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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2014 - OCTOBER 12, 2014 - VOLUME 3, NO. 40
Jockey Kent 31 finalists chosen for TOR Royal Court 2015 Final 7 will be selected this morning Desormeaux kicked in chest by horse on opening weekend
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On September 28, Sunday, Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux was unseated in post parade shortly after coming onto Santa Anita’s main track for Sunday’s eighth race and was subsequently kicked in his chest and transported by ambulance to nearby Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Desormeaux, 42, Please see page 2
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Top row, from left: #574 Alia Little (Pasadena High School), #593 Savannah Daniel (La Salle High School), #702 Bergen Onufer (Mayfield Senior School), #756 Alisha Mehdi (South Pasadena High School), #738 Katelyn Stone (La Salle High School), #608 Madison Triplett (John Marshall
Fundamental High School), #578 Kayla Beaumont (Arcadia High School) Fourth row, from left: #459 Sophia Hernandez (Maranatha High School), #493 Kaitlin Wong (Flintridge Preparatory School), #522 Gayaneh Puglia (La Cañada High School), #566 Jacqueline Hwang (San Marino High School),
Flu, pneumonia and shingles clinic Oct. 15 at Pasadena Senior Center Rite Aid will host a flu, pneumonia and shingles clinic Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St. Flu vaccinations will be offered free to people with Medicare Part B or Medical and to those with private insurance from Cigna, United Health Care and Aetna PPO. Pneumonia vaccinations will be offered free to people with Medicare Part B; coverage by other insurance will be determined after a short phone questionnaire. Coverage for shingles vaccinations will be determined after a short
phone questionnaire. Because the immune system weakens as people age, older adults are more susceptible to influenza (flu), which causes 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths nationwide each year. Advanced age can make pneumonia more dangerous. It kills more people in the U.S. annually than all other vaccine-preventable diseases combined. Shingles is caused by a reactivation of the chicken pox virus in the body. The older a person is, the more severe the effects of shingles, including severe pain, burning and numbness. To sign up for flu,
pneumonia or shingles vaccinations, call the Welcome Desk at (626) 795-4331 and ask to speak with someone in the Social Services Department. You will be asked some questions over the phone to determine your share of the cost based on your individual health plan coverage. Founded in 1959, the Pasadena Senior Center is an independent, nonprofit organization that offers recreational, educational, wellness and social services to people ages 50 and over in a friendly environment. Services are also provided for frail, low-income and homebound seniors.
#520 Shelby Gish (La Cañada High School), #465 Alise Townsend (Pasadena High School) Third row, from left: #270 Karina Safaoui (South Pasadena High School), #387 Mackenzie Byers (Pasadena City College), #397 Emma Weithas (Mayfield Senior School), #400 Isabella Martinez (South Pasa-
dena High School), #389 Sophia Aschieris (Mayfield Senior School), #276 Emily Stoker (Temple City High School) Second row, from left: #130 Madeline McGoldrick (La Salle High School), #174 Kyree Jackson (Arcadia High School), #231 Please see page 2
Plastic bag ban hurts financially depressed communities, Antonovich says Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich sharply criticized the Governor’s signing of a law banning plastic bags and imposing a $0.10 fee on all paper bags that the grocery stores will collect. “The $0.10 per bag fee will force lower income residents in impoverished communities around the state to pay for paper bags, with little indication of how the money will be spent,” said Antonovich. “This law only further hurts the California economy by jeopardizing thousands of manufacturing jobs and forcing consumers to pay additional fees to grocery stores,” he added. The Progressive Bag Alliance has vowed to collect the necessary signatures to place this issue on the ballot and let the voters decide if the State should continue with such a flawed economic proposal.
Gala fundraiser features Fab Four and Rita Rudner Oct. 12 Las Vegas headliner comedian Rita Rudner, and the Emmy Award winning Beatles Tribute Band, The Fab Four. The Gala fundraising event called A Fabulous Night will be presented by the Beverly Hills Performing Arts Center and Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre on Sunday, October 12, 2014 benefiting a new children’s film series for kids in need and for the final stages of restoration of the theatre. Rabbi David Baron, founder of the Temple of the Arts, and philanthropist Please see page 4
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