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71st Annual Temple City Camellia Festival “Festival, Family and Fun” is the theme for the 71st Annual Camellia Festival, which will take place from Friday, Feb. 20 to Sunday Feb. 22 at Temple City Park. Carnival hours are Friday (4:00 - 10:00 p.m.), Saturday (11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.), and Sunday (12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m.) with the Parade held Saturday at 10:00 a.m. The Coronation of the Camellia Festival Royal Court and Banner Carriers was held on January 30th and Queen Zoey Kallianiotis, King Gianni Valenzuela, Princess Kate Kohn, Princess Jazmine Zee, Prince Landon Pure, Prince Blake Skaggs, and Banner Carriers Mya Beserra, Samantha Lopez, Cobin Motta, and Gianni Camera were all celebrated before their friends, family and community at the Live Oak Community Center. The Royal Court will ride down Las Tunas Drive in the Camellia Parade Saturday morning, February 21st beginning at 10:00 am. You will want to make sure to arrive early in order to watch the Tiger Squadron fly over of the parade route, which will kick off the parade. The Grand Marshall for this year’s parade is actor David Kirk Grant who is a wonderful product of the Temple City Unified Schools performing arts program. In recognition of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, the Festival is proud to honor several local WWII Veterans as Honorary Grand Marshalls. A reception in their honor will be held on Sunday, February 22nd at 12 noon in the pavilion atTemple City Park, and the public is invited. General Chairman, Donna Georgino, wants to insure that the public does Please see page 5
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 - FEBRUARY 22, 2015 - VOLUME 2, NO. 7
Market in Temple City Told to Stop Selling Frozen Racoons, for Now BY TERRY MILLER
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This market in Temple City on Las Tunas was selling whole, frozen raccoons, until yesterday
The Los Angeles County Health Department has taken action after a Temple City market’s frozen foods section displayed dead whole racoons, complete with head and fur visible in plastic bags. L.A. County Health Department officers visited the Metro Supermarket in Temple City on Tuesday in connection with a com-
plaint filed by a shopper who videotaped the racoon carcasses. Raccoon is considered a delicacy in China and Taiwan ROC. According to a report on KCBS, a customer Christina Dow was at the market, and upon seeing the frozen raccoons, filmed the scene on her cell phone. She shared the video on Facebook.
“The way it’s packaged in the store, it’s so real, and it’s so fresh, and you don’t see chickens with their feathers and blood all over them, and their expression, with their tongue hanging out,” Dow said. Dow contacted the LA County Health Department, who says that selling raccoons as food may indeed be perfectly legal,
The store was selling them for $9.99 a pound in the “Fish Dept” with the average price being about
The “Northern Stars” of Black History Month Shine at Museum By Susan Motander Every year the Monrovia Historical Museum creates special exhibits for Black History Month. The year the museum is presenting “North Star: Canonizing the American Abolitionists.” This is an exhibit of the collages of Hope Demetriades. Created on portions of old fences, these collages pay tribute to major figures in the abolitionist movement. Made to resemble old icons, they commemorate the lives of such historical figures as John Brown, Frederick Douglas and Sojourner
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depending on the origins of the meat. The market said it has stopped selling raccoons, since the department’s visit, until it and be reviewed and officially approved.
2015 Year of the Wooden Goat Lunar New Year Starts Feb. 19 BY TERRY MILLER
The year of the Goat will be a prosperous one for many of us, according to Chinese zodiac – Photo by Terry Miller
Happy year of the goat! Or is it the sheep? Or the ram? Well, it depends on whom you ask. Lunar New Year celebrations, which begin on Feb. 19, will say goodbye to the Year of the Horse and usher in another animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The year 2015 is associated with the Mandarin word “yang.” Which apparently
means any ruminant mountain animal with horns. It’s one of China’s biggest holidays, and thousands in San Gabriel will celebrating this Chinese New Year - the Year of The Goat. According to the Chinese zodiac, goats are harmonious creatures but be prepared for the typically affable goat to reveal his gruff side this year.
The Goat is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals. Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing with the environment. Studying its Feng Shui Index, CLSA says meanspirited people will be crossing your path, so triple-check emails and contracts to avoid outbursts, or worse, lawsuits. Please see page 4