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Cal Poly Pomona alumna and thefirst American in history to win in-dividual medals in five consecutiveOlympic Games.

She was also the first woman towin three gold medals in Olympicshooting.

Theme of this year’s parade was“A Golden Christmas,” compliment-ing Rhode and her accomplishmentsand recognizing Pomona’s rich her-itage.

The band sweepstakes awardwent to the Garey High SchoolMarching Band with a score of 94.5.

First place for senior high schooldrum major went to Diamond RanchHigh School with a score of 87.0,and senior high school auxiliary’s

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ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING AT POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL -- Members of the Up-land High School Madrigal Singers, under the direction of Roger Estrada, provide partof the evening's entertainment as hundreds of visitors -- many with a "success story"connection to the hospital -- attended this year's 15th annual tree lighting holiday cel-ebration at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothmanwas on hand to turn on the lights on the tree atop the hospital. (See additional pho-tos on page 20).

POMONA'S 'NEW' CITY COUNCIL -- Members of the "new" Pomona City Council pose for the cameras fol-lowing last week's swearing in of new councilmembers John Nolte and Debra Martin, re-elected Vice MayorPaula Lantz and re-elected Mayor Elliott Rothman. Pictured, from left, are Nolte, Councilmember Freddie Ro-driguez, Martin, Rothman, Councilmember Ginna Escobar, Councilmember Cristina Carrizosa and Lantz.

It was speeches, goodbyes, andswearing in ceremonies all around ata special Pomona City Councilmeeting last week as two new andtwo re-elected office holders be-came official and a new councilstarted on a path that re-electedMayor Elliott Rothman described as“Pomona first.”

“Finally on the radar we have sta-bility,” Rothman said, adding thatthe city will continue to be fiscallyconservative.

“We work hard with what we’vegot,” he added.

Rothman pointed to the 60 per-cent vote Measure X received insupport of a new library tax and said

Pomona City Council adds two new faces, agrees to work together for good of the city

Pomona’s annual Christmas Pa-rade, presented by the DowntownPomona Owners Association, wasbigger and better than ever thismonth as some 3,000 parade partic-ipants marched or rode down Sec-ond Street in Downtown Pomonaand an estimated 5,000 Pomona res-idents and others lined the streets toenjoy floats, bands and more.

The parade – the fourth annualparade after moving back to SecondStreet – was revived in DowntownPomona in 2009 when it returned toits original downtown location forthe first time in 40 years.

This year’s parade included some125 individual entries with every-thing from horses and motorcyclesto Penelope the pig from Danny’sFarm at Cal Poly Pomona.

Grand marshal this year wasOlympics gold medal winner inskeet shooting Kimberly Rhode, a

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Members of the Pomona High School Marching Band march down 2nd Street in Downtown Pomona during this month's Downtown Pomona Christ-mas Parade. (See more photos in special Valley Vista Services parade "pull out" section beginning on page 9.)

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The service wasgreat and our selec-tions were top notch– all because of thecombination of aprofessional staff(from the kitchen tothe table) and a pro-fessional executivechef, David Teig,even though Teigwas on vacation thenight we were there.

Manager TimKelly and our server, Melissa Hershey,took excellent care of us beginning witha glass of house cabernet (a brand called“Little Black Dress” from Pasadena –seriously, that was the name) and, forRenee Barbee, our director of advertis-ing, a glass of Jacob’s Creek Moscato,from Australia, which she said was bothvery sweet and very good.

We also enjoyed McKinley’s ownhomemade potato chips and special dip,compliments of the chef.

Our salads were part of McKinley’s“farm to table” produce offering, usingonly hand-harvested fruits and vegeta-bles grown on the restaurant’s ownMcKinley’s Urban Farm, a one-acreparcel on the grounds at Fairplex.

I enjoyed the Greek salad and Reneeordered a special mixed greens saladwith shredded carrots and onions.

Interestingly, the restaurant managermentioned he started his career as an in-tern at radio station KMAK in Fresno, acountry western station, while majoringin radio and television at CaliforniaState University, Fresno. (Even so, wedidn’t let him help us write this reviewand we didn’t notice any country musicin the restaurant during our dinner.)

Getting down to business, I wentwith the stewed lamb shank (you liter-ally will not need a knife) and Renee se-lected the grilled eight-ounce choicefilet mignon.

Vegetables included potatoes, car-rots, zucchini and yellow squash.

While we were there on Thanksgiv-ing weekend, the restaurant was alreadydecorated for the holidays – both insideand out. What can only be described asa quiet and stately ambience was com-plemented by soft piped-in piano music.

Other selections on the menu includeeverything from short rib ravioli andgrilled mahi mahi to line caught searedswordfish.

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SANTA HELPS LIONS COLLECT AT POMONA CONCERT BAND HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE -- Members of the Pomona HostLions Club collected toys, food and books at this month's holiday performance of the Pomona Concert Band. Many of the toys wereearmarked for the Pomona Santa Cop program which provides toys to needy children for Christmas. Food went to the PomonaHope Partners food pantry and books went to the club's literacy project at Madison Elementary School. Pictured, from left, are LionsJason Rothman, Pomona Unified School District Board President; Lions President Barbara Smith; Santa (played by Gil Smith);Anne Henderson; Mary Wallace; Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman; and Dave Wallace.

Pomona’s “too close to call” racein the Three Valleys Municipal WaterDistrict election reversed the unoffi-cial election night tally in the finalcount, returning Fred Lantz to his Di-vision 6 (North Pomona) seat on theboard defeating incumbent JohnMendoza by only 130 votes.

The final tally, posted nearly amonth later on Dec. 2 after the Nov. 6election once all absentee and provi-sional ballets were counted, showedLantz had 6,144 votes (37.5 percent).

Mendoza received 6,014 votes(36.71 percent) and Jerry Perez re-ceived 4,226 (25.79 percent).

A total of 29,973 voters were reg-istered in the district of 32 precincts.

Lantz served eight years on theThree Valleys board before losing toMendoza four years ago.

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City officials have remindedPomona residents to dispose of theirChristmas trees through the city’s hol-iday tree recycling program by plac-ing trees out at the curbside on theirregularly scheduled trash collectionday between Dec. 26 and Jan. 14.

There is no additional charge for

this service, officials said.Residents are asked to remove all

decorations and the stand. It is notnecessary to place trees in a box, canor bag. Flocked and fire retardanttrees also may be recycled.

For more information, contact(909) 620-2241.

City reminds residents to recycle Christmas trees

Goytia represents South Pomona (Di-vision 1) and will be up for election inanother two years.

Three Valleys is the wholesalewater agency serving Pomona andother cities in Eastern Los AngelesCounty from Azusa and Covina toHacienda Heights, Rowland Heightsand Claremont.

Members of the Pomona Break-fast Optimist Club are encouraginglocal students to speak or write intheir annual Oratorical and Essaycontests, with this year’s oratoricalcontest on the theme “Why my voiceis important!”

The theme for the essay contestthis year is “How can I help myfriends realize their value?”

The competition is open each yearto students 18 or younger who havenot graduated from high school.

The oratorical contest is dividedinto two groups by grade level.Local winners will advance to theZone Contest, where winners will goon to the District Level with an op-portunity to win a $2,500 scholar-ship.

Pomona Optimists call for entries in annual oratorical and essay contestsDeadline for entries is Feb. 28.The essay contest winner will ad-

vance to the District Contest, wherethe winner also will win a $2,500scholarship.

Deadline for entries is Jan. 25.For contest rules, an entry form or

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when he volunteered for thePomona Economic OpportunityCenter (Day Labor Center), andadded he has been there ever since.Today, he is Board Chairman of theorganization.

He said he will work for safestreets, good jobs, and a healthy en-vironment.

“I promise I will do my best,” hesaid.

And new Councilmember DebraMartin, who said she dedicated theevening to her late mother and fa-

ther, said she was honored to havebeen elected and to serve the peopleof Pomona for the next four years.

She spoke of the importance ofsetting goals and following through.

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fidence,” he added, and said he willnot change the way he does busi-ness.

Newly elected CouncilmemberJohn Nolte said, “This is kind of sur-real,” and thanked his family fortheir support. Nolte, a special edu-cation attorney, said he became in-volved in Pomona as a law student

that while a two-thirds majority wasrequired for its passage, he said hesaw that as a signal that the city’s“top priority is to keep our libraryopen and working.”

The mayor thanked his support-ers including "Team Rothman" (hiswife, Pam, and son, Jason, presidentof the Pomona Unified School Dis-trict Board), and he thanked thecity’s commissioners and staff mem-

COUNCILMEMBER DEBRA MARTIN --Pomona Councilmember Debra Martin is swornin by Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman. From leftare Rothman, Martin, and Martin's husband,Brian Martin.

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COUNCILMEMBER JOHN NOLTE -- Pomona Councilmember John Nolte is sworn in by PomonaMayor Elliott Rothman. From left are Rothman, Nolte, and Nolte's wife, Aimee Nolte.

COUNCILMEMBER PAULA LANTZ -- Pomona Councilmember Paula Lantz is sworn in by DeputyCity Clerk Pam Perkins. From left are Perkins, Lantz, Lantz' mother, Maureen Hastings, 97, andher husband, Three Valleys Municipal Water District Board member-elect Fred Lantz.

of the most challenging times thecity has faced.”

Vice Mayor Paula Lantz, also re-elected to office, thanked her friendsand family for their confidence.

“I call them as I see them,” shesaid, and she pledged to “continueto operate in that fashion.”

Outgoing CouncilmemberDanielle Soto thanked members ofthe council individually for theirsupport during the past four years.

And outgoing CouncilmemberSteve Atchley, always able to get alaugh from the crowd, said, “I’mleaving with mixed emotions – joyand happiness.”

Both said they would continue tobe available in the community.

Councilmember Freddie Ro-driguez, who unsuccessfully chal-lenged Rothman for the mayor’sseat, congratulated all four “in chal-lenging times” and said it is impor-tant for the entire council to worktogether for the good of the city.

Discursos, despedidas y ceremo-nias de toma de posesión se llevarona cabo en una reunión especial deConcilio de la Ciudad de Pomona delo cual el reelegido alcalde de

MAYOR ELLIOTT ROTHMAN -- Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman is sworn in by his son, JasonRothman, President of the Pomona Unified School District Board. From left are Jason Rothman,Elliott Rothman and his wife, Pam Rothman.

Miembros del Concilio de la Ciudad de Pomona acuerdantrabajar unidos para el bien de toda comunidad

Pomona expresó como “Pomonaprimero.”

“Al fin hay estabilidad en nuestroradar,” dijo Rothman, agregandoque la ciudad continuará por elcamino conservador. “Seguiremostrabajando arduamente con nuestrosrecursos.”

El alcalde dio las gracias a todoslos que apoyaron su reelección in-cluyendo a su esposa Pam, a su hijoJason (quien es presidente de laMesa Directiva del Distrito EscolarUnificado de Pomona), y a los comi-sionados y a el personal por su ser-vicio.

“Yo catalogo esto como un granvoto de confianza,” dijo Rothman.

“Aun no lo puedo creer,” dijoJohn Nolte, nuevo miembro elegidopara el concilio. El Sr. Nolte es unabogado de educación especial y seinvolucró con la ciudad de Pomonacuando aun era estudiante en leyes ysirvió voluntariamente con el Centrode Oportunidades Económicas(Centro para Jornaleros). Actual-mente sirve como Presidente de laMesa Directiva de la misma organi-zación.

Nolte prometió trabajar por tenervecindarios seguros, buenos trabajosy un medio ambiente sano.

Y la nueva concejal Debra Mar-tin, dijo que estaba honrada de serelegida para servir a la gente dePomona. Ella habló sobre la impor-tancia de fijar metas y concluirpropósitos.

“Pomona siempre ha sido parte demi vida,” dijo Martin.

Paula Lantz, también reelegidacomo vice alcalde, le dio las graciasa sus amigos y familia por la confi-anza que depositan en ella. “Yo meenfrento a cualquier situación, y mecomprometo a seguir trabajando dela misma manera,” dijo Lantz

Danielle Soto, miembra salientedel concilio, le dio las gracias a cadauno de los miembros del conciliopor su apoyo durante los últimos cu-atro años.

Y Steve Atchley, también miem-bro saliente del concilio, dijo, “Mevoy con emociones mixtas - alegríay felicidad.”

Ambos dijeron que continuaríanapoyando y trabajando con la comu-nidad.


PICKING OUT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT -- Precious Castro, 9, of Pomona, at Montvue Elementary School, picks out a Christ-mas present this month at the Pomona Police Department's 2012 Santa Cop toy distribution program. Looking on are her grand-mother, Susan Lopez, of Pomona, and Pomona Police Officer Ron Ramirez. Five rooms in a downtown Pomona office buildingwere filled with gifts, all arranged by age, so kids could walk through and select just the right gift. Gifts were donated and officersraised additional money with their annual pancake breakfast at the police station last month hosted by Pomona Kiwanis. Andmany volunteers were involved throughout the year and at the actual toy distribution itself, including three Collins College Ambas-sadors from Cal Poly Pomona. Community Service Officer Teri Baker was this year's lead coordinator of the project. A total of 145families with more than 400 children up to age 17 were selected by the Pomona Unified School District -- five families from eachof 27 schools in the district -- to participate in this year's program.

POLICE EXPLORERS VOLUNTEERING FOR DUTY -- Pomona's police explorers,members of Post 160 Pomona, pose for the camera with Santa during volunteer dutyat this month's Pomona Police Department's 2012 Santa Cop toy distribution program.Pictured, back row, from left, are Ricardo Casarez, Omar Bermudez, Isaac Morfin, andJose Reyes. Front row, from left, are Karla Ramales and Israel Evangelista. Santawas played by John Schmidt, emergency manager for the City of Pomona.


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

CHECK PRESENTATION FOR AWARD-WINNING VIDEO -- Students at the School of Arts and Enterprise in Pomona who created an award-win-ning video received a check for $1,000 in scholarships this month from representatives of the Pomona Police Department. Another check for $675was presented to the school for the purchase of equipment or educational materials. The students, all seniors, produced a 60-second "Teen DriverChallenge" video called "The Choice is Yours" portraying teen driving safety in competition sponsored by State Farm Insurance and the police de-partment. The team was one of seven teams from area schools participating in the contest. The students felt "accomplished after we worked so hardon it and winning it . . . it was great," said team member Brian Ramos, 18. Pictured, from left, are Lucille Berger, Executive Director of the school;students Alexis Ramirez, 17; Ramos; Amanda Navarro, 17; George Camacho, 17; Marlena Martinez, 17; Stephanie Turcios, 16; Pomona Police Sgt.Christian Hsu; the school's Director of Operations Germaine Nesbitt; Pomona Police Corporal J.T. Garcia; and the school's English and film teacher,James Oh, who worked with the students on the project.

REMEMBERING SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VICTIMS -- Students at Pomona Catholic School place white ribbons on their fence alongHolt Avenue in Pomona in memory of the victims of the shooting massacre this month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in which26 people were killed. The 26 ribbons were placed following a prayer service in the school auditorium conducted for both high school and middleschool students by Associated Student Body officers and Principal Sam Torres.

CELEBRITY SPOKESPERSON -- Rodney Allen Rippy, second from right, a child star of Jack in the Box television commercial fame some 41 yearsago, helped out as a celebrity spokesperson this month at a holiday food give-away in Pomona's Ganesha Park organized by Sowing Seeds for Lifein La Verne. Sowing Seeds is a non-profit organization working to eliminate hunger. The group serves more than 6,000 people each month. Pic-tured, from left, in Santa's sleigh are Santa's helpers Ashley Richards, a Mt. San Antonio College student from La Verne; Valerie Vazquez, a BonitaHigh School junior from La Verne; Santa (James Scott, a long time volunteer with Sowing Seeds); Rodney Allen Rippey; and Vicki Brown, founderof Sowing Seeds for Life.

HOLIDAY FOOD GIVE-AWAY -- Members of Sowing Seeds for Life in La Verne distribute donatedfood to area residents in Ganesha Park in Pomona this month as part of a holiday food give-awayproject.


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STUDENTS PAINT TO SUPPORT THE ANIMALS -- Students at Pomona's School of Arts and Enterprise presented a check for $1,300 this monthto the West End Shelter for Animals in Ontario after painting portraits of their pets on canvas and donating the proceeds from selling the paintings.The students worked from photos of their pets in the project which resulted in a total of about 40 paintings. Most of the paintings were commissionedfor $30 or more although several paintings remain for sale. It took the students about three weeks to complete their projects. Pictured in front of someof the paintings with some of the students are, at left of check, Jim Rockett, a volunteer and supporter of the West End Shelter, and the school's Di-rector of Operations Germaine Nesbitt. At right of check is Lucille Berger, the school's Executive Director. At far right is shelter board member AnneLinquist and, second from right, board member Helen Rockett. Visual arts teacher Jan Swanlund, who coordinated the project, is kneeling in frontof the check wearing an Arts and Enterprise t-shirt.


ANNUAL CHAMBER HOLIDAY LUNCHEON -- Pomona Chamber ofCommerce President-Elect Jill Reiff of Valley Vista Services, at right,and Lisa Woodson, of Pomona's Bank of America branch, put the fin-ishing touches on the Valley Vista Christmas tree before it is raffled offat this month's annual Pomona Chamber holiday luncheon, held thisyear at The Avalon at Fairplex. Valley Vista was a Presidents Club spon-sor of the event along with the Cal Poly Foundation and Southern Cal-ifornia Edison.

'NOW'S MY BIG CHANCE!' --Michael Haro, 18 months, takeshis seat for his big chance to askfor anything he wants at thePomona Unified School District'sfamily support and resource cen-ter holiday event for familiesserved by the facility. Santa wasplayed by Johnnie Valenzuela, aretired Pomona Unified em-ployee.

CRAFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS-- Pomona Unified School Dis-trict's family support and re-source center invited 50 familiesthey serve in to make crafts, totake home donated gifts to putunder their tree and to have anopportunity to sit on Santa's lapthis month. Pictured is thesnowman building table. Morethan 140 children participated inthe event.

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THANKSGIVING AT POST 30 -- A special Thanksgiving buffet was held atPomona's American Legion Post 30 last month as a special holiday dinnerfor veterans. Pictured, from left, are Bob Radcliff, the Post's second vicecommander and coordinator of the event, and members Jerry Lew andRueben Hanson.

Young people of all ages, theirparents and grandparents and all stu-dents of music in the Claremont andPomona Unified School Districts areinvited to attend the annual Concertfor Youth, scheduled by the Clare-mont Symphony Orchestra next

month in Claremont.The event, which is free, is sched-

uled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, atBridges Hall of Music, 150 E. 4th St.(at College Avenue), on the PomonaCollege campus in Claremont.

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Claremont Symphony schedules free annual ‘Concert for Youth’long concert is “A Multi-CulturalCelebration of Rhythm.”

Music will include two classicalconcerto movements performed byEvangeline Tsai and Shih-Jing Yao,soloists from the Claremont YouthSymphony; “Blue Tango,” “DanzasCubanas,” a 2010 piece; John PhilipSousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever”and Disney’s “It’s a Small World.”

Students from Pomona’s Schoolof Arts and Enterprise will play, singand dance in a jazz band, choir, per-cussion group and dance group.

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The 2012 Downtown Pomona Christmas Parade

Downtown Pomona Christmas Parade . . .. . . ushering in the holiday season

Brought to you by Valley Vista ServicesHelping to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve!

The Valley Vista Services float takes a sleigh ride down 2nd Street in Downtown Pomona. Valley Vista was a Gold Spon-sor of the Downtown Pomona Christmas Parade.

Santa (played by Pomona Chamber of Commerce Pres-ident Jeff Keating, of Pomona's Western University ofHealth Sciences) brings up the rear in a Los AngelesCounty fire truck from station 181.Pomona Police Chief David Keetle rides with the SWAT team.

Community Hero Tommy Manning. Community Hero Donna Dolgovin. Community Hero retired Pomona Detective Danny Kono. Community Hero Pomona Police Detective Jennifer Turpin.

Emily Rodriguez, a special education teacher atPomona's School of Arts and Enterprise, wasnamed 'Teacher of the year' by State Sen. GloriaNegrete McLeod.

Grand marshal andOlympics gold medal winnerin skeet shooting KimberlyRhode.

Pomona Unified School District Board member Dr.Roberta Perlman.

first place award went to Garey High School with ascore of 88.5.

First place for senior high school band went to Dia-mond Ranch High School, with a score of 94.1.

The traditional “Holiday at the Plaza” festivities con-tinued in the Civic Center after the parade with every-thing from food and entertainment to crafts, vendors, aride on a downhill snow bank for the kids and more.

Community heroes honored in this year’s paradewere retired Pomona police detective Danny Kono anddetective Jennifer Turpin who were the lead officers whobroke the Ethan Esparza murder case; Donna Dolgovin,founder of Helping Hands Caring Hearts ministry, andTommy Manning, a community activist who helped sub-due a violent airline passenger on a flight from Chicagoto Long Beach.

Four bands from outside the area participated in thisyear’s parade – Kranz Intermediate School Band fromEl Monte, El Roble Intermediate School Band fromClaremont, Tetzlaff Middle School Band from Cerritos,and the 300th Army military band, U.S. Army Reserve.

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Former Pomona City Coun-cilmember Steve Atchley.

Pomona City Coun-cilmember Cristina Carri-zosa.

Pomona City CouncilmemberGinna Escobar.

Pomona City Councilmember John Nolte.Pomona City Councilmember PaulaLantz.

Former Pomona City Councilmember DanielleSoto.

Pomona City Councilmember Debra Martin.

State Sen. and Congresswoman-elect GloriaNegrete McLeod.

Assemblymember Norma Torres.

Carlos Goytia, representing South Pomona onthe Three Valleys Municipal Water DistrictBoard.Pomona Planning Commissioner Kenny Coble.

Pomona City CouncilmemberFreddie Rodriguez.

Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman, at right, andPomona Unified School District Board Presi-dent Jason Rothman, his son.


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Foothill Transit's "parade sized" bus, marking 22 years of service in Pomona.Carolyn Hemming, Board President, Down-town Pomona Owners Association.

Members of the Garey High SchoolMarching Band.

Pomona Chamber of Commerce Execu-tive Director Frank Garcia and his wife,Kathy.

Dance students from Ginna Escobar's G-Diva Productions in the "tiny tots" divi-sion (ages 2 through 5).

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Area state farm agents including John Forbing, Nona Tirre and Jason Cortez ride in the paradeatop a fire truck.

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GIVING THANKS TO MOTHER EARTH -- Tony Cerda, Headman or Chief of Pomona's CostanoanRumsen Carmel Tribe of Native Americans, at right, leads a song giving thanks to Mother Earth atthis month's celebration of The Pitzer Outback, a natural restoration project at Pitzer College inClaremont. Paul Faulstich, professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer, said the project, part ofa semester-long "restoring nature" course, involved the planting of hundreds of plants and theelimination of invasive species, bringing back some of the plants that are native to the area suchas coastal sage to restore balance. This semester's project involved 17 students, although the proj-ect has continued for the past three years. Pictured, from left, are Scott Scoggins, Native Ameri-can community liaison for Pitzer and Pomona Colleges; Jonathan Lee, of Fontana, an associatemember of the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe, and Cerda. The project was funded by a grantfrom the Dean Witter Foundation.

TOURING THE PITZER OUTBACK -- Parent Evan Schenkel, at left, inspects a cactus plant along a nature trail in the Pitzer College Outback thismonth where a "restoring nature" class has been hard at work restoring the area to what it may have once looked like. Pictured, from left, areSchenkel; student Eli Moskowitz, a sophomore from New York; student Emily Schenkel, a freshman from Tarzana; Emily's mom Jilliene Schenkel;and student Sophia Rehmus, a sophomore from Colrain, Mass.

DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH DURINGTHE HOLIDAYS -- Heidi Bonadie, executive di-rector of NAMI Pomona Valley (National Al-liance on Mental Illness), at left, introducesGamaliel Polanco, coordinator of Tri-City Men-tal Health's Wellness Center in Pomona, at aPomona Valley Interfaith Collaborative on Men-tal Health holiday event this month at the Well-ness Center focusing on dealing with sadness,anxiety, depression or stress during the holi-days. Polanco told the group that a variety ofindependent support groups meet at the Well-ness Center on a variety of topics that are freeto the public. For more information on NAMI,contact the organization at (909) 625-2383.For information on the Wellness Center andsupport groups, contact (909) 242-7600.

'THE PERSON I WAS MEANT TO BE' -- Brian Smith, guest speaker at this month's NAMI holi-day event in Pomona, described a life in which he "didn't fit into anything and slipped into depres-sion" until he got a job at Disneyland and began using his talents of imitating voices of Disneycartoon characters to talk to people. "There's nothing better than talking to people," said Smith,who grew up with mental illness in Claremont and Pomona. "That really brought the person I wasmeant to be out." Today, he said, he is reaching out to the community to tell the story of how thatchanged his life.

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Greg Sharp, long-time curator ofthe Wally Parks NHRA MotorsportMuseum at Pomona’s Fairplex, hasreceived the prestigious 2012 DeanBatchelor Award for Excellence inAutomotive Journalism from theMotor Press Guild, the largest auto-motive media association in NorthAmerica.

Sharp received the award in the“Best of the Year” articles categoryat the 18th annual Dean BatchelorAwards Banquet this month at thePetersen Automotive Museum inLos Angeles.

Sharp received the special awardfor his editorial piece “The World’sFastest Hot Rod,” which was pub-lished in the 2012 spring issue ofThe Rodder’s Journal.

The article provided insight intothe car and people involved in thehistory and recreation by Dan Webbof the Xydias and Batchelor So-CalSpeed Shop streamliner.

“It’s an incredible honor to re-ceive the Dean Batchelor Award,”Sharp said. “Dean was one of thosepeople I looked up to and read aboutas a kid. I got to know both Deanand his partner Alex Xydias in theearly ’70s. Although he probablydidn’t realize it, he was my mentorand made a tremendous impact onme, especially in striving for accu-

racy in historical writing.”“The NHRA Motorsports Mu-

seum is thrilled to see curator GregSharp receive recognition for hisoutstanding efforts in documentingthe pursuit of speed in all its forms,”

NHRA Museum Executive DirectorLarry Fisher said. “We congratulatehim on his achievement and we areproud of his many contributions ascurator of the museum.”

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Greg Sharp, curator of Wally Parks NHRA Motorsport Museum, honored with prestigious automotive journalism awarding for 28 years as a motorcycle of-ficer with the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment and became director ofthe then-recently developed NHRAHistorical Services. He played a keyrole in the formation of the non-

profit Museum and has served as cu-rator since it opened to the public inApril 1998.

For more information, visit themuseum web site at www.nhramu-seum.org.

Free workshop set onvegetarian and vegan diets

“Introduction to the Plant-BasedDiet,” a free workshop addressingcommon questions about vegetarianand vegan diets, is scheduled for 2p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at The Loft inDowntown Pomona.

The workshop, presented byRAWlistic Living, will focus onwhat the diet entails, nutritional fac-tors and how the diet can impactoverall health.

The event will be held at TheLoft, 543 W. 2nd St., Pomona.

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El Desfile Navideño de Pomona,presentado por la Asociación deComerciantes del Centro de Pomona,fue más grandioso que nunca antespues alrededor de 3000 personasmarcharon sobre las calles y alrede-

“Una Navidad Dorada” dando re-conocimiento al éxito de Rhode y ala rica cultura e historia de Pomona.

Después del desfile, las festivi-dades continuaron en el CentroCívico de la ciudad donde ofrecieronmucha comida, espectáculos, arte-sanía, vendimia y un paseo sobrehielo para los niños.

En este evento también se lerindieron honores a héroes comuni-tarios. Danny Kono y JenniferTurpin, ambos detectives de Pomona,fueron quienes resolvieron el casodel asesinato de Ethan Esparza.Donna Dolgovin, fundadora del min-isterio Helping Hands and CaringHearts y Tommy Manning, activistacomunitario, ayudaron a sujetar a unpasajero violento en un vuelo deChicago a Long Beach.

Alrededor de 125 carrozas y 3,000 personas participaron en el Desfile Navideño de Pomona – un verdadero evento comunitarioen la historia en ganar medallas indi-viduales en cinco juegos olímpicosconsecutivos.

Ella también fue la primera mujeren ganar tres medallas de oro en tiros.

El tema del desfile de este año fue

Poly Pomona.Kimberly Rhode, la ganadora de

la medalla de oro en tiro al plato en laOlímpiadas fue la gran mariscal.Rhode fue alumna de Cal PolyPomona y la primera norteamericana

dor de 5,000 espectadores disfrutaronde las carrozas, bandas y más.

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Western University, Universityof La Verne enter into

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Health Sciences and the University ofLa Verne have entered into a newpartnership to send qualified ULVstudents to Western’s College ofGraduate Nursing’s Master of Sci-ence in Nursing – Entry program.

The “linkage” agreement wassigned this month by Western’sProvost and COO Dr. GaryGugelchuk, ULV President DevorahLieberman, ULV Vice Provost HomaShabahang and Western’s College ofGraduate Nursing Dean Karen Han-ford.

“When I first came to the univer-sity I met with President (Philip)Pumerantz and it became apparentthe two universities are in eachother’s backyard,” Lieberman said.“There are ways to bridge us thathave not existed before and there areways to extend bridges that existedbefore and this is just one more ex-ample of how our universities areworking together to benefit the stu-dents.”

ULV will nominate students forthe program, typically in their junioryear, and a College of Graduate Nurs-ing admission committee will inter-view the candidates. As many asthree applicants per year will be ad-mitted to the program.

Other qualified students also mayhave an opportunity for an interviewat the end of their ULV program.

Students admitted to the linkageprogram will be assigned a facultyadviser, and they will have opportu-nities to visit the Western Universitycampus, participate in school activi-ties and network with nursing stu-dents.

The program will allow ULV stu-dents to explore the nursing profes-sion further while discovering whatthe program has to offer.


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CHILD WITH DETACHED RETINA RECEIVES GIFT OF SIGHT -- Dr. Linda Pang, at left, of the College of Optometry at Pomona's Western Uni-versity of Health Sciences gives KayleeAnn Smith, 6, and her mom, Amanda Smith, their first look at the Optelec MultiView electronic video magni-fier at Western University this month. Western University worked with the non-profit Sight Savers of America and Optelec to obtain the equipmentfor KayleeAnn, who has a detached retina and dislocated lenses, resulting in low vision. With the equipment, she will be able to see everything bet-ter -- from her schoolwork to her toys. The equipment went home with KayleeAnn, is hers to keep, and will be maintained by Sight Savers and Opt-elec until she is 19.

INTER VALLEY HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYEE HOLIDAY DRIVE -- Employees at Pomona'sInter Valley Health Plan were challenged to collect and donate food items for Inland ValleyHope Partners food pantries and the Inland Valley Humane Society. Employees were di-vided into seven teams and the winning team will win a catered lunch and two movie passesper employee. More than eight bins were piled high with donated items. Pictured, from left,are employees Michelle Hageman of Rancho Cucamonga, Daniella Martinez, of Ontario, andRebecca Marquez and Ray Marquez, both of Chino.

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TURNING ON THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS AT LEROY HAYNES CENTER -- The kids at LeRoy Haynes Center in La Verne enjoyed cookies and cocoa and had a chance to sit on Santa's knee last monthas some 35,000 lights and nearly two miles of extension cords were turned on to celebrate the holiday season. This year's lighting project, designed by Doug Henton, LeRoy Haynes' facilities man-ager, includes 126 different channels making up a total of nine displays that dance to the music. Motorists can stop, view the lights and listen to the music over their car radio on 88.3 FM throughoutthe holiday season. The lighting project, which required about two months of planning, took three weeks to install. Photos of kids with Santa were provided by Chris Johnston, of Queen Mary Photog-raphy Service in Long Beach (www.queenmaryphotography.com), who donated his time for the evening. Volunteer Gordie Norman, a Glendora Rotarian, served as Santa. Pictured on Santa's knee isLeRoy Haynes resident Jacob, 10. At right, Director of Development Jane Woods takes a moment to enjoy a view of the holiday lights from the street. To view the lights, visit LeRoy Haynes Center at233 W. Baseline Road, La Verne.

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Fred Chyr was named vice pres-ident and Dr. David Hall waselected clerk.

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Gilbert Saldate drives the Tri City MentalHealth convertible.

Outgoing Board President of Mt. San AntonioCollege Rosanne Bader, at right, and incomingBoard President Manuel Baca. Board memberDavid Hall is driving the convertible.

Kids got a taste of sledding down the slope in thePomona Civic Center after the parade.


APPEARING LIVE IN SAN DIMAS -- La Nueva Voz publisher Jeff Schenkel and his "Sunny-side Up Band" will appear live beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Cask 'n Cleaver, 125N. Village Court, in San Dimas, playing a mix of folk, country and classic rock including songsfrom the '60s, '70s and even a few from the '50s. Schenkel said a few songs that are morecontemporary might pop up in one or two sets, but that he'll try to avoid it. Pictured, from left,are Charlotte (chuck) and John Morris and Jeff Schenkel. "As an added treat, Charlotte,whose stage name is 'chuck,' does a tremendous June Carter Cash," said Schenkel, who hasbeen performing since the second grade. "We're inviting all of Pomona to come on down andenjoy the show." He warned, however, that due to the selection of old favorites, there mightbe some singing along going on in the audience. There's no cover charge and the restaurantoffers a full bar and a full menu and salad bar. Cask 'n Cleaver is at Arrow Highway and the57 Freeway. For more information, contact booking agent Renee Barbee at (909) 762-1446.

POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER TREE LIGHTING-- Clockwise, from top left, members of the Garey High School Band,directed by Stefan Lawe; Santa (played by hospital volunteer KeithDobbins of Chino Hills) and Mrs. Claus (the hospital's own KathyRoche), arrive at the tree lighting ceremony; the hospital's tree -- a cre-ation made up of some 10,000 lights that required a week and a halfto install; Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman, at left, and the hospital'sPresident and CEO Rich Yochum; Jane Goodfellow of Claremont,Chair of the hospital's Board of Directors, and her grandson, DavidGoodfellow, 17, a junior at Damien High School; and Santa with EmilyButscher, 3, of Chino Hills (Emily's mom Mary is a hospital employee).

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