2015 Readers’ Choice Ballots - Vote for Your Local Favorites, P. 4
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - April 22, 2015
LOCAL NEWS
Station Square Update –lane closures on Evergreen next week P. 18
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Volume 19, No. 16
Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996
Tom Adams Wins Monrovia Mayoral Seat - Probably Makeup of Council Changes with Election of Adams, Crudgington and Shevlin by susan motander
Monrovia Council Meeting Held to Explain Unauthorized Expenditures P. 19
SPORTS
Sprinklers Wash Away Minutemen’s Final At-Bat; Lose to Village Christian 2-1 P. 35
Monrovia Remains Undefeated in League After 8-1 Victory Over South Pasadena P. 35
ENTERTAINMENT “Beauty and the Beast” Backstage Hints at Spectacular Show to Come P. 11 Fairyland at the LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden April 18 P.14
BUSINESS
Beacon’s CEO Speaks About Leadership P. 22
Tom Adams celebrated with friends and family at Jake’s Roadhouse Tuesday night as the numbers came in favoring him as next mayor.. Meanwhile current Mayor,Mary Ann Lutz wasn’t too pleased with the early returns at city hall. - Photos by Terry Miller
On Tuesday night, there was jubilation at the victory party for Tom Adams, but the current mayor, Mary Ann Lutz, said she would not yet concede
the election. Adams came out with an early lead in the absentee ballots [garnering 51% of the votes cast to Lutz’s 44%] and never looked back. Ulti-
mately, Adams received 1924 votes to Lutz’s 1738 with minor candidate Leonard Holen collecting only 131 votes. Adams was pleased with
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Cardiologist Crusades to Promote Heart Attack Awareness by joe taglieri
California American Water to Invest $126 Million in Local Infrastructure in 2015-17 P. 22
EDUCATION
PCC Celebrates Life, Literary Work of Pulitzer Prize Winner August Wilson P. 32
Maranatha High School’s Impressive Science Fair P. 33
the results at his victory party on Tuesday evening. Surrounded by his supporters, Adams
Dr. Terrence Baruch, Methodist Hospital Arcadia- Interventional Cardiology - has created an awareness campaign for surviving heart attacks. Baruch, MD uses humor, music and vital information in a YouTube video called Heart Attack Blues that will unquestionably will save countless lives. – Photo by Terry Miller
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As heart attacks claim more lives each year nationwide than any other cause of death, an Arcadia-based doctor has launched a crusade to increase awareness that he hopes will lead to reduced lag time between the onset of symptoms and applying a key life-saving medical procedure. Dr. Terrence Baruch is the director of Methodist Hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab, which provides what he describes as the most effective treatment to date for countering the deadly effects of heart attacks resulting from clogged arteries. Since last year Baruch has been on a mission that aims to more quickly get heart attack patients into facilities offering
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