middle block-

itive battle between Cerritos and Mayfair, the last two remaining undefeated teams in the Suburban League, turned out to be an-other low scoring sweep for the Lady Dons this past Tuesday.

For only the fifth time in at least the last 23 meetings, all of which have come since 2005, the Lady Dons knocked off the Monsoons 25-8, 25-12, 25-12 to improve to 10-1 overall and 6-0 in the circuit. In-cluding games played in the Mayfair Tour-nament, the Lady Dons have lost seven out of 43 games played this season. Cerritos is also the third ranked team in the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Sec-tion Division III-A polls.

The last two matches have been against Mayfair and last season’s league champion, La Mirada. But Cerritos allowed 36 points in sweeping the Matadores on the road on Oct. 14. Cerritos has won 10 straight with the last eight coming via a sweep.

“We were expecting the same compe-tition,” said junior middle blocker Jessica Wu. “Last year, we played a good match against them, too. It’s just that this year we have to step up our game if we really want the league title and that’s our goal.”

Mayfair was leading 5-4 in the first game but a serving error gave senior mid-dle blocker Jenny Ho the serve and she promptly reeled off six straight points with

er Jade Garrett. The hosts kept the momen-tum going in the third game as Wu began with her 10th kill, then Trimble served four straight points, the last two on aces. The lead would grow to 17-5 after an ace from Wu and the defense held on the rest of the way. Mayfair never scored more than three straight points at any time in the match and was limited to 19 kills.

Meanwhile, Ho and Wu each had 12 kills while junior outside hitter Cherise Kam added 10 kills and Adams had eight aces.

“I think every team knows Jenny is the center of our offense,” Vo said. “So I said, ‘go ahead’. I’ll just leave her by herself in the front row and challenge the rest of the league to try to stop her. At this point, she’s playing at a certain level where when she’s on her “A” game, I don’t think she can be stopped.”

“I think we have all stepped up our

Attending the Southeast Regional Collaborative luncheon meeting Oct. 13 at the Prince Seafood Restaurant were [l-r] ABC Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts, Maria Hernandez, Tri City Regional Medical Center Community Relations Director Mary Lou Landes, Ha-waiian Gardens Councilmember Michiko Oyama-Canada, ABC Deputy Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu, Sheriff Sergeant Tom Burt, Dr. Bill Cox, Senior Pastor Emmanuel Church of Lakewood, Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Michael Gomez, and Mario Lopez.

Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Mike Lopez described his recent visit to the nation’s capi-tal, Washington D.C. He said he had received an invitation from Vice President Biden inviting him and his wife to a meeting of Mayors at his residence. All expenses paid.

When he and his wife arrived at the Vice President residence, they were ushered into a large room, but not huge.

“I expected there would be a large crowd, but to my astonishment it was reasonable. I learned all the mayors were from small towns and we learned we all had similar problems. The Vice President joined us and referred to my wife as Hawaiian Gardens first Lady.” This was the first time a Hawaiian Gardens mayor had been invited to the nation’s capital by a sitting vice president.

Asked if he had time to do some sightseeing, the Mayor said he visited the Vietnam Wall, which he described as very impressive, the Korean Memorial and the Lincoln Me-morial. “When you look up at the statue of President Lincoln sitting there, it’s awesome.” He described the visit was both inspirational and educational, especially being able to talk to Mayors from all over the country and meeting in person the vice president.

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Mrs. Moskowitz said she and her hus-band have had a close association with Ha-

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“In 2008 we helped feed 862 families. We estimated there were seven people to a family. So far in 2009, we have helped more than 1100 family and this is only Oc-tober. In addition we have helped this year 256 emergency families that may be from outside Hawaiian Gardens. She concluded by saying, “We will continue to serve the neediest of the Hawaiian Gardens family.”

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ABC Unified School District Wins Two Golden Bell Awards

ABC Unified School District will be honored in the 30th Annual Golden Bell Awards Program of the California School Boards Association. The District will receive two Golden Bell Awards this year. One was won for the Network for a Healthy California Program under the direction of Dipa Shah, Program Coor-dinator. The goal of the Network for a Healthy Program is to promote healthy eating and regular physical activity among low income families. The program began in 2004 in response to the growing con-cern of childhood obesity among school aged children.

The second award was won for the Red Carpet Media Festival at Tetzlaff Middle School. The program is admin-istered by Crechena Wise, Principal of Tetzlaff MS and under the direction of Greg Porter, Journalism teacher.

The goal of the Red Carpet Media Festival is to celebrate student achieve-ment inn the areas of technology and me-dia productions in a culminating event. The event creates a platform for students to communicate to the local community as well as the professional community while teaching life long technology skills. The program has been in place since Septem-ber 2005.

According to Dr. Mary Sieu, Deputy Superintendent, the highly respected Golden Bell Awards will be 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 is held in conjunction with the California’s School Boards Association’s Annual Education Conference. The Golden Bell Awards Program promotes excellence in educa-tion by recognizing outstanding programs in school districts throughout California. ABC Unified School District has received six Golden Bell Awards from CSBA dur-ing the past seven years.





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Thursday oct. 29, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.Pumpkin Bowling fundraiserKeystone Bowling in NorwalkImperial Hwy/Firestone Blvd. For info contact Chamber office Norwalk Lions ClubAnnual Halloween PartyFriday Oct. 30th 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.Costume Contest, Games, RafflesPlace: NASC Sproul Room13000 Clarkdale Ave. NorwalkFor info & tickets contact Jesse Urquidi 562-400-1303 City of Norwalk annual Halloween PartySaturday, Oct 31, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.Place: City Hall LawnGhouls, Games, Face Painting, PrizesFood available at city service clubs booths American Legion Post #35911986 Front St. NorwalkAnnual Halloween PartiesChildren's party 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.Adults party 6:00 to ????costume Contest, Raffles, Cake Walk, DrawingFor more info contact: Helen Brown 562-921-4218Rotary Club of Norwalk P.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, CA Meets Mondays, Noon Norwalk Marriot HotelKnights of Columbus Council #3678 Tom Sandoval, Grand Knight 12138 Front Street (714) 952-4724 • NorwalkVeterans of Foreign Wars Post #7138 12186 Front Street (mail) Norwalk, CA 90651 (562) 864-9246Elks Lodge-BPOE #2142 13418 Clarkdale Ave. Norwalk CA 90650 (562) 868-6603 Jim Duckett, Exhaulted Ruler (562) 868-1924 Thursdays 7:30 p.m. at Elks LodgeRotary Club of Norwalk P.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, Sara Karsgens, President Mondays, noon, Norwalk Marriott Hotel (562) 921-0033 for info. Norwalk Woman's Club Place: Masonic Lodge 12345 Rosecrans Ave. Time: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.Norwalk Community Coordinating Council William Clark, President Helen Brown, Vice President Meets 4th Wed. during the school year. P.O. Box 521 Norwalk (562) 921-4218

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In addition the unions are working with us and have signed a two year agreement

with us, helping stabilize the situation.”Introducing Knabe was Dave Gillotte

with the Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014. He reviewed Knabe's public

Participating in the birthday festivities was California’s 35th Governor [1983-91] and good friend of the Supervisor George Dukmeijian .

Robert and Susan Green of Cerritos (seated) with, Coun-cilmember Carol Chen, Ebie Ghaneian, and friends.

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service, noting he was elected to the Cer-ritos City Council in 1980 and served for eight years, including two terms at Mayor. He said he was very involved in support-ing and implementing the city’s general plan, first as a citizen, then as a planning commissioner and later as a member of

the city council and mayor.

He said the plan is now regarded as a national model for sensible growth. It called for development of the Cerritos Auto Square, the Los Cerritos Center, and the Cerritos Towne Center, creating a tax base that provided jobs,

more citizen ser-vices, doubled the number of city parks, and allowed for the

creation of the na-tionally acclaimed Cerritos Perform-ing Arts Center.

Following a successful career as a small busi-ness owner, the Supervisor joined County Supervi-sor Deane Dana’s staff in 1982, soon becoming his chief of staff. Gil-lotte said it was through Knabe’s personal effort that the County

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Honors Dr. Bill H. Kim and Senator Al Lowenthal while raising funds for the Cath Lab.

Downey Regional Medical Center, a not-for-profit hospital that delivers quality healthcare ser-vices to South-east Los An-geles County for the past 89 years, proudly celebrated its 34th Annual Charter Ball on Saturday, October 3 at the Disneyland Grand Cali-fornian Hotel. The celebra-tion honored Dr. Bill H. Kim and the Hon-orable State Senator Alan Lowenthal for their continu-ous commit-ment and ser-vice to their communities. The proceeds of this year’s Charter Ball, the biggest fundraiser of the year for the hospital, are earmarked to purchase state-of-the-art equipment for the hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Labora-

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game,” Wu said. “It’s working pretty well this year.”The Lady Dons are halfway through what they hope is

their third league title since 1995. The team has allowed no more than 37 points in any league match thus far, which was one of the lesser goals set by Vo at the beginning of the season.

“It’s definitely pressure but we set goals for ourselves and we try our best to make them,” Wu said. “If we don’t, then we take our consequences.”

Cerritos, which hosted last place Norwalk this past Wednesday, will visit John Glenn today and will go for the season sweep of Mayfair on Monday. The team will then conclude the road portion of league action on Wednesday at Artesia. However, Vo isn’t quite ready to hoist another league championship on the walls of the Cerritos gymna-sium. “It really depends on how we play,” Vo said. “For the most part, it showed today. There were points where we played really well and there were points where we just didn’t play very smart. I expect La Mirada and I expect Mayfair to come back and give us a better match next time.

“My approach to the game is once you get to a certain level, we try to get to the next level,” Vo added. “We’re at a pretty high level right now, I agree. But in order to become championship caliber-to get to that No. 2 or No. 1 ranking, a lot of it is mental. You don’t see championship teams drop balls that we dropped today.”

Gladiators Collapse Late After Taking First Game From WarrenBy Loren Kopff

Legendary Gahr girls volleyball head coach Sonny Okamoto knows his team has little to no chance in knock-ing off Downey anytime soon. So, in order to stay competi-tive in the San Gabriel Valley League each season, Warren seems to be that one opponent the Gladiators can steal a victory from here and there.

Gahr and Warren split their two matches in 2005 and in 2007 and the Gladiators were hoping to secure at least an-other split in 2009 but the Bears got the upper hand 19-25, 25-14, 25-19, 26-24 last Thursday afternoon at Gahr. Cou-pled with a victory at Paramount this past Tuesday after-noon, the Gladiators entered its Oct. 22 match at Downey with an overall mark of 9-9 and a league record of 3-2, good enough for third place.

The Gladiators led all the way in the first game against the Bears, paced by the hitting of senior outside hitter Tif-fany McCray (seven kills) and junior outside hitter Annie Reyes (six kills). Gahr was looking strong in the opening moments of the second game as Reyes added two more kills and junior middle blocker Jillian Tiedeman had a pair of aces. But the Bears and their balanced attack of Heath-er Adamson, Chelsea Cabrajac, Mallory Hill and Franny Vaaulu rallied back to take an 8-6 lead and when Adamson had four aces plus a kill, Warren was up 15-8. Gahr would post only four kills in the game as it was slightly aided by Warren mistakes.

“We haven’t done anything together as a team this year,” Okamoto said. “That’s the difficult part. We’re start-ing to get healthy but, I’ll make it real simple. Cerritos is good because they play as a team. I think they play better as a team right now than a lot of teams around here. Val-ley [Christian] might be the other one that plays well as a team.”

On the strength of three straight aces from senior setter Leeanne Currie, the Gladiators were sitting with a 9-5 lead in the third game. But Adamson countered with three of her own and eventually the Bears opened up a 16-11 lead. Cabrajac, who has been Warren’s leader the past four sea-sons despite being injured as a sophomore, had five kills and two aces in the third game. She would lead everyone with 16 kills.

“She tried to take over the game and the thing I told my kids was the same thing that happened to them,” Okamoto said. “It takes a team to win the game and when she tried to take it on her own shoulders, it was very difficult for her to do that. It gave us an opportunity. They have weak links just like I have weak links.”

Warren made sure the Gladiators wouldn’t jump out to another early lead as Adamson and Sam Madrid each had a kill and a shared block to help Warren lead 10-4 in the fourth game. Gahr did come back and tied the game four times, the last when Warren was called for a lift violation making it a 24-24 contest. But Hill and Lauren McCa-ughan ended the last ditch attempt with kills. McCray led the Gladiators with 14 kills while Reyes had a dozen kills along with four aces. Junior middle hitter Chelsea Heyward was next in line with six kills as Gahr is still looking to find that consistent offensive attack.

“I thought Tiffany has played pretty aggressive since she’s been injured,” Okamoto said. “Hopefully her body will hold up the rest of the year. I need her at least for the Paramount games.”

Gahr will participate in the Marlborough Tourna-ment on Saturday, then will host the bottom feeders of the league-Dominguez and Lynwood on Tuesday and Thurs-day respectively. As for Gahr’s playoff chance this season, it will be determined on the final week of the season when the team goes to Warren, then hosts Paramount. Dating back to 1998, the Gladiators are 20-3 against Paramount but just 7-16 against Warren.

“I think we can [beat Warren],” Okamoto said of the next meeting. “The way they played against us, I think we can. But they beat Downey in our tournament [last month]. If we take care of our business against Paramount, we have a chance.”

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CITY OF CERRITOS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES

AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE/WORKING CAPITAL

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2009

Total Functional Net Expenditures /

Expenditures Revenues (Excess) Revenues

Expenditures Net of Functional Revenues:

General Government $ 15,871,486 $ 182,316 $ 15,689,170

Public Safety 15,227,231 1,405,394 13,821,837

Transportation 10,045,755 4,788,103 5,257,652

Community Development 4,526,731 6,370,378 (1,843,647)

Health 3,224,528 197,790 3,026,738

Culture and Leisure 21,402,594 8,855,844 12,546,750

Public Utilities 16,498,128 14,689,931 1,808,197

Other - 427,424 (427,424)

TOTAL Exp/Rev/Net Expenditues $ 86,796,453 $ 36,917,180 $ 49,879,273

General Revenues:

Taxes $ 30,959,979

Licenses and Permits -

Fines and Forfeitures 717,090

Revenue from Use of Money and Property 14,237,151

Intergovernmental State 210,150

Intergovernmental County

Other Taxes In Lieu Other

-

- -

TOTAL General Revenues $ 46,124,370

Excess / (Deficiency) of General

Revenue Over Net Expenditures (3,754,903)

Excess/ (Deficiency) of Internal

Service Charges Over Expenses

(728,283)

Beginning Fund Balance / Working Capital 226,238,688

Change in Working Capital (3,919,994)

Ending Fund Balance / Working Capital $ 217,835,508

Appropriation Limit as of Fiscal Year End $ 98,202,227

Total Annual Appropriation Subject

to the Limit as of Fiscal Year End $ 38,168,900

Note:

Published pursuant to Government Code section 40804 of the State of California by the City of Cerritos.

For further information, please call (562) 860-0311.

Dated/Published: October 23, 2009

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 10/23/09

NOTICE OF NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices designated

to be filled at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Hawaiian Gardens on Tuesday,

November 3, 2009.

For Member of the City Council Vote for no more than three (3)

________________________________________

Suzanne Underwood

City Clerk

§ 12110, 12111, E.C. Notice of Nominees

NOTICE OF NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices designated

to be filled at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Hawaiian Gardens on Tuesday,

November 3, 2009.

For Member of the City Council Vote for no more than three (3)

________________________________________

Suzanne Underwood

City Clerk

§ 12110, 12111, E.C. Notice of Nominees


NOTIFICACIÓN DE LOS CANDIDATOS PARA LOS CARGOS PÚBLICOS

POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que se han designado las siguientes personas para los cargos

que han de ser cubiertos en la Elección Municipal General que se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de

Hawaiian Gardens el martes, 3 de Noviembre, de 2009.

Para Miembro del Concejo Municipal Vote por no más de tres (3)

________________________________________

Suzanne Underwood

Secretaria Municipal

§ 12110, 12111, E.C. Notice of Nominees / Spanish

NOTIFICACIÓN DE LOS CANDIDATOS PARA LOS CARGOS PÚBLICOS

POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que se han designado las siguientes personas para los cargos

que han de ser cubiertos en la Elección Municipal General que se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de

Hawaiian Gardens el martes, 3 de Noviembre, de 2009.

Para Miembro del Concejo Municipal Vote por no más de tres (3)

________________________________________

Suzanne Underwood

Secretaria Municipal

§ 12110, 12111, E.C. Notice of Nominees / Spanish


하와이안 가든 시

시 서기관실

선거 공지

통합 시 총선거

2009년 11월 3일

공직 후보자에 �� 공지

2009년 11월 3일, 화요일에 하와이안 가든 시에서 실시될 통합 시 총선거를 통해 보궐될 아래와 같은

공직을 위해 지명된 후보자는 다음과 같음을 이에 공지합니다.

시의원 세(3)명에게만 투표하십시오

메리 막달레나 카노이 (Mary Magdalene Canoy) 미치코 A. 오야마-카나다 (Michiko A. Oyama‐Canada) 그랜트 윈포드 (Grant Winford) 도널드 W. 로우 (Donald W. Rowe) 레이날도 O. 로드리게즈 (Reynaldo O. Rodriguez)루즈 C. 바리가 (Luz C. Barriga)

베리 브루스 (Barry Bruce)

베티 J. 슐츠 (Betty J. Schultze) 테레사 마시아스 (Teresa Macias) 크레센시아 마르티네즈 (Crescencia Martinez) 밸러리 메이슨 (Valerie Mason)

________________________________________ 수잔 언더우드 (Suzanne Underwood) 시 서기관 본 공지의 날짜와 서명일은 2009년 10월 21일임. 2009년 10월 21일에 게시되고, 2009년 10월 23일에 공포됨.

§ 12110, 12111, E.C. Notice of Nominees/Korean

하와이안 가든 시

시 서기관실

선거 공지

통합 시 총선거

2009년 11월 3일

공직 후보자에 �� 공지

2009년 11월 3일, 화요일에 하와이안 가든 시에서 실시될 통합 시 총선거를 통해 보궐될 아래와 같은

공직을 위해 지명된 후보자는 다음과 같음을 이에 공지합니다.

시의원 세(3)명에게만 투표하십시오

메리 막달레나 카노이 (Mary Magdalene Canoy) 미치코 A. 오야마-카나다 (Michiko A. Oyama‐Canada) 그랜트 윈포드 (Grant Winford) 도널드 W. 로우 (Donald W. Rowe) 레이날도 O. 로드리게즈 (Reynaldo O. Rodriguez)루즈 C. 바리가 (Luz C. Barriga)

베리 브루스 (Barry Bruce)

베티 J. 슐츠 (Betty J. Schultze) 테레사 마시아스 (Teresa Macias) 크레센시아 마르티네즈 (Crescencia Martinez) 밸러리 메이슨 (Valerie Mason)

________________________________________ 수잔 언더우드 (Suzanne Underwood) 시 서기관 본 공지의 날짜와 서명일은 2009년 10월 21일임. 2009년 10월 21일에 게시되고, 2009년 10월 23일에 공포됨.

§ 12110, 12111, E.C. Notice of Nominees/Korean


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NORWALK TANK FARM

RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD

MEETING NOTICE

The next meeting of the Norwalk Tank Farm Restoration

Advisory Board (RAB) is scheduled for Thursday, October 29,

2009, at 6:30 p.m. at the Norwalk Arts & Sports Complex,

Sproul Room, 13000 Clarkdale Avenue. This meeting is open

to the public.

The RAB is an advisory committee made up of citizens from the

Norwalk area and representatives of Defense Energy Support

Center (DESC), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP), state

regulators, and the City of Norwalk. The RAB reviews and

comments on documents related to the environmental cleanup of

the Tank Farm.

The meeting's agenda tentatively includes the Sentry Monitoring

Event, additional investigation update, and remediation updates.

Documents relating to the cleanup are available for public review

at the information repository located in the Norwalk Public

Library reference section.

For more information, contact Tim Whyte at (714) 648-2851 or

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CERRITOS SENIOR CENTER 12340 SOUTH ST CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y1070016A (1070016B, 1070016C, 1070016E, 1070016F, 1070016G, 1070026B, 1070026E, 1070028A, 1070028B, 1070028C and 1070028D CONS) - RESIDENCE 13824 REVA ST CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y1070018B (1070031A, 1070031B, 1070031C, 1070031D, 1070031E, 1070031F and 1070046C CONS) - SHADOW PARK HOMES 12770 ALCONBURY ST CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y1070021A (1070021B, 1070021C, 1070021D, 1070021E, 1070021F, 1070070A, 1070070B, 1070070C, 1070070D, 4800045B, 4800047B and 5240020A CONS) - 1ST EVANGELICAL CHURCH 11330 166TH ST CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y1070022A (1070022D, 1070022E, 1070022F, 1070048A, 1070048B, 1070048C, 1070048E, 1070048F, 1070048G, 1070048H, 1070049A, 1070049B, 1070049C, 1070049D and 1070049E CONS) - SUNDANCE TOWN HOME 12439 PINEGROVE LN CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y1070022B (1070022C, 1070025B, 1070036A, 1070036B, 1070036C, 1070036D, 1070036E, 1070036F, 1070036G, 1070037B, 1070037G, 1070041A, 1070041B, 1070041C, 1070041D, 1070041E and 1070041F CONS) - WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL 16800 SHOEMAKER AVE CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y2650001A (2650001B, 2650001C, 2650002A, 2650002B, 2650002C and 2650002D CONS) - C ROBERT LEE ACT CENTER 21815 PIONEER BLVD HAWAIIAN GARDENS 90716 Accessible: Y2650003A (2650003B, 2650003C, 2650003D, 2650003E, 2650004A, 2650004B, 2650004C, 2650004D and 2650004E CONS) - LEE WARE RECREATIONAL CENTER 22310 WARDHAM AVE HAWAIIAN GARDENS 90716 Accessible: Y2650005A (2650005C, 2650005D, 2650005E, 2650006A, 2650006D, 2650006E, 2650006F, 2650007A, 2650007B, 2650007C and 2650007D CONS) - HAWAIIAN TERRACE SENIOR APTS 12100 226TH ST HAWAIIAN GARDENS 90716 Accessible: Y3450073B (3450075B, 3450075C, 3450075D, 3450080B, 3450090B, 3450092A, 3450092B and 3450092C CONS) - CROSSROAD MULTINATIONAL CHR 12229 DEL AMO BLVD CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y4800049B (4800049H, 4800049J, 4800056D, 4800056F, 4800059A, 4800059B, 4800059C, 4800059D, 4800059E, 4800059F, 4800059G and 4800059H CONS) - 1ST EVANGELICAL CHURCH 11330 166TH ST CERRITOS 90703 Accessible: Y

DEAN C. LOGANRegistrar-Recorder/County ClerkCounty of Los Angeles10/23/09CNS-1718364#LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1226504-10 APN: 7012-002-066 TRA: 01986 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx7102 REF: Yokoyama, Tatiana IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED September 21, 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 November 12, 2009, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded October 05, 2005, as Inst. No. 05 2397269 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Tatiana Yokoyama A Single 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 association, or savings bank At the west side of the los an-geles 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: 16826 Judy Way 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 held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or en-cumbrances, including fees, charges and ex-penses 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: $278,057.88. 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. California Declaration I, John Kennerty, of America’s Servicing Company (“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 Services has obtained from the Commissioner of Corpora-tion a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the accompanying Notice of Sale is filed. AND/OR The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (a) of Civil Code Section 2923.52 does not apply pursu-ant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date and Place: 07/03/2009 Fort Mill, South Carolina Name of Signor: John Kennerty Title and/or Position VP Communication. 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: October 19, 2009. (R-264254 10/22/09, 10/29/09, 11/05/09)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 09-509742 INC Title Order No. 090427130-CA-DCI APN 7034-010-005 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/28/06. 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 11/12/09 at 10:30 a.m., Aztec Fore-closure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/12/06 in Instrument No. 06 2266032 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: Linda Durias A Married Woman, as Trustor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for OneWest Bank FSB, as Benefi-ciary, 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 the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, all right, title and inter-est conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 17703 HARVEST AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". 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 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro-vided 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, to-wit: $697,375.18 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. 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. Requirements of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Declaration of record. 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. DATE: October 19, 2009 Amy Connolly Assistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 MacArthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (800) 731-0850 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 For Trustee's Sale Informa-tion Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap.com www.aztectrustee.comASAP# 3312449 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. GM-186819-C Loan No. 7439359001 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/10/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:WILLIAM THOMAS YOUNG AND LEONA COUN-TER YOUNG, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded 3/16/2005 as Instrument No. 05 0597991 in Book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:11/13/2009 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 Property Address is purported to be: 12946 CANTRECE STREET CERRITOS, California 90703 APN #: 7030-022-003 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $503,856.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. 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 or 2923.55. Date: 10/16/2009 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3309096 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-09-301726-BL YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/3/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. 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 speci-fied in Section 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) 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): PATERNO CABEBE , A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 10/13/2005 as Instrument No. 05 2465596 in book --, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 11/13/2009 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, di-rectly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $443,534.86 The purported property address is: 11616 169th Street Artesia, CA 90701 Assessors Parcel No. 7014-006-005 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 Litton Loan Servicing LP 4828 Loop Central Drive Houston TX 77081 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: 10/23/2009 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: (800) 247-9727 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# 3291285 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. GM-188495-C Loan No. 0601312741 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/12/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:RAMESH S. GUTTALU AND NIRMALA R. GUTTALU, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded 7/19/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1696371 in Book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:11/13/2009 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, Cali-fornia Property Address is purported to be: 19900 CHRISTINA CIRCLE CERRITOS, California 90703 APN #: 7056-006-039 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $583,400.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. 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 or 2923.55. Date: 10/19/2009 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3292253 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 09-03975 Loan No. 70222922 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/17/2005. 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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, 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. Trustor: VERNELL LUCAS AND EL-SIE LUCAS, HUSBAND AND WIFE Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust recorded 6/24/2005 as In-strument No. 05 1492558 in book -, page - of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:11/12/2009 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: $630,938.70 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: 12108 Abana Street Cerritos, Ca 90703 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 7033-002-027 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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: 10/19/2009 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 Dania Trevino, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ASAP# 3313937 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Safe No. 09-509782 INC Title Order No. 090427104-CA-DCi APN 7160-002-048 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03/16/06. 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 11/12/09 at 10:30 a.m., Aztec Fore-closure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 03/28/06 in Instrument No. 06 0654060 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: Juan R. Mi I la and Alba Judith Ramos, Husband and Wife, as Trustor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for OneWest Bank FSB, 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 the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 6153 PIMENTA AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 The property here-tofore described is being sold "as is". 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 ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $423,669.44 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. 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. Requirements of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Declaration of record. The mortgage loan 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 the notice of sale is filed. DATE: October 23, 2009 Elaine Malone As-sistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 MacArthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (800) 731-0850 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 For Trustee's Sale Information Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap.com www. aztectrustee.com ASAP# 3312407 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS # CA-09-275858-TC YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/19/2006. 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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT 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 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, 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RECHILDA N II MANAOG , A WIDOW Recorded: 10/25/2006 as Instru-ment No. 06 2366336 in book -, page - of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 11/12/2009 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, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $490,581.53 The purported property address is: 12508 212TH STREET LAKEWOOD, CA 90715 Assessors Parcel No. 7066-007-002 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 OneWest Bank, FSB 2900 Esperanza Crossing Austin TX 78758 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 mon-ies 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: 10/13/2009 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 Reinstate-ment Line: (877) 908-4357 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# 3303769 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. GM-186238-C Loan No. 0656436258 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/17/2006. 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 a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR:MANUEL ALVARADO AND PAULINA DIANE ALVARADO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded 12/1/2006 as Instrument No. 06-2668373 in Book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:11/13/2009 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 Property Address is purported to be: 6344 DASHWOOD ST LAKEWOOD, California 90713 APN #: 7174-036-016 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $422,264.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. 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 or 2923.55. ETS Services, LLC Date: 10/14/2009 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3290505 10/23/2009, 10/30/2009, 11/06/2009


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