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overcast skies and high humiditylevels last month, Team Capt.Lawrence Dyer said it felt just likeat home.

from the Pomona and La Verne po-lice departments as the event gotunder way.

The 7,000 athletes with intellec-tual disabilities competing in thegames – from a total of 177 coun-tries – were spread out through 100host towns throughout Southern Cal-ifornia, although the Fairplex wel-coming event was believed byorganizers to be one of the largest.

All 300 of thecompetitors trainedon campus at CalPoly UniversityPomona, where theywere stayingovernight after arriv-ing here by bus atvarious times fromLos Angeles Interna-tional Airport andchecking in at LoyolaMarymount Univer-sity.

But first, the ath-letes had to catch upon their sleep.Athletes happy tobe here after 48

hours of travelingBeryl Wooldridge,

national director of

Special Olympics for theIsle of Man (population85,000), told La NuevaVoz on the team’s arrivalat Cal Poly that the teamtraveled for 48 hours toget here with very littlesleep – but that they werevery happy to be here.

And when La NuevaVoz apologized for the

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The Special Olympics WorldGames rocked Los Angeles fromJuly 25 to Aug. 2 as the largest sport-ing event in the world this year. Butfor four days before the games,Pomona rolled out the red carpet asa “host town” for some of the ath-letes in what may have been thebiggest welcoming event here inmemory.

The entire community stepped upto the plate to welcome the athletesfor their introduction to SouthernCalifornia “Pomona-style” as theycaught up with jet lag and continuedtheir training for the games.

Pomona hosted 88 athletes fromthe Isle of Man and Libya, withother athletes, for a total of 300 –hosted by Pomona, Claremont andLa Verne -- converging on Fairplexfor an old-fashioned communitywelcoming before heading intodowntown Los Angeles for thegames.

Included was a welcoming bymore than 100 Fairplex ambassadorsand a “mini fair” for athletes from atotal of eight countries. The SpecialOlympics torch was run into Fair-plex by both athletes and officers

Pomona, La Verne, Claremont and Fairplex pull out all the stops to welcome ‘host town’ athletes heading to Special Olympics World Games

“We are delighted topartner with the SpecialOlympics World Gamesand be a part of the HostTown Program and glad towelcome the cities ofClaremont, La Verne andPomona with us tonight inthis great celebration,” saidFairplex Vice PresidentMichelle DeMott.

“Tonight is all about cel-ebrating all of you,” shetold the athletes, “and wewould like to wish you thebest of luck in the upcom-ing Special OlympicsWorld Games.”

“And we wish you awonderful visit to theUnited States of America,”she added.

La Verne Police ChiefScott Pickwith, speakingon behalf of police chiefsfrom La Verne, Pomonaand Claremont, said theirinvolvement in the games –beginning with the tradi-

tional torch run – shows the com-mitment of law enforcement to theevent.

Sanford Newton remembered as'good to Pomona.' (See story page6.)

TORCH RUNNERS -- Law enforcement torch runners who -- along withselected Special Olympics athletes -- completed the final leg of the Spe-cial Olympics torch run into Fairplex hold onto the torch on stage at anenthusiastic welcoming ceremony by Fairplex, "host towns" La Verne,Claremont and Pomona, and Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.

FIRST BUS AND FIRST TEAM TO ARRIVE -- SpecialOlympics team members from the Isle of Man, one of thetwo teams hosted by Pomona, were the first to arrive atCal Poly University Pomona -- and La Nueva Voz was thefirst to greet them (in this photo, while they were still onthe bus!). La Nueva Voz had "staked out" the arrival sitethe night before but teams were late getting out -- even thevolunteer helpers from Boy Scout Troop 201 out of Chinowaiting to unload buses went home -- and the teams madetheir way to Cal Poly the following morning. Pictured, frontleft, is Isle of Man Team Capt. Lawrence Dyer. BerylWooldridge, national director of Special Olympics for theIsle of Man, is seated in the second row on the right.

Special Olympics... pg. 16

Jobs lost to recession in San Gabriel Valley projected to reach pre-recession levels next year, but shifts in types of jobs evident

Cynthia KurtzSan Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership

Jobs lost in the San Gabriel Val-ley due to the recession should beback next year to their levels beforethe recession hit – but it took eightyears to grow back the jobs thatwere lost in only 18 months.

“That’s a huge economic depres-sion for us but we are coming out ofit,” said Cynthia Kurtz, Presidentand CEO of the San Gabriel ValleyEconomic Partnership, at thismonth’s Pomona Chamber of Com-

merce networking luncheon atO’Donovan’s Restaurant and Pub inDowntown Pomona.

“We got devastated during the re-cession . . . we lost 55,000 jobs be-tween 2008 and 2010,” Kurtz said.“In 2011, we just barely began tohave jobs back into the economy.”

But the San Gabriel Valley is ex-pected to grow to a total of 676,000jobs in 2016, just ahead of the674,000 level of 2008.

“During that time, though, thateight years, we are seeing majorshifts in the types of jobs – indus-

tries here are changing dramati-cally,” she added.

Her figures were based on the re-sults of two studies by the KyserCenter Jobs... pg. 4

County assessment roll reflects largest increase in five years - See story pg. 4.

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KIWANIS COOKS PROVIDED 'CHUCKWAGONSTYLE' COOKING -- It was cowboy night at lastweek's DPOA annual meeting so, of course, it wasthe Pomona Kiwanis riding to the rescue to provide"chuckwagon style" cooking out front of theGlasshouse in Downtown Pomona. And they didan excellent job as always with hot dogs, burgers,corn on the cob and baked beans on the menu.And, while it was all good, in the opinion of LaNueva Voz, those beans tasted like they reallywere cooked over a real campfire out on a cattleroundup, pardner! Pictured over the campfire are,from left, Greg "Shappy" Shapton, Gino Elias, ElvisPercy and Danny Holznecht. DPOA activities each year include the Chalk Art Festival, Miss Pomona Scholarship Pageant, the Pomona ChristmasParade, an annual holiday mixer, farmer's market, art walk, antique collector's street fair and others. Goals of the DPOA are to get developers, mer-chants and residents to invest in downtown as a destination of choice for visitors as well as a place to live, work and play.

COWBOY NIGHT AT DPOAANNUAL MEETING -- Itwas "Western" night lastweek at the DowntownPomona Owners Associa-tion's 11th annual Board ofDirectors meeting andCasino Night at theGlasshouse Concert Hall inDowntown Pomona. TheDPOA is a special "propertybusiness improvement dis-trict" for an area that now at-tracts more than one millionvisitors a year and is respon-sible for tens of millions ofdollars to the local economy.DPOA functions includemaintenance, graffiti removaland improvements; market-ing, promotions and specialevents; safety and security;and professional servicesand administration. Picturedin their best Westerns, clock-wise, from foreground, areBeth Brooks and MaryBrooks of Pomona's BrooksProperty Management; Pomona Planning Com-missioner Ismael Arias, of the UPS Store; MatthewHenry, CEO, YMCA of Pomona Valley; PomonaChamber of Commerce Past President Jill Reiff, ofValley Vista Services; La Nueva Voz buddy BobHemming; and DPOA President Carolyn Hemming,owner of Antique Gallery. For more information onthe DPOA, visit the web site at www.downtown-pomona.org.

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Newborns can be safely given up at the emergency roomof Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center -- or at any LosAngeles County hospital emergency room or fire station -- under the California Safely Surrendered Baby Law. Thelaw allows the safe surrender of an unwanted infantwithin three days of birth with no fear of arrest or prose-cution for abandonment as long as the baby has not beenabused or neglected.

The baby will be placed in a pre-adoptive home while theadoption process gets under way.

More than 100 infants have been surrendered in Los An-geles County and have had a second chance at life sincethe program began in 2001.

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for Economic Research at the LosAngeles County Economic Devel-opment Corp. – a forecast releasedin April and an industry and em-ployment overview completed lastyear.

“The first thing that we’re reallyjust starting to be really seriousabout is working with our educa-tional institutions because they re-ally are trying to train the work forcefor tomorrow but they can’t alwaystell what that work force is going tobe unless we’re talking to themabout the economy in our own re-gion and where we see the jobsgrowing,” Kurtz said.

Wholesale trade biggestconcentration of industry

She pointed out that the biggestconcentration of industry in the SanGabriel Valley based on the 2013figures, the latest available, iswholesale trade which, at 4,763 es-tablishments, represents 24.3 per-cent of the entire industry in LosAngeles County.

“That’s no surprise – a highernumber of our jobs are in interna-tional trade and wholesale trade inthe San Gabriel Valley than Los An-geles County as a whole,” she said.“Some people are surprised though

when they see that we have a higherconcentration of private education.”

And private education makes upthe second biggest industry concen-tration here, with 654 establishmentsor 21.5 percent of the total in LosAngeles County.

Kurtz said that with the Clare-mont Colleges on one side of theSan Gabriel Valley and Caltech inPasadena on the other, “we have theability here to educate our popula-tion and we need to put those num-bers together.”

She pointed out that the SanGabriel Valley population currentlyincludes 22.2 percent with less thana high school education, somethingshe said is “a huge drag on our econ-omy” that the partnership is takingmore and more seriously.

Third on the list is transportationand utilities, representing 19.8 per-cent of the total in Los AngelesCounty, and fourth is construction,representing 19.2 percent of the totalin Los Angeles County.

Types of jobs changingcoming out of recession

Looking at jobs by sector, the topcategories in the San Gabriel Valleyin 2004 before the recession werebusiness services, manufacturing

Jobs... from pg. 1and retail trade, followed by healthcare.

But in 2014, coming out of the re-cession, the top categories werehealth care, business services and re-tail trade, followed by leisure andhospitality. Manufacturing droppedto number six on the list and has lostabout 24,000 jobs.

“Manufacturing first started tolose jobs because it went overseas,”Kurtz said. “And then back duringthe recession no one was buyingproducts. If you were making aproduct, you certainly weren’t run-ning three shifts any more. Youmaybe even had a hard time keepingyour doors open.”

“What we’re seeing now is pro-ductivity gains,” she said, sincebusinesses took that time to re-worktheir facilities by installing ma-chines for tasks that once requiredthree employees but now requireonly one higher skilled employee.

“Productivity gains are decreas-ing the number of people employedin manufacturing,” Kurtz said. “Theamount of product (for Los AngelesCounty as a whole) is staying steadyeven as the jobs go down” due to theproductivity that has now becomepart of manufacturing.

Average wages in the San GabrielValley were $45,348 in 2013, belowthe Los Angeles County average of$54,954.

Kurtz said she has been watchingthis number for six years and it hascontinued to go up gradually eachyear.

“We stayed at the same place onthe chart... right below the middle(for Los Angeles County)... but itwas going up,” she said. “Thatchanged with the data for this yearfor 2013 – we dropped $300 in av-erage wages, and I’ve never seenthis before.”

And, while she said Los AngelesCounty also dropped, dipping justunder $600, “that is a concern be-cause that is talking buying power,growing wealth, the kinds of thingsthat you want economic develop-ment to do.”

Keeping shippers happyimportant to San Gabriel Valley

Kurtz said it is important to con-tinue to work on bringing the bigships into the Ports of Los Angelesand Long Beach – traditionally mak-ing the San Gabriel Valley an im-portant corridor in distributingimported goods to the rest of thecountry.

But she said it is important tokeep the shippers happy “becausethey will bail from a port in an in-stant if they are not – they are leav-ing Portland, Oregon, far behind andlooking at Seattle and other places.”

“If we can make sure that we’vegot workers there and that we’re tak-ing care of their needs, that shouldcontinue to grow jobs in the SanGabriel Valley,” Kurtz said.

And tourism is “red hot in all of

Los Angeles County,” she said, withMexico, Canada and China the threelargest international groups comingto Los Angeles County.

She added that China is growingso quickly it should soon overtakeCanada in the number of visitors,and she said the Chinese spend moreper capita than other internationalgroups coming here.

Even so, that is a two-edgedsword, Kurtz said – on the one hand,tourism and hospitality are not goodwage paying jobs, but on the other,“people come here as tourists andthey leave their money behind.”

“It is good for the economy eventhough it’s not the best jobs that wecould be developing here,” she said.

The San Gabriel Valley Eco-nomic Partnership covers a 385-square-mile area of more than 1.8million residents and 72,000 busi-nesses from Pasadena to Pomonaand includes 31 cities, 14 unincor-porated areas of Los AngelesCounty, and a worker payroll in2014 of $30.7 billion, 3.9 percenthigher than it was in 2013.

It is a regional, non-profit corpo-ration supported and directed by itsmembers working for the continuedsuccessful economic developmentof the San Gabriel Valley. The or-ganization is made up of representa-tives of business, local government,institutions of higher education andnon-profit organizations and is ac-tive in public policy, marketing theSan Gabriel Valley, fostering thesuccess of business and connectingpeople, companies and organiza-tions in the San Gabriel Valley.

For more information, visit theweb site at www.valleyconnect.com.

The 2015 Los Angeles CountyAssessment Roll – which reflects thevalue of all taxable property in thecounty – shows a 6.13 percent in-crease in value resulting in the fifthconsecutive year of growth and thelargest increase in five years.

The figures, released by CountyAssessor Jeffrey Prang, showedgross assessed value for the countyreached $1.32 trillion, and the nettaxable value after exemptions (char-itable, homeowners, disabled, etc.) isa record $1.264 trillion, or $73.1 bil-lion greater than 2014.

It was the first assessment rollproduced since Prang took office lastDecember.

County assessment roll continues to climb with largest increase in five years“The 2015 Assessment Roll pro-

vides a comprehensive view of thestrength of the Los Angeles real es-tate market,” Prang said. “The rollillustrates that in the last year, everycity in Los Angeles County recordedan increase compared to 2014.”

He said it was the largest singleyear increase since 2010 when an up-turn developed after three years ofdeclines during the recession.

The assessment roll was deliveredto Los Angeles County Auditor-Con-troller John Naimo, whose office ap-plies the annual tax rate and submitsthe data to the County Treasurer andTax Collector for mailing of propertytax bills to property owners and col-

lecting property tax revenues.Included in the assessment roll

were 2,362,297 taxable real propertyparcels, 318,008 business propertyassessments, 46,449 boats and 3,136aircraft.

Transfers or sales of real estatewere the largest contributor to the as-sessment roll increase at 3.09 per-cent.

For those of you who plantedyour vegetable gardens early in theyear, you are now, literally, enjoyingthe fruits of your labor. But withmost gardens, there are usually oneor two “oops” moments wherethings don’t go as planned.This year in my garden,there were two notable in-stances where things didn’tturn out as expected. Ofcourse it was not my fault; itwas the fault of my gerani-ums!

Geraniums thrive in a wide vari-ety of conditions. Even in poor soilthey do well. They require littlewater, drop very few leaves and ifthey’re pruned once or twice peryear always look good. Geraniumsare some of the easiest plants to carefor.

This year I took out some of my

THE WEEKEND GARDENER By Leif Green

Oops, but it’s not my fault!“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” ~May Sarton.

geraniums to make room for morevegetables. No plant food or otheramendments were added to the soilprior to planting the new crops.(Oops!) The results are shown in thepictures.

The first picture is of a Japaneseeggplant. By this time of year thefruit on the plant should be six toeight inches in length. I don’t be-lieve this crop will win any ribbonsat the L.A. County Fair next month.In the second picture is a basil plant.Although it looks healthy, it shouldbe three to four times taller. Also,two rows four feet long were planted

and that is the only survivor. Inother parts of the garden where thesoil was properly prepared, the basilis doing just fine. It’s also interest-ing to note there are no weeds in thepicture. The soil is so poor that even

weeds won’t grow in it.A neighbor inquired the

reason the new sections of mygarden were doing poorly. Helooked at me skeptically as Iexplained that it was the faultof my geraniums. I told him I

could prove it. We walked over toone of the remaining geraniums. Ishook my finger at it and in a sternvoice said, “You knew the soil waspoor and you knew that new vegeta-bles were being planted, yet you didnothing. What have you got to sayfor yourself?”

The geranium remained silent.I win.

Pre-trial conference and trialsetting will be held next month inLos Angeles Superior Court fol-lowing last month’s two-day pre-liminary hearing for DavidMartinez, who is charged withcapital murder for allegedly fa-tally shooting Pomona Police Of-ficer Shaun Diamond last October.

The pre-trial conference andtrial setting is scheduled for 8:30a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in Dept.105 of the Clara Shortridge FoltzCriminal Justice Center in Los An-geles.

Judge Sharlaine Olmedo will

preside.Martinez was held to answer

and bound over for trial in thematter. He has pleaded not guilty.

Diamond, 45, was fatally shotwhile participating in a multi-agency SWAT operation in SanGabriel attempting to serve asearch warrant last Oct. 28 as partof a Mongols motorcycle gang in-vestigation. He died the followingday.

The 19-year law enforcementveteran was the second Pomonapolice officer killed in the line ofduty.

David Martinez bound over for trial in shootingdeath of Pomona Police Officer Shaun Diamond


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EDITOR'S NOTE: "Hope & Hurdles," an on-going feature appearing in La Nueva Voz, was createdby artist Evy Schuman as an attempt to "poke fun" at the little things that trouble us all from timeto time. Evy, who is also a published writer on the subject, created the cartoon series to show herwork at a creative writing class she co-facilitates at Pomona's Tri-City Wellness Center.

Hope & Hurdlesby Evy Schuman

BACK TO SCHOOL -- Students atPomona's Ganesha High School endedthe first day of school this month with asmile. Pictured on their way home afterclasses are Giselle Blancarte, a sopho-more, and Dylan Galvan, a senior.

Sanford Newton “always said thatPomona was good to him but he wasalso very good to Pomona,” Rev. Dr.Elizabeth Bingham said at Newton’smemorial service last month.

Bingham, of Pomona’s PilgrimCongregational Church, officiated atthe service before more than 120friends and family members at aPomona funeral home.

Newton died last month. He was87.

She said while she met Newtononly 23 years ago, “our lives inter-sected in so many ways of such sig-nificance,” adding that she was notonly the minister of his church butthey were neighbors, fellow Rotari-ans, community colleagues andfriends.

Newton was born and raised inPomona and, except during his timeat Claremont Men’s College and hisservice in the U.S. Army, he lived inPomona – spending most of his timehere within a few blocks of wherethe family house is located on GibbsStreet.

She pointed out that Newton’s fa-ther was born and raised in Pomona,“making the Newtons one of ourcity’s great legacies.”

Sanford Newton remembered as being ‘good to Pomona’His grandfather operated a livery

stable in Pomona.And Newton Realty, Newton’s

“life and livelihood,” Bingham said,has been active in Pomona for morethan 50 years.

Pomona Rotary, she said, was “soimportant to him” and “Sanford wasso important to the viability of thePomona Rotary Club.”

He also served as board member,officer and chairman of the PomonaParking District Commission, theCivic Center Corp., the Board of Re-altors, United Fund, American RedCross, the Pomona Chamber ofCommerce, the Jaycees, Cub Scouts,Spanish Trails Girls Scout Council,the YWCA, the Boys and GirlsClubs of Pomona Valley, and more.

And he served on the Board ofPomona Valley Memorial Park for30 years and was president for 10.

Bingham said the Salvation Armywas one of his favorite organizations.

“Thanksgiving could find himserving turkey,” she said. “Sanfordgave quietly, silently, needing no ac-colades.”

Son Bill Newton said, in a pre-pared statement read by MikeDriebe, that to him, “my father was a

man of honesty and integrity, alwaystelling the truth, doing the rightthing.”

He said his father had advice forhim when he opened his own shop.

“He told me be honest with yourcustomers, don’t lie or cheat them,treat your customers as you want tobe treated, words I try to live by,” headded.

He is survived by his wife, Pat,children Katie, Karen, Bill and Mary,who passed away in 1989, alongwith two grandchildren and twogreat-granddaughters.

He and his wife had just cele-

brated their 64th wedding anniver-sary.

The family has requested that me-morial gifts in Newton’s name go toeither the Boys and Girls Clubs of

Pomona Valley, The Learning Cen-ters at Fairplex for the Big YellowBus Partnership Program (that takesstudents to the L.A. County Fair atno charge), or the Pomona Police Of-ficers Association to supportPomona’s annual “Great Campout”at Fairplex, a free overnight event for300 Pomona youngsters each year.

Editor’s Note: La Nueva Voz metSanford Newton in late 2010 by ac-cident when we stopped in his officewhile waiting for a tenant in hisbuilding to return for a meeting. The“accidental” meeting resulted in anenjoyable half-hour conversationand Newton referring us to JanetRoy at Pomona Valley MemorialPark to discuss advertising. Newtonwas on her board at the time. Janethas been a good friend and a

monthly advertiser since that time.That same year, we also coveredNewton when he received a “GoldenHands Achievement Award” fromthe Boys and Girls Clubs at their an-nual gala fundraiser. We also had anopportunity to meet his wife, Pat,through the Pomona Chamber ofCommerce, and we enjoy knowingJulie Mestas, his office manager.When we met him in his office, hepointed to his photos on the wallwhen he was in the service. Weasked in which branch he served andhe said “the Army – ours.” Andwhen he was honored by the Boysand Girls Clubs, he began his ac-ceptance speech saying, “Just by ashow of hands, how many have livedin Pomona for over 80 years?”“How many by a show of hands re-member when the Red Car camedown Garey Avenue, the trolley?”While we met him only relatively re-cently, we feel it was a privilege toknow him. He will be missed.

Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Bingham

Karen Newton

Katie Newton

THERE'S ONLY ONE REALLY FIRSTDAY OF SCHOOL -- More than 25,000K-12 students went back to school in thePomona Unified School District thismonth but, of course, there is really ONLYone really first day of school, and that'sthe first day of school for kindergartners.And new for this year is full-day kinder-garten at all district elementary schools.Pictured at Diamond Bar's (Pomona Uni-fied School District) Pantera ElementarySchool are some of those kindergartenstudents on their own first day of school,as they participate in a new Mandarin andEnglish dual-language immersion pro-gram. Pictured, at left, is teacher JieGao, as Principal Todd Riffell, at rear,looks on.

Founded in 1910, David & Mar-garet serves more than 1,000 clientsannually through a comprehensiverange of services. These include res-identially based programs for ado-lescent girls, a foster family agency,adoption assistance, mental healthservices, treatment for learning dis-

abilities, school and community-based education, and mentoringprograms.

As a part of the agency’s currentfundraising effort, it is currently de-veloping a 36-unit supportive hous-ing complex for youth transitioningout of foster care and low incomefamilies, a new Youth WorkforceTraining Center, and an endowmentfund to provide for future agencyneeds.


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INNOVATION BREW WORKS AT CAL POLY TAKES TOP HONOR FOR UNIVERSITY FOOD SERVICES -- Cal Poly PomonaFoundation's new Innovation Brew Works last month took home a grand prize award in national competition at the national con-ference of the National Association of College and University Food Services in Indianapolis. Cal Poly won in the "retail sales - sin-gle concept" category in the 2015 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards. It is the most prestigious honor that celebrates and recognizesexemplary campus dining services throughout the United States and Canada. In May, Innovation Brew Works received first placein the same category in the large school division, automatically making it a contender for the grand prize. Six judges review firstplace winners from small, medium and large school divisions to determine the grand prize winner. Cal Poly was up against AzusaPacific University in Azusa and the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. "Winning first place . . . is a huge accom-plishment, but winning the grand prize is even more incredible," said Cal Poly's Dining Services Director Aaron Neilson. "I am veryproud of everyone who has contributed to the success of Innovation Brew Works." Pictured at the award presentation are, fromleft, Amy Beckstrom, NACUFS president-elect from the University of Colorado; from Innovation Brew Works, Sandra P. Cain, as-sistant director of retail operations, Jennifer Waggener, manager, and Koby Harris, beer production manager; and Zia Ahmed,NACUFS past president from Ohio State University.

Michael Urquidez, formerly as-sistant director of development atClaremont Graduate School, hasbeen named development director atDavid & Margaret Youth and FamilyServices in La Verne where he willhead up the agency’s capital cam-paign.

Urquidez brings 15 yearsof nonprofit experience tothe position. He was incharge of annual and majorgifts while at Claremont.Prior to that, he was directorof development research atUSC, where he managed thedevelopment research officefor the Keck School of Med-icine during the wrap-upphase of a $2 billion cam-paign.

He earned his master’sdegree in English at the Uni-versity of La Verne and hismaster’s in management atthe Drucker GraduateSchool of Management atClaremont Graduate Uni-versity.

“I am delighted to be back in LaVerne and honored to be associatedwith David & Margaret Youth andFamily Services, a place that bringshope to young people and families,”Urquidez said. “Through ‘TheCampaign for David & Margaret,’the agency is poised to become aneven greater resource for solvingsome of the most challenging prob-lems facing society.”

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Paul Gomez, Governing BoardTrustee at Chaffey College in Ran-cho Cucamonga, has been selectedas the 2015 Pacific RegionalTrustee honoree by the Associationof Community College Trusteesand will be honored at the group’s46th annual “Leadership Congress”

Paul Gomez of Chaffey College to be honored by Association of Community College Trusteesin October in San Diego.

“Mr. Gomez is an excellent am-bassador of Chaffey College andsupporter of community college ed-ucation,” said Dr. Henry Shannon,Chaffey’s superintendent and pres-ident. “He contributes to our repu-tation as being a world classinstitution and his commitment tothe students of the district and hisleadership... is to be commended.”

Gomez was appointed to theboard in 1990 and has been re-elected six times, serving as Gov-erning Board president four times.

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Chaffey College is offering nearly2,000 classes in a wide variety of gen-eral education and vocational areasthis fall, representing nearly 200 ad-ditional classes or a 115 percent in-crease over last semester.

The fall semester got under waythis month with an additional eight-week session beginning in October.

An expansion of course offeringsand services to more than 20,000 stu-dents was made possible by additionalfunds to higher education in the 2015-2016 state budget, according to anews release.

“Our student services departmentsare equipped to provide educationalcounseling, as well as transfer and ca-reer guidance for current and poten-tial students,” said Dr. HenryShannon, Chaffey College Superin-tendent and President. “I encouragecommunity members to explore theireducational options, especially thosethat may have delayed higher educa-tion because of cost or program avail-ability.”

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TEACHERS SUMMIT AT CALPOLY -- An estimated 550 teach-ers and administrators fromdozens of school districts fromacross Southern California ex-changed innovative teachingideas at a statewide teacherssummit held last month at CalPoly University Pomona. CalPoly was one of 33 sites acrossthe state to host the inaugural"Better Together: CaliforniaTeachers Summit," which at-tracted a total of 15,000 transi-tional kindergarten through 12thgrade teachers and administra-tors statewide. The summit, pro-duced by the CaliforniaDepartment of Education, theNew Teacher Center, the Associ-ation of Independent CaliforniaColleges and Universities, andthe California State University,was supported by a $3.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Pictured is teacher Sally Jarvis (top right) of Walnut Unified School District lead-ing a break out session as teachers share their experiences at the summit. Rebecca Corbin, who received her teaching credential from Cal Poly andbegins her first job this month at the Cal Aero Preserve Academy in the Chino Valley Unified School District, said she participated in the summit be-cause she is so new. "I feel like I have so much to learn," Corbin said. "Being around 500 other teachers is a great way to learn."

He founded the Esperanza Schol-arship Foundation, which providesscholarships to local high schoolstudents. The scholarship is namedafter his mother who he said sup-ported him through his education.

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The Pomona Community HealthCenter, providing free and low costhealth services for 19 years and nowlocated in The Village at Indian Hill,will hold a “Village FiestaFundraiser” next month to help ex-pand the clinic so it can providemore services to people in need.

The event, for adults 18 and over,is scheduled for 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday,Sept. 26, at The Village in the “BlueCarpet Area” (entrance #3).

Included will be a slide show onexpansion goals, live entertainment,dinner, dancing, prize drawings, aphoto booth and more.

The late Dr. Jamie Garcia, ahealth care advocate for the poorwho headed efforts to create the newclinic facility, will be honored at theevent. Garcia died of ovarian can-cer only 18 days after her new $1.4million free clinic opened in July2012 in The Village. She was hos-pitalized only three days before theopening and was unable to attend.She was 52.

Garcia had partnered with the LosAngeles County Department of Pub-lic Health to operate the originalPomona Community Health Center,at 750 S. Park Ave., Pomona, as atwo-room free clinic serving thehomeless, uninsured and underin-

sured in eastern Los AngelesCounty.

Realizing the needs were evengreater, she began the long processin 2002 of planning, funding andbuilding the greatly expanded 12-room clinic, assembling a board andstaff and calculating the cost of ma-terials and budgets for doctors.

Garcia was successful in raisingmore than $1.4 million for the clinicby April 2010 and was diagnosed

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with cancer only five months later.She was able to oversee the ground-breaking ceremony for the new fa-cility in May 2011.

Sponsorships are available in cat-egories from $200 to $5,000.

The health center provided serv-ices to more than 43,000 patientsover the past five years.

For more information, contactNorma Salinas, event chair, at (562)233-7758.

The Pomona Valley Branch ofthe NAACP will hold “America’sJourney for Justice Rally” inPomona next month to rememberand honor Julian Bond, civilrights leader, former Georgiastate legislator and nationalchairman of the NAACP, whodied this month at the age of 75.

The event is scheduled for 4 to8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in thePomona Civic Center and will in-

Pomona NAACP to hold rally to honor civil rights leader Julian Bond

clude discussions on topics rang-ing from unions and the economyto higher education, voting rightsand NAACP legislative advo-cacy.

Groups or individuals inter-ested in becoming speakers orpartners are welcome.

For more information, contactPomona Valley Branch NAACPPresident Jeanette Royston [email protected].

ZOOMING IN ON THE ACTION -- Channel 34television news zooms in on a close-up at back-pack distribution time in Pomona Unified SchoolDistrict. The annual event, this month in itsfourth year, is held at the District's Family Sup-port and Resource Center. Patty Azevedo,school mental health services program adminis-trator and coordinator of the event, said about1,800 backpacks -- filled with nearly 10 poundsof supplies from notebook paper and pencils tocrayons, three-ring binders and a brand newbook -- were handed out this year to studentsfrom kindergarten through 12th grade, makingthe event the biggest year ever. About 1,300were handed out last year. "It keeps getting bet-ter every year," Azevedo said. The event alsoincluded booths for families to learn more abouthousing, food and tutoring assistance. Itemswere donated by groups including Feed the Chil-dren, Christ's Church of the Valley in San Dimas,and Schools on Wheels. Volunteer studentsfrom Fremont Academy helped assemble theitems in the backpacks.

PRE-SCHOOLERS RECEIVED BACKPACKS FOR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR -- A new offering atPomona Unified School District's backpack give-away this year was 300 backpacks for pre-school-ers. Pictured is one little guy with his brand new backpack strapped on and good to go.

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RIBBON CUTTING AT NEW DENTAL OFFICE -- Members of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce joined Pomona Mayor ElliottRothman last month for a ribbon cutting to officially open a new dental office, Pomona Dentistry, in the new Rio Rancho Towne Cen-ter in South Pomona. "It is my goal to make sure every patient leaves feeling better than when he or she came in," said Dr. PaulAwad, DDS. A graduate of Cal Poly University Pomona, Dr. Awad received his dental degree at USC. Pictured from left arePomona Chamber Ambassador Renee Barbee of La Nueva Voz; Pomona Chamber Vice President of Membership Stephanie Ben-jamin of OPARC; Chamber Ambassador Gus Arias of Inter Valley Health Plan; Chamber Ambassador Frank Gonzales of USA FitForce Taekwondo; Pomona Mayor Ellliott Rothman; Dr. Paul Awad; Erin Ortega, regional manager, Pacific Dental Services; VictorFranco, operations manager, Pomona Dentistry; Erica Frausto, Executive Director, Pomona Chamber of Commerce; Robert Tor-res, representing Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez; Zazette Scott, representing State Sen. Connie Leyva; Chamber AmbassadorVita Gonzales of USA Fit Force Taekwondo; Pomona Chamber Past President Jill Reiff, of Valley Vista Services; Pomona Cham-ber President Cyndie O'Brien of Inter Valley Health Plan; and Chamber Board member David McElwain of the Los Angeles CountyOffice of Education GAIN Job Services. The office is located at 2071 Rancho Valley Drive, Suite 140.

Interested in volunteering at theLos Angeles County Fair?

Volunteers are needed in a varietyof positions – or in multiple posi-tions – during the Fair, scheduledthis year from Sept. 4 -27.

Docents are needed at the MillardSheets Art Center exhibit, exhibition

Volunteers still needed for L.A. County Fairassistants are needed in the MardiGras-themed Flower & GardenPavilion, and other volunteers areneeded in other educational areas ofthe Fair.

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The Pomona Mental HealthAwareness Summit, a free confer-ence focusing on everything fromtrauma, anxiety, stigma and bullyingto self-esteem, depression andhomelessness, will be held nextmonth at the Village at Indian Hill

The event is scheduled for 10a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19,in the conference center at the Vil-

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VEGETABLES FRESH FROM CAL POLY --Dawn Taccone, manager of the Farm Store atCal Poly University Pomona, along with severalof her team members, were on hand this monthfor the third and final farmer's market of thesummer at Pomona Valley Hospital MedicalCenter -- all part of a "Wellness Market" plan tohelp inspire healthy habits in hospital patientswhile serving the local community. It was theFarm Store's third year to offer the program atthe hospital. Pictured, from left, trying out sam-ples of the melons are Dorothy Tarozzi, ofClaremont, and Esther Brettin, a hospital casemanager, as Hannah Blankenship of the FarmStore slices into a yellow watermelon.

PUTTING THOSE VEGGIES TO GOOD USE -- Remember that Cal Poly Farm Store farmfresh produce from the above photo? Well, itwent to good use -- it ended up in the special ofthe day in the food court at Pomona Valley Hos-pital Medical Center. Pictured is the hospital'sExecutive Chef Phillip Lai grilling a veggie shishkabob in the hospital kitchen. Lai said the hos-pital tries to encourage healthy eating habitsamong staff and visitors by offering a "veggie"special every day and always changing themenu. But he said you can still get a cheese-burger at the American grill. So what is hospi-tal President and CEO Rich Yochum's favoritemeal? Chinese chicken salad with light dress-ing, according to Lai. The chef has been onboard at the hospital for 15 years after workingwith celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck for five yearsin Beverly Hills. So on the whole, how is thehospital eating these days? "I think we eatpretty healthy," Lai said.

END RESULT -- And here's how it all comesout. Pomona Valley Hospital Executive ChefPhillip Lai shows off the special of the day --veggie shish kabob (with those fresh Cal Polyvegetables), Indian Naan bread, a roastedtomato and raisin basmati rice. So there youhave it. La Nueva Voz thought it all lookedpretty good, from start to finish. But what arewe going to do with all of our leftover jokesabout hospital food?

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The Pomona Police Depart-ment is looking for local resi-dents interested in becoming“Civilian Volunteer in Patrol,” orCVP.

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“But we believe the benefits tothese courageous athletes and theirfamilies go far beyond the field ofcompetition,” Pickwith said. “Thesegames provide new opportunitiesand experiences to these athletes andtheir families that might not other-wise occur.”

“We’re excited about the bridgesthat this represents between andamong our nations of the world,being able to get to know you andfor you to get to know us,” saidClaremont Mayor Corey Calaycay.

And La Verne Mayor DonKendrick said it was a “great honor”to host Pakistan and the U.S. VirginIslands.

“One of the things that I think isthe most important thing that we canshare is the hearts of our athletestoday, the work for you to get hereand the commitment, the concentra-

tion, and we appreciate that,”Kendrick said.

Pomona Mayor Rothmandeclares athletes Pomona

residents ‘while you are here’Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman

declared all of the athletes “officiallyresidents, members, while you arehere, of Pomona.”

“On behalf of the entire City ofPomona, have a great time and partyon because you’re going to havesome fun,” Rothman said.

Jim Dale, Vice President of De-velopment at Pomona Valley Hospi-tal Medical Center, said the hospitalwas “humbled and honored” to havebeen asked to provide the medicalservices as the “designated medicalteam” during the “host town” period.

“We are so excited as a hospital tobe able to serve you . . . during yourtime here,” Dale said. “Don’t forget

Special Olympics... from pg. 1that this is a memory that you aregoing to have that will last the restof your life. So take advantage ofevery minute of it.”

Following the welcoming cere-mony, the athletes were invited toenjoy dancing, dinner, games andrides on the Fairplex grounds.

In addition to the two countrieshosted by Pomona, La Verne hostedathletes from Pakistan and the U.S.Virgin Islands, while Claremonthosted teams from Bolivia, Latvia,Republic of Georgia and Curacao.

Sponsors of the Pomona HostTown Program included Fairplex,Cal Poly, Pomona Valley HospitalMedical Center, the City of Pomonaand the Pomona Chamber of Com-merce.

Cecilia Munoz, housing analystfor the City of Pomona, served asChairperson of the Pomona Host

SPECIAL OLYMPICS TORCH ARRIVES AT POMONA'S FAIR-PLEX -- Law enforcement and Special Olympics athletes arrive atFairplex to the applause of the crowd at ceremonies welcomingSpecial Olympics athletes from around the world.

UNLOADING IN THE USA! -- After a 48-hour journey from the Isle of Man, SpecialOlympics team members -- the first athletes on the first bus to make its way to Cal Polyand actual dorm rooms for the next few nights -- unload suitcases and equipment froma Los Angeles Unified School District bus driven by Louis Marrs who said it took twohours to reach Cal Poly from the airport. A total of 300 Special Olympics athletes madeCal Poly their temporary home.

SOCCER PRACTICE BEFORE THE GAMES -- Soccer teammembers from the Isle of Man get in a little soccer practice onthe Bronco Commons at Cal Poly University Pomona before theWorld Games in Los Angeles. And they looked pretty good, too!The Bronco Student Center appears in the background.

LOOSENING UP AFTER PRACTICE -- The girls' soccer team fromPoland cools down with some stretching exercises after their soccerpractice on the Bronco Commons at Cal Poly Pomona. Athletes forsome of the indoor sports were working out in Cal Poly's DarleneMay Gymnasium.

AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TURNS OUT -- It was truly an intercommunity and an international exercise in hospitality, respect and good will as of-ficials representing three cities, Fairplex and state and local elected officials and more welcomed 300 Special Olympics World Games athletes andtheir coaches to Fairplex and to the United States. Law enforcement torch runners, at left, hold the official Special Olympics torch.

POMONA MAYOR ROTHMAN WELCOMES THE ATHLETES -- Pomona Mayor El-liott Rothman, at left, and Fairplex Vice President Michelle DeMott welcome the inter-national Special Olympics athletes to town.

Town Team and the city’s host towncoordinator.

The Special Olympics WorldGames was the largest sportingevent to come to Southern Califor-nia since the 1984 Olympics with an

estimated 500,000 spectators onhand and filling all available hotelrooms from Los Angeles all the wayout to Pomona, according to Los An-geles County Fair Association Pres-ident & CEO Jim Henwood.


Special Olympics athletes from Curacao arrive at Fairplex.

La Verne Mayor Don Kendrick

Special Olympics athletes from the Isle of Man arewelcomed on their arrival at Fairplex.

WELCOME TO POMONA! -- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Vice Presidentof Development Jim Dale was among the first on the scene to greet the first bus ar-riving at Cal Poly, bringing with it the Special Olympics World Games team from theIsle of Man. Pictured, from left, are Beryl Wooldridge, national director of SpecialOlympics for the Isle of Man, and Dale. After posing for La Nueva Voz, Dale spent partof the morning loading suitcases onto Cal Poly golf carts with trailers for a shuttle tothe dorms.

SOME FAMILIAR FACES -- Some familiar faces from Pomona and their friends lineup to wave in the law enforcement and Special Olympics runners carrying in the torchto the welcoming ceremonies at Fairplex. Pictured, from left, are Virginia Madrigal,President of Pomona's Community Engagement Group; Capt. Steve Urrea, head ofthe California Highway Patrol's Baldwin Park Area which includes Pomona; PomonaMayor Elliott Rothman; and Pomona Police Chief Paul Capraro.

Some 300 athletes and their coaches in the audience are welcomed by dignitaries at Fairplex.Special Olympics World Games team members from Bolivia arrive at Fairplex.

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SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS VISITS LAPUENTE FOR BACKPACK GIVEAWAY,CHECK PRESENTATION -- Los AngelesCounty Supervisor Hilda Solis, center,poses last week with the kids at a give-away of backpacks filled with school sup-plies at California Elementary School in anunincorporated area of La Puente. Solisand her staff distributed 100 backpacks.She also presented a $50,000 check toNew Horizons Caregivers Group, an or-ganization that helps low-income familiesfrom the Hacienda-La Puente UnifiedSchool District who live in unincorporatedcounty areas. The funds, from Los Ange-les County Community DevelopmentBlock Grant revenue, will help New Hori-zons continue its work to "eradicatepoverty through education." Solis, whogrew up in La Puente, said she is supporting New Horizons because of its commitment to assisting students and families. Join-ing Solis at the presentation were representatives of New Horizons, the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District, the Los An-geles County Community Development Commission and Kaiser Permanente, also a supporter of New Horizons.


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POMONA BOXER NUMBER ONE INTHE NATION -- Ernesto "Tito" Mer-cado, 13, who has been boxing sincehe was 5, last month took "Number 1"in his weight category (95 pounds) inthe 2015 Jr. Golden Gloves NationalChampionship in Mesquite, NV. Tito,pictured with his new belt, has morethan 90 amateur fights in the booksand has won the National SilverGloves Tournament, he is a two-timeNational Pal Tournament champ, atwo-time So Cal State Champion, anda two-time winner of the Adidas Na-tional Tournament, among others. Hehas won nine national championships,five state championships and three re-gional tournaments. And he is head-ing back to the National Pal BoxingTournament next month in Oxnard.His goal is to join the USA OlympicTeam for 2020 in Tokyo. He is trainedby his father, Ernesto "Neto" Mercado,head coach and manager of G2G(Gangs to Grace) Pomona BoxingClub, a non-profit organization thatopened its doors in February 2014 atthe Southern California Dream CenterChurch, 1024 E. Phillips Blvd.,Pomona.

A new weekly year-round “open air” marketgot under way in LaPuente recently offeringeverything from fruitsandvegetables touniquehomemadegeneralmer-chandise to live musicand food vendors to in-formational booths rep-resentingbusinessesandutilities.

Hours are 6 to 10p.m. Fridays in down-townLaPuenteonMainStreet between SecondStreet and GlendoraAv-enue.

The La Puente CityCouncil awarded a contract last March to SemperAnticus Corp. to manage the eventwith a goal of creating a connection to the community by supporting local businesses.

Opening day in June attracted dozens of families coming out for a fun event andshopping at bargain prices.

Businessesorutilities interested inbecomingavendor ($35forasinglespace)maycontact Eli Taweel at (562) 375-0888. For more information or to become a vendor,visit the web site at www.lapuentelive.com.

-Victor Velazquez Ramirez, Community news reporter

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New weekly ‘open air’ marketopens in downtown La Puente

NEW WEEKLY 'OPEN AIR' MARKET IN LA PUENTE -- A newweekly year-round open air market got off to a good start in down-town La Puente this summer featuring everything from fruits andvegetables to homemade items to live music and food vendors.Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays on Main Street between SecondStreet and Glendora Avenue. Pictured on opening day being rec-ognized by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis are, fromleft, Andrea Moreno, representing Solis, La Puente Mayor Dan Hol-loway and La Puente City Councilmember Charlie Klinakis.

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Community activist Ethel Gardnerwill be this year’s Pomona Adult Heroand Pomona Unified School DistrictSupt. Richard Martinez will receive thefirst-ever Pomona Distinguished ServiceAward at this year’s Pomona Day at theFair on opening day, Friday, Sept. 4.

Pomona’s Youth Hero is BriseydaMata-Garcia,astudentatPomona’sPalo-maresHealthAcademywhohopes tobe-come a pediatrician and volunteers atPomona Valley Community Hospital

Ethel Gardner, Richard Martinezto be honored on Pomona Day at the Fair

Medical Center, the Pomona Public Li-brary,andonPomonaBeautificationDay.

Gardner, founderandexecutivedirec-tor of the Kennedy Austin Foundation,works with families following the loss ofa loved one. She also organizes the Mil-lion Mother’s March each year.

Recipients will participate in thePomona Day at the Fair Parade throughthe fairgrounds, beginning at 5 p.m. onopening day. Tickets are $5 with acoupon (see ad p. 23).


COOKIES, ANYONE? -- Cookies were the order of the day at Pomona Rotary's booth at this month's National Night Out inPomona. Pictured, from left, are members Beth Brooks, Carol Wilt, Darren Krohn and David Speidel. The event included every-thing from food booths to informational booths to a live band, police equipment demonstrations and more.

MAYOR PROCLAIMS 'NATIONAL NIGHT OUT' IN POMONA -- Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman, at left, proclaims National NightOut in Pomona this month as he presents a proclamation from the Pomona City Council to Deputy Police Chief Michael Olivieri,Jr. during ceremonies in the Civic Center plaza. The 31st annual crime, drug and violence prevention program is held in con-junction with 15.000 other communities nationwide as America stands together to promote awareness, safety and neighborhoodunity. "Police-community partnerships, neighborhood safety, awareness and cooperation are important themes of the 'NationalNight Out' program," the proclamation said. Pictured from left are Rothman, Olivieri, Crime Prevention Officer Manny Ramos,Pomona City Councilmembers Debra Martin and Paula Lantz, Benny Ayala representing State Sen. Connie Leyva; and FabianNaranjo Gonzalez, representing State Controller Betty Yee.

GOTTA HAVE ONIONS ON THE HOT DOGS -- And Greg "Shappy" Shapton of Ki-wanis Club of Pomona is just the guy to grill them up at this month's National Night Outin the Pomona Civic Center. Pictured is Shappy, the official photographer for Kiwanis,posing for the "official" photographer from La Nueva Voz.

Sponsorships and tickets areavailable for David & MargaretYouth and Family Services’ 2015Annual Gala scheduled for Octoberin the Avalon Room at Pomona’sFairplex.

The fundraiser, this year on aMonte Carlo theme, will be held at6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16.

Included will be a gourmet meal,live music, casino-style gaming, asilent auction and more.

The event is part of The Cam-paign for David & Margaret in sup-port of a new 36-unit supportive

housing complex currently underconstruction to provide assistancefor children transitioning out offoster care and low-income fami-lies.

David & Margaret serves morethan 1,000 clients annually in areasincluding residentially based pro-grams for adolescent girls, a fosterfamily agency, adoption assistance,mental health services and more.

For more information, contactpublicity coordinator Julie Griffithat [email protected] (909) 596-5921, ext. 3180.

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YMCA SHOWCASES NEW EQUIPMENT DURING OPEN HOUSE -- Visitors got a first hand look at a gym full of all new exerciseequipment last month at the open house at the YMCA of Pomona Valley. Pictured, from left, are Victor Caceres, Executive Direc-tor of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pomona Valley; YMCA Board Member Eileen Carrillo Lau, Director of Child Development for thePomona Unified School District; Pomona Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Renee Barbee, of La Nueva Voz; David Speidel,of the Mayfair Apartments in Downtown Pomona; and Matthew Henry, CEO of the YMCA. Henry said the local YMCA currentlyhas about 2,000 members making 125 visits a day. Membership is up 19 percent since January.

KIDS TIME AT THE YMCA -- The "Kids Club" at the YMCA is a perfect spot to hangout while mom and dad work out in the next room. Pictured learning from the kids atlast month's YMCA open house are, from left, Pomona City Councilmember PaulaLantz; YMCA membership coordinator Martha Plumeda; Pomona Planning Commis-sion Chairman Denny Mosier; Pomona Host Lions Club Board member Helen Mosier;and Kids Club supervisor Veronica Mendiola.

GET YOUR KICKS IN 'STEP AEROBICS' CLASS AT THE YMCA -- Instructor CharBroy gets everybody all warmed up in a "step aerobics" class at the Y. The YMCA isplacing emphasis on family wellness programs with healthy classes and activities forall ages -- from after school programs for kids to youth sports to yoga, zumba andkickboxing.

P O M O N AM O T H E R -D A U G H T E RTEAM AMONGS E V E N'BIGGEST LOS-ERS' INWEIGHT LOSSCOMPETITION -- Pomona resi-dents SarahSolis, at left, andher motherTeresa Solis losta total of 52pounds during a10-week weightloss program,placing them inthe "Lucky 7"mother-daughterteams losing more than 300 pounds during the weightloss challenge. The two actually came in second, behindNancy Lopez and her daughter Alyssa Lopez, of Comp-ton, who lost a combined 66.5 pounds. Solis said her mo-tivation was her upcoming wedding in November. Shehopes the weight loss will enable her mom to walk herdown the aisle. They were awarded free follow-up weightloss programs so they can continue their journey in theevent sponsored by Costa Mesa-based Lindora and the Anaheim White House restaurant.The Lindora program combines diet, moderate exercise and motivational tools in the weight-loss program. Pictured are Sarah andTeresa in their "before" photo (at left) and "after" photo.

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Fairplex Vice President DaleColeman delivered a message fromconcert promoters Live Nation andHARD Events to about 100 mem-bers of four Pomona high schoolbands last month that music educa-tion is important and it is importantto stay in school.

And he also dropped off about$45,000 in musical instruments do-nated by the promoters in a specialsurprise ceremony in the band roomat Pomona’s Diamond Ranch HighSchool in which the kids had an op-portunity to try out the new equip-ment.

Coleman said a conversation tookplace with Live Nation representa-tives before a recent concert at Fair-plex in which the promoters werelooking for a way to make a differ-ence in the community.

“They’re the biggest live musiccompany in the world,” Coleman

Concert promoters Live Nation, HARD Events donate band instruments to Pomona schoolssaid.

“These guys are all about music,we started talking about the schooldistrict... schools can always usemore help with music,” he said. “SoLive Nation (and HARD Events)...stepped up and they went out andthey bought about $45,000 worth ofinstruments for the Pomonaschools.”

Coleman, a Pomona High Schoolgraduate, said “it’s nice to be able tocome here as a Pomona High gradu-ate and be just a little part of some-thing this cool.”

“You guys are all great, stay inschool, get your degrees, keep play-ing your instruments,” Colemanadded.

Band members receiving the newinstruments – more than 20 of them,including everything from oboes andsaxophones to string basses andchrome chimes – were from

Pomona, Ganesha,Garey and Dia-mond Ranch HighSchools, alongwith FremontAcademy and Lor-beer, Emerson andSimons MiddleSchools.

Pomona Uni-fied School Dis-trict Supt. RichardMartinez thankedFairplex for bro-kering the deal.

Martinez saidhe asked staffwhat they wantedon their “wish list”after receiving acall from Colemanseveral monthsago.

He added that

music “has to be part of who we areand what we do.”

“It’s what’s inspiring, it’s whatbrings us to school, it’s that thingthat really gets us moving into thedirection of math, sciences, there is acorrelation,” he said. “I think we allknow that – if you play music,you’re going to do better in thoseother areas.”

Pomona Unified Board memberDr. Roberta Perlman said, “It’s onething for a company to be success-ful like Live Nation is and make alot of money – it’s another thing togive back.”

“Not every big company doesthat,” she said. “We’re so gratefulfor that. Keep up the music – it’spart of our lives.”

And Pomona Unified Boardmember Frank Guzman, aGarey High School graduateand a parent of students at Di-amond Ranch, said the musicprogram is “part of the cul-ture, it is a part of our family.”

He said the music programin Pomona “has been anamazing program despitemany other districts whentimes were tough they cutprograms.”

“It’s something that wechose not to do, because weknow that sometimes it’s themusic that inspires you to dowell in school,” he said.

He added that he is lookingforward to Pomona Day at theFair on opening day Friday,Sept. 4, when all four ofPomona’s comprehensivehigh school bands are ex-pected to march in thePomona Day Parade.

A GIFT OF MUSIC -- Fairplex Vice President Dale Coleman, at left, and Pomona Unified School District Supt. Richard Martineztell Pomona band students how a $45,000 gift of musical instruments from concert promoters Live Nation and HARD Events cameabout.

A NEW SAX! -- Jake Skrzynski, at right, a junior at DiamondRanch High School, tries out a new saxophone last month atDiamond Ranch.

ON THE XYLOPHONE -- Amber Sanchez, a junior at Diamond Ranch High School, hammersa brand new xylophone provided by concert promoters Live Nation and HARD Events.

TESTING A NEW VIOLIN -- Ricardo Hernandez, at right, a junior at Pomona HighSchool, checks out a new violin at a give-away of $45,000 in musical instruments lastmonth, all courtesy of concert promoters Live Nation and HARD Events.

CHATTING WITH THE DRUM MAJOR -- Pomona Unified School District Board mem-ber Dr. Roberta Perlman, at left, and Fairplex Vice President Dale Coleman chat withGanesha drum major Osvaldo Torres, a senior at Ganesha, during last month's pres-entation of musical instruments to Pomona band members, courtesy of concert pro-moters Live Nation and HARD Events.


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POMONA UNIFIED'S 'CAMP IMAGINATION' -- Students at three Pomona Unified School Dis-trict elementary schools this summer attended "Camp Imagination," a three-week literacy inter-vention program to help struggling readers become engaged learners by promoting creativity,critical thinking and problem solving. Pictured is Jacob Oliva, a third-grader at Diamond Point El-ementary School, working on his project, a three-dimensional model of the game Minecraft madeout of recycled materials. "Camp" was also held at Roosevelt and Washington ElementarySchools.

‘Popnology’ exhibit atL.A. County Fair –

reality or science fiction?Is it reality or science fiction?

The L.A. County Fair’s unveiling ofthe “Popnology” exhibit will breakthrough the barriers of yesteryears’exhibits to blur the lines between thetwo.

If you’ve never played tic-tac-toewith a robot or tittered on the edgeof a 7,000 foot mountain, now isyour chance.

Popnology culls from science fic-tion from all art forms, making itcome to life through the use of jetpacks, drone technology, roboticsand advanced technology headsetsthat instantly transport those whodare to another dimension.

Four galleries focus on every-thing from the evolution of trans-portation and robots to aircraft andspacecraft and even virtual reality.

Creators of the exhibit say tech-nological interactive exhibits are apreview into what the future holdsfor county fairs.

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month with the Latino Baseball ex-hibit, on loan from the Pfau Libraryat Cal State University Santa Barbara.

Upland Library sets ‘history of Latinobaseball players’ program for next month

The event is scheduled for 1 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 26, in the CarnegieLibrary, 123 E. D St., Upland.

A panel hosted by MarcOcegueda, a graduate student in Chi-cano history and Latino studies at UCIrvine, and baseball players profiledin the exhibit will explore the historyof Latino baseball players in the In-land Empire.

For more information, contact AnaGalvez, (909) 931-4213.

The Upland Library will hold akick-off event for its “Latino Ameri-cans: 500 years of History” grant next

Organizers are still looking forvolunteers to help with a project tobring the Vietnam Veterans Memo-rial Wall of Antelope Valley to theCity of Chino in time for next year’sIndependence Day activities.

Veteran members of the AmericanLegion and Veterans of Foreign Warshave formed a non-profit committeeto bring the display, one of two mo-bile Vietnam War memorial wallsthat travel around the United States.

It is a half-scale replica of the per-manent Vietnam Memorial in Wash-ington, D.C., and contains all 58,300names of the men and women wholost their lives in the Vietnam War.

The wall will be displayed atRuben S. Ayala Park from June 30 toJuly 5, 2016.

To donate or volunteer, contact EdDenzin at (909) 973-3350. For moreinformation, visit the web site atwww.avwall.org.

Volunteers still needed to bring travelingVietnam Veterans Memorial Wall to Chino

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