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AIDS Service Center, Pasadena Closes Doors After 28 Years
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Volume 19, No. 19
By terry miller
Boy Scout Troop 141 Celebrates 100 Years P. 18
SPORTS
Arcadia Baseball Capitalizes on Mistakes; Shuts Out Pasadena 4-0 P. 23
ENTERTAINMENT AIDS Service Center Executive Director Anthony Guthmiller (in red jacket) holds court at last year’s Big Night Out. - Photo by Terry Miller
Local Musician Talks About Teaching, Making His Album P. 12
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Pasadena Unified Names Prinicipal at Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School P. 32 Antiques
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Tom Adams Sworn in as Monrovia’s Mayor, Starts Making Changes by susan motander During his election campaign, Tom Adams promised that he would change things at Monrovia City Hall. He made his first change on Tuesday night shortly after being sworn in as mayor. Pointing out that it was only by tradition that City Council member assignments were for two years, he changed that to 12-month assignments only. Adams cited the relatively “young” nature of the council as the reason for the change. He noted that Council Members Larry Spicer and Alexander Blackburn had been on the council for only two years and that Gloria Crudgington was beginning her first term. The fifth member of the council, Becky Shevlin, had been appointed six years ago to complete the term of Mary Ann Lutz when she was elected mayor. Shevlin was subsequently elected four years ago and then again last month.
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Adams has served on the council for the last 21 years. Council members serve on many boards, committees, and councils on the federal, state, and regional levels in addition
as acting as liaison to various city boards and commissions. These appointments give the council members access to adSEE PG. 19
Pasadena-based AIDS Service Center (ASC), one of Los Angeles County’s most distinguished non-profits helping people living with HIV/AIDS, is apparently closing its doors. For 28 years ASC has relied on Federal monies. In 2012, the government’s funding model changed, requiring ASC to provide medical care to its clients rather than through a third party. In an effort to make certain there was no interruption in care, ASC delegated its federally contracted programs to the Pasadena Public Health Department to deliver these medical services. The transition of medical care to an outside organization reduced ASC’s overhead yet also eliminated a primary source of funding. The organi-
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Gold Line Operations Campus Grand Opening Ceremony Set for May 23 Representatives from the Gold Line Construction Authority have advised Monrovia that a dedication ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Maintenance and Operations Campus will be held on May 23rd from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. As part of that celebration, a portion of the event that day will include the dedication of the park plaza located at the south-east corner of Evergreen and California. That particular park property, which has been named Evergreen Plaza by the Gold Line Construction Authority, will at some point be deeded over to
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