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Downtown Alhambraoffers Hallowscreamfor youngsters, Oct. 29

Downtown Alhambra will be full of fun tricksand treats on Saturday, Oct. 29, when it pre-sents its annual costume contest at the Renais-sance Plaza, northeast corner of Main andGarfield. Trick-or-treating will be offered at par-ticipating businesses from noon to 2 p.m.

Infants through eighth-graders should besigned up beginning at 9 a.m. for the costumecontest, which will begin at 10 a.m. There willbe costumed characters, balloons, face painting,and entertainment.

Prizes will be awarded for first, second, andthird place in five age categories: 2 years old andyounger, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 to 9, 10 to 12, andone group prize.

There will be more information to come onDowntown Alhambra’s Facebook page andDowntown’s website at downtownalhambra.com, ore-mail events@downtownalhambra.com. Follow onInstagram.

Downtown Alhambra will host its annual Hallowscream Saturday, Oct. 29, at the RenaissancePlaza. Registration for the costume contest begins at 9 a.m. Trick-or-treating is from noon to 2 p.m.

Applebee’s new look highlights historical Alhambra

A huge picture on the wall in the dining area shows what Alhambra’s downtown looked like when it had street cars.

BY ADRIANA MAESTAS

Applebee’s restaurant and bar, 21 E. MainSt., was remodeled in August. The new lookis a local theme with pictures of historical lo-cations and landmarks to reflect the local com-munity. Every five to seven years, Applebee’supdates and remodels its stores.

“You won’t find another Applebee’s thatlooks like this one. We have created a differ-ent and modern ambiance from what we hadbefore, and it reflects the local community,”said Angelina Alvarado, general manager.

The newly remodeled Applebee’s featurespictures of historical Alhambra, going backto when there were street cars in the city. Thereare decorative signs that list the names of keyevents and locations in the City, such as theLunar New Year Festival and Almansor Lake.In addition to the local themed decor, thereare 12 large screen televisions throughout therestaurant, which is great for football seasonor for watching any other sporting events.

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In October, Applebee’s will offer some Halloween-themedhappy hours. There are two happy hours every day from 3 p.m.to 6 p.m. and then from 9 p.m. to closing. On Mondays, everyburger with fries is $6.99, and there’s also a special on theBrewtus size Coors Light and Bud Light for $4.50.

Applebee’s is opening at 10 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundaysso people can come to watch football. The store’s current hoursare 11 a.m. to midnight on Monday through Thursday, 11a.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, and10 a.m. to midnight on Sunday. For more information, phone626-576-4621.

There are beautiful photos of the local community and its land-marks to remind diners why Alhambra is unique.

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We live in an age of instant information and multi-plied avenues of finding answers on just about anythingfrom cooking the best scrambled eggs to replacing therear-view camera in your car.

A recent seminar I attended spoke of the social dif-ferences of life today and identified the tendency formillennials, those born between 1980 and 1995 (somesay as late as 2000), to avoid asking for help. Instead,they are the generation accustomed to using “Google”and “YouTube” to answer any question and receive thatinformation . . . instantly!

In 1977, Russian born Yakov Smirnoff arrived in theUnited States and embarked upon a career in comedy.This eventually led to his purchase of his own theater inBranson, Missouri, where he performed his stand upcomedy routines until retiring last December.

During the late cold war period Mr. Smirnoff madeaudiences laugh with his wry observations on the dif-ferences between life in the Soviet Union and here inAmerica, punctuating his routine with the line: “Whata country!”

Middle-aged people may find themselves echoing Mr.Smirnov’s line as they contemplate the wide array ofinformation available to us on the internet. This weekmy health insurance provider sent me an e-mail with alink to a two-minute video that was particularly usefulin facing the challenges of helping older parents.

The advice offered was sound, concise, and pointedto additional resources. For those in the “sandwich gen-eration,” so called because they are caught between rais-ing their own children and dealing with their aging par-ents, the brief video offered advice: 5 Tips on Caring foran Aging Loved One:

1. Have a heart to heart talk. Losing independence

can be dramatic. It is seldom easy to carry out an olderperson’s wishes, especially when you do not know whatthey are.

2. Take it slow. Sometimes providing small amountsof help, rather than overwhelming a person with assis-tance, will be better received and allow the senior to liveindependently for a longer period of time.

3. Do your homework. Wise children of seniors (andthose friends helping an elderly person) will acquaintthemselves with the individual’s health issues, healthcoverage, bills, and schedule of medications so that theymay manage care more easily.

4. Get outside help. Paperwork, forms, Medicare,Medicaid, insurance, and more can seem daunting tothose who have never had to deal with them. A varietyof online resources are available, and the video identi-fied some of them.

5. Take care of yourself. Because it is “easy to getcaught up in the stress and demands of caring for anaging parent,” the video reminded younger people toseek assistance, to take breaks, and to “make time foryourself.”

The video prompted us to experiment with gettingmore information instantly. Within minutes, “Google”had opened a world of possibilities. In less than a halfsecond, nearly 70,000 “hits” appeared on the screen.Mainstream news outlets (e.g., U.S. News, PBS,Huffington Post) and religious organizations, such asFocus on the Family, vied with a variety of medical sitessuch as WebMD. Titles such as “Caring for Ill or AgingParents,” “Raising an Aging Parent,” “15 Ways to StaySane While Caring for an Elderly Parent,” and “Tips forthe Sandwich Generation” were there at our fingertips.

YouTube, the “how to” destination of choice for themillennial generation, overflowed with ideas. A search

string such as “caring for elderly parents” generatednearly 6,000 results. A brief survey of some of them re-vealed a range from the concise overview (two to threeminutes), to mid-range lengths (10 to 15 minutes), suchas the justly famous “TED Talks,” to full length (30 to 60minutes) presentations by physicians and professionalacademics.

While viewers need to be aware that many of theseofferings come from vendors seeking your future busi-ness, the information often features nurses, doctors,social workers, and experts in gerontology, the fieldthat studies aging and the elderly.

A particular value of internet searching, whetherthrough a search engine such Google, Bing, Yahoo, orAsk (the most popular ones today), or on YouTube, re-lates to the ability to be either general or specific. “Agingparents” may net you more than 11 million hits, but“treating pressure sores” will narrow the list consider-ably. And search engines all feature algorithms that pushto the top what is most likely to be helpful, popular, andtypically your best place to start reading.

If all of this seems too overwhelming, you might sim-ply begin your research with www.eldercare.gov, a sitesponsored by the Administration on Aging, U.S. Depart-ment of Health and Human Services.

For readers close to Alhambra, a wonderful resourcecan be found at Atherton Baptist Homes, 214 S. Atlan-tic Blvd., 626-289-4178. With more than 100 years ofworking with seniors and around 200 employees,Atherton features numerous persons trained and expe-rienced in dealing with the needs of older persons. Ifyou give them a call and take their tour, you may evenhave an opportunity for a complimentary lunch in theirdining room.

So, young or old, “get thee to the internet” . . . now!

Internet useful when dealing with seniors’ needs

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Each month, at the JoslynCenter, 210 N. Chapel Ave., se-niors have access to stimulatingtours, club meetings, informa-tion seminars, hot meals, dances,and much more.

Registration is required for allsenior services activities. Regis-ter online or at the Joslyn AdultCenter.

Here are some of the Octo-ber activities that happy, satis-fied, less-stressed seniors will en-joy at the Joslyn Center.

Registration day for Novem-

ber Senior Outings is on Tues-day, Oct. 4, for residents andWednesday, Oct. 5 for non-resi-dents.

A visit to Petersen Automo-tive Museum will take placefrom 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tues-day, Nov, 8. The fee is $23.Ontario Mills will be from 9 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov.18. Thefee is $12. Register online atwww.cityofalhambra.org or inperson at Joslyn Center.

Happy October BirthdayLuncheon Celebration at 11

a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. Co-sponsored by Care 1st and DelMar Park.

Ballot Measures Pros &Cons informational seminar,presented by the League ofWomen Voters, will take place at10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7.

A Medicare 101 informa-tional seminar presented byAGA is planned for 10 a.m.Monday, Oct. 10.

Bankers Life insurance willprovide a For the Life of YourRetirement informationalseminar at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct.11.

Make a Halloween craft willtake place from 9 a.m. to 10:30a.m. Friday, Oct. 14. The invi-tation is to make a “Spook-tacular” craft. The fee is $4. Reg-istration opened in Septemberand ends on Friday, Oct.7.

A Senior Outings trip toGetty Villa will last from 9 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.12. The fee is $12. Registrationfor this outing took place in Sep-tember. Check on possible open-ings at Joslyn Center, or phone626-570-5056.

The City of AlhambraWellness Expo will take placefrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,Oct. 15. Co-sponsored by Her-ald Christian Health Center, theevent is open to the entire com-munity. On the schedule areblood pressure screening, glucosescreening, bone density screen-ing, thyroid screening, carotidartery screening, flu shots, semi-nars, information booths, raffles,

e n t e r t a i n -ment, food,and activitiesfor the wholefamily. Lunchwill be pro-vided to thosewho registerin advance, ei-ther online atcityofalhambra.org

Seniors learn, have fun at Joslyn Adult Recreation Centeropenings at Joslyn Center, orphone 626-570-5056.

Play Bingo, co-sponsored byAGA, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.Monday, Oct. 24. Game winnerswill receive prizes.

A 2017 Medicare Advan-tage Open Enrollment infor-mational seminar will be pre-sented by United Health Care.

The Embrace the Holidayand Sing the Blues informa-tional seminar will take place at10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28. Theevent is presented by HeritageClinic, Shawn Herz MSG,LMFT.

A Halloween MasqueradeDance will be offered at 6 p.m.to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct.28. The feeis $10. Required registrationopened in September and endson Friday, Oct. 21. Participantsmay register online atwww.cityofalhambra.org or in per-son at Joslyn Center. Space islimited so registration is offeredon a first-come, first served ba-sis. The price includes dinner,live entertainment, a photobooth, and extensive socializingwith friends old and new. Co-sponsored by Del Mar Park andBankers Life.

A Halloween Luncheon andCostume Parade will be stagedat 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct.31.Participants are invited towear a costume for the costumecontest and to pass out candy tothe trick-or-treaters from theMontessori School. This event isco-sponsored by New York LifeInsurance.

A hot, nutritionally balancedmeal is served each weekday at11 a.m. through the Senior Nu-trition Program. Reservations area must. Phone 626-458-4455,from 9:30 a.m. to noon, one dayin advance.

When visiting the Joslyn Center,check the notice board for newlyadded programs. For more informa-tion, Please phone 626-570-5056.

or in person at Joslyn Center.For more information, or to bea vendor at this event, pleasecontact Kathy Sprecher at 626-570-3223.

A tour to MacArthur Park,On The Move Metro, isplanned to begin at 10 a.m.Wednesday, Oct. 19. The fee isthe cost of bus/Metro Line fare.To join the tour, please leavecontact information with theJoslyn front desk.

The AARP Driver Safetywill be presented from 12:30p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday,Oct.19. The fee is $15 for AARPmembers and $20 for non-members. This course is onlyavailable for those who have pre-viously taken the two-daycourse, and proof of attendanceis required. This course is ap-proved by AAA Insurance andHartford Insurance for a dis-count.

A informational seminar onTrustees & Planning for Ag-ing Parents will be be presentedat 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20,by Elder Law Attorney CarlosArcos.

A Senior Outings trip to TheLast Bookstore and GrandCentral Market will last from9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Oct.21. The fee is $12. Registrationfor this outing took place in Sep-tember. Check on possible

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NIH’s National Heart, Lung, andBlood Institute (NHLBI), along withother NIH components, recently spon-sored a study to test blood pressure tar-gets for people with hypertension butwithout diabetes. The Systolic BloodPressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)compared a target systolic blood pres-sure of less than 120 mm Hg (intensivetreatment) to a level of 140 mm Hg(standard treatment) in more than 9,300participants, age 50 and older.

The study found that those treatedat the lower target blood pressure levelhad a reduced risk of cardiovascular dis-ease and death after a median follow-upof about 3 years.

The analysis of the senior subgroupwas headed by Dr. Jeff Williamson atWake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Itappeared online on May 19 in the Jour-nal of the American Medical Association.

The mean systolic blood pressureachieved by seniors in the intensive treat-ment group was 123 mm Hg, comparedto 135 mm Hg in the standard treat-ment group. Those in the intensive treat-ment group needed about one moremedication to reach their lower goal.

Participants in the intensive treat-ment group had a significantly lowerrate of cardiovascular events (affecting102 participants, or 2.6% per year) thanthose in the standard treatment group(affecting 148 participants, or 3.8% peryear). Those in the lower blood pres-sure group also had a reduced risk ofdeath (73 deaths, or 1.8% per year vs.107 deaths, or 2.6% per year). Thesebenefits occurred in both frail and non-frail participants (assessed using a frailtyindex of 37 diverse items).

The overall rate of serious adverseevents in seniors didn’t differ betweenthe treatment groups. The intensivetreatment group had slightly higher lev-els of certain events, such as low bloodpressure, fainting, and acute kidney in-jury. The benefits likely outweigh theserisks, but longer term follow-up will beneeded to further assess these issues.

“These findings have substantial im-plications for the future of high bloodpressure therapy in older adults becauseof its high prevalence in this age group,and because of the devastating conse-quences that high blood pressure com-plications can have on the independent

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Dr. Dara Gashparova, D.D.S. is located at 1933 W Valley Blvd. Readers with dentalquestions or concerns should contact her at 626-289-6131, or e-mail daradds@yahoo.com.

AskDr. Dara,

DDSQ: I need a few dental crowns anddon’t have dental insurance. Would itbe less expensive if I purchase a dentalplan on my own?

A: We often understand “insurance” asproviding protection against a possibleeventuality. We have car insurance in caseof a car accident, house insurance in caseof fire, and phone insurance in case wedrop the phone. Dental insurance, how-ever, operates a little differently from othertypes of insurance. Dental insurance worksmore like a coupon that will give you 30to 80% off of the regular price.

There are things you should know ifyou have insurance or are thinking of get-ting it.

These are helpful tips to find out ifdental insurance is right for you and yourfamily:

Cost of monthly premium: When youhave dental insurance as part of your ben-efit package, your employer will pay thepremium. If, however, you’re paying thepremiums yourself, you need to add thatcost together with your other out-of-pocket costs for a true picture of whatyou’re actually spending on dental care.

Maximum amount paid for the year:There is always a maximum dollar ben-efit you can receive within the year. Anytreatment that exceeds the maximum is apatient responsibility. Yearly maximumsusually vary from $500 to $1,500.

Annual deductible: This is theamount you pay before your insurancepays for your treatment and varies from$25 to $100.

Waiting period: Some plans will ap-ply a waiting period of six months to 12months before they pay for major treat-ment like crowns, root canals, and gumdisease treatments. For preventive care,such as cleaning, there is no waiting pe-riod.

Type of your dental plan - HMO orPPO: With an HMO, you will be re-quired to choose a dentist from the list ofparticipating providers who have agreedto accept low flat monthly fees in returnof signing you up as a patient. You mayfind that the list is pretty limited, and yourdentist is not in there.

With a PPO, you can see any dentistyou want. You have to pay your patientshare for the treatment (20%, 30%, 50%)according to your coverage. You may needthe help of your dentist and staff to un-derstand your plan better and make aninformed decision.

Coverage and restrictions: Make sureyou understand your plan fully, particu-larly its restrictions. Some plans will notcover a porcelain crown in the back re-gion. They will only cover the unaestheticmetal version. Other plans will not coverwhite fillings but will cover amalgam(metal) fillings instead. You may find that

your particular plan does not cover animplant but will cover a removable pros-thesis to restore your missing tooth.

If you find that a self-paying policywon’t save you money or could even in-crease what you might otherwise pay fordental care, ask your dentist’s staff for helpmanaging your dental care costs.

Many offices offer in-house low costdental management programs for theirpatients with no insurance.

Remember, at the end, you are incharge of your own dental health - notyour employer and not your insurancecompany. Don’t let the lack of a dentalplan keep you out of the dentist’s chair.Routine checkups and maintenance twicea year is a minimal investment that willhelp you stay healthy and avoid compli-cated and more expensive treatment downthe road. That’s really the best dental in-surance anyone can buy.

Is dental insuranceworth the cost?

Putting the pieces together –

Many offices offerin-house low costdentalmanagementprograms for theirpatients with noinsurance.

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Sheila Yonemoto, P.T., has been a physi-cal therapist for more than 30 years, special-izing in integrative manual therapy, using aholistic approach. She can be reached atYonemoto Physical Therapy, 55 S. RaymondAve, Suite 100, Alhambra 91801. Sheilaalso offers a “Chinese Energy” exercise class.The first class is free. Phone 626-576-0591for more information or visitwww.yonemoto.com

For Your Good Health

BY SHEILA YONEMOTO, P.T.My eye doctor says that learning is af-

fected by how an individual has trainedtheir body to move. Movement skills af-fect how we use our eyes and process vi-sual information and create the founda-tion for the finer control of the eye musclesand subsequent learning abilities. Sinceshe works with children with visual diffi-culties, she sees how important thesemovement skills are.

We are all born with primitive reflexesdesigned to help us in the first months oflife. These reflexes disappear as we developstrength, coordination, and control of ourbodies, but can reappear after a stroke orhead trauma. Parents and teachers canhelp integrate these primitive reflexes byencouraging movement skills to developstrength, balance, eye-hand coordination,and timing.

Adults with head trauma also haveproblems processing visual information,which can affect reading, walking with-out bumping into furniture, and othervisual tasks. Adults age 50+ who have hadphysical education classes in school andplayed outside while growing up per-formed better or had an easier time re-learning than those who were in their 20swhen they had the head trauma. Theseolder adults had a better foundation intheir movement skill development thanthe younger patients who grew up withcomputers and video games and spent lesstime playing outside.

Children’s outdoor activities help de-velop more body strength, eye-hand co-

ordination, balance, and better physicalfitness. Games like hopscotch, jump rope,playing with jacks, climbing, and playingwith balls all contribute to balance, coor-dination, timing, strength, and fine mo-tor skill development. The large musclesof the body create the foundation for thefiner skills needed for the eyes. Infants

Exercise improves learning

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Dr. Karen H. Chao, O.D. has been anOptometrist in private practice for morethan 20 years. In addition to general op-tometric care, her services include VisionTherapy, Neuro-Optometric Evaluationfor Traumatic Brain Injury, Corneal Re-fractive Therapy, and Low Vision Services.She can be reached at 121 S. Del MarAve., Ste. A, San Gabriel 91776. PhoneDr. Chao at 626-287-0401 or visit Website www.SGFamilyOptometry.com formore information.

Karen H. Chao, O.D.

need to go through various stages of de-velopment so these primitive reflexes getintegrated into the nervous system.Oftentimes, parents are anxious for theirchild to walk early, but there are good rea-sons for the crawling stage.

Especially now, in this age of comput-ers with emphasis on intellectual pursuits,we must make sure we include a healthydose of physical activity in our children’slives. Perhaps this would be a good thingfor all of us, no matter our age.

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Sheila Yonemoto –

Stay active

BY KAREN CHAO, O.D.The first report card of the new school

year doesn’t always give you an accurateassessment of how your child is doing.However, there are definite signs parentsneed to watch for that are early indicatorsthat action is required.

The signs and symptoms that a visionproblem is blocking learning are easy tosee when you know what to look for. Un-fortunately, parents and educators assumethat a child can see up close because thechild can obviously see things in the dis-tance - like the board in the classroom,the TV, etc. They also assume everythingis fine visually because the child hasn’tcomplained about a vision problem.

Does your child avoid reading orhomework? Does your child understandthe materials when you read them toher but not when she reads for herself?Does your son turn his head at an anglewhen he is reading? Does comprehen-sion get worse the longer he or shereads? Is your child bright but notachieving to her potential?

There can be a variety of reasons why achild will avoid reading or homework. Thefirst reason that often comes to mind isthat the child isn’t motivated or just isn’ttrying hard enough. While this may bethe case for some children, research hasshown that more than 60% of childrenwho struggle with reading and learninghave undiagnosed vision problems that arenot detected by most vision screenings.Often when a child has difficulty seeingthe words on the page, he or she will avoidreading.

Sometimes the words may look doubleor blurry. Children will often share withme that the words look like they are mov-ing on the page. Parents are often shockedwhen they hear that. Why didn’t theirchild say something sooner? Children haveno idea how they are supposed to see, sothey rarely complain.

One of the first signs of a visionproblem that is interfering with learn-ing is that a child has difficulty com-prehending what he or she reads yetunderstands the same text when some-one else reads it to them. Unfortunately,what can confuse parents and educatorsis the fact that the child may be able toread out loud just fine, so everyone as-sumes that because the child can say thewords, that comprehension must bepossible.

When people have vision problems thatmake reading difficult, they have to con-centrate very hard to be able to see thewords, and unfortunately, they are unableto remember what they read.

When a child turns his head when read-ing, it is often a sign that he is trying toblock out the image from one eye in anattempt to get rid of a doubled or blurryimage. While this may help, the child of-ten is thought of as an underachiever.Reading with your head turned can be-come tiring and make homework harderthan it needs to be.

Children who have eye coordinationand tracking problems may start out read-ing just fine, but as they continue to read,their vision starts to play tricks on them.

Words may move on the page or double,as I described earlier in this article, or theymay have problems following a line ofprint. This is often very confusing forparents and educators because they can’tunderstand what happened. Why couldthe child read a word perfectly momentsago and then suddenly look at the sameword as though he or she had never seenit before? The answer is because it looksvery different to the child. For example,what looked like “duck” before now isdouble and is very hard to decipher.

There are 17 visual skills that are re-quired for reading and academic suc-cess, and being able to see the letterson the eye chart (20/20) is just one ofthose visual skills. When a child is miss-ing one or more of these visual skillsacademic performance can suffer. Mostroutine eye exams are not designed totest all these visual skills, so it is im-portant to schedule a developmentalvision evaluation in order to determineif a vision problem is interfering withlearning.

It’s report card time; Is yourchild achieving to potential?

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function of older people,” Dr.Williamson said.

People with hypertension should talkto a doctor about whether a lower goalis best for their situation.

The latest analysis from the studyfocused on the subgroup of more than2,600 SPRINT participants who were75 and older and randomly assigned toeither the intensive or standard treat-ment goals (120 mm Hg or 140 mmHg). The primary outcome was thesame: a combination of several cardio-vascular events, including heart attacks,heart failure, and strokes. Follow-up forthis senior subgroup was a median of3.14 years.

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High blood pressure, or hypertension,is a major public health problem. It af-fects one in three American adults andthree in four of those ages 75 and older.

The condition usually causes nosymptoms, but it’s an important risk fac-tor for health problems including heartattack, heart failure, stroke, chronic kid-ney disease, and cognitive function de-cline.

Blood pressure is typically given astwo numbers, such as 120/80 millime-ters of mercury (mm Hg). The first num-ber is systolic pressure, measured whenthe heart beats to pump blood. The sec-ond is diastolic pressure, measured whenthe heart is at rest between beats.

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BY JOHN CHAO, D.D.S.For mild to moderate pain after sur-

gery, patients are asked to take over-the-counter (OTC) pills. There are basicallytwo kinds of OTC pills. One is repre-sented by pain pills such as Tylenol and iscalled acetaminophen. The other is rep-resented by Advil, and is called ibuprofen.

For quite some time now many doc-tors have advised their patients to takeboth acetaminophen and ibuprofen to-gether, in the belief that taken togetherbrings about more relief from pain thanjust taking one kind.

However, it has not been strongly es-tablished that this is true. An article re-viewing various studies involving a totalof 1,909 patients published in the Sep-tember issue of the Journal of the Ameri-can Dental Association has concluded thattaking acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol) incombination with ibuprofen (Motrin orAdvil) would be better for dental post-operative pain than taking only one or theother. In other words, if you take a Tylenolat the same time you taken an Advil, youwould have better relief from pain fromdental surgery than if you took justTylenol or just Advil.

According to the author, FerneKraglund, D.D.S., these two kinds ofover-the-counter pain pills “are widelyavailable and inexpensive, with a well-es-tablished reputation for safety and effi-cacy (effectiveness).” This review of anumber of very strident, scientific stud-ies, called randomized clinical trials, in-volving these 1,909 patients showed thatthe combination of these two kinds ofdrugs effectively lowers pain intensity anddecreases the need for higher dosage or

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) andIbuprofen (Advil) in combinationbetter than one or the other

the addition of other supplementarydrugs.

Of course, you should only use theseOTC drugs at the direction of your den-tist to make sure that in your particularcase it is safe and effective. Just as impor-tantly, you need to be instructed by yourdentist as to how much and under whatcircumstances you should take or not takethese drugs.

The FDA recommends certain limitsas to strength and daily dosage of thesedrugs. For example, each tablet of acetami-nophen should contain no more than 325milligrams, and the maximum dosageshould not exceed 4,000 mg per day. It iscritical you follow your doctor’s instruc-tion and contact your doctor in case ofunusual reactions.

NIH researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatorysometimes lethal disease that affects young children

National Institutes of Health research-ers have discovered a rare and sometimeslethal inflammatory disease, otulipenia,that primarily affects young children. Theyhave also identified anti-inflammatorytreatments that ease some of the patients’symptoms: fever, skin rashes, diarrhea,joint pain and overall failure to grow orthrive.

Otulipenia is caused by the malfunc-tion of OTULIN, a single gene on chro-mosome 5. When functioning properly,OTULIN regulates the development ofnew blood vessels and mobilization of cellsand proteins to fight infection. NIH re-searchers published their findings Aug. 22,2016, in the early edition of the Proceed-ings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Contributing to the work were re-searchers from the National Human Ge-nome Research Institute (NHGRI), theNational Institute of Allergy and Infec-tious Diseases, the National Institute ofArthritis and Musculoskeletal and SkinDiseases, the National Heart, Lung, andBlood Institute and the NIH ClinicalCenter, all part of NIH, along with theircolleagues in Turkey and the United King-dom.

Otulipenia is one of several inflamma-tory diseases that occur when the immunesystem attacks the host’s own tissues. In-flammation is the body’s natural responseto invading bacteria or viruses. The bodyreleases chemicals that cause blood ves-sels to leak and tissues to swell.

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Mattlorna Café’s Executive Director of Production Roger Xiao and server Lizette Martinez.

Mattlorna Cafébrings European stylepastries to Alhambra

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BY ADRIANA MAESTAS

John Zhai, owner of the re-cently opened Mattlorna Café,235 W. Main St., Unit A,Alhambra, knows how to buildsuccessful bakeries. He ownsmore than 300 bakery stores inChina. He wants to bring a tasteof Europe to Alhambra and of-fer European inspired breads andpastries to the community.

The restaurant is on theground floor of Casita Zen, amixed use, mission style build-ing. For people who live in CasitaZen, or in any of the nearbyapartment buildings, Mattlornais very convenient for grabbingtheir morning coffee and pastries.

When you walk intoMattlorna Café, you immedi-ately notice the simple and relax-ing atmosphere. You can take ref-uge from the busy downtownarea in a calm and sophisticatedenvironment. The tables aremade out of walnut. The wallsin the restaurant have reclaimedwood and used brick to create arustic look. If you want to have ameeting at Mattlorna Café, youcan reserve a large table to sitseven. And the store has free wifi.

Mattlorna’s staff serves freshbakery items. Currently, the res-

‘We want toprovidesomethingunique to thecommunity …’– Roger Xiao, executivedirector of Production forMattlorna

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taurant serves five different sandwiches.The lobster sandwich is one of the mostpopular items. But beyond sandwiches,you can buy croissants, French bread, sour-dough bread, challah bread, cakes, dough-nuts, and Danish pastries. If you want toorder a dessert like cheesecake or choco-late mousse, it’s recommended that you callin advance to place the order.

Roger Xiao, executive director of Pro-duction for Mattlorna, said, “We want toprovide something unique to the commu-nity, a service oriented bakery, where youcan get fresh, high quality pastries, breads,and sandwiches.”

Mattlorna is in its soft opening phase,so the restaurant is working out its regularbusiness hours. The plan is to open earlyenough to catch the breakfast and com-muter crowd, so the store has been openat 8 a.m. For more information, pleasecheck out the store’s website atwww.mattlorna.com, or phone 626-766-1532.

Mattlorna –Bread and pastry display in the patio is an enticement to come in the café to place an order.Order beautiful desserts for pick up.

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For 100% natural juices, visit newRobeks Fresh Juices and SmoothiesBY ADRIANA MAESTAS

In September, firefighter Jason Chhanopened Robeks Fresh Juices andSmoothies at 9 W. Main St. in Alhambra.Mr. Chhan wants to offer the communityhealthy juices and smoothies made withfresh ingredients.

Mr. Chhan is a firefighter for the Cityof San Diego, but he lives in the SanGabriel Valley. Because his schedule allowsfor multiple days off, he was looking for abusiness that he could invest in to earnextra money and that could continue run-ning when he is not in the store. Startinga Robeks franchise made sense for the 33-year-old budding entrepreneur, especiallyfor an area where tea shops are plentiful.

“You can get milk tea and boba all youwant in this area, but if you are lookingfor something that’s healthier with freshingredients, now you have options and cancome to Robeks,” Mr. Chhan said.

One thing that sets Robeks apart from

other juicing establishments is the ‘buildyour own juice’ concept, where custom-ers can grab a bowl and hand select theproduce that they want in their drink. Thecost to build your own juice is $3.20 perpound of produce. About two poundsequals a medium juice.

The new Robeks in Alhambra employseight people. The store plans to offer stu-dent discounts and specials. In October,Mr. Chhan and his team will serve a sea-sonal pumpkin smoothie.

The store is bright, clean, and invit-ing. There are some chairs inside if youwant to sit down and quench your thirstbefore heading back outside.

If you want to try a juice that is madequickly and with the freshest ingredients,visit Robeks. Robeks in Alhambra is openMonday through Sunday from 6:30 a.m.to 10 p.m. To learn more, visit the websiteat http://www.robeks.com/, or phone 626-872-6787.

Robeks owner Jason Chhan outside of his new juice shop on Main Street. In photo,right, the refrigerator case holds produce for the build-your-own-juice’concept.

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Alhambra Performing Arts Center(APAC) will present award-winning duoEvan J. Marshall and Brian Oberlin, the“Twin Mandolin Slingers,” at 7 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 30, at Sage Granada Park UnitedMethodist Church, 1850 W. HellmanAve., Alhambra. Admission is free.

Mr. Marshall and Mr. Oberlin are kin-dred spirits with split personalities, musi-cally speaking. Their devotion to the man-dolin transcends any one style, as theyboth love bluegrass, western swing, clas-sical, and Italian traditions. They met in2002, and because each had a career as asolo performer and master teacher, theyran into each other occasionally at man-dolin conferences during the next severalyears.

In 2012, they gave their first concertstogether and have toured and concertizedas a duo many times since then. In re-sponse to audience demand, they releasedtheir first duo CD in 2015, Twin Man-dolin Slingers. Mr. Oberlin is an interna-tionally acclaimed solo mando-linist and educator. In 2016, hecelebrated his professional careerby releasing his 20th album,Troubadour, which highlightshis songwriting.

Along with the numerousaward-winning bands (GERMandolin Orchestra with MikeMarshall, Grasshoppah, and aduo album with Evan J.Marshall) and ensembles he hascollaborated with throughoutthe United States and Europe,Mr. Oberlin is also the founderand director of the River of theWest Mandolin Camp and theOregon Mandolin Orchestra.

He was a top 10 finalist at the2013 Telluride Troubadour Con-test, an instructor and performerat the 2012 and 2013 Interna-tional Mandolin Academy inItaly, a featured soloist at the2014 EuroFest Plucked StringFestival in Bruchsal, Germany,and a featured soloist at the 2015Mandolin Upgrade festival inBerlin, Germany. He teachesmusic to children and adults atart centers, cultural events, fes-tivals, camps, music schools, andacademies. His website iswww.mandoberlin.com.

The Performing Arts Center’sArtistic Director Bill Yee is cel-

ebrating the facility’s 10-year anniversary.Formerly called the Center for the Visual& Performing Arts, it is a communityoutreach ministry of Sage Granada ParkUnited Methodist Church under the guid-ance of the Rev. Dr. George R. Martzen.

Mr. Yee is also a Le Cordon Bleu trainedchef and works at a five-star hotel as wellas the famous Masters Golf Tournamentin Augusta, Ga. He is also the ExecutiveChef for the popular L.A. Omelet Bar ca-tering company.

Alhambra Performing Arts Center is amember of the Consortium of SouthernCalifornia Chamber Music Presenters andthe Alhambra Chamber of Commerce.

Seating is limited and is first come, firstserved.Refreshments are by Le CordonBleu trained chefs.

Free-will donations will be acceptedduring intermission. For more informa-tion, contact Mr. Yee at 626-230 5435, ore-mail bizwind@yahoo.com.

Award-winning duo Brian Oberlin, left, and Evan J. Marshall, the “Twin Mandolin Slingers,” will perform atthe Alhambra Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Oct. 30.

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Since FCA US LLC invented theminivan segment more than 30 years ago,the innovative Grand Caravan has intro-duced nearly 80 segment firsts, includingParkView rear backup camera, Stow ‘nPlace roof rack system and selectable fuel

economizer mode. One innovation thatcontinues is the Grand Caravan’s indus-try-exclusive Super Stow ‘n Go seating,which can be easily operated with onehand, allowing users to convert from car-rying seven to hauling cargo in a matterof seconds. The Grand Caravan isequipped with more than 55 availablesafety, security and technology features.

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It was hailed as nothing less than thereturn of the fundamental, affordable rear-drive sports car when it arrived a few yearsback, and now for 2017 it’s got a newname, a new look and higher performance.The Scion FR-S has adopted the Toyota86 identity used in other global marketsas Scion and its models have transitioned

back to the Toyota brand.It is a happy coincidence that the 86’s

2.0-liter boxer-type four-cylinder enginehas 86mm bore and stroke dimensions. Forardent Toyota fans, ‘86’ is a revered badge,indeed. They know ‘AE86’ as the globalname for the Toyota Corolla GT-S that soldhere in the mid-1980s. It was an afford-

able, tossable, rear-drive sports coupe witha high-revving 1.6-liter engine and wassimply a blast to drive. (And it looked so’80s with those big ‘Twin Cam 16’ decalson its doors.) In Japan, it was known as“hachi-roku,” meaning 8-6.

Unchanged for the Toyota 86 is a com-bination of style, performance, handlingand affordability that have made this 2+2sports car a hit with enthusiasts of all ages.More than just a pretty face

For its move to Toyota, the 86 sportscar adopts more aggressive styling with alarger center intake emphasizing the low,wide stance of the car. The front of the carhas a new high-tech design with standardLED front headlamps, daylight runninglights, and turn signals, a new fog lampbezel and revised bumper. The rear sportsLED tail lamps and more sculpted bumperdesign with integrated aerodynamic dif-fuser.The whole performance package

At a svelte 2,758 lbs. (with six-speedmanual transmission), the Toyota 86 isamong the lightest sports cars on the mar-ket. The 86 also sports an ultra-low centerof gravity, and its sleek body meets the wind

with a low 0.29 coefficient of drag (Cd).The 2.0-liter aluminum boxer engine

delivers 205 hp at 7,000 rpm and 156 lb.-ft. of peak torque at 6,400 rpm. (Automaticversion: 200 hp at 7,000 rpm and 151 lb.-ft. at 6,400 rpm.)Six speeds, two ways

Sports car purists love the 86’s standardsix-speed manual transmission. It’s got ashort-throw shifter and easy-effort clutch,making it a joy to flick through the gears.

The automatic is a joy to work, too, withits steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters,Sport mode, and Dynamic Rev Manage-ment® technology, which “blips” thethrottle on downshifts. With its super-fastshifts, it pleases those who prefer the choiceto shift manually or automatically.Pure sports car platform

The Toyota 86 chassis is a specially de-veloped rear-drive sports car platform us-ing a MacPherson strut front suspension(including a strut brace) and double-wish-bone rear suspension.

Toyota’s 36-month/36,000 mile basicnew-vehicle warranty applies to all com-ponents other than normal wear and main-tenance items.

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The 2017 Toyota 86 features a new design and new name.

Hot-selling Honda HR-V crossover continues to gain accolades.

Sporty, functionalHonda HR-V enters2017 with fresh colorand green credentials

The stylish and versatile Honda HR-Vcrossover vehicle, the 2016 Green SUV ofthe Year, adds a new color for 2017 and isnow on sale with a manufacturer’s sug-gested retail price (MSRP) starting at$19,365 for the LX 2WD with a 6-speedmanual transmission.

With bold and sporty coupe-like styl-ing, SUV versatility and a 34-mpg EPAhighway fuel economy rating (2WDCVT), by any measure the 2017 HondaHR-V is a standout in the entry crossovermarket. A long list of standard features andtechnologies, includes 17-inch alloywheels, push-button electric parking brakewith Automatic Brake Hold, rearviewcamera with guidelines, Pandora® radioand Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink®. The2017 HR-V also adds a sophisticated newcolor, Lunar Silver metallic, to its palette,replacing Alabaster Silver.

Available in LX, EX and EX-L Navitrims, the 2017 HR-V is powered by ahighly refined and efficient 1.8-liter 4-cyl-inder 16-valve DOHC i-VTEC® engine.

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The new Sentra SR Turbo made itsworld debut at the 46th annual MiamiInternational Auto Show. Also making itsdebut at the show, which ran Sept. 10-18at the Miami Beach Convention Center,was the new 2017 Nissan Rogue. The newSentra SR Turbo joins the popular Sentrasedan lineup later this fall in Nissan show-rooms nationwide.

Sentra is Nissan’s third best selling ve-hicle in the United States with sales up11.2% this year (through August). Thenew Sentra SR Turbo is expected to helpkeep the sales momentum going by ex-panding its market reach.

At the heart of the SR Turbo is its new1.6-liter Direct Injection Gasoline(DIG™) turbocharged engine that deliv-ers a 50% horsepower increase from thenormally aspirated 1.8-liter Sentra SRpowerplant. Rated at 188 horsepower and177 foot pounds of torque, the new SR

At the heart of the 2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo is its new 1.6-liter Direct Injection Gaso-line (DIG™) turbocharged engine rated at 188 horsepower.

2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo makesworld debut at Miami Auto Show

Turbo engine offers 64 more horsepowerand 52 more foot pounds of torque thannon-turbo 2017 Sentra grades.

To help handle the increased power andtorque, the new Sentra SR Turbo also re-ceives an enhanced body structure, revisedsteering system, larger front disc brakes,new 6-speed manual or Xtronic transmis-sion with manual mode and unique sus-pension tuning. The result is improvedacceleration from standing starts and high-way passing, improved handling and en-hanced ride comfort.

The 2017 Sentra SR Turbo includes astandard power sliding glass moonroof andSR Turbo badging. The SR Turbo Pre-mium Package, the only option packageavailable with the SR Turbo, includesBlind Spot Warning (BSW)2, Rear CrossTraffic Alert (RCTA)2, leather-appointedseating and Bose(r) Premium audio sys-tem with eight speakers.

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The 2017 Golf adds a high-valueWolfsburg Edition trim to the lineup, slot-ting above the S model. The WolfsburgEdition adds the following equipment tothe S trim: panoramic sunroof; V-Texleatherette seating surfaces; KESSY(r) key-less access with push-button start; heat-able front seats; automatic headlights;rain-sensing windshield wipers; 16-inch“Dover” aluminum-alloy wheels;Wolfsburg Edition badging and floormats;Forward Collision Warning and Autono-mous Emergency Braking (Front Assist);and Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Traffic

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The Golf features a compact turbo-charged and direct-injection 1.8-liter four-cylinder TSI gasoline engine. The engineis a member of the latest EA888 enginefamily and has a state-of-the-art designthat uses intelligent downsizing to deliverexcellent power and torque as well as effi-ciency.

The Golf ’s turbocharged 1.8-literEA888 engine produces 170 horsepowerat 4,500 rpm, with the 6-speed automatictransmission.

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The current-generation Mazda3 hasscored dozens of accolades globally, includ-ing being named a Car and Driver 10 Best-winner every year since its introduction,landing as a top-three World Car of the Yearfinalist and being named both as an Auto-mobile Magazine “All-Star” and an ALGResidual Value Award winner.

For the 2017 model year, Mazda3 re-turns refined and repackaged with morestandard content, including G-VectoringControl, a Mazda-exclusive technology thatuses the engine to refine steering and han-dling to match the driver’s inputs, and en-hanced sound insulation to complementMazda3’s redesigned, upscale interior.

Mazda3’s trim levels have also been sim-plified, and those seeking the engagementof driving a car equipped with a manualtransmission will be happy to discover thatthe top-level, stick-shift Mazda3 GrandTouring will now be available with the Pre-mium Package and i-ACTIVSENSE suite ofadvanced safety technologies. Both were

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previously reserved for Mazda3 modelsequipped with the available automatictransmission.

As with last year, Mazda3 comes inSport, Touring and Grand Touring trimlevels. But instead of models being desig-nated as “i” (2.0-liter engine) or “s” (2.5-liter engine), Mazda has simplified thelineup with Sport and Touring models be-ing equipped with the smaller engine andTouring 2.5 and Grand Touring modelsbeing equipped with the larger offering.

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Seven ways Ford Fusion V6 Sporttransforms you in sport mode

Fusion V6 Sport is the most powerful midsize family sedan inits class, bringing attributes more commonly found in sports carsthan midsize sedans like adaptive suspension and fully-enabledpaddle shifters. Its 2.7-liter EcoBoost(r) engine produces a stag-gering 325 horsepower and 380 lb.-ft. of torque, and yes, thereare styling upgrades inside and out. But perhaps the most excitingfeature is that the demeanor of Fusion V6 Sport transforms withthe simple touch of a button.

The sport mode button lives at the center of the car’s all-newrotary gear shift dial. Pushing it enables seven dramatic changesthat result in maximum performance.

Here’s a rundown of the seven ways in which Ford Fusion V6Sport transforms into an all-out sports sedan:

Handling: Increases stiffness of the continuously controlleddampers compared to the normal tuning and adds damping un-der spirited cornering to enhance vehicle responsiveness and mini-mize body motion.

Powertrain sound: In-cabin noise cancellation is tuned to pro-vide an entertaining in-cabin engine note.

Steering: Unique tuning for electric power-assisted steering pro-vides clean, intuitive feel to match enhanced vehicle response.

Transmission: Aggressive transmission programming selectslower gears resulting in higher available torque and responsive-ness. Gears are held through turns to maximize cornering perfor-mance. Downshifts with braking are rev-matched for smoothnessand increased engine braking; when stepping off the accelerator,the gear is held to maximize engine braking performance.

Engine: Electronic throttle programming revised for respon-sive feel.

Paddle shifters: Shifters behind steering wheel become fullyenabled - allowing for complete control of transmission for spir-ited driving.

Cluster: Sport mode icon appears in the cluster.

• All-new 2017 Ford Fusion V6 Sport boasts 325 horsepower and380 lb.-ft. using 93 octane fuel - the most power and torque in its class;enabling sport mode unleashes the car’s maximum performance.

• Incorporated in Fusion’s all-new rotary gear shift dial, a sport modebutton brings seven character changes that transform a family sedan intoa sports sedan.

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Gary Frueholz is a realtor with Dilbeck Real Es-tate, a past member of the Alhambra PlanningCommission, a certified Senior Real Estate Spe-cialist and a Certified International Property Spe-cialist. He can be reached at 626-318-9436 or atgary. frueholz@dilbeck.com. See his stories atwww.garysstories.com.

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Local Real Estate broker Rudy Kusuma receives highsatisfaction rating from client home buyers, owners

The West San Gabriel ValleyAssociation of Realtors® will hosta free Home Buyer & Seller Fairfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 15, at its headquartersin San Gabriel, 1039 E. ValleyBlvd., #205B.

The fair is designed to pro-vide a one-stop-shop for anyoneinterested in obtaining informa-tion and essential tools neededto proceed with the home buy-ing and selling process in South-ern California.

Rudy L. Kusuma, team leader of the real estateteam Team Nuvision, was ranked by Zillow as hav-ing the highest ratings of client satisfaction basedon endorsements from local home buyers and sell-ers in L.A. County, including San Gabriel, Arcadia,Temple City, Rosemead, El Monte, Pasadena,South Pasadena, West Covina, Covina, Duarte,Azusa, and Baldwin Park.

“When you list your home with me, you re-ceive my better-than-risk-free offer, and you aredoubly protected,” said Mr. Kusuma.

“Here’s how: You will receive my up front CashOffer Guarantee in writing guaranteeing that I will

sell your home before you take possession of yournew one. If an outside buyer beats the price I of-fered for your home, you get to take the higher price,making sure you get the highest price offered onyour home, stuffing your pockets with more money.I have sold so many homes for people at a high picemaking them happy, hence giving me the highestrating for client satisfaction.”

For a free report that details the inner workingsof this exclusive offer, please go towww.MyGuaranteedProgram.com. To discuss a homesale, contact Mr. Kusuma at 626-789-0159.

The Home Buyer & SellerFair will feature several work-shops conducted by industry ex-perts on how to successfully navi-gate through the home buyingand selling process. Topics in-clude Economic Housing Fore-cast; Building Your Credit; Lend-ing, Title and Escrow Processes;Home Warranty; Insurance; In-spection; and the latest propertytax information.

On hand will be Realtors,lenders, representatives of insur-

ance, title, escrow, home war-ranty, inspection companies, andthe Los Angeles Tax Assessor’soffice to answer questions.

Families are welcome. Therewill be food and prizes.

For more details, please con-tact the Association at 626-288-6212 or info@wsgvar.com.

The West San Gabriel ValleyAssociation of Realtors, estab-lished since 1922, is a trade or-ganization with more than 2,600

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REAL ESTATE

“General George S. Pattoncame into our pharmacy duringWorld War II and had an eyedrop prescription filled,” saidDeWight Titus III. “He was inuniform, and my aunt said herhands were trembling.”

On this rare occasion duringthe war, the general actuallymade a trip back to his family’shome in the San Gabriel Valley.And when he did, GeneralPatton had his prescription filledat one of the valley’s leadingpharmacies, F. D. Titus & Sonat 38 S. Garfield in Alhambra.

F. D. Titus & Son stands forFrank DeWight Titus and spansthree generations of the Titusfamily. The family businessstarted out as a pharmacy onGarfield Avenue in Alhambraand evolved into a medical sup-plies corporation which wouldultimately service the WesternUnited States.

All along as the Titus en-deavor grew with the phenom-enal growth of the California, itwould keep a medical suppliesoutlet in Alhambra on Garfieldwhere the business venturestarted in 1935.

Frank DeWight Titus Sr.started his business as a “pure”pharmacy, according to hisgrandson DeWight Titus III,who also was a USC educatedpharmacist who later would leadF. D. Titus & Son. This meantthat the original Titus pharmacyfilled only prescriptions. It didnot sell medical supplies origi-nally. Frank’s son, FrankDeWight Junior, helped run thepharmacy while he attendedUSC’s School of Pharmacy andMedical School.

To compound the challengeof starting a business during theGreat Depression, the WPA(Works Progress Administration)

decided only months after thepharmacy opened to dig upGarfield Avenue to install newsewer lines. “If they could make$15 dollars a day, things weregoing well,” noted DeWightTitus III.

Tragedy struck the familywhen Frank DeWight Seniordied of tuberculosis in 1938. Hisson left medical school beforecompleting it to run the familybusiness full time. And duringWorld War II, Frank DeWightJunior served in the U.S. Navyin the Guadalcanal theater whileother family members ran thepharmacy.

In the post World War IIboom, Titus would relocate from38 S. Garfield to a larger build-ing at 24 S. Garfield. And dur-ing this time, Titus began sell-ing medical supplies. Medicaldressings, orthopedic supports,and colonoscopy supplies weresignificant offerings in theirproduct mix.

Through the fifties, the medi-cal supplies portion of the busi-ness flourished and led to a ware-

house being opened in the Cityof Industry in the early 1960s.Additionally during this period,two more pharmacies wereopened in Southern California.

Alhambrans remember theTitus stores located on Garfield.But Titus was much more thanthe Alhambra outlet. As moresales personnel were added in thepost World War II era, F.D.Titus& Son became one of the UnitedStates premier medical suppliesoperations serving virtually allstates in the western portion ofthe country.

To support the burgeoningmedical supplies business, morewarehouses were opened in SanDiego, Phoenix, and Sacramento

during the 1970s. As Alhambraredeveloped in the 70s decade,Titus moved for a third and fi-nal time to the corner of BayState and Garfield. Locals willremember a modern, grayish,rectangular building constructeddiagonally across the street fromthe Post Office.

As the United States loosenedanti-trust legislation during the1980s to bolster greatercompetiveness of U.S. corpora-tions in the international mar-ketplace, mergers of business en-tities became more common.And Titus itself would mergewith a large Virginia medicalsupplies corporation in the1990s.

Within three years after thiscorporate marriage, Titus and itsnew Virginia partner would bepurchased and folded into megamedical supplies corporationMcKesson Pharmaceuticals in1997.

DeWight Titus III continuedon with the company until theMcKesson acquisition. And withthis final McKesson amalgam-ation, F. D. Titus & Son becamepart of history and concluded avery successful corporate lifecycle from a small one shop“pure” pharmacy in Alhambra’spost depression period to becom-ing a member of one of theworld’s largest medical suppliescorporations.

F. D. Titus & Son pharmacy: anAlhambra Historical Landmark

General George S. Patton had aneye drop prescription filled atTitus during a brief visit to Cali-fornia during World War II.

Frank DwightTitus Sr. startedF. D. Titus & Son,pharmacists, at38 S. Garfield Ave.in 1935.

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Landlords: Cooler weatheris just around the cornerBY MARK PAULSON, ANTHONY VENTI

REALTORS

Are you a fair-weather landlord?While landlords in the North and Mid-

west are winterizing properties and pre-paring for the cold winter months, thosein warmer climates are still in shirt sleeves– and furnaces are sitting dormant.

Personal injury lawyers receive dozensof calls about carbon monoxide poison-ing each year in the fall and the winter.Residents of California must be particu-larly aware of these threats because we sortof take our weather for granted. Wall heat-ers, furnaces, heating ducts, chimneys, andall of the piping involved with heatingapartments and other buildings may getneglected in Southern California. But thethreat is real even though we may turn ourheaters on later in the fall compared toother regions.

Over the last several years, Bailey saidhis law firm has represented several cli-ents who have suffered carbon monoxide

injuries in Southern California. “Our firmfocuses on these cases because they are ex-tremely complex cases to litigate andmaintaining the most up-to-date informa-tion on CO poisoning is crucial to suc-cess. Over the years, we have become ex-tremely knowledgeable about this area ofpersonal injury that often results in per-manent brain damage from unsafe wallheaters and other appliances.”

There a lot of cases in which apartmentbuilding owners or managers don’t installa carbon monoxide monitor and also don’tcheck the wall heaters for safe operation.Temperatures drop, and hundreds of resi-dents in a single apartment building turnon their heaters at the same time. Thoseheaters may be 20, 30, or more years old.The risk of injury or death is substantialespecially if those appliances have not beenproperly maintained by landlords.

Since carbon monoxide is colorless andodorless, its danger is insidious. Symptomsof CO poisoning can include weakness,

joint pain, nausea, head ache, and confu-sion. These symptoms, especially inSouthern California, are often mistakenfor flu because awareness of cold weatherand dangers from our heaters are not inthe forefront of our minds.

California has a law requiring carbon

monoxide detectors in rental properties.Carbon monoxide poisoning can happenanywhere and in any season. It can occurfrom a number of normal activities, likeburning barbecue briquettes, running gen-erators, using appliances, or warming carengines.

Realtor members. For over 93 years, theWSGVAR has served Realtors through-out Southern California and in particularAlhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead, SanGabriel, and Temple City. The mission ofthe West San Gabriel Valley Association

of Realtors is to advocate and enhance theinterests of Realtors; to promote adher-ence to the Realtor Code of Ethics andprofessional competency of members; andto safeguard and preserve private propertyrights, always mindful of cultural back-grounds within communities.

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