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Thursday, July 23, 2015 - July 29, 2015
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 19, NO. 30
Pasadena and Area Cities Give Rousing Reception to Special Olympians BY JOYCE PENG AND TERRY MILLER
The Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 will take place on Saturday, July 25, in the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the only venue in the world to host two Olympiads (1932 and 1984), two Super Bowls (I and VII) and one World Series (1959). The star-studded show will celebrate the true stars of the Games - the athletes of Special Olympics with exciting entertainment, the Parade of Athletes and the culmination of the Final Leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run and lighting of the Special Olympics cauldron. Broadcast internationally by ESPN, fans around the world will be able to participate in this memorable start to the World Games! On Wednesday morning Pasadena hosted Special Olympics delegations, including athletes and coaches, from Namibia, Tanzania, and Singapore as part of the Special Olympics World Games
Host Town Program. In the days before the World Games begin Saturday, these delegations will be among more than 7,000 athletes from 177 countries that will be welcomed by Pasadena and surrounding communities. The delegations arrived at Occidental College on Tuesday evening, July 21, after going through a final health check at Loyola Marymount University. The athletes will be sleeping at Occidental College where they will also train in the mornings through July 24, before departing to their assigned athletic villages at USC and UCLA. Host Town Pasadena arranged the city celebration as The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics arrived in Pasadena on Wednesday, July 22. The Pasadena Unified School District Special Education Department/LEARNS provided
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Special Olympics Athlete Graziano Carrozzo, who represented Italy in the 2007 and 2011 games carries the torch into Pasadena Wednesday morning along with Kristine Krishtal who has served with the North Attleboro PD in Massachusetts – Thousands turned out to greet the athletes on the final leg. – Photo by Terry Miller
Reward of $10K Offered in Azusa Pawn Shop Robbery
PUSD Ponders Peeping at Pupils’ Social Media
BY STAFF WRITER
BY TERRY MILLER
Authorities seek the public’s help to identify those responsible for committing an armed robbery at a pawn shop in Azusa. On May 24th, officers were sent to the 1000 block of West Gladstone Street for report of a robbery, according to the Azusa Police Department. Upon their arrival, police learned that three armed suspects robbed Azusa Pawn, a federal firearms licensee, of a large amount of jewelry, eight firearms, and an iPod. A preliminary investigation revealed a man entered the store and spent
around 20 minutes looking at jewelry and firearms that were displayed for sale. He then exited the store. About a half-hour later, three men entered the business and ordered employees to lie face down on SEE PG. 12
– Courtesy Photos US Dept. of Justice
Pasadena Unified School District is having “preliminary conversations” about the use of software that is available to monitor student’s social media. Adam Wolfson, outgoing Public Information Officer for PUSD, had this to say in an email last Wednesday: “There have been very preliminary conversations among the district’s Child Welfare, Attendance and Safety Department but there is no timetable for a decision on whether to use such software. “The district SEE PG. 13
- Photo by Terry Miller